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| | it : harriage. CHAPTER XXVIII, Leonce Speaks. For many heppy minutes Clarice for- got everything in the world except that Shirley’s arms enfolded her, and that nothing but death could ever part them again. Then, slowly, came the knowledge ti at others were near, and thi «perhaps terrible matters, were to be talked jer. She did not withdraw her- self from her lover, but she folded her hands about his arm, and drew him into the reoin; and, turning her blushing, happy face toward the detective, she motioned to him to follow them. The father, also, followed, without waiting for any invitation. He saw mow that the game was up, and though tingling with ze and disappointment, he had already determined to make the best of things, and pick up al! that he could from the wreck of his hopes and schemes. Hantlin told Mrs. Grayson, as briefly @s pessible, of the discovery and cap ture of Philip Grayson’s murderer, con- cluding: “And now it only remains to find the serious, to make her tell all that the subject. There is evidence enough to hang the she is cur only living witn Clarice looked up quickly, and her gaze made a rapid survey of the room. She had forgotten Leorce, but she now remembered that the French maid had beer. voluntarily awaiting the arrival of the detective, whom she had been ex- pecting with even more confidence than her mistress. As Clarice looked about, the heavy, dark velvet curtain before the window swayed and parted, and Leonce stepped out. “I am here, monsieur,” she said, and waiting to speak.” The detective started, and a thrill, halt of pain, half pleasure, went through him. He grew pale, and his eyes glowed with feeling as they fell on her worn and pallid face. “We are ready to hear you, miss—that is, mademoiselle—and anxious, too,” he said, brokenly. “But, excuse me, you Yook too sick to stand. Won't you sit d@swn?” and he moved a chair towari her as h* spoke. Clarice smiled slightly. She had al- ready suspected the state of Detective Hantfin's feelings. But Leonce, thouga ehe thanked him with a grateful look, refused the chair, being too well bred to sit down in the presence of her mistress witheut orders. Without a moment's hesitation Clarice, but often sinking downward as she went on. “When I left you, madam, I hurried to warn that man--I cannot name him: but, believe me, it was not because Tj) love him still. No; I loathe and fear him—at least, I dil; but the thought of the father of my child—my beautiful Tonio—dying on the scaffold, made me frantic, and I felt that I had clumsily etrayed him to you in speaking of the stiletto. “I told him he was suspected. I bade him save himself, and then I fled to my ehild. I found him ill. My good friend who had charge of him said the attack was sudden—it had come on within the hour—but it was dangerous, being croup of the worst kind. “My heart sank, for it seemed to me fike a judgment on my crime, because 1 was protecting, for his sake, a guilty father, while an innocent man was sus- | pected, and my good, sweet mistress gmade miserable. But still, I could not bring myself to tell the truth. I nursed my baby day and night; fheaven with prayers for mercy, Ww gpindful that I, too, ought to be mere ful But I was punished—he died in my arms, my little angel, my Tonio: and, though it nearly killed me, I am learn- fng to thank God, because he is an an- gel in heaven now, whereas, had he lived—alas! he was his father’s child! I dare not think of it. “J puried him this morning, and ovar his grave I vowed to do what I thought was right. Yer, madam, the man who wrecked my life, Antonio, Marquis del Castellani, killed Mr. Grayson. He had traced me here, and had learned of my employer's great wealth; and on the wedding Gay he had entered the house— fit was easy enough, there were so many going and coming all the morning—and fhad secreted himself without first ac- quainting me with his intention, as he has since confessed he intended to do. Wis object was to rob the house without my aid, if possible, lest I might refuse, and if that should not prove sufficiently remunerateive, to compel me to give my assistance, after my master and mistress had gone abroad. “But the wedding party returned sooner than he had expected, and Mr. Grayson, opening the door, discovered Antonio at his work. He had already taken possession of a bag of gold—-sev- eral thousand dollars—with which Mr. Grayson had provided himself for his fourney, preferring it to a letter of eredit. He had also taken possession of @ superh set of diamonds, with which Mr. Grayson had intended to surprise his bride on their return from church. Surprised at the interruption, he turned and found himself face to face with Mr. Grayson, who, instead of calling for help, sprang at him, the stiletto which Mr. Grayson still held in his hand, up- lifted. “Jt was madness, of course, for Anto- nie had, in the next moment, without even the noise of a struggle, wrenched the weapon fron his hand, and, certain of discovery after being so distinctly seen by the victim, plunged the long knife im his throat up to the hilt. Mr. Grayson fell backward from the force of the blow, and never moved again. “The deed once done, Antonio knew mo regret—such was his desperate na- @ace. He merely stripped the body of she | began to speak, her gaze turned toware | I wearied | ; and many | | } | ELIZABETH CAMPBELL. Lael ing the reeking weapon from the wound, because of its jewels, he left the room by means of the secret exit, which he had been the first of those ignorant of its existence to find. “When my mistress had refused to every article of value, and, even draw- allow me to come inte her room, I had run down stairs to ask what had hap- pened; then, fearing I might be wanted suddenly when I was out of the way, I was hastening back again, up the s¢ vants’ stair, when I found myself face to face with Antonio Castellani, still carrying the bloody knife in bis hand. Fear took away all power to cry out. He clutched my arm and demanded my help. 1 did not even think of refusing him. “The old fascination and terror which the man possessed over me, combined with the horror of his position and mine, overwhelmed me, and I obeyed | him blindly. I made but one stipula- tion: I would not stir while he held the evidence of his crime; and he turned and flung it back into the passageway he had just quitted. “I don’t know why I did so—it was the worst thing I could have done for hm, as it has been the cause of all the | complications that ensued—but the sight of it held me dumb and motion- i I could not move while I beheld it. After had disposed of it I hast- ened to hide him in my room, where he removed all traces of blood from his hands and garments. “I then returned, hoping’ to dispose of the tell-tale weapon. But it was too late—the murder had been discovered, and I found myself drawn into the room along with the rest. There my agita tion and terror betrayed me to this keen-eyed gentleman’—turning toward Hantlin. “But I was able to elude even his pen- etration, and in the course of the next half hour [I had enabled Castellani to escape. The good fortune which seemea to follow that man was shown even there, however, for, had I not been seized with an attack of nose-bleeding it would not have’ been possible for me to conceal the traces that the murderer, had left of his presence in the room.” “I well remember the incident, miss,” Hantlin said, as Leonce again turned toward him. “And that same night you helped him still further?” “Yes. He is associated with a gang of miscreants from his own country. They are a formidable band of crim- inals, and he is their chief. I followed him there, acted as hair-dresser and barber, and made such changes in his | appearance as were likely to make him. less conspicuous without giving him the appearance of being disguised. On the next day he took up his abode at the hotel, wheré you first saw him, and lived under his own title. Cireum- stances compelled me to see him again at times, but it was always against my will. T was. leaving macam in order that I might run away, where I could eseape his evil influence.” “Oh, miss, I suspect you of no evif Hantlin hastened to say. “And you have behaved nobly now in giving us your assistance. I believe you to be as good as you are beautiful.” ‘Leonce was in too profound sorrow to pay heee to compliments, but she could not be insensible to the homage of the detective’s manner. It was new in her experience of men, and she felt she had inspired William Hentlin with a great and genuine regard, and for the pres- ent she at least appreciated his feeling for her. “You will find me o willing and reli- able witness,” she said, bewing grave- ly, “and I am ready whenever you choose to call me." Hantlin thanked her and, feeling that the interview was at an end, hastened to take his leave, for he remembered certain things which, in his excitement, he had overlooked. With a strong police force he re- turned to the fair home where he had found Castellani, but too late. Every article of value had been removed from each place of concealment, and the house was quite deserted. CHAPTER XXIX, The Root of All Evil. Lecnce was never called upon to come into court as witness against the Mar- quis del Castellani, and the public was cruelly cheated of the sensation it haa anticipated in the great murder trial. The Italian was found dead in his cell on the morning after his incarceration. There was a tremendous hue and cry, refused to believe it, and said it was merely a scheme to aid a desperate crimjnal, who chanced to have been born a nobleman, to escape justice. But the body was placed on exhibl- tion, physicians of the first standing declared it to be -ifeless, and the public flocked by hundreds—by thousands—to look at it. Tall and beautiful and grand, like « marble statue carved by the hand ot Phidias, it looked; but also cold, life- less, dead—like marble. All day long a beautiful young wo- man in black, gvith a face almost as pale as that she looked on, and eyes that had wept themselves dry, sat be- side the bed and held its stone-cold hand. She claimed to have been the wife of the deceased man. She showed a certi- ficate of marriage in proof of her claim, and she implored leave to remove the body for burial. ‘ ‘The dead man had not been brought to trial; the accusation against him might or might not be true—and the law declares all men innocent until guilt is proven; so at last Letty got her way, and was allowed to remove her husband's body. i i It was done by persons of his own country, among whom was the man Pedro, who, with his wife, had the care of tne cottage en Castellani had brought his bride there. | | eS Cnn nD CONT ne Un EnnnInDSnEnSnnN SURE NRERENRENI The removal was effected with all possible secrecy, but a crowd followed the body, which was, however, carried on board a vessel owned by a swarthy Italian, and at the water’s edge the cu- rious multitude were forced to pause, their curiosity only helf-sated, and whetted afresh at sceing the beautiful young woman in black carried on board after the body of her husband. he was nevec seen again; but in the following year, a gentleman who had | known the Marquis del Castellani dur- ‘ing his briéf sojeurn in New York sici- | ety, declared that he had seen him in | Rome, alive and well, and looking hand~- somer: than ever. The same gentleman, who had known Letty Martin well enough to recognize her again, declared that he had seen her body in the morgue, ir. Paris, a few months later, where it had been placed that morning when taken from the Seine. . But these were always regarded as sensational rumors, and were never really bel’eved. Perhaps, if the story of Castellani’s mysterious ring had been known, the possibility that he was still alive might not have seemed so incredi- ble. Leonce slowly recovered from her great sorrow, and she seemed more and more to appreciate Detective Hantlin’s devotion to her; until at last he gained courage to put his love into words, and she listened with an interest that he found sufficiently encouraging to make him half-wild with hope and joy. He is still on the detective force, and Humpy Jack has been permanently en- gaged as an assistant. Clarice would have redeemed her promise to Shirley without waiting if he had urged it; but, at the entreaty of | Mrs. Mowbray, h2 consented to be “rea- sonable,” and society was not shocked— Clarice did not marry him until the end o* her widew's mourning. But the ne- ce! legal steps to get rid of the for- ; tune which had been so fatal to all con~ cerned, were taken at once. Lawyer Baldwin insisted on protect- ing her interests, however, and, with calm, imperturable persistence, forced her to accept the third of all Philip Grayson’s possessions. Mr. and Mrs. Mowbray continued to occupy the grand house and to enter- tain their friends in magnificent sty but Clarice removed to a charming lit- tle home out of town, where, with a | smail household and a faithful maid, who would not leave her, married or single, she lived very quietly until her marriage with Shirley Austin, who had suddenly found ‘himself almost a mill- jonaire from the fortunate investment of his savings by Mr. Lingard in Aus- tralia. Mrs. Martin's first use of the fortune which had brought her so much misery was to take Bertha abroad; but the change did the stricken girl no good. She was rapidly fading away, and nothing which her despairing and heart-broken mother could do had any effect.in rousing her from the condition of depression into which she had fallen. The devoted mother consulted physi- cians in every land, and no lightest wish of the poor girl was left unsatis- fied. But Bertha grew paler and more fragile every day. It was at this time that Mrs. Martin heard the rumor of Letty’s tragic death; it was a terrible blow, and, though she had just returned from abroad, she immediately took passage for France, in the hope of ascertaining the truth or falsehood of the report. It proved to be too true, and the grief and horvor or such a loss brought Let- ty’s flight back anew, with all she had suffered at the time. The keen brain and steady nerve which had once seemed strong enough to bear any strain gave way, and Bertha brought her mother home a raving maniac. But this new misfortune saved the girl's life. Tc coused her fromm the hope- less melancholy that was killing her, and she realized, for the first time, that she was guilty of wicked seliishness in allowing her whole life to be sacriticed for an unhappy attachment. Every minute of her time was so oc- cupied that she had no opportunity to pine, and youth and a sound constitu- tion, helped by a gentle and devoted nature, triumphed. Mrs. Martin never recovered, but after a time her violence subsided into gentle melancholy; she remembered none of the tragic events of her life, nor of anything. Her memory was hopelessly impaired, but her physical health was good; and she knew her children, and remembered that Letty was dead, although she had, happily, forgotten the manner of her death. She had always been a devoted and affectionate mother, and now she was that, and nothing else. ‘ Bertha took control of the household, and devoted herself to the care of her younger brothers and sisters. They were a large and interesting family, and fully employed her whole time. Marriage and all thought of marriage was a sealed book to Fer, and her only counselor and best friend was her Uncle Robert, who continued ,to improve, mentally and physically, and to bestow his best care and attention on “poor Kate—the sister he had always loved, and who was now so sadly afflicted.” THE END. Pove Leo on Fra Angelico. Leo XIII. has written a letter of en- couragement to the president of t? Fra Angelico monument committee, Cardinal Pierotti, in which the follow- ing passage occurs: “It is just and meet that a noble monument should be erected in his native country to the great artist, the celestial suavity of whose paintings appears more like the work of angels than of man.”—London Standard. . A Delicate Hint. “My dear, I was just reading a very interesting article on ‘How to Enjoy an Outing Without Impediments.’ ” * Well?” “well, I was wondering, my love, if it wouldn’t be a good idea for me to take my outing alone, this time.” Cleveland Plain Dealer. * Horticulture in Natal. Gardening in Natal is akin to gar- dening in Florida, in the United States. The fruits and vegetables. there are just like those raised by Florida grow- ers—oranges, lemons, pinapples and bananas, are the staple fruits.—Mee- han’s Monthly. A perscn may live on Rittenhouse square ané still not have a pleasing ad- drees. h The Mother and Daughter in. France RS. HERMAN NORMAN has de- clared that of all European women those of France more nearly re- semble the Oriental type. Reared in al- most Oriental seclusion, under surveil- jance from birth to marriage, and mar- riage itself “arranged” in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, with little regard tor the prejudices or convictions of the wceman in the case, this conclusion is not so wide of the mark as mignt at first appear. The chief aim of a French woman of the higher class is to plcase; end to accomplish this ali that ean enhance per- sonal attractiveness and grace of manner is brought into play; coquetry is m the blood, and even those who engage suc- cesstulfy in serious inteliectual work are apparently as well versed in the ability to charm as those who seem to think of and hive for nothing else. While French women understand in all its perfection the aft of dress, few are really beautiful, although occasionally, even among the peasants, rare types of loveliness are to be found. This is espe- cially true of the women of Brittany. Whatever may be her faults, indiffer- ence to her. children cannot be charged to the french mother. She goes to the other extreme and is indulgent and dot- ing to the last degree. With the doting love for children char- acteristic of the French as a nation, al- though there 3s always more or less dif- ficulty in making destrable matches for their daughters—they are rarely ever un- welcome. irom the hour of her birth— although there are many instances where the child is sent to the country with a nurse—the daughter usually remains un- der the mother’s personal supervision; she sleeps in the same or an adjoining room, receiving her, first instructions at home, sitting at the table with the family and appearing In the drawing room upon her raother’s reception days. Unlike the English girl of the same class, who is relegated to the nursery, who rarely ever appears at dinner or in the G@rawing room with her elders, the french girl has aequired her knowledge of society in childhood, and with an ease ind unconsciousness which her English sisters seldom possess.—Cleveland Leader. MARKET LETTER. The following market letter {s fur- vished by Edwards, Wcod & Co., yrains, Seeds, Provisions, Commission Merchants, No. 8 Chamber of Com- nerce, Minneapolis, 310 Board of Trade, Duluth. Nov. 7.—During the past week wheat, rats and corn have been active and strong, and have advanced in price. The causes of the advance are the enor- mous exports and a very active cash narket. The action of France, in tak- ng possession of a Turkish port, has uso had its effect. Minneapolis No. 2 Northern has sold ‘t the same price with the December yption, and No. 1 Northern at 2c over. The car situation is, worse, and affects ul markets. Minneapolis millers have sid a premium of one-half cent per bu ‘or wheat in cars, that could be loaded vith flour for shipment East. Corn ad- vanced on the strong situation. Cash csorn is 65c per bu at Kansas City, 5c wer Chicago, and at St. Louis corn on he cob has sold in small lots at 80c per ou. The .Mexican government has sus- vended the tariff on wheat, which .mounts to 30c per bu, and Mexico has aken £00,00¢ bu of wheat from us, and s said to be buying mofe, on account of the scarcity and high price of corn ‘n the Southwest. Texas is importing wheat for home ‘orsumption, and an increasing amount ‘s being fed to live stock in Kansas and ‘djoining states. Flour, rye, barley, bran and shorts are higher. Flax has been nervous, Sut, in the main, strong. The demand ‘or oil is good and home consumption ‘arge. All the flax will be needed at yood prices, 4 It looks like a strong, old-fashioned cull market. If you are not familiar vith the grain trade, write for our free privaté cipher, explaining speculation, and our free daily market letter. Hawaii's Cataract. An exploring party on the island of Hawaii has discovered a magnificent waterfall, which, acccrding to the best ypinion, no white man’s eye has ever rested upon before The water has a ‘all of 660 feet, and a flow of something more than 1,500,000 cubic feet per min- ute, While the flow is less than one- ‘enth that of Niegara, the fall is so great and the surroundings are so im- rressive that the new cataract ranks easily among the foremost in its sp2- cies of natural marvels, The waters of Niagara make a plunge of 150 to 164 feet, but, going over in such tremendous bulk—the tlow is 18,- 000,000 cubic feet per minute-—-they gain 2 vast impressiveness. In Idaho the Shoshone drops 190 feet. The Yosemite falls heve a height of 1,€00 feet. With these wonders and the number- ‘ess other water plunges, great and small, scattered along rivers and through mountain ranges, tiie republic is well supplied with catzracts. It does not, however, match the Staubbach of Switzerland, Where the water, making a sheer plunge of 900 feet, turns to spray before striking the lower level.— World. “Inadvertently” Taken. At Norwich cathedrsl, on Sunday night, the dean of Norwich, before be- sinning the sermon, called attention to ‘he fact that some of the congregation must have “inadvertently” taken away the hymn-books provided, each of which was marked, “Not to be taken away,” as no fewer than 1,750 copies had disappeared from the cathedral. A thousand of the books, Dean Lefroy said, wete a personal gift to him by the editor, Bishop Bickersteth. He added that they would have to-be r plenished.—Lendon Daily Graphic. ‘What the World Likes. - The world likes sunny, hopeful, buoy- ynt characters; it shuns lugubrious prophets, who see only failure and die- »ster everywhere. The hopeful, cheer- ful men and women, who see success and longevity in their callings, are the cnes who are sought after. It is as natural to try to avoid disagreeable and unpleasant people, as it is to try to escape from the clouds and shadows into the sunlight.—Success. Capital — Gossip Bits of News Gathered at St. Paul (Special Correspondence.) Z That exceedingly primitive men with their wives and equally primative progeny walked abroad in Minnesota thousands of years ago and immedi- ately following the ice age, J. V. Brow- er asserts is shown conclusively by dis- coveries made near Little Falls, Minn. Excavations in a bro2d sand plain, in which 1,000 stone fragments showing unmistakable signs of human handi- craft were found, have given the new evidence of conditions in forgotten years. i Mr. Brower spent-more than a week at Little Falls. He was joined there by J. B. Chaney and Secretary Warren Upham of the state historical society and Prof. Winchell, state geologist, who reviewed the evidence of the dis- ecveries and came to conclusions stated by Mr. Upham upon his return to St. Paul. The fragments were found at vary- ing Gepth of from two to five “feet be- lew the surface. The sevcral perfect stone implements recovered are evi- dently utensils for preparing and scraping skins. They are considered as an indication that the early inhab- itants dressed in skins. No arrow heads, spear heads or other weapons were discovered tending to prove that the primeval ancestors were inclined but little to civil strife and favored all the arts of peace. From the faci that they used implements for scraping skins the conclusion remains that they possessed means of taking game, whether by pitfalls, “figure foul” traps or the ancient devices now familiar to small boys is not known. The unearthed implements. are dif- ferent from those found in the Minne- sota mounds. They are less adapted to human purposes and more crude in workmanship. Mr. Brower is of the opinion that the wide area over which fragments were found disproves Prof. Holmes’ theory that the records of the early inhab- itants might have been assisted in seeking their hiding places below the surface by -the decay of forests and similar means, chis indicating a less remote period than their depth would Andicate. He strongly believes that their users followed closely upon the iee age, back through a succession of years almost beyond belief. The state board of control is securing from the insane hospitals of the state a statement of the cases with a view to relieving the congestion in the hospi- tals by discharging persons that can be cared for outside. It is a question whether those suffer- ing from senile dementia will be recog- nized in the future as proper subjects for the insane hospitals. The members of the boaré think that simply because a@ person grows old, his mind decays, and he falls into’excentris habits, does not make him a subject for an insane ‘asylum. Many of these cases, in which the relatives are glad to rid themselves of the care of the old person, could be as well cared for at the county poor- house. There is a large class of harmless idiots and imbeciles who also cannot be improved by hospital treatment, and the board members believe that those tnfortunates coull be better cared for elsewhere. “The question is simply whether the state has intended to furnish a home ‘for dependents of this kind, who can- not be benefitted by hospital treat- ment,” said a member of the board of control. “The insane hospitals are crowded to their utmost capacity. At Rochester thirty-five men sleep on the floor, and the beds in the wards are 30 close together that you can scarcely walk between them. . Under such con- ditions those that are mentally de- ranged, and can be improved and per- haps totally restored by hospital treat- ment, cannot receive the attention they deserve. “An addition to tne hospital at Has- tings is being built, and a new hospital will be erected at Anoka, but they will not furnish enough room. If the legis- lature intends to furnish homes for the dependent classes, not purely in- sane, tt would be better to establish an institution especially for old persons, and another for idiots and imbeciles. The majority of the kappa should, I think, be taken cafe of by relatives or the counties.” Se Executive Agent Fullerton, of the state game and fish commission, has received within three weeks between fifteen and twenty letters from minors, pleading with im to instruct the county auditor to issue the petitioners licenses to hunt deer. : One letter says that the writer will be twenty-one a few days after the season closes, and that he has hunted deer sirce he was sixteen years old. several letters have been received from parents demanding that a license be issued to their sons. Some of the minors have persuaded prominent friends to write, stating that they know the boys to be careful huntsmen. Others haye called at Mr. Fullerton’s office and made it a personal matter. Mr. Fullerton has referred all the let- ters to the county*auditor, who is re- quested to issue no licenses to minors. “J feel certain that some of these boys are more careful hunters than some older men,” said Mr. Fullerton, “You must draw the line somewhere, though. The number of people killed by deer hunters each year is appalling, and anything to decrease it must be welcomed.” tee Public Examiner Pope has completed a statement of the condition of the savings. banks of Minnesota at the close of business Oct. 31. The statement reveals a very pros- “perous condition on the part of the de- pesitors in these institutions. The amount of deposits increased $118,072.29 during October, and the in- ierease over October, 1900, is $1,598,- ‘The number of open accounts af these banks was increased by 728 for October, and 6,715 more than at the close of October, 1900. 7 : | . ARGENTINE NEWSPAPERS. There Has Been Much Progress ef Printing There Since the Jesnite Introduced It in 1705. One feature of the progress of the South American States id the increase of the number of magazines and news- papers. A recent issue of the Demo- graphic Bulletin of the Argentine Re- public gives some details of the devel- opment of printing and journalism in that country. The article calls atten- tion to the fact that the first printing office in :he region of the River Plate was established in 1705 by some Jesuit fathers at their missions in Paraguay. They at first engraved blocks of wood, and later separated wooden types. In 1775 they established the first printings office in the Argentine Republic proper. That was at Cordova. When the Jesuit Fathers were driven out, two years af- ter that, the primting office at Cordova was abandoned, but it was transferred soon after to Buenos Ayres. There ft was called the Printing Office of the Foundlings, as its earnings were ap~- plied to the support of the foundlings. It was continued umtil 1824. The first newspaper in Buenos Ayre was the Mercantile telegraph, which came out in 1801. At that time there was no freedom for the press, but the revolution of 1801 gave an impulse to the publication of newspapers, and from that time on the number kept growing larger. There are now 739 periodicals pub- lished in the country. Of these, 9¢ are dailies and 256 weeklies; 682 of them aro Spanish, 11 are English, 24 ItaHan and7 French. AN HONEST NAME. An Mlinois Statesman Tells a Good Story—Knew His Father's Son Would Not Lie. The Honorable Alva Merrilf of Chilll- ecthe, member for the Twenty-fourth District State of Illinois House of Rep- resentatives, tells an interesting story. Some two years sgo Mr. Merrill gave a testimonial stating that Dodd's Kid- ney Pills cured his rheumatism. This, with Mr. Merrill's portrait, were pub- lished in thousands of papers £11 over the United States. On the train returning home from Springfield one day last winter were ithe Honorable Mr. Merrill and several other mombers. After a time one of them said: “Merrill, what time do you get to Chillicothe?” This attracted the attention of an old man who had been apparently await- ing some identification of Mr. Merrill, and as soon as he heard the name he rushed up to his seat and extended his hand, saying: “You are Alva Merrill, and you saved my life, T was most dead with Lumba- go, and in an advertisement I saw your picture and your recommendation ot Dodd’s Kidney Pills. I knew your father, and I knew his son would not lie, and, therefore, I decided to try the Pills. “T am satisfied that Dodd’s Kidney Pills, and nothing else, have saved my Hife, and I have been waiting this op- yortunity to thank you personally, for had I not seen your recommendation 1 might never have been led to use this remedy: but, thanks to God, through your honest name and the honest medl- cine which you so heartily recommend- ed, I am still alive. “TI have been watching you since you got on the train at Springfield, and thought I reengnized you face as the one I had,seen in the advertisement and as soon as this gentleman calle¢ you by name I knew you were the map I had to thank.” Witchhazel. In medical botany, witchhazet has a wide renown. Strange to say, for all the extenied use of extracts and pre- parations in general, there are eminent medical men who regard it as of ne real efficacy. Its use in medicine was introduced through its extensive use by the Indians. They use the bark in de~ coction for tumors, inflammatory swell- ings and hemorrhages. This wonld in- dicate the presence of considerable tan- nin in the bark, as this is the main act- ing principle in remedies for these troubles. The Indians of the South ate the seeds, snd made pretty ornaments from them. In the same natural order, there is apparently nothing of medicin- al value, unless it be the Liquidambar, or sweet gum, a species of which is much admired in ornamental garden- ing. This is said to exude a balsamic resin.—Meehan’s Monthly. Length of a Wink. The feat of the German scientist In measuring the duration of a wink, calls to mind the story of Lionel Barrymore, who has inherited something of hts father’s wit as well as his ability as an. actor. When Lionel first went on the stage, he got a very small part in a play. He was greatly disappointed, of course, but was glad to: be there at all. Speaking of his appearance to a friend the next day, the friend said: “Why, I saw the play, but I didn’t see you.” “You must have winked,” replied Li- onel.—New York Times. King Edward’s Note Paper. The king is very particular about his note paper: he likes it to be of rather a peculiar shape, more square than ob- Icng, and to be very simple in style. It is engraved with Sandringham or Marl- borough house in raised letters, with a crown above the address. At present the letters are in black, but formerly they uscd to be in gold, or black with red capitals.—London Graphic. The well posted druggist advises you to use Wizard Oil for pain, fer he knows what it has done. Men, as a class, eat too much meat, and are prone to kidney trowbles. Wo- men eat too much starch and sweets, bread and butter and preserves, pud- anes pies and cakes, which produce corpulency.—November Ladies Home Journal. , . FITS Risranre atest ir. Rimes ‘Da. R. H. Kuure, There is no surer beginning for a home than stmple furnishing. Im sim- pleiy safety, reason and “* ‘There ts nothing finer nor higher. wu- <elreige kd mata Ladies’ Tonle ours “ . ‘ . c Ss & » cS. 5—_