The Norman Transcript. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 15, 1906 Page: 2 of 8
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The shorn lamb can seldom raise
the wind.
Her Good Advice.
"I am often asked by friends what
to do for skin troubles such as Ede-
ma. Ringworm and similar afflictions.
1 always recommend Hunts Cure. 1
consider It the surest remedy for Itch-
ing troubles of any character, there
Is made."—Mrs. J. I. Hightower, Pal-
metto, La.
An ungrateful man Is the mennest
thing that crawls.
/U77K& ar'2fa/KSffl7Cyj3Z4Q!%> "JTrc
Taylor's Cherokee ltemedy of Sweet u'um
•nd Mullen is Natures great remedy—Curoe
Coughs, Colds, Croup and Consumption,
and all threat and lung troubles. At drug-
fist*, 26c , Wo. and 11.00 per bo U 1ft.
Give us the spice of life and take
the rest!
The average woman Is willing to
patch up a quarrel with her neighbor
because of the pleasure It affords her
to rip the patch off again.
Leguminous Plants for Swine.
Especially In the corn belt the use
of leguminous plants for swine Is
greatly to be recommended. These
plants act aB a balancer of the ration
that the swine gets most of, that Is,
corn. The man that can raise alfalfa
is fortunate in having a green forage
plant that Is exceedingly rich in pro
teln and thus suited to the building
up of a compact, firm frame. Pigs
fed on a properly balanced ration will
not be weak-boned, but will be able
to withstand many adverse conditions
that would be too much for them If
built upon a carbonaceous ration.
"Pigs in clover" has become a popu-
lar reference and comparison, and, un-
like most popular fancies, it Is based
on real merit. Turn the pigs Into a
clover field and feed them corn In the
barn and they will thrive. They will
develop powerful frames and as breed-
ers will be more prollSc than those
pigs that have never tasted the luxury
of a field of fresh clover. Peas that
are commonly grown in the field are
very suitable for pig feed and are
greedily eaten. The hog fancies green
peas as much as the human being.
When the vines are not too ripe he
will eat the vines as well as the
seeds.
ca&jxsrmo &str jr jazzy
CHAPTER XVIII.—Continued.
Tho woman In peril at the hundn of
these fiends, who respected no one
was Mollie Granger, and she was hlB
Rife.
Straight as the arrow .from the bow
he flew.
In one hand he carried his revolver
—the other held his faithful sabre.
When he burst upon them in this
furious state they would be apt to be-
'leve a hurricane from the mountains
bad struck loose.
Shanks was eager enough to be In
iny action, but he found himself un-
able to maintain the mad pace set by
his commander.
Hence he fell behind.
This irritated the fire-eater intense-
ly, as he urged his horse on, allowing
the led animal to follow us It pleased,
he was mingling oaths at the hard
luck of owning an Inferior mount and
prayers that Colonel John might not
Ilnlsh all of the highway rogues before
his animal brought his attendant on
the scene of action.
As the soldlor bore down on the
spot where the Granger carriage had
been waylaid, ho endeavored to grasp
the full situation.
There was no time to be wasted.
He saw a woman's figure emerge
from the vehicle—it was the squire's
daughter without a doubt, for he
caught her bravo voice as she de-
manded to know the meaning of this
outrage, and then with the vengeance
which her father's position might com-
mand.
How the clear, resonant, fearless
voice thrilled the advancing horse-
man.
John gave no shout to Introduce his
advent on the scene of action.
He rode straight Into them.
The first thing they knew concern-
ing his presence was the sudden de-
tonation of his heavy Colt.
No man knew better how to con-
duct u little campaign like this than
Rldgeway—he had had long experi-
ence In a cavalry dash, and studied
but the flesh was exceedingly weak.
One danced around on a single leg,
another twisted himself up In a knot
and emitted lugubrious howls, while
p. third tried to crawl into the bushes,
rolling over with each yard taken.
Not a particularly nice sight for
any young girl's eyes, but Mollie had
done more or less work in the hos-
pitals, caring for the Confederate
wounded, and in these stirring war
times the sight of blood was no novel
one.
She stood there where her enemies
had left her upon making their hasty
flight, and turned her eyes upon the
figure of the man who had so boldly
come to her rescue.
By the aid of the firelight she saw
his face.
Her own flushed and turned white.
"Again you, Colonel Rldgeway?"
she exclaimed, In her surprise hardly
knowing what she said.
Her tone caused him some embar-
rassment.
"It chances so, Miss Mollie, though
for your sake I would it were some
one else whom fortune had sent to
your relief."
There was a bitterness in his voice
that told her even more than his
words expressed.
Mollie was generous by nature—she
entertained a peculiar relation to
this man—there were many reasons
why she should hate him, and yet—
and yet, she found it harder to do so,
he was so brave, so noble.
"Forgive me—I should be ungra-
cious to say that—I did not mean it.
Again 1 owe my life to you, for such
villains as these would not hesitate
at murder. Believe me, I am indeed
thankful for your presence, Colonel
John."
"Well, It was only right after all
that I should be able to do you a good
turn, seeing that you are out this
night in my Interests."
"Sir, what do you mean?"
"That you came to Atlanta to be a
witness of my meeting with that
Prejudice is only the name for that ;
aversion which a man who lias never |
known anything but prunes Is apt to I
feel toward fresh peaches.
The scarcity of desirable teachers
Is a serious matter in several states.
This Is No Joke.
Hunt's Cure has saved more people
from the "Old Scratch" than any
other known agent, simply because It
makes scratching entirely unneces-
sary. One application relieves any
form of itching skin disease that ever
afflicted mankind. One box guaran-
teed to cure any one case.
Some men own money and some
others are owned by it.
V
and S 1.00.J
af jpoarsz&t&yy wi& .7*7
CURES
Swine Disease
j^Hog Cholera
Send for Circular with Direction!.
Dr. EARL 8. SLOAN, 615Albiny St.,Boston .Mast.
Kill your ducks
don't cripple them. Shoot U. M. C.
duck shells—not others almost as good.
Arrows or Nitro Clubs loaded with any
smokeless powder are hard hitters.
CJ.M.c. mrtriilK« 8 are gasrnntMd, also gtandard
a run w hen L'.M.C- oai tndges are used as tpoci ile<l
label*.
THE UNION METALLIC
CARTRIDGE COMPANY
BRIDGEPORT. CONN.
Apency: 31 3 Broadway. New York
SAVE
HALF
the price. You can t
b«atour buggy Jobs at
any Vice. nere'stns
reafcon: You're deal-
1 ng with tho factory.
30 Days Free Trial, Two Years Guarantee
Remember we make what wessll. We're nota "
order house. Tha fa w hy wo can |rt v e such a guar-
antee. Direct Ralea, direct guarantee, a price un-
equalled and SO day a to make upyourmlnd. Write
for our vehicle catalog and coinn1"** selling plan.
Th# Profrssihrt Vehicle Mfg. Co.. ft. Wayna. Ind.
tho effect of such a burst from
sides. ,
Hence, he did not hesitate to pit his
single arm against the half score of
fierce guerrillas around the carriage,
knowing what an advantage he had
with his ready weapons and his un-
expected advent on the scene.
Besides, there was Shanks.
He was coming, though, at a mad
gallop, with the extra horse at his
heels, and if the clatter of the ani-
mals' hoofs failed to reach the ears o>
the startled guerrillas. Shanks made
up for this deficiency by giving ftf!l
vent to his lungs.
He shouted and roared and swope
until one might easily have beHes*d
a whole troop was coming upon the
scene.
Meanwhile Colonel John was In It.
He had with a word brought his
horse to a halt when he reached the
side of the carriage, and his first
shot was followed by a second and a
third in rapid succession.
His other hand holding the sabre
was not idle, and as tho steel flashed
in circles here, there and yonder, it
soon lost Its brightness.
Men as desperate as these free
lances are not apt to be alarmed at
shadows, but it was very evident to
them they had something tangible
here.
At any rate a spirit of demoraliza-
tion seemed to have come upon them.
Each man began to consider th^
his own life hung in the balance, ami
made up his mind it were a needless
sacrifice to let it be wiped out under
such distressing conditions.
Strange nd yet true that even
such desperate men value their lives
even more than many an honest, up-
right citizen, though quite reckless
and prodigal with reference to the
existenco of others.
Seeing nothing to their advantage
in remaining on the ground, the guer-
rillas broke and ran.
At leaEt that portion of the gang
able to make use of the opportunity
did so.
There were some whom circum-
stances so controlled that they were
unable to accomplish such a result,
no matter how much they might have
■leslred to effect It
Their spirits were willing enough,
woman who claimed to be my wife,"
he said, steadily, resolved to pursue
the subject to the bitter end now that
the opportunity presented itself In
spite of the apparently unpropitious
surroundings.
She seemed overwhelmed with con-
fusion.
"You know—she promised to tell
no one—well, since you have said it,
I admit the fact. I did not want to
be unjust to you—I desired to make
assurance doubly sure."
"Which g<5es to prove, I take it, that
though you called me a hypocrite, you
still had doubts which troubled you. I
am delighted to know John Rldgeway
was at least an object of so much con-
cern to you that you would undertake
this dangerous mission in order to
learn whether he was the guilty
wretch that siren pictured him, or
: Innocent of the charge."
| "It was merely curiosity, sir—noth-
ing else I would have you know," but
i her blushing cheeks belled the words
| very plainly.
"Just so. Miss Mollie. And you re-
turn under the conviction that my
guilt is assured?" \
"I saw—her admit you," scornfully.
"Very true, but I had no idea she
was in that house until I had en-
tered."
"You expect me to believe that,
sir?"
"I expect to bring you proof—I am
determined that this woman shall not
ruin me in your eyes while I have
power to prevent it"
"Indeed!"
"Belle Stevens is the wife of my
cousin Crockett Rldgeway, whom you
know."
'Ails intelligence caused her to
show sisns of deep interest.
"You say you can prove this?"
"Ask him yourself the next time you
meet. Besides, his mother, my aunt,
will tell you so. It was a letter from
her, appealing for assistance that took
me to that house to-night—see, here
it is—read it when you reach home."
"But how did you kr"W—about—
me?"
"I will tell you. Pray, enter your
carriage while Ezekial gets ready to
move on. Those rascalB may take It
into their heads to return or send a
shower of bullets in this direction."
She obeyed him, having the iette?
in her hand.
"Now, tell me quickly how you
learned that I was weak or foolish
enough to take this risk because I
feared I had done you an Injustice,
which I would not do to any man,
even my most hated enemy."
"And I trust you do not look at me
in that light, Miss Mollie."
"No, no, since this is the second
time you have been Instrumental in
saving my poor life. We may be
friend? 1 presume, but that's Is all."
"Friends it is then—I am thankful
for that Bmall favor," he replied.
Then, while the negro was getting
the horses in condition for farther
progress he related how his aunt had
repented her share In the plot, and
Informed him of Its motive.
He did not exactly say that her
change of heart had come about upon
her learning that Mollie Granger was
his wife, but she could infer as much
from the words he used.
Mollie said no more, but Bhe had
been given good grounds for serious
reflection.
She was a girl of more than com-
mon sense, and while her rabid ideas
with regard to sectional differences
bllndud her in some respects, the vail
was slowly but surely being lifted
from her eyes and things were appear-
ing in their natural colors free from
outside Influences.
Only for this deep-rooted dislike for
everything pertaining to the Federal
Government she must have ere now
have become sensibly aware of the
fact that her destiny was wrapped up
with that of the man the fortune of
war had given her as a husband of
convenience.
Indeed, his manly bearing, his gen-
tle consideration for her well being,
and his bravery in time of danger—
all these things combined to arouse
the keenest interest in her heart,
against which she struggled in vain.
Yes, only for that single barrier,
sectional prejudice, Mollie must have
long ere now yielded herself to the
destiny that seemed bearing her on.
She knew it could not last much
longer.
This man was apparently able to
wield the basest of metals into a
weapon for his defense—when ene-
mies laid a pitfall to insnare his feet
he utilized it as a means for climbing
higher in her estimation, her regard.
And he was even now knocking at
the door of her heart, though she still
stubbornly refused to open it and let
him in.
So Mollie's thoughts were a trifle
confused as she rode homeward.
More than once she took a sly look
from the window of the carriage at
the erect figure of the horseman gal-
loping alongside on the right, and
somehow his presence there did much
to assure her of safety—it had even
come to that—she felt she could de-
pend upon the stout arms that had
snatched her from the greedy flames
and just now put her enemies to
flight.
That he wore the hated blue was
his only fault, and this did not ap-
pear so henious as when she stood up
beside him on the night they were
made man and wife in order that ho
might save his life and she her estate.
Did Colonel John appear before her
in a suit of gray, with sentiments cor-
responding to her own, she believed
she could love him truly.
The soldier had replaced his left
arm—none the better for the use to
which it had been put—once more in
its sling. He had entirely forgotten
the fact of his being wounded in the
excitement of battle, and used it quite
freely, for which he might yet pay
dearly—but what matter, since it was
in the service of, love.
Thus the balance of the journey
was made.
They reached the plantation of the
Grangers, the only place near Atlanta
that had, by a pe«uliar combination
of circumstances, escaped at least
partial destruction.
(To be continued.)
WHO SHE WAS
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA E. PINKHAM
And a True Story of How the Vegetable Compound
Had Its Birth and How the "Panic of '73" Caused
it to be Offered for Public Sale in Drug Stores.
This remarkable woman, whose
maiden name was Estes, was born in
Lynn, Mass., February 9th, 1819, com-
ing from a good old Quaker family.
For some years she taught school, and
became known as a woman of an alert
und investigating' mind, an earnest
Bccker after knowledge, and above
all, possessed of a wonderfully sympa-
thetic nature.
In 1843 she married Isaac Pinkham,
a builder and real estate operator, and
their early married life was marked by
prosperity and happiness. They had
four children, three sons and a
daughter.
In those good old fashioned days it
was common for mothers to make
their own home medicines from roots
and herbs, nature's own remedies—
calling in a physician only in specially
urgent cases. By tradition and ex-
perience many of them gained a won-
derful knowledge of the curative prop-
erties of the various roots and herbs.
Mrs. Pinkham took a great interest
in the study of roots and herbs, their
characteristics and power over disease.
She maintained that just as nature so
bountifully provides in the harvest-
fields and orchards vegetable foods of
all kinds; so, if we nut take the pains
to find them, in the roots and herbs
of tho field there are remedies ex-
pressly designed to cure the various
ills and weaknesses of the body, and
it was her pleasure to search these out,
and prepare simple and effective medi-
cines for her own family and friends.
Chief of these was a rare combina-
tion of the choicest medkinal roots
and herbs found best adapted for the
cure of the ills and weaknesses pecu-
liar to the female sex, and Lydia E.Pink-
ham's friends and neighbors learned
that her compound relieved and cured
and it became quite popular among
them.
All this so far was done freely, with-
out money and without price, as a
labor of love.
But in 1873 the financial crisis struck
Lynn. Its length and severity were too
much for the large real estate interests
of the Pinkham family, as this class
of business suffered most from
fearful depression, so when the Centen-
nial year dawned it found their prop-
erty swept away. Some other source
of income had to be found.
At this point Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound was made known
to the world.
The three sons and the daughter,
with their mother, combined forces to
restore the family fortune. ^ They
argued that the medicine which was
so good for their woman friends and
neighbors was equally good for the
women of the whole world.
The Pinkhams had no money, and
little credit. Their first laboratory
was the kitchen, where roots and
herbs were steeped on the stove,
gradually filling a gross of bottles.
Then came the question of selling
it, for always before they had given
it away freely. They hired a job
printer to run off some pamphlets
setting forth the merits of the medi-
cine. now called Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and these were
distributed by the Pinkham sons in
Boston, New York, and Brooklyn.
The wonderful curative properties of
the medicine were, to a great extent,
self-advertising, for whoever used it
recommended it to others, and the de-
mand gradually increased.
In 1877, by combined efforts the fam-
ily had saved enough money to com-
mence newspaper advertising and from
that time the growth and success of
the enterprise were assured, until to-
day Lydia E. Pinkham and her Vege-
table Compound have become house-
hold words everywhere, and many
tons of roots and herbs are used annu-
ally in its manufacture.
Lydia E. Pinkham herself did not
live to see the great success of this
work. She passed to her reward years
&#•, but not till she had provided
means for continuing her work as
effectively as she could have done it
herself.
During lier long and eventful expe-
rience she was ever methodical in her
work and she was always careful to pre-
serve a record of every case th at came to
her attention. The case of every sick
woman who applied to her for advice—
and there were thousands—received
careful study, and the details, includ-
ing symptoms, treatment and results
were recorded for future reference, and
to-day these records, together with
hundreds of thousands made since, are
available to sick women the world
over, and represent a vast collabora-
tion of information regarding the
treatment of woman's ills, which for
authenticity and accuracy can hardly
be equaled in any library in the
world.
With Lydia E. Pinkham worked her
daughter-in-law, the present Mrs.
Pinkham. She was carefully instructed
in all her haid-wou knowledge, and
for years she assisted her in her vast
correspondence.
To her hands naturally fell the
direction of the work when its origina
tor passed away. For nearly twenty-
five years she has continued it, and
nothing in the work shows when the
first Lydia E. Pinkham dropped her
pen, and the present Mrs. Pinkham,
now the mother of a large family, took
it up. With woman assistants, some as
capable as herself, the present Mrs.
Pinkham continues this great work .and
probably from the office of no other
person have so many women been ad-
vised how to regain health. Sick wo-
men, this advice is "Yours for Health'*
freely given if you only write to ask
for it.
Such Is the history of Lvdia E. Pink-
ham's Vegetable Compound; made
from simple roots and herbs ; the one
great medicine for women's ailments,
and the fitting monument to the noble
woman whose name it bears.
9R1CE,
25 Ctis.
Bill Didn't Understand.
He called his old time friend to one
side on VVelton street yesterday and
said:
"Bill, do you remember the time you
called me a fool when I told you I
was thinking of getting married?"
"Yes, Jack; but that's all forgotten
now," said Bill.
"No. it isn't forgotten, Bill "
"But what's the use to bring that
old score up now? I told you I was
sorry I hurt your feelings."
"But you called me a fool, Bill, for
getting married, and 1 think an apol-
ogy "
"Oh, well, I'll apologize again, if
that is what ^'ou want. You were not
a fool; so there, now."
"But you don't understand: I want
to apologize to you!"
"To me?"
"Yes. I WAS a fool."
And they locked arms and disap-
I peared around the corner.—Denve-
I News.
<fT0 CURE THE GRIP/
IN ONE DAY.
Tito HO EQUAL FOR HtjjWiflE
IS GUARANTEED TO CURE
GRIP, BAD COLD, HEADACHE AND NEURALGIA.
I won't sell -Antl-Or1pln« to a dealer who won't Guarantee
It. Call for your MOKEY HACK IP IT BOX'T CURB.
t\ If. Dictncr. a. I*., M&nulaolurcr.SpriiifMicJd, Ho.
The Government of Canada w. l. Douglas
m
The Man on the Steps.
They were going to the matinee.
She was up in her boudoir putting on
finishing touches and he was sitting
impatiently on the front steps.
"George," she called down sweetly,
"just one minute more until I find my
gloves."
Fifteen minutes passed.
"George," came from above, "wait
another second. I've lost my pin."
Twenty minutes slipped by.
"George," she continued, "don't go.
One moment. A button just jumped
off my shoe."
Long silence. Then George calls
wearily:
"Hurry a little, Ethel. If you get
down in another five minutes we can
make the evening performance. Mat-
. lor-* *30!"
Gives absolutely
FREE to every
settler one hun-
dred end sixty
acres of land in
Western Canada.
Land adjoining this can be purchased
from railway and land companies at from
$6 to $10 per acre.
On this land this year has been produced
upwards of twenty-live bushels of wheat to
the acre.
It is also the best of grazing land and for
mixed farming it has no superior on the
continent.
Splendid climate, low taxes, railways
convenient, schools aud churches close at
hand.
Write for "Twentieth Century Canada"
and low railway rates to Superintendent of
Immigration, Ottawa, Canada; or to
authorized Canadian Government Agent—
J. S. Crawford, No. 125 W. Ninth Street,
Kanaka City, Missouri.
(Mention this DUDcr.l
®3 = & *3 = S H O E S MtN
W. L. Douglas $4.00 Cilt Edge Lino
cannot be equalled atany price.
^.WOOUGH
,• SHOES
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TORONTO. CAM. BOJTON.f1AiJ.UlA
jy-t. domglis makes & sells more
SrVU 2 V. StfJL' E S than amy other
manufacturer in the worlo.
CI f| finn REWARD to anyone who can
OIUjUuU disprove this statement.
If I could tuke yoa into mv three large tactorie*
at Brockton, Musts., and show you the infinite
care with which every pair of shoes Is made, you
would reullze why W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes
cost more to make, why they hold their shape,
fit better, wear longer, und ore of greater
Intrinsic value than any other $3.50 shoe.
Vi. JL. OoufjtuB Strong Mado Shuns for
Men, S2.BO, $2.00. Boys' Scfraoi &
tJrcas Shotsn, $2.BO, $2,'$1.76, $1.6(1
, CAUTION. —Insist upon han-m W.L.Dou#-
lns shoes. Take no substitute. None genuine
without his name and prieo stamped on bottom.
Fast Color Cu-lvln used; theu will nut wear brasty.
Writofor Illustrated Catalog.
W. Lm DOUGLAS, lirockton. Mass.
W.N.U., Oklahoma City, No. 11, 1903.
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