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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-29
COAL DEALER FAILS.

Pittsburg,. Pa, March 29.-James Williams, individually and as n mem- Der of the Grand Lake Coal Co of this city, has filed petition in bankruptcy in the United States district court. The liabilities are given as $175, ,36S and as- sets as $245. Of the total liabilities, $104, ,775 is scheduled as unsecured claims and $7O,50S as notes and bills which ought to be paid by others.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-29

The Hampson-Seliew Go has received $35, GOO worth of new and stylish fur chamber suits.
 satufday valncs .As~ sure 10 bc at-
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-29

DISTRICT OF WATERBURY, SS PRO- U bate Court. March 2sth. 1901.
 Estate of Sarah Davey late of Waterbury in said district, deceased.
 Upon the application of Richard Davey praying that letters of administration may be granted on said estate as per application on file more fully appears it is
 ORDERED. that said application be heard in said District, the 30th day of March, A. D.. 1901, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, and that notice be given of the pendency of said applica- tion and the time and place of hearing, thereon, by publishing the same one time i'll some news paper having circulation in said district.
 Robert A. Lowe Judge,
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-29

While the divorce mill was pounding out separations in the superior court to-day, Attorney John ONeill was engaged reading the courts memoran- dun of the judgment in the case of Brennan vs the Berlin Iron Bridge Co., Judge Thayer writes q good plain hand in general, but occasionally a word is difficult to get at. This appeared to be the difficulty with Mr O'Nell. He laid aside the paper and put on his coat, evidently having given up trying to decipher the writing as a bad job. Then he seemed to have reconsidered for he tackled the paper again. At last he gave it up again and sought the courts assistance. The information was given and the court departed hap py. This looks like comic opera retri- button. for when Mir O'Neill was prose- cutor in the city court his caligraphy was not only the bane of life to those it came in contact with, but gave him. self great bother. "John Brown he would call out. Were you drunk yes terday. John?'' No answer. The name would be called out again and again and then Chief Egan would say: Why. that's not John Brown, but Will liam Smith. Can't you read your own writing?" Judge Thayer's writing is copper plate in comparison to MT O'NeiIS.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-04-11
Why IIe Was Tnrdy.

Cincinnati Enquirer: Not long since
a little chap who attended the Wind
SCR street school, on Walnut Hill, ar
rived about half an hour late. He was
not only tardy, but brought with him
very dirty face.
Willie" said the teacher, why are
you late, and why didn't you have your
face washed before you left home?"
please, man, said Willie, my
grandmother went skating last night
and was too tired to get up this morn
ing to get me ready for school,
The teacher, OF course. did not think
that Willie had told the truth. She
Investigated. however and found that
Willie was truthful lad. His parents
were dead and he made his home with
his grandmother. The old lady had
Joined a skating party the night be-
fore. She enjoyed the sport and got
along very we'll while on the ice. hay
ing been an expert skater in her young
er days. When she awoke next morn
ing and attempted to get out of bed
she found her bones Cracking like a
horse fiddle to use the lads own
words. and 1t took the services of three
neighbors to pry her out of bed.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-04-11

The Best of TONES.
Hon. w. C. Chambers, Chief Justice
of Samoa, says: 81 have Tried one bot
tie of Peruna and can fruthfuiiy say
it Is one of the best l0nics lever used.
A Grand Tonic.
Mrs. 0rldley, mother of Captain
0ridley, of the "Olympia, writes: 81
used Peruna and can trutt1faiiy say il
Is q grand tonic"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-04-11
a Spring Tonic.

A Spring Tonic.
Mrs. d. w. Tln5eriake. Lynct,burg,
Va, says: "Tl,ers is no better spring
ionic than Pe-una, and have used
about all of them.
"A Good Tonic.
Captain Percy w. Moss, Second Ar
kansas Volunteers. writes from, Para
gould, Ark: ~ find PeruDa very
good spring Tonic. and will readily
recommend 1t at any time. :"
Builds Up The Entire System.
Miss Jennie Johnson, .3II8 Lake Park
avenue, Chicago, LlL, is Vice President
of Chicago Teachers Federation. She
writes: "Peruna restores The func-
tons of mature, induces sleep and
builds up the entire system.
Makes Steady Nerves.
d. L.. Wallace, Charter Member In
tcrnationaI BARRIERS Union. rs Wes-
tern avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
writes: 81 now feel splendid. MY head
Is clear, my nerves are steady, Ienj0y
my food and rest we'll
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-04-11
powpEK.s DISCOVERY.
what Happened to the Man Who Found
nut

Harvey Sutherland, in Ainslee's: 1T
occurred to an alchemist one day that
n would be fine thing to take sulphur,
saltpeter and dried toads, pound them
all 10 a powder and sublime them to-
eether in an alembic, which he eareful-
ly luted and set on the furnace to neat:
He poked up the fire and waited
around. thinking what he would do
With ali his money II this should turn
out to be the powder of reduction that
would turn base metals into gold,
when. bang! went the alembic and the
windows blew out, and the door ripped
off its hinges and fell down. blam. The
elchemist scuffled out from under the
ruins of the furnace. shook red-hot
coal or two out of his shoe and the
ashes off himself, and wondered what
had struck him. He tried 1t again and
again, and each time wit hthe same re-
suit: and then it dawned upon him that
he had discovered q fair article of
blasting powder. Since then about all
that has been done to his recipe has
been to put in little better article of
charcoal, say that of willow twigs in
stead of toasted toads.
Little did the old alchemist dream
what potency was nthat powder of
reduction For such it is Although it
never yet has turned lead into gold by
Its mere touch, yet when a small, round
piece of lead Is put With the powder
into an iron tube of curious workman
ship, and fire laid thereto. 1t is possible
to convert another mans gold into the
possession of him that has the iron
tube OF curious workmanship, and not
only gold, but all manner of goods and
chattels. houses and lands, messuages
easements and Entertainments, even
mems souls and bodies. Lay down the
book for moment and bethink you
what this powder par excellence, this
| powder Of powders, has brought about
| since first the dried toads charred In
| that alembic How has it put tho
mighty down from their seat, and ex-
| allied them that are of low degree! How
| has It,. been the helper of men thai
struggled for their country's freedom
believing that they had the right, God
| given and Unborn, to govern their owl
affairs and not to be ruled from be
yond the sea, a glorious doctrine wher
the time is 1776, an dthe sea the Allan
tic. contemplate and rebellious wher
the time is 1901, and the sea the Pa
citic! This powder asks no questions
as to right or wrong. 1t propels Will
equal violence the bullet against tn,
breast of him that fights the foreigl
tyrant and him that resists the benev
olent assimilator.''
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-04-11
WHY He Didn't Serve.

New York Sun: One day this week
counsel for street railway company
was questioning men called upon to
act as jurors i'm a suit in the supreme
court, in which the plaintiff sued to
recover $4,000 for personal injuries
sustained by being jolted off q car.
Eleven men had been accepted as iu-
rors, and the company's lawyer turned
to the occupant of seat No. IL, pros-
porous looking business man, and in
quired:
Have you any prejudices against
street railway companies?'
None" was the prompt reply.
"Do you know of any reason why
you could not act as a fair and inn
partial juror in this case?"
mo, sir.
Counsel was about to accept the
man, when he suddenly faced him
again and asked:
Have any of your friends or rela-
tives ever been injured or killed by a
Yes responded the occupant Of
seat NO. IL.
"Who?" Intercepted counsel.
My mother-in-law," responded the
man.
Ibid you or any of her relatives sue
the company for damages?"
No. responded No. 10, my wife
was her only relative on earth, and we
did not sue"
Why not?" inquired the surprised
lawyer.
well, her life was insured for 49,
OO0 and
1--WE will excuse YOU" remarked the
| lawyer
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-04-11
QUEEN ALexAnDRNs COMPANION
Enyiable Place at the English Court Oc-
c.,piexl by Miss Knollys.

Envi0bl0 Place At the f1nXlsn 7NOuxU Oc-
clpied by Miss Knollys.
New York Sun: A very plain and UNI
pretentious woman. occupies. today, In
England, O place which the first ladies
of the land might well desire. Miss Knoll
Tvs has for years been the companion and
trusted friend OF the Princess OF Wales,
and now has as much influence with
Queen Alexandria as any woman In Eng
land.
The princesses are devoted to the gen
tie little woman, and the king is her good
friend. 1t is said that King Eoward VIII
make her a peeress. in her own right, so
that she may be eligible to one of the
high places near the person OF her ma
This question Of places in the new
court is causing many heart oarnlnss.
and although the new sovereign Is too
tactful to make speedy and sweeping
changes, there are removals and rumors
of removals Some of the old incunbents
have been pensloned. Others, who do
not need pensions, have simply been
dropped
who always assisted Queen Victoria to
and from her carriage, has already gone
back to India, and 1t Is said that the
other will follow. AS a matter OF fact,
little that is definite is known about the
prospective changes.
The stock Of presentation jewels ana
trin!.ets marked Nv. r. L." which was
left by the late queen is being conferred
by King Edward, upon his mother
friends and serNltors.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-04-11
For Overwork.

Mr.. Tefff johnson, a prominent scfos
of Washington, D. e., writes fror,
Fourteenth and "I'' streets: "ln the
effort to improve q condition Impaired
by oYerw0rk have found nothing thai
has done as much good as Peruna.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-04-11
Woeful Ignorance.

New York Weekly: Farmer-see
here you! You remember putting two
lightning rods on my barn last spring,
didn't you? Well, that barn was
struck six weeks after and burned
down.
Peddler-struck by lightning?
ut was"
I'm the daytilne?"
mo, at night"
it?"
Yes, dark as pitch"
Lanterns BURNING"
"What lanterns?"
Didn't you run lanterns up 'em dark
nights?"
Never heard o. anything like that.
WELL If you don't know enough to
keep your lightning rods shown you
needn't blame me. G-lang!"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-04-11
mt it toted in?''
"INain,t I git de iob?"

KANT I git de job?"
why, you're pretty small, and then
YOU might charge too much. You
might ask more than l can pay"
How much is yo got?" asked the
small man of business. kin you raise
dollah?"
20, my goodness, no.
Seventy cents?'
mo; run along and don't bother me-"
and she started to close the door.
"Mebbe so yo'll glib fifty cents"
"No, no; run along.
II reckons 70 all amt got qua
tah?"
No
'Ner a dime?'
NO, not even dime" replied the
woman, beginning to laugh.
Well Now much is yer got?" ques-
toned Ham, showing his worries. 81
sut'nly does want ter git de job
I've got just a nickel
We'll, I'm JUS a-looking fer nickel
jobs" and he straightway began.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-04-11
For a Worn-Out System.

For q WOrn-Ouf System.
Mrs. Catherine loft, President "Kal.
kyrien Association" 5649 Cottage
drove avenue, Chicago, H., writes:
al often advise Peruna In cases of
worn-out system and a broken down
constitution.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-04-11
CONTINUED Next Week.,
just His Size.

Washington Evening Star: A very
small pile Of coal lay on the sidewalk
in front of house on A street south
east. A correspondingly small son of
Ham was sauntering along. and. seeing
it, scented a job. He rang the door
bell.
Am dat you all's coal?" he asked
the lady who appeared at the door.
:
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-04-11


a1ke
10
catarrhal ament take different forms
Iastude general languo
blood blood diseases and
arrangements through systemic Catarrh
specific No other remedy devised by
everywhere praising
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-04-11
A Dilcn,rnA,

Mrs. Wlaslowss soorulNa SYRUP for Children
teething. softens the gums, reduces Inflammation,
allays pain. CUES wind collie. 2sc Y botLs.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-04-11

Baltimore American: Towson-Is
your daughter finished musician?
Yorkrode-Not yet, but the neighbozs
are making threats.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-04-11
A First Class Tonic.

A First Class Tonic.
VIM. A. Collier, Assistant Payn7as-
fer u. S. NJ, writes: ~ have taken
Peruna, and recommend 1t to those
needing q nrsf-class t0nic.''
A Great Tonic.
Hon. NJ. C. Butler, Ex-U S. Senator
and Ex-Governor of South Carolina,
writes from Edgefeid, S. c.: 81 have
been using Peruna for short period
and feel very much relieved. 1t is
indeed a wonderful medicine and be-
sides a great tonic.
Splendid for the Nerves.
Robert b. MantcH, the famous actor,
writes from New York City: "Peruna
Is splendid and most invigorating-rs-
fcshing TO the nerves and brain.
For General Debility.
Hon. Jno. V. Wright, of tie Law
Department. General Land Office of
Tennessee, writes: 81 wish everyone
who Is suffering with general debility
or prOSfrafi0n could Know of Peruna !"
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-09-08

Dick usually began his letters. not even
since she had broken Of her engagement
with him. and her heart gave q great throb
Of surprise and disappointment as she read
the words}-
Il have not dared to write to you. lest
the wonderful change that has come into
my life should. after ALL prove to be only
a delusion, and pass away; but three weeks
have gone since / discovered that there was
a way out Of my misery and sin and to-
day. instead, Of its being only deusion,' l
am provhi fe q. be a great and a glorious
reality.
DO you remember telling me you were
sure that only religion could save me? I
did not know what you meant at the time.
but know now. know that 1t is the one
remedy for me. And yet cannot call this
wonderful change religion That is such
a cold word. and does not express anything
of the peace and Joy that has come into my
life
Il have not found religion but Christ. It
is he who has delivered me from my sin.
and filled me with loathing for the old life
Il am making arrangements to leave
England very shortly. feeling persuaded
that 1t will be wisest and best to do so; but
before go I would like to bid you farewell.
rs this too much to ask you, Maude? Be-
ieve me. 1t ID not with the hope that things
may be As they were before. but because
want to tell you how sought and found
the delfverance that has come to me.
You will get this letter somewhere about
midday. and II you viii grant me the favor
I ask. you will fnd me waiting for you at
the old spot. DICK.
She read the letter straight through with
out q, pause: Could zuch q communication
possibly come from him7 She wondered.
while her heart thrilled with mingled feel
fngs Of Joy am dlsmay. What did he mean
by these strange expressions? Was 1t some
phase Of religious excitement that had pos
sessed him-the result Of q disordered mind
-or cosld It be that he had indeed found
that mysterious influence which she had al
ways believed in?
Her first impulse. after reading the letter
through a second and a third time. was to
take 1t to her father; but she did not do so.
and moment or two later she had put on
her vaiking-things. and was on her way to
the old trysting place.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-09-08
" l.. OF "A heru Israel"

| not with the feverish anxiety and breath
less suspense of the old days.
great change had been wrought In his
| whole being, and the consciousness of this
outweighed all else. even the probability OF
| losing all that life held dearest.
He could not believe he walked UP
and down the familiar pathway that he had
come there to bid last farewell TO Maude
or, what was more likely still. that he
would leave the country without seeing her
at all; and yet he told himself he loved her
more than ever. but that Other Presence
had cone into his life. making it possible
to face the future alone.
"Dick!"
1t was her voice that softly and tremu-
lously broke in upon his thoughts. and.
turning swiftly upon his heel. he found her
at his side.
He drew long breath as he took her
hand In his. but no words came TO his lips.
She was the first to speak.
II got your letter." She said falte-ingiy.
lifting her soft brown eyes to his: then
wonderingly she fixed them there.
Something in his face and in his whole
manner told her that 1t was not tho
Richard Hanbury OF one short month be-
fore, and a sudden rush OF JOY swept over
her.
God has done great things for me-" he
whispered. as, with throbbing heart, he
watched her changing expression, FAR be-
yond anything l ever dreamed Of. He has
not only sobered me-that would have been
miracle, II he had done nothing else-but
he has b,otted out all the past. and made
me a new man in Christ Jesus"
And then. as she listened with bated
breath. he told her how the change had
been wrought.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-09-08

who. like himself. had lived without God
and without hope. The Holy Spirit had
brought home to him his own deep need OF
pardon and salvation: and tonight. as he
paced his room. his heart went cut in agon-
tied prayer for the forgiveness Of his SIN
and deliverance from the curse that had
held him SO long.
But as yet he knew not the simplicity OF
Gods way OF salvation. and all through the
hours Of that night flercer and fiercer the
battle ragged.
Returning day brought no relief, ana once
more he left the house. and wandered aim
lessly through Kensington Gardens, and
thence to the Park, wondering whether
the time would ever come when the open-air
meeting would again assemble.
This time there was no shrinking or turn
ing back. He was desperately in earnest
If salvation from sin and guilt was TO he
had. he must get It. at all costs. He cared
nothing now for what his friends might
think OF say Of him. He was willing to lose
the whole world-yes. even though Il in
cluded the girl he almost worshiped. An
all-absorbing desire possessed him to find
deliverance from that which had wrecked
and ruined him: and whatever the conse-
quences might be. he would seek and obtain
It, or end the matter in another way.
But Richard Hanbury had unconsciously
come to the place where three parts Of the
battle had already been fought, and there
was but little more to make the victory
complete.
Maude had received a letter from Dick.
Thrusting 1t into her pocket with trem-
bling hands. she sped away to her own
room. and read It there.
my Dear Maude."-this was not the way
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-09-08
CHAPTER VI.
AT LASTl

Twelve months had rolled away Once
again it was springtime, and the little
suburban garden was looking quite gay
Towering privet which hid 1t from the curl
Gus gaze Of passers-by. Dick had planted
the bulbs there, because he remembered
how fond his mother had always been Of
dafodils, and he had been 80 glad when
he saw that they gave her some little pleas
ure.
She was SO hard to please. How could It
never known before what 1t was to do
without things. and now there was SO much
she could not have?
He very soon made the discovery that his
income Of 400 a year was insufficient to meet
his wants and those Of the three girls. and
after much difficulty he succeeded. through
Mr.. Illingworth's interest. in getting n post
in the city. which brought him IN another
hundred q year: but it meant toiing from
early morning to late at night-a condition
of things that the Dick Hanbury of the
old days could never have stood.
He was thankful for the work. however
as It kept him from thinking and IT en-
household that could not otherwise have
been possible.
The ruin Of Philip Hanbury had been
utter ana complete. and Philip himself had
been brought back from South America,
whence he had fed for refuge. and con-
demned to felon's cell for term of ten
years
Maude end her father set san for some
pha So Al IT,
Dick went back to grind at the post that
Mr.. Illingworth's interest had secured him
1t was hard work at FIRST to toll with a
heart that was breaking with its sense Of
loneliness and yearning for that which
could not be.
It was Saturday afternoon. and Dick had
come home to ffnd that his mother and
sisters had taken advantage Of the fine
day and had gone for drive to Richmond
Park.
He thought. with sigh. that they might
have waited for his return to. at any rate,
pay him the compliment OF asking him to
go with them; but he was not altogether
sorry for the few hours Of quiet that would
be his meanwhile: and, shutting himself
up In the tiny room at the top of the house,
which he had appropriated as his sanctum
he opened the book that had already begun
TO show upon its pages the marks Of fire.
guent usage
"strange." he unused, as he turned over
the leaves to find passage that had been
running through his mind that day
Strange that he, the once goddess. reck-
less Dick Hanbury, should find his greatest
to him till one short year ago! And, with
pleasure in the book thas lad been sealed
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-09-08

to the old sin, will you-will you let me ASK
sou then to be my wife?'
Her head had dropped upon her breast.
why do yor ask me this. Dick" she
| said, ''when-when you must know could
have but one answer to give you?"
"Maude," he cried. with passionate ear
| nestncss. 'fs is possible that God will let me
have you as my owu-I. who have been all
: that is bad:'
THAT is not true Dicii"' she said. laying
her hand on his arm. There has been the
one great sin, but that is all"
AM he echoed. with a shudder Of hor-
ror. WAS it not enough to make you loaths
and despise me-enough TO shut me out OF
Gods presence forever? No. Maude. felt.
when came TO myself. and saw the past in
its true light, that / could not ask you
again to share such life as mine had been:
but II you will-h you can again trust NE,
In year-two years-then-
II will. Dick" she answered simply. "And
meanwhile / want you to teach me how to
get what you have got''
He was too oyerjoyed to answer for some
moments.
"Is It right of me TO let you. my darlingT
he said, when at length he could control his
voice. what will your father say7 What
will he think of me for"
Father loves you still, Dick" she inter
rupted. He has never changed toward
you. It was only the one thing that made
him refuse to give me to you. But tf-if
God can keep you from tllat"-and her eyes
filled with sudden tears.-"he-"
She did not finish her sentence. for the
next moment he mad caught her in his
arms. regardless OF the fact that nurse
maid. with a perambuiator. had just passed