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T-jfi bat Chats' mr er'-o la weal f!o
S ffao last <» ,» tla *a|aa tl.a
Ibes* r«o#i ts ima.rt for a.ufilrf
ra*taa«A ta:l aa la taffn Ida aetv
laafai uon tSlarbslo a aa the
auto blwiaMt. Coast be
ffao hot Riaei.olorA has aorrlil
KatWeist TaaKif uf fled Coast pur
'Rasas a ywrbf aad arhMi aatBr.g area a
tmmm throws tram a 0slant host lie fra
' Oao II* (a-tlaaW W*a ta rafoil AppleraM
TW» arm* at a loorta island. (mown aa
*• Maa s Uat Coast aarta out to es
f^"»r the Pis-* an I .-teaas upon some
hoiiit hciMl.nca Ha thrmm a man
*>I4 cUai 'anSr* and irwuaHi
••» a !.*«joa ho iwa Kaltanw TI'IVIt
whs nplatna that hor hu* ■
sons «.f Hart lai lougM the latarot
It* is >-1ln« a wif-has oprraior 4!.t1 has
• uaif.a Comm* Intoro-a l»» that
.rdered Van Toil I'naa*
a sad anew I’llumn
■ on Tart lira at lisi. hut lie
to anriat hr Aps«tr>ard. who (ria Mm
*o Ihr K *o If ml •». at.t ft"ra* ho fr
«ah that to- • a ~ -m onlof man
•at bars wax t.lna the . rood on
• hr MMa* a-iato.-’ Jt that a-r -*-tmlr.ata.
Cawat * a a tisao > fhttwua I Hr i rfirm
Hr Isa a te*d and to -1etec*.-med
Is ao-r Ktflwr.rr Ap;*-*,’-.rl talln «i
sat tS.arS and I > cans mala a abb-id
«d I ha s rras Mr .-a to natu a a air.r.a
Chad hussrw tVaat prWetiaieS to tt-a
■Mr 4 Hartssl'i dlx-ln Kath*rl*«r
CHAMTCH X:ilr—(Cant'oued.)
Pa»tf" Hb.kllork |gu~ued
bai-sbi/ No. h* wan t mind." be re
plied trade. 'Pb«h'i grme wl-eady.
»> tod i HtUt (tilUt cut and be took
<oe of my rowboats—'he only rowboat
wad ta(t without ao much* bt reur
laore; rowed across to the Vineyard.
I guesa la the foe. too—the poor
loot Sam him right if he got car
rtod oat to *ea and was never beird
of again—the hound'"
Aad aull Katherine* expression
celaced ao iadU-a’Ion that sba under
"You dua‘1 seen to like Power
■Mi ’b.' Coast suggested uneasily.
No I dido t like the dog " be Mid.
tc."hsuflac a dnnk with the umc un
canny arenracy. hit prutclnent and
*ightW* eyes sretaiag to watch the
liquor mount la lb- glass. “He was
a anrly devil a 1th a denl'a temper
Owe at my rerraat* Chinese are the
ooty kind we keep In a place tike tkls
—tried to prereat him from taking 'be
tot. aad Power turned on him and
baar*y braised the poor feiiow with
a rock Y» missed him and after a
i"hg reareh found him insensible
cowa aa the teach. He's be -n oat of
bis bead ever stare—delirious Von
■if hear him durlas 'he nigh; Hope
he wont keep you awake"
Ho set down aa empty slat*
It takes a deal <o keep me awake
whea toy mime s prt on s!-ep.' Coast
evaded “fa; sorry about Power's
atttoirtsg ’bough."
“Wo*, profit by his example. ssd
don't tu.i ta matter* that dun t cun
area you—here, a' any rate," salt!
Clark*'orb lauVitly. “Ka;eV
~Camiag ~ Th* woman reappeared
"I emdda t find Jour cane." sbe said,
aa ahe crossed to the man A gi-ara
of white, a slip of white paper be
tween the Bn i'—s of her left band
rwughi Coast's sti'nlloa. He sought
her eyes and found 'hf-nt meaning: ui
With a word of grudging acknowl
edgment Hlaeiutock took hi* It a i and
stick “Con.* along. Ilsedjside We
wua'i Mi i light: light hasn't auf
tueoatng to iha bitnd. You knew my
sight was tow didn't youT*
X»ae would hardly suspect it."
Co»M uok ap bit soa'weater aad fol
lowed the maa to the d^or. The rustle
«d the soama > gowa told him that
»ba was near lehlnd him
th. I Swd my way about. I know
rbla rheeaeboi of an island like the
palm td my hand It'# no worse than
navigating your own room In tto
dark "
' Allow me . . .“ Coast turned
•Or mob aad <,t>enr<i the door. Black
•to^h l«t his head to the roaring
wtmA a 3d shouldered out against It*
force
* hand touched Coeat *; the slip ot
petr-r passed taio his palm Kor a
**»r> l—taet ho looked into <h* e>«*
of fho noma a he loved—'coked and
read their meaaag*- of pleading and
despair The* with a sadly negative
shah* of hi* head be followed her ha*
haatd out into the wind whipped dark
ness. pulling the door to behind him.
Thadr aho aider* too chid aa they
trull pod j9 The unavoidable contact
turned Coast atrk with hatred and
leathteg Yet he held himself strong
Ig Hi head, crumpling Her only that tiny
clip of paper la hi* |>llnj with a
atraage aeaae of oonfldearo. aa It were
a guerdon of eventual aacoeaa.
She had ae« denounced him lie
weald sate her. he would sa.• her.
CHAPTER XIV.
here. IU
Vtourh;* give you any
i> side .
message
tor
ll.a« a*: oik stood with bu back to
•he at owe la the farmhouse ktich-a:
baads la pocket*, hi* heavy shoulder*
****ed he swayed all but Imperceptibly
wa the tails of bis feet In the dull
saSroo fllumtaatiea of two common
koroaeae lamps he loomed hugely ta
*ho ru,om oeerahsdowiag aad dwarf
tag the two mute placid Chinese who
pattored about, preparing a meal —
havlag been routed out of bed tor that
CoaoL tilting back in a kitchen
r*»*r oa the tar aide of the table from
Illsrk■ toe*. caasdderv-d quickly aad
Med deliberately aad wholeheartedly,
with full knowledge of the conse
t—r*a of a misstep Sooner or later
the unmasking was hound to oome.
whether he wtB It or no. He was not
eager (or A yet but prepared against
N at aay data. . . . Sooner or
later that mart would fall from bis
was on the knees of the gods. The
sense of fatality was strong upon his
soul.
There wasn't time.” he said. "1
was off-duty and they rounded me tip
just in time to catch the midnight
train *'
"And Voorhis sent no word?" Black
>'ock demanded incredulously.
Tie said you'd be advised by wire
less.
“No more than that?”
"Only I'd find this job after my own
heart, to do as 1 was told and mind
my own business and see nothing ex
cept what you shoved under my nose;
it would be worth my while, and he
knew he could de|*end on me. I guess
he did. too. I guess he knows wnat
kind of a man you Deed, Mr. Black,
and Mr. Voorhis isn't the sort to pick
an operator out of the grab-bag for a
special purpo.-e Isn't that so?”
“If I know Voorhis, it is.” Black
itock rocked back and forth on his
feet, pursing his full, loose-lipped
mouth. “1 can tell more about you
in the morning." he said: “we'll have
a taik and come to an understanding.”
"Why not now?"
Morning will do." said Blackstock
decidedly.
Kor some minutes Blackstock did
rot speak, feast glanced up at him,
and as If he were aware of that fact
stolidly incurious as to himself, to all
appearances; from the upper floor
came reiterations of the high-pitched
and querulous accents of the wounded
man—a sound to which he had be'
come accustomed since Biackstock
had left him. He felt, consequently, j
fairly safe 9
Producing the scrap of paper, he |
stealthily smoothed it out across bis
knee. It bore a single sentence hur- !
riedly and lightly in. pencil:
“Neither your life nor mine is safe
if you persist.~
Very thoughtfully he twisted the pa
per into a little spill, lighted It over
the chimney of one of the lamps, ap
plied the flame to the tobacco in his
pipe, then held it while it burned.
Precisely what was one to under
stand from that message? That Kath
erine had awakened to the truth re
garding the killing of Van Tuyl—or
merely that she mistrusted Black
stock’s temper, should he by any
chance be led to suspect Coast’s true
identity? That she knew the truth
about Power? Or that through some
subtle process of feminine intuition
she had divined that Biackstock was
not wholly hoodwinked by the at
tempted lmpersonification of Handy
side. and would, were his doubts con-,
firmed, seek to punish her as well as
the impostor for keeping silence?
She had not had time to write more.
The spill burned down until its tiny
flame flickered blue and expired with
in a fraction of an inch of his finger
tips. He pinched out the spark, and
dropped the unconsumed fragment
back into his pocket in a ridiculous
extravagance of precaution. As be
did so he became conscious of a
shadow bulking large In a corner of
bis field of vision, and he looked up
suddenly, startled to discover Black
Leady Vely Soon.'
the R_aa ebook himself out of what
bad seemed profound abstraction.
“Hot about Mr. Ilandyside's sup
per. John?” he asked.
“I^esdy vely soon." replied one of
'he Chinese meekly.
"Hurry U up. then: he's tired. . . .
Guess Cl) step upstairs and have a
look at Chang." said Blackstock.
That’s the fellow Power knocked
out. you know," he added superfluous
ly as he left the room, moving lightly
with qt.ick steps noiseless in his rub
tenoled shoes.
Left alone. Coast fell to the rood
which one of the Chinamen presently
set before him. Although up to that
•Ime excitement had numbed him to
the (act. he bad tasted nothing since
mid-day, and was now excessively hun
gry. The meal, plain but well-cooked,
proved a great relief from the some
what monotonous diet of bacon and
eggs to which he bad been restricted
since the previous morning. He took
nls time over it. however, and toward
'he conclusion began to wonder wbat
Blackstock found to keep him so long
above-stain.
The dishes were removed and the
Chinamen set about washing up. chat
tering to one another in low, expres
sionless tones. Still Blackstock did
not come down. Coast lighted bis
pipe. His thoughts reverting to
| Katherine, in natural course swung
i back to the slip of paper reposing at
| 'he bottom of bis pocket.
He looked cautiously round; the serv
ants were Intent upon their work,
i
stock almost at his elbow. With such
catlike lightness and silence the (el
low moved!
Coast pushed back his chair from
the table, as If to arise, but Black
stock dropped a hand compellingly
upon his shoulder and held It there.
"No.” he said; "don’t get up; you’re
tired. I’m off—just stopped to say
good night. Guess you'll find your
room comfortable—if Chang doesn't
keep you awake with his jabbering.”
“I say, Mr. Black.” Coast could not
refrain from asking, “how the dickens
do you manage to get about with such
sureness?” The inquiry was natural;
his curiosity was piqued; the thing
was not natural. He tried to bring
himself back Into character. “I don't
mean to be fresh, but you’re a won
der.”
A curious smile dawned on the face
lowering over him—a smile of the fea
tures only; nothing remarkable, per
haps. since the eyes were dead.
"Habit.” said Blackstock; “habit and
training assisted by a strong feeling
for’ direction. I guess I'm something
ilke the guy in that book by the man
who wrote Trilby—d'you remember?
—the fellow that could feel the north
—turn to it blindfolded? Sort of hu
man compass. . . . Well, that’s
me. Tell me where I am. and so long
as 1 know the ground. I’ll find my
way. For instance. I'm going back
to the bungalow now—alone. For that
matter, I came practically alone; my
wife tells me the night's black as a
slack of cats.”
•TO BK CONTINUED.)
What True Education Is
I
i
Rev. Charles M. Sheldon’s Idea of
the Right Development of the
Human Mind.
What Is an education? It Is (he
right development, in the right direc
tion. all the time, of the whole being,
tor the purpose or giving one as much
life as possible for himself, and te
share with others.
This means that the whole person
most be taken into account Educa
tion means more than a one-sided de
velopment of one talent or ability. It
means symmetrical and many-sided
, growth. The reason why there are
: not more interesting people In the
| world ia because so many people are
content with a one-sided development
They are willing to be musicians and
nothing hut musicians. They are
willing to be newspaper men and noth
ing bet newspaper men. They are
K
willing to be lawyers and nothing but
lawyers; teachers and nothing but ;
teachers; ministers and nothing but 1
ministers. And so their range of’ |
thinking, of conversation, and of ac
tion la limited. True education takes
into account a whole being, with many
different possibilities—a life which
has in It the elements of surprise and
an eagerness to know everything
which can be known about a very
great world In order to sympathise
with and enter Into the thought, ao
far as poeaible, of all sorts and con
ditions of men.—Rev. Charles IL Shel
don In the Christian Herald.
Leisure Never tor the Lazy.
Leisure is time for doing something
useful; this leisure the diligent naa
will obtain, but the lazy man nevec.—
Benjamin Franklin.
SHUSTER HONORED BY PERSIAN CONSUL GENERAL
DESPITE the fact mat the Persian government expelled him at the demand ot Russia, Morgan Shuster, late
treasurer general of the shah’s country, was received officially by the Persian consul general at New York
on his arrival. Our photograph shows Mr. Shuster and his wife and children seated with the consul general.
WILL RAZE MARKET
Noted New York Structure to Be
Demolished.
Building Known as Fulton Trading
Post Which Linked Modern Goth
am to Peter Stuyvesant’s Days
Fails to Pay.
New York.—Tottering under its
weight of ninety years and showing
the ugly scars of a recent fire, Fulton
market, the historic, the picturesque,
the malodorous, is about to fall. The
ruthless hand of progress, personified
In a wrecking crew, working under or
ders of the municipal authorities, will
begin tearing down the old yellow
building in the block bounded by Ful
ton, South, Beckman and Front streets
some time during the coming spring
or summer.
Thrice condemned is the old struc
ture, with memories woven around it
that link the present New York, with
its rustle and bustle, its subway and
cloud touching structures of stone
and steel, to the days of Peter Stuy
vesant. For it was that stubborn old
Dutchman, who. Sept. 12. 1656, as gov
ernor of New Amsterdam, decreed
that “Saturday shall be the market
day, and the market shall be held at
the strand, at or around the house of
Hans Kierstede. where, after him. ev
ery one shall be permitted to enter
that has anything to buy or sell."
In 1675 the market moved to the
Custom House Bridge Market house,
farther up the East river and near to
Maiden Lane. It became generally
known as the Fly market, from the
Dutch “V’Lie,” for valley, which name
stuck to Fulton market long after its
erection.
Perhaps the housewife of today with
a turn for economics would like to
know what the quaint Dutch vrous
paid for their household supplies in
those early times, when bears roamed
over Manhattan island not far north
of the present city hall, and lambs
bleated in the meadows around Wall
street. Well, pork was 3 pence a
pound; beef. 2 pence; butter. 6 pence;
beer, 2 pence a mug. Lodging was 2
pence a night meals 6 pence and
board by the week 5 shillings. But
then it must be remembered that la
bor brought only 2 shillings 6 pence a
day.
For over a century the market re
mained, cleaned out occasionally by
vagrants designated by the courts for
the purpose. But the agitation that
brought about the abandonment and
razing of the old Fly market began in
the early part of the last century,
much after she fashion of the agita
tion that started against its successor.
Fulton market.
The department of health condemn
ed it aa insanitary. Finally, on Jan.
22. 1821, the market was torn down.
The merchants scattered to other
parts of the city, some going to Spring
Street market and others to Center
Street market and a part of them to
Old Slip market, until the new market
was built at the foot of Fulton street.
This was'finished toward the end of
the year and the aldermen compris
Ing the market committee recommend
ed that the stands In the new market,
which were to be occupied almost ex
clusively by butchers, be auctioned
off at a minimum rental of $100 a
year. The butchers organized and de
cided to boycott the market, thus hop
ing to keep it idle until their demands
for a lower rental were granted. But
the city authorities determined upon
Ignoring the butchers and on Dec. 13,
1821, James Bleeker began to auction
off the stalls.
Though established as a market for
the express purpose of "supplying the
common people with the necessaries
of life at reasonable prices." old Pul
ton market long before the civil war
began to assume its present wholesale
characteristics. Not in decades have
thrifty housewives gone to the slip
across from the market proper, where
the fishing smacks come in. to pur
chase fish cheaply as is still done at
old “T” wharf in Boston. And with
the going out of fashion of the vari
colored shawls. New York women
have ceased to go marketing with a
basket on one arm. or. without one.
for that matter, and this decadence,
with the progress in rapid transit tak
ing its one time customers out to the
suburbs, has been responsible in no
small measure for the gradual de
parture of Pulton market from its orig
inal standards.
Because its maintenance costs the
city an annual loss of over $2,000, and
the controller has condemned the
building, and largely because it has
been declared insanitary by the health
department, the borough president i
condemns it. So Fulton market must |
ATTENDS FEAST BY PHONE
Man III in Kansas City Hears Speech
Accompanying Gift of Loving Cup
at Leavenworth, Kan.
Leavenworth, Kan.—S. N. Spotts.
who is ill at Kansas City, Mo., heard
over the long-distance telephone
speeches given here at the banquet of
the Southwest District of Associated
Advertising clubs. Mr. Spotts Is pres
ident of the district. The telephone
company connected an instrument at
Mr. Spotts’ bedside with three receiv
ers on the speakers’ table in the ban- j
quet room. The ad. men were to have
presented to him a silver loving cup.
He heard the presentation speech over |
the telephone. ,
Must Remain Single.
Wilkesbarre, Pa.—According to the
will of William P. Morgan, a wealthy
real estate dealer, his daughters
Ruth and Tacie. must remain unmar
ried all their lives to participate in the
estate.
Misunderstood.
"Does she come of an old family?’’ ,
“I don’t think so. Her mother ad- I
mits to being only thirty-five.”
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Few Cottages In England
- *---__
Lack of Homes for Rising Generation
Serious Problem for British—
Couples Wait Years.
London.—'The Chelmsford laborer
who was forced into a workhouse be
cause there is no cottage procurable
is no isolated victim of the dearth of
rural houses. x It is quite a common
thing in the country for marriages to
be postponed for years solely owing to
want of houses.
Close to Dunrcow is a notorious
marriageless district, and in spite of
a number of would-be village bene
dicts. In a number of Huntingdon
shire villages engagements of ten and
fifteen years’ duration are common.
The couples either wait Indefinitely
till a cottage is available or migrate to
the towns or emigrate. An observant
motorist through the eastern midlands
could soon reckon up a hundred van
ished homesteads still traceable by
either ruins or rectangular founda
tions covered by the work of worms
and moles.
Only wealthy landlords can afford
to build cottages; the duke of Bed
ford, In Cambridgeshire; the duke of
Buccleugh, In parts of Northampton
and Huntington; the university col
leges, and. best of all. the ecclesiastic
al commissioners have built many
good cottages for moderate rents; and
have dmie It In spite of financial loss.
Some smaller land owners have done
their best to erect cheap cottages.
The only solution of the great na
tional question Is the cheap cottage.
A member of a leading firm of build
ers said to a representative of this {
journal that If cottages were stand
ardized could easily build £120
•ottages by means of concrete slabs,
Irot absolute standardization would be
necessary. Comfortable cottages have
recently been built in some of the
new Intensive gardens for £80. With
these French gardeners are delighted,
but the English workmen will not ac
cept a home of wood and corrugated
iron.
GETS TIPS; HAS AN AllTC,
Minneapolis Negro Hotel Waiter Gives
Illuminating Testimony
In Court
Minneapolis. Minn.—Benefits of the
tipping system—with reference to the
receiver—came to light in the munici
pal court here, with the testimony of
George Smith, a negro waiter at a
hotel, that another man. being tried cn
the charge of vagrancy, was an ex
pert mechanician and had operated
his automobile for him.
^ es, sir, said Smith, “I own a six
passenger. $1,800 car. and I haven't
been anything but a waiter for the
last 23 years. My salary is only $23
a month and now and then I am tipped
a dime or two. so the money for that
machine came only after years and
years of savin' up."
Smith declares that there is only
one ambition left in life for him, and
that is to take bis wife, Julia, in the
car to his old home near Norfolk. Va..
and, throwing open the muffler, go
“down the pike" at the rate of 60
miles an hour.
Taft Letter Aid in India
How Richmond Lawyer Practically
Saw Durbar aa King George’s
Guest
New York.—Jonathan Bryan, a
Richmond lawyer, who ta In New York
at the conclusion of a trip around the
world which began last July, attended
the Delhi durbar practically as the
guest of King George, owing to the
magic influence of a letter from Pres
ident Taft which he carried. Mr.
Bryan told of the incident on his ar
rival here. He said:
"Mrs. Bryan and I were anxious to
witness the durbar ceremonies, but
as we neared India we found that no
amount of money could obtain accom
modations. 1 had about abandoned
the idea when 1 thought of my letter
from President Taft, which was in
the nature of a general note of intro
duction and a part of the various cre
dentials which 1 carried.
”1 forwarded the Taft note to the
secretary of the durbar and was
amazed on reaching Calcutta to dls
s-.
cover an answer in the sbape of a
special train reserved for Mr. and
Mrs. Bryan. We were conveyed to
the durbar in state and seats were as
signed to us on the gold and purple
car;»et within 1W feet or the king and
queen. We witnessed and heard the
whole ceremony and then were con
ducted back to Calcutta in the same
special train. No greater favors could
have been ahown to us than were won
by President Taft's letter."
RED NECK BAND FOR MONKEY
8tarted by Susie With Sore Throat,
Keepers New 8upply
All.
New York.—No society circle was
ever more exclusive than the one re
cently formed among the chimpanzee
and orang-outang families in the New
York Zoological park. It Is known as
the Society of Red Flannel and num
bers only nine members. Its badge is
a red flannel band about the throat
and, although It gives one the appear
ance of suffering, each member of this
set glories in wearing one.
Susie, the chimpanzee with a col
lege education, who has traveled all
ever the continent, was troubled with
tonsiiitis a few days ago. She was
unable to swallow her food, and in
an effort to relieve her pain Fred
Knglebolme. the keeper, ripped up a
portion of his red flannel shirt and
after saturating it with a healing oil
wrapped it about her neck.
Susie immediately became an ob
ject of great interest to the other in
mates of the “Primate House." As
she strutted around the other mon
keys set up a chattering and screech
ing that brought both Englebolme
and his assistant, “Dick" Spicer,
running to ascertain the trouble. Even
B&ldy. who Is the most mild mannered
“chimp" in the park and who is the
recognized leader of the monkey fam
ily, pounded the bars of his cage and
showed plainly that he wia troubled.
To restore peace to the once happy
family the keepers ripped the rest of
the red shirt in bandages
HrS MODESTY OF HIGH ORDER
Tinker, ef Course, Lowed His Neighbor
as Himself, but That Wasn’t
Too Much.
Lord T&nkerville. who is sending
his son to an American school, said
the other day in New Tork:
"There are too many Englishmen—
and English boys as well—who de
velop, in the presence of a lerd, a
painful and unnatural modesty. Their
modesty reminds me of a village tin
ker.
“This tinker had a rather crusty
disposition, and his pastor said to him
one day:
“ ‘My man, you should love your
neighbor as yourself.’
“ 'Yes, sir,’ said the tinker.
"But the pastor had in mind a nasty
black eye that the tinker had given
the bricklayer next door, and1 so he
went on:
“ ’Do you, though, do' you honestly,
love your neighbor as yourself?’
“ ’Yes, sir; oh, yes, sir,’ said the
tinker; and he added, ‘but I’m a mod
est man. ye see. and, to tell the truth,
I- ain’t a bit stuck on myself, sir.’ ”
“WHY SHOULD f USE
CUTICURA S0AP7*
"There is Bathing the natter with
my skin, and I thought Cuticura Soap,
was only for skin troubles.” True, it
is for skin troubles, but its great mis
sion is te prevent skin troubles. For
more than a generation its delicate
emollient and prophylactic properties
have rendered it the standard for this
purpose, while its extreme purity and
refreshing fragrance give to it alt the
advantages of the best of toilet soaps.
It is also Invaluable in keeping the
bands soft and white, the hair live
and glossy, and the scalp free from
dandruff and irritation.
While its first cost is a few cents
more than that of ordinary toilet
soaps, it is prepared with such care
and of such materials, that it wears
to a wafer, often outlasting several
cakes of other soap, and making Its
use, in practice, most economical.
Cuticura Soap is sold by druggists and
dealers everywhere, but the truth of
these claims may be demonstrated
without cost by sending to “Cuticura."
Dept. L, Boston, for a liberal sam
ple cake, together with a thirty-two
page book on the skin and hair.
Too Thin.
“The greatest curiosity 1 ever came
across in the course of a long expe
rience,” said the first brqjier, "is a
man who comes into our office every
day. watches the ticker like a hawk
for five hours, and pays cash for
everything he buys.”
"I can beat that by a mile.” replied
the second broker. “A man came into
our place awhile ago and started to
trade actively in Reading and Union
on a five-point margin. He had $5,000
when he began. In six months he
had $50,000. Then do you know what
he did? He put his money into first
mortgage bonds—and quit.”
The first broker looked almost
dazed. “1 hate to do it," he mur
mured, “but I’ve just got to. You're -
a liari”—Puck.
The Biblical Injunction.
A Washington clergyman made ti
call of consolation upon a woman who
had suffered a sad bereavement. "I
hope,” said the pastor, “that in your
bitter trial you have found some ray of
comfort from the Scriptures.”
“Indeed I have, sir.” was the confi
dent though fearful reply.
“That’s grand, sister," was the sym
pathetic observation of the minister.
“May 1 ask what passage of the Good
Book helped you most?"
“Grin and bear it.”
Counterfeiter Gets Stiff Sentence.
William Fink, a Brooklyn. X. Y„ dealer
In drugs, was sentenced by the New York
Court of Special Session:., to imprison
ment In the penitentiary at hard labor,
for four months. The charge was coun
terfeiting the trade-mark for Carter’s Lit
tle Liver Pills, in violation of the penal
law.
The Carter Medicine Company detected
the counterfeit before any quantity of the
spurious goods had been placed upon the
market. In sentencing Fink. Judge Deuel
laid special stress upon the Injury done to
the public when a remedy so well known
as Carter’s Little Liver Pills Is counter
feited and put on the market. He Im
posed the sentence not only as the prop
er punishment of Fink himself, but In or
der to deter others from the commission
of like frauds In the future.
No Chance About It.
“I'm awfully sorry it happened,”
apologized the abject young man, aft
er the stolen kiss.
“Happened!” she exclaims. “Hap
pened! That is worse than the kiss’
If you didn't have it in mind when you
asked me to stroll away back here in
this quiet corner of the conservatory
I shall be offended, after all."—Judge.
„ Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
Bears the
Signature of |
In Use For Over 30~Years.
Children Ciy for Fletcher’s Castoria
Unrealized Idyl of a King.
King Arthur bad just invented the
round table.
“Can you invent a bureau that a
man's wife will let him have two
drawers of?” we asked.
Stop the Pain.
The hurt of a burn or a cut stops when
Cole's Carbolisalve Is applied. It heals
quickly and prevents scars. 25c and 50c by
druKsists. I-'or free sample write to
J. It. Cole & Co.. Black River Falls. Wis.
A Cruel Thrust.
He—Old age has no terrors for me.
She—It neden't have If It’s true
that brainy men live long.
A Mean Disposition.
"Is Puffkins all wrapped up in his
motor car?”
“Not yet, but I have hopes.”
«rs- Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infiamnia.
two, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a boula
Platonic friendship and perpetual
motion are all right theoretically, but
they refuse to work.
"^Thy suffer under the curse of Dyspepsia
when Garfield Tea can remove it?
Offering to bet that you are right Is
a poor kind of argument.
