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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-15

Couldn't Walk 10 Yards at q Time. Was no
Earthly Use TO Any One. Thought Was
Going to Die. But DIR. Salm Cured Me-
For two years or more have had q fearful
would not carry me any more. Coudn't walk
. stretch OF Is yards and my heart would beat
. fearful rate nt the least eXertion. II seemed
my blood turned TO water, l gradually became
one, and all my neighbors and relatives thought
was going to die. Home doctors couldn't help
me. 30 went to DIR. Salm and to-day am hap
py 70 state that am stronger than over, can eat
- much as any one, and my color any one may
be proud OF. Mrs. Sadie Dobbs
Attested by her father, Frank Richardson.
Dunlo, Cambria Co., Pa.
Suffered for IS Years With Nervous Inward and
Ear Trouble. Tried . Half Dozen Doctors,
and Pile Of Patent Medicines, But Had to
60 70 DR.. Salm 10 be Cured.
For Is years have suffered very much with
Nervous, Inward and Ear trouble, and my con-
dition grew worse and worse. l tried half
dozen doctots and piles Of Patent Medicines to
no avail. went u DIR. Salm, and, thanks 10
hi: knowledge As physician, consider myself
entirely cured. Those pains, which came every
month, and the fearful nervous prostration re-
sultinR thersfrom has entirely left me. feel
happy once more: Mrs. W: M. Job,
Now Florence, Westmorslsnd Co., Pa.
A Case OF Ear Trouble Being Cured by Doctor
Sslm. Complicated Also With Ringing
Noises and Deafness.
My treatment Ia for the Ear and Throat am
rapidly improving. and know ! shall be cured
which think will be soon.
Mrs. Mary X. DslseiI,
Lewisburg, Union Co.. Pa.
Lived Of Bread and Milk for Years. Nine Home
Doctors Failed TO Cure me. DIR. Salm Sue
ceeded In Curing.
For more than years have had . bad case
OF Cstarrh, Stomach and General Trouble Took
cold continually. For one and one-half years
could eat only bread and milk. Tried differ.
ent doctors 10 get rid OF my misery, but got
worse and worse, so ! went to DR.. Salm Tor
treatment, and to-day am as strong as ever,
can eat anything and don't take any more cold,
and consider myself cured Of this terrible di.
sease. John II. Kaufman
Mattawanns. Mifin Co., Pa.
Catarrh and Eye Trouble Cured by DR.. Salm
For more than years have had very bad
case OF Eye trouble and Catarrh. The eyes con
tinually got sore and grew weaker and weaker
always took cold. DIR. Salm cured me.
Cleveland Kimberly,
Witnessed by A. j. Kimberly
| McVoytOwn, Miffiin Co., Pa
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-15
TO CONSERVATIVES.

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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-15

What shall do? I am so debilated with this
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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-15

when had. finished one dozen bottles
was cured completely and am as we'll as
ever. l now weigh 49,"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-15

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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-15
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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-12-23

good.by oll. hope the poor little girls will
love You very much
70 was halfpast three aud 70 sunny Dc.
ccmbcr afternoon. iuntic got her rhoco.
latc- twice as many as wcrr good for her.
before she was handed back to tell her nurse
of tic wonders of the Albert hall.
dare -ay I'm TOOL. but / mean 60 DO
q. -aid Dick 10 himself as hc came out OF
Dos sister house and hailed 70 hanson.
Eleven Iccktcrracc. and, look here.
stop iir-t at that big Bond street florists"
here were not many lilies and they were
dear, but Doc bought every ono. The inter.
mluabic cab drive was like dream domin.
atcd by thc two great dolls lIc could not
thinh cousccutivciv The old ache. fhe old
longing. bad come iusstcutiv bach. The
'1hman lost bis way twicc in desert of
mean houses with cmpty Cart" pots on the
Hmutiy lodges. and palld yellow muslin
curtains breadth too narrow AZ last he
stopped at quiet unprcpossessing row.
No ID at least bad clean steps. and "a clean
servant opened Che door,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-12-23

Sylvia who came in Not the Sylvia of other
days so radiant, So girlish so fresh in her
dainty dresses the years are not so kind.
but "a sweet, serious woman iu plain black.
with the old masses Of golden hair showing
under her little bonnet.
Dick, with sudden strange sensation of
-hyness that was very like fear. drew bacl,
until he was almost hidden by a screen, so
that she did not see him
but The room was full of "a fragrance her
heart knew bon q moment lie had laid tho
lilies upon table. and she tool, them up
with little soft exclamation of pleasure.
lie saw how tender was the face that bent
over ihc Howcrs, face no longer young. but
with new lovcincss al its own.
Then hc came forward without "a word
She knew him instantly The flush OF rosy
color The light Boo her ewes. the joy shc could
not stiiic after an those hungry dragging
years Of loneliness. coniured back all. and
more than an. the glamour Of their youth.
Dick Capt. MaraziCn what has brought
you hcreG'
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-12-23

He took, her in his arms and answered,
passionateig: "My darling, 1 never knew
until to-day that you wanted me; it was the
doll that spoke"
Then there was n very complete and
eloquent silence between them, till Sylvia
looked up with her old smile: "Why, Dick.
you can't mean that you saw the colonel of
the daysof the duke of Marlborough. What
were you doing in the Albert ball?"
IL was dragged there by force by a small
tryant-my sisters Baby Buntie-and got
the best Christmas present of all, though /
didn't deserve il. Good old Santa Claus had
not forgotten me when she showed me the
lady in blue with the lilies i'm her hand"
Il dare say il was silly and sentimental of
me to dress the dolls like ourselves, but
sometimes, Dick, when / sat here working
at them could hear the music-that waltz,
'Souyiens toi,' and see the pink lights just
as they were on the happiest night of ali my
life. There was nothing left but my dear
past. Nothing could take that from me-"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-12-23

The very best of 900. boz my opinion. "
two admitting spectators near him were
sly'ug y colonel BOO thc days of thc duke
OF Marlborough and 20 lady of thc same
period dressed by oh. give inc uy
gIa-1c- Miss Sylvia Berwick. 10 Tccktcr.
race West kcn-iuuou There is only one
fault. perhaps Did ladies carry bouquet.
boo those dlyat'
Not BOO those days perhaps. but certainly
in thc dar when BOO 100 Cotcut Garden There
seemed goo liIc- Di thc vIlc, fresh cuougl.
ior Cant Marathon to send to Ali-. BcfwiD.
for Lady Huntm0uccuNs fancy ball .tha
BAH Whero hc bad huuod 1- "a lads of tho
court o.. Queen Anne. and hc as ono off
Marlborough roionc'a
How Wc'I boo remembered it' Some honey
client g.rI bad told him what Sylvia was to
wear and hc bad chosen h.s own dress ac.
cordmllr lhcy bad been much commented
upou as ihc successes of the night. and BOO tho
pauscs of % Waldtcufcl waltz hc had told her
that he loved her. and she-ah for the ki..
huulcdly exchanged Boo the conservatory
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-12-23
'mong the pink lamps and friendly shady

among the pink lamps and friendly shady
palms!
SO she had never married, then. after all
He thought of the bright face, of the crowd
of eager partners round the pretty heress
Not one of them all true to the woman when
her hour of tribulation came. Or was il be-
cause she had not forgotten himg Inn
possible. The dolls stared at him as only
dolls do stare. The jaunty colonel, with
everything complete; the dainty damsel, in
delicate sea-bluc brocade, with her lilies i'm
her hand. He so dark. she so fair, just as
they had been.
"Oh, the dear little man. Oh, let me kiss
him, Uncle Dick"
Forced back to fact, and Buntie growing
restless, he took sudden resolution.
Have you had enough, Buntic? Would
you like to go where cake is?"
Are there chocolates there, too?" queried
that small person.
Everything" said her uncle
Then let's go. Good-by, dear dollies;
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-12-23

not availed TO keep the young lover she had
chosen; and she had no mother to plead for
her.
Dick had been ordered TO India, and very
soon after old Berwick had gone under, as
they say. This time in double sense, for
the crash that took his fortune took his life,
and left Sylvia absolutely alone in the world.
Society was naturally too busy with it's
own concerns to remember the comet of a
day. Dick had been at first sore and angry,
then cynical, over his own passion.
The organ played Christmas hymns, the
hymns that, whether we will or no, take us
back, and exercise such subtle magic Even
to the most careless listener they had a
touch of fresh significance among these gay
memorials of good will and kindness not
towards men, but towards the children, 10
whom the pitiless heritage of the sins of the
fathers comes with such cruel force
Suddenly Dicks eye was riveted by pair
of immense dolls, and his heart beat as il
had not beaten for 10 years.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-12-23

use of my being here if / can't see?"
Uncle Dick who was 40, and handsome and
tall, obediently lifted up Buntie, who was
four and an autocrat, and very like golden
haired doll herself in the latest thing in fur
trimmed pelisses and bewitching baby bon
nets
The Albert hall was very crowded, and,
glittering with thousands of toys seemed
very faiTy-land to Buntie, whose heart was
wrung with longing for the dolls, despite
the fact that a large family, very pale with
much kissing, slept peacefully in her gay
nursery in Berkeley square.
But, Buntie, these are for little girls who
have no dollies"
Doesn't Santa Claus come to them. then?
L thinl, lac must be a naughty old man if he
only comes to me, and have lots and lots of
things
Don't you see. Buntie there are kind
ladies who remember the other little girls.
and they dress all these dolies and send them
to santa Claus in case his supply runs
short"
Il would like to send them one of mine"
said Buntic. 1T must be so drefful to have
none on Christmas"
Uncle Dick had no very clear notion OF the
utter dcsoation this terrible idea implied
10 Baby Buntie-Buntie, who woke raptur.
ously on the most magical of all mornings.
with full trust ~ the annual miracle that
was the securest certainty OF her little creed.
Then not only the tiny stocking would be
brimful of delight. but all the nursery
turned into a novel wonder-worId OF 10Y
tul surprises.
But something in the sweet spontaneous
pity OF the child touched him. and he put
ms hand into his pocket with sense of
compunction that the hard fate of those
forgotten by Santa Claus had never been
brought home 70 him
II think ] can show you the way. Take
this. darling
Buntic proudly dropped a shining coin
into the chariot OF very captivating fairy
queen. and gazed about her from her lofty
coIgn OF vantage with rose.hushed cheeks
and eyes like stars
They had got among the dolls in fancy
dresses and even Mai. Dick Narration found
as usual, that taking Buntie ont pleaniring
meant amusement The gris-and they
were numerous enough-who had tried To-
marry Dick Narration would not have
known that Impenetrable gentleman in the
guise of Buntie's willing slave.
Once upon a time, before tho death of
Dicks godfather and the comfortable two
thousand year that had come To- him after
that event, he had been madly in love. For
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-12-23
BROTHER jim.
The Boy" Had Heart "Biegern q
Balloon"


"Here's tn regaler Christmas boz from
brother JIM said Farmer Oatley, exultant.
ly, as he dropped the heavy package t. ih,.
floor in front OF the crate. Never knowed
Jim ter fail yit. That boy got heart
biggcr'n a balloon"
Boy" broke in Mrs Oatley, who always
had siege of wiping her glasses when
that box came. why, VIII am, he's az old
as you be-"
That's fac me an Jim's twins. but
kin never think of him 'cept as tn litile
skeeziX that used ter w'allop NE whcr syc
was Kids. Cur how that boy turned out
Pap ulster allus say that Jim was too airt-
less ter live, and once tn ole man col 50
mad he said he guessed he'd Just buy Jiia
fiddle an turn him out fur ter hunt his
own pastcr Jim said he didn't care fur no
middle, but he guessed he could flax round
fur hisself, an he did"
Eyes, he's done remarkable. But "a
don't seem quite right ur us TO take .n uucl,
trum him when we give him 80 little
Don't you worry a minute bout lin 81
you didn't sen him nuthin' but a 5ie alp
pie fur Christmas he'd feel durn sigdt
better'n if you'd try ter put on friilg ernd-
M him suthin' YOU couldn't afford. r know
Jim. He's tickled Almost ter death when
he gettin' this box ready ter send iin
list hear him tellin' his folks an 1.i thcn
servants how this thing is fur Sister Ruth.
an, this'n fur ole Bill, an thisn iu- Tom.
an this'n fur little Billy. an so oe right
through. You Kin bet Jim never .Yr,rfs
nobody. lie beats all. Never had decker
with Jim in my life he didn't knoct th'
spots right often me. Why he come dor
gone near gittiu' your fum me. Ruth"
Then he stopped drawing naHs lorg
enough to take bear hug and k,,s the.
blushing Ruth.-Detroit Free Press
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-12-23

Does Miss Berwick live here?"
Eyes, sir, but she is not at home"
That is unfortunate, for I wanted to see
her particularly"
"On business, sir?"
Yes" said Dick, untruthfully.
Then, II you please, sir, l was to ask you
to wait. Miss Berwick will be i'm directly. /"
SO she is expecting some other fellow on
business! What business?" thought Dick,
as he followed the girl upstairs into little
room pathetically pretty with the pretti.
ness of tasteful poverty.
His question answered itself, for there was
a typewriter by the window piled with
blotty manuscript
On the mantelpiece, what? A photograph
his own. No; after all, it was not pho
tograph, but portrait cut from the Graphic
after that affair in the Sindra Pass that the
papers had made such fuss over.
There were footsteps on the stairs, and
the door opened. II was nearly dark, but
the freight showed him that il was indeed
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-12-23
The Pessimist's Christmas.

How did your Christmas presents suit
youy asked the optimist OF the pcssimist
We'll" was the reply of the sad one. 81
didn't receive the things 7 expected TO get
but then had no hopes of getting them" -
Pittsburgh Chronicle telegraph
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-12-23
Shine, Stars. To- MINT.

Shine. stars tonight Shine clear ant
bright
Make earth and heaven to glow.
Shine as YOU did that Christmas night
Long centuries ago.
Light hin and valley as the dawn.
Make all the darkness bright.
For christ the Saviour has been born
And is with us tonight
Frank ~. Sweet. I'm Detroit Free Press.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-12-23

Jones-Why have you given up smoking,
Holt!
Holt-Well, you see it is near Christmas.
and | was afraid my wife might buy me a
box of cigars of her own choice.-Detroit
Free Press
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-12-23

one season Sylvia Berwick che sweet daugh
~ of thc most outragcously vulgar man
mat ever made and lost iabuloos fortune.
had quccncd 10 over society and Dick heart
But old Berwick wanted d TITLE and more for
tbe daughter whose-bcauty Boz rated at ffs
tuI commercial value Sylva's tears had
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-12-23

Little Alice Mamma says she ain z,iug
TO give YOU anything for Christmas tii. tfar.
Papos Maiden Sister-Oh, she i-n rhI
Why mott
Little Alice-Cause the present .s. 1--WE
YOU last year was worth twice as mach -
what you give us,-Cleveland Lcadet
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-12-23

Take the future instead, now. dearest
And, Sylvia, when Buntic sow that dashina
colonel, she wanted 90 kiss the dear little
man. London Truth.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-12-23

OLD Me up, uncle,
very h ig h up. |
can't see, and, oh,
they are so beauti-
full! You were a
darling to bring me,
but what is the
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-20
A New Point In Insurance.

The ingenuity Of some insurance com.
panies in devising ways and means for
evading responsibility is equaled by
nothing on earth. A claim was recently
made against an accident insurance COM
pany for indemnity by physician who
had met with an injury in a very pecul-
lar fashion. He had been i'll as the re-
suit Of an accident received some time
previous, but was partly recovered.
While driving he was seized with a
spasm, and great exhaustion Overcame
him. He stopped his horse and proceed
ed to administer hypOdermic injection
Of some powerful stimulant to which he
resorted in such emergencies. Just az
he was about to insert the needle his
horse started. The needle was driven
deep into the flesh, inflicting a severe
and painful injury. He sued for indem-
nifty he being disabled for % weeks
The judge dismissed the complaint on
the ground that the injury was not
caused through external violent and ac-
cldental means in the intent and pur.
pose of the policy. This decision will
strike the average thinking individual
as somewhat peculiar If mishap due
TO the sudden starting of a horse is not
an accident. it might be interesting ID
know how the word could be defined.
New York Ledger
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-20

The mortality rate experienced among
Its women insurers by one well known
company has been about so per cent Of
what was expected, and it has insured
several women for the full amount it
will issue ON any one life-that is, $780,
900. The heretofore unfavorable atti-
tude of insurance companies toward
women has been due undoubtedly to tbs
fact that few if any women had an in
surable interest, but that day has passed.
AS the AVENUES of occupations have
widened thousands of women today
are the sole support Of children or par
ents, and those thus dependent ON them
need the protection of insurance as
much as if the family breadwinner
were o man.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-20
PCne and Soldier.

The pope used to be the idol of the
French soldiers during the occupation of
Rome and did not disdain to maintain
with them the intimate relations and
cordiality of village pastor. Whenever
there was a regiment called home, its
members never failed to visit his holt
ness to obtain his Uenediction, and the
soldiers were always warmly received.
One day trooper made a singular and
daring request-that the pope would say
mass for him, for him alone. The
pope consented. But" said the sol
diCr, Il want to be present. " We'll, !"
answered the pope, ''come at tomor-
row to my private chapel. No one but
yourself shall be admitted - "TOmor.
row, suddenly replied the soldier.
Tomorrow I've got to go to the station
to see some of the boys off; but the day
after, pope, I'm your man" Very
well, my son, " said the pope with a
smile, day after tomorrow be it,
New York Tribune.