The Knox County News (Knox City, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, June 26, 1908 Page: 6 of 8
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' After suffering for seven years,
this woman was restored to health
by Lydla E. Pinkliam's Vegetable
Compound* Bead her letter*
Mrs. Sallie French, of Paucaunla,
Ind. Ter., writes to Mrs. Finkham:
" I had female troubles for «even
years—was all run-down, and so ner-
vous I could not do anything. The
doctors treated me for different troubles
but did me no good. While in this con*
dition I wrote to Mrs. Pinkham for ad-
vice and took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound, and I am now strong
and well."
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For
ham's . -w
from root and herbs,
standard remedy for female ills.
f.nri has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
„__o Jndi^es-
tion,dizziness,or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it ?
Don't hesitate to write to Mrs.
uuuvnimiui bmw • • J™" yOUT
letter ineonfldence and advise you
free. No woman ever regretted
writing her, and because of her
vast experience she has helped
thousands. Address, Lynn, Mass.
One sf Bill Nye's.
Referring to a real estate transao
tion made by one Peter Minuit, way
back in the year 1628. Bill Nye, in his
history of the United States, declared:
"New York was afterwards sold for
$24; the whole island. When I think
of this I go into my family gallery,
which I also Use as a swear room, and
tell those ancestors what I think of
them. Where were they when New
York sold for $24?"
The humor of this strikes deeply
when one stops to consider what has
been the outcome of this original in-
vestment. Peter Minuit, with trinkets
and a few bottles of rum, so delighted
the native Indians that they gladly
turned over to him the whole of Man-
hattan island, now the heart of
Greater New York.—"New York, the
Giant City," National Magazine.
The Perennial.
According to the Atlanta Constitu-
tion, a Georgia farmer posted this
Sign on his front gate:
"Candidates will pass on. No time
to talk to 'em."
One morning his little boy shouted
from the garden walk:
"There's one o* them canderdates
here, an' he says he'll come in any-
how!"
The old man looked toward the
gate and said:
"Let him in. There's no harm in
him. I know him. He's been runnin'
ever sence the war—jest to be a-run-
nin'. It runs in his blood an' he can't
help It!"
FULLY N0URI8HE0
Grape-Nuts a Perfectly Balanced
Food.
No chemist's analysis of Grape-Nuts
can begin to show the real value of
<the food—the practical value as shown
by personal experience.
It is a food that is perfectly bal-
anced, supplies the needed elements
of brain and nerves in all stages of
life from the infant, through the stren-
uous times of active middle life, and
Is a comfort and support in old age.
"For two years I have used Grape-
Nuts with milk and a little cream, for
breakfast. I am comfortably hungry
for my dinner at noon.
"I use little meat, plenty of vege-
tables and fruit in season, for the
noon meal, and if tired at tea time,
take Grape-Nuts alone and feel perfect-
ly nourished.
"Nerve and brain power, and mem-
ory are much improved since using
Grape-Nuts. I am over sixty and weigh
155 lbs. My son and huBband seeing
how I have improved, are now using
Grape-Nuts.
"My son, who is a traveling man,
eats nothing for breakfast but Grape-
Nuts and a glass of milk. An aunt,
over 70, seems fully nourished on
Grape-Nuts and cream." "There's a
Reason."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Jtflch. Read "The Road to Well-
▼uis/mpkn.
Bver read the above letter? A new
ens appears from time to time. They
are genuine, trust and fifll of human
HERMIT
HUGHES
(Copyright.)
Probably there was never in the
world a more solitary man than Dickie
Fergusson. It was not that he had
no friends. The fact that he was al-
ways known as Dickie, and that most
of his acquaintances had forgotten
what his surname was (if they ever
knew it) is sufficient to prove that he
was not solitary in that sense. He
knew scores of men—women he
rather looked down upon—and they
all liked him. Yet he never seemed
altogether at ease in their presence.
He had a distinct dread of display-
ing anything that might suggest senti-
ment, and yet, if the truth were
known, he was perhaps as sentimental
a fellow as any healthy Englishman
that ever lived. Nature had made
him one of the best companions pos-
sible, and habit, which had almost be-
come second nature, tried hard to
make him a hermit. And, on the
whole, it succeeded.
Dickie lived in a castle on the
Neckar. It commanded a very fine
view, but it was not in itself a pic-
turesque castle. He had found It by
chance during one of the lonely rides
which he was wont to take from
Heidelberg, on his motor-tricycle. Be-
fore he had found the castle he had
seldom stayed long in one place. Pos-
sessed of Independent means, he was
accustomed to saying that his father
had done him one bad turn by help-
ing him into the world, and one good
one by providing him with enough to
live upon until he was comfortably
out of it He spent the best part of
his time in traveling. The occupant
of the castle was a baron whose dis-
tressed circumstances had Induced
him to let Dickie a suite of four
rooms on the second floor. His ar-
rangements were that he should ap-
pear at meal-times and take his food
with the baron and baroness, but at
all other times he was to be left to
himself. The baron allowed him to
play the hermit to his heart's content,
and for some weeks Dickie declared
himself as happy as a king with his
gun, his motor, his camera, and his
supply of books and magazines.
So things went very well until one
day the baron, who liked Dickie, and
was a little perturbed at his eccen-
tricities, announced at lunch that he
intended to have some more guests.
Dickie protested strongly.
The baron looked amused and
waved his hand with the air of one
who, having lived long and seen
much, is well able to select or reject
in a matter of comfort.
Dickie became a trifle apologetic.
"Well," he protested, "a throng of
visitors means noise."
"I shall have, as hitherto, the great-
est possible care for your sensitive,
nerves," said the baron with a dry
smile.
"I think 111 take a holiday till the
hurricane blows over," said Dickie.
"Why not wait and see?" asked the.
baron. "Perhaps they won't be so*
bad after all."
In point of fact, the baron had se-
lected his guests with some skill. He
had no Intention of opening his house
to anyone who might turn up. Of the
eight members of the party, two were
personal friends of his, and the rest
were friends of these.
Dickie awaited their arrival gazing
savagely from the window of his sit-
ting-room. There were two Germans,
five Americans, and one Englishman.
Four of the Amerloans were of the fair
sex, and. these constituted the fem-
inine element of the party. The baron
had not led Dickie to expect any fem-
inine element, so their advent excited
little emotion in his breast other than
that of fierce resentment until he
caught Bight of the last figure in the
group. It was one of the American
glrlB; but it was not the girl herself
that attracted Dickie's attention. Be-
hind her, towed by a lead, flickered a
white fox-terrier puppy.
Now Dickie had no dog of his own
and he wanted one. He was, more-
over, particularly keen on having a
fox-terrier. Accordingly, he deter-
mined to make friends with it even
if that entailed making friends with
its mistress.
And so It happened that when the
Crowd—that was the name by which
they called themselves—came in to
dinner that evening, they found Dickie
ready to make himself completely
agreable. He laughed and jested and
told anecdotes, and finally Invited the
lot of them, dog and all, to his rooms.
He accompanied them on their pic-
nics, photographed theih, gave them
the run of his books; opened his
rooms to them. And he undertook the
training of the dbfc, Bobs.
Bobs was á thoroughbred, with nd
markings excepting two brown and
When he arrived at the castle he was
entirely uneducated, but under Dickie's
tuition he rapidly picked up the rud*
ments of canine politeness. After a
week or two he would answer to his
name, l|e down, or come to heel; and
he was beginning to take quite a prom-
ising interest in rat-hples. Then be
mastered the intricacies of sitting up
on his hind legs with a lump of sugar
balanced upon his nsse until he was
assured that it was paid for. After
that, he went on to the "dead dog"
feat, and finally he learned to talk.
Bobs had, in fact, been cleverer than
even he. thought himself. Without
knowing it, he had awakened in
Dickie an interest—half-suppressed, it
is true—in that mystery, the heart of
a woman.
By degrees Dickie began to realize
that he rather llkad this American
girl. He was, of course, not in love
with her. No notion, despite the fact
that he himself suggested it, could be
d|ore preposterous. It was, he tried
to convince himself, her sense of hu-
mor that appealed to him.
They became the best of friends,
and Dickie—Dickie who hated senti-
ment-*-began to be in mortal fear of
showing it. He would even withhold
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from her the ordinary civilities which
are every woman's due rather than let
her think she had the least power to
influence him.
At length the day came for the
Crowd to depart. Dickie accompanied
them to the station, and as the train
came in the American girl handed
Bobs to him.
, "You'll get more fun out of him
ihan I shall," she said. "Besides, he's
more your dog than mine, anyway.
You've taught him all the stunts he
knows, and he won't do them for
me."
So Dickie and Bobs returned to the
castle together, and there was a pair
of hermits.
Months sped by; and Dickie drifted
along the solitary stream of his ex-
istence. To his friends he appeared
the same as heretofore. Only the
baron, who saw him constantly, no-
ticed that his intervals of unrest be-
came more frequent and of longer
duration. He was often' absent from
the castle for five days or a week at
a time, and once he took a flying
visit to America which lasted three
months. On his return he told the
baron of his travels, and explained
with Insistent elaboration, that he
had gone to the cotton country be-
cause he had heard that the scenery
there was excellent for camera work.
The event, he said, had proved dis-
appointing. He had taken very few
good photographs. The baron listened
with intelligent Interest, but inwardly
he smiled, for he knew that the Amer-
ican girl dwelt "down south." And
suspecting other things he felt a lit-
tle sorry for Dickie.
The Hermit, however, settled down
once more into the old groove, and
months again sped by until on a cer-
tain day he received a letter from one
of the members of the Crowd. It told
him ot the marriage of Bob's mis-
tress.
Dickie dropped the letter, strode to
the window, and looked out. He could
not have explained exactly why he did
it, except, perhaps, that he recalled
the occasion on which he had first
seen her with Bobs zigzagging behind.
He gazed for a long, long time upon
the fields and orchards that stretched
below him, and then threw himself
with a sigh on a low couch.
Bobs heard the sigh, and with ears
thrust forward he peered into his
master's face. There was no response,
and the dog scrambled up to his
knees. Dickie pushed him away and
set his teeth together as one who suf-
fers physical pain. Bobs was puzzled.
A situation in which his attentions
were altogether undesirable was new
to him. It was not, indeed, within
the limits of possibility. Doubtless
he had gone to work In the wrong
way.
Dickie stared with eyes that saw
across two continents and an ocean,
and Bobs had no place in his line of
vision. The dog pondered awhile,
and then decided to play his last
and best card. Looking wistfully up
at his master he opened his mouth,
and made, with an effort, the sound
that was neither a bark nor a growl.
It was successful.
In a flash Dickie's thoughts had re-
traveled those thousands of miles, and
they were back again in the sitting-
room at the castlé. Bobs sprang upon
him and tried to lick his nose. A
smile of satisfaction lit the man's face,
a smile of companionship.
"Speak, Bobs, old man!" he said.
Speak, Bobs!"
Seizing the Opportunity.
A little girl and her aunt went for
a walk the other day, and as they
walked the aunt caught her skirt on
the sharp edge of her shoe heel, and
tore off several inches of lace.
"Will you tear it off for me, dear?"
she asked. "I cannot mend it now."
The accommodating little girl
dropped on her knee, and for several
minutes there was a sound of tear-
ing—really much more tearing than
was necessary to remove a piece of
lace several inches wide.
"Haven't you finished yet?" finally
asked the aunt.
"Yes," said the little girl, rising,
wearily. "I was taking all this off. I
wanted enough for my doll's skirt
while I was about it, and the little
bit you tore off wasn't enough."—Il-
lustrated iBts.
Royal Musicians.
Among European royalties there are
quite a number of composers and;
clever musicians. King Peter of
Servia, who once gave piano lessons^
is the composer of the "Servian Na-
tional Battle Song." The Archduke
Friedrich of Austria has a weakness
for composing love songs, and, in ad-
dition, plays no fewer than five in-
struments, while Grand Duke Michael
of Russia believes in being quite up-
to-date, and has just isBued his latest
work, "The Influenza March." Prince
Joachim Albert of Prussia is fond of
waltzes and comic songs, and has
written several of each, while Prince
Nicholas of Greece, who plays the
flute, has composed a symphony for
pipes. Princess Henry of Battenberg
has written many songs and pieces for
the piano.—Tit-Bits.
Division of Labor.
"What do you want here?" asked
the warden of the penitentiary.
"I should like to spend a few days
in this institution," said the caller.
"What for?"
"I wish to see how the Inmates
live."
"What is your object in that? Are
you writing a book?"
"Not at all."
"Detective story?"
"Nothing of the sort."
"Story for the Sunday papers?"
"No, sir."
The warden reflected.
"I suppose," he said, "you are
what they call a sociologist?"
"No, sir," said the caller. "But my
brother is. All I do is to study
the conditions. He formulates the
theories."
8erves as Fly Paper.
Flies are said to hate mignonette,
and a few of these fragrant plants in
a room will answer all the purposes of
fly paper and be much less objectiodV
able in every way. Seeds may be
sown early in the spring, and plants
for every room in the house obtained
at a very small expenditure.
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A Look Ahead.
The safe and sane Fourth of July
had come.
"But how are the boys observing the
day?" asked the foreigner, who had
just landed. "I don't see any about."
"The boys?" said the native. "The
last of 'em, sir, were all killed off one
year ago to-day, and the new crop
hasn't come on ypt."
; ■ Marveling at Ihfe * change times had
I [brought about, the stranger followed
, 'The crowd to the ball park, where the
real celebration waS ta "progress.
Hard Lines.
Buncum—I see by the papers that
you have made an assignment for the
benefit of your creditors.
Skinner—Yes; my affairs are in a
bad way. I won't be able to pay a
shilling in the pound.
Buncum—You're a lucky dog. Why,
when I failed two years ago I had so
much property that I had to pay half-
a-sov. in every quid;
YOU'RE TOO THIN,
Even Slight Catarrhal Derangementi
of the Stomach Produce Acid Fer-
mentation of the Food.
Ifs Stomach Catarrh
Some people are thin and always re-
main thin, from temperamental rea-
sons. Probably in such oases nothing
can be done to ehange this personal
peculiarity.
But there are a large number of peo-
ple who get tnin, or remain thin, who
naturally would be plump and fleshy
but for some digestive derangement.
Thin people lack in adipose tissue.
Adipose tissue is chiefly composed of
fat.
Fat is derived from the oily constit-
uents of food.
The fat-making foods are called by
the physiologist, hydrocarbons. This
elass of foods are not digested in the
stomach at all. They are digested in
the duodenum, the division of the ali-
mentary canal just below the stomach.
The digestion of fat Is mainly, If not
wholly, the work of the pancreatio
juioe. This juice is of alkaline reac-
tion, and is rendered inert by the addi-
tion of aold. A hyperacidity of the
digestive fluids of the stomach passing
down into the duodenum, destroys
the pancreatio fluid for digestive pur-
poses. Therefore, the fats aro not di-
gested or emulsified, and the system la
deprived of its due proportion of oily
constituents. Hence, the patient grows
thin.
The beginning of the trouble is a ca-
tarrhal oonditlon of the stomaoh which
causes hyperacidity of the gastrlo
juices. This hyperaoldity is caused by
fermentation ot food In the stomach.
When the food is taken into the stom-
aoh, if the process of digestion does
not begin immediately, acid fermenta-
tion will take place. This creates a
hyperaoldity of the stomach juices
whloh in their turn prevent the pan-
creatio digestion of the oils, and the
emaciation results.
A dose of Peruna before each meal
hastens the stomaoh digestion. By
hurrying digestion, Peruna prevents
fermentation of the contents of the
stomaoh, and the pancreatic juice is thus
preserved in its normal state. It then
only remains for the patient to eat a
sufficient amount of fat-forming foods,
and the thinness disappears andplnmp-
noss takes its place.
Peace for Once.
"I tell you, Judson is a slick chap,"
laughed Silas Ryetop. "He took his
wife to Washington and kept her In
the congressional library four hours."
"What did he do that for?" asked
Hiram Hardapple.
"Why, begosh, they fine you if you
talk in that building, and for four
hours she didn't speak a word."
It Cures While You Wslk.
Allen's Foot-Ease is a certain cure for
hot, sweating, callous, and swollen, aching
feet. Sold by all Druggists. Price 26c. Don't
accept any substitute. Trial package FRBfi.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
Innocence is better than repent-
ance; an unsullied life is better than
pardon.—Scholes.
TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA
_ AND BUILD up the system.
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CHILL TONIC. You know what yon are takln*.
The formula l« plainly printed an erery bottle,
•bowing It Ualmply Quinine and Icon in a tasteless
form, and the mo t effectual form. For grown
people and children. SOo.
Many a man who knows himself
hasn't any cause to boast of the ac-
quaintance.
Hicks' Capudlne Cures Women.
Periodic pains, backache, nervousness
and headache relieved immediately and
assists nature. Prescribed by physicians
with best results. Trial bottle 10c. Regular
size 25c and 50c at all druggists.
A man's enemies anxiously await an
opportunity to meet his widow.
Mrs. Wlnalow's Soothing Syrnp.
for children teething, softens the gnras, reduce* In-
flammation, allays pain, cares wind coUo. 25c a bottle.
Some farmers are smaller potatoes
than they raise.
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Atterbury, E. B. The Knox County News (Knox City, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, June 26, 1908, newspaper, June 26, 1908; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth178944/m1/6/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.