IS GW GROSS, 1 FEVERISH, SICK Look, Mother! If tongue is coated, give “California Syrup of Figs.” Children love this “fruit laxative,’' and nothing else cleanses the tender I stomach, liver and bowels so nicely. A child simply will not stop playing to empty the bowels, and the result ia they become tightly clogged with waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach sours, then your little one becomes cross, half-sick, feverish, don’t eat. sleep or act naturally, breath is bad, system full of cold, has sore throat, stomach-ache or diarrhoea. Listen, Mother! See if tongue is coated, then give a teaspoonful of “California Syrup of Figs,” and in a few hours all the constipated waste, sour bile and undigested food passes out of the sys tem, and you have a well child again Millions of mothers give “California Syrup of Figs” because it is perfectly harmless; children love it, and it nev er fails to act on the stomach, liver and bowels. Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle of “California Syrup of Figs,” which has full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly printed on the bottle. Adv. JUST GETTING IN PRACTICE Young Woman Had Excellent Reasons for Her Frequent Jourr.jys ^ on the Subway. A young woman in New York devel oped a sudden fondness for subway rides. It seemed to her friends to amount to a mania. Curious symp toms were that she insisted on having somebody go with her, that she always chose express trains and the last car of the train, where the noise is loud est, and, finally, that she kept talking all the time without regard to whether her companion replied or not. At last one of her friends became so concerned that she spoke to the girl about it. “Don’t worry,” replied the young woman. “I am all right. I thought you knew why I was doing this kind of thing. I have taken the job of com panion to a woman who is horribly old, rich and deaf, and—well, I am just practicing.” SALTS IF BACKACHY OR KIDNEYS TROUBLE YOU Eat Less Meat If Your Kidneys Aren’t Acting Right or If Back Hurts or Bladder Bothers You. When you wake up with backache and dull misery in the kidney region it generally means you have been eat ing too much meat,, says a well-known authority. Meat forms uric acid which overworks the kidneys in their effort to filter it from the blood and they be come sort of paralyzed and loggy. When your kidneys get sluggish and clog you must relieve them like you relieve your bowels; removing all the body’s urinous waste, else you have backache, sick headache, dizzy spells; your stomach sours, tongue is coated, and when the weather is bad you have ! rheumatic twinges. The urine Is cloudy, full of sediment, channels oft en get sore, water scalds and you are obliged to seek relief two or three times during the night. Either consult a good, reliable physi cian at emee or get from your pharma cist about four ounces of Jad Salts; take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts is made from the | acid of grapes and lemon juice, com bined with lithia, and has been used for generations to clean and stimulate sluggish kidneys, also to neutralize acids in Che urine so it no longer irri tates, thus ending bladder weakness. Jad Salts is a life saver for regular meat eaters. It is inexpensive, cannot injure and makes a delightful, effer vescent lithia-water drink.—Adv. Plants From Belgium. There is pathos in the fact, recently announced by government officials, that during the last three months there have come to this country from the most afflicted nation in the world, larger numbers of beautiful plants and flowers than from all the rest of Europe combined. Little Belgium, a smoking, desolate waste, is seeking to save her flowers, and she has taken the place which, in times of peace, is held by France. The plants are being sent to the United States through Holland. After their inspection for plant diseases, they are turned over to brokers, who sell them to individuals. Time of Disturbance. Church—The spirit of unrest seems to be growing. Gotham—How so? “Why, 1 see a New York inventor has patented an attachment for talk ing machines that repeats a record as long as the mechanism is running.” TOUR OWJ» DRUGGIST WILL TELL TOC Try MoTine Bye Remedy for Red, Weak, Watery Byes and Granulated Byellds; No Hmartlng— Just Byex eonifort. Write for Book of the Ey« by mail Free. Murine Bye Remedy Co., Chicago Paw Knows Everything. Willie—Paw, what is the difference between a chef and a cook? Paw—About $75 a month, my son. 4 Any Old Excuse Goes. "What'.is his excuse for getting off the wateri^Egon so soon?” “He sa^^ie got down to crank it.” % * ..=% The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet -by BURTON E. STEVENSON , Copyright, 191S, by Burton E. Stevenson. i CHAPTER XX—(Continued). "Godfrey." I cried, remembering sud denly. "Did you see his eyes as he lay there watching the man at the cab inet?” "Yes; I saw them.” "They were the same eyes-” "The same eyes.” "And the laugh—did you hear that laugh?” "Certainly I heard It.” "I heard it once before,” I said, “and you thought it was a case of nerves!” I fell silent a moment, shivering a little at the remembrance. "But why did Armada lie there so quietly?” I asked at last “Was he in jured?” Godfrey made a little gesture toward the corner. “Go see for yourself,” he said. Something lay along the wall, on the spot where I had seen that figure, and as I bent over it, I saw that it was a large net, finely meshed but very strong. "That was dropped over Armand’s head as he came up the stairs,” said Godfrey, or flung over him as he came into the room. Then the dead man yonder jumped upon him and trussed him up with ropes. Pushing the net aside, I saw upon the floor a little pile of severed cords. "Yes,” I agree; “he would be able to do that Have you noticed his size, Godfrey? He W'as almost a giant.” "He couldn’t have done it if Arm and hadn’t been willing that ho should” routed Godfrey, curtly. “You see he had no difficulty in getting away,” and he held up the net and pointed to the great rents in it. “He cut his way out while he was lying there—I ought to have known—I ought to have known te wasn’t bound—that he was only valting — but it was all so sud ien. . He threw the net down upon the floor with a gesture of disgust and Sespair. Then he stopped in front of (he Boule cabinet and looked down at It musingly; and, after a moment, his face brightened. The burlap wrappings had ben al most wholly torn away, and the cab inet stood, more insolently beautiful lhan ever, it seemed to me, under the rays of the sun, which sparkled and glittered and shimmered as they fell upon it. “But we’ll get him, Simmonds,” said Godfrey, and his lips broke into a smile. "In fact, we’ve got him now. We have only to wait, and he’ll walk jnto our arms. Simmonds, I want you to lock this cabinet up in the strongest cell around at your station; and carry the key yourself." “Lock it up?” stammered Simmonds, staring at him. “Yes,” said Godfrey, “lock it up. That’s our one salvation!” His face was glowing; he was quite himself again alert, confident of victory. You’re in charge of this case, aren’t you? Well, lock it up, and give your reasons to nobody.” “That’ll be easy,” laughed Sim monds. “I haven’t got any reasons.” “Oh, yes, you have,” and Godfrey bent upon him a gaze that was posi tively hypnotic. “You will do it be cause I want you to, and because I tell you that, sooner or later, if you keep this cabinet safe where no one can get at it, the man we want will walk into our hands. And I’ll tell you more than that, Simmonds; if we do get him. I’ll have the biggest story I ever had, and you will be world fam ous. France will make you a chev alier of the Legion of Honour, Sim monds, mark my words. Don’t you think the ribbon would look well in your button hole?” Simmonds was staring at the speak er as though he thought he had sud denly gone mad. Indeed, the thought flashed through my own brain that the disappointment, the chagrin of failure, had been too much for Godfrey. He burst Into laughter as he saw our faces. “No, I’m not mad,” he said soberly; “and I’m not Joking. I’m speaking in deadly earnest. Simmonds, when I say that this fellow is the biggest catch we could make. He’s the greatest criminal of modern times—I repeat It, Lester, this time without qualification. And now, perhaps, you’ll agree with me.” And wdth Armand. so finished, so self poised, so distinguished, in my mind, and the body of his latest victim before my eyes, I nodded gloomily. “But who is he?” I asked. “Do you know who he is, Godfrey?” “There’s the ambulance,” broke in Simmonds. as a knock came at the street door, and he hurried down to open it. “Come on, Lester,’ and Godfrey hooked his arm through mine. “There’s nothing more we can do here. We'll go down the back way. I’ve had enough excitement for the time being—haven’t you? “I certainly have,” I agreed, and he led the way back along the hall to an othe~ stair, down it and so out through the laundry. "But Godfrey, who is this man?” I repeated. “Why did he kill that poor fellow up there? Why did he kill Drouet and Vantlne? How did he get into the Vantlne house? What it it all about?” “Ah!” he said, looking at me with a smile. “That is the important question —what is it all about! But we con’t discuss it here in the street. Besides, I want to think it over, Lester; and I want you to think it over. If I can. Til drop in tonight to see you, and we can thresh it out! Will that suit you?’ "Yes,” I said; "and for heaven's sake, don’t fail to come!’ CHAPTER XXI. GODFREY WEAVES A ROMANCE. I had begun to fear that Godfrey was going to disappoint me, so late It was before hls welcome knock came at my door that night. I hastened to let him In, and I could tell by the sigh of re lief with which he sank Into a chair that he was thoroughly weary. “It does me good to come In here occasionally and have a talk with you. Lester," he said, accepting the cigar I offered him. "1 find It restful after a hard day,” and he smiled across at me good humoredly. "How you keep It up I don't see," I said. "This one case has nearly given me nervous prostration." “Well, I don't often strike one as itrenuous as this," and he settled back lomfortabiy. "As a matter of fact, I haven't one for a long time that even ’.ouches It. There Is nothing really mysterious about most crimes." "This one Is certainly mysterious snough," I remarked. "What makes It mysterious," God frey explained, "Is the apparent lack of motive. As soon as one learns the mo tive for a crime, one learns also who 16 committed It. But where the motive can't be discovered. It is mighty hard to make any progress.” "It isn't only lack of motive which makes it mysterious,” I commented; "it’s everything about it. I can’t un derstand either why it was done or how it was done. When I get to think ing about it, I feel as though I were wandering around and around in a maze from which I can never as cape." “Oh, yes, you'll escape, Lester,” said Godfrey, quietly, “and that before very long." "It you have an explanation, God frey,” I protested, "for heaven’s sake tell me! Don’t keep me in the maze an instant longer than is necessary. I’ve been thinking about it till my brain feels like a snarl of tangled thread. Do you mean to say you know what it is all about?” “ ‘Know’ Is perhaps a little strong. There Isn’t much in this world that we really know. Suppose we say that I strongly suspect." He paused a mo ment, his eyes on the ceiling. “You know you’ve accused me of romancing sometimes, Lester—the other evening, for instance; yet that romance has come true.” “I’ll take it all back,” I said, meekly. "There's another thing these talks do,” continued Godfrey, going off rath er at a tangent, "and that is to clarify my ideas. You don’t know how it helps me to state my case to you and to try to answed your objections. Your being a lawyer makes you unusually quick to see objections, and a lawyer is always harder to convince of a thing than the ordinary man. You are ac customed to weighing evidence; and so I never allow myself to be convinced of a theory until I have convinced you. Not always, even then,” he added with a smile. "Well, I'm glad I’m of some use,” I said, "if it is only as a sort of file for you to sharpen your wits on. So please go ahead and romance some more. Tell me first how you and Simmonds came to be following Armand.” “Simply because I had found out he wasn’t Armand. Felix Armand is in Paris at this moment. You were too credulous, Lester." “Why, I never had any doubt of his being Armand,” I stammered. “He knew about my cablegram—he knew about the firm’s answer-” “Of course ho did, because your cable was never received by the Armands, but by a confederate in this fellow’s employ; and it was that confederate who answered it. Our friend, the un known. foresaw, of course, that a cable would be sent the Armands as soon as the mistake was discovered, and he took his precautions accordingly.” “Then you still believe that the cab inet was sent to Vantine by design and not by accident?" “Absolutely. It was sent by the Ar mands in good faith, because they be lieved that it had been purchased by Vantine—all of which had been ar ranged very carefully by the Great Un known.” “Tell me how you know all this, God frey,” I said. "Why it was easy enough. When you told me yesterday of Armand, I knew, or thought I knew, that It was a plant of some kind. But, in order to be sure, I cabled our man at Paris to investi gate. Our man went at once to Ar mand, pere, and he learned a num ber of very Interesting things. One was that the son, Felix Armand, was in Paris; another was that no member of the firm knew any thing about your cable or the an swer to it; a third was, that, had the cable been received. It would not have been understood, because the Armands’ books show that this cabinet was bought by Philip Vantine for the sum of 15,000 francs.” “Not this one!” I protested. "Yes, this one. And it was cheap at the price. Of course, the Armands knew nothing about the Montespan story—they were simply selling at a profit.” “But I don’t understand!” I stam mered. “Vantine told me himself that he did not buy that cabinet.” “Nor did he. But somebody bought it in his name and directed that it be sent forward to him.” “And paid 15,000 francs for it?” “Certainly—and paid 15,000 francs to the Armands.” “Rather an expensive present,” I said, feebly, for my brain was beginning to whirl again. “Oh, it wasn’t intended as a pres ent. The purchaser planned to reclaim it—but Vantine’s death threw him out. If it hadn’t been for that—for an acci dent which no one could foresee— everything would have gone along smoothly and no one would ever have been the wiser.” “But what was his object? Was he trying to evade the duty?” “Oh, nothing so small as that! Be sides, he would have had to refund the duty to Vantine. Did he refund it to von v "No,” I said, "I didn’t think there was any to refund. Vantlne really paid the duty only on the cabinet he pur chased, since that was the one shown on his manifest. The other fellow must have paid the duty on the cabi net he brought in; so I didn’t sea that there was anything coming to Van tine’s estate. There Is probably some thing due the government, for the cabi net Vantlne brought In was, of course, much more valuable than his manifest showed." "No doubt of that; and the other cabinet Is the one which Vantlne really purchased. It was, of course, sent for ward to this other fellow’s address, here In New York. His plan is evident enough—to call upon Vantlne, as the representative of the Armands, or per haps as the owner of the Montespan cabinet, and make the exchange. Van tlne’e death spoiled that, and he had to make the exchange through you. Even then, he would have been able to pull It off but for the fact that Vantlne’s death and that of Drouet had called our attention to the cabinet; we fol lowed him, and the Incidents of this afternoon ensued.” "And he accomplished all this by means of a confederate In the employ of the Armands?” "No doubt of it. The clerk who made the supposed Bale to Vantlne and got a commission on It, resigned suddenly two days ago—Just as soon as he had Intercepted your cable and answered It. The Paris police are looking for him, but I doubt if they’ll find him.” I paused to think this over; and then a sudden Impatience seized me. "That’s all clear enough," I said. "The cabinets might have been exchanged Just as you say they were—no doubt you are right—but all that doesn’t lead us anywhere. Why were they ex changed? What Is there about that Boule cabinet which makes this un known willing to do murder for it? Does he think those letters are still in it?" "He knows they are not in It now— you told him. Before that, he knew nothing about the letters. If he had known of them, he would have had them out before the cabinet was shipped." “What is it, then?" I demanded. “And, above all, Godfrey, why should this fellow hide himself in V'antine’s house and kill two men? Did they surprise him while ho was working over the cabinet?" “I see no reason to believe that he was ever inside the Vantlne house,” said Godfrey quietly; "that is, until you took him there yourself this afternoon." "But, look here, Godfrey,”1 protested, “that’s nonsense. He must have been in the house, or he couldn't have killed Vantlne and Drouet.” “Who said he killed them?" “If he didn’t kill them, who did?” Godfrey took two or three contem plative puffs, while I sat there staring at him. “Well," Godfrey answered, at last, “now I'm going to romance a little. Wo will return to your fascinating friend, Armand, as we may as well call him for the present. He is an extraordi nary man." “No doubt of it," I agreed. “I can only repeat what I have said before—in my opinion, he is the great est criminal of modern times." "If ho Is a criminal at all, he is un doubtedly a great one," I conceded. “But it is hard for me to believe that he is a criminal. He's the most cul tured man I ever met." "Of course he is. That’s why he's so dangerous. An Ignorant criminal is never dangerous- it’s the ignorant criminals who fill the prisons. But look out for the educated, accomplished ones. It takes brains to be a great criminal, Lester, and brains of a high order." “But why should a man with brains be a criminal?” 1 queried. “If he can earn an honest living, why should ho be dishonest?" “In the first place, most criminals are criminals from choice, not from neces sity; and with a cultured man the In centive is usually the excitement of it. Have you ever thought what an. ex citing game it is, Lester, to defy so ciety, to break the law, to. know that the odds against you are a thousand to one. and yet to come out triumphant? And then. I suppose, every great crim inal is a little insane.” “No doubt of it," I agreed. "Just as every absolutely honest man Is a little insane," went on Godfrey quickly. “Just as every great reformer and enthusiast is a little insane. The sane men are the average ones, who are fairly honest and yet tell white lies on occasion, who succumb to tempta tion now and then; who temporize and compromise, and try to lead a com fortable and quiet life. I repeat, Lester, that this fellow is a great criminal, and that he finds life infinitely more engrossing than either you or I. I hope I shall meet him some time—not in a little skirmish like this, but in an out and-out battle. Of course I'd be routed, horse, foot and dragoons—but it cer tainly would bo interesting!" and he looked at me, his eyes glowing. “It certainly would!” I agreed. “Go ahead with your romance." “Here it is. This M. Armand Is a great criminal, and has, of course, va rious followers, upon whom he must rely for the performance of certain de tails, since he can be in but one place at a time. Abject and absolute obe dience is necessary to his success, and he compels obedience in the only way in which it can be compelled among criminals—by fear. For disobedience, there is but one punishment—death. And the manner of the death is so cer tain and so mysterious as to be al most supernatural. For deserters and traitors are found to have died, inevit ably and invariably, from the effects of an insignificant wound on the right hand, Just above the knuckles." I was listening intently now, as you may well believe, for I began to see whither the romance was tending. "It is by this secret," Godfrey con tinued, "that Armand preserves his absolute supremacy. But occasionally the temptation Is too great, and one of his men deserts. Armand sends this cabinet to America. He knows that in this case the temptation is very great indeed; he fears treachery, and he ar ranges in the cabinet a mechanism which will Inflict death upon the trai tor in precisely the same way in which he himself inflicts it—by means of a poisoned stab in the right hand. Im agine the effect upon his gang. He is nowhere near when the act of treach ery is performed, and yet the traitor dies instantly and surely! Why, It was a tremendous ideal And it was carried out with absolute genius.” “But,” I questioned, "what act of treachery was it that Armand feared?” "The opening of the secret drawer." “Then you still believe In the pois oned mechanism?” “I certainly do. The tragedy of this afternoon proves the truth of the theory." “I don’t see it,” I said, heplessly. tuontinuea next weeK.) —. ■ ^ » « Back to Bourbonism. From the New York World. No other member of the old guard en joys his re-election to congress, after an absence of two years, more than William B. McKinley, of Illinois. Nobody else of the same kidney Is so Incapable of reading the elgns of the times. Discoursing of the past and future of politics, Mr. McKinley holds that nothing firevented a sweeping republican victory ast month but "lack of nerve,” a reluct ance to "attack the president's Mexican policy hammer and tongs," an unwilling ness to make trouble during the first anxious weeks of the European war and a failure to "keep hammering away on the tariff.” With due respect to all of the limping survivors of the Mark Hanna era, w« should say that the respectable showing made by the republican party at the re cent elections was wholly due to the very considerations here mentioned as faults. Most of the republican In the present con ftress supported the president patriotically n the enforcement of his foreign policies. If they had exhibited plenty of ''nerve;" If they had attacked the president "ham mer and tongs;” If they had kept ''ham mering away on the tariff," and, above all else. If during the financial and. commer cial collapse that attended the Inaugura tion of the prevailing war they had done their best In partisan fashion to bedevil ths government and people of the United States, the probability Is that their rep resentation In the new congress would have been reduced by half. They gained by decency, not by cussedness. Henceforth no one need fear a repub licanism of the Mark Hanna stripe. It speaks occasionally, but It Is Incoherent. It has no more real vigor than the democ racy of Buchanan. Those who are to rep resent It In the minority of the Sixty fourth congress will serve decent repub licanism by silence, decent democracy by vociferation. Malapropian War Literature. The attempt of war-stricken business houses In Europe to secure American trade has given rise to many amusing curiosities In English construction, which might be capitalized by reformers In 'an guage Instruction as an argument against the old-fashioned dictionary and grammar method. 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