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4H IH I I HUM M H t 1 11 ttH'tWH Il l'U WKHWWHf Jbe lDoctor'$ fjilemma ? m By Hesba H I I HHI I I 1 1 ! 1 I I I I I I l-H-H OIUl'TKlt XIII. In one senie time med to be stsnd Ins still with me after my home return, to llfc were the liy that followed the one to the other. Uut in another (vase the dajra fled with awful awtftnwi, for they were hurrying us both, my mother and Hit, to a croat calf whkh would soon, far too noon, lie between us. 'Bvery afternoon Julia came to spend an hour or two with my mother; but her arrival was alwayi formally announced, and It was an understood thins that I iM immediately quit the room, to aroW meeting her. There was an eti quette in her resentment which I was ' bonnd to observe. I had not taken up any of my old pa tients again, for I was determined that everybody should feel that my residence at' home was only temporary. Uut about ten days after ray return the following note was brought to me, directed in full to Dr. Martin Dobree: "A lady from England, who Is only a Tialtor In Guernsey, will be much oblig ed by Dr. Martin Dobree calling upon her at Hose Villa, Vauvert Itoad. Sho Is suffering from a slight indisposition; and knowing Dr. Senior by name and Imputation, she would feel great confi dence In the skill of Dr. Senior1! friend." I wondered for an Instant who the stranger could be, and how she knew the Seniors; but as there could be no an swer to these queries without visiting the lady, I resolved to go. Rose Villa was a house where the rooms were let to visitors during the season, and the Vau- Tert Itoad was scarcely five minutes walk from our house. Julia was paying her dally visit to my mother, and I was at a loss for something to do, so I went at once. I found a very handsome, fine-looking woman; dark, with hair and eyes as owck as a gypsy's, and a clear olive complexion to match. Iler forehead was low, but smooth and well shaped; and the lower part of her face, handsome as It was, was far more developed thari the upper. There was not a trace of refinement about her features; yet the coarseness of them was but slightly apparent as yet. My new patient did not Inspire me with much sympathy; bnt she attracted my curiosity, and interested me by tho bold style of her beauty. "You Guernsey people are very stiff with strangers," she remarked, as I sat opposite to her, regarding her with that close observation which is permitted to a doctor. "So tho world says," I answered. "Of course I am no good judge, for we Guern sey people believe ourselves as perfect as any class of the human family." "I have been hero a week," she replied, pouting her full crimson lips, "and havo not had a chance of speaking a word, ex cept to strangers like myself who don't know a soul." That, then, was the cause of the little Indisposition which bad obtained me the honor of attending her. I Indulged my self In a mild sarcasm to that effect, but It was lost upon her. She gazed at me solemnly with her large black eyes, which shoue like beads. "I am really 111," she said, "bnt it has nothing to do with not seeing anybody, though that's dull. There's nothing for me to do but take a bath In the morning and a drive in the afternoon, and go to bed very early. Good gracious! It's enough to drive me mad!" "Try Jersey," I suggested. "No, I'll not try Jersey," she said. "I mean to make my way here. Don't you know anybody, doctor, that would take pity on a poor stranger?" "I am sorry to say no," I answered. She frowned at that and looked disap pointed. I was about to ask ber how she knew the Seniors, when she spoke again. "Do you have many visitors come to Guernsey late In the autumn, as late as October?" she Inquired. "Not many," I answered; " a few may arrive who intend to winter here." "A dear young friend of mine came here last autumn," she said, "alone, as I am, and I'vo been wondering ever since I've been hero however she would get along amongst such a set of stiff, formal, 1 stand-offish folks. She had not money j enough for a dash, or that would make a difference, I suppose." I "Not the least." I replied, "if your' friend camo without any Introductions." j "What a dreary winter she'd have!" pursued my patient, with a tone of exul tation, sue was quae young, and us pretty as a picture. All the young men would know her, I'll be bound, and you amongst them, Dr. Martin. Any woman who Isn't a fright gets stared at enough to be known again." Could this woman know anything of Olivia? I looked at her more earnestly and critically. She was not a person I should like Olivia to havo anything to do with. A coarse, Ill-bred, bold woman, whose eyes met mine unabashed, and did not blink under my scrutiny. Could sho be Olivia's step-mother, who had been the ruin of her life? "I'd bet a hundred to one you know ber," she said, laughing and .showing all her white teeth. "A girl like her couldn't go about a little poky place like this with out all tho young men knowing her. Per haps she left the Islaud in the spring. I have asked at all the drapers' shops, but nobody recollects her. I've very good news for her If I could find her a slim, middle-sized girl, with a clear, fair skin and grey eyes und hair of a bright brown. Stay, I can show you her photo graph." Sho put into my hands an exqulslto portrait of Olivia, taken In Florence. There was an oxpresslon of quiet mourn fulness In the face, which touched me to the core of my heart. I could not put It down and speak Indifferently ubout It. My heart heat wildly, and I felt tempted to run off with tho treasure and return no more to this woman, "Ah! you recognize her!" she exclaim ed triumphantly. t , "I never saw such a person in. Guern sey," I answered, looking steadily Into her face. A Biillcn and gloomy expres sion camo across It, and sho snatched tho portrait out of my hand. "You want to keep It a secret," sho IP Strctton l-tH- i H-H"H"h-H-i"H- said, "but I defy you to do It. I am come here to find her, and find her I will. She hasn't drowned herself, and the earth uasn t swallowed her up. I ve traced her as far as here, and that I tell you. She crossed in the Southampton boat one dreadfully stormy night last Octobci the only lady passenger and the stew ardess recollects her well. She landed here. You must know something about her." "I assure you I never saw that girl here," I replied evasively. ' hat In qulrles have you made after her?" "I've Inquired hero and there and ev erywhere," she said. '"I've done nothing else ever since I came. It is of great importance to her. as well as to me, that I should find her. It's a very anxious thing when a girl like that disappears and Is never heard of again, all because she has a little difference with ber friends. If you could help me to find her you would do her family a very groat , service. "Why do you fix upon me?" I Inquired. "Why did you not send for one of the resident doctors? I le't Guernsey some time ago. "You were here last winter," she said, "and you're a young man, and would no tice her more." . "There are other young doctors In Guernsey," I remarked. "Ah, but you've been in London," she answered, "and I know something of Dr. Senior. When you are in a strange place you catch, at any chance of an acquaint ance. ' "Come, be candid with me," I said. "Did not Messrs. Scott and Brown send you here?" The suddenness of my question took her off her guard and startled ber. She hcsl tated, stammered, and finally denied It with more than natural emphasis. "I could take my oath I don't know any such persons," she answered. "I don't know who you mean, or what you mean. All I want Is quite honest. There Is a fortune waiting for that poor girl, and I want to take her back to those who love her, and arc ready to forgive and forget everything. I feel sure you know something of her. But nobody except me and ber other friends havo anything to do with It." "Well," I said, rising to take my leave, "all the information I can give you Is that I never saw such a person here, either last winter or since. It Is quite possible she went on to Jersey, or to Granville, when the storm was over. That she did not stay In Guernsey I am quite sure." I went away In a fever of anxiety, lae woman, who was certaiuly not a lady, bad Inspired me with a repugnance that I could not describe. Surely this person could not be related to Olivia! I tried to guess in what relationship to ber she could possibly stand. I felt more chafed than I had ever done about Olirla s se cret. I tried to satisfy myself with the reflection that I had put Tardlf on his guard, and that be would protect ber. But that did not set my mind at ease. I never knew a mother yet who believed that any other woman could nurse her sick child as well as herself; and I could not be persuaded that even Tardlf would shield Olivia from danger and trouble as I could, (f I were only allowed the privilege. Yet my promise to Julia bound me to hold no communication with her. I bad strolled down some of the quieter streets of the town whilst I was turning this affair over In my mind, and now as I crossed the end of the Hue Haute, I caught sight of Kate Daltrey turning Into a milliner's shop. There was every reasonable probability that sbe would not come out again soon, for I saw a bon net reached out of the window. If she were gone to buy a bonnet she was safe for half an hour, and Julia would bo alone. I had felt a strong desire to see Julia ever since I returned home. My mind was made up on the spot. If I found her In a gentle mood she would release me from the promise she had ex torted from me when sbe was Id tho first beat of her anger and disappoint ment. It was a chance worth trying. If I were free to declare to Olivia my love for her, I should establish a claim upon her full confidence, and we could laugh at further difficulties. She was of age, and therefore mistress of herself. Her friends, represented by this odious wom an, could have no legal authority over her. I turned shortly up a side street and walked as fast as I could towards the house which was to have been our home. By a bold stroke I might reach Julia's presence. I rang, and the maid who an swered the bell opened wide eyes of as tonishment at seeing me there. I passed by quickly. "I wish to speak to Miss Dobree," I said. "Is ahe In the drawing room?" "Yes, sir," sbe answered, In a hesitat ing tone. I waited for nothing more, but knock ed at the drawing room door for myself, and heard Julia call, "Come In," CHAPTER XIV. Julia looked very much the same as sho bad done that evening when I came re luctantly to tell her that my heart was not iu her keeping, but belonged to an other. She woro the same kind of fresh, light muslla dress, with ribbons and lace about It, and sbe sat near tho window, with a piece of needlework In her hands; yet sbe was not sewing, and ber hands lay listlessly on her lap, A mingled feel ing of sorrow, pity and shame prevented me from advanclug Into the room, Sho looked up to see who was standing In the doorway, and my appearance there evi dently alarmed and distressed her. "Martin!" she cried. "May I come In and speak to you, Ju lia?" I asked. "Is my aunt worse' sbe Inquired hur riedly. "Are you come to fetch mo to her?" , "No, no, Julia," I said; "my mother Is as well as usual, I hope. But surely you will let me speak to you after all this time?" "It Is not a long time," she answered, "Has It not been long to you?" I asked. "It seems years to me. All Itfe has changed for me. I had no Idea then of my mother s Illness," "Nor I." she said, sighing deeply. "If I had known It." I continued, "all this might not have happened. Surely the troubles I shall havo to bear must Dlead with you for met" "Yes, Martin," she answered; "yea I am very sorry for you." She came forward and offcrod me ber hand but without looking Into my face. I saw that she had been crying, for her eyes were red. In a tone of formal po liteness she asked me It I would not sit down. I considered It best to remain stsndlng, as an Intimation that I should not trouble her with my presence for long. I had no time to lose, lest Kate Daltrey should come In. and It was a very difficult subject to approach. "We were talking of yon to-day," she said at length. In a hurried and thick voice. "Aunt Is in great sorrow about you. It preys upon her day and night that you will be dreadfully alone when she Is gone, and and Martin, sho wlsbea to know before she dies that tho girl In Sark will become your wife. The words struck like a shot upon my ear and brain. What! had Julia and my mother been arranging between them my happiness and Olivia s safety that very afternoon such generosity was Incrcil Ible. I could not believe I had heard aright. "She has seen the girl," continued Julia, In the same husky tone, "and she Is convinced she U no adventuress. Jo hanna says the same. They tell me It Is unreasonable and selfinh In tue to doom you to the dreadful loneliness I feel. It Aunt Dobree asked me to pluck out my right eye Just now, I could not refuse. It Is something like that, but I have promised to do It. I release you from every promise you ever made to me, .Mar tin." "Julia!" I cried, crossing to her and bending over her with more love nnJ admiration than I hud ever felt before; "this is very noble, very gencroui." "No," she said, bursting Into tears; "I am neither noble nor generous. I do It because I cannot help myself, with aunt's white face looking so Imploringly at me. I do not give you up willingly to that girl In Sark. I hope I shall never sec her or you for mauy, many years. Aunt says you will have no chance of marrying her till you are settled In a practlco some where; but you arc free to ask ber to be your wife. Aunt wants you to have somebody to love you and care for you after sho Is gone, as I should have done." "But you are generous to consent to It," I said again. "No," she answered, wiping her eyes and lifting up her bead; "I thought I was generous; I thought I was a Christian, but it Is not easy to be a Christian when one is mortified, nnJ humbled, and wounded. I am a great disappointment to myself; quite as great as you are to rac. I fancied myself very superior to what I am. I hope you may not be dis appointed In that girl In Sark." Her band was lying on her lap, and I stooped down and kissed It, seeing on It still the ring I had given her whrn we wero first engaged. Sbe did not look at me or bid me good-bye, and I went out of the house, my veins tingling with shame and gladness. I mel Captain Carey coming up the street, with a basket of fine grapes In bis band. He appeared very much amazed. "Why, Martin!" be exclaimed, "can you have been to see Julia?" "Yes, I answered. "Reconciled?" he said, arching bis eye brows, which were still dark and busby. though his hair was grizzled. "Not exactly," I replied, with a stiff smite exceedingly difficult to force; "noth ing of the sort Indeed. Captain, whin will you take me across to Sark?" "Come, come! none of that, Martin," he said; "you're on honor, you know. Yon are pledged to poor Julia not to visit Sark again." "She has just set me free," I answered; and out of the fullness of my heart I told him all that bad just passed between us. His eyes glistened, though a film came across them which be had to wipe away. "She is a noble girl," he ejaculated; "a fine, generous, noble girl. I really thought she'd break ber heart over you at first, but she will come round again now. We will have a run over to Sark to-morrow." I felt myself lifted Into a third heaven of delight all that evening. My mother and I talked of no one but Olivia. The present rapture so completely eclipsed the coming sorrow that I forgot how soon It would be upon me. I remember now that my mother neither by word nor sign suf fered me to be reminded of her illness. She listened to my rhapsodies, smiling with her divine, pathetic smile. There is no love, no love at all, like that of a mother! Swiftly we ran across the next day, with a soft wind drifting over the sea and playing upon our faces, and a long furrow lying In tho. wake of our boat. It was almost low tide when we reached the Island. I found Tardlf s house com pletely deserted. The only sign of life was a family of hens clucking about tho fold. Tho door was not fastened, and I en tered, but there was nobody there. 1 stood in the middle of the kitchen and called, but there was no answer, Olivia's door was ajar, and I pushed It a little more open. There lay books I had lent ber on the table, and ber velvet slippers were on tho floor, as If tbey had only Just been taken off. Very worn and brown were the little slippers, but they reas sured mo she bad been wearing them a short time ago. I returned through tho fold. All the place seemed left' to Itself. Tardlf sheep were browsing along the cliffs, and his cows were tethered here and there. At last I caught sight of a head rising from behind a crag, the rough shock head of a boy, and I shouted to him, making a trumpet with my hands. "Where is neighbor Tardlf?" I called. "Down below there!" ho shouted back again, pointing downwards to the Havre Gosnelln. I did not wait for any further information, but darted off down the long, steep gulley to the little strand, where the pebbles were being lapped lazily by the ripple of tho lowering tide. Tardif's boat was within a stone's throw, and I saw Olivia sitting In the stern of it. I shouted again with a vehemence which mado them both start. "Como back, Tardlf," I tried, "and take me with you!" The boat was too far off for me to see how my sudden appearance affected Ollvln. Did she turn white or red at tho sound of my voice? By the time It near'eil the shore and I plunged In knee-deep to meet It, her face was bright with smiles, and her hands were stretched out to help me over the boat's side. If Tardlf had not been '.here I should have Mused thnn both. As it was, I tucked up my wet feet out of reach of her dress and took an oar, unable to utter a word of the gladness I felt. "Whe-c arc you going to?" I asked, ad dressing neither of them In particular. "Tardlf was going to row me past the entrance to the Goullot Caves," answered Olivia, "but we will put It off now. We will return to the shore and hear all your adventures, Dr. Martin. You come upon us like a phantom and tnko an oar In ghostly silence. Aro you really, truly there?" (To be continued.) TURKEY AND PARTRIDGE NEST& Dwnernf the Turkey found Uicm Hi tins on Nett at uut. A peculiar mid unproco cuted frlond ahll) lias been found to oxlsl between a turkey mul n partridge near Monti cello, N. Y. Ilerm Cootuy, who re skies on tho shores of Silver lake, hna a small flock of turkeys of which ho Is Justly proud. Tho Uoen of tho flock la an especially fine specimen, and has always proved a perfect domestic mod el, but for n week past sho has been acting strangely, leaving liomu In tho morning ami not returning until lato Iu tho afternoon. AfTnlra prow gradually worse and Dually reached the cllmnx when sho did not return home at night. Mr. Cooney, noticing, the absence of his prize turkey, organized a search ing party composed of himself nnd Pat rick Callery, anil started out to search the woods. The search had progressed for some tlmo when they discovered the missing turkey and by Its sldo was a largo partridge Tho two were cov ering a large nest nnd scetneil perfect ly contented. They woro scared off, and thirteen partridge eggs and nearly as many turkey eggs wero found In tho nest. If the partnership betwoen tho turkey nnd pnrtrldge continues to bo agree able, Mr. Cooney Intends doing an ex tensive business In partridge aud tur key raising next yenr. That New IMticutlonal System. The Speers system of Imparting use ful knowledgo to tho young, as cxeni pllllcd In Chicago, Is not a novel one. With modifications. It Is the same sys tem used In training performing mon keys and dogs. The learned pig gets hla education by tho Speers method, und so the system may Justly claim to be well grounded. In the Speers system as prepared for the little bipeds of Chicago, the teach er points out on the Speers chart tho word "hop." Then the teacher hops and the children hop. The next word Is "skip," and the teacher skips and the children skip. If tho next word Is "grin," they oil grin. If It Is "wink" they all wink. It Is fun as well as profit, you see especially for the teach er. When It reaches "illp-flap" and "summersault" It becomes more so. 'What Is that word. George?" says the fond Chicago father to bis bright offspring. "Pronounce It for me, daddy," says the bright offspring. " 'Reverse,' " replies daddy. "Ah, I know," cries Master George, and at once stands on his head. It certainly Is a nice system. Thread Used In Surgery. The modern surgeon employs In Ills work dozens of different kinds of thread for sewing up cuts and wounds. Among them arc kangaroo tendons, horschnlr, silk and very flno silver wire. Many of these threads are In tended to hold for a certain number of days and then naturally break away The short, tough tendons taken frpm tho kangaroo, which are used for sew ing severe wounds, will hold for about four weeks before they break nwny Silk thread will remain much longer, sometimes six months, while the flue silver wire Is practlcnlly Indestructible. With the entire outfit a surgeon Is able to select n thread that will last as long as the wound takes to hcnl and will then disappear completely. To accommodate this assortment of threads special vnrletles of needles aro required. Besides tho needle craned in different segment of n cir cle, surgeons use needles shaped like spears, Javelins nnd bayonet points. Some arc as long as bodkins, In a point like a miniature knife blado. Others have the sharpened end triangular. 'Phtholognyrrh." Spells "Turner." Ho walked up to the hotel register and signed his name with a flourish, "IS. K. Phtholognyrrh." "Look here. Turner," exclaimed tho clerk, who know him well, "are they bunting for you or what? Whero do you get that outlandish name?" "Get back, my boy, get back! You're alow." replied Turner, airily, as ho lit a cigar; "that's fny same old name writ ten In plain English and prouounccd as usual Just 'Turner.' Look at It. Of course I do It Just to get them all guess ing. They wonder what nation I am from; what my name Is. I can now hear people talk about mo all round. It Is, as I said berorc, English spell ing. 'Phth,' there Is tho sound of 't' In 'phthisis'; 'olo,' there Is tho 'ur' In Colonel;' 'gn,' thero Is tho 'n In 'gnat;' yrrb Is tho sound of 'or In 'myrrh.' Now, if thnt doesn't spell 'Turner' what does It spell?" lienb Not Feeling: Well, Twelve eggs sold by a Brooklyn dairyman had among them flvo that wero decayed, Tho purchaser roturncd them, snylng that ho wanted tho prod uct of healthy hens. "These," said tho purchaser, "must havo been laid when the hens were not feeling well." Wbcin n woman mcetH another wom an down town, she always screams out In an excited wny; "Well, what on earth aro you doing down town?" ORIGIN OF AMERICAN ARMY. Article of War A lopte.l li.v t Contl- innlut Cniiure' In !77o. In tho month of June, 177ft, the Contl neiitnl Congress. In session at Phlht dolphin, imputed lime Important nun lotions, writes General KranelH V. Greene In Serlbner's. Tho llrst adopt cd nnd took over ns n continental army .ho fur 0 of New Kiig'nnd troops which, under the lend of Mnnmu'liusettH, had iKfinhled at Huston hood after tin? lint iIph of l.oxliigtm and Concord; tho sec ond unpointed George Washington "general aud eommauder In ehlef of nil the continent! fnmm, raised or to bo raised, tor the defense of American lib erty;" the third adopted "rules mul teg illations Tin the miverntueiit of tho irii.y"-thoMrtlelis of war. which, mod llled and amended from time to time, Mill govern Hie army and form the lui sis of the military law. This whs the origin of the American army. I it the Intervening 1.0 your nearly K.OOO.tHH) men have worn Ita tint form. It has conducted with sticce llvo great war covering n period of seventeen yearn, nnd numerous minor campaign against hostile Indians anil I'tllnluii Insurgents; It has been tho ehlef Instrument Iu restoring order nnd Inaugurating civil government after the war with Mexico, the Civil War, and the war with Spain; from Its ranks have come eleven of the twenty-four Presidents of the United States, aud many hundreds of men occupying the liluhcst civil otlleoH. Governor of States, Senators and Representatives In Congress, Cabinet ministers, ambus Niidors und Judges of the most Import ant courts. I'or a people who have never nought war aud have only resorted to It when reluctantly forced to do so, the army bus tilled n largo place In our history. R.V. JOSEPH W. CROSS. liarllrtt Living IJrutlinitJ of iliimiril l!nlTerltv. Iter. Joseph Wnrren Cro the enrll est living graduate of Harvard College, has Just celebrated the ninety-third an nlversary of h Is birth In his com fortable h o m o In Worcester, M ass. Mr.CriMS was grad. tinted from Han vn rd with tho class of IKiS. He was born nt llrldgewa ter, Mass.. In 1B0S, nnd was prepared for college by He v. Pitt Clark at New ton.' Soon nfter his graduation ho was married to his first wife, Mary J. Danforth. who died In 1630. At thnt time Mr. Cross was prln clpnl of Chatham Academy. The young Harvard man studied for the ministry In the divinity school of bis own unl verslty, nnd also at the Andover Semi nnry, and wns called to the pastorate of tho Tlrst Congregational Church of West Boylston, Mass., In l&IO, There nfter he lived for nearly fifty years In ono "house, lie was a member of the State coti'tltutlon convention In 1833 and of tho legislature In 1873. Al though approaching his centennial, Mr, Cross Is active, clenr-heuded and In tensely Interested In the nffnlrs of the world at large and of the old unlver slty of which he Is a graduate. HENRY BATES STODDARD. Itecently Klected Omul Mnater of the Omnil Kiiciimpment. Henry Bates Stoddard, who wns elected grand master of the grand en enmpment of tho United States Knights Templar, at the re cent convention at Louisville, Ky., Is a nntlvo of New York, having been born In Essex County In 1810. Ho has, however, been a resident of Texas slnco his 21st year, and Is now living nt Bry an. He bad scarce- n. n. tuijuaii. ly removed to Texas when ho took up arms for tho South, serving throughout the war In the Confederate army. He was paroled May 15, 18U5, at Jackson Miss., having risen to the rank of cap tain from a private. Slnco that time ho lias been Iu the cotton nnd cattle business. He Is now one of the leading cotton brokers of Texas. In tho Texas Volunteer Guard Mr. Stoddard was a brigadier general from 1885 until lti'JU. In 18(17 Mr. Stoddard was prominent In the relief of tho yellow fever stricken In Texas, remaining In the llttlo town of Mllllcnn when there were but three people left who did not have tho dis ease. Ho also did heroic work at Gal veston during that city's hour of need, no Is greatly beloved by his brother knights. II b Explanation. "How old are you, Uncle Wllllnm?" "Well, sub, I wuz bo'n In do time or do high win'." "And when was that?" "Hit wuz cndurlu' or do big freshet, Biih." "And when did that occur?" "Well, sub, hit wuz some tlmo nttcr do stars felled; ter know zackly how ol I Is, I wuz bo'n w'eu tint oak treo yan dcr wuz a small saplln', en llghtnln' lilt ol' Marso Ben on do bend en broko his Jug er liquor." Atlanta Constitu tion. Tho curl tho girls are wearing hang ing down ono sldo, Is called "tho Jnnlco," nfter Jnnlco Meredith. Wo regret that Action nover evolved a bald headed hero bo thnt baldness could be called tho "Clmuncey," or "Heglnald," and become the rago. . Men and women waste a lot of valu able time feeling sorry for each other, A PUZZLING CASE That Has Attracted Wide-Spread Attention in Medical Circles. Von IA (fin, Lynn, Man, Thousands of dollars liavo been spout In doctors' bills by those nllllct od with npllcpjy and, vory freiiciitly, it lias been In vain. It so often hnpiwns that the doctors do not strike at the loot o( the trouble, A oitro which was easily ell'eoted, after physicians had fulled to accomplish any permanent results, is that of Miss Annie It. llorbort, of No. fi)7 West urn avenue, Lynn, Macs. Aftoryears of siilferlug from this torrihlo ullllc t to ii slio was Hindu wnll hy tho use of Dr. Williams' l'lnk l'lllsfor l'alo Peo ple. Hho makes the following state munt: "I was tho victim of epileptic fits ami nHisms of the nerves from tho tlmo I was two vunrs old until I reached the aim of seventeen, when f Dr. Williams' l'lnk Tills for Pale People cured ino. Tun well-known physiuians of Lynn treated mo at , dilTeront times but none succeeded in helping my oast. I have even been to tho Lynn hospital, hut the physi cians there failed to euro me, so you oan see it was a disease that puzzled a good many doctors, ".My illness at Minus caused racking hoailauhes and an awful dizziness made my head swim, I had what tho doctors called shisiiis of tho nerves about four times n tiny. The blood would rush to my bond and a feeling como over mo so that I wouldn't know what win going on around mc. Tho swsms loft mo very weak. During ono your I had eight opiloptle fits. "At taut when all the efforts of tho doctors had proved in vain I tried Dr. Williams' l'lnk I'ills for Palo People and hnrilly three weeks hud pawed lie- fore I found they gave mo grout relief, i i i ,1 ir.i.r..n.. ...i i uuiiiiiiiicti lining muni iiiibiiiidij i,n. j ill six months I was entirely cured and have had no return of my illneiM slnco" Signed, MISS ANNIE It. IIKHHUUT. SulMcrilied and sworn to before mo this 10th day of April, 1001. THOMAS V. I'OHTHlt, (Seal.) Notary Public. The pills which cured Mit Herbert are a specific for all forms of weak nW arising from a watery condition of tho blood or shattered nerves, two fruitful causes of alniMt every ill to which llesh is heir. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People are sold hy all dealers, or will lo K'lit jiostimid on receipt of price, f!0 cents a box, or six boxes for ?'!.(), by Dr. Williams Mcdicino Co., Schenectady, N". Y. WET WEATHER, WISDOM! XVt the original ' OILED CLOTHING BLACK OR YELLOW VILL KEEP YOU DRY NOTHING ELSE WILL TAKE NO 3UB5T1TUTE3 CATALOGUES FREE 3II0WINS rULL LINE or CARMfNW AND HAT3. A.J.T0WEK CO.. BOSTON. MA53. lllustntcd. "How do you matiago to got rid of bores?" asked Snodgrass as ho camo iu and took a scat hy tho editor's desk. "Oh, easily enough," replied the editor. "I begin to tell them stories iitxiut my smart youngster. Now, only tho other day ho said What I Must you go? Woll, good mornlngl" Yellowish. Tho Visitor Of cotirso you know knothiiig of yellow journalism up hero? Tho Villager Wall, tho ad 'tor of tho Iiannor ho now un' agon puts iu items up sldo down go's to ntako the folks read 'em. I rccken thct's sorter hulVlike, ain't it? Detroit Froo Press. Nolhlnj Equtli St Jicobl Oil For IUieuninti8tn, Gout, Sciatica, Neuralgia, Cramp, Pleurisy, Lum bago, Soro Thoat, Ilronchitia, Sore ness, Stillness, Uruiscs, Toothache, Jicaiinono, tiacKaciio, Fcotaeho, Pains in tho Ohest, Tains in tho Hock, Pains in tho Shoulders. Pains in tho Limbs. nnd all bodily aches and pains. It acta iiko magio. Hate, euro and nover fail ing. Stmblinct of Perpetual Motion. Into a lmsln nf nlnnr wntnr tmf. n few nieces nf emntihnr Tlmu mill commence a peculiar motion, travers ing ovury pari oi mo surineo o tno water, hut may instantly bo stopped hy dropping into tho water tho minutest quantity of an oily substaco. Not Penonal. Vicar's dauchtor Oh. Mrs. Ilntnn. do you know I am going to Lady Ituceby's pardon party next ivook? Mrs. Upton Really, dear? I liopo you'll enjoy it. Hut they toll ino that Ladj" Itacoby is so niuoh loss ox. cluslvo than 'sho used to ho! Punoh. After the. Ball. Ida Tho MoDoucals eiivn a bull that cost $10,000. May Ah, n Scotch high ball. 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