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Show 'S't 4 5 r i I ' Investigation of the Packet. Very general Interest has been manifested In the government Investigation now In progress Into the mode of conducting business by the large packers loated in Chicago and elsewhere. Much has been written upon the alleged illegal and improper modes of business procedure connected with the packing lrdustry; but it seems that ao far no definite 'harge of any kind has been sustained and no proof of illegal or inequitable methods has been to he public. While a wave of severe criticism of this great industrial interest - in oxer the pis-incountry it might be wel" to remember that the pac'urs have had as yet no opportunity to make specific denial, the many indefinite charges of wrong doing hating inter been formulated 0 that a categorical answer could be BUdlng Blake adieu for a week or inon, ClSCi CHAPTER XII. Continued. INq been pa- -t it a hundred times I've struck a pick all around therand never found ore, said Blake r fleclive A thou 1). "but that proves nothing sand people walked over the Little Caiaveras before I found the gilt Wall, John,' he concluded, relapsing to the familiar Yankee drawl. don t this beat time.' as Uncle Toby Ha) lies used to sa) ? ' ' It said certainly is remarkable John Butt folding the map How did you happen to select tins particu Iar sKit Jim'' Just happened to that s all" was I laid out claims the laconic reply The recent report of Commissioner Garfield, wnich embodied the results of an official investigation undertaken by tho Department of Commerce and Labor of the fulled Slates, was a vindication of the Western packers, but this result hating been unexpected attempts in many quarters to discredit It were made. In view of the situation as it now stands, however attention may proper- all along here, " but this tine seemed ly be called to a few facts that owlug the most likely "I suppose your claims cover the to popular clamor are now being apFair treatment ground indicated on this map, don't parently overlooked 4n this country lias heretofore been acthey?' asked John corded to all citizens whose affairs asIt don't make a bit of difference in and sume pioinmenee the public eye whether they do or not," asserted the some of the facts that bear upon relation of the packers to the com- Blake with mm h vigor. "If you find merce of the country may at this time ore, the claim is yours, John, and don't It would be you forget if ' be briefly alluded to difficult to estimate the benefits gained we go partners In the Suppos 1 have by the farmers of the country result- Bailor min suggested John ing from the energetic enterprise of a tidy sum of money, and Ill offset the packers, for whatever is of benefit that and the mail against your claim to the farmer is a ealn to the entire and experience. What do you say, And concommerce of the country nected with their continuous aggres- Jim?" "Its not fair to you. John, but Ill sive work no featme perhaps has been more Important than their efforts In gladly accept and heres my hand on teeeking outlets all over the world for it! the surplus products of the farmer After breakfast they set about loOur total exports of agricultural prod-wet- s have gained hut little in the past cating the sailor's vein. In less than an hour Jim Blake sunk his pick Into twenty years, and leaving the total of all other farm products a Quart rock which showed free gold. was far less in 1903 than in 1891. But While Jim was gloating over his find. In packing house products there was John appeared from 'behind a ledge considerable gain during this period, He handed Blake a nugget which because an organized and powerful ten pounds, and a force has heen behind them seeking weighed tofully of the weight say glance nothing new and broader maikets showed it to be almost solid gold. Besides the In unfits reaned by farm ers on account of the enterprise and Blake grasped it. devoured its dull energy exercKcO l 'he packers in at- gloss with sparkling eyes, and hurled taining commi rctal. suits by foreign his hat high in the air. We are rich trade, the great development in the We are rich! he uianufarttiie of pat king house by prod shouted until the rocks resounded. wets has added enormously to the value of all live stock raised m the Lnited States. T! e waste material of twenty years ago then an expense to the packer, is now ouxerted into articles of great value and. as an economic fact, tills must correspondingly Increase the value to the farmer of every head of cattle marketed at the numerous stockyards of the country Let these facts he remembered while now It Is so popular to regard the great packing industry as deserving of At least ,t must be ad condemnat'ou mltted that, so far there is no adequate reason for the almost unanimous howl that may be heard everywhere In the face of the Garfield above alluded to which practically exonerates the packers from the obscure and indefinite charges that have been for some time past made the subAmerican ject of popular comment. . out-cor- try. John." said Blake "Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars is a lot of money. I w ould tak it In a r.ilaute if I could tje' it discussed the matter for, They hours, but Blake would not recede from hi position Dangling before h.s eyes was a purse containing two hur.drtd and firry thousand dollars, to lie obtained without further work or Ii meant pleasure, affluence woiry ease, liberty It was enough. NoL-dw'th John Burt. When the rock crumbled beneath the first blow of bis pick and the ten pound nugget gleamed in the sha'e, he recalled the parting words of Peter Burt quoting the language of Isaiah "I will give thee the treasures of daikness and the hidden riches of secret places " "Well talk no more about this matter to night Jim,' he said, when Blake bad finished telling of the great t,hitgs whiih could be accomplished with a quarter of a million dollars "I'll think it over for two or three days, and then well take the question up and decide it Blake curbed . hjs Impatience and worked and waited. He knew John Burt well enough not to mention the topic during the days which followed. One evening, after1 supper, John spent an hour or more figuring In an I old note book "I suppose you are 411 determined to sell your share Inthese mines, said John. Jim" ' I am, If I can get an offer os': ter of a million." replied Jim. "You're making a mistake, V ld man " said John Burt, laying hit hi Jad on his friend's sMoulder, "but y have as much right to your opinion a I have to mine. So we will call that settled. I told you I would make you a proitoMtlon, and here It Is. There ate two mines, and they look equally promising. I propose that yon take one and I take the other. We will We can !u pcfullv ' j j t . fXXrUD. ta countries. Jmagine a nervous Dutchwoman! Yoor grtxr return non? If jom dial In tobiiiinff 81 jur CHAPTER XIII. the tea-drinki- ng Values As In Material. Food a.rule the increased amount of soluble or extractive matters In a food la In direct relaUon to Us digestibility and nourishing value, not that are In the extractive principle themselves nourishing, but because the they are appeUzlng and promote flow of digestive juices. Earth f Do You Want th The Earth tells of opportunities for farmers, stock-raiser- fruit-grower- s, and professional men in great southwest. It describes climate, soil, crops, industries, and social life. It contains Information that cannot be obtained from any other source. It does not deal in theory and prophecy, and Its facts are In all cases legitimately obtained and correct. THE EARTH IS FREE. For a copy write C. F. Warren, A. T. ft S. F. Ry. Co., Salt Lake City, Utah. merchants, Valu of Thoroughness. Thoroughness Is the twin brother o! honesty. When an employe gets the reputation of doing a tl)lng not pretty nearly, but exactly right. It has more Influence with his employer than brilliancy or talent. Success Magazine. TEA How strange that so dainty a thing should possess such a power! Tmr groer nSchimmtaB yw ms Urn eY .Would Pawn a Baby. Jules Desoul In of Lilia, aged ?, is ven the credit of being the youngest Imlnal In France. His most recent iploit was stealing a neighbors new iby and offering It In a pawnshop, then the clerk refused It he left the iby naked In a garden and coming ick offered the clothes. WORK FOR HEALTH enraged rooms In the Palace hotel teg' tering under the name of JohsBuii.in and made Inquiries n,- - leading mining experts of the lit) He decided to present his He wrote the Cat" to iimid Parker faults ,pert a brief letter, and was an tr.terxlew duly thBg the brief preliminary con John Burt studied Daxld vefegion Par Kg ani decided to trust him. Then he- ri&ted the story of the discovery of tlaSailor mine. Jave always believed that those WUx- - that contained those bills gol's? said Daxid Parkei hesitatingly to no. Mr Bur Whj do you'-comlouche asked "I am not an an at least, an it. an expert an alleged expert." , Iish you to refer me to an Invest," r plied John Buct You are an tqiert.in metals amt should be in You know them; I dont capitalists G ami see John Hawkins." said Daxlf Parker, as a faint smile froze on hl face He la honest - but hard -hards, granite. I hope you may sue ceedwith him Mr. Burton If you and-Hawkins cannot come to I might refer you to others. terrai, Good day; good day, sir and good rah!" CSV77L 7nzrj?OQG3 call the south one Sailor A and the north Sailor B. You can have your choice. That's not fair! said Jim. 'Til for the play you a game of seven-ufirst choice; three games often points each best two out of three to take first choice "All right, responded John, as Blake produced a well worn pack of cards and shuffled them. But before we play, let me finish my proposition. You wish to sell your claims for two hundred and fifty thousand If you can find a purchaser. Will you give me an option on your claim. Ill give you five thousand In cash for the follow-in- g option on your claim you to dedd me all your rights in consideration" of one hundred thousand dollars, payable in sixty days from this date; one hundred thousand payable iq all months from date, and one hundred thousand payable In one year from date. And-- L You bet your life I will, Interrupted Blake, extending his hand. Make It two thousand In cash, John. - That will be enough. Make It two thousand and 111 go you. We will call It twenty-flv- e hundred, and you can have the other twenty-flv- e hundred If you need It. said John But 1 had not finished. smiling. You shall have one-hal- f of the proceeds from the sale of the ore already mined. That should net you (25,000. You need not shake your head. In any arrangement I may make with outsiders you shall have ten per cent of all profits payable to me. I wish to feel that you will always have an Interest In the Sailor mine." All right, John, said Jim, finally. Now we ll play that game of seven-up The Queet for Oold. The two young giants performed wonders In the three weeks ahlch followed their discovery of gold. Glowing with health and strength, and Inspired by ambition, they gnawed ragged holes into the side of the mountains with their picks and drills Several nuggets were found, but these were of small value compared with the broad stratum of ore which opened out from the spot selected by John Burt. The claim chosen by Blake soon exhausted Itself, and he turned his attention to the third, expressing a fear that he was a hoodoo. But there's luck Ip odd numbers sang Blake as says Rory OMoore, J)d poised on a shelving ledge and vigorously drove a crowbar Into a crevice. Ere the sun dropped below the range he had uncovered another wide, quartz. deep vein of The spring rains set In and the brook became a foaming, thundering torrent. Avalanches tore down the mountain sides, plowed their way over the cliff, and, with a roar which shook the cabin, hurled themselves Into the valley. The pine trees lost their plumes of snow, and sang In a higher key the refrain which told of relief from burdens carried complatn-inglfor months. Piled In gray heaps near the tunnel was ore worth not less than forty thousand dollars. With the flight of the snow and the birth of spring, Blake wearied ofrhls task and longed for its rewards. Tell you what lets do, John, he said one night after supper. go to Auburn and negotiate the sale of these mines. We ought to get big money for the Sailor, John. How much? asked John, after a moment's pause. Half a million, replied Blake positively, with a loving accent on the Half a million is dead million." cheap. Don't you think so, John? I shall not tell my Interest at least, not at present, Bald John Burt, "and I advise you not to. We con handle this property without trouble, and makd more in developing It than by selling It. Besides, I doubt If we can get an offer of half a million.' gold-bearin- g y Exercise Absolutely Necessary to Keep the Body in Proper Physical Condition Mr I- - luck!" At David Parker predicted, John Burt had little trouble in securing an interview with John Hawkins, millionaire nine owner and Investor. Hr wrote the name "John Burton oiyffard and gave It to an attendant. Twt burly men stood In the doorway. paudK to make some parting remark, which was followed by roars of tnerrient. The attendant brushed past Hem as they closed the door. tel him to come In." was tlie order given In a voice sonorous through the ketvy j artltion. Join. Burts education In the etiquette of servility and In adulation of materitl things was singularly defective. Yhla may have been due to his It never occurred to country training that he should stand In awe the Hawkins millions. He was by the leonine head and gigantic proportions of the magnate, as an artist is when he contemplates for the frst time some stupendous work of lature. He returned the great man1! gaza, before which most strangers ftallcd and faltered, with an answering look which calmly asserted an iquallty, yielding deference only to aienlprity of years. Bow do you do? What can I do for you. sir? Take a chair., Mr. Harkins glanced again at, the card, tossed It on his desk, and wheeled and confronted John Burt, who bad ao cepted this gruff Invitation. Town or control some recently dis covered gold mines, and am In San Frateisco for the purpose of Interest-lacapital in their development, I am Informed that .aaldJohn Burt. you are an Investor In mining property X am In a position to submit may result labour - mdW advantage.". Where are they? growled Mr. John Hawkins. For an answer John stepped behind tie capitalist and placed his fingers 08 a point Indicated on a large map of California which hung on the wall. "They are located on the west slope of the Sierra Nevadas, at an altitude of about two thousand feet above the river, five miles south of the Wormley Here is a rough trail," said John. detailed map of the surroundings. He handed the chart to Mr. Hawkins. There is no gold there not an You ounce, declared the magnate. have found a mare's nest, young man. 1 looked that country over ten years ago. There's no gold there. My partner and I have extracted forty thousand dollars' worth of high grade ore there In three weeks, said Here Is a speciJohn Burt quietly. men of it. Here is something else. a sample of ore and the ttejlaced ' nugget outin Hawkins' stretched band. be continued.) If h ten-pou- DESERVED ANSWER HE GOT. RaiYoad Head Waa Wrong In "Calling ' Down" Machinist. When A. A. Robinson, of the Mexican Central railroad, was the Inspiring genius of the Santa Fe, he often visited the big shops In Topeka. One day whH on a tour of inspection be watchmachinist execute a jdece of ed. work. Now, Mr. Robinson prifts hlm-shl- f upon his knowledge of every branch of the railroad service. Upon this occasion it struck him that the machinist was not doing his work correctly. that Is My friend." he said, wrong. The machinist, who did not recognize the railway magnate, replied: Suppose It Is; shat business Is ft of yours? I mu" A. Af. Robinson, the railroad manager answered sternly. machinist turned white. Blake won the first game and John ' J beg a thousand pardons, he said the second. In the third game John I Hope my Impertinence will not cost had two to go, and Blake lacked six ra my Job. I have a wife and five points. It was his deal. He turned ch Wferi, and to lose my place would two Jacks before the trump was se- mi m poverty to them, I am sorry I lected, and then made high, low, Jack, a d it, hut you see we have so many and the game, and woh the rubber and. visitors here who give us advice about the first choice. ouf work that we 'can't tell one damn "Lucky in cards, unlucky In love, fool from another laughed Blake as he arose from the kftj Robinson, who Is full of humor, Sailor A la mine subject, to laCthed heartily and assured the ma' your option. John. - , th Mat that his Job would not be in John drew np an agreement and an te ered with. option, which both signed, and-tb- e ovestigation revealed that the ma-cfilm of Burton ft Blake was dissolved. Mst was executing the work cor-rBlake accepted twenty-fiv- e hundred tly, and that M r. Robinson was dollars in cash, and three days later wrong. Topeka Capital. both arrived in the little mining town of Auburn, from which they sent a Deaper;tt Remedy. trustworthy man back to the cabin, to I'm getting awfully gray, Singleton remain-o- n guard until John Burt re- doctor. Is there.no remedy for it?" turned. Dr. Gruff Yes. Get married. p. ta-b- l- h e The sedentary man is like a stagpool, while the active man Is like the mountain stream. In the stagnant pool reptiles of many descriptions crawl and croak, and from it noisome odois rise. The mountain stream Is pure and sweet and crvstal clear. The body is a form through which a stream of matter flows. Exercise is the means by which the movement of the stream Is accelerated so that the blood Is kept pure and the tissues clean The Bible says that he that will not work shall not eat. and Nature sas the same. A man who insists upon eating, oven though he does not work, pays the penalty for his violation of natural law. The food he eats becomes poison In the tissues; his body Is not only like tho stagnant pool, but It becomes even like a cesspool, and ready food for germs. Exercise Increases the ability of the It encour body to resist a disease ages every bodily function, creates .appetite for food and the ability to digest when eaten. It strengthens the heart, clears the brain and enlivens the spirit. How much must one exercise? How much muscular work must one do to maintain good health? According to recent English authorities the average man should do, daily, work equivalent to climbing a perpendicular ladhunder one half mile, or twenty-sidred feet high. If one lived In the vicinity of Switzerland, or in the neighborhood of certain deep mines, he might actually climb ,siih a ladder Ordinarily, some other more convenient method of exercise must be adopted. It has been determined that walking twenty feet on a level, at the rate of three miles an hour, Is equivalent to lifting the body perpen dlcularly the distance of one fi ot Hence, one may, If he chooses, walk ten miles. Instead of ellmblng a lad der half a mile high. Of course, hill climbing and mountain climbing will accomplish the same thing as ladder climbing, and if one chooses to do the work indoors, he may work out his task In stair climbing. Going up and down a flight of stairs ten feet high Is equivalent to raising the Ixjdy about twelve feet perpendicularly. Hence, one might do the required amount of nd down uch a work by BoitLJ hundred and sev flight of staly, enteen timeRU , first, he may' do the work j 1 1 1 pdlng In a corner and raising! 11 V Ion his toes. In such exeref. lody Is elevated s about threefy four wJ I I 1 1 alvalent to raising the bo(Iv 111; and to raise the hunbody half a mllOdr Iwenfy-sl- x dred feet, it would be necessary to rise upon tne toes ten thousand four bnndred tlmAs. One might easily execute this movement at the rate' of one a second which would be fifteen feet a minutefi or nine hundred feet an hour. At hits rate the days task would be accomplished in about three hours. But It would be very tiresome to do the work In this way, for almost the entire amount of work would be thrown upoh a single set of muscles. By placing the hands upon the back of a chair or upon a table the arms may be used to assist In lifting the body so that the movements can be executed much more easily. More or less weight can be thrown upon the nant - prop-whic- BE&OUNCED Monte Cristo was a beggar compared Hurrah tor with Burton ft Blake! the Sailor mine and John Burt! You can't keep a good man down! Hur- There are fewer nerves in proceeded to San Fran g Ilomeetead. Booth's Avoidance of Washington. Edwin Booth never acted In Washington after the assassination of President Lincoln by his brother, John Wllkes Booth. He acted In Baltimore, but never nearer to Washington than hat city. Brt -- d cisde $ i I yjence, heel-raising- six to four tnat consumption wlll carry off Its vlrtims before the age fort) five Fifty-ninper cent of sufe ferers from this disease die before they reach this age. Above sixty, the Is only twelve. per cent of ea-e- s In general diseases, such as smallpox, diphtheria, measles, etc., th chances do not differ widely. Thirty per cent of the deaths from these diseases occur under the age of forty-fiv35 per cent, between forty-fivand sixty , 34 per cent, above sixty. Apoplexy, softening of the brain and paialysls chiefly afflict elderly people, 53 per cent of the deaths from these causes occurring above sixty, and only 12 per cent below forty five. The probabilities are that sufferer from other nervous diseases will not it ach the age of sixty, only 27 per cent of deaths from these causes occurring after that age. Heart disease afflicts principally the elderly and middle aged, only 11 per cent of deaths from this cause occurring before forty-fivyears of e; e e age. Although pneumonia has been called (he old man's disease, the chances to thirty-siare sixty-fou- r against one dying of this disease after the age ot sixty. Twenty-ninper cent of the deaths from pneumonia occur under forty-five- , 35 per cent between forty-fiv- e and sixty, and but 36 per cent above sixty. Other respiratory diseases. such as bronchitis, pleurisy, etc., grant a little longer lease of x e life. Derangements of the digestive system do not glean from the aged a very large number of victims, the chances being more than IwaJO-OD- e against those so afflicted reaching the age of sixty. Thirty per cent of the deaths from this class of diseases oc3S cur under the age of forty-five- ; and six-t- j; per cent, between forty-fiv- e 32 per cent, above sixty. Victims of Bright's disease have a fair chance of reachtng sixty, only 16 in DM) dying of this disease before forty five. Complaints classified as "genitourinary" are old age diseases, 77 per cent of the deaths from such cases occurring at ages above sixty. Fifty per cent of the deaths from violent causes oedur under forty-fivFully 68 per cent of the typhoid fever deaths occur under forty-five- , and only 9 per cent at ages higher than , sixty. t A Preventive Measure. K practical plan tor checking the spread ot tuberculosis In public con- veyances has Just been proposed. Th league otGlevelsod, says the'Leader, has received the suggestion-that the conductors be supplied with small cards on which Is a printed request that passengers desist from spitting on the floor, together with a copy of the lawt on the subject. When the conductor notices a passenger violating 'the rule he Is expected to hand the offender one of the cards. He avoids all dispute with the passenger, the other passengers note what has been done, and it Is thought that the expectorator will either become embarrassed and leave the car, or take the suggestion in good faith and abstain .from repeating the offense. The league, which was organized recently, is having a arms. great deal of literature printed to disBy raising upon the heels and bendtribute among the schools, the working the knees, the body may be altertenement districts and ia nately raised and lowered through a shops, the distance of about two feet The exe- all places where the seed of education cution of such a movement requires along hygienic and sanitary lines tendof tubercunearly four seconds, or fifteen to the ing to prevent the spread ot would show losis growth. promise minute. The body would thus be lifted thirty times a minute, and an hour HEALTHFUL RECIPES. and a half would be required to do the day work. J3y placing weights Salad 8antwlcht Boll three eggs upon the shoulders the rate at which ten minutes; drop In cold water two the work la done would be increased, and time shortened. But, on the whole, minutes; peel, and while stlU warm, there ia no method of accomplishing mash line with a silver fork, work la the work so good aa walking, and par- a tsblespoonful of thick cream, two ot lemon juice, salt to ticularly climbing a hill with a mod- teaspoonfuls watercreaa chopped a taste and little erately steep grade. fine. After cutting off the crust, butnot overdone, is ter Bicycle riding, if the end of a square loaf excellent exercise. To accomplish the of sparingly good Graham bread; then, wltk a same amount of work riding a bicythin, sharp knife, cut as thin a slice aa cle, one must cover about four times possible. Butter and cut until yoa the distance required for walking. have slices to make the required numlaborMost city people, outside the ber of sandwiches. Spread a buttered ing classes, take far too little exer- slice with egg mixture, place over it cise. As a result the deficient oxida- a lettuce leaf washed and dried, then tion of the body wastes and the accu- another slice and well together. press mulation of urlo acid and other tissue Trim the edges, removing tough crust; poisons after a time result In rheumcut acroBg twice diagonally, and aratism, neurasthenia, apoplexy, premarange the triangles on lettuce leaves ture old age and a great variety of on a wooden bread plate. disorders which may be, traced more Granose Flakes With Nuts Toasted or less directly to urlcscld accumulaand Fruit Juice. Toast the flakes in tion. , the oven delicately, but enough to crisp them well; sprinkle over them Vital Statistics. a cupful of ground pecan or other Everyone who is troubled with dust lightly with sugar and "symptoms will be Interested In the nuts, statlstlos prepared by a leading life serve with fruit Juice. Baked Bananas Rest two eggs and Insurance company showing at what ages different diseases may be expect- a cup and a half of water together. The Peel one dozen bananas, dip in egg ed to stop kuman machinery. e batter, roll In granola or bread figures deal with a period of 1845-189crumbs; repeat Place la oiled pan, which during years time 48,525 ceaths passed under 're- bake twenty minutes in hot - oven. view. They, of course, tell nothing of Serve with Individual cases, but of the average Orange Sauce Mix thoroughly half a Cup of sugar and a rounded tableor typical cases they reveal much. are connected spoonful of cornstarch. Then add. In Skilful physicians with the large life Insurance offices, the following order, a tablespoon fuT to examine Into thephyslcal condition of lemon Juice, the Juice ofone( of applicants for Insurance,, and to orange, a little of the rind, three quarmake a careful Investigation of the ters of a cup of bolllnft water. Coot causes of death In cases of policy hold- - In ten minute in double boiler, ytir ers. ring constantly. Remove from flrej The records of the company In ques- whip in the white of two eggs beat tion show that the chances are about fifty-thre- 8 -- 1 |