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sight. Irene told her sweetheart her
story in full and yet he determined to
marry ner. When he announced the
fact to his parents there was a storm.
Irene Won Offenberg's history was well
known in aristocratic society, and the
parents of the young man forbade his
marrying her on penalty of being cut
off with copper.
The youth visited his parents at
their home in Switzerland to plead In
pearson. He declared he would marry
no other woman but Irene. He was
imprisoned and his father made appli-
cation to the authorities to have him
confined for time in a. lunatic asy-
lum, as he declared the young man
must be insane. But the youth es-
capped and fastened to meet Irene in
Vienna, where they were secretly mar
ried. But they had no income and no
ability to earn one, and matters grew
hard with them.
Young Couple Take Poison.
A few days ago, as the youthful cou-
pie had not been seen for some time,
the door of their rooms was broken in.
The two young people were found dead.
They had taken poison.
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Safety In Thunderstorm

According to Professor Rowland, the
safest of all places in a thunderstorm
Is an iron bedstead. Lying on this,
one is in kind of metal cage which
acts as a lightning screen. This is
contrary to a very generally accepted
theory, as metal Of all kinds and forms
is generally avoided under the belief
that it attracts the electric fluid Trees,
experience shows, are very dangerous
places to shelter beneath in thunder
storms, and isolated trees more so than
a clump, especially if near water. An
oak tree by the side of a pond is con-
sidered by electricians as peculiarly
unsafe, but water and damp ground
are to be avoided quite as much as
trees. If the storm is directly over
head it would be safer to lie on the
earth fiat than to stand up. Indoors
the safest place-next to the iron bed
is in the middle Of the room, and a
room in the middle of the house Is
safer than one at the bottom or top.
All drafts and air currents should be
avoided, and all metal objects, such as
mirrors, picture frames and wire bell
pulls, should be kept as clear as posi-
BILE
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cATARRH CANNOT BE CURED

With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as
they cannot reach the seat Of the dis
ease Catarrh is a blood or constitu-
tional disease, and in order to cure ii
you must take internal remedies. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mu-
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is a regular prescription. It is COM
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two ingredients is what produces sucn
wonderful results in curing Catarrh.
Send for testimonials free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo,
Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
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A Young Mother at 70.

"My mother has suddenly been made
young at 20. Twenty years of in
tense suffering from dyspepsia had
entirely disabled her, until six months
ago, when she began taking Electric
Bitters, which have completely cured
her and restored the strength and ac-
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writes Mrs. w. L. fitzpatrick, Of Dam
forth, Me. Greatest restorative med
icine on the globe. Sets Stomach,
Liver and Kidneys right, purifies the
blood, and cures Malaria, Biloiusness
and Weaknesses. Wonderful Nerve
Tonic Price soc. Guaranteed by E. l..
Smalley's drug store.
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Humble
y Pie y
By Louis j. Strons
Copyright, 1908, by P. c. Eastment

you're a heartless coquette! You've
driven my boy away forever! Hea
gone-he's gonev' Mrs. Hale walled,
with angry. fearful eyes.
"GoneY Dora repeated, the indig-
nant red fading from her cheeks.
Eyes, gone! And 1 hold you little
better than a murderer, miss" with
which startling declaration she was
leaving when Dora caught her arm.
"Mrs. Hale, please tell me, do you
mean that Steve is really gone nowr'
Eyes, l do mean that he is really
gone noww Mrs. Hale's eyes snapped
with vindictive satisfaction at the girls
distress. HE went across country In
his buggy, meaning to stop at his IN
cle's to tell them goodby. He'll take
the train at Lynchburg. Oh, I'll never
see him again, and it's your doing, you
good for nothing She left the I'M
pleasant epithet unspoken and stalked
away.
Dora fed to her room and fell upon
her bed in tempest of grief. 1t had
not seemed possible that Steve could
carry out his threat and leave her. AS
she thought of it the long years ahead
without him seemed to envelOp and
smother her. She sprang up, gasping.
She must get out.
I'm going for long ride, mamma"
she announced later, and, pulling her
cycling cap over her swollen eyes, she
rushed away.
She skirted the village with head
down, vowing she would not speak to
a soul, but an insistent voice hailed
her from a small house out on the
road, and Miss Prissy Allen, the old
maid seamstress, hurried to her.
"Of all people in the world! Dora
groaned, dreading the sharp eyes and
usually sharper tongue Of Miss Prissy.
1--WE heard all about it, DOra," Miss
Prissy said bluntly, but with unwonted
kindness. Il happened to be there
when Mrs. Hale came from your house,
and her wrath boiled over to me. 1 was
just going to see you. I-1-want to-
advise you, my dear girl. Don't let
foolish anger and foolish pride ruin
your life. Never mind what Steve said
or did. You know he loves you, and
you love him. Let everything 60. Think
of the long years.
"Oh, Miss Prissy," Dora broke in
tragically, Il do think Of them and how
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"My experience is that cakes raised
with alum baking powders are coarse
grained, and have an Objectionable
persimmon-like taste, and quickly be-
come dry, while cakes lightened with
Cleveland's Baking Powder are fine,
light, delicate, and good, and retain
their delicious qualities and moisture
for an indefinite length of time
Mary E. Lambert, Philadelphia, Pa.
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GIRL DRUBS NADINE
FOR ALLEGED INSULT

PITTSBURG, Oct. 15.-Tom Nadine,
the coachman who was once employed
by Augustus HartJe and was named
as correspondent in the divorce
suit which Hartje filed against his
wife, was last night whipped by an
angry woman he had insulted on a
streetcar.
Nadine was seen to make advances
to a young woman across the aisle.
She shot her umbrella out like a sword,
catching Nadine over the eye.
you will insult me, Tom Nadine?
You dirty scoundrel, will you?" shout
ed the young woman, as she prodded
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FARMER ENDS LIFE
BY SHOT IN HEAD

AURORA, Ore, Oct 16.-Edward
Schmidt, So years old, living about
three miles from this place was found
dead in a hoppicker's cabin about one
fourth of a mile from his house by his
son Herman. A shot through the head
and a partially emptied 80 caliber re-
volver lying beside him plainly indi-
Gated a case of suicide. The coroner
has been notified and will hold an In
quest this afternoon.
Mr.. Schmidt has been respondent and
brooded over his wife's death which
is the cause that is supposed to have
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English Laaie. and F,or.lF..cin.tio.

English Ladies and Floral Punctuation
English ladies partake the character
and the aspect Of flowers. l do not
mean merely that their visages shine
with the pure freshness of matutinal
flowers even when within they are con.
trariwise affected, nor am l thinking
solely Of their azure eyes, limpid as
lilies, or Of their blond heads Of hair,
golden as ears of wheat, or of their
transparent skin of roseate hue. No.
Apart from all these natural personal
traits, English ladies betray in Their
headgear, in their methods Of combing
and dressing and general adornment
that they have ever before them the
flowers as patterns and models.-Naples
Mattino.
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the lotion. Discovering that the few
drops which she administered as an
experiment had the effct of relieving
the pain, she repeated the treatment
at intervals.
1t was not long before her condi-
ton became alarming as the result Of
the free use of the eye lotion and final
ly it was necessary to summon a physi-
clan. The physician summoned had to
work hard for several hours before ne
was able to counterfeit the effects Of
the poison and place her out of dan
ger,
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NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

showed, at the battle of Austerlitz,
he was the greatest leader in the
world. Billiards. Snow Liniment has
shown the public it is the best Lini-
ment in the world. A quick cure for
Rheumatism, Sprains, Burns, Cuts,
etc., A. c. Pitts, Rodessa, La, says:
II use Billiards. Snow Liniment In
my family and find it unexcelled for
sore chest, headache, corns in fact
for anything that can be reached by
a liniment."
Sold by A. B. Shelton.
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HE STOPPED, BLOCKING HER WAY.
I'm to live through them. l can't! It
will kill mev
Eyes. you can-you will-live through
them and grow withered and hard and
sharp tongued and unlovely, as have.
Folks can't die any time they please,
and you can live with a heart like a
desert of ashes"
''Oh, Miss Prissy, do you mean
Dora hesitated, the unasked question
in her wide eyes
Il mean that 1 was a hot headed.
proud young fool. 1 would not yield an
inch. told him to go, and he went and
never came back. 1 might have
brought him back at first, but
wouldn't. and see what am"
"But, Miss Prissy, Steve declared he
would go if If r
"Yes," Miss Prissy interrupted, chats
mans way. And you told him to go,
never dreaming he'd do it. That's wo-
mans way. And you're both misera-
bic. He'll marry. likely, though he'll
never care as much for another. That's
mans way too. And you-you're not
the kind that changes. Look at me and
see what yoa'll be. But you mustn't.
I've opened my grave to you as a
warning. Make it up with Steve now
at any cost. Write to him. and be sure
you eat your share of humble pie. You
deserve 1t, dare say, for you are q
bit Of flirt. Dora. Write at once and
every day till you hear from him." And
she bolted into the house, leaving Dora
staring at the unexpected romance, the
secret Of Miss Prissy's lonely life.
What pitiful tragedy, rather! And
one could live on and on. Oh, if she
could see Steve! 1t might be weeks
before letter! If she could only see
She stopped abruptly, shocked with
the audacity of a thought that popped
into her head. The next moment she
swerved from her course and sped
away on the trail of Steve.
She was uncertain of the distance
1t might be fifteen or twenty-five
miles; but, long or short, she would
make it in time. He was going to
stop at his uncle's. That was a guide
post.
The open surprise and curiosity OF
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take POISON TOGETHER
Fond Lovers Seek Release From
Poverty.
BOTH BELONG TO NOBLE FAMILY
WERE CAST OFF BY PARENTS
BECAUSE OF GIRLS DIS
HONOR.
BOTH BELONG TO NOBLE FAMILY

VIENNA, Oct 16.-The story of "tne
beauty of the Tyrol' has in it just such
chapters as delight the novelist. The
truth in this case is stranger than the
most remarkable of fiction and just as
lurid
Irene Gutenberg was the youngest
daughter of the Count Gutenberg, Ritz
meister of an Austrian regiment sta
toned near Salzburg. She was a noted
beauty and was the belle of the sur
rounding country. Gallants paid her
court on every side, and she was
crowned queen at carnival as "the
beauty of the Tyrol.'
Betrayed by Army Officer.
Irene was only Is and her parents
refused all offers of marriage for her,
saying she was two young. But one
day her father made terrible dis
covery. He found the man who mad
taken advantage of her was a brother
officer. In spite of his love for his
beautiful daughter and in face of the
fearful entreaties Of his family, the
Count turned mis- Irene out of his house
and shut the door upon her. He was a.
stern soldier, martinet andiheld honor
above all else. The Count publicly
disowned the girl, and as her sweet
heart had abandoned her she went to
Salzburg to try to get employment
or earn her bread by life Of shome.
The count challenged her betrayer
to duel to the death. Both men were
fine swordsmen, among the best in the
Austrian army. The count, afte> a
desperate battle wounded the lieuten-
ant in the arm and shoulder so Sc
his sword. The men then took out
their revolvers. ands measuring of q
fair distance, continued the duel. the
count shot the lieutenant dead at the
first sfot.
Weds Youth of Noble Family.
Meanwhile the abandoned girl led a
wretched life, when she made the ac-
quaintance of young Swiss of an an
Gent, wealthy and honorable family.
They fell in love with each other at
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him again and again. The blood
streamed from cuts in MS head and
face, and Nadine was about to swing
on the woman when a policeman
brought Nadine down with his club,
and dragged him off to the police sta
ton.
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EYE LOTION POISONS.
South Dakota Woman Uses It for an
Aching Tooth.

South Dakota Woman Uses It Tor an
Aching Tooth.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Oct. 16.-Mrs.
Joseph D. NORM, a prominent resident
of Terry, little mining town in Law
renee county, had a narrow escape
from death as the result of using for
one ailment medicine intended for an
other.
She had been kept awake all night
by an aching tooth, and CHANGED to
think of an eye lotion which she had.
This was composed of cocaine and at
rophine. In the effort to relieve the
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Hot Drink Season.

At Lutcher Bros. Hot cocktails sodas.
chocolates, hot lemOnades, beef tea,
oysters cocktails hot Vigoral. All fine
wholesome drinks.
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led to the suicide. He came from Ne
braska 10 years ago and settled in this
section. He leaves five daughters and
two sons.
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'O>O>O|O>O>O>O>0>A.
DRY GOODS AND CLOTHING. MAIN an
What the Season Offers in Overcoat Styles

The newest overcoat for the current season is the
style known as the CAVALIER This is shown on
the left hand figure in the picture. It's distinctive
lines, with Jared skirts and form fitting back have
made it much sought after by the best dressers.
The next figure is that of the very popular
GIBSON, the long, full box overcoat.
The conservative coat is the ST. REGIS, which is
shown on the central figure in the picture. This is
slightly form fitting. The moderate form of the fitted
back coat in the CARLTON, shown the right hand
figure The seasons styles in Cravenettes have the
same tendency ALSO All overcoats cut with the
long center vent, which adds materially to the style
effects, and gives greater facility in walking especi-
ally in the longer styles.
In addition there also the plain box overcoat
Styles storm listers; furined and furcollared
coats, and other cold weather garments, made for
service we'll as style. Our selection of fabrics and
patterns is the most extensive have carried in
years.
We invite your early inspection of our Overcoat
Department.
, 1906-03-28
His Friend, Intimate and
B odyguard

church and stay in the neighborhood
until the next day and then go home.
The old men would start out of their
fields from their work or out of the
woods from hunting, with their guns
on their shoulders, and go to church.
'Some of them dressed in deerskin
pants and moccasins, hunting shirts,
with a rope or leather strap around
them. They would come in laughing,
shake hands all around, sit down and
talk about the game they had killed
or some other work they had done and
smoke their pipes together with the old
ladies'. If in warn weather, they would
kindle up a little fire out in the meeting
house yard to light their pipes. If in
winter time, they would hold church in
some of the neighbors' houses.
AT such times they were always
treated with the utmost kindness. A
bottle of whisky, a pitcher of water,
sugar and glass were set out, or a bas-
ket of apples or turnips or some pies
and cakes. Apples were scarce them
times. Sometimes potatoes were used
as Il treat. l. luuSl Tell 9Ou luul tne nISl
treat l ever received in old Mr.. Lin
kern's house, that was our presidents
fathers house, was a plate of potatoes
washed and pared very nicely and
handed round. 1t was something new
to me, for l never had seen a raw po-
tato eaten before. l looked to see how
they made use of them. They took off
a potato and ate them like apples.
Thus they spent the time till time
for preaching to commence; then they
would all AXE their seats, the preach
err would take his stand. draw his coat,
open his shirt collar, commence service
by singing and prayer; take his text
and preach till the sweat would roll
off in great drops. Shaking hands and
singing then ended the service. The
people seemed to enjoy religion more
in them days than they do now. They
were glad to see each other and enjoy
ed themselves better than they do
now"
, 1906-03-28
sink.
A Noble Stepmother.

Such We're the people among whom
Abe grew to manhood. With their sons
and daughters he went to school. Upon
daily toll. From their conversation he
formed his earliest opinions of men
and things the world over. Many of
their peculiarities became his, and
many of their thoughts and feelings
concerning Il multitude of subjects
were assimilated with his own and
helped to create that unique character
which, in the eyes of a great host of the
American people, was only less curl
GUS and amusing than it was noble and
august.
His most intimate companions We're
of course for Il long time the members
of his own family. The reader already
knows something of Thomas Lincoln
and that pre-eminently good woman.
Sally Bush. The latter, we know, wash
ed. clothed, loved and encouraged Abe
in well doing from the moment he fell
in her way. How much he owed to her
goodness and affection he was himself
never able to estimate. That it was Il
great debt, fondly acknowledged and
c%heerfully repaid as far as in him lay,
there can be no doubt.
His own sister, the child of Nancy
Hanks, was warmly attached to him.
Her face somewhat resembled his. In
repose it had the gravity which they
both, perhaps, inherited from their
mother, but it was capable of being
lighted almost into beauty by one of
Abe's ridiculous stories or rapturous
plain, industrious girl and is kindly re-
membered by all who knew her. She
vas married to Aaron Grigsby at eight
cen and Il year after died.
Like Abe, she occasionally worked
out at the houses of the neighbors, and
at II time was employed in Mrs.
Crawford's kitchen, while her brother
was a laborer on the same farm. She
lies buried, not with her mother, but
in the yard of the old Pigeon Greek
meeting house. 1t is especially pleasing
to read the encomiums layished upon
her memory by the Grigsbys, for be-
tween the Grigsbys on Il side and
Abe and his stepbrother on the other
there once subsisted a fierce feud.
As we have already learned from
Dennis Hanks, the two families-the
Johnstons and the Lincolns-"got along
finely together" The affectionate rela-
tons between Abe and his two stepsis-
, 1906-03-28
Carried Their Shoes.

Society about Gentryyille was little
different from that of any other back
woods settlement of the same day. The
houses were scattered far apart, but
the inhabitants would travel long dis
tances to q log rolling, Il house raising,
a wedding or anything else that might
be turned into a fast and furious frolic.
On such occasions the young women
carried their shoes in their hands and
only put them on when about to join
the company. The ladies drank whisky
and both sexes danced the livelong
night barefooted on puncheon floors.
The fair sex wore "cornfield bonnets,
scoop shaped, flaring i'll front and
long, though narrow. behind" Shoes
were the mode when entering the ball
room, but it was not at all Fashionable
to scuff them out by walking or dane
ing in them. -Four yards of linsey-
woOlsey a yard in width made a dress
for any woman" The waist was short
and terminated just under the arms,
while the skirt was long and narrow.
"Crimps and pickering frills" it had
none.
The coats of the men were home
made; the materials jeans or linsey-
woolsey. The waists We're short. like
the frocks of the women, and the long
"claw hammer" tail was split up to the
waist.
The Pigeon Greek farmer "tickled"
two acres of ground in a day with his
old shovel pillow and got but half a
crop. He cut one acre with his sickle.
VIII his fail and horse tramping he
'e.tshed fifteen bushels of wheat.
: famed" and Cleaned with a
. leet."
The minds of these people were filled
with superstitions, which most persons
imagine to be at least as antiquated as
witch burning. They firmly believed in
witches and all kind of witch doings.
They sent for wizards to cure sick cat
tie. There were faith Doctors who
cured diseases by performing mysteri-
GUS ceremonies and muttering cabalis-
tic words. If a bird alighted in a win
dow, one of the family would speedily
die. If a horse breathed on a child, the
child would have the whooping cough.
Everything must be done at certain
times and seasons, else it would be
attended with bad luck. They must
cut trees for rails in the early part of
the day and in the light of the MOON"
They must make fence in 1.-The light of
the moon," otherwise the fence would
, 1906-03-28

tiers were the subject of common re-
mark throughout the neighborhood.
One of them married Dennis Hanks
and the other Levi Hall, or, as he is
better known, Squire Hall. a cousin of
Abe. Both these women have given an
account of him which shows that the
ties between them were of the stron-
gest and tenderest kind. But what is
most remarkable in their statements is
that they never opened their lips with
out telling how worthy of eyerybody's
love their mother was and how Abe re-
vered her as much as they did. They
were interesting girls and became eX-
emplary IN
John ID. Johnston, the only son of
Mrs. Lincoln, was not the best boy, and
did not grow to be the best man, in all
the Pigeon Greek region. He had no
positive vice except idleness and no
special virtue but good temper. Mr..
Lincoln all through Johns life had
much trouble to keep him on his legs
and succeeded indifferently in all his
attempts. AS youths the intimacy be-
tween John and Abe was very close,
and Abe undertook his second voyage
to New Orleans only on condition that
John would go along.