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Show v,btue of. peat baths. Lcvery Made by Poor Peasant The tbs , on the Coast of Finistere. discovery of the value of peal was made accidentally many 1 I g CO. lived an the coast of Finistere there The family. . a poor very one time eked out a scanty ther of the family cattle and di. by killing aged "dog them of their skins. The he sold, to tanners and refiners. which Of the three children to this couple one was a poor ature delicate and wretched, and The mother marently half witted. that this of offspring ashamed so a to have the child he could not bear a her sight. Consequently he spent most of his and badly fed. roll-pime half clothed bogs which were in the peat about eblnd the cottage. Little by little it was noticed that in health, ie child was improving aat his skin was becoming as fair his eyes bright nd Soft as a peach, of a nd his spirits and actions those half-ittoof a Instead boy irong, healthy little animal. The old country physician on one noticed the Improved f his rounds ondition of the boy and mentioned iat fact and the cause at a medical inference in Paris. New York Her- JOHN BURT f KIJnapped Millionaires,'' CoPYBUiHT, Fbidsuick 1003. BY Ui'uam Adams By FREDERICK UPliAM ADAMS Colonel Monroe's Doctrine, All rights reserved COPYKKJHT, 3. Etc. 1003. BT l)Kim UIDDLS re-ai- CHAPTER EIGHT Continued. When the launch approached, Arthur Morris was seen in the bow. There were several richly dressed young women in the party. John Burt saw at a glance that Morris and some of his companions were under the influence of liquor. Jessie guessed as much, and her suspicions became a certainty when Morris stepped unsteadily to the landing and came toward her, a vacant smile mantling his face. "A thousand pardons, Miss Carden, he said, his voice husky and his body very erect, but wavering. "A thousand pardons! Detention unavoidable, assure you un'void'ble detention, assure you! 'Sail right, though; sail right now. Allow me, Miss Carden, and he stepped forward to offer his arm. John Burt remained by Jessie's side. Do not dare to speak to me, 3lr! cried Jessie, shame and anger driving the crimson to her face. Dont let hint come near me, John!" she exclaimed, clinging to Burts stalwart arm. Stand back, Morris! said John in a low, c lear tone, a glitter in bis dark gray eyes. "You are in no condition, sir, to meet Miss Carden. The flashily-dresseof throng guests was grouped behind Arthur One of the young women Morris. grasped Arthur Morris bv the lapel of the coat. Come on, you fool! she said with a vindictive little laugh. Dont you see you're not wanted?" She turned him half round and Kingsley grabbed him by the arm. Come along, commodore, said that You are in the wrong young blood. pew, commodore! Cheer up, sad sea dog; we may be happy yet! And with laughter and taunts the guests of the Voltaire led the yachts befuddled owner along the pier into the grove. d g . d What Everybody Says. Ky., April 3rd. (Spe-!.I suffered for years with my back," says Mr. J. M. Coleman, a.wel taown resident of this place. "Then jl used Dodds Kidney Pills and I bavg Pain 8lnce' My llttle glrl not felt She used Icomplalned of her back. Inbout f box of Dodds Kidney pills and she is sound and well. It is thousands of statements like the above that show Dodds Kidney Pills to be the one cure for Backache or any other symptom of deranged For Backache is simply a kidneys. the that Kidneys need hc'p. sign Dodd's Kidney Pills always cure Backache. They also always cure Brights Disease, Diabetes, Dropsy, Bladder and Urinary Rheumatism, These Troubles and Heart Disease. are more advanced stages of kidney Cure your Backache with disease. Dodds Kidney Pills and you need never fear them. ) Jamboree, d one-hal- HYMNS OF sle! If some day I have an honest In return, I shall do so, making no claim on our old friendship. May I love you that right to ask your love way? Say that 1 may, Jessie!" I I want you to love me, John, but please dont, speak of It again, John! said Jessie, raising her eyes glistening with tear?. "I mean not to speak of It for years, John. I have not thought of love; at least, I I dont think I have! Please, John, promise me that you will not say anything more about It until things are different. Will you promise?" John Burt's face was radiant as he made the promise. The sail was raised, and they started back toward the grove. John helped Jessie to tho landing, and turned to see Sam Rounds running toward them. Excuse me" said he breathlessly He I want you, John! to Jessie. drew John aside. "Arthur Morris and his friends are drunk in the hotel, he said excitedly. "He says hes go1 ing to kill you, and he's Insulted Miss Carden half a dozen times." John's teeth were set and his hands clenched, but his voice was calm as he turned to Jessie. I must go to the hotel for a few minutes. I'll meet you and Sam later. he said. Youll excuse me, won't you. Jessie?" Oh, John, for my sake den get Into trouble!" pleaded Jessie, who guessed something of the truth. John walked hurriedly away. Entering the hotel, he say Arthur Morris and five of his male companions seated around a table loaded with champagne bottles and glasses. John stood unobserved In the deep-terln- g the hotel.he saw Arthur Morris was attempting to sing, hammering on the table with a cane to beat time. "You're a fine Lothario, commodore!" said Kingsley, as he slowly . A HIGH NUMBEE. Rule Prevails In the English Church at Monte Carlo. A curious fact anent the service held In the English church at Monte Carlo is that no hymn under thirty seven It ever sung there. The reason for this may not be generally known. It is, as follows: A member of the congregation, a certain English peer, once went to he rooms on Sunday, Immediately after the morning service, and put the maxraum on thirty-twthe number of the last hymn. It turned up, snd the was widely Inspiration talked about, as such things are in the frivolous society of the principality. The next Sunday the little church yas crowded and the last hymn being a low number, an unseemly rush the rooms took plAce directly It was the announced. Curiously enough, , YS JTO?i3 LAY Dumber again turned up and the bank jvxwty czkwjTs was badly hit. On the following Sunday the church Jessie shed tears of vexation, but would not hold all the worshipers.' dried her eyes. She turned to anger but their Intent was frustrated, as a wistful little smile on her with John all the hymns were off the board" lips. snd have been so ever since. "Take me out in your boat, John," said. Lots get as far as we can she Market for Yankee Notion. dread'ul people." those front The Chinese are turning to small a few minutes the Stnndlsh bobIn foreign novelties and notions, such ai at the landing, and Jessie mall band mirrors, belt buckles, bed saucily on board. The wind had stepped combs, hair brushes, beads of many filled the sail when Morris verietles, and glass novelties gener- scarcely came running down the pier. He stopally. Tbe goods of this sort they buy saw the pair in the boat, are cheap and generally gaudy and ped at he and glared at them as they glided poor. away, brute rage showing in every feature of his flushed face. His CHILDREN AFFECTED. friends followed and led him back. Little was said between the two By Mother's Food and Drink. as the boat moved sw iftly along. Each Many babies havt been launched Into was busy with thoughts, and both Ilf with constitutions weakened by seemed under the spell of threatened disease taken in with their mother's trouble. John pointed the boat for Inmilk. Mothers cannot be too careful Minots Light, and having passed as to the food they use while nurstng side followed the rocky shore, avoidtbelr babes. Tbe experience of a the reefs and shoals, which were Kansas City mother Is a case In ing to him as an open book. Point: Tell me a story. John, or any"1 was a great coffee drinker from thing! Were both awfully stupid toa child, and thought I could not eat a Dont you think so?" meal w Ithout It. But I found at last It day. tell you a secret two I will aas doing me harm. For years I bad said John, gravely. been troubled with dizziness, spots le secrets." me secrets If you wish tell "Don't fore my eyes and pain In my heart, Jessie. Im hi which was added two years ago, a them kept, John laughed chronic sour stomach. The baby waa a regular You will keep these secrets-- at horn 7 months ago, and almost from John. Im the beginning, It, too, suffered from least, one of them. replied score first the Thats our stomach. She was taking It going away. Jessie. echoed "doing away? from me! John? Where, "In tny distress 1 consulted a friend Out West to California. more experience than mine, and he told me to doing, to leave Harvard? doing quit coffee, that coffee Surely youre joking. did not make good milk, 1 have since to California? The mean, John. this does What ascertained that It really dries up the now. w as aerlouj little face milk. Jessie. "Tlmt Is the second secret. "So. I quit coffee, snd tried tea and snd n voice his In thnt was t last rocoa. But There they did not agree by his girl the l'h me. Then I turned to Fostum his eyes which thrilled openeyes brown soft Coffee with the his met happiest results. It aide. Jessies as they proved to be the very thing I needed. ed wide, then dropped It not only agreed perfectly with baby f "V 'outgoing away. Jessie, because nd myself, but It Increased the flow cr my milk. My husband then quit lltt'lc hand became Imprisoned Coee and used Fostum, quickly got 'll of the dyspepsia with which he dam bad been troubled, I no longer suffer In a dream to Hi" words whbh botu the dizziness, blind spells, pain nred for lu r love. a J0 ln my heart or sour stontHch. Foul-unto me, Jessie list "1 Istmt n commanding has cured them. me'" Ills voice was ou I do not "Now we all drink Fostum from my sexiness. do no, to my seven months old love me now. ' It. my be has proved to bo tho best promise to j':,liy. Knw drink we have ever used. We "Id not give up I'ostutn for the best i Cnffon we ever thank. Name given n.lur ihan by l'ostum Co, Rattle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Oet the Ill'll hook The Road t o ell lllo In t neh llllU " n food pkg. Curious tell-tale!- M . J.!' i 1 hu-ha- ;5i ven. - - filled his glass. After all your boasts you let a yokel cut you out, shake his fist in your face, and sail away with the fair maiden! Your amours weary John, as scon as ye can!1 whispreeri Sam. John hung back defiantly. Come on, John, Jessies waitin for ' ye! At the sound of Jessies name a wave of agopy swept over John Burt. With a glance at the motionless form of Morris, he turned and followed Sam Rounds. No hand was raised to stop him. The witnesses of the tragedy, held in a spell, had eyes for naught but its victim. Jessie ran forward to meet him, her face white with fear. Oh, what has happened, John? What has happened? Her voice trembled and her lips parted with a vague terror. "Are you shot? Are you hurt, John? Oh, tell me, John! Im not hurt, darling, said John, looking into the uplifted eyes. Something has happened, and we must leave at once. I will tell you about It on the way home." . By a stern effort John Burt mastered his emotions and calmly told Jessie what had happened. He said no word of the shameful Insults In which her name had been bandied in a public drinking place. He explained that a quarrel had arisen, during which Morris had been shot with his own weapon. Jessie listened breathlessly. It had grown so dark that John could not see her face, but there was a tremor In her voice when she asked: Will he die, John? I fear so," replied John, It might have been imagination, but he thought that Jessie shuddered and drew away from him. They heard the rapid beat of hoofs behind them and she clutched his arm. Out of the darkness a horse, madly ridden, dashed forward, and was pulled back on his haunches by the side of the carriage. A face peered In the homely but welcome face of Sam Rounds. Drive on as fast as ye can, John," Ive thrown em off gasped Sam. the scent. I ran the Standlsh out inter the bay, set 'er tiller an let 'er go, an come back an told em you had given em the slip that way. Pretty slick, eh? You bet none o them dudes can get the best of Sam Rounds! Git up! Sam gave the horses a cut of the whip which sent them dashing down the road. A few minutes later they reached the Bishop farmhouse. Sam held the excited horses while John helped Jessie to alight. Jump on my horse and git! said Sam in a whisper. John drew Jessie to the shadow of a maple and held her hands In his. Jessie, I am innocent, but the world will hold me responsible for the death of that blackguard. Sweetheart, I had dreamed of bridging the I had faith that gulf between us. some lucky star would smile on my ambitions; that my youth and health would one day make me worthy of the grandest gift God gives to man the love of the woman he worships! That hope is not dead, but It has gone far from me. 1 must endure either Imprisonment and disgrace at home or exile abroad. I can face, either, Jessie, If I have the support of your friendship, and the knowledge that you hold me guiltless. Can you give me them, sweetheart? Both, John," said Jessie, softly. 1 I shall pray for your success. Go now. John! Take Sam's advice and There were dear! mine. Good-bye- , tears In the sweet voice. Will you kiss me, Jessie? (To be continued.) me!" Hold your tongue. Kingsley!" growled Morris. "Youll sing a different tune a few weeks from now. As for this fellow, Burt, Ill horsewhip him the first time I meet him! You need not worry about my success with the Carden. Ill wager you that In less than a car i will John Burt glided across the room, grasped him by the shoulders, dragged him from the chair, and with a grip of Iron shook him as a dog does a rat. Ills wineglass fell with a crash to the floor. "Another word, you drunken Insult-e- r of women, and I will beat your head to a pulp!" Morris' guests threw themselves between the two men, and John relaxed his grasp on Morris' neck. Dazed for the moment, Morris recovered himself, and his face became distorted with rage. Seizing a heavy bottle, ho hurled It at Johns head. The bottle missed Its mark and crashed through a mirror. Reaching Into his pocket with a quickness wonderful In his condition, he drew a revolver, nnd before any one could Interfere fired polntblnnk at John Hurt, wbo was not three yards away. Like a panther. Burt leaped under tho leveled arm. A serond shot struck tho celling. In a writhing, struggling chairs and mass, amid overturned tables, and tho flight or panic stricken spectators, both men lurched heavily to the floor, John nurt uppermost. As they fell, a third shot was fired, tho rejiort being muffled as the shell ex ploded within their close embrace. Tbe smoking weapon fell to tho floor from the nerveless grasp of Ar thur Morris. John Burt seized It and thrust It Into his pocket, but the pre Morris lay caution was unnecessary. on the sanded flisir of the Inn, stark snd deathlike, a frown upon his face. On tho white flannel shirt above his benrt was an ominous smear of red slowly widening In a circle with each respiration, before the eyes of tbe men who bent over him. A froth t iimed with blood (sized and bubbled from his mouth. HEALTH CAMP FOR CONSUMPTIVES Worthy Enterprise Established in Southern California So Arranged That Patients May Be Self-Supportin- g. A New York paper publishes an account of a successful effort recently made by Mr. N. O. Nelson, In Southern California, to provide for the poorer classes. Mr. Nelson has established at Indio, In SouUiern California, what he calls a health camp for consumptives. We quote the following deenterprise scription of this worthy with the hope that it may encourage others to do likewise; for certainly no more beneficent work can be undertaken by anyone: The camp Is located In a desert valley, cut off from the ocean by the mountains. There Is no rain, no fog, no clouds. The winter days are all warm, tbe nights Comparatively , patlons where the worker Is much exposed to the Inhalation of various kinds of dust, have rendered them particularly liable to consumption. Let every one take courage and live above tuberculosis. If you are already suffering from It strive to rise above it. Avoid alcoholic beverages, condiments, pastries, tea and coffee, Live out of doors, provide fresh air for your bed room, study the laws of your body and return to the natural way of living. cold. The camp was established In December, 1902, to provide In part for tbe large number of consumptives and other Invalids who go to Southern California. Most of the Invalids have little means; they can not afford expensive sanitariums, and are not wanted by hotels and boarding houses. To meet the requirements of such patients. Mr. Nelson bought one hunacres of land addred and twenty-fivjoining the Indio depot. This tract he has Improved by sinking artesian wells, and by putting most of the land under cultivation. In order to give convalescents something to do, "Tents., with all necessary equipment for sleeping and taking meals, have been set up. I,and and water are free to those who have their own outfit. A small rental for tents Is made to those who can not pay, and where necessary, board Is given them. All expenses need not be more than from $2.50 to $4.00 a week. Work is provided for those who are able to do It, so that their care does not become a burden on the camp. "The camp Is situated In the midst of a sandy valley one hundred miles long and three to ten miles wide. The mountains on each side rise by degrees to four thousand and five thousand feet high. In some places in the foothills there are springs- - and vegetation. In the valleys most of the land has been taken up In the past few years. The crops of melons and vegetables are early and bring high prices. From $100 to $200 an acre Is an ordinary yield. Alfalfa hay Is cut ten times a year, giving twelve to fifteen tons an acre. "When the campers get well enough to work, they buy or lease a few acre. They can either buy the land on the Instalment plan, or lease It on shares for such length of time as desired. e Alcohol and Tuberculosis. ' Dr. S. A. Knopf, the eminent New York physician who has given a great deal of attention to the subject of tuberculosis, took occasion not long since In a scientific paper to condemn the popular notion that alcohol Is a He says: remedy for consumption. "There Is an idea that alcohol Is a remedy or even a specific remedy for There has never been consumption. a greater mistake made. Alcohol has never cured and never will cure tuberculosis. It will either prevent or d It Is like a retard recovery. weapon; on one side It poisons the system, and on the other side It ruins the stomach nnd thus prevents this organ from properly digesting the recessary food. Truly pathetic are the results of this erroneous doctrine in the families of the poor, where, Instead of procuring good nourishment for the invalid, liquor has been bought tn far too large quantities, so that often there was not enough money left for food for the sufferer nor for the other member of the family." A Bright Boy. E. II. Gary, chairman of the committee of the Steel executive Trust, used to live In the Illinois town of Wheaton. One day In Wheaton," Judge Gary said recently, 1 took dinner with a clergyman and his family. The clergyson called man had an Joe, and Joe was a very bright boy. lAok here, Joe, I said during the course of the dinner, T have a question to ask you about your father. "Joe looked gravely at me, "'AH right; Ill answer your ques, tion, he said. Well. said I, T want to know II Predisposition to Tuberculosis. your father doesnt preach the same The abnormal fear of tuberculosis sermon twice sometimes. which haunts so many minds Is bred Yes, I think he does, said Joo, of Ignorance. Tbe awful results of but Mie second time he always hollcri the "white terror have Impressed In different places from what he did themselves upon all, but as with the tbe first time." aborigine, when he first ehcountered explorer, the reason the Quite Feaaible. Is hidden. The native heard the why Joseph M. Edwards, who travels for gun speak and saw his brother fall. a Baltimore dry gods house, told the The sudden death terrified him. He following at the Grand the other even- did not stop to Inquire the cause. He ing: fied In abject fear. "In Baltimore there an old bacho-lothe ravages of tuberculosis Im acquainted with whos a bit ol are stupendous. Are you Inquiring a wit In his way. He lives, or rather Into the why, or are you trembling did, before the fire, as It burned him lest It seize you? Are you trying to out, In a very dilapidated house, and dodge an Inscrutable foe, or are you his rooms were always in great disor- studying to give Intelligent battle? der. The tenement dweller snys, I can not "Why dont you get marries! ?" esrape the plague, I will await my Then you turn." The son. or brother of a consaid to him one day. would have some one to keep tho sumptive says: It Is In the family, The I must suffer the same death. place tidy, and make It homelike. 'The fact Is, Ive never thought of weakened victim of Intemperance or It. he replied, but It seems quite feas- neglect of vital laws says: My conible that a better half would want stitution Is wrecked I am no match letter quarters.' for this relentless foe." "Since the fire 1 have not seen tho Dr. Knopf asks and answers the old fellow, snd no one seems to know following pertinent query: Who are New the Individuals who must be particuof his present whereabouts." York Globe. larly careful so as not to be attacked, the almost ever present tuberclo by Wealthy Woman Evan(ellat, bacillus, MIhs Mary B. Robinson of flttsburg, There are four classes: First, those Fa., Is the richest woman evangelist who have a hereditary predisposition of (1. John Kite Is the nbre Robinson, to consumption: secondly, those who, secretary of tbe Fltlsburg and lake have weakened their sjstem and thus Erie railway; has a fort un of $300, themselves to consumpOdo In her own right and owns one of predisposed uso of alcothe tion Intempernte by the most luxurious homes In the holic beverages, by a dissipated life, Is young, pretty and CHAPTER NINE. smoky city. She by excesses of all kinds, etc.; thirdly, has such a glorious voice tfcut an Im those whose constitution litis ho-- n a her to year $in,o00 pn sarlo offered Tha Parting. weakened through disease; fourthly, sing In public, Hbe has decided tn those whose occupations, trades or John felt tin touch of a band nn hi work of field the evangellenl shoulder, and. turning quickly, faced enter profess. n. such aa printing, bat makand devote her life to teaching the ing. Sam Rounds. tettorlng, weaving, anti all ocru- For God 'a sake, git outer here, moral taw and trying tosave sinner. Judge elght-year-ol- two-edge- d To-da- 1 Food for Brain Workers, Mental work requires much less food than does physical labor. Recent careful experiments which have been made, show that men engaged in active mental labor and abstaining from muscular exertion, require practically no more food than men at rest. This Is a fact of very great Importance for students, ministers, and other professional men whose occupation does not require any considerable amount of effort, since the taking of food In excess of that which is required results in the filling of the blood with poisons, and in consequence crowding of the tissues with tissue wastes and poisonous matters which Interfere with all the bodily with the functions, and especially functions of the brain and nerves. Mental activity Is clouded, sleep may be prevented, and all the effects of nervous exhaustion produced by a comparatively slight expenditure of energy, giving rise to languor, sometimes depression, and at other times Irritability, confusion, and Indecision of mind, even moroseness and melancholy. That Tired Feeling. The condition of lethargy produced by excessive eatlrg or habitual drunk- enness must be distinguished from fatigue due to work. Persons In this condition often decline to exercise because they "feel so tired." This state of lassitude and enervation cannot be overcome by rest. Carefully graduated exercises and regulation of the dietary are the proper remedies. There are many chronic Invalids whose sufferings and disability are wholly due to tills cause, and who may b readily restored to usefulness by a spare and simple dietary combined with outdoor exercises, gradually Increased In vigor and duration aa tbe streugth Improves. Water Purification. with tho connected United States Agricultural department' has called attention to the fact that an extremely small quantity of sulphate of copper will prevent tho growth of algae in lakes, ponds and storage reservoirs, and will destroy tjphold and cholera germs. Tbe question at once arises whether this method can bo considered thoroughly hythe gienic. The probability Is that emsmall amount of copper thus comployed would be neutralized by so substances bining with vegetable that the water will be left practically pure; nevertheless, tho addition of chemical substances to water cannot be considered tbe most desirable Bolling and method of purification. filter are Fasteur a filtering through are really the best methods. Filters simand an is easy and boiling cheap, charple process. Tbe coal and gravel filters cannot be relied upon. A physician Warning Agalnat Tight Coraeta. Nature abhors a vacuum. There Is no unoccupied space tn the body; and to render any part of It smaller than nuture designed. Is to cause the organs occupying that part to diminish In size, or to erowd together, one upon another. In either case, natures processes are sadly Interrupted. C. E. Hastings, M. D. SOME SIMPLE DISHES. Breakfast Toast Cut rather thin slices of bread Into two or three oven and pieces. Iut these Into the let tnem bake very slowly for two or three hours, or until of a golden color and crisp throughout. This Is an substitute for breads and much more wholesome. It Is delicious served with coconnut or dairy cream or but nt ter. Cocoanut Cream, Cut fresh cocoa-nu- t Into thin slices and grind the nut very fine In a chopper or some strong hund mill. If nothing of this sort Is available, the cocoanut may be grated. To each cup of the prepared mil add one cup of hot water, stirring and t eating with a spoon to extract as much of the Juice as possible. Drain off the liquid and add n similar quantity of hot water, and, after beating again very thoroughly, strain through a cloth or very fine sieve, pressing out all the liquid possible. This may be used at onee as a substitute for milk, to be eaten with rice or other grains, or to prepare puddings or sauces. It Is excellent served with xwle-bargrnnoxe flakes or eater, with If placed on the lee for a few rise to the top hour, the cream vU end may lie tnken - B, making a pure k. rorotttmt butter. Strawberry . Beat the yolk and white of one egg separately, and to eaeli add one te.vspoouful of sugar. To tbe oil: add one f(soonful of ud two tntdespoonfuls lemon Jele or strawberry Juice, Ftlr In the white, leaving Munich to servo a a meringue tor the ion. Cgg-nog- |