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the men in the shop would jump to the frankly. holding out her hand in fare-
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fairy prisms.
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other things:
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DROPPED 10 Tilt GROUND.
Did Bill Turnell with intense pain:
rubbed with ATKINS' RATILESNAKE
On . in ten minutes got in wagon and
drove off- all Druggists.
task when he realized that the finest
stone of all—the one Miss Boswell had j
held up to the light while she noted its ,
gleaming beauty—was missing. Water- i
Eren a collector will come to him
who waits.
to describe.”
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our conversation,” she said laughing- You knew
, But I'm not going to disappoint you.
. I’m going to do as—as bravely aa vou,"
Don’t be footed with a mackintosh
or rubber coat. If you want a coat
that will keep you dry in the hard-
est storm buy the Fish Brand
Slicker. If not for sale In your
town, write for catalogue to
A. J. TOWER, Boston, Mass.
and purveyors of elegant novelties, had
become a happy man. From having no
them away in the large leather port-
folo in which they were kept.
says among
Railroad positions.
and the glow and changing expression
of her face had fairly bewitched Sidney
Waterhouse. He reflected with delight
upon the fact that the splendid pink
Bast ongh Syrup. Tastes Good. Use
in time. Sold by Gruggists.
Hope hangs like a tapestry of sun-,
beam on life’s dark vollevs. ’
It was what was known
2 ' adventuress, whose fascinating ways I
had cozened him. The house had cer- (
tain turned-down pages of that sort
La lla history.
We have many prophets as well as
losses. ___________ 1
the maid my name.”
The comedy of errors amused the
onlookers. Mr. Roeder spoke his con-
stances.”
“When may I come?” asked Water-
house, eagerly. “Tonight?”
well. “It was when you did not write.
I thought that you did not care. Now
—now my old distress returns to me.
WE WANT gy®
yfe books. J. E. GRANT CO., Dallas, Texas.
E A fl A 0 VP 3 g Locomotor Ataxia con-
r Alt AL I did zuregdanspepanota
zenmed At recovery of patients thought incurable by
MK.CIAE’S BLOOD AND NERVENOOD.
Brite me 2bont yonr case. Advce and prcofof cures
FKER. »n. fXASE, 224 N.Oth St.,PH1LADk LPNIA.PA
the loss of
I come known.
High Am MELBA
Sewing Mueime hasall
the l p-to-Date Improve-
mente, necessary Attach-
meat* and Accessories,
with chole® of oak or wal-
nut cabinet. Isfurnished
with thelatest irproved
AUTOMATIC SELF-
THREADING SHUT-
would be impossible
To Aid Widow, and Orphans of the
Boers.
A pathetic appeal of the committee
of Africander and Bond members of
parliament was issued at Cape 1 own,
Oct. 10, 1899, signed by Messrs. N. F.
DeWaal, Joseph N. Hoffman, J. H.
Hofmeyr, Thomas P. Theron and D.
it was I who looked at
forgive you, after all.”
He turned from her bitterly. “I was
more miserable than you can ever un-
derstand.” he responded. “And I mar-
ried to forget. So I have indeed lost
a jewel.”
She turned white, but recovered her-
self.
"I have had my bad hour,” she said.
in my own home and meet my people "I called in the morning,” he said,
and talk under more peaceful circum- "but you had gone and I did not tell
Lehr & Roeder, diamond merchants was gone.
see him and become better acquainted
I with him.
“Are you never to be seen anywhere
oui-ide of this place?” she asked.
“Why do you never follow me and in-
sist on hearing the conclusions to these
uncompleted stories? Come, visit me
15c
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: call.
He felt that the acquaintance was
destined to be a serious matter with
him. He could not trust himself to
, look in this woman’s eyes lest his ar-
dent admiration should offend her.
as a "daylight” diamond and of the
most intricate cut. Its loss could not
be concealed. It was considered one
of the most attractive stones in the
establishment, although not of great '
2 saparilla. Do not delay taking it. 2
X Don’t put it off till your health tone T
I gets too low to be Htted. ■
The young man who weds a girl be- in a fanciful way that quite enchanted
cause she has pretty teeth may find the young man. r- "—------------
POPULAR MUSIC.
KgG2e Sigers and pianists who wish tobeupto
{9 date should have all 4 the following com-
“T positions in their collections of music. I
These arethemost popular songs and pfeces of the 1
hour an i are probably being played and sung more, on 1
the stage and in the home. than any other publica- ;
.Tons on sa e to-day. Mailed to you for 23c per copy.
The publisher's price is 5Uc.
VOCAL.
T’d Like to Hear T hat Song Again.
My sweetheart Sue.
I'd Leave My Happy Home for Yon.
Li zu bkiuner, the Cake-WValk Winner.
l‘ve Waited, Floney. Waited Long for Yon.
She Was Happy Till she Met You.
INSTRUMENTAL.
" hen Knighthood Was in Flower waltz),
dmokey Rokes (ragtime two-step).
Margery {two-step).
An Old V irginia Cake Walk.
2neen of the Rag lime.
Whistling Rufus.
C. A. SHAFER, Detroit, Mich.
Sidney Waterhouse, manager for
that brought him in contact with many
fascinating and brilliant women, but
he had never met one with such a dis-
tinct and delicate charm as that pos-
sessed by Mary Boswell. Her irregu-
ners you shall not be permitted to
come at all.”
"I shall be at your house tomorrow
evening," he replied, decisively.
that he had supposed it to be, but it
did well enough.
In the midst of this emotional mon-
otony there appeared at the store one
day Mary Boswell. She was more
beautiful than ever, but seemed excit-
ed and distressed. She came toward
him at once and he felt himself grow-
ing faint as she approached him.
“We searched for it for weeks,” con-
fessed Mr. Lehr.
The lady turned her eyes to Sidney
Waterhouse with an appeal in them.
"Why did you not write me about
the loss of the stone?” she asked, half
piteously, yet with no little pride.
But after the shop was closed be
returned and by the searching light of
the electric lamps hunted till nearly
dawn. But it was useless. The jewel
ing caused them to search each other’s
faces with a sad scrutiny.
"I left a note to be delivered to you
the evening you were to call. It con-
tained my address and an invitation
to you to write. I have recently learn-
ed that you did not call.”
them last!” He flushed scarlet, but he
| reminded her of the circumstances.
“I know,” he returned, enjoying the "I want you to call Mr. Lehr and
conclusion that Miss Boswell was an
Big Crops in Arid Lands.
Can the arid lands of western Kan-
sas, Utah and other states subject to
drought be made to raise crops regu-
larly year after year, and that without
irrigation? H. W. Campbell, a farmer,
formerly of Brown county, South Da-
kota, claims that they can. He has
originated a method of cultivation
which, he asserts, never fails to pro-
duce crops in the sun-baked territory,
no matter how dry the season may be.
His plan is based upon the theory that
droughts are caused not by lack of
sufficient fall of moisture, but by too
rapid evaporation. He plows the soil
deeply and subpacks the lower por-
tion. thus forming a shallow water
reservoir under the surface. The top
strata of earth is then pulverized as
fine as dust and kept so by frequent
stirrings, forming a fine dust, which
chokes the pores of the soil, cutting off
evaporation and leaving the moisture
in the earth to be drawn on by the
roots of the growing planta.
beauty of the white hand that played
with the jewel. “Just as you become
the most interesting, you go away.
Texas Drug Co.. Dallas. Agents full of anticipating dreams, busied "I am sufficiently punished," he
Youg men to learn telegraphy for himself with rolling the diamonds in plied- "I have lost your regard,
their bits of tissue paper and putting have lost you.”
Africanders do in this sorrowful time?
Join in the work of warfare with the
weapons? The law and our duty as
British subjects forbid this, even
should other circumstances not oppose
such a course of action.
“But what neither the law nor the
duty of the subject forbids, and wha%
moreover, agrees in every respect with
all principles of religion and human-
ity, is the offering of help to the
wounded, to the widows and the
orphans.”
In the name of the Africander bond,
on behalf of the citizens of the South
African republic and their noble ally,
the Orange Free State, I appeal to ail
Americans to show their sympathy
with the brave people who are now.
in the words of John Hancock, liter-
ally offering all that they have, all
that they are, and all that they hope
to be, upon the altar of their country,
fighting to the death the arrogance
and Imposition of the great British
empire, in order to remain free and
independent, as did our American
forefathers in 1776 and 1812. THERE
WILL BE NO BOER WOUNDED ON
THE BRITISH-AMERICAN HOSPI-
TAL SHIP.
Send to me your subscriptions,
small and large, and I will send the
amount to Mr. C. C. de Villiers, Cape
Town, the honorable treasurer of the
committee of the Africander bond, to
be expended under that appeal. I sent
$2,000 on Feb. 23, 1900.
GEORGE W. VAN SICLEN,
American Treasurer.
No. 141 Broadway, New York City.
netomer for our generai lineof EVERYTHING you
EAT, WEAR and T S E; therefore tve ran afford to sell
pen a cimse raargin and fully GUARANTEE it for
WRNTY YEARS. Wewiilshig.......
exnmni at ion privilege, to
him frankly and it had an engagement with you.’ 1 he
, was evident that hidden under her | recollection of the pleasure that both
careless words was a deep desire to had expected to derive from that meet-
She gave him a courageous smile and
went out. Sidney Taterhouse closed
the door upon her thoughtfully. He
knew it to be the end. The jewel was
lost—Chicago Tribune.
She went smiling, as if happiness as they walked down the aisle togeth-
had come to her, too, and Waterhouse. er. I find it difficult to forgive you."
Above 10 Pkgs, worth $1.00, we will
mail you free, together with our
great Catalog,telling all about
SALZER S MiLLICM DOLLAR POTATO
upon receipt of this notice A 14c,
stamps. We invite yourtrade, and
A t now when you once try Salzer’s
bsrcdR you will never do without.
Prizes on Salzer's 1900— rar-
9 TLE. By one movement
13 the shuttle is threaded
35 reedy for service. The
MEHRA ban the patent
TAKE-EP. &utomnte BOTBIN WINDER, and a
DOMPLEE pet or best steel attachments, carefully
penked in a handsom VELVET lined case. Weight of
he machime, weather wrapped and crated, in about
1 lbs it is-hip ped at first -class rate. I be freight will
average avert 1.00 within 300 miles of Chicago. The
oabinet work s ornament a), the seven drawers and cov-
•r being if A VD CARVEI» and highly finished, having
Jut heavy NIOKRI~PI AT ED Ring Drawer Pulls, etc.
seh mtarhine is carefully tested before leaving our
factory. A MMLBA rale to ns mneans n new friend and
of his shoe. 'Sorry, for ! would like
very much to work for you, and I think
I would have made you a good cerk.‘
The match-scratching incident made
me think so, too. Right at the young
man’s elbow was a great Italian mar-
ble column.upon which were the marks
showing where many matches had been
struck by vandals too utterly indiffer-
ent to the rights of others to refrain
from indelibly stamping their vandal-
ism upon property to restore which
would have cost hundreds of dollars.
It would have been the most natural
thing in the world for many a man to
have scratched that match on the mar-
ble column, and the fact that this
young man chose to use the heel of his
shoe Instead showed that he was
thoughtful and conscientious, two very
“No, no! Not tonight! You must gratulations upon the happy conclu-
appear indifferent to my invitation, sion to all these perplexities, but a
It is not good form to be so precipi- look of suffering showed itself in Sid-
tate." I ney Waterhouse’s eyes and mirrored
“Perhaps I may call this afternoon?” | itself in the soft orbs of the lady.
“If you do not exhibit better man- She arose, visibly embarrassed, bade
; You will not even stop to finish the
stories you have begun to tell me.
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anglshed IM4. hi; mh »«., Washington, D. C.
Branch omees: Chicago, Clevelau and betrolt.
In the early forenoon Waterhouse
made his way to Miss Boswell’s house.
He determined to tell her of his trou-
ble. He would not in his most tortur-
ed moments admit she might have de-
ceived him and her beauty been a
snare. But when he reached her house
he was not admitted. The maid said
that Miss Boswell had received a tele-
gram and been called suddenly to the
Pacific coast. She did not know her
exact address.
3 We wish to gain this year 200,00 I
kjz"c new customers, and hence offer I
82 I Pkg. City Garden Beet, lOc (
95931 Pkg Farl'st EmeraleCucumberl6c q
,5l “ LaCrosse Market Lettuce, 15c .
871 " titraw berry Melon.
1" 13 Day Radish.
55 1 “ Early Ripe Cabbage,
ER I ’ Kary Dinner Onion,
3/" BrilJant Flower Seeda, 1D0
M Worth $1.00, for 14 cents. $1.00
HDADQ V NEW DISCOVERY; gives
AFf“V5" ■ quick relief and cures worst
eves. Rook of testfmonfals and 10 DAYS' treatment
rcn. KK. «. M. KKEEK’S SUN». Rog E. Atlanta. Pa.
mgemae for tracing and locating Gold or Silver
484A" Ore, lost or buried treasures M. D,
EMVFOWLE R.Box337,Sou thingt on.Conn.
5 Medicine 3
2 There’s no season when good med- 5
A icine is so much needed as in Spring, A
1 and there’s no medicine which does y
2 so much good in Spring as Hood’s :
adieu to the other gentlemen and
started to the door. Waterhouse ac-
companied her.
“You distrusted me,” she murmured
trance of this building about a month
ago, waiting for a friend to come down
the elevator, when that young man
approached me with a letter of recom-
mendation and an application for em-
ployment. I had made it known a few
days before that I needed another clerk
and he had heard of it. However, I
had almost made up my mind to take
on a young man who had been to see
me the day before, and was about to
tell the last applicant so, when he pull-
ed a match from one of his pockets to
light a cigar he had been smoking, but
which had gone out. ‘Sorry, sir,’ he
said, balancing himself on one foot,
while he lifted the other so as to admit
of his striking the match on the heel
Cutarra Cure _ ..
F. A CHENEY A CO. Props Toledo.o
cWke,hrunderansyeary'anabilevenim | particular interest in life he had ac-
rBonorasle in *11 business transaetions । quired a distinct one. This new and
as naneinlv able to carry out any obliga- n.2_1 . ,
Momsinadtyineirnrm alert Interest was the result of his hav-
West A. Truax Wholesale Druggists.,Toledo, ing met Mary Boswell. She had come I size.
Shua"9ikToledoonio. in the store—an ordinary customer-
Hsciarrhcure is taken internaliy.net- and it had been his fortune to serve
2ngdireety upon the blood and mucous surfaces
adihe sysier Testimonials sent free Price her. They looked at topazes together.
#eperdosue.. Sold by all druggists and she ran the unset jewels through
* —_— * are 1 e—— her white hands and talked about them
curing the position. And his month
in my office has shown that I made no
mistake in sizing him up.”—Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
wktY rE We ilifahipthis machine, c0 each occasion Waterhouse managed always known and who needed a
2onth"trAN0osutcrLr."PRicOfT-hawe to find an excuse for conversation with home. Everyone said it was a sensible
"obirepiszen*Bd*o 1,000 Muntratea I her. She did not resent his pertinac- marriage. It did well enough, without
pazopiljezptpregdennng"wirerorupgach ity. She seemed rather to welcome it. doubt. He admitted that he was com-
5oceipto Ir -anincnt2r°w2f*"h'0s2 Waterhouse spent his days wondering fortable and well cared for. Life was
------- how he might secure an invitation to not, evidently, the
That Sometimes Deride * Mlan's Fate la
Business.
The truth of the saying that little
things may often times play an im-
portant part to men’s affairs when the
men least expect it was illustrated one
day recently. “See that young man
over there,” remarked an insurance
friend of his, pointing to one of his
clerks working away industriously at a
desk in another room. “Well, he got
his place in my office through the strik-
ing of a match, although he doesn’t
know it. I was standing at the en-
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= Sarsaparilla^
Y Will give you a good appetite, purify J
3 and enrich your blood, overcome that 3
A tired feeling, give you mental and A
v digestive strength and steady nerves. v
3 Be sure to ask for HOOD’S, and lie 3
excellent traits. I was so impressed
that I told him to come and see me,
and the result of the visit was his se-
r l house searched everywhere about the
place, though he had to do so surrepti- •
Ian Maclaren Tells Why There Is No
Diference Between the Tito.
“The pew is a testimony to the fam-
ily and ought Jo be maintained with its
doors removed, and it dots not matter
whether a man pay $50 a year for his
pew or 50 cents,” writes Ian Maclaren
of “The Pew and the Man in It” in the
Ladies' Home Journal. “The church
authorities should see that the house-
holder has his pew, with room enough
in it for himself, his wife and the chil-
dren which God has given them. There
is no reason in the world why the rich
man should not pay a handsome sum
for his church home. And some of us
have never been able to understand
why an artisan should not give some-
thing for his church home also. Surely
every man wishes to do what is right
in the direction of his church. Every
self-respecting man likes to pay for his
home whether it be large or small, and
it touches a man's honor to live in a
workhouse, where he pays no rent and
depends on the public. There is no
necessity that this home feeling and
this just independence should be de-
nied in the house of God, but it rather
seems a good thing that the man who
works and gives to provide a house
where he and the children can live to-
gether in comfort and self-respect six
days of the week should do his part to
sustain the house where they worship
God on the seventh day. He is a poor
creature who will allow a rich man to
pay his rent for him on week-days, and
I have never been able to see where
there is any difference between being a
beggar on Sunday and a beggar on
Monday.”
But he had not proceeded far in his coquetry. ‘Perhaps I shall be able to
Don’t Stop Tobacco suddenly
It injures nervous system to do so. BACO-
CURO is the only ctre that AEALY CUXs
and notifies you when to stop sold with
guarantee that three boxes will cure an case
BACO-CURO is vegetableana harmless. 1hs
. “UIIW cured thousands, it will cure you.
At all druggists or by mail prepaid, a 601:
3 boxes 82.50. Booklet free. Writ: EK:
CHEMICAL Co.. La Cross.-. Wis
The material wealth and strengtidh
our nation is in iron. the most useful,
ail metals. Just as the wealth of a hu-
man being lies in a useful stomach.
If you have overworked yours, try
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It will re-
lieve the clogged bowels, improve the
appetite and cure constipation, dyspep-
sia and biliousness.
Seir-inter-st is a great mover of some
people. ____
AMERICAN TRANSVAAL FUND.
lar mouth, with its fitful smile, the hu- Waterhouse no further attempted to
mor of her brown eyes, the wayward learn it. He set his teeth hard and
tricks of her abundant brown hair. I went to his employers and told them
the whole story.
“It does not seem possible that Miss
Boswell can be responsible,” they said,
topaz selected by her was to be set "We must withhold our judgment, Mr.
by their goldsmiths in a pendant amid Water house.
“Do not be so hopeless,” she re-
sponded with a dash of her old time
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“"a Reader, Why net be able to use the wow When she held out her hand in greet-
E Imiyimgehondypucanftafnreeaypmturret ing and he took it within his own he
9 [,□ a few hours t.me. without leaving you> could feel his heart fluttering within
8 \ home. You can perform all of the many
2 49 \ marvel ous feats tl at are possible to the him. Hie confessed to himself that
8 n[ IIypnotist. Through Hypnotism you can , . .. _
At ure disease, conquer pain, win reluctant he was no longer sane. An enchanting
madness was upon him. One morning
iw ~ l S all happened as he desired. Miss Bos-
I well stood looking at a number of un-
pag 52 crets of the Art. It contains hundre is ol I set diamonds, and she held an eXquis-
320052 eautiful and artistic engravings, and is , . . .
f 8 j rhe most elaborate and expensive thing : itely cut one in her hand.
-----—- of the kind ever published. For a p l
short time ! * all $ ' ti sinagnificent work bo- ,4zan :
atly FREE ' a 1 who apply. 1 will also include’“E
»harg amouut ' ot rvalual le, interesting and ele-
fanfly illustrat . c without a 4 zx fl
harge. Reme -• . • iscostsyou -7 KEh-H-I,
Aothing- Apo icard will bring it. fa,,*,,
Order to-day n * learn to Hypnoti ze. 22352-4 '
zssachance vi alitetime. Address, .PA,*
DROF. 1. A. HAlEADEN,gtATAAA
Staton 213 Jackson, Mich. U- 6’-
opals and diamonds. She would be He thanked them from the bottom
sure to call several times to watch the of his heart, but he knew that the sus-
making of the ornament. ' picion would not die in their minds
It was as be expected. She came of- ' any more than in his own.
ten. now for some trinket, now to criti- A year passed. Sidney Waterhouse
cize the work upon her brooch, and on married a distant cousin whom he had
Mr. Roeder, if you will have the good-
ness, Mr. Waterhouse,” she said. “I
have a strange story to tell them. Af-
terward. if you like, we shall talk
about other matters.” Alone with the
three men, she took from her purse the
lost “daylight” diamond and laid it on
the table.
“Is that yours?” she asked.
“It is ours," said Mr. Lehr, eagerly,
anxious to haye his high opinion of
the lady justified.
“I returned from Calfornia last
night,” explained Miss Boswell, “where
I had been most unexpectedly called
by the serious illness of my brother,
and yesterday, in looking over some
old letters I found this stone in one of
them. The letter which contained it
was an important one to me, and I was
therefore able to remember having had
it in my hand when I last visited your
store. The only way that I could ac-
count for its presence there was that
it slipped into the letter I held in my
hand while I was talking to Mr. Water-
house. Did you miss it?”
“You left the city unexpectedly,” he
said, “and left me no word, though I
Sarsaparilla. In fact, Spring Medi- A
cine is another name for Hood’s Sar- V
How’s This?
WeemerOne Hundred Dollars reward for any
ese of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall s
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Halcomb, N. W. & Crabb, C. J. Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 16, 1900, newspaper, March 16, 1900; Decatur, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1581596/m1/2/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .