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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1911-08-10, Page 7f. Anjant • 10tik, titti • ,.\ * D. McTAGGART M. D. licTAkkOART aziggart Bros« BANKERs-- GENERAL BANKING BUS'. NESS TRANSACTED. •NOTES DISCOUNTED. 'DRAFTS ;ISSUED INTEREST ALLOWED 01•1 POWS,- SALE NOTES PUB - MUSED. A's,wair,Afty yUBLIO, CONVEY- ANCER, YINANCIAL,, REAL ESTATE AND FIRE INSUR- ,t AKE AGENT. REPRE- SENTING iL4 FIRE INSUB- , .ANCE COMPANIES. .,DIVISION COURT OFFICE, CLINTON, W. BRYDONE,. ' BARRISTER sowerroil,.. NorrAay: PUBLIC, ETC. OFFICE, Sloane Oloeh —01411011011. CHARLES 15, HALE . Couveyancer, Notary Public Commissioner, Ete. .REAL ESTATE and .INSURANCE. Issue r of Marriage Licenses. 1101iON STREET,- — CLINTON. '•• . • . • DR. W• QUNN R. a .P., •L, R. C. S„ „Edinburg. . • • Gigee—Outario street. Clinton. Night calli at 'front door of office or at residence oxt Rattenbury dtrett. • DX 3. W. SHAW. • ,OFFICE— RATTENBURY, sT. EAST, •e-OLINTON.— Ote, :W. THOMPSON. ; ' • • PElYSICIAN, SURGEON, ETC. 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TOURIST SLEEPING OAN11 metres*, Comeeirble bees, isle tena leserat, we is weed se modem We lore ewe tarty seplicirion mutt ire mirk AI e edit HOMIteggeirree' rere flti Asir se m10114 trzsiterots...LTINsoweir MOW OW lid MANN NIS 41,40,100/1. AtiitWri 0141/1 J • * Tilf STANDING 411111 OF •STANiEllill STORRF (By Wm. "Hamilton Orator/le). fOopYriglit by Publishers Press Ltd. Stormer sir. 1 can swear to that." • "Crossexamine," riald the state's • attorney brimly. ' 'The ceuneel for the defense wee with a emile, upon Ids triee. "Mr. Burke," he 'beton, 14 Et *aerie enice, "you have omen Mr. Storme *ince fleet night, Uwe yort nett" i'Yee, sir," replied Burke. - , "Yeti kna*,, where be liner • •' didn't thrmo"- returned. Burke: "Nve don't keep track of everybody from headquarters, but I do noW. lives at the Golreerneur 'up town." "And you attended there next day, did you not, for the purpoee of ap- prehending him?" — • did,• sir." • "And at that time is It not a fest that you inede a careful earch ' of hie apartments at the Geerverreenr, tor the purpose of finding something te connect hini with Ole /crime' "It la' dr," • "And did you end anythillg eaten. lated to arose euspician?" went on the priConereS 'couneel. "HI did net,,sir," replied Berke, ' "That% all," annoueced the counsel tor pic defense. • " • "Wait a minute,". exelelmed the judger as the **nese Started to; icave the• stand. •"Burke, are you Sure of what you flay?' Think, Isn't it pee - Bible that you may hare been. Mier taken? Thie 'ifs a itertous matter, tre. ricer.- You must be very ,careful. .Are sure • thire is the , Man?"• . "Your ,honor," • returned Burke dOg-: gedly,' 'any record sliewa,that l'At a cerefel inan—your honor -Iroowie; I enn't be mistaken...1 was, :never suter 'of a thing hi all'my life, • A'And 1 swear that that nrall Who sits there -41.a Star:000x '• StormeL- Warr the Man that robbed tbat !reek that. night, so help me God!" "Onemoment," pelf in the prison- er's counsel: •"what day of the Ireek was that, did yu Say?" . .4, didn't. say, Sir, but it was eVed. nesday morning, the -twentythird last month, Roundsman 0'C9nnell," continued the witnees, turning to, the tell you just thesame as 1 have, your honor." .Burke stepped down.. O'Connell took. the. 'witted; stand end...gave bis teetiniony and left , it. lairke 'Steed corroborated in eticlede- tall There. We* no croft eertmite;; . talon ofthis. witaese. • "The: proeecittion. 'reds," .ennounc- ed.the..coinesel for the data • • • CHAPTER. 'VI. The 'Sheriff's Testimony. ' • The vitsoeer'a. attorney rose. ,A flidiering ghost ;of a smile PlaYed 'around the corners of his =bed,. • Hedeparted from the 'usual rule and made no opening ' statement 40 the .jury .• To him it 'imeoied un- aecessaz y. • " "I call. the eiteriff of the conuty," he aanouneed. The sheriff—a stout, good7natured looking man, • with a broad, genial, honest fiee—had been seated quietly in the body of the court room ntslde therailing, an 'unnoticed Spectator. .Now be, rose .and niacle • his •way, with • some . diffiettity; through the crowd. • . • As he went he nodded to the. judge, the counsel, and:Wine of the lurynten Ile did not leek at ,Storine, nor did. Storme look at him' •• • : He took tae Stand, and 'was tavern. He tiettled, himself .comfortably Ix the ehalr, threw one leg over the other, and waited for the questl�n • "Sheriff," began the counsel for the eefense, carelessly, would you mind etating. to the- Airy just witilre You were at :2 o'clock on Wednesday ntorning of the twenty-third of May last?" • • . , • ;The elierife looked around arid • "On :MOndaY night, on Tuesday night eta Wednesday . night,. „ the twenty-first twenty-tiecond • and twenty-third of . lest mouth," he to. plied, deliberately and with an eirie dent :WIWI of the eituation, "1 Woe in .the •green room of the Montauk Club in this; eity—on each night front 10 o'clock in the evening untii after 2 O'clock, the neXt morning," "When you say Wednesday night, de 'You mean night Or retaining'?" ' "I'll 'explain that," tett the sheriff. "When 1 say Menthe/ night I mean that f began Monday eight at 10 and ended Tueedey moreing, at .2. On Tuesday night I tem at 10 and serrieJ Wednesday riaornIng at 3. Mut ro un. X .was there three bights and eareitigs, beginning with Monday "Will you State Just *hat you Sere "Certainly," reepended the elteriff. •We were pitying cards. We were • Wriest)* Of Some Old stores that are ad welted for some months to pay, "Was anybody with yout If to, late to the juty just evhe it watt." "Yet," returned the sheriff, loaning :retard hi hits turn as all witneetses .e.ven Way Of doing; "there were people With me, Making four altogethav,.three Of nor ,played **eV igjar, rand the Spurt's men looked oft end kept on eamproty." tll400 ttlir I"Melte tour," reentillued the eherift, ". CaesitlY is here?" "We here," assented the. wittiest:. "And the fourth men—who was 'be?" inquired the attorney. ' , Thsh e eriff watt 'plainly ereharress- • ed, but he nerved hinereit nevertlue lose ter the .ordeal. . • "The fourth man," he began, look-, Ing nervoesly around, "the fourth • Matt was—was the—tlio—the indge presiding at thie trial."' : He blurted this out In a desperate sort of weir, and' yet 'with an apoloe getic air, too. .. •-• There • was a prolonged titter in the court room at the juege's, enponee„ The Judge rapped for order, but at the Prune ttMe nodded in a digniged way in -confirmatien of the testimony.. .' "His honor, then,. was the man who wen, looking 011?" inquired the. gem., set, anxious to place the• court ha the • most favorable light, and expecting an aillnefatiee answer to the guestion, The sheriff looked lira at the cowl - Oil• and • then at the judge—at the Judge and ,there at the lawyer again. • He Wenn know what to do. The judge 'Mimed red.- • • •. "I dent think, 10.--er—er—" he said to the counsel for the defendant, "that it's at all necessary to go into that. Proeeed with, the next ques- • tion," he continued, 'pounding with • 'hie gavel to cheek the. incipient mer- riment: • ' • • . .. • , The sheriff. leaned back In his chair . with a sigh of relief. Order was .re- stored, ' • , - , '"Was the prisoner Mere on each occasion?" resumed' the counsel ."He was," returned the eheriff, still a bit rattled. ", • •• "Every night?" . • "Every, • night," replied the ;sheriff. • "Pewee the ,first man on hand, and the,last Man to leaee. He Was with us all the Ulna" e ' • ' ' • "How far is the Montauk Club from • the..lifordeunt bank?" '• "It's• a good three miles," replied the sheriff. •' . "Take the witness," concluded the . counsel for. the defense, as he settled beak in his . seat With •satisfaction written on his' fate • •• The. district Attorney rose with 'a , ' frown. There was a•toud • buts . of coevethation ill 'the court room, which his honor stopped. .,:tettli ' a. few, raps upon his desk. . The district . attorney was plainly non-plussed, and he shoWed it Still • he Maintained , his composure. • ' ' .,‘ Sheriff, " inquired -he, looking that Individual squarely in the eye,. 'how did you fix the night of May• the twenty-second, or the meeting of the twenty,third? By the way, which•wee • "Both," replied the sheriff, laconic- ally.• '. ... ,- . - - 'veil, ).iceiv, do : you, fix it, then? Why do you teniembe it?" . The sheriff returned the district .attorney's stare . with .interest The' twO men, were politieelly °peened to. each other, and there Was no. lOve lost between them. • • . • ,• •"r11 tell you how I fix' it," said the . sheriff, shaking his finger at the ex- eminer. "I could fix it, azyway, by - other .things, but I • know, by one thing M nartibular, When I got' there `that night there were two men, ahead of me—one of 'ern was Sterne,'and, the other Cassidy. It wale a few• min- utes after ten when 'we started in, be- cause they said I was late an I said I wasn't an' I. found that Ice .watch- 'Was about -thin minutes slow. ' "Now, we started in to play, under,: • stand. And when 'you're, playing circle time flies like the dickenit We've got - a tape up there in the green room . and it runs all •night as well as all • day. The telegraph people here run I want to 'tell you," continued ,tbe sheriff, "that the newe of this Very. robbery came in ever the ticker vvhile **were (riding there—Stornie and the rest of us—about 'half poet two In ,the mOriiMg. And Storme Was there—sat %eat to me And I Said to Storme, when the news came In, 'S'Storme,'I said, 'Idordeunt's safe's been eraelted, and there's a pile of • Money gone,' ;"And I called up headquarters then and there, mid we totted out • all about it That' ' how it Was, and there how 1 knOw, and his honor can tell • you just What I tell you, too. That's all .there in abotit It. . "And I want to tell you," conclud- ed •the 'sheriff, efileitilly, and for the aeriefit of the reporters who. were taking denei his teetilnony,' "/ Want to tell you, eeinteellole that the Coun- ty detectives 'would never have made 4.4. bull Ilke' this, eithet and nowt you forget it—never In God's world." The sheriff stepped eartion end 301131 It Cassidy stepped UP. Ilie testitierty wall identical. It wet the purporte Of the prisoner% (taunted to call the prisoner, but jot asbe 'OX tut.101$2 11111sraitact rei.100 OH to do NO, the prisoner plucked Aim by the Owe. After *, *bort emafereette, the atitiy. del ler the defenoti announced that the -deface elated hie tette, The Jtidges 'Charge Wes forme and °ring In the extreine. M the three • re It, the jury although invited to "were mystelf and joint Ceseide, the hardware Merellillit, and Stan- leigh StOrrae, the prisoner at the bar." John R retire, deelliter(e*do no, end without stePP1Ag from the Arty box returned verdiet of "not guilty." And then the crowd plled un on • top of a Stteeleigh Storn.e and ebow- rated laint with congratulations. • Thls was the only precarieue exine rienee that Storeis had suffered during the whole tilling. Two-thirds, perhaps, of AU friends and acquain- • tances were In. the court room. Every individual among the num- ' laer insisted upon ehaking btxn by the hand. The. erowd peeked the fetes, 'Vatting for him. Stormer Ilea his eye fixed wistfully !Wore tbe exit For some reason he wee anxious to get Way. , Ile thanked his vounsel briefly, to - ;ether With hie witnesses, end then • nairried alOng. Finally he reached the open. Or. • But there atilt clung to him a little rievy of Mei and Women. Suddenly' he glanced down • the street. "There," he explained to his friends, • 'is a man I want to see—a man 1 quiet see." And he hurried Off, As he Went be ,elanced at his" -watch. ' • There was no Mary but he simply wanted to get away, •that's all. On the way be parsed Officer O'Con- • tell end Burke, the plen clothes man. as lie did so he smiled upon them in 4, way that was childlike and bland. They returned the, halutaticrn with, •eurt nods of their heeds. "Well, Jib]," said O'Connell to. Burke, as Storme left them far in the • rear, "what d'ye make of it, any way?" retured ,Iinrice, solemnly, "I don't -know what to make oe it. The only solution I have arrived at is that the devil must have been string- uthat night. • rriait's all I'ye got to say."• • O'Connell shook his head doubtful- ly. And they quickened their pace and—followed Storme. Away up the street Storme torged • ahead with rapid steps. •• • "An alibt". he muttered to himself, "Is .a :blamed good thing." . • , CHAPTER VIL The Shadowera and the Shadowed. • It took 'Storm some time to escape entirely from the militates of his over enthusittetie friends. Ail 'the way *gong the street he Met them. • By means of one pretext and an- other, however he fleetly. eluded thera and slipped down a quiet street From this one he emerged into a more open thoroughfare, and Batelle stood before the Gouverneur, his bachelor apartment home. • • Once there, he glanced, hastily up end down the street to make sure that no one saw him, then. quickly ,tue- locked the door and stepped beside. He ascended .nolielessly to the second floor apartnient •He entered it, and hastily 'passed througn room alter • "Nobody here," he rerdarked with a sigh of relief. "I am ell alone." He, seated himself at a desk and began to write, • "It is Met se wella* he Said to tam- . • self, "to write :oncemore, now that' It s all o'er It was just as well, too, • to write 1300re:when the first catastrophe oPeurreO. It's 'safer if anYthing. It's taking ettances—big .chinees perhaps—but in a safe quar- ter, after all," • • wrote' hastily as follows: . 'MY Dear Mies Dumont,— It stems ,better to address you so for . the present. There are:certain things to which I:prefer to refer by letter alone, • : •••• . • "You will recall that I wrote 'yoti on • the. twenty-fourth of last month re-• . quiring yeti to make no reference itt my preserice, or to Me to anytning which might have -• happened. That request was not prompted by any Ma- dre to be spared was :a part. of the 'peculiar circumstances' •whien 'have constituted a part Or my present- life. • "Now that I have been vindicated ,h1 your. eyes and. in the eyes •of • the . • . orld I ask you to make to me no ref- erence to to -day's happenings, nor to pitch vindication, nor, indeed, to this letter Cr the other. .• • •I hays many geed reasons for mak- ing this request,' whiell Will appear iater.• I close 'with the expresion o. • much regard. Sincerely,. '• "H. STANLEIGII STORME." "A hit formal: perhaps," Continued Sternie, "hut certainly imperative. This cemplieatien With Mies Dulneet watt certainly unlooked for—and yet" —he Smiled to himeelf—aliot tato- r;ether tinforttniate, for me. .1 don't knove after all, but that it is a good thing •-;- a• veryjtood 'thing, perhaps, -after all." He enclosed it in an envelope,. ad. •Ottawa the !atter, and sealed it care,. fully with wax, peon which he in- prd5sed the sod.- ring he Were. Ile Melted 'et hit watch. - "There's' plenty of Unit. send OW •up by inettheeger. Tha.t's. Rising from the desk, he &Ovule:in. hia head a sett felt hat Whieh pare,' eovered. his fate, and istole downstairs twain. Ile Carefully opened the 'front door iind looked out. The street was' deserted—elMosr k)ut not quite—for at each end of the wocked loftnged one mew Intent, ap- tarently, on everything except the ouverneur or IL Stenteigh,Storme, "Great ScOttl" murmured &onto to "10 50011 again?" lit retraced' hit ettpti end re-ene reed the hell and, earielnif through 0 the rear Of the Apartment house, .eile his exit ihrOngn sin alleyersy, Unce eletir 01 the Moe, he brogan, • to tower& the tatter,' of the town rae handed bis siteseage In at a locti evlitery *Mee with iestruettoas to reed it out at Once. In the• meantime one of the tw men whO had stood outside satintere up and accosted the other. Did you see bini then, Jim, when, he stuck his head outsider • Burke nodded—for it was he. "He won't come out till dark, now,' be replieo, "yon See if be does." "Well'," returnee the first man, "h saw mit all right, all right—thOugh„ • lle,van't re sure Just who we are slue ' we're all togged out in tnie way. W • might Pelt a* well istick together new for a white, anyway. Glenne a ehaw • tobriecO, will you?' That's, th .ticket." • There was a slime* while he ogre Tully rellueted the stet to wait hi tette. • Suddenly he grasped the other mart ty tbe derive. "Geer he exclatmed. "Look a here HOW the devil now did he get out He gave Us the slip, after all," Ile pointed down the street. Burke nodded hie head. 'He's been out—bletned if he ain't' • areented ha "and now' he's earning back. •• He's a slick one, all ,right Went out . the back way, probly, an now he's. Wein' link Alf3 bold as Dram." • The &hied Of -their remarks diaape • reared within the house. He looked neither to the right nor to the left lvlost certainly he did not see the two plain clothes men, or, if he did, he gave no sign. It was nowjairly late, in the. after- noon. • "Stumpy," exclaimed Burke, • "go around the earlier there and 'phone headquarters.* We may see another Man. Air* you keep that alleyway un- der yer eye, too.." "We got this fellow new where we want him, an' it's a blame good. thing I, forgot something and liad, to eome tack. . Weal camp on his trail; we 11 relieve him, :no matter. where • he goes." •' "Stumpy,!' he 'eolitinued, let me -tell you. I toldit ki court, an' Say that there man is the man who lobbed that bank, and, by George, rm actin' to keep him in sight if it taker the whole force to do it,. understand? am, so help zue'God," . • • ; The -other man earne en from heae- quarters:. ' "Say. Burke," he eeclaimed. "I, saw your man downtown. What're you doin' up here?" "1 know you did,"replied Burke, erte• he •catue' back, au' he's , the Gouverneur over there,: an,' don't you forget it." • The °thee- glaneed at him doubt- fuI• •10%, th-at's -it • •, is it?" he returned. "L didn't know. 1 only know. I eas .1 Wondered . at the time where .you wee."• • Burke .srid the two men vanished into thin air,. Once More the street became deserted. Dusk bad come '—it was growing darker Very • Mo- inent , •• • ' . At a quarter to eight a man clad in a drese .siiit and a -light overcoat emerged from the enactment house atz0 sauntered cloWU th street. - In front:of a house with' an Eng - Rah basement stood an electric Street temp. ..11e Paseed this, and the •tight shonh fell onhis thee. When he reached the corner he glancedup and down. and behind him for ale instant, and then, breaking.into a fast walk,. made for the west• end of town. . He had ne-trrooner. done aro than a, man emerged from the basement an- other from • in alleyway aeross . the street, and a third • from a • recess eround the eorner. , 'Without the slightest recognition of each other alley turned in and fol- lowed the man M the light coat, each. mart in his.ewin way. Down at, beadquarters late that af-: kelmtion. the sergeant called to a. Spe- ilia' officer,.• The officerhurried in. •• "Say, Flynn," he -remarked, "leek here. There's the • num the banks Want ue to' keen tab on. See.' him? .Tlie fellow with the slouch hat.? Yes, that's the chap. "lenw, :look here.' Burke fs atter him. but there ain't • o 'signs •cf. 'W', ellurlett," ),•ir reeseureed. 'what're you dein' Irate?' I've how ollove;u" emir sea* all the eventing, • .1' by Grove k just loot War "• "Y•itat was?" demi/2444 Lierke. d "Aw," retuned the paw?, 'you know, that fellow Stoma." , "ever • retureed Burke, "have they • put you on, too? Well, by -George, afth the crowd we've got, thire ain't • anything he can du withdilt our lerein' it It's a blame good tiling we got firm in tow, tee Only we get eon. itilecrart4 aut." of Wait befOre before o "Come tmsout where?" exelaimed the other "Why," replied Burke, "he's mak. ing a vNt.it 21149, thtabo te br°nIvwtQltlth edefurne • grounds at the side Thought You knew that" • "Knew iti" said tile Other, "Why, 1Juis:bostm aldMhiiu Sothat'stowtel•w minbuetre: 040n he le, its it? I didn't kircir what be- came of oe!141;e1p." • • slliulied Burke, 7he's been •there an hour already. It's about time he cut itand left, I'm thinkite." The other man started, • * • "An hour?" lie repeated. "Whatyott • gtvin' us? I saw hire on this 'bete etreet not fifteen reinutee gone, You're nutty, Burke. Or, else," he -went on with a smile, "or elea YOU • lost hint, toe Come ox, own up• ' givin' me a bit of a dirt • gnees." • • "Olt of a stiff, within'," retorted Burke, "I tell you, he's In there, all eight, all right. I got a couple' o' men. • there watchin'i the pled). When he comes out they'W give me afire% re' • light. Heel in there,- all right." - • "Look here, Burka" went '021 the other; "I bet you he ain't I tell you I saw him 'go around the corner. 47 know what I'm talking about." Burke looked at thespecial long • end, earnestly. • "It might be," he admitted "that he gore ua the slipagain. rti tell you We might as well be aura Tmeie a. new man, here. S'pose you do the leet7 act: and 4o there 'an' fled out. e, • We'd better know, von know." , Theee minutes later the bell rang at the Dumont house The maid an- swered it. A tough looking character 'with his coat collar turned up re.'ood ' • • '• 4"tSbeey,dnitoor'ss," he 'remarked confider).- • tially, with a slight lurch In her di- ' notion; "want. to see Mist' Dumont— •.ele Mist' Dumont, y' know." . ••• •He hiccOilghed slightly as be said ii The maid started better and called ,Into the library. " • A meres taco was beard inside. • "Welt. a minute," it said, eta tend to the fellow." • . The owner Of the. Voice stepped hie' te the hall. The man who- rang the Dell stayed 'outside• . ", • "What lo yon want?" inquired the fernier. " "Want te•tiee Mist' *Dumont • (ile) —de Mist' Dumont." ' • The 'man inside shook his head. • "Mr. Dumont," he returned, "is . longer alive. He died about fire Years ago. • So you can't see him. What - is it you want?" • . He stepped back and turned up ithe iight to its. fulliatrength. ,Both men could. pee each other ;pettedly, ' "Wel," returned the other, sedly, as he, :shook:his head, " want to Beef. 'Mist' Dumont there alt 'Pe's dead,. •don't 'Want see nobody.".• He tureed• and inade.bis *ay 'un-: . steadly clown the steps. •. • ;tlooked Onkiegdie'baheke 'coaincieerdo°uttwiCe urie certainly andthe man within held. the :door . open until the other . had made his *ay to the street. And as MO BE 'CONTINUED.1 eirke armee 11-e:s slipped a cot iornehaw. S'pose you turn in and fel- ioiv the fellow. The banks are stand- ing behind os, and they're paying good money to keep track of this man. • and it aliet our hutlinees to lose him S'pose you reckon him up a ' The:Other nodded' and started oft Ili kept his man in sight. It was ,ciiiflcult work, not telly bedew° •hia Tata was a rapid walker and swerved el and out of different thoroughfares with rapidity, but also becattee he kept emultantly looking around lie - bind him, 4. •Storme—for it Vas he—knew that he was being folloWed, and though M. was the shadowed, he riled Was the Shads:mere*, for 'lie ,kept his eye on hie pureuer quite as ftithfully as did the officer keep track or hint. . The afternoon paseed and tvenink 'thine, but self on and on walked kermaThey reached a residential •portloft Of the town. • Suddenly StOrMe turned .Swiftly down a dark, narrow street, and when his pursur readied the corner,,, 6:a:riff had disappeared. Search am he would, there was no trace of the 1.Et The epecial deVoted tome tail tin - ate be. a fruitleee tetrarch, arid then retraced• his*, steps te the corner %lichee Storme heti disappeared. As he steed there, nonplussed, n • emu suddenly touched him on the • taett of the hand. The specint k»eu the touch. Ile .seld nothing, but fol; fused the map ter 4 dikrk „ •There will be no Utited , Steaks ' naval militia manoetiVeri an the great lakeie this year. •• • • Are Tour Kidneys' *Working Properly?,. ' It Will Po WO -Well ta Make Sere There's been a lot of "guessing" about rheurnatisin and rheumatic pains gener- ally, but you can be dead sure that little 1 pan across your hack came from de- creased kidney action. The kidney's duty is to filterthe Mood —take out the impurities collected by the returning blood stream—do it just like absorbent cotton in a funnel 'filters the impurities from polluted water. • When the kidneys are not working you are bound for (me of two eottreed—Dire' betes and Bright's Disease or Rheuma- tism, Lumbago and Sciatica. The for- mer course is usually fatal, and the latter always painful, but you need not have either, at they both can be easily pre - vetted. is The very best prescription for all kid- ney troubles Is Nyal's Stet* Root Com- pound. It is no "patent" medicine, but a scientific prescription composed of Stofteroot, Buell% Juniper and ether remedies of been value. More than that, it has been proved by thousands who have had glad relief from its use There's frothing quite so Miserable AS the dragging results of. sick kidney* You are trifling with your own future When you neglect so Shriele a precaution, eh it pleasant laanie tthatmeet with Nyers Stone Root Compound when results ere to certain. ( ' It seethes bladder irrita an, Weis you test and coMfort at night,tied wakes life onee more enjOyable, t * The kidneys, liver and bladder are ail dependent upon one another, land Nye* Stone Root Compound is pertiteletly deldetted to help then all. . Soid and Guaratmod by. W. S. U. Holmes, J. E. Hovey, W. A. 1 McConnell, Clinton. .