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Iff"' ;•• , •. - : - C reMTON PlILILOdR fly CM.ARI ES MORRIS BUTLER. jtfatfrorof "7s>e ffetmt* of Xvremen/ , Copyright, 1W8» by C. Morris Butler. CHAPTER IV. v(c. An Important CluSt For about a year Lang served1 his apprenticeship under the instruction Of Denver. He became known as a suspicious character, and his past w*s raked up in great shape, not to his credit to be Bure. Through the proc­ ess of appearing "flush" of money one day and on "his uppers" the next fce got the reputation of being "crooked," or at least "sporty," which in some circles are considered synony­ mous. Lang one evenlftg was strolling down Clark street rather aimlessly, swaggering as if under the influence of strong drink, when he was ap­ proached by a rather flashily dressed man who demanded rather abruptly: "If your name is Lang, I want to speak with you." Ixniis did not start nor hesitate; his year of schooling had prepared him against surprises of this kind. There was no known reason why he should not admit that.' Lang was his. true name, but "instinct" warned him not to be too ready to admit it. He had followed Denver's advice and travel­ ed under the alias of "Smith," though there had never been any attempt at dropping his real identity, for that character was absolutely necessary " to the case in hand. "My name is Smith--George Smith," he answered, composedly. The man shrugged his shoulders in­ credulously. "You are acquainted with Denver ?" he asked. Louis now recognized the question­ er as Regan, the detective, against wfaoiA he had been especially warned by Denver. "Denver." queried Lang, as if trying to refresh his memory, and his speech was varied now and then by a half-suppressed hiccough. •'Seetns to nie I've heard the name afore, see!" "Well. Lang," continued Regan in a positive tone, "Denver wants to see you." "S-a-V. wot're you lookln" fer?" Louis flared us as if angry at Regan's persistence. "Didn't I just tell you me name was Smith?" He stopped walk­ ing, and with a half-fierce gesture threw off the detective's hand, which had been resting rather familiarly OR his arm. staggering backward as he The twain entered the first saloon they came to, which chanced to be the same basement palace where Den­ ver had met Lang. They took seats at a convenient table and Louis or­ dered the drinks. Regan had his back turned toward the door (while Louis faced the stairway) and did not* notice the entrance of a third party soon aft­ erwards; but Lang did, and he thought he recognized Denver, though that in­ dividual was In disguise. A secret signal given and answered soon proved it true. Denver took a seat in an obscure corner of the room, within hearing distance, in Lang's but out of the line of Regan's sight, "I have noticed that on several oc­ casions you have drawn money from the Madison bank on Jim Denver's check!" said Regan, ctsting a bomb in Louis' camp. tor a moment Lot is was staggered: he could see.a shade of annoyance pass over Denver's face. Regan evi­ dently knew more than either Lang or Denver had supposed. "Oh, you have, eh?" the young man blur ted out, sti'l sparring for time, resolved now to at­ tempt to "pump" Regan in turn. "What does he pay you for?" asked Regan leering at him through bleery eyes. "That would be telling--and if you knew my graft it wouldn't be- worth a cent to me." The detective how realized now that he had a nrettv shrewd antagonist to deal with. Hints, would avail him lit­ tle. but as he really did not know the truth, that was all the bait he could offer. "Perhaps I can tell you," he said as a leader. "Perhaps you can," acquiesced Lang. "For playing the spy upon women whom Denver wishes to ljlackmail!" "Phew!" whistled Lang, as if ac­ knowledging that such was the case. "You accuse him of blackmailing-- what's the matter with my blackmail­ ing him?" Lang made a very neat play here. He did not refute nor as­ sert anything. "You want to sthrow me off! Be­ sides you are not the only 'kid' draw­ ing Denver's checks from the bank; that I know, for I have seen his book." Louis was gratified to learn where Regan got his information from. Hearing the news that Denver was did so as if losing his balance. "D'ye j employing, others besides himself for •irant to insult me?" It was a very J a moment? shook his faith in Denver. "If your name Is Lang, I Want to speak to you.? too# >*»mple of drunken and offend­ ed dignity. "You're a good one," exclaimed the detective in evident admiration. "Bur it won't work. I know you are Lang and you may as well own up to it. Jim is lying at the point of death and wants to see you." The mistake would have been costly Louis acknowledged that he and Denver were on friendly terms, that there was a bond between them. Lang thought deeply, while apparently at­ tempting to straighten himself up from the position his drudken actions frfld placed him "If Jim really wants me, I will see him later. But I must not give myself away to this man under any circumstances--leastwise our se­ cret bond." Satisfied that Regan knew him in his double role of himself ynrt Smith, and also that he had been recognized as a visitor in Denver's office at least, he essayed to work a dodge on him to throw him from the •cent. "Let the d d scoundrel die! What do I care!" you admit you know him? You ape Lang, then?" "I may be Lang, and I may be 8mith, but it is as George Smith 1 owe Jim Denver a grudge--and George Bmith never forgets a wrong! With all his shrewdness, all his cunning, Denver has never penetrated my dis­ guise. D him! I'll be even with him yet, if he don't die too soon:" 'Then as if recollecting himself, he suddenly asked. "Who are you." "My name is Regan, and I am a de­ tective." the man admitted without iMsitation. "And who is Regan?" asked Lang. - puzzling his brain to concoct some story of a plausible nature to tell him '* in reference to the "great wrong" §,<jone himself by Denver. ."I'm Denver's side partner." OV "Then what do you want of me? Tou can bet that Denver don't want to see me!" 5 "I want to find out why you go to Irts office." Regan was candor itself. Lang leeref drunkenly. 'Til not tell you. You'll give it away. You and > Denver are too thick." V "Oh, I'm no particular friend of Den­ ver," said the sleuth. "Let's have a drink," said Louis, looking around and noticing for the first time that their stoppage in'the open street and their conversation not being carried on In low tones, had at­ tracted considerable attention. Regan had realized the same thing, f^Yoir am rtgjai#- w»fead hctUw;- ape batt before the hungry fish's «r/«. aiiuwlien . to give a nibble the tempting morsel was withdrawn "Have found what?" Regan brighten ed up from his half-drunkett lethargy. Louis saw an opening to hurl some hot shot; he was himself astonished at the mere thought of it. "-Nothing," he said exasperatingly. "But I hare have come to the conclusion, Regan, that you wouldn't arrest a thief even if you caught him in the act with the swag in his hands!" It was a, bold insinuation. Regan flushed up as if ashamed of the imputation. "I get the 'swag' whether I get the man or not!" Tliat was a sufficient excuse for him. "You are smarter than I can he- liave!" said Lang highly .elated at the coup. ; The Intoxicated detective smiled with an Idiotic smirk. "Yes," he said, "I have nearly enough to leave the business on. One more haul and I am off!" . "Off where?" and Louis bit his tongue to keep from seeming expect­ ant. "Not the C. C.?" "Yes, the C. C.!" straightening up again. "But who are you that gives the sign of the society?" . , "Oh, I'm one of the 'boys,'" replied Lang. "Here, waiter," he cried to hide his agitation, "Two glasses of beer." . ..V Denver had evidently-heard enough. He realized that Louis was the mas­ ter of Regan in the pumping art, so rather than jeopardize his interest now by having the, treacherous detec­ tive discover that he was being over­ heard by his rival he quietly arose from his seat, going to the rear of the saloon, where he motioned to Lang-to follow. Louis continued to converse for a moment even after drinking that which had been ordered. "You are one of the boys, eh?" queried Regan.- "Then you are the man I'm looking for. I have a game on hand that I need assistance In; are you with me?" "Am I with you? Well, you can bet your sweet existence that I am! But don't you think that we will be over­ heard here. Hadn't we better get a room where we can have privacy?" And then he excused himself for a moment to retire to the rear ostensi­ bly to make arrangements for a room, but in reality to meet Denver. "Is Regan 'playing' me or Is he real­ ly on to the 'country?'" asked Lang. "No! He is in earnest! Work him for all he is worth! This Is certainly a masterstroke! We play the game of our lives to-day to win or lose » fortune! At last we have a real clue as to the existence of the 'country.1" (To be continued.) THE WEDDING A8 HE SAW IT. He had given Jim the credit of being an honest man. "Perhaps after all Denver is playing a cjooked game; but I will not believe him treacherous on the evidence of such a man as Regan. He pays my expenses regular; he has never asked me to do a 'dirty' trick yet; he has made physically a. new man of me, and if nothing more, res­ cued me from the gutter." . Then to carry out his part before Regan he said: "You may be right about Denver carrying on ah outside business, but I'm not in it, see! Denver pays me a certain sum of money every month just to keep my mouth shut, and that is all there Is about It." "What's to hinder me from running you in?" 'What can yon prove? You know nothing." "Well, you are not much afraid of me," exclaimed Regan, with a threat­ ening gesture. During the conversation the two had drunk quite freely of. beer. Louis though apparently the worse for liquor before he met Regan, was far from being intoxicated even now; his brain was as clear as a bell. Regan on the contrary, was quite under the lnflu ence, for he had no sleep the night before and had been drinking heavily for several hours; it was only with a struggle that he managed to keep from going to sleep. "Why should I be." asked Lang. "You admit that Denver is not friend of yours. Being only a private detective, you can only send me into your private sweatbox, where your enemy would release me." "Who said anything about my being an enemy of Jim's?" "You Just said BO! You would ruin him if you could." •So I would, the d -ft police hound!" "Ough!" said Louis, to himself, "this police officer talks against his kind--he speaks like a thief! This man is either playing me for a fool to trap me, or else is not an honest man. I am glad that Denver is here to hear the declaration." Aloud he said, 'Why don't you ruin him?" "I'd do it quick enough if I got the chance! But he is too d d honest to give me an opening." This admission was a relief to Louis. If Denver was an honest man, then everything was all right so far as their compact was concerned; "You are smarter than I am, yet I< hare found--" Louis was dangling tlie tempting Half Faded Recollections Revived in Brain of Widow's Eldest Boy. It was the youngish widow's wed­ ding day, and the signs and omens were fructifying in the brain of her oldest, a bright chap of eight. He had wondered much at the sewing that had been in progress for weeks past. The whispering and chattering of the women, too, had stirred some half faded leaves in his memory. This particular day above all set him think­ ing very hard. - His mother had kissed him tear­ fully and then retired into seclusion. Then, after he had been dressed-- a mere incidental matter--he was told to be good and keep quiet and not give any trouble. The appearance of his grandmamma and aunts was also suggestive. Of course, there were a good many other people, and he recognized therein a divergence from long past experi­ ences, but he looked out of the win­ dow and chanced to see the clergy­ man arrive, carrying a small black leather valise. Then he heard the word passed aTound that the "doctor" had come the clergyman was a D. D.--and then he was sure that he was on the right track. He at once sidled up to one of the youngest and prettiest of his aunts, and remarked to her in that style of whisper which always concen­ trates attention: 'I know, now." 'Do you, dear?" said the pretty aunt. "What do you know." "I know what is going to happen. I'm going to have a new brother or sister. I saw the doctor come in with his big bag that he carries them in. You can't fool me." His memory had been going back to the birth of his youngest sister, about two years and a half before, and the explanations that had been made him at that time. The Soft Answer. Our notes upon handwriting brought from a bank cashier the story of his encounter with a clergyman who came in a fury to complain that his written instructions had been ig­ nored, says the London Chronicle. "Really, sir, your hieroglyphics com­ pletely baffle " began the cashier. "Hieroglyphics!" shouted the clergy­ man. "Bless my heart!" (he was a cautious speaker), "I won't have my writing questioned. Send for my pass book. I'll close my account." Then from the cashier came the soft an swer: "But between scholars the hieroglyphics should be a compli­ ment." The clergyman reflected, laughed. "All right," hte said, "I don't want that pass book.' For he had re­ membered that "hieroglyphics" de­ notes simply the handwriting • of priests--the scholarly caste. LAM0NT DIES SUDDENLY. Heart FaikireCau?© of Demise of Ex- Secretary of War. Daniel Scott. Lamont, once private secretary to Qrover Cleveland and later secretary of war during the sec­ ond Cleveland administration, died of heart failure at the "Altamont," his home near Millbrook, N. Y., July 23. Daniel Scott Lamont was born in Cortlagi'tj^ille, Cortland county, N. Y., Feb. 7, 1852. His father was John B. Lamont, and his mother Elizabeth Scott. • At 20 the boy was sent as a dele­ gate to the state convention In Roch­ ester, in' 1871, where he gallantly sup­ ported Samuel J. Tilden in his flght against the Tweed ring. The friendship between Mr. Tilden and Mr. Lamont was established at that time. After this Lamont narrowly escaped election as county clerk of Cortland county and.again as member of the as­ sembly. In 1874 Mr. Tilden appointed him deputy clerk of the assembly and later he became chief clerk for the secretary cf state. He was secretary of the state com­ mittee in the campaign of 1875. Two years later he wvnt to work as report­ er in the legislature for Daniel Man­ ning's Albany Argus. He became man­ aging editor of the paper, kept up an active interest in politics, and worked energetically for Cleveland's nomina­ tion for th(3 governorship. It was not until after his election that the two ever had a personal acquaintance. Mr. Cleveland took a strong liking to Mr. Lamont from the first time he saw him and the friendship had been constant and intimate since Mr. Cleve­ land formed his acquaintance first "w hen He sent for him to talk about The Late Col. Lamont. state politics and the preparation of his first message. He offered Mr. La­ mont the post of military secretary, which carried with it the title of colonel, and after the Inauguration made him private secretary. When Mr. Cleveland became presi­ dent Mr. Lamont remained with, him as secretary. At Washington he was popular, and a bill was passed for his benefit raising the salary of the pri­ vate secretary from $3,200 to $5,000 a year. However, he declined to accept the offer of back pay which the law authorized. In the national capital Mr. Lamont steadily increased his circle of acquaintances among men of importance in politics and finance. In 1889, when Mr. Cleveland retired, Mr. Lamont went into private busi­ ness, in which he has since been en­ gaged. ANCESTRY OF NEW SECRETARY. Charles J. Bonaparte Is Not of French . Descent. Numeral references have been made of late to the alleged French ancestry of the new secretary of the navy and comment is made on his famous name, the Gallic quality of hist wit, the shrug of his shoulders and the abundance of his gestures. As a matter of fact, there is not a drop of French blood in Charles J. Bona­ parte's veins. His grandfather, Je­ rome Bonaparte, who married and de­ serted Elizabeth Patterson before he became king of Westph&lia, was a Corsican of Italian descent, while the Pattersons were Scotch-Irish. The new secretary's mother was a down-east yankee, a woman of great force of character. During the civil war she was aggressively for the union, in the midst of southern sympathizers, and her influence was doubtles more effective in molding this rigid moral­ ist's character and guiding his politi­ cal preferences than "the quarter strain of foreign kings in his blood. JERRY SIMPSON VERY IY&. Jerry . Simpson, former member ̂ of congress from Kansas, and variously called "Sockless Simpson," and the 'Sage of Medicine Lodge," Is critically HI at Roswell, N. M. . K^ , Books in Tibet Temples. Beautiful books have been discov ered in the temples of Tibet. These books have covers made of close grained wood divided into three pan els, each one carved with minute and exquisite workmanship. In the center are one of two Buddhas seated on a lotus throne surrounded by the foliage of the "bo" tree. The whole cover Is heavily gilded, the first page of the manuscript being covered with silk veil of green or red. This page is of a deep Prussian blue, with an In got panel in the middle, bearing the opening words of the book in raised gold letters. The boo'k is printed in large regular letters of gold or with alternate lines of gold and silver. The holes for the binding straps are left clear and the leaves ar^ifepU by a thin gold circle. Generous Society Wome*.4 " A number of society women tn Cin­ cinnati have, for a time at least, given up their summer holiday and are working to make hot weather tolerable for their less fortunate sis­ ters. Particularly are Jewish women taking active part in this work. Their efforts are now being directed spe­ cially toward making a success of a settlement home and vacation school located in Clermontville, where nearly 200 young women are now enjoying their vacation at a cost not beyond '.heir purses. Trend of the Times. ., President Faunce of Brown univer­ sity uttered these striking words in his recent baccalaureate sermon: 'Among the j certain temptations to which our eager occidental life is pe­ culiarly liable is the constant tendency >f the work to master the workmen. The real failures in our industrial life ire the men whose revenues are ad­ vancing while their souls are shrivel­ ing. The most efficient workers of the modern world »re those who will sot be hurried." ' s 8piifting Headache W i t . h « . . live, 'jut tlie ocl^uUflc" way of fypftt- ing a headache is to go right down to the real cause, or root of the trouble, and cure it with Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. It is the only perfect cure for headache, dizziness, constipation',' and is free from the dangerous after­ effects, which so frequently lollow the use of headache powders. Try it. Sold by all druggists at 50c and $1.00. Money back If it falls. ^ A ; . ; : - V ii rii 'iiorl 1 ik I ;i«j£ ATTEMPT TO KILL SULTAN, nil- Footpad Tackled'Wrong Man. Ralph H. Evans of Pottstown, Pa., a couple of years ago was a crack football player. At a late hour the other evening he was going home, when a footpad attempted to hold him up. Evans "tackled" the fellow In old college style and in about a; minute the highwayman was laying in a senseless heap. Then the athlete called an officer and the marauder: now awaits trial. nople July 21 a bomb was exploded in the cpurtyard of the mosque, close | to the sultan. His majesty was not ) Injured, but several members of his suite were killed or injured. Several arrests have been made. ( The Turkish censorship is suppress* ing the news regarding the attempt on the life of the sultan, for no further press dispatches from Constantinople have reached London. A dispatch re­ ceived by the Turkish embassy says: Quails Are Gus Carson's Hotftyr., Gus Carson, grandson of Kit Car? eon and a resident of Oklahoma, 13 credited with knowing more about quail than any other ten men in the, two territories, in fact, he Is known? all around in his section of countrje as "the quailologist." On his farm'; north of Guthrie he carefully culti­ vates these birds $cd has planted twentyacres in Kaffir corn as a protec­ tion for them.--Chicago Chronicle. v Author's Life Saved by Wife. Maurus Jokai, the Hungarian nov­ elist, had one very exciting experience during the earlier part of his life. He was implicated in the troubles which took place during 1848 in Austria-Hun­ gary and was sentenced to death, but managed to find a safe hiding place In the forest of Borsod. He could not, however, appear in public until his wife hit upon a ruse which en­ abled him to come out of hiding. Some officers who had capitulated at the surrender of the fortress of Koma- rom were pardoned and Jokai's wife* got her husband's name Inserted on the register a3 lieutenant. He receiv­ ed a passport and his life was thus " > ; DEMAND FfcCf# About What You Eat. When it comes to food, demand to know the facts about what goes into your stomach. Not only that it Is pure, but that you are not deceived in the descrip­ tion of its contents and condition. Some flaked breakfast foods that have thus far failed are now being adver­ tised in close imitation of the Grape- Nuts advertising, thinking in th^it way to finally make a success of the fail­ ure. But false statements of the merits of human food will never on earth build up a business. These flaked foods are not pre-digested. They are not fully cooked and the starch in them is starch still, and has not been turned to sugar as claimed. Chemical analysis tells the truth and the analysis of the famous chem­ ists of the world show Grape-Nuts the only prepared breakfast food in which the starch part of the wheat and barley has been transformed into sugar and therefore ready for Immedi­ ate digestion. Why is this true? All the thin rolled flake foods are made by soaking the grains of wheat or oats in water, then rolling, drying and packing. These operations do not cook or pre-digost the starch. Contrasted with this pretense, ob­ serve the care, method and skill In making Grape-Nuts. The barley is soaked about one hundred hours, then it is slowly warmed for some days and sprouted, the diastase being developed and part of the starch turned to sugar (and later on all of it), then the grains are baked and the sprouts stripped off. Then comes grinding, sifting and mix­ ing with the creamy colored flour made from white and maccaroni wheat. This mixture must be skill­ fully made in right proportions. This blended flour contains just the ingred­ ients demanded by nature to rebuild the soft gray substance in the nerve centers and brain, but how to make the food easy to digest, that was the question. It certainly would not do to mix In drugs, for there Is a certain failure sure to come to the person depending on drugs to digest food. They may do for a temporary expedieht, but pure food and digestible food is the only final resort and safe way. So to change the remaining starch part and prepare the other elements in this blended flour it is made up into mas­ sive loaves like bread, the Inside be­ ing dark cream color and quite sticky to the touch. These loaves are sliced and again go through long cooking at certain temperatures. Then the rock hard slices are each one carefully in­ spected and ground ready for packing and use, having gone through 10 or 12 hours in the different operations. When finished, each little granule will show a sparkling substance on Its surface. A magnifying glass will bring it out clearer and develop little pieces of pure dextrose sugar, not put on "or poured over" (as the Jjead bf a large Sanitarium once stated in his paper, thus exposing his appalling Ignorance of food processes), but this sugar exudes from the interior of each as the starch Is slowly' turned to sugar in the process of manufacture. This kind of sugar is exactly like what is found in the human intestines, provided the starch of the grains, po­ tatoes, bread, rice, cake, etc., etc., has been perfectly digested. But many are weak in that form of digestion, and yet need the starches, so Grape- Nuts supplies them pre-digested and ready to. go quickly into the blood. Visitors are shown freely through the works and can follow the steps of making Grape-Nuts from the grain to the finished product., The proportions of different kinds of Hour, and the temperatures are not disclosed and it seems impossible for others to steal these secrets of the makers. But purity, cleanliness and skill are shown in every corner of the immense pure food factories. People who care for results from choicely selected food, those who want the food to rebuild the soft gray substance In brain and nerves that give the go, the vigor, the life, will understand why the imita­ tors who try to copy the announce­ ments about Grape-Nuts have failed in the past. I There's a reason for Grape-Nuta and 'ft profound one. ' , <- ! ; '/&£x/L ̂ , ; • "Air'iwissultan was issuing froii^MS5 mosque at the conclusion of the cere­ mony of the selamlik a bomb burst in the courtyard of the mosque. Divine Providence miracuously preserved his majesty, who displayed his usual self- possession and courage. Himself driv­ ing the phaeton, his majesty returned to the palace, graciously bowing as if nothing had happened. A few persons were killed or injured. The whole population is Indignant at the In­ famous and dastardly deed." ' 1 -Jl 'Bettering the Consular Service. ' The average American consul does not understand the purpose for which he has been sent abroad. He appre­ ciates the "honor" and swells up un­ der it, but is neither alert, observing nor studious of our opportunities. Generally he says that he isn't paid enough to "hustle." These conditions are due entirely to the fault of our system, by which politics is allowed to overshadow competency.. We must begin on new lines; we must train men to fill these posts, pay them bet­ ter and insure them permanency and advancement if they show ability and enthusiasm in their duties. In other words, we must inaugurate a training school for future consular and diplo­ matic employes of the United States. We cannot hold our own with the bet­ ter equipped service of commercial and political rivals unless we have the right kind of agents in all parts of the world.--Philadelphia Press. « ^ MAY BE BRITISH PREMII Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the liberal leader in the English house of coxhmons, is next heir to the British premiership, if Sir Arthur Balfour re­ signs in consequence of his defeat by a majority of three votes. Sir Henry Is the grandson of a wealthy manu­ facturer, Henry Bannerman of Kent. He entered politics early in life. He held the offices of secretary of the ad­ miralty, chief secretary for Ireland and secretary of state for war under the premiership of Gladstone, the great liberal leader. Favors Liberality in Business. Henry H. Rogers of the Standard Oil company is a Yankee, born in Fairhaven, Mass., but he had little or none of the Yankee proverbial stingi­ ness. Indeed, he holds that liberality --a willingness to spend lots of money in order to get still more back-- tohich is the secret of success in busi­ ness, provided the expenditures be made with industry and intelligence. He once said that penuriousness was fatal to (the speedy acquisition of wealth and he pointed to the case of a miser, a friend of his boyhood, who, with all his scrimplngs and scrapings, had hardly saved $10,000 in the course of a long life. Inspecting European Cathedrals. Archbishop Glennon of St. Louis has started for Europe, intending to visit and closely Inspect the ca­ thedrals of England, France and Ger­ many, especially those of London, Paris and Cologne. From these monu­ ments of medieval times he hopes to derive inspiration regarding the con­ struction of his own metropolitan church in St. Louis. • When that structure shall have been completed it will be the, archbishop promises, as flne as any of its kind in the United States. Think Queen Too Economical. Queen Helena of Italy Is regarded by her subjects as altogether too economical. Her majesty's annual al­ lowance Is about $3,000,000, but it is said she has actually appeared in a gown a year old. Added to this is a suspicion that she contributes lib­ erally to the support of poor rela­ tives in Montenegro, who are by no means popular in Italy. Her majesty's subjects think that with such a reve­ nue she should be able to keep ft good deal of money moving. SMS BEST DOCTOR MB. BAYSSOtf PUBLISHES RESULTS OF VALUABLE EXPERTENOB. A Vormer Pronounced Dyspeptlo Ha How Xlcgotces in Perfect Freedom from Miaerlea of Indigestion. Thousands of sufferers know that the reason why they are irritable aud de­ pressed and nervous and sleepless is be­ cause their food does not digest, but how to get rid of the difficulty is the puzzling question. Good digestion calls for strong diges­ tive organs, and strength comes from a supply of good rich blood. For this reason Mr. Bayssou took Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for the cure of indigestion. " They have been my best doctor," he says. " I was suffering from dyspepsia. The pains in my stomach after meals were almost unbearable. My sleep was very irregular and my complexion was sallow. As the result of using eight boxes of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, about the merits of which I learned from friends in France, 1 have escaped all these troubles, and am able again to take pleasure in eating." ' A very simple stoiy, hut if it had not been for Dr. Williams' Pink Pills it might have been a tragic one. When dis­ comfort begins with eating, fills up the intervals between meals with pain, and prevents sleep at night, there certainly cannot be much pleasure in living. A Anal general breaking down must be merely a question of time. Mr. Joseph Bayssou is' a native of Aix-les-Baius, France, but now resides at No. 3439 Larkiu street, San Francisco, Cal. He is one of a great number who can testify to the remarkable efficacy of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills in the treatment of obstinate disorders of the stomach. If you would get rid of nausea, pain or burning in the stomach, jrertigo, ner­ vousness, insomnia, or a,ny of the other miseries of a dyspeptic, get rid of the weakness of the digestive organs by the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. They are sold by druggists everywhere. Proper diet is, of course, a great aid in forwarding recovery once begun, aud a little book, "What to Eat and How to Eat," may be obtained by any otie who makes a request for it by writing to the Dr. Williams Medical Co., Schenectady, N.Y, This valuable diet book contains an important chapter on the simplest for the cure of constipation. Husband's 8erlous Mistake. Gov. McLane of New Hampshire was talking about Henry James' criti­ cism of American speech. "I suppose that Mr. James wants us to use the broad 'a,'" he said, "and to talk in every way like Oxford gradu­ ates. The broad 'a' is all very well and the Oxford graduate talks more musically, no doubt, than the native of Point Rock. At the same time it was through the cultivation of this English way of speaking that my best friend nearly lost his wife--lost her, I mean, through divorce, not through death. "She had made one day some bis­ cuits and at dinner that night she said in her cultivated way: " 'I made a big batch of these bis­ cuits.' "'You did, indeed, dear,' said my friend, her husband. " 'How do you know how big a batch I made?' she asked, surprised. "*I thought,' he murmured, that you said ..botch.'" WHY DO AMERICANS SUCCEED? Why do we lead all the nations of the earth In prosperity, happiness and individual contentment? Why are we, as a people, regarded as an invincible power of impregnable » strength ? And why do we compel the admira­ tion of the whole world--at times grudgingly given, but given, anyhow? It is because we are free and lnde- . indent in the truest meaning of the '.-ords. We think for ourselves, act for our­ selves, govern ourselves more than the people of any other nation. We are absolutely self-reliant, a na­ tional trait that renders us independ­ ent of all other nations. Independence is the keynote of our supremacy. And this is the reason why up-to- date grocers and storekeepers appreci­ ate the fact that Americans of both sexes have strong wills of their own, and do not need interested advice. Every up-to-date grocer knows per­ fectly well that for more than & quar­ ter of a century Lion CofEee has been the leading package coffee and a wel­ come drink at the tables of millions of American homes. He knows--and everybody else knows --that it has always kept its old friends and rteadily made new ones. Good, reliable, trustworthy grocers willingly acknowledge this, and all in­ dependent housekeepers will insist up­ on having Lion Coffee and no other, no matter what kind of an argument gro­ cers «-f obstinate principles may ad- v&>nc6« Americans want the best, and they get tLe best and purest in Lion Coffee. OKLAHOMA OPPORTUNITIES The completion by the Missouri, Kansas A Texas Railway of over 350 miles or railroad la the Oklahoma Territory, opens up a rich agri­ cultural country of excellent possibilities, and gives direct connection between St. Louis, Hannibal and Kansas City wiili Oklahoma City, Shawnee, Guthrie, El Reno. Enid and other Oklahoma points. Along the new lines are located new and growing towns, Cleveland, Jennings, Cushing, Agra, Fallis, Luther and Maud, situated right in the district of rich rarming lands, offering the best of opportunities tor safe and profitable investments. The field is new and the prices of farm lands are low. Few lines of business are adequately reprw- jented. There are openings of all sorts--for mill and manufacturing plants, for small stores t of all kinds, for banks, newspapers and lumber >' yakxU. ^Mechanics sr.d professional men. both £ are in demand. TELL US WHAT YOU WANT, 1* how much you have to invest and we will gladly help you about a good opening. Copies of our pamphlets, "Business Chances," "Texas," "The Coming Country," "Sights and Scenes in Old Mexico," etc., are free for the asking by addressing George Morton, General Passenger and nonet Agent, Missouri, H ansaa St Texas ii'y.. Box 909, St. L>ouls, Ma . Lost Casts. Boheme--Here about D'Auber ting expelled from the Artists' Club? Skrawley--No. What has he done? Boheme--He fell asleep in a barber chair and the barber shaved ofT his Van Dyke. Ask Your Dealer for Allen's Foot-Eass. A powder. It rests the feet. Cures Swot ien.Sore, Hot,Callous, Aching,•Svceatinff Feet and Ingrowing Nails. At all Drug­ gists and Shoe stores, 25 cents. Accept no substitute. Sample mailed FKE& Address, A S. Olmsted. Lie Roy, N. Y. Worth Trying- To keep a new dog, measure his tall with a cornstalk and bury the lat­ ter under the front step. Don't you know that Defiance StftMh besides being absolutely superior to any other, is put up 16 ounces in pack­ age and sells at same price as lt- ounce packages of other kinds? s. Silence covers a lot of lgcoranQjfc ( V . . . . * - a: . . '