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$ *' - ' > / * "• ,: t .- , .; ./ *, ,\ ,* a-..' » ; \ , v 4 m **?•< Q-l«Cfy %yr, *t Y , f * ^1* ̂ t \ . ' . THAT GIRL of J0H1H§QS S «r J**/* jcaw «?, .;$• , V vf ,\ wiVS.* .' # .. _ ..V,.. . // 'V> • '* •• - s •& •5- • • '• i • • • ifartr tf At * Girt'i Mm*. /:y) Aeewlhe «a Act «f Stami la Um Tmt IM kr Stnat ft ftaWfc- Io the Office of the Librarian of Oor.trcss. at Washington, D. C. CHAPTER XVII. CHAPTER XVI. • t "Man Propose*; God Disposes.** Johnson did not die; that he lived through the terrible strain upon his vitality showed that he had an iron constitution, the doctors said; but the men at the tavern shook their heads over It, and looked meaningly at each other. They had their own opinion of the matter; perhaps they knew more than the doctors did; the wise men might opeir their eyes In amazement should they choose to tell their sus­ picions. Johnson was kept under the Influence of opiates for three days and nights; he was riot left alone one mo­ ment; they fed him on Mrs. Allen's beef tea and drinks, and cared for him as though he were a baby, the men said in half whispers--him, with mus­ cles like iron and cords like an ox. Lodie daily carried the news, brief ttems briefly told in jfiis measured tones as they gathered in the ou^r room of the tavern of an evening. orV called now and then across%tbe' drenched gardens to each other, or met at the wells. And the "women over their tubs, as they washed the Clothes ap and down, and soaped and rinsed and wrung them in clear water, leav­ ing them to soak till the storm should be over, gossiped about "this thet hev hap'd Johnsing," and his girl, and the airs they put on since Lemuel John- eon--he who was born in the settle­ ment years ago--had come with his girl and his gold to see that his broth­ er should live like other folks, and was not so "no 'count an' shefless." Dolores, knowing nothing of these gosslpings, and caring nothing for theni, had she known, watched her father untiringly. She never com­ plained of being tired; she seldom spoke. Young Green had gone home, but he came over every day, bringing gen­ tle messages and delicacies. For three days Johnson lay in this stupor so like death, scarcely stir­ ring, not opening his eyes; his face was thin and drawn, his eyes sunken and hollow; his hair, a few days be­ fore so lightly sprinkled with gray, had grown suddenly white. He had aged so that his every-day compan­ ions would not know him. Dolores saw this in silence; her thoughts were busy, but her lips were , dumb. Young Green's eyes had grown wonderfully keen to note the changes of the sweet, pale face, and the sha­ dows of the d%rk, wondering eyes. For he knew that he loved her. It had come upon him the first night as he •tood behind her in the firelight and watched the pure face bent above, the book on her knees. It had come al­ most like a blow at first, but full of a sweetness that was full of pain also, she was so high above him, she had never a thought of love, she had never even known what love was as others knew it in the home life. And there was a tenderness in the thought of how he--he, the first one in the world to show her what love might be-- would prove to her the depth of Its tenderness and holiness. At sunset the third day the rain ceased, and the mist dragged itself brokenly across the peaks of the mountains; the hills were loud with the cry of the swollen river in the valley, and the cascades shouted aloud as they leaped the riven sides of the mountains to join the river and eat at the worn old bridge at the foot of the roadway. The rain had ceased at last, and Dr. .Dunwiddie, who sat at the bedside, his eyes intent on the face of the girl, no grave and quiet in the light of the sunset, had raised the tiny window to lei in the cool wind from the west, he clouds Just above the distant jflpifcaks parted in sudden relenting after days and nights of interminable jgi'ainrBg, and through the rent the set­ ting can flooded the summit with a tradianrt glory that was dazzling. Dolores, as though roused by the •sudden rush of the sunbeams, slowly raised her head and looked up to the %yrfiAnt mountain. Her sad, dark eyes grew potter and deeper in color, and her lips set close as In sorrow, slowly parted In one of her tare smiles. As slowly, and stooped to - pick up her comb. It had snapped in two. "You tVo are excellent nurses," Mrs. Allen said, softly, a smile on her lips as she motioned with her head toward the bed. * Dr. Dunwiddle turned at once with a slight exclamation, and Dolores arose with the comb in her hand, her hair falling around her, her eyes dark as though tears were in them, her lips shut close. As she turned her eyes toward the bed she met full in hers the week gaze of her father. Only for a moment; however, for the eyes closed almost immediately as though the light hurt them, but in i th' ' Wi Dolores slowly raised her head. •he turned her head the comb--an old- fashioned tortoise shell that had been her mother's--suddenly slipped from the heavy coil of her hair which, so loosened, fell in a mans of beauty, glinting, lustrous, about her. The nurse softly opened the door at that moment, bringing the doctor's sup­ per, and a half baleful glitter appeared In her eyes as she saw the two so Utterly unconscious of her presence. Dr. Dunwiddie suddenly sat erect, With his usual quiet dignity; the girl bad startled him out of himself; he t>ad forgotten everything but her. Iter grave face, with its solemn eyes, touched by the sunset, framed by the heavy tresses of loosened hair, was Ilka an exquisite Madonna, and he held his breath in admiration and mute wonder. As he noticed Mrs. Allen, kowever, he regained his composure, iMi Dolores gathered up her hair "Your father will recover." that moment Dolores once more faced his soul with hers. Once more her father, opened his eyes and looked first at the doctor, then at her. At the doctor's sugges­ tion she spoke to him. "Father," she said, slowly, that he might understand. "Father." But the eyes resting on her face had no gleam of pleasure at seeing her there; rather it might be said there was a flash of hatred there as in the old days. Then they drooped again and closed, and presently his breath­ ing indicated that he slept. "Miss Johnson," Dr. Dunwiddie said, by and by, as he sat by the window eating the supper Mrs. Allen had brought him. "I told you the other day that it was possible your father would not recgver; do you remember?" She bowed her head in acquiescence but did not speak. 4 "My dear Miss Johnson," the doc­ tor's voice was grave, but there was a ring in it, a hidden note that struck her ear as unusual. "My dear Miss Johnson, I believe I am safe in saying that your father will sleep through the night a natural, quiet slumber, without the aid of opiates, and if he does he will recover. He will be lame always; he will not have quite his old strength, but he will live and be much hiB old self again." The grave, attentive, face at the head of the bed changed not at all, though the drawn expression disap­ peared from around the month, and the eyes were clear and level in their gaze. For a moment Dr. Dunwiddie was uncertain whether or not the girl was glad of the news. She gave no sign, and said not a word, but stood grave, and stately, and womanly, with the shadows of the night gathering around her, stealing along the bed, across the face of the sleeper, and up and up toward her face. Suddenly they clutched at her throat, tightening their hold, like iron bands, ever contracting, growing firmer, unyielding; a thousand iron hands were on her, a thousand elfish voices, shrill and wild and weird, filled the corners of the room, the hoase; filled the darkness, crowding it upon her, till it seemed as though she were suffocating, till it seemed as, though she would die. Loud and weird and terrible they were to her, filling her ears, shouting of the evil that had come through hatred and malice, and of what would follow upon so evil a deed. The hands were tightening their hold, they were struggling one with another for the mastery; a dbzen hands were torn from her throat ooly to be Instantly replaced by others stronger and firmer. She caught at them, and struggled, she fought against them, but she dared not ery for help. This that she was suffering no one must know; they would kaew soon enough--every one. The voices grew wilder about her; they shouted In elfish glee; their words ran in together unmeaningly except one or two close to her ear, that whispered, with deadly meaning: "When your father is well enough to prove--to prove " Then slowly she came out of this babal of noises; they grew fainter and fainter, and died away among the pines; the hands about her throat re­ laxed. She looked around to see if Bhe were safe; she was dazed, bewil­ dered, but her one thought was that no one must know. Some one spoke to her, and she looked np steadily, crowding down the dumb terror in her heart. Dr. Dunwiddie was stand­ ing beside her with his hand on her [ arm. "Mrs. Allen," he said, quietly, "you will take my place for a few minutes. Miss Johnson must breathe some of this pure, sweet air after the storm He opened the door and stepped down on the door-stone, with DoloreB standing listlessly in the doorway never showing that he had seen the flitting expression of--was it triumph? --on the woman's face as she passed into the silent bedroom. "How pleasant everything is after the storm," said Dr. Dunwiddie, .with a smile, aB he entered the house a few minutes later. Adding to himself as he re-entered the room beyond: "It was over-fatigue, and shall not happen again. And I think you will bear watching, as well as some others. Mrs. Allen." The Freaks of • Woman. Th* sunlight flooded the mountain and the quiet settlement; the sky was deeply blue; the pines along the bank beside Dolores' window stirred softly in the low wind that stole down from the summit laden with spicy odors. Down in the valley the river ran riot, shouting its jubilate as it swirled un> der the rotten bridge and whirled in mad eddies up the coarse grass along Its banks. Dr. Dunwiddie, standing in the door of the tavern, inhaling deep draughts of the odorous, piny air, watched Do­ lores with grave, intent eyes until she turned from the doorway and entered the quiet house; then he turned away and no one ever knew of what he was thinking, or the thoughts that would come of his friend over in the town who was leaving this girl in his care with the utmost confidence--the girl, he well know, whom Charlie loved. And should he. betray his trust to his friend? Should he prove a traitor? Should he let this kindly feeling for this brave, beautiful, womanly girl grow, into more than merely friendly feeling, knowing of his friend's thought of the girl? Could he be capable of that? She was, to be sure, a wonder­ ful girl, shut in by her surroundings, but growing mentally thousands of miles beyond them. Bhe was a woman a man should be proud to own as $ friend--and more--in spite of her strange, unfriendly life in the' stolid little mountain settlement. But--and there was a graver line of thought, a sudden deepening of the lines of no* bility around the set mouth under the black mustache--would the love of even such a woman atone in any de­ gree for the loss of manhood, the stain of a traitor? Charlie had left in his hands the care of the girl he loved, and he would never--he straightened himself up to his full height in the low doorway and unconsciously clenched his hands--he would never betray his friend. Charlie was worthy even Dolores Johnson, and he would never be guilty of even an attempt to come between him and the woman he loved, be she though she might, a woman with the strength and depth and nobility of ^aracter which the daughter of this mountain blacksmith possessed. Then he turned, and the face was as grave, as apparently unconcerned as usual, as Cinthy called him to join the family at the table. Jones said among his comrades that Johnson's ill luck had brought good luck to him, for during the years ha had lived there, never before had so many such men as now sought hla lodging. (To be continued.) WON BY A WORD. SIGNALS USED BY TRAINMEN. System in Use by Which ̂ 'Lives ojf Passengers Aro • - V. Safeguarded.:- Cry of "Mouse" Caused Girl to Mak« Record High Jump. . The field-day of the rival woipen's colleges was in progress and compe­ tition ran high. The score was close, with the high jump in progress. Sud­ denly a wild cheer broke forth from the wearers of the baby-blue. Miss Tessie Thistledown had just cleared the bar in the running high jump with a record of four feet and three inches! A moment later the tall, blonde cap­ tain of the rival team tapped the spec­ tacled referee on her shirt-waisted arm. "I claim a foul," she said. "On what ground?" Inquired the of­ ficial. "On the ground that just before this girl reached the bar somebody in the crowd shouted 'Mouse,' and then she jumped and broke the record." "I did not bear the remark," said the bloomered referee. "If I had I would have jumped myself." Appearance in Her Favor. S. P. Langley, the aeronautical pioneer will never discuss flying ma- cftines with newspaper men bwt on other topics he fs sot so reticent. He talked the ether day about ills' hoy- hood. "Among the memories of r\v boy­ hood," he said, "there is one add episode that le particularly vivid. It is a conversation that I overheard one morning between two women. This women were talking about babies--- their stee, weight, health and n forth. 'Why when I was a week old1/ said the first woman, 'I was such a little batty that they put me in a quart pot and put the lid' on over me.' "The other woman was amazed horrified. 'And did you live?' who asked. 'They say I did/ her friend an> swered. 'Well, well, well,' exclaimed the* second woman, and she gianced at the other almost doubtfiul." The "Grass Widow." "The origin of the term 'grass wid^ ow," said a philologist, "Is puzzling; Some say it came from tike French-- that it was originally 'grace widow,' that is, widow by grace, or courtesy. Others say it derives fibom the old English custom ot a man's hanging1 out a broom when his wile was away over lJght. To hang oat the broom was a common phrase. When the th}ng was done the meaning was that the house had been swept ctear of the wife's presence, and the hus­ band's friends vtere t® vteit him and do as they ple&aed. In time, instead of hanging out a broom, the huaband came to hang out only a bunch of grass. Thus be grew to be called % 'grass widower,' and his wife a 'graas widow." *--Phtladelpihla Record. A Nile Village. A traveler of the upper NUe thus describes a typical native village: The houses are built of NUe mud, each house accommodating a family of no matter of what size, the Inhab­ itants of each village almost all re* lated to each other, comprising some­ times several hundreds of people. Their streets are littered with filth, animals of every kind obstruct one's path, dogs growl and snarl at the ap­ pearance and Intrusion of a stranger; women rush about, hiding their faces in their yashmaks lest a white man should behold their features. Flies in swarms settle on the children and lay their eggs on their eyelids, un­ washed, because they believe it to be contrary to their religion to wash or •amove the flies from their «hju^ . - Old you ever travel.on a dark, •tormy night, in the very mldsit of the accident season, when the train came to a sudden stop with an awful wrenching and lurching and screech­ ing of ah brakes, and wonder, as you gazed apprehensively through the dripping windows, why yon were thus detained miles and miles from no­ where, and why the brakeman you had seen passing and repassing through .'V' Stop--Swtitrg serosa (he track. the car with a lighted lantern under his arm was standing out in the rain swinging it in all sorts of fancy genu­ flections, instead of taking that empty seat at the back of the car and mak­ ing himself comfortable, as everyone else was doing? And when in answer to those self­ same lantern calisthenics the train be­ gan to behave outrageously, did you ever try to puzzle out the meaning of it all? For of course there is a mean­ ing, and a very definite meaning at that. In fact, your very life depends upon the precise and proper dip or curve of that funny little pot-bellied fantern, for its slightest fillip is regu­ lated by a code of rules, a code so strict that none may deviate in even the slightest degree from the letter and law of them, and withal a code that means volumes to those who un­ derstand it. This code is the easiest thing in the world to master, when once you are given the key to it Every railroad employe is obliged to know it thoroughly, but except for these the railroad magnates sedulous­ ly guard the signals from the great public at large, so that this page is of special value, not alone because it gives you the very latest information regarding the operation of a train, but because it is information not easily gained. With the exception of a few trunk lines operating between Chicago and New York all railroads in the United States have identically the same code of signals. They are issued in book form and every employe connected with the operative department is giv­ en a revised edition once a year. In reference to eugine whistles the engineer has to be most careful that he makes them distinct, with intens­ ity and duration proportionate to the distance that the signal is conveyed. Like the Morse telegraph code the signals are conveyed with long and short dots and dashes. For instance. "O" stands for short sounds and "--" for longer sounds. When an engineer gives a short blast, •"O." thus, it means stop. The brake- man knows he must Immediately ap­ ply the brakes. Two long blasts, thus, means "release brakes." One long blasts " and then three short ones mean "flagman, go back and protect rear end of train." This signal is generally given the mo­ ment the train palls up at some point not down on the schedule. The code of hand, flag and lamp sig­ nals are thus: When a conductor swings his lan­ tern across like in figure (a) it is a eignal to stop. Raised and lowered as in figure (b) 1t means proceed. Swung vertically in a circle across the track when the train Is standing *s in figure (c) the signal means back. Swung vertically In a circle at arm's Gloves for French 8oldlers. For economical reasons the French minister of war has suppressed the Item of gloves for the French army. The Introduction of gloves Into the army Is attributed to the kindness of heart of Queen Amelle^ wife of Louis Philippe, the last of the French kings. One day in midwinter when the sen­ tinel presented arms at the approach ol the queen, the latter noticed that the hands of the soldier were red, chapped and broken out with chil­ blains. The kind-hearted woman was not slow to report this fact to the king, and the minister of war .issued the necessary orders for supplying the troojtp with gloves, once more proving that the wishes of a woman are sacred j and more particularly so wben the woman in question Is a qu« Venezuela Highways. The roads of Venezuela are not suit­ able for American styles of vehicles, and draft animals are rather small for any ordinary vehicles for freight. The lighter kind of pleasure vehicles could he wed If the road* were not so had. length across the track when the train is running as In figure (d) the train has parted. Swung horizontally in a circle as do- noted in figure (e) means apply air brakes. A lantern held at arm's length above the head when the train is standing as in figure (f) means release air brakes. As everyone knows, flags are used in the daytime and lanterns at night, red means stop, green proceed, yel- law proceed with caution, green and white flag stop. A blue flag by day or a blue light by night means to an engineer that workmen are about and to be cautious. Watches ef train crews are exam­ ined by Inspectors every night, for which they receive a certificate, which is filed with the superintendent of the division. Before a train pulls out the conductor of the train and engi­ neer must compare time by their watches. Possibly you have noticed flags placed on the front part of a locomo­ tive; you have seen them there, but do not know what they mean. Two white flags placed in front of an en- PftucitEo-iuiactf *ad towered vertically. gine means that it is an extra train. Besides the two white flags two white lanterns are placed on the engine at night. Two green flags on the engine run­ ning forward by day means that there is another section following behind and to look out for it. , At night two green lanterns are also placed on the engine. This is shown in designs herewith. Two green flags on the upper part of the structure of the engine and two down below near the cowcatcher, when an engine is running backward without cars, or at the rear of a train pushing cars, mean there is another section following. At night the same meaning is sig­ naled by two green lights on top and two red lights below. The two green flags you see at the rear end of a coach are there simply to show the end or the base of the train. At night two green lanterns are hung out when the train is running, and two red lights wheu the train is stand:ng still, as in figures herewith. The headlight of an engine is dis- Am.v Ant Bsaces--Swasg boriroaUDjr In u dre'fa. played to the front of the train by night, but is always concealed by the engineer drawing e shade over it when a train tarns out to meet another and has stopped clear of the main track or is standing to meet trains at the end of a double track or at a junction. The average trainman of any experi­ ence, whether conductor or brakeman, can tell the speed of the train by the click of the wheels on the rails, or, in other words, can tell to a minimum speed by taking an average of the clicks as the train runs over a few rails. • When you are seated In a train and you hear four long blasts don't get alarmed, it is only the engineer call­ ing in the flagman from the west, while five long blasts call 14m from the east v The Captain's Mistake. Princess Louise of Schleswig-Hol- stein, the younger daughter of Prin; cess Christian, once while taking a voyage for her health was kept in her cabin by a severo storm in the ohan- nel. This she did not enjoy In the least and finally she donned a suit of tarpaulins secretly and stepped out on deck covered from head to foot and her hair tucked under a sou'wester. As she stood at the rail enjoying the brisk wind suddenly ihe felt a terrific thump on her shoulder. "What the blazes are you doing here?" shouted a voice in her ear. She turned indignantly and stared at the captain. He had taken her, naturally, for one of his crew in flagrant breach of discipline. And he had slapped the Princess Louise right royally on the back! But she was as much embarrassed as he and stam­ mered an apoiogy for stealing the tar­ paulins, so that they both enjoy**-* good laugh at the Incident. ; ,;r .< pHighest Shot Tovfrer. The highest shot tower in the world , is at vuiaefet. in Awttiju % 349 feet % When a train is parted and the en­ gineer becomes aware of it he im­ mediately gives three long blasts. He repeats this slgnel again and »g»«n until answered by the train crew by a lamp signal, indicating that they .are also aware of what has happened. When an engineer sounds two short blasts (0 0) it practically means "Yes" in answer to any signal the conductor may give. When a train is standing still and you hear three short blasts thus (0 0 0) it means that the train is go­ ing to back up and you had better climb aboard. Four short blasts means that the engineer wants Information. He Is at­ tracting the attention of the conductor to get a signal repeated or wants the semaphore dropped at the roundhouse. Everybody has heard two long blasts, followed by two short blasts, which In tho code reads thus: -- -- 0 0. This is when a train is approach­ ing a public crossing and is a warn­ ing to teams to look lively and get across the track. Two long blasts (la the code thus ~) is the sound given when a train Is approaching stations and junctions and railroad crossings at grade. A succession of short sounds of the whistle is a warning to persons or cat­ tle on the track that there is danger ahead. It also brings the trainmen to attention. The explosion of one torpedo is a signal to stop. The explosion of two not more than 200 feet apart is a signal to reduce speed and look out for a stop signal. In order to protect themselves against damage suits arising from ac­ cidents the railroad company's rules are very stringent No company will employ minors on train or yard ser­ vice unless the minors secure the writ­ ten consent of their parents or guard­ ians. This is done because of the danger of the work. In like manner no person is employed who has not been rigidly examined by a physician of the company to discover any de­ fects in the sense of hearing, sight or color perception of the applicant Many young men are rejected on this account No person is allowed to ride free on © across the track. trains except as specially provided for. For instance, in Nevada and Arizona the Southern Pacific company allows Indians to ride on freight trains as much as they like. There are many reasons why this Is allowed, among them being that the Indians are good track walkers and faithfully report any damage to the rails when they discover them. Old Johnson Sides, chief of the Plutes in Nevada, has been a friend of railroad men ever since the Central Pacific was built In early days the Piutes rendered invalu­ able service to the railroad company by informing them of washouts in win­ ter and helping to extinguish prairie fires in summer.--Sidney P. Robertson in San Francisco Call. Icy. "Didn't you git no money from dat woman yer held up?" asked the first footpad. "Naw," replied the other, shivering slightly, "she wuz from Bos­ ton." "Well, Boston people has mon- © Releasb Am 8»mn Hridil arts'* knfth above the howl ey." ."Mebbe dey has, but when I sez to her, 'Money or yer life* lady,' she sez, 'How dare ye speak ter me widout de formality of a interducttonr ses she, an" leaves me fruz stiff." New Type of Lily. "The Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt" is the name of a new Illy which has been hybridized by Joseph Tailby, of Wei- lesley, and received a silver medial from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society as being the finest novelty in the way of decorative plants ever hy­ bridised In the United States. The new lily is about two feet high and resembles a subtropical plant, having large, dark-green, silvery spotted leaves and tall primrose yellow Bpathes. It is strong and hardy, lives nut of doors and is able to reproduce itself from seed. Turks Oppose ElectHelty. Thus far electricity has not been allowed in Turkey. Even the intro­ duction of the most simple scientific and medical appax fttus always met with obstruction or the part of the Turkish customs officials. J. W. Walls, Super­ intendent of Streets of Lebanon, Ky^ living on East street, in that city, says: "With my nightly rest broken, owing to Irregularities of the kidneys, suffering intensely from severe pains in the small of my back and through the kidneys, and annoyed by painful passages of abnormal secretions, life was anything but pleasant for me. No amount of doctoring relieved this con­ dition, and for the reason ti.at nothing seemed to give me even temporary re­ lief I became about discouraged. One day I noticed in the newspapers the case of a man who was afflicted as I was and was cured by the use* of Doan's Kidney Pills. His words of praise for this remedy were so sincere that on the strength of his statement I went to the Hugh Murrey Drag Co.'s store and got a box. I found that the medicine was exactly as powerful a khiney remedy as represented. I ex* perienced quick and lasting relief. Doan's Kidney Pills will prove a bless­ ing to all sufferers from kidney disor­ ders who will give them a fair trial." A FREE TRIAL of this great kid­ ney medicine, which cured Mr. Walls, will be mailed to any part of the Ufrited States on application. Address Foster-Mil bum Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all druggists, price 89 oents per box. A First Cup of Tea in England. The first cup of tea drunk in Eng­ land is believed to have been taken at Arlington House, which stood on the site now occupied by Buckingham palace. The drinker was Lord Arling­ ton, and that cup of tea was a luxury indeed, the price of tea per pound then being $15, which Is equsri to about |40 of our present currency. It was many years before tea became a popular beverage, but it was taken into favor at once by the wealthier classes of the comihunlty. Largest Electric Locomotive. The largest electric locomotive In the world has just been built at Baltl- A Panorama 440 Miles Lonft. From the Observation Car on the* New York Central a living panorama 440 miles long may be seen. This In­ cludes the Genesee, Black' River and Mohawk Valley and 143 miles of the Hudson River, Including the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains; the Capitol at Albany; the Catskill Moun­ tains; the Palisades of the Hudson and the New York Central's magnifi­ cent approach to the metropolis--this being r the only Trunk Line whose trains enter the city of New York. Free Bank Notes. bi order to advertise its goods a Uefman firm is inclosing a bank note of the value of 10 shillings in one of every 600 bales of wool sent out. Those Who Have Tried It win use no other. Defiance Cold V Starch has no equal in Quantity or Qual­ ity--16 oz. for 10 cents. Other brands OOA- tain only 12 oz. He who has not vision of eternity will never get a true hold of time.-- C?krlylf>. Mrs. iriiulov'i Booth In* Syrno.' For children teething, soften* toe reauooa ta> S«anpff.lw i paia. cmm wind oo'le. ttoa jottl* . FATALITIES IN THE ALPS. Craze for Edelweiss Has Cost Many Lives. The craze for edelweiss has caused many accidents, such as happened to a man named Custer, who was killed on the slopes of the Herranruetli while trying to gather a bunch of these flow­ ers. Quite seventeen deaths during this year are attributed to the fool- hardiness of people in endeavoring to gather this flower in nearly inacces­ sible places, says the London Express. During the last fortnight of August twenty-nine people lost their lives, in­ cluding two ladies. The saddest acci­ dent, however, of the year took place on the 26th of last month, when Rev. John Hartley, vicar of Exton, near Oakham, lost his life near the Red Shelter, St. George, in the Engadine. The clergyman was accompanied by the best guide of the district, a man named Sebastian Platz. Mr. Hartley was on his honeymoon, and took his wife half way up the mountain with him, leaving her at the Boval Shelter Hut He then proceeded toward the summit, but on reaching the Crast Aguzza he fell over a precipice, drag­ ging with him the guide Platz. During the last few days many more accidents have taken place, the most remarkable one happening on Mont Blanc to a famous guide named Bal- mat, who died from heart failure when descending the giant of the Alps. Only two days,, ago six more Alpine disasters were reported. tiUSY DOCTOR Sometimes Overlooks a Point. ' The physician is such a busy man that he sometimes overlooks a valu­ able point to which his attention may be called by an intelligent patient who is a thinker. "About a year ago my attention was called to Grape-Nuts by one of my patients," says a physician of Cin­ cinnati. "At the time my own health was bad and I was pretty well rundown but I saw in a minute that the theo­ ries behind Grape-Nuts were perfect and if the food was all that wa9 claimed for It It was a perfect food so I commenced to use Grape-Nuls with warm milk twice a day and in a short time began to improve m evory way, and now I am mucb stmntjer, feel 50% better and weigh more than I ever did in my life "I know that all of this good Is due to Grape-Nuts and I aaj fir nty con­ vinced that thG claims made tor^ie food are true. I have recommeu* .1 and' still recommend the food to a * great many of my patients with s*iil d i d r e s u l t s , a n d i n s o m e c a s e s t h e i m ­ provement of patients on this fine food has been wonderful. "As a brain and nerve food, in fact f as a general food, Grape-Nuts stands } alone." Name given by Postum Oq_ Battle Creek, Mich. Look in each package for a oopy >w>. "v.' :!•< .Vf» •t-, -'p.