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Humphrey Van Woydon, critic and dilet
tante, flnds himself aboard tha sealing
fchoonor Ghost, Captain Wolf Lorsen,
lound to Japan waters. The captain
makes him cabin boy "for the jfood of his
Poul." Wolf hazes a snaman and makes
t the basis for a philosophic discussion
(with Hump. Hump's Intimacy with Wolf
Increases. A cariifvat of brutality breaks
loose In the ship. Wolf proves himself
the master brutt. Hump Is made mate
nrti tha hell-ship and proves, that he has
loomed "to stand on his own legs." Two
men desert the vosssl In one of the small
boats. A young woman and four men,
fcurrlYOTs of a steamer wreck, are res
cued from a small boat. The dosorters
pro sighted, but Wolf stands away and
leaves thoin to drown. Maude Drowsier,
the rescued girl, soas the cook towod over
side to glvo him a bath and his foot
bllton off by a shark as he Is hauled
aboard. She begins to rallia her danger
at the hands of Wolf. Van Woydon real
izes that he lores Mauds. Wolf's brothor.
Death Larsen. comes on the sealing
grounds In tha steam sealer Macedonia,
"hoes" tha as, and Wolf captures sev
eral of his boats. The Uhost runs away
fn a loir. Wolf furnishes liquor to the
prisoners.
CHAPTER XXII Continued.
art
"Ho led a lost cause, and he was not
afraid of Qod'a thunderbolts," Wolf
Larson was saying. "Hurled' Into holl
ho was tmboatou. A third of Qod'a
ungcbi ho had led with him, and
atralghtway ho Incitod man to robot
Against God,, and gained for hlmsolf
and holl tho major portion of all tho
gonorationa of man. Why was ho boat
fcn out of hea von? Decauso ho was loss
ibravo than Qod? less proud T less
aspiring? Nol A thousand times nol
God was moro poworful, as ho said,
Whom thundor hath mado greater. But
Lucifer was a froo splriL To sorvo
Was to suffocate. Ho proforrod suf
fering In froedom to all tho happiness
of a comfortablo sorvlllty. Ho did not
carp to sorvo Qod. Ho carod to eorvo
JiCthing. He was no figurehead. Ho
stood on his own logo. Ho was an in
dividual." "Tho first anarchist," Maud laughed,
rtelng and proparing to withdraw to
her stateroom.
"Thon It Is good to be an anarchist I"
o cried. Ho, too, had rlson, and ho
mood facing her, where alio bad pausod
at tho door of her room, as ho wont
am:
" Hero at lost
We shall be froe; the Almighty hath not
built
Hero for his envy; will not drlvo us
hence;
Here wo may relen secure; and In my
choice
(ro reln la worth ambition, though In
Better to rolen In bell than servo In
heaven.' "
It was tho defiant cry of a mighty
pint Tho cabin, still rang with tils
Voice, as bo stood1 thore, Bwaylng, 7ln
bronzed faco shlnln. his hoad up hd
dominant, acd bis eyes, golden Mad
iDascullne, Intensely masculine and In
latently soft, flashing upon Maud at
the door.
Again that unnamablo and unmis
takable terror was la her eyes, and she
)wld, almost In a whisper, "You aro
Lucifer."
Tha door cloned and oho was gono.
5Uo stood staring aftor her for a min
ute, then returned to htmself and to
KB.
"IH relievo Lords at tho wheel," ho
mid ahortly, "and call upon you to to
Uqvo at midnight Better turn In now
lad got Bomo Bleeft."
CHAPTER XXIII.
l Know not what had arousod me,
kut I found myself out of my bunk, on
jny foot, wldo awake, my soul vlbrat
Ins to thfi warning of dangor as It
might havo thrlllftd to a trumpot ca'll
throw opon the door. The cabin light
was burning low. I saw Maud, my
JMaud. straining and struggling and
crushod in tho ombraco of Wolf Lar
Bon's arms. I could soo tho vain beat
and flutter of hor as bIio strove, press
Ing ber faco against his broast. to
escape from him. All this I saw on
tho Tory instant of soolng and as I
prong forward.
I struck him wi(h my fist, on tho
laco, os ho ralsod bis head, but it wns
V puny blow. He roared in a foroclous,
anlmnl-liko way, and gavo mo a shove
with his hand. It was only a shovo, a
flirt of tho wrist, yot so tremendous
waa hia strength that I was hurlod
backward as from a catapulL I struck
tho door of tho stateroom which had
formerly boon Mugridge'u, splintering
and (smashing tho panols with tho im
Jpact of my body. I struggled to my
feet, with difficulty dragging myself
Tiear of tho wreckod door, unawaro of
any hurt whatever. I was conscious
only of an overmastering rago. 1 think
3, too, cried aloud, as I drow tho knlfo
at my hip and sprang forward a soe
oud time.
Dut something had happoned. They
were roellng apart. I waa closo upou
Rim. my knlfo uplifted, but I withheld
the blow. I waa puzzled by tho strange
ness of It Maud was loaning against
Che wall, one hand out for support:
but he was staggering, his loft hand
pressed against hla forehead and cov
ering his eyes, and with tho right ho
was groping about him In a dazed sort
at way. It struck against tho wall,
ted his body seemed to expross a mus
cular and physical relief at the con
tact, as though be bad found his bear-
tags, bis location In space as well as
feemethlng against which to lean.
, Tuafi I saw N4 again. All Bay
1'.
wvnianr rv jack uyiporV
wrongs nnd humiliations Unshod upon
mo with a dazzling brightnoss, all that
I had sufforod and others had suffered
at his hands, nil tho enormity of tho
man's vory exlstonco. I sprang on
htm, blindly, Insanely, and drovo the
knlfo Into his shouldor. I know thon,
that it was no moro than a flesh wound
had folt tho stool grate on his shout-dor-hlado
and I ralsod tho knlfo to
strlko at a moro vital part.
Dut Maud had soon my first blow,
and sho crlod, "Don't! Plcaso don't!"
I droppod my arm for a moment, and
a momont only. Again tho knlfo was
raised, and Wolf Larson would havo
suroly dlod had aho not stopped bo
twocn. Hor arms woro around mo, hor
hair was brushing my face. My pulse
rushed up In an unwontod manner, yot
my rago mountod with It. Sho looked
mo bravely In tho oyos.
"For my sako," sho begged.
"I would kill him for your sako!" I
crlod, trying to froo my arm without
hurting her.
"Hush!" sho said, and laid hor An
gora lightly on my Hps. I could havo
kissed them, had I dared, oven thon,
In my rago, tho touch of thom was so
swoot, so vory sweot. "Please, plcaso,"
sho pleaded, and sho disarmed mo by
tho words, as I was to dlscovor thoy
would ovor disarm mo.
I stepped back, separating from hor,
and roplncod tho knlfo In its sheath.
I looked at Wolf Larson. Ho still
prossed his loft hand against his fore
hoad. It covorod his oyes. His hoad
waB bowed. Ho Boomed to havo grown
limp. His body was Bagging at tho
hips, his great shouldors woro droop
ing and shrinking forward.
"Van Woyden I" ho callod hoarsely,
and with a noto of fright In his voice.
"Oh, Van Woydon! whoro aro you?"
I looked at Maud. Sho did not
speak, but nodded hor head.
"Hero I am," I answered, stopping
to his sldo. "What Is tho raattor?"
"Help mo to a seat," ho said, in tho
samo hoarso, frlghtonod volco.
"I am a sick man, a vory sick man,
Hump," ho said, aa ho loft my sustain
ing grip and sank Into a chair.
"What la tho matter?" I asked, rest
ing my band on his shouldor. "What
can I do for you?"
Dut ho shook off my hand with an
irritated movement, and for a long
I 8aw Maud Crushed In the Embrace
of Wolf Larsen's Arms.
time I stood by his sido in sllenco.
Maud was looking on, hor faco awod
nnd frightened. What had happoned
to him wo could not Imagine
"Hump," ho Bald at last, "I must got
Into my bunk. Lend mo a hand. I'll
bo all right In n llttlo whllo. It'll thoso
dnmn hoadachos, I bollovo, I was
afraid of thom. I had a fooling no, I
don't know what I'm talking about
Help mo Into my bunk."
Dut whon I got him Into hla bunk
ho again burled his faco In his hands
covorlng hla oyos, and aB Lturnod to
go I could hoar him murmuring, "I am
a sick man, a vory sick man."
Maud lookod at mo Inquiringly as
I omorgod. I shook my head, saying
"Somothlng has happoned to htm.
What, I don't know. Ho !b .helpless,
and frlghtonod, I Imagine, for tho first
timo in his llfo, It must havo occurred
boforo ho rocolvod tho knlfo-thruBt
which mado only a superficial wound
You must havo soon what happoned."
Sho Bhook her hoad. "I saw noth
ing. It la just as mysterious to mo,
Ho suddonly roloased mo and stag
gored away. Dut what shall wo do?
What shall 1 do?"
"If you will wait, pleaso, until I come
back," 1 answered.
I wont on dock. Louis waa at tho
whool.
"You may go for'ard and turn in,"
I said, taking It from him.
He was quick to oboy, and I found
mysolf alono on the dock of tho Ghost.
As qulotly as was possible, I clowod up
tho topsails, loworod tho flying Jib and
staysail, backed tho Jib ovor, and flat
tened the mainsail Thon I went be
low to Maud. I placed my finger on
my lips for Bllonce, and entorod Wolf
Larson's room. Ho wns in tho samo
position In which I had loft him, and
his hoad was rocking almost writh
ingfrom sldo to Bido.
"Anything I can do for you?" 1
asked.
Ho mado no roply at first, but on my
ropeatlng tho question ho answered,
"No, no; I'm all right. Lcavo mo alono
till morning."
Dut as I turned to go I noted that his
head hnd resumed its rocking motion.
Maud was waiting patiently for mo,
and I took notlco, with a thrill of Joy
of tho queenly poise of her head nnd
hor glorious, calm eyes. Calm and
suro thoy were as hor spirit Itsolf.
"Will you trust yoursolf to mo for
a Journey of six hundred miles or so?"
I asked.
"You moan 7" sho asked, nnd I
knew sho had guessed aright
"YeB, I mean Just that," I replied.
"Thoro is nothing loft for us but the
opon boat."
"For mo, you mean," sho said. "You
aro cortainly as safo hero bb you havo
boon."
"No, thoro 1b nothing loft for us but
tho opon boat," I Iterated stoutly.
"Will you plcaso dress as warmly as
you can, at onco, and raako Into a
bundlo whatovor you wish to bring
with you?"
"And mako all haste," I added, as
sho turned toward hor statoroom.
Tho lazaretto was directly beneath
tho cabin, nnd, opening tho trapdoor
In tho floor nnd carrying a candlo with
mo, I dropped down and began over
hauling ttio nhip'H storos. I selected
mainly from tho canned goods, and by
tho timo I wns ready, willing handa
wero oxtonded from abovo to receive
what I passed up.
Wo worked In silonco. 1 helped my
self also to blankets, mittens, oilskins,
caps, and such things, from tho slop
chost. It was no light adventure, thin
trusting oursolves in a small boat to
so raw and stormy a sea, and it waa
imporativo that wo should guard our
selves against cold and wet.
Wo worked feverishly at carrying
our plunder on dock and depositing It
amidships, so feverishly that Maud,
whoso strength was hardly a positive
quantity, had to give over, exhausted,
and sit on tho stops at tho break of tho
poop. This did not servo to rocovor
hor, and sho lay on her back, on tbo
hard dock, arms stretched .out and
wholo body relaxod. It was a trick i
romombored of my sister, and I know
sho would soon be herself again. 1
know, also, that weapons would not
como amiss, and I ro-ontered Wolf Lar
son's statoroom to got his riflo and
shotgun. I spoko to him, but ho mado
no answer, though hla head was still
rocking from sldo to sldo and ho was
not asloep.
"Good-by, Lucifer," I whlspored to
myself as I softly closed tho door.
Next to obtain was a stock of am
munition an easy matter, though I
bad to onter tho steorago companion-
way to do It Horo tho hunters Btorod
tho ammunition boxes thoy carried in
tho boats, and horo, but a fow feot
from their noisy royola, I took posses
sion of two boxes.
Noxt, to lower a boat Not so
Btmplo a task for ouo man. Having
cast off tho lashings, I hoisted first on
tho forward tacklo, then on tho aft.
till the boat cleared) the rail, when I
lowered away, ono tacklo and thon tho
othor, for a couplo of foot, till it hung
snugly, abovo tho wator, against tho
schoonor's sldo. I mado certain that
It contained tho proper oqulpmont of
oars, rowlocka and sail. Water waa
a consideration, and l roDbed eyery
boat aboard of Its breaker. As thero
woro nlno boats all told, It meant that
wo should bavo plenty of water, and
ballast 8B woll, though thoro was tho
chanco that tho boat would bo ovor
loadod, what of tho genoroua oupply of
other things I waB taking.
A fow minutes sufficed to finish the
loading, and I lowered tho 'boat into
tho wator. As I holped Maud over tho
rail and folt hor form closo to mine,
It was all I could do to koop from cry
ing out, "I love you I I lovo you!"
Truly Humphroy Van Woyden was at
last In lovo, I thought, as hor lingers
clung to mine whllo I loworod hor
down to tho boat. I held on to tho rail
with ono hand and sunDortcd hor
...ii.
nt tho m0mont of tho feat. It was a
Btrongth 1 had not possessed a fow
monthB boforo, on tho duy I said good
by to Charloy Furusoth and started
for San Francisco on tho Ill-fated
Martlnoz.
As tho boat ascended on a sea, hor
feet touched and I released her hand?
I cast off tho tackles and leaped after
her. I had novor rowed In my life, but
I put out tho oars and nt tho expense
of much effort got tho boat clear of
tho Ghost Then 1 oxporlmonted with
tho sail. 1 hnd soon tho boat steerors
and hunters sot tholr spritsatlo many
times, yot this was my first attempt,
What took thom possibly two minutes
took mo twenty, but in tho end I sue
cooded In sotting nnd trimming it, and
with tho stoorlng oar In my hands
hnulod on tho wind.
"Thoro lies Japan," I romarkod,
"straight boforo ua."
"Humphrey Van Woydon," sho said.
"you aro a bravo man."
"Nay," 1 answered, "It Is you who
aro a bravo womon."
Wo turned our heads, swayed by a
common tmpulso to sen tho Inst of tho
Ghost. Hor low hull lifted and rolled
to windward on a sea; hor canvas
loomed darkly In tho night; her
lashed whool crenkod as the rudder
kicked; thon sight and sound of hor
faded away and wo woro alono on tho
dark sea.
CHAPTER XXIV.
Thero Is no nocd of going Into an
extended rocttal of our BUfforlng In tho
Email boat during tho many days we
woro drlvon and drifted, hero and
thoro, willy-nilly, across tho wide
oxpnnso of ocean. Tho high wind
blow from tho northwest for twenty
four hours, whon it foil calm, and in
tho night sprang up from tho south
west This was doad In our tooth, but
I took in tho soa-anchor I had roughly
mado and sot sail, hauling n courso on
tho wind which took us in a south
uouthoastorly diroctlon. It was an
ovon cholco betweon this and tho west
nortliwostorly courso which tho wind
pormlttod, but tho warm airs of the
south fan nod my doslro for a warmor
soa and swayed my decision.
In throo hours It was midnight, I
woll remember, and as dark as I had
ovor soon It on tho sea tho wind, still
blowing out of tho southwost, roso fu
riously, and onco ugaln I waa com
pelled to sot tho sea-anchor.
Day broko and found mo wnn-oyed
and tho ocean lashed white, tho boat
pitching, almost on end, to its drag.
Wo woro in Imminent dangor of being
swamped by tho whltccaps. As It was.
spray and opumo camo aboard In such
quantities that I balled without cessa
tion. Tho blankots woro soaking. Bv-
"Good-by, Lucifer," I whispered to My
self, as I Softly Closed the Door.
erythlng was wet oxcopt Maud, and
sho, in oilskins, rubber boots, and sou'
wester, was dry, all but hor face and
hands and a Btray wisp of hair. Sho
rellovod mo at tho balling hole from
timo to timo, and bravoly she throw
out tho wator and facod tho storm. All
things aro relative. It was no moro
than a stiff blow, but to ub, fighting
for Ufa in our frail craft, it waB lndood
a storm.
Cold and cheerless, tho wind beat
ing on our faces, tho wblto soas roar
ing by, we struggled through the
day. Night came, but neither of us
slept Day camo, and still tho wind
beat on our facos and tho white soaH
roarod past. Dy the socond night
Maud was falling asloep from exhaus
tion. I covorod hor with oilskins and
a tarpaulin. Sho waB comparatively
dry, but she was numb with the cold.
I feared greatly that sho might dlo In
tho night; but day broko, cold and
choorloss, with tho samo clouded sky
and boating wind and roaring seas.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
CARLYLE CALLED US BORES
Equality Developed Monotony of Type
In Country's Second Epoch, Was
His Assertion.
Prof. Max Farrand of Yalo, lectur
ing on "American Traits" aa developed
In the epoch of 1812 to 1840, said
at Lowell lnstltuto recently, the Kan
sas City Star observes;
'Equality of status 1b, of course,
not a characteristic, but a condition;
yot it is a factor which has led to
tho development of Important Ameri
can traits. Hero, whore, If absolute
oquallty did not exist, at least there
was far greater equality than there
was anything olso; whero, It thore was
not oquallty of opportunity for all,
thoro was at least soino opportunity
for all, the European relationship of
suporlor and inferior classes could not
long continue Tho 'lnforlor' of today
woro too likply to bocomo tho 'supo
rlor' of tomorrow.
"This moant, of courso, a great stim
ulus to lndopondonco, and dovolopod
tho pooplo's Bolf-rollanco. Indopend-
enco is ono of tho most conspicuous
Amorican traits, and It has boon not
without uupleasant manifestations. It
has lnducod a lack of respoct for au
thority and for oldors, nnd tho exlst
onco of oqualfty has tondod to a re
markable monotony among tho people
who dovelopod thoso opportunities, till ;
Carlylo could say; 'Americans have
bogotton, with a rapidity beyond re
corded oxamplo, 18,000,000 of tho grout- ,
or", boroa ovor seen In tho world bo-1
foro.' I
"Yot In contrast with this deadly
oquallty, tho exlstonco of opportunity '
for all Individuals also led to a strong
Individualism among Amoricans, glv- '
Ing ouch man a chanco to dovolop '
what was in him. Henco our love
tor tbo solf-mado man, and henco the
Amorican duvotlon to leadors rather
than to principles."
Commercial.
"That follow Dauber's work Is ab
solutely rotten," exclaimed ono of bis
brother artists. "Ho h&a no tooling
for true art All ho caros for Is to
pandor to the degraded taste of tha
phlltsttno public."
"What a the reason for this venom
ous tirauo against uauoorr asked
tho man who occupied tho studio next
door.
"What? Havon't you heard? The
lucky dub sold a picture yesterday."
A Sermon
for Quiet People
By REV. L. W. GOSNELL
Superintendent o( Men, Moody IHble
Institute of Chicago.
TEXT The God of iBaac. Exod. 3:f.
Speaking of tho story of Isaac, found
In tho Old Testament, Mark Guy
Pear bo Bays:
"Turning from tho
Btory of Abraham,
with its stirring
scones and splen
did triumphs, to
tho uneventful rec
ord of Isaac, is as
when on a breezy
day I havo stood
on tho cliff and
watch od tho
waves na thoy
leapt in showers
of Bpray, whilst
tho birds havo
screamed and
wheeled about tho crags, and far
out at sea tho ships havo left their
traces In foam thon turning inland,
I havo gono down tho hillside Into tho
still valley, sheltered from tho winds,
and thero tho lonely plowman drovo
tho team across tho heavy clods. All
Is still dull, If you pleaso to call It
bo that Is Isaac." As another has
put it, "tho salient feature of hla life
1b that it has no salient features." Ho
Is a typo of tho commonplaco people
of whom God has mado so many. How
thrilling it is to know that God is the
God of Isaac and Of all liko unto
him!
Isaac's life was no doubt a disap
pointment to men. Ho camo by
miraculous birth, yet proved to bo Just
an ordinary man. Many havo hoped
to bo tho happy fathers of artists,
sculptors, musicians and scholars, but
their children hnvo turned out to bo
houso painters, stono masons, and dry
goods clerks. Still, It Is well to have
entertained thoso hopes, for if our
children aro no moro remarkable than
thoy are, In splto of our ambitions,
what might thoy havo been if wo had
had no ambitions for them.
Isaac's llfo was directed by God.
This appears especially in tho story
of his marriage, found in Gen. 21.
"Tho stepB of a good man aro ordered
of tho Lord," no matter how dull and
brown his llfo may bo outwardly; nn
"ordinary" llfo may still bo an "or
dered" life. Horace Dushnoll, In his
great sermon on "Every Man's Llfo
a Plan of God," states his themo thus:
"That God haB a definite plan for
every human person, girding him
visibly or Invisibly for some exact
thing, which It will be tho true sig
nificance and glory of his life to havo
accomplished."
In character Isaac was marked by
the passive virtues. Wo do not ap
preciate patience, gentleness, meek
ncsB, and other quiet graces as much
as we should.
Submission was a marked element
In his make-up. When Abraham would
offer him as a sacrifice on Mount Mo
riah ho made no resistance, though
the knife actually flashed ovor him.
What a picture he was of our Lord
In his submission (Heb. 10:5-7). This
olement appears again In Isaac's Ufa
at Gerar. As fast as ho would dig
wells at this place tho Philistines
would contend for them, but Instead
of quarreling, Isaac would move on
and dig another well. The outcome
of his meekness was that the Philis
tines came to him to mako a cov
enant, saying, "Wo saw certainly that
tho Lord was with thee." Even now
thoro is a sense in which tho meek
Inherit tho earth.
This quiet man was thoughtful, and
we see him going out to meditate in
the fields at the eventide (Gen. 24:63).
Quiet people may know things better
than othors and know them moro
deeply. This twentieth century, "with
bloodshot eyo and fevered pulse," has
loBt tho art of meditation, hut only
when truth saturates us docs It really
become a llfo power.
Isaac was affectionate, au manifest
ed In his relation to his mother nnd
his wlf fOen. 2:fl). "We need Buch
pcopl? In tho world, Wn havo often
noticed that a plain mother, who has
a gmnt heart, vlll ht adored by a son
who Khfrifc In tho "world of science or
IftltftM,
Hrw KuprfeJrifc It In to find that this
qnlrtt man wm, ncverthnlnHH, snnsu
um. "UtttiR Irwid Kuan because ho
did tint itl hin vmimn" (Gen, 2G:28;
27 21). W have, In this matter, a
tnwtniUm nt om danger of the quiet
llf. AIxnJr Wright says tho great
rut y.lulUm ho ever know never
r.wtKuA hi own doorstep and his only
walk wan b'ilwvh hla desk and tho
dlnlfiK table, 'Jvjiperunco, or, an tho
lU'.vimid Vwrwioi Venders, self-control,
in a Krar.a mufM (existed on In tho
New Tiintamenl
Isaac's commonplaco llfo Is notnblo
bccaiMo linked with Christ Ho was
an nncostor of CI- riot nnd also a typo
of him In that i"a birth was super
natural and tht. "In u flguro,'' ho was
offered up an n:so rnlscd from tho
dead. Our llvjMnay bo mado signifi
cant, in thnt th y, too, may bo ltnkod
with ChrlHt. Paul exhorts that ovon
slaves shall do tholr work, not as unto
tholr earthly mantel"., hut as unto tbo
Lord, "for," ays ho, "yo sorvo tho
lord Christ," Our commonest actions
can bo done wllh tho samo motlvo as
our highest doer's "to bo woll ploas
Ing unto him." "Tho world passetb
away and tho lus. thereof; but ho that
dooth tho will of God abldoth forever."
11
Back aches? . Stomach sen
sitive? A little cough? No
strength? Tire easily? AU
after effects of this dread mal
ady. Yes, they are catarrhal.
Grip is a catarrhal disease.
You can never bo well as long
as catarrh remains in your sys
tem, weakening your wholo
body with stagnant blood and
unhealthy secretions.
You Need
PERUNA
It's the one tonic for the after
effects of grip, because it is a
catarrhal treatment of proved
excellence. Take it to clear
away all the effects of grip, to
tone the digestion, clear up the
inflammed membranes, regulate the
bowels, and set you on tho highway
to complete recovery.
Perhaps one or moro if your
friends havo found it valuable.
Thousands of people In every stato
have, and have told us of it. Many
thousands moro havo been helped
at critical times by this reliable
family medicine;
Prtjrt3 ilit b UUcI f inn f sr rtsr CHTts!eaea.
The Peruna Company, Colombo, OMo
Calling Uncle Down.
"When I was a youngster," remark
ed Undo Draggles. "I waB about the
best baseball player In this county."
"Whnt did you play?"
"Pitchor, catcher, shortstop an' all
tho rest of 'em."
"Yes, Uncle." spoko up. llttlo Willie,
tho champion bright child. "Dut we're
talking about baseball; not amatour
theatricals."
For a really flno coffeo at a mod
erate price, drink Donison's Somlnole
Brand, 35c the lb., in sealed cans.
Only one merchant In each town
soils Seminole. If your grocer isn't
tho one, write the Denlson Coffeo Co.,
Chicago, for a souvenir and tho name
of your Somlnole dealer.
Buy tho 3 lb. Canister Can for $1.00.
Adv.
The Flat Dwellers' Garden.
Indulge your lovo for flowers to the
extent of buying a fow daffodills or
other spring flowers for the living
room onco or twice a week. If you
haven't yet done so, cut sorao sprlga
of forsythia and put them In water,
to blossom in the house.
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, a Bate and oure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
Signature of QMtA
In Use for Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
Getting Fat.
"Does he occupy his pulpit satisfac
torily?" "Well, he has gained twenty pounds
slnce ho came with us." Judge.
Each Chinese schoolboy has to fur
nish his own stool and table, as woll
as his own ink, brush and writing pa
per. Stop That Ache !
Don't worry about a bad back.
Get rid of it. Probably your kid
neys aro out of order. Resume son
Biblo habits and help tho kidneys.
Then, kidnoy backacho will go;
also tho dizzy spells, lameness, stiff
ness, tired feelings, nervousness,
rheumatic pains and bladder trou
bles. Ubo Doan s Kidnoy Fills.
Thousands recommend them.
An Iowa Case
Bvtrv
Ttllta
Mrs. H. II. Means,
710 Third Ave., W.,
Oelweln, Iowa,
eays: "A cold set
tled on my kidneys
and when I swept
the floor, sharp
pains shot up from
the small of my
back and nearly
drove me wild. I
Btory"
felt tired and lan
guid nnd had no
iimhltlon. I had Se
vern nnlna In th
back of my head and also dizzy spells
when I hnd to put my hnnds on a
chair to Hteady myself. Doan's Kid
ney Pills llxed me up In good shape."
Cat Don' at Any Storo, 60c Dox
DOAN'S "p'xs
FOSTER-M1LB URN CO.. BUFFALO, N. Y.
Constipation
Vanishes Forever
Prompt Relief Permanent Cure
LAKIEK'S LITTLE
LIVER PILLS never
fall. Purely vegeta
oic net surely
out gently on
tne aver.
Stop after
dinner dis
tresscure indigestion.
Improve the complexion, brighten the eyes.
SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE.
Genuine must bear Signature
HAIR BALSAM
A toilet prtrxu-ntk'U of turrit.
nln to eriullciU duadrua.
BoautytoCrar or Faded HalrJ
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W. N. U., OMAHA, NO. 15-1916.