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<• . 1 A TALE OP THE BUILDER.3 Or THE WfiST. CttgzPAZVZ&vr *-v J.ClAK<2ZJ&tSa* V ,* CSilCX&O- .. «l» <«wn*» « " • SYNOPSIS. . , The story opens during a trip of the "Overland Mail" through the Rocky mountains. "Uncle Billy" Dodge, stage iriver, Alfred Vincent, a ypung man. and ./Jphlneas Cadwallader, introduced. They -Come across the remains of a massacre. -JLater at Anthony's station they find the fredskins have carried their destructive .^(vork there also. Stella Anthony, daugh­ ter of Anthony, keeper- of station, is in­ troduced. Anthony has been killed, Vincent is assigned his work in unearth­ ing plans of enemies of railroad beint, built. Vincent visits town where railroad men are working on the roa3 and receives token of esteem from Stella. The old Stage driver decides to work close to town in order that he may be able to keep fatherly watch over the young woman. She is engaged as a tutor for Viola Bernard, daughter of hotel land­ lady. Vincent visits soci&ty circles of •en­ emies of the Central Pacific railroad ar^d learn.3 their secrets. He returns to Stella, each showing signs of love for the other. Phineas Cadwallader, pushing & railroad .opposing Central Pacific, reaches mining town. She writes to Alfred Vincent his boast. Stella hears from her iover, Gideon, and of his phenomenal success. Finds letter of importance Involving plans of opposition road. Plot to destroy company's ship Flora is unearthed and incriminating evidence against Cadwalla­ der found. Phineas Cadwallader faces prison on charge of wire tapping. A per- • feet chain of evidence connects him with plot to blow up "Flora." Stella and Al- - fred show love for each other despite hostility of Gideon. In showing Miss Hamilton, a niece of a railroad official, about the camp, Alfred somewhat neg­ lects Stella, who shows pain at treat­ ment. Banquet in railroad town is scene of more monopolization of Alfred bj Miss Hamilton, with determination on Stella's part to change her temperament. Alfred writes passionately to Stella, decrying the attention which he was compelled to give Miss Hamilton. Mrs. "Sally" Ber­ nard announces riches. Gideon makes threat against Alfred's life. Quickly leaves town on best procurable horse in search of Vincent. Race to beat opposi­ tion company's stage a success. Stella fails to hear of Gideon. Stella receives a letter: "Promise to marry Gideon In­ gram or Alfred Vincent will die." Aftei conference Stella decides to flee. Years pass. Stella becomes known as Esther Anthony, becomes a rich woman, edu­ cates herself at Vassar and steps into highest San Francisco society. Kidnap­ ing changes Alfred greatly and when he and Stella meet in 'Frisco society, she passes him without recognition. Stella's love for Alfred and his for her is revived. However, neither shows recognition of the fact to the other. Stella visits Mrs. ' Sally Bernard, now in top notch society and wealthy,-being known as Mrs. Lang-> Bernard. ~ . She wondered if It was wise to encour­ age Sally B.'s impossible ambitions. "Yes; that is, Vi is. She gits invited into the ginuine, bong tong Bet, where the men wears opery hats an' gold- headed canes, an' the women's all ladies." "Does Viola enjoy It?" Sally B.'s face sobered instantly. "I don't know. Vi's changed some. Site was always quiet; now she's deep. I can't make her out. She goes a heap, always does the right thing, wears her clo'es like a queen, she does. And Freddy Bryan--he's oft! Dick Bryan's son, you know; the old man's on his third million now; an' they're fust families, O. K.--well, Freddy's shinin' up to Vi fine! Then there's Mr. Reg­ inald Lawrence; they say he's really lord's son. I kin see't he likes Vi, but he's one o' the® stand-off English fellers; you can't tell about 'em. Cut my--if Vi'd ketch a lord--" She stopped and beamed on Esther. 'But he might not make Viola hap­ py." "N--o/' Sally B. acquiesced reluc­ tantly. "Anyway, he's shy lately, jleckon he's waiting to size up Bill s pile." Sally B.'s honesty extended to herself, no matter how .unflattering. I talk. They think I don't size 'em up; but I ain't a djtrn fool all the time, if they do Meed7 ne like thun­ der." "Bleed yrou?" "You bet! They think they do it slick, an* I don't let on, but just give, give, to all kinds of missioners, an' all kinds of poor boxes, till I wonder how much they pay the man that in­ vents so many ways." "I can imagine how generous you are," Esther said approvingly. "There's one piece of work they let me run my own way, an' I like it; that's looking after the poor. Some­ way, I can understand them folks; tell whether it's grub or a boost o' the sperit they need most. I s'pose we're right smart happier with folks that needs us. That's why I ain't--well, not exactly hilarious with the big bugs; they don't need nothin* I got-- except my daughter." Esther sighed. Did any one in all the world need her? "How does Mr. Bernard like the new home?" she asked, stepping across the room for another view of the beautiful grounds. ,"Oh, like me, bang up. Yet what you're . raised to doqft git out of the blood in a minute, t An' I know Bill dreams at night of the mountains an* the mines, 'cause he hollers out in his sleep about 'em." She was busy bringing from hook and shelf and drawer a billowy flood of heterogeneous finery. Her tongue voiced a new mood; and Esther, not without sympathy for the "big bugs," recognized Sally B.'s company man ner. < "This here is made by Worth of Paree. I hope it will be worth as much to me as it was to him. Ain't it orfay? And here's one that's just magnif! I brought them all over my­ self--wore 'em all first to save duty. My! But maybe you think 't wa'n't no job to flop around a hotel parlor in a new dress four times a day! Whew! CHAPTER XXV.---Continued. "She's' had time, then, to learn your good heart. If she hasn't, she de­ serves no sympathy." Sally B. smiled broadly. "You tuck --took in the blarney stone on your tower, didn't you? What a plaguy shame we couldn't have towered to gether!" "That would have been nice. Did you enjoy your travel?" "Fine!" the other answered quickly; yet a dejected note crept Into ber next words. "I enjoyed it all right; but It didn't pay--not Bill an' me. We're too old, and didn't have no--any fit cultivating for such a crop. But it paid for Vi," she said exultingly. "She's come out just a little queen, Vi has She fits all this fine stuff!" Sally B.'s sweep of arm Included "the whole mag­ nificent villa. "An' her paw's that proud of her!" Esther smiled sympathetically. "Tell me about your home, Mrs. Sally. How do you like it?" "Oh, it's pay rock, sure; a thousand dollars to the ton. But some way. I like it better when Fm tellin* about it, or showln' it off, than I do just livin in it You know, I ain't used to beln waited on--not personal--but I'm go­ ing to get used to it for Vi's sake; style, furrin ^rvant*--got five kinds, seven courses, church people--the hull bog!" "Did you get the place already equipped?" r "Law me, yes. Furniture, horses, coachman, an' monnygram. They left a cook, too, a Frenchy; but I bounced him, fy, fy; an' Yic Wah hangs up in the kitchen now. Gosh! I-- Say! I'm just going to take a vacation from grammar while you're here;' it's too hamperin'. No use showin' off to you Stel--Esther; you know me from shoe to bonnet, anyhow." "I don't love you for your gram­ mar, good" or bad, but for--I won't risk another reference to--to my travel in Ireland. How's Yic Wah?" "Proud of this place as if he owned It. Come! I'll show you everything; him an' the kitchen with the rest." She led the way, trailing her black skirts over the rich carpets from room to room, holding her head h^i and showing off her possessions with pleased pride. The house was large and In perfect taste. The former own­ ers had failed suddenly and sold to the first bidder, walking out with only their clothing. The two women halted in the library; and Esther looked cu­ riously along the rows of books, most d( them standard authors, and bound to order, with the owner's monogram on the cover. She wondered what part they played in Sally B.'s present life. "Have you read any of them?" she asked, glancing at the shelves. A tired look crept into Sally B.'s face. "I've got to the sixth fctook on the fourth row from the top. I reckon ltll take about two year--years. Vi likes 'em, but I don't--leastways, not much of it." Esther refrained from comment, < though her heart ached for the heroic woman. "It's too bad about the mono­ gram. L. B.'s so near right.1 "It's just right! I've took--taken maw's name, Lang. See here!" She crossed the room and brought cards from the desk. They were in the ex- tremest style, and read, "Mrs. Lang- Bernard. Lake View. First Thurs­ day." "Think o' Sally B. bein' that big a 'fool! But that's what you got to do if you want to git--get up; an' that's where I'm bound, to the very top notch! Of course, I don't b'long there, but Vi does, an' I'm going to boost her If money an' work can do it." She was leading the way to the ballroom at the top of the house, a beautiful, spacious apartment overlooking Lake Merritt ^ and the Berkeley hills. "I'm sure you're succeeding," Esther # Mdd as they sat near an open window. i 1 "I've Got to the Sixth Book on the Fourth Row from the Top." "Vi's IS next wpek," she went on. "She's goin" to have the doggondest ball--Invitations ben out a week--on silk, they are. An' I've staked out the best decorator an* the be& caterer round the Bay." "Whom have you invited--besides me? I received my invitation safely." "Oh, all the big bugs--all the other big bugs," Sally B. smiled at Esther, "I kin git. All that's called on me, an' a lot that hain't The 'Piscopal church folks, too; they're bong tong, all right." They discussed the ball a little more, when Esther asked suddenly: "What of Alvin? Haven't you let those two meet again?" The other woman's countenance fell. "I reckon Vi still likes him. But how can I let my little thoroughbred marry that cripple? An' if he wa'n't crooked, he's nobody, no more'n I be. Vi'B got to go up! You hear me! She's bound to go up!" She rose and walked down the room, stopping by another win­ dow an instant before she returned. "She ain't seen Ai In two year." Esther saw the battle between love and ambition, and said nothing. Poor Viola! Must she be sacrificed? Esther knew that the crooked leg would be condoned if Alvin had a hyphenated name or a long purse. "Come on down to my room," Sally B. said presently; "I want to show you my clo'es. Oh, that's my church, St. Andrew's." She stopped on the stair and pointed out an ivy-hung building of unmistakable Episcopalian archi­ tecture. "So you go to church?" There was surprise in Esther's tone. "Reg'lar as eatln'." "It seems odd someway." Esther looked speculatively at Sally B. "Course. I wa'n't raised to it--been miles from churches all my life. But it's the proper caper*, an' I go the hull thing, you know." Esther asked Sally B. how she liked her fellow parishioners. "'Tain't no matter how I like them. What I've started to do is tb make them like me. But it's no go. They'll take to Vi, an' to my money; but they'll never swaller me." "How do you know?" "Oh, they eat my dinners; say they're splendificent. An' they invite me to their'n. But most gene'ally it's Bill an' Vi an' me a-playin' a lone hand fur visitors. Or If they's other folks, they wink ai»' tech--touch on« another It makes me sweat now to think of it! Ain't that red just--" "Regal!" Esther finished, as Sally B., for a wonder, paused for a word. "I^ke it?" Sally B. displayed with pride the scarlet satin robe, spangled from hem to throat, and finished with costly gold lace. "That's my own design, an' my favorite of all I got Worth told me never to tell it was his make. Wouldn't put his tag on it. Didn't want to steal my thunder, I s'pose. Clever of him, wa'n't it? Say! With my diamonds--they're In the bank or I'd show 'em to you--I look--" "We've used the only word, Mrs; Sally--regal," Esther laughed, think- ing of ber at a fancy dress ball as the Queen of Sheba. "Oh, what a wretty thing t!il3 18!" she said, lifting a pale gray gown froin the filmy heap. x- "Yes, I s'pose the toot onBembel of that's good. But them pale colors don't fit me; an' the work on that won't stand the eyes of a con- nishoner." "I suppose Mr. Bernard has a lot of things, too," Father said as soon as she could control ner face. "You bet! Only men's things ain't interestin' like women's. I wish men wore lace an' things, like they did when that picture was took." She glanced up at an exquisite engraving of a scene at the court of Louis XIV. "I presume Mr. Bernard would rather wear the dress of 1869." "Yes. An' I'd rather he would. His manners don't somehow fit what he's got now. I never noticed that Bill was short on manners when he was wearin' a blue shirt, an' punchin' mules, or buntin' a lead. But in this fine house, him a pushin' victuals with a silver knife, an' eatin' soup audible, while people sets round an' tries not to laugh; an' the flowers and the pic­ tures someway shamin' him--why good feller as he is, I wish he'd go back to his blue shirt an' mules, or else buy some manners. An' the worst of it is, I know I got just as bad a case of not flttin" here myself; only I'm that stuck on myself, I can't see it. I've--been going back right now on all my polish for a coon's age." Esther ventured no reply, and the other woman began to put away her wardrobe. "Ain't it too bad maw had to die 'fore I got a chance to wear half these here new things? Black's so un­ becoming! An' 1 can't feven wear white ruches; them's for widders." Ether was startled. No wonder con­ ventional people could not understand Sally B. Esther knew that no more devoted daughter had ever lived than Sally B. had been; yet who, that knew nothing of this would believe It In the faoe of her last remark? "Bet she had a good time," the other went on. "We took her all over Yer- rup; an' she lived two months after we come home. I bought her more clo'es than she'd had in all her life before; she could put on a different dress every day In the month! We took her riding in the victoria, took her to the theater, the Cliff, an' every­ where! She didn't suffer none; I thank God for that." She went in and out of the closet once or twice with­ out speaking, and Esther waited. Her' sentences had been tossed by gusts of emotion; now speech was entirely wrecked. While she strug­ gled for calmness Viola entered. "Oh, Stella! Esther!" Viola's arms went round the other girl impulsively and she burst Into tears. "What under the canopy are jre cry­ ing for?" her mother asked; yet she knew; and her own tears were hardly restrained. "Oh, ma. It's so good to see her! She belongs to the old, honest time when we said what we thought, or kept still." The mother winced. Viola's unus­ ual emotion disclosed unwelcome facts. She was taller, and had blossomed into a soft, wood-violet sort of beauty that yet had something mystic -about it; as rare as felicitous. They spoke of many things, Viola's womanhood enfolding her in a mantle of sedateness. Esther knew she had been defrauded of her girlhood, and longed to set her free from her ttn- youthful self-control; wondered if she would, at the last test, sacrifice herself to her mother's ambition. They went the round of the bed­ rooms, the kitchen, where Yic Wah greeted Esther with voluble cordiality; the stables, conservatories, and breeze- swept gardens; and Esther was pre­ paring for the street when the maid brought a card. "Mr. Bryan, ma," Viola said- Her face grew gray and dull; while her mother's was swept by a quick pano­ rama of doubt, question, mother love, ambition. She put her arm about Viola's slen­ der waist "Honey, mammy expects a heap of you. Will you do It?" Viola turned suddenly, spoke with strange Impetuosity. "Don't, ma! I can't do it! Freddy Bryan's honest. He'd ask me just the same lf't was poor. I thought I would say yes, when I told him I'd give him my answer to­ day. But I won't cheat him. I'll tell him t can't care for him as he de­ serves. It's no use, ma." She put up a protesting hand, and even Sally B. was held to silence by the new stern­ ness in her daughter. And Esther, distressed at the trag­ edy in the girl's face, made her adieus quickly, that Sally B. might not see the angry resentment in her heart (TO BE CONTINUED.) CONE PYRAMIDS STRANGE DWELLING PLACES OF PEOPL.6 OF CAPPADOCIA. Volcanic Region of Asia Minor Prov­ ing an Interesting and Profitable , Research Ground for Scientists. If one will" take a map of Asia Minor and draw a line, through Tarsus due north across the peninsula and another line through Smyrna di­ rectly east, the two lines will inter cept in the volcanic region of Mount Argaeus, where the cone pyramids and pure cliff dwellings of Cappadocia are found. The whole region is of volcanic for­ mation, which covers a vast area ex­ tending west to Selme and south iv Soghanlu Dere, and Is composed of a deep layer of pumice stone, tufa or peperine, overlaid in the region of Tatlar by rugged lava fields. The pumice or tufa is of almost in­ credible thickness, but the overla layer of lava Is comparatively thin, not more than three feet at any poliu The tufa is so soft that it, can be di away with the thumb-nail, so that only time and patience were necessary to excavate it into chambers of any re­ quired size. It is known that a chai ber 25 feet long, 13 feet broad and r feet high was excavated by a slngk workman in the space of 30 days. In this region the troglodytes of Cappadocia have the wonderful dwe ings which were first described by Paul Lukas, who traveled in Asia Minor on the commission of Louis XIV. His story was discredited, but it is correct In every vital particular, and he perhaps understood the truth when he estimated the number of cones at 50,000. The region was visited in succession by Texier, Hamilton, Tschicbatscheff, Alnsworth, Barth and Mordtmann, but it is still virtually unknown. The height of the cones varies greatly, ranging perhaps from 50 to 300 feet. The tallest cones usually stand in the center of an eroded val­ ley, but not always. The process of disintegration by the solvent action of water still continues, of course, and in many cones the exterior wall has been worn away to such an extent that the chambers are laid bare. Such exposed chambers, if they lie fairly to the sun, are used for drying grapes and other fruit, as they are safe against invasion by animals. Often the cones are almost perfect in shape, and originally all of them were crowned by caps of lava. Very often the doorways are quite elaborate, and display an attempt at architectural and decorative effect, more especially in the case of cones that have been turned Into temples, churches or chapels. On entering the doorway of any of these cofle dwellings, we find our- selves within a spacious chamber, about the walls of which niches and shelves for the storage of small house­ hold effects have been cut into the stone. The stairways leading to the upper stories are like wells or round chimneys, and one ascends to an up­ per story by means of ladder holes cut in the rock. The floors between the stories are usually thick enough to withstand any REASONABLE REQUEST. Small Urchin (to major, who has been thrown from horse into pond)-- HI, mister, as you 'appens to be in the water, would you mind looking for Willie's whistle? PRESCRIBED CUTICURA A Village of Cave Dwellers in Cappa­ docia. weight that might be put upon them, but occasionally the excavators mis­ calculated the thickness of the floor, and so had to make one lofty chamber Instead of two. As many as nine stories may occur in one cone, but most have only two, three or four stories, which can be counted by the windows. Sometimes the front of the house is built of blocks of pumice stone, while all the rest of the abode is sub­ terranean, the cone or cliff being used as an annex; but in most cases a modern dwelling is excavated, not in a cone, but in the face of the bluff, and thus becoming a cliff dwelling, properly so called. This Is true of the business street of the town of Urgub, where the front or facade opening on the street is the only room in the dwelling into which the light comes. The other rooms are in midnight darkness all the year round. The owner of such an abode can ex­ tend his dwelling indefinitely into the bowels of the earth and no one need know aught of his enlarged residence, a feature which is not without advan­ tages in a land where the wise man conceals the fact that he is wealthy. After Other Treatment Failed--RJWf Eczema on Baby's Face Had Lasted Three Months--At Last Doctor Found Cure. "Our baby boy broke out with zema on his face when one month old. One place on the side of bis face tho size of a nickel was raw like beefsteak for three months, and he would cry. out when I bathed the parts that were sore and broken out I gave him three months' treatment from s good doctor, but at the end of that time the child was no better. Then my doctor recommended Cuticnra. After using a cake of Cuticura Soap, a third of a box of Cuticura Ointments and half a bottle of Cuticura Resolvent he was well and his face was as smooth as any baby's. He is now two years and a half old rod no eczenia has reappeared. Mrs. M. L. Harris, Alton, Kan., May 14 and June 12, 1907." HERE'S IDEAL MODEL CITIZEN The Coming Man as 8een by Admir­ ers of Socialism. To describe an Ideal modern cltl- sen now Is at best to make a guess and a suggestion as to what must be built In reality by the efforts of a thousand minds. But he will be a very different creature from that in­ different, well-behaved business man who passes for a good citizen to-day. He will be neither under the slave tradition nor a rebel, nor a vehement elemental man. Essentially he will be aristocratic; aristocratic not in the sense that he has slaves or class In­ feriors, because probably he will 'have nothing of the sort but aristocratic in the sense that he will feel that the state belongs to him and he to the state. He will probably be a public servant; at any rate he will be a man doing some work in the complicated machinery of the modern community for a salary and not for speculative gain. Typically he will be a profes­ sional man. I do not think the ideal modern citizen can be a person living chiefly by buying for as little as he can give and selling for as much as he can get; indeed, most of what we idolize as business enterprise, I think he will regard with very considerable contempt But then * am a Socialist eaid look forward to the time when the economic machinery of the commu­ nity will not be a field for private en­ richment but for public service.-- Everybody's Magazine. SAO PAULA, BRAZIL Sometimes Hard to.T*tt» George Eliot says that the exprea- aion on a woman's face when she is sewing tells the story of the woman'a heart. If she Is happy and contented, or possibly slovenly and indifferent, she may smile and look the happi­ ness she either feels or is incapable of feeling. If she has many things to worry her and is possibly planning how to make ten cents do a dollar's worth of good, or if she is naturally a vixen, It will show In her face, so aft­ er all it Is not safe to predicate aa to what hen sewing face reveals. ^ , RATI or OHIO CITT or Toutoo. I I* LUCAS COUNTY. F "• ** ^ / FRANK J. CHENEY m.ikea o.ith Chat he !s Sonfcl partner of the firm ot F. J. CHENEY & Co., doing business In the City ot Toledo, County and Stats aforesaid, and that said firm wilt pay the sum of ON£ HUNDRED DOLLARS tor each and ever* case of CATARRH that cannot be cured by tha an at HALL'S CATARRH CUR*. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my prcama this 6th day ot Pwwoir. A. D.. ISM. i » A. W. GLEASON, I 8B*L f NOTAKT PntM. ^ Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally and M . 7i: directly upon the blood and mucous surteces Ot t&l system. Send for testimonials, free. . F. J. CHENEY 4 OOhUMSOI Sold by all Druggists. 75c. Take Ball's Family PUls (or coMOpnUott. •>" 1 *- WONDERS OF THIS ISOLATED MOUNTAIN CITY. Not on the Line of the Tourists, But Its Buildings and Its Modern Hospital Systems Are Worth Seeing. South American countries are not as much on the Itinerary of American tourists as they should be, and were travelers from thiB country to visit certain portions of the various coun­ tries that lie far to the south of the United States they would find many surprises awaiting them, for, take it as a rule, most Americans are apt to believe the people down there are be­ hind the times. But such is not the case, for take, for instance, the city of Sao Paula, a little known city of Braail, and we find that it has one of the finest contagious disease hospitals in the world. It Is a beautiful place, splendidly equipped and conducted in the most up-to-date and scientific man­ ner known to the medical profession. "After I had observed for two weeks the way sick people are cared for I did not feel Inclined to boast quite so much about the way they do things here at home," declared J. G. Voss, an Indianapolis man who has just returned from a visit to the Brazilian city. "The South Americans cer­ tainly do some things better thaiv we do. Their charities and humanitarian work is carried on in a manner to win respect and admiration. "But Sao Paula is notable for an­ other thing," said Mr. Voss, "and that is the magnificence of its buildings. Although it is absolutely out of the path of travel, it is more advanced than any city of its size I have ever seen. The population is estimated at 300,000, but its public buildings would grace a city of millions. There is one theater at which to marvel. Architecturally this theater is a work of art. and its interior is won­ derfully decorated. For Its erection there was a state appropriation that would equal about $750,000 of our money. "There are splendid public build­ ings that would attract attention any­ where. You would not believe It if I described to you some of the palaces occupied by natives as private resi­ dences. I never saw anything like them anywhere else. For example, there Is the palace of Barros, one of the most famous men In Brazil. Only a man of enormous wealth could live In such a wonderful house. The Prado family, the Rockefellers of Braail, alao live In wonderful palaces. "The people are very proud of their schools, and a number of fine ones are maintained. The special schools, in­ cluding a technical school and normal, art a monument to the Interest the people take In education. The school buildings themselves are architectural features of the city. "Civic pride is high, in fact, the na­ tives of South America are public spir­ ited, exceedingly proud of their city, and are always ready and anxious to take part In any movement for the public welfare. "Aa I said before, the city is out of the path of travel. In fact, there is not much travel in South America, the trip being an expensive one. Most tourists go direct to Europe, and few find their way into South America. However, the journey is one that would repay any traveler. There be­ ing little travel, Sao Paula cannot boast of superior hotels. The accom modations are not to be compared with what American hotels offer. Dur­ ing the time of my stay there was no other stranger in the city. It seems incredible that In a city of that size a single stranger would attract atten­ tion, but I was told that Americans were almost never seen, and that when one did come he was remarked by every one and inquiries were made concerning him. Several persons told me that they had never before seen an American." Really practical men live la ft wtfM > of ideals. They realize that it is not practical to conduct a business sue- censfully unless that business is kept ^ alive and growing by a constant ottt- reaching after Ideals yet unattained. If Your Eyes Bother You ' * get a box of PETTIT'S EYE SALVE, old V reliable, most successful eye remedy made. All druggists or Howard Bros., Buffalo, N.Y. If you would not cease to lorn waa- kind, you must not cease to do them » good.--Maclaren. ---- Smokers have to call for Single Binder cigar to get it. Your anier ot Lewis' Factory, Peoria. HL He who hesitates much win aooom- plish little.--Von Moltke. Mrs. VIMIOW'I Soothin* BywPt'-'I'L' For children te«Ulln(, #often» the tyaMeaUK , allays pain, CBTM wind ooliu. SoabotUs. If you have anything to do, do It; don't loaf on the job. ThoM Ttred, Aching Fsst of 1 Mod Allan's PooUBaae. Ssc at your Wr!t« A. 8. Olmsted. Le Koy.S. T, forsa: If you don't get the best of it, make the best of it. tvj'S FARMS FOR RENT or meats. J. MULHALL, Sioux City, One cannot quarrel if the other will not THE MEERSCHAUM PIPE. Skating or Swimming. Some one once asked "Tim" Sulll- ' van of New York for information as to the prospects of a politician who was popularly supposed to be "on the ragged edge." "Well," said Sullivan, "he seems to think he's getting on all right; but there are other who entertain a dif­ ferent opinion. The situation' re­ minds me of the story of the old womr an up in Maine. Being asked as to the whereabouts of her husband, she re­ plied : " 'If the ice is «s thick as Jim thinks it is, he is skating; If it is as thick as I think it is, he is swimming.'"-- Sunday Magazine. The English Workman. Next to this "sentimentality," ae astonishing to Europe--because so ir­ rational--comes the invincible pa­ tience of the English" workman. He will endure almost anything--in si. lence--until it becomes unendurable When he Is vocal it is pretty certala that things have become unendurable --English Nation. "Twas ever thus; I never spent My leisure time on some fond plan. But what, when it should bring forth fruit, Somehow It always failed to pan. And now, to-day, the same sad fate Pursues me still, I cannot choke It, I colored up my meerschaum pipe. Then broke it. Full many a pleasant hour I've spent In puffing on that pipe of mine. And many a dream I've Idly dreamt Of when it's color should be fine. To-day it's ruddy brown, I spied. X perfect color I bespoke it. But In t|ie first full flush of pride I broke It. fThat meerschaum pipe, bow long I • tolled. How patiently I strove to shade Its glossy bowl. What care I gave. And what devotion I displayed! On velvet cloth it used to rest When I was not disposed to smoke rt; But when success my efforts crowned, I broke it. --Detroit Free Press. French investments Heavy. From 1880 to 1906 the officially as­ sessed holding of foreign securities by Frenchmen more than doubled. At the latter date M. Neymarck considers that stocks and bonds and national funds to the amount of 100,000,000,000 francs were held in France, and of these 35,000,000,000 francs ($7,000, 000,000) are debts of foreigners to Frenchmen. Even this does not in­ clude the securities--certainly several milliards--which the French bourgeois have been hiding of late years in for­ eign banks to escape threatened so­ cialist taxes at home.--Atlantic Monthly. 'Brown Classified. is a self-made man. Isn't *e?" V ^ "Worse than that. He s a haa4-»©" down."--Detroit Free Press. "I should be afraid to accept Tom my dear," cautioned the fond mother "Why so, mamma?" asked the fall cooking-school graduate in surprise. & This woi a says Lydla E. Puikham's Ye^v s ible Compound saved her life. Read her letter, ̂ Mrs. T. G Willadsen, of Manning, *• Iowa, writes to Mrs. Pmkhaui: ^ " I can truly say that Lytlia E. Pink" j j ham's Vegetable Compound saved life, and 1 cannot express my gratitude to you in words. 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