FHE tESRm A CHARMING PET te Bis. "Naturalist on the Prowl" tLfltic Animal Serv ants Afraid of Him. Pats arc c all aorta. One of the most amusing- and attractive is de scribed by Efca in his "Naturalist on Jho PTOTT ! " This little animal was a tenuxr , and "besides many gentle and iarewine wayg , it seemed as if it possessed certain sense of humor. Says Ehx : "I nae'dia take its soft hand and examine its pretty nails. Each hand &ad one long , sharp claw. Such a purtous arrargement puzzled me , un til one day a flea snowed me the use ! f that claw , ft bit the lemur under * he ribfl. I expect the little beast had reason to-ia ihankful that nature had Apared one toe when it promoted It to 'iho order or four-handed animals. ' There never was a more charming pet. He took life so gayly , and the "intics were sooriginal. . When my man. tot him- out of his cage in the morn ing , hewould .ecamper straight to my Bedroom , loofr round with large eyea Brimming over with mild curiosity , and , Ibjhtly as a rubber ball , spring to iny dressinglable , where he would ex amine everything. Then he would ottnd across the bed and land on my houldera , fcaralle my ears gently , won- what was in the hole , and In Ills long tongue to find That was beyond human endurance , and I would roll the little fellow into ? . ball , wind bis long , fully tail about htm , and fling" him into the bed. He Would be umround in a moment , and Would skip Jiway to explore some more. His hind legs being longer than his Sore , he wallccdslowly , with his head ilown ; but wbGn in a hurry he would stand up and bound along like a kan garoo , tan in the air , arms extended , fingers' spread , looking like nothing one ever saw. The servants regarded him as un canny , and fled at his approach. He would give chase , and there never was finer spcri than to see the fat butler in full flight up the long stair way , with the gleeful little demon after him , three stepa at a bound. South' Companion . 31GK , SOUR , UPSET STOMACH indigestion , Gas , Heartburn or Dy pepsla Relieved Five Minutes After Taking a Little Diapv.poln. Here Is a. harmless preparation hlch surely will digest anything you aat and overcome a sour , gassy or out- bf-order stomach within five minutes. If JTOUT meals don't fit comfortably , or what'joji eat lies like a lump of lead tn your stomach , or if you have heart burn , that Is a sign of Indigestion. Get from pour Pharmacist a 50-cent case of Pape's Diapepsln and take 'i dose Juat as soon as you can. There wfll be no sour risings , no belching of tindlgested food mixed with acid , no jitomach gaa or heartburn , fullness or foeavy feeling In the stomach , Nausea , bebilltatini : Headaches , DiEziness or Intestinal griping. 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These , too , are more costly than : silver , but are considered Very gmaxL The backs are monogramed in black , brown , and occasionally la { raised gold. Sometimes the sets are known --with floral decorations , but fehla ila oot so good style as is seen in taaay of the Imitations. White ceUnloid sets with a mono- tjram In black , dark green , blue , or brown are norv to be found In good ilesigna with simple lines. The latest JpreparatlDfis are no longer combus- fable , .and a fuH cehulold toilet set is ' jj , { peed frreestsaent fc a guest room , JCor a jlri at college , or for the chronic ; teavler ; ( or use in a bag they are itnoeh lighter than any other ware. Tne searclier after novelty can have .Tier dressing : table appointments in an- ttijuB gilt * old. Japanese lacauer , or 'Draade ' * c&l&a. Sack- selection is not for the aver- agalrayer. asunless rare workmart- amd corresponding cost are had. are likely to be poor. Not Seeking Trouble. I shouM think it would be the bug. of your fife trying to get up new breusd-new Jokes , " said the sympar caller. saM the humorist , cheer v * fe 6e feast of our troubles. " He Wtesnft Afraid. irelC * said the grocer to the ; 'itfrtitTli1TriT customer , as the argot wxe warm , "don't get put but . " anapped-tisr-cti * . * al * * you csa't'put me out * ' THE LITTLE BROWN JUG i lATl I By MEREDITH NICHOLSON Illustrations By RAY WALTERS Copyright 1908 by The Bobbs-Morrili Company. 4 SYNOPSIS. Thomas Ardmore. bored millionaire find Henry Maine Griswold. professor ir the University of Virginia , take trains out of Atlanta. Griswold to his college Ardmore in pursuit of a girl who hac winked at him two days before , as theii trains stood opposite each other. Gris weld fs mistaken for Gov. Osborne ol South Carolina , and is threatened will : harm if he causes the arrest of Bill Ap- pleweight. a border line desperado. He goes to Columbia to warn the governor , and meets Barbara Osborne. CHAPTER II. Continued. "That is unfortunate. I stopped here last night on purpose to see him , and now I fear that I must leave " and he smiled the Griswold smile , which was one of the secrets of hig popularity the university "I must leave Columbia in a very few min utes. " "The office does not keep very early hours , " remarked the girl , "but some one will certainly be here in a mo ment I am sorry you have had to wait. " "It was not I , " said Griswold. "who so rudely shook the door. I beg that you will acquit me of that violence. " The girl did not , however , respond to his smile. She poked the floor with her parasol a moment , then raised her head and asked : "Who was it , if you please ? " "A gentleman with a brown beard , a red necktie , and a bad disposition. " "I thought as much , " she said , half to herself , and her eyes were bent again upon the point of her parasol , with which she was tracing a design in the rug. She lifted her head with the abruptness of quick decision , and looked straight at Griswold. The negress had withdrawn to the outer door , by which she sat with sphinx- like immovability. "I am Miss Osborne. Gov. Osborne is my father. Would you mind telling me whether your business with my father is " She hesitated , and her eyes met Griswold's. "Miss Osborne , as I have no ac quaintances here , let me introduce myself. My name is Griswold. My home is Charlottesville. Pardon me , but you and I were fellow-passengers from Atlanta yesterday evening. I am unacquainted with your father , and I have no business with him ex cept " He was not yet clear in his mind whether to tell her that her father's life was threatened ; it did not seem [ air to alarm her when he was power less to help ; but as he weighed the iiuestion the girl came out into the reception-room and sat down near the window. "Won't you have a seat , Mr. Gris- nrold ? May I ask you again whether JTOU know the gentleman who came in here and beat the door awhile ago ? " "I never saw him before in my life. " "That is very we'll. And now , Mr. jriswold , I am going 'to ask you to : ell me , if you will , just what it Is rou wish to say to my father. " She was very earnest , and the re- luest she made rang the least bit im periously. She now held the white > arasol across her "lap in the tight jlasp of her white-gloved hands. "My reason "for wishing to see your ather Is , to warn him that if a crim- nal named Appleweight is brought mck from his hiding-place on the tforth Carolina frontier , and tried for lis crimes in South Carolina , the jovernor of that state , your father , vill be made to suffer by Apple- weight's friends. " "That is what I thought , " said the jirl , slowly nodding her head. "And now , to be quite honest about t , Miss Osborne , I must confess that received this warning last night rom a man who believed me to be he governor. To tell the truth , I told lim I was the governor ! " The girl's eyes made a fresh inven- ory of Griswold , then she laughed or the first time a light laugh of tonest mirth that would not be gain- aid. Tile beautiful color deepened in ter cheeks ; her eyes lighted merrily , , s though at the drollery of Griswold tanding , so to speak , in loco parentis. "I have my own confession to make. heard what you said to that anan. I ad gone to the rear platform to see rhat was the matter. The stop there a that preposterous place seemed iri- erminable. You must have known hat I listened. " "I didn't suppose you heard what bat man said to me or what I said o him. I don't know how I came to aim myself off as the governor I m not in the habit of doing such tilngs , bat it was due , I think , to the ict that I had just been saying to a rlend.of mine at Atlanta " IHstresi-wa-gmi written in Miss teborae's , Cmce.-'She had''paid little heed to the latter half of Griswold's recital , though she kept her eyes fixed gravely upon him. In a moment the gentleman in blue serge who had manifested so much feeling over the governor's absence strode again into the room. "Ah , Miss Osborne , so you are back ! " He bowed over "the girl's h.and with a great deal of manner , then glanced at once toward the door of the private office. "Hasn't your father come in yet ? I have been looking for him since eight o'clock. " "My father is not home yet , Mr. Bosworth. " "Not % ome ! Do you mean to say that he won't be here to-day ? " "I hardly expect him , " replied the girl calmly. "Very likely he will be at home to-night or in the morning. " Griswold had walked away out of hearing ; but he felt that the girl pur- posedly raised * her voice so that he might hear what she said. " 1 must know where he is ; there's an important matter waiting a very serious matter it may prove for him if he isn't here to-day to pass on it. I must wire him at once. ' ' , "Very good. You had better do so , Mr. Bosworth. He's at the Peach Tree ciub , Atlanta. " "Atlanta ! Do you mean to say that he isn't even in this state to-day ? " . "No , Mr. Bosworth , and I advise you to telegraph him immediately if your business is so urgent. " "It isn't my business , Barbara ; it's the state's business ; it's your father's business , and if he isn't here to at tend to it by to-morrow at the latest , it will go hard with him. He has ene mies who will construe his absence as meaning " He spoke rapidly , with rising anger , but some gesture from the girl arrest ed him , and he turned frowningly to see Griswold calmly intent upon an engraving at the further end of the room. The colored woman was dozing in her chair. Before Bosworth could resume , the girl spoke , her voice again raised so that every word reached Griswold. "If you refer to the Appleweight case , I must tell you , Mr. Bosworth , that I have all confidence that my fa ther will act whenever he sees fit. " "But the people " "My father is not afraid of the people ple , " said the girl quietly. "But you don't understand , Barbara , how much is at stake here. If some action isn't taken in that matter with- "I Can Appeal to No One Here With out the Risk of Newspaper Pub licity. " in 24 hours your father will be brand ed as a coward by every newspaper in the state. You seem to take it pretty coolly , but it won't be a trifling mat ter for him. " "I believe , " replied the girl , rising , "that you have said all that I care to hear from you now or at any fur ther time , Mr. Bosworth , about this or any other matter. " "But , Barbara " Miss Osborne turned her back and walked to the window. Bosworth stared a moment , then rushed angrily from the room. Griswold abandoned his study of the picture , and gravely inclined his head as Bosworth passed. Then he waited a minute. The girl still stood at the window , and there was , Griswold felt , something a little forlorn in her figure. It was quite time that he was off if he caught his train for Richmond. He crossed the room , and as he approached the win dow Miss Osborne turned quickly. "It was kind of you to wait. That man is the state's attorney general. You doubtless heard what he said to me. " "Yes , Miss Osborne , I could not help hearing. I did not leave , because I wished to say " The associate professor of admiralty in the department of law of the Uni versity of Virginia hesitated and was lost. Miss Osborne's eyes were brown , with that hint of bronze , in certain lights , that is the distinctive posses sion of the blessed. Health and spirit spoke in her bright color. She was tall and straight , and there was some thing militant in her figure as she faced Griswold. "Mr. Griswold , I have no claim whatever on your kindness , but I am in very great distress. I don't see just where I can turn for aid to any one I know. But you as a stranger may be able to help me if it isn't asking too much but then I know it is ask ing too much ! " "Anything , anything whatever , " urged Griswold kindly. "Mr. Bosworth , the attorney general , warns me that if my father does not use the power of the state to capture this outlaw Appleweight , the results will be disastrous. He says my fa ther must act immediately. He de manded his address , and , and I gave It to him , " ' * "But you must remember , Miss ' OB- borne , that the attorney general prob ably knows the intricacies of thii case. He must have every reason foi upholding your father ; in fact , it's hi ; sworn duty to advise him in such mat ters as this. ' * "There's another side to that , Mr Griswold , " and the girl's color deep ened ; but she smiled and went on. H was quite evident that she was ani mated now by some purpose , and thai she was resolved to avail herself ol Griswold's proffered aid. "This whole matter must be kepi as quiet as possible. I can appeal tc no one here without the risk of news paper publicity which "would do mj father very great injury. But if it is not altogether too great a favor , Mr Griswold , may I ask that you remair here until tonight until my fathei returns ? His secretary has been il ] and is away from town. The other clerks I sent away on purpose this morning. Father had left his office keys at home , and came in to see il I could find the papers in the Apple- weight case. They are there , and on the top of the packet is a requisition on the governor of North Carolina for Appleweight's return. " "Signed ? " "Signed. I'm sure he had only de ferred acting in the case until his re turn , and he should have been baci to-day. " "But of course he will be back ; it is inconceivable that he should ijjnore , must less evade , a duty as plain as this the governor of a state it is preposterous ! His business in At lanta accounts for his absence. Gov. Osborne undoubtedly knows what he is about. " "My father is not in Atlanta , Mr. Griswold. He is not at the Peach Tree club , and has not been. I have not the slightest idea where my father is ! " The echoing whistle of the depart ing Virginia express reached them faintly as they stood facing each oth er before the open window in the gov ernor's reception room. CHAPTER Hi. ' ; The Jug and Mr. Ardmore. Mr. Thomas Ardmore of New York and Ardsley , having seen his friend Griswold depart , sought a book-shop where , as in many other book-shops throughout the United States , he kept a standing order for any works touch ing piracy , a subject , which , as al ready hinted , had long afforded him infinite diversion. He had several hours to wait for his train to New Orleans , and he was delighted to find that the bookseller , whom he had known only by correspondence , had just procured for him , through the dispersion of a Georgia planter's val uable library , that exceedingly rare narrative , "The Golden Galleons of the Caribbean , " by Domingeuz y Pascual a beautifully bound copy of the orig inal Madrid edition. With this volume under his arm Ardmore returned to the hotel where be was lodged and completed his ar rangements for leaving. It should be known that Mr. Thomas Ardmore was a person of democratic tastes and habits. In his New York house were Lwo servants whose sole business it was to keep himself and his wardrobe presentable ; yet he preferred to travel unattended. When he had finished packing his trunk he went down to the dinner he aad ordered to be in readiness at a certain hour , at a certain table , care- : ully chosen beforehand ; for Ardmore was very exacting in such matters md had an eye to the comforts of ife , as he understood them. As he crossed the hotel lobby on his , vay to the restaurant he was accosted jy a reporter for the Atlanta Palla- lium , who began to question him ouching various Ardmores who were iust then filling rather more than neir usual amount of space in the lewspapers. Ardmore's family , with .he single exception of his sister , Mrs. Atchison , bored him immensely. Iisjtwo brothers and another sister , he duchess of Ballywinkle , kept the amily name in display type a great leal of the time , * and their perform- inces had practically driven Thomas Lrdmore from New York. The re- Dorter was a well-mannered youth md Ardmore shook his hand encour- igingly. He was rather curious to ee what new incident in the family listory was to be the subject of in- [ uisition , and the reporter immediate- y set his mind at rest. "Pardon me , Mr. Ardmore , but is It rue that your sister , the duchess of Jallywinkle , has separated from the uke ? " Ardmore hesitated and turned hie ead cautiously. ( TO BE CONTINUED. ) The Esthetic Cat. We do not wish to underestimate tie fine qualities of affection , courage nd sagacity , which are the dog's , ut neither do we like to see the wlde- pread lack of appreciation for the at's many admirable traits. Patience , ndurance , good judgment , self-con- : ol , self-reliance , high spirits and in- ustry many or all of these are pos- essed by the average cat. Under favorable conditions she will Iso develop a strength of affectiom ot devoid of demonstration that is qua ! to the dog's. The most esthetic souls of all time * ave cherished the cat. Baudelaire , on Scheffel , Poe , De Musset , Henry ving , and a host of other lovers of ie beautiful come to mind in this Dnnection. The silky feline , of pad- ed footfall and mysterious wander- igs , has ever appealed to the imagl- ation , just as she has ever appealed > the sense of domestic comfort. Hypnotism fn Medicine. Hypnotism.has ieen recognized by i -medical profession since the U > eoth centrrry. COUNTRY AWAKE TO DANGEF Increase of Sanatoria and Hospital : for Consumptives Is Most Gratifying. The growth of tae crusade agalnsl tuberculosis in the United States is shown to good advantage in the twc directories that have been issued bj the National Association for the Studj and Prevention of Tuberculosis and the one in preparation. The first tu beculosis directory published in 1904 by the tuberculosis committee of the New York Charity Organization Socle ty and the National Association listed 133 sanatoria and hospitals for con sumptives in the United States , for some of which preliminary provision only has bean made. The combined capacity of these institutions was only 8,000 beds. Thirty-two special dispensaries and thirty-nine anti-tu berculosis organizations summed up practically all of the fighting force enumerated in the first directory. The second .directory was prepared by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis and published under the auspices of the Russell Sage Foundation in August , 1908. This directory listed 240 sana toria and hospitals , an increase of 107 from the former directory ; 158 dispensaries , an increase of 12G ; and 195 associations , an increase of 156. The number of hospital beds listed in 1908 was 14,014. The new directory that will be is sued soon , will list over 400 sanatoria and hospitals with a bed capacity of nearly 25,000 ; more than 300 special tuberculosis dispensaries ; and fully 450 anti-tuberculosis associations and committees. Since the first directory was issued in 1904 , the increase in the number of agencies fighting con sumption aggregates nearly 500 per cent. cent.The The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis would like to get in touch with all agencies engaged in the fight against tuberculosis , in order that they may be listed in the new directory. The Test of Time. Benjamin Hapgood Burt and U. S. 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