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Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c Women No Longer Kiss. No smart women kiss one another, and the most they now do is to rub hats. This is as it should be. In all the weird world of women nothing has so flabbergasted the mere man as the reckless valor with which, ladies used to browse on each other's complexion com-plexion without the slightest provocation- Vanity Fair. V? i i'JMi n t rfsac: r Ti a. a. i a-a e WU I - - arts 'uv i VNTERNAWNAL PRESS ASSOCIATION. I BY PERMISSION OF - RAND. MSN ALLY J CO. . CHAPTER VIII. ARNAC and the count, after attend- i lng Madame de Montaut. to her carriage car-riage with polite Inquiries and condolence, con-dolence, went each his own way, and the other three drove back to Bedford Bed-ford Square. Dick was relieved to see how quickly the openair restored the color to Camilla's Ca-milla's cheek3; she was herself again by the time they reached home, and seemed to have recovered even the gaiety which had been conspicuously absent from her manner all the morning. morn-ing. . He stayed an hour or two, and was induced to tell many stories of the sea. The colonel listened for some time, and then excused himself on the plea of having hav-ing letters to write. "But I hope you will dine with us," he added. "Thank you." said Dick, ruefully; "I wish I could; but my lawyer is coming to see me on business at 4 o'clock; he Is an old family friend, and I asked him to stay to dinner." And, In fact, he tore himself away soon afterward. When he had seen him out of the house the colonel came back to the drawing room smiling and rubbing his hands together to-gether with an appearance of great good humor. "Well, Camilla." he said, "and when will it be convenient to you to pay me?" "Pay you what?". "Have you forgotten? Tou wagered your fortune that Estcourt would not help us." She started to her feet; terror. Incredulity, In-credulity, anger, and terror again, flashed in her glance and shook her voice. "Well," she cried, "what then; what then?" "Why, then, of course, you have lost." "You are lying," she cried, fiercely. "That would be useless here," he said; "one can not deceive oneself. But surely," he expostulated, "you can't pretend to have misunderstood him all this time?" "What time?" she asked, in faint despair. de-spair. "This morning," he replied. "I changed my mind again, and decided in favor of writing. At 10:30 I sent him that if he kept our appointment for 11 o'clock at Great Russell street I should understand him to have accepted our proposal. He kept the appointment, as you know; you saw the friendliness with which he met his new confederates, confeder-ates, Carnac and Rabodanges; and I am surprised," he continued, "that he did not hint to you his acceptance of your cause and your guidance." "You have ruined a man's honor," she cried, "and a woman's happiness; but you shall not have your way with both of us; if he goes with you, I stay behind." And she left the room before he could find an answer. Dick, In the meantime, stepped with a swinging pace along the streets, looking look-ing exultantly back upon the brightest day In his memory, and forward to a yet brighter one tomorrow. He sprang up the stairs to his room, and burst gaily In. His glance traveled to the .mantel-piece, where his letters were usually placed; today there were two, and he hummed a tune as he took them in his hand. They were both from known correspondents, and quite uninteresting: un-interesting: but a third, lying near them, was directed in a handwriting that he had never seen before. He was surprised to find, on turning it over, that this last one had been already al-ready opened, but he immediately forgot for-got this in his astonishment at the contents. con-tents. The "letter was not signed, but there was no mistaking the source from which it came; the words "my slster-In-law and I" brought a flush to his face. He was amazed, bewildered, overwhelmed. over-whelmed. Before he could collect his scattered senses the door opened, and "Mr. Wick-erby" Wick-erby" was announced. On the threshold thres-hold stood the lawyer he had been expecting, ex-pecting, a gray-haired, sharp-eyed, precise-looking man of 55 or more, with his hat In one hand and a bag in the other. "Good day, sir," he said. And then, with a quick glance from Dick's troubled trou-bled face to the paper in his hand, he added: "Anything wrong? No bad news, I hope?" Dick Jumped to his feet, took the hat bag from his visitor, and drew a chair up to the fire for him. "You must excuse me, Mr. Wicker-by,' Wicker-by,' he said; "I'm in a regular maze over this extraordinary note." "Let me see," said the lawyer. Dick mechanically handed it over to him, and tried to put his own ideas in order while the other read in silence. "Dear me!" said Mr. Wlckerby, looking look-ing up at last, "this is a cool fellow, upon my word! He pretends to be a friend of yours. Do you recognize the writing?", "No," replied Dick "I never saw it in my life; but" "But you can guess the author, eh? Hm m, so much the worse! If you will excuse my freedom. Captain Estcourt Est-court " . "Stop!" cried Dick. "I must warn you that these are intimate friends of mine," and he blushed crimson. Mr. Wickerby looked at him curiously. curious-ly. "They must be," he said, "very intimate, in-timate, I should say. to venture upon such a proposal as this." "Hang it!" cried Dick, "you don't suppose he meant it seriously? It's a Joke, of course." The lawyer shrugged his shoulders. "Not in very good taste as a joke," he said; "but after all It doesn't matter; the letter contains Its own answer, and there's an end of it." "What do you mean?" asked Dick. "How does it contain its own answer?" "Silence, In this case, was to give refusal; re-fusal; consent was only to be Inferred from a particular act." Dick was thunderstruck at this, and lost his head. - "But went," he stammered. "Went where?" asked the other, sharply. 'To Great Russell street." "You went to Great Russell street? And what, in the name of goodness, did you do that for? Do you know, Captain Estcourt," he continued. severely, "what we lawyers call this kind of thing? 'Adhering to the sovereign's en-; emies'; levying war against our lord the king that's what we call It, sir. An overt act of treason, and you and your friends make a Joke of it!" "But that was not why I went," said Dick, In confusion. "I hadn't had the note then. The man himself had already al-ready asked me to go for quite a different differ-ent purpose." Here the maid entered to lay the cloth, and both were silent. TU axplain it all to you after dinner," I said Dick. "In the meantime let us settle the business you came aboat. BY HENRY JIEiWB0iJ7? This was ' done, and occupied them for somewhat less than half an hour, at the end of which time they set down to table. Dick was preoccupied, and the conversation con-versation dragged. His guest eyed him doubtfully from time to time, and he was uneasily conscious of the fact. Presently he got up and went to the bell. . "I quite forgot," he said, as he pulled the cord. "I never asked about that note being open." "I don't understand," said Mr. Wickerby. Wick-erby. "The seal was broken when I found It." The lawyer looker puzzled. "Sure?" he asked. "Certain," Dick replied. "The letter had been opened, beyond a doubt." "That's aw ward. I'm afraid any one who may have read it would think you kept queer company." The maid appeared in answer to the bell. "Jane," said Dick, holding up the letter, let-ter, "who brought this?" "The gentleman wrote It here, sir." "Excuse me," said Mr. Wickerby, interrupting, in-terrupting, "but I should like to ask her a question or two; I'm used to this kind of thing, you know." aJLtne room- Dick heard the front door All right," said Dick; "you'll do hi better than I should." The lawyer turned to cross-exam f Jane, who was beginning to 1 alarmed. "What gentleman?" he asked. 1 "I don't know his name, sir." N "Did you know him by sight?" "Yes, sir; he came here once, a week ago, with Captain Estcourt." "What time was It when he wrote the letter?" '"About 10:30 In the morning, sir, as near as I could say." "Did you see him fasten It up?" "Yes, sir; I brought him the wax and held the taper myself." "What did he do with It then?" "He gave It to me, sir, and I put it on the chimney-piece." "You are sure the seal was unbroken then?" . "Yes, sir; quite sure." "And who has been in here during the day?" "No one, sir, but me and Captain Estcourt." Est-court." "Then," said the lawyer, with severity, sever-ity, "it was you who broke the seal; come now, tell the truth." "No, sir; indeed, it was not," said the girl, in great distress. "Who was it. then?" "Captain Estcourt, I suppose, sir," she replied, almost in tears. "But he was out." "I thought he must have come back, sir, and gone out again. I remember noticing that the letter had been opened when I came In to see to the fire, and I said to myself, 'Then he must have been home again.' " "What time was that?" "That would be about 11, sir." "You're certain no one else came in?" "They couldn't have done, sir, without ringing. Captain Estcourt, he has a latchkey, but others must ring." Mr. Wickerby saw that she was not likely to be shaken from this theory. Whether, it was true or not. It was her only possible method of clearing herself her-self from the charge of having opened the letter. "Thank you," he said; "I daresay you are right. Captain Estcourt must have(i forgotten. That will do, Jane, and you needn't trouble yourself about It." The girl fled with alacrity, and Mr. Wickerby turned to Dick, who ' was fuming with impatience. ."Well," he asked, "what do you say to that?" ' "What confounded nonsense all this Is!" cried Dick; "as if I didn't know that I never set eyes on the thing till this afternoon, Just two minutes before you came in! I shall think no more of it." "That is all very well," replied his companion, "but the question Is, will all these other people think no more of It. too?" "What other people?" "Well, there is first the gentleman who sent the Invitation, and no doubt supposes you to have accepted it with your eyes open; secondly, these Frenchmen French-men he mentions did you meet them, too?" "Oh, hang them, yes!" groaned Dick. "Thirdly, the person or persons, unknown, un-known, who opened and read this letter; let-ter; and fourthly let me see oh, yes the lady spoken of as 'my sister-in-law.' " Dick turned crimson, and his companion compan-ion fixed a penetrating glance upon him. "Do you know," he said, "I think, my dear Estcourt, it might be better for you if you made a clean breast of it. I'm an old confidential friend of your people, and you know I will keep your counsel." "I give you my word," cried Dick, "there's nothing more to tell than this: I know Colonel de Montaut the man who wrote this letter, you know pretty well; and as for Madame de Montaut " "Yes?" inquired Mr. Wickerby. "And as for Madame V "Oh, you understand." said Dick, with desperate embarrassment, "she's the only woman in the world; but no one could ever think me capable of disloyalty, dis-loyalty, and she least of all." "Hm m," said the lawyer, ,, "I couldn't, perhaps; but women have ai high estimate of their own power, and so of 7hArt i t it tZZ-H some of therrt love to exercise It, too. "Some of them!" Dick burst out, in dignantly; "she's not 'some of them.' She wouldn't accept the help of a traitor, trait-or, much less ask for It." He was becoming irritated beyond his self-control, and Mr. Wickerby hastened hast-ened to leave this, part of the subject. "The question now is,'' he remarked, "what you are to do." "Do!" cried Dick. "I shall write to Colonel de Montaut at once, and call tomorrow to-morrow morning to explain the mistake." mis-take." ."Stop a moment," said the lawyer. "I'm not quite sure that that's your wisest plan, though, of course, it is the natural one to think of first. Let me Just put the case before you as it looks to an outsider not to me, mind you, but to an impartial stranger; to a Judge or Jury, for instance." Dick looked nervous and sulky, but said nothing, and Mr. Wickerby went on in a clear, precise tone, marking off the points on the fingers of his left hand as he proceeded: "An English officer," he began, "makes friends with a Frenchman a strong Bonapartist and falls in love with a relative of this gentleman, ranch attached to the same cause. He goes often to their bouse, and is frequently seen in their society. "On Saturday. March 24. 1821, he leaves home at 10:30 In the morning. Immediately Im-mediately afterward a letter from his Imperialist friend arrives, referring to previous conversations, and asking him to Join In a treasonable plot. A refusal Is to be easly implied by mere silence, but the consent, which is plainly expected, ex-pected, is to be evidenced by attendance at 11 o'clock at a certain place for the purpose of meeting two fellow-conspirators. v "By 11 o'clock this letter has been opened and read. No one has entered the house since our friend left it, unles, indeed, he returned himself. The maid who received the note, with seal intact, is positive on this point; and to save herself would probably, under pres-sura, pres-sura, swear that aha heard him coma in again. At 11 o'clock he Is at the place named Jfor quite a different purpose, he says, bat admittedly at the invitation of these me Bonapartists. The other" conspi rators are there too, and a cordial introduction in-troduction takes place. His conduct does not appear to have aroused any doubt in their minds as to his ascept-nce ascept-nce of their overtures. "Confronted with this array of facts, oar friend proposes to put himself right by explaining matters to the Bonapartists Bonapart-ists and even to commit the imprudence of expressing his regrets on paper. Litera scripta manet." My dear Estcourt. Est-court. no prudent man eve? writes a letter let-ter when he can avoid it. Your disappointed disap-pointed friends would have you in a trap here. You'd much better 'uu away quietly, and take a holiday somewhere, without leaving your address. When they've come to grief and got hanged for their pains " "What the devil do you mean?" shouted Dick, in exasperation. "Then you can come back In safety," continued Mr. Wickerby. "But If you write, they'll have undeniable evidence that you received their proposal, and you'll have to choose between keeping the secret which is a felony known by the unpleasant name of 'misprison ol treason' and giving them up to Justice, which, I take it, you are even less likely like-ly to prefer." 4 His Ironical tone and Incontrovertible logic infuriated Dick. v "Damnation!" he roared; "why can't you let me go my own way? I know my friends better than you do, I should hope!" . "I hope so, too," replied the lawyer, offended In his turn. "I will leave you to your own way, as you desire, and hope to hear no more of this business. I beg you to notice that I do not know where your friends live; I did not even catch their names; and I understand that the whole affair Is a practical joke. I wish you may live long to laugh at tt." f He took, up his hat and bag and left bang heavily behind him, then made a .jquick gesture of defiance, and sat down !at his desk to write to Colonel de Mon- .ta'ut. (TO fil CONTINUED.) .FEW NEW POSTOFFICES. The Postmaster General May Suggest Complete Civil Service When Postmaster General VJlson jdraws up his annual report for me fiscal fis-cal year Just closed he will state that there has been a remarkable falling off frn the number of postoffices established, as compared with former years. The postofflce officials can only figure out labout 70,000 of all classes fully established estab-lished now, although there were considerably con-siderably over 69,000 a year ago. The usual number Of offices established each year Is from 3,000 to 5,000, but during the last year there has been a disposition on the part of the postofflce authorities to discourage the establishment of new offices. The postofflce officials claim that while there has been a considerable consider-able increafe in the postal service all over the coiintry from a business standpoint stand-point the falling off in the number of new offices established is due probably to the exercise of a finer discretion and more rigid economy than has been displayed dis-played heretofore In connection with that branch of the service. It is probable prob-able that .Postmaster General Wilson may recommend that all grades of postmasters be placed under the civil service law and the tenure of office of a postmaster made to continue during good behavior, says the Milwaukee Sentinel. Sen-tinel. Under the present administration administra-tion the practice of holding caucuses to recommend the appointment of a postmaster has frequently been resorted re-sorted to in all parts of the country, but especially in New England and the southern states. The records of the postofflce department will chow that In nine cases out of ten the postmaster general has acted favorably upon the suggestions of the caucus. Bonrget Praises Yankee Women. What, then, has M. Bourget to say of I the American woman? To begin with. he seems bewiiaerea with ner complexity, com-plexity, for he calls her in turn an Idol, an enigma, an orchid, an exotic, while she typifies, in a country as yet without with-out an ideal, the yankee's devotion to sheer force of will. She is not made to be loved. , She does not want to be loved. It is neither voluptuousness nor tenderness that she symbolizes; she is a palpitating objet d'art, at once sumptuous, sumpt-uous, alert, intelligent, and audacious, and as such the pride and luxury of a new and somewhat defiant civilization. In fine, M. Bourget's language on the subject is so magnificent that we should write him down a romanticist the course of his analysis, he shows us another side of the picture. The purity pur-ity of the American girl, the author of "Le Disciple" tells us, is not to be questioned. ques-tioned. She Is coquettish as well as calculating, and as frankly mercenary on occasion as she is naively self-cen-tered. Clearly, it is the individualism of the American woman that surprises the critics of the Latin race, for northerners north-erners have little difficulty in . under standing a nature which seeks its inter est as much in globe trotting and self-culture self-culture or shall we call it self-advancement? as in mere ebullitions of passion or sentiment. t England's New Gibraltar. Within a year it is confidently ex- pected the Straits of Fuca will echo the music of the shore guns at Esquimau, Es-quimau, Great Britain's new and most modern line of defences at the southern south-ern extremity of Vancouver Island. Never has a military undertaking in time of profoundest peace been prosecuted prose-cuted with stricter secrecy than the construction of these fortifications, and all that the Victorians know about the marvelous system of protection at their doors might be told in a few brief para graphs that the new forts are designed for stern work, not for display; that their armament will be the most modern and best in the world; that submarine mines and torpe- foes are a prominent feature; that the . alrintH .nmowhm in th forts" are located somewhere in the 'pwels of the earth between Point Ma- Ulay and Esquimau naval yard; iat the magazines are stocked for ege If necessary, and that the work construction Is now nearly accom plished and that of equipment has be-gjun. be-gjun. At present the subaqueous mines are belng placed In position at the entrance" en-trance" to Esquimau harbor and in the Royal Roads, and the point is begin ning to again assume more of the ap pearance of a well-ordered military bar racks and less that of a great mining camp. Readers of the Post-Intelli gencer were, when the work commenced, com-menced, given an Idea of the plan of fortification a system of great tun pels, and ordnance rising therefrom on giant elevators, hydraulically operated; the guns visible and exposed only, in the brief moment required to sight and fire them. This general plan has been faithfully carried out, and the topography topog-raphy of the point as viewed from the water has in consequence changed con siderably. The hill has disappeared. and hundreds of tons of earth and rock from the excavations have filled in the miniature valley. E w the forts look from the shore.,, ione can say save the un communicative officers in charge, for in the past two years the scene of operations opera-tions has night and day been surround ed by a line of sentinels, to pass whom nothing less than an order from the imperial war .office was required. The workmen, too, have been changed about, so that it would be impossible for any of them, even If he should feel so Inclined, to disclose the secrets of the stronghold. And not even the high est officers of the resident militia have as yet been admitted within the sacred precincts bounded by that faithful sentry sen-try line. Now that the greater part of the work of construction is over, it is probable prob-able that less secrecy will be exercised, but at no time can the general public hope to gain admittance to the forts at they do to the war ship They art not established for the gratification 4 of sightseers. FOUR ACES BEAT THRIML Thik Is Why a "Bad Man" Suddenly Quit His Boasting. The Pacific express had to wait for half an hour at Rawlins, and while the passengers were walking up and down the platform a man who was dressed like a cowboy began whooping and firing his guns and telllng.what a rror he was. He had "performed" ibout ten minutes when a slab-sided, op-shouldered man of middle age who had been quietly listening advanced ind queried: "Stranger, whar did ye say ye hailed trom?" "From Grizzly Gulch sir, and Grizzly Guleh is the beginning of Fightin' wreek." , "And you've killed men?" "Acres of em.". "And held up towns?" "A hundred of "em." "And yer name what might yer name be?" "My name whoop! Thar hain't a critter in this hull kentry what don't tremble when he hears it. My name, sir, ar Three-Ace Jim." "So?" drawled the lop-shouldered man: " wall, I m sorry tur ye really sorry." "Don't go fur to rile me," shouted the terror as he flung his arms around. "Who be you that ye ar' sorry fur Three-Ace Jim?" "Why, I'm Four-Ace Jack," replied the other as he pulled a gun and touched the terror's nose with the muzzle, "and as four aces alius beat three I reckon ye'd better travel!" "Say, said the man from Grizzly Gulch, after a long look around, "I've got pressin bizness over at Cedar City, and if this yere crowd will kindly excuse me I'll be goin' right away." IS THE OLDEST METHODIST. Distinction Belongs to Francis M. Anthony of Illinois. Widespread interest was displayed in the celebration of the birthday anniversary of Francis M. Anthony, who is 103 years old, says a Blooming- ton, 111., correspondent of the Chicago Inter Ocean. Mr. Anthony resides a few miles south of Bloomington with a daughter. He was born May 9, 1800. Many friends of the centenarian from Bloomington and adjacent cities called to pay their respects. The host talked freely of the manner in which he has lived, and attributed his well preserved faculties to the abstemious ab-stemious habits that he has followed. He has never used tobacco, and his sons and grandsons have grown up without ever tasting the weed. Mr. Anthony was born on a farm in County Tyrone, Ireland, and came to America with his parents at the age of 20. He was married in 1826 to Miss Mary Stewart, who died several years ago. Eleven children were born to the couple, seven of whom are living. Mr. Anthony was a volunteer in the French rebellion from 1837 to 1838, and was promoted to Captain of his company. In 1873 he made his first visit to Illinois, and was so delighted with this section that he decided to remain here. He has always be an earnest student of the Bible, and has a wonderful knowledge of it. He is the oldest member of the Methodist church in the United States. OUR GREAT NATIONAL GAME. Proof That Baseball Fever Is No Re specter of Persons. The baseball fever is no respecter of persons. The broker with the high hat and the bank account and the barefooted boy stand side by side and eagerly await the next inning. But there is some little interest when It comes out that the fever that comes with the first game reaches the dignified digni-fied ecclesiastic. But it does, and it sometimes goes very high. One day last summer, when the lead ing teams were running very close, a reporter called on Cardinal Gibbons to ask him some questions regarding the pope's encyclical which had recently re-cently been published. The cardinal granted the Interview and the re porter left the room. He was going down the steps when his eminence, leaning over the landing, called out: "Have you heard to-day's score?" "Yes," said the surprised reporter, "it was 3 to 2 and in our favor." "Good," said the cardinal, with a smile, "that puts us two points ahead, doesn't it?" The reporter didn't know, but he realized re-alized that the cardinal knew a great many things that he didn't know. Public Ledger. Reversible. Wishing for a book I sent a !oy to the different rooms in the building to see if any teacher had it, at the same time handing him a list of the numbers num-bers of the different rooms to aid him in his search. On returning, he handed me th book with the remark that he had found It in room 12. Glancing at the list I inquired: "Why have you written the letter 'H' after each number?" "Why that means 'hasn't. " "But there is an 'H' after 12," I per sisted. "Oh, but that means 'has,' don't yon see?" Harper's Drawer. My Lady. Upon her face A thousand dimples smile for me; Of love the work, of love the grace; Beside the rest you cannot see Upon her face. Her pretty lipa Are fall of laughter and of mirth. And all her words outwit eclipse; Love makes his palace upon earth Her pretty lips. Her rounded throat Of marble seems that lies bt neath: No mortal yet has dared td .note Save with the eyes of love an faith Her rovmded throat. Her tender voice So sweetlv strikes on lover's ear: - And when she sings the notes rejotoe Once more the harmony to near Of her sweet voice. Kegnard in New York Tribune. The Power of Papa. The little girl's father is one of those city officials whose duty it is to put undesirable tenants out of houses. The other day some one said In the child's presence: ."Man proposes, but God disposes." Here the boastfulness of Immaturity asserted Itself, for the small maiden looked up at her elders and exclaimed : ' "Humph! My papa does more than that. He disposesses," dwelling on the final sylables as if they contained proof of her parent's might power.-New power.-New York Times. ; Practical Philanthropy. "Very often, I suppose," said the In quisitive person, "you are deceived by apparently deserving objects of charity whom you quietly help?" "Yes.Undeea," replied the, wealthy philanthropist; "it's just like throwing money away. Sometimes the very peo ple yeu think will advertise you most a ever sy a word about It" WHAT HE HAD MISSED. Loss of Pleasure Was Dying Kentuck lan's Chief Regret. Lem Whlttaker was one of the fast young bucks of eastern Kentucky. His motto was to gather in a share of all the "fun" going. One winter Lem's merry-go-round of dizziness got the better of him, and he found himself with a tough case of penumonia. The doctor saw that he was about ready to kick the buckat, and had a private audience with him for the purpose of warning him of his prospective pros-pective change of residsnce. When the doctor had finished, Lem said: 'Doc, you know that joung nag o' mine?" 'Yes," said the doctor, puzzled at his patient's indifference to death. 'I was offered $100 for her three months ago." "Well?" said the doctor? Inquiringly. 'Oh, nothin'," saia Lem, "only, doc I wisht I'd a took it. Think of the sprees I could a had on it before this!" Baltimore American. Cold Arjril Everv 100 Years. French meterologists have worked out the theory that exceptionally frigid Aprils occur at intervals of exactly 100 years. In April 1803, the gutters BTor fm7.cn and snow fell In Fans, m April, 1703, the price of wood rose and people died of cold In the streets, while a chronicler of the penoa writes: "There is snow at Versailles and we are perishing of cold at Paris at n. season when the sun ought to warming us. The north winds af- 'Af. tia hrinEine us cold irom tne mountains." Documentary evidence Is not needed to prove that April, 1303. is also distinguished by low tempera tures. Ideal, Not Real. The Patron Your picture Isn't bad, but the drawing's a bit off, isn't it? The Artist How's that? The Pa tron Why, the clock says ten past ten and the right time now is a quarter quar-ter to four. Pick-Me-Up. NERVE WORN KIDNEYS. Doan's Kidney Fills make freedom from kidney kid-ney trouble possible. They carry m kind of medication to the kid neys that brings a bright ray of hope to desperate cases. l mc. Aching' backs are eased. Hip, back, and loin pains overcome. Swelling of Uio limbs and dropsy signs vanish. MAWC. P. O Lock Havek, Pa. Mrs. L. W. Amraumen writes : MM.Mmmimm STATC For fraa trial box. mall this eonpon to Fsstar-kUlburo Co , Buffalo, K. T. If auova iipaos 1 lnsufllelant, writ addras on separata sepa-rata slip. 'A few weeks ago I sent for a trial box of Dean's Kidney Pills for myself, and they did all they are said to do. My husband was kicked list fall MEDICINE IN SLOT MACHINES. Press the Button and Get the Cure fer Your Ailment. A young man in a green suit stop ped before a slot machine on Arch street, held his handkerchief before a tiny nozzle, dropped a cent In a small crack, and In a silvery spray there Issued Is-sued forth a quantity of vile-smelling cologne. The young man was delighted. delight-ed. He sniffed the tawdry perfume and to the dealer he said: "Hurray! What next, I wonder?" "The medicine slot machine is next," the dealer answered. "I expect to have one soon. The machine Is making a great success everywhere. On its face appear a dial the names of twenty-five mild diseases cold, headache, head-ache, rheumatism, indigestion, such diseases as wouldn't be apt to confine you to your room and there Is an ar row that you move to the disease which you have. Then you drop your coin In the slot and into your hand falls a little vial of medicine, with the directions marked in the cork." Phila delphia Record. ! ENGLISH IDEAS OF CANADA. Life In the West Not What the Colo nists Had Pictured. Curious accounts come to hand of the colonists who went to western Canada. A proportion of them, as might hp.ve been expected, entertained extraordinary notions of vhat life in the wild west would be, and the majority ma-jority of them seem to have armed themselves with as many guns as they would have needed to fight Indians twice a week. Unfortunately some of these warlike Individuals had not taken the preliminary prelimi-nary step of learning to shoot, and the air seems to have echoed with the discharge dis-charge of their guns let , off in pure wantonness, so that the police had to Interfere to check their enthusiasm. Those of them who were sportsmen were genuinely disappointed, as the buffalo has entirely disappeared, and as to the redskin of Feniraore Cooper's novel, he exists no more, since the In dian of to-day saturates himself with gin, wears the same clothing as the white man, and goes to church regu larly. Sketch. Few Red-Haired People Bald. Red-haired people. It is stated, are less liable to become bald than those with hair of any other color. 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