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-t?is6&,&r T' , i T 'V','I . v l rii "V r i CRIPPLED WITH SCIATICA .. ,4 Caused by Disordered Action of the Kidneys. Samuel D. Ingraham, 2402 E. Main SL, Lewiston, Idaho, says: "For two SS5S33 i::iSS-v K years I was crip pled with sciatic rheumatism in my thighs and could not get about with out crutches. The kidney secretions became irregular, painful, and showed a heavy sediment. Doctors were not helping me so I began talcing Doan's Kidney Pills. I improved soon, and after a while was entirely free from my suffering. I am in the best of health now and am in debt tp Doan's Kidney Pills for saving my life.5 Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y. TENDER, BUT NOT LOVING. "Waiter (to customer, who bad com plained that nis steak is not tender enough) Not tender enough! O'you expect it to kiss you! WESTON, Ocean-to-Ocean Walker, Si ill ux-cntly: "When oa feel down anil oiii, feci there is no urc living, jut take j our hail thoughts with you and walk them off. licforc ou hae walked a mUa things will look roMer. .Ju-t tiy it." Hac you noticed the inc-reare in walking of Ute in every community? 3Iuny attribute it to the comfort which Allen's Foot-Essc, the antiseptic powder to 1 shaken into the shoes, gives to the millions now wing it. As Weston ha said, "It has real mer it."' It rmes tired, aching feet while jou walk. 30,000 testimonials. Order a 2"c, i.ickarc tn-d.iy of anv Druggist and lie re.idv to forget vou have feci. A trial iM.k'agc of ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE sent FHEE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Rov. X. Y. Women to Fight Tuberculosis. One million women, representing cities, towns, villages and isolated rural settlements in every section of the country, are to-day enlisted in a campaign against tuberculosis, accord ing to a statement issued by the Na tional Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. In legis latures, in congress at Washington, in society gatherings, in churches and clubs, through speaking and writing in every possible way, the women of the country are persistently fighting consumption. With an organization established in every state of the country, under the direction of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, and with associated clubs in Alaska, the Hawaiian islands, Porto Rico and the canal 7one, the women of the country have entered a systematic crusade to carry the mes sage of the prevention and cure of tuberculosis into every American home. Logical Reasoning. A certain young man's friends thought he was dead, but he was only in a state of coma. When, in ample time to avoid being buried, he showed signs of life, he was asked how it seemed to be dead. "Dead?" he exclaimed. "I wasn't dead. I knew all that was going on. And I knew I wasn't dead, too, be cause my feet were cold and I was hungry." "But how did that fact make you think you were still alive?" asked one of the curious. "Well, this way: I knew that if I were in heaven I wouldn't be hun gry. And if I was in the other place my feet wouldn't be cold." The Captain's Repartee. The captain of a trans-Atlantic liner, having become irritable as a result of some minor troubles in the ship's management and the unusually large number of ridiculous inquiries made by tourists, was heading for the "bridge" when a dapper young man halted him to inquire the cause of the commotion off the starboard side of the sbip. Being on the port side, the captain politely replied, with some sarcasm, he wes not certain, but thought it possible that a cat fish had just had kitteas. What-to-BaL OVER THE FENCE Neighbor Says Something. The front yard fence is a famous council place on pleasant days. Maybe to chat with some one along the street, or for friendly gossip with next door neighbor. Sometimes it is only small talk but other times neighbor has something really good to offer. An old resident of Baird, Texas, got some mighty good advice this way once. He says: "Drinking coffee left me nearly dead with dyspepsia, kidney disease and bowel trouble, with constant pains in my stomach, back and side, and so weak 1 could scarcely walk. "One day.l was chatting with one of my neighbors about my trouble and told her I believed coffee hurt me. Neighbor said she knew lots of people to whom coffee was poison and she pleaded with me to quit it and give Postum a trial. I did not take her advice right away but tried a change of climate, which did not do me any good. Then I dropped coffee and took up Postum. "My improvement began immediate ly and I got better every day I used Postum. "My bowels became regular in two weeks, all my pains were gone.j Now I am well and strong and can eat any thing I want to without distress. All of this is due to my having quit cof fee, and to the use of Postum regu larly. "My son who was troubled with indi gestion thought that if Postum helped me so, it might help hfm. It did, too, and he is now well and strong again. "We like Postum as well as we ever liked the coffee and use it altogether in my family in place of coffee and all keep well." "There's a Reason." Read The Road to Wellville," In Pkgs. Em nea the aWve letter A arw me appears frwaa tlaae to tbae. They are areaalae, trae, aaa fall at ksasaa latereat. & IVB'IAik JBhBpI I s""v. CaxMonsffz-jsar bttsfassocmzzz? SUNOdr:JZ4GM22XZS) SYNOPSIS. "Vanishing Fleets," a story of "what niilit have happened." opens in Wash ington with the fnitetl States and Japan near war. Guy Hillier. secretary of the British enibany, and Miss Norma Rob ert;, chief aide of Inventor Roberts, are introduced as lovers. Japan declares war and takes the Philippines. Guy Hillier starts for Kngland. Norma Roberts leaves Washington for the Florida coast. Hawaii is captured by the Japs. AH ports are closed. Tokyo learns of missing Jap anese fleet and whole world becomes con vinced that United States lias powerful war agency. Knglnnd decides to send a fleet to American wateis as a Canadian piotectiou against what the British sup pose is a terrible submarine flotilla. Hil lier is sent with a message. Fleet mys teriouslv disappears. Tne kaiser is miss ing". King Rilwanl of Knsjland is eon fronted bv Admiral Bevins of the Irnited States. The Dreadnauglit. biggest of Eng land's warships, is discovered at an Im passable point in the Thames. The story now goes back to a time many months Wore the war breaks out. and Inventor Roberts visits the president and cabinet, telling of and exhibiting a metal produc tion. This overcomes friction when elec trified and Is to be applied to vessels. Roberts evolves a great flying machine. The cabinet plans a radioplane war against Japanese. The start Is made Tor the scene of conllict. The Japanese fleet, believing Nippon supreme, suddenly dis cerns the radioplane fleet. After maneu vering the airships descend, and by use of strong magnets lift the warships, one bv one. from the sea. The vessels are deposited in a mountain lake In the United States to await peace. The Brit ish fleet accepts American hospitality arid Is conveyed to the United States by the wingless terrors. CHAPTER XX. Continued. "Admiral, do you think there is any gunnery that can hurt us, anything that can overtake us, or that if we wish to we may not master the world?" he asked in a voice of ex treme quiet. Fields shrugged his shoulders hope lessly, made a grimace, and looked at his fellows. "Gentlemen," he said in a dry tone, "it seems to me that we should without any delay accept the hospitality which the United States ha extended so courteously." The others appreciated the grim humor of the situation, and in like vein acquiesced. The surprise which they had undergone was nothing compared to that with which, as the day waned, they witnessed the lifting of their craft from the waters. With the utmost care the task was accom plished, and everything made ready for the westward journey. Only one mishap occurred beyond the necessary damage to the ships, and that was not discovered until the following day. A sailor of the Dreadnought, maddened by the spectacle he had witnessed, had unleashed a life raft unobserved and thrown himself and it into the water ,by the use of its tackle at some hour of darkness when the -vessels were traveling at slow speed and close to the surface of the waves. Bev ins grieved more over this incident than any other; for he had set his heart upon a bloodless victor'. Thus it was that on the following day there rested in the Chesapeake a fleet whose fires were banked, whose men were prohibited from shore leave and whose chief officers were guests in the principal hotels of New York and Washington under pledge of secrecy. But in this they might take heart; although some slight damage had been Inflicted on the vessels, in no instance did the flag come down, and from each staff floated the union jack unsullied. Communication between ships and shores was interdicted; so even the Inhabitants of the borders could do no more than look and guess as to how the fleet had sailed in with out attracting attention or. meeting with rebuff. Another report came from China that the fleet of the dragon was still under waiting orders; hence there was nothing for the administration to do hut mark time, which it did with poor grace. Within a few days, however, a more disturbing report came from Europe by way of Canada, the usual source of communication. It was to the effect that the kaiser, learning of the disappearance of the British fleet, and believing it destroyed, was show ing quick signs of aggression. Vainly the administration hoped that his belligerent intentions might be over estimated; but the passage of days proved that he might be a menace to the general plan. It was hourly expected that the pres ence of the radioplanes would be re quired in the west to meet the Chinese. In iew of this necessity, it was de cided to dispatch Brockton and Jen kins to Berlin on a mission of diplo macy. They were ordered to -isit the kaiser at night, landing at a time and place where they could escape obser vation. Induce the emperor and his chancellor to get aboard the radio plane, and then, after It had been demonstrated that Germany would be powerless-in the event of war, to de liver messages announcing that the United States purposed to gain what support she could for a world's peace voluntarily, but would compel it if need be. Jenkins was familiar with the Ger man capital, having been naval at tache there for a number of years. It was he who evolved the details. The American ambassador was unaware of his country's defense until informed on the night of the arrival, and was speedily enlisted in the enterprise. Through him the kaiser granted the interview, which led to his visiting the radioplane which had been brought to rest beyond the outskirts of the city. Brockton's task proved a most dif ficult one; for the emperor, a man of science and interested in all engines of warfare, insisted on being conveyed not only to the plant on the key, Lut across Chesapeake bay, where he might look down upon the British fleet The night was ideal for the A iA - s Y, m a x d eW. '&.: fVx J rrJ rvr v .j V P, 's x'-v M. A 'A. H "Gott in Himmel!".Burst purpose. Nature seeming to lend her self in behalf of peace. The Norma, now fully fitted and comfortable, was utilized for the mission. Like all others of the American fleet, she car ried provisions sufficient to enable her to pass many times round the world in case of emergency. The kaiser marveled at the display of ingenuity, and was told all but the secret, without which no one could cast the radioactive metal. He was even permitted to handle the steering levers and direct her flight for a time, and entered into this with the en thusiasm of a boy. He would have driven her through the air at a speed which would have heated her interior had he not been cautioned, and re linquished his place in the hood only when the shores of the western con tinent were reached and loomed dark ly far below. It had not been Brockton's intention to show him over the plant on the key; but the sovereign Insisted that he permitted to alight, it being his first visit to America, which he had always longed to make, but bad never anticipated. He was permitted to traverse the great machine shops and .view the working of the blast furnace, and also to gaze at'the formidable fleet of monsters that rested idly, along the beach. Muffled in his great coat to avoid recognition, be was strictly in cognito, and met neither the inven tor, "the assistant," nor Bevins,,. who many hours before had retired to their rest His mood of curiosity had--given way to one of thougbtfulness when the Norma again took 'him aboard and started northward. He sat silently in the central chamber of the radioplane, taking no part in the conversation be tween t,he chancellor and Brockton, until the machine hovered over the waters of the Chesapeake, on the bosom of which, at anchor, rested the British fleet, and then discussed the possibilities of crossing the continent to Lake Washington. Brockton was compelled to enter a protest, explaining that inasmuch as the element of time for his return must enter into their calculations, they had only a small margin. The kaiser remembered that he was in a machine which annihilated space but that in traveling from the west to the east the difference in the rising hour of the sun meant much in maintaining secrecy; so he reluctantly relinquished the idea. "But it will not trouble you. willjt, to carry.me across the cordon which has been established between your country and Canada on the homeward flight?" he asked, and to this Brock ton assented. They turned to the north, and at a high altitude saw far below them the constant glow of searchlights' dotting out in streamers of white the bound ary line between the two countries. As fas as the eye could reach to the east and the west the watch was being maintained unceasingly. The kaiser recovered -his good humor, laughed, and then, having nothing more to view below, returned to the hood, where he again asked to manipulate the ma chine. Jenkins was not pleased by the recklessness with which his august guest experimented with th levers and switches; but feared to remon strate, though uttering an occasional word of caution. Suddenly, as if con fused, the kaiser opened three, switches at once. The machine gave a mighty lurch, and failed to obey the expert hand that was instantly reached forward to control it The needle i3j V h9' & MJ 1 -si 1 ,- v 'k ? .WWT? II SY V1 '& V ' y , (A g from the Empercr's Lips. showing the direction took a swift leap and pointed to the northwest. The kaiser stepped back from the hood, while Jenkins vainly strove to bring the Norma back into her east ward course. Rapidly he pulled the switches to and fro; but no answering spark showed that they were in con tact. In alarm he checked the speed of the radioplane, and called to Brock ton, who, frightened by the erratic movements of the craft, had entered the hood. "I have to report, sir," Jenkins said, "that the steering currents of the radioplane are out of order, and that we can no longer direct her course. She is now heading nor'-nor'west." Brockton's brows came together in a scowl. Nothing but the presence -of his majesty prevented an explosion. "What do you suggest?" he asked, sharply. "That we come to land and make an examination and whatever repairs are necessary, sir." "Very well. Do so at once!" Within a few minutes the Norma had found a lower level and her searchlights were bringing into view the ground beneath. They were travel ing slowly over the primeval forest in Car' upper Canada. A spot came to view where there were no trees, and Into this, like a crippled bird, the Norma came to a stop and rested. The emperor watched the first at tempts to define the difficulty with anxiety, and then, yielding to bis de sire for a sight of the open, asked and obtained the unclosing of the port, through -bich he sauntered into the night, without observing what was around him. he stood leaning against the shell of the radioplane, 'thinking with annoyance of the difficulties of state which might accrue if his ab sence extended over a day. He was aroused -by the sounds of hammering and Vending within, and re-entered the craft, which was now flooded with a blinding glare of radiance brought Into life by the ceaselessly turning dyn amos. On their knees, with uniforms cast aside, and recklessly tearing away the carefully wrought woodwork of the paneled side, were the admiral and the engineer, while hack of them the dis tracted chancellor of the empire held a short crowbar In his hands and displayed muscular arms which had been bared to the elbow. "I am sorry, your majesty," apolo gized the admiral, looking up from his work, "but I am afraid that a confused handling of the levers has ex posed a weakness. A cross current, a burned' insulation and a bad connec tion have fused our wires somewhere, and we may be delayed for a short time." "How long?" "I cannot say. Aside from the de lay, there need be no apprehension, because we have abundant food. We shall have to uncover the damaged section before we can estimate the length of our stay." Fairly gritting his teeth in rage, the kaiser turned on his heel and strode out into the open air again. What a fool he had been to intrust himself to a strange mechanism which -at best was treacherous! A day's delay would not mean much; but what if they were detained for many? The waning moon had risen, and in its light he marched up and down a stretch of turf with military precision, until his anger be gan to disappear and bis natural phil osophy to afford relaxation. He be came conscious of the beauties of the night and the ''wilderness, and as time went on was engrossed in contemplat ing them. U i&.- ILLUSTRATED fMA Only the moon and he seemed in possession of this cleft n the forest, this grass-carpeted glade in the center of whose breadth a hurrying brook threw strange ribbons of light upward. Bordering 'this asylum of the wilder ness were the illimitable shadows cast by lofty spruce, fir and hemlock trees, which thrust . their slender plumes like curious observers high above the denser growths of scrubby birch and jack pine. Here and there were splotches of light where the moon found ragged openings, making of tho. woods a royal robe spotted without regularity. It was a world of enchantment! mysterious in its still ness, mystic In its beauty and alluring in its statellness. Cares of stale were forgotten, and he was yielding to its spell when a voice at his elbow speak ing in his native tongue interrupted his meditations. "Your majesty," the chancellor said, "they have found the break, and say that with the tools at command it will require several days perhaps to re pair it. Admiral Bevins expresses his regrets and " "Gott ini himmel!" burst from the emperor's lips, and with a gesture of hopelessness be waved his subject away and began an agitated march backward and forward, while the chan cellor returned to render what assis tance he could. , CHAPTER XXI. His Majesty's Visit. In the heart of the woods, untrodden -before by man, the sound of the ham mer awoke the German emperor after his hours of anxious study. By choice he had'declined to sleep in the radio plane, and rolled himself in his blan kets on an open spot of turf. The cares of the day were upon him again with all their perplexities. The sun had not risen, and the cool breath of the morn ing came to his lungs with invigorat ing freshness, while a bird of the far north was beginning a thin piping to its mate, and a camp robber, brilliant ly impertinent, hopped round his woodland couch and gazed unabashed at royalty. He threw aside the blankets which had been tightly rolled round him, walked to the brook, whose song had lulled him In his dreams of the night, and bathed his hands and face in the icy water. A great trout, disturbed by the intrusion, sped swiftly away from a rock and disappeared In a dark pool with a final sweep of its tail. The emperor dried his face on "his handkerchief and walked slowly across the glade to the Norma, which he entered curiously. There they all were -as on the night before, tired, work-worn and anxious, the chancellor still with his sleeves rolled up, the rear admiral stripped to his undershirt and the engineer peer ing through his glasses at the tangles of wire. On the night before the kaiser had stormed and threatened, had mumbled angry soliloquies, and sworn mighty oaths to the unheeding, woods. Now at the sight of these faces before him he understood to the full that these, his hosts, must have labored throughout the ,nlght trying to undo the accldentwhlch perhaps his. own hands had wrought It softened his mood. They saluted him; and Brockton rose stiffly to his feet, wiped his hands on his trousers, and repaired to the rear of the 'radioplane, from which he apologetically returned with breakfast for his guest The emperor ate with an appetite which was made keen by the balsamy night air in which he had slept, and then began wishing that he, too, might take part in this manual toil. Almost involuntarily he assisted the fat old chancellor, who was pry ing loose another board with a crow bar; but he felt that he was in the way, and after lounging round the craft for a time decided that be would have another look at the brook. It was swarming with trout, and, half ashamed of his zest, he returned to the Norma, and, like a boy preparing to play truant, furtively secured' a line, and attached it to a fly which be had in his pocket book. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Arctic Dog Life.' Nowhere in, the world has the dog such unrestricted right of way as in our most northerly possession Alas ka. In winter, when the more than 600,000 square miles of territory are sealed up in solid ice, dogs are almost ihe sole means' of. getting from place to place in fact, they seem necessary to life itself. ' The aristocrats of Arctic dog life are the mail teams in the service of the United States government They are to-day, a superior breed to the dogs employed some half dozen years ago before great gold discoveries de manded increased mail service. St Nicholas. i Juvenile Logic. Marie is a very bright kindergarten pupil. She same home to her parents the other day and told them that the kindergarten teacher had said she will grow up to be a very nice looking young lady if she fa a good girl, bat will grow up to be a very ugly wom an it she is a naughty girL "Is that true, mamma?" asked Marie, and she was Informed that if the teacher said so it was true. Marie sat still for a while pondering seriously. 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