Walkerton Independent, Volume 46, Number 48, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 28 April 1921 — Page 2

WALKERTON INDEPENDENT Published Every Thursday by THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS CO. Publishers of the WALKERTON INDEPENDENT NORTH LIBERTY NEWS LAKEVILLE STANDARD THE ST. JOSEPH CO. WEEKLIES ~ Clem DeCoudres, Business Manager W. A. Endley, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year JI.W Six Months ......... .9C Three Months M TERMS IN ADVANCE Entered at the post office at Walkerton. Ind., as second-class matter. I INDIANA I i:j State News |ii Washington.—Patents have been granted to the following Indianians: Wendell A. Barker, Elkhart, revolving jaw clutch; Raymond W. Beckman, Indianapolis, vehicle spring suspension ; Wiley E. Boles, Indianapolis, casing for automobile signal lights; Frank A. Brown, Indianapolis, assign- . or to G. and J. Tire company, curing and shaping articles of rubberized fabric; Clare C. Cox and G. W. Lentz, Indianapolis, said Cox assignor to one-tenth to said Lentz, storage battery indicating device; Charles W. Desonbry, Indianapolis, apparatus for heating and cooling liquids : Harry C. Foster, assignor to Indiana Lamp company, Connersville, lamp construction; Robert C. Glasscock, assignor of two-thirds to Computing Cheese Cutter company, Anderson, paring device; Frank M. Handly, Edinburg, valve clutch; Charles N. McClintock, assignor to H. M. Manufacturing company, Elwood, rope shipping halter; Oris W. Nottingham, Indianapolis, heater and cooker; Herbert W. Petty, Indianapolis, combination fish and bait bucket; Roy F. Redding, Evansville, metal bed construction ; Chardes H. True, Hammond, assignor to the Superior Heater company, New York, double tube return bend; Loren L. Whitney, Hammond, • assignor to American steel foundries, Chicago, 111, safety guard and leveling device; Ross B. Wilson, Kokomo, motor stand, and Leslie I. Ziegler, assignor to Nordyke & Marmon company, Indianapolis, eccentric shaft mounting. Indianapolis.—Gov. Warren T. McCray has announced the appointments to the armory board, a board which is provided for in the Indiana statutes, but has never existed. The law requires the membership of the board to be composed of two civilians and three National Guardsmen, and the governor made the following appointments: Emmet F. Branch, lieutenant governor of Indiana, civilian member; Charles A. Garrard, former officer in Battery A and at one time quartermaster general, civilian member; Robert Tyndall, colonel of ' the One Hun> ured and Fiftieth field artillery. Guard member; D. Wray DePrez of Shelbyville, lieutenant colonel in the National Guard, and W. D. Montgomery of Franklin, Guard member, captain. The law also provides for two ex-officio members, the governor and Adjt. Gen. Harry B. Smith. Crawfordsville.—The first Presbyterian church and Center Presbyterian church of Crawfordsville, both of which have been in existence for more than 80 years, were officially united as one church under the name of the Wabash avenue Presbyterian church. The union of the two Presbyterian congregations into one will make the Wabash Avenue church the strongest in the city in point of membership. Center church had a membership of 401, while the First church membership was about 350. Indianapolis. — Goverenor McCray has reorganized the state highway commission, appointing Walter Q. Zahrt of Fort Wayne, and Alvin V. Burch of Evansville, to replace John Oliphant of Vincennes and Archy Campbell of Kendallville. Charles Zeigler of Attica and Earl Crawford of Connersville retain their places on the body. The reorganized commission will meet soon and plan for the 1921 work of the department. Greencastle.—The first degree murder charge against Lewis Lemay of Clay county, has been dismissed in the Putnam circuit court, where it was sent on a change of venue last year, on motion of Harvey Fisher, prosecutor of Clay county. Lemay was charged with killing his neighbor, William Lawson, and two trials were held, both resulting in a hung jury. Following the final trial. Lemay was released from jail. Angola.—After shooting and killing his fo«ter mother, Mrs. John Tasker, and making an unsuccessful attempt^ on the life of Mr. Tasker, Richard Tasker, sixteen years old. attempted to commit suicide by shooting at the Tasker farm home, four miles from T-'sker Is ir. the Stuben county j:n!. where it js <atd his wounds are only slight. Authorities sav the prisoner -hows signs of weakened mentality. Petersburg.—Much corn is being sold by the fanners in the White river bottom- at 00 cents to 05 cents a bushel. Practically all tne corn is being bought by feeders in southern Pike county; whose last year’s crop is exhausted, and who ar<- willing to pay more than the market price for com. Little com is being -hipped from Pi !.ts ! trg. and grain dealers are only buying com for immediate Indianapolis.—c ... wardens, work■vation in M; ■ ii, , • -ted t‘,4 per- .

Gbe Mystery of : Hartley Hou^e I ;![ nt WIN MYERS 0 l i l l Copyright by George H. Doran Co. K

, *— " —.♦> I ALCOTT’S STORY. J j Synopsis. — Dr. John Michelson, , just beginning his career, becomes । resident physician and companion ' of Homer Sidney at Hartley house. ' Mr. Sidney is an American, a semiJ invalid, old and rich and very de- , slrous to live. Mrs. Sidney is a i j Spanish woman, dignified and reti- • cent. Jed, the butler, acts like a ' privileged member of the family. , Hartley house is a fine old isolated country place, with a murder story, a “haunted pool,” and many watchdogs, and an atmosphere of mystery. The “haunted pool” Is where Richard Dobson, son of a former owner of Hartley house, had killed ’ 1 his brother, Arthur Dobson. Jed j begins operations by locking the doctor in his room the very first night. Doctor John fixes his door . j so he can’t be locked in. He meets Isobel, daughter of the house, and falls in love at first sight. In the night he finds the butler drunk and holding Mrs. Sidney by the wrist. He Interferes. Mrs. Sidney makes light of it. John buys a revolver. John overhears Jed telling Mrs. Sidney he will have his way. In > reply she says she will not hesitate to kill him. Mrs. Sidney asks John to consent to the announcement of his engagement to Isobel. The young people consent to the makebelieve engagement. Later they find it is to head off Jed, who would marry Isobel. Jed tries to kill John, but the matter is smoothed over. John, though "engaged” to Isobel, conceals his love. Mr. Sidney visits a nearby prison and has Dobson, the murderer, pointed out. Jed tells the story of the Dobson murder. The family go south for the winter and John is lonesome. 1 * »> CHAPTER Vl—Continued. —7— Dr. Brownell suggested the winter trip to the South. Mr. Sidney’s vitality needed careful nursing. It was Important to protect him from winter rigors, even as they could be modified In a sickroom. The doctor said he himself felt the need of a change. He prescribed one for both his patient and himself. He and Mr. Sidney made the arrangements. Mrs. Sidney and Isobel were to go. Arrangements went ahead rapidly, and a sense of desolation increased within me. Romantic folly came to Its accounting. The fairy story was to be ended without youth’s necessary “They lived happily ever after.” The yacht came up to its mooring and lay by the landing for a week while the provisioning was being cared for. Hundreds of bottles of Mr. Sidney’s fine wines were put on board — for the unspeakable Jed. Isobel was eagerly an% ^tory. Mrs. I Sidney, I thought, seen .J^ierely to be resigned, with frepidt \on. Doctor Brownell said he was depriving me of an interesting voyage. If he did not go, I should have been needed, but he thought it important for his efficiency that he conserve, his strength over the winter, and he asked me to act as one of his assistants. That was flattery. If was intended to be so, Mrs. Sidney was the one who offered me the real balm. “John,” she said, “we shall want you with us. We shall miss you.” “Don’t yon think, Mrs. Sidney,” I suggested, “that now we can consider this fiction terminated?” “You mean your engagement to Isobel?” “Surely.” “No. please,” she said. “On the boat there will be no problems. The community Is too compact and must be considerate. But when we come back. I’ll need you just as before." Isobel said: “Good-by, John. Be at the landing when we return. You'll be the first person I want to see.” I ought not to have been so disconsolate. These were fair portents, but a portent does little to console a loss. I stood on the little dock and watched j the yacht go down the river. And when it had disappeared below the point of land south of the pool, all the world was sad and life had no prospects to give it value. Charles drove me to the city. I was a bit of human driftwood for a week. It did not matter that they were coming back. They were gone; that was the disaster. It was in the present; the future is too ambiguous for consolation or comfort. I went through a winter of ecstatic distress, trying to be efficient in my : discharge of professional duties for Doctor Brownell and to be profession1 ally composed In aspect and mind. I had an anguished delight in my experiences. My loneliness was my most acute pain and my most cherished comfort. I did not want to profane the emotional solemnity of so much unhappiness by subjecting it fre-quent-ly to the banal touch of sociable life In the ordinary. It was a joy to be prof on ndl y un ha ppy. I had letters from the enchanted party in the South. Mrs. Sidney wrote twice a week with great affection. Mr. Sidney once a week dictated to Jed a letter, cordial and jocular, for me. occasionally Jed added a sheet for himself, kindly or rasping as the mood had him at the time. Isobel also wrote, but'with the greatest eccentricity. While they were at Palm Beach I had a letter a day from her for four davs. Then I had none for two weeks, although they remained at Palm Beach. She made the post- 1 man a tragedian for me. In one letter this virginal Imp wrote ns if I were her lover, and that letter was as the <>ng o’ tie meadow lark from a snov • o\er t <l field in March, as the odor of lilacs on a warm night I n<>t remain there. They wrote Mr. Sid ev was H. Doctor - |- ~ ... Jf p - ■ .• ■ ■

' dition would permit a longer voyage in I his pleasant circumstances. Conse- : quently they were going on to South America. Mr. Sidney wanted to revisit Montevideo. From Montevideo I had a letter from Jed in a different tone from his sarcastic banter and taunting. I thought it was the letter of a man who had suffered a shock. I could not say why I thought so, but I thought something । had disturbed him. I gathered the idea that something bad changed Jed’s ; view of life. fearly in March came letters saying that my folks shortly would be on their | way home, to arrive after our uncerI tain spring had resolved itself securely I into weather safe for a feeble man who ' had accustomed himself to luxurious । temperatures. I then felt invogorated, ; as by a promise in March of hepatlca. My winter was breaking up. I met an old-time acquaintance, a ; dentist who had been several years in I South America. His name was Alcott, Henry Alcott. Alcott and I never Lad been intimate or affectionate, but we greeted each other with ardor. I was lonesome. Alcott may have been. There is a lonesomeness associated with a return to a place which has forgotten you and receives you as an alien. We had dinner together and enjoyed our meeting. There was furtively, at dinner, a reminiscent amativeness In his conversation. It suggested that he was smirking over exploits which he might relate if his restraints were ‘ broken down. He had a talent for merely carnal stories. They gained additional carnality in his telling of them. I must have been given the record of half the amatory experiences of South America for two years. Alcott told them with gusto. The one that fascinated me he did not emphasize more than the others. As he told these stories he was trying to convey the charm of sex-ad-venture in Latin America. I think he wanted, by other instances, to suggest his own adventures. A man named Sinclair —that was as Alcott remembered the name, but it might, he said, have been St. John or Southgrove or Sergeant or anything else beginning with S; It was long before Alcott's time in South America, and he merely told the story because it was a standardized episode—this man Sinclair, an Englishman or a man from the States, a fairly young man. anyway, and attractive, had fallen in love with a most charming young woman of excellent family. Alcott could not remember whether this little episode had been staged in Rio or Valparaiso or Bueuos Aires or where. “It might have been In Montevideo,” he said. He did not emphasize the remark, but the remark subsequently emphasized the story for me. Sinclair—Alcott thought we might as well agree upon Sinclair as a name—had come out of somewhere or nowhere and had made a great deal of money. When he fell in love, he was an advantageous match. The parents accepted him gladly. Sinclair and the young lady were married, but he did not have the Latin genius for isolating and guarding a woman. Neither did he have the genius for completely interesting and absorbing a woman. He was in the shipping business. He was a very prac- ! tical and business-ruled man, but, AlI cott had heard, a genial and jovial man j nevertheless. Lovers came, as lovers will. The lady was too charming and had too ; much freedom. She was innocent and guileless, but her husband was not the barrier needed. Alcott said he thought she was of noble sort and was betrayed by her idea that human beings had character. He was not precise as to the dilemma she had entered, how or why she entered it. A man of reputation for ; discreet gallantry, a handsome man of attractive culture, was encouraged by her frank and unchilled attitude toward him to try a desperate measure. j There was a designing servant in the | house. The lover corrupted the servi ant and was introduced into the house. The husband was supposed to be away on a business trip. He came back ahead of time, as husbands sometimes do, and stopped at his club before he went home. A friend of the lover saw him and. knowing what was being essayed at ! the man’s home, was aghast. He induced other friends of the lover to try to detain the husband on one jovial pretext or another while lie communicated with the house. He was unsuccessful in his attempt to use the telephone. The other men were unsuccess- . fill In their attempt to detain the hus- ■ band. The friend began a race with the husband to reach the house. Unluckily f<>r him. the cab he took not only was pulled by the faster horse, but, he being conscious that it was a race and the husband being uncon- ; scions of it. his driver had reasons i given him for speed. It was unfortunate for the friend, because there \vas a tragedy later, and he was its victim. He arrived in time to warn the lover. The ladj, appalled by the appearance of the lover, aghast to consider that she had been thought I so unworthy as to attract these attentions, and suffering from a confusion which blunted her judgment, had not called her seiwants, but bad endeavored with a dignity consciously selfcompromised to assert her self-respect and recall her lover's reason. In a turmoil of abasing emotions she was engaged in this effort of self-con-trol and assertion of dignity w hen the : । nd dc-troyed : U coni] -ure by h ' announcement. The lover went insiantly out of a window. The friend, ouid no- । oi pi । r ise his self-respect in this fat’; m. The husband arrived

upon a scene which could not be explained. His wife, in spite of her efforts at control, was in hysteria. The friend’s presence was inexplicable. Arrangements were made to satisfy honor. The friend was killed in a fashion satisfactory to the police and wholly satisfactory to the outraged husband. There was the situation: an Innocent man dead, a wronged husband satisfied, the W’ife absolved by the romantic, lying statement of the man who sacrificed himself, that in the transaction he had been presumptuous and the wife entirely guiltless--and the guilty lover gone scot-free. But the servant knew. Tremendous possibilities in this, Alcott thought. Then Alcott went to other stories. As he drank morej he made them personal. I felt sick. Fit was outrageous for my recollection to emphasize his merely incidental remark: “It might have been Montevideo.” CHAPTER VII. It may seem unreasonable that a story by a man Incidentally met, an indifferent acquaintance, had started a solvent at work on my mysteries. I am discussing, now, matters I had tried to keep out of my consciousness. Things at Hartley had insisted upon an explanation which I did not want to find or give. I could not kill a curiosity, although I was shamed by it. I felt Indecent in my almost involuntary conjectures re- I garding Mrs. Sidney. Circumstances I did demand an explanation. No one could perceive the strange facts of the house and not speculate as to their cause. It might be unpleasant to do so, but it was impossible not to do so. The predominating fact, however, was that my foikg w’ere coming home, and I knew that my affection for Mrs. Sidney had become a sacrament and my affection for Isobel a tragedy. The yacht Brought these dear people to the lending In the river at Hartley house. I, In the city, was called on the telephone by Isohel. There was a dynamic value in the inspiration of her voice. She was, in her greeting, cheery and wholesome. It was a glad, clean ‘‘Hullo!” —crisp and jovial. My people, came home in May, and the day after their arrival I went to Hartley hou^ with my belongings, re- ■ J wuh m .\.i4u n n As He Drank More He Made Them Personal. joiclng, In an ecstasy, to take the well- ; known ride into the wonderful world of fancy and endeared companionship, by the haunted pool and into the jovial household. Jed, I knew as soon as I saw’ him, was changed—not violently but in some fashion and perceptibly. Mr. Sidney was not. His geniality could not change. He made me feel that he had missed me and was rejoiced to see me again. Mrs. Sidney seemed, spiritually, to continue to lean on me for support, a thing that I perceived in abasement and with a sense of unworthiness and unreliability. Isobel was as wholesome as the air. In the most pleasant circumstances life was resumed at l Hartley house. Jed had not wholly lost his truculence and his occasional flashes of | malevolence, but be was subdued. 1 thought he seemed furtive. I asked Llrs. Sidney If she had ob- . served a change. She said it had not I occurred to her to think of it as a change, but there had been a differ- ; ence for which she was grateful. She remembered that when they were makj ing their visit to Montevideo Jed had gone down to the docks and had come back obviously disturbed. She had observed the fact without giving much thought to it. She was not sure but that there had been an amelioration of Jed since then. She had regarded the event as insignificant. It might Lave had a meaning, but if so, it was obj scared. Our days were of pleasant routine, but nevertheless, for reasons which । I have tried to make perceptible if not explicit, the expectation was । touched by dread. We had, for several months, no outstanding incident j or disturbing happening. Mr. Sidney’s health remained exceptionally good. He created a new interest in his life: he had not forgotten Ills visit to the penitentiary, and ho was eager to do what be could for the convicts. Evidently be thought of li s ro<lrictod life as something not wholly alien, except for Its comforts, to thsirs. The most that he could do was *o send I>oi . s and occasionally to prepare a Sunday afternoon program of music to 1 o given by a small orchestra which ,he had brought out from iLe city H e

never went badr to the penitentiary, but once a week Jed or I drove over, and he was Interested in our accounts. Jed was beginning to wear off the fine aspects of his good behavior Some restless ambition tortured this man, and some power he had not completely used Invited him to make full use of it. I had implored Mrs. Sidney to Inform me instantly If he became obnoxious again. I understood how important it was to protect Mr. Sidney’s peace of mind, hut I thought I had the upper hand of Jed—although not understanding his case at all —and could manage him. Isobel, knowing that she was pursued by the ridiculous ambitions of the man, found amusement in it. I found onlj’ moral nausea. I could see Jed's arrogance arising again, and twice a week I was awakened by his singing In the hallway ns he came from drinking in Mr. Sidney’s room. I was expecting something to happen; and something did, but It was certainly not what I expected. It opened up a new phase of the mystery. One morning I was waiting for Jed to bring my coffee to the pleasant room which he early In our acquaintance had recommended. Not the least curious thing about Jed was the fact that he seldom In his sober moments was anything but a perfect servant when service was demanded. It did not matter how serious and deadly the issue might be between Jed and rCe as men; when the matter lay between Jed and me as servant and served, Jed was the servant. Therefore, no matter how things might stand with us when, in the morning at an early hour. I went to the room Jed originally sugl gested, I expected him to come with . my coffee, and he always did. It was my habit to arise at seven ! o’clock and be dressed and In this ; room by half-past seven. I usually j read a book until Jed brought the cof- | fee and the morning paper. It was a I luxurious and restful experience to ! have this hour each day. This morning in question I was read- ; ing placidly when looking out the winI dow. I was startled to see a strange ; figure of a man on the lawn. He was cb.se to the house, almost under my window, and I even could see that’ he wore earrings. He had a handkerchief around his neck. He was swarthy and black-haired. I thought he was Spanish, and I thought' he was a sailor. These were only Impressions, but they identified him for me later. He was passive and was looking up at the i house In an interested but puzzled , fashion, harmlessly, one would have I said. If the wholly unexpected nature | of his presence had not been in itself . significant. Men wearing earrings were not so common of sight as to allow one wearj ing them to be unnoticed. Strangers | of any kind seldom came our way. Strangers of his kind were extraordinary. He was looking up at the windows as if be sought the answer to something that had Interested if not mystified him. I knew, in every instinct, that he had not come in by ! chance but by design. I was looking, leaning forward, at this sirange phwiomenon on the lawn when a crash of metal and breaking china gave me a shock. Jed —whom I had not heard entering—had seen over my shoulder the stranger on the lawn and had dropped the coffee tray. “You *knew that man and you wanted to kill him.” — — (TO BE CONTINUED.) AND HE DIDN'T COME BACK Man Looking for House Seemingly Had No Desire to Meet the Middleweight Champion. ‘‘Excuse me. ma'am.” said a gentleman, as his ring at the door was answered by the lady of the house, “but is this house for rent?” “Do you see any sign up?” she answered very tartly. “No. ma'am, but I didn’t know but ! what it was for rent. I pass and rei pass the house quite a number of 'times, and I am rather taken with it. Do you rent the place yourself?” “Yes, sir.” “And could you tell me what it rents for?” “We pay thirty-five dollars a I month,” she answered. “Ahem, thirty-five dollars, eh? Why, I am willing to pay forty-five dollars. Would you have any objections to my going to your landlord?” “You had better come In and see my husband fir^t.” “Why should I see your husband, ma’am ?” “Because he Is the middleweight champion of the world, and after he gets through with you I don't think you would even want to pay ten dollars a month for the house. I’ll tell him to expect you this evening.” The man has not returned yet. He ; probably never will. He wants to rent | a house, but he don't want to meet a i champion. Parisian Mementoes of Napoleon. The statue of Henri of Navarre on the Pont Neuf. the oldest bridge In Paris, is a memento of Napoleon, for it was cast from the bronze of the emperor's statue which was torn from the top of the Vendome column In ISI4. This column was erected to honor rhe victories of the great soldier, his martial deeds being depicted in a spiral strip which covers the surface of the pillar. His figure. In the robes of a Roman emperor, has since been placed at the top. The Exchange bridge was erected by Napoleon and still bears his monogram, the archer. The fatuous colonnades of the Louvre : district are his work. He designed j them in memory of bls native Corsica, where that type of architecture if common. Don’t Read When Drowsy. To r id or stud- when fired or L’erous degree, writes W. M. Carhnrt in Public Health. Avoid evening sure h» . iit do' -n< - 1 > io avoid the harmful gUutk

PROMINENT NEU TORN MAN PRAISES TANLAG

John F. Hyatt, of Albany, N. Y., Is Relieved of Severe Attack of Rheumatism of Many Years’ Standing. “I am now seventy-two years old and am just getting rid of a fifteenyear ctlse of rheumatism that had me so crippled up I could not walk,” said John F. Hyatt, 227 Pearl St.. Albany, N. Y., in relating his remarkable experience with Tanlac, recently. Mr. Hyatt was chairman of the committee in charge of building the Albany County Courthouse and was four times elected a member of the County Board of Supervisors. At present Mr. Hyatt is Assistant Superintendent of the Albany County Courthouse, with offices in the build-1 ing. I don t believe,” he continued, “anybody could have rheumatism any worse than I did, and my case was of such long standing I didn't expect to ever get over it. I was unalde to ■walk except for a short distance, supported with a cane, and even then the pains struck me every time 1 took a step. My legs, hips and ankles hurt something awful and my joints were stiff and achy. I couldn't cross my leg without having to lift it up with my hands, and to turn over in bed, why. the pains nearly killed me. “My appetite was gone and the • sight of food nauseated me. My stomach was out of order, and I hail a sluggish, heavy feeling all the time. 1 was weak, off in weight and discouraged so that it looked like I might as well quit trying io ever get ! well. “I had no idea Tanlac would relieve my rheumatism when I began taking It last Spring. I took it because I saw where it would give a fellow an

KNEW FEATHER WAS THERE Young Lady Altogether Unnecessarily Worried Over the Appearance of Strange Old Gentleman. One day while in a railroad station in New York, I was sitting, waiting for the time to pass for my train. There came in a well-dressed and rather old man who had a bright burnt-orange feather in the ribbon of his felt hat. It being my first trip East, and not knowing it was the custom for men to wear a bright-colored feather in their hats, I walked up and said: ■ ‘Pardon me, sir. but you have a feather in your hat.” He was quite deaf, i so I found I had to speak in a loud voice in order to make him hear. I repeated the statement three times until I saw everyone near me smiling. The okl man laughingly said: “Oh, that is the style, miss.” I was so embarrassed that my train did not come too quick for me.—Chicago Tribune. White, but Not With Years. Instances where some terrible experience has whitened a person’s hair j in an hour or two are bj’ no means un- । common, but we know of only one i case of such a change happening in the movies. It was during a rip-roar- j ing screen comedy, too. “What in the world has happened to j you, Jim?" asked his friend, as they came down the balcony stairs. “Did the picture give you a fright?" “Fright, nothing!” was the other's reply. “If I'm white-headed it's because > of a couple of girls who sat behind me. ‘ They were eating marshmallows, and every time they laughed they blew powdered sugar over my head and down the back of my neck." —Boston Transcript. So It Goes. “Twenty years ago you could get a ticket around the world for 8250.” “Now that will hardly take you to the next town."—Louisville CourierJournal He who is wedded to art sh-mld have a model wife.

Jie Turned the Corner*3he man in the tog thought he was lost, hut he turned the corner there was his own home! 3o many, troubled with disturbed nerves and digestion due to coffee drinking, help has seemed a long way oFF, but they Found in Postum Cereal at the corner grocery a delicious, satisfying table drink that makes for / health and comfort "Tneres a Reason S3l

- L J JOHN F. HYATT 227 Pearl St., Albany, N. Y. appetite. Well, sir, I was the most surprised I ever was in my life when the rheumatic pains began to ease up. , I took seven bottles in all and, it’s a j fact, I didn't have an ache about me, i was eating tine and simply felt like I had been made over again. “I have been in the best of health I ever since, with only a slight twinge !of rheumatism at intervals, I do not I need my cane now, but as I had been unable to walk without it for several | years, I got into the habit of carrying it and so still take it along. I am , enjoying life and health once more and can conscientiously recommend Tanlac as the greatest medicine I have ever run across in all my experience.” Tanlac is sold by leading druggists everywhere.—Adv.

WHEN THE HORSES LAUGHED Possibly the Animals Had Their Own Opinion About That Little “Swapping” Episode. “Hello,” says he. “Hello,” says I.” I never seed the man afore. “Swap?” says he. “Dur.no,” says I. “Mebbe, mebbe, I ain’t shore.” “The bay,” says he. “The gray,” says I. “Swap?" says he, and both unhitched. “Fine boss,” says he. “Os course,” says I. And in a moment we had switched. “Giddcr" rnrfi bn * “Giddap.” says I. And both them horses stood stock still. “He's balked?” says I. “Gosh, yes.” says he. “Mine, too,” says I, and laughed to kill. “Good day.” says he. “Good day,” says I. “Best joke, b’gosh, I ever see.” —Exchange. HASTENED WITH GLAD NEWS Footman Reasonably Felt He Had Something of Importance to Communicate to Employer. Miss MacSwiney, the sister of the i late lord mayor of Cork, relaxed enough at a dinner in New York to tell a story about the Irish earl of Dunraven. “The earl of Dunraven,” she said, “has a magnificent country seat, Dunraven castle, and Lord Lyons once i sent him there a gift of a pair of : emus. “These emus yere named after their giver, and, as they were rare birds, a great desire prevailed at Dunraven castle that they should propagate. This desire ran from the earl , on down to the very stable boys. “One day the earl was giving a I stately luncheon wh« n a footman rushed in, wild with excitement. “‘Your ’ordship—oh. your lordship,’ , he .panted, ‘Lord Lyon has laid an