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pr i J f'« wO* ">-* ̂ t%:'• \ ~ J!*~ ., i'Uw,, 'iw-.-. A.--*. C«». „' „ V,« • ,C '" . *,4 /ST CHARLES MORRIS BUTLER. ^,'t Jfibrffcv ftf** r̂m-fT v g----"/ Thatet&JfaACJSkk 'sljfgj' " * Copyright- 1905, by Charles Morris Butler. < CHAPTER XXVII.--Continued. Before Hawk's party had traveled fery far, Louis perceived hew serious ft turn affairs had taken and reconsid­ ered his refusal of Hawks' aid. "Make •one proposition to me, Hawks," said Louis, "and if It is a reasonable one, I will accept it." "Too late now, Lang," replied Hawks, who saw greater advantage in retaining possession of the plate. "I am glad you didn't take me up be­ fore. This will make me a great * ' * | ' "You forget who I am," returned tkng. "I am the leader of this insur­ rection." "Not by a long shot!" retorted Hawks. "You . engineered it--but somebody else will have something to say here beside you--and I think it will be me! By exposing you I can get the upper hand here." "Your reign will be short. You don't know the strength of the Schiller par­ ty yet. How do you know but what they are now combining for a return attack and that they will eventually onpower you?" "1 have the bulge either way!" Hawks replied. "If Schiller is in power I can turn you over to him as the leader of the riot If the convicts are in power, I have the plate to pro­ tect me." Louis was about to reply to Hawks, when he felt someone cut his bonds. He never turned to see who it was that was befriending him, nor did he make a motion that would betray him­ self to Hatfks, but kept his arms folded across his back in the same inaiuief as when really tied. He felt at revolver and knife thrust into his belt, and it gave him new courage. Hhough he was In the midst of twenty desperate men, now that he was un­ bound and armed he felt that he wad able to master the situation. He looked about him with calmer eyes than before. His guards were not all Itrined; one or two had guns, several that treasure in the vault of the treas­ ury. If I was a free man I'd feel safe only with them in my possession be­ hind the basement door of that strong building. You are foolish to trust to a mob for payment of services ren­ dered." ; Louis felt someone nudge him, and he knew he was understood. "Never you worry about the plate, Lang," said Hawks, pompously. "You will have troubles of your own-within a minute without Interfering with mine." * Louis again relapsed into silence. He measured the chance he had for his life and resolved to die game if he had to. In attempting escape he meant to take the plate with him or fail in the attempt. The success of his undertaking hinged upon the two parties not meeting and effecting con­ solidation until the treasury door was reached, or as far as Lang was con­ cerned not meeting at all while he was in the hands of Hawks. It was .an even chance of meeting Or not meeting. The larger mob was nearer the treasury than Hawks, but they were going slower, fighting and destroying as they went; howling, jumping and generally frenzied, fir­ ing their guns in the air as they ap» proached. The leaders of'the insurrection had left plenty of whisky in sight, and the general store had been plundered just before of all the drinkables obtainable. The convicts, maddened by not hav­ ing their whisky regular, had drunk themselves almost beastly drunk. Nearer the huge body of drunken sots came. A hundred yards only .separated the two quarreling factions. The treasury building, which both par­ ties seemed intent pn reaching and plundering, lay just between the two flanks. The basement .door, which Louis desired to reach, was a few feet nearer the main party than Hawks. It was like flying into the face of death to take the chance, but it was Louis' only hope. SI; I f f m i • ; Felt a stinging blow on hie head and fell senseless to the floor. 1* - i U J ir had revolvers, the balance either had knives or clubs. They did not march in order, but straggling off in pairs, were busy talking to one another. No one seemed to be noticing Lang, but |rather engrossed with what was trans- piring in the center of the town, the .-other' side of the treasury building. Hawks was nearest Lang and was ,• very fully armed, g\jn, revolver, and bowie knife, but he was handicapped "to a certain extent with carrying un­ der his right arm, and the one nearest Lang, the front and back of the coun­ terfeit engraving plate. But Hawks alone appeared to look upon Lang as hit prisoner. " Now and then could be heard the crack of firearms. A blaze here and there could be seen, where an ex­ ploded shell had burst and set fire to whatever it had struck. The town wa8 full of babbling voices. Once in a while a woman's screams could be heard, "accompanied with noise of Shouts and oaths. Men were hurrying to and fro, some pursuing and others pursued. Hawks' party was at pres­ ent in the quietest part of town, but they were rapidly approaching the tur­ bulent portion, because the fighting party, destroying as they came, were pushing uu toward the treasury and the king's house. At the rate the two factions were traveling, all sections would meet very near the front of the treasury build­ ing. Louis' mind was made up. He would try to make his escape into the treas­ ury building. Lang had made arrange­ ments to have one of the lower doors left open but guarded. Unless his friends should fail him, he could yet get away from Hawks, and perhaps , carry the plates with him. . It was because this door had been left open that Jack Regan and Schiller had been able to enter the treasury vaults. It was because they had over­ powered the sentinel that these two hn£l Jim Denver held at bay at the. •point of a revolver. But victors are sometimes careless. Jack Regan, smart as he vsrtotair entrance into the vault, had to leave tile doors open behind him, for fear that he and Schiller might have to make a quick return from there, and the way was still clear. Of. course Lang did not know this. To the de­ tective, then the matter of the door being open or not was a case of life or death, and he was forced to nerve himself to the higheBt tension. He did not wish to leave h?s unknown friend to act alone and some plans had to be quickly devised in order to notify him of the Intention of escape lag. A way presented itself. "Hawks, where are you taking me?" fcang demanded. ( >\"To the mob," said Hawks. : /..'."Then you really mean to give me »p?" , , "Sure!" Hawks responded coolly. 1 He seemed to take delight in giving ,%e*|t the information. u,/"I think," said Louis, "if ypa will allow me to say so, that you are foolish to trust to luck about that plate. If I were you I would place A quick move! Lang drew his re­ volver with his left hand, and with his right snatched the plate from un­ der the arm of Hawks. It seems that at this Instant Louis for the first time was recognized by the mob. As he sprang toward the treasury door a great maddening clamor went up and a hundred guns were fired at him from both gangs. He felt a form at his side keeping pace with him; he dared not stop to turn to see who it was. Every second he expected to be either felled to earth with a blow from behind or shot down with a well-aimed bullet. But he was traveling fast--the distance now to freedom was short. A final spurt. He threw the plates under his left arm and grasped the knob of the door. Less than a second was spent in turning the knob and opening the door, but as he sprang across the threshold he felt a stinging blow on his head and fell senseless to the floor. CHAPTER XXVIII. The Capture of Jim Denver. Louis Lang was laid low by a blow upon the head delivered by Bill Hawks. No sooner had Hawks hit Lang, than Sam Pearson, who had liberated Lang by cutting his bonds, disabled Hawks by a shot from his re­ volver. The two, Hawks and Lang, fell far enough outside the door to allow it to swing back and scarce balf a minute had elapsed before the door was bolted and made secure against attack. It was just as Lang sprang at the door of the vault, that Jack Regan said: "Throw up your hands, Jim Den­ ver!" The noise of Louis' entrance irade Regan turn to see who was back of him, and the interruption was fatal to Regan, for Denver drew his revolver and shot the traitorous de­ fective dead at hi3 feet, the body of the renegade falling through the door­ way and into the water below! Over the improvised draw bridge came the rangers and in a trice Schiller was overpowered and securely bound. Lang had only been stunned by the blow received and very quickly re­ covered, in time to assist in plunder- 'ng the treasury. While the mcfb from the outside vere attempting to enter the treasury, the Denver gang managed to remove the largest part of the gold and notes. When they left the room the bridge was destroyed and no evidence left of there being any entrance from the rear. Through the tunnel at con­ venient intervals were placed bombs with fuse attached which would blow up the tunnel leading toward the haunted house. And thus fell Para- dise--^atid by the hands of one nan! " ~ ( T o b e c o n t i n u e d . -- Australia's Woman Lawyer. litiss Grata Qrelg, the first woman to be admitted to the bar at Mel­ bourne, Recently made her first ap­ pearance in court. THE CAI*L OF THE CANADIAN WEST. - - r d f ' Tfii Greatwt Wheat Crop of the ton­ tine nt. The year that has lust closed has done a great deal toward showing the possibilities of Western Canada from an agricultural standpoint. The wheat crop has run very near to the 100,000,000 bushel limit that was look­ ed upon as too sanguine an estimate only a short time ago, and the area that has been broken to fall wheat for the coming harvest will go a long way towards enabling the farmers of the West to overlap on the 100,000,000 bushel estimate next year. And while the spring and winter wheat have been doing so well during the past few years, the other cereals have been keeping up with the procession. Rye, and barley have made immense!" strides, and peas and flax have been moving steadily along. Dairying, also, has been successfully carried on in the new provinces, and in every stage the farmer has been "striking it rich." To such an extent has the success of the West taken hold of the outsiders that the rush of our Ameri­ cans to Saskatchewan and Alberta, which was looked upon as marvelous last year, bids fair to be largely ex­ ceeded in 1906, and as there are still millions of acres of free homesteads available, which the building of the new railways will render accessible to the markets, new wheat lands will be opened ere long. Amongst the first to avail himself of the opportune settler. In a large number of Ameri- ity presented will be the American' can cities Dominion Government Agents are located, who are able and willing to give the latest and best In­ formation in regard to the new dis­ tricts which the railways will open up, and there will be no abatement of the rush to the Canadian prairies dur­ ing the coming season. Some time since a poet in the columns of the "Toronto Star" had the following storing lines, which throb of the Western spirit: There's a stir in the air, there's a thrill through the land, There's a movement toward the great West; • ' And the eyes of all men for the mo­ ment are turned To the country that we lore the best. For 'tis Canada's day in the world's calendar. And to this merry toast let us sup: "pere's to the land, the young giant of the North, Where the prairies are opening up!" They come from the East, and they come from the South, They come o'er the deep foiling sea-- They come, tor they know they will dwell 'neath a flag That makes all men equal and free. Then, once more the toast, and let every man rise And cheer ere he sips from the cup: ^Here's to the land, the young giant of the North, . Where the prairies are opening^!" ;",iu ; : : Insist on Getting It. ^ Some grocers say they don't keep De­ fiance Starch. This Is because they have a stock on hand of other brands containing only 12 oz. in a package, which they won't be able to sell first, because Defiance contains 16 oz. for the Same money. • ^ Explained. 'J- The man and his little son were standing on the shore, while in front of them the ocean stretched away, away into the vast infinity of space. "Papa," asked the little boy, "why do they call the ocean a watery waste?" "Because," explained the father, "it is unfit to drink, and therefore is a waste of water. Are there any more questions you wish to ask me, Har­ old?" • M WW .!lf v11!!'.'-! •'Hi I " (I '1 • Why Censor Stopped Play. The reason why the British play censor--a most decided despot--set his foot down and declared that "Mon- na Vanna" is not suitable for moral British eyes and ears is rather amus­ ing. The ban on the play was due to the censor's bad French rather than to any taint of immorality in the drama. The story goes that the worthy Briton read along complacent­ ly enough until he came to the sec­ ond act, where Glovanna, the heroine, comes to the tent of the Florentine general, as he has ordered, clad only in her mantle. The stage direction penned by Maeterlinck reads: "'Gio­ vanna entre, nue, sous un manteau." The censor read "sans" for "sous" and was naturally so shocked and enraged that he forbade any public performance of the play in Great, Brit­ ain. ' '* UNCONSCIOUS POISONING. A '> • . '"jf; How It Often Happens From Coffee. "I had no Idea," writes a Duluth man, "that it was the coffee I had been drinking all my life that was responsible for the headaches which were growing upon me, for the dyspep­ sia that no medicines would relieve, and for the acute nervousness which unfitted me not only for work but also for the most ordinary social functions. "But at last the truth dawned upon me I forthwith, bade the harmful bev­ erage a prompt farewell, ordered In some Postum and began to use it. The good effects of the new food drink were apparent within a very few days. My headaches grew less frequent, and decreased In violence, my stom­ ach grew strong and able to digest my food without distress of any kind, my nervousness has gone and I am able to enjoy life with my neighbors and sleep soundly o' nights. My physical strength and nerve power have Increased so much that I can do double the work I used to do, and feel no undue fatigue afterwards. "This Improvement set In Just as soon as the old coffee poison had so worked out of my system as to allow the food elements In the Postum to get a hold to build me up again. I cheerfully testify that it was Postum and Postum alone that did all this, for when I began to drink it I 'threw physic to the dogs.'" Name given bjr Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. • There's a reason. Read the famous little book "The Road to Wellville** in -pkgs. w yj*.1 > Battleships The almost serious disaster on Jan. 7, Involving three of our battle-ships will greatly disturb the American peo­ ple. Five of the more* modern battle­ ships of the eight that make up the battle-ship squadron of the North At­ lantic fleet (one of the finest in the world) were engaged in an ordinary or routine maneuver. Wdrking against wind and tide the line of battle-ships was thrown into confusion by one ship running aground, and it required the greatest exertion to prevent the destruction of the Kearsarge, the Kentucky, and the Alabama. ^ As it was, the Kearsarge was run aground to prevent a collision with the stranded Kentucky, and the Ala­ bama, the third ship in line, crashed into the Kentucky. All the vessels except the Kentucky were able to pro­ ceed to Hampton roac|s, but the squad­ ron was crippled as badly in getting f*\' .:v V V * % ' * *1 *<tc : k v m - • • • • AN EVERY-OAY STRUGGLE. out of New York harbor as it would have been in an ordinary naval en­ gagement. The disaster will provoke tho more discussion in foreign naval circles be­ cause each one of the battle-ships in­ volved had a fine record for seaworth­ iness as well as for fighting evolu­ tions. The Kearsarge, the Kentucky, and the Alabama, had come victor­ ious from the severest tests in long voyages and in all sorts of weather. The Kearsarge and the Kentucky had Just left the dry dock at the New York navy yard after slight repairs. The Illinois had been thoroughly overhauled at the Boston navy yard. All the vessels of the battle-ship squadron, including the Missouri and the Indiana, were in splendid condi­ tion for a cruise. The Indiana, re­ modeled in the last two years, has just been put in commission to take the place of the Massachusetts, which goes out of commission for repairs. In fact, the North Atlantic fleet, in­ cluding the four new armored cruis­ ers, was never in better condition for effective work. All the vessels ex­ cept the coast squadron were to pro- ceeid to Culebra for the winter ma­ neuvers, and yet at the very begin­ ning of this active campaign the very flower of the fleet narrowly escaped disaster in getting out of a home har­ bor. It seems clear that the navigators were not at fault. It is officially re­ ported that the vessels were proceed­ ing in the regulation formation, fol­ lowing the flagship in line at a dis­ tance of 1,200 feet. But If the dis­ tance interval is not great enough to permit a battle-ship to maneuver in safety, why should it have been main­ tained in this case or in any other? The sinking of the battle-ship Vic­ toria by the battle-ship Camperdown, June 22, 1893, aroused the Britsh naval department to the folly of fol­ lowing literally routine or standing orders under all circumstances. The British Mediterranean fleet was ma­ neuvering off Tripoli. The Victoria, the flagship of Vice Admiral Tryon, was leading one column of the fleet, and the Camperdown, the flagship of Rear Admiral Markham, was leading the other. The order was for the columns, at a signal, to reverse sailing direction, turn inward, each ship to follow its leader at a distance of 3,600 feet. In making the turn the ram of the Cam­ perdown struck the Victoria at an angle of eighty degrees on the star­ board bow, about twenty feet forward of the turret, and the Victoria went down with Vice Admiral Tryon and 430 officers and men. The court martial that Investigat­ ed the disaster held that the maneu­ ver was dangerous and expressed re­ gret that Rear Adlmiral Markham had not disobeyed the order the car­ rying out of which seemed to him cer­ tain to result disastrously. The Camperdown episode resulted In several Important changes in Brit­ ish naval routine. It is possible that the recent "mix-up" in our battleship squadron may result in changes in our own naval routine. Community Honors Colored Man. . Stephen Bates, a colored man, has been chief of police and city sheriff of Vergennes/ Vt., for twenty-six con­ secutive years. He was born of free parents in Shirley, Va., nearly sixty- four years ago. Bates is a very intel­ ligent man, entirely self-taught and oc­ cupies a high place in the estimation of the community where he lives. To Improve Japanese Harbors. All the principal harbors of the Mi­ kado's empire will be conspicuously improved. The municipality of Yoko­ hama has just appropriated the amount of $1,500,000 for harbor im­ provements at that port. Large sums have also been set aside by the gov­ ernment for increasing the capacity of its arsenals and naval yards. Japanese Coin for Korea. The Japanese government Is Intro­ ducing new silver coins Into Korea. This new coinage is of three denomin­ ations. The silver half "won" corre­ sponds to the Japanese half yen (25 cents American currency); the 20 "chon" and 6 chon pieces have re­ spectively the same value as the Jap­ anese 20 sen and 6 sen. Masterpieces oY Marine Painter. Chevalier De Martino, marine paint er to King Edward, has completed the ambition of his life. He has jufct completed, aftejr twelve years' work, -a series of pictures Illustrative of the most striking episodes in the battles of Trafalgar, the Nile and Cape St. Vincent, Tnese three battleships figured <4n a remarkable naval accident in New York bay Jan. 7. The Kentucky, which ran aground and was rammed by the Alabama, la in the picture at the upper left. The Alabama is in the upper right. At the lower left is the Kearsage,. which also ran aground. The diagram In'the lower right shows how the accidents occurred ̂ 1t} is drawn from a description furnished by Rear Admiral Davis. WHY MOCHA COFFEE IS SCARCE Methods of Cultivation and Transpbr- tation Primitive. Back in the mountain districts be­ hind Aden the Arabs grow mocha coffee. Each "farmer" has a few bushes on which he raises* enough for his own use and a little extra to sell to the traveling buyers who go from one farm to another collecting the raw berries in very small quantities. Finally, a caravan is formed which transports the precious product to Aden, a journey taking two or three weeks. From Aden the coffee is ex­ ported, mostly to France and Ameri­ ca, where it is worth almost its weight in gold. Genuine mocha will not be easily obtainable, or cheap, until the Arabs adopt modern meth­ ods of cultivation and build railroads from the plantations to Aden, the seaport. Apropos of this, a contempo­ rary thinks it a miracle that statis­ tics show that during the last six years the grocers of this country have sold 3,500,000 pounds of "pure mocha and Java coffee," while there has been but 137,000 pounds imported dur­ ing the same period. America Treasury of World. Jonathan and his continent hold the money grip. With one-twentieth of the world's population the United States has two-thirds of its banking power, capital, surplus, circulation and deposits being considered. The banking strength of the world has in-, creased 105 per cent since 1890, while that of the United States has expand­ ed 170 per cent and that of New York city 200 per cent. New York bank clearings average greater than those of iondon and far in excess of those of Tiny other financial center. With expansion comes responsibility. Ser* ous financial straits in America would be felt the world over. So inextrio> ably intermixed are the fates of Ber­ lin, Vienna, London, Paris, and New York, that none can suffer without the others. First English Rifle League. The first practical outcome of Lord Roberts' appeal for national efficiency in the use of the rifle is the forma­ tion of the Northern Counties Indus­ trial Rifle league. In opening the first competition of the league in St. George's hall, Newcastle-on-theTyne, the Honorable Aileen Roberts, "Bobs'" daughter, showed how much she had taken her father's doctrine to heart by scoring an "inner^; Wif- rowly missing the bull's-eye. Russians Popular at Capital. Baron Rosen, the Russian ambassa­ dor to this country, took a prominent place in the public eye during* the peace conference In Portsmouth and since then has become very popular in Washington. Democratic In man­ ner to a degree, he Is a lover of club life, invariably affable and is hardly ever seen without a cigar in his mouth. The baroness Is a great social favorite in. the capital. Paper Milk Bottles. Consul-General Listoe, of Rotter­ dam, reports that he has received nu­ merous inquiries for the names and addresses of American manufacturers of paper milk bottles. It appears that these bottles have recently been noticed at considerable length and very favorably commented upon by the Netherlands press. Boys' School for Albania. Shaban Bey, a leader of the Alban­ ian insurrection against Turkey, haft arrived in this country to try to Inter­ est the American board of foreign mis­ sions In his project for a boys' school ^ Albania. , * :' WHEN LIFE BEGAN ON EARTH. 8urface Must Then Have "Been Sea of Moiten Rock. Life on earth began when the sur­ face was a sea of molten rock, If we may accept the theory of Geoffrey Martin of Kiel university." It must have been based on silicon instead of carbon, and associated with It as fundamental elements were perhaps phbsphorus, sulphur, and oxygen, in place of the hydrogen, oxygen, and ni­ trogen, of modern life forms. This siliclous life is supposed to have flourished in the sea of molten rock. With which it blended at death, leav­ ing no trace. A possible trace, how­ ever, may remain in many remarkable minerals, whose fiber like structure may be dae to former existence in or­ ganic form, asbestos being an ex­ ample. With the cooling of the earth, carbon entered more and more into the composition of living mat­ ter, and the silicon solidified out. There may now be worlds at high temperature, it is contended, with life in its silicon age. MADE RICH BY STANDARD OIL. William G. Rockefeller a Witness in Great Lawsuit. William G. Rockefeller, who Is • a witness in the suit of the state of Missouri against the Standard Oil company, is a director in the latter concern and a brother of the oil mag­ nate, Jphn D. Rockefeller. He was boitfc'jftf Richford, Tioga eount^ t$& J&r. (7 &OCA77TZZS& Y., May 31, 1841. He has been^at the head of the oil company in New York since 1865. Before he entered the oil business he was a bookkeep­ er and later partner in a produce com­ mission firm. He was married in 18G4 to Miss Almira Geraidine Good- sell. His residence is 689 Fifth nue, New York. Too Much Providence. A number of politicians In Washing­ ton were discussing the tendency of a certain well-known political speak­ er Invariably to allude to his party's successes as .having been "directed by the hand of Providence." "It's most extraordinary," said Representative John Sharp Williams, "but he really seems sincere In that conviction. At the same time, gentlemen, while 1 haven't the least objection to the sen­ ator's having an ace up his sleeve oc­ casionally, I do wish he would not always insist that Providence put it there!" * English Woman Politician. Miss Ellen Pollock has the distinc­ tion of being the only woman political registration agent In the United King­ dom. She is secretary of tha Strand Liberal and Radical association and it agent for the party in the borough oi the Strand, Banker a Millinery "Artist** It is said that Mr. Morosini, th« rich New York banker, designs most of his daughter's hats and that thoj a delight t» the ey* F Too Many Women Carry the Heavy Load of Kidney Sickness. Mrs. E. W. Wright of 172 Main street, Haverhill, Mass., says: "In 1898 I was suffering so with sharp pains in the small of the back and had such frequent dizzy spells that I could scarce­ ly get about the house. The urinary passages were also quite Irregular. Monthly periods were so distressing I • dreaded their approach. This was my condition for four years. Doan's Kid­ ney Pills helped me right away when I began with them and three boxes cured me permanently." Sold by all dealers. 60 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Young Gould Expert Tennia Player. George J. Gould's 17-year-old son Jay is developing into a star tennis player. The other morning at Georgian Court, his father's country place, he met Peter Latham, the visit­ ing English champion, who gave, him odds, but was forced to his utmost endeavor before defeating the young American. Beware of Ointments for Catarrb that Contain Mercury,, M mercury will surely destroy the of small •ad completely derange the whole system wheu entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescrip­ tions from reputable physicians, aa the damage they will do la ten fold to the good you can possibly de­ rive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F.J. Cheney ft Co., Toledo, O., contains no mer­ cury, and Is taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, In buying Uall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It Is taken Internally and made tn Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials frefc ~ Sold by Druggl sts. Price, 75c. per bottle. Veke Hall's Family pint for constipation. •ty. Longworth'a Violins. Representative Longworth, who will marry Miss Roosevelt in February, has a collection of violins which in­ cludes a Stradivarius, a Guillaume formerly belonging to Ysaye, and an Amatl, once the property of Theodore Thomas. Important to Mothere. carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a Mfeaod rare remedy for infante and chlldrn, end aee that it Bean the BlgDatnre k His For Over 30 Yean. She Kind You Bave Atamys Bachelors In Korea. Bachelors have a difficult time in Korea; they may not vote, they may not buy liquor and the first question a man is asked on applying for a job is: "How many children have your* The Race Question b a problem that has puzzled tbe prbfoundest minds, for many years. The best thing for the human race to do is to eat Pillsbury's Vltos for breakfast. Says a woman's magazine: "The bridegroom is thp most depressing feature of a modern wedding." Cut him out then, cut him out. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE BEOMO Quinine Tableta. D slats refund money If It falls to euro. B. GBOVK'S signature Is on each box. 38c. We can generally avoid a lot of trouble by not saying what we think. You always get full value in Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c cigar. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, 111. It is Impossible for some men to as* sociate with their inferiors. Do you want 16 oz. instead of 12 os. for same money? Then buy Defiance Starch. Requires no .cooking. Even the barking dog stops to take a bite when hungry. Treating Wrong Disease. Many times women call on their family physicians. Buffering, as they imagine, one from dyspepsia, another from heart disease, another from liver or kidney disease, another from nervous exhaustion or prostration, another with pain here and there, and in this way they ail present alike to themselves and their easy-going and indifferent, or over-busy doctor, sep­ arate and distinct diseases, for which he, assuming them to be such, prescribes his pills and potions. In reality, they are all only *\pmptom$ caused by some uterine disease. The physician, Ignorant of the cause of suffering, encourages this prac­ tice until large bills are made. The suf­ fering patient gets no better, but probably worse, by reason of the delay, wrong treatment and consequent complications. A proper medicine like Dr. Pierce's Fa­ vorite Prescription, directed to the caxise would have entirely removed the disease, thereby dispelling all those distressing symptoms, and instituting comfort in­ stead of prolonged misery. It has been well said, that"a disease known is cured." Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Is a scientific medicine, carefully devised by an experienced and skillful physician, and adapted to woman's delicate system. It is made of native medicinal roots and is perfectly harmless in its effects in any condition of the system. As a powerful invigorating tonic *Fa- voritaPrescriptitm " Imparts strength to the whole system and to the organs 'dis­ tinctly feminine in particular. For over­ worked, "worn-out." "run-down," debili­ tated teachers, milliners, dressmakers, seamstresses, "shop girls," house-keepers, nurslngmothers, ana feeble women gen­ erally, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the greatest earthly boon, being un- equaledT as an appetizing cordial and re­ storative tonic. . •oothing and strengthening nerv- ine "Favorite Prescription" Is unequaled and Is invaluable tn allaying ana sub­ duing nervous excitability, irritability, nervous exhaustion, nervous prostration, neuralgia, hysteria, spasms, chorea, St. Vitus's dance, and other distressing, nerv­ ous symptoms commonly attendant upon functional and organic disease of the uterus. It induces refreshing sleep and relieves mental anxiety and despondency. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets invigorate the stomach, liver and bowels. One to three a dose. Easy to take as candy. r CUBES IHDI6ESTI0H • When what you eat makes you uncomfortable it is doing you very little good beyond barely keeping you alive. Digestive tablets are worse than useless, for they will in time deprive the stomach of all power to digest food. The stomach must be toned up--strengthened. The herb tonic-laxative, Lane's Family -Medicine will do the work quickly and piwi antly. Sold by all dealers at asc. and 50c. - 'A