Backache Is aWarning
Thowads suffer
kidney ills unawares
—not knowing that
the backache, head
acbea.and dull, nerv
ous, dizzy, all tired
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Anybody who suf
fers constantly from
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Some irregularity
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Doan's Kidney
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Literary Betrothal.
Inscriptions In complimentary copiei
el learned works do not always serve
the graceful purpose to which one
was dedicated by the celebrated Pro
feasor Wilson of Edinburgh.
When the suitor for the hand oi
Professor Wilson's daughter had
pained the young woman’s approba
tlon, sho of course referred him tc
her father. Having stated his case,
the young gentleman was asked tc
hid the young lady to come to hei
•father. Her obedience was prompt.
Professor Wilson had before him
for review a ponderous volume, on
the fly-leaf of which was duly in
•cribed, “With the author’s compli
ments.”
He tore this fly-leaf out, pinned It
to h!s daughter's dress, solemnly led
her to the anxious lovei^-and went
back to his work.—Youth’s Compan
ton.
Surely a Good Cook.
Mrs. Champ Clark was engaging s
new cook. The applicant, a nice look
fng woman, made a fine Impression ot
Mrs. Clark. After the usual prelimt
-nary Questions, the speaker’s wife
•shed:
“Can you really coo?"
“Can I cook!” exclaimed the appll
-cant. ‘T should say I can cook!”
“But are you a good cook?"
’’Am I a good cook!” echoed the
woman. "I go to mass every morn
tag.’’—The Sunday Magazine.
Fuller’s Earth.
Fuller's earth son named from lti
-earliest use In fulling wool, la s
rather rare, soft, friable rock whose
value depends altogether on its tex
ture and its filtering and absorbeni
properties. It has no definite compo
•ltion, mineralogically, its physlca
.properties rather than a chemical an
•lysis determining Its commercial
value. Fuller's earth was first pro
duced in the United States In the
■early nineties.
Determined to Be Observed.
“You may announce that I intend
Ao retire to private life,” said the
-Industrious salesman.
“What for?”
“It teems to he the only method Just
•now by which I can attract public at
«t*ntlon.”
We've Done Our 8hare.
Woodby—Is there any money In
•writing for the magazines?
Scribbler — Sure! The postal de
'.p&rtment Is about halt supported that
may.—Boston Transcript.
One at a Time.
Bhe—When we are married, dear,
I must have three servants.
•Ha—Certainly, darling. But try tc
knap each as long as possible.—St
iioula Post
Shivery |
Mornings
You can have a taste of the
summer sunshine of the com
i fields by serving a dish of
Post
Toasties
These crisp flavoury bits
of toasted white com make
an appetizing dish at any
time of year.
Try them in February
and taste die delicate true
maize flavour.
A dish of Toasties served
either with cream or milk,
s or fruit, is surprisingly good.
“The Memory Ungen”
L Grocers everywhere sell
Toasties
PWSBD Cereal Co., Lid*
s w® Battle Creek. Kick.
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'LEAD POISONING IS
MENACE OF FACTORY
New York Department of Labor
Takes Vigorous Means—
Bill to Legislatures.
So much lead poisoning has been found
to exist among painters and lead workers
In New York factories that the department
of labor (of that state) has begun a vigor
ous campaign against plumblsm. a disease
which recent Investigation by the federal
government shows to be from eight to 10
times as frequent In American as in Euro
pean factories where the manufacture and
use of lead Is under strict governmental
control. The department Is endeavoring to
enlist the co-operation of employers and
workers In lead at the same time that
definite legal regulation of the Industry
Is being proposed by the American Associ
ation for Labor Legislation as a necessary
supplement to voluntary action. This
regulation which comes In the form of the
association’s uniform bill, now being In
troduced In every state In which a legisla
ture Is at present sitting, calls for suffi
cient washing facilities, Instructions to
workman by foreman and others, mechan
ical methods of dust prevention and re
moval, and the prohibition of eating In
workrooms. This promisee to be a big na
tional campaign for the prevention of lead
poisoning.
The New York law already requires phy
sicians and hospitals to report lead poison
ing and the department has lust distrib
uted to every palntes' union and to all
employers and hospitals reporting cases
of lead poisoning a 50,000 English edition of
a card of "Information for Workmen," to
be followed later by editions In other
languages stating that, lead poisoning can
be prevented, that hoods and other me
chanical means are necessary to take
away lead dust and fumes, but that the
workers themselves need to take extra
ordinary precautions. These Instructions
to lead workers continue:
How Men Are Poisoned By Lead.
1. Lead Is poison to the body. It en
ters the body mainly through the nose
and mouth. It may be Inhaled as dust or
fumes It may be swallowed with food
or saliva (especially If tobacco or gum Is
Is put into the mouth with soiled lingers).
Or It may be absorbed through the skin.
2. When lead gets Into the body. It
leads among other things to Indigestion
and lead "colic;” to diseases of the heart,
blood vessels and kidneys; or to paralysis
of the hands, known as “wrist drop.”
3. Lead acts upon the body slowly and
Insidiously. Without knowing your dan
ger you may be getting some lead poison
Into your body every day. If you are
working with lead In any one of Its many
forms, you must therefore use great care
so as to protect yourself against It.
4. On the very first sign of not feeling
well, see a doctor or go to a dispensary.
Do not wait until you are too sick to
work. The earlier you go to a doctor, the
easier It will be to cure you If you are be
ing poisoned by lead. Be sure to tell the
doctor all about your occupation and Its
dangers.
How to Prevent Lead Poisoning.
1. Always wash before eating, and If
you work In a factory, before leaving the
factory. Remove all dirt under your
finger nails with a brush.
X Never eat In the room In which you
work.
*. Never chew tobacco or gum while
working. If you do, the lead dust on your
fingers and In the air Is sure to be swal
lowed.
4. Use overalls when you work. Do not
wear your working clothes on the street
or at home. They may contain lead and
poison you and others.
6. Respirators are very useful and should
always be used when working among lead
dust or fumes.
5. Keep the workroom clean. Do all you
can .to keep down dust. Do not get lead
on your hands and clothes any more than
you can possibly help.
7. Always eat a good breakfast before
going to work. Drink plenty of milk.
Have at least one good movement of the
bowels every day. Constipation Is a sug
gestive symptom of lead poisoning. Avoid
the use of Intoxicants In any form. Their
use weakens the body and makes It hard
er for your body to overcome the poison
Of lead.
t. Keep clean. Wash with warm water,
soap and nail brush. Take at lmst one
full hot bath a week.
LOSES FAT POKER POT
WHEN WAVE HITS SHIP
New York.—Heretofore the palm for
poker playing has been held In the wild
and woolly west, the Waldorf-Astoria end
the steamboats on the Mississippi.
But a new record has been established
for the national sport on the French liner
Savoie, which came Into port from Havre
recently, battered by storm and bespat
tered with spume.
A game of poker stayed In progress
through the worst of tho storm. French
men and Americans were in the Kama.
One pot was opened for the limit by one
of the Frenchmen.
When it came to John Francis King, of
Chicago, the heaviest loser, he "tilted" the
bet. Everybody etayed In, and when It
came to the Frenchman again he "saw"
everybody and went King the limit better.
Raises were mads without voice until
the stlence was broken by the call of one
of the Frenchmen. He laid down three
queens. >
With a smile his countryman spread open
a Jack full. With a sigh and a chuckle
King uncovered four sixes and threw a
protecting arm about the pasture of bills
and haystacks of chips.
Then came a crash and an awful, shock.
A huge comber hit the ship on the port
aide and the overflow smashed In two
windows of the cardroom.
Like a miniature Niagara the water
gushed over the players, and chips were
washed from their places and swept to
the floor.
Nobody could tell the sl*e of the pot and
somebody got somebody else's money.
Linens for Living Room*.
From Harper's Basar.
It Is becoming more and more the thing
to use figured linens for curtains and up
holstery In round-the-year houses Instead
of merely In country homes. We even
see them In city houses and apartments.
The result Is that we find beautiful ones
In soft lovely colors In the shops The
color combinations are very artistic and
unusual.
Wonderfully Willing
From the FUegende Blaetter.
Friend—What has your tlance been
saying t,o you? You're all smiles.
Rich Heiress—Just think.' He's go
ing to let me give him a motor car.
X DINNER BY POST. X
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4 Rosewell. N. M.—Of all the unique 4
4 uses being made of the new parcel 4
4 post system four bachelors near 4
4 hero claim to have established the 4
4 record. From Lake Arthur. SO 4
4 miles below here, comes word that 4
4 the four are now having dinner, 4
4 the'.r only warm meal, cooked In 4
4 town and forwarded via Uncle Sara 4
4 to a central point on adjoining 4
4 ranches eight miles out. 4
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of (Pvue.
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SYNOPSIS.
In the time of Queen Anne, Lady Pru
dence Brook, widowed at 16 and atill a
widow at two and twenty, while Journey
ing In a coach to London with her cousin
Peggy, Is accosted by a highwayman who,
however, takes nothing from her except a
kiss.
The two girls live with their grand
mother Lady Drumloch, who, despite her
reduced circumstances, maintains a gay
social position in the court circle.
Prue Is small, gay, delightful, daring, ex
travagant. and always In debt.
Bhe Is perpetually pursued by creditors
and Just now Is In deep water for want oi
a few guineas with which to buy.
gown by whose aid she hopes to win bacK
the queen's favor, very recently tost,
one of her mad pranks.
Bhe decides to visit Aaron's, a nat0,1b'
money lender, and asks him to tMJ <■“
of her debts on the strength of ner ap
proaching marriage to Sir Geoffrey Beau
desert.
Aaron Informs her, however, that BeM»*
desert Is himself head over heels In « fn,
and while Prue Is still In his ofnee sir
Geoffrey arrives.
Prue at once secrets herself In a o'08®*
and to her astonishment overhears sir
Geoffrey ask for advances of money, also
on the strength of their engagement.
Prue reads In a paper an account of the
trial and sentence of Robin b reemantle,
the highwayman who had kissed her", on
the moors, and that he Is to be hanged at
Tyburn the following Monday.
Suddenly she recalls that acbOr<*ln£ to
legal custom the debts of a widow are
burled In the coffin of her husband.
She conceives the whimsical Idea of
marrying Robin In order to escape her
debts. t
Accompanied by Peggy she visits New
gate prison and Robin, who Is already In
love with her, consents to the ceremony.
Afterward Prue asks to be alone with
him for a few minutes <uid allows him to
kiss her again and feels pity for his ap
proaching execution.
Lord Beaucombe also visits Robin and
Robin tells him that he has proof that
Beaucombe is not the legitimate heir to
the title and threatens if he Is not re
r leased to see that proof of this fact gets
to Beaucombe's enemies.
On Monday is Peggy suffering keenly
because of her belief that Robin, now be
ginning to be a hero In her eyes, is about
to be hanged she is astonished at seeing
him enter the house and la told that he
has been reprieved and set at liberty.
For his freedom Robin, whose real name
Is De Cllffe, agrees to make over to Lord
Beaucombe a paper conveying his claim
to the title and estate to him.
CHAPTER XX—(Continued.)
"A truce to your braggadocio, my
good friend.” laughed Prue; “your
tragic tones and frowning looks al
most persuade me that I need protec
tion. Believe me. you are in » far
worse case than 1; you stand greatly
In need of a disinterested adviser, who
would counsel you to leave me before
too late, or at least take time—a year
or two, we will say—to think It over."
“Was there ever a lover that listened
to such counsel? Not If he loved as 1
do. dear one. So far from waiting a
year, I swear that a week Is too long,
and that If you do not marry me to
morrow—"
He hesitated and Prue took him Up
sharply. “What If I do not marry you
tomorrow? Pray finish your threat,
so that I may know what fate awaits
me, since I shall certainly not marry
tomorrow, neither noxt week, nor. per
chance, next year.”
“And does your ladyship Imagine
that I, Geoffrey Beaudesert, will swell
the ranks of those whom the beauti
ful Viscountess Brooke lias left la
menting at the church door?" demand
ed the suitor, giving way at Inst to
his long suppressed fury. “No, no, you
cannot play with me as you did with
Beachcombe, O’Keefe, Sutherland and
a dozen others. Today I love you to
distraction; you may bend me to your
lightest caprice with a kind word. But
scorn me and tomorrow you will have
an enemy with the will, as well as
the power, to cover you with shame.
Aye, shame. Lady Prudence Brooke.”
as she sprang to her feet with blaz
ing eyes. “Where will you hide your
head when all the world knows how
and why you became the wife of an
outlaw and a felon—the thief who
stole the queen's necklace, for a nup
tial gift to his bride! Ha, ha! that
will be a feast Indeed for the scandal
mongers of London town!”
“And, Sir Geoffrey Beaudesert—how
will he appear In the affair?” she re
torted. "This Is not the first time to
day that you have threatened me. Sir
Geoffrey, but I advise you to let It be
the last, for 1 warn you
that if you drive me to do so, I
may tell the story myself; and my ver
sion of It will not leave you entirely
unscathed. How could I have done this
thing—this shameful. Scandalous thing,
as you truly call It—If you had not
helped; nay, pushed me Into It? Who
bought the ring and license, and hired
the parson? He was an ordained
Church-of-England clergyman, was he
not? If I am not mistaken. It was vou
who ordered him to make the marriage
service ’brief and binding.’ and bade
him keep hts own counsel until his evi
dence was needed to prove me Captain
de Cllffe’s widow? If the scandal
mongers of London Town feast at my
expense, they will certainly banquet
at yours! And if you talk of enemies
—but no, we are not silly children to
wrangle over trifles, and scratch and
slap each other’s face because wo can
not have our own wav all the time.
Let us forget this folly and talk of
pleasanter things.”
“No subject is pleasant to me but
one—-yourself," said Sir Geoffrey, with
an effort to resume his ordinary man
ner. "Believe me, however Impatient
I may appear as a lover, as a husband
you will find me a pattern of indul
gence. But do not, I entreat you, try
mv patience much longer.”
"No doubt. Sir Geoffrey, I ought to
be flattered by your persistence." re
plied Prue petulantly, “but if you have
so little delicacy as to press one hus
band upon me before the other Is in
his grave, you surely are not anxious
! to inflict upon me the possible fate of
a bigamist? If, perchance, one of
these 20 highwaymen escaped, and that
one proved to be the one you helped
me to marry, your hasty wooing might
cause poor Prudence Brooke to blos
som on Tyburn Tree or, worse still,
to end her days on a cotton plantation.
’Tis strange how much more anxious
you are to wed me since I became a
wife, than you were when I was really
a widow! Then I heard nothing about
post-chaises and elopements—”
' Because then, dear Prue. I had not
known the torture of Tantalus, the an
gulsh of seeing you within reach of
my arms, yet held at an inaccessible
distance by the accursed phantom of a
husband, who was no husband and
never could be one. Pardon me if I am
unable to restrain my jealous ardor,
and believe me, if you will but set a
time for rewarding my devotion, I will
endeavor, however difficult the task,
not to offend again."
Prue reflected a few moments. Then
she rose, with an air that left Sir
Geoffrey no choice but to follow her
example.
"Sir Geoffrey,” she said, "I am in
vited to accompany the queen to Wind
sor, whither she Intends to go this
week for a few days’ rest, and per
chance to be out of hearing of the
wrangling of Whigs and Tories for a
season. When I return, if you are still
in the same mind, I promise to be ready
with an answer, with which I shall
hope to satisfy you. In the meantime,
I shall not take It amiss if you reflect
seriously upon the many defects of my
character and the great disadvantages
you will bring on yourself by marrying
penniless me, instead of seeking out
some charming heiress—of whom I
could point out several, both maids and
widows—to whom your many noble
qualities—and your title—would be ir
resistible.”
She made him the deepest of curt
seys, preserving all the time a counten
ance so grave and dignified that he was
completely silenced, and was with
drawing without further remonstrance,
when the door was flung open, and
James, in his most impressive manner,
announced:
“Lord Beachcombe."
CHAPTER XXL
AN AFFAIR OF FAMILY.
There was a momentary pause of
embarrassment Lord Beachcombe's
last visit to Lady Drumloch’s house
had been under circumstances that
made the present one quite unforeseen.
Also he had not met Sir Geoffrey since
their hostile encounter in Hyde park,
therefore a meeting in the presence of
the woman who had been so disturbing
an element in both their lives, was
mutually disconcerting.
Sir Geoffrey was the first to recover
himself, greeting the new arrival with
exaggerated politeness and inquiring
after his health with a solicitude that
Lord Beachcombe did not attempt to
reciprocate. The wound he had re
ceived from Sir Geoffrey’s sword was
slight enough to be patched up with a
few strips of courtplaster; the wound
to his vanity still gaped. He looked
on with a sardonic smile while Sir
Geoffrey, pressing several impassioned
kisses upon Prue’s reluctant hand, bade
her “a brief adieu,” and slowly backed
himself to the door.
"I trust I am not driving Sir Geoff
rey Beaudcsert sway,” said Beach
combe, stiffly.
"By no means.” cried Prue with alac
rity. "Sir Geoffrey was taking
bis leave . when you (entered.
Sir Geoffrey, farewell. No doubt we
“htill meet at Lady Rialton’s, or else
where, later in the day; our world is
so small, we can not get a way from one
another even for an hour; don’t you
find it sometimes grows monotonous,
Lord Beachcombe?”
As the door closed upon the parting
guest. Beachcombe approached her
with an air or distant respect, bowing
profoundly, with Ids hand upon his
breast.
"Pardon this Intrusion. Ladv Pru
dence. and permit me to lay my homage
at your feet." he said.
Prue curtsied again. “Pray, my lord,
do not wound me by apologizing for
a friendly visit.” she returned, with a
sweet smile. "Be seated, and let me
offer you a cup of chocolate."
The little torment bad jumped quick
ly to the conclusion that some motive
of strong personal interest had brought
her old lover to the house he had never
entered since, scarcely a year ago. their
troth had been broken with bitter
words and thinly veiled insults on both
sides. Her quick intuition warned her
that his visit might, very possibly, add
another snarl to the tangle in which
she felt herself becoming hopelessly en
meshed. So she exerted all her' tact
and skill to keep him on tenter hooks,
and give herself time to gather her
forces, while she discussed frothy scan
dals and airy nothings, pretending not
to notice his lack of response and ill
reprossed impatience, until suddenly
she turned full upon him her clear and
dazzling glance and changed her tac
tics without a moment’s warning.
"But I had forgotten," she said,
“how little you care about scandal anij
poetry, and I can scarcely flatter my
self that my frivolous conversation can
be very entertaining to you. My tongue
runs away with me sadly, doesn’t it? I
dare say you remember of old what a
chatterbox X am. Well," with a sud
den change of tone, ‘’now tell me what
really brought you to see me?”
Her abrupt question had the Intended
effect of confusing her visitor and
throwing him off his guard, while her
Ingenuous smile disarmed him.
"Your conversation is delightful at
all times. Lady Prudence." he began
hurriedly; ’’so much information—such
—ah—Intimate knowledge of society—
and literature is, as rare as it Is agree
able. Nothing should I enjoy so much,
if I did not have my head so full of a
subject which—a—private family affair
—which—which—”
He trailed off helplessly, and she let
him flounder until his embarrassment
ceased to amuse her. Then she said
quietly:
“How can I be of any assistance to
you, Lord Beachcombe. in a private
family affair? That seems quite out
of my province."
“Alas! I am but’too well aware that
I have forfeited all right to ask favors
of you. Viscountess." he pleaded, “but
I know your generous nature so well
that I am emboldened to cast mysell
upon your mercy.”
"You flatter me!” she cried, with her
dazzling smile. "What can my gen
erosity and mercy do for Lord Beach
combe ?"
"I scarcely know. ’Tls but an idea;
a mere catching at a straw. Still. 1
have been credibly Informed that yon
were decoyed last night to the den ol
Robin Freemantle, the highway rob
ber. whence, with unparalleled courage
you rescued the queen’s necklace-’
"Surely," she Interrupted, with some
impatience, "her majesty’s necklace
can not be your private family af
fair?"
He laughed explosively. "Is nothin;
sacred to you, Lndy Prudence? I onlj
wished to felicitate you upon your most
remarkable adventure, and Its brilllan
result, and to Implore you to tell me 1:
you found any papers or documents It
the—the plane where the necklace wai
hidden."
“Was the necklace hidden any
where?" she inquired. In a tone of sur
prise. ‘1 did not find it; It was given
to me—"
"By Robin Freemantle—is it not so?”
he eagerly Interrupted.
"Robin Freemantle! What could
make you Imagine that he gave it to
me?” she cried, in an accent of In
tense astonishment.
"My dear Viscountess, surely you are
aware that this rascal, disguised In my
mask and domino, followed you the
whole evening of the masquerade
ball—”
"Is It possible?" cried Prue, with the
prettiest imaginable air of incredulity.
"La! what strange things happen at a
masquerade!"
"Possible? ’Tis a fact,” replied
Beachcombe; "and 'tis easy to under
stand that having fallen madly In love
with you—”
"The outrageous monster!” shrieked
Prue.
"Even monsters are human, dear
Viscountess, and who can wonder that
the beauty that has wrought such
havoc in my—In our—in all beholders,
should have smitten this fellow, who Is
reported to have shadowed your foot
steps all Monday night, disguised In
a red domino and mask. That mask
and domino were mine, and he robbed
me of them it the same house by the
river side where you were taken last
night. A den of thieves, Viscountess,
from which your escape unharmed was
hardly less than a miracle."
“My escape? Nobody attempted to
detain me. In fact I saw no one, and
the only danger I escaped was of be
ing taken prisoner by the soldiers who
came to search for—rebels, I under
stood them to say."
“Rebels! Ha! ha! ’tis true, this Jail
bird has the audacity to mix himself
up with Jacobite plots and claim that
he only steals purses on the chance
of their containing papers of value to
the pretender’s cause! Speaking of
papers brings me back to my own af
fairs. When this villain stole my dom
ino, he also robbed me of a packet of
papers. He returned the domino—after
putting It to the use you wot of—but
the papers, of great value, he refused
to give up. Is It possible, dear Lady
Prudence, that while you were In this
robber’s den, you saw such a packet?"
Prue shook her head. “The sol
diers took everything they could
find In the place," she said reflec
tively. "If I were you. I would make
Inquiries of them.”
"I have done so,” he said; "but they
brought away no such packet."
"Perhaps it was opened and they
have the contents.”
VI have reason to thtnk that unlike
ly," replied Beachcombe, biting his lips
and scowling.
“Or destroyed?" she suggested.
"No, Indeed; If I could hope for
that—!”
"What, hope for the destruction of
valuable private papers? It Is not to
you, then, that they are valuable?"
she cried shrewdly.
Ho started and eyed her suspicious
ly for a moment. “To no one else,” he
replied emphatically; "but you can
surely understand, Lady Prudence,
that same family documents would be
better destroyed than In the hands of
—an enemy.”
"Was Rob—Captain Freemantle—
your enemy?” she asked ingenuously.
"It seems to me that some one—who
can it have been?—said he was your
relative. He calls himself De Cliffe,
doesn't he?”
Lord Beachcombe looked at her
again with growing mistrust. “Did he
have the' impudence to call himself De
CUffe, when he addressed you at tho
bull, Viscountess?” he demanded.
‘T>a! no; and if he had—people can
say anything behind a mask, without
fear of being believed," she retorted,
laughing. “I recollect now that ’twas
Barbara Sweeting, when she told us
of the loss of the queen’s necklace.
Slip told us how you had obtained his
pardon when condemned to be hanged,
and afterward set the soldiers upon
him—”
Beachcombe bent his sullen glance
upon the carpet, tracing out Its faded
pattern with his Malacca cane. "Every
family has its painful secrets, Lady
Prudence,” he began, "and this packet
contains one of the De Cliffe family
secrets—a painful one, but not Impor
tant— ph—not at all Important. Had
the soldiers found it, it would have
been an easy matter to recover It—
a few guineas at most—but if It is
still in his possession—”
"What like was it?" Prue inquired
listlessly, for she was growing weary
of a subject that had so little of per
sonal interest for her.
"Tiie packet? Oh, a small thing,
about the size and appearance of a let
ter—a fillet rioux”—he forced a laugh
—"sealed and addressed to Mistress—
Mistress—the name has escaped me for
the moment, but twas in care of the
hostess of the Fox and Grapes.”
A sudden glow of color swept across
Prue’s face. In her Joy at finding that
the source of many a Jealous pang
was not Robin's after all. It is to be
feared that she quite overlooked the
gravity of Lord Beachcombe’s accusa
tion. What did it matter to her whose
Jetter it was—if it were not Robin’s—
written to another woman? She had
an impulse to return It, and her hand
involuntarily rose to the laces about
her neck, where she had kept It con
cealed except when she thrust It under
her pillow, where It lay all night per
vading her dreams.
(Continued Next Week.)
Ths Tala of the Stamp.
The Merchants and Manufacturer#
association will support a movement to
obtain penny postage in Milwaukee—
News Item.
With apologies to Newton NewkJrk.
I’m a stamp—
A 2-center!
' 1 make the government
A profit
of $62,000,000 a year.
Some velvet, eh!
Don't want to brag,
But I was never
Licked,
Except once;
By a gentleman, too;
He put me on an envelope—
Perfumed, pink .square;
I’ve been stuck on it ever since;
He dropped us—
Through a slot in a dark box
But we were rescued. /
A mall clerk hit me an awful
Smash with a hammer;
It left my face black and blue;
Then I went on-a long journey.
When we arrived—
The pink envelope and I— ,
We were presented
To a perfect love
Of a girl.
Say. she's a dream.
Well, she mutilated
The pink envelope and me
With a hair pin;
Then she read inside.
I never saw a girl blush so beauti
fully!
Say, she kissed me.
O, you little godlets!
We, the pink envelope and I—
Are now nesting snugly
In her bosom;
We can hear her heart throbi
When it goes fastest
She takes us out
And kisses me.
O, say
This Is great!
I’m glad
' I’m a stamp— f
i A 2-center, •
i Even if
The M. and M. association .
Is after my scalp.
HAVE YOU TRIED THIS? ;
I Simple Prescription Said to Work
Wonders for Rheumatism.
This has been well known to the
best doctors tor years as the quickest
and most reliable cure obtainable for
Theujmatlsm and backache. It has been
published here for several winters and
hundreds of the worst cases cured by
It in a short time. "From your drug
glst get one ounce of Toris compound
(In original sealed package) and one
ounce of syrup of Sarsaparilla com
P?“nd- Take these two Ingredients
homo and put them into a half pint of
good whiskey. Shake the bottle and
take a tablespoonful before each meal
and at bedtime.” Results come the
dr£y', your druBSist does not
have Toris Compound in stock he will
get. it In a few hours from his whole
sale house. Don’t be influenced to take
some patent medicine Instead of this.
Insist on having the genuine Toris
compound in the original, one-ounce,
sealed, yellow package. Published by the
Globe Pharmaceutical laboratories of
Chicago.
Proof.
"Is Isabel going to a beauty doc
tor?"
"Can’t you tell she is by the way
she is changing countenance?’’
USE ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE,
the Antiseptic powder to be shaken Into ths
shoes for tired, aching feet. It takes the sting
out of corns and bunions and makes walking
a delight. Sold everywhere, 25c. Refuse sub
stitutes. For FREE trial package, address A.
8. Olmsted. Le Roy. N. T. Adv.
Just to Prove It.
"Pa, what Is undying love?"
“That’s the kind the gink has wh«
shoots himself dead- when he is re
jected.”
Limitations.
"Is your wife a suffragette?"
“Yes,” replied Mr. Meekton. “To a
certain extent. She thinks she ought
to have the ballot, but she knows a
lot of women who she is sure do not
deserve it”
Surprise for Mother.
A Chicago school teacher tells with
great gusto of the shrewd little “col
ored brother” who once arrived at
school provided with a most unusual
excuse for tardiness. "I couldn’t help
bein’ late, please, teacher,” he bubbled,
shrilly. "Somepfn happened to us las’
night. My maw, she went ter bed wit
a headache, and when she wakes up
dis mornin’, dere’s two little quins
(twins) one on each side ob her, and
—she don’ know nuffin’ ’bout ’em tell
she wakes up. An’ my maw, she so
s’prised, she caint get up ter get me
ready for school!”
WHICH ONE.
“It’s too bad that we have to eat
oar first Thanksgiving dinner in a
restaurant, but we have one thing to
be thankful for. We have each other.”
"Yes; you should be thankfuL”
CONSTIPATION
Munyon's Paw-Paw
Pills are unlike all oth
er laxatives or cathar
tics. They coax the
liver into activity by
gentle methods, they
do not scour; they do
not gripe; they do not
weaken; but they do
start all the secretions
of the liver and stom
ach in a way that soon
puts these organs in a
healthy condition and
corrects constipation. Munyon’s Paw-Paw
Pills are a tonic to the stomach, liver and
nerves. They invigorate instead of weaken;
they enrich the blood instead of impover
ishing it; they enable tbe stomach to get all
the nourishment from food that is put into
it. Price 25 cents. All Druggists.
CANADA’S OFFERING
TO THE SETTLER
THE AMERICAN RUSH TO
WESTERN CANADA
IS INCREASING
Free Homesteads
In the new Districts of
Manitoba, Saskatche
wan and Alberta there
are tlions&nds of Free
Homesteads left, which
to the man makingentry
In 8 vears time will be
worth from 92U to S26 per
acre. These lands are
__i well adapted to grain
growing and cattle raising.
RXCKLLK3T RAILWAY FACILITIES
In many cases the railways in
Canada have been built in ad
vance of settlement, and in a
short time there will not be a
settler who need be more than
ten or twelve miles from a line
of railway. Railway Rates are
regulated by Government Com
mission.
Social Conditions
The American Settler is at home
In Western Canada. He Is not a
stranger in a stranae land, hav
ing nearly a million of bis own
people already settled there, if
Sou desire to know why thecon
Itlon of the Canadian Settler Is
Brosperons write and send for
lemture, rates, etc., to
S. M. KidrtiUo. Orewtr 578. Witntown. S. »„
8. V. BMKIT. Bm BtiMIntj, 0*o(u, Nrlmski,
i«4 (U.Umtt.315 Jaduoa$t.,St. Paul,Wm.
Canadian Government'Agents, or
address Superintendent of
Immigration, Ottawa,
liWfW'SWlwrwjNB for weak
iaatnalisTtKfrlluftg sore eyes
K. L. Krd r,3b for bauhintr *1 tor 15. B5 par
100. Why pay more. Great laying strain. Be
friendly. Writ* A. L. Sanders. Perry, la.