Newspaper Page Text
SEMI-WEEKLY BANNEft FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1894. Tired, Weak, Nervous Could Not Sleep. Prof. L. D. Edwards, of Prcston, Idaho, says: 'I was all run down, wcak, nervous and irritablo throuRh overwork. I sullcred from brain fa tiguc, mcntal dcprcssion, ctc. I be came so wcak and nervous that I could nofc sleep, I would arise tired, discouragcd andblue. Ibcgan taking Dr. Miles' Nervine and now evcrything is changcd. I sleep soundly, I feel briglit, active and ambitious. I can do more in one day now tban I uscd to do in a week. For tliis great good I pive Dr. Miles' Eestorative Nervine the sole credit. It Cures." Dr. lillcs' Nervlno is sold on a posltlvo guarantco that tlio Urst bottlo wlll benefit. All drugglstsscllitnt $1,6 bottles for t3, or lt wlll bosent, prcpald, on recelpt of prlco by tho Dr. Mllcs Modlcal Co., Elkhart, Ind. OLD COLONEL CAMERa. "What'a nll thls fuss abont, This frnntio rushing up and downt" "Oh, barcn't you hcard tho nows, my derf Everybody is wild with fear, For old Coloncl Camera Has comti to tnko tho town." Right ard loft tho pcoplo wero ranning; You could hcar the fnt oncs pant and btrive, Ad a brido and groom wero Bhouting nuul- iy. "We'll nevcr, never bo taken nlivol" Thcro was nobody in that dcvotcd city TVhom Mrs. O'Flahcrty liad not scorned, For thn wns n coolc with n dcep conviction That hor i rofemlon sho well ndorned, But wlitn fcho naw how she was takon 6hu uat hcr down. and nho wept and mourn cd. Tho valiant few who rcslstcd boldly, As a niattor of courso wero takcn flrBt, And tho noncommittal, who lookcd on cold- As thcy dcservod, wcre takon worst. Not ono rscapcd from tho doughty coloncl. Ho nobody hparcd, nor great nor small. Their fliphts and btruggles wero worse than ur Vs, For at lubt thcy wero takcn, ono and nll. Bo, if you bhould mcct this conquering hcro, Don't try to hido or to run or flght, But assumo your very best exprussion And put yoursclf in a pleasing light. Jlargaret Vandegrift in Bt. Nicholaa g&T THEAYAH. Tho bungnlow in tho whito rndlnnco of tho moonllglit seenicd descrted. Its broad gallcry, reaching to tho roof of tho low thntchcd bullding, rang no ccho to hnppy volccs, Int tho fnint glimmcr of a light from onu of tho wlndows gavo proof thnt ono occupnnt, ntlcnst, was kcepinga vlgil. Near tho bmigulow, at sliort distancos from one nnother, wero pitchcd tents, liko sllent Bciitincls at their jiost, kecpingmuto wotch. At tho opcnlng of ono of thcso etood tho quict llguro of n mnn of strong nthlctio Imild and milltnry benring, a fnce browncd by tho flcrco Indinn sun and clenr cut Saxon fcuturcs. Ho looked "overy iuch n soldler." Divcrs wero tho thoughts thnt beld Captain Gartshoro's fancy on this calm and pcnccful nlght. Ho hnd Just loft tho mcrry compnny at tho bungnlow and gono to his tent to sleep, but sleep was impossiblo. Tho won dorful beauty of tho night whioh, nlmost as brilliant ns tho duy, was a dupllcnto robbed of tho intcnso hcat nud mellowcd by a gontler radinnco beld him spoll bound. An agltntion of mind that liad posscssod bim pnsscd away mulcr tho tran quil intlucnco of tho sccnc, and n screnlty stolc upon him liko somo invisiblo powcr, irrcsistiblo nnd not unwclcomo. Ho roviewcd tho oventsof tho pastsovcn months to tho most niinuto dotnil from tho dny thnt tho steamshiporrived in Bom bny with his superior olllccr Coloncl Canip bell, who, roturnlng from n furlough, brought n bridc nnd bor most intimato Bchool frlend, Helcn Arundel. Alco Gartshoro wns n mnn who hnd novcr bolioved in thc strcngth of flrst im prcssions or love nt llrst slght, but thcro was n wltchcry nbout Hclen thnt hnd in tcrcstcd him from tho start. It was not hcr bcauty though hor faco, cvcr viva clous nnd llghted up with cxprcssivo brown oyes, wns chnrining ln lts plqunnt grnco but her swcet and innoccnt naturo wns her grcntest cbnnn. Fiom tho flrst thoy hnd bcen thrown togother. Tlio objcct of the journcy to tho jungle wns twofold tho coloncl hnd como to in epcct wild horses that wcra bclng traincd for army use, nnd ns tho cnmp was de lightfully situutcd as woll as hcnltbful ho hnd dccidcd to mako a plcnsuro trlp of it. Gartshoro liad causcd his canoa to bo brought on tho shouldcrs of stalwart, swnrthy Indlans on tho 80 mllcs journcy, thnt Helcn nnd bo, liko old voyagcrs, mlght glldo down tho windlng rlvcr to thnt poctry of motion. Often Helcn in n sweet voico would slng snntchcs of songs in whlch Alco jolncd, whllo tho swlshlng of tho pnddles dipping ln tho watcr added tho rcfrnln. Halcyon dnyu thcsc nnd novcr to bo forgottenl Upon Hclcn's nrrlvnl ln Indln an nyah hnd bccn sccurcd for hcr whoso duttcs wero thoso of a mnid or ducnna, and whoso dogllko fldclity nnd nffeotion for hor joung mistrcss wcrc rooiprocntod bymtich Jkindncss nnd iiululgcnco on Hclcn's pnrt. A docilc, trnctnblo croaturo, tnll and lltho, yot with great dignity of carrlugc, oycs dark nnd humid, with foaturcs rcgular nnd tho full pouting moutli of tho oricn tnl, alwnysguioed in tho soft Indinn mus lln Ewathed nbout hcr flguro. On this ovcnlng tho nyah and hcr strong affcctlon for Hclon hnd boon a thcmc for convcrsntlon nnd crltlolsm ln tho little compnny, Helon nnd thocoloncl'e wlfo contendine thnt tho womnn's fldclity wns gcnulno, nnd thnt not n traco of hy poorisy was in hcr nnturo. whllo tho mcu. Kheumatism is primarily causcd by acidity of tho blood. Hood's Sarsana rilla puriflcs tho blood, and curcs tho dis-caso. innghlng n llttlo dorisively, snld thnt nftcr tho lndios had livcd in Intlin longor their confldenco In tho fnithfulncss of nntlvo Fcrvonts would bo wcnkcncd if not cntiro ly lost. Ilolen, nrouscd in bchalf of hcr sorvnut, had said Rpirltcdly: ''Thnnk hcavon! I nm not skcptlcul, nor can I bo mado so. I trust nnd lovo ray good nyah as I do my fricnds." '"As you do moJ" Gartshoro askcd ln n low voico as ho took hcr hand to say good night. Hclon mado no iinswcr, but bor hund trcmbled in liis closo grasp. Alco thoughtof liisqucstion and Hclcn's silcnt rcply ns in Ids roverlo his thoughts hrid drlftcd baek to tho cvcnts of thnt ovening, and, rousing hlmsclf, ho hnstily wroto a fcw words whlch ho gnvo to n nn tivo lying nenr and told him to dellver to Miss Arundel. Kntcring tho honsc, tho Indinn gnvo n low knock nt tho door of Hclcn's npart ment. Tho nyah, hcr bnro brown fcct mnklng no sound on tho mntted flooi, opencd tho door, took tho mcssago nnd with a low finlnnm laid tho littlo misslvo in licr mistress' lnp. Hclon wns seatcd in n low wlckcr chnii in licr littlo drcssing room, hcr hair un bound nnd fnlling in luxurinnt mnsscs over her shouldcrs. Hcr cycs wero flscd pcnsivcly on thopngesof "SclcctlonsFrom lluddhn," and thcso words wero slnking llcep, decp into hcr hcart ''Oh, worldly mcnl how fatally deluded, bcholding ev crywhcro thc body brouglit to dust, yot overywhero tho nioro carclcssly living. Tho licart is ncither Ufolcss wood nor Btonc, nnd yot it rcmcmbcrs 'not thnt all is vnnishinfj!" So absorbcd was Helcn in thcso words frauglit with such potcnt moaning that llio had not noticed tho womnn's movo nicnts until suddcnly sccing tho noto sho rcad tho follawing words, whllo n soft col or roso to hcc chccks: Deaii Misu AnuNDCij Wlll you go with no for an early canter, say nt 5 tomorrow? I am snxious to tell you of something. If you will go, you neod send no auswer. Again good llight. ALEO GAItTSIIOUE. "Aynh,"sald nclcn nsthowoninn, with hcr low snlutntlon, wns nbout t o wlthdrnw lo tho mat that sorvcd ns hcr Ded outsido Ibo door of tho apnrtmont, "ayah, you inny wnko me nt I, ns I go for nn cnrly rido with Cnptnln Gnrtshorc." Tho womnn hnd stoppcd on tho thrcsh ohl, bceitnting nnd iil at cnso. "Well, what ls ltf" nskcd Hclon, somo what impntlcntly. "Tell mo what you wish." "Nothing, missy. Aynh wish for noth lng, but nyah wish to sny somothing to miesy wish vcry much." As no fnmillnrity ls nttcmptcd by thcso 6crvnvnts of tho troplcs, ltvns with grent difTicuity tho womnn bcgg'cd for tho intcr view. Hclen snw tho trepldntion nnd pit led her. "My good aynh, toll mo whnt lt ls you dcsire. Do you nccd money, or nro you wcnry of tho junglo llfo and wish to ro turn to Madrasf" "Ah, no, momesahlb," oxpostulatcd tho Indinn. "Aynh wishes no grcntcr hnppl ncss than to bo ncar you. No money nynh rcquircs, nor licr heart longs for tho bcnu tlful city. lt is ono littlo story sho wishes to tell you," nnd hcr richly tintcd skin flushcd, and hcr gcntlo cyes lookcd trou blcd. "Do you lovo tho captuin, denr lady?" "How daro you nsk such aqucstionf" cricd Hclon indignantly. "You displenso me grcntly, nynh." ''Forgivo mc," wns nll tho womnn said ns, kneeling, sho put hcr forchead to tho hcm of hcr mistress' gown. Hclcn's wns n sympathctio nnd tcnder hcart, nnd, sccing tho uttcr nbnscmcnt of tho Indinn, sho rclcutcd, nnd, puttlng hcr buud softly on tho ayah's hcad, sho said, ''I will hcar your littlo story." It was u vlvid, glowing ploturo that the cnndlcs in the qucer twisted cnstorn cnn dlcsticks lightcd up. Hclen, in n loosc whlto wrup, wns scntcd beforo a mirror, her eycs fnstencd on tlio womnn's roflco tlon. Tho latter hnd risen from tho floor, hcr plinnt form swnying to und fro ns she brushcd her mistress' hnir. Slio lookcd liko somosceross nbout to uttor a prophcoy or incantntion ns sho bcgnn hcr littlo tnlc, speukiug now in brokcn English nnd now ln Taniil, her nntivc dinlect. "Aynh has in licr licart n grent lovo foi hcr dcnr lady n lovo liko tho wnters thnt soparato missy from hcr homo, decp nnd strong. It is not ono cnsy thing for nynh to spcnk, but licr hcart say 'toll,' hcr love say 'spcak. ' Sho kuows thnt missy llke tho captain vcry much, and ho lovos you, but whllo missy givcs him hcrwholo heart ho cnnnot glvo hcr his wliolo lovo, for that is dividcd part to missy nnd pnrt to nn othor." Helcn listcncd, n growing scnso of dnn gcr nnd npprclicnsion that sho could not fathom mnklng hcr dumb, whilo tho nyah went on, hcr voico taking a drcary niono tono. "In Madras thcro is n dark womnn, bcautiful, but not liko tho missy. Ono dny tho cnptnin ho secs thls nutivc, nnd sho givcs him n drlnk thnt sho mnkcs from ono hcrb, nud it causcs him to lovo hcr." Arigid grip scemcdclutchlngnt Hclcn's thront nnd heart. Sho put hcr hnnds f orth vnguuly to tcar lt nwny. Sho tricd to spenk, but her tonguo wns pulsicd, and tho Indinn, divining nothing, continucd in hcr singsong minor tono. "Tho captain givcs this Maya for that is hor namo much money, silks nnd jnw cls for hcr hnir, but Maya novcr loves him, and shc only gcts his lovo by alwnys sprinkling tho potion nbout his houso and ln his wino. Whcn ho is awny from hcr, ho hatcs hlmsclf and hcr; and his hcart is all for missy, but whcn ho gocs back ta Mnyn ho will lovo her ngnln." Helcn hnd drunk tho bittci cup in all its strcngth, for bho could not doubt n word of tho nnrrntivo. Her flrst great troublo hadfound hcr nlone, nnd sho must mcct it singlo hnndcd, for whnt comfort could this poor child of dnrkncss, with hor mysticnl rcligion, bring to hor? Momcnts juisscd; tho nynh hnd thrown hcrsclf prono to tho floor. Hclen, palo and shivering, gnzcd on thc prostrnto flguro ns lf lt wero something pollutcd thnt had Those, .Pimples Are tell-tdle stjmptoma thatpour blood is 7iot rirhtfultof impuritics, causing a shiggish and unsightly comnlexion. A few bottles of . 8, 8. will rcmovc allforciqn and itnpwe matter, cleanse the blood thorougluy, and givc a clcar and ro.vi complexion. lt is most effcct ual, ancZ eAtircly-harmless. Chas. Heaton, 73 Laurel Street, Phila., says: "I liave had for years a humor in my blood v.liich mado mo dread to share, as smallbolls or pimples would be cut, thus causing shaving to be a great annoyance. Af ter taklne threc bottles kTtyrtTVri my facerls all clear and smooth as fj!fflC$J?fS " should be appetlte splendid, II p n n sleep well and feel like running a foot race all for the use of S. S. S. Treatise on blood and slcln diseasesmalled free. SWIFT Sl'ECIFIO CO.,AtlanU,Ga. 11 wa There's hardly a housekeeper in the country but has heard of Cottolene the newvegetableshort ening. It is a strictly natural product; composed only of clari fied cotton seed oil, thickened for convenience ia use, with refined beef suet pure aad sweet. So composed, TTOLEN sss''vv'''' Was bound to v?in, and to drive out lard from the kitchens of the world. When housekeepers wish to get rid of the uupleasant feat ures and results of lard, they should get Cottolene, taking care that they are not given cheap counterfeits with imitative names, spuriously compounded to sell in the place of Cottolene. It's easy to avoid disappointment and insure satisfaction. Insist on having Cottolene. Eold ln 3 nd 5 pound ptlli. Made only by Tho N. K. Fnirbnnk Company, CHICAGO, XH ltte Street, noitolb Portland, BI. Dccn east nt her feot by somorcccdlng thTc. Sho tricd to stnnd, but hcr souud young limbs lnckcd power. Thon tho distressed soul whoso lovo wns unqucstloning sccmcd to feel rnthcr thun sco tho sorrow sho had wrought, nnd, shufiling to hcr fcet, shc took Hclen liko n bubo in licr urms und laid hcr on a couch, trying incffectunlly to ootho by softly stroking hcr fnce nnd hcud. Flnally us a palliatlvo Eho bcgan to spcnk in nu ap pcnsing, crooning voice, ns ono would lull a child to rcst. "Llston, dcnr missy, to what ayoh tells. She knows one mediclno man, n nntivc. From him shc wlll get n potion, und with it sho will go to tho cnp tnln's houso, und tho nutivo butlcr, who kuows hcr well, will lct hor in to sco tho houso. Thon it is slio will secretly sprin klo tho floors nnd wnlls. Then, whcn tho poor cnptnln shall como homo hc secs Maya at oncc in hor truo self, and ho shall scnd hcr from tho houso. Thcn ho como bnck to missy, nnd his wholo hcnrt will bo for hor." Thcso words Eccmcd to rouso Hclen from hcr npnthy. "Stop," sho commanded stcrnly. "Oh, missy," said tho cnstcrn womnn mcekly, but cnrucstly, 'I cnnnot work tho cliorm without your pcrmlssion. Will dcnr missy conscntf" "Oh," unswcred Hclen drcnrily, for sho rcnlizcd tho uttnr imposslbility of rcason iug with this child of mystcry, ''thcni is no nccd of chnrms or potions or my con scnt, for I do not lovo this mun. And now you may go. But wnit, " ns a suddcn thought ciuuo to hcr mind, "I wish to scnd a noto to Cnptnin Gartshoro." And with trcmbling, cold flngcrs thnt could scnrccly do her will sho wroto thcso words: Paptain GAnTSUOUE I cannot rido with you tomorrow. Helen AnuNDEL. "Go now," snid Hclen bolcmnly, hor fnco liko thnt of somo nccusing splrit, "go and prny to your God for pcaco." Long nftcr tho nynh had boftly closed tho door Hclen sut immovnblc, hopeless nnd nlono, tho drnwn lincs of hcr moutli lndicativoof her hcurt'spuin undstrugglo. Hour nftcr hour wcnt by. Thcy sccmcd ycnrs to Hclen, nnd when nt labt tho sig nal of Cnptnin Gnrtshorc, tho nrdcnt sun, eent its flrst rosy rnys in nt her window it fell not on Hclen sho wns over to bo In shndow but on thoso words of wisdom: "O worldly mcnl How fatally deluded, bcholding overy where tho body brought to ilust, yot overywhero tho moro carclcssly living! Tho hcart is ncithur llfelcss wood 5or stonc, und jct lt rcmcmbcrs not that lll is vanisbingl" Mubel Wynno in Hos ton Trnnscript. Maklng It Scrinus. Holind lingercd nt tho gato ln thocn' trnncing prcscnco of thogirl whois nll tho world to him. Her fathor liad slummed lio front shuttcrs ecvcrnl timcs, but iu rain. At last slio murmurcd: "Hcrbcrtl" "Whnt is ltf" "You huvo said good night soveral timcs." "Why er so I hnve." "I wnnt to trust yoii, but I cnn't heip tvondcring whctlicryou mcnn othcr things fou say to mo nny moro than you do that." "Washington Star. THE BOAT R1DE. In a patb of rlppled gold, O'or n fleld of sapphiro dark, By tho moon god's nrt unroll'd, Seattering many n Btarry spark, Drcamily my boat drifts on, By somo f.ilry powcr drawn Blavo to li' r tmall hand upon Tho heim that guides tho bark, And tho glidlng, Airy riding, Bpray dlvidlng, Craft a-thrii: ls At tho touch of Jlnrgucrite At her touch, whoso potcnco sweet Lovo hlmsclf brings to her fcet, Ea-cr what her will is. Oh, to drift with her nlway In thls goldcn moonlit way, Wliero my craft, rcsponsive, may E'er her dainty hand obcy, Margucrite, my mcrry inatcl Gcoryo Ilonry Daugherty ln Womanklnd. V1RCHOW AGAINST DARWIN. IIo Says a "Sheep Tlieory" Is as Plaualble as tho "Jlonkey Tlieory." Professor Uudolph Virchow dcolarcd hlmsclf cmphatlcally against tho Darwin lan tlieory of tho origin of spccics at tho convention of onthropologists whioh mct at Innsbruck. Virchow is consldorcd by many compotont judgcs tho grcatest an thropologlst living. Ho has probably mndc moro jncnsurcmcntsof thorcprcsont ntlvcs of vnrious raccs nnd tribos than nny othor spcclnllst. In his addrcss nt Innsbruck Vlrohow did not mlnco words in his nttnck upon Darwin, whoso thoorios, ho said, lnstcnd of nldingthorcsearchcsof nnthropologists, had bcen hlndranccs to tbcm. "Darwin hlmsclf," ho continucd, "rofraincd nt flrst ln his cxplnnntlon of his law of dovolop mcnt, ln tho workon tho origin of spooles, from applying it to humnn boings. Thcro hns bccn a long lnvcstlgation of thls tho- ory. Tho attcmgt waa madoojsolvotho qucs'tlon by Bpcculntion, nnd tho 'monkoy tlieory' wns sct up. It would linvo becn just ns easy to como to n 'shcep tlieory.' " This 'monkoy thcory," ns Virchow llkcs to call tho ldcnsof Darwin, hnd bccn bnrmful to nnthropology. Anthropology todny, liowovcr, bothcrcd itself littlo nbnut this tlieory, whlch wns stnrtcd 25 years ago. Anthropologists hn to ncccpt tho nctual world, nnd tho rnco qucstlon nnt urally nppealcd to thcm. Itwns impossi blo, in Virchow's opinion, to suy whcther or not a colorcd rnco could desccnd from ono not so mnrkctl. No pnsitlvo cxnmplo cxistcd. Such n thing In tho caso of un indivldunl was lookcd upon ns n patholog lcal cvcnt. Mctaplnsla (chango from ono kind to nnother), Virchow declnrcs, could not tnko plnco without nnomnly This nnomaly could becomo horeditary. If thnt took plnco in n famlly, "wo como upon tlio horeditary vnrlntion, nnd by multiplicn tion wo gct tho rncc. Wo know that n raco can rctrogrado. Whcrc wo flnd an oxam plo of atnvism wo must nsk tho qucstlon, of courso, whcther this ntavism is not a proof thnt tho rnco dovclopcd from u bclng of thnt klnd. It is olmost nhvays impossi blo to spcak with ccrtninty regnrding tho origin of a rnco or trlbo." Now York Tribuno. rerspectlvo In Study. Tlio dcopcst mistnko bclng mado todny by n ccrtain clnss of cnthusiastlo mcn of scicnco is ncglcct of tho imnginntion. Or it may bo thnt imnginntion is misunder stood nnd tho word is used by thcm torep rcscnt tlio fnculty which dcals with un rcnlitics. Thcso cnrncst nnd nctivo mcn Bccm to ovcrlook tho trcmcndoiis rcsult nccomplishcd, ovcn in natural scicnco,' by tho imnginntion of such mcn ns Kcplcr, Newton, Gocthc, Franklin nnd Lnplnco. Wo nro nll too npt to look upon Darwin as n man dcvoid of tho divino gift, but thls thcory is nono tho lcss n great poem in tho ubstract becauso its mountnin of dry dc talls shuts off tho horlzon of cnchant mcnt. Tho studcnt should bo pcrmittcd to sco and feel something moro thnn mcro mn tcrinl substnnco whcn ho touchcs tho licm of nnturo's gnnncnt. Tho contact must bring tho thrill of immcmorinl kinship from tho living, quivering body and tho lumlnous soul withln it. Thcro 1 dnngcr thnt wo Bhnll Ioso tho tiadition of poctry pure nnd simplo, nnd with it thc con Eciousncss of n perspcctivo whosc vnnish lng polnt is our spirltunl origin. Thcrc is oqunl risk in cnsting nsido nllelsc for whnt wo call prnctical scicnco, of fnlling into tho mlll of conscicncclcss mntcrlnllsni nnd bring ground to tlio dust of pcssimism. Edttor's Outlnok in Chnutnuquun. Uiuployec, Not Kmploye. Wiiy should tho Frcnch word omployo bo eo much uscd whcn wo havo nt hund tho English form of tho snmo word, which sccms nt once to suggcst itsclf and nn swcrs cvcry purposc? Eniployco is surely tho English correlntivo of cniploycr. Whcn wo wnnt tho correlntivo of cxnmincr, wo sny nt onco csnmince, nnd so in othcr nnnlogous cnscs o. g., liccnseo, nssigncc, nddrcsscc, consignce, mortgngco. Somo Frcnch words, liko rcndczvous, rcstnurnnt nnd coupon, aro rcadily udoptcd into our own lnngungo. But it cnnnot bo so with n word which rcquircs to bo writtcn with nn ncccnt, und which furthcr rcquircs tho uddition of an "o" to indicnto tho fcml nino gcnder. Tho uso of Ino Frcnch word hns thcso, nmong othcr, disndvnntngcs thnt it hns nlwnys to bo printcd in itnlics, nnd thnt, when spoken or writtcn by tho illiternte, ns whcn ono rcads, for instnncc, of "tho femnlo employcs of tho flrm," thero ls of fensc in tlio ono cnso to tho cyc, iu tho oth cr to tho car. London Timcs. Burwcll'8 "Suctlon Well." Burwcll, Ncb., hns awcll thnt is almost ns frcakish os tho Oro Bhinco (Tcx.) well. Thls prairio oddity is n well 100 fcct in dcpth, whlch Uikcs queer spells of nltcr natcly sucking m and cxpclling alr. Ir wintcr thc oir usuully flows into tho wcl. for thrco d.iys in succession, tho samo amount of timo bclng consumcd in thu nct of cxpulaion. In summcrthcEo pcriods lcngthen to flvo or six days. It is known nll over Nobraskn as "Burwcll's Buetion well." St. Louis Her.ublic. Salmon Falls, N. II. Hood's Has Won Our Confidence Because of the Wonderful Merit It Posesses Qulck Consumption and Catarrh Cured. "C. I. Ilood & Co., Lowell Mass.: "Gentlemen: Hood's Sarsaparllla ls our fam lly mediclno, because lt has proved lts superior merit. Tho case whlch led us to put Our Wholo Confldenco In Hood's Sarsaparllla, and whlch nttracted much attentton liercabouts, was tho curo of our little son, Harry, of consumption. Blx years ago whlle living at South Berwick, Maine, when be was but tliree months old, he was selzed with an lllness whlch developed Into qulck consumption. Everythlng posslblo was done, and tho doctors, after a consultatlon, said they could not save him. He was not cxpected to Uve from day to day. My slster had a bottlo of Hood's Sarsaparllla whlch only contalneda few teaspoonfuls. In hopes that lt mlght glvo tho boy a llttlo strcngth and posslbly Ufe, wo gava him a few drops of tho mediclno threa Umesaday. When the small quantlty had bcen Hood'sCurcs psed we noticed a brlghtened look on his faco and his sufterlngs seemed to bo lcsscned. I bought another bottlo and. with lts uso he con tlnued to lmprove. Ho has slnco taken tho medlcine regularly, and today he ls A Brlght and Hoalthy Boy. nood's Sarsaparllla has also cured our son nerbert, aged 11, of a severe caso of catarrh. We keep a supply of Hood's Sarsaparllla ln our houso and look upon it at the famlly medlcine. We have used Hood's Vegetable PHIs and flnd them a very cilld and efflctcnt cathartlc." Cotton H. Foss, Box 14, Salmon Falls, N. IL Hood's Plllsbecome the farorlte cathartta with eyery ono wbo trics them. 25c. per box. jfflriiiiiii 1 " imiwwib smk WOUNDS, "tssj?jlj-Et nefaso sab.titute.. INFL AMMATIONS, CATARRH, made crudelr. aold hepiy. II EMORRII AG-E S, and ALL PAIN. Oaed Internatly and Externally. Prlces, 50c, Choap, $l,0heaper, Sl.75, Oheapest. Genuine it strong and pure. Can be diluted wUh teater. 8oi. Mtnwfachir,f, pQHQ's EXTRACT CO., 76 FIFTH AVE.. YORK. !T STISTIG I 01 PHO )11 D(ggPDpGDmn 0DaD"S QBQOIP "GDd dBODD D(BdB"&DCDDQa Dft WPg DOQffiD00 Dai gQg dd QDoffitp ppWDaDiiag racDipIk Doaig GQaDDtiOa TKIE ABTI8T, TME GAMEIRA, TME W1DTIE0 THE BEST EFFORTS OF ALL. TOE SOTEIT SGED0E8 IBO N0RTII9 AMERICA. Tho following gerus can be obtained in one nuraber by clipping two coupons from the SEMI-WEEKLY BANNER and sending ten cents in money or postage stamps to this office : Swannannoa RiveryNorth Carolina. ' Down the Yosemite. Mission of Santa Barbara, California. Castle Gate, Utah. The Quakers, Monument Park, Colorado. Phantom Curve, Colorado. Needle Mountains. Slaiden Rock, Lake Pepin, Minnes'ota. Sacriflcial Stone, Mexico. Point of Rock, Potomac Biver. Niagara in Winter. Moki Indians. Leadville, Colorado. Planting Rice in North Carolina. Farms among the mountains of North Carolina. Guildford Court House, North Carolina. Clip your coupons from the SEMI-WEEELY BANNER and get America Photographed. It costs only ten cents a part. OOUPON Nov. 30 "America Photographed." Send this and one otlier conpon of a different date, accompan ied by 10 cents, and one nnmbor of "America Photographed" willbe sent yon, postage paid. Portfolio No. 19, now ready. C. A. PIERCE &CO. -OQTHIS IS THE GENUINE. Our trade-mark on Buff Wrapper around every botili. THE WONLVER OF HEALING. FOR RIIEUMATISM, NEURALGIA, SPRAINS, BRUISES, FEMALE COMPLAINTS, SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. ST IISTI TOGRAPHED. mm n