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A CATARRH OF THE STOMACH Could Hardly Eat. Gradually Grew Worse. Relieved by Peruna Mr. A. M. - 1 f, -. II S.YNOPSta. Gwrn Terclval AlKrnon Jones, vice preslilunt of the Metropollt&n Oriental l nnd thoughtful of ou . Not one roan j In a thousand would have thought of I nf linlr.nlnil" Mnr lunch. I . IIUIII(IIBI ..-. C Hue company of New York, (hinting for romance, la in uairo on a numness trip, Horace Ryanne nrrlv at the hotel in Cairo on a bualness trl Q Cairo with a. earvfullv minrded bundle. Ityantio sells Jones the famous holy Th. ordos rus which he admits having stolen irom a pasna nt lias'iad Jones meets Major Callahan and Inter in Introduced to Fortuno Chedsoye by a woman to .whom aome month previously, and who turns he had loanml MO pounds at XTonte Carlo out to tie Fortune's mother Jonp take Mrs Chedsoye and Fortune to a polo game. Fortune returns to Jones the money borrowed hy her mother, Mrs. Chedsovo appear to bo enframed In some mysterious enterprise unknown to the daughter. Ttyanne Interests Jones In the united Itomanco and AiUcnture com- of tcr. "I didn't think of them; It wns tho clerk." "He . . . " "She." "Well, then, she will achieve great things," lightly, though her heart wns full. Tactfully he reached ocr and swept up the money. "Shall 1 ever he able to repay you 7" she said. "Yes. by letting me bo your broth er, by not deciding tho futuro till we pany. a concern which for a nrlce will land In N'anles: by letting me keep In Arrange any kind of nn adventure to or-' ,,., ,. ,,, n-htvnr vour ultl- der Mm. Chedsoye. her brother. Major Callahan, Wallace and Uyanne. m the united nomanco nnd Adenture company. filan a risky enterprise Involving Jones tyanne makes known to Mrs. Chedsoye his Intention l mntTj' Fortune. Mrs. Chedroye declares she will not permit It, Tlaiia are laid to prevent Jones -jalllnc for home, rtyanne steals Jones' letters nnd cable dispatches. He wires atrent In Now York. In Jones' name, that he la renting houne In New York to some friends. Mahomed, keeper of the holy carpet. Is on Ityanne's trail. rtyanne Sroml-cs Fortune that he will see that ones comes to no harm a a result of his purchase of the niir. Mahomed accosts Uyanne and demands the Yhlordes rug. uyanne tells lilm Jones has thn riir and auRRcsts Ui6 abduction of tho New York tnerchant as a means of securing Its re turn The rujr disappears from Jones' room. Fortune quarrels with her mother when tho latter refuses to explain her mysterious actions. Fortune nets a mes ace purporting to be from Uyanne ask ing her to meet him In a secluded place that evening. Jones receives a message asking him to meet Ityannn at tho English Bir th same evening Jones Is carried off Into tho desert by Mahomed nnd h!s accomplices after a desperate fight. He discovers that Hyanno nnd Fortune also am captives, the former Is badly battered and unconscious. Hyanno recovers cofl clomness and lhs alulit of Tortune In captivity reveals to him the fact that Mahomed Intends to iret vengeance on him through the rlrt. Fortune acknowl edges that sho stole the rug from Jones' room. She offers to return It to Mahomed If ho will free all three of them. Ma homed agrees to liberate Fortune and one of the men In return for the rug. A cour ier Is sent to Cairo for the rug. but re turns with the Information that lira, ryimisnya and her brother have sailed for Now lork. Fortune spurns offered free dom which does not Include her two com panions The caravan continues the Jour ney toward Bagdad. Uyanne tells Jones that Mrs. Chedsoye Is the most adroit smuggler of tho age, and Is overheard by fortune. The three captives are rescued by H-jnry Aukermann, who Is In charge of a carpet caravan, Mahomed escape. Mrs. Chedsoya discovers the absence of Fortune and leaves Tor New York, taking the girl's belongings with her. Through forged letters Mrs. Chedsoye. Iho major nnd their accomplices tako possession of Jones New York home. Jones, Ryanne nnd Fortune arrive at Damascus, rty anne falls In his resolution to lead a bet ter llfo. Ryanne secretly leaves for New 1 CHAPTER XIX.(Contlnued.) Georgo came In under tho tlmo-llmlt of his adventure. Ho had been upon the most difficult errand Imaginable, .t least from a bucbolor'a point of W'jw, Ho carried two hand-bags, Ono W Pjcsq hq doposltod In Fortune's lap. ratiall I open It?" "If you wish."- 53hq noted his cmbarrnsament, nnd mate decision may be, Thnt Isn't much. Will you promlso that?" "Yes," They spoke no more of Ryanne. It was as though ho had dropped out of their lives completely. To a cer tain extent ho had. They were to meet him again, however, In tho laHt act of this whimsical drama, which had drawn them both out of tho common place and dropped them for a full spin upon tho whirligig of life. In due time they arrived at Alexan dria. There they found tho great trnnsatlantld liner, homewnrd bound. Ryanne would bent thorn Into New York by ton days. Ho had picked up a boat of the P. & O. lino at Port Said, sailing without stop to Marseilles. From there to Cherbourg was a tri fling joutuey. Qeorgo know tho cnptnln, and tho captain not only knew George, but had known George's fathor before him, Tho young man went to tho heart of tho matter at onco; and when he had finished his rcmarknbla tale, tho captain lowered his clgnr. ex HAROLD MACGRATI1 AvrfKor of HEARTS AND TASKS Uto AAN OH THE BOX ctb lllvisfraiions Iry -TV.G .Ietttej;r . iyii ty outstsa - terrill COMPANY COPYRIGHT misery of suspense long enough." Sho lowered her head to tho rail. Ho came quite near to her. His arms went out toward her, only to drop down. Ho must wait. It was very hard. But nothing prevented his putting forth a hand to press hers re assuringly, and saying: "Don't do that, Fortune. It makes my heart ncho to seo a woman cry." "I nm not crying," enmo In mufTicd tones "I am only sad, and tired, Hred." "Everything will como out all right In tho end," ho encouraged. "Of course you are tired. What woman wouldn't lw, having gono through what you hnvc? Hero; let's sit In the steamer-chairs till tho buglo blows for din ner. I'm a bit fagged out myself." They lay back In tho chnlrs, nnd no longer cared to talk. Tho lights twin kled, but fainter nnd fainter, till nt lnnt only tho palo lino between tho sky and the sea remained. She turned her head and looked sharply nt hint. He wns sound asleep. "Poor boy I" she murmured softly. "How enre-worn!" Theio was something grotesque In tho mask of desert tan und shaven skin. How patient he hnd been through It all, and how kind and gentle to her! She remembered now of soelng him that night In Cairo, and of remarking how young nnd fresh ho seemed in comparison to the men Bho knew nnd had met. And she must leave him, to go Into tho world and fight her own battles. If God had but given to her a brother like this! Hut And all this happened in tho year brother ho never could bo, no, not 1900-1910! If any ono but you, Mr, Jones, had told me this, I'd hnvo sent Mm ashoro 33 a lunatic. You hnvo reported It?" "What good would it do? Wo are out of it, and that's enough. More, wo do not want any ono to know whnt wo'vo been through. If tho news papers got hold of it, tlioro would be no living.' "You leavo It to mo," said tho big hearted German. "From here to Na ples she shall bo as mine own daugh ter. You have not told mo all?" "No; only what I hnd of necessity to toll." "Well, you know best. I shall do my share to make her feel at home. Sho Ib as pretty ns n flower." To this George agreed, but not ver bally. Tim steamer weighed anchor nt six o'clock that ovenlng, with only n handful of passengers for tho trip to Naples. Georgo hnd wired from Da mnHeus to Cairo to have his luggago 'fr-M it..-' ;w--. - nixiii,k1iii:.i. i- J- r w ' - fM '1111 ton ! JtM iilRL "Everything Will Come Out All Right In the End," He Encouraged. her Immediate curiosity was not to ho denied. Sho slipped tho catch and looked' Inside, Thero wore combs and brushes, soap nnd tooth-powder and talc, a raanlcuro-eet, a pair of soft woolen slippers, and , . . Sho glanced up quickly. The faintest roco stole under her cheeks. It was droll; It was pathetically funny. Sho would have given worlds to hnvo seen hlra making tho purchases. "You oxo not offended?" he stam mered. "Why should I bo? I am human; 1 have slept and lived for days In a dross, and worn my hair down my backfor lack of hairpins and combs. I am sure that It Is a very nlco night fcown." laughter overcame her. He laughed, too; not because tho situa tion appealed to him as laughable, but because thero was something, an tndotlnablo something, In thnt laugh ter of hers that made Mm wonderfully happy, "Mr, Jones ..." "Gfiorg," ho Intorruptcd dctc-r Mlnedly. "Brother George, It was very kind sent on, nnd lie taw It put aboard him self, Without letting Fortune know, he hnd. ulso teleginphcd tho hotel to forward whatever sho had left; but tho icttirn who Informed him thnt Mi s. Chedsoye had taken everything. 'I hoy woio leaning ngulnst tho star board rail, watching tho slowly con veiglns lights of tho harbor. Fortune had borrowed n clonk from her stew ardess and Georgo wore tho murtl of tho llrst-olllcur. The cnptnln had of Teied his, but Georgo had declined. He would Imvo been lost in its ample folds. "I enn not understand why they made no effort to find you," ho mused. "It doesn't seem quite Iiuinnn." "Don't you understand? It is sim ple. My mother believes that Horuco and I ran away together. If not that, I ran away myself, db I that day threatened to do. In cltlior case, sho saw nothing could be dono In trying to Old out vhero I had gone. Perhaps she knows exactly what did happen. Doubtless she has sent on my things 16 Mntouc, vhli h, of courso, I sha'l never seo again. No, nol I can not Jro buck thore. I hnvo known tho even In the pleasant senss of adoption Sho did not want pity. ... To think of his getting those things; for her In Damascus! . . , Pity sug gested that sho was weak and help less, whereas sho know that she wns both patient nnd strong. . . , What did bho want? Sho glanced up and down tho dock. It was totally deport ed save for them. Then, "clad in tho beauty of a thousand stars," she leaned over nnd down and brushed his hand with her lips. And Georgo slept on. Only tho blare of tho buglo brought him back to mun dane affairs. Ho was hungry, nnd he announced tho fact with gusto. They would dine woll that night. Tho cnp tnln placed Fortuno nt his right and George at Ills left, and broached o hot tlo of lino old Johnnnlsborger. And the tlireo cf them had coffee In tho smoking-room. If tho other passen gers had any curiosity, they did not manifest 11 openly. Upon finding that they hnd no real need of staying over in Naples, tho captain urged that they tako tho re turn oyngo with him. He saw more than cither of tho young people, with those blue Teutonic eyen of his. George promised to let him know with in a dozen hours of tho nailing. Cer tainly Kortuno would decide ono way or tho other within that time, Iloth had seen tho Vesuvlnn bay many times, with nover-fnlllng lovo nnd Interest. They sailed across the hny in tho bright clearness of tho morning "You aro going back with me," George announced In n tone which in ferred that nothing more was to bo said upon the subject. Rut, for all Ills confidence, thero was n groat and heavy fear upon his hnrt as ho asked for mail at tho llttlo lnclosuro nt Cook's, in tho Galletia Vlttbrla. There was a cable; nothing more. "Now, Fortune ..." "Hnvo I over clvcn you permission to mil mo by thnt name?" "Why ..." "Have I?" "No." "Then I give you that permission now." "Whftt do you frighten a man like that for?" ho cried. "Whnt I was go ing to ray ..." "Fortune." "What I was going to say, Fortune, was this: llvi la tho cablo from Mor timer. I'm not going to open it till after dinner tonight. Wo'll go up to the Uvrtollnl to dine, You'll stny there for the night, whllo I put up nt the llrlstol, which Is only a little ways up tho Corso. I'm not going to nsk you n question till coffeo. Then we'll thranh outrun subject till there Isn't a grain left." Sho made no protest. Secretly sho wns pleased to he bullied like this. It proved that among nil these swarming peoples thero was ono Interested In' Iter welfare. Rut Bho knew In her heart what sho wns going to say when tho piopcr tlmo came. Sho did not wish to spoil his dinner. Sho was also going to put her courngo to Its su premo test; borrow a hundred pounds, and bravely promlso to pay him back. If she fnlled to pay It, It would be be causu sho was dead. For sho could not survive a comparison between herself nnd her mother. Horo In Naples she might find something, an opportunity. Sho spoko French, and Italian fluently; and lu tills crowded Kcason of tho year It would not bo dif ficult to llnd a situation ns a maid or companion. So long as sho could earn a llttlo honestly, sho wns not nfrald. Sho was desperately resolved. Such a dinner! Long would she re member It; and longer still, how little cither of them nto of it I Sho kuow enough about these things to appreci ate It. it must havo cost n protty penny. Sho smiled, sho laughed, sho jested; and always a battlu to dam tho uprising tears. Tho dining-room wob filled; women In beautiful evening gowns and men in BObor black. Rut tho two young proplo wero oblivious. Their fellow- glanco in their direction. Ill-fitting clothes, to bo suro, but It was ob served that they ate to tho manner born. Tho girl was beautiful In a melancholy wny, nnd tho young man was well-bred nnd pleasant of feature, though oddly burned. Coffee. Georgo produced tho cable. It was still scaled. "You rend it first," he said, passing it across tho table. Her hands shook as she ripped tho sealed flap and opened tho message. Sho read. Her eyes gathered danger ously. "He careful!" he warned. "You'vo been bravo so long; be bravo a llttlo longer." "I did not know that thore lived such good and kindly men. Oh, thank him, thank him a thousand times for me. Read It." And she no longer cared If any saw her tears. "Rrlng her home, nnd God bless you both, MORTIMER." "I knew It!" he cried exultantly. "Ho nnd my father wero tho finest two men In the world. The sky Is all clear now." "Is it?" sadly "Oh, I do not wish to pain you, but it is charity; and I am too proud." "You refuse?" He could not believe It. "Yes. Dut when things grow dark, and the day turns bitter, iBhall always remember those words. I can seo no other way. I must fight It out alone." Lovo makes a man dumb or elo quent; and as George saw all his treasured dreams fading swiftly, elo quence became his buckler In this bat tle of love unspoken and pride in arms. Each time ho paused for breath, she shook her head slowly. Tho diners wero leaving In twos and fours, and presently they were all alone. Servants were clenrlng up tho tnbles; thero wns a clatter of dishes and a trend of hurrjing feet. They noted it not. "Woll, ono moro pica!" And he swept asldo his self-imposed restric tions. "Will you come for my sake? Hccauso I am lonely nnd want you? Wll yu come for my sako?" This tlmo her head did not movo. "Is it pity?" sho whispered. "Pity!" His hands gripped the llnon nnd tho coffee-cups rallied. "No! It Is not pity. IJccnu&o you were lone ly, because you hnd no one to turn to, I could not In honor tell you, llut now I do. Fortuno, will you como for ray sake, because 1 love you and want you always and always?" "I shall come." CHAPTER XX. how, all earth's puzzles had that night been solved. George lighted n cigar, doubtless tho most costly weed to bo found in nil Naples that night. Tho Intermit tent glowing of tho end faintly out lined his face. Far away across the shimmering bay roso Capri in a kind of magic, amothystlno transparency. A light or two twinkled where Sorren to lay. His gaze roved tho half-circle, and flnnlly rested upon tho grim dark nsh-heap, Vesuvius, fleauty, beauty everywhere; beauty In tho sky, beauty upon earth, In his heart and mind. He was twonty-elght. and all these won derful things had happened In a little moro (than so many day3! "God's In his heaven, All's right with tho world!" Ho flung tho hnlf-flnlshed cigar Into tho air, careless as to whero It fell, or that In falling It might set Naples on flro. It struck a roof somewhere below; a splutter of sparks, and all was dnrk again. "I shall come." All through his dreamB that night he heard It. "I shall come." Next morning ho notified the cap tain to retnln their cabins. After that they proceeded to storm tho shops. They wore llko March hares; Irrespon sible children, both of them. What did propriety matter? What meaning had circumspection? They two were all alono; the rest of the world didn't count. It never hnd counted to either of them Certainly they should hnvo gono to a parsonngo; Mrs. Grundy would prudently have suggested It. Tho trivialities of convention, how ever, had no place nt that moment In their little Eden. They were a law un to themselves Into twenty shops they went; mo diste after modiste was mtervlowed; and Fortuno nt length found two mod els. Those wero pretty, and, being models, quite Inexpensive, Once, George was forced to remain outside in the carriage. It was in front of the lingerie shop. Ho put away each re ceipt, Just llko n husband upon his honeymoon. Later, receipts would mean as much, but from n different anglo of vision. He bought so many violots thnt tho carriage lookod as though It were ready for tho flower carnival. ' Ho laughingly disregarded her protests. It was tho Song of Songs. "My shopping. Is done," she said at last, dropping the bundles upon the carrlago floor. "Now, it is your turn." "You have forgotten a warm steamer-cloak," ho reminded her. "So I have!" This oversight was easily remedied; nnd then Georgo sought the tailor shops for ready-made clothes. Ho had moro d"Hculty than Fortune; ready made suite wero not tho easiest things to find In NapleB. Ry noon, however. membered something. I've got all I need or wnnt In my steamer-trunk; and till this minute I never once thought of It," Uow they laughed! Indeed, so high wero their spirits that they would have laughod at any Inconsequent thing. They lunched nt tho Gam brinus, nnd George mysteriously bought up all tho pennies from the hunchback tobacco vendor. Later, ns they bowled along tho sen-front. George created n small riot by fling ing pennies to small boys and whining beggars. At five they went nboard tho ship, which wns to leave at sundown, some hours ahead of scheduled time. The captain himself welcomed them as they climbed the swaying ladder. There were a hundred first-class pas sengers for the final voyage. The two, however, still sat at the right nnd left of the captain; but tho table was filled, and they maintained a guarded prattle. Every ono at once assumed that they were a bridal couple, and watched them with tolerant amuse ment. Tho captain had considerate ly left their names off tho passenger list as published for the benefit of the passengers and tho saloon-sitting. So they moved In a sort of mystery which rough weather prevented being solved. Ono night, when tho sea lay calm and the air was caressingly mild, Georgo and Fortuno had gono forward and wero leaning over the starboard rail where It meets and Joins tho for ward beam-rail. They were watching for tho occasional flicker of phosphor escence. Their shoulders touched, nnd George's hand lay protectlngly over hers. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Ikord, Roz 31, Wost Bur lington, Iowa, writes: "I hnd ca tarrh of the stomach and b m'a 1 1 lntea t i n o o for n number of yearn. I went to a number of doctors and got no relief, nnd finally one of my doctors o o n t mo to Obi cago, and I mot tho samo fate, Ther said thoy could do noth ing for me; said I had cancer of the stomach nnd there was no cure. I al most thought the same, for my breath was offenslvo nnd I could not eat any thing without great misery, and I grad ually grow worse, "Finally I concluded to try Peruna, and I found relief and a euro for that dreadful disease, catarrh. I took five bottles of Peruna and two of Manalln, and 1 now feel llko a now man. There Is nothing better than Peruna, and I koep a bottle of it in my bouse all the time." i4KBSsssfffOy SBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBsVPiVV SBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBsK- VSsOV IBBBBBBBBBBBBBBrTfiBBBBBBk. ivBBBBBBBBK'.BieaBHBaBBBBk Ml. A M. lkerdl. tho Wise, doctor diagnose s your Magic of a Siphon. When a pipe shaped like tho invert ed letter U, in which the nrms are equal length, Is filled with water, and each pipe is put Into a separate ves sel full of water, "the downward pull." or weight of the liquid in each of tho two arms will balanca the other, and, If the water Is at the same level in the two vessels, It will remain at that leej In both vessels. Rut If tho level of tho wnter In ono vessel 13 lower than the other, since tho two vessels aro connected with a pipe full of wa ter, tho water will run down from tho higher to the lower. This constitutes what is called a siphon. A siphon it self has no moro magic nbout it than a pencil has whon It falls, or than any other similar phenomenon In nature, yet some of tho siphon's manifesta tions seem to bo not only magical, but almost Incredible. "Did case?" 'VYes." "How long did it take?" "Not long. I wore my shabbiest suit" Birmingham Age-Herald. Good Idea. As to tho low taxes, let's lower tho Indirect taxes for example, that tax of 40 million dollars a year that tu berculosis levies In Missouri. St Louis Dispatch. Constipation causes and aggravates many serious diseases. It Is thoroughly cured by I)r. Plaroo'a Pleasant Pellets, a ho favorlt family laxative. Adv. At the Movie. Miss Prim (severely) You allow smoking hero? Usber Yes'rn. Light up! Puck. He Hadn't the Heart to Do It. Grouchy Patron Goodness, man! Why don't you rid this place of flies? Thore must be a million of them! March Hares. George, in thnt mastorful wny which was not wholly ncqttlrud, but which had been a Intency till tho episodic Journey George paid for tho dinner, called tho head-waiter and thanked him for tho attention given It, nnd laid n gonerous tip upon tho cover. From the dining-room tho two young people, outwardly calm but inwardly tilled with the Groat Tumult, went to the manager's bnrenu nnd nrranged for Fortune's room. This sottled, Fortune wont down to tho cavernous entrance to hid Georgo Ed night. They were both diffident nnd shy, now thnt tho great problem was solved. Georgo was puzzled as to what to do In bidding her good night, and Fortune wondered If ho would kiss her right hero, before nil these lion Id cab drivers. "I shall call for you nt nine," he said. "Wo'vo got o do some shop ping." A tinkle of laughter. "Thcso rendy-mado suits nro begin nlng to look like tho deuce." "Do jou -Iwaya think of every thing?" "Well, what 1 don't lemomhRr, thfi rlrrk will," slyly. "Till recently I be lieve I nover thought of nnything. I must bo off. It's too cold down hero for you." He offered his hnnd nerv ously. She gave hor's freely. Ho looked Into her man clous eyes for a mo mrnt. Then he turned tho palm up ward nnd kissed It, lightly nnd lover ly; and she drew It across his face, over his oes. till It left In departing a cnrosB upon his forehead. Ho stood up, breathing quickly, but not moro so than sho. A llttlo tnblcnu. Then ho Jammed his Inttered fedora upon his head nnd strode up tho Corso. He dared not turn, Had he done so, he must hnvo gono back and taken her In his nrms. Site followed him with bravo eyes; Bho saw him suddenly veer ncross tho street and pauso at tho parapet. It was then that sho be enmo conscious of tho keenness of tho night-wind, Sho went In. Some- SEEDS Alfalfa 8: timothy, blue grass A eane$3; sweet clover &. Farms for salofcren on crop pavm'ts. J. Mulhall, Soo City, IaT There's always some man around to second any kind of a motion except a motion that looks llko work. Km. WlMkm'n Bootbtag Bj-rap for Children teething, softens the Bums, reduces lnflamma lloaUlay a paln.curou -wind coUcSo A bottle Js. Occasionally we meet a man who acts as if he was living his life by contract. ' ' 1 W fflawM -I fu AT" hJs$ M ' i Am ' ty A ifffH 1 ' A rjii --w iJJ'uJiS i jt jf I i asJraJSSBU'.. L ."JsWlsrS -enfSSZi E ' nnirnniiiininniiimiiimaiminnniiittiniiniiiiiniiiiinra You can farm all the year 'round in Arkansas PRACTICALLY every month is a productive month. No long, hard winters to require expensive clothing for the family or long feed ing seasons for stock. There is plenty of land m Deep, rich soil, and at very low prices. It will pay 1 you to investigate. 3 We have just published six illus- trated folders on Arkansas, Send g for the one that interests you. g 1. Central Arkansas 2. Northeastern Arkansas 3. Southeastern Arkansas 4. Southwestern Arkansas 5. White River Country 6. Arkansas Valley They Stormed the Shops; Irresponsible Children, Both of Them. ho hnd acquired a Scotch woolen for day wear and n fairly decent dinner suit, along with other necessities. "Well, 1 sny!" ho murmured, btruck by n recallng thought. "Havo you forgotten anything?" "No. On tho contrary, I've Just re- Judge Still Has the $50 'lho walking craw of a fow years ago gavo n well-known sporting man nn opportunity which ho could not re sist tnking advantngo of. Ho had hnnd bills widely distributed on which wns stated: "A Great Crosby gontloman will give $50 to tho man, woman or child who first succeeds In doing tho following toBk: To walk from tho Pierhead (Llvorpool) to Crosby village. Thero each competitor must buy a meat plo and walk around tho JJIg Stono aud eat It." About n hundrod entries wero re ceived, nnd the walk took plnco on Whit Monday. Much excitement pre vailed and a crent cheer roso as a soon eaten as he walked round thoi btono. and ho went to tho Judge for tho $50. "Why," exclaimed tho Judgo, "I didn't think you could have dono it. The stono scorned too hard to eat" "What'B that go to do with it?" asked the pod. "Everything to do with it," answer ed tho Judgo, "nnd nobody gets tho $50 till they do." London Tlt-Dlta. Kestaurnnt Propriotor Sorry, sir, but I can't. Kind of n sentiment, you see. Tho money that gave mo my start hem camo as a prlzo In a con test in which I swatted 3.G4C more flies than my nearest competitor! Puck. nightingale, 12 years; tho wolf, 12 to 15 years; the canary bird, 15 to 20 years; tho dog, 15 to 25 years; cat tle, 25 j oars; tho horse, 25 to 30 years; tho eaglo, 30 years; tho stag, 35 to 40 years; heron, lion, and bear, 50 years each; tho raven, 80 years; elephant, turtle, parrot, pike, and carp, 100 years each. The ivy out lines 200 years; tho elm, 300 to 360 years; tho linden, 500 to 1,000 years; the locust trco and the oak, 400 years; tho fir, 700 to 1,200 years; tho palm trees, 3,000 to 5,000 years. -. SCiRliTIT-iK m T The wax there li via the Iron Mountain Route Let us tell you about low fares for homeseekers Mr. J. N. AnJtrton. ImmlrratUn Astnt. Inn Mountain, St LooU 3 Plta$ nnd mt Arkaniat Laai TMt 5 tl. Nam-Aii'ttt- niiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiti ALBERTA Wpj local pedestraln was scon loading tho dlnere, however, bent more than ouoro8t of tho crowd. His meat plo was Llfo Lennth of Thlno. It has Just been computed that the day fly lives 24 hours, tho May fly six weeks, tho butterfly two months, ns alas, nlso doos the flea; the tiy threo to four month!.; tho nnt, tho cricket, and tho boo one year each; the haro, sheep, six to tea years ouch; the A Resented Imputation. "I nm sorry," sold tho earnest citi zen, "but I can't vote for you." "Why not?" inquired tho candidate. "You keep talking about tho Judg ment of tho plain pooplo and my wife and daughters absolutely forbid mu to do anything lmplyiug that we consid r ourselves In that class," M & mm m THE PRICE OF i BEEF is man ANT BO ISTIIK 1'ltICiS or CATTL.E. For rtirs the Province of Alberta (Western Canada) wu the Ulu ttKOeblnzOounttT.Msnr ot these raocbei todr atnrt thn rattle Dave slYon place to the cultlTttlouof i wheat.onta. barter and nax: th chaoio baa made mttnr thanrana of Americana, settled on theae J Plains, wealthr. but It has In- ' creased the price of live stocx, I There Is splendid opportunity i now iokc Free Homestead of 100 acres (and another a a pre cuii'tli.n) In tho rower Otstrlcu ami produce eltbercitlle or sraln. Thocropa are always good, th cl'uiatals excellent, schools nnd churches aro oonTenlent. markets aplendlu. In cither Manitoba, B.U katebnwanor Alberta- . , M-nd for literature, the latest Information, rulhr rates, etc., to I U.KjdsiiUt, Crjwtf ili, tMtftJvi. 1 ft. Lt. OMni, 315 iKl" - . TrX Mia. Canadian OoTernmenvAtenta, or sddress Haparlntoiulent at lruuilcrulluii, nttkurii.tutft ri .1 K t r N , T-. J i. .VfcV