The Syracuse Journal, Volume 3, Number 24, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 13 October 1910 — Page 7

Zelda Dameron By MEREDITH NICHOLSON Copyright, 1004. by Tke BobU-MamO Co.

CHAPTER XXIIL "Good-by, and hail my fancy!” shouted Balcomb as Leighton entered the promoter’s office. “Excuse*- my quotation from Whitman, the good gray poett; but you always suggest bright college years, the dearest, best of life to me, Demetrius.” “I don’t want to suggest anything to you, Balcomb. I’ve come to talk seriously about an! unpleasant matter. You’ve been taking advantage of Mr. Dameron. You’Ve played upon his necessities and got a block of lots away from him for nothing. You’ve also got an option from him op the strip of land out there on the creek where yon propose putting! up that flat you’ve been talking about.' While you were planning this you were going to his house, where his daughter received you with courtesy. And I suppose that, .in a way, I was for you. I rather let it be' inferred that you were a good fellow, ! and I allowed you to mention that We had been friends in college, though I knew all the time that you were a blackguard. I really think Miss Dameron might forgive you for Involving her father In disgrace, but 1 don’t think she would ever overlook your attentions to her cousin at a time When you werb plotting to swindle a member of the, family.” “You are a fool,” said Balcomb. ‘Tm not responsible for old man Dameron s morals, am I? He was crazy to get money and came to be because he knew I had some snap and could get cash for his lots. He lied to me about it all along. You can’t charge me with notice of all the private history of the Dameron family. I didn’t know about the trusteeship until I took the deed I was Just as surprised as anybody when found It out” “You are a depraved beast,” declared Leighton. “It seems a shame to disturb your peace of mind; but I came here to talk bkisiriess. Now, your agricultural friends, when you sprang this lot purchase, asked about the title to the real estate, didn’t they? If they didn’t they are not the farmers I take them for.” “Your confidence is not misplaced. ' They did, atid they quite satisfied themselves about it.” “They wanted to see an abstract of title.” “They certainly did, old man. You’re a regular mind reader.” “They asked for an abstract of title,” .continued Leighton, ‘and you give them one, didn’t you?” “Please don’t mention it, as thou lovest me. They nearly wore out the thing studying it.” “I have seen a copy of the original at the abstracter’s office.” “Awfully keen of you, I’m sure,” said Balcomb, amiably. "I tell you, you’re a credit to the bar, Morris. You do honor to your preceptor.” He bowed mockingly, but he was growing a trifle anxious and fingered the papers op his table nervously. , > “The abstract, as I was saying, conI slsted of a gbod many pages. And there “ was a certain page forty-two, where a * will was set forth, in due form, when you got the document from the abstract office!; but when your friend Van Cleve made his report. on it for your rural ! syndicate that particular page was missing, and another, bearing the same page number, but with certain points of the Margaret Merriam will omitted, was substituted. That is quite correct isn’t It?” “You may search me! If there’s anything crooked about that abstract it’s not on me, you can bet your life. But' say, you’re getting insulting. Now, I’ll ’ tell you something, Leighton, as long as’you've come to me in this friendly spirit—this old-college-friendly spirit. . I’ve been all over this thing in my k mind. I’m not the twittering little ■ birdllng you think I, am, to fix up a ®fcke abstract and work it off on a lot ■of reubs. I didn’t order that abstract ■ made; I didn’t have a thing to do with r it. You seem to think that because there’s a beneficiary of the fifteenth amendment in the cordwood, I must be there somewhere, dressed up like a minstrel first part; but you’re a dead loser. I’m prepared to prove that that abstract of title was ordered by your Uncle Ezra Dameron, and that he gave it to me with his own hands. I guess you’ll have to admit that my reputation in this community Is about as good as Jfour Uncle Ezra’s.' Now, It Wounds my pride to have you talking to me as though I were the traditionalvillain of our modern melidrama, that you have cornered with a merry ‘Ha, ha! base churl, at last I have tracked thee to tfiy lair!’ No, darling, you can’t catch me on fly paper—not while my wits are in good working order. If you can See how to save Miss Dameron’s money without getting her dear’ < old papa into the mulligatawney all well and good; but if you’re trying to bring me within the long, lean arm of the penal code you’ll have to get better. It’s! your Uncle Ezra that you’re looking for.” “We’re going to protect the stockholders of your company whose money has gone into the Roger Merriam lots,” continued Leighton. “I honestly think I could set aside the sale; but we’ll be generous and straighten the title for you." "I rather guess you will, or Uncle Ezra wears the stripes.” “I don’t think I’d say much about the stripes, with that abstract in Harry Copeland’s possession. You know k Copeland Is rather a persistent fellow, I, and one of his rural friends Is In your K company. Now give me that option; > It Isn’t any good, anyhow; but I’ll feel L more comfortable to have It out of your hands.” "You’re welcome to It.” replied Balcomb, fiercely. “The old man’s crooked, and the Idea of his being swindled by me or anybody else Is funny, as you’d so® If you weren’t trying to be his son-in-law. The old fool Is playing the bucket shops ’’ Tm In a hurry. Give me the option ' and get busy about It"

One of the typewriters came In with a card. “Excuse me, Mr. Balcomb, but the gentleman said he couldn’t wait” —and Balcomb rose from the Iron safe before which he was bending and snatched the card. "Tell him Tm engaged. Tell him T don’t want to see him anyhow,” yelled Balcomb, In. a voice that was perfectly audible to the waiting caller In the anteroom. “Here,” he said to Leighton, In the same tone Os fury, “here’s your option. Give me back the thousand I paid Dameron!" “Now I want you to give me a check for that money you wrung from Mr. Dameron ” “I didn’t wring any money from him. you yelping ape. I paid him money. You don’t seem to understand this transaction.” “I understand it perfectly. You reported to your company that twenty thousand would buy that group of 'ots; you took that amount of money from them, gave Mr. D amerCfn eighteen thousand and put the rest in your pocket as commission. It sounds well, doesn’t it?” “He isn’t making any kick, Is he? I bet he Isn’t He was perfectly satisfied. He needed money and was glad to sell at any price. I did him a great service.” And Balcomb thrust his thumbs Into the armholes of his waistcoast with the air of a man who is ready and anxious to face the world on any charge. “Jack, you will write me a check for that money—your commission, as you call it, deducting the one thousand that was paid for this option, or I’ll make Mariona too hot to hbld you.” “This is blackmail and I won’t submit to it,” shouted Balcomb. “Maybe so, and you can get redress later if it is. I want your check — whether it’s any good or not.” “I’ll give you half of it if the old man’s beefing,” said Balcomb, after a minute’s reflection. “All —right away—quick!” Leighton rose and stood with his hands thrust into his pockets while Balcomb turned to his desk and wrote the check. , The girl outside was heard debating with the caller, who refused to be denied. The door opened suddenly and 'Leighton, with the check and option in his hand, looked up to see Captain Pollock standing within the partition, his little stick, as usual, under his arm. “Leighton," he said, -quite imperturbably, “I’m awfully sorry to disturb you, but I’m really glad you’re here. In fact, I thought for a, moment of going to your office to ask you to come with me—to call on our gifted friend.” “You get out of here ” “My dear Mr. Balcomb, you are a contemptible scoundrel ” Balcomb made a rush for him, but the captain thrust his stick forward and Balcomb seemed, rather ridiculously, to have impaled himself upon it. “Stand back, Balcomb,” commanded Leighton, and as Balcomb tried again to reach Pollock, Leighton stepped between them. “I quite agree with you, Pollock, that Balcomb is a bad lot, but this isn’t the right place for a scrap.”. “I don’t care whether it is or not,” snapped Pollock. “I’m going to muss him up. He’s lied about me; he’s tried to blacken my reputation——” “You’re a fool,” shouted Balcomb. “I’ve never mentioned you—l wouldn’t mention you.” “You wouldn’t, wouldn’t you? I should like to know what you meant by writing a letter to the War Department charging me with being drunk here In one of the clubs —a club, you lying blackguard, that you never were in in your life —that you couldn’t get Inside of to save your neck. You charged me with being drunk and raising a row In that club; and you hinted that I was in collusion with contractors at work on the army post. You don’t deny it, do you ?” “I do, indeed! I never wrote any letter to the Ward Department on any subject!" Pollock laughed and took a step toward him. ” “Don’t you deny what I tell you before Mr. Leighton! I have the letter here in my pocket It was sent to me direct by my chief, the very hour it reached him. I suppose you thought they would telegraph my discharge immediately when they got an anonymous letter like that. I’ve a good notion to break your neck right here.” He was a little fellow, but he seemed suddenly to take on heroic proportions. He whipped open his tightly buttoned coat and drew out an envelope. “Here’s a letter —do you dare tell me you didn’t write it —an unsigned typewritten letter, to the quartermastergeneral. I knew Instantly where it had come from.” “I never saw it before; it’s a put-up job,” declared Balcomb, though not in a tone that carried conviction. “My chief sent it to me,” continued Pollock, “with his indorsement, ‘Better find this fellow and punch his head. And now I’m going to obey orders!” Balcomb ducked under Leighton's arm and bolted for the door, but as his hand found the knob Pollock seized him by the collar and flung him back against the ground-glass partition with a force that shook it “Leighton,” said Pollock in his blandest tones, as he held Balcomb against the partition at the end of his stick, “I’ve told you, and probably some of the adjoining tenants have heard me, that Mr. Balcomb is a liar. I wish to add now that he is a coward. Stand up!” he commanded, letting his stick fall, and Balcomb, thus released, made another rush for the door, only to be seized by the little captain. Leighton had tried up to this time to keep a straight face, but'Balcomb was so clearly frighened to the point of panic that Morris sat down and laughed. Pollock, however, was as grave as

an adjutant on parade, and he continued to address Leighton: “He Is a contemptible coward, and 1 want to warn him before a witness that If he ever appears at any place whers I am—l don’t care where or when —I’ll rise and proclaim him. Now get out before I break my stick on you!” | He turned away from Balcomb, who seized the moment to dart into the an- I teroom, where the two young women' stood huddled together, and began giv- . Ing them orders with a great deal of unnecessary vehemence. Leighton and Pollock followed at once, passing j through the anteroom at a leisurely pace set by Pollock. At the outer door the captain paused, lifted his hat with a mockery of courtesy to Balcomb s back, and remarked in a pleasant tone: “Good day, Mr. Balcomb. If you should ever need anything in my Hue please give me the please give me ths pleasure of a call.” “Sutler’s clerk!" screamed Balcomb. Pollock made a feint of turning back suddenly and Balcomb darted into his private office and slammed the door. Leighton leaned against the elevator shaft outside and laughed until the corridors rang and sedate tenants came out to see who was disturbing the peace. He laughed at Balcomb’s anxiety to keep out of Pollock’s way, and he laughed now at Pollock, who joined him, wearing a look of outraged dignity that was altogether out of proportion to his size. "He called me a sutler’s clerk, said the captain, twisting his moustache. “Then he ducked. His insults don t deep.” “I owe you an apology,” said Pollock, i when they had reached the street, “for | running in on you that way; but I had to tell the chap I knew about his lying letter the hour I got it.” “It’s his busy day. I was there, on a similar errand,” said Leighton. He 3 a dangerous person —not in the way o personal violence” —and they both laughed—“but as an intriguing scoundrel.” * .u“Say, old man”—they paused on .ne comer and Pollock cleared his throat once or twice and struck a trolley pole with his stick as he hesitated. You don’t think she’s interested in him, do you?” „ “Which she are you talking about. “I mean Miss Merriam. He’s been about with her a good deal. I just wondered.” And the captain seemed both perplexed and embarrassed as ho continued to tap the pole. “Miss Merriam is a very bright young woman, and bright young women are not easily deceived.” replied Morris. “You really think they’re not? Well, I devoutly hope they’re not; but I believe I’ll ask her.” “I think I’d ask her,” said Morris, significantly. And Captain Frank Pollock walked up-town with a look of determination on his face. (To be continued.) MIND’S EFFECT ON HEALTH. Mental Unification with Illnesses Will Produce Them. Understand that if you are mentally unified with illness, old age and death no amount of desire cor. affirmation can make you well, young or long lived. To be healthy, writes Wallace D. Wattles in the Nautilus, you must be mentally in unity with health, to remain young, you must be mentally one with youtfy and to live long you must be mentally unified with life. Never see yourself as a sick person, never speak of yourself as a sick person; never think of yourself as a sick person, or, as likely to become sick m the future. And, never act like a sick person. Unite yourself, mentally, with health for the present and for all time to come; look into the future and see yourself as a perfectly healthy and very strong person. Form a conception of yourself as a perfectly healthy person, and never hold any thought which is out of harmony with this conception. Be perfectly healthy in mind,- and think the thoughts of a perfectly healthy person; then you will be mentally united with health and separated from disease, and tile same will soon be manifested in your outer world. “Whatsoever things ye desire when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.” Odorless Fryinc Pan. One of the objections to the process of frying is that of the odor which emanates from the frying

pan. But a utensil for this purpose has been recently designed which has the merit of overcoming this. The smoke and odor

are permitted to paks into the firebox of the stove and thence up the chimney, through the means of a crescentshaped opening at the end ,of the pan. With the pan cover on, the natural draft of the range starts a quick and positive circulation through the pan, over the cooking meat or vegetables, carrying down with it all steam and odors. This circulation is made more effective by an air intake space where the handle is attached. This patent air space method of attaching the handle is said to assure a cool handle at all times. A Bird Census. The department of agriculture Is taking a census of the birds of ,the United States, and even before Its completion is able to estimate that there are 1,414,000,000 or thereabouts. The censue is also for the purpose of finding out what birds help and what birds harm the crops with a view to distinguishing the insect-eating varieties, A Bad Case. "What seems to be the matter?" “I’m troubled with insomnia.” “Can’t sleep nights, eh?” "I can’t even sleep mornings, doc."— Louisville Courier-Journal. Just under one-third of the total population of England and Wales la under 15 year* of age.

ANOTHER ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP WRECKED ' ' __ '— /* " ~r ’ ’ '" ' -/* ' BERLIN— Count Zeppelin admits that he is almost discouraged by the mishap that has just overtaken Zeppelin VI., the latest model of his aerial invention. While being warped into its shed at Baden-Baden, th® dirigible took fire after an explosion of a benzine tank, and was entirely destroyed. Count Zeppelin has had a constant series of mishaps. The Zeppelin 1., after making an endurance flight that astonished the world, was torn from its moorings by the wind and thrashed to pieces amidst a thunderstorm, lhe Zeppelin I . tv as destroyed by a gale on April 25 last. Zeppelin 111. made bad landing and was seriously damaged at Mergentheim. The Deutschland came to grief in Teutoberg forest on June 28 last.

BERLIN BEAUTY PLANS

Valuable “Plowing Strips,” Mile Long, Are to Disappear. “City Beautiful Plan” Being Taken Up in German Capital—Emperor Is Deeply Interested in New Project. Berlin.—The “garden city,” or “city beautiful plan,” which is causing such a wonderful transformation in the suburbs of London and other English cities, is being taken up in Germany, and Berlin is to be extended in all directions on a scale of beauty and in a way that will give American travelers pew ideas on the subject of municipal adornment. The emperor is deeply Interested in the project, it is announced. Berlin has grown up in a peculiar way. The whole metropolis has been built up solidly to its limits to a height of five and six stories, and then it stops suddenly, and open farming country begins immediately beyond. This open land is divided, in old time German style, into what are known as “plowing strips.,’ These are often only 30 or 60 feet wide by frequently a mile in length. | The holder of these strips, in many cases the original peasant owners, or their descendants, are usually very, stubborn, and will not consent to thqir holdings being cut into streets and reapportioned. This has seriously hindered the growth of Berlin beyond its original boundaries. Some of the strips are valued at a million marks. This has been the greatest problem in the w’ay and has required unusual skill in laying out suburbs. The main radiating and circumferen-

FURS IN ENGLAND CHEAPER Lord Strathcona Reports Great Increase in Export From Canada— Reduces Prices. London. —inhere is some prospect of a fall next year in the present high price of furs. I Presiding the other day at the annual meeting of the Hudson’s Bay company, Lord Strathcona said the reports from panada indicated that there were evidences of continued increase in the ndpiber of fur bearing animals, which justified the anticipation that there w&ild be a further increase in the present year in the fur collection which vfould be available for 1911. Any material Increase in furs would have the effect of reducing the enormously high prices which had prevailed in the fur market. Small Boy Is Millionaire. New York—John Arthur Hinckley, (our years old, stepped into the ranks of the millionaires through the will of his father, John A. Hincltley, New York capitalist, who died at Bellport, U I. The child received two-thirds of the “state, the remainder going to his mother. The son is to receive $3,000 a year until he reaches the age of 15, then SIO,OOO a year till he is 21, and $20,000 till he is 28. At 28 the executors are to pay him $50,000 outright. Besides, he is to receive $25,000 a year until he is 35, when he obtains half of the principal. At 40 he receives the remaining half. Weight of Earth. New York.—Mother Earth weighs seven trillion tons. Reinhart A. Wetzel, Instructor in physics at the College of the City of New York, has finshed a series of experiments by which he has computed the weight of this uundane sphere. According to instructor Wetzel the result is more nearly accurate than has hitherto beep obtained. The apparatus used in the experiments was so delicate that they vere carried on entirely after midnight to avoid even the Jarring of footfalls in the farthest corridor.

tial traffic streets are to be carried out scientifically, w-hlle intermediate residential streets are to be made most agreeable places to live in. There will be intermittent use of trees, or short rows of trees, or small trees, shaped open spaces at a street corner, all of which break the line of a street and give every street its own individuality. This type of planning permits the streets to rise and fall with the natural grades in the suburbs. No street is to .continue in an absolutely straight line, as in America, nor do cross streets intersect opposite to each other. The streets are to be of different widths, and even the same street will vary as to width. Some houses will set back, others will project. This will give a most picturesque and old-time air to the neighborhood. More than $40,000 has been spent in plans, and the best architects and landscape gardeners in Germany have contributed their ideas. The New York playground plan Is to be tried. A “suburb beautiful” is being laid out near Dresden, another near Nuremberg, and still another on the outskirts of Munich. The Sw-lss are trying the plan just on the borders of Berne. A “garden city” is growing up close to Dourges, in France. The same general principles are being followed in all these, the idea being to create within easy distance of the large city an independent community on copartnership lines, with all the features of a complete town. Factories are encouraged, but they are permitted to locate only on the side where the prevailing winds will carry their smoke away from the town. Duesseldorf and Antwerp are considering the scheme.

TALES OF THE TREED RATTLER

Some of the Reptiles Certainly Roosted Above Ground, According to Pennsylvanians. Williamsport, Pa. —Since State Economic Zoologist Surface, by doubting the statement of a Columbia county man, started the query, “Can a rattlesnake climb a tree?” the snake annals of central and northern Pennsylvania, the recognized rattler Country, have been appealed to to settle the question, by the citation of actual experiences. Charles H. Ellinger of this city, a prominent sportsman and fisherman, recalls an incident where he found a rattlesnake on a tree; but the tree being in such close proximity to some projecting rocks, he concluded at the time that the serpent had first been on top of the rocks before taking its unusual position on the tree. W. T. Miller and son, Verus, and J. Q. Simcox, all of Jersey Shore, went on a fishing trip up Pine creek to Tomb’s Run. Halting near the stream’s edge at a tree to which they intended to tie their horse, they were suddenly given warning by two boys who stood in the road that they should “look out, because there was a snake up in that tree.” The tree was a beech, smooth of bark and hard, and of pretty good dimensions. The men thought the boys had seen a blacksnake among the branches of the beech; but a glance into the tree’s branches, at a point about twenty feet from the ground, disclosed the mottled form of a rattlesnake —not a large one, but as yellow and as silky as if he had just slipped his coat that very morning. Mr. Miller, who is an old hunter, could hardly believe his senses until he had climbed into an adjoining tree and with a pole pushed the snake down upon the ground, where it was dispatched by his son and Mr. Simcox. It was a rattler and no mistake, for once on the ground it made itself heard with very spiteful rattling. Occupants ota cabin on Pine creek found a monster rattlesnake on a sill of a second story window, to which a bough of an adjoining tree extended. Tn Nippenoss township a rattle-

TIPLESS HOTEL IS A SUCCESS Experiment In London Has Worked ” Well—Guests Must Abide by Rules or Quit Hostelry. London.—The experiment of a nontip hotel in the Strand in London has proved a success. Since the establishment was opened a year ago there has not been a vacant bedroom, a record which could not be equaled by any other London hotel. Every day the management has had to refuse visitors. Altogether nearly a quarter of a million guests have stayed at the hotel during the 344 days it has been The success of the hotel, the directors believe is mainly due to the nontip rule. Guests are forbidden to offer to any servant of the hotel a gratuity, and any servant found accepting one is instantly dismissed. People know exactly what it is going to cost them before they set foot in the hotel, and when they pay their bill there is no need for them to put their hands into their pockets to tip anybody. . Although the rule against tipping is rigidly enforced by the management, there have been visitors who have insisted upon offering gratuities. In order to protect the servants from temptation the management has had to request these visitors either to abide by the regulations or to seek accommodation elsewhere. The management has had no difficulty in securing plenty of waiteris and chambermaids despite the fact that they receive no tips. Finds Lost Money. Newcastle, Pa.—Retracing his route in an automobile, W. S. Moltry oi Beaver Falls found his pocketbook con taining ?50 in the road at Conneaut Lake, 60 miles from where he had missed it. He was unaware of his loss until he atempted to pay for lunch eon at a hotel.

snake was found on the sill under th« eaves of a chicken house, and at Slat« Run, in the upper end of this county, a very large rattler was found in a box used as a hen’s nest, five feel above the floor of a hencoop. RIGHT TO SLEEP IS SACRED Pittsburg Magistrate Fines Milkman Who Clatters About in Early Morning Hours. Pittsburg, Pa. —The wee small hours of the morning belong to the ones who want to sleep, according to a decision by Judges J. D. Shafer and R. S. Frazer, handed down the other day in a case emanating from Crafton. A milk wagon driver, Leo Harmon, is alleged by residents of the borough to have driven through the streets with unnecessary noise. His steed, according to complainants, put down his feet with such force that all within a radius of several blocks were aroused. He was arrested and fined $lO and costs. An appeal was taken and, although a petition signed by 50 women was presented to the effect that Harmon is a model milkman, the judges upheld the magistrate. Fishing Joke Boomerang. Berwick, Pa. —Fred Rough, a practical joking fisherman, laughed first the other day at the success of a joke he played upon Clyde Croft, a brother angler. Clyde Croft laughed last, and he thinks he laughed best. The two men were fishing. When Croft wasn’t looking, Rough attached his companion’s hook to a piece of iron under the surface. “Look, you’ve got a bite!” he called. “Gee, It must be a whal®,” panted Croft, after tugging for some time. Then he became suspicious. He waded into the creek and pulled out a wash boiler. Rough laughed immoderately. “That’s a good one on you,” he howled. Croft threw the boiler on the bank in disgust A 12-pound rock bass flopped on the grass out of its iron prison.

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Why He Wouldn’t Hurry. They w;ere riding to* church and were late. Several of the party were worried and one remarked: “The audience will be waiting.” observed the bld o pastor (who was to’ preach that forenoon), “don’t let’s fret over it if we are a little late. It reminds me of the man who was being taken to execution. His guards were greatly exercised s over „ the fact that they could not possibly get there on time. ‘Never mind,’ said the poor fellow, philosophically. ‘Don’t fuss over it. The peopte can wait. There’ll be nothing doing till I get there.’ ” — Christian Herald. DON’T NEGLECT YOUR KIDNEYS. Littlgz krnhey troubles gradually groWmore serious and pave the way

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not wear my shoes. Soon after using Doan’s Kidney Pills I was able to walk without crutches. I gradually improved until I ceased to bloat and the kidneys became normal.” Remember the name—Dokn’s. For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.‘ Good Advice., but A traveler catered a railway carriage at a wmyside station. The sole occupants of the compartment consisted of an bld lady and her son, about twelve years old. Nothing of note occurred until the train steamed into the station at which tickets were collected. The woman, not having a ticket for the boy, requested him to “corrie doon.” The traveler intervened and suggested putting him under the seat. “Man,” said the excited woman, “it’s is shair as death; but there’s twa under the salt a’ready!” A Question. Vera (eight years old) —What does transatlantic mean, mother? Mother —Across the Atlantic, of eourse; but you mustn’t bother me. Vera—Does “trans’’ always mean across ? Mother—l suppose it does. Now, if rpu don’t stop bothering me with your questions I shall send you right to bed. Vera (after a few minutes’ silence) —Then does transparent mean a cross went? —Ideas. The Weeds Return. “Confound these election bets, anyvay!” grumbled Harker. “Lose heavily?" inquired his friend. “No, I won ten boxes of cigars and hey were so rank I sold the whole lot o the corner tobacconist for a dollar.” “W’ell, you made a dollar, anyway.” » "Yes, but that is not the worst of t. My wife saw the boxes in the window marked ‘A Bargain, $2/ and lought the whole lot to give me as a flrthday present.” A FOOD DRINK. Which Brings Daily Enjoyment* A lady doctor writes : A “Though busy hourly with my own iffairs, I will not deny myself the jleasure of taking a few minutes to ell of my enjoyment daily obtained ’rom my morning cup of Postum. It s a food beverage, not a poison like :offee. “I began to use Postum eight Years igo, not because I wanted to, but bemuse coffee, which I dearly loved, nade my nights long weary periods to >e dreaded and unfitting me for busiless during the day. “On the advice of a friend, I first Tied Postum, making it carefully as llrected on the package. As I had ilways used ‘cream no sugar,’ I nixed my Postum so. It looked good, vas clear and fragrant, and it was a pleasure to see the cream color it as ny Kentucky friend always wanted her coffee to look—‘like a new sadile.’ “Then I tasted it critically, for I had tried many ‘substitutes’ for coffee. I svas pleased, yes, satisfied, with my Postum in taste and effect, and am vet, being a constant user of it all these years. “I continually assure my friends and acquaintances that they will like it in place of coffee, and receive benefit from Its use. I have gained weight, can sleep sound and am not nervous.” ‘There’s a Reason.” Read “The Road to Wellville” in pkgs. Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest. Ever read the above letter? A aew one appears from time to time. They Ee aenuine, true, and full of human terest.