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Im many cases it is opportunity which Sires the wife the better education' the higher culture. The husband is no bmsy manipulating stocks or. hand line bis business that he has no time or mental force for the study of art, the reading of good literature or the cultivation of a musical taste. His wife, on the other hand, is put by his efforts in so happy a financial posi tion that she enjoys considerable leisure; and she spends it on mental culture instead of taking an empty course of afternoon functions" and keeping up to the latest thing in fash ion and- gossip. Europe is full of traveling tourist wives who are both interested and interesting, touching an that makes up the culture of that continent, while their husbands wiU only run over occasionally for its curi osities and amusements. For the vast . majority who cannot go to Europe there is the home culture of the li brary. Rubies and Diamonds. Heirs to the dream of the alchem ists, who sought to transmute base metals into gold, many scientists to day are striving to unite the cheap elements which make up precious stones, and so build us jewels while we wait. Theoretically the task is simple. Practically, the difficulty of counterfeiting that welding point of heat and pressure which existed when the molten earth was cooling is Tery great. Apparently it can he done. Whoever fuses alumina with, chromium oxide In the oxy-bydrogen name may obtain a veritable ruby.. The diamond is a tougher opponent,' hut Moissan points out the road u to. success. By saturating molten iron with carbon in the electric furnace at a temperature of 3,500 degrees, and then suddenly cooling the mass, he produced the pressure necessary to crystallise the carbon, and obtained minute hut real - diamonds. Lately Sir Andrew Noble obtained a world's record temperature of 5,2 degrees from the pressure of cordite exploded In closed vessels of Iron, and in the residue of the explosion chamber small diamonds were found. In the bear future perhaps; methods win be found of producing aH crystals in the else, homogeneity ot texture, and col-, oring which make them precious atones. No longer, then, says Coi ner's, win the blood-stained gems of Indian princes glow in the pages of eixth-rete novels. In our children's children, it may be, the tales of the "Arabian Nights" will wake no vis- leas-pf unearthly wealth, and the ad- J .venture . Jtowgu' wnu ine tsanaar Log of the Forgottea City will have to be explained. Appearances are deceitful at times in regard to a person who is sup nosed to be dead. We have had sev jeral instances of the sort of late. A jwoman who took poison woke up and told the .undertaker not to be so rough. A man supposed to be dying in a New York hospital jumped out of id whipped another man. A In that city, after her husband had shot her, made her husband think (mat she was dead so that he wouldn't shoot her again. A Paris journalist has founded a babies dab. It is a spacious and pleasant building, with a garden and n clubhouse, where games of all kinds are provided. There is a Punch and Judy show, with a cafe where -sweets. cakes,- tea, milk and various kinds of lemonade are sold' to members and their parents, while there are also in numerable toy-shops and a theater. An Illinois court has ruled that a whisky jug is a deadly weapon. In this case one man threw n jug at an other. It doesa't appear to make much difference, then, as far as defini tions are concerned, whether the vic tim is hit with the inside or the out side of the jug. . Bunding materials for the recon struction of Valparaiso wffl probably be exempted from import duty. A proposal, to this end is before the V The Fuhushima mUl at Osaka has ddeMed to add 20 ,000 spindles so as to its yarn production for ship- it to China. j -New York now claims to have more than MM millionaires. We might add that very few of them grew up in New York. The incident In Koepenlckwin the gold brick artists to wonder how came to overlook the Gees i - -, .. t.m-wr-LiSSLXaix -- - -z- - , - T m. . sm ftrto zr in a AfPfMJnfjBmmV ouanod bujina at ffeureotnu1s: n'posm . , n uv SMaaaaaaa. .-t . .. ., .-y-,v.--- .- ....- -y '- .-.- - ..-.:- i ..,.t.i.i. -..-.- :.t. - 4-r .-.!, r-,j ji uv - - nsmmmmmsanmi rrmnv one fsaninv uuove mst-vniKBi tec wwiwir wiw wwj wm - . . . .. . hM. .. i' -.z r'mr'Jmz. . .:-9mmmuv-JBBmmmmmmmmumnunuUk --. oJSuaanee to rourteennoinis naovw ok, m mm wn w wu jvm mmvm. j .. i : ,: 6 T c rHteBV ,S4A- B .H - .' -a .--'-a.-. a-m . 1 r.,V.j ... s;i .. I lil ;"!.. . 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"Trimming suckers, eh?" said L not able to decide what to do.. "Their fathers stole it from the pub Uc," he explained. "They're drunken little snobs, not' fit to have money. I'm doing a public service by reUeving them of it If I'd a got more, I'd feel that much more"-he vented his Ught cool, sarcastic laugh "more patri otic." "I cant take it," said L feeling that, in my preseat condition, to take it would be very near to betraying the confidence of my old friend. "They lost it In a straight, game," he hastened to assure me. "I haven't had a 'brace' box or crooked wheel for four years." This with a sober face and a twinkle In his eye. "But even if I had helped chance to do the good work of teaching them to take care of their money, you'd not refuse me. Up. town and down town, and.aU over the -place, what's business, when you come to look at it sensibly, but trad ing stolen goods? Do you know a man who. could .honestly earn more than ten or twenty thousand a year good clean money by good clean work?" "Oh, for that matter, your money's as clean as anybody's," said L "But you know .I'm a speculator, Joe. I have my downs and this happens to be a stormy time for me., If I take your money, I mayn't be able to ac count for it or even to pay dividends on it for maybe a year or so." "It's ail right, old man.. Ill never give it a thought till you remind me of it. Use it as you'd use your own. I've got to put it 'behind somebody's luck why not yours?" He finished doing up the package, then he seated himself, and we both looked at it through the smoke of our cigars. f "It's just as easy to deal in big sums as In little, in large matters as in small, isn't it. Joe," said I, "once one gets in the way of It?" "Do you remember away back there the, morning," he asked mus ingly "the last morning you and I got up from the straw in the stables over at Jerome Park the stables they let us sleep in?" "And went out in the dawn to roost on the rails and spy on the speed trials of old ReveU's horses?" "Exactly." said Joe, and we looked at each other and laughed. "We In rags gosh, how. chilly it was that morning! Do you remember what we talked about?" L , "No." said I, though' I did. , , "I was proposing to turn a crooked trick and you wouldn't have it You persuaded me to keep straight Matt I've never forgotten it You kept me straight showed me what a fool a man was to load himself down with a petty larceny record. You made a .man of .me, Matt And then those good looks ot yours caught the eye of that bookmaker's girl, and he gave you a job at writing sheet and you worked me in with you." So long ago it seemed, yet 'near and real, too. as I sat there, conscious of every sound and motion, even of the fantastic shapes taken by our up curling smoke. How far I was from the "rail bird" of those happy-go-lucky years, when a meal meant quite as much to me as does a mUHon now bow far from aU that yet how near, too. For was I not stiU facing life with the same careless courage, for getting each yesterday in the eager excitement of each new day with its new deal? We went on in our remin iscences for a while; then, as Joe had a little work to do. I drifted out into the house, took a bite of supper with young Melville, had a Uttle go at the tiger, and toward five in the clear June morning emerged into the broad day of the streets, with the precious bundle under my arms aada five hun dred dollar biU in my waistcoat pocket . "Give my win to me in a single bill,-: I said to the banker, "and btow yourself off with the change." Joe walked -down the street with me for companionship and a Uttle air before taming In, he said, but 1 imagine a desire to keep his eye on bis treasure a while longer had some thing to do with his taking that early morning stroIL We passed several of those, forlorn figures that hurry through the. slowly-awakening streets to bed Jot to work. Finally, there came by"an old. old woman e, scrub woman,.Io guess, on her way home from cleaning some ofltee building. Beside her was a thin little boy. hop ping along oh a crutch. I stopped them. "Hold out your hand," amid I to the boy, and he did. I laid the five hun dred dollar bill in it "Now, shut your fingers tight over that, said I, "and don't open them tffl you get home. Then ten your mother to do what she Hkes with it" And we left them gaping after us, speechless before this fairy story come true. "You must be looking hard for luck today," eaid Joe, v this transaction when have thought it a showy wise charity. "TheyTl atop hi at the IfgJJP; U0btw M 7FJQaCMtr I hope so" said L."for God knows . . i I It" -'".-" A ' BREATHING. SPELL. Lahgdeav after 'several-years of ef- J fort, had got 'recognition for textile in London, but that was about alL He hadn't succeeded in unloading any great amount of it on the English. So it was rather because I neglected nothing than because I was hopeful of results that I had made a point of telegraphing to tendon newa of my proposed suit The result was a Uttle trading in textiles over there and a slight decline in the price. This fact was telegraphed to aU -the financial centers on this side of the water, and reinforced the impression my lawyers' announcement .and my own "bear" letter were making. Still, this was nothing, or next to it What could I hope to avail against Langdon's agents with almost unlimit ed capital, putting their whole energy under the stock to raise it? In the same newspapers that published my bear attack, in the; same columns and IJavlafemmmW iff " mninmmmflllinil: V VlBmP '' "HOW DID YOU COME OUTr SHE ASKED EAGERLY.' under the same head-lines, were offi cial .denials from the textile trust and the figures of enormous increase of business as proof positive that the denials were- honest If the pubUc had not been burned so many times by "industrials," if. it had not learned by bitter experience that practically none of the leaders of finance and in dustry were above lying to make or save a few dollars, if textiles had not been manipulated so often, first by Dumont aad since bis death by bis brother-in-law and successor, this suave aad cynical Langdon , my des perate attack would have been with out effect As it was Four months before, in the same situation, had I seen textiles stagger as they staggered in the first hour of business on the stock exchange that morning, I'd have sounded the charge, clapped spurs to my charger, and borne down upon them. But I had my new-born yearning for "respecta bility;" I had my new-born squeam iehness, which led me to fear risking Bob Corey and his bank and the money of my old friend Healey; finally, there was Anita he longing for her that made me prefer a narrow and uncertain foothold to the bold leap that would land me either: in wealth aad power or in the bottom leas abyss. Instead of continuing to sell tex tiles,'! covered- as far aa I could; and I bought so eagerly aad so heav ily that, 'more than Laagdon's .corps of rocketers, I was responsible for the stock'ff rally and start upward. When I say "eagerly" and "heavily- I do not mean that I 'acted openly or without regard to common sense. I mean sim ply that I made no attempt to back up my fbUqwe'ra in the selling cam paign I had urged them Into; on the contrary, 1 bought as they sold. That does nbT-uound weU, and it ie no bet ter than, it-sounds. I shall not dis pute any- one who finds this action of mine a betrayal of my eUenta to save myself. All I shall say Is that It business, that in such extreme dire compulsion as was mine, it is right under the code. the private and real Wan street code. You can imagine the confused mass of transactions in which' I was in volved before the stock errhange had There was the stock able to buy or get opi thus on at various prices, between losing' of the exchange'the pre day and that morning's upsalug from sO parts of this country ' r- L.i .r.. v m .. ..' .k . . thee at figuresoi shove .mat cnlgets okuing-priceto fourteen points aborr it And, en the debit side, there were over a period of nearly two "sellings?, of blocks large atra hundred. different nrlees. : Tv i An lnextricable:inncle. ton min- any one it: would be impossible for a man to- unravel quickly :ad i tiMnfrantic chaos of a-wibT stock- exchangerdayv Yet the influence of- the mysterious state of my nerves, which I have de scribed above, was so marvelous that, incredible though- it seems, the mo meet the exchange closed, I knew, ex actly where I stood. s Like a mechanical lightning calcula tor, my mind threw up before me the net result of these selling aad buying transactions, Textile common closed eighteen points above the closing quotation of the- previous' day; if Langdon's brother had not been just a Uttle indiscreet I should have been as hopeless a bankrupt in reputation and in fortune as ever was ripped up by the bulls of Wall street As It was, I believed that by keep ing a bold front I might extricate and free myself when the coal reorganiza tion was announced. The rise of coal stocks would square my debts and, as I was apparently untouched by the textile flurry, so far as even Ball, my nominal partner and chief Ueutenant, knew, I need not fear pressure from creditors that I could not withstand. I could not breathe freely, but I could breathe. XX. MOST UNLADYLIKE. When I saw I was to have a respite of a month or no, I went over to the National Industrial bank with Hen ley's roU, which my tellers had count- ed and prepared for deposit I fin ished my business with the receiving teller of the National Industrial, and dropped in on my friend Lewis, the first vice-president I did not need to pretend coolness and confidence; my nerves were still in that curious state of tranquil exhilaration, and I felt master of myself and of the situation. Just as I was leaving, in came Tom Langdon with Sam EUersly. "' Tom's face was a laughable exhibit of embarrassment Sam really, I felt sorry for him. There was no rea son on earth why he shouldn't be with Tom Langdon; yet he acted aa if 1 had caught him "with the goods on him." He stammered and stuttered, clasped my hand eagerly, dropped it as if it had stung him; he jerked out a string of hysterical nonsense, end ing with a laugh so crazy, that the sound of it disconcerted him. Drink was the' explanation that drifted through my mind; but in fact 1 thought little about it so full was I of 'other matters. "When is your brother returning?" said I to Tom. "On the next steamer, I believe," he replied. "He went only for the rest and the bath of sea air." With aucausjasjanssxaiaMMoa Tales About Combination of Odd Stories in Regard to the Ancient Structure. From the Westminster Gazette. It is believed that in early Roman times there was a bridge, of boats over the Thames. This gave, place to a strong, narrow structure built by the Roman occupiers on wooden piles. The re mains of this Roman bridge were dis covered when the .present bridge was built The Roman bridge was burned in 1138, hut was repaired. la. 11C7 the Norman-London bridge waa begun by Peter, rector of Cole church, te the reign of Henry H. It waa not completed until 1299, a period of 42 years. In 1282 there waa a ter rible fire on the bridge, both ends burning furiously, while 3,099 persons were caught between the two fires and either burned to death or drowned. In the fifteenth century there were houses en both sides of the bridge, just aa there are onthe Ponte Vecchlo te Florence at the present time. In Tuder times the heads of politl- 7I apoejawauTWKgiear. f mmxm -- , ,? :.:l j-y s the steamer with Mowbray to sea him off, and he asked tie to ten you tan new dividend rate thouch it was ..-. V !A i "- mm-'m-. H iiV-l nor to oe mane puonc ror womm uw. Anyhow, , he told ne $ogotraight to you and I fraakly I forgot it" Then, With the wiaarag;-candid Langdon smile, he. added, ingenuously: "The bestexeuse.in the.woridr-yet;the one. nobody ever accepts. ? ' - "No apology necessary," said I with the -utmost good nature. , "I've no per sonal interest in textile. My. house' deals on commission only, you know" never -on margins for myself. I'm a banker and broker, not a gambler Some of our customers were alarmed by the newa of the big .increase, and insisted on bringing suit to stop it But Fm going to urge them now to let the matter drop." Tom tried to took natural, and as he is an npt pupU of his brother's, he succeeded fairly weU. His glance, however, .wouldn't fix steadily on my gaze, but circled round and round it like a bat at an electric Ught "To teU you the truth," said he, "I'm ex tremely nervous as to what my brother will say and do to when I teU him. I hope no to you through my forgetful- "None in the world," I assured him. Then I turned on Sam. "What are you doing down town to-day?" said L "Are'you on your way to see me?" ' "Oh, I was just calling on Tom," he replied rather haughtily. Then Melville: himself came in, brushing back his white tufted burn sides and licking his Ups and bunk ing his eyes looking for ail the world like a cat at its toilet ,r "Oh! aALBlacktockr he exclaimed, with purring cordiality and I knew he had heard of the big deposit I war making. "Come into, my omee on your way but nothing special only be-" cause it's always a pleasure to talk with you." I saw that hia effusive 'friendliness confirmed Tom Laagdon's fear that 1 had escaped from his' brother's toils. He stared'sullenlyat the carpet until he caught me'.'lopkIng1it!:hIm with twinkling eyes.' He made. a valiant effort to return joy smito'and succeed ed in twisting, bis faeeTinte-a knot that seemed to hurt him as muck as it amused me. ""r "Well, good-by, Tom." said I. "Give my regards to your brother when he 'lands, and tell him his going away wasva mistake. A man can't afford to trust his important business to un-der-strappers." This with a face free from any suggestion, of intending a shot at him. Then to Sam: "See you to-night old man," aad I .went away, leaving Lewis looking from one to the other as if he felt that there was dyn amite about but couldn't locate It I stopped with Melville to talk coal for a few minutes at my ease, and the last man on earth to be suspected of hanging by the crook of one finger from the edge Of the precipice. I rang the EUersly's bell nt half past nine that evening. The butler faced me with eyes not down, as they should have been, but on mine, and full of servile insolence to which he had been prompted by what he had overheard in the family. "Not at home, sir," he said, though I had not spoken. I waa preoccupied and not expecting that statement; neither had I skill, nor desire to acquire skill, in' reading family barometers in the faces of serv ants. So, I waa for brushing past him and entering where I felt I had as much right as in my own places. He barred the way. "Beg pardon, sir. Mr. EUersly in structed me to say no one was at home." I halted, but only like an oncoming bear at the prick of an arrow. "What does this mean?" I ex claimed, waving him aside. At that instant Anita appeared from the Uttle reception-room a few feet away. "Oh come in!" she said cordially. "I was expecting you. Burroughs, please take Mr. Blacklock's hat" I followed her Into the reception room, thinking the butler had made some sort of mistake. "How did you come out?" she ssked eagerly, facing me. "You took your natural self not tired or worried so it must have been not so bad as you feared." "If our friend Langdon hadnt sUpped away, I might not look aad feel so comfortable," said L "His brother blundered, and there was no one to checkmate my moves." She seemed nearer to me. more In sym pathy with me than ever before. "I cant teU you how glad I am!" ' Her eyes were wide aad bright as from some great excitement and her color was -high. Oace my nttenthm was on it I knew instantly that only some extraordinary upheaval la that household could have produced the fever that waa Maxtag in her. Never had r seen her in any such mood as this. "What la It?" I asked. "What has happened?" (To be Continued.) London Bridge. cal offenders were stuck over the gates ;o the bridge. -One traveler, has recorded the fact -that he' witnessed no fewer than 399 of these terrible trophies impaled at various -parts of London bridge. - " - -r ' In the days of James I. the bridge had become the hauat of jewelers 'and other small merchants, aa we see them on the Old Bridge over the Amo to-day. They succeeded the sstrok gers and fortune toners who had set-, tied there te Tudor days. The bridge suffered heavily te the great fire of London. In the eigh teenth century all the old houses which stood upon it were removed for reasons of safety. FlaaUy, the cost of the continuous repairs became so heavy that the bridge we now see was built Its recentt widening is too fa milmr to. everyone to need mention. For hundreds of years the frame has been so great that aa old saw has it that no one can cress It without seeing a white horse. The advent of the motor may soon add thla old say ing to the rest of the vamahed histor ical assoemttaus of London bridge. .,,.... -. .-- -.., ,-. . J-.. J.rauA. LJf Jw.lVH.TKC.MIiry . f. " -mW- - 'iWtVM .W-Ti'W'rr4Mawrwn,-Ml.i- Umle TMaee That 'are WiU -4 M.t'i5Ili,iil ?' -- -'.' I l:'.i. I j.riii ! To straighten whalesoue'seak for' taw minutes in lukewarm water, these ; ; sraigat.:wiia -a .angauy m. .a mm m. .. I . ' PBron.. , . ... , - i s. When .deanmg brass add a MtUl , SMthvlaiad mmtrtt triwkatMM M-- ' you,may.Jte using. . It not only helss to,:remeve: stains, .but also.preventa the brass from.taralshiag again sc quickly.' Tortoise sheU combs should occa: awnally he weU rubbed with the palm of the hand to restore their brightnesa If very duU, just n suspicion ot sweet oil may be used, bat aa a rule a-rub with the palm of the hand only is quite sufficient v To dean feathers, wash ia gasoline, which can be procured at most ofl. shops. 8hake till dry. aa then- curl with n bone or silver knife. Bub re member that gasoline is highly inflam mable, and should cot on nny account he used in n room in which there is a fire or artificial Ught of any kinsV Out of doors is really the best place to use it Starched things should he rather damp for ironing. If ironed when too dry the starch is reaUy thrown away,' -as it does not stiffen at alL After washing decanters or cruets, turn them upside down aad allow war tor from the cold water tap to run over them. In-about five minutes time they will he beautifully dry in side, and if the outside is carefuUy wiped and rubbed they will .sparklet beautffaUy. A hint for frosty weather: Windows. often need cleaning when it is so cold; uai u water were usea h.wwub i once freeae on them. Try using paraf fin instead; a rag dipped in it win clean glass perfectly, and give it a brightness impossible to obtain with water. Tissue paper makes a good pol isher, or, in fact almost any soft pa per. PROPER CARE OF THE SINK. Precautions That Are Absolutely Neo- ry te ncaitn. -An wood should be removed from a sink, according to Good Housekeep ing, and replaced' with a porcemin. sink, back and sides; that beiag too expensive, then use slate, zinc or cop per. The material should be absolute ly impervious to moisture and with out1 paint which only wears off aad. leaves an untidy surface. Modern plumbers use iron instead of Jlead pipes almost entirely, aad yet by care, the old lead ones may continue to serve. Frequent flushing of the sink Is an absolute necessity for per fect freedom from danger. It should be done with very hot water, but fol lowed by a Uttle cold water, lest the heat cause a vacuum and draw the water off the trap, leaving it open for gases to escape through the outlet of the sink. The treatment should be applied to every fixture in n house after the cleansing process. Hew te Da Library Divan. A couch or divan in a- Ubrary is a ways desirable, and if a cover in soft brown velour is used, with pillows of oright old orange, deep gold and the varying shades of brown piled on -in profusion, it win be an artistic addi tion to the room. The pillows, many of which should be put on the couch, may be made of inexpensive pieces of denim, canvas and burlap, any one of which cornea in tones of yellow and brown that effl be effective. Just for contrast sue or two handsome cushions should be used in the pile. A striking one of golden silk, with a deep browa ruf fle, or finished with a cord and tassel, would be attractive, as would be also a lemon colored silk pillow, with a touch of old orange at the corners. Te Make Aspic Jelly. One pint and a half of bouillon (which can be bought in cans), one box of gelatin, two eggs, half plat of pale cooking sherry, one kitchen cup of water. "' Melt the bouillon, dissolve-in' it the gelatin and set aside to cool,' add a pinch of salt mix and whisk together the whites of two eggs with their shells, add the water. - ' Make them all into the stock aad stir until It bolls for a quarter of an hour, then remove from the fire and pour through n jelly bag, after which put in the wine. When cool, pour over the turkey aad set aside to harden. Spinach en Teast Is sa excellent luncheon dish. A half peck of the vegetable is boiled te salted water until tender. Drain and chop fine. To this add thickened milk. Into a saucepan put a table spoonful of batter, to which, when melted, add an even tablespoonful of flour. Rub smooth. Stir in slowly a cupful of milk aad let boil and thicken before mixing with the spinach. Serve hot on squares of toast Brussels sprouts may be served te the same way, aad if thoroughly cooked are both palatable and digestible. KOVfls1 IflSe To make koumiss take one quart aew milk, two-thirds of a compressed yeastcake, one desaertsponful sugar, small pinch salt Dissolve the yeast jcake- with- the sugar and salt in a lit tle miUt and add to the quart of milk, stirring well. Bottle in air tight jars or bottles' and ' put in 'warm place, same temperature as for bread to rise, and let stand for six hours. Then set on ice. This Is a nourishing drink and can often be taken when all other food Is rejected. Gsed Sponge Cake. The secret of making sponge cake hi not to beat the air an out of the eggs after it is once beaten, in. , Beat the yolk to a mass of bubbiee sad the whites to a stiff paste; cut them into each other with i cross-wise strokes of a fork, aad eat the eggs Into cream and sugar. Caper Sauce. Melt a rouadiag table spoonful of butter; add the same of flour, aad when it begins to cook stir te one cap sf broth from the steamer. Cook five minutes; add a rounding taWespeom sf - butter and. one-quarter cup ef en .'.' -Itttf.IJfN jm..M.M.,MM,.M.M,, -ammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmVVmmmmHmmm! i gffihftffismsnlvv ', ; j : Berth Wm -FrawhM K. Xaae. mterstate. He wanted to reserve a berth from Chicago to Minneapolis. He wired the requsst and thin reply hack: "Cant do tt. laterstate merce rnmmlssliiB wffl not allow it" He fired a wire back readiag: "By what authority do you say laterstate inmmlsslna wffl not aHow to reserve a berth hi a. slooplatr car?" The Puffmaa agent answered: "By the authority of a recent ruling." Mr. Laae was uterestsd by this time and he telegraphed: "I am a member of the Interstate commerce cemmm aloa and am not faminar with the rul ing. .Give me a reference" And a short time afterward he received this "Berth AWFUL. EFFECT OF ECZEMA. with Ysilew tteura'Drewe Aay, -Our Uttle girl. one year half old. waa taken with that was what the doctor caned it We called hi the family, doctor; te tablets and said she be an right te a few days. it ma grew worse aad we m doctor No. 2. He said she teething, aa soon as the teeth through she would be aU right But she stin grew worse. Doctor No. 3 said it was eczema. By this s nothing but a yellow. sore. Wen, he said he could help her. so we let him try It about a week. One morning- we discovered Uttle yellow pimple on one of her eyes. Of course we 'phoned for eoetor No. 3. He came over and looked her over, and said that he could not do anything more for her, that we had better take her to some eye specialist, since it waa an ulcer. So we went to Oswego to doctor No. 4, and he said the eye sight was gone, but that he could hasp it We thought we would try doctor No. 5. WeU. that proved' the only he charged fit more than No. 4. Wovwere nearly em- I saw oae of the Cuti- ndvertlsemenU in the paper and we would try the, Cuticura Treatment so I went aad purchased a set of Cuticura Remedies, which cost me $1. aad In three daughter, who had been sick iths. shewed grea t sad ia oae week all Of course it could not restore the eyesight but if we had used Cuticura in time I am confident that it would have saved the eye. We think there is no remedy so good for any skin trouble or impurity of the blood as Cuticura. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Abbott K. F. D. No. , Fatten. Oa- Col, N. T., August 17, lStf." I L-gi jt itT f ? anMIMI i ! ". i. f x-.:- w . - - Irfei ' v"- 1 v- -.-r;-'-T"Sa?anunumm' i'v'- -s" i .AahasnmmsmW V "4 rT 3fmmmmsnW " smmTummmmmmmmmmmV MMmffiffiffiffiffiffijP lsmmmm:SK' ." ST. "1 JACOBS JWL Bar Orar 99 Yean. . Keeps Yssstf by Ouufssr Easrcma. Although James Bryce. the new British ambassador to. this country. Is W, years, old, he. ban net by say means exhausted his phyalea ener gies or his" fondness for enercise hi. the open., His favorite recreatfcm Is mouatsia' climbing, aad he.is praai. deat ef the ImgUah, Atptoe cftsb. .. fMHswumn MoKeMuvewsvw - Robert H. Baker, formerly of the Amherst faculty, is assistant estrone mer of the Allegheny observatory at the age of 23. BR1WC C000 HEALTH Dr. WWiesT Piak.nUs. the Grip, Arrest Fatal HmWmvslfm We Any bodily weakness deficiency in the blood ays by the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Fflle because these pills actually make aew blood. After attacks ef the grip the blood la generally run dewa aad the patient continues to decline. "About three years age," says Mrs. Jennie Cewan, ef 718 N, Henry Street West Bay City. Mich, "I caught s severe cold, which ran lata the grip. I was confined te my had for two weeks; At the end ef that time I was able to he about but wee completely run down. I was aa weak I could hardly stand,, my cheeks bed no color aad I felt faint My heart would flutter aad it waa dUBcuK far, me to breathe at times. Neuralgia, settled te the back ef my head aad stomach aad I suffered from rheuma tism te my shoulders. "I had the care ef the best dorter te towa hut became ae better until s friend told me one day how she had been cured by Dr. Williams' Pins Pills sad I decided te try them. I seen felt better sad continued using them uatfl I was entirely cured. They bant me up agate te perfect health aad I use them aew whenever I feel at aH skk aad they always hate me." Dr. Williams Ptek Pins are teval- la such eases, as wen ss la saly drive off the ef the but band ap the The pins have cured sf- fevers. Dr. by sfl wnuamsr Ptek PWs are asM receipt of pries. SUtV y the Dr.- WllHems '.M.T. v r T ) army. i 3 5.S.S "ftn- rJ13 MmitAksmm L " ',,-fc M?? iy m&mmmmm . . . ... - t.rt' . j- .... -.i .? y a . Krf21sSs3liSK LLA . . - V-.2K ! .. JWT.k IK,". ! . . . ... .. . - ..,..- - .- .. , , - -.. . ""- -I III ....,-,. ..