hi A Woman's Back Has many aches and pains canned by weal-ncwo and falling, or other displace ment, of the pelvic organs. Other symp toms of frroslo weakness are freqocnt headache, dtzalncss, Imaginary specks or dark spots floating before the ryes, gnaw ing sensation In stomach, d rare In a or bearing down In lower abdominal or pelvic Teuton, disngreonMo drains from pelvic sira-ans, faint spells With general weakness. If any considerable number of the above symptoms are present there Is no remedy thai wrHjrlve quicker relief or a more per manent (Sep than Dr. ricrco's Favorlto PreVjJJT&HSNjt has a record of over forty years of cur It Is the most potent lavlgoratfn tonic and strrn-thr-nin. ucr, Vlqo Known to mcllrnl 'clone". It Is mado ofthc glyceric extracts" of native medici nal roots found in our forests and con tains not a drop of alcohol or harmful, or habit-forming drugs. Its Ingredients are all prlntod on tho bottle-wrapper and at tests under oath as correct. Every Ingredient entering Into "Fa vorlto Prescription" has tho written en dorsement of tho most eminent medical writers of all tho several schools of prac tice moro valuable than any amount of non-profosslonal testimonials though tho latter are not lacking, having been con tributed voluntarily by grateful patients In numbers to exceed tho endorsements given to any other modlcino eitant for the cure of woman's Ills. Yon cannot afford to accept any mcdlcino of unknown composition as a substitute for this well proven remedy op ksown covpowtiok, even though tho dealer may mako a little moro profit thereby, l our interest In regaining health Is paramount to any selfish Interest of it and it Is an insult to your Intelligence for him to try to palm off upon you a s-.ibstltute. You know what you want and It Is his busi ness to supply tho artlclo railed for. Dr. Pierce's Ploasant PolleU aro tho original 'Little Liver Pills" first put op by old Dr. Plerco over forty years ago, much Imitated but never equaled. Littlo sugar-coated granules easy to take as candv. THE BEST COUGH CURE When offered something else instead of Kemp's Balsam stop and consider: "Am I sure to get something as good as this betit cough cure ? If not sure, what pood reason la there for for taking chances in a matter that may have a direct bearing on my own or my family's health?" . Sold by all dealers at 25c. and 50c. Nature' Gmdovrinent. Caller Miss Millicent plays wonder 'fully on the piano. Grandfather Orecvlns Yes; It sort o runs in the fnra'ly. By Jucks, you'd ort to 'sve heerd me play "Ole Dan Tucker" an uie isob Kidley on a Jcwsharp when I was a boy ! Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that tuutiMi mercury, .at mercury will sum? Ui-mroy cue sense of mell aud couipli'tt-ly (Jtmiio te whole system wuto emcrm. It tliruugh I bo urn cm uituL-rs. butU articles miouIu never lie lived eic.pt ou p.t-sirl)o.is f.oiu reyulu- - pie piiymi lnus ,ti tue Uuiui,-v tuey win do la UuioiU to tae good you cud pussliily derive Irolo ibeui. null's Cnturrlt Cure, t-auufaclurrd ly V. J. t'lii-ncy Co., To ledo, o., couulus no uirrciiry, and Is taken Internally, auiluj directly upou the lilond . and iiiUK.ua surfaces of the system, lo buy log Hall's Catarru Cure le sure you get tbe f;enului. It Is takeu Intirunlly tud niadu a Toledo, Ohio, by V. J. Cbeney Co, Testluiomals free. Hold by UrugnUts. Price, 75c per bottle. Take UsUs fcamily I'll Is for constipation. Seemingly. "Life," moralised the doctor, "Is not what It seems." "Perhaps," sngjiested the professor, "yon have never looked on the seamy side of it." This Will Interest Mothers. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for rhtl siren, uned by Mother tlray, a nurse In Clill dreu's Home, New York, cure Constipation, FrverlsUoess, Teething Disorders, Htomacb Troubles and Destroy Worms; iiU.OOU testi monials of cure. All drugglnta. (c. 8am. Pis 1-itKR. Address Allen B. Olmsted, Lo - Itoy, N. T. Working a Smooth Scheme. -"They tell mo you're In lovo with -jour employer's wife." "Nothing In It" "Rut you take her olout a great denl, don't you?" "That's a bluff of mine to get myself a Btiiud-lu with the boss. Ho hopes I'm .going to elopo with her." Cleveland 1 Leader. To Wank Carpet. To clean an ingrain carpet that is badly toiled, rip the widths apart and shake. Have ready a tub of hot Ivory Soap suds and wash a width at a time on the ma chine, osing several waters. Kinse and run through the wringer. Add a handful ef salt to the last water to set the colors . nd spread on the grass to dry. ELEANOR It. PARKER. Tarnlnn of Another Worm. Barber How will you have your hair x:ut? Customer Without any unnecessary conversational accompaniment, if yon please. llarber All right, sir; I'll be as brisl as possibls. (Uses the clippers on him.) Mrs. Wtaalaw So amy svavr tsr OMiSrsa fthlsi ts s".rs0i IsSiMintna, n - wUU all. tMltlMUt The Madera Slippery Floor. . Walking upon the polished floor of -a Los Angoles drawing-room the other day, time. Helena Modjeska stepped upon a small rug and "skidded" like an automobile on a slippery pavement, bringing up against a heavy table and -doing herself severe Injury. Tbe epi sode will excite tbe sympathetic atten tion of a boat of people who have un dergone a similar experience. All tbe synonyms for treachery are feeble and inadequate when applied to tbe combi nation ef a highly polished floor and a rug of. say, 18 by 30 Inches. This Is the highest development of the trap for the unwary. Chicago Chronicle. Developed tba Jorr. A littlo girl whose father was a photographer was taken for tbe first lime to a courtroom while u case was being tried. Ou returning home she Mas asked concerning what she hud eeen and heard. Her description of tbe Judge's charge was this: "Tbe Judge made a long speech to the Jury of twelve men aud then he sent them Into a dark room to d Telop." j ' 1 The proceedings in connection with the 'separation of Norway cost Sweden 92TL T78, according to thi Swedish budget. Prisoners and Captives By II. S. CHAPTER XX. One morning, about a fortnight later, Matthew Mark Easton received a letter which caused him to leave his breakfast nn tasted and drive off In the first hansom cab he could find to Tyars' club. The waiter whose duty it was lo look after ths few resident members Informed the American, whom be knew well by s'ght, that Mr. Tyars wss not downstairs yeu "Well," replied Easton, "I guess I'll wait for him j In fact, I am going to have breakfast with bim a boiled egg and two pieces of thin toast." II was shown Into the room occupied by Tysrs, and proceeded to make himself exceedingly comfortable In a large arm Chair, with the morning newspaper. Tyars was not long in making his ap pearance trim, upright, strong as usual, and conveying that unassertive vnse of readiness for all emergencies which was at times almost aggressive. He carried bis hand In the smallest and most unob trusive sling allowed by the faculty. At his heels walked Muggins the grave, tbe pink-eyed. Muggins was far too gentle manly a dog to betray by sign or sound that he considered this visitor's behavior a trifle too familiar. "Good morning, caplain," said Easton, cheerily. "Well, Muggins, I trust I see yon In the enjoyment of health." Ths violent chuck under the chin with which this hope was emphasized received but scant acknowledgment from a very Stumpy tail. "1 have news," said Eanton, at once, laying aside the newspsper; "news from old Smith Pavloskl Smith." "Where from?" inquired Tyars, with out enthusiasm. "From Tomsk. It is most extraordi nary bow these fellows manage to elude the police. Hers is old Pavloskl an es caped Siberian exile a man they would give thalr boots to lay their hands on goes back to Russia, smuggles himself across the German frontier, shows that solemn face of his onblushtng'.ln Peters burg, and Anally posts off to Tomsk with a lot of contraband luggage as a mer chant. I thought I had a fair allowance of check, but these political fellows are far ahead of me. Their cheek and their calm assurance are simply unbounded." "The worst of It," said Tyars. turning over his letters with small Interest, "is that tbe end is always the same. They sll overdo It sooner or later." "Tea," admitted the American, whose sensitive face betrayed a passing discom fort, "but it is no good thinking of that now." "Not a bit," acquiesced Tyars, cheerful ly. "Only I shall be rather surprised If I meet those three men np there. It would be better luck than ons could reasonably expect." "If one of them gets through with his party, all concerned should be very well pleased with themselves," said Easton. "Now listen to what Pavloskl says." He nnfolded a letter, which was ap parently a commercial communication written on tbe ordinary mall paper of a merchant, and bearing ths printed al dress of an office In Cronstadt. On ths Brat page was a terse advice, written In a delicate, clerkly hand, of the receipt by Hull steamer of a certain num ber of casks containing American apples. "This," aeld Easton, "Is from our stout friend. He has received ths block soups and the Winchester cartridges." He then opened the letter further, and on ths two Inside pages displayed a close ly ' written communication in a peculiar pink-tinted ink, which bad evident! been brought to light by some process, for tbe paper was wrinkled and blistered. " '1 have, read the American, slowly, as If deciphering with difficulty, 'reached Tomsk without mishap, I have bought a strong sledge, wholly covered in. and Instead of sleeping in the stations, usually He down on the top of my cases nnder ths cover. I give as reason for this the In formation that I have many valuables watches, rings, trinkets and, being a young merchant, cannot rnn tho risk of theft to save my own personal comfort I have traveled day and night, according to the supply of horses, but have always succeeded hitherto In communicating with those who are to follow me. One man on my list was In the prison Indicated j he is probably dead. I find great improve ments. Our organization Is moro mechan ical, and not so hysterical this I attrib ute to tbe diminished number of feninlo workers. All the articles with which your foresight provided me nave been useful, but tbe great motor in Siberia Is money. With tbe funds I have at my command 1 (eel as powerful as the Czsr. I can buy whom I like and what I like. My only regret Is that the name of O. T. has to be suppressed that the hundreds of In dividual! who will benefit by his grand generosity will never know the name of the Englishman who has held out his laStfD bands to those groaning under tho yoke of a barbarous oppression. When we are all dead, when Russia Is free, his name will be remembered by some one. The wstches will be very nsafnl; I have sold two at a high price; but once be yond Irkutsk, and I will send or give one ; to the master of each Important station or to tbe staroiu of each village. By this means those who follow me will know that they are on the right track. I have enough watches to lay a train from Ir kutsk to the spot where I assemble my party. I met my two conipeuions by appointment at the base of the Ivan Vel Iki tower In the Kremlin, and we spent half an hour In the cathedral together within musket shot of the Czar, and un der the very nose of the cream of his police. PI nee then we have not met, but are each working forwurd by the pre' scribed route alone. I see gi-caf cluing here. Rusxla Is awakening she Is rub bins her eyes. God keep yoti all three '. Matthew Mark Easton Indicated hv a little Jerk of the head that the letter wa finished. Then, after looking at it curl oualy tor a moment, be folded' it and pu It away In bis pocket. "Old cimitb," ha said, "waxes quite poetic at times." "jes." answered Tyars, pouring ou bis coffee, "but there Is a keen business man behind the poetry." One, observed l.aston. In his terse wsy, "of the sharpest needles In tusiu and iulte the sharpest in Siberia at 111 present moment." "He will need to he: though I think that the worst of his Journey is over llis cream Is, as be says, at Moscow Once beyond NiJnl he will find milk, the tnllk and water, and dually beyond Ir kutsk the thinnest water. The nlticlal In tellect lo Kiluria is not of a brilliant de script loo, tavloski can outwit every gendarme or Cossack commandant meets, snd once out of Irkutsk they need tiot fear the law. They will only have Nature to compete with, and Nature al ways gives fait play. When they hav assembled tbey will retreat north like a organised army before a rubble, for there are not enough Cossacks and gendarmes MEKRIMAN Nonriern Silwrla to form anything ke nn efficient corps of pursuit. They ay follow, hut I s!t.i'l have the fugitive on board and away long before they reach the seaboard. "How many are there In Yakutsk?" "Two thousand altogether, soldiers and Cossack. They have no means of trans port snd no commissariat corps. Ry the me that the news travels south to Ya- ttrk, that there Is a body of supposed exiles to the north, our men will have gained such nn advantage that pursuit ould bo absurd. "It seems," replied Easton. "so very mple that I wonder no one has tried It before." "Simply because no one has had the money. I know several whaling captains ho would be ready enough to try, pro- ik'd they were paid. The worst danger as the chance of the three men being captured as soon as they entered Russia. bey are now at their posts In Siberia. n May they meet surreptitiously on the southern slope of the Verkoloniska, cross he mountains, and they are safe. The three leaders will then be together, and hey will retreat north as arranged. scaring Ihe Yamschicks into obedience, nd taking nil tho post deer and dogs ith them, so that un Immediate pursuit III be Impossible. I think." added the organizer of this extraordinary plot, that we shall aucceed. " As the middle of February annroached Clnud Tyars was tranquilly engaged In s preparations. Several ladies were pleased to express their disapproval of this nffectation of hard work and failed to see why his evenings should bo de voted to a task for which he had plenty of time during the day. It would be hard to determine how far Tyars realized his position. He was disciplinarian of the finest mold, and It probable that he had never, un to this time, allowed for a moment the fact that be loved Helen Grace. This determina tion to cultivate tbe blindness of those who will not see was not dictated by cow ardice; because Ciand Tyars was, like most physically powerful men, Inclined, to exaggerate the practice of facing dis agreeable facts with both eyes open. Ho ad refused to realize this most incon venient truth, because he was oppressed by a vagoe fear that realization meant betrayal. He now suspected that Miss Winter had known all along that Helen Grace as not the same to him as other woru- Addcd to this was a suspicion that she calmly and deliberately undertook tho task or rorcing him to say as much to Helen herself. He could think this now without vanity. Blatthew Mark Easton stood and watched, as you may have watched these low, strong rivers, and knew that his friend was passing on to some new conn try with a purpose which be could not tay nor turn aside. Probably ho felt a little doubtful of Clnud Tyars felt that ho could not rely upon him to net like other men. At any moment the unexpect ed might supervene. Doeply, however, as he felt his resnon- iblllty, anxious as he was, he never lost plrlt. He was ono of those men whose courage rises to the occasion, and while he recognized fully that without Claud Tyars failure was Inevitable, he would not blind himsnlf into the belief that tbe leader was absolutely safe. CHAPTER XXI. At the risk of being accused of betrav- tng the secrets of the sex, this opportunity is taken of recording an observation made respecting men. It is simply this: That we all turn sooner or later to somo wom en in our difficulties. And when a man l-i gone Irretrievably to the dogs, bis descent is explicable by the simple argu ment that 'be happened to turn to the wrong woman. Matthew Mark Easton had hitherto got along fairly well with out femlnmo Interference, but this In no manner detracted from his respect for feminine astuteness. This respect now urged him to brush his hat very carefully one afternoon, purchase a new flower for his button hole, and drive to Miss Win ters, lie fonnd that lady at home and aloue. 'I thought," he said, as he entered the room and placed his bat carefully on tho piano, "that I should find you at homo this afternoon. It is so English outside." "The weather does not usually affect my movemeuts," replied Miss Winter. "I am glad you came this afternoon, because I am not often to be found at home at this time. Tell me, how is Mr. Tyars?" He Is well, was the answer, "thank you. His arm is knitting nicely." There wss a little pauae, then be add ed, with a marked drawl en Ameri canism to which be rarely gave way : ' IIo-w Is SI ma Grace V" Agnea WinU-r looked up sharply. Mat thew Mark Easton met the gaze of those clever northern eyes with a half smile She gave a little short laugh, half pleas ed, half embarrassed, liko the laugh of soma fair inaaker when she finds herself forced to lay sslde her mask. I wonder, she said, "how much you inow7 Tbe strange, wrinkled face fell at once Into an expression of gravity which ren derod it somewhat wistful and almost ludicrous. "Nothing I guess!" "How much do you surmise?" she amended, onconsciously using a word to ward which be had a decided conversa tional penchant. "Everything. My mind is in a fevered state of surmise." "Is there anything to be done?" she asked, after a lengthened pause. "1 counted, be answered, "that would put that question to you." Don t yoa see that I can do nothing, that I am powerless?" "And, he continued, imperturbably "what am I to do?" "Well, I should go to Mr. Tyars aud say, ulaud Jyars. you cannot go on this expedition you have no right to saeri lice the happiness of of another to th gratification of your own personal amid Hon.'" "I cannot do that," he said, "because Claud Tyars has bound himself to go, and I will not let him off his contract It is my expedition." He hardly expected her to believe It knowing Tyars and himself ns she did, Hut he was quite aware that be laid him self open to a blow on the sorest spot in his heart. "Then why do you not go yourself, Mr, Kastoni ' lie winceu unuer it, all the same, though be made no attempt to justify himself. She had touched his pride, sod .here Is no prouder man on earth than j biga-bred North American. He merel sat snd eudeavored lu keep his lips still as Tyars would hive managed to do. In second Miss Winters saw the result of the taunt, and her generous heart soft sued. "I beg jour psrdcm," she said; "I knew there mast be some good rsasoa. J 8be waited, in order 10 give him. as opportunity of setting forth his good rea son, but he refused to tnke It, snd she never had the satisfaction of bearing it from bis own lips. (To be continued.) FEAT IN RAILROAD LIGHTING r.nallsh Line Tests Km Byatent Which tirrntlr Iteitucra Cost, A now aud Interesting engineering test and one of coiibiilerablo value to railway coinpiinlcs mid of great com tucrclal posHilillitlcs litis been made ou the Great Eastern Railway of Grout liritaln, snys the New York Tribune. It was to demonstrate the value of a iict system of lighting railway trains, which Is kuovvu us tbe Leltncr-Lucus Kvstcin. The dynamos wore entirely healed p; tliat Is, the oil wells, brush and (versing gear. The automatic cutouU wqru similarly plured under seal, us well ns tilt? storage battery, the scul- ng being douo by tbu railway com- any In u'h a way that no replace ment or irpuirs could be made, 110 oil (bled to the well or nny part of tha uiiehltjcry and no water or acids added to the batteries. Mr. Lcltncr'a claim wu4 tliat unilur theee conditions he would libt the carriages designated ui'ln the time they would cover a distance exceeding the circumference of the earth at tho equator mid during the most exacting period of tho year, from October to the end of December. t)n Jnn. 1 the distance tigrced on ind been exceeded, the two coaches used for tho tout on arriving at Pad- diugtou from Cornwall having covered 2o,KI miles. The light had not failed on auy occasion, the' Illumination be ing ns bright on the Inst Journey as on tbe first. The lights wero kept sup plied with nu electric current at a prucllcally constant voltage, running or standing. The seals were taken off, nd It was found that though the dyna- : nios had not had a drop of oil, nor . the accumulators a drop of water or eld, they were In first rate condition, 1 uu. Louiu uuu suuo iur uuomcr month or more, still uudcr seal, and is nnmed. It was once a nest of pl Bupplled a good and sufllclent light. I rates, then n fortified Spanish statli.n. The result of this test In n commer- clal point of view is that during twelve and of late has had over n score of weeks and for a distance of 23,200 peaceful inhnbitnnts clustered in a vain-dies, coaches were effectually and ley hamlet. even luxuriantly lighted, practically without any human attendance at all, nd without renewals, replacements or lepalrs In other words, without any cost, except for more coal, theoretically ousuined ou the locomotive, which Is Fuch an Infinitesimal amount ns not to be traceable. Made the near Work. BUI Winters, of whom the Bostoi. Herald tells, Is one of the heroes who uses his wit to save his strength. During n campaign trip In tho Maluo woods wnom it accuses or oustruciing me ui Rlll was easily the laziest man In the hilnment of political rights and n fuller nnrtv I Finally his exasperated comrades told him that If he did not kill some- thing besides time they would pack hun off home. The next morning Bill borrowed n rifle nnd went off up the mountain. Two hours later the men men In camp saw Bill running down again as fast as ho could come, nnd clore behind him was a bear. Tho mett watched tho chase with loaded rifles ready. On reaching camp Bill turned and shot the bear. When the men could stop laughing, one of them said, "BUI, what on earth possessed you to. run that, distance, with the bear so close, when you might have killed bim on the bill and saved your breath?" Bill smiled slowly. "What's tho use of killing a bear In the mountains nnd lugging him In when you can run him In?" ho asked. It the llcurt Stopa Heating. When the heart stops tho circulation ceases, tho capillaries of the lungs be come gorged with stagnant blood, while the blood in the brain no longer car ries away the waste products nnd brings the oxygenated fluid to restore the tissues. As the blood takes about half a minute to circulate through the whole system, It may ba taken that at tho end of this period after the stop page of the heart the arteries would be tilled by the Inst effort of the left ven tricle, while the velus would be pour ing their contents Into the right auri cle. In a few seconds more the ner vous centers would cease to net, and probably by tho end of tho mlnuto the subject would bo practically dead from suffocation, although reflex muscular action would probably keep up the ap pearance of 11 fo for some seconds longer. II r sources of tienlus. The editor looked over the manu script submitted by the village poet and frowned. "Here Is one line," he said, "In which you speak of the 'music of the elder press.' I low would you undertake to Imitate the 'music' of a elder press?" "I should think It might bo dona with a Juice harp," answered th post. Chicago Tribune. A IHsrouravemeut. "Why don't you write your prescrlp- tlons In plain Fngllsh?" "What's the use?" rejoined the phy- slclan. "I writo my bills in plain Kng- lisli nnd a lot ef people don't seem to make any sense of them." Washington Star. Womau'a Hleht. He You say a woman has no rights She That's what I say. "Why, a man has to go to the Legls- lnture to change his name, while a woman only bus to go to tho preacher.' Yonkers Stntesmuu. Iailrllrdnrss. "iHin't you feel that you owe soma. thltig to tho public?" "No," answered Mr. Ptistln Stax; "The prluclpal object of my financial career has been to keep the public In debt to uie." Washington Star. AchlUoTolshel, a New York law- yer, who was born In Italy and was fm-niorlv the Marouls da Saurla. m tht ho would "rather I an mpric. citizen thau any sort of uiarouU." Thro are four millionaires In Brits! 10 one in Franc. All boys, old ns well ns young, were deeply Interested In n report concern ing tho fate of that romantic spot In the south Pacific Ocenn known ns the Island of Junn Fernandez, where dear, delightful old Robinson 'ru?oo made Imperishable fame for himself, largely because there were no theaters or fra ternal organizations to distract his at tention. At least, that Is what many believe, though a few who profess to know stoutly aver that Crusoe never existed except In the vivid Imagination of Daniel Defoe, nuthor of the story, who based his yarn on events in tho life of Alexander Selkirk, n Scotchman, who spent sevtrnl years in the. solitude of this rocky protuberance In tho vast Pacific, 400 miles off the const of Chill. During tho recent quake that shook up Valparaiso It Is said tho Island of Junn Fernandez disappeared, leaving neither trnck, trace nor senihbinr-e of tbe romantic sjHit. What n pity! It must have made the water bubble wben it went under, for it was about six miles brond bv rlirhteen In lomrth and covered with rocky rooks, the highest having an elevation of nlmut 4.M0 fret, The isinn(1 of .. i,vPnn,lllm discovered In the sixteenth century by the companion of Plznrro. for whom it later became n Chilian convict station. Sharb. the English buccaneer, made it the station from which he and his men sallied forth lo ravage the Chlli- nn coast. Pursued by a Spanish car TERRORISM IN RUSSIA. The Prensy of the) AHnck Made nn Premier Mtolrpin' I.lfr. The desperate frenzy which tills the minds of the Russian revolutionary party, lending It to any extreme in prder to visit punishment upon those nUNisiiie ui uituuiu. i? ni iihpuiuhi I- . t. - 4 . 41. l; t ,u lUK !"" -- ' 1 - 'vow-' '"ssn.Af jojri INSIDE OF THE VILLA Premier Btolypln. For daring recklcss- eS8 this attempt has few parallels, BTen 1,1 Iiu88ltt' M. Stolypln was holding n reception Bt St. Petersburg In bis summer resl- dence In Apothecary Island, a wooden building. The guests hud assembled. j wben there arrived four men, to all appearances ordinary visitors. But. as tlle or intCndlng vhltors hud been clo;od, ;h- servants would nut nllow tUem t)) pntpr, Tuey thereupon at- tempted to force an entry luto a room adjoining that In which the guests were assembled. In tho struggle one of the men let fall a bomb, which ex ploded with terrible force. Thirty peo ple were killed and thirty were In jured. M. Stolypln escaped unhurt, but bis daughter and little son were badly Injured, the girl having had both of her legs shattered. Among the killed 1 were a prince, u general, a colonel, a VUii anrt , w0 urt ,,m(la "f th! lour it-rrurmiB luntr viv iiit.'ti uuu the fourth was promptly arrested. This attempt upon the life of Premier toln Is only one of many others. some of tbetu successful, made upon D,Kh ottlclals In the Russian public service. Almost every dity the rerolu- heA f ; J cr- i y i 4 w 1 j , i A "I u J" i of Alexander telktrh. Hermnaoe perpetually ... joofusld wilh lalt oe vmich Of c put his aval, they fled, leaving behind the black man who renpponrs In story ns Crusoe's man Friday. The English vessel, the Cinque Ports, arrived in 1704. having for mate Alexander Selkirk, the orig inal of Robinson Crusoe. No need to go Into the fnmlllnr story of his adven tures, nor to question how closely tho novelist adheres to fart In what is un doubtedly the most fnscinntlng ftory of adventure ever written. The narrow rldgo where Selkirk watched Is now railed The Saddle, be cause at either end of it a big rocky hummock rises like a pommel. Roys and girls of two or four generations ago will recall very readily those lines of Cowper on the life of Alexander Sel kirk, beginning na follows: I am monarch of all I survey. My right there Is none to dispute; From tho center all round to the ea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. O solitude! where are the charms That sages hare seen in thy face? Rettcr dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. On one of these rocky hummocks there had been placed it Inrse tablet with Inscriptions commemorating Alex ander Selkirk's long and lonely stay. It was placed there in 1R08 by the ofllcers of the Rrltlsh ship Topnzo and reads as follows : In Memory of Alexander Selkirk, Mariner. A Native of Largo, In the County of Fife, Scotland. Who Lived on This Island in Complete Solifnde for Four Y'ears and Four Months. lie Was Landed from the Cinque Ports, Galley, Ofi tons, 1C guns, A. D. 1704. and was taken off in The Duke Privateer, 12th Feb., 1700. He Pied Lieutenant of II. M. S. Wry mouth, A. D. 172.1, aged 47 years. This Tablet is erected near Selkirk's lookout by Commodore Towell and the ofiicers of tho II. M. S. Topazc, A D. 18(18. tlonists strike nt some official some where In tho empire. One day It Is In St. Petersburg, another day In Mos cow, again it is in Finland, again in Poland. Official nssnsslnatlon Is open ly preached and practiced, so that the upholders of Russian autocracy nre trembling for their lives. Neither life nor property Is safe, and even the Czar on his throne has been singled out for slaughter. Never In auy land, nor In .... h&.U&lMl tro-.f 5 fc jsvi ) ' l-vy 1 Jt .tsr - , AFTER THE EXP1X)SU)N. nny age, with the possible exception of France during Its revolutionary out burst In the eighteenth century, has such a rclgn of terror prevailed as now reigns in Russia. "By m Neck." Iu the lower Amazon country the temperature ranges about olglity-seven degree! in me kii.iiic uu tlio year round, says the author of "Ten Thou sand Miles In a Yacht." At Matiaos, one thous-unl miles up the river, the temperature is six or eight tlegnvs higher. Thermometers are little used In that country. and little understood. So when a ynchtsniau returned down -river and was asked by au ofIk-l.il nt Para, "How Is the temperature at Manaos?" bis re ply, "Light degrees hoiter than here, elicited a 6tare of not.-omprelienslon. "At Manaos," said tho vachtsnian In explanation. "I used to wilt six collars n day. Hero In Para I only need three a day." This was perfectly clear to the Bra xlllau. whose face lighted with under standing. Ever notice that "funny" looking people have "funny" looking company Si r - I e J i re A KiV m 3 rbanir. "When old Uncle Wcathetjr was jj poor farmor he used to go tip to towila and eat pie with a carving fuk. Ths ) jieeple smiled." "Ton don't say!" "Then later on he began eailng It si lth tablespoon. The poop! langliH." "I don t biamo tnem- "From that he changed t a knife. . They roared." "Great Scott! And Is he tfill stick ing to tho knife?" "No. Since they fc-uiid U en his farm and rated hint ns a ralUlonnlre he eats ttle with his fingers and every- hody nods his npproval and says ne Is bizarre." JOO.OrO I NK THK S.VtlTII I'KRMIR THE tMim HEMIC! TTPEWRIftrt C1. STI'CUJC. R. Y The Limit of Honesty. Dora Never tell Flora any secrets. Cora Can't she keep tbcmt Dora Keep them? Why, that girl tells people her right aget Ofeveland Leader. Cheap Excursions Snath. On first and third Tuesday of each month tho Big Four Railway will sell excursion tickets to most alt points in Virginia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia, at rate of one fare plus $2.00, with return, limit 30 days. Liberal stopover privi leges. Write I. P. Spinlng. General Northern Agent, 2!8 Clark St., Chicago, for further information. J Selden'a Lonjr Wait for Wealth. Twenty-five years ao, writes Leroy 6xtt in Technical World Magazine, a young man with a scheme for a car riage to be run by .1 gasollre motor called upon a large manufacturer of w hides and farm implements. Tb young man had spent years upon his patent Its success meant fortune to him, and also triumph over the men who had laughed at hlin. So he us"d his best eloquence to Induce the manufacturer to put bis automobile on the market. But the manufacturer shook hts head. You've been wasting your time on that scheme," he said. "And If I went into It, I'd be wasting my money. No, sir even If It worked, nohody'd ever care to rldo In your 'explosion buggy.'" The young man was George B. Sel- den, and what this manufacturer said was also said by dozens of others. To day there are in use Iu the United States about 70.000 "explosion bug gies;" and about 70 per cent of all gaso line automobiles mado In this country or Imported into It nre licensed under the Selden patent the royalties paid during the last three years amounting to $S14,183. After Two Western Yeavrs. Less than two years ago, a prospect or lost his way on the desert, near the California line, In Nye County, Neva da, nnd died of thirst. Ou the spot ot is er f where that man's body was found now the town of Bullfrog. A water works plant costing $30,000 supplies au abundance of water. There are hotels with baths In many 'rooms and resi dences equipped with nil the modern paraphernalia that make for comfort. Electric lights illumine the streetf" where only the stars of heaven looked down on the death of the lonely miner, nnd within the radius of a very few miles there are now about 15,000 peo ple. Review of Reviews. No Time for Ilesltatloa. "Weren't you surprised to learn that Molly Wcllon Is going to marry Web Waxley? I thought she had her eye oa Tom Trickey." TUF.HK MUST II K kOIIK AIITANTAdR "I think she had, but Web presented himself first, and she took him as a sort . of fielder's choice." LOOSE TEETH kin do Sound by Kntlna: tirape-.Nnts. Proper food -nourishes every part of tbe body, because Nature rejects the different materials from tho food we eat, to build bone, nerve, brain, mus cle, teeth etc All we need is to eat the right kind of food 6lowIy, chewing it well our digestive organs take It up Into tho blood and the blood carries It all through the body, to every little nook and comer. If some one would ask you, "Is Grape-Nuts good tor looso teeth?", you'd probably say, "No, I don't seo how It could be." But a woman In Ontario writes: . "For the past two years I have used "1 Crape-Nuts Food v 1th niost excellent ' results. It fcenis to take the place of medicine In many ways, builds up tho nerves aud restores the health gener ally. "A littlo Grape-Nuts taken before retiring soothes my nerves and gives sound sleep." (Because It relieves Ir ritability of the stomach nerves, being a predlgested food.) "Before I used Grape-Nuts my tecil were loose In the gums. They were so had I was afraid they would some day all fall out. Since I have ued Grape Nuts I have not been bothered any more with loose teeth. 4 "All desire fcr pastry has dlsapperr ed and I have gained In health, weight and happiness since 1 begun to Use Grape-Nuts." Nnmo glveu by Postutu Co., Battle Creek. Mich. Get the famous little book. "Tho Bond to WellTlIle," In pks. "There's a rcasou." 1 .s.m -ms.y.fc,.?. 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