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Show th part" if the certain third nameiesa RealrlssifeVHXIAM AUBN WHITB 5 f. ' wf tone WAS near the close session a session which had tasted a winter and a sprint and a IT snd threatened te push ltseff first days of autumn, when the mo jummer, whoi Wharton, the'western member, conbad been in the house flvt terms, cluded to peck" his TaUee end go home campafgn WM showing warm, jbe pearly all of the county contentions bad been held, add a majority 'of the delegates elected were Instructed for ym, which Insured hi renomlnatlon If tl'if three remaining eountlesJn the district did notgooildly against him. He had laid bis plan mechanically for s renommation, and If he had stopped to ak himself whether or not he really wanted to come .hack jo.congresB, he would probably have said no. He was tireii but he did not know why. He thought be needed rest, that he had been overworked that he was flayed out; yet bis private secretary, who kept the run of the pension business and did his routine work, did not seem tired the private secretary even had refined a vacation, and it was at the secretary's own request that he stayed . lu Washington.-Hut Wharton, the western member, van tired dead tired, and he pictured to himself the pleasures of going back Baxto his home in the little town-ter where people on the streets who of had wen him grow up from a boy and called him "Tom," really were glnd to see him. Just before he had left- bis pri-vut- e bis rooms for the departing train secretary had handed him the (lav's clippings; and after he had been ridini; for an hour or so, while he was fumbling in his pockets for a match, thev tumbled out In a tight little roll. He idly read them. He was used to unjust abuse and sick of uncalled-fo- r praise. The first clipping was taken from the Queen Ci'y Dally flerald; it bore ft Washington date line, and was liitniiiiierd by tbt words, "Special to i the Herald." It read: Tner sav here flint Wharton of the Fourth district, la beginning to feel He bus received several letunoMsv. ters iiui his district tr.at have con vinced him that the Populist cyclone has shaken down severnl lengths of fence in I.ee, Meade and Smith couu ties. liill Heatley's strength is said to be developing down there wonderfully, was here The lion. Ike Russell,-whlast week looking for a Job as receiver of lie Baxter National bank, was In close consultation with Wharton three of the four nights he was here, and the "old man" Is wearing a hunted look and is talking to himself. They say down in the Fourth district that It will take more than "Our Tom" Wharton's him to explain away his silver vote. Wharton knew the correspondent and only smiled us he flipped the wadded cliiiiiinj out of. the car window. There was a short editorial clipping from the person-alwa- ys evbo would need money" tot t cigars and livery hire. Wharton put these statesmen off, and they went away doubting whether they would the ""old man" or fight him, 1'be congressman's presence In the II trie town was an event, and he had cullers all day long who seemed to need help In different ways. Soldiers desired pensions, mothers asked for positions in Washington for their sons; young women called to see about clerkships; widows, whose husbands he had known, came to borrow money. Be was honestly glad to see all these people and, when he could, he helped them ; he rarely made an enemy, even though he always was frank. It was Saturday evening, and Wharton was just entering on his second week at home, he and bis friend, "Ike" Russell, were sitting on the southern porch of the congressman's bome. Their wives and daughters were in the parlor around the piano, and tbo two men were. at that preliminary stage of conversation In which Ideas are conveyed by grunts and monosyllables. "What did Hughey of Smith City want today?" asked Russell. "About two hundred, more or less," said the congressman. 7'Hughey't a thief; he'd spend about $25, and the rest would go into his jeans." f "I suppose so," Wharton nuswered. "Say we lose Smith county?". "Well, you say," said his friend. vDld you see Higglns, from Iee valley? He told me Inst month that he had five fellows who could swing Lee county for $100 apieoe." "Ugh," grunted the congressman. "That makes $2,300 so tar, if I come down." "Well, tlint's chenper than you got off before by several hundred." Wharton yawned, and the silence that followed was broken only by the tinkle of the cow bells in the valley below the town, and the splash of water over Uie dam across the river that runs around the village. Occasionally the sound of voices singing on the water or the notes of a guitar would come up on the gusts of wind.' The piano in the parlor was silent, and the moon was barely visible, under the eastern corner of the porch. The men had Wharton hns beeir hi congress ten years; he had been Judge six years be-- f re entering congiesS, and county four years before he was j'.'io'. Twenty years has this man I" on in, office; his total salary In that time ha r:'' l Is- - ly the commercial agencies at one half million dollars.; He bas banks iind railroad stock; he owns mort-(ate- s and farms. Where did he get them? nig time has been sold to the people; he has ' been false to every trust : lie bus voted with the East on the money question ; he has neglected the farmers at every turn. He Is garden seed congressman; he comes out here and s around, and then goes back t vote with Wall s'iwt. Wall street knows Its friends, iind -- Onr Tom" Is worth million dollars, lives lntn mansion filled with hammered brass at Baxter, while the farmer footsbUhj. Wharton knew that the editor of the Karmer's Friend had heen a candidate for the post office at Smith City; that he himself had. lent the editor money and held his note, for $300. , He put the clipping In his pocketbook - with sigh, and looked through the other scraps of paper. There were perhaps dozen a few of them Inudatory to n offensive bids degree, some for money, and the rest a clearly fair discus-Ioof his candidacy. Wharton's first week in the district was spent at Baxter. He did. practically nothing to secure his renomlnatlon, although men from each of the three doubtful counties came every day to Baxter and went directly from the .train to Wharton's nouse. Tbey aU wanted .money or promises of "assistance"; and each of em told how tome precinct could be mto line" by a little work on haw-haw- one-ha- lf - n wise-lookin- g Tea, yes, Ike, I know about my ping j hat and all that; and then do you re- Tanlac Put Him 1 Back on Job, Says Davis THE TIME TO DANCE j member how I ran for Judge and waa e nominated for congress, back In .'84 aa S , Bf iijNiAii I j a dnrk horse on the three hundredth tI ballot, and how I was elected and told I by McClw Newapapor the people from the box down by the bonfire in the public square that I was Mary Wilson threw her knapsack-ogoing to be worthy of the honor? Ike, the ground, unbuckled the enrnjer's the tears I shed there was tjonest tears, stove from her shoulder and loosened for God knows how proud J was. AU the roll that made up her bed and these ten years were before me, and blankets. It had been heavier than wliat a great ten years I hoped they she had anticipated, and the hike would be. I thought of my plans as through the woods to the lake bad a boy you and me on the fence down i)een. easily a mile longer than she bad In the valley, Ike and I looked over thought. all the names in congress then ten Working In an office as she did for" years ago I mean and they seemed eleven and a half months of the year, great names to me. I could hardly It seemed good to think of being alone wait to get to Washington to see the and quiet for these two weeks. More j men and to be one oi them. I was than that, the spot had u certain at- ten years ago." . such a boy, Ik traction for her, Inasigucb as she bad Each man puffed bis cigar in a mo- once motored out there on an early ment s pause. Wharton lighted a Sunday morning when John Smith had fresli one. Russell thought in so mnny been one of the party. She thought of words: "It's one of Tom's talkative John Smith now. and tried to make nights.' her Hp curl derisively ns she thought Wharton took up the thread .where of her name had she married him It had dropped. Mary Smith, the wife of John Smith. "Here I am, Ike, a The bp would not curl In the approved statesman. I've been In it and through manner, for .Mary Wilson knew that it. lve held as high a place In the bail John Smith ever said the least of of as house the any organization word she would have leaped at the v.e men read about. to used the great chance of being .Mary Smith I've passed a pension bill and the Hi' had taken ner to several dances, old soldiers, for whom I worked night hud Invited her out to dine four times, and day during six months, have had bought tickets for the theater passed resolutions against me. I hnve pome lialtdo.en tunes j bud my name on a silver bill for which As she set abimt making camp she ' the hat money fellows have abusi'd me. I ve led uiv party through two wondered If she had been foolish to o!T here bv herself. The other successful lights. And what is there come In It? lou know, as well as I do. jjrls In the ollice nil went to tray sum- that it is hollow all a hollo .v show. iner resorts where they would meet . What's the use of it? W by should a men. " on re foolish. Miirv Wilson," So-man wear his Pfe out up there In that Shonman bud told "If John her. in to phle name his keep print? city just There was a mun named Keifei an Smith iloesn I siak up and 'spress Ohio man, who was speaker of the himself well, I lie best thing yon can do Is to get another sweetie. No girl ho that reads the pahouse once. wants to reach thirtv unmarried." knows bini of today? anything lters Mnrv Wilson had opened her mouth et he worked Ins life nearly out to to speak, but Sophie bad raised one he a statesman. Where are the sechand hastilv. tiL'ht? Ike, onds in the 'Don't try to lie out of it. Mnrv. there s nothing in it but ashes. The politician said nothing; be did I'm a woman and I've seen that vou love bim. It s nothing to fie ashamed not know how the talk was turning. of, is it? The thing Is (his many a girl has not made nn impression on the man she wanted and she took some other. After nil. marriage Is much the same full of tights after the first vear." Marv Wilson had been silent. Tf was nothing to be ashamed of. she nientallv agreed, to love John Smith. P.nt to marry some one else just to lie Mrs. or for the side pleasure of showing the world thai she hud captured a husband ugh And Mnrv bad set about making preparations to camp nloiio at the spot where she and John Smith had gnvly cooked fish over nn open fire and eaten them quickly while thev were hot from (he pan. Going over to the stove she began to set it up to get supper. She heard a ear on the road and wondered idly who could he stopping. She did not turn, however. "I beg pardon." came a man's voice behind her. She whirled aliont; there never, she knew, was another voice besides John's which was Just like that. he stammered. Mary." "Why, " "Wh-h- . . .u.Jw-nj.un- n j Tve never been much of a hand at pralslug medicines, but I can certainly nay something good fur Tanlac," sakl Geo. Davis, 110 Naglee St., San Francisco, Calif. "I had a bad case of ptrfmalne poisoning and it came pretty near laying toe out altogether. For three months I was in an awful condition and suffering constantly from diarrhea. 1 came weak all over and was going from bad to worse. I tried everything I knew of, but It wns beginning to look like nothing would ever reach my case. "Then, a friend of mine recommended Tanlac to me. And It's a fact, four bottle have made a clean sweep of my troubles and built me up to where I feel like o new man. I am working every dav now and when It comes to recommending Tunluc 1 can't put It too strong." Tnnbic is. sold by all good druggists. -- Advertisement. U ) (&J si SAY "BAYER" U uOiU x. U Insist! when you buy. Unless you see the "Bayer Cross" on tablets, you are . not getting the genuine Bayer product prescribed by physicians over 23 years and proved safe by millions for d j ltlaiue-Conklin- g ! i same paper.. It rend: The dispatches say tbnt "Our Tom' Wi ai tmi is wiggling in bis sent and tryini: to project his astral body in the Fourth dlsirier to see how his fences are. ami at the same time to keep his 'oii(,ical lxxly in Washington to look aiii r ike Russell's pie plate. If "Our lour' doesn't tall down in his anxiety to kei i one foot in the "bloody Fourth" Kiel the other at the political-bakshop- he must be either a Colossus of lilioiics or a ."quadrille dancer." Wharton dropped that on the floor aix! another from the Smith County I mner's Friend. It was long and ful' of double leads and "break lines" and italics and exclamation points. It was alnisive In the extreme ami closed ' " ' with this tirade: Now, let us re son together. Tom g.. ...... ............... man, but Wi. urn went on as tf to keep the thread of the convrsatloB In his teeth. Novelties. "Do you think the country needs n new "part ?M "No," replied Senator Sorghum. "If the old parties keep on modifving their platforms for a few more years, they II offer all the political jioveltles anybody could reasonably desire." Handy "Bayer" boxes of DYES" Awtrln ! Rheumatism Neuritis Lumbago Neuralgia Pain, 12 Pain- - Also bottles of 24 and 100 tablets tbe trade mark of Barer Munufsrturp of Monoaceilcacldoata.' Druggists. of SaltcrUcadd iAMGHE Take a good dose of Carter's Little Liver Pills . CARTER'S ITTLE IVER PILLS i He Had to SUod It. mis t ".Mini SCI'llM'll to Mlf iii. i.; ii. liioic of it in Toothache Accept only "Bayer" package which contains proper directions. Each package of "Diamond Dves" con- tains direciioiiH so Riniple nnv woman can dve or tint her old. worn, faded tlnxH-ncw- . Even if she luis never rlvcd heiore,., she can put n ilea', rich color into shabby skirts, dresses, waists, coats, stockings, sweaters, coverings, draperies, hangings, Buv Diamond Dve no other kind then perfect home dvcing is guaranteed. Just till voar druggist whether the material vou wish to dve is wool or ilk, or whether it i linen, cotton, or n ixed goods. Diamond Dvc never streak, I'cmcat. spot, fade or even-thing- Headache f DYED HER BABY'S COAT, A SKIRT AND CURTAINS WITH "DIAMOND Colds then take 2 or 3 tor a few nights slter. I hey restore tbe organs to their proper functions and Headache and tiie causes of it pass away. TBEY REGULATE TBE BOWELS and SSSSJ!" 111 EVENT CONSTIPATION Snail Pill; Soull Due; &ull Price s&J&ZC - eftcrdiiv while It SIX Niivh i.,:inl .:- i in :i iviu;: ri'lliltVltvl mo ii vcrV obi niiii: i :ii;,. u wns tt'llinir tin- oi In.-"i i nit Until. i.rr I sj. i ,i t i l:i i vnti slut ii it. ::.:i:. iM t!i.-:- . l "" ami ,i.:..: Fascinatingly So&p 25c, Ouitcitnt iw I The Cirt Hcuse. here hnil been n entu'ile delum- "f dm- - M;iv liml lnoulil blotters. her ofteiMiti to tic touchers (hsU mysterious lonkinn iaei:;t j s uhich proved to he the iuovilalile blotters, riimlly in pcr.ilcity the Cubed May to her i.nd said. "li s lovely of you, dear, to brin' these hinders, but really, I've sn many nnv "Oil, t lint's nil ri'it," was (he an swer, "we've ;ot s,i ninny al home, mamma said: 'What II we ever do with nil lliese blotters? Why ilen't you take 'eliyMo ymn lonelier"' " Tonic Pou W. N U t mere or .nris--t Ir.im , 25 mm ind 50c, Talcum 25c. Hair ANYTHING TO BE will clean it off without ky ins up the horse. No blister, no hair gone. Concentrated only a few drop required at an per bottle deapplication. livered. Describe your caaa for apecial Inatructiona, and BeeaUbea ff. F. TOUNS, lae. iH Taaple St SrMl4, Mm. pet lild. pel Q lli.il twdnv Ira At all iruid Umiritesl!.. 75c, . f 1,1 IS. Ckoaub, Moutu, Tian. '6 T mm mm to replace old, bhonld be gruw lug nil Lho time. It Hill If you use Hair Suit Lake City, No 1 i 9 throat. I lio-.u- tern-he- Fragrant big knee like thia, but your horse may have bunch or bruiae on bis ankle, bock, stifle, koeeer " Always Healthful m ' v. I. !( .nn: !Vt !! , it: !" hnve to Miiml it line ;i . t'l ll'-- v.o 1:1:1! : r! in in lire iloin; v :.i,.,i in "Mnilv N'o:.them. K. V. of ii 'I i l Aroimil the 'A orM. M SELDOM SEE Cuticura Talcum illIVS 19"12 OBLIGING! PRESCR.PTION Little Thing Like That Mentioned Was Nothing to This Applicant for American Citizenship. FOR LONQ LIFE According to This German Physician, It Is Easy to Add to One'e Year of Usefulness. - The of eentemirlnn, which eaeli heaiilK' where ap; lieations took plaee the other day reeullwi tbe hi- per mis seeking tile I'nil-eStates are cull- - ii.se d the eminent (ienmin iihysieiau. zetiship who died rerootly sidered and parsed tin, ineidenls eueie liuetsr at tin- uw of one hundred anil nine. e.p whjeh add l.iniioi- to the otherwise He nftt'n declared tbnt be possessed At n reeelit hearing seriuiis an infallible rule for sertirintr lont'V-ity- , before, .ludk'e VY, Y, Thornton of l!; which he would reveal to Hub l, Ooive euurt, llooin Superior ' world She laughed at bis amazement. will. Vpen his death, MaeVay. I'liUed Staiis naturalifW Cher.p Me'Lsrial. "What's the mtittfr? "Men- go camp"Your Honor, v, hen we were mar- ofneer. was iiuiziii an atiplji aijt re- - then, Ibis formula was disclosed : ,". ing, don't they, wjfhoiit anyone makas ,.r soul ipirdins ti:s I. now!. 'dire- "f the Inner! "I'm your bed. orientlnv; it by inei5i8"t ried my wife said I about It. Why mate." ing such :i great and re- - of a coinpav. so that you will lnJV' ,"ie. erninrti' workings of il should the history of the I'liited your head placed .lorth. and lie ill u "'Yet, there she .stands. eliaiiiiL' yon car.lin;; "It's not that." he sold. "I onlv I with nun support." horizontal pusilion Sleep solidly, with S'ates. thought you d'.M't care about anything . "I do." lli the wife. "1 sunn was the lir Pre idi nt of the .closed lists." "Yln This Is l he wlmle sei ; '. This except dancing and dinners and dis'tivered that lie had a i.iari.eii I'liued States':" he i.M.eil. I suppo- od your main lUm 4n it Is asserted, briiiv'she body In ttmvn- - stmt. ami- - it wirs tru" :i. II. C, replied the ronitiinnktithni with life was to dance." telltiriun r.iuiiliildmiil .Vue Herald. ica a lit. 'pi She turned to put a slice nf bacon In currents cotain fioiu the north and T the I. '.hist leav the hot frying p.m. "I do hive to ('.." Fiiltl .Mr. Insures an extremely hnppy blood foniiiion sense is isi oiii :u'iii". ft dance." she sa'd frankly, "but there Is menns not lo .are t.m mm h .m V.iekiiy. :ly r time to dance and a time to camp. thins'th.'I don't i nre," J'ald the applieant This is the time to cat. If you're with patlenc ly. wit'i iui lie wiiu Is in' hungry " t:ture uf I, is hand. Wnshlntun and pei se ei ance is equipped for Hope Is otten earned n far as to t sudsaid I'm he h' "Von hungry." Star. wolk. be rldieulous denly. "I'm starved. I have my two weelcs' vacation nnd my uncle lent nie his car for it. I thought I'd rump here. Why. I have n cooking outfit and a box of flsVing tackle." lie was eating now. rutting; piece after piece of bread and spreading butter on hers for Iror rapidly. Deftly she saw bim lift the hot bacon from the pan and put it on the bread. "I I've been a fool. Mary. I j thought vou vvouh'n't care for this yort of thlni' and. you kno v, cooied ui In an offioe nil year I just hnve to eel away like this :i my two weeks. wonder if nil this slnff would be ynfej here if we left for nn hour or so?" "Why. why?" she Kasped. her heart oflen you have heard peor le say, "I can't drink cofF. s; tbumplue. me awake nights t" They've learned from ex "Woli, I wns sort of thlnklnc this j would be a jolly sort of honey nfn-j- ' pcrince; have you? I hnve nn extra fish In? pole nnd we If you are a coffee drinker and fail to pet sound restful sleep, could be uinrrfod up In the next town If we bustle before the clerk's office it means that your nerves are and that licalth closes. " needs from coffee's caffeine. protection drug, He wns standing now. looking nt ber. There's no sacrifice in making health safe, as so many thousands "Besides, thnt's a pencb nf n stove have found who have turned from coffee to Postum. It has a wns yon hove there thnt lutenn Al " flavor, and is free from any element that delightful cofTee-lik-c '1'hey iy.w tuiltl Mary tletnnrerr. can harm you. As many cups as you like, and no regrets. "thnt cooklnjt Is the wny to a iniiri'a henrt nnd I fenetm" Your grocer has Postum in two forms: Instant Poetum(in tins) wirruii Tint Jolm Smith wns pnllinp her to i prepared instantly in the cup by the addition of boiling water. yjanjajai her feet nnd she found herself tilumst Postum Cereal (in packages) for those who prefer to make the drink toIn hand runnlne with him, huntl ward the car wiiltliiff In tbe roiidnoy. while the meal is being prepared ; made by bciling fully 20 minutes At of j foiviun-hnn- i 111 ' ! s to-d- o I" Coats' and Chokers, and "They Were Tail, Thin, Spare Men in Swallow-tai- l Hair That Looked Fierce. and Slates manlike." smoked in silence a few moments when Wharton said : "Ike, what Is the real issue in this campnigy?" "I dtmno, old man ; sometimes I th'n't it's the tariff; sometimes I think it's sliver; and then at other times I Just give It all up. What's your Idea, Tom?" The cngiesHum did not reply at once; he seemed to be pulling his ideas together for a longer speech than usual, lie twisted his gray mustache nervously ; he looked askance at his friend, who was apparently listening to.ihe.miisic that had Just started up ngivn in the parlor. Wharton went over to tiie garden hose which was turned upon a shrub, changed its cnurse, en me back, relighting his ckar. and snld r , I don't know, Ike, I "B'Godfrcj-don't know. Do you remember when we used to 'cut corn at six cents a shock, ami go to school down the valley where those cow bells we-- e tinkling sit on a liltte while ago? We used the fence of nights like th's and talk wny lnto the nlght about what we were going to do?" "Yes?" said the politician, expectantly. "lev and I used to hope to go to congress some day; we used to talk e Of the statesmen and read their speeches In the school renders Clay and Ciilhotin and the great men whose names we knew as boys. They were tall, spare men In swallow-taile- d coats and chokers, and hair that looked Do you reBerce and statesmanlike. member the congressman from this district forty year ago; how dignified he was. wl.at a really great man he must hnve been? He lived greatness every hour nf his life. The men who went to the territorial leg'sbture how superior they .seemed, with their coats! tall ' hats and Ike, do you remember when I went to the legislature In the winter of TO, and came rack discouraged and disappointed with the sham of It all the row and U rings and the schemes?' Russell Wimld have Interjected some reminiscent joke on, the voudk states- ' old-tim- d - r the-flt-r- - "Ike," resumed the congressman, talcing a firmer hold on his cigar, and tightly grasping the arms of the chair, "Ike. what's the use? Here conies a lot of Kills and Dicks and Toms and Harrys, who want me to put up $2,300 and promises that I'll be two years working to keep, just to go back there. I go hark there and work and fret and stew for this, that and for the other tiling that I don't carf a cent for. I have no heart in it ; I feel like a sneak ; I hnve to swallow my pride; I've no ideals; there Is no reward; nothing but liicglliig with a lot of mercenary, impecunious thieves here at home, and with fl lot of shrewder shysters of the same sort In congress at Washington. If I go on, I must buy my way in ; buy my own slavery. .Ike, shivery to the fellows J despise. I know I've done it three or four times, tint I kept thinking the end would some day Justify the means. But It doesn't; it never will; It's a fraud, Ike, and I'm (lore. I am going to he honest Just for once In my life. I don't have to u'o to congress; I can he lots with fricuui. JUl'l JI1J family and now don't laugh, old man Hint's a and- - nod my honor. stagey. Ike, hut that's the real Is sue In this campaign and Tin out of this light. Let's go in and hear the music. Ike. That's the end of it. I've thought It all over mid I've decided." Probably most ttitn at least most moralizing men would hnve railed the "old ninii" weak had they seen him the following Monday mnkbig out a check payable to Isaac Husell for .2,3(i0. nut most men do rot know what It Is to worship nn Ido! f..r a lifetime, and they rnnnot understand bow a man can love his Idol even when he knows to his bitter sorrow that it is only clay. h-- - "Your speech." hV Spellbinder. innkes a i 1 HOW over-stimuiat- " Si , 9 Hubberseed Oil. similar to limbed oil Is ex trneted from the sed of robber trees and tbe reslrtne used ns fodder. A mill linn been set np In Malaya nun An oil "Yes." StHr. j j splendid repllcil Mr. Meekton ; "nnd I noticed she Impressed nn entire audi ence the snme way she does me. She snys whnt she likes and no one even WashlnptOfthinks of fnlklns back o you near the clock strike the night hoars ? jj lit-tl- A KsJ-lio- i ! hnve been sold in sniiill consignment I'nder )ires Europe Bt gcod prices. ent conditions on ibe rubber seel for this purpose la easily secured- .- Scientific American. ihuit-tlon- i ' v M j : t 1 j i The two forms of Postnm era quelly - PoStUIll FOR HEALTH d- licious; and the cost is only abvui Hs per cup. "There's a Reason" Made by Postum Cereal Co., Inc, Battle Creek, Mich. ' ' |