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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-31
INFLAM=
NATION
AND PAIN
Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
Creston, Iowa" was troubled for
q long time with Inflammation. pains

III my sac, SICK
headaches and ner-
vousness. had ia
ken so many medi-
cines that l W a s
discouraged a n d
thought 1 would
never get we'll. A
friend told me Of
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound and it re-
stored me 10 health.
l have no moro
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-31

Soldiers Reunion at Wyoming.
Special to Times-Republican.
Wyoming. July M.-An old soldiers
reunion for Aug. Is and 1S has been
arranged here. This will be one Of the
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-09-29
HANDS BURNED LIKE FIRE

'I can truthfully say Cuticura Rem
edies have cured me Of four long
years of eczema. About four years
ago I noticed some little pimples
coming on my little finger, and not
giving it any attention, it soon became
worse and spread all over my hands.
If I would have them in water for a
long time, they would burn like fire
and large cracks would come. could
lay a pin in them. After using all
the salves I could think of, went to
three different doctors, but all did
me no good. The only relief got was
scratching.
$50 after hearing so much about the
wonderful Cuticura Remedies, pur-
chased one complete set, and after
using them three days my hands were
much better. Today my hands are
entirely well, one set being all used"
(Signed) Miss Eta Narber, r. F. d. 2,
Spring Lake, Mich, Sept. rs, 1910.
Although Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment are sold everywhere, a sample
Of each, with 32-page book, will be
mailed free on application to "Cuti-
cura," Dept. 2 L, Boston.
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Secretive Family Bible.

Tommy was venturesome lad, but
nobody had ever credited him with
sufficient courage to shake his head in
contradiction when the Sunday school
visitor, who wished to show off his
knowledge of Biblical history, asserted
that Sarah, Abraham's wife, was the
only woman whose age was recorded
In the Bible Seeing the disappearing
motion of the little head in the front
row, the visitor reiterated: Sarah
was the only woman whose age Is re-
corded in the Bible" Then Tommy
spoke right up: There are three
more that 1 know Of" said he. "Who?"
asked the astonished visitor Mother,
grandmother and Aunt Lucy said
Tommy.
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SYNOPSIS.

John ~,ihoun becomes seDl> ~ of
state i'll ,Iyler's cabinet with the fixed de-
termination to acquire both Texas and
Oregon. Nicholas Trist, his secretary, is
Ritz spy and reputed mistress OF the
British minister, Pakenham. Trist en-
counters the baroness and assists her in
escaping from pursuers. She agrees to
see Calhoun, and a pledge that she
will tell him what he wants to know re-
garding the intentions of England toward
Mexico, she gives Trist a slipper, the
mate of which has been lost Trist is or
dered to Montreal on state business, and
arranges to be married to Elizabeth
Churchill before departing. The baroness
A drunken congressman who is assisting
Trst in his wedding arrangements, blum
deringly sends the baroness slipper to
Eliza beth instead of the owner, and the
the baroness in Montreal, she having sue
ceeded, where he failed, in discovering
England's intentions regarding Oregon.
She tells him the slipper he had, con-
Pakenham, saying that if the United
States did not annex Texas within 80 days
she would lose both Texas and Oregon.
Calhoun orders Trist to head a party
bound for Oregon. Calhoun excites the
jealousy of Sonora Yturrio, and thereby
secures the signature of the Texas at
tache to n treaty of annexation. Nicholas
arrives in Oregon. Later the baroness ar
rives on a British warship. She tells
Nicholas that g. note she placed in her
slipper caused the breaking off of his
marriage. and that she intends to return
to Washington to repair the wrong.
Nicholas follows her. lie learns on the
way that Polk has been elected ana
Texas annexed, and that there is to be
war with Mexico. The baroness tells
Trist that in return for a compromise of
the Oregon boundary on the forty ninth
degree, she has sold herself to PaIenham
She tells him the story of her life
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ington! But all the time as l played
in my own little game-with no one
to enjoy it save myself saw myself
begin to lose. This country-this
great splendid country of savages-
began to take me by the hands, began
to look me in the eyes, and ask me:
Helena Won Ritz, what are you? What
might you have been?'
so now," she concluded, you asked
me, asked me what | was, and l have
told you. ask you myself, what am T.,
what am | to be; and | say, am UNI
clean. But, being as / am, have done
what l have done. 1t was for prin-
ciple-or it was-for you! do not
know"
There are those who can be moth
ing else but Clean" I broke out. 81
shall not endure to hear you speak
thus of yourself. You-you, what
have you not done for us? Was not
your mother clean in her heart? Sins
such as you mention were never those
of scarlet. If you have sinned, your
sins are white as snow. l at least
am confessor enough to tell you
that"
"Ah, my confessor!" she reached
out her hands to me, her eyes swim
ming wet. Then she pushed me back
suddenly, beating with her little
hands upon my breast as though |
were an enemy. ''Do mott" she said.
Co"
My eye caught sight of the great
key, Pakenham's key, lying there on
the table. Maddened, I caught it up,
and, with a quick wrench of my naked
hands, broke it in two, and threw the
halves on the floor to join the torn
scroll of England's pledge.
/ divided Oregon at the forty-nfnth
parallel and not at fifty-four forty,
when / broke Pakenham's key. But
you shall see why I have never re.
GREETED that.
ASK Sir Richard Pakenham if he
wants his key noW!" / said.
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CHAPTER XXxIV.
The Victory.

The Victory.
She will not stay the siege of lovins
terms,
Nor bide the encounter of assailing eyes.
Nor ope her lap to soul-seducing
For she is WISE if I can judge of her;
And fair she is, if that mine eyes be-
And true she is, as she hath proved her
self. Shakespeare.
what have you done?" she es.
claimed Are you mad? He may be
here at any moment now. Go, al
once!"
Il shall not go!"
MY house is my own! l am mF
own"
"You know it is not true, madam"
| saw the slow shudder that crossed
her form, the fringe of wet which
sprang to her eyelashes. Again the
pleading gesture of her half-open f2n-
gers.
"Ah, what matter?" she said. "Ik
is only one woman more, against $50
much What is past, is past, NOR
sieur. Once down, a woman does not
rise
'You forget history-you forget tho
thief upon the crOss!"
'The thief on the cross was not
woman. No, I am guilty beyond hope!"
Rather, you are only mad beyond
reason, madam. I shall not go SO
long as you feel thus-although God
knows | am no cOnfessOr
81 confessed to yOu-told you my
story. so there could be no bridge
across the gulf between us. My hap
piness ended them
"It is of no consequence that we
be happy, madam. | give you back
your own words about yon torch OF
principles.
For a time she sat and looked al
me steadily. There was, say, some
sort of radiance On her face, though
I. dull of wit, could neither under
stand nor describe it. I only knew
that she seemed to ponder for long
time. seemed to resolve at last. Slow
ly she rose and left me, parting the
satin draperies which screened her
boudoir from the outer room. There
was silence for some time. Perhaps
she prayed do not know.
Now other events took this situa-
ton in hand l heard a football on
the walk, cautious knocking on the
great front door. So, my lord Paken-
ham was prompt. Now l could not
escape even if I liked.
(TO BE CONTINUEDD
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LET me, then, be your confessor,"
said I. Forget! Forget! You have
not been this which you say Do l not
know?"
mo, you do not know. Well, let
be. Let me go on! I say I went to
Paris. I was close to the throne of
France That little duke of Orleans,
son of Louis Philippe, was a puppet
in my hands. Oh, I do not doubt I
did mischief in that court, or at least
if I failed it was through no lack of
effort! I was called there America
Vespucci.' They thought me Italian!
At last they came to know who I was.
in the face of the courts of Europe.
Certain of their high officials came to
me ana my young duke of Orleans.
They asked me to leave Paris. They
did not command 1.-THE duke of Or
leans cared for that part of it. But
they requested me outside-not in his
presence. They offered me price, a
bribe-such an offering as would, I
| fancied. leave me free to pursue my
! own ideas in my own fashion and in
| any corner of the world. You have
| perhaps seen some of my little fan
cies. I imagined that love and hap
piness were never for me-only am
| bition and unrest. With these goes
luxury, sometimes. At least this sort
of personal liberty was offered me
the price of leaving Paris, and leaving
the son of Louis Philippe to his own
Devices I did So
And so, then you came to Wash
| ingtOn? That must have been some
years ago.
Eyes; some five years ago. [ still
was young. I told you that you must
have known me, and so, no doubt, you
did. Did you ever hear of America
| Vespucci?"
A smile came to my face at the sug-
gestion of that celebrated adventures
and mysterious impOstress who had
figured in the annals of Washington
a fair Italian, so the rumor ran, who
had come to this country to set UP a
claim, upon our credulity at least, to
being the descendant Of none less
than Amerigo Vespucci himself! This
supposititious Italian had indeed gone
so far as to secure the Introduction of
a bill in congress granting to her GER
tain lands. The fate of that bill even
then hung in the balance. ] had no
reason to put anything beyond the au-
dacity of this woman with whom [
spoke. My smile was simply that
which marked the eventual voting
down of this once celebrated measure,
as merry and as bold jest as ever
was offered the credulity of nation
one conceivable only in the mad and
bitter wit of Helena Won Ritz!
eyes. madam" said, 81 have heard
of America Vespucci.' l presume that
YOU are now about to repeat that you
are she!"
She nodded, the mischievous enjoy
ment of her colossal jest showing in
her eyes. in spite of all. YES" said
she. among other things, have been
America Vespucci! There seemed
little to do here in intrigue, and that
was nv first endeavor to amuse my
self. Then I found other employment.
England needed a skillful secret agent.
Why should l be faithful to England?
At least, why should not also en-.
10y intrigue with yonder government
of Mexico at the same time? There
came also Mr.. Van Zandt of this Re-
public of Texas. Yes, it is true,
have seen some sport here in Wash
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Unfortunate Man.

A tourist in the mountains of Ten
nessee once had dinner with queru-
lous old mountaineer who yarned
about hard times for Is minutes at q
stretch. why, man." said the tour
list, "you ought to be able to make
lots of money shipping green corn to
the northern market" Eyes, 1 orter, !"
was the sullen reply. "You have the
land, I suppose, and can get the
seed" Yes, I guess So" "They why
don't you go into the speculation
mo use, stranger" sadly replied the
cracker; "the cid woman Is too lazy
to do the plowin' and plantin'."
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The Polite ChiTfonier.

A certain woman while walking
down the avenue one Thursday after
noon, her negro maids "day out,
CHANGED to meet that young person
riding in an automobile with two col
ored friends. The next day the mis-
tress inquired how the maid had en-
joyed her ride.
ooh, it was cert'nly fine!" was the
reply. "And the way l came to go
ma'am, was this. l was calm on my
cousin when a friend of hers, a chit
fonier, came in. He said he had the
machine outside and asked her tc
have a ride, and, as he concluded me
in the invitation, of co'se | VENT"
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"Among Things

ters were to be hushed up. The court
of England began to take cognizance
of these things. Our government was
scandalized. They sent my father, on
pretext of scientific errands, into one
country and another-to Sweden, to
England, to Africa, at last to America.
Thus it happened that you met him.
You must both have been very near
to meeting me in Montreal. 1t was
fate, as we of Hungary would say.
CAS- for me, l was no mere hare
Drained radical. I did not go to Rus
STA, did not join the revolutionary
circle of Paris, did not seek out Prus-
STA. That is folly. My father was
right. It must be the years, it must
be the good heritage, it must be the
opportunity for all, which alone can
produce good human beings! In short
believe me, victim, the hope of the
world is in a real democracy. Slowly,
| gradually, I was coming to believe
| that"
| time, monsieur met you, here in
this very room! God pity me! You
were the first man | had ever seen.
/ God pity mel believe LOVED you
that night, that very first night We
are friends We are brave. You are
man and gentleman, so l may say
that, now. l am no longer woman.
| am but sacrifice.
opportunity must exist, open and
free for all the world" she went on,
not looking at me more than / could
now at her II have set my life to
prove this thing. When I came here
| to this America-out Of pique, out of a
| love of adventure, out of sheer daring
and eXultation in imposture-then |
saw why | was born, for what purpose!
| It was to do such work as | might to
prove the theory of my father, and
to justify the life of my mother. For
that thing | was born. For that thing
[ have been damned on this earth;
may be damned in the life to come,
unless [ can make some great atone
ment, For these I suffer and shall al
ways suffer. But what of that? There
must always be a sacrifice"
The unspeakable tragedy of her
voice cut to my soul. But listen!"
broke out. "You are young. You are
free. All the world is before you
You can have anything you like"
"Ah, do not talk to me of that" she
exclaimed imperiously. "Do not tempt
me to attempt the deceit of myself
I made myself as I am, long ago.
did not love- I did not know it. AS
to marriage, did not need it. I had
abundant means without. I was in the
upper ranks of society. I was there;
was classified; I lived with them
But always l had my purposes, my
plans. For them I paid, paid, paid
as woman must, with-what a WON
an has.
'But now. am far ahead of my
story. Let me bring it on. / went
to Paris | have sown some seeds
of venom, some seeds of revolution, in
one place or another in Europe in my
time. All, it works; it will go! Here
and there l have cost human life
Here and there work was to be done
which I disliked; but I did it. Mis-
guided, uncared for, mishandled as
had been-well, as I said, / went tt
Paris
"Ah, sir, will you not, TOO, leave the
room, and let me tell on this story tt
myself, to my own soul? It is fittel
for my confessor than for YOU"
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Cement : ak No. =

Newspapers print near
ly every day the story of
some fire disaster involv-
ing the complete destruction
Of great property values and
sometimes the loss of human
lives. The annual fire losses of the
United States are measured by the
millions; in fact, it is stated that over
two hundred and fifty million dollars
worth of property was wiped out by fire in
the United States last year. While it is true
that the precautions to prevent tre and flre
fighting systems arc often inadequate, the
main trouble lies in .fimy, non-frrpr0of
building confirmation. Experience has proved
that hreproof construction is both practicable
and economical. In some industries hreproof
building is compelled by law. Reinforced
concrete has come to the front as the most
important agent in building against fire. Tho
use of cement in building is becoming moro
and more common, due to its freproofnesS,
durability and economy. When building any
thing from the back porch steps to an office
building, concrete construction may be safely
adopted. The use of UnfUerJAI Portland
Cement in the concrete will insure cement of tho
best quality possible to manufacture. UnlUsr-
sal is handled everywhere by the best dealers.
UNIVERSAL PORTLAND CEMENT co.
SECURITY BANK BLDG. MINNEAPOLIS
ANNUAL OUTPUT 100000 BARRELS
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The Pure Food Law stopped the sale
of hundreds of fraudulant medicines. They
could not stand investigation. Hamlins
Wizard Oil has stood the test of investi-
CATION for nearly sixty years.
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glad did, for 1t has cured me.
II know of so many cases where wo-
men have been cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound that I can
say to every suffering woman if that
medicine does not help her, there is
nothing that will. Mrs. JANETzKI,
1868 Arch St., Chicago, Ill.
This is the age of substitution, and
women who want a cure should insist
upon Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound just as this woman did, and
not accept something else on which the
druggist can make a little more profit.
Women who are passing through this
critical period or who are suffering
from any of those distressing ills pc
culiar to their sex should not lose 81 CHIT
of the fact that for thirty years Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
which is made from roots and herbs,
has been the standard remedy for fe-
male ills. In almost every community
you will find women who have been
restored to health by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-09-29

Few of us can do more than one
thing well. Many a man who has no
difficulty in making money is a dis
NAL failure as a spender
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Plav Ii or Raise LII

A German composer has written an
altisonant piece of music called
Hell" There will be any number
OF people in this country able to play
it at a glance.-Houston Post
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Restaurants may come and restau-
rants may go, but the political pie
counter has always plenty of patrons.
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Mrs. Wfnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inhamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25c bottle.
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Some men never reach the top be-
cause the elevator isn't running.
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Rare Old Wine.

Some wine has been discovered il
the cellars of the city hall, of Bremen
which has been left there for two AM
q half centuries.
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duu l. WOAG w CnO
store to get q bottle
of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vege t BILE
Compound, but the
clerk did not want
to let me have it
he said it was no
good and wanted me
to try something
else, but knowing
all about it I in
sisted nd finally
got it. and I am SO
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SHE GOT
WHAT SHE
WANTED
This Woman Had to Insist
Strongly, but it Paid

Chicago, Ill.-"T suffered from a fe.
male weakness and stomach trouble,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-19

passenger station, VIII md their train level
IN the new Grand Central by the force Of
gravity, II a barrel Of water, for instance,
should be upset at, say, one OF the 42d
Street entrances to the terminal it would
keep moving, theoretically, until II reached
the track level Of the suburban trains, the
lowest OF all. The stream would flow
slowly first down gentle incline until II
reached the level Of the main waiting room.
Beyond that It would move along short
ramp between the waiting room and the con.
course, across that and then over the other
ramps to the tracks below. The streams Of
human travel will follow the same course
They Will all move in the same direction
and will be guided automatically IN the
direction they should go They viii move
freely and as swiftly as they may wish, but
under all circumstances they will move
safely. People hurry to get aboard train.
but thhy DO not hurry so much coming from
It. The distance between the street aud the
trains will be the same with either stair.
ways and ramps but 4 man can run up and
down the inclined ways without losing his
breath or his temper lie could not do this
II they were stalrways instead. The sub.
ways will be reached from the train levels
by ramps also. In one or two cases there
are tlights Of steps but these are not abso.
lutely necessary because there are ramps
leading In the same direction. There are
elevators In the terminal, too, but these are
simply an added luxury and convenience
The stairs that show in the picture at
the east end OF the express concourse lead
from the gallery, on the level Of Park Ave.
nue., to the concoursc floor. Passengers ar.
rlylng In vehicles or entering on the gallery
may also use the elevators On the north side
Of the concourse.
TIE WORLDS GREATEST TRAFFIC CENTER
The new Grand Central will be the center
OF the most extensive combination Of pas
senger transportation lines IN tho world
II will connect not only with the subway,
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and the bigger the human river the faster It
will flow. II moves forward without the
least friction. Men cannot run into each
other and get quarrelsome, for they are all
moving In the same way. II man wants
to pick fight he must oyertake someone
ahead Of him. The ramps are so wide that
there is no excuse for people jostlng each
other.
The express concourse Is but six feet lower
than the sidewalks Of 42d Street.-The slope
of the ramps IS almost imperceptlble. The
difference between the level Of the concourse
floor and that Of the express train platforms
Is also so slight that there is almost no
grade at all In the ramps between. This is
partly accounted for by the fact that the
station platforms are raised so they are level
with the floors Of the cars into which the
passengers enter.
A woman with her hands full Of parcels
or luggage cannot pick up her skirts when
she is going downstairs. They drag and
sweep the steps, which Is annoying and dan.
gerous In many ways People will step on
them and stumble, and accidents cannot be
avoided. Going down these inclined ways,
however, there Is little more chance Of fall
Ing when hurrying to catch n train than
there Is when one Is Fastening along level
floor Lots Of people, both men and women,
fall down stairs every year hurrylng to catch
trains. Whenever an accident Of this sort
occurs 1t Is pretty likely to be followed by
suit for damages. A railroad not only
does not want accidents Of any sort, but II
is willing to spend good deal of money to
prevent them and to keep people pleased
The New York Central people believe that
by this system Of inclined ways throughout
their great terminal that they will not only
save money by eliminating accidents, but
will add very materially to the comfort and
pleasure Of their patrons as well.
THE GRAVITY IDEA.
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