Te TVIatln Car A.
"Wrist are trump In the game of lifsT"
I asked of all In the busy strife.
;"lTarts," ssid the maiden, shy and sweet,
,Wlth happy e.res and bluhes fleet.
iThe society bflll smiled scornfully:
"Hearts for you, but diamonds for ma."
"Clubs," drawled tbe blase nan of Cat
world,
Driftlnf down stream wlib hit aalla al)
furled. ..
Tb gravedlgger laughed aa ba pliad bli
trada.
"Spades ara the final trumps," ba aald.
Baltltnora American.
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Resdings from tbe Bible are now being
given in Berlin by provisional recitera.
PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS
PAZO OINTMENT Is guaranteed to cure aa)
raae OI llcilDIi fMlDU, Dievuiiis vr biviwu
Ins; I'llcs ta ts) 14 daa or money refunded
Oc.
A person can now go from New York
to Seattle, on Puget sound, In four days.
Mis This at Hobs.
The) following simple bo me -made
mixture l aald to readily relieve and
overcome any form of Rheumatism by
forVlng tba Kidney a to filter from the
blood and system ail tbe uric acid and
poisonous waste matter, relieving at
once such symptoms as backache, weak
kidneys and bladder and blood dis
eases. Try It, ai It doesn't coat much to
make, and la aald to be absolutely
harmlesa to the stomach.
Get tbe following harmlesa Ingredl
ents from any good pharmacy: Fluid
Extract Dandelion, one-half ounce;
Compound Kargon, one ounce; Com
pound Syrup Sarsaparllla, three ounces.
Mix by ehuklne- well In a. battle, and
take a teaspoon ful after euch meal and
.again at bedtime.
This elmplo mixture la aald to give
ronipt relief, and there are rery few
cases of rtheumatlsm and Kidney trou
bles It will fall to cure permanently.
These are all harmlesa, every day
drugs, and your druggist should keep
thorn In the prescription department ; If
not, have him order for you, rather
than fail to use this, If you are af
flicted. The estimates of the population of Pe
kin vary from 500.000 to 1.000,000.
NO RELIEF FROM ECZEMA
For Over Twt Yeara Talent Medi
cine, Qaaelc Cnree, and Bvea Use
tore rail Catlanra Saeeeede.
"I waa vary badly afflicted wit) ee
cema for more than two yeara. Tbe
parte affected were my limbs below
'tne knees. I tried all tbe phyelclane in
'the town and aome In the surround
ing towns, and I also tried all the
i patent remedies that I beard of, be-
Idea all the cures advised by old
women and quacks, and found no relief
-Whatever until I commenced using the
Cutlcura Soap, Cutlcura Ointment, and
Cuticura Resolvent In tbe Cutlcura
Remedies I found Immediate relief,
and was aoon sound and well. C. V.
fieltz, Tippecanoe, Ind., Nov. 15, 1905."
It la well known that western rivers,
specially tbe Missouri and Mississippi,
often make great and audden changes
In their channels, filling In their old
beds and digging out new. In 18SMJ,
eaya the author of "Early Steamboat
Navigation on the Missouri River," a
farmer waa digging a well near the
mouth of Grand river, Missouri, sev
eral miles from the channel of the
"Big Muddy."
1 Deep down In the excavation he found
a Bible, and on Its cover the name
"Naomi." The book waa aent to Capt
Joseph La Barge, then one of tbe oldest
steamboat men on the river, to learn If
ibe could suggest any explanation of Its
presence there.
Captain La Barge recalled that fifty
Ix yeara before, the steamer Naomi
had been wrecked at the very place
where tbe Bible was found, which was
then the channel of the river. In those
days missionaries left Bibles In the
cabins of ateaniers, fastened by chains
to the tablea, each marked with the
name of the vessel. This volume re
mained aa a monument both to the ear
lier tragedy and to the old course of
the Missouri.
Atoning- for III Impollteaasa.
Tba man at the desk was writing a let
tr.
"Won't you quit looking over my shoul
der and take a chair" ha said, taming
around and smiling at the caller. "Par
don my lack of manners in not asking
you to do It sooner."
OUTJEa CHILDREN.
Esperleaoa and a Mother's Lore
Make Advlee Valaablo.
An III. mother writes about feeding
children;
"If mothers would use Grnpe-Nuta
more for their little ones, there would
be less need for medicines and fewer
doctor bills,
"If those suffering from indigestion
and stomach troubles would live on
rape-Nuts, toast and good milk for a
hort period they would nxperlenee
snore than they otherwise would be
lieve. "Our children bar all learned to
know tbe benefit of Grape-Nuts aa an
appetising, strengthening food. It la
every evening, with few rarlatione, like
tbla: 'Mamma, let's have toaat and
Grape-Nuts for breakfast; or, let's have
eggs and Grape-Nuts' never forgetting
the latter.
"fin. i I- -..I . J ,
yeara of age repeatedly tells me bis
mind Is so much brighter and In every
way i he feels so much better after bar.
I iig Grape-Nuts aa a part If not all bis
Lreakfast" Name given by PoNtuin
'o.. Battle Creek. Mich. Read the lit
tie hook. ri,e Road to WellrlUa," la
X'W.s There's a Reason,"
Madame Midas
2 Firjtu Hum a
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CITArTER I.
A wild bleak-looking coast, with huge
rater-worn promontories jutting out Into
the sea, daring the tempestuous fury of
the waves, which dashed furiously in
theets of seething foam against the. Iron
rocks. Two of these headlands ran out
for a considerable distance, and at the
base of each ragged cruel looking rocks
stretched still further out into the ocean
until they entirely disappeared beneath
the heaving waste of waters. Suddenly
on the red waters there appeared a black
speck, rising and falling with the restless
waves, and ever drawing nearer and near
er to the gloomy cliffs snd sandy beach.
When within a quarter of a mile of the
shore the specs resolved Itself into a boat,
a mere shallop, painted a dingy white,
and much battered by the wavea aa It
tossed lightly on the crimson waters, it
had one mast and a small sail all torn and
patched. In this frail craft were two
men, one of whom waa kneeling In the
prow of the boat ahading hie eyes from
tbe sunlight with his hands and gazing
eagerly at the cliffs, while the other sat
In the center with bowed head, in an at
titude of resignation, holding tba straining
sail by a stout rone twisted round cis
arm. Neither of them spoke a word till
within a short distance of tbe beach, when
tbe man at the lookout arose, tall and
gaunt, and stretched out his hsnds to the
inhospitable-looking coast with a harsh
exulting laugh.
"At last." he cried. In a hoarse, strain
ed voice, and In a foreign tongue; "free
dom at last.
The other man made no comment on
this outburst of his companion, but kept
his eyes steadfastly on the bottom of the
boat, where lay a small barrel and a bag
of mouldy biscuits.
There was a strong contrast between
these two walfa of the sea which the ocean
bad just thrown up on the desolate coast.
One was a tall, slightly built young fel
low, apparently about thirty years of age,
with leonine masses of reddish colored
bair, and a short, stubby beard of the
aame tint. Ilia face, pale and attenu
ated by famine, looked sharp and clever ;
and his eyes were quite black, with thin,
delicately drawn eyebrows above them.
They scintillated with a peculiar light
which gave any one looking at him an
uncomfortable feeling of insecurity. The
young man's hands, though hardened and
discolored, were yet finely formed, while
even tbe coarse, heavy boots he wore
eould not disguise the delicacy of bis feet,
lie waa dressed in a rough blue ault of
clothea, all torn and much stained by sea
water, and his head waa covered with a
red cap of wool-work which rested lightly
on his tangled masses of hair. Tbe man
at hie feet was a rough, heavy-looking
fellow, squarely and massively built, with
black bair and a heavy beard of the same
somber hue. Ills hands were long and
sinewy ; bis feet large and ungainly ; and
hla whole appearance was that of a man
In a low station of life. No one could
have told the color of hla eyes, for be
looked obstinately at the ground ; and the
expression of his face waa sullen and for
bidding. Ilia companion eyed bim for a
ahort time in a cool, calculating manner,
and then rose painfully to his feet
"So," be said rapidly In Frenchfl wav
ing hla hand toward tbe frowning cliffs,
"so, my Pierre, we are In the land of
promlae ; though I must confess it cer
tainly docs not look very promising ; still,
we are on dry land, and that Is something
after tossing about so long In that atuptd
boat, with only a plank between us and
death. Bah !" with another Impressive
ahrug "why should I call it stupid? It
carried us all the way from New Cale
donia and landed us safely In what may 1
turn out Paradise. We must not be un
grateful to the bridge that carried us over1
-eh, my friend?"
The man addressed as Pierre nodded an
assent, then pointed toward the boat;
the other looked up and saw that the tide
bad risen, and that tbe boat waa drifting
alowly away from the land.
"It goes," he said coolly, "bock again
to Ita proper owner, I suppose. Well, let
It. We have no further need of It. We
are no longer convicts from a French
prison, my friend, but shipwrecked sail
ors; you hear?" with a audden scintilla
tion from his black eyes "shipwrecked
sailors; and I will tell the story of the
wreck. Luckily, I can depend on your
discretion, as you have not even a tongue
to contradict, which you wouldn't do if
It you had."
The dumb man rose slowly to his feet
and pointed to the cliffs frowning above
them. The other answered hla thoughts
with a careless shrug of the shoulders.
"We must climb," he said lightly, "and
let us hope the top will prove less In
hospj table than this place. Where we
are I don't know, except that thia is Aus
tralia ; there la gold here, ray friend, and
we must get our share of it. We will
match our Gallic wit against these Eng
lish fools, and see who cornea off best. You
have strength, I have brains ; so we will
do great tblnga; but" laying his hand
Impressively on the other's breast "no
quarter, no yielding, you see!"
lie crept along tbe narrow ledgo and
scrambled with great difficulty Into a
niche above, holding on by the weeds and
sparse grasses which grew out of the
crannies of tbe bsrren crag. Followed by
bis companion, be went steadily un. clinr-
Ing. to projecting rocks long trails) of
tough grass and anything else he could
bold on to. Every now sad then some
seablrd would dash out into their faces
with wild crlea and nearly cause them to
lose their foothold In the sudden start.
Then the herbage began to grow inoro lux
urious and the cliff to slope In an easv
Incline. At last, after half an hour's
hard work, they managed to get to the
top, aud threw themselves breathlessly on
the short dry grsss which fringed the
rough cliff. Lying there halt fainting
with fatigue and hunger, they could hear
tbe drowsy thunder of the waves below
Tbe rest did them good, and in a short
time they were able to rise to their feet
and aurvsy the situation. In front was
tbe aea, and at tba back the arassy un
dulatlng country, dotted here and there
with clumps of trees, now becoming faint
and Indistinct in the rapidly falling nhsj
ows of the night. They could alo see
horses aud cattle moving iu the dUtant
fields, which showed thst thers must be
some human habitation near, aud sudden
ly from a far distsnt house which tbey
bad not observed shone a briirht lla-Ut.
which became to these weary waifs of the
oceaa a atar of hop.
Tbey looked at one another In alienee.
and then the young man turned toward
tae ocean again.
"Bebind," be aald, pointing to the east.
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"lies a French prison and two ruined
lives yours and mine but In front,"
swinging round to the rich fields, "there
Is fortune, food and freedom. Come, my
friend, let ns follow thst light, which is
our star of hope, and who knows what
glory may await ua. The old life Is desd,
snd we stsrt our lives In this new world
with all the bitter experiences of the old
to teach nns wisdom come t" And without
another word he walked slowly down the
slope toward the Inland, followed by the
dumb man with his besd still bent and his
air of sullen resignation.
CHAPTER II.
In the early daya of Austrslla, when
the gold fever was at Its height and the
marvelous Melbourne of to-day waa more
like an enlarged camp than anything else,
there' wss a man called Robert Curtis,
who arrived In the new land of Ophir
with many othera to aeek bla fortune, Mr.
Curtis waa of good family, but had mar
ried a pretty girl, .whose face was her
fortune, and who waa born, aa the story
books say, of poor but honest parents.
Poverty and honesty, however, were not
sufficient recommendations in the eyes of
Mr. Curtis, senior, to excuse such a
match; so he promptly expelled bis son
from the family circle. That young gen
tleman and hia wife came out to Australia
filled with ambitious dreams of acquiring
a fortune, and then of returning to heap
coals of fire on the heads of those who
had turned them out.
These dreams, however, were destined
never to be realised, for with!n a year
after their arrival in Melbourne Mrs. Cur
tis died giving birth to a little girl, and
Robert. Curtia found himself once more
alone in the world with the Incumbrance
of a small child. He, however, was not
a man who wore bla heart on hia sleeve,
and did not show much outward grief,
though, no doubt, he aorrowed deeply
enough for the loss of the pretty girl for
whom he bad sacrificed so much. At all
events, be made up his mind at once
what to do; so, placing bis chjld under
the csre of so old lady, he went to Bal
Inrat, and set to work to make his for
tune. Ho succeeded beyond even his own ex
pectations. Miss Curtis became the belle
of Melbourne, and soon had crowds of
suitors around her. Her father, however,
determined to find a husband for her
whom he could trust, and waa looking for
one when he sudJenly died, leaving bis
daughter an orphan and a wealthy wom
an, i
Her auitors numerous and persistent
soon returned to her feet. One of these,
a penniless young Englishman called Ran
dolph Vllllers, paid her such marked at
tention that In the end Miss Curtis, con
trary to the wishes of her friends, mar
ried him.
Aa aoon as Villlers fonnd himself In
full possession of bis wife's fortune he
Immediately proceeded to spend all the
money he could lay hla bands on. He
gambled away large sums of money at hla
club, he bet extensively on tbe turf. Mrs.
Villlers put up with this conduct for
some time, but when Villlers actually pro
ceeded to ill treat her In order to force
ber to give up the money her father had
settled on her, she rebelled. She tore off
her wedding ring, threw it at his feet, re
nounced bis name, and went to Ballarat
with her old nurse and the remnants of
her fortune.
She waa of too restless and ambitious
a nature to be content with an Idle life,
and though tbe money she still possessed
was su he-lent to support her In comfort.
yet sho felt that she must do something.
it-only to keep her thoughts from dwelling
on those bitter years of married life. The
most obvious thing to do In Ballarat was
to go in for gold mining, and chance hav
ing thrown In her way a mate of her
father's, she determined to devote herself
to that, being Influenced in her decision
by the old digger.. This ma,n, by name
Archibald Mcintosh, was a shrewd, hard
headed Scotchman, who had been In Bal
larat when the diggings were in the height
of their fame, and who knew all about the
lie of the country and where the richest
leads had been in the old days. lie told
Mrs. Villlers that her father and himself
had worked together on a lead then known
as the Devil's Lead, whkti was one of the
richest ever discovered In the district.
Fortunately the place where it was sit
uated had not been renowned for gdld In
the early days, and it bad passed into the
hands of a man who used It aa pasture
land, quite Ignorant of tbe wealth which
lay beneath. When Mrs. Villlers came
up to Ballarat this man wanted to sell
the land; ao, aoting under the urgent ad
vice of Mcintosh, aha sold out all the
Investments which she had and purcnaa-
ed tbe whole tract of country where the
old miner assured nor solnmnly the Devil's
Lead waa to be found.
Then she built a house near the mine,
and taking her old nurse, Sellna Sprotta,
and Archibald Mcintosh to live with ber,
sank a abaft in the place indicated by
the latter. People who heard of her tak
ing tbe land were astonished at first, but
they aoon began to admire the plucky way
In which she fought dawn her Ill-luck for
the first year of her venture. All at once
matters changed ; aba made a lucky spec
ulation In the share market, and the Fae
tolua claim began to pay. Mrs. Villlers
became mixed tip in mining matters, and
bought and sold on 'Chauge wltn such
foresight and promptitude of action that
she soon began to make a lot of money.
Stock brokers, struck with her persistent
good fortune, christened her Madame Mi
das, after that Greek king whoee touch
turned everything into void.
When Mr. Vlliiers therefore arrived In
Ballarat be found his wife universally
respected and widely known as Madame
Midas, so be went to see ber, expecting to
be kept In luxurious ease for the rest of
bla life. He aoon, however, found him
self mistaken, for his wife told him plain
ly she would have nothing to do with
him, and that If he dared to show his face
at the Pactolua claim she would have him
turned off by her men. He threatened to
bring ths law Into force to make her live
with him, but she lsughed in his face, and
said she would bring a divorce suit
sgalnst him if he did so; and as Mr. Vil
llers' character could hardly boar the light
of day, be retreatml, leaving Madame in
full possession of the field.
He stayed, however, In Ballarat, and
took up stock broking livlug a kind of
hand-to-mouth existence, bragging of hla
former splendor, and grumbling at his
wife for what he pleased to call her cru
elty. Every now and then he would pay
a visit to the Pactolua, and try to see
ber, but Mcintosh wss a vigilant guard,
and tbe miserable creature was always
tmTfi4 ts go her to his Bohemian
life wlftiotit accomplishing hia object of
getting money from the wife be had d
aerted.
People talked, of course, but Madame
did not mind. She had tried married life,
and bad been disappointed; her old Ideas
ot belief In human nature had passed
away ; In short, the girl who had been the
oeiie ot Melbourne aa Miss Curtis and
Mrs. Villlers hsd disappeared, and the
stern, clever, cynical woman who manar
ed the Pactolua claim waa a new being
cawed "Jladume Midas."
dlAPTF.Tl I IT.
Every one has heard of the oldest In-
niwiuiniT tnat wonderrui piece of antiq
uity, with whits hair, frarrulniia tnnnia
and cast-iron memory who was born
with the past century and remembers the
I.. Ill M . ....
name oi Waterloo, and tue Invention of
the ateam engine.
Ballarat, no doubt, possesses many of
Ihese precious pieces of antiquity hidden
In obscure corners, but nn ansiatl m-
known, not only in the Golden City bnt
throughout Victoria. Hla name waa Silv
ers plain Slivers, as he snM fc1mlf
and, from a physical point of view, he cer
tainty apone the truth. What his Chris
tian name waa no one ever knew; ha pall.
ed himself Slivers, and so did every one
else.
Slivers wss reputed rich, and Arabian
Niehta liks iftoriea n-era tnlrl nf hla UmJ.
less wealth, but no one ever knew the
raci amount ot money he had. and as
Slivers never Volunteered anr Information
on the subject, no one ever did know.
ua was a aman, wizen-looking little man,
Who USUallV Wore a suit of rlnthoa a atra
too large for him, wherein scandal mon
gera averred his body rattled like a dried
pea in a pod. Hia hair was white, and
fringed the lower portion of hia yellow lit
tle scalp In a most deceptive fashion.
With hia hat on Slivers looked sixty; take
ii on and nis bald head Immediately added
ten yeara to his existence. Ilia nn
waa bright and aharp, of a grayish color,
and the loss of the other wna rnloH v
a greasy black patch, which gave him a
sinister appearance. He waa clean ahav
ed, and had no teeth. He carried on the
business of a mining agent, and knowing
an aoout tne country and the Intricacies
of the mines, he was nna of t1i Wort
speculators in Ballarat.
The office of Slivers was in Sturt
street, In a dirty, tumble-down cottage
wedired between two hand
buildings. It was a remnant of old Bal-
L 1 . . . ...
iarai. wnica naa survived the rage for
new houses and highly ornamented ter-
racea.
The warm gnnlicht noureri dirmtn tt,
dinar windows of the nffirv. ami fitlarl tk.
dark room with a sort of somber glory.
T-V. . . . 1 tt i .
i aiuionpm-re oe Olivers omce was
thick and dusty. Slivers had pushed all
the scrip and loose papers away, and was
wrltino- a- letter in the littia rtnortn
caused by their removal. On the old-fashioned
Ink stand was a naner full nf rr;rf.
of gold. Billy, a parrot, seated on Sliv
ers suouiaers, . wss astonished at this,
and. inspired tv a anirit nf xlnniMu
ho climbed down and waddled clumsily
across tne table to the Inkstand, where
ho seized a small nugget In his beak md
made off with It. Klivora 1nntrit ,
his writing suddenly; so, being detected,
Biny stopped anu looked at him, still car
rying the nugget in his beak.
lo be continued.) '
Self-Heacuer.
In shallow-water navigation the
Western world can teach the Chinese
little. They have by centuries of prac
tice simplified tbe methods of use of
their many rivers, soys the author of
"The Reshaping of the Far East"
It was on a tributary of the Yangtze,
a broad and shallow and treacherous
stream, that he came across a new
genus of Junk, tho self-rescuer. There
are many kinds of Junks in China, from
the huge, lumbering sea-Junk, which
looks like a galleon of other days, to
the wasp-wnlsted river-Junk which sails
the great canal. But to the Western
traveler this one was new.
It was a double junk, a Junk which
could be split In two. Midships It was
only chained together in a primitive
way, and by releasing certain bolts it
could bo divided into halves, the stern
floating one wny and the stem another.
Coming (lowu-stream It often hnppens
that a heavy Junk "piles up" on some
sand-bar, and defies -all efforts to float
it off again, for hero water Is cquuted
by Inches. Then It Is only necessary
to unchain tbe after half, sail it away
and unload It, flout It alongside the
forward half again, and unload from
one into the other until the first half,
much lightened, can be pushed off.
Then they are rechalned and the- Jour
ney resumed. The Junkmen, squatting
on their hauuehes, explained to tho
traveler that this was really a very
dry country, and not a water country
at all, and that to navigate where there
Is seldom more than fifteen to twenty
Inches of water needs special measures.
Why Kelly Laughed.
Baseball cranks will all remember
with pleasure the late "Mike" Kelly,
the star attraction of the famous Bos
tons, then champions of the National
League, The Bostous were playing In
a western city, and bad Just returned
to their hotel after the game, and the
members of the team were separating
and going to their rooms while Kelly
headed for the bathroom to take his
regular "rub down."
A few minutes later one of the other
players on the team, whlie passing
down the corridor, heard Kelly's well
known laugh inside the bathroom, and
stopped at the door and asked Kelly
what the Joke was.
Kelly replied : "This Is the first time
I ever got out of the bath tub without
stepping on the soap."
Torrlble" Mistake.
"We wish," wrote the editor of the
Tartown Transcript, "to correct an er
ror w hich crept Into our Issue of last
week. In describing tho unfortunate
runaway accident In Main street, we
wrote: 'While awaiting the arrival
of tbe ambulance. Dr. Skinner, who
was fortunately present, took the vic
tim's pulse.' It was tho printer who
curelcstdy changed the T In tbe last
word to 4r.' We make the correction
in Justice to Dr. Skinner, whose feas
are always moderate and who never
presents a bill In advance. Ottlce ovf
Jed Kimball's drug store."
Ilolh Were Smart.
"And first." began the great moral
factor. "I will ask 'What Is the great
est thing 1n the world?"'
"Horseradish!" shouted the boy on
the back seat. ;
1 "Young man, you're too smart"
' "So's the horseradish." Toledo
Blade.
RICH REFORMER OTJITli
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Nearly two years ago, when J. G. Phelps Stokes, a New York millionaire,
demonstrated his fnlth in his cherished theory of democracy by marrying a
poor Russian charity worker and making his home on an upper floor of an
Eust Side tenement, the world cast nsido the last doubt of his sincerity.
There ho has lived and worked, abandoning his big estates nud spending
his Income for the good of his fellowmen. Faithfully and with enthusiasm
his young wife has seconded his efforts to assist the sick und needy anil
uplift the downtrodden. Practically every cent of the Income from his for
tune has been spent by young Stokes in university settlement work nnd other
philanthropic schemes. For his own livelihood he has depended almost en
tirely upon the Btipend gained from his literary productions.
Now, believing that his efforts have been too much along one line, the
young millionaire and bis wife announced that they will abandon their East
Side home and move to n little bungalow on Staten Island, where they will
find more time to devote to philanthropic literature and to uso In encour
aging charity work In a broader field. It Is the aim of young Stokes to organ
ize the devotees of this kind of work nil over the country nnd concentrate his
efforts toward directing their operations. At the same time he will strive
to give more publicity to evils that oppress the tollers he Is trying to instruct
and assist
RISES TO FRISCO
At an age when ost men are content to sit In tlie easy chair and watch
the youngsters, James P. Foley, C5 years old, captain of the police force of
Logansport,' Ind., will ride horseback to San Francisco on a 5300 wnger that
he can complete the trip in ninety days.
This will not be the first time that dipt Foley has ridden over the West
ern country.' He has fought Indians In the Black Hills and was In Utah dur
ing the exciting times when the Mormons sousht to exclude the dent lies. Ho
bas ridden over the deserts of New Mexico and Arizona, climbed the Colorado
mountain peaks and knowa every mile of the great Panhandle runge In West
ern Texaa. The rugged life of his younger days has left tho captain a strong
constitution. He is straight as an arrow, ngllo as a panther, nnd there are
few fleeter runners In Indiana. Prisoners who fall Into his clutches nnd show
fight invariably get the worst of It. He keeps In training nil the time. Each
morning, winter or summer, no matter how severe the weather, he takes a
gallop Into the country, astride his wiry Indian mustang.
Capt Foley has figured that lie will be able to make forty-five miles a day
through Indiana, Illinois and Nebraska. Through tho mountains ho Is only
counting on averaging rrom ten to nrteen miles.
Baffled bat Determined.
While Mr. Graham calmly and delib
erately opened the morning paper and
ran bis eye over tbe head lines, his
wife looked volumes of reproach and
Impatience.
"Can't you tell me about that Are
yesterday, before you read everything
else In the paper?" she naked, at last.
"Certainly, my dear, certaluly," said
Mr. Graham, wbeu ahe had repeated
ber question. "Er here It Is:
'At 4:30 yesterday aftoruoon the
great boiler at Stafford's burst The
HIS TENEMENT HOME.
I
IN NINETY DAYS.
7 AkTALM
scene which followed baffled all descrip
tion.'" "Is that all It says?" demnnded Mrs.
Graham, as her mishand'e eye seemed
Inclined to wander over the page.
"No." said Mr. Graham; "there are
trree full coltimna of description on
tb'a page, and It says 'continued on
pafte six.' "
It l.i n very uniistial town man who
can invp on a farm u:id rit the
temptation of rcfciilut; to his place, us.
a "raucb,"'
CANADA'S OOOD TIMES.
The taiBBlcrallaa l)arla ISO Wa
While tt Is well to heed every word
df caution from tbe leaders In convi
meres and finance, and to avoid all'
speculative ventures that lack a solid
business foundation, It is clearly evi
dent that there Is no conspicuous weak'
spot In Canada's present era of pros-)
perlty. Ths Toronto Globe says: "Ths
Dominion baa lo a commercial sens
plenty of money, and our leading finan
cial Institutions are In a position to
lend freely In tbe United States. Tbe
chief productive enterprises of Csnada
are not buoyed up by un era of danger
ous speculation, but are following sub
stantial business methods and finding
safe and continuous markets for their
goods. We are not bolstering up any
Industries by extensive export bonuses
that must Impoverish the people as a
whole and ultimately lead to collapse
through the failure of the artificial aid.
There Is no extreme protection In Can
ada such as would create great for
tunes for a few at the expense of ths
teneral public and lead to disruption
and catastrophe.
"The prosperity of Canada has no
such artificial foundation, being based,
on a healthy and substantial expansion
of trade and Industry, with a propor
tionate extension of productive settle
ment to new areas.
"It Is true that we are borrowing
extenslv;ly for railway constructloa,
but every line will bring new territory
within the limits of profitable occupa
tion, and will create prosperous settle
ments to bear the burdens and repay
the outlays. We are not exhausting
mineral resources, for It Is quite rea
sonable to assume that, although min
eral wealth la never itesmanent. oura
will during the measurable future de.
veiop a far greater productive capac
ity than at present. Our timber wealth
can be made continuous bv a ludleloui
policy. And agriculture, the real foun-
aation or our prosperity, is expanding,
with every new expenditure on rallwav
construction. We are not In the flush
of a railway mania that could brlna
its punishment throusch the useless du.
plication of lines. The gigantic rail-
Uav BntA,n. BK. K - H l . .
w.wj vt.KjiiPiiatrs iubi now suuiiunie ev
ery line of business In Canada will
create a new Dominion, and thus ren
der easy the heavy burdens of debt
now freely assumed. Canada's era ol
prosperity Las been unprecedented, but
there is no sign of weakness and no
cause for lack of confidence. While
our growth Is normal and healthy, we
need have no alarm, at Its rapidity."
Thia article ml?ht hnra tM n tt,.
n - " w hva U( iu,
growth that Is taking place In Central
Canada, where thousands of Ameri
cans have made their homes durlne the
past few years. The past calendar year
nas given to Canada by immigration
an addition to Its population of 216,000.
Of this the United States contributed
BJ.7S1. The agents of the Canadian
government, whose advertisement ap
pears elsewhere, say that this number
will be largely Increased durltig 1907.
Omissions of History.
Capt. Kidd waa burvinc bis ill rotten
treasure.
"I can't give it awar. of course." ba
aid. "It's tainted."
Cheered, however, bv the reflertlnii Mn
by the time posterity had ancCeoHm) in
finding the swag every particle of taint
wouia nave vanished, be dug the bole still
deeper,
Of Ialereet to Woraea.
Every womsn natumllv. ahmiM ha
healthy and strong, but a great many
women, unfortunately, are not, owing to
the unnatural condition of the lives we
lead. Headache, backache and a general
tired condition are prevalent amongst the
women of to-day, and to relieve these con
ditions women rush to the Hnircista for a
bottle ef some preparation supposed to be
particularly for them, and containing
nobody knows what. If they would just
get a box of Brandreth's Pills, and take
them regularly every night for a time, all
their trouble would disappear, as these
pills regulate the organs of the feminine
system. Tbe same dose has the same
tnVct, no matter how long they are used.
Brandreth's Pills have been in use for
over a century and are sold in every drug
and medicine store, plaiu or sugar-coated.
Tarental Solicitude.
"Maria, who is that young chao that's
coming to see Bessie?"
"His name is Hankinso.i. He seems to
be all right."
"Do you consider hiin a safe vounr
man?"
"Bessie does. She says he's in rood cir
cumstances and has been operated on for
appendicitis."
Among the allegations of erueltv msda
by an English husband, who wants a
separation, is that bis wife makes him
wear gloves at breakfast.
Bad Symptoms,
The woman who lias periodical head
aches, backache, sees imagipary dark
dpOtS or SDeckS floating or cUnrlnu- Vwtnra
her eyes, baanawlng distress or heavy
full feeling Wi itomach, faint spells, drag-glng-downAsellng
In lower abdominal or
pelvic refffbn, easily startled er excited,
irreguKf or painful oerlods. with or with-1
out . pHvIc catarrh. Is sufferina- ' from
weaknflisfs andJerangements that should
nave eaTly au&ntlon. Not all of above
aymptoiif ap likely to be present In any
case at one i me.
Neglected or badly treated and such
caesyrtr:n run Into maladies which de
man Ufa surgeon's knife if they do not
resiiyfatally.
No medicine; extant has such a Ions
alia nuineroui re'.-or.rT ci p. j ')7
tlLiZSBH Dr. ri,.ri''4 Fa vnrit,.' l'rov,-
ilua. xa medicine lias such' a strting
gSy?slii!ll fffir'.T.n".inl M irffi
SCerA.I llirredient-wnrlh iimi-i. l.hanany
nuniner ,,f ..nilmu-v iLm-tirofeyiotial TlV!
'"'MHllnlgi Th . very lt Ingredients
known lo medical science for the cure of
woman's peculiar ailments ontrr Into Its
composition. No alcohol, harmful, or
habit-forming drug Is to be found In the
list of Its ingredients printed on each
bottle-wrapper and attested under oath.
In any condition of tho femalo system.
Dr. Pierce's Favorito Prescrlutlon can da
only good never barm. Its whole effect
is to strengthen, invigorate and regulate
the whole femalo 8tm and especially
the pelvic organs. When those are de
ranged In function or affected by disease,
the stomach and other organs of digestion
become sympathetically deranged, tbe
nerves are weakened, and a long list of
bad, unpleasant symptoms follow. Too ,
much must not be expected of this "Fa
vorite Prescription." It will not porform
miracles: will not cure tumors no med
icine wtll. It will often prevent them. If
taken In timo, and thus the operating
table and tho surgeon's knife may ba
avoided. .
Women suffering from diseases of Ion
standing, are Invited to consult) Doctor
Pierce by letter, res. All eorrespondonca
is held as strictly private and sacredly
confidential. Address Dr. R. V. I'leroe,
Dr. Pierce's Medical Advlwr finmnan-aai
la sent ree on receipt of Jl one-cent
stamps for paper-eowerod. or 81' stamps
tor clou-bound copy. 4 ddreas as abovfc