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MUNYON'S DYSPEPSIA REMEDY
I acts almost immediately on the Gastric
, Juices and gives the stomach toue and
* trength to digest almost everything that
i . has been , put Into It. It soothes sore and
Irritated ' ' , Impaired
i' stomachs that have.been
1 ' "by physic and injurious drugs. We cannot
loo urgently advise all persons wfio enffer '
Irom any of the following symptoms to
1i try this remedy : Distress after eating
floating of the stomach. Rising of the
food. Waterbrash , Sour Stomach , Heart-
"burn. Loss of Appetite Constipation ,
Dizziness ! , Falntaess , Palpitation of the
"heart , Shortness of breath , and all affec
l tions : of the heart caused by Indigestion.
"We want every discouraged and despon
dent sufferer .from Dyspepsia or Indiges
I tlon to cast aside all other medicine and
t t glthis remedy a trial. If It falls to
give satisfaction I will refund your mo i
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For sale by all druggists. Price 25c.
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Then He Spoke.
i Bashful Youth - Miss Bella , does -
foesyour ? , ' : , mother , object to , my coming
I , iere : so much . ,
I Fair Charmer - O , I think not. I
1 ieard her telling papa the otherrevening ;
that , you merely came to pass away the
r time - you . didn't , mean .anything serious.
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Eastern Colorado offers the best in-
ducements to settlers -at the present time
of any part of the country. Land equal ,
t , that in the older states can now be
bad from $10.00 to 20.00 per acre.
"Crops of all kinds that are raised fur-
ther east are raised there. Hundreds , of I
farmers in the older states are selling
i their high priced lands , and investing
where the prices are. advancing rapidly.
Lincoln County is one of the''best Agri-
cultural Counties in thestate. . W. S.
. Pershing of Limon , th'e County Survey-
or , who has surveyed the lands for the
: TJ. P. Railroad and the Government for
, the last twenty years , is familiar with
I the whole country , and is assisting many .
1 to secure good locations. No part of the
country offers .better inducements to set
+ tlers or investors at the present time
than Eastern Colorado.
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The Rented Children.
F . I Charles M. : : Schwab , at a dinner In
Plttsburg , discussed his New Year
economies. He said :
"It is necessary to economize , to
. < hut up some of one's houses and so
on , because of the innumerable claims
! . .on one. And all these claims are al-
I ways just , you know. Why , I never
saw a claimant. yet who wasn't quite
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! as sure of his rights as the Altoona
i . beggar woman.
1 i "A beggar woman , with three tiny
i - children . shivering beside her , stood on
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I / fa'windy corner in Altoona on a bitter
I ! I * -winter day. A charity officer paused
Jbesifle her with a sneer. '
" " 'You , ' he said , 'you begging ! And
j . 'those children aren't yours at all ! '
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t dignantly retorted , 'I'd have less need
\ , . . . . , to beg If they were mine , for then I
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I 'iio : hlre them. ' ' I
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I . Cauie of the Rash Act.
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I 1 'Hie- Caller , a man with thin lips , high
I ' . chetk bones , and a sharp nose.
I 'Yes , sir , " answered . the man at the EC
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t . ' "Well sir , Tve been readin' your : pa- N
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years , but you had an article this morn- B
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"That you couldn't indorse ? I'm sorry re
" for that but you know such things are reJ
Uikely ) to happen now and then , and - ' J
I "That wasn't what I was goin' to say tt ]
; ( That article pleased me so well that 1 oi
; ; thought I'd come around and subscribe in
I ' i for the paper How" much is it ? " - Chica- infii
'go ' Tribune.
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DVEB THE FENCE.
O'i :09EBTHE ECy
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I TVelghbor Says Something.1
' .1- ( "The front ' yard fence is a famous
" 'council place' on pleasant days. Maybe
f to chat with some one along the street , so ed :
fi i or for friendly gossip with next door ai :
, neighbor. Sometimes it is only small g :
talk , but other times neighbor has be
something really good to offer. 1Ie
An old resident of Baird , Texas , got IePi 1P l
i I 4 ; j . some . mighty good advice this way Pi
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1 ' ! , "Drinking coffee leftme'nearly dead si
with dyspepsia , kidney disease and sih
bowel trouble , with constant pains in
my stomach , back and side , and so de
- weak I could scarcely walk. boi
. "One day I was chatting with one of oi :
my.troubl. and de
my : neighbors about my : . dt
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told < ier I believed coffee hurt me.
y Neighbor : said she Icnew lots of people
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f 'to whom coffee was poison and she tr
j pleaded with me to quit it .and give Bt
, 1 Postum a trial. I did not take her ad Btll
vice right away , but tried a change of ll :
climate which" did not do me any good. .
. Then , , I dropped coffee - . .and ' , . .look up 'p' '
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"My bowels became regular , and In ti
two weeks all my pains - were gone. tisi
P 1 Now I am well and strong and can eat sire !
J i anything I want to without dIstress.r
E All of this is due to my having quit ti
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1 coffee , and to the use of Postum regu toSi
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1" "My son who was troubled with h * fo
1 digestion thought that if Postum helpb
ed me * . so , it might help him. It did , qi
f too , and he is now well and strong of f
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I liked the coffee and use it altogether fe
" da my , family in place of coffee and all so
keep well. "There'-s a Reason. " Read th
/ -The Road to Wellville , " in pkgs. w
Ever read the above letter ? A
II mew one appears from time to : > > time to
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Meredith Nicholson !
COPYRIGHT 1903 . +
THE BOBBS-MEKKILL COMPANT
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CHAPTER IV.-Continued. )
They spent the day in the saddle riding
ever the range. The ridiculous charac-
ter of the Poindexter undertaking could
not spoil the real value of the land.
There was , Saxton could see , " the making
here of a great farming property ; lie felt
his old interest in outdoor life quickening
as he rode back to the house in the even
ing. <
Snyder cooked supper for both of them ,
while Saxton repaired decrepit , wind-
mill which had been designed to supply
the house with water. He had formed a
poor opinion of the caretaker , who had
no well-defined duties. There was noth
ing for any one to dJ unless the rangt
were again stocked
and cattle raising un-
dertaken as a serious business. Saxton
was used to rough men and their ways.
He had a hapPY' faculty of adapting him
self to thd conversational capacities of
illiterate men ; and ' enjoyed { drawing them
out and getting their point of viewbu ;
Snyder's was not a visage that inspirec
confidence. lie had a great shock o :
black hair and a scraggy beard. He lack-
ed an eye , and he had a habit of drawing
his head around in order to accommodate
his remaining orb ) to any necessity. He
did this with an insinuating kind of de
liberation that became tiresome ip a Ions
interview. ,
"This place is too fancy to be of much
use , " the man vouchsafed. "You may
find some dude that
wants to plant } money
where another dude has dug the first
hole ; but I reckon you'll : ] have a hard
time catching himA real cattleman
wouldn't care for all this house. It might
be made ' into a stable , but a horse would
look ridiculous iu here. You might have
a corn crib made out of it : or it would
do for a hotel if you could- ] get dudes to
spend the summer here ; but I reckon
it's a little hot out here for summer
boarders. "
"The only real value is in the land , "
said Saxton. "I'm told there's no better
on the river. The house is a handicap
or would be so regarded by the kind ol
men who make money out of cattle. Have .
you ever ' tried rounding up the cattle .
that strayed through the fences ? The 1
Poindexter crowd C
must have branded
their ; last calves about
two years . ago.
Assuming that only a part of them was
old or run off there ought to be some
two-year-olds ; still loose in this country
and they'd ' be worth finding. "
"Yer jokiii' I guess. These feller * : \
around here are good fellers , and all that , 1
but I guess they . don't give anything back. b 1
: guess we ain't , got any cattle coming t c
to us. " r a h I
. "Who've " you been reporting to , Sn } - - ! I
der ? i
"How's that ? "
"Who have you . been considering your- I I :
elf responsible to ? " a l
"Well. Jim Wheaton at the Clarkson f
National hired me , and I reckon I'd r.e- : , ;
port < to him if I reported to anybody.C'
But if you're ; going to juii thas shebang tti
nd want to be reported ti
tor I gu . ss I can titl
eport to . you. " , - tl
"I want you to report to me , " said tlvi
John < , quietly. "In the first place I want vi
the house and the other buildings cleaned viei
ut. After than the fences must be ei
put
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Snd some of '
our cows. You can't tell ;
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ve may open up a real ranch here and tcbl
o into business. " blei
"Well if ' ' ' ei
, you're the boss I'll do it
our way. I got along all right with eioi
Wheaton. " oi
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Saxton determined to leave for Clark- ic
son the following morning , and formulat m
d : in his mind the result of his journey ti :
md plans for the future tifi
, of the incon- fi
jruous combination of properties that had fihi
een entrusted to him. He sat for an he
our looking out over the moon-lit valfl
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cy. He followed the long sweep of the fcot
lain , through which he could
see foi ' ot
miles the bright ribbon of the river. . A c
train of cars rumbled far
away , on the tc
iron trail between the two oceans , inten ' tcd
sifying the loneliness of the strange
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"I seem to find only the lonely places , * C
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In the morning he ate the breakfast 1 : :
f coffee , hardtack and bacon which Snyn
3er prepared. Snyder rode with him to hi
the railway station.
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"Give my regards : to Mr. Wheaton , " he bi
said , as Saxtpn { swung himself into the hi
train. "You'll find me here at the old iI
stand when you ; come back. " P
"A queer customer and undoubtedly a hi
bad [ lot. " was Saxton's reflection.
When Saxton , had written out the re- ' \1
port of his trip he took it to Wheaton , to ei :
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jet'his 'suggestions before forwarding it eiP'
) Boston. He looked upon the cashier a : P'
his predecessor , and wished to avail himf (
relf of Wheaton's knowledge ; of the local bi :
conditions affecting the several proper nin
ties that had now passed to his care.n
Wheaton undoubtedly wished to be of asc
stance , and in their' discussion ot the cl ]
report , the cashier made many sggesW \ : !
tions of value , of which Saxton was glad ! f (
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"As - to the Poindexter place , " saic hi :
Saxton finally , "I've been advertising it w
for sale in the hope of finding a buyer , tl
iut without results. The people at herrds (
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juarters can't bother about the detail by : ;
: these things but I can't see why we b <
should maintain a caretaker. , There's t o
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nothing : to take care of. That house is hi
orse than useless. I'm going back in a si
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few ! days to see if I can't coax home tv
some of the cattle we're entitled to , and
then I suppose we may as well dispense lo 1
Hrith Snyder. " tl
"I don't see that there's anything else tl
I do , " Wheaton answered. "I've been T
I the ranch , and -theres ! little personal . si
jronertv : there forth caring for. That * ' tt
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man Snyder came along one day and
asked for a job and I sent him out therr
thinking he'd keep things in order untii
the Trust Company sent its own jtapre- ! ,
sentative here. "
There were times when \ Wheatqa's \ : ?
black eyes contracted curiously , and , this
was one pf the- times.
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"I" "don't like discharging a man that
you've employed , " Saxton replie
"Oh , that's all right. You can't keop
him . ' .if' 'he , performs no service. _ Don't
trouble' about him on my account. Ho'w I
soon are , you gping back there ? " I
"Next week some time. "
Saxton was not surprised when he re
turned to , the ranch to find that Snydei
had made no offort to obey his instruc
tions. He made his visit unexpectedly.
He reached the house in the middle of
the morning and found the front dooi
bolted and barred on the inside. After
much pounding he succeeded in bringing
Snyder to the- door , evidently both sur
prised and displeased at his interruption.
"Howdy , boss , " was the salutation ol
the frowsy custodian ; "I wasn't feeling
just right to-day and was takin' a little
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Tho great hall showed signs of a ca-
rousal. The dirt had increased since Sax- -
ton's first appearance. Empty bottles
that had been doing s yrce as caudle-
sticks stood in their gr asy shrouds . . . / on
the table. Saxton sat down on a keg.
which had evidently been recently emp
tied. lie resolved to make quick work
of Snyder. .
"How many cattle have you roundf-cl
up since I was ! ' here : " he demanded.
" \ \ " ell , to tell the truth , " began Snyder.
"there ain't been much time for doing
that since you was here. "
"No ; I suppose you were busy mend-
ing fences ami l cleaning house. Now you
have been drawing forty dollars a month
for doing nothing. I'll treat you bettor
than you deserve and give you ten dol-
lars bonus to get out. I believe the POLY
in the corral belongs ; to you. We'll let i. i
go at' that. Here's ' s your money. "
"Well. I guess as Mr. Whe.iton hired
me , he'd better fire me. "
"Yes , I spoke to Mr. Whealon about
jou. He understands that you're to go. :
"lie does , does he ? ' ' Snyder replied.
with a sneer. "He must have forgot that
I had an arrangement with i blra : by die
year : , " . I
.Well , it's all off , " SD. : < 1' Saxto l , rising ,
He began throwing open the Avindors auo
doors to let in fresh air.
"Weli , I guess I'll have to see Mr.
"heaton , " Snyder retorted , finding that
Saxton was paying no further attention
to him. He collected his few belongings !
watching in astonishment the violence
vith which Saxton was gathering up and
disposing of rubbish.
"He -seems to be ' more interested ir
Wheaton than Wheaton ; s in him , " ob-
served Saxton to himself.
Saxton snent a week at Great River.
He hired a man to repair fences and put
the house in order. He visited several of
the large ranch owners and asked them
for aid in picking out the scattered rem-
nants of the Poindexter herd. Nearly all
of the mvolunteered to help , with the re-
suit that he collected about one hundred
cattle and sold them at Great River for
cash. He expected to see or hear of Sny-
der in the town but the fellow had dis-
appeared. :
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CHAPTER V. '
Tames Wheaton was 35 years old , and
was , : reckoned aming the solid business
men of Glarkson. He had succeeded fai
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beyond his expectations and was fairly
content < with the round of the ladder that
he had reached. He never talked about
himself and as he had no intimate friends
it had never been necessary for him to
give confidences. His father had been a
harness-maker in a little Ohio town ; ho
and : his older brother were expected to I
follow the same business ; but the brothei
grew ; restless under the threat of enforc
ed ( apprenticeship and prevailed on James
to run away with him. They became
ramps and enjoyed themselves roaming i
through the country , until finally they
were caught stealing in a little Illinois : ; t
village and both were arrested.
James was discharged through the gen
rosity of his brother intaking all the ' \ '
blame on himself ; the older boy was sent i
o a reformatory alone. James then weriT 'J '
o Chicago , where he sold papers and I :
blacked boots for a year until he found t
employment as a train boy , with a comt
any ! operating on various linos running ;
out of Chicago. This gave him a wide
acquaintance with Western towns and
incidentally : with railroads and railroad
men. He grew tired of the road , and ob
tained ' at Clarkson 'a position in the of- a
fice of Timothy Margrave , the- gener.7f h :
manager of the Transcontinental , which y .
c had heard , ' was a great primary school V.
for ambitious IK > VS. „
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He attended night school : , was assidu-
ous in his duties , and attained in due S
ourse the dignity. of a desk as which ho
took the cards of Margrave's : callers in- cltl
exed the letter books and copied figures tl
under the direction of the chief clerk. tl
After a year : , hearing that one of the tly.
Clarkson National \ Bank's messengers was e
bout to resign , he applied for this place.
Margrave ] recommended him ; the local P
manager of the nows agency vouched for h
bis integrity , and in due course he wend1
d [ the streets of Clarkson with a long of
bill-book , the outward and , visible sign oi , a
his position as messenger. He was stead- i -r ]
ily ; promoted in the bank and felt his ,
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past ! receding farther and farther behind
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When , at an important hour of his life ,
Whoaton was promoted to be paying tell-
r , he , was in i the receiving teller's cage.
He had known that the more desirable si
osition ' was ! vacant and had lieara his siI1
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fellow clerks ' speculating ; as to the possi I1a
bility i of a promotion from among their a
number. Thompson , the cashier had a
ephew < in the bank ; and among the
clerks he was thought to have the best
chance. . . all knew a
ance. They that the directors
were in session , and several whose tasks
for . the day were finished lingered later y <
than was their wont to see what would in
appeD. Wheaton kept quietly at his
work : but he had an eye on the door of s <
the directors' room , and an ear that jn- : ' '
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sensibly turned toward the annunciatot
r which messengers were called to the
board room. It rang at last and Whea
ton wiped his pen with a little . more than fr
his usual care as he waited for the re-
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sult of the summons. This was on his
ent ' -fifth birthday. , ' '
"Mr. Wheaton ! " The othel' clerks . .
looked at one another. The question ai
that had been uppermost with all ' of
them for a week prfst ' was answered.
Thompson's ' nephew slammed his book 8' '
shut and carried it into" " thetvault.Wiea - tl
ton put aside the balance . : sheet over It
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which lie had been , lingering and went
into the directors' ' room. There had been
no note of joy am6ng his associates. He
knew that he was not popular with
them ; he was not , in their sense , a good
fellow. When they rushed off after
hours to the ball games or horse races ,
he never joined them. When their books
did not balance he never volunteered to
help them. As for himself , he always
balanced , and did not need their help ;
and tbry hated him for it. This was , his
hour of triumph , but he . went to his vic
tory without the cheer of his comrades.
Later , when need arose for creating
the position of assistant cashier , it was
natural that the new desk should be as-
signed to Wheaton. He was faithful and
competent ; neither Porter nor Thompson
had a son to install in the bank ; and , as
they said to each other and to their fel
low l directors , Wheaton had two distin
guishing qualifications did his work
and he kept his mouth shut.
In the course of time Thompson's
health broke' down and the doctors order
ed aim away to New Mexico , and again
there seemed nothing to do but to pro
mote Wheaton. Thompson wished to sell :
his stock and resign , but Porter would not
have it so ; but when , after two years , it
was clear that the cashier would never
again be fit for continuous service in the
bank , Wheaton was . . duly elected cashier
and Thompson was made vice president.
The relations between Porter , and
Wheaton were strictly of a business char-
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acter. This was not by intention on Por-
ter's part. He assumed that at some
time he or Thompson had known all
about Wheaton's antecedents ; and after
so many years of satisfactory service ,
during the greater part of which the
bank had been protected against Whea-
ton. as against all the rest of the em-
ployes , by a bonding company , he accept-
ed the cashier without any question. Be-
fore Evelyn's return he had one day ex
pressed to Wheaton his satisfaction that
he would soon have \ a home again , and
Wheaton remarked with civil sympathy
that Miss Porter must now be "quite a
young lady. "
"Oh , yes ; you must come' up to the
house when we get going again , " Porter
answered. ,
Wheaton had seen the inside of few
houses in Clarkson. He had a recollec-
tion of having been sent to Porter's sev-
eijul times , while he was still an errand
boy in the bank , to fetch Porter's bag on
occasions when the president had been
called away unexpectedly. He remem-
bered Evelyn Porter as she used to come
as a child and sit in the carriage outside
the bank to waft for her father ; the
Porters stood to him them , and now for
wealth ; and power.
Ilaridan had a contempt for Wheaton's
intellectual deficiencies ; and praise of
Wheaton's steadiness and success vexed
him * as having some sting for himself ;
but his own amiable impulses got the bet-
ter of his prejudices , 'and he showed
Wheaton many kindnesses. When the
others at The Bachelors' nagged Whea
ton , it was Raridan wiio threw himself
into i the controversy to take Wheaton's
part. He took him to call at some of
the houses he knew best , and though this
was a matter of propinquity he knew
nevertheless that he preferred Wheaton
to the others in the house. Wheaton ,
was not noisy nor pretentious and the
others were sometimes both.
Wheaton soon found it easy to do
things that he had never thought of do-
ing before. He became known to the
florist and haberdasher ; there was a lit
tle Ilambletonian at a certain liveryman's
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, \ 'hicharry Raridan drove a good deal.
and he had learned from Warry how
pleasant : it was to drive out to the new
country club in a runabout instead of
using the street car , which left a margin
of plebeian walking at the end of the
line. But while he acquired the superfi-
cial graces he did not lose his instinc-
tive thrift ; he had never attempted to i
plunge , even on what his associates ! at
The Bachelors' called "sure things. ; " and '
he was equally incapable of personal ex- 1
travagances. If he bought flowers he sent
hem where they WOUiU tell in "his favor. t
If he had five dollars to : give to the Ici
Fund for the poor , he considered that
when the newspaper printed his name in ei
its list of acknowledgements , between
Timothy Margrave , who gave fifty dol al
lars , and William Porter , who gave twen ' alM
ty-five , he had received an adequate re
urn 'on his investment.
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"Women and the Stage.
David Belasco was in his best mood a
at a dinner preceding his vacations
his first vacation in twenty long , hard Sibi
"ears. In the course of a learned reb
view of barefoot dancing problem i ir
plays and suchlike outcroppings of
stage ( history , he smiled and said : oi
"It may < be true , as some have ir
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claimed , that immoral plays are due to oi
the immoral .taste of woman. Yes ,
that be true but. did
may ; gentlemen , 14
you . ever watch at the theater an
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elderly , staid , perhaps somewhat un- t r
prepossessing wife. brooding over a
husband : a little younger than herself ?
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These wives , surely , are no supporterscj
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f ; the immoral stage spectacle. . Such
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wife sat in one of my theaters dur-
ing the production of a drama. The
, heroine , a beautiful girl , said at a olL
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dramatic moment :
" 'Merciful heavens , I am undone ! ' h I
"The wife rose hurriedly.
" Come ' C
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ternly. 'iV-e've ; had enough of this.2t <
I'm not going to have you drinkin' in er
any Salome dance or disrobin' act. ' "
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Mr. Isaacs-I sells you dot , coat at
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Mr. IsaacsMem freint , I makes a , a J
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schnmll : profit on de paper and string.-
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He Beat It.
"Where did you steal that mat
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seized the tramp.
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The1 ' * easiest and safest way to debt
stroy : ordinary bl&ck gunpowder Is to ch
throw it into water , which dissolvrlt . . hi ' *
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157,176,800 ACRES FREE
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Homesteads.
About 157,17GSOO acres of land in
the various Western States to which
the 320-acre homestead bill applies
have been designated by Secretary oi
the Interior Ballinger as coming withia
the provisions of the act. The area of
land designated in each of the Sfoites
is as follows :
Oregon , 7,004.160 ; Washington. 3- :
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570,960 ; Utah , 7.044.4SO ; Wyoming. 9-
22 ] ,7GO ; New Mexico. 14:134.ftUOm'a : ( ; -
da , 49.512.960 ; Arizona 20,057,280 ;
Colorado , 20,160,000 ! , and Montana 1J , -
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It was stated at the department that
approximately 40 per cent of the area
designated except in .Nevada is now
held by individuals : ; through "some col-
or of title" and it is believed , that a :
larger perceptage in Washington and
Oregon is so held. Were all of , the
lands designated suitable for , entry .
there would be about 4 ! > : ! , OOO home
steads. The lands in question are not
pusceptible of irrigation from any :
Known source of water supply. The
regulations under which entries for
these lands are to pe made recently
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were approved.
Maps showing the lands subject to
entry will be furnished the local land
oflices as soon as possible and applicu- "
Mans to enter will then be received.
JOLT TOR v MARRIED WOMEN.
Those in Louisiana Do Not Own the
Clothes They Wear. ,
A married woman in' Louisiana does
not own the clothes she wears. At
least , that is the only conclusion to be
drawn from statements made the oth-
er day before the Era Club at New
Orleans , by Judge W. W. Ferguson ,
who dilated on the inequalities of the
Code Napoleon inherited by the Louis
iana constitution. Judge Ferguson de
clared that the estate of a single wom-
an is far more preferable , in the prop-
erty holding sense , than that of a wife.
Members of the Era Club , composed of
fashionable women , are waging a suf-
fragette campaign , and have enlisted
Judge Ferguson to start agitation for
legislative reform. * .
"A spinster , " said the judge , "may
acquire , alienate , mortgage or do as
she feels disposed with her property ,
all of which is denied a married worn- ,
an. It often happens that the husband
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takes advantage of this prohibition
and the wife is powerless to right the
wrong and free herself from a bond
age worse than serfdom because she
cannot testify against her husband.
"Why discriminate against females ? "
asked Judge Ferguson , and a hundred
ambitious women thundered a reply
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that : indicated there will be strong
: pressure to bear at the next session of
the : Legislature. "
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Canadian civil servants have organ-
zed a civil service federation.
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All municipal printing in Oneida , N. ti :
Y. , must bear the union label. oibj
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Red Lodge , Mont. , will have a labor ca
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emple within a few months. . u :
The Kansas Legislature passed elev- e
en laws advocated by union labor. etm
A Hebrew local of the typographic- "
.1 union is to be formed in Boston , :
Mass.
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A State bureau of labor and statis-
s
ics has been created by the Texasti :
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Legislature. Ci
A semi-monthly pay day was ex-
cted by the last session of the Arkan
sas Legislature. '
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Fifteen unions of hodcarriers and
building laborers have been organized ril
:1 : the last month. or ]
The new union of "
women employes s ; :
f the Bureau of Engraving and Print-
ing ! at Washington , D. C. , has upward A A
f 300 members. th
Children of Hazleton , Pa. , under Sa
4 , who cannot read and write , will m :
( e taken out of mills and factories by Dr :
ma
truant officers. L e
It was decided at a meeting of the
Northumberland ( England ) coal cont:1
ciliation board that wages should be tU
reduced S/i per' cent.
Vallejo ( Cal. ) gas workers recently th
thwi
btained their charter from A. F. of wi
. , and since then have reduced their C"
< ours and increased wages.
In 18G6 the first National Labor oak
ongress was held at Baltimore , Aug. 45 ;
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0. ] This body met annually in differ-
nt : cities for several years thereafter.
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John E Nolan has been re-elected , H
resident of the Boston branch of the ar
malgamated Society of Engineers for a
he twentieth consecutive term.
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The Washington Legislature passed
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ninors ; also a bill providing for the yo
fir
ippointment of a woman deputy fac- -
ory inspector.
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Ble.ixed with Thirty-five , Kid , .
The associated charities of San Fran-
isco are advertising for a baby car-
sli 1
age for the thirty-fifth child of Juan , he
anuelo Grljalva 70 years old , whose th
amily owned thousands of acres in pr
Jalifornia before the gringoes came. Ti
'uan has also been wealthy in his day
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mt he is now rich in nothing except ,
hildren , one having come to bless !
inn nearly every year since 'his firsfl
arriaga."attttO3t l 1 : 1T" S. " 'century ago7 - _ i :
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The tallest tree In the world so far. r
AS has been ascertained is an Austra- ,
lian gum tree of the species eucalyptus' /
regnans , which stands in the Cape Ot-
way range. It is no less than 415 feet {
high. Gum trees grow very fast. There
Is one in Florida which shot up forty
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feet in four years and another in Gua-
emala which grew 120 feet in twelvd !
years. This corresponds to a rise o ( ,
ten feet Ina year , or nearly ono fool
per month.
There are more doctors per capita m
New York City than anywhere else in
this country.
FEARED AN OPERATION.
Fdand a , Wonderful Cure Without
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James Greenman , 142 , " , East Front
street , Ionla , Mich. _ . _ says' _ ; : _ . "What ' . , . . LL I' _
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suffered ' during , , : the
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worst sieges _ 'of kid
ney trouble , 1. can
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never express. It was
nothing short of tor
ture. In bed for
three months , with
r terrific pain in my J
1 back , an awful uri . _ _ .
nary weakness , dizzi- . - L
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& M * st Mws usness and
ness , nervo U" " " " ' ' ' ' . . . . . . . . . .
melancholy. I rapidly lost 45 pounds.
My doctor advised an operation , but ;
I would not submit ; to it. 'Gravel was
forming and the urine had almost
stopped. I began using Doan's Kid- '
ney Pills and after taking one box
passed a stone half an Inch long. I ,
kept on taking the pills ! and passed
smaller stones one after another until
forty had been ejected. I recovered i
rapidly then and was soon as well as
ever. "
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co. , Buffalo , N. Y. ,
The chimney swift is truly a bird of
the air , for it never alights on a fence
or building. It drops into the top , of '
some mide-mouthed chimney and cling
to j ita rough sides with tiny feet.
TORE HIS SKIN OFF
In Shreds - Itching Was Intense
Sleep TVns Often Impossible
Cared by Cntlcnra In 3 Wee .IJ.
"At first an eruption of small - pus
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tules t commenced on my hands. ThesE
spread later to "other parts of my body
and the itching at times was . intense
so much so that I literally tore the
skin off in' shreds in seeking relief.
The awful itching interfered with mj
work considerably , and also kept IDt
awake nights. I tried several ] doctor
and used a number of different oint .t
ments and lotions , but received prac
tically no benefit. Finally I settled "
down to the use of Cuticura Soap. ,
Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Pills
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with the result that in a few days all
itching i had ceased and in about thret
weeks' time all traces of my eruption ,
had disappeared. I have had no trou ,
ble of this kind since. H. A. Kruts-
koff. 5714 Wabash Ave. , Chicago , 111.
November 18 and 28 , 1907. "
Potter Drug & Cheni. Corp. , SoU
Props. of Cuticura Remedies. Boston.
tost ' Its ' Edge. '
"Great guns , barber , that razor of
fours < is in a terrible condition " ! ' ex-
dairaed the victim in the chair. ,
"Ycssah , Ah 'spect yo' am all right.
Mi done wore dat razor toer ball las'
light , sah , an' Ah reckon de grin'stone
mi what it needs. " - Boston Post.
Deafness 'Cannot be Cured
y local applications , as they cannot reach
be diseased portion of the ear. There la
mly one way to cure deafness , and that Is
y constitutional remedies. Deafnesn i ! f 1
aused ! by an inflamed condition of the mu-
ous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
his tube is inflamed you have a rumbling
ound or imperfect hearing , and when it Is I
intirely closed. Deafness Is the result , and '
mless the Inflammation can be taken out
nd this tube restored to its normal condl-
Jon , hearing -will be destroyed forever ; nine
ases out of ten are caused by Catarrh ,
rhich Is nothing but an Inflamed condition
f the mucous surfaces. 1
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
my case of Deafness ( caused by Catarrh )
hat cannot be cured by Hall's' Catarrh f.
rare. : Send for circulars free.
F. J. OHENEY & CO. , Toledo , O. )
Sold by Druggists , 75c.
Take HaIrs Family Pills for constipation. I
ElUal to It.
Intimate Friend-Didn't you feel ter- ,
bly flustered when ' you ; and Rodney stood t {
p ; before the preacher ?
Bride - Me ? I never felt more self-pos- 1r' '
assed and - - er - determined in all my life. 3
LsfcYonr Denier for Allen's Foot-Ease I
powder to shake into your shoes. It rests
ie , feet , Cures Corns , Bunions. Swollen.
Ire , Hot , , Callous , Aching , Sweating feet
ad Ingrowing Nails. Allen's Foot-Ease
lakes : new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all ) ii- . ' - 1
ruggists and Shoe Stores 2oc. : : Sample [ r
lailed FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted. . t
Roy , N. Y. . + ' 1
The water of the tropical oceans con- ' i i
ins more salt than that of other lati-
des. (
Instant Relief for All Eyes , . i
bat are irritated from
dust , heat , sun or
'ind , PETTIT'S EYE SALVE. All drug- 1
sts or Howard Bros. , Buffalo. N. Y. , ,
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The yew lives to be 2,800 years old , < .
ik 1,500 . cedar 800 , chestnut GOO , ivy , t'
50 and elm 325. i
Over fifty years of public Tconfidence r
nd . popularity. That is the record of > to
amlins Wizard Oil , the world's stand- f
rd remedy for aches and pains. There's t ,
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reason and only I one-ME IT. t i
Declined the Part.
Percy - Esmeralda , will ' ' yon marry me ' : 0
Esmeralda . - - . No ; Gwendolen refused" ' ' " ,
on last night " and I'm"not Ii
mg. ? . . . a.n D1 ; not acting aa I' ' '
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irstLaid * _ vtpthe Injured * ; . i , ! . * ! r '
H1rs. Wln low's Soothing 8 > r . p cor child-
en teething , softens the gum. , reduces In- 1
animation , alljiys pain , cure . wind eoii . /
5c a bottle. cv c. {
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Its Faulty Construction. .
"I was away up in front , Mrs. Lap. t ti
ing was saying , "and -yet I couldn't l { 4
ear ' half the actors said. I tell YOW ,
ere's something wrong with the a noatit
ropertiea _ ! of that theater. " --C > ug j , \ 1 ,
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Red , Weak Weary , Watery Eye.
Believed by 3Iurlne Eye Remedy. . ' 4
Compounded by Experienced Physicians. . . .
Conforms to Pure Food and Drug Laws. .
urine Doesn't Smart : Soothes ' - -
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tj Marine 1a Your.SyM. Ask Your Druggist _ '
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