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By
HOWAR.D
FIELDING
t'onvrtflAt,
1*4, by
If.
WAS sitting in my office alone in
the dark. The unnaturally gloomy
day had sunk Into night an hour
la-fore Its time. It had been long
enough to bring me onward a full day's
Journey to the path of ruin. The upper
(rawer on the right side of my desk
• isheil to open, but an Imaginary band
Held It a woman's band, white and
beautiful. 1 could not bring myself to
push that vision away and let the
drawer with the revolver iu it spring
•ut.
I heard the rattle of the elevator
door. Home one was getting out at the
teventh binding. That would probably
be llnrbert, coming to tell uie that
business was business. In ills case
nothing could be more untrue, for he
was ruining me from sheer revenge for
a blow struck years ago, when the fel
low behaved like a cur in my presence
and received what he deserved. Well,
lie had me where ho wanted me at last.
I looki-d out across the mnln room at
the ground ..loss panel that was llglit-
<d from the hall. It shone white as
marble, and it was shaped like a round
lopptsl gravestone. There was my
name In black letters.
It was not Harbert's shadow that
fell upon the glass. It was Amy's.
Poor girl! I know she must have been
Hhirffied to see that there was no light
within. I cried out to lier as cheerfully
us possible and ran to open the door.
"Whore are all the people?” she
asked, looking about nt the desks and
chairs of my small staff. "Nothing has
happened?”
"Not yet,” said I; "hut, my dear little
girl, I'm afraid the end is iu sight. If
this fellow Harbert could lie bottled up
for thirty days, I would be all right
But—you have heard about Harbert. 1
need say no more. It’s all over.”
I sat on the edge of a desk and drew
her up close to me. She was trembling.
“This won’t make auy difference,”
«aid she, “in—In anything that we care
about?”
"I'm afraid," said I, “that that which
we particularly care about will have to
be postponed a little while. Amy, I
shan't have a penny! I)o you realize
It? 1 shan’t have even an occupation!
I can't let you marry a man who at
thirty-five lias come to such an end.”
“You haven't come to an end,” said
she. “You've come to another begin
ning; thnt’s all. And I want to help
you. You don't know how much I can
do. You think 1 am only a child.”
“L know you're only a child,” I re
plied, “and I thank God for it night
•nd morning. If you were a woman
with the thousand years of experience
trtiich they require nowadays before
they’re twenty-five, why, I suppose I’d
love you Just the same.”
Thon we kissed each other. And that
sounds conventional, doesn’t It? But
wait until you are In love, my friend.
At lliwnt v-,"
Hint you
are. When the touching of lips is of
more account to you than dying or be
ing born, you will view the subject
more clearly.
“If the money were all and the busi
ness were all,” said I. "we could laugh
at It but I have suffered a few things
recently anil am in doubt whether
there remains enough of me to go on
with. However, we won't talk of that
today. You ure going to your brother's
office now and then home with him.”
"1 shall not leave you this evening,”
said she. “I shall stay In town and go
to my aunt's for the night. We will
dine together and then go up to her
house. But first I must run and tell
Jack or he may wait for me. I'll be
back In ten minutes."
She Hew away like a bird, and I went
Into the inner office hurriedly, bulf
crazed. But tlie white hand was still
holding tlie drawer of the desk.
When I turned away. Harbert was
standing 111 the outer office. There
wasn't much light, but the devil seems
to furnish Harbert with a special illu
mination. The expression of Ills face
fa to be seen when another man beside
him would scarcely be visible at all.
Ills face has a peculiar bluish white
ness that conies out through any shad
ow, and his eyes glitter because they
are never still. He came straight to
my desk and put a hand upon It. lean
ing over till bls face was close to mine.
“Cbeever,” said he. "I’ve got you.
Suit will Is- brought on every one of
those claims tomorrow, and I've put
you where you can’t borrow a cent
Just glance at this letter from Jen
nlngs.”
Jennings was the creditor whose op-
position to Harbert's schemes bad
Hived me hitherto, whose firmneoa for
one little month longer would have
made nil right. I knew that lie had
' been brought Into line at last and did
not care to read bls letter. When Har
bert handed It to me, I opened a draw
er tn the desk and dropped the letter
Into It—the upper drawer on the right
■Ide.
No eye but Harbert’s would ever
have seen the revolver there, but he
saw It, and n sudden frenzy of tent
seized him. He knew what he would
have done under the same circum
stances. He tried to grasp my wrist,
an J.th,a ft. ’-.appem-d that he pushed
the drawer out So that It fell upon the
floor. I saw what be was after, but
surprise confused nie, and I did not
comprehend that he feared attack.
Rather I believed thnt tils long cher
ished spite had flared up Into madness
«nd that hl* design was murderous.
in spite of tny advantage of position.
It was he that first put a hand upon
the weapon Instantly there was a re
port which seemed to me to rend heav
en and earth. I felt a shock upon my
breast thnt was like the Impact of a
heavy stone. For a moment it was as
If fate wavered In the choice whether
] should live or die. I believed that
death would win. nnd I had a strange
calmness about It. It would please me
to say that I thought of Amy, or, next
to her. of any other need of my soul,
but 1 had not tile grace. I was cou
scions only of rage and shame that I
I
O
should lose In u struggle with a cren
ture so contemptible as Harbert, and
actuated by that Ignoble impulse. I
wrenched the pistol out of Ids band
and tlr-sl straight Into ills face. It was
perfectly easy, like treading on a
worm.
He fell backward. Ida fort-bead
blackened anti the tangled mass of
hair alsive It. as I thought, ablaze. I
felt a sense of horror at the sight, but
neither pity for him nor alarm at my
own situation. I think It must be or-
dinar? to do that at such a time, for
my act was wholly Instinctive.
‘•Harbert!’’ I cried again, but he had
heard my voice or any man's for tlie
last time.
Rising. I put the revolver back Into
the drawer, and then the whole aspect
of the tragedy h-apeil up before me in
Its minutest detail. I did not need to
think. I saw! Probably tlie suggestion
came from tlie weapon. It was mine.
The di-ed had been done In my office.
Harbert had entered unarmed upon an
errand that could be construed as bust
ness. I had every motive for killing
ldm; he had none for killing me. He
was the winner, 1 the loser. No one
would believe that be had tried to kill
me with my own revolver; no one
would credit the truth almut the strug
gle for the weapon. At the very best I
should suffer arrest and long deten
tion. The ruin of my business would be
doubly Bure, whereas with Harbert
dead, were I bat free—
The thought was overpowering. It
made a guilty man of me. Without It
I might haw- pardoned myself, for he
had subjected me to more than human
nature can be asked to bear, but when
I sought to cover the deed I took the
stain of Ills blood upon me. If I could
hide bls body, all would be well. That
was my mad fancy. In the space of a
few seconds I seemed to consider u
hundred plans. The rush of my
thoughts was so wild that I recognized
their futility. I perceived that I was
passing front one design to another
with no possibility of decision.
First of all I must get the corpse out
of that room. The sound of the shots
must have lieen heard. Some one would
come. There might well be an Interval
sufficient for my use. however, for In
all probability there was no one on that
floor at the time. Below? I could not
say. Above? Probably no one but my
friend Oswald.
I picked up the body as if it had been
a rag and ran to the outer door, which
I opened cautiously. No one was in
the hall, l-'lve seconds later I stood at
the head of the stairs upon the eighth
floor. No one had seen me. I stissl at
my friend’s door. “W. Bruce Oswald.
Analytical Chemist”—the letters on the
panel seemed to speak to me. Among
the mysteries of Ills irrnl-- wu* thure
one whereby tlie mortal part of man
could be resolved into a vapor?
Without pausing to consider that Os
wnlil might not be alone 1 burst into
Uin detlgn u<m murdcruuu.
his private room, bearing the body,
There was a long bench on the other
side of the room, It was about four
feet high and had a tiled top. Oswald
was setting up some apparatus upon it.
•nd his back was toward me. He faced
about suddenly, and we confronted
each other. In the momentary silence
I could bear the clinking of glass tubes
which be held In bis right hand. Os
wald trembles always as the result of
an accident m bls laboratory years
•go. and the nervous shock which lie
sustained at that time has Imprinted
upon bis countenance nn unvarying
expression of fear, though I believe
few men are less susceptible than he
to that emotion. Even Ills voice trein
hies, and, though I knew him so well,
these oecnl’aritles. which signified
nothing as to his mental state, suggest
ed terror and set tny own flesh quak
ing.
"I—J think you'd hotter shut the
door, my friend," said be.
1 closed it with my foot and slmili-
tancously let my burden slip down to
the floor, Oswald raised a cigar to Ills
vips v,! ,h Lis I.« I.ar.d.--It came up
with little tremulous Jerks, but still
with n singular effect of precision. He
puffed upon tlie clgur half a dozen
times very rapidly as he set down the
Idt of apparatus upon the desk with
obvious care.
"What's the matter with
be
asked. "Shot. I should
1
thought 1 beard something.’
"Oswald.” said I, "I must put my life
Into one word! Can you destroy this
body?”
“You shot him, eh?”
"He tried to kill me, and I killed hltn.
I don’t understand It myself. We were
fighting for my revolver. You know
wliat he ligs done to me. and you can
see that I am lost if tills is dltw-overed.”
While « was speaking Oswald ap
proached the Issly of Hartiert. which
lie turned upon its back
"It occurs to me," said he. ‘‘tliat there
may tie some things In your office that
16 P CCAUILLY.
WOMAN AND FASHION
had better be straightened up I sup
pose you were alone when this hap Thrr
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,,t * -lai Lass*«
1 Neal street Uawa.
pened ?’’
in •
i ultra«.
Th*- illustration shows a street gown
"Of course, or I should not be here.
Pici *1.1,
cold * I blatant by of bourette cauvas with very rough
Miss Romaine was there a moment be contri
i.-rgi-s n<,wu it. Yet surface. The model sketched Is In
fore, and she is coming back. 1 must even here
•unsbiu«.- ever so mole color, which Is a popular shade.
brighi -I
keep this from her.”
i* ci- vm-d lu U im
i-», ati.-nuate*. uni
"Go down, then,” said he, “and air pearl)
4 ail of I ondon, that
the place out. Tlie room must be full ties, 1
.autalized and defeated
of smoke. I'm not afraid of Miss Ro haze t 11
maine. but If the watehmau of the bow many artists! Even over Piccadll
building heard the shots and begins ,-tn ly. eveu over this tlie most mundane of
Investigation"—
all lamdon streets, it throws Its saving
“He won't come here.*" 1 cried. "You glamour. Indeed the whole splendid
will have time—all night perhaps—If avenue mlgli< serve for a studio, not
the thing can be done at all.”
for its values alone, but for the com
“Leave It to me," said he. “Go down plexlty of the types that throng it. Il
stairs and stay there till I send for la the qulnti-sseiice of London, the dis
you. Hold on! You're wounded.”
filiation of all Ixuidon humanity, to lx
He touched the breast of the gray studied nowhere so narrowly as from
coat that 1 was accuatomed to wear In a bus top. Perfect Du Mauriers in the
the office. I reassured him, saying that original approach, pass by and are left
the wound was of no consequence; that behind or stand In groups looking from
the bullet must have spent its force the club windows. Phil Mays in tin-
upon a wallet and some letters In my life swarm beneath oue, and characters
pocket. I would take measures so that from Thackeray and Dickens Jostle
no oue should discover it.
unsuspectingly on the sidewalk. The
“Then go," said he. “and take cour clubs alone, which never look so thor
age. I don't blame you for what you oughly clubbable as when hastily
have done, aud if you make no error glanced at from a passing bus, will
on your own part I will get you out of store one's memory with a liundred
this trouble.”
recognizable types. All England, all
He locked the door that led into the the empire, Indeed, sooner or luter finds
larger laboratory and Immediately Its way to Piccadilly. One cannot puss
afterward turned the key behind me as down It without a sight of some glit
I stei>i><sl cautiously into the bull. At tering, turbaned, alien figure, majes
first 1 saw no oue. but as I descended tically Isolatl-d, llllljgsri, ally wnhee«l,sl.
the stairs a scrub woman passed me. Regent street niuy claim a grander
currying tlie Implements of her toil. sweep, and by virtue of its shops a
The encounter wus unfortunate, and it mon- devoted femininity, but It is along
shook my nerves so much that when 1 Piccadilly that the tide of social lam-
reached the foot of tlie stairs and be don flows brim full.—Sydney Brook.«
hold the door of my office open, though in Harper’s Magazine.
I knew that I had closed it, I was near
It is self trimmed, but a very smart
to complete collapse.
touch of color is added by the bishop
In Froien IluMaia.
it was Amy who had opened the
In Russia. where tlie cold in winter Is stock, which is of oriental embroidery.
door. She stood midway across the very Intense, the markets are very curi The girdle is of the material, fastened
room, faint with four and clinging to a ous things. The meat is frozen, the car with a gilt buckle.
desk for support. I could scarcely un casses of dead animals, as sheep and
derstand what she said, but her condi pigs, stand upright outside the stalls;
Winter Hat«.
tion was easily explained. She had en everything, even gain» and poultry, re
The choosing of winter hats is a seri
tered the smull room and hud found quires to be thawed before it can be ous problem this year, and It Is well
the revolver on the floor, the pungent cooked, and the market people's dress to rememla-r that not only must the
smoke still hanging in the air. Know
is as picturesque as It is warm and color Is- In accord with the costume,
ing my despair, she could have had but comfortable.
but the shape also. Following out the
one thought. I closed the door and
Then the rivers art frozen over all law of exaggeration that has been
sprung the lock. Then for u few blessed
fashionable for so long a time, if the
seconds neither of us cared for any tlie winter loug, and si thick is the Ice style of the gown is one that makes
that
every
one
can
skate
anywhere
and
thing except that we were in each oth
the wearer look short and broad the
er's arms. Though it hail been in my any time. Stalls are nit up on the ice hat is broad and flat. If the lines are
and
busy
markets
held
there.
mind to spare her, I told tlie exact
In tlie Asiatic part of Russia the peo long and slender the hat gives height
truth. I have never done otherwise
and slenderness, But here also it is
with her, and 1 doubt that I could. All ple live chiefly by hunting and Hailing, foolish to choose an unbecoming hat
that I am or that I know or feel is and the fur of the Russian animals is simply because it is a fashionable
hers and must be always. My story very beautiful the ertiine, fox. sable, shape and color.
wns a matter of one minute, and mean sen otter and others.
At the end of the winter, when tin Ilats to match the costumes In color
while I opened the windows, wiped
snow
melts, the huntsman pursues tile are very smart this season, as are also
and reloaded the revolver and replaced
the all black hats again, and the col
all things as they had been before Har elk. wearing long shorn, in which lie ored lints will be worn not only with
bert's visit. Some one tapped upon can glide over the snov very quickly, the gowns they match, but with the
tlie glass panel with a cane. 1 saw a while tlie poor elk sinkl Into the snow black costumes as well, and, Indeed,
deeper and deeper every step and is at
uiiin’s shadow.
with gowns of contrasting colors they
“it is Walworth,” I whispered. “He last overtaken and killed.
will be seen. Small and large shapes
Is the lawyer who does Harbert's dirty
are alike In favor. Harper’s Bazar.
Illa Two l‘urehaaea.
work. He must have been waiting for
A story is told of a Louisiana mer
him below. I nm lost.”
The New Wrap».
"There Is another man with liim.” chant who came to New York deter
Many of the new wraps, especially
mined
to
secure
a
bargain.
He
wanted
said Amy.
those designed for evening, appear In
“It is (Jutland, superintendent of Un cheap cloaks, and after trying in vain variations of the old fashioned dolman
to
suit
himself
at
the
wholesale
bouses
building!” I exclaimed. “They have
shape. Some of these are merely wide
heard the shots. They will search these lie bought a Job lot at nuction. He ex capes with sleeves Introduced in the
rooms in half a minute and then go up amined the goods hurriedly and had folds of tlie garment. An attractive
to Oswald's. The scrub woman will them shlppi-d home. In due time lie evening wrap is made of champagne
was confronted by nn excited bead colored broadcloth, heavily embroider
tell them that I was then-.”
Amy put both hands upon her fore salesman who said tlie garments were ed with chenille and lined with satin.
out of style.
A stole embroidered solidly extends to
head.
“Tbev didn’t took thnt wny.” euld tlie the knees In front, while the wrap It
"Time IB wliat «ve need:" stl« ltiotini-l.
merchant.
“How can we delay them? I have it!
self falls a little below the hips in
‘ But they are,” replied the clerk.
Put me in that closet. Lock the door
front. The back consists of three
the
'1 he merchant persisted that
and take the key. They will try to get
square capelike pieces stitched togeth
in. Forbid them. They will have to get cloaks would sell, but they didn't, In er and falling to tlie knees. The short
authority. When the door Is opened. I desperation lie returned them to New ness of the front compared witli the
shall be found. It will seem you did York to be disposed of to best advan back of the garment gives u rippling
tage. On his next trip to New York lie effect to the cape sleeves, The wmp
not wish it known that I came here.”
“I will not let you do that,” I pro again visited an auction house and lias a stock collar of sable.
bought a lot of cloaks. When lie re
tested.
Hu I ii Garment«.
“Quick!" she cried. “They are nn- turned Imine and examined Ids pur
chase he saw that he had bought the
Never was there such a charming
locking the door.”
same lot as before.—World s Work.
display of rain garments as at the
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
present time. The new cravenettes and
The lllrtl Monopolist.
silk faced rubber garments are not
DRESDEN POLICE.
As Is generally known, the cuckoo only things of beauty, but they a re
lays its eggs in the nests of other birds, practical protectors from rain. In col-
They Are I-erniltte«! to Impose Small
leaving tlu-m to be hatched nnd the or the newest models appear in castor
Floe* on Oflemli-r*.
One advantage accrues to the respec young cuckoos reared by their foster shades, grays and In various shades
table member of the community from parents. The young cuckoo throws the of green. One may wear blue, black
the minuteness with which the Dres other birds out of the nest anil gets till or brown eravenette garments as well.
den police look into the affairs of every the care Itself. After murdering Its The silk faced rubber coats come In
inhabitant of the city. If he is n care foster brothers nnd sisters In the most lovely shades of red, champagne, pas-
ful num and always carries papers deliberate and callous way It Is thence tel gray atul white and are dainty
which may serve to establish ids iden forth tended with the greatest devo enough to serve as evening wraps.
Bly lie is practically immune from the tion. Long after It has left the nest
A Winter lint.
.ndlgiilly of IH-Ing arrested and march- the great bird, apparently big enough
to get Its own living and many times
There is every reason to believe that
Hl off to the police station unless, ill
larger than Its foster parents. Is fol the lint that tits the head will be the
deed, lie commits some especially lu-i
lowed about and fed by them with the smart thing for all street wear this
nous crime. Does he drive faster than same care ns when In the nest.
winter.
the law permits, does be cross a bridge
Turbans will be very much in fash
oil the left band side, he Is stop|H-d by
The Origin oi Starehlng.
Ion. especially those that fit close at
the guardian of law and order and re
The course of history curries us back
quested to give his name. If he has
no further than the year 15IM for the
his papers with him the policeman may
then and there impose a fine of from origin of starching lu London. It was
I to 3 marks. If then he admits that In that year that Mistress Van der
I’lasse came with her husband from
he is In the wrong and pays the tine
Flanders to the English metropolis
the incident is closed. If, however, he their greater safety”
and there
wishes to appeal from the policeman's fg-ssi-d herself
a starclier. The
decision he may do so. Even in that housewives of
the time were not
ease he is not arrested, but a day or In discovering
two later he is notified to appear in 1 of the "Dutch the excellent whiteness
linen,” as It was called
court and answer to the charge against
and Mistress Plasse soon had plenty of
him. But then if he is found guilty good paying clients. Some of these be
the lowest fine that can be Imposed
gan to send her ruffs of lawn to starch,
Is 3 marks. That this custom of per
mitting tlie i>oli<-«iiian personally to Im which she did so excellently »veil that
l-oi-—---- ••'ng that If any one sent
pose small tines Is little understood ny ill
her a ruff made of n spiders wen stir
foreigners is shown by a remark made would be able to starch It. So greatly
to me by a gentleman who bail lived did her reputation grow that fasbiomi
in Germany tlie greater part of Ids life ble dames went to her to learn the art
and in Dresden for a number of years. ! and mystery of starching, for which
In reply to my Inquiry ns to whether they gladly paid a premium of £4 or £!>.
there was ever any question of cor and for tlie secret of seething starch
ruption in the police department he re they paid gladly a further sum of
A NEW KHAI'K IK TUBBANS.
plied:
shillings.
back and sides and roll out to a wide
“No; none whatever as far ns the
brim In front.
Ryr<»ii*w Faitrd G ihinp ,
higher officers are ccpceyned. The In-
The eovii-ci name is tricorne. The
dividual men. however, may be bribed
One of the stories concerning the above model Is of seal brown velvet,
occasionally. For instance, if I were traditional disli of roast goose on Ml* trimmed with gold braid at the edge
to walk on the grass in the Grosser chaelmas day refers to Lord Byron, and two small ostrich tips, starting In
garten and a policeman caught me nt says an English newspaper. The poet a rosette In velvet.
II i Wo tod gltu- h'.-.n a t.i.v.'k tf
al-». ..) Insisted !'l keep'irg up o!d can
and that would end the matter.”--l’bil- toms in small things, such as having
Silk l-etticoat*.
hot cross buns on Good Friday and
adelphla Ledger.
Among tlie more serviceable petti
roast goose on Michaelmas day. Tills coats for everyday wear are the plaid
last fancy hail a grotesque result when silks. They come In every conceivable
An Ksen Break.
“She's a girl after his own heart. he was In Italy. After buying a goose color combination and are generally
anil fearing It might be too lean Byron trimmed by ruchlrigs of black.
lie says.”
"Yes. and lie’s n man nfter her mon fed It every ilny for a month previous
I ni'lianKPable.
to the festival, so that the poet nnd
ey.”
"I'd like to exchange this,” said ■
"But you know it's whispered on the the bird liecame so mutally attached woman who the other day entered R
that «lien Sept SB nrrlveil he cou^l
quiet that she hasn’t any money.”
retail bookstore.
"Well, It’s a notorious fact that lie not kill It. but bought another nnd had
Tlie clerk unwrapped the bundle and
the pet goose swing in a cage under
hasn't any heart.”—Houston Post.
glanced nt its contents.
ids enrringe when he traveled.
‘‘I’m sorry, madam,” be said, “but
Bound tn Be Ladylike.
we can't do it”
A Nataral Desire.
Ethel What did you do when * Jim
“Why not?” she cried. “You've al
Sm-th-t wonder what Hr wn Intend«
proposed to you?
to do with all the money he got for ways exchanged liooks for me hereto
Mabel I was so surprised I puckered those historical novels he wrote.
fore.”
up my mouth to whistle, but then I re
"I know," geplled the clerk politely
J-n-s—He intends to travel. He feel-
luemls-red that would be unladylike, so that be ought to visit some of the place but firmly, "but we can’t change this
I hurried and pressed my lips against lie wrote about Just to see what they It's 'The la-opard's Spots."”—l’blladel
Ills to kffip myself from whistling
plila 1‘ri-ss.
are like. Life.
o
COURTESY IN THE HOME
it Is Kosenllal lu M«*pl*e*a In st>*
Family Cisele.
o
O.
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paios
mUITIM. ... 1
CARO STOCK
There is no place where there is
„.Htraw and Hinder*' Board...
greater need of true, refined, everyday
M-S7-AP-«I1 Ft|-«l Street
courtesy or where it will be more
greatly appreciated tiiau tn the home T*l. M s I b um ».
w
ban fkancuilax
circle. Yet iu bow many households do
we see an entire lack of it.
The husband comes lu tired and sur
ly. hurries down bls meal, gives the
cut a kick and depart* without one
kind word or gracious act to auy one.
The children are noisy and quarrel Hera Ara Homa of the Convincing
Facta That Caused um to Take
some. The mother, tired and nervous,
the Agency for the Fulton Com
has only sharp, recriminating words
pounds, the Flrat Thing« Known
for her husbaud, the chlldreu and the
servant. The whole atmosphere np
that Cure Chronic Kidney Di««
pears sureliargoi with the very qUiUt-
auoea.
essence of disturbing and dlshearteu-
Ing elements.
Tint, 1*1 It b* distloetly nnderatooil that
Ia-t a visitor come In to make a •very one of the cases Lelow bad been diagnosed
m-ighborly call, however, and bow by on« or mors physicians as chronic aud lu-
quickly everything is changed, Both eurabls; seuend, utHe the certainty of the re
husband and wife welcome him with sults as shown by the recovery also of the
the sweetest of a<mlh*s and courtes) friends they told who were similarly atUlctod
supposed incurable kidney diseases.
When the visitor departs, lie Is bowed with
N. W. Spaulding, President Spaulding Saw
out with the most charming grace mid Co . San Francisco, bad a recovery in bls own
family aud t<»ld several others who recovered
in sliver tones Invited to call again.
Adolph Wenke, SBpiUtlista Ban Frsnciaos,
This Is eminently right and proper, recovered
hiuiaelf aud told two friends who re-
but wliy should not the same consid Ou ve re
Dr. Carl D. Ziele, pioneer druggist, 5W Pad tie
eratIon prevail among those who are Street. San Francisco, recover« d himself and
bound to each other by ties of family gave it to mure than a dozeu patluula wlxo re
relationship—“our own. whom we love Oovered
Charles Eugelke, editor of the German paper,
best?" Why should uot the wife, the Ban Francisco, recovered himself aud told it to
a number who recovered, oue of them l-< ug
child, the servant, whom you meet ev Charles
F- Wacker, the Sixth street luureLanl.
K. M. W•«**>. oditor Wine and Sl»Wt Review,
ery day lu the most Inwinate relations raaovered
aud told It to Several Who
wi,,
«4»*^. "--i. i ask, tie recovered, himself
arnoutf them being an old school
vouchsafed some courtesy as well as physician.
Edward Short of the San FrandscoCaH re
the guest who calls for a brief hour?
covered, also three of bis frlvuds, viz: William
“Charity begins at home," we are Martin, Captain Hubbard of the Honolulu routs
William Hawkins of the U. S l^uartwr-
told, and I think courtesy should too. aud
master's Department of Sun Francisco.
John A. Phelps of the Hotel Kepelier, Sun
No one, be he man or woman, can
and two of bls friends, etc. etc
stand weeks and years of continual Fraucisco,
The kidneys are the sewers that strain the
So Iso us out of the system. We cau stand the
fault finding or habitual discourtesy.
erangement for a short while, but ulim ti.e
You bow to your next door neighbor tnterfereuc« becomes chronic (permanent), as
explained bj Bright, It is only a question
when you meet her in ti»e street and first
Of bow loug before deutli will ensue It is then
give her a kind or cordial word. Why oulled Brights Disease and incurable. All
kidney troubles develop into this form about
not lie res(M-ctful to members of your the
8th to loth mouth Thu «I»»*'“ ------
own family? Try It. You will find luourabio tj aii inuar Known uieaus. I«<-pie
kidney disease should begin at first with
you will la- happier for It. Your home bavlug
the only known thing that will cure it if it has
will become an ideal one, and every reached the serious stage Fulton's Renal
for Bright’s at d Kidney Dises»-•* 1;
one will la- Influenced to goal by tin- Compound
for Diabetes, |l 5u
John J Fulton < <•
mV
light which will radiate from It.—Pitts Washington slrset, San Frauclsoo. sole v«.ur
pouuders Send for
We
burg Press.
agcuta for Uda city.
WHY WE ARE AGENTS
THE JIMSON WEED.
Probably a Legacy to I* From South
America or Asia.
Once upon a time tlie name of James
town must have been very sharply
shortened. Within the memory of
many people now living James was
pronounced “Jeems;” In fact, we be
lieve that that was the accepted pro
nundatlou of our Virginian forefn
tliers. But "Jim” must have been the
diminutive of "Jeems,” as well as of
James; at least we Judge so because
wliat Is popularly known as "the Jim
son weed” really Is the Jamestow h
weed.
Nor Is there auy reason to suppose
that this contraction was made Jeer
Ingly or sneerlngly. More probably it
grew into use “Jess so,” and we find
intelligent Americans to whom It lias
never occurred that there Is any con
nectlou whatever between Jamestown
and Jimson. All the same, the au
thorities say that "Jimson” is “short”
for the name of the place where the
English made their first permanent set
tlement In what is now the United
States and where tlie Ohl Dominion's
first cnpltul was located.
The Jimson weed, however, Is not a
native plant, but probably came to us
from South America or Asia, it Is a
question liow It got to Jamestown, but
we believe It is conceded that it is not
Indigenous to Virginia. If it was de
liberately and designedly Imported, it
must have been because of Its medic
inal value; certainly not for Its odor,
which is vile; certainly not for its flow
ers and leaves, because they do not
compare In beauty with those of scores
of native plants. And, while tills weed
Is now recognized as having some me
diclnal value, It may not have had that
reputation "then” with Europeans. The
Chinese, however, use It to some ex
tent medicinally and may have done
so from time immemorial, that country
being little given to the acceptance of
new Ideas or new remedies.—Richmond
Times-Dispatch.
VIRGINIA COURTESY.
nr It* Operation Mr. Culpepper Came
Into HI* Own.
It is the story of a polite and polished
Virginia gentleman and bls landlady,
also polite, polished and a Virginian.
It ralm-d on a day not long ago, and
when Mr. Culpepper looked for his
umbrella In the terra cotta tile In the
hall It was not there. Mr. Culpepper
was far too courteous to say that some
body had taken it. He didn't even say
It was gone. He merely looked at the
terra cotta tile and cherished regrets.
It was raining, and he lind no umbrel
la. The courteous landlady came upon
him and divined Ids trouble.
‘‘Haven't jtou any umbrella?” she
asked. "Oh, that's tmp bad! You
mustn't think of going out without
one. Just wait a moment till I get you
mine.”
Mr. Culpepper protestisi, but when
Virginian meets Virginian courtesy Is
In O- nn.l 'Cl,,, I,,0,1
Irnly went upstairs anil presently re
turned with an umbrella.
"There," said she. “Take it. I shan’t
need it today, and you are perfectly
welcome to It. perfectly welcome.”
And the grateful Mr. Culpepper
stepped out and unrolled an umbrella
which was the very onAbe bail lost
Courteous Virginia gentleman, courte
ous V irginia landlady, and von newln't
ask me how the umbrella came to
change owners, for 1 don't knojj Nel
ther does Mr. Culia-pper. Wallington
Post.
Oak Wood.
Save the Baby.
The mortality among
babies during th<
three teething years Is something frightful.
The census of 1!»00 shows that about one in
every seven succumbs.
The cause
is
apparent.
With
baby's
bones hardening, the fontanel (opening in ths
skull) closing up and its teeth forming, all
these coming at once create a demand foi
bone mateiial that nearly half the little
systems are deficient in.
The result Is
peevishness, weakness, sweating, fever, diar
rhoea, brain troubles, convulskins. etc , that
prove terribly fatal. The deaths In l'.»uo under
three years were
to say nothing of
the vast number outside the big «ities that
were not re|M»rted, and this in the linlt<«1
States alone.
When baby begins to sweat, worry or cry
out in sleep don’t wait, aid ths need li
neither medicine nor narcotics
What the
little system is crying out tor Is more bone
material.
Bweetman’s Teething Faod sup
plies it. It has saved the Ilves of thousands
of babies.
They begin to Improve within
forty-eight hours.
Here Is what physicians
think of It.
2934 Washington St .
Ban Francisco, June 2, 190?
Gentlemen-I am preacrlbing your food In
the multitude of baby troubles due to Im
peded dentition. A large percentage of in
fantile ills and fat&iltics are the resell of
slow teething. Your food supplies what the
deficient system demands, and 1 tr>ve had
surprising success with 21. 2n scores of cases
this diet, given wltti their -egutar foed, has
not failed to cheek the mfantiir dlstres»*».
Several of the more serious cases would, I
feel sure, have been fntal without
It can
not be U»o quickly brought to the attention
of the mothers of the country. It Is an ab
solute necessity.
U C. MBNDKU M D.
Petaluma, Jal., September 1, 1903.
Dear Sirs—1 have just tried the teething
food In two cases and in both It was a suc
cess. One was a very serious case, so criti
cal that it was brought to in«- from another
city for treatment. Fatal results were fearrd-
In three days the baby erase«! worrying and
commenced eating and Is now well. Its action
in this case was remarkable. 1 would ad
vise y-»u to put It In every drug store in this
city. Yours,.
I. M PROCTOR, M D.
Sweetman’s Te«‘thlng Food will carry baby
safely and comfortably through tlie rn»st dan
gerous period of child life, it renders lane
Ing of the gums unnecessary
It Is the safest
plan and a blessing to the baby to not wait
for symptoms but to commence giving It ths
fourth or fifth month. Then all the teetl
will come healthfully, without pain, dls
tress or lancing. It is an auxiliary to theli
regular diet and easily taken. Price 50 cent
(enough for six weeks), sent postpaid on re
celpt of price. Pacific Coast Agents, Inlant
Drug Co., Mills Building. San Francis®»»
DlaK»oMlng Under Difficulties.
Dr. SundLierg, former consul io Bag
dad, related with much gusto nil ud
Venture that befell ldm In a Moliiini
med a n barem in Bagdad. One of the
wives of a rich merchant fell sick, mid
Dr. Suudbi-rg was called in to prescribe
for her. With a pardonable scientific
Interest the western physician united.
Enter a black guunysack. It Is the pn
tient. The doctor would like to feel her
pulse. A white hand Is slipped through
an opening. Good. Anil her tongue
Impossible! No man save her husband
may see tlie face of a woman and live
or, more accurately, no woman inn)'
unveil her face to any man save ln-r
husband and live. His professional in
terest aforesaid deeply aroused, the dip
lomatlc doctor insists. The difficulty li
st length solved by the eunuch In < lilef.
Though the woman may not lawfully
unveil herself, tlie doctor under tin- clr
cumstmices might perhaps be allowed
to crawl in under the gunnysack mid so
examine the telltale tongue. “Delight
ed. I'm sure,” says the doctor, nnd does
so. Tlu-n after the most thorough ding
nosls Imaginable be prescribes, ns did
Abernethy before him, “A little sun
and nir!”
The Absent J.rk,
The wife of a Washington street
merchant is very fond of roses, espe
clally of the brilliant varieties
Itv
way of reminder she said to the bus
band the other morning before U<
started for business:
“I see, my dear, that Jacks arc la-
coming cheaper ”
“That nmy be true,” said the bus
band absently, “but I have known
men who would have been willing to
pay $100 for one to put with tin- two
already in their hand.”- India no |s>lls
Sentinel.
The oak is a historic wood. As early
as the eleventh century It became the
favorite w<ssl of civilized Europe, and
RIH-cImens of carving and Interior
finish have come down to us from that
early day, their pristine beauty en
>««■ Value a* a Wltaaaa.
hanced by the subduing finger of time
"As I understand It, you want me to
The early colonists brought with them
to the shores of America their love for go on the stand and swear to tin- truth
this wood, and here, too, the oak ac of your contention."
"Heavens and earth, no! I want you
quired historical interests.
to swear against me. Why, there are
live members of the Jury who know
The Dletloaary.
your reputHtlou well.”—Ob lea go l’o«t.
“Neither Is a dictionary a bad book
to read,” says Emerson In Ills essay on
Ills Compliment,
hooka. "There Is no caut In It, no ex
Katherine—My nose turns up so
cesa of explanation, and R Is full of dreadfully!
suggestion, the raw material of poaal
Cholly—Then It shows very poor
hie poems and bisteries. Nothing la taste In backing away from such a
wanting but a lit*’’ shuffling, sorting pretty mouth Indianapolis Sentinel,
ligature and ca’<,,aKe.”
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