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C9aC'jfC-C HE iro* way , \ A XA1E OT» THE BTJILDE.E3 l1**" !T^b>3C-=^---- J3FIHE v/*> JUaẑ Tsartfjp*,dB!#rrzi&9afe %£hi SYNOPSIS. _ The story opens during a trtp of the •Overland Mall" through the Rocky toountaiKB. "Uncle Billy" Dodge, stage .'ijriver, Alfred Vincent, a young man, and , Phlneas Cadwailader, introduced. They ; <Aome across the remains of a massacre. Heater at Anthony's station they find the , redskins have carried their destructive Work 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- ttg plans of enemies of railroad being built. He, returns to Stella, each shew- tog signs of love for the other. Stella l^ears from her lover, Gideon, and of his •r phenomenal success. Finds letter of im­ portance involving plans of opposition road. Plot to destroy company's ship Flora is unearthed and incriminating evidence against Cadwailader found. JFhineas Cadwailader faces prison on Charge of wire tapping. A perfect chain «f evidence connects him with plot to Blow up "Flora." Banquet in railroad •" town is scene of monopolization of Alfred by a 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 •* letter: "Promise to marry Gideon In­ gram or Alfred Vincent will die." After 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 Ipve for Alfred and his for her is revived. However, neither shows recognition of the fact to the other. Anthony romance is unfolded, showing Gideon, who loved Stella, to be her own cousin. Alvin Car­ ter, Viola's lover when the Bernards were poor, visits them and Sally B. consents to their marriage, despite the fact that Several sons of rich sires are asking the girl's hand. The Bernards lose their riches and Sally B. again becomes a ho- telkeeper, Viola marrying Alvin Carter. Stella visits Sally B. and see3 "Uncle Billy." Decides to cease waiting for Alfred and says she will devote her life to charity. CHAPTER XXX.--Continued. ; The man ate hungrily, and finished ^#ith a surly "Thank you." . - "Which way are you going?" ' "West." - „ "We'll take yo' weepon, an' watch ye • * |t piece out on the track. Shack, you A fteep an eye an* a gun on him till he gits to the turn. Ye needn't come back fur another meal o' victuals," she continued to the fellow. "If ye do, ye'll find more'n one gun p'inted yore ^ "Way. Skedaddle!", "He's ben layin' round the town fur ' greeks, that cuss haB; but Imtssed him ylsterday," Shack said as the man started off slowly. "Thought he'd lit «ut" ' ,X'x Esther watched him with mingled ' .inversion and pity; but Sally B. was al- f';*eady in conference with one of the Sftilroad , office boys that "lettered i4iifell/' getting out a "Warning!" to be pestcu on one of the town's bulletin •paces. Whatever the reprobate might next undertake could not be done , «f&ere. The town kept open eyes by 'Slight as well as by day. The iron train was two hours late, , and the desert day so alluring that ISsther decided to ride as usual. Im­ mediately after the noon dinner her mount was brought to the door; but |ier kindly knight was missing. This . iras not alarming. His memory often failed him in the daily routine, when tie saddled his horse and wandered Alone in the hills hunting for "color," but always returned safe; and on such occasions Esther patiently went •without her ride. But to-day she was disappointed. She wanted to get away fgom the memory of the morning. •"Had any one seen him go?" she asked. And Shack, hearing her ques­ tion, told her that "BUI had saddled not a .quarter hour ago, an' lit out west 4own the track." "1 can overtake him, then,*! ahe said to Sally B. as she mounted. & "I don't * like ter see ye start off * '•? atfone," Sally B. said; yet she was too ' narless herself to suspect danger; gtbd her protest was perfunctory. "I'll find Mr. Bernard shortly; don't worry about me." "Look out for that there breakfast ffuest of our'n. If yon met up with him, he might take a shine to you, or yore mare." . "My lungs are good. And section iHen are too plenty and Swift's heels 1»o nimble for any man on foot to hurt "me," Esther replied nonchalantly. •Besides, he'll be far toward Wells by this time. That's his first chance . tOr supper." It was good to be out in the open this perfect day. to be alone. She kept on the lookout for her cavalier, «ipecting momentarily to overtake felm. Presently she spied him climbing a high hillside to the riorth. It looked hot and breathless over there. She knew the succession of ridge and hol­ low in that direction. No wide, level spaces for gallops, no open vistas. She would have this one long afternoon to herself, listen for voices that spoke only to the solitary ear. She rode elowly, making subconscious notes of tbe smooth, trodden path beside tbe track, at places where she would give the mare her head when return- ' in the cooler afternoon. * ' > * A patch of brilliant desert flowers In 'm small nook where the melting enow had been gathered and held caught her capricious eye. She would be hid­ den from the town here, yet not far from the track and passing trackmen. It would be quite safe. Dismounting, •he gathered a great bunch of the sun- colored blossoms, and tucked them in hat and habit front. She uncoiled the Mexican hair rope from beneath her •addle flap; and, giving Swift 40 feet of freedom, sat down, back to the track, to memories and day dreams-- 4ay dreams that purloined time un­ heeded, till the iron train thundered past. Eyes that caught the vision of beau­ ty in horse and rider silhouetted against the gray hillside lighted with eudden appreciation; and one pair flamed up curiously, watch.• 1 eagerly *11! the vision vanished, then gloomed above set teeth and clenched hands. Esther remounted and resumed her jjMe, still slowly. The mood for a. speed had not come. A short distance farther on she came to a deep, curving cut. Instantly on entering an uncan­ ny sensation possessed her, a presenti­ ment of danger. Yet she derided her­ self, and touched Swift to a lope. Had not the train just passed? What menace could arrive in ten minutes? Along the banks were a few cave­ like depressions cut for some purpose by the graderi. As Esther rounded the curve a fleeting glimpse of a horse­ man coming toward the cut from tbe other end ' was interrupted by the voice of a man who sprang from one of the little holes and caught her bridle rein.. "I'll trouble yon for that sparkler, miss; and don't take too much time getting off your glove. Keep them ruby lips shut, too, I might add by way of friendly advice." Esther was looking into the barrel of a pistol held by the man she had that morning served with coffee. It was not courage that came quicker than reason to her; rather, a swift anger that 'this creature should pre­ sume to molest her. "How dare you?" She cried fearlesa* ly, striking the hand on her bridle a stinging blow with her whip. In the instant of surprise and pain that made him release her, she whirled tbe mare on two feet and was off. Three shots .rang out behind her. CHAPTER XXXI. Ambrosia in Arcadia. Passengers and trainmen went for* ward to investigate. Left alone, Esther leaned far out of the door and peered forward, but could see nothing of them. In front the train curved out of sight around the shoulder of the mountain. An undulating sweep of white sand and gray sage brush stretched on either side to the horl- son--that was all. Breathless and ap­ prehensive, she waited. She could hear the steady hiss of escaping steam, an occasional shout far beyond; for the rest, desert silence. It was late in the afternoon, yet the sand reflected the heat in pulsing waves, burning her cheek. She climbed down after a little and walked forward, meeting one of the brake- men. * "Go back, Miss Anthony! It's no place for you--it's not--" "Oh, what is it?" she interrupted anxiously. "Is any one hurt? Can't I help?" "No; not now, anyway. No one can help one poor fellow; he's passed in his checks. We're trying to dig the other out before he dies." Esther felt faint, yet'kept pace with his hurrying steps. "Miss Anthony, won't you please go into that car next? It's rough, but we'll need this for--for---" They were beside the rear car now. "Yes, yes, I will--I know. But can't I do something? Won't you--" "No, you can help most by staying right here--tbe conductor said so. But It may be hours--you'll roast in the car--" "Never mind me. Don't wait--I'll manage." He passed her and hurried into the car. In a moment he ran by again with blankets, a basin, and a bucket of water. The car he had designated was partly filled with a great pile of cab­ bages, and looked rather impossible. Esther sat down on the end of a tie 'J ti ¥a He Was Pate, Hatless end Coatiess. She heard the whizz of a bullet peril ously near, yet raced wildly on, every sense alert to keen her horse's feet from pitfalls. No sounds followed her. She knew the man would not da,re show himself, would probably liide from the other rider if possible; and the mare was putting the miles behind her in marvelously few min utes. Esther began to breathe more free­ ly. Near the town she slow&d to a walk and looked back. Neither mis­ creant nor horseman could be seen. She stopped to put herself to rights. Her heart was beating fast, yet as much from the rapid riding as from fear, she told herself. All had hap­ pened so quickly, it now scarcely seemed real. Dread of making a scene was stronger than fear for what had passed; and it nerved her to ride quiet­ ly up to the hotel, Sally B. met her at the door in great excitement. "Mrs. Gregory an' Mrs. Harmon both telegraphed you to come on an' see the show termorrer. I been hopin' ye'd fly in 'fore the train left. I got yer things all packed!" The train stood on the track less than a stone's throw distant, its time just up. The conductor came forward as Esther dismounted. "Will you go, Miss Anthony? I'll hold her ten minutes for you." "Thank you. Yes, I'll go. Five min­ utes will do." With Sally B.'s help she changed to another gown and sped downstairs. "You're lightning, sure!" the con­ ductor said with respectful approval, as he took her bags, helped her into the high "boxcar, made her as comfort­ able as he could, and went about his train work. Following a half-hour behind the iron train, the little engine struggled noisily along for a time, dragging its string of loaded cars, when it came, to a sudden halt on a mountain-side grade. Around a curve and just be­ yond, the track left the mountain and crossed a gorge over a trestle. The forward brakeman came running back with blanched face and a ghastly mes­ sage. "The trestle'* gone down! the Iron train's wrecked and piled up down there!" he finished, pointing With a trembling finger forward. * in tbe shade of the train and Waited. Resourceful and efficient, the wom­ an's part wa.-j especially distasteful to her. Yet here obedience was evident­ ly the best service. Still, the hours were long. But while the sky was yet red, wel­ come voices broke the spell. Four men came around the curve, holding carefully by the corners a blanket litter supporting a torn, bleeding form. Esther stepped between the cars, and with averted eyes waited for them to pass. With gentlest care they lifted him into the car. Tbe sufferer moaned unconsciously, and Esther tried to be­ lieve that he knew nothing of his pain. I - Four more men appeared with a tatter blanket; this was a winding-sheet. The men spoke no word, and were uncov­ ered Their burden, too, they bore on to the last car. Three inore followed, one walking feebly, supported by the others, the conductor %nd brakeman of the supply train. He was paie, hat- less and coatless, with i a scarlet stain on neck and collar. Yet he was con­ scious, speaking freely. "Don't mind me," he was saying. "Alfred!" Esther Bprang toward the trio, and caught one limp hand swinging by his side. He straightened with sud&en vigor; a wave of color warmed his pale cheek. "Stella! Stella!" he repeated, and stood still, gazing at her. "Put him in here!" she cried, now awake, and ready for action. "I'll take care of Mr, Vincent--make him comfortable." "I'm not hurt," Alfred interrupted, 'It's scarcely a scratch! I must help the boys in the other car. They--" The conductor interposed. "Obey orders, Vincent. You're used up. We've' help enough in there. You've done your part." The two men, not heeding his pro­ test, lifted him into the cabbage-car. "Now, Miss Anthony, let me help you in." "No, not now, thank you. I've something to do first. You're not ready to start, are you?" "No, it will be a balf-hour anyway; we must make one more trip to the wreck." "I can get in by myself. Don't think about me." Even the conductor, accustomed to command, yielded to the finality in her voice, and hurried on. "Can you sit against the car side a few minutes, Alfred? You won't faint?" "Faint?" he scouted. "Indeed, no. But where are you going? Don't leave me, Stella!" he called a little wildly as she stepped back a pace. Perplexities, embarrassments, were forgotten. In this solemn moment of tragedy they resumed their old rela­ tions, unquestioning. "I'll be back in a minute. Here! You may keep this for me!" She tossed him her hat. "A hat is a pretty sure anchor for a woman, isn't it?" she said, smiling up at him, and was out of sight around the end of the train. She could not help the gayety In her voice. The world was alive once more. Life was beautiful in spite of the grewsome sights in the car be­ yond. Since she could do nothing for them she would not think of them. Alfred was here; hurt, yes, but not unto death, not even to great pain. For one little moment she would self­ ishly hug her joy" Down in a little swale, just before they had halted, she had noticed the bunch grass growing long and rank. She flew at it, tore it up, handful by handful, till she had a high pile, which she gathered in her arms and carried to the car. Pitching it in, she was off again, heedlesB of Alfred's protest. Three times $he made the short jour­ ney, pausing at the door after the third load to catch her breath. "Aren't you coming in this time? You must let me help you," he said, partly rising, but falling back. "No, no! Don't move! You aren't able to; and if you do I won't come!" she replied emphatically, though her face was shining. "Turn your bead away, and don't look till I say 'Here!' " "I can't turn away from you, Stel­ la!" he said whimsically, yet tender­ ly; and her eyes dropped. Still, she did not move. "Oh, come, dearest, won't you? Don't wait so long. I'll--I'll turn-- 'My true love sent me a letter to tarn back my head.' Did you ever play 'Green Gravel' when you were a little tad? My head is 'turned back.'" Esther never knew how she man­ aged the climb through the great, gaping door, yards above the sloping ground; still, she was there, standing before him. He spoke no word, but gazed up Into her tender, bending face. Light speech that had bridged the first tense moments was impossible now. Pain, misunderstanding, pride, prudence, even the years, fled. She loved him, loved him! Nothing else counted. "Lean down, Stella, sweetheart!" he whispered at last, his eyes draw­ ing her with his words. She knelt beside him. The long separation melted Into the land of the unremembered. The engine whistle startled them shortly, and & brakeman came with a blanket for Alfred, his coat, and Esther's bags and cloak. (TO BS CONTINUED.) ILLINOIS HAPPENINGS Kilbournfe.--The return of farmer boys who went north to work in the wheat crop has begun, and the trains from the north are carrying a great number of the boys. But the trains happen to be freights, and the passen­ ger business is of very little benefit to. the railroad company. Melville.--The agonized snorting and death st ruggles of a team of horses brought a thrilling rescue to their young master. Arnold Burke of Melleville, as he lay asleep and un­ conscious of danger! in his buggy, which was balanced on the edge of a 80-foot embankment. • * Carml.--The American Hominy Company has closed a contract with growers for 10,000 bushels of white corn for immediate delivery in White county. The contract price for this batch is 60 cents per bushel, which is the highest price aver paid for new corn in the county. Aurora.--Owners of property valued at a conservative estimate at $2,500,- : 000, and located in the heart of the ; business district of this city* have had j their holdings placed in jeopardy by t the filing of papers in the general , land offices in Washington, laying 1 claim to it. i Princeton.--Rev. G. M. Pierson, pas- J tor of gt. Mary's Catholic church at j Tiskilwa, and St. Louis Catholic J church at Princeton, has, Issued a | warning to the saloon-keepers at Tis- j kilwa that he will prosecute them if i they sell liquor to men who are on the | blacklist. j Mollne.--Although Anna Brusso. an insane patient in the Watertown hos­ pital, had twice before tried to kill herself and demanded constant watch­ ing, she was left without an attend­ ant. While thus unguarded the wom­ an committed suicide by hanging her­ self. Funk's Grove.--Journeying from one Btate into an adjoining, hatless, that the nuptial knot might be tied before the parents of the bride were aware of the elopement, forms part of the story of the romantic marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Short of Funk's Grove. El Paso.--The will of Walter Hainm. the rich and eccentric man who left 1100,000 to the Old Folks' home, was admitted to probate by Judge Bosworth, who decided against the testator's widow and children in the contest of the legacy. Sandoval.--There will be a proposi­ tion submitted to the voters of Marion county to levy a special tax of two mills per dollar on all -taxable proper­ ty for a period of ten years to raise funds to erect a courthouse and coun­ ty home. Freeport.--William H. Lem asters was attacked while asleep in a board­ ing house and probably fatally injured. Andrew Johnson, a former resident of Roekford, broke the lock on his door and fractured his skull wiih a club. Pontiac.--William Donald Cameron, formerly agent for the Wabash at Campus, who absconded with funds of that company, was sentenced BIG SNAKE FLAGGED TRAIN. And in Doing So Saved the Section Foreman. Life Reports that the snake crop in»C?arll county, West Virginia, is a failure this year were found to be correct through smoking car information, says an In­ dianapolis dispatch. A traveling rep­ resentative of a Cincinnati Bible house while in Indianapolis recently told of delayed trains on the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern road.* He said that three miles east of Charles Town there is a heavy grade. Small snakes, and some large ones, have formed such a habit of sunning themselves on the warm rails at that particular place that trains can't run for slippery wheels until section men with clubs clear the track. Sim Bruce; section foreman at 'Charles Town, has had some exciting experiences contesting the right-of-way with some of the larger and more val­ iant specimens. A few days ago he j killed a cow snake nine feet long and j dispatched a number of calf snakes | a few minutes later with a scythe. J A day or two after that Bruce came ! upon a big black snake on the right-of : way which showed fight. He had! heard that a good way to tame a | snake was to throw a cloth over its | head. He pulled a red bandanna hand- j kerchief from his pocket and succeed­ ed in throwing it over the snake's j head, but the reptile with a sudden j leap wrapped its coils about his leg, ; and then darted under the rail be­ tween the two crossties. Bruce was horrified to find himself pinned down on the inside of the rail by the snake's unexpected maneuver. He struggled and shouted for help, but none of his section men was in sight. He knew a train was about due, and just as the terrible thought flashed through his mind he heard it whistle. He was so frightened he swooned. When he came to he found him­ self surrounded by a group of train­ men and passengers, one of whom was offering him a drink from a flask. When the salesman related the yarn he was asked: "Where was the snake that had pinned down the section foreman?" 'HDh, it flagged the train with Bruce's bandanna, 'and then got away," he replied. A MOTHER 4 % .*• ' ' • . s;' HELPLESS IN ENGINE CAB. ^ v IS LUNCH WAGON A HOUSE syndi- Question That Agitates Monte I air-- Women Threaten to Burn it. Montclair, N. J.--The women of up­ per Montclair are up in arms over the establishment of a lunch wagon in that exclusive section of the town, and threats have been made by some of them to burn the vehicle if It Is not removed. The matter came up in court, when the proprietor of the wagon, Thomas Amend, was found guilty in Recorder Yost's court of violating the building laws in placing the wagon on Valley road. Recorder Yost deterred sen­ tence. The-case, hdWever, will be carried to the higher courts, as was done when Amend was found guilty on a similar charge several months ago, when he purchased a plot. for f2,500 on Blopinfleld avenue and placed thereon a lunch wagon. Amend, in his defense, contended that the authorities erred in class­ ing the vehicle as a building. The town officials asserted that as the wagon was connected with the sew­ er and gas mains, it must be classed as a house, and be amenable to the building laws. Amend, who has five wagons in the town, declares that he will take the matter to the higher courts. He is at the head of a lunch wagon cate and is well-to-do. Destructive Music. A member of the board of directors of the New York Metropolitan opera house tells a story that he had from one of the musicians attached to the orchestra there. It appears that a friend of the wife of the musician had, during a call on the latter, inquired as to the hus­ band's taste in musical matters. Among other things she wanted to know what operas the musician liked best to play. "I don't know much about dot," said the better half, who was at the time busily engaged in darning an old shirt, "but I do know sometings. Voteffer he likes I like not dos Wagner operas. Dey sounds veil enough, but dose clothes--ach! He neffer yet comes home from dot Wagner opera dot he haf not torn a place in his poor old shtrta. I brefer the Italian operaa." to an indefinite term in the peniten­ tiary. Waverly.--Richard Sythel, the six- year-old son of M>\ and Mrs. James Sythel, was kicked in the head by a horse while at play near his home. The boy was in a critical condition. Quincy.--it nas just been learned here that Lloyd Kirtley of this city, aged 17 years, and Laura Cummings Omer of Camp Point, eloped to Kan­ sas City and were married. East St. Louis.--George Blanchard of East St. Louis was confined to his bed with two badly fractured ribs. As he was stepping into a bathtub his foot slipped and he fell. Elgin.--Walter McCall, 46 years old, formerly an official in the South Chi­ cago steel mills, was killed at a gravel pit. He was smothered and was dead when taken out. Virden.--R. Mead Shumway, a for­ mer Macoupin county boy, who for­ merly resided at Modiste, was hanged at Lincoln, Neb., for the murder of Mrs. R. Martin. Bloomlngton.---Mrs. J. W. White, 5752 Wentworth ft venue, Chicago, left two diamond rings valued at $400 in the washroom of the Chicago & Alton limited train. •Mount Vernon.--A mule colt kicked a lantern over in the barn of Joseph Hoover and caused five barns and a number of other outbuildings to be burned. Mason City.--While her husband la sojourning in California seeking im­ provement in health, 'Mrs. Nancy H. Lee died at th« hngj* of her sister here. Bloomlngton.--William Doyle and William Finney of Mason City were struck by a Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis switch engine at Petersburg and killed. Roekford.--Mrs. David S. Morrisey succumbed to asphyxiation from coal gas that killed her husband the night before. Edinburg.--The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Piper suffered from a very sore hand, the result of a bite lrbm a cat. Blood poison developed. Roekford.--David S. Morrissey and his wife are dead of asphyxiation caused by coal gas escaping from a stove in their sleeping apartment. Ridgefarm.--The Holiness people are building a great university on the Nesbitt-Richards land, comprising 600 aferes, one mile north of t£e city. Hillsboro.--Stephen White, 86 years old, and Mrs Catharine Jones, 63 Frightful Accident Narrowly Averted on English Railroad. A most miraculous escape from a fearful railroad accident occurred on the Midland railroad near Nottingham, England, recently. The driver of a densely-crowded market train to Mans­ field, who had resumed duty for the first time after illness, was seised with paralysis, and the train dashed through" the Radford station at a high rate of speed against all the signals, and was switched down a branch col­ liery line just as the express from Bradford to London flew by. The fire­ man brought the engine to a stand­ still, and the driver was found lying speechless on the footplate. Robert Goodman, the engiAe driver, has given an account of his sensations on realis­ ing that he was running past danger- signals, and was powerless to act on the knowledge. Goodman said that a short time ago he had influenza, but had been at work a week or two until the day before the accident, when he felt too ill to go on duty. He re­ covered next day and resumed his du­ ties, but approaching Radford some­ thing seemed to suddenly go wrong with his head. He saw signals were against him, but felt very ill and strange and helpless. As the train passed the station he recovered a lit­ tle, and realizing what was happening managed to apply the brakes and re­ verse the engine. Meantime, the auto­ matic system at the junction had switched the train off on the branch line. Otherwise the train would have met the Bradford to London express at the junction, and a terrible disaster wftuld have resulted. The train stopped a quarter of a mile beyond Bradford and officials who hurried after it found Goodman had lost the power of speech. Two days after­ wards he said he felt almost well again. His doctor said Goodman's at­ tack was the result of the after ef­ fects of influenza. Hr-v r1 -my American women in lonely homes to-day long for thig blessing to come into their lives, and to be able to utter these words, bat because of some organic derange­ ment this happiness is denied them. Every woman interested in this subject should know that prepara­ tion for healthy maternity 3* accomplished l-v* the use of LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S VEGETABLE COMPOUND Mr«. Gainer, of West Union, fc>. C^writes to Mrs. Finkham: "I was greatly run-down in health from a weakness peculiar to my sex, when Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was recommended to me. It not only restored me to perfect health* but to my delight I am a mother." - Mrs. Josephine Hall,of Bardstonn, Ky. writes: '; " I was a very great sufferer from female troubles, and my physician failed to help me. Lydia EL Pinkham's Vege­ table Compound not only restored me to perfect health, but I am now a proud mother." FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN. For thirty years Lydia EL Fink- ham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, nas besen th« standard remedy for female ills, and has positively cured thousands®! women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, ulcera­ tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that hear­ ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges­ tion, dizziness or nervous prostration. Why don't you try it ? Mrs. Pinkham invites all sfck women to write her for advice. She has guided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mass. *- J-i'i -V "'SsiA: LOCATED. "Goodness, sonny, are you In paint* **Naw, the pain's in me--boo-hoot* A Cure for Poison Ivy. Before the skin blisters scrtib flt§ Affected parts with a brush and soap and water. Then apply a saturated solution of sugar of lead In 50 per cent, of alcohol. The alcohol must contain some water. Pure alcohol would not dissolve the sugar of lead. This relieves the burning of the pol- sop ivy, and it Is supposed that the al> cofiol dissolves the poison and tbe sugar of lead neutralises It-- urbatt Life. No Time for Details., "Are you aware," said the gist, "that some of these campaign orators split their Infinitives?" "Let 'em alone," answered Senator Sorghum, "we'll be lucky if they dooft split the party." Special Mad* Fast Time. A "Big Four" special train bearing the Marion Marching club, Indianap­ olis to Cincinnati, a distance of 110 miles, made the run in the record- breaking time of one hour and 44 minutes, that is 110 miles in 104 min­ utes. The train left Indianapolis at 1:43 p. m. with engine No. 6950 with three coaches and combination baggage, left Shelbyvi(lle at 2:11 p. m., Greens- burg at 2:30 p. m., Lawrenceburg Junction at 3:05 p. m., Valley Junction at 3:05 p. m., arriving at Cincinnati at 3:26 p. m. The marching club was so well pleased with the fine run that they gave three rousing cheers for Engineer Matt Dean and Fireman John Sefton. •M Ancient Water Pipes. * Water pipes of terra cotta were used in Crete 40 centuries ago. Those sup­ plying drinking water consisted of 8 series of subconical tubes socketed into each other with c«!lars and "stop j eg ridges," so constructed as to give the water a shooting motion, thu* prevenfc tng accumulation of sediment. year 1) of East FOrk township, n Hocq and Louis De len, were charged with ut a license. , - Hocq to the charge and was costs. stln P. Heffner was over- while digging a well on farm and died before he ed. n Hoffman, the aged Al- man, who was buried re- big own coffin 25 years uther M. Willis of Cllf- d killed George Bi!ey, also English Road Electrified. The electrified line of the Midland railroad is the first single phase line in Great Britain. It consists of the double-track road between Heysham and Morecambe, and Morecambe and Lancaster Green Ayre, and the single- track line from Lancaster Green Ayre to Lancaster Castle station, the total length of single track being about 21 miles. The line passes under many bridges, mostly arches. The over­ head construction is the Siemens type, similar to that adopted for the electrification of the Hamburg-Altona railroad, the chief difference being the new type of suspension of the catenary Wire.--Railway Age. SUb. DODDS &/( PILLS - 320 Acres •VST' - IN WESTERN CANADA ft He Misunderstood. "The simplest proposition Senator Beveridge in a recent "must be set out with the in the wording, or misunde' dissent, even anger, may r "Thus, as a train was m from a Cincinnati statu stuck his head far out of " 'Keep your head in attendant shouted in will be knocked off.' " 'Knocked off! senger. 'Knocked won't be knocked size of you, . shrimp!*** WILL MAKE YOU RICH Fifty bushels pdt£, acre have btea grown. General average greater than in any other part at the continent. Undst new regulation* it ie possible to secure a homestead of 160 acre|, free, and additional 160 acres at $3 per acflti* v "The development of the country h«» marvellous strides. It is a revelation, a rec^&tiS'i ord of conquest by settlement that is remark-* able.""--k*trset from aifressxjftiitnct of* N*tion*t Editor, Tvtx> visited Csnatd* in August i*st. The grain crop of 1008 will net ra farmers $20.00 to $25.00 per acre, tirain* raising, mixed farming and dairying in the principal industries. 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