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———— j NEWEST IDEA IN OPERA BAGS «'aprri*i ! Btl. I»> Coderowod 4 t* tutor mi N. T. *“ »-&C : . the am*!: a: :rr it in the vanity case inadequate, a new opera bag has ton* the top fitted with a l>* v* !!ed mirror of fair size, showing a pood d'-al «rf the I.-*turr» The mirror part is folded inside the bag. ■trio . U a flat effect WHEN BUYING WRITING PAPER Certain Tore* of the Vear When heritable Coders and Tcnca Way Be Acquired >n Quantities. TV woman who would r*-i the most far her ■ear]' hays her « riling paper to qwai tn > at aa swnua! trie TV natM for these sales U that toe Buftoren accumulate small tota at fitraatiGtef papers They are ■at cheap qualities or seconds, merely ■tjrfes that are »ot novel It Is possible to ret four quires of paper sad tw enveloped for a dollar nod there is a choice of different weight texture and color of the paper, vanooj shades of blue. gray, lavender, man and white also stripes and bars to seif tones These come In two ■Uas csaatly letter and note Martin* varies according to color, f so-colored letters are most expea tve plain cold stiver or a single •Malic color coats about 2S cents a quire, a single plain color, gray. blue, violet or brown, ten cents n quire, and embossing in relief without color, •boat tie rents a quire. These are taadard prices almost everywhere be year round, the reduction being aa the price of paper In bsytng paper by the quantity it f • not wise to choose novelties An ficoaapiraogs color and good quality to always good Muny women adopt a certain lone and kind of paper and aake it individual Thus, the girl who lives vmlet will have pale violet paper with a deeper tone or stiver for the ftsayasi while the transparent en velope* are lined with violet tissue paper of a deeper shade than the en Cray paper or very pale blue is alto permissible bat It la bad form to use garish stationery STYLISH FROCK. 6S£i ^b Brows voile over blue silk wss Lh» malsrttl wt4 for tbe dress shown la fbe sketch This stylish but easily —da frock bss s plain blouse, sleeves and badire ta ooe sad high salat tine »tth short gathered pep Jam Tbe ■ole trimming of tbe bodice Is finely platted frills of cream shadow lace which torn bach from elbows and geek Tbe sketch above show s a sim g*e arrangement of a pannier which a of tbe cede draped over the voile covered s Oder skirt Three vide ruf fes of the voile finishing the shirt add acoC_er »f«ch of uuaintnedl to this grotty frock. Shapeless Jacket. ‘ Many of the sourest little satin and gtlk costs are very vague in line, left ~ .or lined with chiffon Straight. . estf-trimmed little garments _ they are. they are invaluable tar slipping on over dainty (rocks A Utile octal of this type may have the nock and sleeve corners carefully tamed hack In show a lining of vlrid chifo* or fatly flowered soft silk. A coni of a bright color with a scarf ftsn or each to match Is often worn vtth a skirt or one place frock of whtte or neutral tone, and ulwaya looks pretty with the lingerie frock. GIVE TOUCH OF SMARTNESS Artificial Rose or Orchid, Easily Made. Adds Much to Appearance of an Evening Gown. Make a huge rose of black velvet If |>ou need a little extra touch of siuart i ness for your e\ enit.g or tea gown. The rose is formed of a dozen or e.gbteen petals, cut in the graduated sizes jiertaicing to the natural flower : eighteen petals, cut in the graduated ; foudation easily made of firmly twisted chenile To make the petals appear crisp, the velvet instead of being doubled, as is done in making exotics of thin material, is smoothly lasted on one side of a piece of coarse black net The necessary quantity of ■ mucilage used will stiffen the joined | materials to the desired firmness and yet they will be sufficiently flexible to be easily pressed into proper shape i whenever disarranged. Easter to shape than the rose is the urchid This, also made of velvet and I roars ne». has six long and slender petals with pointed ends tied at their tip* with slender "olden threads. An olive, such as is employed in connec tion with military loops, is the best : foundation for a velvet orchid, and to ; one end of it the w ider ends pf the 1 petals may be securely fastened. This will leave a point protruding from the heart of the exotic, but one whitu may be beautiful concealed un der a catlix group of seven yellow silk French knots. The other half of the olive will be needed as the base •bri.ugh which to thrust the safety pins shat fasten the flower at the breast c*- wherevei the corsage bou 1 quet is worn -- - Verbena Potpourri. Potpourri made with lemon verbena j is ;.n ferred by many people to the r< si ,ar On' eininlr but very effec tive, niethcd of making it is by strip ping th" iietals from the flowers and J thoroughly drying them. Then throw j them into a Jar strewing first a hand j ful of sail on the bottom of the jar, | 'hen a handful of leaves, and so on until all are used A tablespoonful of alcohol should be I thrown on once a week, and the jar J should be tightly closed, one with a double top preferable. Let It stand mtii the odor of the chosen flower comes from it. after which leave the outer lid off so that the odor may go through the room. Bridge Maxims. A good partner is rather to be chos en than great hands. Jack of ail suits is master of none. A fool and his aces are soon parted. It's a king suit that has no return in* Take care of the trumps and the tricks will take care of themselves A little 10-ar» is a dangerous thing. Bridge table conversations corrupt I good manners. » A woman is known by the trumps J she keeps / All honor is not without profit, save in the dummy. Coiffure Modes. Fringes both straight and curled still persist, but only a few strands • of hair are cut upon the' forehead. Puffs and curls are arranged from back to front Instead of following the line of the brow, and the dressing is eSoDt very softly and with a strong ; bias in favor of the side parting. There are no longer any coils show I lng on the top of the head, but the back Is covered with puffs so soft and flat .hat they look like waves. Dress Notes. Ribbons with the picot edge are new. and it is usually very much eas ier to twist a crush belt out of them than to make one out of a piece ma terial. Then gold and silver tissue stock ings worn with strapped shoes rich ly jeweled at the toe and along the strap are a feature of the evening dress outfit. Bright colors, principally emerald, cerise, blue and a rich tone of rose, are much In evidence. a SYNOPSIS. The scene at the opening of the story Is laid In the library of an old worn-out southern plantation, known as the Bar ony. The place is to be sold, and Its history and that of the owners, the Qulntards. is the subject of discussion by Jonathan Crenshaw, a business man, a stranger known as Bladen, and Bob Yancy. a farmer, when Hannibal Wayne Hazard, a mysterious child of the old southern family, makes his appearance Yancy tells how he adopted the boy. Na thaniel Ferris buys the Barony, but the Qulntards oeny any knowledge of the boy. Yancy to keep Hannibal. Captain Murrell, a friend of the Qulntards. ap pears and asks questions about the Bar ony. Trouble at Scratch Hill, when Han nibal is kidnaped by Dave Blount. Cap tain Murrell's agent. Yancy overtakes Blount, gives him a thrashing and secures the boy. Taney appears before Squire Balaam, and is discharged with costs for the plaintiff. Betty Malroy. a friend of •ho Ferrises, has an encounter with Cap tain Murrell, who forces his attentions on her. and is rescued by Bruce Carrington Betty sets out for her Tennessee home Carrington takes the same stage. Yancy and Hannibal disappear, with Murrell on their trail. Hannibal arrives at the home * of Judge Slocum Price. The Judge recog- \ iiizes in the boy. the grandson of an old j time friend. Murrell arrives at Judge's home. Cavendish family on raft rescue Yancy, who is apparently dead. Price breaks jail. Bett> and Carrington arrive at Belle plain. Hannibal's ritie discloses some startling tilings to the judge. Han nibal and Betty meet again. Murrell ar rive in Belle Plain. Is playing for big stakes. Yancy awakes from long dream less sleep on board the raft. Judge Price makes startling discoveries in looking up ! land titles. Charley Norton, a young planter, who assists the judge, h* mys teriously assaulted. Norton inform^ Car rmgton that Betty has promised to marrv him. Norton Is mysteriously shot. More light on Murrell s plot, lie plans upris ing of negnes. Judge Price, with Hanni bal. visits Betty, and site keeps the boy as a companion. In a stroll Betty takes w ith Hannibal they meet Bt. >s Hicks, daughter ot the overseer, who warns Betty c»f danger and counsels her to leave Belle Plain a*, once. Betty, terri fied. acts on 13«ss' ad. ice. and on their way their carriage it stopped by S'.osson. the tavern keeper, and a confederate, and Betty and liunmbal are made prisoners The pair are taken to Hicks' cabin, in an almost inaccessible spot, and there Mur rell visits Betty and reveals his part in the plot and his object. Betty spurns his proffered love and the interview is ended by the arrival of Ware, terrified ai possible outcome of the crime. Judge • Price, hearing of the abduction, plans ac tion. The Judge takes charge of the situation, and search for the missing ones is instituted. Carrington visits the judge and allies are discovered. CHAPTER XXIII. (Continued.) "'And General Quintard never saw him—never manifested any Interest in him?" the words came slowly from ! the judge's lips; he seemed to gulp down something that rose in his I throat. "Poor little lad!" he mut tered, and again, "Poor little lad!" "Never once, sir. He told the slaves to keep him out of his sight. We-all wondered, fo’ you know how tuggers will talk. We thought maybe be was some kin to the Quintards. but we couldn't figure out how. The : old general never had hut one child and she had been dead fo' years. The child couldn't have been hers no-how." Vancy paused. The judge drummed idly on the desk. "What implacable hate—what Iron prlJe!” ne murmured, .and swept nis hand across his eyes. Absorbed and aloof, he was busy with his thoughts that spanned the waste of years— years that seemed to glide before him In review, each bitter with its hideous memories of shame and defeat. Then from the 6moke of these lost battles emerged the lonely figure of the child as he had seen him that June night. His ponderous arm stiffened where it rested on the desk, he straightened up in bis chair and his face assumed its customary expression of battered dig nity, while a smile at once wistful and tender hovered about his lips. "One other question," he said. "Un til this man Murrell appeared you had no trouble with Bladen? He was content that you should keep the child—your right to Hannibal was never challenged?” "Never, sir. All my troubles began about that time.” "Murrell belongs in these parts,” said the judge. “I’d admire to' to meet him.” said Yancy quietly. The Judge grinned. “I place my professional services at your disposal,” he said. “Yours Is a clear case of felonious assault." "No, It ain't, sir—1 look at it thls-a wavs; It's a clear case of my giving him the damndest sort of a body beat ing!” "Sir," said the judge, "I'll hold your hat while you are about It!” Hicks had taken his time In re sponding to the Judge's summons, but now his step sounded in the hall and throwing open the door he entered . the room. Whether consciously or not he had acquired something of that surly, forbidding manner which was characteristic of his employer. A cun nod of the head was his only greet ing "Will you sit down?” asked the judge. Hicks signified by another movement of the head that he would ' not. "This Is a very dreadrul busl , ness!" began the judge softly. "Ain't it?" agreed Hicks. "What you got to say to me?" he added | petulantly. "Have you started to drag the bayou?” asked tfie Judge. Hicks nodded. “That was your idea?" sug gested the Judge "No, It wa'n't,” objected Hicks quickly. “But I said she had been actin' like she was plumb distracted ever since Charley Norton got shot—" “How?” inquired the judge, arching his eyebrows. Hicks was plainly dis turbed by the question. "Sort of out of her head. Mr. Wire 6een it, too—” I =========_ P judge! \ Vaughan Kester. | /lust^at/ms By D.Melviu If eOPr*>*9HT /jV/ A(fAWJ MSB&'ii Co*+t*»r*Y |.) » L - “Poor Little Lad!" He Muttered. He spoke of It? "Yes, sir; him and me discussed It together.” The judge regarded lllcks long and Intently and In silence. His magnifi cent mind was at work. If Betty had been distraught he had not observed any sign of It the previous day. If Ware were better Informed as to ber true mental state why had he chosen this time to go to Memphis? "I suppose Mr. Ware asked you to keep an eye on Miss Malroy while he was away from home?" said the judge. Hicks, suspicious or the drift of his questioning, made no answer. “I sup pose you told the house servants to keep her under observation?" contin ued the judge. "I don’t talk to no niggers." replied Hicks, "except to give 'em my or ders." "Well, did you give them that or der?" "No. I didn’t." The sudden and hurried entrance Of big Steve brought the judge's exam ination of Mr. Hicks to a standstill. “Mas'r, you know dat 'ar coachman George—the big black fellow dat took you into town las' evenin'? I jes' been down at Shanty Hill whar Milly, his wife, is carryin' on something scan dalous 'cause George ain't never come home!” Steve was laboring under in tense excitement, but he ignored the presence of the overseer and ad dressed himself to Slocum Price. “Well, what of that?" cried Hicks quickly. “Thar warn’t no George, mind you, Mas’r, but dar was his team In de stable this mo’nlng and lookin' mighty nigh done up with hard driving.' "Yes,'’ interrupted Hicks uneasily: “put a pair of lines In a nigger's hands and he’ll run any team off its legs!" "An’ the kerrlage all scratched up from bein’ thrashed through the bushes," added Steve. "There's a nigger for you!" said Hicks. "She took the rascal out of the field, dressed him like he was a gentleman and pampered him up, and now first chance he gets he runs off!" "Ah!” said the judge softly. "Then you knew this?” "Or course I knew—waH’t It my business to k^ow? I reckon he was off skylarking, and when he'd seen the mess he’d made, the trifling fool took to the woods. Well, he catches It when 1 lay hands on him!” •-Do you know when and under what circumstances the team was 1 stabled. Mr. Hicks?*' Inquired the Judge. “No, 1 don't, but I reckon It must have been long after daft," said Hicks unwillingly. “I seen to the feeding just after sundown like 1 always do, | then I went to supper." Hicks voucn i safed to explain. "And no one saw or heard the team drive In?" “Not as I know of,” said Hicks. “Mas'r Ca'ington's done gone off to get a pack of dawgs—he 'lows hit's might' important to find what’s come of George," said Steve. Hicks started violently at this piece of news. “I reckon he'll have to travel a right smart distance to find a pack ot dogs,” he muttered. "I don't know of none this side of Colonel Bates’ down below Girard.” The judge was lost in thought. He permitted an Interval of silence to elapse in which Hicks' glance slid round in a furtive circle. v “When did Mr. Ware set out for Memphis?” asked the Judge at length. “Early yesterday. He goes there pretty often on business." “You talked with Mr. Ware before he left?" Hicks shook his head. “Did he speak of Miss Malroy?" Hicks shook his head. “Did you see her dur ing the afternoon?" "No—maybe you think these nig gers ain't enough to keep a man stir ring?” said Hicks uneasiiy and with a scowl. The judge noticed both the uneasiness and the scowl. “I should Imagine they would ab sorb every moment of your time. Mr. Hicks." he agreed affably. “A man s got to be a hog for work to hold a job like mine," said Hicks sourly. “But it came to your notice that Miss Malroy has been In a disturbed mental state ever since Mr. Norton's murder? 1 am Interested in this point, Mr. Hicks, because your experience is so entirely at variance with my own. It was my privilege to see and speak with her yesterday afternoon; I was profoundly impressed by her natural ness and composure.” The Judge smiled, then he leaned forward across the desk. "What were you doing up here early this morning—hasn’t a hog for work like you got any business or his own at that hour?" The Judge's tone was suddenly offensive. "Look here, what right have you got to try and pump me?" cried Hicks. For no discernible reason Mr. Cav endish spat on his palms. “Mr. Hicks,” said the Judge, urbane and gracious, "I believe In frankness.” “Sure." agreed Hicks, mollified by the judge's altered tone. "Therefore I do not hesitate to say that I consider you a damned scoun drel!” concluded the judge. Mr. Cavendish, accepting the Judge's ultimatum as something which must debar Hicks from all further consid eration, and being, as he was, exceed ingly active and energetic by nature, if one passed over the various forms of gainful industry, uttered a loud whoop and threw himself rin the over seer. There was a brief struggle and Hicks went down with the Earl of Lambeth astride of him; then from his boot leg that knightly soul flashed a bom-handled tickler of formidable dimensions. The Judge. Yancy and Mahaffy, sprang from their chairs. Mr. Ma haffy was plainly shocked at the spec tacle of Mr. Cavendish's lawless vio lence. Yancy was disturbed, too, but not by the moral aspects of the case: he was doubtful as to how his friend's act would appeal to the judge. He need not have been distressed on that score, since the judge's one idea was to profit by it. With his hands on his knees he was now bending above the two men. “What do you want to know, judge?” cried Cavendish, panting from his exertions. “I'll learn this parrot to talk up!” “Hicks.” said the Judge, “it is in your power to tell us a few things we are here to find out” Hicks looked up into the judge's face and closed his lips grimly. “Mr. Cavendish, kindly let him have the point or that large knife where he'll feel it most!" ordered the judge. "Talk quick!" said Cavendish, with a ferocious scowl. ‘Talk—or what's to hinder me slicing open your wooz en?" and he pressed the blade of his knife against the overseer's throat. *'I don't know anything about Miss Betty,” said Hicks in a sullen whis per. "Maybe you don't, but what do you know about the boy?*' Hicks was silent, but he was grateful for the judge's question. From Tom Ware he had learned of Fentress' Interest in the boy. Why should he shelter the colonel at risk of himself? "If you please, Mr. Cavendish!” said the judge, nodding toward the knife. “You didn't ask me about him," said Hicks quickly. "I do now,” said the Judge. “He was here yesterday." “Mr. Cavendish—" again the judge glanced toward the knife. “Wait!” cried Hicks. "You go to Colonel Fentress." “Let him up. Mr. Cavendish; that’s all we want to know,” said the judge. CHAPTER XXIV. Colonel Fentress. The judge had not forgotten hla ghost, the ghost he had seen in Mr. Saul's office that day he went to the court house on business for Charley Norton. Working or idling—principal ly the latter—drunk or sober—prin cipally the former—the ghost, other wise Colonel Fentress, had preserved a place in his thoughts, and now as he moved stolidly up the drive toward Fentress' big white house on the hill with Mahaffy, Cavendish and Yancy trailing in his wake, memories of wbat had once been living and vital crowd ed in upon him. Some sense of the. wreck that littered the long years, and the shame of the open shame that tad swept away pride and self-respect, came back to him out of the past. He only paused when he stood on the portico before Fentress' open door. He glanced about him at the wide fields, bounded by the distant timber lands that hid gloomy bottoms, at the great leg barns in the hollow to bis right; at the huddle of white washed cabins beyond; then with bis big fist he reached in and pounded on the door. The blows echoed loudly through the silent house, and an in stant later Fentress' tall, spare figure was seen advancing from the far end of the hall. “Who is it?” he asked. "Judge Price—Colonel Fentress," said the judge. “Judge Price.” uncertainly, and still advancing. "I had flattered myself that you must have heard of me," said the judge "1 think I have," said Fentress, pausing now. "He thinks he has!" muttered the judge under his breath. “Will you come in?" it was more a question than an invitation. “If you are at liberty.” The colonel bowed. "Allow me,” the judge con tinued. “Colonel Fentress—Mr. Ma haffy, Mr. Yancy and Mr. Cavendish." j Again the colonel bowed. "Will you step into the library?" "Very good.” and the judge followed the colonel briskly down the ball. (TO BE CONTINUED.) -- Heavy. "Speaking of the holy bond* of mat- j rlmony." "Speak on. I am prepared to hear the worst." "Oar friend Muffklns says there are times when they seem to him like log chains." When Guard Held Train -- «-*— Passengers Ready to Sign Petition for Pardon In Case He Is Repri manded. If the subway guard who held his train half a minute beyond schedule time should be reprimanded at head ! quarters a hundred passengers who know why he did it will sign a pet ition for bis pardon. Sentiment was back of It Somebody wanted to kiss | A lot of people want to do that | Women Mas each other, men kiss ' their wives. The guards have no pa tleoce with sentiment of that kind i They flaunt their contempt by bawl i tpg: “Break away, there; no tima for I that,” and refuse to bold the tralD i half a second for the ten derest salute i But this case was different. It was easy to see bow It was. A mother i was giving away her child. The little ; fellow was in good bands The couple who had adopted him were whole some, kindly people; the mother was wretchedly poor. No doutt it was best all around to give him '.way. She and' the boy stood the parting like majors up to the last minute; then the baby broke down. “Mom—mom—mom," he blubbered from the car platform. Before the guard could close the door or give the signal she had reached through the crowd and had snatched him from the man’s arms. "I can't, I can’t." she said. And then the klsslrg began. The guard didn’t even try to say “Break away.” He gulped; so did everybody else. Presently the woman handed the boy back, and the train started on amid the deepest silence that bad ever hung over that subway station.—New York Times Brilliant Adsmlth. "You haven't got J Jones Jtnklns writing advertisements for you any more. 1 hear.” remarked one business man to another, both good^ advertisers along different lines “No," replied the other In a tone of strong disapproval “and I’m glad of it." “What's wrong with him? I under stood be had taken a course from a correspondence school and was thor oughly competent." “Was he?” And the other man spat as though something tasted bad. “Was be? Well, let me tell you what he done. I bad a new brand of tooth brushes and I wanted something ex tra to exploit them all over, and I told him to go to it good. Next day in all the papers it showed up large and luminous, and at the bottom there was a line standing out clear, which read: ‘If not satisfactory after a week’s trial return and get your money back ' Now, what do you think of that? Toothbrushes, mind you! Rats!"— Judge. The Modem Young Lady. Catterson—Notice how Caratatr’s wife maLes up of late? Should think be would stop her. Hatterson—Has tried to; feels badly about it But he «ays it’s no use; she learned It from their daughter.—Life. Japan a Land of Disillusionment. The landing at Yokohama brings a series of surprises and dlslllusion ments; so far from being covered with lacquer, the empire of Japan in dry weather is dusty and In rain is sur faced with mud; the tea bouses are not built of porcelain, but of plain wood; the people eat beans and dried fish when they can get them; the trees have bark and leaves; but not all bear cherry blossoms; the numerous moun tains all slope uphill. Thus the first hour on shore sweeps away the en chantments of a lifetime, and reveals a land strikingly like some parts of j Alaska, and a people extremely hu man.—From “The Obvious Orient." by Alfred Bushnell Hart For Whooping Cough. The following is an excellent syrup for whooping cough. Slice some onions thin, sprinkle well with brown sugar, and place between two hci plates with a weight on the top. in a couple of hours remove the weight and tilt the plates in a basin, so aa :c allow the juice to flow oat. Give a spoonful three tines a day. BACKACHE IS DISCOURAGING Until You Get After The Cause Nothing more dis couraging than a con stant backache. Lame when you aw ake. Pains pierce you when you bend or lift It's hard to £ work, or to rest P You sleep poorly p and next day is the f same old story. £ That backache in dicates bad kidneys and calls for some “ good kidney remedy. m None so well rec- 1 _• *• d:it~ ' Every Picture Kidney Pills. itii* a story" Here's A California Case - \ Mrs. E. Walsh. 1649 Tenth Ave . San Francisco. Cal., says: “The sharp, knife like pains in my back were almost un bearable. I often had to cry out. Once while walking:. I had a sudden attack and a doctor had to be called. Finally I used Doan's Kidney Pills and they made me well.” Get Doan’s at Any Drag Store, 50c a Box DOAN’S VJVJiV FOSTER MILBURN CO- BUFFALO. N. Y. jfStjHOMPSoirs -assLjas 5«EYE WATERte^*0 JOHN L. THOMPSON SON.-> <fc lO. Troj, M. V. Nothing is so contagious as enthu siasm.—Bulwer. YOU CAN CURB CATARRH Ry using Cole’s C’-Nolisalve. It in a most efiective remedy. All druggists. 25 and 50c. Adv. Bunkoed. Griggs—How about that piece of land you bought down ou the cape 7 Anythiug come up on it? Briggs—Yes. the tides. Complimentary. “What would you call it in a man to steal all my ideals?" “Petty larceny.” 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 Tse For Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletchers Castoria New China Currency. The new Chinese dollars of the Chinese republic are objects of much curiosity among the natives. They carry English on the obverse side and Chinese on the reverse, with the pic ture of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, founder of the republic. End ot Famous Vessel. The Fox, the vessel in which the ; late Sir Leopold McCllntock made his discovery of the fate of Sir John > Franklin and his companions, has been wrecked on the Greenland coast. In recent years she has been employed by the Danish Greenland authorities on coastal trips. To Renovate Historic Castle. Loch Dochart Castle, which aws built in the thirteenth century on an island in the loch of the same name and Is associated with the famous Rob Roy. has now been taken in hand by the Scottish Historical Antiquarian as sociation. and is being renovated so as to insure its permanency. Getting Aiong Fine at School. Now that school has been ''gojn’’ several weeks parents are beginning to inquire of their young hopefuls as to their progress. The other day a mother out on Harrison boulevard, while eating luncheon with her 6-year old. asked: "And how are you getting along in school. Dorothy?” "Oh." replied Dorothy between mouthfuls of bread and milk, "just fine! I and Frances Smith are the smartest and best dressed girls in the school."—Kansas City Star. More Schoolboy “Howlers.” “The Salic law is that you must take everything with a grain of salt.” "Julius Caesar was renowned for his great strength. lie threw a bridge across the Rhine.” “The zodiac is the zoo of the sky. where lions, goats and other animals go after they are dead." “The Pharisees were people who liked to show off their goodness by praying to synonyms.” "An abstract noun is something you can't see when you are looking at it." “Algebraical symbols are used w hen you do not know what you are talking about.”—Westminster Gazette. 9 IT'S THE FOOD. The True Way to Correct Nervoue Troubles. Nervous troubles are more often caused by improper food and indiges tion than most people imagine. Even doctors sometimes overlook this fact. A man says: “Until two years ago waffles and butter with meat and gravy were the main features of mj breakfast. Finally dyspepsia came on and I found myself in a bad condition, worse in the morn ing than any other time. I would have a full, sick feeling in my stomach, with pains in my heart, sides and head. * “At times I wonld have no appetite, for days, then I would feel ravenous, never satisfied when I did eat and so nervous I felt like shrieking at the top of my voice. I lost flesh badly and hardly knew which way to turn until one day I bought a box of Grape-Nuts food to see if I could eat that. I tried It without telling the doctor, and liked It fine; made me feel as if I had some thing to eat that was satisfying and still I didn’t have that heaviness that I had felt after eating any other food. “I hadn't drank any coffee then in five weeks. I kept on with the Grr pe Nuts and in a month and a half I had gained 15 pounds, could eat almost anything I wanted, didn’t feel badly after eating and my nervousness was all gone. It’s a pleasure to be well again.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the book, “The Road to Wellville," In pkgs. “There’s a reason.” • Ever read the above letter? A aew oae aapeara from time to (late. They are genuine, tree, and fall of knu» intern L. Adv.