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m:$i \ •;&- s$A?.A.yw.. ?A. ' v .-<! Srfe;?'* >VM° --s* THE PLAYWRIGHT-STAIt EMPERORS IN Fr«nriM® A*# PBUJUBDFJ >9/' CHARLES MORRIS BUTLER. *5& Tcvec/fiefrt 7&peqy,̂ jmilt £2N£, J Copyright, IMk by C. Morris Butter. CHAPTER V. ^'t < Golden Escapes From Jeliet ^ vHegan had drunk a cocktail during: Lotkis' absence, and managed to clear his brain enough to realize that the conversation being: carried on should <as Louis had suggested) be more secret; so when the youth returned he was ready to accompany him to the room engaged. "How did you manage to set Into ; the club?'T Regan asked in a sus- *' picious tone. "I never got in." ' Regan started. "How did you know about it. then?"' he asked, amazed. "I know very little about it," was , the candid answer. "You know I am supposed to have killed a man? it was , during my imprisonment in the Tombs that I first learned of the ex-' istence of such a society. I was in vited to join it. but at the cost of more 'stuff* than. I could then raise. But - learned enough to know that there was such a place as the 'city,* and I ^ now want, to find out how to get - there." \ ' "I am looking for a bright confed- V erate," said Regan. "I've got onto one • of the easiest 'snaps' afloat these days. One of those bold daylight robberies that only requires nerve to successful­ ly carry it out. There is about two thousand apiece for three good men T who can carry it through." "I'm your man," replied Louis promptly. "All right," acquiesced Regan, "if 7? you really have the nerve (sneering* ly) to undertake a real 'job/ 111 put you in the way of it." flattered Regan. "1 wfll tell you About ft. I engaged the serviecs of a lawyer, and went down to Joliet for the os­ tensible purpose of getting Golden to confess that he had a partner who wag implicated with him in the crime. The judge, in passing sentence told Golden that if he would confess to having had an accomplice he would give him a light sentence, and we worked on the plan as if we were after such a confession; and readily ob­ tained permission to interview the prisoner. "Golden was brought into the prison reception room; a guard was placed over him, but ho suspicion was enter­ tained of me or the lawyer, so we were quite free to talk out of hearing of the guard. Golden asked for a chew of tobacco, and wouldn't write until he got it. I was prepared for this, and was the only one who had any. In it was a fine tempered steel saw for sawing iron. The confession was filled out with the name of a man whom Golden knew *o be dead; As a reward, the prisoner Was given more comfortable quarters, an outside room, where he was allowed to breathe a little outside air. This room over­ looked the stone-yard and side-track which ran through it. "This was over a month ago. In the meantime Golden managed to saw partially through the bars of his win­ dow, during the moments when there was a good deal of noise being made by passing trains. A week ago I went down to Joliet and engaged a suitable room and wardrobe for his recep­ tion when he should make his escape. At last came a rainy night and dark. Fortune seemed to play into our "You'll excuse me, Mr. Regan," said Louis, calmlv, still intent upon draw- i hands; I saw the opportunity to open the switch leading into the prison Ct/ • ing his antagonist out, "but how am I to judge of the sincerity of your statements? A while ago you admit­ ted to me that you were making a good living--not by arresting 'us boys' --but by extorting 'hush' money from 'my people.' How am I to be con­ vinced that yon are not trying to trap me?" "You needn't fear me," coolly re­ plied Regan, biting at the tempting morsel of injured innocence held out by Louis, "for I am going to take a hand in the game myself. You will feed satisfied if I am with you?" yard, and a freight train backed down and ran into the prison gate and wall and was wrecked. All night long workingmen and wrecking engines were working upon the wreckage to clear the track. "Of course the prison guards were doubled, but that made no difference with Golden's escaping. I managed to mingle unperceived among the wreck­ ing crew. At a signal from me, when the din was at its height, Golden let himself down from the window, by means of a rope made from tearing "How was the escape brought about?" % "Yea, if youwork on the inside. But who is your partner?" "That is the worst part of the scheme; otherwise it would be per­ fectly safe. Th? concoctor, the insti­ gator, the man I want to please in this, is a person who has just escaped from Joliet. A dangerous criminal, with an enormous reward offered for his recapture, and of course the police are on the look out for him in Chi­ cago." "Say no more," said Lang, "I know who yon mean--Simeon Golden!" "You know him, then?" "He was my companion In the Tombs." "This is indeed a streak of 'luck,'" said Regan enthusiastically. "When Sim broached this job, he had fears of not being able to find a pal he could trust. I am certain now that he will be satis­ fied with you. It takes a powerful lot of money to get into the club you - ^know; but it will take less if you can interest 'the scout' in your favor. You have as much at stake as I. You have a plan on foot to raise your wind, what is it?" "Regan," replied Lang, in a tone meant at once to be respectful yet positive, "what I have in view re­ quires but a single head to work. And, in fact, no one but me could work it. Should you come in on the deal, you would want your divy, and I need it all to pay my way into the country. You want me to aid you in your scheme, but no help is needed in mine." "Your scheme ain't ripe yet! How * long do you suppose Golden will con­ sent to remain in town after working our racket with all Chicago on the look out for him?" Lang appeared crestfallen at this. "Don't you think he can be prevailed upon to remain long enough for me to work it? You know he is paid to bring recruits to the city. How do you suppose he escaped from impreg­ nable Joliet. unless he had help from the outside?" "Why do you supj&se Golden places himself in my power?" asked Regan, proudly. - "Don't know," replied Lang, but he •t .j^iessed pretty shrewdly. ; 4 "Simply because it was I, Jack Re­ gan. who got him out of limbo! 1 Was told that by giving Golden this aid I could save my entrance fee. I am as much a member of the club as lie is; but he knows the way to the City, and I don't." "Well, I must say you have made a t filling.' How was the escape brought | Vsboot" | . «'• "Oh. easily enough!" replied the "" * ' -• • ' •' 4. H,.. . his blanket into strip* and dropped unperceived into a rain water cistern directly beneath. At a second signal from me, just when a passenger train hove in sight, whose noise increased the din and attracted attention, Gold­ en made his run for liberty across the open space to where conveniently upon the track stood a car with a der­ rick upon it. He climbed to the top of the swinging arm of the hoisting machine, threw the end of the chain over the wall, where I caught it and held It In place while he drew himself over unseen. I had clothes and dis­ guises handy, and it wasn't more than five minuteb before I had made a new man of Golden; and he was safe in the room prepared for him." "You certainly worked it slick! JCnd I will have to do something pretty foxy to outdo you if I go," said Louis with admiration in his tone. "That's what you will!" said the gratified Regan. "And you will have to do it quick! Golden, you must know , is not going alone. His escape was planned by one of the agents, and the same party has deputized Madam Mendom to get together a small com­ pany of 'lady emigrants' to take to the city. That is another reason why he can't stop. If you can manage to rob a bank in the early morning, and assist us in the evening, you can go--• but whether you do or not, you can make a couple of thousand as your share in our deal." "I am certain that you mean yoiy remarks to be highly sarcastic," said Lang, as a brilliant plan flashed through his mind. "But I will show you that I can rob a bank in the morn ing, just as you say, and will be on hand to help you in the evening. tell you right now, I'm going, see? When do we three meet to plan this scheme of yours?" "We don't have to meet," answered Regan. "If Golden arrives safely from Joliet, as I am positive he will I will see him to-night and tell him about you, and if he thinks everything all right in the mOrning I will go down to John Atley's livery stable and charter a horse and light delivery wagon for the day. Should the deal be oa, you will find the horse hitched in front of Pat Karragan's saloon, which is next door to Stephen John­ son's dry goods store. About twelve o'clock, whether you make your play or not, you come arountf and drive off with the wagon, and see that the horse is well fed and rubbed down, bringing him back about four o'clock. "During this time I wiU be inside the saloon playing pool or cards tor a blind. In bringing the horse back, drive into the alleyway facing west, so that when we draw off with the swag we can trail several blocks through the alleys without running across a car track. All you will have to do will be to watch the mouth of the alley, between seven at night and possibly twelve or one o'clock in the morning, and at the right moment help load up a lot of silks and linens, and drive off. Golden and I will do the work unless the program Is changed." 'Well, if that is all yon want of me," said Louis, "I'll leave you and kind of get my thinking cap on; I must pull strings for myself."- "Don't the magnitude and daring of the scheme paralyze you?" asked Re­ gan, gazing in astonishment at the calm composure of the lad. "No!" replied Lang quietly, rising to go. "My palm doesn't even itch. Tou Imagine that I am giving you taffy about robbing a bank? While you are getting ready to work your scheme for $2,000, I'll raise $10,000! Do you think I can do it?" "I am not so sure you can't.** "And it will be at the Jim Denver's expense, see?" "I don't see how," replied Regan half questioriingly, "and 111 have to take your word for it. But I've come to. the conclusion that you are capable of anything." They walked out to the bar togeth­ er, and Regan took his parting drink alone, while Louis lit his cigar. Then they bade each other good night. If the -treacherous detective had not been under the influence of drink, he never would have made a confidant of Lang. When he began to ponfler on the doings of the evening, he could not but realize the amount of valuable information he had been foollsft enough to give away. And he fully realized that Lang had in nowise com­ promised himself. It was a matter of chagrin to him. "What if Lang should play us false?" soliloquized Regan. "What wouldn't Golden do to me if he knew that I had given away the secret of the existence of the city? Treachery! I must not hint at it! I must not act but as if Lang was already a member of the society. In helping Golden to escape I have gone too far! I must enter the country. It is my only chance of freedom. I must make my­ self rich and famous--it has been the one dream of my life!" What could these words of Regan mean? There is no doubt that Regan was two-faced; neither an honest de­ tective, nor a thief recognizing the code of "honor among thieves." Evi­ dently Regan has an object in desir­ ing to enter the city. Did he intend to betray his confederates? Time will make his intentions clear. (To be continued.) Odette Tyler, Famous Actress, Values Doan's Kidney Pills. Miss Odette Tyler is not only one of the best known dramatic stars In America, but has written and pro­ duced a successful play of her own. Miss Tyler has written the following grateful note, expressing her appro­ bation of Doan's Kidney Pills: Foster-Milfyurn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Gentlemen: My experience with your valu­ a b l e r e m e d y has been equal­ ly gratifying to both myself and friends. OdmttiTW (Signed) ODETTES TYLER. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo,, N. For sale by all dealers; Price, B0 cents per box. THE DIPLOMATS TRAINGING OF THE IDIOl^ Be If Taken at an Early Age He Taught. Driveling idiots if taken at an early age can be made useful men and wom­ en. The methods of one institution for idiots which I visited can be cited: The instructor arranged several idiots of the same grade on the floor and, commencing with a newcomer, he gave the child its first lesson • by placing its hand on a dumbbell and striking the bell with another. The child started and involuntarily removed his hand from the bell. The exercise was repeated several times and this was the first lesson, and was regarded as satisfactory. The second child had be<jn under in­ struction for six months and he no­ ticed the descent of the bell in the doctor's hand and withdrew his hand from the bell before it was struck. The third child had been under in­ struction nine months and when the blow was falling withdrew his hand and also the bell, and there was a faint smile on his face. The fourth child had been in the school two years and showed his advancement by imitating the awkwardness of the oth­ er boys during the exercises. When the doctor approached him he seized the bell and struck the doctor's with a loud laugh. Thus the rudimentary and dor­ mant nerve cells had been aroused and began to enlarge; first, the sen­ sory nerve centers of touch were stim­ ulated and began to enlarge; then the closely affiliated centers of sight were excited; still further the process of stimulation proceeded, until the higher groups of nerve cells were aroused and the mental process of tracing cause and effect began and the driveling idiot became a reasoning be* ing.--Dr. Stephen Smith in Leslie's. SENSE OF SMELL IN BIRDS. Water Beds Drying Up. < That the earth will eventually dry up and all living things will die of thirst is the theory of a scientific writer. He says that in both Africa and Asia, and indeed in all the great levels of the world, the water beds are drying up. Many lakes well known during the historical period have en­ tirely disappeared, while others are shrinking rapidly. "Explorations lh central Asia have proved that for cen­ turies a zone stretching, from the east to the southeast of this part of the czar's dominion has been drying up. Deserts are gradually spreading and reports show that it is only in the neighborhood of mountains, round whose brows vapors condense and fall, that irrigation can be carried on or life itself can be preserved." 6&ATEFUL TO CUTICL'HA ' For Instant Relief and Speedy Cure of Raw and Scaly Humour, Itching Day and Night--Suffered Months. "I wish you would publish this let­ ter so that others suffering as I have may be helped. For months awful sores covered my face and neck, scabs forming, itching terribly day and night, breaking open, and running blood and matter. I had tried many remedies, but was growing worse, when I started with Cuticura. The first application gave me instant re­ lief, and when I had used two cakes of Cuticura Soap and three boxes of Cuticura Ointment, I was completely cured, (signed) Miss Nellie Vander Wiele, Lakeside, N. Y." Fire Brigade on Autos. Vienna, which has long stood a's a model on the continent for its up-to- date ideas in matters of fire fighting equipment, has decided to take an­ other step and re-equip its fire brigade entirely with motor apparatus. Chem­ icals and hose carts equipped with electric motors have already been or­ dered, and when they have been in­ stalled the question of adapting the present engines and hook and ladder trucks to motor traction or entirely replace them will be decided. The lat­ ter course will be followed in all like­ lihood, as it has heretofore been Vi­ enna's policy to scrap all old apparatus Immediately on the Installation oi new, and the estimate for the present innovation shows that the economies effected will pay for the plant in elev­ en years. Experiments conducted dur­ ing the last year have proved the cor­ rectness of this estimate when motoi appliances are worked in large num bers. All Kind of Music to Order. Henry Smart, the English compos­ er, played a fine organ in a London church and his recital after service attracted much attention, but one morning after a selection from one ol Mozart's masses a church warden came into the organ loft and "begged to inform Mr. Smart that they had decided that they could not have such Jiggy stuff played in their church." "Very well, sir," was the answer, "it shall be altered." Next Sunday dirge­ like sounds proceeded from the organ and the warden congratulated the player on the solemn and elevating effect of the music. "I am glad you like it," observed Mr. Smart. "Doubt­ less if I play it a little quicker you will see the reason why it affected you." And, suiting the action to the word, the popular strains of "Jump, Jim Crow," resounded from the organ. After this Henry Smart played what he liked. EVER TREAT YOU SO? Many Proofs That It Is Not Acutely Developed. A study of the habits of flesh-eat ing birds shows that if they possess the sense of smell at all it is not sufficiently acute to enable them to use It in finding food. All observers agree that when a carcals is hidden, by never so slight a screen, It is safe from the attacks of vultures and other carrion seekers; but the most remarkable proof of the ineffectiveness of the sense (if it ex­ ist at all) Is afforded by experiences which Dr. Gulllemard was good enough to relate to me. Many times it hai happened, he tells me, that, having shot a wild beast or other game, which was too heavy to carry home, he has disembowled it and hidden the carcass in the hole of an "ant bear." On returning with natives to carry it to camp he has found a circle of vultures standing round the spot where the offal had been thrown, com­ pletely unaware of the carcass within a few yards of their beaks. Of obser­ vations proving the possession of the sense 1 know none, unless we are willing to accept as evidence the be­ lief, which is very general among fanciers, that birds are attached to the smell of anise, and the slmllaf belief of gamekeepers in some parti of the country that they are attracted by valerian. It is said that pigeons may be prevented from deserting the dovecote by smearing their boxes with oil of antse. Poachers are supposed to lure hen pheasants from a wood by anointing gateposts with tincture of valerian.--Nature. r * m ^ * Where the Emperor of Germany and the Czar of Russia met in conference, the meaning of which puzzles European statesmen. DIPLOMATS IN THE DARK. Can Make But Vague Guesses at Meaning of Conference. According to private advices the picturesque meeting between the Rus­ sian and German emperors in the Gulf of Finland ended with a gala luncheon on board the German imperial yacht Hohenzollern, after which Emperor William's yacht sailed seaward, escorted for a short distance by the Russian im­ perial yacht Polar Star. Imperial salutes wefe exchanged and the Polar Star put about and returned to Peter- hof. A flotilla of torpedo boats, tor­ pedo boat destroyers and small cruis­ ers hovered about the imperial yachts from the time they met until they parted. The meeting of the monarchs nat­ urally created intense Interest in dip­ lomatic circles. In some quarters there is a disposition to attach the deepest political significance to it, and all kinds of theories are advanced. They are, however, largely specula­ tion. It is officially announced that the visit was only a "visit of courtesy" made by Emperor William before leaving the Gulf of Bothnia. In the circumstances diplomats cannot be­ lieve that such a meeting was devoid of meaning to the world'B political chessboard, no matter what the result may be. The conference presented opportuni­ ties of which the foreign correspond­ ents have been prompt to avail them­ selves. As nothing is known of what was said or done, the only official in­ formation vouchsafed being that the visit of the kaiser to the czar was one of courtesy, speculative correspond­ ents have a free hand. They can set out in detail all the advice that Wil­ liam may have given to Nicholas, and his reasons for giving it. They can say without fear of contradiction that it is possible the czar was urged deli­ cately to make a few reforms to se­ cure domestic peace and was given some Information as to the best way in which a ruler by divine right should keep his subjects in order. It is possible that the war with Japan and the question of Russia's future status in the orient were discussed. It is possible that the emperors talk­ ed about their families and the weather. After all the possibilities have been recapitulated the conference remains a mystery. Neither William nor Nicholas will speak, and If either of theta keeps a diary it is not accessibly. Future events may reveal what they talked about, but at present there Is silence. The men who manage af­ fairs of state in France, England, and other countries may brood over the mystery, but they cannot solve it. The conference must have been an Interesting one. The two monarchs had not met since the fall of 1903. Then the commanding position of Rus­ sia was unchallenged. Germany look­ ed at her with respect and perhaps a little fear. The kaiser knew himself to b§ a far abler man than the dreamy, uncertain czar, but the latter wielded the then unbroken and overestimated forces of a great empire. At that time the czar might have resented advice or hints. Matters have not gone well during the last year and a half, and the czar ought to be willing to ask the capable ruler of Germany for sug­ gestions as to what should be done at this trying moment. It is possible, as the correspondents say when in the dark, that the ozar did invite the conference and ask for advice. Coffee Acts the Jonah and Will Come Up. A clergyman who pursues his noble calling in a country parish In Iowa, tells of his coffee experience: "My wife and I used coffee regular­ ly for breakfast, frequently for dinnei and occasionally for supper--always the very best quality--package coffee never could find a place on our table. "In the spring of 1896 my wife was taken with violent vomiting which we had great difficulty in stopping. "It seemed to come from coffee drinking but we could not decide. "In the following July, however, she was attacked a second time by the vomiting. I was away from home filling an appointment, at the time, and on my return I found her very ' low; she had literally vomited herseli almost to death, and it took some days to quiet the trouble and restore hei stomach. "I had also experienced the same trouble, but not so violently, and had relieved it, each time, by a resort tc medicine. "But my wife's second attack satis­ fied me that the use of coffee was at the bottom of our troubles, and so we stopped it forthwith and took on Postum Food Coffee. l%e old symp­ toms of disease disappeared &nd dur­ ing the 9 yeaxs that we have been using Postum instead of coffee we have never had a recurrence of the vomiting. We never weary of postum, to which we know we owe onr good health. This is a simple statement of facts." Name given by Postum Company, Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little book "The Road to Wellvllle," In each pkg. Hudson an Arctic Explorer. The promoters of the Hendrik Hdd- °son celebration in 1909--the tricen­ tenary of the discovery of the Hudson river--have asked Gov. Higgins and Mayor McClellan to appoint a commit­ tee of 100. The stout old Dutchman was an Arctic explorer like Peary. Though he died at about the age of 40 he had made four voyages, in every one of which he had first turned the prow of his vessel northward, his object in his first voyage, as in his last, being "to discover the pole and to sail across it to the islands of spl- cery or Cathay." It is known also that In his first voyage he reached, on July 23, 1607, 80:23, the highest latitude he ever attained. HELD ON TO DOUBLE PAY. Admiral Schley's Strong Clg|«fe As a smoker of strong cigars there Are few who can toe the line with Rear Admiral Schley. He smokes the very strongest obtainable, as becomes a gallant old sea dog. His favorite brand he has ^specially Imported from Cuba for him. The other morn­ ing he presented one to a reporter with the remark: "This 'snipe,' my friend, has none of the monotony of the Havana. You'll find it full of variety and incident." And it was. That weed put the scribe out of busi­ ness for three solid hours. Edison's Llfe<- "Although I work a good many hours a day," says Inventor Edison, "my life Is a very quiet and restful one. I do not worry; I am fond of fun, and I like good fellows. I do not want to deal with mean men or men whose lives are devoted to getting money." Lese Majeste in Prussia. The number of persons convicted in Prussian courts last year for lese majeste «|| 114, as against "198 In 1903. V' Gen. Gallienl Too Much for French Colonial Minister. Gen. Gallieni is at one and the same time drawing pay as governor general, as a general officer and as general commanding the troops in Madagas­ car, so that on the Whole he receives 180,000 francs per annum. But this abnormal state of things worried M. Dumergue, the late minister for the cpktnies, though he did not venture to order Gen. Gallieni to conform to the rule, because the general is in power at tfie colonial office and is, more­ over, considered indispensable in Madagascar, in spite of the fact that two or three highly placed men are doing all they can to step into his plac*. M. Dumergue, therefore, wrote privately to the governor general and begged him to see that no officer in the Madagascar army of occupation transgressed the rule. The minister flattered himself that he had put the case very cleverly, but he had to acknowledge himself beaten when he got the delightful answer: "Sir, I have the honor to inform you that not one of the officers under my orders is drawing double pay." Gen. Gallieni, therefore, continued tfr 180,000 francs. Loafing in House of Commbni. T. P. O'Coanor, the brilliant pub­ licist and member of parliament,'says in a late article that the house of commons Is a house of loafers. He contrasts the "dog's life" of a mem­ ber of the house of representatives in Washington with the idleness of the average M. P. Men noted for their in­ dustry In literary, professional or business lives entering parliament are at once struck with the unbusinesslike methods prevailing. They struggle against the feeling of inertia, but gradually become so "accustomed to the creaky, unwieldy, cumbrous, Im­ mutable parliamentary machine that they lose courage, hope and even faith."/ It is impossible to do any work in the house of commons. Mr. O'Connor asserts from experience and observation, although he nptes one or two exceptions to the rule. The Danger Spot In tndla. It seems rather strange that at the very time Russia appears utterly ex­ hausted by a disastrous war the Brit­ ish empire should be carefully and systematically strengthening its de­ fenses in India. That it has been always Russia's ambition to reach the open sea through the conquest of India is a fact too well known to be even called into question. That her defeat at the hands of Japan has in any way altered that determination is not at all probable; on the contrary, the failure to secure the coveted ports in far east Asia has probably increas­ ed the desire to secure them else­ where, either on the peninsula of In­ dia or in the Persian gulf. An at­ tempt in either direction England would be compelled, In self-defense, to oppose.--New Orleans Picayune. Emigration from England. "There is a double stream of emi­ gration from England," says a writer in the London Graphic. "Our poor emigrate to the United States or the colonies to improve their circum­ stances, but there are every year some thousands of comparatively rich families among us that remove to the continent to live cheaply. This sec­ ond stream jLs growing in magnitude every year, for prices in England are continually increasing. It was from the ranks of the 'moderately rich' that we used to get most of our of­ ficers for the army; but the sons of these 'emigrants' now become ac­ quainted with foreign languages and find better employment in commerce and often on the continent." Conversed Easily by Signs. Mme. Paille, the accomplished French mute, who has done so much in France for those afflicted like her­ self, has been investigating the sign language of the Crow Indians in the southwest. She was amazed at the facility with which she could con­ verse by signs with the Indians, their intercommunication being compre­ hended as easily as spoken langijfljjjp Togo's Inadequste Salary. It is said that Admiral Togo's salary in American money, is about $3,200 a year. Something inharmonious may be detected in the fact that a vaude­ ville performer has secured an engage­ ment in New York at $3,000 per week, or nearly as much as the famous Ja­ panese sea fighter gets for twelve months' hard work. „ Rev. Francis E. Clark Recovering, Rev. Francis E. Clark, D. D., found­ er of the Christian Endeavor move­ ment, is now at Grand Beach, Port­ land, recovering from a recent severe illness, He is able to attend to a small amount- of business each day, but will not fill any public engage­ ments for some time. Belva Lockwood's Law Practice. Mrs. Belva Lockwood, the only wom­ an who ever ran for president of the United States, is a member of the Dis­ trict of Columbia bar. At present she is engaged in the Cherokee Indian case, among the most important that ever came before the United States court of claims. .Ct£SE&A£ WEAKNESS JU£D lEVEE DISAPPEAR TOOf £ Xinr i Woman Was Freed Aram Trmllw Tkat Had Made Life Wretched lor Many Years. The Immediate causes of headaches vary, but most of them corns from poor or poisoned blood. Iu anaemia the blood Is scanty or thin; the nerves are Imper­ fectly nourished and paiu is the way in which they express their weakness. In colds the blood absorbs poison from the mucous surfaces, and the poison irritates the nerves and produces pain. In rheu­ matism, malaria and the grip, the poison iu the blood produces like discomfort. In indigestion the gases from the impure matter kept iu the system affect the blood in the same way. The ordinary headache-cures at best give only temporary relief. They deaden the pain but do not drive the poison out of the blood. Dr. Williams8 Pink Pills on the contrary thoroughly renew the blood and the pain disappears perma­ nently. Women in particular have found these pills an unfailing relief in head­ aches caused by nniRrnia, Miss Stella Blocker recently said: "TV, Williams' Pink Pills did mo a great deal of good. I had headache nearly all the time. After I hnd taken three boxes of these pills I became entirely well." "How long had you suffered ?"ahe was asked. "For several years. I caa't tell the exact date when my illness began for it came on by slow degrees. I had been going down hill for many years." " Did you have any other ailments?" " I was very weak and sometimes I had fever. My liver and kidneys were af­ fected as well as my head." " How did you come to take the rem­ edy that cured you?" "I saw in a southern newspaper a statement of some person who was cured of a like trouble by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. My physician hadn't done me any good, so I bought a box of these pills. After I had taken one box I felt so much better that I kept on until I became en­ tirely well." Miss Blocker's home is at Leander, Louisiana. Dr.Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all druggists. Besides headache they cure neuralgia, sciatica, nervous prostration, partial paralysis and rheu­ matism. Punch for Maine Horses. "Punch In a diluted form is delight­ ing the tongue-parched, dust-covered horses of Bangor, Me., during these hot summer days," said a recent vis­ itor from that liquorlfess haven. He explained his remarkable statement in* this way: "Tears ago, when Capt. Charles San- ford owned a steamboat line between Bangor and Boston, his friends, to be original, gave him a punch bowl S feet high and 10 feet in diameter, cut out of coarse sandstone. He appreciated the gift and its originality, and, to show his appreciation, christened the bowl by having four barrels of the strongest punch to be had poured into it. The entire water front population as well as many others made merry on the contents. After this memora­ ble dedication the bowl was given to - the city and stationed by the city fathers on Pickering square as a wa­ tering trough. So much of the ex­ cellent punch was absorbed by the stone that to this day it gives a de­ cided flavor to the water that flows into It to quench the thirst of Bangoi horses." % STRANGE, ISN'T ITT A woman sees a hat or bonnet In a milliner's window. It is in the latest style, so she determines to have that hat--or one just like it. ' No use to try to dissuade her--she wants that kind of a hat! No other will suit her. There she displays her will power, and probably does the same with everything she buys for herself or her family. She makes, as it were, a fem­ inine "declaration of independence." Is it not surprising, therefore, to find some few women who still allow their grocers to choose for them in Import­ ant matters like foodstuffs? In spite of the fact that grocers as a rule have long ago realized the neces­ sity of catering to their customers' rather than their own desires, there are still a few of the other kind left, who show a marked inclination to per­ suade customers to take what they do not ask for, jor desire. Take Lion Coffee, for instance, the leader of all package coffees, an estab­ lished favorite for over twenty-flve years in millions of homes, on account of its absolutely pure and uniform quality. Wouldn't you thing it Impossible that a single grocer can still exist who would oppose such an invincible argu­ ment of merit, by trying to persuade a customer to buy loose coffee in pref­ erence to Lion Coffee? Loose coffee has no standard quality --nobody can guarante that it Is even clean. . Of course, really independent ana intelligent women know this, and so » do up-to-date grocers, but if women Were as particular about coffee as about hats, no kind of grocer could be without Lion Coffee. Princess Hatzfeldt Popular. , The adopted daughter and heiress of the late Collls P. Huntington--the well-known railway magnate--Princ­ ess Hatzfeldt--has long been a recog­ nized leader of Anglo-American so­ ciety. Fond of country life, she goes m greatly for hunting and entertains her friends magnificently at Drayton manor, her beautiful place in Wilt- shir*. Every housekeeper eho«M ItA## that if they will buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use they will save not only time, because it never sticks to the iron, but because each package contains 16 oz.--one full pound--while all other Cold Water Searches are put up in %-pound pack­ ages, and the price is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all Injurious chem­ icals. If your grocer tries to sell yon a 12-oz. package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large let­ ters and figures "16 ozs." Demand De­ fiance and save much time and money and th^ annoyance of the irgUL stick­ ing. Defiance never sticks.? *•> i ; fe A man gets off so many smart say­ ings when nobody is around that he can't do any when he is with people for trying to think them up. The fellow who runs down other pie generally manages to save a few words to sing his own praise. U I... '. - ** ? ;iv ^