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am *i«i(«jiS§%ffi: - *£**& r'ie* V' ̂ V!* FOB TASMANIA f: •.= ; - '• - 'It w, Illustrations Copyrifihtby A. M. McClurs & Co» task SYNOPSIS. are the daily torment of thousands. To ef- fectually cure these troubles you most re* move the can^e. Bpley Kidney Pill® begirf | W-. to work for youiroiatibe first dose, and ex- 3^- ert so direct and bfBMKScial an action in the kidneys and bladder that the pain and tor- '^g> ment of kidney trouble soon disappears. - "iif'>*:• Garratt Locomotive for the Tasmanlan Railways. MANY A MAN is blamed for a bad disposi- H ; v tion when it is really: the fault t- ^ of his liver. & Kerr Is the political boss of the town, pud U anxious to prevent his daughter SftrninR of his real character. Kendall, Wipresentlnir the Chicago packers, ia ne­ gotiating with Judffe Gilbert, Kerr's chief adviser, for a valuable franchise. They fear the opposition of Joe Wright, editor of the reform paper. Kerr asks the as­ sistance of Judse Gilbert In introducing Gloria, to Belmont society, and promises to help him put through the packers' franchise and let him have all the graft. PHorta meets Joe Wright at the Gilberts. It appears they are on intimate terms, having met previously In a touring party In Europe. The Gilberts invite Gloria to •t&y with them pending »h« refurnishing1 of the Kerr home. Wright begins his fight against the proposed franchise in the ool- wnns of his paper, the Belmont News. SCerr. through his henchmen, exerts ev­ ery influence to hamper Wright in the publication of h!s paper. Gloria realizes she Is net being received by the best so­ ciety and is unhappy. She. takes up set­ tlement work. Kerr and his lieutenants lecide to buy Kerr's paper and ask tha editor to meet them at Gilbert's office. m it-1" 4%; CHAPTER XII.--Continued. JThe boss' further opinion concern- settlement work was not voiced cause, while Kerr was talking, Judge ert had telephoned Williams to tosher Mrs. Hayes and Miss Kerr into Jtfce library. j Followed by the other men, Gilbert (advanced to meet them, and after the jasual greetings had been exchanged, joffered them chairs. "You must pardon us," began Mrs. Hayes. "We did not expect to find poo bo busy. To tell the truth, we Udnt expect to find two persons tare whom we have already visited." e looked at Kerr and her husband. Tm the Cheerful Giver," said Kerr (with a humorous grimace which pre- {tended to show that the donation/was dot so cheerfully parted with. "I'm not so cheerful, but I was a giver," added Dr. Hayes. '1 told Judge Gilbert to lock the safe, that I knew you would be after frnoney," Kerr continued. "Highway robbers, I call them," was Dr. Hayes* testimony this time. "A bad reputation they've given Us, Judge Gilbert," laughed Gloria, "and nrfc don't deserve it, indeed we don't" - Kerr walked Into the private office d Gilbert, catching his eye, followed The boss said something; Gil- looked at the women and then (nodded his head in assent. Dr. Hayes, also catching the boss' eye, strolled •way from the group casually as the (Jodge rejoined it. A word with him $&;•*••• ' 'was all that Kerr required. The mas- ||f ? . ter of Locust Lawn was setting the " *tage with an eye that overlooked no fjp detail. There was too much at stake •' Cor him to neglect to Interpolate any- •.£ ' J thing effective which chance might LV * tit row in his way. l!^ • As the two men walked back into V" -$be library, Mrs. Hayes waB saying: ^ yf -j "Dr. Hayes and I have had quite an f.jiV argument, and here are the lawyers, Oloria, who can settle the question for ' vs. Can a woman steal from her hu»- J; band, Mr. Kendall?" 1.. Kendall knitted his brows in per­ plexity. /'Really, Mrs. Hayes, that ia m question I shall hare to take un­ der advisement." "But a man can steal from bis wife/* -Gloria put In. There was a general laugh at this which she did not relish. "tm talking seriously. If It weren't jao, we mightn't be here begging snoftey." "So you are after money," said jJudge Gilbert lightly. "Then you must jtell me why I should contribute to jkeep men from stealing from their (wives, you who have no one to steal {from you." , < Gloria was not to be diverted from * hat she had to say-. These men to hom she was talking represented to .er what was best in Belmont, what s best In manhood. She wished em to see the truth as she saw it It iBn't that kind of stealing," she •went on; "it's worse than that Till I vat-.; if#- a#-* "Yes," the Said. ent with Mm. Hayes to visit the ton I had no idea of the degrada- ion and misery in a town even like Jelmont. When I say men steal from heir wives I mean they take money they should spepd on their families *nd spend'It for whisky apd gambling. I think it s a shame that such men r*s you. Judge Gilbert, and you, Dr. JtHayes, and you, Father, of all persons, permit such things to happen here in Veimont. I wish I were a man!" - "You can't keep people from spend­ ing their money," said Kerr, %s he looked at his watch. Dr. Hayes caught the slight nod the fcoss gave, and said something to his fwtte. Then, interrupting the dlscus- mk>B, he said to Gloria Tea already on the list of cheerful ;jgi*w#. Miss Kerr, and I'm going to if you'll let me carry off Mrs for li*lf bour or so " "But I'm only assisting her." she re- |^» "plied in surprise. £[/, "You-can tall Judge Gilbert about It | ipuhlm of you? even better than she' can. I know how it is when married ladies come to my office and when unmarried ladies come." "Yes," laughed his wife, "he keeps me poor, contributing to things that are none of our business just because pretty girls come in and he can't re­ fuse them. Dr. Ilayep says we won't be long, Gloria. Yon don't mind, do you?" "Of course not Where shall 1 meet you?" ' ' "We'll oome back here." Gloria turned from saying goodby to Mrs. Hayes to find only her father in the room with her. Kendall and Judge Gilbert had withdrawn to title tatter's private office. • "Where's Joe Wright been keepln' himself?" asked Kerr suddenly. The-girl did not betray the slightest interest In the question. She took her time about answering, and when she spoke it was in the most nonchalant manner. "Mr. Wright? Oh, he's in Belmont." "You don't go with him like you used to. He ain't been to Locust Lawn once." "He says he's busy when I see blm. I meet him occasionally." "I thought you and him was good friends."' "Oh, we are." Although she answered his questions in an off-hand manner, her father was not deceived. From what he had been told and also from what he had ob­ served, he felt thqt his daughter had a genuine regard for the owner of the Belmont News.* Of Its depth he- could not decide. "He ain't been near you for a long time." 'Tm not bothering about him. I'm not bothering particularly about any­ one." « The girl was glad that at this mo­ ment Judge Gilbert came from his pri­ vate office. Her father was question­ ing her about matters she preferred to keep to herself. "If Miss Gloria can spare ~yOU, Mr. Kerr," said the judge, "Mr. Kendall would like to see you in my office. I've come back to be persuaded that I ought to join the cheerful givers." "I'll tell Kendall, Gloria, that he's got to join the lodge," were Kerr's parting words as he went Into the in­ ner office. Remembering that Miss 'Kerr had notnbeen given the chance to explain her visit fiflly, Judge Gilbert took a chair beside her and said: "Now, I'm at your service, prepared to believe the most terrible things about our fair Belmont" "When you talk like that, Judge Gilbert, I'm afraid you're laughing at me." Of late Gloria's seriousness had far outweighed her old mopd- of joyons- ness, and she now insisted on being taken seriously. "You've lectured me so long for be­ ing shocked at what I've found that I'm afraid to say any more." Judge Gilbert was seeking In his mind for some plausible reason to ad­ vance which would be sufficient to re­ move Gloria from the work she had undertaken, when WilliamB entered.. "I beg your pardon, sir," said the secretary, "but Mr. Wright is here." "Mr. Wright," exclaimed Gloria. She almost rose from her seat, but feeling the eyes of the lawyer upon her, sank back again and tried to appear quite at her ease. "Tell him 111 see him in a minute." "Yes, sir." Williams went out, and left Gloria feeling aB if she were on the stand, a witness in her own defense. She was provoked because she knew the attor­ ney had heard her exclamation. Some­ thing within her made her wish to rush away. But this wish in an instant gave place to one more ardent She would see him, speak to him, learn the truth from his own lips if he were man enough to speak, and then go away forever. Deep down in her heart, however, she heard a whisper, out of the leaves of their "birthday book," words he had whispered: Bprlng in the hills, Beloved, On the side of a meadowed slope; > And Love in our hearts, Beloved, "" Love and Bprlng and Hope. CHAPTER XIII, Wright had no means of knowing what it was Judge Gilbert had to pro­ pose to him, but he felt certain that it had some connection with his news­ paper and with the campaign now end­ ing in a lurid blaze of political pyro­ technics. Gloria Kerr was the last person he would have thought of meet­ ing in Gilbert's office. He had prom­ ised himself that after the election, no matter whether it went his way or not, he' would see her and make his ex­ cuses for not having had the time to be with her sfo he had wished. He would also begin to look about for a purchaser for the News. He hoped he would have no difficulty in getting Glo­ ria to leave Belmont. Then for the new life with her where they could be ever together, one In heart and hope and happiness. When Williams told Wright that Judge Gilbert was ready to see him, he opened the door and saw the law­ yer advancing to meet him with ex­ tended hand. The adviser of Belmont corporations knew the value of a hand­ shake and a cordial greeting. It made a visit to his office take on the air of a social affair. "I'm so glad you came," he said to the editor, shaking hands heartily. "I came as soon as I could." Wright was not going to be outdone, and therefore used hie most genial tone, although the shaking handB on his side was a perfunctory performance. He knew Judge Gilbert's real attitude, and undue cordiality under the circum­ stances uwVOiCu too much cf the Greeks bearing gifts. "*MtSS Kerr and I have Just !:w'hat!': exclaimed Wright Look­ ing past the judge, for the first time he saw Gloria. At mention of her name the girl rose from her chair. She really thought she merely wantfed to speak to him, once more look into his eyes, and then take her departure. At sight of her, Wright stepped for­ ward and said, "How do you do, Miss Kerr? It's a great pleasure to see you. I certainly did not expect to find you here." They shook hands In rather a con­ strained manner, Gilbert watching thtem closely the while. "Naturally not," she replied. "I came to see Judge Gilbert on a mat­ ter of business and am just leaving." Despite herself - she could not help adding, "My friends find me most of the time at Locust Lawn." Something in her manner brought the lawyer at once into the conversa­ tion wfth a turning of the subject. "I couldn't tell you very well over the 'phone what I wanted," he ex­ plained to Wright "It'll be a little while before I can talk to you. I need a few minutes more to ascertain fully the wishes of my clients." The conversation was so business­ like that Gloria forced herself to say: "I must be going. Please don't let me keep you from your work." But at this Gilbert held up his hand appealingly and begged, "Please don't go. J want you to do me a favor. Wait for Mrs. Hayes. Until I've fin­ ished* this conference, won't you be so good as to act as hostess here and entertain Mr. Wright?" "Really, Judge Gilbert, I--" "I'm sure Mr. Wright wishes It." He interrupted her because he did not know -fcrhat she might say, and he knew his remark would bring from the newspaper man a request that she re­ main. "I wouldn't have Miss Wright make a martyr of herself." Wright said with quiet dignity, "but if she would be so kind--" "Didn't I tell you," the judge said to the girl. "Not a word.. You must take my place until I return. If youll pardon me, I'll be with you again in just a few minutes." There was no time for them to pro­ test He slipped into the office where Kendall and Kerr were closeted, and closed the door quietly after him. The situation was not without its embarrassment Taking Into consider^ ation everything which had happened in the last month, there was little won­ der that each felt constrained. In ad­ dition to that, Gloria felt as if she had just been figuratively thrown at his head. To a high-spirited girl this in itself was mortifying. They sat without a word until the alienee be­ came painful. Wright was desperate. Here was the one woman In all the world, and ho w*ss to open his mouth. At last he mustered sufficient courage to remark: "Beautiful spring *eather w«'re having." This remark served only to punctu­ ate the silence. It seemed to him, from the length of time before she re­ plied, that Gloria was mentally inspect­ ing the records of the weather bureau for the last twenty years. "Yes," she said, a word that did not appear so ponderous as to require all that time to bring it forth. This did not prove conducive to fur­ ther conversation. He felt that the weather bad not been exhausted by her voluble reply, however, and used it again.' t "They tell me it's liable to be bad for another month." Again Oloria seemed to make a men­ tal survey of all the weather records of the last twenty years. Wright had almost forgotten what he had said when she at last gave the conversation football a dainty kick by saying: "Yes." < This time he was ready for her. Hla embarrassment was wearing off and he began again promptly: "Don't the rains make the road pret­ ty bad out your way?" "My friends manage to get out to see me." This was a chill rejoinder, and Wright felt he had loBt several joints In their game of indirection. "Locust Lawn is quite a distance out," he ventured. * "Not far enough to discourage my friends." This goaded him to an apology. He regretted that she was not making it easy for him, but be forgave her be­ cause he knew she did not understand. "Because I've been so busy, please don't think that I'm discouraged." "Why should I think of it at allT' she replied with spirit. Her remark hurt him, both her words and her manner of speech. It tarsi away his Teserve and mode him buiait. forth in protest. "That's not like you, Gloria. We've been such good friends." "We have been good frWnd»," she admitted promptly. "Is there any reason, Joe, why we should not be now?" < His heart beat high within him at her chords. They were so direct, BO honest, so like the one woman of his dreams. It grieved him that he eould not be as direct with her; but that was impossible, for over them was the sinister shadow of David Kerr, her father, the boss of Belmont "There's no reason why we shouldn't be good friends, Gloria. What put that Idea into your head?" "My circle of friends In Belmont seems to have grown smaller and smaller*" ' •; "Please doat pat me on the Mt- •side." . - , f "You seem to have put yourself there." ( The conversation lagged. There was so much to think about. Gloria was seeking to reconcile his explanations with her own observations. Looking at him closely she saw that he did not have that fresh, robuBt look which a month ago had made him seem fit for a 'gladiatorial contest. As he sat in the big office chair he seemed to relax with fatigue. His face was thin­ ner, and there were little lines of worry about his eyes. Between his brows' and on either Bide his mouth were to be seen creases which the girl thought proclaimed to the world his strength of character. A month ago she had not noticed them-. She had felt he was such a man, but the wrinkles, confirming her belief, could almost be called a source of joy to her. They had made away with some of the youthfulness, but in bis face Bhe now saw something which more than compensated. It had greater strength now, strength sueh as was written on her father's countenance. "You look tired." Her low, sympa­ thetic tones and her solicitous look did what nothing else could do. Th6y melted his stern purpose to bear it all in silence for yet a few days into a desire to take her as much as he dared into his confidence. With a woman's quick perception she would understand that he was unhappy. Her Sympathy and her confidence in him would nerve him to fight the good fight as nothing else could and his heart was stirred by the possibility." "Yes," he admitted, "I'm tired and sick at heart.' "Why don't you take a vacation? Go to Europe." "I can't pick up and run away like that; but I'd do it anyway If it would bring back the dear old days." "The days I knew?" the girl mad* bold to ask. "The days ^you made so--delightful." "Can they be gone forever?" "You mean--" Wright did not dare to put his hope in words. Carried farther than she had In­ tended, Gloria beat a retreat by say-, ingf "Who knows? Wd may meet In Paria again some day." (TO BE CONTINUED.) Fishermen's Yarns. T . Yeast--It Is said that wireless tele­ graphs for fisheries are planned in Sweden, so that the fishermen may telegraph the amount of the catch. , Crimsonbeak--Why, don't lies trav­ el fast enough as It Is? sausst • aiOKs • taosgi • marms OLD-TIMER RAISES A WAIL Defects of Rising Generation Pointed Out, as They Were Thousands of Years Ago, "In these days, an infuriated Mls- sourlan writes, a thirty-cent boy starts out In the world with a |25 gun and a $60 dog to shoot a five-cent rabbit." You have seen the youngster, of course? His father used to wear trousers handed down from an older brother, and he was In luck if he got a new suit once in three years. Son has to have the latest cut in clothes, and last spring's suit would never do for this season. Father used to get up early and build the fires and help curry the horses and milk the cows and carry In the wood. Son would be Insulted at the suggestion that he look after the furnace or mow the lawn. Father got a job in the summer vacation and worked his head off. Son expects to go camping in the summer, and it's much too hot for htm to do anything except play tennis. Father got his spending money by earning It, and his Christmas presents were tippets and mittens that his mother knitted, and maybe a home­ made sled. Son has an allowance, and his list of Christmas presents counts up in rRB' money to a scandalous fig­ ure. Father made hla BiftgHUfi by being a&d be­ ing forced to hustle, says the Kan­ sas City Star. He Is doing everything possible to prevent son from making a success by coddling him and keep­ ing him from developing any of the qualities that make a successful man. Played Strenuous Football Then* In the twelfth century London en­ joyed football. Fitz-Stephen, clerk to Thomas a-Becket, tells how after din- ner the youths of the city would "address themselves" to football. These sportsmen were fastidious la their way. The scholars of each school hmd a ball peculiar to them­ selves, as had indeed most of the par­ ticular trades. The fathers of th* players, too, were "as youthful as the youngest." For, "their natural heat seeming to be revived at the sight of so much agility," they sprang from their stands irfto the arena. In later days, too, the excitement of the game has been known to Infect the spec­ tators. Somebody wrote of a game in 1698: "These two men were killed by Ould Gunter. Guntor's sonnes and ye Gregories fell together by ye years at football. Ould Gunter drewe his dagger and broke boothe their headea, and they died boothe within a for* night after." l; Married, ef Cear *^W6e disturbed my peace "How?" "By gt»in« vm a •§*«• «t hera.A The above illustration shows a Brit- filh locomotive of the Garratt type ouilt for the Tasmanian government railways--the largest, so far, in that country. The boiler and firebox are IMPOSSIBLE TO AVOID ACCIDENTS ON RAILROAD8 Wttt, When One Considers What the Oper­ ation of the Vast Network of .Meana That, ' Be Understood, -\ Ten thousand, one hundred and eighty-five persons were killed in ac­ cidents Involving train operations up­ on steam railroads in the United States in the year ending June 30, 1912. Seventy-seven thousand one hundred and seventh-live were in­ jured. . N Place a railroad map of the United States before you; trace the black lines that represent the £00 and odd million miles of railroads, as they zpove from atate to state, across mighty river!, over mountain ranges, •skirting the shores of great lakes, crlBs-croBsing, weaving together link­ ing in one vast chain the cities from coast to coast. Imagine this great net­ work of tracks peopled by an army of 1*500,000 employes, engaged in the op­ eration of trains; imagine the equip­ ment that the $16,000,000,000 invest­ ment represents; picture the 9,000.000 of passengers and the 1,500,000,000 tons of freight carried annually by the railroads. If you are able to grasp the picture of what these figui'ea mean, you may realize the propor­ tions that the railroad business has assumed. Never In their wildest fancy could the early projectors have surmised the railroad business of today. Great feats of engineering have accomplish­ ed the seemingly impossible, and through arid deserts, across towering ranges and great bodies of water, steel railB have been laid, now cling­ ing to the rock-hewn side of a moun­ tain. now tunneling through its base, spanning bridges of steel, or deep down, through tubes, going begeath the'water. It was in the early '60s that the great activity in railroad building be­ gan. Ground' for the Central Pacific had been broken In 1863 and the Union Pacific was pushing on from Omaha, to form, when their tracks should meet, the great gateway to the Pacific coast. It was these achievements which gave the impetus to the building of new lines. With the Increasing track­ age, equipment and business canffe the necessity for some sort of training or discipline to increase efficiency And take the place of the loose methods then in force. The telegraph which had come into use upon the fiJrie In 1851 for the dis-. patching of trains, brought with it many new rules and conditions, Pro­ motions in all grades were greatly the matter of favoritism. An engineer of 1870 confessed that he "knew no aaore than a child how the steam got in or out of the cylinder; it seemed to push mighty hard; that's all he knew about It." It was 'theBe condition^ that the early managers had to face and It has been only In the last 15 or 20 years that the training of the railroad man has reached anywhere near perfec­ tion. ' To judge what the result of this training has been, we are obliged to resort to the figures compiled of acci­ dents resulting from collisions and de­ railments during the year ending June 3j0, 1912. The interstate commerce commission report gives these as 13,- 698; of this number 3,847 accidents were due to defect of equipment and 1,877 due to defect of roadway,- leaving 7,974 accidents unclassified. It is to be presumed that these were due to er­ ror of employes, and from them a more correct Idea of the railroad man's efficiency can be obtained than from regarding the number of casual­ ties, which represent the results of error or defect, only. In fact, the to­ tals of the list are in a great measure pure luck, mitigated somewhat by the introduction of modern equipment.-- Pennsylvania Grit. ' Peevish Passenger. ^ ' ft was on an East Texas tnUi, little coffee pot of an engine, having wheesed laboriously over serpentine rails, jolted to a Srestful stop at no place In particular. Time passed t#-" dlously. Some of the passengers stalk ed nervously up and down the aisles while others drew their felt hats down over their eyes and tried to forget it. When a half hour had elapsed, the con­ ductor came through. "Say, friend," said Ja querulous voiced old man, "as near as you can tell, what's holdln' us?" "We're taking on water," was the explanation. "Well, why don't you git another teaspoon? That uft seems to leak something dreadful!"--Pulitser's Mag aafcie. • •Imp!* Transpoeltloe. ' One of the artistes had just finished singing "Sally in Ottr Alley." The aong appeared to affect Pogaon. I gave him a dig in the ribs and in­ quired: "Upset you, old man?" "That song," he began, "brings to my mind an incident of many years ago which happened when I was a boy. How well I remember the com­ motion, the wail of the governess, the shrieks of the mater! I had a little tlster named Sally, and one day we in the center. The cylinders are mount­ ed on separate carriages--front and rear--which also carry the coal and water.--This has been found to be most effective.--Popular Mehanlcs. ECONOMY IN EVERY LINE Railroads Utilize Everything That ia ct\,>r-0£. i*»*:^Slightest"!• Pos«lbl^Q|^ ^ Va,us' All the sawdust that accumulates in 'the various shows of a railroad system is carefully saved. What is needed Is UBed for packing ice for (Shipment and the rest is burned in tihe furnaces in the shops, thus cut­ ting down the coal bills. In one largq shop alone the sawdust and shavings exceed a carload each day, ao it makes no small item in the fuel bill of the snopn. Waste paper is one of the big items of savings for every company. In the general office the waste paper gathered up by the porters and baled amounts to about a ton each day or a carload a month, from this one sta­ tion. There are other stations where the wabte amounts to two or three tons a week. All the paper la saved and baled and then sold. Cars are sent over the system periodically to pick up these accumulations of waste paper. This includes the ordinary waste paper that everyone throws into the waste baskets and also the tons of old records that have become obsolete and are destroyed. A few months ago a western rail­ road sent out a notice to all its em­ ployes asking them to uae one addi­ tional inch of each lead pencil before it was thrown away and the company said that this would make .a Baving of a year to the company. • /• -• { . Too Late. • Two of the most Impressive sights of a railroad grading camp are the marvelous alacrity of the men In re­ sponding to the call for dinner and their quickness in wrapping them­ selves around their grub. During' con­ struction of the new lines of the Louisville & Nashville in Kentucky an old farmer furnished one of the grad­ ing camps with vegetables. He often arrived at the camp at meal time, a&d was greatly impressed with the voracity of the men. When the call for dinner was given every man made a rush for the table and the food dis­ appeared in double quick time. One day a workman on his way to the table tripped on the root of a tree and fell. He lay all sprawled out, making no attempt to rise. Tha farmer In great concern rushed, to him. vr » . "Are you hurt, ar* you hurt?"' !»• asked anxiously. , "No," answered the man, "Well, why don't you get up and go to dinner?" "No use,' returned the other sadly, "It's too late now." Record British Railroad Oleaster. The. two worst railway disasters which ever occurred in the Unite<| Kingdom were the Tay Bridge disas­ ter on December 28, 1879, when 74 lives were lost through the train and bridge being wrecked ^ during a terrific storm, and the Armagh disaster o-n June 12, 1889, when two excursion trains collided at Killooney, resulting in 80 deaths and injuries to 400 other passengers. In the latter case the officials were charged with negligence. The Abergele disaster in 1867, on the L. &VN. W. R. R., when the Irish mail collided with petroleum trucks and 33 j people werfe killed; the accident at Shipton, near Oxford, in 1874, when a G. W. R. R. train ran over an ombank- ment, resulting in 34 deaths and 70 in­ jured; and the more recent Salisbury, Shrewsbury and Elliot Junction dis­ asters are also among the worst this country has experienced^!* London Mail. - $ • Bridge Building Changes. The remarkable growth of the auto­ mobile Industry in the last few yeara has revolutionized bridge building on country roads, according to Stewart McDonald, vice-preBident of the Moon Motor Car company, who took an auto trip east recently. He said: "In many places in the country where the roads are being Worked, concrete culverts are being put in. At many points, too, where a year or two ago there were rickety' wooden bridges on our refcent trip we found substantial stfel and Iron structures. "This development in bridges and culverts is a big factor In increasing the safety of roads to farmers as well as automobiles." . Railroad Wages In Europe, Official German statistics show the average yearly income of the rail­ way maintenance workers in Baden is $260; in Wurtemberg, $250; in Bar varia, $280; in Saxony, $235; in Prua- HtttHMtasm mMam • *' f't Firing an Engln«> ' - ' *rte'ordinary locomotive fireman cannot put in the fire-box more than 5,000 or 6,000 pounds of coal per hour, and this is an important factor in de­ termining future development of the engine. were playing marbles (we called them 'alleys') when all of a sudden Sally swallowed one of my best 'glassies.'" "But what'e the connection with the song?" I asked. "The alley In our 8alty;? repUad P o g s f l p . a s h e e d g e d a w a y j , / , • • . . ;';p! A Disillusionment ^ "Married women i^oslllusionad about one thing." "What's that?" "That men can use language whiah will mak? your hair caxfL" will expel all BILIOUS HUMOUR Get them today., If Cn&J Writ* bin. , •sun V Anftnal request. 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V .. ;Kt JUDGE COULDN'T SE£ JOKE sil d f ' i V Prison Sentence Followed Atrocloue | Pun Perpetrated by Prisoner. i jn Dock. **you are charged," said the juatiee, *W a suspected person carrying Are- ; arms." "Well, your honor--I mean, yojir | worship--that, is your lord," stuttered fer ­ tile defendant, "it is a mistake. It wasn't an offense; it was all a joke-- and a good one." "Explain yourself!" aaid the gazing at him solemnly. "Well, sir, it's all a rather elaborate preparation for an excellent pun I am in the habit of perpetrating on occa­ sion. It takes a long time to explain, but it's very funny." "Go on!" said the J. P., sternly. "Well, sir; first you get a pair of old pistols and put them in your pook- et. You see? Then you get the com- pany to speak about balloons. It'» (1:^ - *~ rather difficult sometimes; but you can lead up to it by calling the last speak- r er a gasbag, if he's a little fellow." ii - ' "Get on!" roared the justice. "jr /^ • "Then you say your life waa one* saved by parachutes." "Well?" The corners of the J. P.'i mouth were now twitching with anger "Then, when the say 'NoneeoiMri* you draw out the old pistols." "What!" •^Pair-o-shoots! See?" screamed defendant, in convulsiona. "Splendid!" said the J. P. "Three months' hard labor."--London Tit-Bits. -'m': ifc Coffee a "Thirst" Cure. •t hla own expense Capt. William 1 OtfVanaugh, of the police department, la going to supply all drunks before he || turns them out In the morning with a .•;/ coup of steaming hot coffee. dp "When you turn a man lose who ^ has been drunk the night before the appetite for more whisky is Just as |1'N, aoute as when he started on the drunk," Cavanaugh said. "The idea 'wji\ in serving them hot coffee is to kill ^ that appetite, and a cup of piping hot, strong coffee will do it. ^ "There is a craving on the part of a ||| drunken man recovering from a spree for sometjf&ig, and he himself is not pure what it is that he wants, but Just goes for the whisky again, thinking it ^ will do him good. Finally he is back here again inside of an hour."--Venice (CaU Ctepatch to the New Yqrk..Si|Pt .. The 8ure Thing. "Vftio te back of this manager?* "I don't know, but the sheriff to in front of him." What are ,t. X V ' W >-• -V1 fr i*_' & •:>: ;• "V| tin 'iwsf tw if uwwi Indian Corn--perfectly cooked; delicately flavoured; then toasted to an appetizing golden brown, and flacked in tightly sealed packageŝ witfv» out being torched by KaatL "Toasliea** an lor break­ fast or any other meal--served direct from package with cream or n3k. and a qpriak- liac of Post Toasties an conven­ ient. save a lot of time and pUase ?lbf palate tmmen*ely1 But after a trial is the best answer. Gcocecs eraywherc ael w*