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lusts scu^r and * li. dex- I <*? hit fa*. her J
A«w-- henan a «.< • Hl» mother mar |
rtaa tie n.u<rr of It> and lath are
ka) In U» ami of tie \ aa*-L Jeaae
br-mnjaw « la Texas He mirriw
l-< t»> a Xlbeer ol v-uealioaaule morals
wtHI inter Is n ;»rt»il to have k-omraitted
ids Jaaaa Letnwa a rancher anil
• a «o B* • • K 1-.. rrrvnr
the narra! ta Cnhappily mar
'uMrirpalK suicide. hut change*
u nt after ows'Cin* Jesar Jrs*»- re.«
• Kale true ter drink-mad 1. ned hue
art-n^t-u t. kill her Tr-vnr
la the Rapids Kate reject*
• ■S-r. - | pava *S r« : re- ,rt
to He stage aal avrin Jeaae Their
married life starts not tuxppi 1 > Kate aii
la the pica disci of a > mjKiscr to
r» .in j«. tte stag- .-*d r away with
■ r> p v f Widow OKlynn from
l.f.e' U awdlr tamed her
aei? nod returns tame. where Jeaae re
cieleea her with open arms Jeaae call*
*-» ;.elgi>te.r» and p.ana to rapture cattk
tfcxe.wa Kate U r» a and from the hands
"f tl*e tactl’j Jeaae is ftpttirxl by the
rahhira, hut b> x fit'er ruae nakrt pel*
aassea of H - rebhera They are turned
seer »* • f’n.ted Mat*-* metxhi!. who has
■rr»»««d Witt, .atr.l.tlon pap-rr Jeaae
takes - '«tt» ®f the outlaw- chief* son .
IH > 1 »>ty wr. kxrlnc prom lard the f
• - • lit. • • * snAtl'f ■
d -■-•a IP ‘ j tr Vawrnuxer and the
wad m aeiawptialad A am Is hm to Kate
• e.l . , a d la nam'd dill! .Jess- r
• e . a . 1-tter fe tr • :■ «ntt wife Polly. ■
tw at.. - e tellr * im wt.e deeelved Mm
Sato • -C - ad B.::-d herself r>,r
the ! - >r f Kate arid their ‘ « fa**er
wad o -th* r sparale Kate and luvid go
r- f - ut i*to ’»'• r •: :.
fh'Flyrr arrives iuel tells Kate how J'p«*
has t-e-a r.itxd s'radsed thr ugh
the rtwdlet .raw of Polly
PART III.
CHAPTER I—Continued
How eoi .d I Ware icy baby* How
«o«*d ! possibly break with Covent
Card -a where my understudy a fear
—t fentug. ravea-d for the part*
The cottage would never let before
•nr river season "Madame Scotson
lias been called ab- ad on urgent pri
vate basinesg *
"Of course." the lad was saying,
“when Poll) got to be postmistress,
•he handleid Jesse s letters, held the
envelopes in the sUam of a kettle un
til they'd open, and gummed them
when sh*- w < through—if she sent
them on She found out who he dealt
wrlth and cut them warned not to
trust hi* There y bo letters now "
'She wonldnt dare
"Ho* Ton remember he sent you
that book you wrote together at the
vaach'
"Ton know that'”
“I mad It at Spite House She had
a heap of fun :n the bar-room with
• letter Her cat eyes flamed
like riad
''There vu bo letter"
Sh« mad- a paper house of it. and
It ai .gfct show how Jesse burn
ed her homo in Abilene. She was
drunk, too. that night But that £
BotAusc* Glad Joe didn't hear them
yarns she pot about the country
J— e wasn't never what I’d call popu
lar bat he ain't even spoken to now
hj Ml white mar His riders quit,
hla Chic: ntn cleared out. Then she
bought Rrcwr's ferry. had the cable
took away, tb” scow sent adrift, and
Baity Brown packed off. Shed heard
that Jeaae lived by his rifle, so she's
cut him from his hunting grounds
There's nothing left to hunt east of
(he Fraser "
"He'a •tarring*”
"Shouldn't woncer."
' tally* ~
"How soon can I gat a ship V
"Noee before Saturday."
“Go on Tell me the worst."
"The signs may read coarse weath
•r or typhoon ! dunao which yet.
hh» » hors locatin' aettl*n along them
old clearings ir the black pine and.
lodging by samples I'd seen, she swept
the jails ~
Why more than one?" I asked,
“at* ai! that ripens* when one would
do*”
«bod blackmail Polly afterward?
She * bo foot She says straight out
la public she'd shoot the man who
billed him. Rut them thugs is planted
la huagry land, they see b.s pastures
Che best is the district, and you knew
aa well as 1 do he's a danger u> all
robbers Why. even when 8i>ortsmen
and tourists comes aiong his old gun
gets esrited He hates the sight of
atraagers. anyway
"Now. all these years she's goading
him to loose out and break the law.
That 's why she t got the constable
protecting her at Spite House Once
can get him breaking the law she
Sas all them thugs so many dollars a
haad as witnesses it ain't murder
she wants She says that when she
went to his ranch that time Jesse sent
her a message bv old Mathson. ‘1 won't
tot her off with death '
AFEPING THE BOYS STRAIGHT
Father Recognized Force of Appeal
to KanlmeM, and It Haa
Worked Welt.
Several gray haired business men
were recently chatting over their
dpn
‘Thla talk about mother and the
key* U all very well, raid one “But
father cornea in strong, too My
father devoted one minute a day to
M boys that did more at that age to
keep aa straight than all the little
usother's admonii'*«« She waa a
sweet an worldly !Mti» person and we
adored her and reve.-enced her teach
ing* However n*.» never coaid think
af no an anything hot her Male boys,
and ns wi grew taller and more
worldly we acquired the usual boyish
of exalted Importance and
have been led to secretly pat
ronise her strict goodness as a little
atddaahiooad. except for father.
Talker saw the force of appealing
an us as man to man. long before
there was much man In us. I guess
Star? eight §x dinner. I can nan him
"She won't le* him off with death.
Twice she ha* put him to shame in
public She'll never rest until she
pi ts him hanged. There's only one
thing puzzles me. I see it's his si
lence. the waiting, which makes Polly
wake up and screech at night. But
I dunno myself—has Jesse lost his
nerve?”
“How do you know all this?*
"She told mother everything.”
“And your mother told you. Why?"
P cause— say. mura. you remember
the thing your husband called Bull
Durham.
“Brooke?”
“Fancy Brooke, the (liing that
Polly kept like a pet lap-dog. The
thing which turned state's evidence
to hang my poor old dad. Brooke's
come to Spite House as Polly's man
ager Ye6. now you know why moth
er's got no more use for Polly—told
rne I'd best come to you and give you
warning. That thing is at Spite
House, and mother's gone”
“I see it all now. But one last
question How did you get to Eng
land r
Do you remember, mum. that my
poor dad Just thought the world of
Jesse?"
I remember, a legacy for you—
some ponies.”
"Well. Jesse found out somehow
•.hat 1 was at Spite House He sent
me the value of them ponies, with
only a receipt for me to sign. I reckon,
mum. that ruined and well nigh starv
ing. he rode a hundred and sixty
miles through the black pines, be
cause he's honest That's why I spent
the money cornin' to you. I wants to
help"
CHAPTER II
The Impatient Chapter.
Katr's Xarmtive.
This chapter Is so difficult to start.
It deals with a time when life had
become impossible unless one could
jump from here to Wednesday nest,
and thence to Monday fortnight. Of
course the book is only meant for
Jesse, for David, for me. and for those
to come who may revere us as their
ancestors Thank gcoaness. I am not
a novelist!
I seat David with his nurse to stay
with Father Jared, so mother called
me a cold blooded wretch. I abandoned
my part at the oi*ra to a weird
ravening female who can't sing, so
my manager called me an atheist. My
maids had to pack and run to escape
storage with the furniture at the
Peeking and Tootham Emporiums:"
my iittle home passed to a gentleman
with mourning nails, diamonds, and
a lisp; by bits and scraps of stock
were sold and the proceeds banked
with the Hudson's Hay company.
The keenest pleasure which ever
money gave me came when Billy and
I helped in the drafting of a cable
order from the Hudson's Bay Company
in London to that blind magnifico who
manages their branch palace at Van
couver. One always feels that if one
happened to want a Paris hat, a bag
of nuts, and a monkey, this Vancouver
potentate would make a parcel of
them without the slightest fear of
their getting mixed. As to surprising
the company, one m ght as well tickle
the Alps. So here is the telegram: —
"Provide three sleighs, each with
two horses; engage two reliable bush
teamsters; six months' guaranteed
bonus for secrecy ai d fidelity.
"Referring to previous requirements
of Jesse Smith, load No. I sleigh to ca
pacity with provisions, luxuries, am
munition, books, consigned to him via
bush trail from 59 Mile House, Cari
boo Road Referring to Captain Tay
lor’s past requirements and present
sickness, load No. 2 sleigh with stores
invalid comforts, consigned 100 Mile
House. Each driver to present load,
rig and team, with personal services,
and to forward consignee's receipt.
“Hire third sleigh with team one
month, furnish furs on approval,
equipment, comforts suitable to bush
travel and residence of a lady. Place
in charge of young competent civil en
gineer. bringing instruments and as
sists nt to report to Madame Scotson,
arriving Ashcroft F'acifie Limited 20
lost.
Absolute secrecy required. Charge
Scotson
So far the impulse had moved me
'o be quick before I repented, and
the journey gave time for that. Leav
ing the sweet majesty and serene or
der of the English landscape, I made
the usual passage by S. S. Charon
across the Styx to New York, where I
yet, after the blessing, with his carv
ing knife and fork poised over the
roast, pause and lcok us straight in
the eyes.
■" Well. boys, how goes the world?’
"And you better believe the thought
of that moment steadied us often dur
ing the day. We had to keep pretty
straight to be able to return that
clear look and answer:
’• ‘O. K.. Dad. ”
Midde Name* Once Illegal.
People have not always been al
lowed the pleasure of having as many
names as they wiihed; indeed. 400
years ago not even a middle name
was allowed in England. It was ille
gal. The old English law was definite
and admitted of no infraction of its
ruling. The only exception made to
this Iron-dad regulation was in the
case of persons of royal rank. If they
really wished it they could boast a
middle name, but woe to the person
of ordinary rank who was sufficiently
unwise or obstinate to insist on hav
ing more than two appellations.
Fdr the first offense he would very
1 Ukely be tied to a whipping post
caught a stuffy train for the transit:
of an untidy continent And so, in
the starry middle of a night. I was
met at Ashcroft
The civil engineer sent by the Hud
son's Bay Company was Mr. Sacrifice
T. Eure. He stood uncovered, and
while his ears froze, spelled his name
to me, explaining that there were two
syllables in -'Eure" with accent on the
first. He seemed to convey an offer
of protection, to claim my friendship,
to take charge of my affairs, and with
perfect modesty to let me know that
he was competent
He presented his assistant. led me
to the sleigh, showed Billy where to
stow the luggage, tucked me into some
warm furs, congratulated me on es
caping the local hotels, then bidding
my man and his own to jump in, took
the reins and asked which way we
were going. 1 served as pilot along a
trail of poignant memories.
We slept that night at Hat Creek
station, where Tearful George proved
a most kindly host. He.- told me of a
loaded sleigh which had passed last
week on the way to Jesse's ranch. The
teamster was Iron Dale. So far I had
wondered whether my name was
changing letter by letter from Madame
Seotson into Mrs. Grumble, but now
the scent of the pines brought ease
of mind, and in the great calm of the
wilderness one is ashamed to fret.
Our next march brought us rather
late for the midday dinner to Fifty
Nine Mile House, which marks the
summit of the long climb from Ash
croft to the edge of the black pines.
We drove on, freezing, and right
giad 1 was to be welcomed with all
the ruddy warmth and kindly cheer of
Eighty Mile House. There we had
tea, and secured fresh horses for the
last stage of our journey. I learned
also that the driver intrusted by the
Hudson's Bay Company with provi
! sions for Hundred Mile House had
i gone oft with the team, leaving his
sleigh still loaded in Captain Taylor's
i yard.
Tlie malign bush seemed cowed by
sheer immensity of glittering star
light as we drove on. Only once I ven
tured to speak, asking Mr. Eure to
look out for Ninety-Mile House.
Horses accustomed to bait there would
try to stop. I did not want to stop.
He nodded assent, and, crouched
down beside him, I waited until a
brave red warmth shone out across
the snow from all the lighted win
dows of Spite House. Mr. Eure lash
ed his horses, and in a moment more
| we had passed into the night again.
Presently we crossed the little shaky
bridge over Hundred Mile Creek,
then swung to the left into Captain
Taylor's yard. While Tom, the as
In an Arm Chair Beside the Stove, the
Old Man Lay.
sistant. stabled the team, Mr Eure and
Billy got snow shovels from the barn,
and hewed out a way to the deep
drifted door at the near end of the
building. Presently the Chinese serv
ant let us in. and I made my way
through the barroom and dining-hall
to that far door on the right. How
changed was the grand old Hundred
since days, only five years ago, ol
pompous assizes, banquets, dances,
when these rooms overflowed with
light, warmth, and comfort, now dark,
in Arctic cold, in haunted silence! I
crept into the captain’s room, where,
in an arm-chair beside the stove, the
old man lay. I knelt beside him, tak
ing his dreadfully swollen hand.
‘'Dear wife,” he muttered, whose
wife must have been dead full forty
■ years, ‘‘this hulk is going to be laid
up soon, in Rotten Row. Can’t all of
us founder in action.”
and severely lashed. For a second
offense he would endure some more
lasting punishment, perhaps the re
moval of his thumbs or his ears. And
if he still persisted in his stubborn
ness he would be hanged.
There is a case on record of a poor
man—in all probability half demented
—who insisted on signing four names
every time he wrote his signature to
any paper. Of course he passed
through all the legal stages of pun
ishment until he was finally hanged.
What Angered Mother.
A group of newspaper men were
visiting the Washington park zoo the
other day to see the new hippo. The
hippo, who has been christened "Rip
the Hipp," was stretching lazily in the
sun, when a little girl and her mother
approached.
"Look at the d-n lazy thing,”
cried the girl, excitedly raising her
hand and pointing at the resting ani
mal.
"Didn’t I tell you never to point at
things," cried the mother angrily, at
the same time striking down the little
; girl’s arm.
I ran away. But there was much
to be done, fires, lights, supper, beds,
and the unloading of the sleigh full
of hospital comforts, which would set
my patient a great deal more at ease.
When I left my patient, very late
that night, supposing all lucky people
to be in bed, I found Mr. Eiire making
himself some tea. Gladly I joined
him beside the kitchen stove, ever so
pleased with its warmth and the tea.
for I was weary, past all hope of any
sleep. Besides, the poor man was
just dying with curiosity as to our
journey and his engagement as my en
gineer. So. for that one and only
time I told the story of Jesse's fate,
and mine.
Ana then I tried to explain the
scheme which needed his services as
an engineer.
Let's see,” he checked my rambling
statement. “Try if I've got all that
correct. This Cariboo wagon road
runs from Ashcroft to Quesnelle, due
north, except at one point where the
government wouldn't pay for a bridge
across the Hundred Mile gorge.
“So at the ninety-five mile post the
road swings eastward five miles, pass
ing Spite House to the head or the
gorge, where it crosses Hundred Mile
Creek, right here.
"From here the road turns west
again on the north side of the gorge,
and after one mile on the level, drops
cown the Hundred Mile Hill, which
is three miles high, and a terror to
navigation.
"At the bottom the road turns north
again for Quesnelle. at a cabin called
the One Hundred and Four when; old
Pete Mathson lives, a hairy little per
son, like a Skye terrier with a faith
ful heart.
"And said Mathson has blazed a cut
off, crossing the foot of the gorge, then
climbing by an easy grade to the
ninety-five-mile post. The said cut
off is five miles long. Made into a
wagon road, it would give a better
gradient for traffic, save four miles,
employ local labor at a season when
money is scant, and be an all-round
blessing to mankind. At the foot of
the gorge we'd locate the new Hun
dred Mile House.
"Incidentally. Spite House would be
side-tracked, left in the hungry woods
four miles from nowhere.”
"Tell me,” I urged, “what you
think.”
"My dear madam, when I've made a
survey you shall have dates and fig
ures for a temporary snow road, a
permanent way, and a house.”
“It can be done?”
"Why, certainly.”
"You approve?"
"Yes. I see dollars in this, for
me."
"You think I'm foolish?”
“It will be an excellent road ”
"Put the result?”
"Please don't blame the engineer."
"Oh. tell me what you think, as a
man.”
"Well, let's pretend I'm Polly.”
I laughed.
"Being Polly, and from my Polly
point of view, frankly. I'm pleased.
Here are hundreds of new customers,
with Madame Scotson's money to
spend at Spite House.”
"My men will sign an agreement.
The man who visits Spite House for
feits a bonus for good service, loses
all outstanding pay. and leaves my
camp that day.”
“Is that so? Of course the coaches
change horses at Spite House."
"When I've bought out the stage
company, they'll change horses at the
New Hundred.”
"And only stop at Spite House for
the mails?”
"I shall appeal to the postmaster
general.”
"On the ground that you're running
a rival house? Captain Taylor, you
say. did that.”
"My house shall charge nothing. It
shall be free, and the visitors my
guests."
"Then, in my little Polly way. I'm
afraid I'll have to move Spite House
down to the new road.”
On to my tana:
“Your cruelty reduces me to tears.
I am a martyr. I appeal to the chival
rous public to boycott that new road.”
"When I've brought money into the
country? Oh. you don’t know this
hungry neighborhood!”
"Mercy! My client's done for. I’m
Madame Scotson’s managing engineer.
May I ask a plain question?”
“Certainly."
“Is there water-power in this
gulch?”
“There’s a lovely waterfall.”
TAKING VOLTAGE OF CURRENT
Electricians Experimenting to Deter
mine How Far the Spark
Can Jump.
By measuring how far an electric
current can jump through the air
from one piece of metal to another
electricians can determine the volt
age of a current; and it is by setting
a current to making broad jumps and
then scoring the feat with a tape
measure that the very high voltages
used nowadays are ordinarily meas
ured. But the judges of these ath
letic feats have recently determined
that the electricity jumps much more
surely from some sparks than from
others, just as a man is not likely to
jump so well from a mud spot as from
firm ground.
Spark gaps, as these jump measures
are called because of the great elec
tric spark that jumps across the gap,
have been made of needlepoints, says
the Saturday Evening Post. Now it
has been found that if metal spheres
are used, and the electricity made to
lump from one to the other, the re
"lH look a roue <5 tomorrow."
And then came Mr. Erne's conten
tion. The assistant, not himself, waa
a surveyor. ‘ I'm only & paper-maker.
I'm looking for cheap timber, good
snow for haulage, water-power to mill
the lumber into paper-pulp, and a road
to market. I've been traveling some
months now in search of that combi
nation. and if your lovely waterfall
will give me five thousand horse-pow
er. I shall have to build your cut-off
road for myself, also the house. Then
there'll be war against these black
pines, your enemies. As to Spite
House, it seems hardly the kind of
thing for you to deal with. Perhaps
you'll leave that to me."
CHAPTER iSL
Rescue,
Jesse’s Letter.
Mother in Heaven:
Please thank God “tt me and say
I'm grateful. Tell neighbor angels
how little moth*?"* having sons on
earth are badly mussed and grudged
by hungering metals. Prayers sent
to Heaven an answered, but not *et
ters. I reckon no one here could ever
write a letter happy enough, so tight
with joy that it could fly up there.
In the days w hen I thought *his Jes
se person was important, 1 used to
read the Old Testament, which is full
human with pride and arrogance of
man. But since I learned that this
whole world is only a dream from
which we shall awake, the New Testa
ment has been my pasturage. Maybe
three moons ago, when my ammuni
tion had run out, and my neighbor
animals had learned all the little
secrets cf mv traps and snares, and I
wondered what God was going to do
about it. Of course I couldn't ques
tion about His business, but seeing
that likely Ke intended me to leave
my little worries behind, I made a
good tire in the cabin, lay down in the
bunk, arranged my body to be in de
cent order in case 1 left it, and took
my Bible to pass away the time.
1 suppose I’d dropped off to sleep,
when something rough began to hap
pen. jolting me back into the world of
fuss. A man in buckskin shirt and a
bad temper, stamping the snow off
I his moccasins, shaking me by the
| arm. He was my old friend Iron Dale.
a man of the world—which smashed
; him.
He seemed to be worried, and that,
I of course, was natural to a man like
Iron, lusty and eager, with an appe
tite for money—whereas poor Polly
i had done her best to cure him of his
! dollars.
Here was Iron jumping about the
- cabin, busy as a chipmunk, with just
the same hurried, funny way of blas
pheming. He had to make fire, cook
soup, and haul things in from out
1 doors, while he told me news about a
i team, a sleigh, a load of stores for me,
i and his own services paid up sis
] months ahead if I'd let him work on
the ranch. He was like a little boy
which plays at keeping store, where
you've got to pretend to trade, with
nary a smile, lest he should see and
the whole game turn unreal. So I sat
up for soup, which made my loose
skin fit me again as I filled. I'd an
swer to all he did. grave as a con
stable. playing the game of life just
as I used to.
<TO BE CONTINUED.)
Too Much Athleticism.
“As guardians of the public health,
it is time for us to make a stand
against this athletic craze." writes a
medical correspondent. “The swing
ing of ponderous clubs and dumbbells,
j rowing heavy machines, pulling up
■ weights, walking 15 or 20 miles a day
chasing a golf bali. etc., are needless
: and injurious to anyone. As physl
j cians. we prescribe moderate exercise
j for lymphatic and obese patients of
torpid temperament, and a few indi
■ cated movements to straighten up a
! deflected spine or round shoulders,
: etc., but we are careful to guard
against fatigue. Such exercise is a
j very different thing from the severe
! and senseless efforts required by
i teachers in gymnastics and exerc:se
1 fiends.
If people wouia uve long ana
healthy,” says the correspondent,
‘‘they should take their exercise under
the advice of a common-sense physi
cian. The -wrenching of muscles, tea
dons. ligaments, joints, nerves and
| bloodvessels," he proceeds, "is giving
i us all kinds of puzzling conditions.
: traumatic neuroses, dislocated vis
cera. etc., traceable to overexercise, if
j we only knew where to look for it.” ;
Don’t Miss This.
If a woman has one daughter, who
I goes away, the Mrs. misses the Miss :
! and the Miss misses the Mrs. If it is
two daughters and both are away the
Mrs. misses the Misses and Misses
miss the Mrs. If she has three daugh
ters and two are at one place and one
at another, the Mrs misses the Misses
and the Miss misses the Mrs. and the
Miss misse:. the Mrs. and the Misses.
If she has four daughters and two are
at one place while the other two are
away from home, and separate, the
Mrs. misses the Miss and the Misses
and the Miss, the Miss and the Misses
miss the Mrs. and the Miss misses the
Miss and the Misses and the Mrs.—La
dies’ Home Journal.
I suit is more accurate: and sphere
spark gaps are replacing the needle
point jumps.
Even with spheres to jump from
the athletic electricity is not entirely
satisfied unless each sphere is as big
in dameter as the jump the current
expected to make. With such spheres
the spark of a current of 500.000 volt
age will break down when the spheres
are a little more than 15 inches apart.
How Dolls Were Named.
Dorothy was once one of the most
popular names in England. Indeed,
it is a pcpular name there today. But
once before, several hundreds of
years ago. it enjoyed great popularity.
Many of its diminutives and abbrevia
tions, among them Dolly and Doll,
were quite as popular as the unab
breviated form. The most beloved
toy of the small girl originally went
by the name of puppet But in the
time when Dorothy and Dolly wm
the most usual names is England the
puppet a child's most usual toy, was
called a dolly. Such is the deriva
tion of the name of tha const less
dolls of today.
Good Bowels Are
An Aid to Growth
Grouping Children Need a Mild
Laxative to Foster Regular
Bowel Movement.
As a child grows older it requires
more and more personal attention
from the mother, and as the func
tions of the bowels are of the utmost
importance to health, great attention
should be paid to them.
Diet is of great importance, and the
mother should watch the effect of cer
tain foods. A food will constipate one
and not another, and so we have a
healthy food like eggs causing bilious
ness to thousands, and a wholesome
fruit like bananas constipating many.
It is also to be considered that the
child is growing, and great changes
are taking place in the young man or
young woman. The system has not yet
settled itself to its later routine.
A very valuable remedy at this
stage, and one which every growing
boy and girl should be giver often or
* occasionally, according to the individ
ual circumstances, is Dr. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin. This is a laxative and
tonic combined, so mild that It is
given to little babies, and yet equally
effective in the most robust constitu
tion. At the first sign of a tendency
to constipation give a small dose of
Syrup Pepsin at night on retiring, and
prompt action will follow in the morn
ing. It not only acts on the stomach
and bowels but its tonic properties
build up and strengthen the system
generally, which is an opinion shared
by Mr. John Dev of Bloomfield. N. J.
He has a large family and at ages
where the growth and development
JOHN JUST COULDN'T MARRY
Had a Peculiar Reason. But After All
It Is Always a Good Thing to
Look Ahead.
Governor-elect S.uart of Virginia,
who was at the Raleigh, has traveled
in every nook and corner of the Old
Dominion, and he knows thousands of
voters well enough to call them by
their first names, says the Washing
ton Post. The governor was down in
one of the southern counties not long
ago. He has a lot of friends in that
section, and one of his particular hob
bies is the promotion of the social
welfare of the negroes. A prosperous
looking darkey ventured to shake
hands with the governor-elect, where
upon Governor Stuart rema'ked:
“John, I hope yon are well and that
the members of your family are all
well.”
' e. very body a veil, returned the
darkey, "only Ah hasn't got no fam
biv."
"Why. aren't you married? ' inquired
Governor-elect Stuart.
"No, Ah isn’t married,'’ replied
John.
“Well, you ought to get married."
advised the governor. “Every man
ought to be married. It is best for
one's moral and spiritual welfare and
his material happiness."
“It's this away,” said John. “Ah'd
lak pow'ful well to git married, but
Ah ain't got money 'nuff to git a di
vorce. It costs some of da 'niggers’
down heah as mugh as $30 to git un
hitched. Why, some of dese lawyers
makes a good living gittin divorces
for us niggers."
GAS, DYSPEPSIA
AND INDIGESTION
“Pape’s Diapepsin" settles sour,
gassy stomachs in five
minutes—Time It!
You don't want a slow remedy when
your stomach is bad—or an uncertain
one—or a harmful one—your stomach
is too valuable; you mustn't injure it.
Pape's Diapepsin is noted for its
speed in giving relief; its harmless
3pss; its certain unfailing action in
regulating sick, sour, gassy stomachs.
Its millions of cures in indigestion,
dyspepsia, gastritis and other stomach
trouble has made it famous the world
over.
Keep this perfect stomach doctor in
your home—keep it handy—get a large
fifty-cent case from any dealer and
then if anyone should eat something t
which doesn't agree with them; if
what they eat lays like lead, ferments ■
and sours and forms gas; causes head
ache. dizziness and nausea; eructa- !
tions of acid and undigested food—
remember as soon as Pape's Diapepsin
comes in contact with the stomach all
such distress vanishes. Its prompt- j
ness, certainty and ease in overcoming
the worst stomach disorders is a reve
lation to those who try it.—Adv.
In Chicago.
Mrs. Wabash—I see eggs laid by a i
New Zealand lizard require 14 months !
to hatch.
Mrs. Dearborn—The idea! We
ought to boycott those eggs, too!
MARIE DEY
must be watched. Little Marie has
thrived especially well on Dr Cald
well’s Syrup Pepsin. Mr. Dey consid
ers it the right laxative for young and
! old and has found none better for
I young children.
The use of Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pep
sin will teach you to avoid cathartics,
salts and pills, as they are too harsh
for the majority and their effect U
only temporary. Syrup Pepsin brings
permanent results, and it can be con
veniently obtained of any nearby drug
gist at fifty cents and one dollar a bot
tle. Results are always guaranteed or
money will be refunded.
Families wishing to try a free sam
ple bottle can obtain it postpaid by ad
dressing Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 203 \Va-li
ington St., Monticello. 111. A postal
card with your name and address oa
it will do.
Not One Alike.
Our neighbor's wife reports this
conversation with the young man who
comes to take the grocery orders:
"Step in and get warm—you look
half frozen.”
"Thank you, ma'am. It's queer
weather we're getting.”
"Yes. it's so changeable."
"That's the word, ma’am. We don't
get a single day alike, do we?”—Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
ECZEMA IN WATER BUSTERS
74S Congress St., Chicago, HI.—"My
eczema broke out like little water
blisters. Each one was full of water
and would itch until I would scratch
it open, then the water would run out
and It would get sore. I first got the
eczema on the back of the hand and I
scratched it so hard I made it all sore.
Then I got it on my legs just above
the ankle and above the knee.
“I used what they call-and it
stopped the itch but it got worse.
Then I used -. In all I had the
trouble for about two years. One day
I saw the advertisement of Cuticura
Soap and Ointment in the paper. I
wrote for a sample of Cuticura Soap
and Ointment and I tried them and
then bought some more. Cuticura Soap
and Ointment left my sores nice and
smooth. I used them for six weeks,
and am now cured; the eczema left no
marks.” (Signed) F. W. Hurrisch,
Oct 19, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free.with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card “Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston.”—Aav.
London Slums.
The approaching demolition of the
notorious Tabard street area reminds
one of the clearing away of another
famous slum—the Rookery of St. Giles
—which was pulled down in the forties
for the construction of New Oxford
street It largely consisted of lodging
houses where men and women were
accommodated at two pence per night,
and was the resort of thieves and
coiners. Many of the houses were con
nected together by the roof, yard and
cellar in such a way that the apprehen
sion of a criminal was an almost im
possible task. In some of the pas
sages traps were set which landed a
determined pursuer into a cellar or
cesspool.—London Chronicle.
Lying at the Door.
'Ethel, you should encourage tha
things which lie at your door,” said
the mother.
"I suppose so, mother, but that
doesn't mean that you should en
courage Katie to say to your friends
that you are out when you are in."
In Pieces.
“What was the first thing you did
after the auto blew up?"
“I kinda collected myself.”
Don't buy water for bluing. Liquid blue
is almost all water. Buv Red Cross Hall
Blue, the blue that's all blue. Adv.
Within the last two years agricul
tural wages in Scotland have risen at
least $30 a year.
Mrs.Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces Inttamma
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More than 3,000,000 gross of pencils
are annually made in Philadelphia
The Secret of Health
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of his desk free from the accumulation of useless papers. 'Every housewife knows
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of useless things. So it is with the body. It is difficult to keep it free from the
accumulation of waste matter. Unless the waste is promptly eliminated the machin
ery of the body soon becomes dogged. This is the beginning of moot human ilia
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