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The City of Numbered Days
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SYN0P8I8.
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DroullHril, chief engineer of tlio NltrooUi
Irrigation d,un, gois out from camp to
Invcetlpntf a. strange light ami finds un
nutnmobiln party camped at Urn canyon
portal. !! wets J. Wesley CoTtwright
anil his daughter, Grncvlovo, of tho auto
party and explains tho reclamation work
to thorn. Cortwrlght seen In tlio project
n big clmnro to iiinlco money. Ilroulllard
la Impervious to hlntH from tho financier,
who tells Uonevlevo that tho englnoor
"Will como clown and hook himself if tlio
bait la well covered."
Do you believe there Is an
much grafting rjolno on among
our government officials, in
cluding congressmen, ao muck
raking critics have frequently
charged? Who's to blame In
thlB otory?
CHAPTER IV Continued.
During tho weeks which followed,
tho oamo trail, and a littlo later that
from tho Navajo roaonratlon on tho
Bouth, wero strung with nntllko pro
cessions of laborora pouring Into tho
shut-In valley at tho foot of Mount
Chlgrlngo. Almost no If by magic n
populous camp of tents, Bholtcr snacks
and Indian topees sprang up in tho
lovel bed-bottom of tho futuro lain;
cainpflrns gavo placo to mess hitch
ons; tho commissary hocamo a busy
dopartmout storo stockod with every
thing that thrifty or thriftless labor
might wish to purchaso; and dally tho
great foundation scorings In Uio but
tressing chouldors of Jack's mountain
and Chlgrlngo grow doopor and -wider
under the churning of tho air-drills,
tho crashings of tho dynamito and the
rattlo and chug of tho steam sbovols.
It was after tho hugo task of foun
dation digging was well under way
and tho work of constructing tho small
power dnm lu tho upper canyon bad
been begun that tho young chief of
construction, busy with a thousand
details, had his first forclblo reminder
of tho continued oxlstonco of Mr. J.
Wesley Cortwrlght.
It carao in tho form of a communi
cation from Washington, forwarded by
spocial post-rider oorvico from Quo
Bado, and it called n halt upon tho up
rlvor power project. In nccordanco
with Its Bottled policy, tho reclamation
scrvlco would rofraln, in tho Nlquola
as olsowhero, from ontorlng into com
petition with prlvato cltlzons; would
do nothing to dlscourago tho Invest
ment of prlvato capital. A company
had been formed to tako ovor tho
power production and to establish a
plant for tho manufacturo ol cement.
.nnd Ilroulllard was instructed to gor
orn himself accordingly. For hla In
formation, tho department letter
writer wont on to say, it vaa to bo
understood that tho coinrany was
duly organized undor tho pro visions of
an act of congress; that it lad bound
Itself to furnish power nnd material
nt prices satisfactory to th'j scrvlco;
and that tho relations between It nnd
tho government flold-stafl on tho
.ground wero to ho ontlroly friendly.
"It's a graft a pull-down with a
profit in It for sorno bunch of monoy
loochos a littlo higher up!" was tho
young chlot'B angry commont when ho
had given Grislow tho letter to rend.
"Without knowing any moro of tho
dotalla than that lottor gives, I'd bo
willing o hot a month's pay thnt this
Is tho flno Italian hand of Air. J. Wes
ley Cortwrlght!"
Grlslow's oyobrows wont up In
doubtful Interrogation.
"Ought I to kuow tho gentleman?"
ho queried mildly. "I don't acorn to
recall tho name."
"No, you don't know him. It was
his motor party that was camping at
tho Buckskin ford tho night wo broko
In hero tho night whon wo saw tho
soarchllght."
"And you mot him? I thought you
told mo you moroly went down nnd
took n look didn't butt in?"
"I didn't that night But tlio wat
'morning they wanted to boo tho val
ley, and I showed thorn tho way In.
Cortwrlght 1b tho multimillionaire pork
-packer of Chicago, and ho went up
Into tho nir llko a lunatic over tho
monoymaklng chancca thoro -wero to
ha In this Job. I didn't pay much at
tention to his chortllngs nt tho tlco.
It didn't Boom romotoly crcdlblo that
anybody with real monoy to Invest
would plant it In tlio bottom of tlio Nl
quola, rosarvolr."
"Out now you think ho is going to
tnako his bluff good?"
"That lookB vory much llko IV Bald
Orouillard sourly, pointing to tho let
tor from Washington. "That schemo
M going to chango tho wholo iaco of
naturo for us up horo, Grislow. It
vlll spell troublo right from the
Jump."
"Oh, I don't kuow," was tho depre
catory rojolndor. "It will relievo us
at a lot of sido-lssuo industries cut
'om out and bury 'om, so far ao wo
am concerned."
"That part of it is nil right, of
rourse; but it won't end thoro; not by
rv hundrod mllos. Jobson Bays in that
letter that tho relations bora got to
bo friendly ! I'll bet anything you like
that I'll havo to go and read tho riot
est to thoso pooplo botoro thuyTO
town twenty-four hours on tholr Job!"
OrUlow was trying tho point of his
mapping pen on his thumb nail. "Cu
rious thnt this particular fly should
drop into your pot of ointment on
your birthday, wasn't It?" ho re
marked. "O suffering Jehu!" gritted Broull
lard ragefully. "Aro you novor going
to forgot that senseless bit of twad
dlo?" "You'ro not giving mo a chnnco to
forget it," Bald tho mapmakor soberly.
"You told mo that night thnt tho
sovon-ycar characteristic was chango;
and you'ro a changed man, Victor, if
over thero was one. Moreover, It be
gan that vory night or tho next morn
ing." Ilroulllard laughed.
"All of which 1b bad enough, you'd
say, Murray; but it Isn't tho worst of
It I'vo Just run up ngalnBt another
thing that is threatening to raise
merry hell In this valley."
"I know," said tho hydrogrnpher
Blowly. "You'vo been having a scanco
with Stovo Massingalo. Lcshington
told mo about it."
"What did ho tell you?" Brouillard
demanded half angrily.
"Oh, nothing much; nothing to make
you hob nt him. Ho Bald ho gathered
tho notion that tho young sorehead
wns trying to bully you."
"Ho was," was tho brlttlo admission.
"Sco hero, Grlzzy."
Tho thing to bo scon was n small
buckskin bag which, whon opened,
gavo up a paper packet folded llko a
mcdlclno powder. Tho paper contained
a Bpoonful of dust and pollcts of motal
of a dull yellow lustor.
Tho hydrogrnpher drew a long
breath and fingered tho nuggets.
"Gold placer gold!" ho oxclalmcd,
nnd Brouillard nodded nnd wont on to
tell how ho had como by tho bag and
its contents.
"Massingalo had an ax to grind, of
course You may remember that
Harding talked loosely nbout tho Mas
singalo opposition to tlio building of
tho dam. Thoro was nothing In it.
Tho opposition was purely personal,
and It was directed against Harding
himself, with Amy Massingalo for tho
exciting causo."
"That girl? tho clemontal bruto!"
Grislow broko in warmly. Ho know
tho minor's daughter fairly well by
"You're
Drlllard, the Government
Man, I Take It?"
this tlmo, and, in common with ovcry
man on tho staff, not oxcoptlng tho
Btall's chief, would havo fought for
hor In any cause. '
Brouillard nodded. "I don't know
what Harding did, but Smith, tho Trl-nnglo-Circlo
foreman, tells mo that
Stovo was on tho warpath; ho told
Harding whon ho loft, last summer,
that if ho ovor caino hack to Nlquola,
ho'd como to otny and stay dead."
"I novor did llko Harding any too
well," was tho hydrographor'o defini
tive commont, and Brouillard wont
back to tho mattor of tho morning's
scanco and Its goldun outcome.
"That Is only n littlo sldo Issuo.
Stovo Massingalo canio to mo this
morning with a proposal that was
nbout nB cold-blooded as a nlap In tho
faco. Naturally, for good business rea
sons of tholr own, tho Masslngnlcs
want to boo tho railroad built over
War Arrow pass into tho Nlquola. In
somo way Stovo has found out that
I Btnnd pretty well with Prosldont
Ford nnd tho Pacific Southwestern
pcoplo. His first break was to offor
to lncorpornto tho 'Littlo Susan' and
to glvo mo a block of tho stock it I'd
pall Ford'a log on tho extension prop
osition." "Woll?" quorled Grislow.
"Exactly. You can Imagluo whut I
told htm. Thou ho began to bully and
pulled tho Jub on mo."
Again. Grlt.low'a smllo wns Joco3o.
"Well, whon I turnod him down,
young Massingalo bogan to bluster
and to sny that I'd havo to boost tho
railroad deal, whothor I wanted to or
not. I told him ho couldn't provo it,
and ho Bald ho would show mo, If I'd
lako half an hour's walk up tho valley
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with him. You know that long, nar
row sandbar In tho river just below
tho mouth of tho upper canyon?"
Grislow nodded.
"That Is where wo wont for tho
proof. Massingalo dipped up a panful
of tho bar sand, which ho asked mo
to wbbIi out for myself. I did It, nnd
you havo tho results thoro in that pa
per. That bar Is comparatively rich
placer dirt."
"Good Lord!" ejaculated tho map
maker. "Comparatively rich, you say?
and you washed this Bpoonful out of
a slnglo pan?"
"Keep your head," Bald Brouillard
coolly. "Massingalo explained that I
had happened to mnko a ton-strike;
that tho bar wasn't any such bonanza
as that first result would Indicate. I
proved that, too, by washing somo
moro of it without getting .any moro
than a fow 'colors.' But tho fact re
mains: it's placer ground."
It wa3 at this point that tho larger
aspect of tho fact launched Itself upon
tho hydrographor.
"A gold Btrlko!" ho gasped. "And
wo wo'ro planning to drown It un
der two hundred feet of a lako!"
Broulllard'a laugh was harsh.
"Don't let tho fever get hold of you,
Grislow. Don't forgot that wo aro
hero to carry out tho plans of tho rec
lamation Borvlco which aro moro far
reaching and of a good bit greater
consequence than a dozen placer
mines. Massingalo drovo tho peg
down good and hard. I I would Jump
In and pull every possible string to
hurry tho railroad over tho range, and
koc1 on pulling them, tho secret of
tho placer bar would remain a secret.
Otherwise he, Stephen Massingalo,
would glvo it away, publish it, advor
tlso It to tho world. You know what
that would mean for us, Murray."
"My Lord! I should say oot We'd
havo Boomtown-on-the-plko right now,
with all tho variations! Every white
man In tho camp would chuck his job
In tho hollow half of a mlnuto and go
to gravel washing!"
"That's It precisely," Brouillard ac
quiesced gloomily. "Massingalo Is a
young tough, but ho Is Bhrowd enough,
when ho la sobor. Ho had mo dead to
rights, and ho know It. 'You don't
want any gold camp starting up horo
In tho bottom of your resorvolr,' ho
said; and I had to admit It."
Grislow had found a magnifying
glass In tho drawer of tho mapping
tublo, and ho was holding it In focus
over tho small collection of grain gold
and nuggets. In tho midst of tho ea
ger examination ho looked up sudden
ly to say: "Hold on a minute. Why Is
Stovo proposing to givo this thing
away? Why Isn't ho working tho bar
himself?"
"Ho explained that phaso of it, after
a fashion said that placer mining was
always moro or I03S of a gauiblo, and
that they had n Buro thing of It In
tho 'Littlo Susan.' Of course, if tho
thing had to bo given away ho and
his father woufd avail, themselves of
their rights as discoverers and take
tholr. chanco with tho crowd for tho
sako of tho ready monoy they might
get out of It. Othorwiso they'd bo
content to lot It alono and stick to
tholr legltlmato business, which Is
quartz mining."
"And to do that successfully thoy'vo
got to havo tho railroad. How did you
scttlo U flnnlly?"
"Ho told rao to tako a week or two
and think about It."
Grislow wna biting tho end ot his
penholder thoughtfully.
"What aro you going to Co nbout
It, Victor?" ho asked at length. "Wo
can't stand for nny moro chaos than
tho gods havo already doped out for
U3, can wo?"
Brouillard took another long mlnuto
at tlio ofllco window beforo ho Bald:
"What would you do If you wero In
my placo, Murray?"
But nt this tho mnpmakor put up
his hands as If to ward off a blow.
"No, you don't!" ho lnughed. "I
rofuso to bo that kind of a fool. But
I'll vonturo a smal) prophecy: Tho
golden uncrot will leak out. And after
that, tho dolugo."
Two days after tho arrival of tho
lotter from Washington announcing
tho approaching invasion of prlvato
capital, Brouillard, returning from a
horseback trip to tho Buckskin, whero
Anson and Griffith woro sottlug gradn
stakos for tho canal dlggora, found a
visitor awaiting him l'i tho camp nend
quartors office.
Ono glanco nt tho tliick-lioillcd,
hoavy-faced man chewing an extinct
cigar whllo ho mado himself comfort
able in tin aly approach to a loung
ing chulr i.i.u tho ofllco afforded was
sufllclcnt t'- nwnkon an alert antago
nism. Th big man Introduced him-
solf without taking tho troublo to got
J out ot hla chair.
"My namo Is Hosford, and I ropro-
sont tho Nlquola Improvement com
pony an Its manager and resident on-
gp CHAPTER V Ep
A Fire of Little Sticks
gliifcor," said tho lounger, shitting tho
dead cigar from ono corner of his
hnrd-blttcd mouth to tho other. "You'ro
Brillard, tho govornmont man, I tako
It?"
"Brouillard, It you please," was tho
crisp correction. And then with a
careful effacemont of tho final aavlng
traco of hospitality In tono or mannor:
"What can wo do for you, Mr. Hos
ford?" "A good mnny things, first and last
I'm two or threo days ahead of, my
outfit, and you can put mo up noino-
whoro until I got a camp of my own.
You'vo got Bomo sort of an cnglncera'
mess, I tako It?"
"Wo havo," aaid Brouillard briefly.
"You'll mako yourself at homo with
us, of course," ho added, and ho trlod
to Bay It without making it sound too
much llko a challougo.
"All right; so much for that part of
it," said tho self-invited guest. "Now
for tho business end of tho deal why
don't you sit down?"
Brouillard planted himself behind
his desk and began to fill his black
ened ofllco pipe, coldly refusing IIos
ford'a tendor of a cigar.
"You wero Bpoaklug of tho business
matter," ho suggested bluntly.
"Yes. I'd llko to go over your plans
for tho power dam In tho upper can
yon. If they look good to mo I'll adopt
them."
"I am vory far from wishing to
quarrel with anybody," said Brouillard,
but his tono belted tho words. "At
tho same time, If you think wo nro
going to do your engineering work,
or any part of It, for you, you aro
pretty severely mistaken. Our own
Job Is fully big enough to keep us
busy."
"You'ro off," said tho big man coolly.
"Somebody has bungled in giving you
tho dope. You want to keep your Job,
don't you?"
"That Is nolther hero nor thero.
What Wo aro discussing at present is
tho department's attltudo toward your
enterprise. I shall bo exceeding my
Instructions if I mako that attitude
frlondly to tho detriment of my own
work."
Tho now resident manager sat back
In his chair and chewed his cigar re
flectively, staring up at tho log beam
Ing of tho ofllco celling.
"You're just llko all tho other gov
ernment men I'vo ever had to do busi
ness withi Brouillard; pig-headed, ob
stinate, blind as bats to their own in
terests. I didn't especially want to
begin by knocking you into lino, but
I guess It'll havo to bo done. I guess
tho best way to get you Is to send u
little wlro to Washington. How dooa
that strlko you?"
"I haven't tho slightest Interest In
what you may do or fall to do." said
Brouillard.
"But you havo mado tho plans for
this power plant, haven't you?"
"Yes; nnd they aro tho proport of
tho department. If you want them
I'll turn them over to you upon a
proper order from headquarters."
"That'3 a littlo moro llko It. Whero
did you say I'd find your wire ofllco?"
Brouillard gavo tho Information, and
as Hosford went out Grislow camo In
and took his placo at tho mapping
table.
"Glad you got back In timo to savo
my lifo," ho remarked pointedly, with
a shy glanco at his chlof. "Hd's been
plowing furrows up and down my littlo
potato patch all day."
"Humph! Digging for information
I suppose?" grunted Brouillard.
"Just that; and ho's been getting it,
too. Not out of mo, particularly, but
out of everybody. Also, ho was willing
to impart a little. Wo'ro in for tho
tlmo of our lives, Victor."
"I know it," was tho crabbed rejoin
dor.
"You don't know tho tenth part ol
it," asserted tho hydrographor slowly.
"It's a modest namo, Tho Nlquola Im
provement company,' but it is going
to be llko charity covoring a multl
tudo of sins. Do you know what that
plank-faced orgnnizor has got up hla
sleovo? Ho is going to build us rv
neat, up-todato littlo city right horo
In tho middlo of our midst. If I hadn't
mado him bcllovo that I was only a
draftsman, ho would havo had mo out
with a transit, running Jho lines for
tho streets."
"A city? Jn this rosorvolr bottom?
I guess not. Ho wn3 only stringing
you to kill tlmo, Grlzzy."
"Don't you fool yourself!" ox
clnlmcd tho mapmakor. "Ho's got tho
plans in his grip. Wo'ro going to bo
on a littlo reservation set apart for ua
by tho grace of God and tho kind
ness of thoso promotors. Tho remnn
der of tho valloy Is laid oU Into cuto
littlo square3 and streets, with ovexy
thing named and numhorod, icady to
bo listed in tho brokers' offices. You
may not bo awaro of it, but this pala
tial ofllco building ol ours fronts on
Chlgrlngo avenue."
"Stuftt"' said Brouillard. "What has
all this bubble blowing got to do wltl
tho building of a f.omporary dam and
tho sotting up of. a couplo of cement
kilns?"
Grislow laid his pen asldo and
whirled around on hla working stool.
"Don't you muko any easy-going
mistake, Victor," ho Bald earnestly
"Tho coracnt and powor proposition 1&
only a sldo Issue. Thoso now peoplo
'o going to tako ovor tho sawmills,
opon up quarries, build a stub railroad
to tho Hophru mines, grado a practl
cabin stngo road over tho rango to
Qiiouado, and put on a fast-raulo
freight lino to servo until tho railroad
builds In. Wouldn't .hnt Bat your
tocth on odgo?"
How will Brouillard get rid of
Hosford, who seemo bent on
making trouble? Or will he get
rid of him at all?
(TO BIS CONTINUED.)
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ELP5
PARKS MEAN MUCH TO CITY
Playgrounds a Most Important Part
In tho Welfare of Any
Community.
Piny and outdoor oxerclso nro as
necessary to tlio modern city dweller
as Is education, according to J. It.
Hlchnrds, Chicago's superintendent of
recreation.
Tho way In which peoplo spend tholr
lives after tho day's journey Is ovor
tho way In which they play offers
them tho best chanco of contributing
to tho enhancement of ono nnothor's
lives; that la the view of Herbert
Croly In "Progressiva Democracy."
Parks aro often called tho lungs of
tho cities. That seems to denoto
health giving. To call them tho heart
of tho cities might glvo moro Idea of
tho moral value of tho people's play
grounds. That there is a moral Issuo in tho
uso of public parks is tho themo of
Mr. Rlchards'paper pn tho American
city. Tho leisure tlmo period, ho de
clares, is tho part of our existence that
makes or breaks us. Tho saloon, of
fering facilities for getting together, Is
ono resort opon to tho idlo hour, and
ho asserts that "tho first visit Is for
companionship and not'for booze."
Among tho recommendations for tho
dovolopment of recreation opportuni
ties for adults la that city authorities
should co-operate with organizations
already In existence and should havo
a survey mado to put Into uso for out
door sports all vacant areas. Grown
ups, ho believes, should bo induced to
tako moro interest in golf, tennis,
cricket, boating, skating and other
games and should bo given plenty of
room for sport. Public swimming
poola also nro urged to spread health
and retain it.
Plan the "City Practical."
Something of tho right spirit is in
St. Louis, whero Harlan Bartholomew
has been ongaged by tho citizens' city
planning committee. Tho river front
and tho street system will first engage
his nttention.
"Tho city beautiful Idea does not
appeal to tho general public suffi
ciently to win financial support," ho
said Bhortly after arriving from New
ark, N. J., whero for threo years he
had been a city plan expert. "I nm
interested In tho city practical, and I
find that tho public la inclined to
favor It, aa is comes to undorstand
what can bo done, and the benoflts
thnt will follow.
"Tho river front should bo mado a
public convenience and a business as
set, and tho Improvements to bo mado
should bo In tho direction of aiding
tho interchange of freight between
rail and water carriers.
"Tho street system of St. Louis, as
of most American cities, Is too largely
rectangular. Radial highways aro
noeded. Hero tho work of 'city re
planning has to correct thq mistakes
of tho past, which are often costly
mistakes. Tho only placo whero it
can do now work, and prevent further
mistakes Is in the planning of subdi
visions and additions." -
Use Is the Test.
Chicago's effort to promote outdoor
recreation recently received trlbuto
from Enos Mills of Colorado. Ho Is an
enthusiastic supporter of tho move
ment for increased utilization of
America's national parks.
"No city in tho country has done bo
much foV outdoor recreation na Chi
cago," ho said. "You aro using your
parks."
So it Would appear that Mr. Rich
ards prr,ctlce3 what ho preaches In tho
magazines. Tho Chicago Nows, In ac
cepting Mr. Mills' compliment, com
ments: "Chicago docs not by any mean3
lead In park area, either absolutely or
in proportion to population. But, as
Mr. Mills remarks, this community
makes excellent provision for tho peo
ple's Intensive utilization of tho avail
able park facilities. Tho playgrounds,
tho bathing beaches and swimming
pools are designed to bring opportun
ities for healthful' exorcise and enjoy
ment within easy reach of as many of
tho peoplo as possible, and a truo rea
son for regret Is tho delay In tho nc
quisltion and conversion of tho outly
ing wooded areas."
City to Build Homes.
Tho city of St. John, N. B., Is pre
paring to onter tho housing business
for tho benefit of tho workmen of tho
city. Tho first step was takon at a
recent meeting of the common coun
cil, whon a" bill giving tho city tho ro
quired power, wns approved and or
dored to bo forwarded to tho legisla
ture Tho bill gives tho city power to ex
propriate lands as they may bo re
quired and to erect houses suitable for
tho homes of working mon. It pro
vides for tho Issuing of bonds to cover
tho cost of purchaso nnd orcction and
sots forth an casy-paymont scheme un
dor which tho properties may be ac
quired by tho citizens.
Tho plan suggostod is n payment of
10 or 15 per cont ot tho ultimate cost
whon possossion is takon nnd tho bal
nnco to bo paid In monthly Install
ments, such payments to bo arranged
to Include interest at C per cent on
tho balance outstanding.
HOW TO HEAL ITCHING,
BURNING SKIN DISEASES
A Baltlmoro doctor suggests fl'li
slmplo, but rollablo nnd inexpensive,
homo treatmont for pooplo suffcrl g
with cczoma, ringworm, rashes and
similar itching, burning skln'troublea.
At nny reliablo druggist'ii get a jar
of Itesinol Ointment and a cake of
Iteslnol Soap. Theso aro not at all ex
pensive. With tho Iteslnol Soap and
warm water batho tho affected parts
thoroughly, until they aro freo from
crusto and tho skin is softened. Dry
vory gently, spread on a thin layer of
tho Itesinol Ointment, and cover with
a light bandage It necessary to pro
tect tho clothing. This should bo dono
twlco a day. Usually tho distressing
Itching and burning stop with tho first
treatment, and tho skin soon becomea
clear nnd healthy again. Adv.
Tho only way to successfully arguo
with n woman is to keep silent.
To keep clean nnd healthy take Dr.
Pierce's l'lcawint Pellets. They rcgulato
liver, bowels and stomach. Adv.
A form of parachuto has been in
vented to enable persons to escapo
from high buildings In case of fire.
FITS, Knr.KTST. KAT.T.INO BIGKNKSW
Htoppod Oulcklv. slfty years of nnlntorrnpiea
success olr. KliDn'H JCpIlepT Medlclno Insuros
lasting results. I.AIinKTlitAi. BOTTLE KUEC. DIC
liLINli (JOMl'AN V, libit lluuU, N. J.-AUt.
Hard to Believe.
"My feet havo a habit of going to
sloop."
"With those loud socks?"
USE ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE
Tho antiseptic powder to bo shaken Into
shoes and used In foot-bath. It relieves
painful, swollon, smarting, aching, tired
feet and instantly takes tho sting out pt
corns and bunions. Tho greatest comfit
discovery of tho nge. Sold everywhere. SiV
Trial package FUEE, Address Allon B.
Olmsted, Le Hoy, N. Y. Adv.
The American Way.
The Stranger Why aro you driving
tho car so fast?
Tho American To get to tho ferry.
(Later at ferry.)
Tho American We have 20 min
utes to spare.
Tho Stranger I know It. In this
country you will race tho car. burn up
gasoline, Imperil lives, run the chanco
of being arrested and kill a chicken
to gain 20 minutes for which you havo
no use when you get them.
How It Impressed Him.
Willie's father was trying to impress
upon him tho tremendous progress
that science and Iiivcrttion have mado
In tho past fifty years.
"Just think, Willie," he said. "When
I was a boy thero weio no telephones,
no electric lights, no talking machines,
no moving pictures, no X-ray3, no
wireless telegraphy, no "
"Geo," interrupted Willie. "What an
awful lot of hicks everybody mur-i.
havo been!"
Patchouli for Moth Prevention.
Tho fragrant dried roots of tho
patchouli, reports Special Agent Gar
rard Hairls, aro held In great esteem
In Porto Rico, and it is the general be
lief in tho Island that when placed
among clothing and in closets thoy aro
a sure preventive of moths. In tho
earlier days of tho century tho per
fume of patchouli was in great favor.
It ia belloved that, if tho properties
of patchouli wero more generally
known, there would bo a demand for
it In tho United States in preference
to moth balls. It should havo as much
voguo as lavender for putting between
sheets and placing among garments;
and if it wero manufactured or
shredded into a finer substance and
sold in small bags, It would bo a de
cided novelty that undoubtedly would
provo popular. Great quantities of it
grow wild in Porto Rico, and a demand
for it from the United States would
afford employment to many of tho poor
country people. In Porto Rico natives
bring the patchouli to town and sell it
in small bundles that retail at two to
five cents.
GLASS OF WATER
Upset Her.
Peoplo who don't know about food
ohould never ho allowed to feed per-j
sons with weak stomachs. &
Sometime ago a young woman who
lives in Mo. had an attack of scarlet
fovor, and when convalescing wa3 per
mitted to eat anything sho wanted.
Indlscrlmlnnto feeding soon put her
back in bed with sovere stomach and
kidney troublo.
"There I stayed," sho says, "three
months, with my stomach In such con
dition that I could tako only a few tea
spoonfuls of milk or beef juice at a
time. Finally Grape-Nuts wa3 brought
to my attention and I asked my doc
tor if I might eat it. Ho said, 'yes,'
and I commenced at onco.
"The food did mo good from tho
start nnd I was soon out of bed and re
covered from tho stomach trouble. I
have gained ten pounds and am nblo
to do all household duties, some days
sitting down only long enough to eat
my meals. I can eat anything that
ono ought to cat, but I still continue
to eat Grape-Nuts at breakfast and
supper and llko It better every day
"Considering thnt I could stand only
a short timo. and that n glass of water
seemed 'so heavy, I am fully satisfied
that Grapo-Nuts has been everything
to mo and that my return to health
Is duo to It.
"I havo told soveral friends having
nervous or Btomach troublo what
Grapo-Nuts did for mo and In ever
caso thoy speak highly of tho food. 7
"Thoro's a Reason." Namo given
by Postum Co., Battlo Creok, Mich.
lBrr rond lli- nhoe letter' A neiv
one niiprnra from time to time. They
ore Rriiulnc, true, and full of bumo
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