f .
Peonies as a Medicine.
I'oonlos wero originally cstooinpd
less (or boauty of bloom than for vnluo
ns a medicine. In recognition of Its
curntlvo virtues, the peony was named
after Paeon, Ilia physician of the
gods. An old writer suys: "About an
Infant's neck bant? pronto. It cures
Alcydos t,yi;: -n. .a u Nor did the
usu of the plant stop there, for peony
water was esteemed and dranlc In by
gone times, though whether as medi
cine or merely as a refreshing tem
perance bevel ago In more than modern
writers can nay.
Didn't Know Frogs.
A dignified army captain wan once
stationed In quarters nonr a pond In
which wore many bullfrogs.
The captain had never heard bull
frogs, and In the middle or tho night,
fairly distracted by their continuous
hollowing, ho descended tho wtalrs in
Ills robe dc null, and said to tho sen
try: "Sentry, tell tho sergeant of tho
guard to ding tho cow out of that
marsh."
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
with MJCAI. APPLICATIONS, in thry rannot rinfli
llif eat of I hi (llM-nw. tauirli H a Mood or romitl
lutkiiM miii in firilrr In euro It you mint take
Internal rrmnllrs. Hull' Catarrh mire U tnkm in
ternally, ami ncln directly titn the tikiocl anil mueutit
rurfawt llall'n Calnrrh l"iire Ii ma n riuack infill
line. It mm priwrllMil hy on! uf the Imt phyrlrlnii)
li till WMintry lur yean nnil Li n reirular priMrltitlo-i.
It ta cimitiowcl of the lrfl WiiIm known, nnntilfinl
with Iho lt IiIiukI niirlflem. nttlnu illrrctly on llio
fnurwH nurture. The ix-rlMt ruinlilnatlnu ol II
(no ingrnllfflM H what iiriKlurea rurh wonderful re
UIU In lurln ealarrh. Krnrt fur tMtlmonlnl, frre.
F. J. CHUNKY A CO., ProlM.. 'loledo, O.
Hold by Primal!, price 7!e.
'take If all's Family Pill for eoimllnitlun.
A Broken Guarantee,
"I nover guaranteed tho horso not
to balk. 1 merely said thnt ho would
stand anywhere."
"Hut ho won't. When he balks ho
lies down."
HOUSE
SYNOPSIS.
Ollen Dudley nrrlvoil In Ban I'rniiflaco
to Join lil.t rrlotnl unci distant relative
Henry Wilton, whom In- wan to anoint
In iin Important mid mynterloti IiihU.
nml who acroinpnnli-il Utiillny on the.
ferry bout Irlp Into the ulty. Tho n-innrluibli-
roxeinhlance of tin- two mon
Is noted nnd i-ominonleil on hy piisfifti
xern on the ferry. They ee a limn with
-tiuko 'fmt which ai.tiiIh h tin III through
Dudley. Wilton poHlimmm nn i-xpliinittlun
of the atrnniro nrrand Dudley In to per
form, but orcurrcneeM chump lilm to
know It in one of no otdlnury iiumuiIiik.
Wilton leaven Olle In their room, with
Instruction to awiill MIh ruturn. Unruly
Iiuh ho none thun (Hie In Martini by u
cry of "Help." Dudley Im Miiminoned to
the inniKtiL and there IIikIk the dead
liody of his frlund, Henry Wilton. Anil
thun Wilton dies without i-vur .'xplalnlntt
to Dudley the puzzling work he wus to
perform In Han l-'ianclnco. In order to
illM-over the sihti-1 iiiIhhIoii Ills friend bad
entrunteil to him, Dudley ronlliuieH hln
illflKUlsp and permltH hlmelf to ho known
um Henry Wilton. Dudley, mlnlnketi for
Wilton, In employed by Knapp to assist
In u slock hrokeniKe deal. Ulles Dudley
llnilM hlliiRelf rloneteil III II room Willi
.Mother llorton who makes n eonllihint
of lilm. He can lenrn nothlliK about the
mynti-rloiiB hoy rurthir than that it Is
Tim Terrlll nod Darby Meeker who an;
after him. Me Is told that "Dicky" Nnhl
In h traitor, plnylmr both hands In the
eame Dudley kcIh his first knowledKC of
Decker, who Is Kuapp's enemy on the
Hoard. Dudley visits the homo of Knapp
and Is strlrken hy the beauty of I.uella, his
daughter. Ho Is provided with four KUiirilH,
Drown, Ilarkhouse, l-'ltzhUKh and I'orter.
Ho tenrns there Is to be no trotlblo about
money as all expenses will he paid, the
biro of the Ktiurds belni? paid by one
"lllchinond." Tim body of Henry Wilton
Is committed to the vault. Dudley re
sponds to a nolo and vI.hIIh Mother Dor
ton In company with Policeman I'nrson.
(Hies Dudley ukuIii visits tho Knupp
homo. Ho Is fasclnnted by I.uella ami
horeil liv Mm. Howner. Ullitimilnn lour
thrniiKh Chinatown Is planned. Tho trip
to Chinatown. tJiics unuiey lenriiH uiiu
Hie nuriv Im beltiir tihndowed by Terrlll.
I.uella is dumbfounded when Sim anil
Dinllov in her father enmlmr from an
opium den. I.uolla and Dudley are cut off
from tno rent or mo puny ami impi'mon
mi in n imlltvnv befdnil an Iron-bound
door. Threii Chlneso rulllaus ittiprouch thu
tnnr soiled couple. A.uauie onsuen. wne
In knocked down, Giles belns tlrlnir. Tim
Terrlll Ih seen In the mob. A newly form
ml mull In cheeked bv Khotll from (IIU-h'
revolver. I'ollcomun Corson breaks down
ihn ilmir wild on ax and the colllite Is
rencued. I.uella thanks titles Dudley for
anviiiK her life. DoddrldK" appears at the
olllcn with no traces of tho previous
lUKhl's debauch.
CHAPTER XIX. -Continued.
At tills Kppnur gnvo a blast like a
cornet, and. waving hla arms fran
tically plunged Into n small-sized riot.
I hud entrusted lilm with fi.OOO shares
of Crown and Diamond to bo nold for
Thousandn nf AinnHenn wnmnn tho beHt price possible, and ho was
in our homos rtro dailv HiinrHluiniz focdlng tho opposition Judiciously
II.. J .1..!.. " I IMin i.rl nn iviivii-nit ffin n tiinmniil lull
JlVUil IU UllLV. !.
in ore or to keen Uio homo norit rnmeu anu icncucu w,.
and pretty, rtho children well dressed At this I algnalcd to Wallbrldge.
anu tluy, womon ovonlo. A loinnlo and witli nnotner boiiow no starieti
wciiknesa or displacement Ih often an opposition riot, on tho other ulde
urotichton anu tho v sutler itiH Ipneo. of tho room from Uniuior. and ten
ciniunsr aionic irom uau to worse, frown Diamond in lumim to tno nowi
unowililf well lime tlioy otlglit to Ing forceu or the Ueckor comlilnntion.
imvoneiptoovorcomo llio pains and The battlo wob raging furiously.
iiciicawiileliuaiiynmuolilualmrden. Theio was u final rally of thu Deck
xi is to tneso nutuiui women tunc
VEGETABLE COMPOUND
'Where Is It now?" 1 asked.
"Sixty-nine and a half."
I meditated an Instant whether to
use my authority to throw another
5,000 shares nn tho market. Hut I
caught sight of Decker opposite, pale,
hawk-like, just seizing an envelope
from a messenger. Ho toro It open,
and though his faro changed not n
line, I felt by a mysturlous Instinct
that it brought assurance of tho aid
he sought.
"Huy every share you can got," I
said promptly. "Don't got hi tho way
of l.titllnior or Hppncr. Put on steam,
too."
A moment later tho clamor grew
louder nnd the excitement increased.
I heard shouts of 75, 78, 80 and 85.
Decker's men had entered Into the
bidding with energy. Tho sinews of
war had been recruited, and it wna
a battlo for tho possession of every
block of stork.
Thus far I had followed closely tho
plan laid down tor mo by Doddridgo
Knapp, and tho course of the market
had agreed with the outlines of his
prophecy. Hut now It was going up
faster than ho had expected. Yet I
could do nothing but' buy. I dared not
hot hounds to the bidding. I could only
grip the railing and wait for the end
of tho call.
At last It came, and "Omega, one
hundred nnd live and throe-quarters"
was tho closing quotation. 1 feverish
ly took tho totals of my purchases
from the brokers and gave the checks
to bind them. Then 1 hastily mado
"Well, Decker Isn't any hotter- off
than you,' I said consolingly.
"He's ten or r.'toon thousand shares
worso off than I am."
"And he's put a fortune Into Crown
Diamond, nnd Is pretty well loaded
with Confidence."
"True, my boy."
"And so," I argued, "ho must be
nearer tho liottom of his sack than
you aro."
"Very good, Wilton," said the King
of the Street with n quizzical look, j
"Hut yoifvo left one thing otft. You
don't happen to know that tho direc
tors of the HI Dorado Hank had a
secret meeting last night and decided
to back Decker for all they aro
worth."
"Hather a rash proceeding," I sug
gested. "Woll, ho had throe millions of
their monoy In his scheme, bo I reck
on they thought the tall might as
well follow tho hide," explained my
employer.
"The only thing to do then Is to get
h bank yourself," 1 returned.
Doddridgo Knupp'a lips closed, and
n trnco of n frown was on his brows.
"Well, this isn't business," ho snld.
"Now here Is what I want," ho con
tinued. And ho gave directions for
the biiylng'nt the afternoon session.
"Now, not over 125," wns his part
ing Injunction. "You may not got much
I don't think you will though I
have a scheme that may bring a re
action." Doddridge Knapp's schomo for a re
action must have been ono of tho kind
that goes off backward, for Omega
Jumped skyward on tho afternoon call,
and closed at UIO. And I had been
able to get a scant 1,500 shnrca when
the call was over.
"I did hotter than you," said Dodd
ridgo Knapp, when I explained to him
tho course of tho soaslon. "I found a
nest of 2,500 and gathered them In at
120. Hut that's all right. You'vo
done well enough as well as I ex
pected." "And still 8,000 to got," I said.
"Nearly."
"Well, we'll get them In due time,
I suppose," 1 said cheerfully.
"We'll have 'am hy Monday uoo.i,
nnmna na n 1nnn ntirl n lilnoutinr
WIUVJ Uli MUUI1 (ItiV ID U.UOtllllK,
as it did to Um. F. Ellsworth, of
er forces, and tho call closed with
Crown Diamond at G;i. I hnd sold 12,
000 shares.
1 was pleased at tho result, Dodd
ridge Knupp had Intrusted mo with
the hIuuoh. with tho remark: "I paid
MftWillo. N. Y.. and to Mrs. W. P. 50 for 'om and they're not worth a
Jioyd, of Beaver Falls, Pu.,who say: tinker's dnm. I got an insldo look at
"IwaBtiotnblo to do rav own work. to ' wnon i was in Virginia uuy.
owlnir to tho fcmulo trouble from which Food Decker all ho'll tako at fit), lie's
I Buffered. Lydla E, I'lnlcham'a Vetro- boon fooled on thu thing, and I reckon
tobloCompoumllielpoil ino wonderfully, he'll buy a good lot of them at that."
anu iam sowoiunai icanuo as mp u , lm(1 Ho)(, IJO(,(irl,igo Knapp's on-
MZXt$i tho lot of tho stock at an average of
mmjMtm - I U'U 3U, 111111 MUUlUt lllllt I'tWIll, Wl
rAUlb l-UK aiUIV WUnIELN 1G n share, and hnd. for a second pur
For thlrtv vor.rs Lvdla E. Pink- hobo, served tho plan of cnmpalgn by
liam'a Vegetablo Comjwund, inado drawing tho enomy'B resources to tho
irom roots mm uorim, has been tho derensu of Crown Diamond nnd weak
Btandard romcdy for fontalo ills, onlng, by so much, his power of op
and has posit Ivoly cured thousandsoi orating elsowhoro.
womonwnonavoouentrouDledwith ny tho tlmo Omega wns reached 1
ICARTEtfSl
WITHE
H PILLS.
displacements, inikuunation.ulcora
tlon, llhroid tumors, irrcfrularlties,
jwriodioiMims, uacmicnc, mat near-uiK-down
feellnff, iiatulency. indices.
tion,dizzlnes8,or nervous prostration.
wiiy don't you try it r
Mrs. lMnklinin Invites nil stole
women to write her for ndvlce.
Shu has (rtihlctl thousands to
uealtli. Address, JUyiin, iuusB.
SICK HEADACHE
l'o.nltlvoly cured hy
those Lllilo Tills.
W i 'racy nuo relieve jji
TTP ItrrMsfroin Uyin-pHln, lu
ff lfrn Mlk'i'HtloiiuiiaTooIIinrlj
I IT1 I U f K Cntluir. A perfect rrin
ledy for Ultilui-MH, Nuti-
Ircu, DrownlncRH, II nd
'fuutfltutlie Jtniitli.Coiit-
led Touch r, l'alti In the
IHldc, TOHPID LIVKll
They regulato the llowels. I'urcly Vegetablo
SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE.
Genuine Must Bear
Fac-Similo Signaturo
REFUSE SUBSTITUTES.
THE DUTCH
DOY PAINTER)
STANDS FOR tf
ri ill Allil I J A i
rAIIM I UAU IT
IT 15 FOUND ONLYOU .
kPUREWHITELEAD
MADE OV
THE
ftLn niirrH .
PROceos. '
CARTERS
fro&
hud tho plans full in hand.
l'lio assatilt, on Crown diamond had
caused a nervous feeling all nlnni; the
line, and under rumors of a bear raid
thoro had boon a drop of several
points.
OmeRti felt tho result of the nerv
ouiiness and depression, and opened
at 7G.
There was a moment's buzz the
unlet of a crowd expectant of great
events. Tlion Wnllbrltlgo charged
into the throiiK with a roar. 1 could
not distinguish his words, but I
knew that ho was currying out my
onlor to drop 5,000 shares on tho
market.
At his cry there was an answering
roar, and the sceno upon the Hoor
turned to a riot. How tho market
was going 1 could only guess. At
Wullbrldge'B onset I saw l.attlmor
and Kppnor make a tllvo for him and
then sopurate, following other shout
ing, screaming madmen who plrouttud
about tho Hoor and tried to save
themselvos fiom a mobbing. I henut
70 shouted from one direction, but
could not inako out whether It set thu
price of tho stock or not. The dlu
wus too confusing for mo to follow
tho course of events,
At last Wallbridgn staggered up to
tho rail, Hushed, collnrless, and pant
tug for breath, with his hat a hope
less wreck.
'1 sold down to 71 averaging 711, I
guess and she's piling in tit to break
thu door," ho gasped,
"Did Lattlmur and Kppnor get your
stock?" 1 could not help asking.
"They got about 3.000 of It. Hoson.
helm got tho rest."
1 remembert'd ltoseuhum as the
agent of l)cckur, and sighed. Hut hat
timer and Kppnor wero busy, aud I
had hopes.
Ilk
IIP v! '
"OTT 7HZPJ2fCF W&VT UP PJZZTTy
my way through tho excited throngs
that blocked the cntrnnco to tho Kx
chnnge, brought thither by tho ex
citing news of "a boom In Omega,"
and hurried to the olllco.
Doddridgo Knapp had not yet come,
and 1 consumed inyaelf with Impa
tience for ten minutes till I heard his
key In tho lock nnd ho entered with a
culm smile on his face.
I guva him my memoranda and
tried to rend his face as ho studied
thom.
"You did a good Job with Crown Dia
mond," ho grunted approving'.
"Thanks," 1 returned. "1 thought
It wasn't bad for a stock that was not
worth mentioning. And hero Is
7.000 shares of Omega bought and
5,000 sold. Thnt schomo worked pret
ty well. Wo made 2,000 by U. Um
the prlco went up pretty fast.
Tho King of thu Street looked sour
ly ut tho Ugures beforo lilm. "You
ought to have got more stock," ho
growled.
This was a hhock to my solf-con
gratulutlon over my success, and 1
guvo an iuuulrlng "Yes?"
"As 1 llguro It out," ho said, "some
body olso got 7,000 shares and odd.
Thoro wero over 15,000 shares sold In
your Hoard."
1 murmured that I had done my
best.
"ua, yes; i suppose bo," said my
employer. "Hut wo need more."
"How much?" 1 nuked.
"1'vo got a Uttlo over 48.000
shnrus," ho said sloy, "and I must
have near C0.000. It looks as though
I d have to light for them."
or wo won't hnvo 'om nt all," growled
Doddridgo Knapp.
"How's that?"
"Yop seem to hnvo forgotten, young
man, that the stock transfer books of
tho Omega Company close oh ftlonday
at 2 o'clock," hu said as tho door
closed behind him.
As I luut never heard this interest
ing pleco of information beforo, 1
could not In strictness be said to have
forgotten It.
CHAPTER XX.
Making Progress.
"You really don't mean It." said I.u
ella severely, "and it's very wrong to
sny wlint you don't mean."
"In society?" 1 nsked blandly. "I'm
nfrald you're a horetlc, Miss Knapp."
"Hut wo'ro not In society, not just
now, that Is to say. Wo'ro Just friends
talking together, and you're not to say
what you don't menu Just for tho sake
of ploutliig my vanity."
"Well, If wo'ro just friends talking
together" said 1. looking up in her
race. I was seated on tho footstool
before her, nnd It was very eliariulng
to look at her face, so 1 stoppod at
that.
"Yes," said I.uella, bonding forward
In hor interest.
Ueforo I could reply, .Mrs. Knapp's
voice was In my oar, and Mrs. Knapp's
llguro was In tho archway of tho al
cove. "Oh, you aro bote," she said, "I
thought 1 heard your voices., I.uolla,
your fathor wants to see you a min
ute. Ami how do you do, Mr. Wil
ton?" I greeted Mrs, Knapp cordially
thoiiph I wIfIk cI that slip hnd delayed
her appearance, and looked regretfully
after huella.
"I want to thank you for your hero
ism the other ovonlng," she said.
"Oh, It was nothing," I answered
lightly. "Any one would have dono
tho same."
"Perhaps but nono the less we are
all very grateful. If I had only sua
pucted that anything of the kind could
have happened. I should never have al
lowed them to go."
I fell rehelllously glad that she had
not suspected.
"I blame myself for It nil," 1 bowed.
"It was vory careless of me."
"I'm afraid so, nftcr all tho warning
you have had," said Mrs. Knapp.
"Hut ns It turned out, no harm was
done," I said cheerfully.
"I supposo so," snld Mrs. Knapp ab
sently. Thou sho spoke with sudden
attention. "Do you think your ene
mies followed you there?"
I was taken nback with tho vision
of tho Wolf figure In tho grimy pass
age, a fiend In tho intoxication of opi
um, and Btammored for a reply.
"My siutkc-oycd friend ntndo himself
a little familiar, I'm afraid," I ad
mlttod. "it Is dreadful that these dangers
should follow you cvorywherc," said
Mrs. Knapp with feeling. "You must
bo careful."
"I have doveloped eyes In tho back
of my head," I said, smiling at her con
cern. "I fear you need moro than that.
Now tell mo how It all happened, Just
ns you saw It. I'm afraid Luella was
n little too hysterical to glvo a true ac
count of It."
1 gave her tho story of the sceno in
tho passage, with a few Judicious
emandations. I thought It hardly
worth whllo to mention Doddridgo
Knapp's appearance, or a few other
Items that wero moro precious to mo
than to anybody else.
When I had dono Mrs. Knapp sighed.
"Thoro must bo nn end of this some
day," sho said. ,
"I hope tho day Isn't fnr oil," I con
fessed, "unless It should happen to bo
tho duy tho coroner Is called on to
tako a particular interest In my per
son." Mrs. Knapp shuddered.
"Oh no, no not that way."
Then after a pause, sho continued:
"Would you not rather attack your
dangers nt once, and have them over,
than to wait for them to seek you?"
1 felt a trlllo uneasy at this speech.
There seemed to bo a suggestion In it
that 1 could end tho wholo matter by
marching on my enemies and coming
to decisive battle. 1 wished I know
what sho was hinting nt and how It
was to bo dono beforo I answered.
"I haven't felt any particular dis
position to hunt them up," I confessed,
"but If I could cut oft all tho heads of
tho hydra at onco It would bo worth
whllo. Anything for peace and uulet,
you know."
Mrs. Knapp smiled.
"Well, thoro is no uso challenging
your fate. Thero is no need for you
to act, unless tho boy is in danger."
"Oh, no, nono at all," I replied tin
blushlngly. "And we'll hope that ho will be kept
safe until tho danger has passed."
1 hoped so devoutly, and said as
much. After a few moro words I took
udvautngc of tho lull to excuso myself
and make a dive into tho next room
whero I espied Lmellti.
"Yes, you may sit down here," sho
' sulil carelessly. "I want to bo amused."
I I was not at all certain that I wus
I Haltered to bo considered nmuslng;
! but I was willing to stay on any terms,
so wo fell into animated conversation
on nothing and everything. In the
midst of this entertaining situation 1
discovered that Mrs, Knapp was
watching us, and her fnco showed no
easy stato of mind. As I caught hor
eyo sho moved away, and a mlnuto
later Mr. Carter appeared with,
"Uxcuso me, Miss Knapp, but your
mother would Hko to seo you. Sho
and my wifo hnvo some conspiracy on
hand."
I was pleased to seo that Luella
did not tako tho Interruption grateful
ly, but sho, surrendered hor place to
Mr. Carter, who talked about tho
weather with a fertility of common
places that excited my admiration.
Hut us oven tho weather has its limits
as a subject of Interest and tho hour
grew Into I suppressed a yawn aud
sought the Initios to take my leave.
"Oh, must you go?" said Luella, ris
ing. And, leaving Mrs. Carter to her
mother, sho walked with me to the
hall as though sho would speak with
mo.
Hut onco moro nloue. with only tho
hum of voices from tho reception-room
us company, sho foil silent, and I
could think of nothing to say.
"It's vory good of you to come," sho
raid hesitatingly.
My mind wont back to that other
ovonlng when I had loft tho floor In
humiliation and blttornoss of spirit.
I'orhaps she, too, was thinking of tho
time.
(TO ni-3 CONTINUED.)
A SIMPLE SAFEGUARD IN BUYING
PAINT.
Everybody should know how slmplo
and easy It Is to avoid all uncertainty
in buying paint materials. There nro
many so-called whlto leads on tho
market, which contnln chalk, zinc,
harytes, nnd other cheap adulterants.
Unless the properly owner takes nd
vantago of the slmplo means of pro
tection afforded him by rellablo whlto
lead manufacturers, ho runs great risk
of getting an Inferior and adulterated
whlto lead.
It la to protect tho paint-buyer
against fraud nnd adulteration that
National Lead Company, tho largest
makers of genuine Puro Whlto Load,
placo their famous "Dutch Doy Paint
er" trademark on every keg of their
product, nn absolute guarantee of Ha
purity and quality. Anyono who wants
to muko a practical test of whlto lend,
nnd who wants a valuable free book
about painting, should address Na
tional Lead Company, Woodbrldgo
Uldg., Now York, and aik for test
equipmont.
AUTOMOBILE SHOP TALK.
"What was your record across Jer
sey?" "Ono country constable and a cow."
Laundry work nt homo would bo
much more satisfactory If the tight
Starch wero used. In order to got tho
desired stiffness, it Is usually acces
sary to uso so much starch that tho
beauty aud Iluencss of the fabric is
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys tho
appearance, but ulso affecta tho wear
ing quality of tho goods. This trou
bio can bo entirely ovcrconio by using
Deflnuco Stnich, as It can be applied
much moro thinly because of Its great
er strength than other makes.
Ethergrsm.
Langungo grows apaco with tho
victories of applied science. Con
sider for n moment how many worda
In tho ordinary work-a-day vocabu
lary woro unknown a quarter or a
century ago and ere tho natural prod
uct of discovery and Invention. With
tho perfection of wireless transmis
sion of Intelligence thero obviously
ennio need of a word designating a
moBsngo conveyed by tho new method.
"Ethorgram" has been suggested and,
in fact, Is bolng used in Great Britain.
rlf not, why not?
Lost In the Telephone.
Henry Abraham has calculated tho
maximum effeetlvoness of tho tole
pono for a Bound of given pitch nnd a
current of measured intensity. Tho
result shows thnt thero Is great room
for Improvement in this respect. Not
withstanding tho apparent oxtromu
seusltlvenoss of the best telephones,
they aro, after all, surprisingly inef
fective, since they transmit to tho ear
im the form of sound-waves less than
a thousandth part of tho energy ro.
colvod from tho lino.
Boy Grades the Clergy.
Bishop Potter, at an ecclesiastical
dinner In Now York, rend a Coopers
town schoolboy's essay on "Clergy
men." Tho essay, which created
much amusement, was as follows:
"Thoro aro 2 kinds of clergymen
Hlshups rectors and curnts. the blsh
tips tellB tho rectors to. work and tho
curat3 have to do It. A curat Is a thin
married man but when ho Is a recter
ho gets fuller and can preach longer
8ormons and becums a good man."
Washington Star.
Satisfied.
"Look here!" grumbled the old farm
er. "This hero almanac Is a fraud. It
predicted snow for yesterday and, by
gum, It was hot as blazes all day."
"But my dear sir," responded tho
Wand almanac peddler, "It snowed up
at tho north polo yesterday."
Tho old farmer's Jaw fell.
"It did?" he drawled slowly. "Wal,
I reckon tho nlmanac Is all right then.
It did toll tho truth, didn't It?"
Nev Method of Shaft Sinking.
A inetnml of shnft siuklng has been
tried In Franco In w (ch coment
slurry m forcod through boreholes In
to soft fissured strata In onlor to form
a wal. of concroto within which sink
'ns cuj bo performed.
MOTHER AND CHILD
Both Fully Nourished on Grape-Nuts.
Tho vnluo of this famous food Is
3hown in many ways, in addition to
what might ho expected from its chem
ical analysis.
Grape-Nuts food is made of wholo
whent and barley. Is thoroughly baked
for many hours and contains all tho
wholesomo Ingredients in tlieso co
reals. It contains also tho phosphnto of
potash grown in tho grains, which Na
ture uses to build up brain and nervo
cells.
Young children require proportion
ntoly moro of this oloment because tho
bralu and nervous system of the child
grows so rapidly.
A Vn. mother found tho value of
drupe-Nuts In not only building up her
own strength but In nourishing her
baby nt tho same time. Sho writes:
"After my baby ramo I did not re
covor health and strength, and tho
doctor said I could not nurse tho baby
as I did not have nourishment for her,
besldcfs I was too weak.
"Ho said I might try n chniigo or
diet and see what that would do, and
recommended Grape-Nuta food. I
bought a pkg. and need It regularly.
A marked change camo over botli
baby nnd I.
"My baby Is now four months old.
Is in line condition. I um nursing, her
and doing nil my work and never' felt
better In my lire." "There's-a Uenson."
Numo given by I'ostnm Co. Hnttlo
Crook. Mich. Head "Tho Uond to Well
vllle," In pkgs.
Ever read tho above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
arc genuine, true, and full of humaa
Interest,
Y