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Trist is or­ dered to Montreal on state business, and arranges to be married to Elizabeth Churchill before departing. The baroness says she will try to prevent the marriage. A drunken congressman, who is assisting Trist in Ills wedding arrangements, b' deringiy sends the baroness' slipper Elizabeth instead of the owner, and the marriage is declared off Nicholas finds the baroness In Montreal, she having suc­ ceeded, where he tailed, in discovering England's Intentions regarding Oregon. She tells him the slipper he had, con­ tained a note from the Texas attache to Pakenham, saying that if the United States did not annex Texas within 30 days she would lose both Texas and Oregon. Calhoun orders Trist to head a party bound for Oregon. Calhoun excites the Jealousy of Senora Yturrio, and thereby secures the signature of the Texas at­ tache to a treaty of annexation. Nicholas arrives in Oregon. Later the baroness ar­ rives on a British warship. She tells Nicholas that a note she placed in her slipper caused the breaking oft of his marriage, and that she intends to return to Washington to repair the wrong. Nicholas follows her. He learns on the way that Polk has been e|po«eri snd Texas annexed, and that there Is to be war with Mexico. The baroness tells Trist that In return for a compromise of the Oropon boundary on the forty-ninth degree, she has sold herself to Pakenham. She tells him the story of her life. Trist breaks Pakenham's key to the baroness' apartments. CHAPTER XXXIV.--Continued. Pale and calm, she reappeared at the parted draperies. I lifted the butts of my two derringers into view at my side pockets, and at a glance from her, hurriedly stepped into the opposite room. After a time I heard her open the door in response to a second knock. I couid not see her from my station, but the very silence gave me a pic­ ture of her standing, pale, forbid­ ding, rebuking the first rude exclama­ tion of his ardor. "Come now, is he gone? J* the place safe at last?" lie demanded. "Enter, my lord," she said, simply. "This is the hour you said," he be­ gan; and she answered: "My lord, it is the hour." "But come, what is the matter, then? You act solemn, as though this were a funeral, and not--just a kiss," I heard him add. He must have advanced toward her. Continually I was upon the point of stepping out from my concealment, but as continually she left that not quite possible by some word or look or gesture of her own with him. "Oh, hang it!" I heard him grumble, at length; "how can one tell what a woman'll do? Damn it, Helen!" " 'Madam,' you mean!" "Well, then, madam, why all this hoighty-toighty? Haven't I stood flouts and indignities enough \ from you? Didn't you make a show of me before that ass, Tyler, when I was at the very point of my greatest coup? You denied kno.wledge that I knew you had. But did 1 discard you for that? I have found you since then playing with ; Mexico, Texas, United States all at once? Have I punished you for that? No; I have only shown you the more regard." "My lord, you punish me most when you most show me your regard." "Well, God bless my soui, listen at that! Listen at tftfU--here, now, when I've--madam, you shock me, you grieve me. I--could I have a glass of wine?" I heard her ring for Threlka, heard her fasten the door behind her as she left, heard him gulp over his glass. For myself, although I did not yet dis­ close myself, I felt no doubt that I should kill Pakenham In these rooms. I even paridereu whether I should shoot him through the temple and cut off his consciousness, or through the chest and so let him know why he died. After a time he seemed to look about the room, his eye falling upon the littered floor. "My key!" he exclaimed; "broken! Who did that?- I can't use it now!" "You will not need to use It, my lord." "But I bought It, yesterday! 'Had I given you all of the Oregon country It would not have been worth £20,000. What I'll have to-night--what I'll take --will be worth twice that. But I bought that key, and what I buy I >(jep." I heard a struggle, but she repulsed him once more in some way. Still my time had not come. He seemed now to stoop, grunting, to pick up eomething from the floor. "Hew now? My memorandum of treaty, and torn In two! Oh, I see-- 1 see," ho mused. "You wish to give it back to me--to be wholly free! It means only that you wish to love me for myself, for what I am! You minx!" "You mistake, my lord." said her calm, cold voice. "At least, 'twas no mistake that I offered you this damned country at risk of ray own head. Are you then with England and Sir Richard Paken­ ham? Will you give my family a chance for revenge on these accursed heathen--these Americans? Come, do that, and I leave this place with you. and quit diplomacy for good. We'll travel the continent, we'll go the world o\ht, you and-1, I'll quit my estates, niy family for you Come, now, why do you delay?" "Still you misunderstand, my lord." "Tell me then what you do mean." "Our old bargain over this Is bro­ ken, my lord. We must make an­ other." His anger rose. "What? You want more? You're trying to lead me on with your damned courtezan tricks!" I heard her voice rise high and shrill, even as I started forward. t "Monsieur," she cried, "back with you!" Pakenham, angered as he was, seemed half to hear my footsteps, semed half to know the swinging of the draperies, even as I stepped back in obedience to her gesture. Her wit was as quick as ever. "My lord," she said, "pray close yonder window. The draft is bad, and, moreover, we should have se­ crecy." He obeyed her, and she led him still further from the thought of investigating his surroundings. J "Now? my lord/' she said, back what you have just said!" "Under penalty 9" he sneered. "Of your life, yes." "So!" he grunted admiringly; "well, now, I like fire in a woman, even a deceiving light-o'-love like you!" "Monsieur!" her voicfe.cried again; and once more it restrained me in my hiding. "You devil!" he resumed, sneering n<^w in all his ugliness - of wine and rajge of disappointment. "What were you? Mistress of the prince of France! Toy of a score of nobles! Slave of that infamous rake, your husbaad! Much you've got in your life to make you uppish now with me!" "My lord," she said evenly, "retract that. If you do not, you shall not leave this place alive." In some way she mastered him, even in his .ugly mood. "Well, well," he growled, "I admit we don't get on very well in our little love affair; but I swear you drive me out of my mind. I'll never find anoth- that treaty once more, and for a con­ sideration valid in every way. My lord, I promised that which was not mine to give--myself! Did you lay a hand on me now, I should die. If you kissed pie, I should kill you and myself! As you say, I took yonder price, the devil's shilling. Did I go oa, I would be enlisting for the dam­ nation of my soul; but I will not go on. I recant!" "But, good God! woman, what are you asking now? Do you want me to let you have this paper anyhow, to tufro I flhnw nM T/-kVr» T»-- .-- ---t_ vil=-- •• vaiiivmu . i ui uu nutu ass as that. I apologize for what I've said about you. I'll be your friend, be­ cause I can't let you go. But as to this paper here, I'll put it in my pocket." "My lord, you will do nothing of the kind. Before you leave this room there shall be two miracles done. You shall admit that one has gone on in me; I shall see that you yourself have done another." "What guessing game do you pro­ pose, madam?" he sneered. He seemed to toss the torn paper on the table, none the less. "The condition is for­ feited," he began. "No, it is not forfeited except by your own word, my lord," rejoined the same even, icy voice. "You shall see now the first miracle!" "Under duress?" he sneered again. "Yes, then! Under duress of what has often come to the surface in you, Sir Richard. I ask you to do truth, and not treason, my lord! She who was Helena von Rfltz is dead--has passed away. There can be no ques- "What Do You Mean? Have You Lied to Me? Do You Mean to Break Your Word--Your Promise?" er woman in the world like you. It's Sir Richard Pakenham asks you to be­ gin a new future with himself." "We begin no future, my lord." "What do you mean? Have you lied to me? Do you mean to break your word--your promise?" < "It is within the hour that I have learned what the truth is." "God damn my soul!" I heard his curse, growling. "Yes, my lord," she answered, "God will damn your soul in so far as it is that of a brute and not that of a gen­ tleman or a statesman." I heard him drop into a chair. "This from one of your sort!" he half whim­ pered. "Stop, now!" Bhe cried. "Not one word more of that! I say within the hour I have learned what is the truth. I am Helena von Ritz, thief on the cross, and at last clean!" "God A'mighty, madam] How pious!" he sneered. "Something's be­ hind all , this. I know your record. What woman or the court of Austria or France comes out with morals? We used you here because you had none. And now, when it comes to the settle­ ment between you and pie, you talk like a nun. As though a trifle from virtue such as yours would be missed !,J "Ah, my God!" I heard her murmur. Then again she called to me, as he thought to himself; so that all was as it had been, for the time. A silence fell before she went on. "Sir Richard," she said at length, "we do not meet again. I await now your full apology for these things you have said. Such secrets as I have learned of England's, you know will remain safe with me. Also your own secret will be safe. Retract, then, what you have said, of my personal life!" "Ob, well, then,** he grumbled, "I admit I've had a bit of wine vo-day. I don't mean much of anything by It. But here now, I have come, and by your own Invitation--your own agree­ ment. Being here, I find this treaty regarding Oregon torn in two and you gone nun all a-sudden." "Yes, my lord, it is torn In two. The consideration moving to It was not valid. But now I wish you to amend tion of forfeit between you and her. Look, my lord!" I heard a half sob from him. I heard a faint rustling of silke and laces. Still her even, icy voice went on. "Rise, now, Sir Richard," she said. "Unfasten my girdle, if you like! Un­ do my clasps, if you can. You say you know my past. Tell me, do you see me now? Ungird me, Sir Rich­ ard! Look at me! Covet me! Take me!" Apparently he half rose, shuffled toward her and stopped with a stifled sound, half a sob, half a growl. I dared not picture to myBelf what he must have seen as she stood front­ ing him, her hands, as I imagined, at her bosom, tearing back her robes. i f i 1 i BILL DEFEATED MEASURE PROVIDES fOR THE AP­ POINTMENT OF STATE HOTEL INSPECTOR. SALARY INCREASE IS LOST Again I heard her voice go on, chal­ lenging h!m. "Strip me now, Sir Richard, If you can! Take now what you bought. If you And it here. You cannot? You do not? Ah, then tell me that miracle has been done! She who was Helena von Ritz, as you knew her, or as you thought you knew her. Is not here!" Now fell long silence. I could hear the breathing of them both, where 1 stood in the farther corner of my room. I had dropped both the der­ ringers back in my pockets now. be- pd>IOO T Vn AW V* MA WA^.1 ^ MWOIV * uuwtr vuvic nvuiu UC UU UCCU for them. Her voice was softer as she went on. "Tell me. Sir Richard, has not that miracle been done?" the demanded. "Might not In great stress that thief upon the cross have been a woman? Tell me, Sir Richard, am I not clean?" He flung his body Into a seat, his arm across the table. I heard hla groan, "God! Woman! What are you?" he exclaimed. "Clean? By God, yes, as a lily! I wish I were half as white myself." "Sir Richard, did you ever love a woman?" "One other, beside yourself, long ago." "May not we two ask that other miracle of yourself?" "How do you mean? You have beat­ en me already." "Why, then, this! If I could keep my promise, I would. If I could give you myself, I would. Failing that, I may give you gratitude. Sir Richard, I would give you gratitude, did you restore this treaty as it was, for that new consideration. Come, now, these savages here are the same savages who once took that little island for you yonder. Twice they have defeat­ ed you. Do you wish a third war? You say England wishes slavery abol­ ished. As you know, Texas 1b wholly lost to England. The armies of America have swept Texas from your reach forever, even at this hour. But if you give a new state in the north to these same savages, you go so far against oppression, against slavery-- you do that much for the doctrine of England and her altruism in the world. Sir Richard, never did I be­ lieve in hard bargains and never did any great soul believe in such. I own to you that when I asked you here this afternoon I intended to wheedle from you all of Oregon to 54 degrees, 40 minutes. I find in you done some such miracle as in myself. Neither of us is so bad as the world has thought, as we ourselves have thought. Do, then, that other miracle for me. Let us compose our quarrel, and so part friends." "How do you mean, madam?" "Let us divide our dispute and stand on this treaty as you wrote it yester­ day. Sir Richard, you are minister with extraordinary powers. Your govern­ ment ratifies your acts without ques­ tion. Your signature is binding--and there it is, writ already on the scroll. See, there are wafers there on the table before you. Take them. Patch together this treaty for me. That will be your miracle, Sir Richard, and 'twill be the mending of our quarrel. Sir, I offered you my body and you would not take it I offer you my hand. Will you have that, my lord? I ask this of a gentleman of England." It was not my right to hear the sounds of a man's shame and humilia­ tion; or of his rising resolve, of his reformed manhood; but I did hear it all. I think that he took her hand and kissed it. Presently I heard some sort of shuffling and crinkling of pa­ per on the table. I heard him sigh, as though he stood and looked at his work. His heavy footfalls crossed the room as though he sought hat and stick. Her lighter feet, as I heard, followed hid though gjjg U0IU Cut both her hands to him. There was a pause, and yet another; and so, with a growling half sob, at last he passed out of the door; and he closed It soft­ ly after him. When I entered, she was standing, her arms spread out across the door, her face pale, her eyes large and dark, her attire still disarrayed. On the table, as I saw, lay a parchment mend­ ed with wafers. Slowly she came and put her two Pay of the Members of the iiiinois Legislature Will Remain Un­ changed -- Forty-Seventh As- sembly to Adjourn May 19. arms across my shoulders, sieur!" she said, "Monsieur!" (TO BE CONTINUED.) "Mon- Servant's Humorous Error. Mr. Smith, an American traveler, arrived one day In Berlin. On the way he picked up a smart German as a servant. In Berlin, every one staying at a hotel is obliged to reg­ ister his name and occupation in a book which Is kept for police exami­ nation, so Mr. Smith told his servant Frit* to bring this book for him to write bis name. "I have already reg­ istered mllor*," said Fritz, "as an American gentleman of independent means." "But I've never told you my name, so how do you know what it Is?" I copied it from milor's port­ manteau," answered Fritz. "Why, it Isn't on my portmanteau," cried Mr. Smith; "bring the book and let me see what you have put down." The book was brought, and Mr. Smith, to his amusement, discovered that his clever servant had described him as "Monsieur Warranted Solid Leather!" In Nuremberg there are 1,700 houses built before 1600 A. D., and 3,537 built in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Japanese and Damascus Blades. The Japanese blade, placed almost on a par with the Damascus product In art and utility, differs from the Ara­ bian weapon in one material detail of manufacture. Instead of having a uni­ form high temper, which gives the re­ markable flexibility possessed by the Damascus blade, the Japanese sword has two tempers, a hard and a mild steel. The edge of the blade is hard with the finest temper, the body and back of a milder temper sufficient to give some elasticity. A Japanese sword cannot be bent half double with the pressure of a hand; it Is very nearly rigid. Large Equipment Needed. Little ItObert, aged five, had often watched his mother, who was a milli­ ner. sew the linings in hats. He was walking along the boardwalk in Atlan­ tic City with his grandma one day "Just think, every one of those clouds has a silver lining. Bertie," said grandma. "Gracious, but God must have a big needle," was Bertie's reply. Springfield.--The hotel "roller tow­ el" was given a short respite, but its doom is thought to be sealed. The Il­ linois commercial travelers' bill cre­ ating the office of state hotel inspec­ tor at a salary of $2,400 a year was placed on Its passage in the house, and after the roll call had been start­ ed was recalled to second reading for the purpose of amendment. The objections to the bill In the form in which it reached third read­ ing were made by Representative Browne. To meet them an amend­ ment which makes the bill apply only to cities of loss than 100,000 popula­ tion was adopted. A motion by Representative Candy to strike the enacting clause from the bill was defeated, 47 to 20. The bill provides for the appoint­ ment of a state hotel inspector to im­ prove fire protection, sanitary condi­ tions and service. The inspector and three deputies are to be appointed by the governor. Rope Are escapes must be maintained in every sleeping room having an outside window in all ho­ tels of three stories or more which are not provided with iron fire es­ capes. A fire gong must be kept in easy access on eacj^ floor, so that it can be heard in every room. Bed sheets are required to be 81 inches wide and 100 Inches long. Ho­ tels having a public washroom are re­ quired to keep a supply of individual towels, and this is where the blow at the "roller" comes in. The house passed, by a vote of 95 to 0, the election ballot reform measure providing that the names of nominees shall be printed on the ballot in the order of the highest vote received by each in the primaries. Representative Smejkal's bill cre­ ating a bureau of vital statistics, to be managed by the state board of health, was recalled to second reading for amendment. A motion by Mr. Church to strike out the enacting clause was lost, 1G to 35, and the bill was again advanced to third reading after the adoption of a technical amendment. Salary increases for members of the Illinois legislature received a setback when the bill which would have changed their pay from $2,000 to $3,BOO a year could muster only fifty-six votes to forty-nine against it on a house roll call. It needed 77 to pass. The vote was not formally an­ nounced, as Representative William Ostrom, introducer of the bill for an increase, moved that further consid­ eration be postponed and the measure remains on the calendar. Arguments directly from the heart and pursestrings were made by mem­ ber after member in. favor of the bill. The opposition coutented itself with interruptions and questions. When the roll call began it Beemed that nearly every member felt called upon to explain his vote. The collo­ quies which followed were acrimoni­ ous, and the house was in a constant turmoil with cries of "roll call" in­ sistent on all sides. Adjournment of the Forty-seventh general assembly was set for May 19 by the Republican senate caucus. The house promptly concurred in the date. From now on extra pressure will be applied to get action on all the Impor­ tant bills. "We can get through by that time if the members will only stay and work," declared Speaker Adkins. "From the first I have been opposed to stringing out the session over the entire summer." Senator Waage vigorously expressed his disappointment over the refusal of the appropriations committee to sot aside $25,000 for a monument to John P. Altgeld by objecting to every ap­ propriation bill called up for passage. As fast as Senator Hurburgh. chair­ man of the committee, would call a bill, Mr. Waage would be on his feet objecting. The senate invariably re­ fused to recognize the objections. "The committee held that if it start­ ed building monuments to governors there would be no end and voted against the bill," said Mr. Hurburgh. "At that, it was willing to give $5,000 and there is an oil painting of ex-Gov­ ernor Altgeld, as of the other gover­ nors." Chicago's efforts to safeguard the milk supply with the tuberculin test of cattle are set at naught by the bill passed by the senate. It is the one of Representative Shepherd of Elgin, Old Soldiers' Death Roll for April. The following deaths have been .re­ ported at the Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home for the month of April. Jacob Wisser, Company B, Ninth Illinois infantry, died' April 2, aged seventy eight years. William N. Lowelle, Company D, Seventh Illinois cavalry, died April 4, aged seventy-eight years. James W. Hannum, Company D, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Illinois infantry, died April 11, aged sixty- three years. John Breit, Companies C and L, Twenty-third Illinois infantry, died April 8. aged seventy-five years. Samuel H. Moss, Companies A and D Eighty-eighth Illinois infantry, died April 12, aged eighty-three years. Martin Miller. Company F, Twenty- ninth U. S. C. T., died April 12. aged sixty-four years. William M. Robinson, Company C, First Nevada infantry, died April IS, aged seventy-seven years. Charles F. Emery, Company D, One Hundred and Sixteenth Illinois Infan­ try, died April 17, aged seventy-six which was passed in the house as * result of the months of investigation by the milk ocmmisslon of which Rep­ resentative Shurileff of Marengo was chairman. This prohibits cities and villages from passing ordinances re- qulripg the test. A scant majority of senators Was recorded in favor of the measure. It now awaits only Gov­ ernor Deneen's signature to make it a law. As a substitute for this particular test, which is vigorously opposed by farmers, it is required that all cattle be tested by state authorities as to {heir health. Other stringent regula­ tions regar ding the sale and transfer of stock in the state or with other states also sre iiiade. After tacking on a few additional amendments, the senate advanced to third reading the state-wide civil serv- , ice bill, whirl) was sent, over fmm the house. In crd:. lu aaft-guaru tne fotter amendment, covering exemptions and to kill the Hurburgh amendment, which was up for consideration. Sena­ tor McKenzie offered a substitute to the latter which is practically similar to the Potter amendment, with the exception that it excepts watchmen In state offices. The amendment was adopted, 23 to 1G. The senate passed a bi'.l appropria­ ting $125,000 for the erection of a training school at the State Normal university and another to permit rail­ road charter extensions. The senate joint resolution provid­ ing for a constitutional convention was made a special order by the house for next Wednesday morning. GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS f British Housewife Showed How it Draw the Line Between Sentl* * rr.ent and Supper. Apropos of King George's corona­ tion John Quinn oj the Irish Indepen­ dence Le ague said the other day in tfew York: '"TJiere wHl be a lot of empire talk analmperialism talk to spoil the coro­ nation. The English imperialist, yo® know, prefers to talk about the enh pire's fringe, of which lie is ignorant, rather than about its heart, which he knows to be diseased. "The empire bubble was once prick­ ed nicely by an English housewife. "Her husband came home late on n Sunday afternoon smelling of beer and vcrj icu iu the lace. " 'Oh,' he said, 'I've had a fine time, l ve been to an empire meeting. Ik was grand.' "Then he frowned and said Impa­ tiently : " 'What's the matter ifrlth supperf Ain't it ready yet?' "His wife, who was peeling pot&» toes and holding a squawking baby, rose and extended the baby to him. " ;Here,: she said, 'take hold of your bit of the empire while I fry these chipa.' " Fraternal Insurance. The advance report of the state in­ surance superintendent shows that Illinois leads all other states In under­ writing fraternal insurance. The re­ port shows that there is more lifs Insurance written in this state than in any other state or territory. The largest underwriter of fraternal insurance in the state is the Modern Woodmen of America, which, by the way, is the greatest and largest fra­ ternal organization in the country. The Woodmen has more insurance in force than all the rest of the fraternal companies operating in this state have together. The total amount of fraternal in­ surance written in Illinois during the year of 1910 was $141,582,872. There was terminated during the year in the state $86,983,437, leaving fraternal insurance in force of $1,121,- 247,186. Illinois members of fraternal societies paid for mortttkry, indem­ nity and expense purposes last year $13,054,974. The Modern Woodmen of America of Rock Island wrote $20,882,750 Insur­ ance in Illinois, which was a greater amount than some of the oldest legal reserve companies wrote in the entire country. The Modern Woodmen cf America has $327,942,500 in force In the state. Last year it wrote alto­ gether $204,596,000, which Is a greater amount of Insurance than was writ­ ten by any of the legal reserve com­ panies except the two big industrial companies. The Catholic Order of Foresters wrote $3,150,300 in Illinois, about one-fourth of all the business that it wrote. The Mystic Workers of the World of Fulton wrote $6,041.- 500 In the state, about one-half of its entire business. The National Union wrote $3,343,000 In Illinois, one-third of all its business during the year. State Keeps 5,000 Too Many Insane. Heads of the state board of admin­ istration and the charities commission discussed with members of the ap­ propriation committees of the house and Benate the possibility of taking care of 17,000 insane patients ip quar­ ters large enough for not more than 12,000. The hearing was given for the purpose largely of considering proposed plans for $n enlargement of the state's facilities for taking care of its dependents. President Law­ rence Y. Sherman of the board of administration. Dr. J. L. Greene, alienist, and Dr. Frank Rillfngs, presi­ dent of the state charities commis­ sion, were the' chief speakers. In outlining the remedies for condi­ tions as they exist, the representa­ tives of the state boards advocated segregation of the insane epileptics at two of the state hospitals, a new hos­ pital for the insane, construction of nurses' and attendants' homes at the institutions, among other proposed measures. By means of a large chart and a number of printed tables the speakers created something of a sensation by showing what a tremendous increase there has been in the last ten years in the number of insane and feeble­ minded and how little the state has done, comparatively speaking, to pro­ vide quarters and treatment for them. The following table shows the in­ crease in population during the ten year period from 1S91 to 1901 and from 1901 to 1911 by institutions: Institution. Itrtl. 1311 Elgin "13 l.W Kankakee 2.134 - «• Jacksonville 1 -'-'3 1.JW Anna ,:i- Watertown <31 l.oSt Chester '>'• Lincoln •<""< ">4 Peoria • • • '•1'4 4,!!'> 'l.T'ts 12. New Illinois Corporations. Certificates of incorporation were issued by Secretary of State Rose as follows: Fox Lak? Frog, Fithing and Hunt­ ing club, \Fox Lake; incorporators, Ed Fichter/Mohn P. Spiczak, W. N. Banning. Pax Chemical company. Chicago, certifies to an increase in capital stock from $150,000 to $200,000. United Furniture company, Chicago, certifies to an increase In capital stock from $2,500 to $15,000. E. H. Allen Adjustment company, Chicago; capital stock, $2,500; incor porators, Ernest H. Allen. Charles E. Selleck. Frank Bagley. , Hopkins Baking company, Chicago; capital stock, $2,000; Incorporators, Abraham J. Marcus, Dennis M. Hop­ kins, Emanuel M. Marcus. Cerro Gordo Electric company. Buf­ falo; capital stock, $12,000: Incorpora­ tors, C. M. Kimball. J. E. McCann. George B. Conover. Ideal Stencil Machine company, Belleville; capital stock. $50,000; in corporators, George #Remsnider. GeoOl* B. McC. Rogers. A. L. Reuss. SCALP WAS BADLY AFFECTED "I am more than gratified by tho successful results I obtained by th« use of the Cuticura Remedies. For several years my scalp was very bad­ ly affected with dandruff and scales. My scalp itched terribly at times and my hair fell out. My coat collar would be actually white with the dandruff that had fallen from my head. My profession being that of a barber, I was particular about naving my hair in good condition, and was also In ft position to try many lotions, etc., for the scalp. These had little or no ef­ fect. I had heard so much about th« Cuticura Remedies that I resolved to try them. I shampooed my head with Cuticura Soap twice a week and after drying my head thoroughly, I anointed parts of my scalp with Cuti­ cura Ointment. I was pleased front the outset, and continued to keep up this treatment. To think that only three cakes of Cuticura Soap and on* and one-half boxes of Cuticura Oint­ ment rid my head of this annoying trouble made me feel quite contented.' I have now got a thick growth of hair and I am never troubled with any dandruff or itching of the scalp. There la no question but that the Cuticmm Remedies cured me. I frequently recommend them to my customers, and they think a great deal of them.** (Signed) John F. Williams, 307 Noiv folk Street, Dorchester, Boston, Mus* July 28, 1910. The Impossible. Andrew Carnegie, at a recent dbfe ner in New York, said of a certain labor trouble: "It is silly of employers to pretsad in these troubles that they are always in the right. Employers are often in the wrong; often unreasonable. They often--like Mrs. Smith-Jones-- ask Impossible things: "Mrs. Smith-Jones, taking a villa at Palm Beach, engaged for butler a stately old colored deacon. " 'Now, Clay,' she said to the old fellow, 'there are two things I must insist upon--truthfulness and obedi- ence.' " 'Yes, madam,' the venerable mt*> ant answered, 'and when yo' bids me tell yo' guests yo's out when yo's 1^ which shall It be, madam?'" Next I There were a couple of dandy ftA liars in the Colonial lobby. We didnt have time to get their names, ad* dresses and photographs, but we lin­ gered long enough to hear the conver­ sation. The poignant part thereof was as follows: "How much did your fish weigh?" "I didu't uaVa uu ua7 dCm65 'will* me, you mut. But when I pulled him out It lowered the lake four Inches.'* "Some fish," commented the other, without the quiver of an eyelash. "Reminds me of some good sport I had duck hunting last fall. I fired at a flock of ducks and gathered up four quarts of toes."--Cleveland Plain Dealer. A Wall--(n the Near Future. "Drat them plutocrats! They're grinding down the poor worse every day. There I was m&kin' ez high es $29 a week commission fer ketchin' au­ tomobile speeders, an* now what do they do? They take to flyin' ma­ chines an' cheat a poor man out of his livin'. the hogs."--Judge. Out of Date. "I am going to ask your father |e- night for your hand in marriage." "How dreadfully old-fashioned y<M are." "In what way?" "Don't ask him; tell him." Get the Happy Hood-- Post T oasties with for a breakfast starter pao- j duce it And there's a lot in dirtiaf the day tight. You're bound to hand happiness to someone aa yon go along, and the mora yon give the more you geL Buy a package of Post Toasties and increase the happiness of the family! "The Memory Uagexi*9 POSTUM CEREAL CO..LM* Battl* CrMk, Mfclk -