ft)' CHARLES MORRIS BUTLER.
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Copyright, 1905, by Charles Morris Butler.
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CHAPTER VII.
The Silk Robbery.
“Show Mr. Regan in'" said the bank
president. Regan was admitted. He
>« looked surprised to see Lang.
“What can I do for you?" asked the
banker.
“I had lost track of Mr. Smith.” re
plied the detective composedly.
“You are looking for Mr. Smith,
then?”
“I am keeping the young man in
view.”
“Why so?” asked the chief, and the
answer to the question gave Louis the
key to the situation.
“I am aware that Mr. Smith wms
to receive a large sum of money from
this bank, and it is my business to
keep him under my protection.” was
the bold reply.
“Then you are aware of the draft
being drawn?”
“Certainly!” was the decided an
swer. “An order from Jim Denver on
this bank for $10,000.”
“While not exactly afraid that the
rote was a forgery,” said the banker,
“we thought it best to send for Mr.
Denver!”
"That was not necessary.” replied
Regan, turning a little pale as the
possibility of having got himself into
an unnecessary scrape stared him in
the face: “I can vouch for Mr. Smith."
At one time Regan had been detailed
to service at the bank, so was well
known by its officers. Besides this.
Denver and Regan had often been
seen in the bank together when the
former had transacted business with
the bank.
“Very well, officer." said the presi
dent, relieved, and seeing a loophole
to let himself out. “I did feel as if
we should not pay it, Init in view of
the changed circumstances of the
case now. we will pay it.”
Both Regan and Lang breathed
easier. Regan was a designing, if not
a bold ra-cal. His assistance to Lang
was not given of his own accord. In
describing Lang to Golden, it was nec
essary to tell about Louis' scheme for
“raising" the $10,000 and Golden had
placed Regan on watch to guard
against failure, and possible treach
ery on Louis’ part. Knowing that
Louis’ failure would mean his own
ing. among them fourteen women and
four men bound for the extreme
northwest.”
But the four incidents narrated con
cerned the same people. On this emi
grant train were the perpetrators of
these crimes, as were also Jim Den
ver and several people of whom we
have very little knowledge, but who
will enter our story at a later period.
The particular car we have inter
est in, is occupied, as all emigrant
trains are, by a motley assortment of
people, twenty nationalities represent
ed sometimes: some of the men smok
ing. others drinking, others eating,
yet a few walking up and down the
aisles stretching their weary limbs,
while some were grouped conversing.
The group to which we call particular
attention to, occupies one half of one
side of a car—the fourteen women
and four men mentioned above.
The women of the Golden party
formed a motley group. There were
six large, strapping German women,
new arrivals in this country, who had
hired themselves out as farm domes
tics to. as they thought, as many dif
ferent farmers. Unknown to them
selves they were placing themselves
in the power of the secret society
represented by Golden.
Besides these innocent victims
there are eight women of unsavory
reputation who have deliberately sold
themselves in marrnage to as many
unknown male outcasts of society. A
hardened and depraved lot. yet inno
cent of their true destination. This
made up the gang who were on their
way to the convicts’ stronghold.
We will leave them speeding on
their way and introduce the readers
to a few important incidents being
enacted many hundreds of miles
away—things that we will be pleased
to understand more fully in order to
become thoroughly familiar with all
; things pertaining to the Convict Coun
! try.
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CHAPTFR VIII.
Introducing a Few Prominent Charac
ters.
‘‘You have made my life a hell! I
will make you suffer the tortures of
the damned when I am free!”
These words were spoken by Dr.
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Refuse!” hissed the man. “Refuse, and I brand you to the world for what
you are!”
with Golden, Repan had been forced
to extend a helping hand.
Without more ado the bills were
counted out and handed to Lang.
“I will give you a second to get a
little ahead of me. Mr. Smith,” said
Regan, motioning to Louis to take his
leave. “And I will follow behind you.”
In ten minutes, when the bank presi
dent thought of placing a “shadow”
or. the track of the two it was too
late, they were swallowed up among
the masses.
We will skip over the events of the
next twenty-four hours, and inform the
reader of a few things reported in the
evening papers the following day. First
there was a column and a half about
“A Detective Robbed.” A most sensa
tional description because the perpe
trators of the crime were known. The
life history of Lang and Regan was
given, filled with abuse against Regan
especially. The account ended up
with the usual stereotyped expression:
“The police hope to capture the pair
and are already on the trail, among
them Denver himself. Although the
villains have fully twenty-four hours’
start there can be no reasonable ex
cuse for the police to let them slip
through their fingers.” etc. But they
escaped.
It was never Denver's intention to
have this robbery get into the papers.
His idea was to honor the disputed
draft when returned to him in the
regular routine of business. But be
ing discovered, and having the check
prematurely thrust on him he was
forced to refute it for fear of spoiling
his game, so it w-as given to the pub
lic, and sometime afterward Denver
quietly reimbursed the institution.
The same paper had another notice
to this effect: “It is only known to a
few that Simeon Golden, convicted of
murder, succeeded in making his es
cape from Joliet—the second escape
only in the history of this institution.
It is almost a certainty that he is in
Chicago, or has been within the past
few hours. It is to be deplored that
this Scoundrel is at liberty,” etc.
And still another account. This was
the daring robbery of Johnson’s silk
store.
* * • • •
Jim Denver knew who robbed John
son's silk store, but it was not his
pleasure to meet the robbers. He
knew the passing of the forged check
and the robbery were but links in the
chain binding three desperate men to
gether. However, no ordinary reader
would surmise that the following had
anything to do with the preceding:
“The Chicago. Rocky Mountain &
Wahoo railway sent out another spe
cial car of emigrants early this morn
! Herman Schiller to Dr. James Hunt
ington. Dr. Huntington had been the
instrument of proving to twelve up
right and conscientious gentlemen sit
ting as a jury that Dr. Schiller had
been guilty of a criminal practice
which resulted in the death of a wom
an patient: For this crime Dr. Schil
ler had been sentenced to ten years
of prison life. It was after this sen
tence had been pronounced against
him that Schiller had made the above
quoted threat.
Dr. Huntington was the youngest of
three sons of Sir Karhu Huntington,
and consequently without reasonable
hope of ever succeeding to his father’s
estate and title. Two brothers stood
in his light by birthright and would
inherit at their majority, or death of
their father, large shares of property.
I But James, looked upon as an incum
brance, the unnecessary addition tb
an already large family, was given a
pittance and sent adrift. Two things
i stared him in the face, the army or a
profession. He chose the latter, and
after graduating from one of the most
prominent medical colleges in old
England, crossed the ocean and set
tled down to practice in a little coun
try town in Ohio. He was of too
sound timber to be kept down. The
fair goddess of Fortune smiled on
him. he became great as a man, the
highest title mankind can bestow on
man. He was twenty-five years of
age when he arrived in this country;
at thirty-five he was the possessor of
a practice which gave him an inde
pendent income; had married, and
was the father of a girl, at the time
of the threat, eight years of age.
Dr. Schiller was an entirely differ
ent kind of a man. He was skilled
beyond question; but there was some
thing about him which precluded con
fidence. He had been at sword's point
with Huntington from the first, and
the two had fought each other per
sistently, professionally, on every oc
casion. The climax was reached when
Huntington succeeded in winning the
affections of the very woman whom
Schiller had set his heart upon ob
taining for his wife.
For the crime spoken of, Schiller
had been sentenced to ten years of
prison life, but had been discharged
through good behavior, combined
with some influence, before his time
was finished. Revenge was upper
most in the disgraced doctor’s mind
all the time; he only lived for ven
geance.
One evening while standing before
the only drug store in the village,
smoking a cigar, our doctor was rec
ognized by an ex-convict. An organ
ized band of robbers had committed
depredation:* to such an alarming ex
tent in the neighborhood, that a vigil
ance committee had been organized to
preserve the peace and protect the vil
lage from devastation. The robbers
had been fired upon by the regulators
and one of the bandits had been
wounded. It was to obtain medical
aid that Pearson came to town#
“I have'called,” Sam said, ‘‘to re
quest your attendance upon a sick
comrade.”
The doctor invited his unwelcome
! visitor into his office. “Your com
rade. who is he?” he asked in an agi
tated voice.
“Well, you see he is one of the
‘boys’ who got plugged by the ‘vigs’
last night.”■
“And }ou ask me to attend him?”
“Who else, my dear doctor?” was
the satisfied reply.
“I refuse!” exclaimed the doctor,
hoping that he could bluff the man—
that he had not been recognized.
“Refuse!” hissed the man. “refuse,
and I brand you to the world for what
you are, a man who has ‘done
time!’ ”
The doctor bowed his head in
shame. The bolt from a clear sky
took every grain of fight from him.
“What guarantee have I, if I place
myself in your power, that you will
not expose me?”
“Oh, you will be left free, with your
‘spotless reputation' unsullied with the
taint of crime, if you do your part,
which is to save the life of the wound
ed man. Besides, you will be re
warded with money.”
It was not a hard matter to per
suade Dr. Schiller to acree to do the
work. Deeming himself helpless, he
put as gracious a face on the matter
as possible. “I accept,” he said.
“I thought you would, my dear doc
tor, when you came to your senses,”
said Pearson. According to instruc
tions. the doctor dressed for his jour
ney; taking his instrument case, he
was assisted to a seat in a farmer's
wagon already occupied by a driver
and a man by the name of Kyme.
The doctor was using his eyes, as
he thought, to good advantage. But
Pearson and Kyme were too old birds
to be caught in such a trap. Before
the team entered a forest through
which they had to drive. Kyme said
to his companion: “’Addent we bet
ter bind the hies of ’is nibs?”
“It will be as well.” replied Pearson,
taking his neckcloth trom his neck.
“We will have to bind you, Doc.”
“Why this precaution?” asked the
doctor. “You are not afraid that 1
will give away your haunts, are you?"
(To be continued.)
MOUNTAIN LION AND ELK.
Duel to the Death, the Huge Cat Prov
ing the Victor.
The lion quickly moved to the side
of the fleeing quarry, and taking him
on the shoulder and breast with his
forepaws, embedded his terrible teeth
in the throat of the elk. The elk gave
a stifled cry of pain and rage as he
attempted to trample the enemy
down. They were now coming uncom
fortably close. The elk had swayed
in his course and staggered from the
path. With one mighty effort he tried
to dislodge the lion by swinging his
head up and down and striking with
his fore feet, but his fate was sealed
As well might a rabbit expect to es
cape the eagle when once in its talons
as this monster elk to defeat his ter
rible foe.
The great beast staggered laterally
and fell, his shoulders bearing down
the lion’s haunches and hind legs,
causing it to relax its death grip to
pull itself from under the elk, which
made a rallying effort and regained its
feet. - Once more the lion succeeded
in fastening its teeth in the flesh of
the elk, this time on the top §f the
neck, and the elk made a last feeble
lurch forward and fell within ten feet
of me.
The elk seemed to fall forward
more from pain than from weight of
the foe; whereupon the lion doubled
itself up. resting both fore and hind
feet on the elk's neck on either side
of the lion's mouth, then the hind feet
were pressed against the neck, em
bedding the claws deep into the elk's
flesh, and, with a mighty effort the
great cat not only broke the neck, but
literally cut it half in two. The large,
white sinew of the neck was severed
by the lion's teeth and pulled loose
from the head.
The elk then rolled over on its side
and the lion began to. lap the blood
as it spurted from the great gap at
the top of the throat.
TEETH NOT BONES AT ALL.
They Are in Fact a Part of the Skin,
Says Professor Thompson.
Prof. E. Symes Thompson, Gresham
professor of medicine, in the course
of an address at the Polytechnic, Re
gent street. London, on “The Evolu
tion and Degeneration of the Teeth.”
remarked that while the bones of man
and animals had decayed greatly dur
ing the last 6,000 or 7.000 years, the
teeth had been preserved in a much
better condition.
Teeth were not part of bones, but
part of the skin—they were, in fact,
dermal appendages. Old people were
surprised to find that when the teeth
of ihe lower jaw departed there was
very little of the jaw left. This pro
duced what was called the nut cracker
physiognomy. Referring to the fact
that the crocodile had an animated
toothpick in the form a bird, which
removed foreign matter, the lecturer
enforced the lesson of the necessity
of attending carefully to the cleansing
of the teeth and recommended atten
tion to them at night as being more
important than in the morning.
Trains for Irish Trip.
Noting that in A speech at South
port Marshall Hall, M. P., had begun
by saying: “If I had two houses
equally good, and one was a little bet
ter than the other,” the Ixmdon
Standard remarks: “Mr. Hall leaves
for Ireland to-day.”
Resigned.
“I understand the old man has giv
en Blithers a week's notice, and is go
ing to fire him Saturday. He doesn't
seem to be worrying though.”
“Oh. no! I overheard him telling
seme of the other clerks that he’s re
signed.”—Detroit Tribune.
Young girl's frock of white mulle, i
embroidered in openwork eyelet fash
ion. The ski* opens at the bottom in
points over a deep Valenciennes
flounce.
Young girl's costume of cream color
ed Rajah silk, braided with scarlet
soutache in Greek key designs.
Matron’s costume of white crepe,
embroidered in black and topped by a
black lace coat.
In White Pique.
Pique is again in demand for white
suits, and also a cotton Sicilian, which
is especially pretty in colors. Both of
these fabrics are of the weight which
is better made either with a long coat
or the universal s»hort jacket rather
than a shirt waist. A tendency is
shown to get away from the kilt in
making these heavier weight skirts,
and a four-gored pattern with a seam
in front, finished with three graduated
bands at the bottom, is excellent. A
suit of white pique has the skirt made
iu this way with an extremely short
jacket bordered all round with heavy
insertion of Irish point. It was worn
over a white waist and finished with
two square tabs of black silk button
ing back over the fronts with large
white linen medallions,into which were
threaded touches of yellow embroid
ery. The wherefore of this touch of
black was the deep black silk girdle
which was effectively worn under the
jacket.
Rhubarb Cake is Good.
Stew a bunch of green rhubarb till
soft, then beat it smooth with a fork,
draining all the syrup away. Add to
the pulp the juice of two lemons, grat
ed rind of one orange, grated rind of
one lemon, a little nutmeg, sugar to
taste and three well beaten eggs.
Have a pie plate lined with good pas
try, pour in the mixture. Bake in a
moderate oven for three-quarters of
an hour. Cool and put some whipped
and sweetened cream through a forc
ing bag on the top.
Walking Costume of Striped Wool.
The skirt is made with bias
breadths in front and back, which
form inverted plaits. It is finished at
the bottom with two bias-shaped ruf
fles, or bands of the material.
The half-fitted jacket has a yoke of
the material and the fronts are turned
back to form revers. The turn-over
collar and cuffs are of white pique, em
broidered.
Apple Trifle.
Pare, core and stew with sugar afcd
lemon peel, two pounds of apples, and
cook till quite soft. Cut some sponge
cakes in slices aud arrange them in a
pie dish.
Then spread a layer of the apple ;
mixture, inure sponge cake and so on j
till all is used tip. Make a pint of thick j
custard aud pour ever the trifle.
Beat up the white of an egg till stiff
and pile onto the custard, and lightly
brown in the oven. Place a pie collar
around the dish when serving.
This sweet is equally good hot or
cold.
Wash Materials.
The wash materials are unusually
attractive this year and the multitude
of diaphanous stuffs are not intended j
for tubbing is a.triumph for the de- j
signers and manufacturers. Batiste is
a special favorite and one gown is a
dainty white frock in this material,
lined with a light banana yellow, or.
rather worn over a slip of banana i
yellow dull finish silk, veiled in silk :
mousseline of the same shade. The
bodice has a surplice front made of
two embroidered batiste ruffles and a
band of embroidered insertion runs i
from neck to bust line. The elbow
sleeves are finished with a double
flounce matching those on waist.
With this costume is worn a deep
girdle in messaline ribbon of three
shades of yellow and three shades of
light green, toning in harmoniously
with the yellow.
Wear Raincoats.
It is seldom that any one style of
wrap has become so extremely popu
lar as the loose,rain coat of blue silk
that so many wear this spring. One
woman has a wonderfully voluminous
one she always wears with a costume
of dull blue cloth and a hat to match.
A north side matrou wears one while
in her automobile or driving, of dark
blue rainproof satin, with a little blue
hat to harmonize with the coat. That
hat, by the way. gave the distinguish
ing touch to a costume that otherwise
I might have been thoroughly common
place. The brim was turned up at one
side, and just under this there nestle**
a bunch of bright pink roses that
were put there by some one who
knew what was just the right thing.
Some Pretty Conceits.
Mousseline de coie is one of the
most beautiful of fabrics. An exquis
ite model of pink mousseline de soie
has a skirt trimmed with puffs headed
with rows of slightly ruffled satin rib
bon. There is u Louis XV. habit of
Irish lace embroidered heavily in
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shades of pink, and about the neck is
a chain of pink velvet ribbon knotted
j on the bias with several loops. These
lace coats will be much worn during
the coming season. In fact, Irish lace
will continue to be fashionable and it
will be much employed for trimming.
Delicate Valenciennes lace is equally
prominent, and there will be a great
deal of white cotton embroidery used
to trim white or cashmere frocks.
Modistes have found that English em
broidery is effectively used as a trim
ming on all woolen stuffs.
For the Younger Members.
The point de’esprit gowns are pret
ty when trimmed with the white satin
baby ribbon, but these do not launder
quite as well as do the lawns, dimities
and other wash materials. Some of
the dimities and organdies make $he
sweetest of summer frocks for young
girls and misses. One, in a lacy blue
dimity, is made with a gathered skirt
which is full about the bottom and
shows three broad tucks above the
hem. The baby waist is shirred into
the belt and has a shallow yoke of
fine white embroidery in a very open
pattern. The sleeves are elbow length
and are quite full, ending in dimity
ruffles edged with lace.
Chic Effects are Done in Linen.
All colors are more or less fashion
able in linen, .and the new shades in
blue, pink and lavender are all in great
demand. In these three colors all
tones are effective, from the palest to
the most vivid and decided; but the
more unusual the shade the better.
Very effective are the real and also
the imitation lace jackets, both long
and short, which are worn with linen
gowns as well as with more elaborate
costumes. If possible the dress should
be trimmed with lace to match the
coat, but this is not really necessary,
and the one jacket may be worn with
a variety of gowns.
There is no definite style for this
lace coat, for the bolero, although not
so expensive as the Louis XVI., is al
most as desirable. Any costume would
be effective if adorned with a real lac*
coat, but the gown itself should be
in keeping with so rare and expen
sive a garment.
Deviled Tomatoes.
Deviled tomatoes are broiled quick
ly. Slice the tomatoes in thick slices,
leaving the skin on to hold them to
gether. Heat and grease the broiler,
lay on the tomatoes well salted and i
peppered. Arrange on a dish, and
pour over them a sauce made by heat- j
ing together two tablespoonfuls of |
olive oil, saltspoon of made mustard, '
a dash of cayenne, half a teaspoonful
of sugar and three tablespoonfuls of
vinegar.
Simplified Mayonnaise.
The old. laborious drop by drop pro
cess of making mayonnaise dressing j
has been superseded by the method I
described below, ft will be a boon to i
lovers of salad. In a bowl mix one- !
half teaspoonful of saiL. a dash of pap
rika and the raw yolks of two fresh
eggs; then beat in two tablespoonfuls
each of vinegar and lemon juice; add
about one and one-half cupfuls of
olive oil, one teaspoonful or more at
a time, heating it in with an egg beat
er. By adding all the acid before the
oil and using a good egg beater the
danger of curdling is eliminated and
the oil can be added in generous
quantities from the start.—Woman's
Home Companion.
Meat and Potato Pie.
Cut the meat into small pieces, re
moving the fat. and put in a baking
dish. To two pounds of meat add a
cup of stock or pot liquor. Cut one
onion or two eschalots in slices, fry a
light brown and mix with the meat;
add salt and pepper to taste. Boil
two pounds of potatoes, wash them,
adding two ounces of butter and a cup
of milk, salt to taste, and the beaten
yolk of an egg. Cover the meat with
this potato paste, raising the crust
above the edge of the dish. Mark the
surface across diamond shape with
back of knife, or score with a large
fork or skewer. Put dish in the oven
and let the crust bake a nice brown,
then serve.
The Polo Turbans.
Milliners look with displeasure upon
the dinky polo hats that most women
are wearing this spring, because they
are so simple and easy to make. Al
most any woman who can handle a
needle can make one for herself at an
actual expense of 50 cents. But by the
time this is discovered the wily arbnt
ers of fashion w ill have invented some
new atrocity in headgear and thus be
avenged.
Pretty Idea for House Wear.
An attractive morning gown and one
which can be slipped into at a mo
ment's notice is shown in the accom
panying sketch. Flowered challis, al
batross, flannelette or dimity are all
inexpensive and well suited for a gar
ment of this description, as they fall
in soft- clinging folds and bring out
every graceful line. Rows of black
velvet trim the yoke, collar and cuffs,
giving a needed tone to the otherwise
plain gown. If one desires, a Dutch
round neck and three-quarter length
sleeves may be used.
Pretty Effect in Bedspread.
Among the new bed covers of linen
are seen beautiful effects in lace in
serts and borders. One particularly
handsome desigu was hemstitched to
a depth of leu inches aud six-inch
Cltiny insertion was then used as a
border upon the hem. The linen was
cut away beneath and the effect was
very rich and graceful.
Banana Pudding.
Slice three bananas into a buttered
pie dish, sprinkle with sugar, and pour
over a batter made with one-half
pound of flour, one egg and rather
more than half a pint of water. Place
a few pieces of butter on top and bake
to a golden brown in a hot oven for
three-quarters of an hour. Sprinkle
with sugar and serve hot.
Picturesque Cape Arrives.
Among little summer wraps, none
are more popular than the cape which
is springing up in ail sorts of fantas
tic little shapes.
, A pretty shawl-shaped cape, cut so
that the points come to the top of the
girdle at the front and nearly to the
elbows, over the arms, is of pale tap
estry blue cloth. Its only decoration
is a velvet collar worked in Watteau
pattern and colors and long tassels at
each corner. These little cloth capes
are made to match silk gowns. Silk
capes are also worn with cloth gown*.
ALL DONE OUT,
Veteran Joshua Heller, of 706 South
Walnut Street, Urimna, 111., say6: “In
the fall of 1899 after taking Doan's
tvianey rms 1 torn
the readers of this
paper that they had
relieved me of kid
ney trouble, dis
posed of a lame
back with pain
tcross my loins and
beneath the shoul
der blades. During
the interval which
has elapsed I have
had occasion to re
sort to Doan's Kid
ney Pills when I
noticed warnings of
an attack. On each
and every occasion the results ob
tained were just as satisfactory as
when the pills were first brought to
my notice. I just as emphatically en
dorse the preparation to-day as I did
over two years ago.”
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
proprietors. Pt>r sale by all druggists,
price 50 cents per box.
QUIT—
Saying that fate is against you.
Finding fault with the weather.
Anticipating evils in the future.
Pretending, and be your real-self.
Going around with a gloomy face.
Faultfinding, nagging and worrying.
Talking big things and doing small
ones.
Taking offense where none is in
tended.
Dwelling on fancied slights and
wrongs.
Boasting of what you can do instead
of doing it.
Scolding and flying into a passion
over trifles.
Thinking that life is a grind and
not worth living.
Talking continually about yourself
and your affairs.
Exaggerating, and making moun
tains out of molehills.
Pitying yourself and bemoaning
your lack of opportunities.
Depreciating yourself and in making
light of your abilities.
Saving unkind things about ac
quaintances and friends.
Lamenting the past, holding on to
disagreeable experiences.
Comparing yourself with others to
your own disadvantage.
Work once in a while and take tima
to renew your energies.
Waiting round for chances to turn
up. Go and turn them up.—Orison
Swett Marden in “Success Maga
zine.”
BY THE GENTLE CYNIC.
The fellow who marries for money
sometimes buys a gold brick
The fools are not all dead. In fact
a lot of them haven’t been born
Joy cometh in the morning—unless
you’ve been making a night of it.
It’s a mistake to marry too young,
out it’s a mistake that isn’t repeated.
A woman is never quite happy with
a man who refuses to argue with her.
Many an unsuccessful man would
rather preserve his dignity than hus
tle.
It is better to have too little conH
dence in yourself than too much in
others.
To indulge in the things we can't
afford is the average man’s idea of
pleasure.
VAGARIES.
It’s hard to tell which is the most
exciting—a country “literary” or a
game of indoor baseball.
I? there is one time more than an
other w’hen we long to do bodily in
jury it is when we hear a little 12
year-old snip speak of love,
i It’s pretty hard for the rock-ribbed
old Democrat who named his son after
Andy Jackson, to see the younsr fel
low walk up and vote the Republican
ticket.
Competition is the life of trade, but
thfe lack of it hasn't caused the de
mise of Rockefeller's oil trade.—De
troit Tribune.
FOOD IN SERMONS.
Feed the Dominie Right and the Ser
mons are Brilliant.
A conscientious, hard-working and
eminently successful clergyman
writes: "I am glad to bear testimony
to the pleasure and increased meas
ure of efficiency and health that have
come to me from adopting Grape-Nuta
food as one of my articles of diet.
“For several years 1 was much dis
tressed during the early part of each
day Dy indigestion. My breakfast,
usually, consisting of oatmeal, milk
and eggs, seemed to turn sour and
failed to digest. After dinner the
headache and other symptoms follow
ing the breakfast would wear away,
only to return, however, next morn
ing.
“Having heard of Grape-Nuts food,
I finally concluded to give it a fair
trial. I quit the use of oatmeal and
eggs, and made my breakfasts of
Grape-Nuts, cream, toast and Postum.
The result was surprising in improv
ed health and total absence of the
distress that had, for so long a time,
followed the morning meak My diges
tion became once more satisfactory,
the headaches ceased, and the old
feeling of energy returned. Since that
time, four years ago, I have alwrays'
had Grape Nuts food on my breakfast
table.
“I was delighted to find also, that
whereas before I began to use Grape
Nuts food I was quite nervous and be
came easily w'earied in the work of
preparing sermons and in study, a
marked improvement in this respect
resulted from the change in my diet.
I am convinced that Grape-Nuts food
produced this result and helped me
to a sturdy condition of mental and
physical strength.
“I have known of several persons
who were formerly troublad as I was,
and who have been helped as I have
been, by the use of Grape-Nuts food,
on my recommendation, among whom
may be mentioned the Rev. -—,
now a missionary to China." Name
given by Postum Company, Battle
Creek, Mich.
“There’s a reason."
Read tho little hook, “The Road to
Wellville,” in each pkg. '