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"eat V HfcV ,r ^< r :̂ - * fcte &yv * • ^rVv£'->•"<' ;'V fe£fv • . . ,, •,'• - *1" V... -•• . •: OIL. A SOLDIER. OF THE R.HINE. Br ST. GEORGE RATHBORNE i W ' '2* • :^'5 .,_ £ j*-. ffura> ax.--<c<muii<i«l) "®h« was do ordinary woman, this §f Parisian countess. H«. remembered But he had heard it. .^anl ihe was a born diplomat and that. Louis Na- »•>'* . poterm would sooner trust any desper- i;;.,: &.t& lor&iga mission to bar -than to most erf his representatives. ^ Wiiy, then, was sir*' in Germany? "appearance oa the settle was' like :& blight to Paul. The Mnditions had 'ii-st-' been bad enough before, but now , 'they were rendered doubly serious. Wi N When Hildegarde and her eompan- ipn arose to leave the garden, he saw -v|,* Vbe countess also make a move, fHe held his breath ? wfcen he mm ['•}.'Tfcer brush up agalast the Gennaa ^ ?<f 'bezixts. throw baolc her reil a moment .speak rapidly to her. at the same '/'itime pressing a note into the hand of • 4&e fairly surprised Hildegarde, Paul noticed that ib* countess firoppM her veil again the moment she left Hildegarde'c side What was the raura i( this scrop- bkms care? Did she wish b troU recocnitiati Paul? He had nevnr ^ared for her, . tfeon^ii dazzled for a time by her beau- tj aad tiie scintillating brilliancy of frer intellect. Now he positively hated the dashing charmer, and could even *ee evil befall her with grim oompla- :• iency. I Henoe, It was with mewed interest 'nnd not a little satisfaction that he ^ ^ JtiBcovered a certain -fact. i The countess had a shadow. In her *:i\; J««. she was being watched, and Something about the appearance of the ^ I,.' itoati who' kept her under constant sur­ veillance gave him the impression that •'-'•|ie belonged to the .*»,.r«r. police of Berlin. ^ Then her mission to Baden was no * % |luoh dead secret-as she might snp- and If she gave her «nemies good ? • •*•',. jfunl sufficient cause for an arrest, the > . lieailtiful Frenchwoman who dared to i^/,3fcake Such risks in order to gain the f;-y toyA favor of Napoleon might see the ~ > ^tntilde of a German bastile sooner than ffihe dreamed, even. I« her most san- -'gulna moments. •}] Paul had ttach to xioaicter while Being pos- Qvrriakt. br STBBBT * Surra. New York. ;>* j&V. ,:^wal|cing to'his' lodgings. |.;^V ^|Mssed of means, Paul had a very lnx- aurtous establishment, which Karl ^shared with him of late. t ' r o e , o i a w o m a n w h o t o o k o a r e o f 'Itlxs soveral flats usually waited up, ^ V. %hou£h_Paul_ cqi+14 always eqter with t, ,1. tds key. atid this he did on the present •ccaalon. * To his surprise!, the lights were turned up. Karl must have reached JS !home ahead of him. fJ ' W i t h a smile oa his lips he ab- - mptly entered the sitting-room to y wee the figure of a woman rise from a /,ichair by the table where she had been y.;* ^reading and to feel a cold hand laid * ; 1 ?«pon his heart as he recognized in his 5pv^,: .fate (VtBltor the charming enchantress ^S'ivV'iand shrewd female diplomat. Countess s , . 'i ^ • A Stormy Interview.. Pftrt knew he was in for a siege as " soon as his eyes fell upon his visitor, j^,y. ; '.and it required all the fortitude of which he was possessed to brace him- Belf for the encounter |: vc%" He took her hand in a perfunctory way, and would have immediately re- 'leased it only jtha^pretiiaed let him co so eflially. "Ah! you 1MB forget so easily. It is the poor, weak, loving 'women who ^ have to suffer," ahe ->nid, with such -'l exquisite pain In her poice that Paul / might well hare been inclined to pity, 0aly that he knew her wo well, rs'.! ;, "Countess," he said, steadily, with a Btera face, that betrayed his design, '/}, "your remembrance of me is very •Esfrf"••>• kind, but surely the present time and 15,4^ conditions are hardly suitable for a %s'- "-Hlady's <1sit. Had you informed me i-v;j >'**of your presence here. [ should have :i? • ! been pleased to have paid .my respects lll^/fto you at your hotel." jtffi'i) "Ah! that was what I did not wish. "pI am not.stppping at * hotel, and they fn w do not know me here as the Countess |Aimee. Besides--^lt was my desire to Pfe?'aurprise you." 0 v ^ "You certainly accomplished' that." "J thought, I believed, you would ; overjoyed to see me. and I had - ? >* '/t l°°ked forward with auch eagerness f c; ^.Jto this meeting. Since you left Paris • ',( -r: I have had the blues and have grown actually thin. She said this so boldly that It had no Alfect, for he knew It was false. If anything, she was mors plump than ever, and, as to her moping, he had no &j».: * doubt she had been through a constant & ?£- round of gayety, breaking new hearts W6ek« an(1 accepting generous & ' ( . presents from her ardent admirers. L_ 1, "That Is too bad, countess, but .you p'V:f should not allow cares of state to wor- i; ry yon so," he Mild. 1 j " "Ah! you are blind, yiu will not •0e* You me to tell you openly K > It ta the torment of that little god Love that has harassed me. You have no P^y upon a poor woman who, reigning a queen for years, suddenly jsgPf*": :> finds herself the weakest slave ^ "I am sorry to hear you say that, ' countess," Paul remarked, coldly. "Borry!" The hands fell from the bewitching face, now pale with sudden anger, and her sloe-black orbs flashed incipient lightning as the realization dawned upon her that her scheming had, after all. been In vain. "Alt! yon do not know what won ders love has wrought <»re now," she said, slowly, and just <it that moment Paul had a faint glimpse of the natural woman beneath the coquette. Such remarkable women have lived at all times since the days of Cleopatra and Anthony, and their pass- ace through the world Is always Arevpn with the shipwrecks of mortal h»pea. • • • TO* countess smllad mockingly. "Al! I know where your love has strayad. I have watched you and the white-faced doll you fancy. Listen! I %av* /implicated the sweet and onso- k p1- phisticated Hildegarde with the polit leal plots that keep the pot boiling and seething. Long ere you left the gar­ den a paper I sent to her was in the hands of the secret offlelala of Bis­ marck." Paul started as if shot. He began to understand the villainy of which a jealous and unscrupulous woman might be guilty. "What did that paper contain? I de­ mand that you answer me!" he cried, showiug signs of excitement at last. "'Apparently a cipher which could be easily read, and which Hildegarde was instructed to pass on to the next agent, who would carry it swiftly over the border to Paris," "And the cipher--what was It about?" savagely. "Oh! a simple recapitulation of the number of men available whom Ger­ many could place on the border, and some hints as to the best line of march a French army could take on *i>» road to Berlin." Paul hated her at that moment worse than he had hated any one in all life. She read his thoughts. Ton mean to betray me to the authorities?" 'It would only be fair. In that way I might save your intended victim." 'Ah! you do not dream what a hor- net's nest you would bring down about your ears if you attempted that. And do you think they would believe yon, whose name was signed to the note I gave Hildegarde? At this very mo­ ment agents are watching this house, believing I have come here to have a secret conference with you about po­ litical matters." "I am lost!" ha groaned. "Wait. There is a chance of escape." "You mean you have terms to pro­ pose." "Fly with me. I can outwit even Bismarck's bloodhounds. We can reach Russia, where we will be Bafe. Only promise that you will be faithful to me while life lasts. It Is all I ask- all I care for. With that I can well y good-by to the world." Eagerly ahe waited for his answer. It came speedily enough. Paul folded his arms, he drew him­ self up to his full height, and looked her sternly In the eyes. "Before I would reward such base treachery I would thrust my hand Into the fire and let It burn to the stump.' His words completed her demoraliz­ ation, and she* threw aside the mask. "You cast the offer of my love away like a tattered glove. Well, I shall live for revenge, Monsieur Paul. You will curse the stupidity of this hour. I shall And means to wring your proud, cold heart No man ever treated me as you have done, and it has aroused all the devil in my nature. I shall have a terrible revenge, do you hear me, a revenge best suited to such an Insult And now I will relieve you of my hateful presence, but you can depend upon it you are already a marked man among the King's sol­ diers, and a guard will remain to watch your future actions. Mine you were, and no other shall possess what fortune has denied to me." and, with flashing eyes, in which he saw murder rampant the adventuress glided from the room and was escorted by him to the lower door of the house. yon say--and last «»ua Ijisluiiiu XMU" u»«4t al afl" willing to trust her voice as yet. Now he was ready to main the plunge. "It is my duty t6 warn you against some one you saw last night at the garden; a woman, who has taken an intense dislike toward you, founded on a senseless fabric, hat who wishes you ill." "A woman, night?" Hildegarde put this question hastily, while her manner betrayed more or less excitement. She did not forget, sfhe could hot forget, that she had seen Paul bending over a sweet girl, holding her twe hands in his own, and beamipg upon her with what appeared to be the most devoted attention. No wonder her curiosity was aroused and she hung upon his words with ea­ gerness. "This woman has conceived a sad­ den dislike toward you. She has no scruples about working you injury, and has arranged a miserable plan whereby you may seem to be Impli­ cated with her in treachery toward the Kaiser." The girl's face grew whiter, To a patriotic daughter of the Rhine, there could he no greater evil befall one than to be accused of such a crime. Impossible! Who would believe •such a thing?" she murmured. In these troublous times men are ready to believe the strangest stories. Spies there are in the heart of Ger­ many. One was discovered only a few days ago within court circles, a woman who had been trusted almost implicit­ ly. She Is now shut up in a fortress. Let me try to explain." "Proceed, mynheer." (To be Continued. > ̂ , 4 7 7 ^ - ^ S i i* •- : ~~r~~ ----r~*-- ona TEOPICAL TRADE ̂ IMMENSE BUSINESS POSSIBILITIES ABE OPENED Ufc -: FB0TE8T OF THE FINNS. HER PAGAN OHILD. •odm ••titer's Cnlqoe Tk«o|kt as ta Har Ancestor*. 'There, the task is done, the baby's asleep," said a woman friend the oth­ er evening as she entered the sitting- room and piled on the table what ap­ peared to be a very considerable por­ tion of a toyshop's stock. There was little rubber Lord Fauntleroy with its mouth agape dfad the end of his nose worn through; a little doll, red* gowned and belted and with a tin Jew*- el at her throat called Betty; a still smaller object in human form, one leg gone and a hole In the top of the head, called Johnny; a white sawdust- stuffed dog with one eye missing and tall in a state of collapse from frequent pulling, called Jlp, and a rubber cow known as Moo. 1 "I believe that some of my ancestors must have been Chinamen," continued the mother, "and that their disposi­ tions, long hidden through successive generations, are reappearing In my child." One would not suspect it to look at the child. The little girl of the fair­ est complexion and most cherubic ex­ pressions, to make whose eyes the sky waa robbed of a tiny bit of its finest blue, and whose hair was as if it hni been spun from the sunshine. "But you see," said the mother, when a Chinaman dies and is buried they put In the grave with him cloth­ ing and food, and perfumes, reed torch­ es and horses to be at his convenience In the other land. Well, my baby must have at her side as she goes to sleep all the toys with which she is wont most to play with during the day so that she may have them with her in the land of dreams." CBAPTBB XL » Led by Destiny. It may be safely assumed that Rhine- lander. after that stormy interview with the countess, did not .feel much like sleep. Long he tramped up and down the rooms, for Karl had not yet arrived. At length he retired, and when Karl came in he seemed to be sleeping; yet, through the remaining watches of the night the American lay there and ar­ ranged plans, just as when a child he had built houses out of cards, to knock them down the next capricious mo­ ment Ahother day dawned.- Paul remembered his promise to his sister. It must be kept painful though the interview might be. Beatrix should know that at least., she had a father with an unsullied name, and that there was a brother ready to love and pro­ tect her. In whose arms she could Weep. Accordingly he hastened to the ad­ dress he had received on the previous night. He had already noticed as a queer coincidence that" lt~ was in fhe^iSme strasse as the house where Hildegarde resided. This did not appear to be the only resemblance, since the building itseif had a familiar look. Passing upstairs and asking to see the young lady, he handed his card to the attendant. Through the doorway came a vision in white, and Paul's nerveless arms fell flat to his sides. For, strange to say, it was not Sister Beatrix wfloated in through the doorway, but Hildegarde herself. And, like a flash, it came upon poor Paul that, in some clumsy manner, he had succeeded in mixing the numbers, and thus made a mess of it. However, since the damage had al­ ready been done, he must abide by the consequences. Hildegarde was evidently struggling under a variety of emotions; but she had been taught how to keep her feel­ ings under fair control, and, besides, rihe German maidens are so very mod­ est they never wear their hearts upon their sleeves for daws to peck at. As Paul had ere now fully deter­ mined that this sweet girl was lost to him, that circumstances had lifted her far beyond his reach, allowing him only the chance of worshipping at a great distance, as the Aztec might the glowing sun, what did it matter, any way? "Of course, you are surprised to see me here, and I assure you I am in­ clined that way myself, but, since have stumbled into your presence, must say something that is on my mind. Will you P.nndiiifitHil tn ll«tan Fraulien Hildegarde?" * ' « r-:m OLOCK.3 OF PAST AGES. How th» Pnmt Maialflcnt Tlmeptoow Originated. The word clock, derived from the French gloche, German glocke, signi­ fies bell, and up to the fourteenth cen­ tury it was only used to designate a bell which was struck at certain pe­ riods of time indicated by the hour­ glass. Sundials or "gnomons" were the first instruments used in measuring time, and there Is but little doubt that the lonjg granite pillars which we call obe­ lisks were used by the Egyptians If not as actual sundial hands, at Jeast for some astronomical obsenfatlbni of the movement of the sun. Clepsydras or water clocks and sand clocks came next in order. The flow of sand through a small orifice is an accurate method of measuring time, for the exit of the sand Is always reg­ ular; but water Is Influenced by the laws of hydrostatics; when the vase is full the water runs out faster than when It is nearly empty. Candle clocks, or tapers on< whfch were colored bands indicating how much was consumed in a certain time, were also used, and their invention is attributed to Alfred the Great; but this method is even more susceptible of error than the previous ones, ^ In most large cities a public record of the flight of time seems to have been kept by some method or other. In 1286 St Paul's In London paid a salary to an orologlaro, who kept a record of time; and In 1371 we find one employed at Westminster palace to attend to the clock. The first por­ table clocks are attributed to a Ger­ man named De Souable, and are sup­ posed to have been made in 1300; but it is not till 1480 that we find mention of a clock made so that "he might carry it with him to every place whith­ er he might go."--Jewelers' Review. Lott th« Lord's McktL A little boy who goes to Sunday school every Sunday always receives a nickel from his father to place In the collection plate. Last Sunday his father gave him two nickels, saying, "One Is for the Lord and the other Is for yourself." As it was too early to start for Sunday school the little boy sat on the porch steps in the warm sunshine playing with the two nickels. After a while he dropped one of them and It disappeared down a crack. Without a moment's hesitation and still clutching the remaining coin In his clenched fist, he looked up at his father, exclaiming, "Oh, popi There goes the Lord's nickel!". OM' 9WSMM H. Wllaan Hm W«M PwuiBntf th* B«n«llts Vhleh Are Within Omr Bweh--bland of Cuba li th« Moat Vvoaatolac S1«M> Gen. JameS H. WflSM Tn an ad­ dress on "Our Trade Relations With the Tropics" recently delivered at Boston, gives an exhaustive review of the future possibilities in our dealings with Cuha, Porto Rico, and other tropical countries. He favors an Am- erican Customs Union with all the countries south of us, beginning with Cuba, and as the benefits are received and felt in our enlarged commerce, ex­ tending the Union to other nations. He considers Cuba the most valuable field for commencing the woiis. It has about 43,000 to 46,000 square miles, or 27,500,000 acres at the least, mostly suitable for raising sugar, tobacco, coffee, fruits and cattle. Of this acre­ age nearly 13,000,000 acres are uncleared forest These vast forests consist of mahogany and other hard woods, all valuable for manufactures, cabinet work and shipbuilding. The fruits of Cuba are manifold, and have been arti­ cles of staple consumption in the United States for generations. The altitudes of Cuba vary, one elevation being 7,670 feet above the sea. These high ranges make the Interior of Cuba balmy, or to quote Gen. Wilson's words, "It is, indeed, one of the most beautiful, healthful, and Inviting is­ lands under the sun; and while it lies just within the tropics, it can hardly be called tropical; its climate Is every­ where mitigated by the trade winds and the balmy air of the surrounding seas." Since the Spanish authority over the Island ceased, sanitary condi­ tions have been enforced, and the yel­ low fever has disappeared. Cabs Bleb In Natural BmouMi! ' Gen. Wilson regards Cuba as a promising field, provided the United States will enter into reciprocal trade relations with it as the island cannot be annexed because of the joint reso­ lution of congress. As annexation is out of the question for the present-- and until the Cubans so desire, volun­ tarily--other arrangements for mutual prosperous trade must be made. He regards Porto Rico as a limited field for American enterprise and emigra­ tion. The population is dense and the land almost entirely occupied. As to Cuba, millions of its acres are un­ touched, its annual sugar capacity is about 3,000,000 tons, its tobacco Is the best in the world for cigars coffee grows nearly everywhere in the is­ land, and its pastures and grass lands will easily support several million head of cattle, or as many as Iowa and Texas. Minerals, such as Iron and copper, are plenty.. As the general says, "The Island Is a natural garden. The climate and temperature of Cuba and Porto Rico are at all times better and more equable than in any of our states in the Mississippi Valley south of the Ohio and Missouri rivers." As to the population, the whites outnum­ ber the colored two to one, while In the Philippines there is one white to fifty of the colored races. Bcuflto That Wo«ld loiu With the Inflow of capital and emi­ gration to Cuba all of the nations of Central and South America will be the recipients of the same benefits, and In Gen. Wilson's opinion', these countries "lie clearly within our right­ ful theater of interest or influence, and in the direction of our true trade ex­ pansion. We shall much more surely gain supremacy In trade with our nearby neighbors, than with those that lie beyond the sea, and the wider we make our "reciprocity with those we have undertaken to defend, the more rapid will be their growth in wealth, power and civilization." Orwt National Highway. In the development of these numer-' ous resources, there must be some na­ tional highway for the travel and traf­ fic of the nations, and in this connec­ tion the conception of "The Overland Route by Abraham Lincoln appears now in all Its grandeur. Senator Ben­ ton urged and later on Mr. Lincoln selected the Union Pacific as the nat­ ural route on which the mighty streams of western commerce would be borne, and now the Isthmian canal Is to be built, the waters of the two oceans mingled, China, Japan, the Philippines and the Antilles, to throw off the sloth and oppression of cen­ turies, it will give to the United States the rich markets of the Orient, whose wares and people must pass over the Union Pacific as the favorite route to Europe, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, Central and South America and the coast of Northern and Western Africa. They in return will send their products to ex­ change for those of the nations, while the North and South, East and West of the United States will pour their manufactures, meats, fruits and grains, into the ports of every Island and ev­ ery continent receiving their products in return over the Union Pacific as the great railroad that has brought the world together and made our country first among the nations. Big Order for Wst«kM. The largest single order ever given for watches was received by an Ameri­ can manufacturer from a London firm,' last year, the former agreeing to de­ liver to his customer 2,000,000 within twelve months. frtaeh »nd American Sports. The great trouble with this country Is that it takes its amusements too seriously. A century or so ago duel­ ing was all the rage here, but so many were killed by too enthusiastic indul­ gence in the sport, that laws were finally passed prohibiting It. In France however, it is still one of the leading sports, and the list of dead and wounded resulting from it in a year over there is much less than our list of football casualties for one season. --Syracuse Evening Herald. Oufuloa "Ah, nevah could undahstan'," said Charcoal Eph, as he helped himself to a piece of cornbread, "w'y er man blow on he soup ter git hit cool, blow on he han's ter keep dem wahm, an' blow on hlaself ter beat de ban*. Hah setae Ob de fowl, Mistah Jackson?* 1 1 »c' • • , '• Her Temper te Blame, She--Before we were married said I was the light of your life. He--Well, you were, but you always getting put out then. .'t Beftual of a Congregation to lit• ten S» an Obnoxlooe Honlu Lav. Many stories are coming out to show the unrest prevailing in inland in consequence of the virtual abrogation by the Russian government of the con­ stitution guaranteeing the peculiar rights and privileges of the Grand Duchy. The people, although alarmed for their national existence, are care­ fully refraining from any disorders. A protest in the form of a petition bearing the signatures of 470,000 Fin­ nish. men and women--more than one- fifth of the total population--has been sent to the Czar, who failed to pay any attention to it. The ministers in many parishes have refused to pro­ claim the new conscription law from their pulpits on account of its uncon­ stitutionality, and in other parishes the reading of the law has been Inter­ rupted by the congregations. A scene characteristic of the tactics of the Russian government as well as of the temper of the people occurred In a country church a faw Sundays ago. The regular parish minister hav­ ing refused to read the obnoxious law, although knowing that his refusal ex­ posed him to dismissal and punish­ ment, the authorities prevailed on an­ other and less scrupulous clergyman to do the reading. The moment the stranger appeared In the pulpit, a venerable old member of the congregation rose. t "We will not listen to anything that 1B illegal," he announced. "That aet has been passed in violation of the law of the land." The whole congregation then rose in a body and marched out singing Lu­ ther's old hymn, "A Mighty Fortress is Our God." Their Contribution. Prof. Henry Morton, president of the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, once had a church experi­ ence with two students. One Sunday a pair of Freshmen wandered Into church, not knowing that it waa President Morton's place of worship. They kept quiet and seemed properly devout throughout--until the time the collection box was to be passed, when they say to their horror that Prof. Morton himself was passing the box. "Got any money?' 'said Paulsen to Inglls. "Quarter. You got any?" "No." Nearer and nearer came the collec­ tion box. Finally, when it was but one pew away, Damon Inglls rose to the needs of Pythias Paulsen. 'Til stake you, old man--that'll be all right; watch me," he whispered, and as the box appeared before him he made sure to catch ihe president's eye. Up went the quarter conspicu­ ously between (Damon's thumb and forefinger; then he dropped it and, with a sweep of his hand toward his companion, he held up two fingers. "Two," said Damon, and the Profes­ sor understood. dot Pay for Sheep Hie Dog Killed. A farmer named Snaw living In Orange county owned a dot &nd paid taxes on It One night he found his dog had killed seven fine ewes and was tearing away at the throat of an­ other. Farmer Shaw shot the dog dead. Then he put in a bill of $60 against Orange county for the eight sheep his dog had killed. "It was my dog that did It, I know," he admitted. Then the commissioners laughed at him for expecting any pay for the sheep that his own dog had killed. "But," argued Shaw, "I had paid tax to the county on him, and if he had, killed some other fellow's sheep the county would have had to pay for them, wouldn't it? Well, haven't I got as many rights against holding a sheep killing dog as my neighbors have? I want them $60." The commissioners stopped laughing and asked their counsel what It would be best to do, and he said he guessed Farmer Shaw had 'em where the hair was short and they had better pay, and they did.--Putnam County Repub­ lican. Fade of the Faehlonablee. Broadway cars give the keenest in­ sight into the ways and artifices of cos­ mopolitan life. They are. a sort of con­ stantly moving stage of continuous performance, where comedy gives way to tragedy. On an up-town car to-day there sat a finely groomed young man, adjusted to the lay of each hair. He was impa­ tient qf time and often turned his right wrkst up, but to what purpose could not be seen. Finally at Fourteenth street he jumped up, pulled hack the sleeve of his overcoat and took one laBt glance and also revealed a slim gold brace­ let holding a small gold watch. That Is the latest fad the fops have taken up. Another is the practice among men of carrying their handkerchiefs in their sleevee, all of which goes to show that some men are meeting some women half way in exchanging the perquisites of the sexes.--Pittsburg Dispatch. •ow the Phyaletan Became Known. A west side physician has hit upon a novel way of attracting attention to his office and setting the tongues of gossips awagging. Recently he had his house--a frame structure--painted a most outlandish color. The shade of the paint on the building proper Is bad enough, but the oorder and the color with which he had the veranda decorated are infinitely worse. Th» other day a neigh bo flng^drug* gist, referring to the fact ihat p«opl< were commenting on the appearance of his house, asked the doctor why he had chosen so odd a color. "Well, you see," replied the- disciple of Esculapius, "people will talk about "Dr. Blank, anyway, so I thought I would give them something to talk about."--Milwaukee Sentinel. ' v,V Benefits of Smokeleae Fowdeti Smokeless powder when blown Into tissue at close quarters causes less pain and suppuration than black powder and the grains *«re more easily re­ moved. V. Policemen Praise Pe-ru-n As';it Reliable Specific for the Ills Ihctdeht to "I Vicissitudes of Their Occupation. Hon. John E.Ptacek Asst.Supt Police CHICAGO, III. udent - of Police John writes: Ptaoek, Assistant Superintei Chicago, nil "/ used Peruna tor a very severe cast 0/ nasal catarrh, and am gtad to inform you that it has accomplished a complete cure, I have no hesitancy In recommending it to others." JOHN B. 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Shipments will begin ou this property la April, whea the price o£ UiUi stock will undoubtedly go to SO cents, if not higher. • limited amount of the Ojo Co. atock has been placed on the market at TKH CKNT8 par •hare. Any amount over 200 shares will ba sold on monthly payments. Yon will not rnlsa the small amount of money invested each month, sod It Bay be the aonrss of prorlAtas yon an income for life. Writs as for fall particulars. W. L. HAYK8, President and Assistant Treasurer* aeO Junction Building. KANSAS OtTY, MO* CAPSICUM VASELINE' ( PUT UP IN COLLAPSIBLE TUBUS ) A substitute for and superior to mustard or uuy other plaster, and will not blister the most delicate skin. The puin-allaying and I curative qualities of this article are wonder­ ful. It will 8top the toothache at once, and relieve headache and sciatica. 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