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The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1902-03-14

DeUlOcTduS Will SHOW GIleiT COlOTS.
St. Louis welcomes visiting millin.
ers because she is trying tn capture
themllinery trade.
Sometimes a mans neighbOrs fall
out with him because he insists upon
managing his own affairs.
OThanks to Senator A. J. McLaurin
for copy OF his speech on revenue
for the Philippines.
A company has been organized at
Clement City, Hancock county for the
purpose Of boring for oil.
Senator W. A. Clark, Of Montana
is spoken Of as Il possible Democratic
nominee for President in 1904.
The Republicans cannot down
"PiJchfork" Tillman. OF South Caro-.
lima. lie Is too much for them.
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Since the South African war began
England has purchased from the
United States 1000 horses and % 1000
mules.
A new postOffice has been establish.
ed at Edith, Greene county, Miss. and
William B. Proctor commissioned as
postmaster,
Hon. }. A. Redhead, president OF
the Mississippi Cotton Growers AssO-
ciation died at his home near Centre.
vile last Tuesday.
Several business houses ip Green.
vile were burned To the ground last
Monday. Loss estimated a, 100000
partially covered by Insurance.
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The Supreme Court has decided
that the owner NJ n dog cannot re-
ceive damages from Il railroad when a
train runs over and kills She dog.
A British soldier. who had braved
death ON the battle field a thousand
times was finally killed by a gasoline
stove. Here isA hint to the Beers.
1t is to be hoped that the Louisville
4 Nashville Railroad Company will
repeat the Mobile and Gulf Coast Ac.
cOmmOdati0n train during the sum.
mer.
The total appropriations made by
this session ~ the Legislature will
amount to about six million dollars,
besides bond issue Of one million
dollars.
The Isthmian Canal will he the
biggest thing when it is G.mplcte6
for the commerce NJ the scapOrtS Of
our country. The gulf pOrts will
come in Tor large share Ut maritime
traffic.
Miss Kate Markham Power was the
recipient 0f a handsome gold watch
from the penitentlary investigating
committee, as Il testimonial M the
1delity ard fairness Of her reports for
the press.
IL Is the general complaint among
our State exchanges that no oats are
being sown in the country. Missis.
sippi farmers dnn't know a good thing
when they have II In hand II they fail
N sOw 0ais. ,ta
The Legislature has appropriated
$4,000 TOR Identifying the grounds
around The new capitol and for furni.
lure. ETC., for the building--about as
much was At first proposed Tor the
entire structure.
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- NJ interesting TO note that Joho
h'l0urn, " Isuflalo, Ia whose b.n,e
tscsldent Mckinley was tendsrl,
sssrct ss'y 9ftes being mnrtslly wo,,o. 3
eed y, Me assassin Cu,lxoss. 4 |.
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nacsaey y ) cxndtAxss .i,s eovesro,
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The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1902-03-14

II Is the general complaint among
our State exchanges that no oats are
being sown in the country. Missis.
sippl farmers don't know a good thing
when they have II In hand II they fail
N sOw oais. 4a
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was the desire Of the duke to give en-
ployment to the neighboring poor, to-
ward whom he was always considerate
Welbeck is an immense, stately and
sad looking building, and the tunnels
burrow beneath the park in every di-
rection. There is a subterranean pic
ture gallery that is larger than any
other private gallery in England
Among the other underground halls
were large riding room, dining
room. a ball room, a chapel, and baths
like those of the Romans. 1t was re-
ported that it was no uncommon thing
for the duke, after an absence, to reap
pear in the dining room at dinner and
sit down at the head of the table as
though he had just stepped in from an
adjoining room.
The main tunnel in the labyrinth is
2,64O yards long and is built of brick
with a marched roof. 1t is lighted from
above by circular windows of plate
| glass twelve feet apart, between which
are gas jets for night illumination
| The skylights stand about two feet
| above the surface of the ground anG
have the appearance of huge eyes. An
other tunnel was planned for a car
riage way There is a maze of private
tunnels, through which three person:
can walk abreast. They are comfort
ably heated and are lighted like th
main tunnel. All this is remarkahl
| monument to human eccentricity, bu
none of the late dukes friends appar
entity suspected that remorse wa
@aawing at his vitals or that he ha
constructed the wonderful and splendi
labyrinth as a refuge.
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not quieted. At last he determined to
assume madness. that, should he ever
be accused Of crime. he might have
the plea of insanity to fall back upon.
Taking the name Of Harmer and con.
Quoting himself in the most eXtrava-
CANT manner, he caused himself to sbe
placed under the care Of DR.. FORBES
Winslow, and succeeded entirely In
convincing that gentleman of his mad
ness. But after about year OF IN
carceration he was permitted to leave.
There were many peculiar clrcum-
stances to lend plausibility to this re-
markable tale. 1t is we'll known that
the fifth Duke of Portland was an eX-
ceedingly eccentric character, and that
he did honeycomb the grounds about
Welbeck Abbey with great chambers
and long passages. The building In
London occupied by the bazaar OF the
elder Druce was also undermined with
a labyrinth of tunnels, whose purpose
was not apparent on casual obserVa-
ton.
1t was alleged the duke was In the
habit of disappearing periodically from
Welbeck Abbey, making his escape by
means of one of the mysterious sub
terranean passages which he had con-
structed at great expense. 1t was sup
posed there was an outlet known only
to himself, so that his going and COM
ing might be kept profound secret.
He led the solitary life of sad bache-
lor, and his servants were not taken
into his confidence. He disappeared at
unexpected moments without warning
and reappeared quite as mysteriously.
Whittier he went and what he did dur
ing his absence, why he chose to bur-
row like a mole and why he wished to
cloak his movements in such secrecy
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If William joan Arthur Charles
James Observation-Disclosures sleeps more
soundly than formerly there Is good
reason. His right to the title and prop
erty of the Duke of Portland has been
confined by a British tribunal. The
claim of Mrs Anna Maria Druce. that
her son, Sidney George Druce, sailor
boy in Australia, is the rightful duke,
has been repudiated. William John
and SO forth retains famous Welbeck
Abbey and the title Of Marquis OF
Titchfield, Earl Of Portland, Viscount
Woodstock, Baron Cirencester, Knight
of the Garter, etc., ETC., not to mention
a trif1ing income Of $2,O00,000 year
from the dukedom. No wonder he
rests easier.
But back Of this simple statement is
a weird, romantic story. In support of
her claim to the dukedom for her son,
Mrs. Druce has unfolded a marvellous
tale of mystery, love, crime, l.prosy,
eccentricity, feigned insanity, bogus
burial, underground labyrinths and pc
riodical disappearances of an English
duke, leading the double life Of a
naughty nobleman and q despised
shopkeeper. The story is amazing even
for simple republicans.
The dukedom is one of the proudest
in Great Britain, its estate among the
richest. The present duke succeeded
to the title on the death of the fifth
duke in 1879, and his right was not
questioned until Mrs. Druce appeared
on the scene. Mrs. Druce is the widow
Of legitimate son Of Thomas Charles
Druce, who was merchant, running
bazaar on Baker street, London. The
elder Druce is supposed to have died in
1864, leaving a will bequeathing his
property to Herbert Druce, an illegiti-
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Lost in Oblivion.

The celebration of Washington's VIC
tory at Trenton recalls the fact that
the Father of His County was in dis
favor with some of his contemporaries,
who found much to criticise in his con-
duct. but few now even know who they
were, and the few who do know don't
care. And in this respect history is
apt to repeat itself. y Despite the adage,
REPUBLICS, as far as the people are
concerned, are not ungrateful to~their
heroes.
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Portiand's Title Brings to
Welbeck Abbey's Mystery

did not mingle in society. Even his
lawyers were not allowed personal IN
terviews with him. His attire was ex-
traordinary. Heesported an Immensely
tall hat and wore his trousers hitched
up at the knees with strings after the
fashion in favor among London nav
vies, who, being accustomed to pad
ding about in mud and clay during
most of their working hours, had some
reason for the shortening OF their
breecheS.
The duke never started out, whether
the weather was fine or stormy, with
out an old umbrella. He would inyar1-
ably drive alone, no one but his valet
being permitted to approach him.
There were drawn for him every day
two quarts Of beer and two of ale, but
he never drank them. He was sup
posed to have been a bachelor all his
life and to have died childless. 1t was
public rumor that he was leper,
which may be the foundation Of Mrs.
Druce's charge concerning the offensive
skin disease of Lord George. But the
ownership Of large part Of London
and city rent roll bringing in $780,
900 year in time led the world to
accent the dukes eccentricities as a
matter of course.
It is largely because of the under
ground apartments constructed by the
duke that Welbeck is to-day one OF the
greatest curiosities in England. The
duke had a passion for architecture,
and much of his vast income was spent
! on the estate and its buildings. 1t is
estimated he spent from $1O,0O0,OOO to
$15, 900 900 on his subterranean works
alone. The usually accepted theory for
the creation of the wonderful system
OF underground chambers and roads
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mate son. Mrs. Druce brought a suit
to have Thomas c. Druce's estate
awarded to her son as the legitimate
heir. but she has just been defeated in
the Probate Court.
In support of her suit Mrs. Druce set
up the remarkable claim that Thomas
c. Druce was really the fifth Duke OF
Portland, who did not die until 1879.
She asserted that the alleged burial OF
Druce in 1864 was a fraudulent affair,
and that the coffin was loaded with
lead pipe instead of a corpse. Her ex-
PLANTATION OF this double life was as
follows:
1.-The marriage on Oct. 30, 1851, at
New Windsor, Berkshire, between my
late husbands father and mother, in
which the names were recorded as
Thomas Charles Druce and Annie May.
was in reality between the Marquis of
Titchfield. aft-rward the fifth Duke of
Portland, and the illegitimate daugh-
ter of the fifth Earl of Berkeley.
THE marquis and his brother, Lord
George Bentinck, were both in love
with the same woman, and while the
younger's suit received the appreciation
of her father the latter not only dis
couraged the desire of the eldest son
but treated him with insult and re
ferred in very gross terms t. skin
disease from which he sufferee. The
climax to the quarrel between tne two
brothers was reached Sept. 21, 1S4S,
when Lord George was found dead
| near Welbeck Abbey-it was stated
| from a spasm of the heart. Whether
| this was the true cause OF his death
will never be known, but it is certain
| that from that time my husbands
| father suffered the keenest remorse anc
| abject fear. He was nearly always II
a state of abject terror.
| He took various courses for hi:
protection, and adopting the name o
| Thomas Charles Druce, transferred tt
himself as Druce an immense property
| from himself as Duke OF Portland
| You know the manner in which h
undermined Welbeck Abbey with sub
terranean apartments. He did preclsei!
| the same thing with the Baker stree
| bazaar, his desire in each case belnI
that he might always have ready
| place of refuge.
"Realizing the risk of exposure t
which he was subjecting himself by hi
double existence. he determined to en-
his life as Druce and caused coffi1
to be buried with his supposed re
mains. Even after this his fears Wer
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were mysteries which his servants
could not solve.
He had a mansion in London, sur
rounded by high wall, which shut out
prying eyes, and it was supposed ne
went to his town house, but Mrs. Druce
offered another theory. She declared
that when the duke disappeared from
the splendid abbey he made his way
into the Baker street bazaar through
one of its hidden tunnels and became
transformed for the time being into the
tradesman, Charles Thomas Druce.
After attending business for time the
merchant would disappear by way of
his labyrinth, be gone for several
weeks, and then return to resume the
conduct of his affairs, as though he had
been absent only few hours. Mrs.
Druce in short, maintained the duke
| and the merchant were the same per-
! son and the father of her husband.
She made desperate efforts to have
the coffin of the elder Druce unearthed
for examination, stalking her case on
the belief that it would be found to
contain a quantity of lead pipe instead
of the remains of a human body. One
would suppose the man who inherited
the Druce fortune would have accedeo
to such a proposition for the purpose
of disposing of the controversy ther
/ and there, but he fought it at every
step. and succeeded in preventing the
exhumation even after permission hat
once been granted. This seemed tt
lend color to Mrs. Druces charge of ;
bogus corpse.
The fifth Duke of Portland, who diet
in 1879, was all exceedingly eccentri
character. He succeeded to the it'll
and vast estates in 1854, and for
quarter of a century he lived the lif
of a recluse, so far as the outside worl
knew He was never seen at court an
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The .eaders of this paper will be .pieased 70
learn that there is at least onedrended disease
that science has been able to cure IN all its
stages and that is Catarrh Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catsrrh being constitu-
tional disease, requires a constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken Internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation Of the disease and giving the patient
assisting nature in doing its work The pro
prietors have 30 much faith in Its curative
bowers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for
any case that 1t falls to cure. Send for list OF
Address F. ]. CHENEY CO., Toledo. O
Sold by druggists 75c.
HaU's Family Pills are the best
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Tho Real Cause of Dandruff
and Raid n a0a

AT one time dandruf was attributed to
be the result of feverish condition Of
the scalp, which threw off the dried cuti-
Gle in scales.
Professor Unna, Hamburg. Germany,
noted authority on skin diseases. explodes
this theory and says that dandru1 is q
germ disease.
This germ is really responsible for the
dandruff and for so many bald heads.
II can be cured II 1t is gone about in the
right way. The right way. of course. and
the only way. is to kill the germ.
Newbro's Herpicide does this. and
causes the hair to grow luxuriantly. just
as nature intended 1t should.
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And you had no intention of commit
ting a burglary?" And you had no
intention of committing burglary!
Sure" See here" said the court
who was growing tired of the endless
repetition, don't repeat every ques-
ton your lawyer asks you. Can't you
answer his questions with yes or no?
Can't you answer his questions with
YES or no. Judge? Sure, said the VIII
ness. gravely Whereupon the court
lost his personal dignity for a mo-
ment and the bailiff raped vainly for
order. after which the witness was al
lowed to tell his story in his own way.
Chicago Tribune.
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when the Judge Geve Up.

The prisoner had been arrested on
charge of attempted burglary. 1t was
not denied that he had been found IN
another mans house, but the claim
was that he had broken his way III
during the absence of the owner IN
order to put out a fire which he had
seen blazing from the street. He was
a Russian Jew, with long, tangled
gray beard, and he spoke English with
a curious drawl. The defendant was
called to the stand and his lawyer
started to examine him. DO you
know the prosecuting witnessE ne
was asked. DO you know the prose-
cutting witness?" he repeated in ms
broken English. sure. did you
ever break into his house?'' Did you
ever break into his house? Sure"
"As I understand it you broke in TO
put out fire?" ''As l understand IT
you broke in to put out fire? Sure.
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Sir Robert Balls prediction that an
other glacial period will come, when
great field of ice will sweep across the
hemispheres, crushing, grinding, be-
numbing all things for hundreds of
thousands of years, and in its nature
worse than famine, flood and pesti-
lence, is safe enough. 1t isn't due, he
adds. 7or several thousand years.
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INSIST ON GETTING 1T.

Some grocers say they don't keep De-
flance Starch. This is because they have
a stock on hand of other brands contain
Ing only u OF. in package, which they
won't be able to sell first, because De-
dance contains 16 or. for the same money.
Do you want 16 OF. instead Of Il OF.
for same money? Then buy Dehance
Rtarch. Requires no cooking.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-02-15

A public office holder in Chicago has
refused to accept his salary for five
months because he was away during
that time Other public office holders
will now regard him with suspicion or
pity or both.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-02-15

A man who sat in woman's lap in
a street car yesterday was promptly
knocked down by the woman's husband
without having a chance to explain
whether the strap broke or the car
started too suddenly.
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Premier Waldeck-Rousseau states
that the French submarine boat is in
tended to capsize naval pre-eminence.
The premier is evidently figuring on a
gigantic paving contract for the deep
sea levels
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francs, for the purpose of carrying hot
house plants from his country estate
to his house in Paris. The journey
there and back used to take two days,
and necessitated the lodging of three
S,men over night in Paris. 1t is now
performed in the same day, and will
doubtless be a considerable economy.
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A West Side woman entertained
card party the other evening, and after
it was over she found she was shy
81 400 worth of jewels. The fact that
she does not suspect sneak thief
lends to the conclusion that the stakes
were pretty high for an ordinary social
game.
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Rake any hard-grained. matter-of-
fact old Scotchman with half a dozen
lines of Bobbie Burns and you will al
ways uncover a poet
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There are no "real society people"
in St. Louis, New Orleans, Cleveland,
Pfttsburg, Cincinnati Buffalo, Detroit,
Denver Omaha. Joliet. Evanston, st.
Pni,l. Milwaukee. Paradise (Texasp
einr Sing or Skunk Hollow.
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A Brooklyn woman is bent on
changing her name from F'itzsimmons
because of it's pugilistic associations.
The lady should be told that cham
pion heavyweight is first in the hearts
of most of his countrymen.
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auto HothOuse.

An automobile hothouse is one of
the latest novelties in Paris. Baron
Edmond de Rothschild has just had
one constructed at cost OF 15,0ou
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Herr Sonneberg of the German
Reichstag. seems to have also acquir-
ed the very bad habit of allowing his
conversational machinery to do too
many stunts a day.
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The description given Of the cos
tunes worn at the diplomatic recep-
tions indicate that an Oriental circus
is wintering near Washington.
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Melbourne has pledged undying
sympathy with the mother country in
it's troubles. England should at once
dispatch this sympathy to the front
and try it on the Beers.
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Japanese papers have started cru
sade against tipping" There are no
Pullman porters in Japan, however
luckily for Darktown.-Los Angele5
Times.
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Automobiles have become very
scarce in the city proper of London in
consequence of the, application of an
old ordinance forbidding self-propelled
vehicles from going faster than three
miles an hour
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Gov. Odell of New York is an all
round athlete. If the presidency comes
fooling around his neighborhood he
will be found to be in prime condition.
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A woman is suing Russell Sage for
STE, 900. She will be glad to compro-
mise for seventy-five cents before the
case ends.
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Joey Chamberlain intimates very
clearly that it is not the German vote
he is trying to catch.-Atlanta Journal
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The United States is now the worlds
fourth nation in point of population.
When you consider quality instead of
quantity it is easily tirst.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
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Sixty-six per cent of the young men
OF the United States are unmarried.
They are brave enough in other re-
spects.
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When the gods love man and want
him in a hurry they first make him
smoke anywhere from twelve to thirty
cigarettes day.
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MRS. ]. {. 0'D0NNELL
Was Sick Eight Years with
Female Trouble and Finally
Cured by Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

"DEAR MRS P1NKuAM IL have
never in my life given testimonial
before, but you have done 80 much for
me that l feel called upon to give you
this unsolicited Acknowledgement OF
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Senator Depew will be compelled tc
play hockey from most of the mldwln-
ter banquets in Washington.
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Once more the British have captured
the spot where Gen. Botha was few
hours before.
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Things are coming to hopeful pass
when a New York alderman refuses
a $4,000 bribe and tells of it--Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
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Late advices from Pekin are to the
effect that the empress dowager once
more has her authority on straight.
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A revolution is paralyzing Paraguay.
Gen. Egsqueeza, minister of finance,
has excited the enmity OF a lot of pa
triots who want to squeeze little on
their own account.
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Scientists say that Chicago can be
lighted by windmills. Scientists do not
seem to be aware that Chicago has al
ways been lighted by windmllls and
the world is none the wiser for 1t.
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Send to Garfield Tea Co., Brooklyn, N. Y, 70
samples of Garfield Tea and Headache Powders
Swo Invaluable remedies.
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The graveyard population would b'
vastly increased if it wasn't agains
the law to kill people.
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MRS. JENNIE f. O'DONNELL,
President of Oakland Woman's Riding Club.
the wonderful curative value of Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. For eight years l had female
trouble, falling of the womb and other
complications. During that time was
more or less of an invalid and not much
good for anything, until one day /!
found book in nay hall telling OF
the cures you could perform became
interested / bought q bottle of Lydia
E. Pinkharn's Vegetable Conn
pound and was helped; continued its
use and in seven months was cured, and
since that time L have had perfect
health. Thanks, dear Mrs. Pinkham
again, for the health now enjoy
MRS. JENNIE O'DoNNELL., 27s East 31st
St. Chicago, Ill. = $4,000 forfeit If aboos
Testimonial is not genuine.
Women suffering from any
form of female ills can be cured
by Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound. That's sure.
Mrs. Pinkham advises sick wo-
men free. Address. Lynn Mass.
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Chile is now accused of creating q
coldness in the Pan-American con
gress.