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Cures Woman’s Wca*incsscs. Wo refer to that boon faf weak, nervonx, suffering women kjjlbwn as Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Dr. John Fm one of the Editorial Staff of Tub Eclectic Mkdioai. He view says of Unicorn Jfoot (HelonUu Du/iai) which <s ono oftUh chief Ingredients of tho " Fa vorite ^*fescription ”: "A rortn-dy which Invarlahly acts as a uter ine Invlgorator * * * makes for normal ac tivity of the entire repnxluctive system.* Uo continues "In Uelonlas we havo a medica ment which more fully answers the above purposes than any other druy with which I am aoouainted. In tho treatment of diseases po cullar to women it Is seldom that a case Is seen which does not present some Indication for this remedial agent” Dr. Fyfe further says’ "The following are among tho leading Indications for Uelonlas (Unicom root). Pain or aching In the back, with leucorrhoea; atonic (weak) condltloflapf the reproductive organs of komcn. mOntil depression and Ir ritability. Asoclated will! chronic diseases of the reproditlve organs of women;constant sensation off heat In the region of tho kid neys; mei/rrhaglil ifloodlng). due to a weak ened condition of/thc reproductive system: amenot/Co’iyTiurpresscd or absent monthly g>e ri odjf.AVS, iflg“n>m or accompanying an abnodhgl condition of the digestive organs and tjfaemlc (thin blood) habit: dragging eensfilons Id the extreme lower part of the abddmea” . ... If more or loss of tho above symptoms aPr'hP’>/’nf, no "TTivTilhl womp cari -do; Be tier Than tJiko IJr. Fierce s_J " Pri" fTNTdiiilColTA'df~ThB loading IngrtxIF «ntsof wrncii Is Unicorn root, or Ilelonlas. and the medical properties of which Is most faithfully represents. Of Golden Seal root, another prominent Ingredient of " Favorite Prescription," Prof. Finley Elllngwood, M. I)., of Ben-* nett Medical College, Chicago, says: "It Is an Important remedy In disorders of the womb. In all catarrhal conditions * * and general enfoehlemont. It is useful." Prof. John M. Scudder, M. I)., late of Cincinnati, says of Golden Seal root: "In relation to Its genoral effects on the system, there it no medfefns <n use alxmt which there It such general unanimity of opinion. It l«i tm IvernaUg regarded as the tonic useful In all debilitated states.” Prof. K. liartholow, M. D., of Jeffersori Wodlcal College, says of Golden Seal: "Valuablo In uterlno hemorrhage, menor rhagia (flooding) and congestlvo dysmenor rhtva (painful menstruation).” Dr. Pinrce’g Favorite Prescription faith fully represents all tho above named In gredients and cures the diseases for which they are recommended. Harsh Language. A chnpple In Kalamazoo Attempted a damsel to woo. •‘Pretty maiden,” he snld. “Let us (jo and be wed.” And she blushtngly murmured “Sklddoo.* —Chicago Tribune. • Ask Your Dealer for Allen's Foot-Rase j A powder to shake Into jour shoes. It rests : the fret. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Bore, Mot, Callous, Aching, Sweating feet | and Ingrowing Nall*. Allen’s Foot-Ease j makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all j Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample mailed Fit EE. Address Allen 8. Olmsted, Le Hoy. N. Y Not in Their Set. From the New York Weekly. He—*‘I do not see why such * dear llttk luck as you are should not be welcome In eoctety." She—"Oh, the society of our city Is run by a lot of old hena, and little ducks don’t belong to their set." For more reasons than one, Garfield Tea is the best choice when a laxntive is needed; it is Pure, Pleasant to tofce, Mild and Potent. Guaranteed under the Yood and Drugs Law. Atchison Globe Sights. From the Atchison Globe. Unless there is an unusual event on th. 'following day, a boy is never ready to go •to bed or get up. Even the worst crlt of baseball must give It some credit for crowding out bowl ing and basketball. Thinking you arc a very bright man is •no thing, but being one Is an entirely dif ferent proposition. This is tact: If you are hostess, put the lovers together at the table, and separate those who are married. What has become of the old-fashioned woman who said. "Hear that child bark!" .When the child had a cold. You can get a fair amount of work out raf the average boy If you will keep him Jbome from school to do It. When a boy wants a favor from his par ents, he asks his father’s permission, and ttells hts mother he Is going to do It. The average friendship is wrecked upon the fact that the average person’s Idea of friend is some one he can impose upon. We have all been guilty of this foolish trick: Being cold all night rather than up and put another quilt on the bed. "I have never admired George Washing ton as much as I have Bat Masterson. 'There are a dozen ways In which he could have gotten out of that cherry tree story. —Parson Twine. The Lancaster Literary society will be “i no neat ovnoiun iu ucuuo vviiu ii Is tho greater Joke: The bloodhound called ! out to run down criminals, or the peaca conference that meets at The Hague. Another discrimination we object to, la that all the scarecrows put up In garden and Held are built on the masculine plan. Yet a man Is not a greater scarecrow than A woman. We wonder that In (ho effort to frighten crows and blackbirds Into spasms, no farmer or gardener has ever hit upon the plan of dressing the scarc srow to look os u woman appears when the milkman and ice man sec her In tht Hornings. FRIENDS HELP. 91. Paul Park Incident. "After drinking coffee for breakfast l always felt languid and dull, having no ambition to get to my morning duties. Then iu about an hour or so a ■weak, nervous deraugement of the heart and stomach would come over me with such force I would frequently have to lie down. "At other times I had severe head aches; stomach finally became affected ttud digestion so impaired that I had serious chronic dysjiepsia aud constipa tion. A lady, for many years State President of the VV. C. T. II., told me she had been greatly benefited by quit ting coffee aud using Postum Food Coffee; sb« was troubled for years with asthma. She said it was no cross to vult coffee when she found she could have as delicious an article as Postum. "Another lady, who had been trou bled with chronic dyspepsia for years, found Immediate relief on ceasiug cof fee and beginning Postum twice a day. film was wholly cured. Still another friend told me that Postum Food Cof fee was a Godsend to her. her heart trouble having been relieved after ioaT lng off coffee and taking on Postum. "So many such eases came to my no tice that I concluded coffee wns the cause of my trouble and ! quit and took up Postum. 1 am more than pleas ed to .say that my days of trouble have disappeared. 1 am well aud happy.” "There's a Reason." Read, "The Road a iVciiviUe," lu pkca. hum mm fo/Zac/ajy Case\ IRTONE. STEVENSON. V right, 1 EOS. by Henry Holt & Co tmmbisctmb—— ® CHAPTER XVI. I BEARD THE LION. Martigny was lying back in his berth, smoking a cigaret, and, .us i entered, he motioned me to a seat on the locker against the wall. "It was most kind of you to come," he said with his old smile. "It was only by accident I learned you were on board," I explained, as I sat down. "You’re getting better?" "I believe so; though this physician Is—what you call—an alarmist—most of them are, indeed; the more desperate the illness, the more renowned the cure! Is it not so? lie has even forbidden me cigarets, but I prefer to die than to do without them. Will you not have one?" and he motioned to the pile that lay beside him. "Thank you," I said, selected one and lighted it. "Your cigarets are not to be resisted. But if you are so ill, why did you attempt the voyage? Was It not imprudent?" "A sudden call of business," he ex pla lned airily; “unexpected but—what you call—imperative. Besides tills bed is the same as any other. You see. I have a week of rest.” "The doctor—it was he who men tioned your name to me—It was not on the sailing list-” "No." He was looking at me sharply. “I came on board at the last moment —the need was ver' sudden, as I have said. I had not time to engage a state room.” "That explains It. Well, the doctor told me that you were bedfast.” "Yes—since the voyage began I have not left It. I shall not arise until we reach Havre tomorrow." I watched him as he went through the familiar motion of lighting a sec ond cigaret from the (list one. In the half-light of the cabin I had not at first perceived how 111 he looked; now, I saw the dark patches under the eyes, the livid and flabby face, the shaking hand And for the first time, with a little shock, I realized how near he had been to death. "But you, Mlstalr Lester,” he was also are going to France? I did not know you contemplated——” "No,” I answered calmly, for I had seen that the question was inevitable and I even welcomed It, since it gave me opportunity to get my guns to go ing. "No; the last time I saw you, I didn't contemplate It, but a good deal has happened since then. Would you care to hear? Are you strong enough to talk?” Oh, how I relished tantalizing him! "I should like very ex ledingly to hear," he assured me, and shifted his position a little so that his face was in the shadow. “The beams of light through the shutter makes my eyes to hurt,” he added. So he mistrusted himself; so he was not finding the part an easy one, either! The thought gave me new courage, new audacity. "You may remember," 1 began, "that I told you once that if I ever went to work on the Holladay case, i d try first to locate the murderess. I succeeded in doing It the very first day." "Ah!" he breathed. "And after the police had failed! That was, indeed, remarkable. How did you accomplish It?" “By the merest chance—by great good fortune. I was making a search of the French quarter, house by house, when, on Houston street, I came to a restaur ant, the Cafe Jourdaln. A bottle of supereur set Jourdain’s tongue to wag ging; I pretended I wanted a room; he dropped a word, the merest hint; and, In the end, I got the whole story. It seems there was not only one woman, there were two.” “Yes?” "Yes—and a man whose name was Betuny or Bethune, or something like that. But I didn't pay much attention to him—he doesn’t figure In the case. He didn't even go away with the wom en. The very day [ set out on my search, he was picked up on the streets somewhere suffering with apoplexy and taken to a hospital, so nearly dead that It was a question whether he would re cover. So he's out of It. The Jourdains told me that the women had sailed for France." “You will pardon me,” said my hear er. 'but in what way did you make sure that they were the women you de sired ?” I.y me younger one s resemblance to Miss Holladay,” I answered, lying with a glibness which surprised myself. "The Jourdains maintained that a pho tograph of Miss Holladay was really one of their lodger.” I heard him draw a deep breath, but he kept his face under admirable con trol. "Ah, yes,” he said. "That was ex ceedingly clever. 1 should never have thought of that. That is worthy of Monsieur Lecoq. And so you follow them to Prance—-but, surely, you have some more—what you call—definite ad dress than that, Mistair Lester!" I could feel his eyes burning out from the shadows: I was thunkful for the eigaret—It helped me to preserve an In different countenance. "No," 1 said. “It seems rather a wild goose chase, doesn't It? But you could advise me, Mr. Martigny. Where would It be best for me to search for them?” He did not answer for a moment, and I took advantage of the opportunity to select a second eigaret and light It. I dared not remain unoccupied' I dared not meet his eyes: I trembled to see that my hand was not wholly steady. "That," he began slowly, at last," seems to me a most—ah!—deefleult af fair, Mistair Lester. To search for three people through all Prance—there seems little hope of success. Yet I should think It most likely that they have gone to Paris." I nodded. "That, was my own the ory." I agreed. "But to find them In Paris seems almost Impossible." "Not if one uses the police," he said. “It could, most probably, be soon achieved, if you requested the police to assist you." "But, my dear sir,” I protested. “I can't use the police. Miss Holladay, at least has committed no crime: she has simply chosen to go away without in forming us.” "You will permit me to say, then. Mistair Lester,” he observed, with just a touch of irony, "that I fall to compre hend your anxiety concerning her." 1 felt that I had made a mis-step; that I had need to go carefully. “It is not quite so simple as that," I explained. "The last time we saw Miss Holladay, she told us that she was ill, and Intended to go to her coun | try home for a rest. Instead of going there she sailed for Prance, without in j forming anyone—indeed, doing every thing she could to escape detection i That conduct seems so eccentric thai I we feel in duty bound to investigats it. Besides, two days before she lefi i she received from us a hundred thou sand dollars in cash.” I saw him move uneasily on his bed; after all, this advantage of mine was no small one. No wonder he grew rest less under this revelation of secrets which were not secrets! "Ah!” he said softly; and again, "Ah! yes. that seems peculiar. Yet, perhaps, if you had waited for a letter—” “Suppose we had waited and there had been no letter—suppose, In conse quence of waiting, we should be too late?" “Too late? Too late for what, Mis tair Lester? What is it you fear for her?" “I don't know,” I answered; “but something—something. At least, we could not assume the responsibility of delay." “No," ho agreed; “perhaps not. You are doubtless quite right to Investi gate. I wish you success—I wish that I might myself aid you, there is so much of interest in the case to me; but I fear that to be impossible. I must rest—I who have so many affairs calling ine, so little desire to rest! Is not the fate Ironical?” And l.e breathed a sigh, which was doubtless genuine enough. "Will you go to Paris?" I asked. "Oh, no; not at once. At Havre I shall meet my agent and transact my affairs with him. Then I shall seek some place of quiet along the coast.” “Yes,” I said to myself, with leap ing heart. "Etretat!” But I dared not speak the word. “I shall write to you," he added, "when I have settled. Where do you stay at Paris?” i "We haven't decided yet," I said. “We,” he repeated. “Didn’t I tell you? Mr. Itoyce, our Junior partner, is with ine—he's had a 1 breakdown in health, too, and needed a rest.” 1 it uu iii.iii' i « iitiu juii aiaj, he said; "I shall write to you at the i poste restante. I should like both you and your friend to be my guest before ] you return to Amer-ric’.” There was a courtesy, a cordiality In i his tone which almost disarmed me. < such a finished scoundrel! It seemed a « shame that I couldn’t be friends with ] him, for I enjoyed him so thoroughly. < "We shall be glad to accept,” I an swered, knowing in my heart that the ; invitation would never be made. "You’re 1 very kind.” 1 He waved his hand deprecatingly, j then let it fall upon the bed with a t gesture of weariness. I recognized the | sign of dismissal. I was ready to go; j I had accomplished all that I could t hope to accomplish; If I had not al ready disarmed his suspicions, I could < never do so. t "I am tiring you,” i said, starting f up. "How thoughtless of me.” t "No,” he protested; "no;” but his ; voice was almost inaudible. I "I will go,” I said. "You must pardon 1 me. I hope you will soon be better,” and I closed the door behind me with \ his murmered thanks in my ears. 1 It was not until after dinner that I 1 found opportunity to relate to Miss 1 Kemball the details of my talk with ] Martigny. She listened quietly until I t had finished; then she looked at me £ smilingly. 1 "Why did you change your mind?” ^ she asked. "The adventure tempted me—those c are your own words. I thought perhaps I I might be able to throw Martigny off i the track.’’ 1 “And do you think you suc ceeded?” 1 "I don’t know," I answered doubt- r fully. "He may have seen clear through £ me.” c “Oh, I don’t believe him superhu- t man! I believe you succeeded.” “We shall know tomorrow,” I sug- l gested. 1 "Yes—and you must keep up the de- 1 ception until the last moment. Re- « member, he will be watching you. He t mustn't see you take the train for Et- ( retat.” i “I’ll do my best,” I said. £ "And don’t make mountains out of c mole hills. You see, you have been dis- r trusting yourself needlessly. One c musn’t be too timid.” i “Do you think I am too timid?” I t demanded, eager instantly to prove the r contrary. 1 But she saw the light in my eyes, 1 I su^oose, for she drew away, almost imperceptibly. < “Only in some things," she retorted, I and silenced me. i The' evening passed and the last day i came. We sighted land soon after i breakfast—the high white cliffs of Cape I La Hague—vague at first, but slowly i lifting as we plowed on into the bay < with the crowded roofs of Havre far < ahead. I was standing at the rail beside Miss Kemball, filled with the thoughts of our imminent good-by, when she turned to me suddenly. “Don’t forget Marligny," she cautioned. "Wouldn't you better see < him again?" I "I thought I'd wait until we landed,” < I said, "then I can help him off the i boat and see him well away from the station. He’s too 111 to be very lively on his feet. We shouldn't have any i trouble dodging him." I "Yes; and be careful. He musn't sus- , pect Etretat. But look at that clump of houses, yonder—aren't they plctur- , esque?" They were picturesque, with their , high red roofs and yellow gables and striped awnings; yet, I didn't care to look at them. I was glad to perceive what a complicated business it was, getting our boat to the quay, for I was Jealous of every minute; but it was finally accomplished in the ex plosive French manner, and after a further short delay, the gang plank was run out. "And now," said my companion, hold ing out her hand, "we must say good by." "Indeed, not,” I protested. "See. there go your mother and Royce. They're evidently expecting us to follow. We'll have to help you with your baggage." "Our baggage goes through to Paris— we make our declarations there." "At least, I must take you to the train." "You are risking everything!" she cried. We can say gjod-bye here as well as on the platform.” "I don't think so," I said. "I have already said good-bye to all my other friends!” “But I refuse to be treated just like all the others," and I started with her down the gangplank. She looked at me from the corner of her eyes, her lips trembling between in dignation and amusement. “Do you know,” she said deliber ately, "I am beginning to fear you are obstinate, and I atnor obstinate peo ple.” “I'm not at all obstinate," I objected. "I'm simply contending for my rights." "Your rights?” "My right to be with you as long as I can, for one.” "Are there others?” “Many others. Shall I enumerate them ?" "No," she said, “we haven't time. Here is mother." They were to take the company's spe cial train to Paris, which was waiting on the wharf, 200 feet away, and we slowly pushed our way toward it. In the clamor and hurry and confusion wholly Latin, there was no chance for intelligent converse. The place was swarming with people, each of them, as it seemed to me, on the verge of hys teria. Someone, somewhere, was shout ing "En voiture!” in a stentorian voice. Suddenly, we found our way blocked by a uniformed official, who demanded to see our tickets. "You can't come any farther. I'm afraid.” said Mrs. Kemball, turning to us. "We'll have to say good-bye," and she held out her hand. "But we’ll soon see you both again in Paris. You have the address?" “Oh, yes!” I assured her; I felt that there wucs no danger of my ever for getting It. "Very well, then; we shall look for you," and she shook hands with both uf us. For an instant, I felt another little hand in mine, a pair of blue eyes smiled up at me in a way "Good-bye, Mr. Lester," said a voice. I shall be all Impatience till we meet ugain.” “So shall I,” and I brightened. "That was nice of you, Miss Kemball.” "Oh, I shall be anxious to hear how you succeeded,” she retorted. "You will bring Miss Holladay to us?” "If we find her, yes.” “Then, again, good-bye.” She waved her hand, smiling, and was lost in the crowd. "Come on, Lester,” said Mr. Boyce’s roice. "There's ho use standing star ng here. We’ve got our own journey o look after,” and he started back ilong the platform. Then, suddenly, I remembered Mar igny. “T'll bp bnrk in a minntp ” T rnllprl md ran up the gangplank. “Has M. dartlgny left the ship yet?" I Inquired >f the first steward I met. “Martigny?" he repeated. “Martlgny? Jet me see." "The sick gentleman In 375,” I iroinpted. "Oh, yes.” he said. "I do not know, nonsieur." "Well, no matter. I'll find out my ;elf.” I mounted to the upper deck and mocked at the door of 37B. There was 10 response. After a moment I tried he door, but it was locked. The win low, however, was partly open, and, hading my eyes with my hands, I >eered inside. The stateroom was mpty. A kind of panic seized me as I turned .way. Had he, indeed, seen through ny artifice? In attempting to blind dm, had I merely uncovered my own ilan? Or—and my cheeks burned at he thought!—was he so well intrenched hat he had no fear of me? Were his dans so well laid that it mattered not o him whither I went or what I did? liter all, I had no assurance of suc ess at Etretat—no proof that the fugi ives had gone there—no reasonable ;rounds to believe that we should find hem. Perhaps, indeed, Paris would be . better place to look for them: per uips Martigny’s advice had really been veil meant. I passed a moment of heartrending mcertainty; I saw quite clearly what a ittle, little chance of success we had. ?ut I shook the feeling off, sought the ower deck, and inquired again for lartigny. At last, the ship's doctor old me that he had seen the sick man afely to a carriage, and had heard dm order the driver to proceed to the lotel Continental. “And, frankly, Mr. Lester,” added the octor, “I am glad to be so well rid of dm. It is most fortunate that he did lot die on the voyage. In my opinion, ie is very near the end." I turned away with a lighter heart. ?rom a dying man there could not be tuch to fear. So I hunted up Mr. Royce, nd found him, finally, endeavoring to xtract some information from a super ilious official in a gold-laced uniform. It was, it seemed, a somewhat com illcated proceeding to get to Etretat. n half an hour a train would leave for ieuzeville, where we must transfer to nother line to Les Ifs; there a second ransfer would be necessary before we ould reach our destination. How long vould it take? Our Informant hrugged his shoulders with fine non halance. It was impossible to say. 'here had been a heavy storm two Ays before, which had blown down vires and damaged the little spur of rack between Les Ifs and the sea, Irains were doubtless running over the iranch. but we could not, probably, each Etretat before morning. Amid this jumble of uncertainties, ine definite fact remained—a train was o leave in half an hour, which we must ake. So we hurried back to the boat, nade our declaration had our boxes ex .mined perfunctorily, and passed, >ought our tickets, saw our baggage ransferred, tipped a dozen people, more >r less, and finally were shut into a ompartment two minutes before the lour. Continued Next Week. 3ules One Should Follow Nowadays From Harper’s Weekly. After repeated shocks which have been lealt to the nerves of the public at large, he following few simple hygienic mem •randa have been carefully prepared for he public and domestic guidance. ON RISING IN THE MORNING. Rule first. Don’t wash or take a bath inless you are sure the water has been iroperly distilled; treated with barium ihlorlde and permanganate of potassium, md redistilled over K. H. S. 04. to fix any immonia. If the housekeeper does not >ossess this elementary chemical knowl edge, decline to wash at all, and take an lir bath. Second. Use a new tooth brush, or else lave a fresh set of false teeth each day— whichever you think less dangerous. Third. Do your hair with your fingers; >rushes and combs are deadly bacillus :raps. Fourth. Keep your soap, sponge, and shaving material under an air-pump, to :hoke off the microbes. Fifth. If impossible to follow above rules stay in bed. AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE. Rule first. Don’t read the morning pa per or open letters until they have been baked, saturated with a disinfectant, and put through the mangle. The postal offi cials are most careless with mail. Second. All bills should be promptly sent Into unlimited quarantine. Think Refrain from eating any bacon, fish, kidneys, etc., over which an inquest has not been held, or eggs that have not been sat upon by a coroner’s jury. Fourth. Keep your mouth closed throughout the meal. ON GOING TO BUSINESS. Rule first. Refuse all change that may be offered you by street car conductors, etc. If you do not care to lose such sums, insist on having newly minted coins hand ed you, wrapped up in sterilized cotton. Second. If you are compelled to go to a refreshment stand, take your own filter, glassware, and crockery with you, also as sorted repartees to any comments made by the barkeeper. Third. Stay, if possible, at home. MOUNTAIN PALACE OF E, H. HARRIMAN COSTS $2,000,000 Magnate May Get Away From Fault-Finders as Effectually as Did Van Winkle. CAN SEE LONG DISTANCE _ Cable Running in Channel Hewn ii Rock, Carries the Workmen and the Material for the Structure. New York, Special: A long time ag-, Rip Van Winkie luund rest ana quiet on the summit of the Catskill moun tains. He wanted to get away from fault finders. Perhaps K. H. Harriman will think of this when he peers through the window of Ills 22,Out),000 palace .on the highest ridge of the Ram apo mountains. "Harriman's palace,” that’s what they call it; and merely to quote the technical details of the building over awes one. New York granite, partly dressed gneiss, with Indiana limestone trim mings and steel. This is the material that gives Harriman’s palace the grandeur of solidity. Rugged simplicity Is its keynote. It | is in me iNorrna.ii or rtoiuane»«j.ue otjic of architecture, entirely lacking in pil lars, marble ornamentation or ar.y sug gestion of classic architecture. The chief beauty of it will be the majesty of massiveness. Swimming Pool. From the malh building terraced wings will extend to three points of the compass. In each of these wings there will be an entrance with an ap proach to each up the 3ide of the mountain. Near the principal entrance may be seen the foundation walls of a swimming pool. Here also is the main or garden terrace, 116 feet square, with a lily pool and fountain beyond. Near by, on the slope of the hill, is the con servatory. Trie north front of the building will be 325 feet long and will contain the main dining hall. The view is toward Middletown and the distant Catskill mountains. The east ront faces the Hudson river and in the wing is the library. This is ap proached through an arched entrance inside of which are three loggias at the first story, with other arched en trances to the second floor of the li brary. Towering over the adjacent country, standing coldly aloof, observing and observed, like its financier owner, grim and gray, it may look down upon the little world of men that work and play and love and die in the busy marts below. Lookout Tower. • "Lookout Tower” surmounts the whole, and when in the long summer nights, Mr. Herviman sits alone, plan ning perhaps a coup that will startle the world, his eyes will rove over a stretch of picturesque territory. One after another, mile after mile, in ev ery direction, the mountain tops re veal themselves. Orange, Ulster, Dutchess and Rockland counties may be seen glinting gold in the moon-! light. Some men leave monuments for their dead selves; this is a monument for a living man, a man of iron in the twi« light hour of rest. Day after day an army of men are hewing this palace -into form. Day after day for a year, masons, carpen ters and plasterers, artist and artislan working side by side, have labored. Day after day for at least three more years they will hammer and paint and chisel and carve before the king is satisfied. Two millions of money will make the mountains come to Harriman. Two million dollars.is not a great price-for a money king to pay for solitude. A cable running in a channel hewn in the rocky side of the mountain con veys workman and material to the task each day. Do you realize the mag-| nitude of this task? A two million dol-; lar palace on the peak of the highest mountain of the Ramapo range. Ev-i ery stone, every nail must be hoisted to this topmost peak by a cable rail road. This railroad was especially con structed for the task. Who but Har xlman sirAiiM rlroom r\t huUiUntr o roll _ road up the side of a mountain, em ploying an army of men to blast the way and lay the cable merely as a means to a beginning? Most magnates are content with a private car. Harriman has a private railroad. Every stone, every nail Is hoisted 2,300 feet before It can be used. Think of those blizzard days when those of us who could hovered close to the fire; think of those men working on the summit of a mountain, the snow piled man high, and the wind cutting like a whip of steel! Summer and winter this mountain tramway creaks and groans it tugs its burden to the men awaiting it. Slowly and surely this panting giant creeps up the rock-jagged side of the mountain, and all for Harriman’s man sion in the clouds. Phone to Wall Street. In the hot summer evenings when the foul air of the city smothers the streets, Harriman will hie himself to his home in the mountains, breathe in the exhilarating ozone of the night— and two millions will be deemed a small matter for the comfort. At hts hand will be a telephone; through it he may hear the rush and rumble of Wall street. He may be of the world and yet not in it. The foundation is hewn from the living rock at the summit of Tower hill, up which runs the cable road 2,300 feet long. There are many considerations which influenced Mr. Harriman's choice of a home site. The air is always pure and possesses at this altitude curative properties for almost all ailments. The water, which is obtained only after two years' boring in the heart of the mountain, is unexcelled. The situation, notwithstanding its wild picturesque ness, is almost at the doorway of New York City, being only forty mile3 away. _ _ How to Make Money, A certain muezzin In the mosque had so harsh a voice that his call to prayer only kept the worshipers away from service. The prince. Mho was the patron of the mosque, being tender-hearted and not M’tshlng to offend the man, gave him it) dinars to go somewhere else, and the gift | was gladly accepted. Some ;!me after the | fellow returned to the prince and eom | plained that an injustice had been done | him by the smallness of the donation, '■for,'* said he. "at the place where 1 now am they offered me 20 dinars to go some | where else, and I'll net accept it." "Oh," i laughed the prince, "don't accept It. for if j you stay long they will he glad to otter . tyou 5n " Splendid Isolation. From the Philadelphia Ledger. A number of military men in a Wash ington hotel were giving an account of an incident of the civil war. A quiet man who stood by at last said; “Gentlemen, I happened to be there, and might be able to refresh your memory as to what took place in reference to the event just narrated.” The hotel keeper said to him: “Sir, what might have been your rank?” “I was a private." Next day the quiet man, as he was about to depart, asked for his bill. “Not a cent, sir; not a cent,” answered the proprietor. “You are the very first private I ever met.” One by one the old traditions and adages are punctured. Now they say the busy beo only works about four hours a day. 4 The Earth Eaters of India. From the London Express. Efforts are being made to stamp out the habit of earth eating, which is prev alent among natives over almost all In dia,'.writes the Calcutta correspondent of the Express. In northern India thsi favorite form of earth is a gray or drabj colored shale. This is excavated mostly! at Meth, in Bikanlr, and is exported to the Punjab at the rate of 2,000 camel loads a year. In different districts dif-l ferent varieties of clay are eaten, but If the natives have at one time a taste for a special kind of mud, as the habit increases the depraved appetite soon becomes satisfied with bricks anq broken pots. White ant soil with tha ■nests and nnts themselves is a great delicacy. The reasons given for in-, dulging in the habit are classified un-j der the following heads: (1) A peculiar fascinating odor and taste in the clay, rendering it a delicacy. (2) An unnat ural craving due to disease. (3) Tot satisfy hunger. (4) Force of example. (5) Supposed medicinal virtues. A university graduate confessed to at friend that the bland earthy odor waa a great temptation to him, and tha thought of it made his mouth watery He always enjoyed, the odor, he said, when April showers' fell upon previous ly parched earth. The effects of thd habit are disastrous. Those women ad dicted to it very soon complain first of pain and weakness in the limbs,"palpi tation and difficulty of walking a little distance up hill. After some time all the other symptoms of anemia are fully established—sallow and pale complex ion, tongue and gums bloodless and general debility. Very often dropsy supervenes. A planter^ in Assam al^ most completely suppressed the habit on his estate by making the offenders stand out with a piece of mud in each hand exposed to the ridicule of the rest' of the coolies. A man doesn’t mind getting the worst of it as much as he dislikes seeing tha other fellow get the best of it. Some men are like some dogs; theih bark is about all there is to them. MORE BOXES OF GOLD , And Many Greenbacks. 325 boxes of Gold and Greenbacks will be sent to persons who write tha , most interesting and truthful letters ofi experience on the following topics: 1. How have you been affected byi coffee drinking and by changing froia coffee to Postum? 2. 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