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BY' CHARLES MORRIS BUTLER. /Wic/ c/ '///v /?w(Yjjpe of 7t‘/tc/nc/t/ 7h?f.**cfi/~j'7it//.i Copyright, 1905, by C. Morris Butler. o o CHAPTER V. Golden Escapes From Joliet. Regan had drunk a cocktail during Louis absence, and managed to clear his brain enough to realize that the conversation being carried on should <as Louis had suggested) be more secret; so when the youth returned le Avas ready to accompany him to the room engaged. “How did you manage to get into the club?" Regan asked in a sus picious tone. "I never got in.” Regan started. "How did you know about it. then?” he asked, amazed. "I know very little about it.” was the candid answer. "You know I am supposed to have killed a man? It was during my imprisonment in the Tombs that 1 first learned of the ex istence of such a society. I was in vited to join it, but at the cost of more ‘stuff than 1 could then raise. But learned enough to know that there was such a place as the ‘city,’ and I now want to find out how to get there.” ‘‘I am looking for a bright confed erate.” said Regan. “I've got onto one of the easiest snaps' afloat these davs. One of those bold daylight robberies that only requires nerve to successful ly carry it out. There is about two thousand apiece for three good men who can carry it through.” “I'm your man,” replied Louis promptly. “All right.” acquiesced Regan, “if you really have the nerve (sneering l.v) to undertake a real ‘job/ I'll put you in the way of it.” “You'll excuse me. Mr. Regan.” said Louis, calmly, still intent upon draw ing his antagonist out. “but how am I to judge of the sincerity of your statements? A while ago you admit ted to me that you were making a good living—not by arresting 'us boys’ —but by extorting ‘hush’ money from ‘my people.’ How am I to be con vinced that you are not trying to trap me?” “You needn’t fear me.” coolly re jilied Regan, biting at the tempting morsel of injured innocence held out by Louis, "for 1 am going to take a hand in the game myself. You will feel satisfied if I am with you?” flattered Regan. “I will tell you about it. I engaged the serviecs of a lawyer, and went down to Joliet for the os tensible purpose of getting Golden to confess that he had a partner who was implicated with him in the crime. The judge, in passing sentence told Golden that if he would confess to having had an accomplice he would give him a light sentence, and w'e w orbed on the plan as if we were after such a confession; and readily ob tained permission to interview the prisoner. “Golden was brought into the prison reception room; a guard was placed over him. but no suspicion was enter tained of me or the lawyer, so we were quite free to talk out of hearing of the guard. Golden asked for a chew of tobacco, and wouldn’t wr!te until he got it. 1 was prepared for this, and was the only one who had any. In it was a fine tempered steel saw for sawing iron. The confession was filled out with the name of a man whom Golden knew to be dead. As a reward, the prisoner was given more comfortable quarters, an outside room, where he was allowed to breathe a little outside air. This room over looked the stone-yard and side-track which ran through it. “This was over a month ago. Ir. the meantime Golden managed to saw partially through the bars of bis win dow. during the moments when there was a good deal of noise being made by passing trains. A week ago I went down to Joliet and engaged a suitable room and wardrobe for his rec?p j tion when he should make his escape. At last came a rainy night and dark. \ Fortune seemed to play into our hands; I saw the opportunity to open the switch leading into the prison yard, and a freight train backed down and ran into the prison gate and wall and was wrecked. All night long workingmen and wrecking engines were working upon the wreckage to clear the track. “Of course the prison guards were doubled, but that made no difference with Golden's escaping. I managed to mingle unperceived among the wreck ing crew. At a signal from me. wnen the din was at its height. Golden let himself down from the window, by ‘ means of a rope made from tearing “How was the escape brought about?" “Yes, if you work on the inside. But who is your partner?" “That is the worst part of the scheme; otherwise it would be per fectly safe. The concoctor, the insti gator, the man I want to please in this, is a person who has just escaped from Joliet. A dangerous criminal, with an enormous reward offered for Uis recapture, and of course the police ire on the look out for him in Chi ;ago.” “Say no more.” said Lang, “I know who you mean—Simeon Golden!” “You know him, then?"' “He was my companion in the I’ombs.” "This is indeed a streak of ‘luck,’ ” mid Regan enthusiastically. “When Sim nroached this job. he had fears of r.ot being able to find a pal he could tru=t. I am certain now that he will be satis fied with you. It takes a powerful lot of money to get into the club you know: but it will take less if you can interest ‘the scout’ in your favor. You have as much at stake as I. You have a plan on foot to raise your wind, what is it?” “Regan,” replied Lang, in a tone meant at once to be respectful yet positive, "what I have in view re quires but a single bead to work. And, in fact, no one but me could work it. Should you come in on the deal, you would want your divy. and I need it all to pay my way into the country. You want me to aid you in your scheme but no help is needed in mine.” "Your scheme ain't ripe yet! How long do you suppose Golden will con sent to remain ir. town after working our racket with all Chicago on the look out for him?” Lang appeared crestfallen at this “Don't you think he can be prevailed upon to remain long enough for me to work it? You know he is paid to bring recruits to the city. How do you suppose he escaped from impreg nable Joliet, unless he had help from the outside?” “Why do you suppose Golden places himself in my power?” asked Regan, proudly. “Don't know,” replied Lang, but he guessed pretty shrewdly. “Simply because it was I, Jack Re gan. who got him out of limbo! I was told that by giving Golden this aid I could save my entrance fee. I am as much a member of the club as l.e is; but he knows the way to the city. and I don’t.” “■Well. I must say you have made a ‘killing.’ How was the escape brought about.” “Oh. easily enough!” replied the his blanket into strips and dropped unperceived into a rain water cistern directly beneath. At a second signal from me, just when a passenger train hove in sight, whose noise increased the din and attracted attention. Gold en made his run for liberty across the open space to where conveniently upon the track stood a car with a der rick upon it. He climbed to the top of the swinging arm of the hoisting machine, threw the end of the chain over the wall, where I caught it and held it in place while he drew himself over unseen. I had clothes and dis guises handy, and it wasn't more than I five minutes before I had made a new j man of Golden: and he was safe in i the room prepared for him.” ‘‘You certainly worked it slick! And I will have to do something pretty foxy to outdo you if 1 go.” said Louis with admiration in his tone. "That’s what you will!” said the gratified Regan. “And you will have to do it Quick! Golden, you must know , is not going alone. His escape was planned by one of the agents, and the same party has deputized Madam Mendom to get together a small com pany of ‘lady emigrants’ to take to the city. That is another reason why he can't stop. If you can manage to rob a bank in the early morning, ana assist us in the evening, you can go— j but whether you do or not. you can make a couple of thousand as your share jn our deal.” ‘‘I am certain that you mean your remarks to be highly sarcastic.” said Lang, as a brilliant plan flashed through his mind. "But I will show i you that I can rob a bank in the morn ; ing. just as you say, and will be on hand to help you in the evening, i I tell you right now. I’m going, see? | When do we three meet to plan this | scheme of yours?” We don’t have to meet.” answered Regan. ‘‘If Golden arrives safely | from Joliet, as I am positive he will, i I will see him to-night and tell him about you. and if he thinks everything j ah right in the morning I will sro ' down to John Atley’s livery stable : and charter a horse and light delivery i wagon for the day. Should the deal be on. you will find the horse hitched : in front of Pat Karragan's saloon ; which is next door to Stephen John ; son's dry goods store. About twelve I o’clock, whether you make your play | or not, you come around- and drive off with the wagon, and see that the horse is well fed and rubbed down bringing him back about four o’clock “During this time I will be inside the saloon playing pool or cards for a blind. In bringing the horse back, drive into the alleyway facing west, so that when we draw off with the swag we can trail several blocks through the alleys without running across a car track. All you will have to do will be to watch the mouth of the alley, between seven at night and possibly twelve or one o'clock in the morning, and at the right moment help load up a lot of silks and linens, and drive off. Golden and I will do the work unless the program is changed.” "Well, if that is all you want of me." said Louis, “I’ll leave you and kind of get my thinking cap on; I must pull strings for myself.” “Don't the magnitude and daring of the scheme paralyze you?” asked Re gan, gazing in astonishment at the calm composure of the lad. “No!” replied Lang quietly, rising to go. “My palm doesn't even itch. You imag'ne that I am giving you taffy about robbing a bank? While you are getting ready to work your scheme for $2,000, I'll raise $10,000! Do you think I can do it?” “I am not so sure you can't.” “And it will be at the Jim Denver's expense, see?” “I don’t see how\” replied Regan half questioning!}', “and 111 have to take your word for it. But I’ve come to the conclusion that you are capable of anything ” They walked out to the bar togeth er, and Regan took his parting drink alone, while Louis lit his cigar. Then they bade each other good night. If the treacherous detective had not been under the influence of drink, he never would have made a confidant of Lang. When he began to ponder on the doings of the evening, he could not but realize the amount of valuable information he had been foolish enough to give away. And he fully realized that l.ang had in nowise com promised himself. It tvas a matter of chagrin to him. “What if Lang should play us false?” soliloquized Regan. "What wouldn't Golden do to me if he knew that I had given away the secret of the existence of the city? Treachery! I must not hint at it! I must not act hut as if Lang was already a member of the society. In helping Golden to escape 1 have gone too far! I must enter the country. It is my only chance of freedom. I must make my self rich and famous—it has been the one dream of my life!” What could these words of Regan mean? There is no doubt that Regan was two-faced; neither an honest de tective. nor a thief recognizing the code of “honor among thieves.” Evi dently Regan has an object in desir ing to enter the city. Did he intend to betray his confederates? Time will make his intentions clear. (To be continued.) TRAING1NG OF THE IDIOT. If Taken at an tarty Age Me tan tie Taught. Driveling idiots if taken at an early age can be made useful men and wom en. The methods of one institution for idiots which 1 visited can be cited: The instruc tor arranged several idiots of the same grade on the floor and. commencing with a newcomer, he save the child its first lesson by placing its hand on a dumbbell and striking the bell with another. The child . tarted and involuntarily removed his hand from the bell. The exercise was repeated several times and this was the first lesson, and was regarded as satisfactory. The second child had been under in struction for six months and he no ticed the descent of the bell in the doctor's hand and withdrew his hand from the bell before it was struck. The third child had been under in struction nine months and when the blow was falling withdrew his hand and also the bell, and there was a faint smile on his face. The fourth child had been in the school two years and showed his advancement by imitating the awkwardness of the oth er boys during the exercises. When the doctor approached him he seized the bell and struck the doctor’s with a loud laugh. Thus the rudimentary and dor mant nerve cells had been aroused and began to enlarge; first, the sen sory nerve centers of touch were stim ulated and began to enlarge; then the closely affiliated centers of sight were excited; still further the process of stimulation proceeded, until the higher groups of nerve cells were aroused and the mental process of 'racing cause and effect began andythe driveling idiot became a reasoning be ing.—Dr. Stephen Smith in Leslie’s. SENSE OF SMELL IN BIRDS. Many Proofs That It Is Not Acutely Developed. A study of the habits of flesh-eat ing birds shows that if they possess he sense of smell at all it is not sufficiently acute to enable them to use it in finding food. All observers agree that when a carcass is hidden, by never so slight i screen, it is safe from the attacks if vultures and other carrion seekers; but the most remarkable proof of the ineffectiveness of the sense (if it ex st at all) is afforded by experiences which Dr. Guillemard was good ■nough to relate to me. Many times it has happened, he tells me, that, saving shot a wild beast or other game, which was too heavy to carry home, he has disembowled it and . idden the carcass in the hole of an "ant bear.” On returning with natives to carry it to camp he has found a circle of vultures standing round the spot where the offal had been thrown, com pletely unaware of the carcass within a few yards of their beaks. Of obser vations proving the possession of the sense I know' none, unless we are willing to accept as evidence the be lief. which is very general among fanciers, that birds are attached to the smell of anise, and the similar belief of gamekeepers in some parts af the country that they are attracted by valerian. It is said that pigeons may be prevented from deserting the dovecote by smearing their boxes with oil of anise. Poachers are supposed to lure hen pheasants from a wood by anointing gateposts with tincture of valerian.—Nature. Paris Fashion Fancies. The checked voiles in light blue and white, lilac and white, beige and white, etc., are greatly fancied in Paris for very simply designed morn ing frocks of the shirtwaist suit or loose bolero and plaited skirt persua sion, and nothing could be more economic for a summer morning walking dress than one of these dain ty yet serviceable stuffs, made with short plaited skirt, loose bolero and short loose sleeves, slashed up the outside, and untrimmed save for a flat collar of antique embroidered batiste and lace. A sheer lingerie blouse must be worn with the costume and a soft leather belt of the color appearing in the check. The voile is delightfully cool and wears well, and though in the light colors it soils more easily than in darker shades its surface shakes off dust very well, and it cleanses perfect when it really is soiled.—New York Sun. Stylish Suit for Summer. A new and modish box-jacket in bolero style is here shown as part of this suit. The bolero hangs straight and plain, but the smart effect is given by the sleeve and front finish ing. The puffed sleeve is headed with a Cavalier cuff and deep frills of lace at the elbow, the neck, sharp-pointed j cuffs and girdle being outlined in a contrasting shade of velvet. The J blouse should be of lace or fine lawn, preferably the latter, as the sleeves ! are in evidence below the lace frills. The skirt is a nine-gored flare, with an inverted plait at the back. This model makes a beautiful spring suit when developed in canvas, broadcloth, serge, Sicilian, taffeta or the linens and pique for late wear. Evening Dress for Summer. The evening dress of the summer woman is like the evening dress of the winter woman, largely a matter of purse. The evening dress of this summer should be in a delicate tint, but should preferably not be of very thin goods. It is not a season of transparencies, though there are many to be seen. Eut the preference is more for the delicately flowered stuff; for the thin silk, with its little embroidered mull; the pretty flowered and figured ba tiste and the lovely little summer stuffs made up for evening wear with the semi-low neck and the elbow sleeve, with the little floating ruffle. The shoulder must, in all cases, be broad, and the skirt can be tight-fit ting and trailing, or it can be short and many-gored to stand out in the i pretty old-new style. Young, But Wise. One neophyte in housekeeping who 1 has started on an economical plan aud doesn’t boast of a superfluity of dishes ' pins her faith to white tissue paper to keep foods sweet in the ice box and free from contamination from oth-^r ( foods. Everything she puts in her ! refrigerator, like butter, milk, salad dressing, and the like, she covers over with tissue paper, keeping it in place with a rubber band. It is her own idea, is an economical one, so far as multiplying dishes is concerned, and is a hygienic one in that the paper is proof against the penetrating odors which might affect the taste or quality of the food. Recipe for Marguerites. To make marguerites, take one cup of powdered sugar and stir into the : unbeaten whites of two eggs. Add one pound of English walnuts chopped > very fine. Drop a teaspoonful of this mixture upon a saltine cracker and brown slowly in a moderate oven. This makes about thirty. Fried Chicken in Virginia Style. Joint a tender chicken as for fricas see. Dip each piece in beaten egg, then rpll in salted cracker dust until thoroughly coated. Set aside for an hour before frying in fat to a golden brown. Be sure to fry long enough for the thickest pieces of chicken to be cooked all the way through. To prepare the fat, fry half a pound of bacon, slice thin. When crisp, but not burned, strain off the fat and re turn to the pan. Keep the bacon hot while you fry the chicken (prepared with egg and cracker dust) in the fat, turning twice. Should there not be fat enough, add drippings or other fat. W’ben done, arrange upon a hot dish and garnish with bacon. Light Mantles and Gowns. Enchanting summer mantles are coolie jackets all over again, in form and in the clumsy way in which they lap over to the left for buttoning. Ma terials employed are those the em press herself might wear, and over the lovely silks and satins often the royal peacock is embroidered to the letter in the genuine tints. Long gowns for summer wear are distinguished by two sharply contrast ing styles—the short waisted empire effect, and any draping from the shoulder which will bring in the wat teau plait. It would be hard to say which is the more charming of the two. but the watteau styles are some what newer than the empire ones and afford more possibilities for a defect ive figure. oudoir pConS idences There are fluffy white net robe gowns for less than $10. A knot of flowers fastened to the sash is a new wrinkle. Cuffs and collar of red linen are jaunty with the shepherd check suit. With the tan or gray dress the shoes and stockings must be of tan or gray. Everybody is wearing neat little cloth spats to match the walking skirt. The Parisian woman has abandoned veils, except for earliest morning wear. Black velvet ribbon is still the trimming most in request for bright fabrics. The polo hat has to be worn with just the right tilt over a piquant face. There will be many white pongees and India silks among the wash gowns. Those painted crepe blouses are things of beauty and joys for a little while. Kid belts buckling in the back, where they grow very narrow, are novelties. Uses of Ribbon. In the summer hotel one will see a great many flying ribbons this season, for the ribbons are again in style. There will be sashes tied in front and ribbons tied on the side. There will be pompadour girdles, ribbon choux and so many ribbon decorations of all kinds that you will be unable to count them all. Hats are trimmed writh rib bons this season; girdles are made al most exclusive along ribbon lines, and the ribbon counter furnishes the ma terial for choux, stocks, cuffs, lapels, belts, waist trimmings and festoons. One will see very wide ribbon gath ered along ore edge to make a skirt ruffle for a foulard gown. One will see ribbon shirred along each edge to make a puff for a skirt. One will see so many handsome bands of ribbon upon the new silk gowns that one will wonder if there is any other trimming used; ribbon, ribbon everywhere. Delights the Eye. Though many critics complain that the woman of modern times is almost too intellectual, there doesn't seem to be any immediate danger that the supply of “delightfully feminine” maidens will diminish. Certainly the shop windows seem to signify that mental adornments are not doing away with those of another variety, for lavish are the displays that they afford. The new hosiery, for instance, is lovely enough to make the newest of the "new” women falter. It is em broidered with flowers of almost every hue. Poppies, pansies, lilacs and lilies, all worked so beautifully as to suggest that they are real and have blossomed for the express purpose of adorning these filmy weaves. They are of a cobwebby thinness. Finger stains may be removed by rubbing salt and lemon on the spots until they disappear. Wash afterward with clean water. To clean lacquered silver make a strong solution of hot water and wash ing powder, put the articles that are tarnished into it and cook on the stove until bright. The pineapple's crown should be twisted off if the fruit is not to be used at once, as these leaves, if left on the fruit after it is ripe, will ab sorb both flavor and juice, says the Pittsburg Dispatch. The mixing pan can be quickly cleaned if a little boiling water is poured into it for a few minutes and a close cover put over. The steam softens the dried dough so that it will readily wash off. Concerning Millinery. Some of the new millinery is very startling, a lily-green chip hat being trimmed with three plumes in differ ent shades of purple, whilst posies of different hued blossoms may be seen adorning golden-brown and white chip hats. Wreaths of leaves only and just a fall of cherries at the left side are seen on simple morning straw hats, and wreaths of heliotrope and white blossoms with a fold of leaf-green vel vet, which forms the bow in front, are I the favored trimming for a light bis cuit coarse straw hat for a girl. Brown and green straws are much shown for every-day wear. Almond Candy. Take one and one-half pounds of | brown sugar, eight ounces of butter, one teacupful of vinegar and water— half and half—and ten ounces oi i almonds. Scald and peel the almonds, split them and spread evenly on two large dishes slightly buttered. Boil : the other ingredients together about j fifteen or twenty minutes. Shake I them together at first, but do not stir When a drop of the candy sets brittle in cold water, take it from the fire and pour it over the almonds. Smart Suit of Mohair. Mohair is one of the popular mate rials, and was selected to develop the accompanying design. Blue in cadet or navy shade, gray, brown or red are all good colors to select. A circulai flounce trims the skirt and the bo> : Eton jacket fits trimly over the shoul | ders, fastening with frogs or buttons, j as one prefers. A blouse of silk to match would be a pretty addition to this costume. Parisienne Potatoes. Peel the potatoes and cut them in balls with a vegetable cutter, or dice them in cubes. Put them into boiling salted water and boil for twelve min utes. Drain and place them in a sauce pan with two tablespoonfuls of butter to one pint of potatoes. Put on one side of the stove for fifteen minutes, shaking the pan occasionally so that the butter may be evenly absorbed. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and add a tablespoonful of chopped parsley Serve in a hot dish. Making “Old” Lace. To get just that soft “old" look to lace, dye it in tea, using about a table spoonful of green tea to a quart of water to make an infusion of the right strength. The lace will come out a discouraging shade at first, but boil it a few moments in water in which a pinch of baking soda has been dropped, and the color will fade to just the right shade. Don’t use cofTee. It’s sure to take on too yellow a tone. Mauve chiffon cloth with tucked chiffon and Irish point guimpe and fancy appliques of heliotrope. White hat, trimmed with Parma violets, dot ted veil. Plaid voile in light and dark brown, dimmed with soutache braid, and col lar and cuffs of tan cloth. Tan hat, with yellow and brown daisies. Pale blue Rajah silk coat and skirt, trimmed with braid and embroidery. Under blouse of Irish crochet and linen gauze. White hat, with shaded blue plumes. \ KNOW NOTHING OF SVMPATHY That Feeling Beyond Lower Animals, Says John Burrough. An Iowa correspondent asks me to ?ive him my opinion as to whether or not any of the dumb animals have sympathy, says John Burrough in Out ■ng, and added that a ministej- at a funeral in their town had said That no tnimal except man was capable of sympathy. I agree with the minister. Sympathy, I think, is beyond the low er animals. When we sympathize with a person we put ourselves in his jr her place; we feel sorry for him: we pity him; we would gladly allevi ite his suffering—all of which implies more or less imagination and disin terested regard. Susceptibility to the sufferings of others is one of many higher attributes. When sympathy' was born the race lifted above the purely animal plane. The next step is taking the suffer ings of others upon yourself, which is the highest form of altruism. Pure selfishness rules the lower animals, and necessarily so. Sympathy is not necessary for the continuance of the srecies. but affection for their young is. Animals certainly have a feeling of comradeship for each other, and ex perience something like grief at sepa ration. y et a dog or a cat or a horse or a cow will sniff at the dead body of its dead fellow with apparent uncon cern. A cry of distress among the birds will bring every bird within hearing to the spot, and cause them to be more or less agitated, but it is only because they are alarmed for their own safety; a common enemy may be about. In the herd and the flock a sick or wounded member is often fallen upon by its fellows and destroyed. If any animal ever experienced the emotion we call sympathy it is, of course, the dog. The dog has so long been the companion of man that he often shows in his nature a trace of the purely human. QUICK WIT SAVED A LIFE Policeman Played God to Keep Crazy Man From Killing His Wife. “Quick wit is of more value to an officer than being a good shot,” said a policeman in Kansas City, Kan., re cently. “I knew a negro policeman who saved a woman's life by knowing what to say at the right minute. It was this way: A man became crazy one morning with a knife in his hand and he ran into the kitchen where his wife was at work. The woman ran in to the yard, screaming for help. The crazy husband caught her and was standing over her. with upraised knife, when a negro policeman came around tue corner about twenty feet away. He could not reach the man in time to save the woman, for the knife was in the act of descending, and to shoot might result in injury to the woman. “ ‘God Almighty tells me to kiil you.’ the crazy man said. “‘Stop?’ cried the negro policeman. ‘I’m God. and I command you to stop!’ “The knife fell from the hand of the insane man, as he turned his eyes to the sky from whence he supposed the voice had come. Before he learned how he had been tricked the policeman had handcuffs on him.”— Kansas City Star. New Use for a Farm. To have “grass dried linen” is one of the latest domestic extravagances. It has been handed along by word of mouth from one to another who appre ciate a good thing and there has been neither need nor inclination to cheap en it by advertising. It was the happy idea of a man who fell heir to one of those New England farms that you cannot rent, sell or give away. But the first view of the situation showed that his farm would bring him to speedy bankruptcy if he were to at tempt to run it agriculturally. It had plenty of water and broad, wind swept meadows, where the sun beat all day long. This gave him his idea. From a city friend he cajoled a lot of what housekeepers call the “big pieces” of the family wash. When the sheets and tablecloths and seviettes came home it was not so much that they were clean—that is elemental laundry work, though rarely attained —but they had the breath of country air and the smell of grass. From this beginning the trade has grown until that Massachusetts farm is paying bet ter than it ever did under a system of rotation of crops. Remedy for Heart Trouble. The Optimist, organ of the “Nolens Volens" colony at Jackson, prints a cut of the prison. In the dome of the main building is shown open win dows in the highest portion. The oc companying comment narrates that many years ago a prisoner attempted his liberty by means of a rope down which he was sliding when the cord parted and he fell, first to the roof of the central building, then, bounding from thence, hit the top of the cell block, where he acquired sufficient elasticity to land him on the ground. These unexpected incidents confused him and he was captured. Singularly the misfortune of his failure was not unmitigated. He had been so af flicted with heart disease as to be un able to lie down for months. The fall knocked it completely out of him and he was enabled thereafter to “sleep like a top.” The Optimist cheerfully invites the palpitating public to come and try the remedy.—Detroit Tribune. Applied Science. “Jeems!” bawled Farmer Geehaw on the day after his son returned from college. “Yes. governor.” “What's this newfangled business called that I hear you braggin’ so much about?" “Jiu jitsu.” “Ju jitsu, eh? Pretty husy thing, is It?” “That's what it is.” “Well. Jeems.” “What is it, governor?” “S’pose ye jest hustle out an’ see what ju jitsu’U do fer that air wood pile yander.”—Pittsburg Post. Capt. George W. Baird. Capt. George W. Baird, U. S. A, lately retired, aside from his excellent war record, is a scientist, writer and inventor of some nretentions.
