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WffWfMflMR UNCOOKED MEAT VERY DAIIGEROUS FEARFUL SUFFERING CAUSED BY EGGS OF PARASITE WHICH IT MAY CONTAIN STATE MENT BY A PRIEST. Omaha, Neb., Feb. 2. Probably the tnost unusual feature of the excite ment that has been created by L. T. Cooper's visit to this city is the re moval of parasites or taps worms by his preparations. During the early part of Cooper's stay in Omaha Individuals who were taking "Xew Discovery." as it is called, troughl cither to himself or to"physi sians throughout the city immense Iiarai-i'e.s that had left the system after i..-dng the medicine. Hav ol these people were fright ened, and cases of this sort became bo numc-icus that Cooper finally made the following statement for publica tion: I-ie sjM: "In every city I visit those tilings are brought to me within n few dys after my medicine is sold In the city. They are what is known as the tape-worm, and grow to an eno evi i Ize. "iu-w. indeed, realize how prevalent these cieiiures are I think I have been Hi" first to demonstrate whal a large iactor they are m the poor health of (hJ3 generation. I believe that fully one-half of the chronic stomach trouble new so universal is caused by these parasites. "Individuals may have them for years :! 1 not bo a wan of the reason for t'u-Ir coulinucd il! health. lut at tribute it to many dsftrcnt diseases, xvhen in reality one of these creatures is robbing them of their vitality. "These parasites are taken into the eyrlen: in uncooked food or raw meat, in lh" fr-iu of an egg, which hatches ftlnio-t immediately. People suffering Iroiii I'.ism experii-nc" a feeling of lac ii':ii and are extremely nervous. The Ptlion of Cooper's 'New Discov er' j-eens to be fatal to these great v:cr"is, and in most cases a few doses of thn nedicir.c drives the creatures from the t-ysU m I will have hundreds of thom I)i ought to me before I leave tLo city." This grevsoaie prophe-y has been Eini V trified. for not only hundreds but tbo'isnntis of Omaha people havo benn relieved of romo of these fearful liarcu-iles since taking Cooper's nren nnttir n. hv the entire city has been aroi:.4:d by the fact Su i.e of these parasites are of snch enormous size as to startle the 1m ogi'ialion. The statement of Father Joli DaptisI ArnoHs. oxie of the best known and best beloved priests in this see'ion of the country verifies this, liis statement, among others fjht-n to ;i reporter, was as follows: 'For years I suffered from what I thought .as a gewral run-down con dition of the sjstem caused by stom ach trouble. I felt extremely tired all the iivic. ami it was .i great effort to otlemi to my dutie.s I would wake tip ir. the leorning foel."igas v.'orn out us vhej 1 went to bed If I stood for nnj l':igth of time I would have pain In She lower part of my back, and T.oiJd-havo to kit down. "1 .-i very nervous and depressed In spirits, and was troubled with dizzy spells. I would see spots before my eye- when I stooicd over and raised up q'lick'y. 1 had a vary it regular ap petite, and would have palpitation of the heart after ascending the stairs. "The talk about Cooper's prepara tions was so universal that i decided to. try some, although I do not take patent medicines as a rule. I took four doses of the 'Mew Discovery' as it is called, and a tape-worm about sixty feel in length hilt my system. "I cm wj- thankful for this great a-elief. and now I knots what has been the cauc of all my suffering." The story of Father Arnolis is a fair Poinp'e ot the experience of an jtStoifi,-,l:ng number of Omaha people, end Cooper's preparations are selling here In immense quantities. It is now estimated that he lias sold one hun dred U:ou--fiiid hoi tie to date in this CSj f h -ne. and tho qale is still in,-t crSnshij.. Tog-Eye's Plaintive Prcttst. Fog-Em- Smith of northwest Wy xmiiug bore :t:i appalling facade. His Rtyle of beams was blight. Depend ing np'Hi hh horrific exterior, be was In the habit ci trying to awe newcozn-. irs. On one occasion, affecting soiie displeasure at tho manner in which a pallid stianger watered his liquor, Mr Smith aunotinci'd. frowning, that un less h detected immediate amend ment be would snid the neophyte borne in a market basket "Which I'll sure tear ou up a whole lot." said Fog-Eje. Half an hour later Mr. Smith was found groping about en the Goor under the poker table, hunting for his glas eje, and muttering to himself Ilie stranger ;tsked with some evi deiic" ot impatience what new lino of sentiments Mr Smith was now har boring That injured resident, glaring malevolently from hcueath the furni ture, tepiiid "Which i Mire do hate a man v.ith vi sense of humor." Her laea of Discipline. One day recently, just after the opening of the Baltimore schools, the teachei of a primary class had occa sion HoUt at the star to enforce dis ciplin "Here, young man!" she exclaimed, indicating a pupil whose name she did not yet know. "I saw you laughing in -this school!" l was only thinking about some thing, ma'am." said the youngster, Bheejjlshly. "Well, don't let that happen in school agtin." said the teacher, stern ly Sunday Magazine of the Cleve land leader. Spoiled the Story. Tatteicd Terry I'm a newspaper man. but I can't get a job Lady of the House Indeed! Why not? Tattered Terry You ee, I saved a train ircm a terrible accident onoe. and all de editors have been core on ine ever since! Puck. Before she is married to a man a Ionian ah-.rys wants to think of him: afterward she wants to thiuk for him. The world is ail cates. ail oportuni ties, strinss of tension waiting to be Struck. Emerson. I bSi 1 - m Wr I JSSTVY SYNOPSIS. Tho tnry nj ts with the Introduction of J-tiin Jiiej ht-i.s. jil-ntun-r. a ilaxsa 'litwitj. m:ti: tiiArtioiifal ly uuthur.Ui'S at VHl:irano. Cl.il.- lt!n- Interestt-d In milling oj mt'.ii-. in Kollvl.i. he was de nouncoii y t'Jdn- as an Insurrectionist a?icl as ;i cun.s.'jiiuiice was hiding. At his Iiolfil tils .-ltuniion vnis sittractetl by an Knxllahrnan ami a youns woman. Stuphcns rcmrl tlie youns woman from a rlrunki-n oBi-it. !! was than'.tfd by Iipr Ailiniral o tho lN-ruvian nay con fronted Stephens, totil him that war had titfn Itt-!:ircd Ix-lwtvn Chile anil Peru mid nffi-ri-ri him tin- olhco of captain. Ho tlc-j-irt-d that that niKlit the Ksinvralda. a Cliiio.in vessel, should be captured. fitcphfiM accop'oil the commUsion. Slt-plicns iiK-t :t imttley trew. to which he was iKsiRn-d. I If saso them final In struclions. They lf.irded the vessel. They siiMV'w.sfiilly capturiil tho vessel supposed to he the Esmeiild.i. through stritew. C.pl Stephens jpiv directions for the de p.irt": .f the Taft CHAPTER VII. Jn Which I Suspect Evil. R.:rly dawn reached us in sodden gray, the sun a shapeless blob of dull red. with no vesiisc of its golden light forcing passage through those dense clouds of misty vapor closing us in as between curtained walls. The swell of the sea was not heavy, but the pervading gloom gave to the sur rounding water a peculiarly sullen ap pearance, through which we tore, reck less of accident, at full speed. A new hand was at the wheel, Johnson hav ing gone below an hour since, but I still clung to the bridge, my eyes heavy from peering forth into the fog bank, my clothing sodden with the constant drfp. Only a few of the men were visible. Ibreo or four grouped about the cap stan on the forecastle head, and as many more gathered along the lee .;ido of the charl house. Evidently reg ular watches w;ore already chosen, and a portion of the crew had been turned in for their trick below. Tuttle him self, clad in wet. glistening oil-skins and looking gaunt and cadaverous, his chin-beard forking straight out over the. high collar, was standing aft, be side the fellow who still kept guard over the companion. 1 moved across lo I he slarboard end of the bridge, and. when he glanced around, made signal for him to join me. "Kot very much chance of any one ovei hauling us in this fog. Mr. Tuttle." I r.aid, pleasaulls . ' It would be like bunting a needle in a haystack." "Tis as the Lord wills." he re turned, rather sourly. ".Man proposes, bul God disposes. The sun will lift thai whole outfit in another hour. How iar do you figure we're off shore?" "Figure it for yourself. We're doing all of 1G knots, and have bren for four hours at that speed. With an other to be added. ceu our smoke ought to be bQlow the horizon. We've given them the slip all right, aud from now on it's merely a question of steaming to keep ahead. I don't re call anything in the Chilean navy that can overhaul us. What discoveries havo you made below?" He turned his crafty, glitering eyes toward me. twistieg the lump of tobac co under his tongue. In some way. be-' noalh the repealing daylight, I became even tnore distrustful of the man, more conscious of his hypocrisy. Not a great deal." his mouth at tempting a grin; "except that we've got tins crew cagod. Everybody was ashore but the harbor watch." "Then you found the forecastle enipfy?" "ft'otkln' there but duanage and bilge v.'(v. regular sea-pailor. sir." "And no officer o:i board?" I asked, hcarccly believing il possible. ' Knne. ban ing the engineer, so far as I know. The i.ibln was locked up by vour orders. f.o I let that alone." "And that. then, is all you have dis covered, is it. Mr. Tattle?" n5 shifted his long legs, but made r.n effort to turn and face me. "Well. I guess that's about the whole of it." he answered, slowly, as though deliberating over the choice of words. "Only I'm a bit puzzled about some things what don't look just right We started out. as I understand it. to run oh" with a Chilean warship named the Esmeralda, a schooner rigged steam yacht. That was the con tract, wasn't it. sir?" I nodded, gravely, wondering what the man could possibly be driving at "That was my understanding," his nasal tone becoming more pronounced and disagreeable. "And somehow what we've got here looks just a bit odd This hero is a schooner-rigged slenm-yacht all right, an I guess the tonnage isn't very far out of the Es meralda class, but we haven't found a blame Chilean on board two Swedes, a Dutchman, two Kanakas, an' a bloomin' English engineer." ' Well, what of that?" I broke in Impatiently. "You know' as well as I do that the entire Chilean navy is filled with foreigners." "Sure." he coincided, with a swift, questioning glance toward me; "that's all true enough, sir. but I never saw it v.iiolo crew of those beggars an no Chilean bossin "em. But then that's only a part of it. Every one of them small boats down there, an the life preservers hangin in front of the cabin, have got the name Sea Queen painted on them. Dam' if it ain't, here, too. on this tarpaulin." 1 bent over the rail looking down at the lettering he pointed out, yet with no fooling of uneasiness. "iteyond doubt, that was the yacht's name before the Chilean government purchased her and renamed her Es meralda for their service. She was bought from English parties, I've heard. Probably the new owners have found no opportunity to repaint the name." Tuttle drew "forth a red bandanna and blew his nose, his voice more sul- 1 I l,1fNs J WLALi L-Lm 'See Here, Mr. Tuttle, Kindly Explain What You Are Driving At." lenly insolent as he resumed speech. "Glad ye take it so cool, an' maybe yer right. However, it looks -m' odd to me." I glanced aside at the wheelman ap prehensively. The fellow was gazing straight ahead of him into the rapidly thinning fog. It was the manner of the mate more than his words that im pressed mo. "See here, Mr. Tuttle." and I dropped my hand rather heavily on his sleeve, "kindly explain exactly what you are driving at. Do you in tend to insinuate that we have made a mistake in the dark, and run off with the wrong vessel? Why, man, that Is impossible. We are sailors, not landlubbers. Iloth of us have had chances to see the Esmeralda, and you certainly knew where she was moored j esterday." "Well, when I come to think it over, I don't feel quite so everlasting ly sure about that. The mind o man is mighty deceitful." he admitted, slowly. "You see, I never saw her any closer than maybe a mile, an even then she was half hid behind oth er shlppin. Of course I took notice of her outline an' rig. but I didn't pay much attention to details. To-night wo was all of us excited, an' colors don't show up much in the dark! Now, her funnel is painted red, an unless I'm a liar the Esmeralda's was black with a yaller stripe round the top. You see. Mr. Stephens, we ke.t in pretty close under cover all yestrday. an maybe they hauled the Esmeralda up to the government docks, and run an other boat into her anchorage." I laughed aloud, not in the least im pressed with his argument. "A very likely story that there were two vessels in that haibor so near, "-'- "iwus ntuu ii.iihmi.-. -nm.-o . m rtornivn nil of us." ' only desk I noticed was a roll-top af- lle remained stubbornly silent, evi dently unconInced, plucking at his chin-beard. "There is a certain way of settling the matter." I went on. decisively, "that is. by an examination of the pa pers in the cabin. Take charge of the bridge, and I'll run down and clear up this affair beyond any further contro versy. We may even have one of the ship's officers stowed away there, sleeping off his late celebration. If there is, he's due for a rude awaken ing. Keep the yacht's head as she is, and I'll be back directly." I was aware that he watched me j closely as I descended the steps, but felt little interest in such surveillance. That we could have been guilty of so serious an error as he suggested was beyond possibility. Nevertheless the mere suspicion was irritating, leaving me filled with a vague unrest. It was quite true that I might have been de ceived. I realized that, because I had eujoyed no opportunity to observe the Esmeralda in daylight, and no occasion lo study her lines with care at any time. To me she had appeared merely as an extremely graceful vessel, in teresting to the eye of a seaman. But Tuttle and his crew must have known the truth. If we were, indeed, on board the wrong vessel, it was from no innocent mistake of the darkness, but rather the result of deliberate plan, the full purpose of which was beyond my comprehension. I swore savagely under my breath, even as I laughed sarcastically at the vague sus picion, aroused largely, as I well realized, by my increasing dislike of the ex-whaleman. The wrong ship? "Why, the very conception of such an accident was grotesque, ridiculous, be yond belief! It was the hallucination of a fool. One of the men assisted me to unbar the slide ncross the compan ionway. and. bidding him stand by ready for a hail, I started below, my fingers on the brass rail, my feet firm on the rubber-lined stairs. These led into as handsome a sea parlor as ever I remember gazing upon. Everything was effective and in elaborate taste, evidencing an ex penditure that made me stare about in amazement. So deeply did it impress me that I remained there grasping the the rail, gazing about in surprise, hesi tating to press my investigations fur ther. Yet this feeling was but mo mentary, the very desertion and si lence quickly convincing me that the cabin contained no occupants. The movement of the vessel, the trampling of men on the deck, and the ceaseless noise of the screw were more notice able herethan forward, and no sea man, however overloaded with liquor he might have been the night before, could have slept undisturbed through the hubbub and changes of the past few hours. Inspired to activity by this knowl edge, and eager to settle the identity of our prize, I began closer examina tion of that impressive interior, al though not entirely relieved from the spell of its royal magnificence. Six doors, three upon each side, opened off from the main cabin. The full length mirrors occupied the spaces be tween, and the doors themselves were marvels of decoration and carving. Another, beneath the stairs, led di rectly into the steward's pantry, and revealed, besides, a passageway lead ing I ward, probably to the Iazarette amidships. The others, as I tried their brass knobs, exhibited merely com fortable staterooms, fitted up for offi cers use; three contained two bunks each, the others only one. Four of the beds had been carefully made, but the remainder were in ,!-order, as though quite lately occupied. Everything im pressed me as unusually clean aud I . : : .?. .i:..:..i:.v Tim fair, securely locked, and with no lit ter of papers lying anywhere about. This, I figured, was probably the berth of the first officer; the captain's room would naturally be the one farthest astern. The upright piano, with the high backed cushioned chairs surrounding it. blocked my view aft, but on round ing these I observed a closed door, which apparently led into a room extending the entire width of the cabin. Never suspecting that it might be occupied, I grasped the brass knob, and stepped within. Instantly I came to a full stop, dazed by astonishment. my teeth clenched in quick effort at self-control. The entire scene burst in upon my consciousuess with that Keeping Boys One Man's Method of Making Life At tractive to Sons. "A farmer whose son is also a farmer" is writing his autobiography for the World's Work. The editor has asked him to tell particularly how his son came to enjoy farm life and not hanker after the allurements of the city. "From the very first." says this rural philosopher, "my partner and I set out to make life enjoyable for our children." his "partner" being his wife. There follow tales of porterhouse steaks which "would have appetized the jaded palate of a dyspeptic presi dent." and of huge bowls of straw berries and cream "which Queen Vic toria might have envied." For play- 1 fellows the fortunate young folks of first surprised survey the draped portholes opening out upon the gray fog-benk. the brass bed screwed to the deck, the chairs upholstered in green plush, the. polished table with a vase of flowers topping it, the glisten ing front of a book-case in the corner, the tiger rug into which my feet sank. All these things I perceived, scarcely realzing that I did so, for my one true impression concentrated itself upon the living occupants. There were two present. At a low dressing table, her back toward me, fronting a mirror, yet with eyes fastened upon an open book lying In her lap. sat a woman. The lowered head yielded me only an indistinct out line of her features, yet the full throat and rounded cheek gave pledge of both youth and beauty. Standing al most directly behind her chair, with short, curly locks, crowned by a smart white cap, her hands busied amid her mistresses tresses, was a maid, petite, roguish, fluttering about like a hum ming bird. The latter saw me at once, pausing in her work with eyes wide open in surprise, but the preoccupied mistress did not even glance up. She must have heard the sound of the door, however, for she spoke care lessly: "I thought you were never coming. What caused you to sail so suddenly?" These unexpected words, uttered so naturally, served partially to arouse me from the dull torpor of surprise. I clenched my hands, wondering if I was really awake, and stared back into the frightened eyes of the maid, who appeared equally incapable of articula tion. Suddenly she found voice. "It is not ze one, madame," she cried, shrinking back. "Non, non; it is un homme etranger." "What is that you say, Celeste?" and the other arose swiftly to her feet, the open book dropping to the floor as she turned to face me. In stantly I recognized her, in spite of the long hair trailing uncon fined far below her waist recognized her with a sudden leap upward of my heart into my thoat. There was no semblance of fear, only undisguised amazement, in the dark gray eyes that met mine. "What what is the meaning of this strange intrusion? Are you a member of the crew?" Instantly my cap came off. tho thought occurring to me of what a rough figure I must be making in my soaked jacket, with the glistening peak of my cap shadowing my face. "No. madame;" and I bowed before her "I am not one of your crew. My my entrance here was entirely a mistake." She leaned forward, one white hand grasping the back of her chair, the ex pression in her eyes changing as she read my face, perplexity merging into faint recollection. "I I do not quite comprehend." she confessed at last, changing her speech to a slightly broken Spanish. "You you are Senor Estevan?" CHAPTER VIII. In Which I Begin Discovery. Stunned by this abrupt disclosure of the extremely dangerous predica- ment we were in. I found no immedi ate voice for reply, merely standing there as if petrified, staring at the'" both, cap in hand, g-asping the edge of the door. Their faces swam before mo in the gray light streaming through the stern ports; the maid al ready attempting a smile, as though her fears had subsided, the mistress ' viewing me in wondering iierplcxity. She it was who first succeeded in breaking the embarrassing silence. "Hut, seuor, what does this all mean? Why are you here on board the yacht?" With strong efTort at control I brought my senses together, desperate ly fronting the disagreeable situation. feeling myself scarcely less a victim than she. If all that I now dimly sus pected proved true, about us both were being drawn the cords of treachery. "I cannot explain, madame," I be gan lamely enough. "At least not until I comprehend the situation bet ter myself than I do now. It is all dark. I have reason to believe a most serious mistake has been made one it will be very difficult to rectify. Per- j haps I c "t- more clearly if you ( would co o auswer a tew ques tion. Alaj i -ek them of you?" tTO BC CONTINUED.) on the Farm this farm had calves, colts, horses. ' pigs, pigeuns. Angora rabbits, dogs, birds, guinea pigs "and even a whits Boys and girls do not enter this world of their own desire. The com mandment which bids them honor their fathers and mothers has an un written corollary. Parents must honor and comfort their children. The farm er in the magazine did this In setting forth the best he had in thought and J food. It Is likely tnat many a son has gone further astray than "off the farm" for lack of such a keen sense of loving responsibility at the head of the home. Anyway, the boy Is not kept to the acres by the selling of the best Joints to the city markets while the chuck steak is served to tho family. ttUILU A HOUSE' hUii CATS Chicago Woman Erects Svtn-Roem Structure for Valuable Feline Pets to Live In. . Chicago. Chicago may claim the distinction of having probably the most remarkable cat fancier In the world. Mrs. W. Eames Colburn. wife of the head of the banking firm of W: E. Colburn 4. Co.. has built a modern seven room house for her feline pets and provided her 35 prize cats with all the luxuries or urban life. A liking for cats forbade her giving; up one of her pets, but0 Impels her to frequently add to their number. Grad ually the bouse crew to be overrun kjtj with them and the time came for her to say good-by to some of her friends. This she refused to do, and but one alternative remained. A seven room house was built adjoining her home at 7306 Bond avenue. The feline doml cile was built with the same care and expense as though the owner herself were to live in It. The entire front of the home Is a large library, fitted with upholstered couches, silk draperies, lace curtains nnd heavy rugs. Steam heat and gas as well as a modern bathroom were included for kitty's comfort. The 35 members of the cat family share six bedrooms, each fitted with little brass cots, mirrors and costly hangings. Each pet has its own bed. with silk spreads and downy blankets Head of the household IsxLord Bar Isford, a large white $1,000 Angora, "who rules with an iron hand." set tling all disputes and brooking no in subordination. His mate, Connie Lock. Is the pride of his life, and might well make his rivals jealous. She is a pure white Persian with large brown eyes The only militant member cf the colony has precipitated so many rows In the home that he now lives in the family home with Mrs. Colburn. This Is Kee Kee Vita, a short-haired Siam ese with pretty, innocent blue eyes, but possessed of a violent temper. He left the marks of his disposition on many a prize animal before separated from his kin. Mrs. Colburn has always derived much pleasure from spending her time tending the pets until her health failed recently. A woman has now re lieved her of the cares of the cat fam ily and spends most of her time in the cat home. HEADS ILLINOIS MILITIA Frank S. Dickson Is Appointed Ad jutant General of States Forces by Governor. Springfield, III. Frank S. Dickson, who has been appointed adjutant gen eral of Illinois to succeed the late Thomas W. Scott, has been acting ad jutant general since Scott's death, April 6. 1909. The new adjutant general was born at Hillsboro. I1L, October 6, 187G, and his present home Is at Ramsey. Ho entered the Illinois National Guard in 1897 and was made quartermaster of the Fourth Infantry in 1900. He was appointed assistant adjutant general May 6. 1907. Gen. Dickson saw serv ice in the Spanish American war. serv ing a year In Cuba as a private in Company 1. Fourth Illinois Infantry. New Miners' Safety Lamp. A new safety lamp for miners has been invented, comprising a battery and a metal filament lamp which are completely incased. The circuit of the lamp is kept closed by means of a spring-pressed rod bearing against a light ring on the glass casing of the lamp. Should the glass be broken, the ring would be sure to break or be displaced, opening the circuit of the lamp, so that there would bo no dan ger of Igniting the gases with the incandescent filament. Poor Chafing. "I met her last night and It appeared that she was chafing under restraint" "What do you Huppose was the mat ter" "Her husband would not permit her to use more than half a bottle of ale In the rarebit she was making." Irony. "You're as bard as nails." said bis trainer. "Well," Irritably answered the actor pugilist, "wouldn't you naturally ex pect me to be? I wear my claw ham mr coat two or three, hours every night." VeeB ias9r YflCHnB9'f IVeeVf I 8BP& I wfrnMi 1 WANTS HER LETTER PUBLISHED For Benefit of Women who Suffer fron Female Ills -iffmtMnAlfa. Mm. "I was a great nffeier from female- troubles which causea a weakness and broken down condition of the system. I read so muchofwhatLydia E. Pinkham's Veg etable, Componnd bad done for other suffering, women 1 felC sure it would belp me. and I must say it did belp me wonderfully. 3Iy pains all left me, I grew stronger, and within three months 1 was a perfectly well woman. "I want this letter made public to show the benefit women may derive from Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound." Mrs. jonx u. juoldax, 2115 Second St, Rorth, Minneapolis, Minn. Thousands of unsolicited and genu ine testimonials like the above prove the efficiency of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, which is made exclusively from roots and herbs. Women who suffer from those dis tressing ills peculiar to their sex should not lose sight of these facts or doubt the ability of Lydia . Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound to restore their health. If yon want special advice write to Mrs. Finkham, at Lynn, Mass. Shewilltreatyourletterasstrictjy. confidential. For 20 years she' lias been belpinjr sick women in this way free of charge. Don't hesitate write at once VERY LIKELY. Nelly They say he has turned over a new leaf. Ned He's so economical I'm afraid he'll use the same one over again. Nil Desperandum. Percy Parkington rose and brushed the dust from his knees. Then, draw ing himself up to his full height, ho gazed resentfully upon the form of; Miss Muriel Muggins, who nonchalant ly fanned herself the while. "Very well. Miss Muggins," came'in bitter tones from Percy. "Oh. very welir You have spurned me. it Is true! Indeed, you have spurned mo twice! But, though despair eats my heart, I shall not die! 1 mean to go into the busy world. I will fight! I will win! My name shall become Known, and my riches shall become envied " "Pardon me for interrupting you. Mr. Parkington," interjected Mira Muggins, "but when you shall have accomplished all that, you may try mo again." Uppincott's. An Educational Prcfctem. Little .Margery has just begun to go to the kindergarten, and is filled wltn a due sense of the importance oT her studies'there and the solemn value o' tho attainments that have thus been put within her reach. The other aft--ernoon. after coming home from.' school, she remained in a browrr study for a time, and then said: '"Mamma, do f know as much now as .1 don't know?" The Latest Scheme. "That new hotel will have red wall paper in all the rooms," "Heavens! Why?" "So that when tb guosts.kill er . -anything, it won't show." HARD TO DROP . But Many Drop IL A yotmg Calif. wife talks about coffee: "It was hard to drop Mocha and .'ava and give Postum a trial, but my nerves were so shattered that I was u nervous wreck and of course that, means all kinds of ails. "At first I thought bicycle riding caused it and I gave it up, but my con dition remained unchanged. I did not want to acknowledge coffee caused the trouble for I was very fond of iL At that time a friend came to live with us. and I noticed that, after ho had been with us a week he would not drink his coffee any more. I asked him the reason. He replied, 'I have not had a headache since I left off drinking cof fee, some months ago, till last week, when I began again, here at your table. I don't see how anyone can like coffee, anyway, after drinking Postum! "I said nothing, but at once ordered a package of Postum. That was five months ago, and we have drank no coffee since, except on two occasions when we had company, and tho result each time was that my husband could not sleep, but lay awako and tossed -ind talked half the night. We were convinced that coffee caused his suffer ing, so he returned to Postum, con vinced that coffee was an enemy. in Uead of a' friend, and he is troubled io more with insomnia. "I, myself, have gained S pounds In weight, and my nerves hate ceased to tuiver. It seems so easy now to quit 'offee that caused our aches and ails ind take up Postum." Read the little bcok. "The Road to .Vellville." in pfcgs. "There's a Reason." !:- rrnil til- tthv let.Tf nrxr , .,-..,... i- !iMri fin'- t lit.. 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