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( THE OBJECTING BROTHER. Hs m '-nis objactln' brothsr," sb' thay knowed him lur an' nigh; Objsciaa lo ths runnlB' 0' ths rou' wrl aa' the iky I Warn't anything- could plsass blm laraa- aon or In rlivmfc H wua born fer Jest obJtuV-(ar ob- Isctln' all tha llmal Ns ban ttr tha stsspls. . . Hit objse tlaa coma to that: dirt tha panoa a naw bsavartUda't Uka t'aal atyla o' ball Ughtnln' roil, ft taftty ; Nol tha light Bin shoulfl-resDset - Tba good Lford'i houaa a' mssUn'r-an ba rta up to objactl Ra wus iparkln' of a wlddar: Whan It eoma tha marrlaa-s day An' tha preacher ad tha paopla af lhar had a word to aay Why thay shouldn't ba unlud far wal aa wall aa wm. Ba hollarad: "1 object, alrt" aa th' wld dar'a caka was dough Coatrarlaat o' fallen In tha country, I'll ba boun I Warn't so doln' authla' w'sa soaassa 'tan aattln roua I An' whan ha glta to glory bia ea- gaga thar la chackad. Iff my ballafe St. Psisr'll ahat bin out with: "I objsot!" -P. L. auntoa. In Atlanta CoaatKalloo. CLASS OF '46 (I 1 T W05DEB If any of my old gang I will bo back to the celebration of that double ' centennial celebra tion." asld Harper, olaaa of "so. Harper, '48, is a little ate wed-up old roan, with a pink face and beautiful curly white aide whiakara. Harper wtlg-he 118 in active training' at the present time, and be wabbiee badly when he walks. He was talking to his grandson, 'W, who left the other day for New Ilaven. "I got out my old Hiss of the 'tit' the other day," said Harper, 'to, 'and I noticed, by the god, sir, ' that Harper, '40, woo the running- high jump at tha field day axeroiaea In '. His mark was fire feet tea inches. Jt takes a pretty g-ood man to beat that, even to-day, air. Harper, '44, won the running broad, too. He Jumped 18 feet ten Inohea on tha level. That's been beaten often alnce, I understand, but when I waa Jumping thay didn't bars any pneumatic aulklea or any of tbeae new-fanned contrivances, Why, there ain't a horae alive to-day that could catch old Flora Temple In her prims. lieeorda? .Of eourae. Hut they are made by the aid of all sorts of meehanloai contrivances. , We jumped sod trotted on the level In the old days. Why, I believe that even now I could go out arfd make soma of thsss cigarette-smoking athletes look foolish." The old man, leaning heavily ca his cans, skipped across the room with all tha lightness and airy grace of an animated statu. "When yon get down to New Haven," hs wsnt on, "I wsnt you to see if old 'Janitor John' Is still sllve. Ths Isst time f saw him was in '4. Hs waa a young fallow of 44 or 80 then. Did I ever kill you about the time we tmye put up the famous skeleton job on hlinT" The grandson smiled lympathetls- slly. lis had heard ths tale on an svsrags of ones a month for It year Hut this wss a speolal occasion. Hs- sides, grsndfslhsr had an eetate val ued at 1500,000 which would be left to snmsuody, soonsr or later. "Why, no, grsmlpa," ha sold. "Whsl waa It 7" "Well, you see, In thnae Any,' the run man went on Joyfully, "they only had one skeleton In the physiological laboratory. A lot of ua young chaps broke into ths laboratory one night and stole the ekeleton. We called II 'the colonel,' and we were all anxious to put up a Job on "l'rof. Hilly.' He waa the head of the natural aclenoe department than. I suppose he's in ths same old chair, still, eh? Well, we took the skeleton out 'Ilggy' Ilalaton and I riggy'e a United senstor, bow and we climbed the tallest elm on Mm campus. We tied the oolonel up in the tiptop branchea of the elm where every chap who came down the board walk would see It, when the bell rang for morning chapel. Hut 'Janitor John' I've al ways believed the little old euas waa a mind reader got up before Ave o'clock that morning and cut down the colonel before any of us hud got a glimpse of him. "We sat up nights trying to flgurs out how we'd best 'Janitor John' out, and finally Tlggy'-he was the rich men of ths olaaa with an allowance of 140 a month hs spent II. M for s padlock, and we borrowed a log chain from a man who Mved out on the old Turtle road. We took the enloncl up to the an me old place and chained him to a brsnoh six Inehea thick. Then ws psdlocked ths two ends of the chain together and threw sway the key. We wers aura that would fool old John, but ws aat up all the rest of the night to ses what would come of It. "Along about four o'clock old Jani tor John came down along the walk, looking up In the tope of the tr.es. When he came to the colonel's eliu he stopped, took off his eoat, pulled souple of big files out of his pocket, and shinned ap the tree liks a monkey. In less than two minutes he was busy filing away at the log cabin chain, nnd long before It waa time to ring the first bell (or ehapel the colonel waa back again In bia glaaa cass lu 'l'rof. Unity's' labors tory, "I tell you there was so such thing S rtllng ahead of old 'Jnultnr John,' and If the old boy ia on dint still I'll bet there are none of the :, p nf the present day who can - P ,,, him. We were about a I.., !- a lot aa ths old college aver turned out, I'll warrant yoa. Arc You Going East? Perhaps I can be of service to you. I can ticket you over any railroad running trains out of Portland; tell you when to leave borne; where to change cars; whun you will reach your destination, and what there is to be seen on the way. Call or write I '11 take pleasure in answer ing your questions. Omaha. Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis and EVERYWHERE bsyond, ' -'litis A. C. Cor. Third "And the old eating club at South Mlddlet It coat us two dollars a week there for board, unless you helped wait on table. Then you could get three steals a day for one dollar or even for nothing, if you were ready for work three times on six days in each week. "I remember when 'Piggy' Ralston, 'Lenirtliy' Baiters, and 1 we three left a terrible reputation behind us, I'm afraid raided tha atoreroom of the South Middle Eutlng club. Old Mrs. Martin was the matron end she had laid in a big stock of bonry and apples. We knew shout it snd one Friday night we broke Into the atore room and stole a whole cane of honey, us many apples as we could carry, and two loaves of bread. We took our plunder up Into 'I'rofr-Tom my's room on the third floor of Mid die college and had a good square- meal. That was really the only time I ever got enough to eat during my college course and I paid as high aa three a week for board part of the time. We were juat linlslilng up tho honey when -we heurd footsteps on the stairway leading up from the sec ond floor. The footsteps sounded 'one, two, limp; one, two, limp, and we knew that It waa old 'Prof. Pete.' He Was ths Greek professor and he ul ways had been lame. We waited un til he pounded on the outside of the, door with his cane and anld: 'Young gentlemen, let me In Instantly. ' "Then we climbed out the window on to the balcony which grew out of ths front of Middle oolluge like the top of a toadstool and got rendy to slide down the big white (Ireclnn pil lars to the ground. 'Lengthy Suiters went first because his arms ami lega wers longest and we figured that ha sould come nearest to reaulilng clcur around the big white pillars. "When he got down to the aecond floor 'Prof. Pete' waa threatening to break In the door and we were tickled when 'Lengthy' culled back that It was 'dead easy.' 'Piggy' fol lowed hlin and I went laat. We found out for ouraelvea In a minute what 'Lenghty' bad carefully concealed The white plllurs were, of courxe only Imitation marble. They hud been covered with a couple of conia of white paint nnd then an rid nnd flue gravel, had been scattered thickly over them so that sliding down them waa like mnklng a similar trip on u cylinder of sand paper. 'Lengthy had on the suit he had expected to wear at 'Junior X,' hut by the time hs got to the bottom his trousi wers In such shape that he found It neceesary to withdraw altogether. I didn't fare much better, but, then, I was one of the wealthy men of the slaas, with a regular allowance of 8.10 a mntb, so that I was side to stund ths loaa of my trousers without seri ous results. " 'Lengthy,' you know, waa the chap who stole ths 'sophs' ' mortar boards while they were nil eating supper down at the eating club at Sonth Middle. The dining-room was In ths basement snd the 'sophs' hud piled up their fancy hats on the win dow ailla. The wlndo-ws were hnlf above ground and It wua Just before jonimeiicement, so the windows were ripen. 'Lengthy' started at one end Hid went all around the buihlliifc col looting every mortar board on the Ills. . lis got half way around before ths 'sophs' noticed what was going on. Ilefore he started In he had oc-ked the doors to the dining room 10 hs hsd s good chnnce to gut uwtiy efore the first 'soph' nllinlwd out of ine window. The 'eopha' played the Jaby act and eompiainrd to the fac ulty, but thoy never did find out who itols the mortar boards or whnt mis lone with them. They never did get Ihem bark until 'Lengthy' sent them irotind with hla compliments to the president of the sophomore class. I ion't suppose It will do poor old Lengthy' any harm now to tell that Js kept all the stolen mortar boards tor a month up In the belfry of tho Hnptist Church. 'lengthy' got three lollara a week for pulling the lluptixt xll four times B dny on Sunday and .wlc svery Wednesday awning for irnyer meeting. He gut shot to death by the 'Johnny lU-bi.' but ho was a lolonel before they killed Mm." "Hut, grandfather," anld Harper, Yd, who felt that It wua about time for him to take part In the convcr.n Won, "you've forgotten sli you really learned In college, I suppose, llko nil the real of us. ' "Have I, indeed?" chirruped the old Joy. "Arma vlrunvua cano Trojan ipit jrlinua," hs quoted. "Let's go out and hsva a glass of appls brandy." Chi sago Tribune. A Tea-TkowaanS-tiollit Joke. A witty remark does not nlwnva result -so satisfactorily to the per petrator as In the case of the young lurale who obtained a vnluahlu lit lug n the west of r.iiglnml by means of a pun. The rector who held the liv- ng hud died, and th- -n were ninny applicants for the place, which as worth 110,000 a yrar. The living wua In the gift nf an rnrl, who was sur prised at ths funeral by the mani festations of grief by the assembled rectors snd ourntos. So he eaul to Ike young curate, who had been act jig aa the tutor of his son: "Nat urally they should feel a proper mount of prli-f, but I cannot under stand why they should weep so fren itcdly for the dead." The young man distantly replied: "You sre intetnkrn, my lord; It Is not for the dead they weep; It la for the living." There upon the earl woe ao pleased with ths keenness of the remsrk that he presented tha living; to ths curate Youth's Companion. Aeaalrlaa lloree Seaee. In point of maturity a horee tea years old Ntsid lo be the euivalrnl of man of 40 Moth, diclarea the Chi sago Tribune, ought to have acquired good horae seime at that age. asMsadaaw v M 1 ii 'I r Shsldom, Oonmal Agent, and Stark Sts.. Portland, Ore. l ' f I On Jellies EVES SPEflB 1 Volumes, at t.niM, of woman'i happi new or misery. The dull, wnketi eye, with iU dark circles almost surely speal.a of womanly ill-health, and its attendant ttiffcr.i.g. With the dull eye cue usu ally the sallow, sunken cheek, the drawn mouth, the shrunken form the whole glory of woman's beauty marred by the etTwt of disease. Dr. Pierce's I'jvoiUe Prescription cur; s the di.icattes which un .ermine the he;iith and mar the tcauty of women. It estab lishes regularity, dries weakening drains, heals inflammation and ulceration, and cures female weakness. tiick women are invited to consult V :, IMevce by letter , and so obtain the advice of a special istjipon their disease. All correspondence is strictly private and sacredly confidential. Address Dr. R. V. Tierce, Buffalo, N. Y. With p!f tmire I wen 1 n few Hn- to Irt voii know Oiil 1 If1 much tttrr thnn fur njht vturt ht-f'rtT Inkiiin ymr ni licinr," wrilf Mm. Virff (.fitc. of Kjj Wrnt I'll la. Slrrrt, Y-rk. V. Will rm 'Hi mend Dr. Kiercc' nirtlirinr to every per witi who may itxinlrr m to what it ltnt Ume for mr, I wait troulilnl with female wknr-i, n't iwmn to think I would never Iw well. If I hftd ctiiitiiie the trcntmetit treiw:rtlM-ik liy my iloct'r I rfoti't know what woull have Wcome of mw. When your treatment wan commenced my weight wm hj8 muwU, nt pretwnt it I 1 10. Have healthy color and my friend any I look wrll. My ret thank to yon and my bct wihe. loo, fur wlut you have tkme fur mt" "Favorite Prescription" makes weak women strong, sick women well. Accept no substitute for the medicine which works wonders for weak women. Dr. l'ierce's rieanant 1'ellets cleanse the closed -jystetu from accumulated impurities. The Latest Yarn. A I'ittsburx drummer tells this yarn, I alvsyg carry a bottle of Kemp's Hainan) in my grip. I tnlte cold easily and a fow doses of the llslxiim alHsys makes me a well man. Everywhere I Ko I speak a good won) for Kemp. I take hold of my cuntoini-r I take old men snd young men, ami tell tliem confidentially what I do when I takes void. At lniKkists, 25c snd 5llc. WHAT SHALL WE HAVE FUR DESSERT" llila question arises In tho family very day. Let us answer it to-ikv. Try Jell-O, a delicious snd liealllilul dessert. I'repared ill two iniiiillcs. No lulling I no baking I simply add boiling ater and set to cool. Flavors : Lem on, Orange, Kasberry and Htrawbtirry, let a packagn at your gioc ers to day ID els. Dasher's Keparte.. .Daahrr raine to tea and mentioned a brilliant repartee mud by himself. He had been U-chirliiK on I lie rhnreh's sea sons and how to ohserv.- them, w hen a crude man iu the audience oiked whnt was the best wat(frilervinj All Finds' day. Hasher replied: "It thmild he spent In aelf-einiulimtlnn," nnd the (ralnsayer wih slleneed. After Diuher was (rone, my wife snld she thought she hnd heard this story before, though with a different toiiruure. I hnve often noticed that the same stories are told by different persona ns having hap pened In their own experience. The Instance struck me as so curious that I mndw a note of It for my I'sychlcal o ciety. Cornhill. Ilia View ol It. "In these old pin vs." she said, "the characters are always snyinjf 'Marry, out i ii ao tins or '.Marry, but I II do that.' " "What of It?" ha aked. "It seems such a funny word to use." "Not at all," he answered. "You see In the old dnys 'marry' was a swinr word, nnd," he addrd, thout'htfullv. "I sometliius think that It still ought to be." I.nter he nimloglred. lie hml to do It or else ent nt a i -esiiim nut It is snld that the mud to n uiiiu's henrt lie. through his stomach, hut the resource- fill womun knows that that is not the only goal that can lie reached by that route. Chicago 1'ost. Mark Twain's Cousin. O. C. Clement, nf Topeka, Kan., the no ted constitu tional lawyer, who heart so ittikiii); a re srnilil.iiue to Mark Twiiin, ( S a in u e l 11. Clemens) that he ia frequent !y t.ikcn for the original Mark, G. C. Clemens. is a man of deep intellect and wide experience. He is con sidered one of the foremost lawyers in this country. In are cent letter to the Dr. Miles Medical Co., Mr. Clemens says: Tervn.d fie?icme and obser vation have thonmc, Id vsntnticd me tieit l'r. Miles' Nrivtnt- conums true inrnt, snd U rtccllent lor what it u recoin niended." Mr. Normen Valtrit Sap. 1'res. Hank ers' Fraternal Society, C hw-ao, saykl Dr. , Pain Pills Miles' are Invaluable for headache and all J'ailk 1 had Itcii a tftr.it sutler, r frotn lin.lat-hr until I lui. :.l nl liie t-;t,. a. v et I'r Miles' l am Tills. N.io I a'u.nt i.iitv thrill ami prevent revurinifc.- al-liiiksl-v t.ikina pillwhcu the k)iup toius tiiit ai-i-car." Sold by all Drustlata. Fries. 29c. pee box. Dr. Miles Medical Co., EisSjrt, Hd. Notice to Contribute. To J. K. Heeves: Notica is hereby given by tie nudci timieil, your i oauer in lht idaeer nun lint claims siluate.l :n the Silver e.e. t minimi ilislrict, Joseplnns county, and ! S now n as claims No. '.'and No !!, lo'este.l bv A. .1 I'obel I ho. t'rotls an.l J K ,. .inii iisr in April, mil,-, ....-... ,., .nun i, rnnin is at iii..b s!t.l ami 4iil, Vol. 10, ol Ill IlllliTtis; I reconls ot Josephine roimty, Oregon;l nai unless you ctiiilribine and par lo the said timleisigned co owner within ninety davs from the date ol ths tir-t publication of this notnss, the mm ! To Hundred and S xu-Su ISdUt. ('.tin mi Hie same lieing suiir .,.r i i. ol the itsst of -o,njl Ubor done , , ela-los in order to propel lh Itlle ll.ee lo tpuliirf Ihe vc-irs l.sos, s'll, psli) lild!. I..II-oiii-'.i., iio,, in ii , . v.a ins will IN- -oi , , i.. , , , . r . I n s l' ., i s J 'im irv L'J mm I aVi'l sfa-'-MifJji preserves sod ptcklM, Rpretd a tiila ousting of PURE REFINED PARAFFINE Will keep thm tJso1ute mniittar sod proof. 1'u re Ivt-fl ri Par till trs, ka aiao (awful lit a doxun other Wssva aUtful Lisa bouaa. Juli dlrartlona tn mch paclUhga. Hbsd avary wwir. STANDARD OIL CO. . .a.,r.Hf J 1 11 ' J J4 Ok & Hit sb Jt it & A A RACE WITH DEATH r- TransUUd from ths Prssck by Giselle D'Dnget. is (L' aru a da-ud maul" said the J doctor, Tegariiiug AnaUjlo fix edly. Anotole waa staf;ered by this an nouncement. He hud come to ius the evening with hia old friend, ir. Kar dais, the ilJtitrioiis (scholar, recog nized li ail the world ua an authority on jioisouoiu Mubstuncea. Hut Ann toic hnd learned to appreciate, more thun all, the uoliility of heart and fatherly kindne.sH of the kmh1 old diH-tor, uud now, vsiihoul coiiM.tlerulion or regard for his feeliii'a he heard from hia own lipa thiti terrible pi-uiiostieaiioii. "I'lifoi-tiinate child!" continued the do-tor, "what hove you been doiiiK?" "Nothiiiff that I know," ulauimcrotl Atnitole, deeply troubleil. "Ill ink I try to reiuemlier! Tell me what you have eaten, drunk or in haled?" This laat word proved a ray of lijrht for Anatole. The snine morning he bad received a lottcr from one of his friends who was touring in India. In the letter he found a Hovvcr withered from the bank of the tiuiifrcs by the voyager, n red flowur of funlustic lihape, end the odor, he recalled now, was peculiarly penetrating. Anatole senrehed In his pocketbouk and found the lertcr nnd the flower, which he showed to the learned man. "Without doubt!" cried the doctor. "It is the ryramiMicnsiit Indieu, the death (lower, the llower of the blood!" "You believe this truly?" "I am poaitlve of It." "Hut It ia not possiblel I am but 29 years of atfe. I ajn full ut life anil health!" "At what hour did you open this fa ta! letter?" "At nine o'clock this morning." "Ah, well! At the name hour to morrow morning, ut the same min ute, in full health, as I soy, you will ex perience cerlliin palpitation iu the heart, and all will be over." "And you know of no remedy?" "Not one!" returned the doctor, hid ing hi? head iu his hands, and he fell upon the sofa, overcome with tffief and despair. Seeing the emotion of his old friend, Anatole realized that he was con demned to die. He bocume like one in sane. All iiiirht, lit a fever of notation, his brain topsy-turvy, Anntolu darted up and down the boulevard, uncon scious of his surrounding and that the streets were gradually becouiilir deserted. For a Ion,' while lie ran thus until he fell eshniuted on a bench. The rest was beneficial. He hnd been like a man who had received a Mow on the hend. The stupefaction o leaving now and he commenced to eolleet his ideaa which had licen so overl liriiwn. ".My situation," thought he, "is that I ii in condemned t die! I must ac cepi ih.s without hope, but uithtrrace. Ilnw ui-ii-ti lime have 1 to live?" lie I Mike, I nt his watch. "Three o'clock a. iii. It Is time to iro to bed. 1 rest? Should I sleep these last few hours? No. I have certainly much to do--hut what? l'ar bleu! My will Ui make." A restaurant was near that reuuiitied open nil n .hl. He cnteretl. "Waiter! A bottle of ehaiiqinariie and ii bottle of ink." lie ilrank a irlans of Cliiiuot and then lookeil at the paper dreamily. "To whom stuill I leove this lciracy of it.OiHI (rai.cs a year? 1 have neither father nor mother. It is fortunate for them. Anions nil whom I count ns friends, 1 know not one-ah! Niceue." The last wishes were ipuckly writ ten and all was beipu-al hesl to Nieette. It was done. Anatole drunk u sec ond lass of chuuipaffiie. "l'oor Nice He!" thought he. "She was very sad the lost tone that I saw her. Her guardian, who knows naught sf the worUI exeept those musician, tho.se brass hit. wt t at the t'o:.M-mi-toire wns not prudent In tiroo-usiug her hand to one ssi brutal whom she iletcets. ln.U-c, she detests hull as much ns she loves another, if 1 am at all learned iu those plain avowals of relieeiiee and embarrassment. W hi is the happ.v nun lal',' 1 am ignorant, but it isci r.ainly true that she is well worthy of the one whom she has chosen, lisiod, sweet, tHNiutifiil, loving N.ectte merits nu ideal husband. Ah! she is just the wife 1 should hare if --. It is infamous to forces to degrade the life of such a treasure with such n bnite. Why should I Hi be the chevalier of Nieette? It is sa.d that ! lo-iuorrnw morning to-mot row it w ill j be too tale. 1 must act now. Ii is a t little ui . -..soluble to vi!!, but when j I am tol.l that 1 w.U , e in e hours ' I I e:,re ilTIU- for such imii ven t ioii.i 1. ties, t i-iiie! My life t..r Ntcctic!" ' ll ssa.t four a. nt. when An.ibili- r.nikr the licll at the il.s.r of the (juardiaii i f N.ee'.te. M llou.ird himself ea:ue lo the door iu his uiijht cap, and very much fr.chtened. ".m I risrlit In supposing you have cai.sed me lliis ineouvelllence to com ni u meats! aoniethiii of importancs to me ?" "Very Important. M lloioard. It is 1 "" to renounce t"" nuir- Tuu - ' "'-v c,""1 ' t'adcnac." "Never! monsieur. Ne Vccttc to i "It is not necessary t say lu-ver nor -l. ,;,., no e..,li,,L... I I . the marriage will take place.'' "It will nut!" "We shall see! And isow that you have my answer, 1 will : ,t ltain you." I 'This is a little more amiable.. I am rttfnt If a little tenacious. I am sot f jsa "swa ajrup. TMtss Itrsst, fp f"! I re- main." "Remain If you wish. I consider you as having (rone, snd I speak no more." And M. ikiuvard turned away cniiiiolin -'. All at once It. llouvard leaped for his bed. Anatole had secured the professor's trombone, upon which he blew a vio lent blast loud and deafening. It sounded as if the inferno had broken loose. "My trombone of honor presented by rn v pupils! I'ut down the lustru inent. monsieur!" ".Monsieur, yon consider m as one gone. 1 consider you aa one absent uud 1 am amusing iny.-.elf until you re turn, llein! a fine note!" "Yoa will have me put out. Mi landlord will not tolerate the trom bone for a minute!" "M. ( apdei.uc is a terrible man! II I Insult him thus, he will kill uie! "Is thia the urily reason?" "It is the reasi n above all others.' "In that case leave it to ine; swear to me that if I obiain the coiiseut ul M. Capdenac ny cou.sli. .-iial! be free "Yes, monsieur, nhe Uiall be free." "Ilravo! I have your word of honor. You will permit lite to retire. Apropos, where does M. tapiieniie live?" "One hundred Hue des Deux-Epees.' "I run ai once. An revoir." "i::ih! You run to I timer ysiursell into the mouth .-if the lion nnd vou will receive the lesson you merit Meanwhile, Anatole ran to the ad dress ifiven him. When be arrived it was six o'clock n' in. "W ho comes?" said a deep voice, "len. A communication of im Mirtaure from .Nf. Houvurd." Inc. walls or Ine antechamber ap peared Ut vanish under the numerous oceoiitermenta. In the little room where C'ttalcnac received his visitor nothing but arms was seen; Turkish swords or yatuK-Aiis, poisoned Hrrows sabers, swords (or one mid two hands pistols, etc. A veritable urscnul. ll was enough to cause a timid soul mue! dismay. "Hah!" thouxbt Anatole. "What is it that I risk? there are but 2', hours left now! "Monsieur," said Anatole, "you wish to marry Mile. Nieette? "Oui, munsieur!" "Monsieur, you cannot marry her!" "Ah, young man!" he said, finally lou have the goetl luck to hnd me iu n pleasant linn il. Profit bv it. Do you know that I have f.ni'. hl time, and that I have had the misfortune to kill live of my adversaries and to wound 15 others? (io! I pity your youth. Once more, go! "I know," said Anatole, "of your reputation and that you are an adver sary worthy of me, and my desire is to measure aworda with ao redoubt able no adversary. Will you take the two swords from the mantle? or the two n:.v..l hatchets? or the cavalry wihcrs? s.r the cuirassiers weapons? W hut do you say to these curved yutu guns? Y u have not decided? What will you do? "I like your bravery. Do you wish ine to acknowledge something?' "Speak." "For some time I hnve wished to give up this marriage, but I did not know how It would be understood consent, then, very willingly, to your wish, hut 1 wish you to understand that 1 have not been IntiuiiduUsd by your menaces. "Will you writs and sign your de cision r "1 have such admiration for you that I can refuse you nothing. Supplied with the precious paper, Anatole rnn to the house of M. llou vard. Uu arrived at the door ovt eight a. m. "Who is thers?" "Anatole." M. llouvard opened it. Ann Wile de livcred the paper to him, and cried as he ran tn ths door: "Cousin, rise and dress quickly snd come here! Almost Instantly Nicwtte appeared as fresh as Aurora. "Whnt is it?" It is that your cousin is mad!" said M. llouvard. "Mad!" cried Anatole, "but, rem e in her, Nieette, that my madness ia for good to you. This night, my little cousin, I have obtained two things M. ( nHlenac haa renounced your hand and your excellent guardian consents that you shall uiurry the one you love. ' Iruly? My guardian, you wih that I marry Anatole?" "llein?" said Anatole, in amazement. "It is you I hive, my cousin." At this moment Anatole felt his heart palpitate violently. Waa it the pleasure caused ny Una unexpected avowal of Nioeltc? Was It the an puish predicted by the doctor? W as il death? Taking feverishly the handa of Ni eette, he told her all; the U-tter he rtv ceived, the llower he inhaled, the prog nostication of his ..Id friend, the will he wrote, the measures taken and th success obtained. "And now that I have perfected all, I must uie: "Itut it is not posaib!c!"said Nieette. "The physician is deceived. Who is he?" "A mail who la never deceived, Ni eette. Dr. ltarduis." "Itardais! ltarduis:" cried llouvard. suddenly, beginning t.i laugh. "Listen while I read my journal: 'The learned lr. Uurduis has unexpectedly Income atllicted with a mental malady. The madness is an attack of scient Hie char acter. All know the doctor was occu pied especially with diseases reiat ie Ui venomous substances and the effect of poisons, lie believed linaliy thai nil whom he met wi re poi.-voned and tried Ui persuade them to this belief. He has been transported this night to the mui.s.in du doctrtir Ilku-.ehe or home for the insane.' " The two young people embraced each other ardently. liodford Keview. At Bed Time 1 take a pleasant herb drink, the next morning I feel brinht and mv compiei ion is be'.ter. Mv doctor says it acts genilv on th stomach, liver and kid net , and is a pleasant laxative It if ma le Irom herbs, and is pre.red at ea.-i'y as tea. It is called Lane's Medi cine. All tlrutssjiatas sell it at IW. and 5oV. lane's family .Medicine, moves the liowela each day. I: ,ni c.uniot et it. end lor a bee sample. A. Mr -as. Orator r. Woodward. Le Koy, N Y. j Grain-O! Grain O! It. member that name when you osnt I a delicious, aptH-tiin, nourivbin food i drmk to take the pluea of eoiree. Sold by ail urcavrs and likrd by all ho ha uel it. vrain O is ui.de of i urn a;rain, it aids di.-eslion and strens-tlieus the nerves. It is not a stimulant uut s health builder and the children as ell aa the adults can drink it with great benefit. Costs about '4 as n.uch as 'cotiVe. IV. and iV. per paes..Ke. Ask I jour krjstr ior lira u-O. offended at your actions and that "the th marriairo aen equality. Women no longer keep silence in the church. In business avo cations and professions they inarch side by side with men. To-day the 'intellectual equality of woman is frankly conceded, and yet that puritan wife, vowed to obedience, whoso husband was also her lord, had one point of enualitv with 'the stronger sex which tho modern woman has largely lost ; she had the equality of health, and the equality of courage aud strength which enabled her to keep her place at her husband's sido in times of danger and of peril. As .housewife she was tireless in her industry. As mother she reared a large family.' Sho knew little of the aches and ills which vex tho modern woman who has entered upon the heritage of woman's rights. Statisticians have called attention to the decrease in tho size of the family. Women shrink from the"pangs gations of maternity. door sports once termed manly, is only an evidence of tho fact that she recognizes her physical deficiency and weakness. But outdoor sports and exercises are open to comparatively few women, and whilo exer cise may promote the health when it is once estab lished, it cannot produce health. In fact, where there is womanly weakness, exercise may be an injury where the weakness permits the possibility of exercise. - , The first and greatest of woman's rights is the right to bo healthy, tho right to enjoy herself as a wife and to bo happy as a mother. Give woman this and ail other features of womanly equality will take care of themselves. In hundreds of thousands of cases this physical equality has been restored to weak and sick women by tho use of Dr. l'ierce's Favorite Prescription, the medicino which makes weak women strong and sick women well. "My wife used three bottles of Dr. l'ierce's medicine, and I never saw such results," writes A. B. Haynes, Esq., of Aurora, Lawrence Co., Mo. "It was wonderful in its work. W'e bad used lots of medicine, also had one of the best physicians in Aurora, but my wife got no better; we heard one pitiful groan after another, day and night. A friend handed me a copy of Dr. Pierce's book, The Common Sense Medical Adviser, and after reading the testimonials of Dr. Pierce's successful treatment, and seeing that the cases described were similar to my wife's, I bought for her a bottle of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Before she had taken all of the medicine she was up and helping to do the work. She has taken three bottles and is now well. Has better health than she has had for years, so perfectly did the medicine do its work." Dr. Tierce's Favorite Prescription cures womanly ills and the aches and pains which these ills are the cause of. It establishes regularity and so gives freedom from tho periodic suffering which so many women enduro with each recurring month. It dries the drains which distress and weaken women. It heals the gnawing ulcer, puts out tho scorching flamo of inflammation, and perfectly and permanently cures female weakness. It aleo cures backache, headache, nervous ness, sleeplessness and other ills which are the result of womanly diseases. "No doubt you have forgotten me, but after you have read my letter you will remember me," writes Mrs. Annie E. Moring, aj8 7th Avenue, S. W., Roanoke, Va. "In the year 1S97, I wrote you for advice, which you gave me free of charge. Now, Doctor, I will tell you I was a wreck. When I wrote to you I could not walk straight, for pain in my abdomen, could not sit down, lie down, or get any ease at all. I had what was called the best doctor here, but did not get any better until I went through a course of your medicine. I took eight bottles each of 'Favorite Prescription ' and 'Golden Medical Discovery'.' I kept on with the 'Pleasant Pellets' after I had stopped taking the other medicine. I took ten vials of the ' Pleasant Pellets,' and I tell you the medicine made a cure of me. My trouble was female trouble, and I am willing to have you use my letter, for there a: - other women to-day that need your medicine, and it will cure them if they will follow your a-'vice." Sick women are invited to consult Dr. Pierce by letter, free. All correspond ence is held as sacredly confidential, and the written confidences of women aro guarded by the same Btrict professional privacy observed by Dr. Pierce in his daily consultations with sick women, at tho Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y. Address Dr. K. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. If you aro led to use "Favorite Prescription" becauso it has cured other women, do not allow a substitute to bo palmed off on you as " just as good." Insist upon tho remedy with a record Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. A MEDSG&L ADVISER FREE! Dr. Plorco'a People's Common Sonao Modical Advisor contains ovor a thousand largo pages and mora than TOO Illustrations. Thin la ono of tho loromost modioal works of tho ago. It tolls tho plain truth In plain English. It doals with the problems of marrlago, reproduction, heredity, and tho Important tacts of biology and physiology in gonorul, from tho view-point of com' mon sense. It Is a book for tho guidance of young men and young women, of wives and husbands, and therefore a family medical book. This valuable work Is sent FREE on receipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing ONLY. Send 31 ono cent Ttamps for the cloth -bound volume, or only 21 stamps lor tho book In paper-covers. Address 1 Dr. R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, M. Y. - tmn). laaWJl'Jtl! ilsMllLiBJILJ!smia 'T0KJjmgULVJiMSiBSC3EP!amtWM HEAD BACK LEGS ACHE Ache all over. 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L'fi, S7 p-r cent ' t tie test cs?ee were either we4 or pr i.-r-ssun; favorably. here beliu: but tliirtesn tier rent nf (snu-es. 1 lo. partiea were saiistird and Insr d the transaction. The nnvetiinw. of H e invesiiiratnie coiihiiiium .,,,1 11,,. lim.-al report8 of the test cae were i-liihed and will li, mm!..) fr. al'lMleati'in. Addreim J..irv I I.,',.. '0M1HNV, -ILM Montgomery dt. Sn Kran- ciseo, Cal. The Weekly Orcsnnian and the Coi kisb both for one year for 2 in ad- VISIT DR. JORDAN'S ...r Mil 11UIT Itlll rutflJtMH. "r t-rt lwM Vim his 1 - u sii. Bit. C5-0lJtASt8fl MEK a) if TV MiiiliHS m 1 11. 1 1 n ,..- ja . i'ii 1 n 1 1 1 - j .1 . ei i 0 letstii a ca . tan a.i s--la.-.g tv... t,o !f vnv,oA to love, honor and husband is the head of the wife," and We have chanced all that We have cut the word lee: ' V have accepted the doctrine of femintne The very participance of women in "THE MILWAUKIE." 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