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crotnrc m iwnrnpj®^ pimjhdr ,/ST CHARLES MORRIS BUTLER. of jfifanre""'? ^ Copyright 1M CHAPTER XXI. The Attempted AssassInation of Lang. The promptness of Schiller In sent­ encing Lang to fight a duel gave Gold­ en no opportunity to appeal to the peo­ ple to throw safeguards around his protege. It was Louis' fate to again pit himself in mortal combat against human being--and that too, without preparation. Louis, in being notified of bis sent­ ence, realized the pit he had fallen in­ to in striking Schilller. He felt that his life would pay the forfeit of his folly. Even if he succeeded in killing his antagonist, which was extremely doubtful at the best, what was to hin­ der Schiller from condemning him to perform many other feats of skill and strength--one of which undoubtedly could be devised which would silence him forever? Before Golden retired for the night, Schiller managed to have him duly ordered to make inspection of the out­ posts. As Paradise Peter and his sen­ tinels had been killed by Lang, he could not raise objection to being ordered to strengthen the guards, and thus was easily got out of the way for the time-being. In the morning Rogers paid his cus­ tomary visits to the mines to oversee his regular work, and an order kept him there until, far into the night. Wilson, being convicted of a crime, was not bis own free agent, so was unable to assist Lang in any way. Upon the statute books of paradise Is a rule to the effect that "any person convicted of a crime and given a pen­ alty who does not answer to his name when the penalty is to be exacted, lays himself liable to forfeiture of life without the chance." It was hoped by Schiller that Lang being a strang­ er, would by some means be delayed from answering to his charge and thus forfeit his privilege! Louis, for the want of proper care and nourishment, was delirious from Pearl, kr owing, O! Lang had been taken, had no diffi­ culty wh^en she set out to find Louis In finding Rogers' home. When she knocked upon the door for admit­ tance, she summoned enough oourage to push her way in without waiting for an answer to the knock. She found Louis lying upon the floor in a half conscious condition. "My poor boy" she said, tenderly raising up his head and resting !t in her lap, "what alls you?" Louis did not speak, but he' opened his eyes in a dazed manner as If try* ing to imagine whose face it was he looked into. She shook him gently; "Rouse your­ self! Don't you understand the risk you are runtking in staying here? If you do not appear to fight your duel, you will be torn limb for limb!" Louis, with an effort, struggled to his feet "Why are you here!" he cried recognizing her. "I have come to save you!" she of ring "Save me from what?" he ed in astonishment. "Don't you know that you are to fight a duel tonight?" The momentary unconsciousness disappeared. "I don't understand," he said. "I knew I was to fight for my life, but did not know that It was to-night!" "To-night" she said, "And unless you appear to carry out your sentence I am afraid you will be lynched!" "I realize my position now. I un­ derstand why Golden and Rogers have not been to see me; they have been spirited away; and unless I arrive upon the scene in time, I for­ feit my chance of possibly killing my antagonist, if I am able! I am in no fit condition to battle for my life to­ night." "You are alone--you must fight for your life alone! The life you risked for me!" she cried passionately, gaz- SS Opened his eyes la a dazed manner as If trying to Imagine whose face It was he looked into. pain In his head, and lay with a fever In a semi-stupor very nearly the whole day. In such sentences as his, the participants, in usual cases, took pains to show themselves quite fre­ quently in the streets to show the people that they were expecting to be on hand when called. As Louis did not appear, rumors were circulated around to the effect that he had run away or was keeping himself in hid­ ing to escape the ordeal. Perhaps Louui Lang would never have mustered up sufficient courage to face the mob that was clamoring for his blood, but for the interposition Of Pearl Huntington. Pearl at last realized the value of the man whom she was forced to accept as her hus­ band. Whether Louis was a criminal or not it made little difference to her --he was a man, and she loved him! Golden before he rode away on his znlsion, explained to Pearl that as the wife of Lang, she would be expected to witness the test of strength between him and Whalen, no matter how try­ ing or revolting it might be to her. She was not notified officially of this fact, any more than had Lang been notified that he had been sentenced, but she knew enough now of arbitrary law to understand that ignorance or technicality would not save her or him. When she came to the conclusion that she loved Louis for his noble de­ votion to her cause (she could think of no other solution of his actions but that he in return loved her) the first thing she wanted to do was to place herself in some position to encourage hid with her sympathy. All day logn pearl sat In the parlor of Golden's home' waiting patiently for the appearance of Lang, but he came not. Up till a late hour she had no thought that our hero was pros­ trated from the effect of his wound, and was at a loss to understand his absence. She heard rumors in relation to the fact that he had run away to escape fighting his duel but she could not believe this. In the first place, to her, it would have been impossible for him to escape; in the second place, she did not imagine that Lang would abandon her--she had that much confidence in him. At last she could bear the suspense no longer. She could hear the murmurings of the mob, the threats of violence, and in desperation she sought him out. It was well for Lang that he had one true friend free to aid him, for if any one truly needed a friend it was our ? hero. . Lang attempted to get up several/ times during the day, but the pain in his head, which brought on a raging headache made it almost impossible ,for him to remain on his feet He was In such a condition of mental and ; physical pain that he hardly cared •what became of him later, if only he Obtained cesssation from pain tem­ porarily. Toward evening he arose, } dressed, and in a manner attempted , to bring his body subject to his mind. 'Weak from the loss of blood and fam- t populate seated him, said: "Bring up the combatants!" Larego, the Italian, the k the beasts, stepped into the through an entrance from the and behind him stalked the massive being Whalen, whom Louis was to fight There was a murmer of ad­ miration at his appearance, followed by hisses when it was discovered that Lang was not in the company, "Where is this Lang?" Schiller, as If surprised. There was a commotion at the main entrance! In stalked Our hero, hat» less, and spotted with blood! He was supporting his wife upon his arm. "I am here!" he cried. • • • Before recording what came next in our hero's life we may as well ex­ plain a few of Schiller's actions. It was that honorable and most august person's intention to have Louis killed or maimed before he reached "the hall of justice." Schiller was playing a desperate game. He knew that he was not loved by his subjects. He had more than his throne at stake--his very life --and a fortune. His game was to dispose of Lang and to regain Pearl, By threats of torture he expected to compel Dr. Huntington to acknowl­ edge himself heir of "Chesterlee Estate"--of which Huntington through strange fortune now was the only de- scendent By marriage with Pearl, as the only child, Schiller meant to become possessor of the immense for- tune. This could only be done by dis­ posing of Louiis and remaining In a position to subdue the doctor. Not once had the thought entered Louis' mind of escaping. The hoot­ ing of the mob, which roused him to action, partially prepared him for the worst. Ere he left the house he armed himself with his trusty billy. It was well he did so. He had not taken a dozen steps from the house when some one whirled his wife from his arm, while a second form made a murderous strike at him with a club! But Louis was not asleep. He hit one away, then another, and before his assailants had accomplished their purpose he laid both bleeding at his feet! Even at Its best, our hero was al­ most too late- The clock had ceased vibrating after striking the fatal hour of eight It was only by the greatest difficulty that he* arrived at the door of the amphiteater just as Schiller put the question, "Where is this Lang?" - "I am here!" cried our hero; and while the vast crowd rose up to catch a glimpse of the daring man, as if he had been in the building a thousand times he marched his trembling wife down the long aisle and seated her In the box assigned for the councilmen, and with a leap sprang over the wall of the pit into the arena. (To be continued.) MCET8 HI3 BROTHER BILL. li tshed for drink he,sank down upon the floor exhausted. ••• Ing with kindness into his eyes. What made you interfere to save me?" A bandage around his head; a drink of brandy from a decanter, and despite his weariness, Louis was part­ ly himself again. "Because in you 1 saw purity and Innocence helng wronged." For a moment hp the light he stood in before her. eyes he could be nothing but a hard­ ened criminal and people of his bus? pected calibre are not supposed - to have souls like other men. "You understood the danger you were running?" she asked. "Yes, I understood." he said, "AhA I would do the same thing again if I had the chance! Only I would kill Schiller the next time!" "Knowing the danger you jrun, you would still risk all to protect me?" she said insinuatingly. "Why not," he asked In surprise. "I did not expect to find a--a--a friend like you In such a place as this!" she said. • "Miss Huntington, said Louis, glanc­ ing at the clock, "I appreciate what you have done for me. I understand my position. I have one chance in a thousand of ever leaving Paradise even if I escape to-night If you did not consider me beneath you I might make myself contented here If I win the day! I would not care how the battle went if I felt that after I was gone you would have a protector. But, fear not; I must. I will win!" "What can I say or do. to cheer you up? How can I ever reward you for your kindness to me?" "I am rewarded sufficiently," he said, "knowing that you appreciate me, and do not attribute my actions to any unworthy motive." "I consider you an honorable man; she explained, "and if--" hesitating­ ly. "And If I were not a criminal, a des­ perate scoundrel, you could--" "I could learn to love you!" smiling through tears which unbidden stole to her eyes. Louis looked at her in amazement "Are you positive that you do not love me as It is?" he asked, grasping her hand in his own. "Perhaps I do," she said without hesitation, "but It would make me feel far happier to know that I had not thrown my love away where grati­ tude alone would be sufficient!" Louis drew her unresistingly to him and kissed her. "Trust me," he said "I can see you have guessed the truth With your love to strengthen me can carry the day." Louis glanced at the clock. It lacked only a few minutes of the time when he should appear to fight his duel. "It is time for action!" he cried, "I must go!" "I will go with you!" she exclaimed • • • At precisely eight o'clock. King Schiller rose from his throne, or in the box commanding the view of the pit in the amphitheater, and after -'4if Skipper Gifted With an Amazingly Keen Sight In a Fog. "Some years ago I was ordered to take a long rest," said a man. "I jour­ neyed as far east as New Brunswick in search of a good place, and being in St John when ' an old fisherman friend of mine was getting ready to make a voyage to New York, I took « sudden notion to go with him. "The weather was bad all the way and when we entered the sound you couldn't see the companionway from the wheel. I never saw such a fog. I was on deck with the old man when we entered the sound. He was stand­ ing by the wheel. Suddenly I saw him lean over and bawl: " 'Sloop a-hoo-oo-oy!" "I didn't hear a thing to Indicate ihe proximity of a sloop or anything but those old fishermen from the provinces have a faculty of seeing hings in any kind of weather. The old man gave his attention to the wheel and presently I heard a faint cry off in the fog. "'Schooner a-hoo-oo-oy!* "The old man straightened up and bawled: 'Is tha-at the Lucy Ann?' Again the silence for a moment, and then faint and weak, came the answer: Aye, aye! Is that th' Mandy Jane?* 'Aye, aye!' bawled our skipper, andT he twirled the wheel. He never looked my way and. for a time I thought him unconscious of my pres­ ence. After fifteen minutes of silence he suddenly turned with an emphatic nod of his head toward that section of the fog from which the answering hall had come and said: 'That was me brother Bill. I ain't seen him before for a year.' Then he went on with his steering as if noth­ ing had happened."--Washington Star. CHEAPER THAN THE SUNLIGHT. "SPIRAL* RAILROADS IN AFRICA. Have Successfully Unusual Difficulties. In the construction of the Amabele- Butterworth railway, in Cape Colony, unusual difficulties had to be sur mounted, and> the result is, from an engineering point of view, one of the most remarkable railways in exist­ ence. After passing through the Kei hills the line winds round another hill, and then, at the lower level, goes under its own track. This por­ tion of the railway is known as the "spiral." At another point the line travels along the bank of the Mangulu river for two miles and then doubles back for a mile and a half, so that after covering three and a half miles the train is really only half a mile to the good. This section is called the "zigzag," and," with the spiral, is unique in South Africa. All along the Kei heights the route is through cut­ tings or on embankments. Some Idea of its extraordinary character may be formed from the statement that in eighteen miles the line falls, or rises, to the extent of 1,560 feet.--Pall Gazette. • -- ---:--•---- Get at the Cause.. Sacramento, Ky., Nov. 13th TBpe- cial)--A typical illustration of the way Dodd's Kidney Pills Cure Rheu­ matism is well told by Catherine Dei vine, who is very well'known here. She says: "For over four years I was greatly troubled with Rheumatism. It used to take me worst in my legs and feet At times I would be so bad I could not put my feet to the ground. As I am over seventy-three years of age I be­ gan to think I was too old to get cured and should have to bear my Rheumatism the best way I could. But I,heard about Dodd's Kidney Pills and thought I would give them a trial. So I got a box and begSn taking them. Well, I must say Dodd's Kidney Pills did Ine a wonderful lot of good. They eased the pain from the first, and to­ day I am in better health thfW* I have been for many years." v Strange Blunder of Great Jurist. The proverbial inability of eminent lawyers to frame their own wills so as to command the support of the courts hair been again illustrated by the in­ validating of the will of the late Chief Justice Paxon of the Supreme court of Pennsylvania. He devised a large portion of his landed property for the establishment of an agricultural school for poor boys. Under the Pennsylva­ nia law wills containing charitable be­ quests must have the signatures of subscribing witnesses. But the chief justice forgot all about the witnesses and his bequest has been held void. 8pread of Steam Power. In 1805 the world had not a single steamship on the ocean, a single mile of railway on land, a single span of telegraph upon the continents or a single foot of cable Beneath the ocean. In 1905 it has 18,000 steam vessels, 500,000 miles of railway and more than 1,000,000 miles of land telegraph, while the very continents are bound together in Instantaneous communi­ cation by more than 200,000 miles of ocean cables, and the number of tele­ phone messages sent aggregates 6,000,000,000 annually, and one-half of them In the United States alone. California Poppies. Poppy, blithest flower that grows-- The bees that betid thy orange bloom Are silenced by the will perfume, And leave thee in thy whispering roira Afar from any garden close. Children of our sunset skies, And, dancing where the west wind bhNfS Over mesas, hills and flowering leaf, ' You wander to the brink of seas, i A vagrant with the willful breeze. Free and wild, where men go not,. The wilderness your favored spot. You open wide your winsome eyes On Nature's gorgeous mysteries Content to grow, to gleam, and glow, Forgotten by the butterflies. --Sunset The Richest Man. Remarkable Argument Put Forward at Town Meeting. At a town meeting held in Arlington some twenty-five years ago the late W. W. Rawson, father of the well known market gardener, made a re­ mark which the older inhabitants of the town will remember. Among the matters brought up at the meeting was the question whether to use gas or kerosene to light the town. The town had put in a few oil lamps with large reflectors as an experiment One of these lights was put in front of Mr. Rawson's house, In which hs took a Just pride. Wilson W. Fay of the "Heights" made a quiet speech In favor of gas. He thought that care and cleaning would make oil cost more in the end. Mr. Rawson, always ready for an ar­ gument, and with visions of losing his fine oil lamp, arose and said: "Mr. Moderator, kerosene is cheaper now than ever was known and the town is better lighted than I ever knew it to be, and as regards the cost of gas and kerosene, why, Mr. Moderator, kero­ sene at 7e a gallon, the present mar­ ket price, is cheaper than sunlight." Croesus was king of Lydia, a coun­ try of Asia Minor, in the seventh cen­ tury before Christ, and was renowned for his prodigious wealth. His „coun- try was conquered by Cyrus and an­ nexed' to Persia, 546 B. C. His wealth gave rise to the expression, "As r.ch as Croesus." But with ail his money he could not buy food so wLoiesome. nourishing and palatable as Pills- bur y's Vitos, the leading, cereal food of the day. i • "The Reader" is national but not sectional; general not special; indi­ vidual not eccentric; Bane not sensa­ tional; timely but not over-strenuous. It spreads before its readers every month articles of national importance by authors of Unquestioned ability; it reflects the times and manners in fiction, wholesome but not predigest- ed; it suggests by means of the essay, certain light but vital aspects of life and literature, and it stirs the emo­ tions and quickens the imagination \ 1th the songs of the poets. Monks Use An Auto. The monks of the St. Bernard hos­ pice in Switzerland are up-to-date. They have purchased an automobile to carry provisions up the mountain. In Order not to frighten teams they had a horse hitched to the motor wagon. The government's permission had to lie obtained, because of the bridges, some of which were mot In­ tended for such heavy loads. * All Up-to-Date Housekeepers use Defiance Cold Water Starch, be­ cause It is better, and 4 oz. more of it (or same money. Tally One for the Woman. Him--"What a happy world thla would be If men were kept in their proper places and women were kept in theirs." Her--"Yes, I suppose so; but tl would be rough on the women." Him--"Why do you think so?" Her--"Because they would all fcf guarding the Mils." Our north pole may be familiar to the astronomers of Mars. Let them keep an eye on Mr. Peary. Lewis,' *' Single Binder ̂ straight 5c cigar. The highest price 5c cigar to the dealer and the highest quality for the smoker. Lewis' Factory, Peoria, DL Wanted--An automobile warranted never to get tired on a long journey. Plso's Cure cannot be loo highly spoken of ai • cough cure.--J. W. O'BBIEW, 822 Third Ave. N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6.1900. Terry McGovern is again a popular Idol because he is again "terrible.' MM, WII»1OW'« Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the Burns, reduces BanmaUon, paia, cure* wind collu. Site • tpHtlo. No one questions the sex of Lucifer the fallen angel. FOUNDER OF THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION DEAD 8 •JS5P (2£0£>0£r Mr Qeorg*William*, founder of the Young Men's Christian Association, who <i«4 • at bis home in London at the age of 84. had been frequently honored by members of the organization throughout the world. He was made the presiding officer at several of the international conventions and waa an earnest worker in the cause up to the time of his death. 8PLENDID RECORD OF Y. M. C. A. Now Great Power for Good Among the World's Workers. Sixty-one years ago Mr. George Wil­ liams of Hitchcock, Williams & Co. London, and eleven other young men held an informal meeting In a room in St. Paul's church. They organized a Young Men's Christian Association "for improving the spiritual condition of young men engaged in the drapery and other trades." Mr. Williams was elected president of the little society. He inaugurated a course of lecture^, extended the or­ ganization to all parts of London, to all parts of Great Britian, to all parts of Europe. It came to Boston in 1851 find spread to all parts of the United States. It grew amazingly In numbers and In influence. It was so great an or­ ganization on its semi-centennial in 1894 that Queen Victoria made its founder Sir George Williams. He re­ mained at the head of the British society until his death. Men have been knighted* for achievements in military and public life, for services to the slate or in the cause of literature and science. George Williams was knighted be­ cause he founded and organized the Y. M. C. A. There are now 7,376 Y. M. C. A. As­ sociations in the world. Of these 1,813 are In the United States, Can­ ada, and Mexico, having a member­ ship of 373,502, The American as­ sociations own properly to I lie value of $26,200,000 and expend annually In their work $4,492,000. The little society of George Wil­ liams has grown into a great iuter- national association working through nearly a million members, it has worked with the churches of all de­ nominations, has extended its activ­ ities to every country in, the world, nnd, while it has undoubtedly brought the several branches of the Christian church closer together. Independent of its relation to Ihe churches, the Y. M. C. A. ^vas worked on lines laid out by the founders and, In the larger cities and on the rail­ ways of all nations, on the merchant fleets of all the maritime powers, in the armies and in the navies of the great military powers, has pushed its active work to the benefit of mankind. Sir George Williams could look back over sixy-one years and see the growth of his corporal's guard of 1844 to a great army of earnest crusaders. The Man and the Hour. Conditions in Russia are ripe to-day for a great man. And by the same in­ scrutable law which has obtained al­ ways the great man is on the spot Ta. De Witte takes up the mighty burden of Russia'^ woes as a giant might take up a hurt child, bind up its wounds and comfort it. The new hero stands for humanity. All the moral force in the world is with him. Men may wonder that the most auto­ cratic ruler on earth should meekly submit to a man of the people, and that an oppressed, despairing nation should look up at his coming with new hope. But it has been the law through all the ages. Somehow, from somewhere, the man of the hour comes and triumphs.--Albany Tlrnes- Union. . ' . A Border Battlefield. Five skeletons have been unearthed on the Border battlefield of Haiidon Hill during the plowing operations on the farm of Camphill. which is situate ed on the site of the battlefield. An ancient vault has also been discov­ ered. Swords, cannon-balls and other Implements of war have been dug up of recent times, one sword bearing the Percy crest now being in posses­ sion of the duke of Northumberland. Edward III routed the Scots at Hall- don, and won Berwick-on-Tweed for England.--Weekly Scotsman. MEDICAL INSPECTION A FARCE. <• Huge Petition. The famous Chartist petition of 1848, presented by Feargus O'Connor to the ^British Parliament, was said to con­ tain no fewer than 5.706,000 signa­ tures. So hopeless seemed the task of counting these names that the Public Petitions Committee actually directed a clerk to take a yard measure, count the number of signatures in a yard, and then, by ascertaining the number of yards In the petition, make a rough calculation of the total number of names. Much-Heralded New Plan Presents Few Advantages. The much-threatened medical In­ spection of first-class passengers ai* riving at New" York by steamer did not prove very terrifying. To begin with, W. K. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Van- derbilt escaped inspection by the sim­ ple process of going ashore in a tug before it began. Then it is recorded that passengers who said they were residents of this country passed quick­ ly, while foreigners, even the most important had to endure considerable questioning. The actual medical In­ spection appears to have been con­ ducted for the most part by surgeons looking at the passengers while they stood in a strong light before the im­ migration officials. In older and sim­ pler times the declaration of the ship's surgeon waB counted of Some value. Now, with the courtesy which is a notable characteristic of the treat­ ment of those who land in this coun­ try, it is tacitly assumed that the sur­ geon is not a man of character and that those who are employed on land must be.--Hartford, Conn., Times. CONSULS AS BUSINESS AGENTS. Kansas City Journal Points Out Flaw in the System. Under the present arrangement a consular officer is a commercial agent pure and simple. . When he is expect­ ed to piece out his salary with agent's commissions he usually secures the agency for several American manu­ facturers and exporters and quite.nat- urally he devotes most of his time to his outside business. When a consul on commissions is asked to make an investigation in a certain direc­ tion fftSr an American company in which there is little prom­ ise of substantial pay he will not de­ vote as much serious attention to this business as he will to selling his own goods on commission. Thus the aver­ age consul is merely a foreign sales­ man doing business on his own ac­ count under the • guarantee of the United States. This is a good thing for some favored manufacturers and exporters, but it Is exceedingly bad for others.--Kansas City Journal. TO ESCAPE DREAD PNEUMONIA. Fresh Air and Simple Living All That < Is Necessary. The pneumonia season, which in these latitudes nnd especially along the lakes, lasts from early fall to early summer, fairly open, and for the next seven or eight months many people will live in dread of a disease that is on the whole more easily prevented than most ills of the flesh to which mankind has fallen heir. Fresh air Is the deadly enemy of the pneumo­ nia germ. To exclude it from living, working and sleeping rooms is to invite an attack of the disease by removing the most ef­ fective means of defense. In short, to escape pneumonia it is only neces­ sary, speaking in general, to avoid excesses of every kind and live sim­ ply, cleanly and rationally. If one can bring himself to make that by no means heavy sacrifice nature can be depended upon to do the rest.--Cleve­ land Plain Dealer. A Cougar's High Leap. Frank Parker came in last week from his ranch in the Coast Range, some tjjlrty miles west of here. He informed us that a few nights before he left they heard considerable of a racket about the place and next morn­ ing found their house cat dead and also two goats. The animal leaped an eight-rail fence with a goat with­ out disturbing a rail. ^ With the assistance of a neighbor and his dog the animal, which proved to be a cougar, was treed and killed. •--Junction City Times. Public Baths for Dogs. Dresden has developed a curious idea. The public baths of that city will shortly receive an addition that is probably without parallel. The new annex will consist exclusively of bath­ ing establishments for dogs, organized on the strictest lines of class distinc­ tion. There will be first, second, and third-class, subdivided into swimming and single wash-baths. It is even gravely stated that there will be a hair-dressing department for canine customers. NUT A TRAM LEFT ...... tetlsm Thoroughly Cured Dr. Williams* Pink Pills for Palo People. Nere is one remedy that Will cm» rheumatism in any of its forms and so thoroughly eradicate the disease from, the system that the cure is permanent. This remedy is Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People and the proof of the statement is found in the experience of Mr. T. S. Wagar, of No. 72 Academy Street, Watertown.N. Y. He says: " The pain was in my joints and my sufferings for over two years was beyond description. There was an intense pain in my shoulders that prevented me from sleeping and I would get up and walk the floor at night. When I began taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills the improve­ ment was gradual, but by the time I had taken four boxes I was entirely cured and I have not had the slightest touch of rheumatism since that time." Mr. Wagar's wife is also enthusiastio in her endorsement of Dr. Williams* Pink Pills. She says: "I have tried the pills myself for stomach trouble and have experienced great relief from their use. My daughter, Mrs. Atwood, of Gill street, Watertown, has used, thi for female weakness and was much ben­ efited by them. I regard Dr. Williams* Pink Pills for Pale People as an ex­ tremely valuable family medicine." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have cured the worst cases of bloodJessness, indigestion, influenza, headaches, backaches, lum­ bago, sciatica, neuralgia, nervousness, spinal weakness, and the special ail­ ments of girls and women whose blood supply becomes weak, scanty or irregu­ lar. The genuine Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are guaranteed to be free from opiates or any harmful drugs and cannot injuro the most delicate system. At all drug­ gists or from the Dr. Williams Medi­ cine Co., Schenectady, N.Y., postpaid, on receipt of price, 50 cents per box, six boxes for 12.50. Many Years of Work for Olall Diaz is now, at the age of 75, strong and remarkably well-preserved man, who appears to be good for ten or fifteen years more of active work. Five years ago, at the age of 70, he visited the gymnasium of the Nation­ al Military academy at Chapultepec one day, and after watching the work of the cadets for some time with keen interest he swung on to a rope and climbed thirty feet or more hand over hand as spryly as any of them. Slid­ ing down easily, he said: "Now boys, see to it that you so live that when you are my age you can do as well." He exercises daily, taking a morning horseback ride and a walk later in the day. He loves horses and Is a splen­ did horseman. ITCHING SCALP HUMOR. Lady Suffered Tortures Until Cured by Cutlcura--Scratched Day and Night. "My scalp was covered with little pimples and I suffered tortures from the itching. I was scratching all day and night, and I could get no rest. 1 washed my head, with hot water and Cuticura Soap and then applied the Cuticura Ointment as a dressing. One box of the Ointment and one cake of Cuticura Soap cured me. Now my head is entirely clear and my hair Is growing splendidly. I have used Cu­ ticura Soap ever since, and shall nev­ er be without it (Signed) Ada C. Smith, 309 Grand St., Jersey City, N. J." C088ACK'8 PASSION FOR VODKA. His Happiness Centered on Sttong Drink and Food. Ernest Poole, in his striking article in the October Everybody's, on pres­ ent conditions in Russia, which he ha* called "Peasant Cattle," quote|tv |i brutal Cossack as follows: "For what more can a man want than vodka? To close the door of your room, to lie down on your bed with a big gallon bottle of vodka lying across your stomach, and plenty of good cold meat and eggs on the chair by your pillow--that's living. Thank the good God, who only makes us stop meat and eggs in Lent, but lets us keep on with our vodka. We have a clever trick for these jolly bedroom hours. You put the candle In a little dish of water, so when you booze off the candle burns on and on till the flame strikes the water with a big splutter and goes out. This trick was found out hundreds of years ago, and now we all know it; so every one in the village can get drunk without danger of setting fire to anything. "We have different ways of drink­ ing. The poor man who can only have one bottle, he sucks it In through a straw, because by drink­ ing it slower It gives you the same feeling as if you had two bottles. But the rich Cossack who has three or four bottles--he can just pour it down In big glasses." FROM TEXA8 time Coffee Facts From 'ffit- iidWJr* Star State. From a" beautiful farm down in Tex­ as, where gushing springs unite to form babbling brooks that wind their sparkling way through flowery meads, comes a note of gratitude for delivery from the coffee habit. "When my baby boy came to me live years ago, I began to drink Postum Food Coffee, having a feeling that it would be better for him and me than the old kind of drug-laden coffee. I was not disappointed in it, for it en­ abled me, a small delicate woman, to nurse a bouncing healthy baby 14 months. "I have since continued the use of Postum for I have grown fond ef it, and have discovered to my joy that it has entirely relieved me of a bilious habit which used to prostrate me two or three times a year, causing much discomfort to my family and suffering to myself. "My brother-in-law was cured of chronic constipation by leaving off the old kind of coffee and using Postum. He has become even more fond of it than he was of the old coffee. "In fact the entire family, from the latest arrival, (a 2-year old who al­ ways calls for his 'potie' first thing in the morning) up to the head of the house, think there is no driuk so good or so wholesome as Postum." Name given by Poslum Co., Battle Creek. Mich. There's a reason. Read the little hook, "flue Roat to Wellville," in pkgs.» " - . -V" - i . . .. 'J,