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The Holly chieftain., 1904-04-22
ITO be continued.)
Doctors hnew Good Thinq.

Congressman John Sharp Williams
tells of man in Mississippi who is a
hypochondriac of the first order. This
individuals failing is a source of nev.
er-ending amusement to his fellow
townsmen. 1t was of this man that
some one humorously remarked, in an,
swer to question as to how the sica
man was getting on, that "he com
planned that he was feeling somewhat
better
Mr.. Williams says that the hypo.
chondriac was one day telling a friend
of his efforts to regain his oldtme
health. He ran over the list of doc.
tors whom he had consulted. Where.
upon the friend remarked:
We'll, old man, | must say that you
appear to have lots of faith in doc
tors"
Certainly ! have" replied the sick
man. Don't you think the doctors
would be foolish to let good GUS
toner like me die?" Colorado
Springs Gazette.
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as soon as you can: Or"-with a
slightly more lenient tone, as he re-
flected that, after ALL as the fellow
himself had said, there might be rea-
sons, not necessarily bad, for the con-
cealment-.'you can remain until to-
morrow, if You like"
Victory! Another night, which was
all he required.
He could scarcely prevent himself
from showing some signs of exulta-
ton. All! perhaps by this time to-
morrow the situation might be chang
ed. He might be the judge, and an
other
Stay one moment" Mr.. Ferrers
continued.
This time he addressed the woman
Perkins, who had reached the door.
"As l have also strong objection
to persons who pry into other peoples
concerns and interfere with their pri-
vate property, you may as well take
months notice at the same time
That will do; you can 60
The bitter was bit She had not a
word to say for herself She had
succeeded in wreaking her spite upon
him who had despised her attractions
and repulsed her overtures, but she
had done 1t at the expense of good
situation. Moreover the man whose
disgrace she had labored to secure
laughed in her face as he passed her.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-04-22

Every housekeeper should know
that If they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
viii save not only time, because 1t
never sticks to the iron. but because
each package contains 10 Ozone full
pound-while all other Cold Water
Starches are put up in &4-pound pack
ages. and the price is the same, 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch Is free from all injurious chem
icals. If your grocer tries to sell you a
l2-oz. package it is because he has
a stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose of before he puts in Defiance.
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package in large let
ters and figures 10 ozs." Demand
Defiance and save much time ana
money and the annoyance of the iron
sticking. Defiance never sticks.
Some women are not half so bad az
they are painted.
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ADVICE TO THE IRISH.
Noted Ciergymen Advise Young Men
to Stay in Ireland.

Cardinal Gibbons and other Catholic
clergymen have written letters to the
Irish Immigration Society of London,
urging the Irish to remain in Ireland,
and not emigrate to the United States.
The Cardinal states: Il know under
what circumstances we live in
America. My advice to the young men
and women OF ireland is to endeavor
to find livelihood in their own land.
Ireland is blessed with a delightful eli
mate. where the great extremes of
heat and cold are unknown, whereas
in the United States these extremes
are very serious drawbacks. Any man
or woman who could exc out liveli-
hood at home should take my advice
and stay there, instead of emgrating
to America to enter on the keen
struggle for existence under the trying
circumstances that are in progress
here"
Bishop Ludden of Syracuse writes:
"All the places are filled, all the Off
fees are occupied, and even a smart
young Irshman coming here has great
difficulty in finding a position. and if
he is to get anything to do, it must
b, In the most menial, common and
laborious occupation. would like my
voice and advice to reach every young
man in Ireland; If he can possibly
find competence and a decent way
of living at home. to stay there
Archbishop Keane says: Stay at
home in Ireland. the land of your
birtn. You will find plenty there for
your energies to do"
John Redmond says: 81 have seen
the Irish laborer in the great steel
works. ! have seen him working like
white slave, stripped almost naked,
in the furnace, working ten and twelve
hours day. and sometimes sixteen
hours. for Sl.50. | say the poorest
man in Kerry is better off in Ireland
than these men in America. When it
is remembered that a dollar in Ameri-
ca will not buy more than what %
cents will buy in Ireland, you should
think whether $l.50 is worth a day Of
such slavery"
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the upper floor, and began to descend
The staircase
1t was much in his favor. the stairs
being so well and so massively con-
structed, that there was no startling
and treacherous creak TO betray the
feet which trod them secretly in the
dead of night. And so he made his
way slowly and safely to the floor on
which the room was situated into
which he was minded to penetrate.
After careful and noiseless search,
he succeeded in laying his hand upon
candle and box of matches, which,
earlier in the evening, he had secreted
in a convenient, but out-of-the-way
corner.
He struck a match, and, lighting
the candle, advanced towards the door
OF the apartment into the lock of
which he inserted his duplicate key.
He entered and closed the door be-
hind him, without, however, com
pletely shutting it.
He put his candle down on the writ.
Ing table while he considered what
was to be done next. The waste
paper basket first attracted his atten
ton as being at orce the nearest and
the easiest object on which to eXer
else his powers of investigation.
1t was about a quarter full of torn
| fragments which he promptly
emptied out before him. A rapid and
cursory examination was sufficient tc
| prove that these were of no import
ance. SO he swept them back into
| their original receptacle.
! The next thing to be done must be
to tackle the writing table. How was
| this to be accomplished? Shocking
to relate. he produced from his pocke
nothing less than--a bunch of skele
ton keys!
To his great disappointment one
after another of the drawers upon the
right hand proved to be empty. He
turned his attention to those. on his
left.
He put his hand to one and pulled
out the tightly wedged contents. He
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spread it open yes, it was news,
paper-some months old. What could
be the reason for preserving it? A
sudden thought-he looked at the date
and then-Yes, there it was on the in
side sheet. Terrible Railway Acct
dent. The 4:30 train from Dover
wrecked and partially consumed!"
There was a full account of that
CHASTITY affair with minute details
OF all the horrors-a recollection of
which returned to him, most vividly
as he scanned the column. He re.
placed the first, and took down an
other and another.
Further details-number of bodies
found-dlstreSsing scenes-the in
quest-the neutrality-suspicious. dis
covery with regard to first class pas
senger-foul play suspected! Verdict
OF Wilful Murder!" And SO on and
so on he retraced his way through the
whole of that dark tragedy-wasting
what he felt to be precious time, but
unable to tear his attention away
from these records of the past.
<Nt itSt lie ldN!llel lHe paper Dack
into its pigeon hole and turned his
attention again to the drawer be-
meath. When It at last yielded to
his efforts, he was rewarded by the
sight of fatty folded packet of
parchment, tied with tape-the iden-
tical last will and testament which he
had heard spoken of so often by the
cook. But this, though of interest in
one way, was not that of which he
was in search, and he began to feel
a qualm of fear lest, after all, his
quest should prove useless.
His eye, roaming restlessly about,
was caught by the CLEAN of brass in a
dark corner. The candle, which was
sufficient to light him at his task, still
left the greater part of the room in
semi-darkuess, and there was some
thing over there, in that corner. which
he had not taken into account.
1t was an old fashioned piece of fur
niture-the only shabby and evidently
second hand article in the room. 1t
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CHAPTER XxII.-conti,ucd

. Before he could reply tne house
niaid put in another word.
Begging your pardon for speaking
Bfter being told to hold my tongue
but its something beginning with a
FB-as ! saw it myself in a prayer
i book | came across accidental
so that is how you came by your
information, said her master. Some
thing beginning with a B., is it? Sup
pose you let me see the book"
Which | intended to have showed
1t to you at the first she said fun
bling in her pocket and producing the
well worn little volume, which she
was about to hand to her master,
when
a sudden dart-a long arm stretch.
ed out, and powerful hand wrested
it from her.
This is my property" exclaimed
its owner, sternly. THE name writ.
ten within may be mine or anothers
but so long as | choose to keep it a
secret-secret it shall remain"
This is most extraordinary con
Duct exclaimed Mr.. Ferrers, "most
extraordinary! Under the circum
stances, only one course is open tc
me. 1t is impossible for me to harboI
under my roof one who has obtained
admittance under false name, and
absolutely refuses any explanation.
must, therefore, assuming his Sc
yerest expression, while the young
man seemed to hold his breath as he
waited for the sentence to be pro
nounced upon him-"I must, there
fore, discharge you at once, and with
months wages in lieu of the ordi
nary notice."
1t was all up.
"When-when am l to leave?" in
quired Ted. with eyes fixed upon the
floor and heart beating furiously.
This question seemed to take the
person to whom it was addressed
unawares.
''When!" he answered; "why-oh
The Holly chieftain., 1904-04-22
CAME FROM COFFEE.
A Case Wher- the Taking of Morphine
Began With Coffee.

For Is years. says a young Ohio
woman, 81 was a great sufferer from
stomach, heart and liver trouble. For
the last 10 years the suffering was
terrible; 1t would be impossible to
describe it. During the last three
years | had commissions from which
the only relief was the use of NOR
phine.
Il had several physicians, nearly
all of whom advised me to stop drink
ing tea and coffee but as could take
only liquid foods / felt | could not
live without coffee. ! continued drink
ing it until | became almost insane,
my mind was affected while my whole
nervous system was complete
wreck. | suffered day and night from
thirst and as water would only make
me sick | kept on trying different
drinks until friend asked me to try
Postum Food Coffee.
Il did so but it was some time be-
fore ] was benefited by the change,
my system was so filled with coffee
poison. 1t was not long however, be-
lJle CDulu eat al k1DuS Oh IOOUS ana
drink all the cold water | wanted and
which my system demands. 1t is now
s years have drank nothing but Pos
tum for breakfast and supper and the
result has been that in place of being
an invalid with my mind affected | am
now strong, sturdy, happy and
healthy
Il have very delicate daughter
who has been greatly benefited by
drinking Postum, also a strong boy,
who would rather go without food for
his breakfast than his Postum So
much depends on the proper cooking
of Postum for unless it is boiled the
proper length of time people will be
disappointed in it. Those in the habit
of drinking strong coffee should make
the Postum very strong at first in
order to get a strong coffee taste"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
Look in each package for the fam
Gus little bool, The Road to Well
Vile"
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CHAPTER XIII.
The Envelope With Three Seals

The Envelope With Three Seals.
1t was twelve o'c.ock on Friday
night. The clock in the hall below
had struck the hour. Another half
hour licked slowly by. and at the end
OF that time door in the upper part
of the house was opened softly and
by imperceptible degrees.
The room within was in darkness
and the figure of the man who eau
tiously emerged was barely visible in
the general gloom
He crept lightly on his stockinged
feet past the doors of the rooms on
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Insist on Gettinu Il.

Some grocers say they don't keep De-
fance Starch. This is because they have q
stock on hand of other brands containing
only IL OF. in package, which they won't
be able to sell first, because Defiance con-
tains l6 OF. for the same money.
Do you want l6 or instead of l2 OF. for
same money! Then buy Defiance Starch.
Requires no cooking.
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Some women are not half so bad az
they are painted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-22

hours in the long run al did any of tho i. workers" 8s
 What proportion of the roots grew to maturity"
 'Of course lost some, but I do not think 1t amounted to more than one- eighth or one-tenth. less than expected, and this was, think. because I took great care, first in planting, then in the after care of my garden. Just as soon as discovered that any of my plants were really going to die I immediately sent for others. That was the first time; then learned to have an extra bed-a sort of supply bed from which drew for my larger bed-and so I kept the space full of growing plants. Here you see'' she continued .'are young plants, and over there plants which win be ready to market this fall. and further on I have my seedlings. Each year I greatly increase my plant. or garden Probably why have succeeded so well with it Is because. in the first place I undertook 1t intelligentIy. I made a study of 1t before I commenced it at all l read up on the subject, then I travelled to seek farms where t was grown and gained what information I could with ! those who grew 1t. and in this latter way learned even more than from articles on the subject. I even wrote to others and they were kind enough to add to my stock of knowledge. Tn fact. made my self master of 1t so far as possible before put a seed or a plant into the ground; hence the great reason of my success. and, lastly, made myself 8 faithful ser want to it."
 How interesting! But tell me how | long 1t was before you began to realize | from it."
 q could have done 50 the next year after planting and sowing had chosen | to sell the seeds, but preferred to keep | them for future sowing on my own ground Now I sell thousands of them | through advertising"
 How much do they bring7" Five cents apiece The plants I sell to exporters I get from four to ten dollars q pound for them
 How much docs t cost you to raise them?'
 q have never calculated very closely, but some growers say that 1t costs about twenty-five cents a pound; but think that that means the green pound-not when 1t Is dried" How do you care for them in the win ter-do you lose many7' "Oh, no: cover them up with a light covering of mulch. which remove in the | spring This not alone protects them, but enriches the ground as we'll" l " do not suppose that 1t Is much
 harder than the culture of flowers"
 "oh, no: and any one who loves to raise flowers"----
 "Or turnips," interpolated.
 "Or turnips." she smiled. .'ean certain ly raise ginseng"
 How long have you had this farm 7''
 -Four years"
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A FORTUNE IN A GINSENG FARM.

Raise ginsengl" ...:
 Yes raise ginseng she retorted. Just thatr'
 "Why not? You Could not do better. See what I have done.'
 And what is ginseng, anyway?
 First cousin to turnip.'
 First cousin to a turnip!" said. re- beating her words, and l tossed my head scornfully.
 Don't do that it does not suit your style at all. nor suit the case either. Rich persons often have poor relations, SO why should not ginseng have the humble tur- nip for a cousin?'
 True; why not?'
 Let me tell you that from this little space of Mother Earth I have made for myself an income which has proved moro than sufficient for my needs and I am in- creasing my business each year. First of all I decided that I would try 1t as an experiment and If that proved good then I would start in earnest and put everything in on a large scale. So made a bed twenty feet long by ten feet wide prepared 1t carefully and planted It by given instructions. After the ground wa: all in order l had the overhead trellii made to protect 1t from suns too warn and from hall or too drenching rains
 You must have done well, to judge b! the size of the ground under cultivation. T did; you are right. The eXperimen cost me in cash about $25 When i was no longer 8 question as to whethe I should succeed or not began the worl | in earnest and l have been amply repait ] for all I have expended in time, strengtl l and money"
 Did the labor cost you much?'' | Not as much as one might suppose To under my own eye I employed smal boys part of the time, and when l wa obliged to be absent I had man wor | and take the supervision; but I had q of them under my hand most of the time for I believe that to make any bushes | successful the owners eye should b everywhere, and his heart should eS press itself in interest. Business left itself or entirely to others never will b very successful. did a great deal ( work myself when il was of hgf order and believe that I put in as man
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By the way. what do the Chinese use
 1t for, for understand that 1t is for their
 use that it Is grown here?"
 'The Chinese themselves say that ie
 is used for all kinds of sicknesses. but
 physicians here suppose that 1t Is used in some way as q narcotic knew an old woman in Canada who always kept
 bag of it-dried--in winter for the use
 of the children. and when any of them
 was i'll with any complaint she would
 make cup of 1t, steeped. and give 1t to
 them. It made no difference what was the matter with them, whether the ill- ness was in the head or in the big toe down went ginseng just the same She raised a big family, and never lost one.
 so that ought to speak well for the plant"
 You have about half an acre under cultivation. have you not?s "Yes and shall increase 1t trifIe next spring. I wish that might interest you In It."
 T will give you orders on the spot for plants and seeds-now see how conyinc- ing you have beenf' Here was a woman who. by intelligence courage and determination to succeed. going about 1t in the right way. wen her livelihood with 1t. It Is what any woman with any wit and force com
 btned can do.
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chicken we'll seasoned with salt, pep per. butter. grated cheese and thyme. Pack all you can get in. Place in a baking pan containing an inch deep of gravy or stock If you have no gravy or beef extract with which to make it. place a bit of butter on each onion and baste with hot water Cover and bake an hour in a hot oven.
 SOubise Sauce.
 Boil three large onions until very soft; rub through a sieve and add the pulp to a white sauce made of milk or cream.
 Serve with lamb or mutton chops.
 In ordinary seasoning boiled onions chopped fine are often used for force meats in place of raw onions. A soup or sauce may be favored sufficiently by simmering a slice of onion in the milk or stock, then removing before the dish is served.
 Where the juice of the onion Is to be used the easiest way to get 1t is to partially peel the onion. cut off a slice and with sharp pointed spoon press out the juice as you would from an orange; or press the cut side of the onion on a grater, holding 1t firmly by the skin at the top while the juice oozes out.
 In Feeling Onions.
 Tn peeling onions hold both knife and onion under water. This will pre- vent the volatile juices from reaching the eyes.
 To Get Rid of the OdOr. Graters, knives or other utensils used in the preparation should be rinsed in cold water immediately and washed with a little soda. brush can be used for the grater.
 For the breath a little sugar eaten after the onions will banish the odor. as will also coffee or parsley moistened with vinegar. Follow with thorough rinsing of the mouth and teeth with a few drops of tincture of myrrh in wa ter
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smith,s Foreisn Arlssion,

Charles Emory Smith. editor. dipIo-
 mat and former Cabinet minister.
 ranks high with men of affairs. He
 was counted among the ablest men
 most influential of President Roose- velt's unofficial advisers, Mir. Smith ad- mtres the talent and the political sac gactty of Senator Quay, but there have been times when he could not work in harmony with the senior Senator from Pennsylvania. n
 Smith does not hesitate to tell on him- self. After Quay's successful mznage@ ment of the Harrison campaign in 1888, | he took front rank with the powerful | party men in Washington. After Gem eral Harrison had completed his cabi- net and was casting about for suitable men to represent the United States at l idea of rendering the position of Unit-I | ed States minister--now ambassador-- | to St. Petersburg to MT. Smith. He mentioned the matter to his Secretary | of State-James c. Blaine-and that gentleman cordially agreed that it would be desirable appointment. The | administration was in it's honeymoon. | and the President did not desire to make a nomination that would be dis | tasteful to Senator Quay So Mir Blaine was selected to sound Colonel Quay. Senator said the Secretary, you
 know Mir. Charles Emory Smith?" Yes was the reply, very we'll"
 Would you care e. if he received for--
 No was the quick reply "the for- | eigner the better."
 So Mir. Smith went to St. Petersburg. I
 The average Japanese soldier is not more
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THE WHOLESOME ONION,
 SPRINGS BEAUTIFEER

But. dearest, list I dlned on duck"
 (An allusion to the onion used ,r the stufflng.--Punch.) " Properly manipulated during it's preparation and followed by ordinary
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The average Japanese soldier is not more than five feet four inches high.
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the trying crisis without suffering.
 Send for Tree book eonaAining informaalon cf priceless ysiue to all expeetsnt motheFs- Ths RFaAlaId Reaalaser G.. Atlanta ca.
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great and wonderful
 remedy is always appliedexternally,and has carried thousands of women through
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 is h. MiqhEy77aE'e

The critical ordeal through which the expecant mother however is fraugh with dread pan suffering danger that the thought of fills her with apprehension and horror
 There necessity for the reproduction of life be either painful The Mothers Friend the coming that it safely passed without any danger This
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-22

Age yeares
 BIS Mohawk Street, CHICAGO. Since 1t has become. generally known as abundantlv on the heads Of children as tt does on those of matured persons, many truly marvellous casea are coming to our notice. Little Mics hnsseii. whose phosos the remarkable cnes. Her beautiful hair is oyer ss.s 2fass SH gn sd hsr nyNY GhsE