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Show FOUND OUT JUST IN TIME. Write In right away about tha I 9 thlnga you want for Christmas. Our stock la complete now and j)r finger Bowl Would Have Been Put to Novel Use. prices In keeping wlthV -- met. The late William Cassidy, one time editor or the Albany Argus, possessed the traditional Irish wit. On one occasion, a number of years ago, ho was a guest at a political banquet in Albany. At that time finger bowls were seldom used, and their correct usage (a lassing fad) meant to dip a corner of the napkin In the water and therewith daintily cleanse the finger tips. Most of the men present eyed the Innovation, when Introduced at dessert, narrowly and uncertainly. One after another ended by pledging the hand Into the crystal dish. Hut Mr. Robert Albany gentlepruyn, a man, correctly moistened a bit of hie napkin and laved his fingers. Mr. Cassidy watched hint admiringly, not having as yet touched hla own glass. to a neigh"Thats good. he wblsj-erebor. Thats good. If Pruyn hadnt done that I should have put my foot In Weekly. 170 sx SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH ADOLESCENCE OF THE DOLLAR Present Unit of Value Hae Had Many Forma and Shapes. elec-truin- PERFECT SUBSTITUTE , FOR INK. d ITCHING RASH . Thcaa Were Big Hailstones. The weirdest storm story In years comes down from the Hownleville and Snow Tent country, where It la alleged that chickens were killed by hall atones and a hone waa knocked senseless. The atom la said to have been the fiercest In yean. Four chickens are aald to have been killed by the hall and. many knocked down. Lightning struck a tree on tha Goodyear bar grade, and It waa still burning today. At George Cooper's ranch, near Snow Tent, the hailstones were reported aa large aa small eggs, and one of these knocked the horse eenaeleaa. San Nevada City Correspondent Francisco Call. Aggravating Man. I dont aoe bow you can have any fault to find with him. "Why Not?" "Decause be appeara to be a man who la absolutely without faults of any sort "Thats just It That's hla worst fault Vegetable with Old Lineage. Asparagus la the aristocrat of tha food plants. None other has so distinguished a lineage, for Ita records reach back almost to the beginning of au thentlc history. It la mentioned by tha comic poet Crallnua, who died about 425 H. C. The Romans hold asparagus In the highest esteem, the elder Cato treating at length. In his "De re Rustles. still extant, of the virtues and correct cultivation of the plant. Pliny, writing about 60 A. D., baa a great deal to say of asparagus, lie lays: Of all the products of your garden your chief care should bo asparagus. Good Stuff In TMa Bey. The Worcester (Mass.) boy who sent fire centa to the conscience fund to pay for some apples he took Is made of stuff that vlll bear better fruit than any ha atule. There are hopea for a nation owning boy a of hli pattern. Vanilla In Panama. Vanilla grows well In Panama, but In cur great difficulty la Ing the beans owing to the extreme dampness cf the climate. expm-lencr- In Chicago. Dearborn What Is that ham mer hanging alongside of your bureau? Mrs. Wahash Oh, haven't you ever seen that before? "No, 1 dont believe I bare. Why. I cut a notch la the handle every time I get a divorce." Yonkers Statesman. Mr Love. It la safe tn awear eternal fidelity and to talk all aorta of nonsense, but avoid writing too much. A poet has aald such a one should bo bung on bis ova pothook a. a YEARS. "When my daughter waa a baby she had a breaking out behind the ears. The doctor said that she would outr grow It. and It did get somewhat better until she waa about fifteen years old, and after that aha could get nothing that would drive It away. She was always applying something la the way of salves. It troubled her behind the koeea, opposite the elbows, back of the neck and ears, under the chin, and then It got on the face. That waa about three years ago. She took treat ment with a specialist and seemed to get worse all the time. We were then advised to try the Cuticura Remedies, and now 1 dont tee any breaking out. M. Curley, Sixteenth St, Day City, Mich., May 20, 1906. "Who has a fountain pen?" asked the nervous man as he fished out hli check book. T have to pay mine host bis bill, and as I'm going out of town fur s couplo of weeks, 1 want to get tha Job u If my hands. He hasnt a pen "Here Is sn Indelible and Ink here. pencil, said a friend, as he reached into his vest pocket. "That wont No do, snapped the nervous man. bank will take a check written with a pencil. "Oh, yes, provided you wet the check first, said the friend If you can't get water, soothingly. llek the cheek as you would a stamp and (hen do your writing while It Is till molaL An Indelible pencil Is filled with nothing but Ink powder, compressed Into solidity . When It la moistened It becomes Ink. Try it ?I see, said the nervous man aa he algned hla check with a flourish, "that there are more ways of killing n cat than choking It with hot butter. In 18 Glrl'a Rash Spread and Grew Worse Under Specialists Care Perfect Cura by Cuticura Remedies. Signature In Indelible Pencil on Wet Check Will Bo Accepted. For Those THOUSAND A CANDLES By MEREDITH NICHOLSON Aalto al "THE MAIN CIMKCE." SAHESON" Etc. HIM well-know- The dollar took some rounding. Nor did It formerly ring true, but, much alive, simply gars a bleat or bellow. Cattle, among country folk, at one time constituted the dollar, while primitive man generally made use of any article sufficiently abundant for the standard payment of all merchandise, writes R. Holt Lomas In Harper'a Weekly. Thua. In ancient Greece, a largo bronxe tripod had the value of a dozen oxen. A good bard working woman, on the other hand, was given In exchange for only four such beasts. When metal took the place of money, the dollar clung to Ita traditions, and eolna were etill called after live Block. metal Thua, "pecunla," applied to money, derived Ita origin from pecus (cattle). From the custom of counting heads of cattle came the present desor ignation of a sum In cash capital, roupa, In Sanscrit, "capita (hernia). In(herd, flock) made roupya, or the dian rupee, while the ingots of or admixture of gold and allver, when first In usa as money, bore the Impress of an ox or cow. Not clumsy, but too fragile, were tha sheila In use aa money by the negroee of Africa, and throughout ancient Asia, where the natives, taken by Ita beauty, gava tha shell a money value. THE HOUSE OF 1Mb Brothers Method Waa 8lmple, but Also Somewhat Costly. Miss Dresswt-I- l had Just returned after spending a week with a country friend. Imagine her consternation when she discovered her previously wardrobe empty! "Gracious, George! she aald to her brother. "Where are all my clothes? And what In the world lu that great black patch on the lawn?" The face of George exhibited all the bIros of conscious righteousness, und he met her gaze unflinchingly. "Maria, he replied consolingly, "you wrote to me that If I wanted the key of the billiard room I should find It In the pocket of your bolero. "Yea, yea! "Well, I don't know a bolero from a fichu or a box pleat, so I took all the thlnga to the lawn and burnt them. Then 1 recovered the key from the ashes. She froze him with a stare, and he la now thawing slowly on the kitchen stove. Stray Stories. well-stocke- well-kuuw- n True to Hla Promlaa. teacher In a tenement district hurried from the school to find the mother yf a pupil who had been taken quite A 11. "Can you show me where Mrs. Angelo Scandale lives? ahe Inquired of a cherub transplanted from the sunny south to a dark, sunless alley. Yea, teach', I show you, and a willing. atlcky hand dragged her on with uch speed aa to make her stumble over an Italian dame seated on the threshold. After the teacher's breathless flight toward the clouds, the little band topped tugging. .There where Mere Scandale live Indicated the horizontal arm and finger, "but she downstair sitting on the step. finished the smiling Ups. Harper's Magazine. u. CHAPTER ll Continued. "The big chap In the lead Is sy friend Pickering," 1 answered, ail Larry tamed bis heal slightly. "Yes. I supposed you weren't lurking at the women. he observed dryly. "I'm sorry I coul !n't see the object of your taterext. Hah! them men! I luuihed ccr.:'cssly enough, but I wax already summoning from ay memory the grate .face of the girl In black, her mour.iful ryes, tha glint of gold In her hair. Pick ring was finding the pleasant places lu this vale of tears, and 1 felt my hevt hot against h'm. It hurts, this seelig a man yc-- hve never liked succeeding where you La ve fall yd! "Why didnt you present me? I'd like to make the acquaintance of a few I may representative Americana, need them to go ball for me. "Pickering didnt aee me, for one thing; and for another be wouldnt go ball for you or me If he did. lie isn't built that way. Larry smiled qulzilcally. "You needn't explain further. The sight of the lady haa shaken yon. She reminds me of Tennyson: iw-talu- 11-1- 9 HOW HE FOUND THE KEY. It) Siiima Mf 1111 The atar-llk- eyes' e orrowx ( I nj mortal any other living man, jack Glenarm, but 1 can't think of It. I have my own troubles; and, moreover, you've got to stick It out there alone. Its part of the game the old gentleman set up for you. aa I understand ft. Go ahead, collect your fortune, and then. If I havent been hanged in the meantime, we'll Join forces later. There's no chap anywhere with a pleasanter knack at pending money than your old friend L. D." He grinned, and I smiled ruefully, knowing that we must soon part again, for Larry waa one of the few men I had ever called friend, and this meeting had only quickened my old affection for him. "1 aupiMwe he continued, "yon accept aa gospel truth what that fellow tells you about the estate. I should be a little wary If I were you. Now, I've been kicking around here for a couple of weeks, dodging the detectives, and Incidentally reading the newspapers. Perhaps you don't understand that this estate of John Marshall Glenarm has been talked about a good bit. "I didn't know It. I aald lamely. "You couldn't know, when you were coming from the Mediterranean on a steamer. But the house out there and the mysterious disappearance of the property have been duly discussed. You're evidently an object of some aud he drew from public Interest, hla pocket a newspaper cutting. He read: Here's a sample Item. "John Glenarm, the grandson of John Marshall Glenarm, the eccentric millionaire who died suddenly in Vermont last summer, arrived on the Maxlnkuckee from Naples yesterday. Under the terms of his grandfather's will, Glenarm is required to reside for a year at a curious house established by John Marshall Glenarm near Lake Annandale, Indiana. "This provision was made, according to friends of the family, to test young Glenarms staying qualities, as he has, since his graduation from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology five years ago, distributed a consider- - and the rest of It ought to he a solemn warning to you, many drew swordx and died, and calamity followed In her train. Bah! these women! thought you were past all that! "I dont know why a man should be past It at 27! Besides, Pickerings friends are strangers to me. But what became of that Irish colleen you used to moon over? Iler distinguishing feature, as 1 remember her photograph, waa a short upper lip. You used to force her upon me frequently when we were In Africa. Vlien I got back to Dub"Humph! lin I found that she had married brewer's son, think of It!" "Put . at your faith In a short npper lip. Her face never Inspired any confidence in me." That will do. think you. Ill have a bit more of that mayonnaise If the waiter Isn't dead. I think you aald' your grandfather died In June. A let ter advising you of the fact reached you at Naples In October. Haa It occurred to you that there was quite sn Interim there? What, may I ask, was the executor doing all that time? You may be sure he was taking advantage of the opportunity to look for the red, red gold. I suppose you didn't giro him a sound drubbing tor not keeping the cablet hot with Inquiries for your He eyed me in that disdain for my stupidity which 1 have never suffered from any other man. "Well, no; to tell the truth, I was thinking of other thlr.gs during the Interview. "Your grandfather should have provided a guardian for you, lad. Yon oughtn't to be trusted with money. Is our bottle empty? Well, If that person with the fat neck was your friend Pickering. Id have a rare of what's coming to me. I'd be quite sure that Mr. Pickering hadnt made away with the old gentleman's boodle, or that it didnt get lust on the way from him to 8CH00L TEACHERS Alao Hava Things to Learn. "Kbr many years I have used coffee and refused to be convinced of Its bud effect upon the human system, writes a veteran school teacher. "Ten years ago I waa obliged to give up my much loved work In the public schools after years of continuous labor. 1 had developed a well defined ease of rhrnulc coffeo poisoning. "The troubles were constipation, fluttering! of the heart, a thumping In the top of my head and varioux yarta of my body, twitching of my llmba, shaking of my head. and. at times after exertion, a general gone feeling with a topers desire for very strong coffee. I was a nervous -wreck for years. "A short time ago friends came tc visit us and they brought a package of Iostum with them, and urged me to try It. I was prejudiced because some years ago 1 had drunk a cup of weak, tasteless stuff railed Iostum which I did not like at all. , "This time, however, my friend made the Postnm according to direc tltms on the package, and It won me. Suddenly 1 found myself Improving In a most derided fashion. "The odor of boiling coffee no longer tempts me. 1 am so greatly benefited by Postnm that If 1 continue to Improve aa I am now, Ill begin to think I have found the Fountain of Perpetual Youth. This Is no fancy letter but stubborn facts which I am glad to make known. Name given by Postiim Co., Battle Creek. MU-h- . Read the book. "The Road to Wcllvillc," In pkss. There's a with my foot on the atep, I waved a farewell to Larry, who stood outside watching me. in a moment the heavy train was moving slowly out into the night upon Ita westward Journey. CHAPTER PERUNA A TONIC OF GREAT USEFULNESS. III. Tha Houxa of a Thousand Candles. Annamlalo derives Ita chief Impor lance from the fact that two railway lines intersect there. The Chicago express paused only for a moment while the porter deposited iny thlnga beside me on the platform. Light streamed from the open door of the station; a few Idlera pared the platform, ataring Into the windows of the can; the vil lage hackman languidly solicited my business. Suddenly out of the shad owa came a tall, curious figure of a man clad In a long ulster. Aa 1 write. It Is with a quickening of the aensaS tlon I received on the occasion of my lint meeting with Hates. Ills lank, gloomy figure rises before me now, and I hear bis deep melancholy voice, aa, touching hla hat respectfully, he said: "Beg pardon, air; la this Mr. Glen1 am Bates from Glenarm House. Mr. Pickering wired me to meet you, sir. "Yes; to be sure, I said. The hackman waa already gathering up my trapa, and I gave him my trunk checka. "How far la It?" I asked, my eyes resting, a little regretfully, I must confess. on the rear lights of the vanishing train. Two miles, sir, Bates replied. "Theres no way over but the hack in winter. In summer the steamer comes right Into our dock." "My legs need stretching; Ill walk, I suggested, drawing the cool air into my lungs. It waa a still, starry October night, and Ita freshness waa grateful after the hot sleeper. Bates accepted the suggestion without comment We walked to the end of the waa al-platform, where the arm? totnm HON. R. 8.THARIN Hon. R. 8. Tharin, Attorney at Law and counsel for Anti-TruLeague, writes from Ieunsylvsnia Are., N. n., Washington, I. C., as follows: "Having used Rerun a tor catarrhal st disorders 1 am able to testify to ita reat remedial excellence and do not .iesitste to give it my emphatic endorsement and earnest recommendation to nil perBnnsaffecled by tliat disorder. It is also a tonic ot great usefulneaa. Mr. T. Iiarnecoit, West Aylmer, Ontario, Can., writes: "Last winter I was ill with pneumonia after having la grippe. I took reruns for two months, when I became quite welL I also induced a young lady, who was all run down and confined to the house, to take Penns. and after taking Peruna for three months she ia able to follow her trade of .tailoring. I can recommend Peruna for all such who are ill and require atonic. Tablets. Some people prefer to take tablets, rather than to take medicine in a fluid form. Such people can obtain Peruna tablets, which represent the solid medicinal ingredients of Ieruna. Each tablet is equivalent to one average dose of Peruna. Pe-nt-- Not to Be Thought Of. There waa once a (he waa very "multi, indeed) who spent Immense sums of money on hla children. They had everything,' Including four automobiles and a steam yacht each. Still they were not satisfied. "Can you not, they Implored, "spend a little time with us, now and e then? "Time! cried the greatly shocked. "No, no! You are dreaming. It Is Impossible. This fable teaches that time is not money, in any practical sense. Exchange. multi-millionair- e, . FREE TO OUR READf R8. Write Murine Eye Remedy Co., ChiIllustrated Eye Book cago, for and if this paper la mentioned they will send you a Free Bottle Murine for Your Eyes. Write all about Your Eye Trouble and their Oculists will advise as to the proper Application of the Murine Eye Remedies In Your Special Case. Your Druggist will tell you that Murine Cures Eyes. Makes Weak Eyes Strong. Doesn't Smart Soothes Aids those Wearing Eye Pain. Glasses and Sella for 50c. 48-pa- "Yea, you. The time'a running now, and Tin In for the year. My grandfather waa a fine old gentleman, and I treated him like a dog. I'm going to do what he directs In that will, no rqatter what the size of the reward may be. 'Certainly; that's the eminently projier thing for you to do. But. but keep your wlta about you. If a fellow with that neek cant find money where money haa been known to exist, it must be burled pretty deep. Your grandfather was a trifle eccentric, I Judge, but not a fool by any manner of meant. The situation spirals to my Imagination, Jack. I like the Idea of 1L the lost treasure and the whe'e business. Lord, what a salad that Is! Cheer up. comrade! You're as grim as an owl!" Whereuimn we fell to talking of people and places we had known In other lands. We spent the next day together, and In the evening, at niy hotel, he criticized my effects while 1 packed, In his usual Ironical vein. "You're not going to take those d things with you, I hope!" He the riflea and several revolvers tfhlch I brought from the clmvt and throw mon the bed. "They make me homesick for the Jungle." He drew from its rover ;ho heavy rifle I had used last on a leopard hunt and tested Its weight. Precious little use you'll have for this! Belter let me take it back to The Sod to use on the landlords, say, Jack, are we never to seek our fortunes together again? We hit It off pretty well, old man, come to think of It, 1 don't like to lose you. He bent over the straps of the rifle-caswith unnecessary care, but there waa a quaver in his vokm that was hot like loirry Donovan. "Come with me now! I exclaim, jd. sheeting uixm him. I'd rather be with you than with ndl-rate- e I Supposed You Werent Look! g able fortune left by hla father In contemplating the wonders of the old world. It la reported" "That will do! Signs and wonders I have certainly beheld, and if I spent my patrimony I submit that I got my money back. I paid my bill and took a hansom for the ferry, Larry with me, chaffing away drolly with hli old seat. Aa the boat drew out Into the river a alienee fell upon us, the alienee that la possible only between old friends. Aa I looked bock at the lights of the city, something beyond the sorrow at parting from a comrade touched me. A sense of foreboding, of coming danger, crept Into my heart. But I waa going upon the tamest possible excursion; for the first time In my life I was submitting to the direction of another, albeit one who lay In the grave. How like my grandfather It waa to die leaving this compulsion upon me! My mood changed suddenly and aa the boat bumped at the pier I laughed. "Bah! these men! ejaculated Larry. "What men? I demanded, giving my bags to a porter. "These men who are in love," he said. "I know the signs. mooning, silence, sudden Inexplicable laughter! I hope Ill not be In Jail when you're married. "You'll he In a long time if they hold you for that Here's my train. We talked of old times, and of future meetings, during the few minutes ' that remained. "You can write roe at my place of rustication." I said, scribbling "Annandale, Wabana county, Indiana, on Now If you need me at any a card. time I'll come to you wherever you are. Yon understand that, old man. Gfood-by- . "Write me, care of my father he'll have my address, though this last row of mine made him rretty hot I passed through the gate and down the long train to my sleeper. Turning at the Woman," Ho 8ald, Dryly. ready tumbling my trunks about, and after we had seen them piled upon hla nondescript wagon I followed Bates down through the broad, quiet street of the village. There waa more of Annandale than I had imagined, and several tall smokestacks loomed here and there in the thin starlight "Brickyards, sir, said Batea, wavIt's a ing hla hand at the stacks. considerable center for that kind of business. "Bricks without straw?" I asked, as we passed a radiant saloon that biased upon the board walk. "Beg pardon, sir, but such places are the ruin of men, on which remark I based a mental note that Bates wished to Impress mo with his own rectitude. lie swung beside me, answering questions with dogged brevity. Clearly, here was a man who had reduced human intercourse to a basis of necessity. 1 was to bo shut up with him for a year, and he was not likely to prove a cheerful Jailer. My feet struck upon a graveled highway at the end of the village street, and I heard suddenly the lapping of water. "It's the lake, sir. This road leads right out to the house, Bates explained. I was doomed to meditate pretty steadily, I Imagined, on the beauty oi the landscape in these parts, and was rejoiced to know that It was not all cheerless prairie or gloomy woodland. The wind freshened and blew sharply a pen us off the water. "The fishing's quite good in season. Mr. Glenarm used to take a great pleasure In It. Hass. yes. sir. Mr. Glenarm held there was nothing quite equal to a black hasa. 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