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His outlook was necessarily limited.
The minute niiertures between the
stitches of the fabric of the vnlauce ml
lultted n certain amount of light, but
permitted no peeping. The shadows
Uwn this curtain, save for those sharp
ly defined legs, were enigmatical and
lutermlngled confusingly with the flor
id patterning of the chintz. Itcueath
the edge of the vnlauce n strip of car
pot was visible, nud by cautiously de
pressing his eye Mr. I.edbetter found
that this strip broadened untllthewhole
urea of the Moor enrce Into view. The
carpet was n luxurious one, the room
spacious and. to Judge by the casters
and trimmings of the furniture, well
equipped.
What he should do he found It dllll
cult to Imagine. To wait until this
person had gone to bed aud then, when
he seemed to bo sleeping, to creep to
the door, unlock It and bolt headlong
for that balcony seemed the only pos
sible thing to do. Would It be possible
to Jump from the balcony? The dan
ger of It! When he thought of the
chances against him, .Mr. I.edbetter tie-'
spalrctl. lie was within an are of.
thrusting forth his head beside the,
gentleman's legs, coughing, If necessa
ry, to attract his attention and then
smiling, apologizing aud explaining his
unfortunate Intrusion by a few well
chosen sentences. Hut he found these
sentences hard to choose. "No doubt,
sir, my appearance Is peculiar." or. "I
trust, sir, you will pardon my some
what ambiguous appearance from be
ucntb you," was about as much as he
could get.
Grave possibilities forced themselves
on his attentlou. Suppose they did
not believe liltti, what would they do to
him? Would his unblemished high l
character count for nothing? Technic
ally he was n burglar beyond dlsputo.
Following out this train of thought he
was composing a lucid upologyfor "this
technical crime 1 have committed" to
be delivered before sentence In the
dock when the stout gentleman got up
and began walking about the room. He
locked aud unlocked drawers, and .Mr.
I.edbetter had a transient hope that he
might ! undressing. Hut, uo! Me
seated himself at the writing table
ami began to write and then tear up
documents, rresently the smell of
turning cream laid paper mingled with
the odor of cigars In Mr. I.edbetter's
nostrils.
"The position I had assumed," said
Mr. I.edbclter, when lit- told me of
these things, "was In many respects an
111 advised one. A transverse bar be
neath the bed depressed my head uu
duly and threw a disproportionate
share of my weight upon iffy hands.
After a time I experienced what Is call
ed, 1 believe, a crick In the neck. The
pressure of my hand on the coarsely
stitched carpet speedily became pain
ful. My knees, t.io. were painful, my
trousers hojng drawn tightly over
them At 'hat time I wore nil her
higher collars than I do now- two and
a half Inches In fact and 1 discovered,
what I had not remarked before, that
the edge of the one I wore was friljed
slight!) under Hie chin Hut much
worse In. in tln-si. tilings was nil Itching
of my I'.iee. Inch I could only relieve
by violent gilmaclug I tried to raise
my hand, but the rustle of the sleeve
alarmed me. After a time 1 had to de
sist from this relief also, bcenuse
happily in time I discovered that my
facial contortions were shifting my
glasses down my nose. Their fall
would of course have exposed me, aud
us It was they came to rest In an
oblique position of by no means stable
t-quillbtlttm. In addition I had a slight
cold, and an intermittent desire to
"Smvze or snllT caused me Incouven I
lentc. In fact, quite apart from the ex
treme anxiety of my position, my pliys
leal discomfort became In a short time
very considerable Indeed. Hut I had
to stay there motionless nevertheless,''
After an Interminable time there be
gun a chinking sound. This deepened
Into a rhythm, chink, chink, chlnl; -2."
chlnks-a rap on the writing table nud
n grunt from the owner of the stout
legs. It dawned upon Mr. I.edbetter
that this chinking wns the chinking of
gold, lie became Incredulously curious
as It went ou. Ills curiosity grew. Al
ready, If that was the case, this extraor
til nary man must have counted some
hundreds of pounds. At last Mr. Led
better could resist It uo longer, and he
began very cautiously to fold his arms
and lower his head to the level of the
floor In the hope of peeping uuder the
valance. He moved his feet, nud oue
made n slight scrnplng ou the floor
Suddenly the chinking ceased. Mr
I.edbetter became rigid. After awhile
the chinking was resumed. Then It
ceased agalu. and everything was still
-except Mr. I.edbetter's heart. That
organ seemed to hliu to be beating like
h drum.
The stillness continued. Mr. Led
better's head was now ou the tloor,
am) he could see the stout legs as far
Up as the shins. They were quite still
The feet were restlug on the toes aud
drawn back, as It seemed, under the
chair of the ownor. Kverythlug was
quite still. Kverythlug continued still.
A wild hope came to Mr. I.edbetter
that the tinkuowu was In a tit or sud
denly dead, with his head upon the
writing table.
The stillness continued. What nad
happened? The desire to peep became
Irresistible, Verr cautiously Mr. I.cd
better shifted his hand forward, pro
Jected a pioneer finger and begau to
lift the valance Immediately next hU
eye Nothing broke the stllluess. He
saw now the stranger's knees, saw the
bark of the writing table, and then
he was starlug at the barrel of a heavy
revolver pointed over the writing table
at hl head
C ome out of that, you scoundrel!" i
ald the voice of the stout gentleman'
In a toite of quiet concentration
"Come out:' this side aud now. None
of your hanky panky. Come right out,
bow."
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Mr. I.edbetter came right out. a little
reluctantly, perhaps, but without auv
hanky panky nud at once, even as he
was told.
iieci, saiu mo stout gentleman
"nud hold up your hands
The vahiuco dropped again behind
Mr. I.edbetter. and he rose from all
rottrs aud held up his hands. "Oress
ed like a parson," said the stout gentle
man. "I'm dashed If It Isn't! A little
chap too! ou scoundrel! What the
devil possessed you to come here to
night? What the devil possessed you
to get miner my bed?
He did not appear to require an an
swer. but proceeded at once to several
very objectionable remarks upon Mr.
l.etlhetters personly appearance. lie
was not a very big man. but he luckci
strong 10 .mi-, i.ctincttcr: lie was as
stout as his legs had promised. He
hail rather delicately chiseled, siiial
feat tiles, distributed over a consider
able area of whitish face ami a numbe
of chins, And the note of his vole
had a sort of whispering undertone.
"What the devil," I say, "possess!
you to gel under my bed?"
Mr. I.edbetter by an effort smiled
wan, propitiatory smile, lie coughed
"1 can t quite understand," lie sald-
"Wliy! What on earth? It's soap
No -you scoundrel. Don't you move
that hand."
"It's soap," said Mr. I.edbetter
"From jour washstand. No doubt If
"Dun'l talk," said the stout man. "I
see It's soap Of all Incredible things
"If I might explain" -"Don't
explain. It's sure to be a II
and there's uo time for explanations
What was I going to ask you? Ah
Have you any mates?"
"In a few minutes, If you"
"Hnve you any mates, dash you? II
you start any soapy palaver, I'll shoot
Have you any mates?"
"So." said Mr. I.edbetter.
"I siipposu It's u IK" said the stout
man "Hut you'll pay for It If It Is
Why the devil didn't you tloor lue
when 1 came up stairs? You won't
H'l a chance to now, anyhow. Fancy
getting uuder the bed! 1 reckon It
.i fair cop, anyhow, so far ns you are
considered."
"I don't see how I could prove au ali
bi." remarked Mr. I.edbetter, trying to
tdmw by Ids conversation that he was
mi educated man. There was a paust
Mr. I.edbetter perceived that on a chair
beside his captor was u large black
bag on a heap of crumpled papers nud
that theie were torn and burned pa
pers ou Hie bible, and In front of these,
end arranged methodically along the
lilge, were rows aud rows of little yel
low rouleaux, a hundred times more
gold than Mr. I.edbetter had seen In all
his life before. The light of two can
dles In sliver candlesticks fell upon
these. The pause continued. "It Is
rather fatiguing holding up my hands
like thN," said Mr. U-dbetter, with n
deprecatory smile.
"That's all right," said the fat man.
"Hut what to do with yon I don't ex
actly know."
"1 know 1 1 1 position Is ambiguous."
"Lord!" said the fat man. "Ambigu
ous! iii1 goes about with his own
" J'ou troumirrlj What the devil in$ewl
you to tome hep; tunlyMr"
soap and wears a thundering great
clerical collar! You are a blooming
burglar, you are. If ever thore was
oue!"
"To be strictly accurate"- said Mr.
I.edbetter, aud suddenly his glasses
slipped off and clattered against his
vest buttons.
The fat man changed countenance, a
dash of savage resolution crossed his
face, and something In the revolver
clicked. He put his other hand to the
weapon, and then ie looked at Mr. I.ed
better, aud his eye went down to the
dropped plncc nez.
"Full cock now, anyhow," said the
fut man after a pause, and his breath
seemed to catch. "Hut I'll tell you,
you've Oever been so uenr death be
fore. Lord, I'm almost glud! If It
hnilu't been that the revolver wasn't
cocked, you'd be lying dead there now."
Mr. I.edbetter said nothing, but he
felt that the room was swnylng.
"A miss Is as good as a mile. It's
lucky for Isjth of us It wasn't. Lord,"
he blew noisily, "there's no need for
you to go pnle green for a little thing
like that!"
I can ossure you, sir," said Mr. Led
lettor. with an effort.
"There's only cue thing to do. If 1
call In the police. I'm bust. A little
game I've got on Is bust Thnt wou't
do. If I tie you up and leave you
agalu. the thing may be out tomorrow,
Tomorrow's Kuuday. and Monday's
pank holiday. I've counted ou three
clear days Shooting you's murder and
(musing, and. besides, It will bust the
whole blooming keruooze. I'm hanged
f 1 can think what to do I'm hanged
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If I can!"
"Will you permit W "
"Yon ga ns much i 'f you were
real parson, I'm blessed If you don't!
Of all the burglars you are the Well
no; 1 Wi.u't permit oit. There Isti t
time. If you start off Jnwlmr again. I'll
shoot right In your stomach See? Hut
I know now- I know now Whnt we'ie
going to do first, my man. Is an exam
Inatlou for concealed nrins-nn exam
Inatlon for concealed arms. And look
here! When I tell you to do n tiling,
don't start off at a Rtibble: do It hrrsk.
And, with numy elnborate pivcnu
tlous and always pointing the pistol at
Mr I.edbetter's head, the stout tiuin
stood til ill up nud searched him for
weapons "Why. you are n burglar!'
he said. "You're a perfect atnnteur
You haven't oon a pistol pocket In the
back of your breeches No, you don't
Shut up now!"
So soon as this Issue was decided the
idiort man made Mr. I.edbetter takeoff
his coat and roll up his shirt sleeves
and, with the revolver at one ear. pro
ceed with the packing his appearance
had Interrupted. From the short man
point of view, thnt was evidently the
only arrangement, for If he had packed
he would time hud to put down his re
volver. So thnt even the gold ou the
table was handled by Mr I.edbetter.
This nocturnal packing wns peculiar.
The stout man's Idea was evidently to
distribute the weight of the gold as tin
ostentatiously as possible through Id
luggage. It was by no menus an ii
considerable weight. Theie wns. Mr
I.edbetter says, altogether uenrly CIS.
find In gold In the black bag nud on the
table. There were nNo many little
rolls of ," bank notes. Fnrli rouleau
of "5 wns wrapped by Mr l.odhetlt
In paper. Those rouleaux were then
put neatly In clgnr boxes and dlstrlb
tiled between a traveling trunk, a (Had
stone bag and u liatbox About fiHKI
went In n tobacco tin In a dressing bag,
l'en pounds In gold nud a number of .r.
notes the stout man pocketed. Occa-
liolinlly he objurgated Mr I.edbetter's
Munislness and urged him to hurry.
ind sccral times he appealed to Mr,
I.edbetter's watt h for Information.
Mr. I.edbetter strapped the trunk
mil bag and returned the stout man
the key. It wim then ll:."o. anil until
the stroke of .midnight the stout man
made lilm sit on the tiliiilstonc bag,
ivhlle lie sat at a reasonably mfe dls
.uuee ou the trunk and held the re-
rnlver haiiily and waited.
He appealed to be now In a less iig
Sie-islve iniiiiii, nntl. having watched
III'. I.eillietter for some I line, he otter-
Ml n few i-rinui ks.
I-mm jour accent. I Judge joti are
i man of some tslneiitlnii," ho i-ald.
I gluing a cigar. "No. don't begin that
s. i il.-i ii.i t Ion of yours. know it will
no I, hi:: winded from jour face, nud
l'i i nun h ton old n liar to be Interest-
d in oilier men's lying. You arc, I
ay. a person of education. You do
n e!l in diess us a em-ate. Kven among
tlui-aieil people jou might pass as it
unite"
"I am a curate," said Mr. I.edbetter.
or. at least"
"You-are tijlug to be. I know. Hut
you didn't ought to burgle. Yuti are
not the man to burgle. You are, If I
may say It-Hie thing will have been
pointed out to you before n coward."
Do you know," said Mr. I.edbetter,
trying to get n fresh opening. "It was
thnt very question"
'lO lit: CONTlNt'KII.
QuIcLallt rr.
The orw from which quicksilver Is ob
tained Is i brilliant red rock known as
lumiliar. When of high purity, It Is
m-tually icrmlllon In color. Cinnabar
s the original source of the pigment
known coiuineiclnlly ns onulllon. It
Is a compound of sulphur nud quick-
sliver, and In older to separate the lat
ter from the sulphur the rock Is roast-
1 Passing off In the form of n gns,
Hie mercury Is nfterward condensed
I'ul Hows out In a Hue stream, like n
'.'t unions pencil of molten silver
'I he illscoery of the famous Califor
nia mines cume about In au odd sort of
way by observation of the vermilion
palm with which certain Indians In
that part of the country frescoed their
bodies. It was ascertained where they
it the pigment, aud thus were levealcd
the rich deposits which subsequently
became of such commercial Impor
tance. I.Ike gold nud silver, mercury Is
occnslonnlly found In n tintlvo or pure
statu. Sometimes the miner's pick
penetrates a cavity thnt contains n cup
ful or mom of the elusive nud beauti
ful fluid.
Miners suffer much from the poison-
in .effectsof the quicksilver fumes, fix
treme cleanliness Is the best safeguard
for workers In this dangerous occupa
tion. Fse Is also mndo of n sort of lem
onade which serves to n certain extent
is an antidote, n strong ncltl taking the
place of lemon Juice In the composition
of the drink. -Snturdny Evening I'ost.
J 4,rillrflll l'nt-1.
Twenty years ago I wrote n poem of
considerable length." said a caller In a
newspaper otllce
Yes." said the editor
I brought It to this olllre. anil you
refused to publish It."
very likely "
I remember that I mentally put you
down then as an Idiot who didn't know
enough tonche when hurt."
Nnturnlly "
Well. sir. I looked Hint poem over
again the other day and made up my
mind to come and see you nbout it."
"Yes."
"1 hnve come to sny thnt If I looked
as green 'JO jenrs ago as that oeiii
proves me to have been I want to
thank you because you didn't rut me
up nud throw me as food to the crows
Sood day.
The editor drew a long chalk murk
under the table. It wns the llrst case
In all his experience In which even '.II
years had begotten the knowledge that
It Is sometimes necesmry to lie cruel to
be klnd.-IJtidon Tit Hits
.No I m Souk Hint,
He said I was swnullke, 1 bellow,"
laid Miss Itawkls. "Wasn't that cut
id t of him?"
"Oh. I don't know," replied Miss I'ep-
pery. "It was while you were trying to
lug that he made the remark." Hi-
change.
ri-iminioilnllHB Hliu,
Youth-Oh. I don't want to take that
character I'll make n fool of myself
tire
Maiden Well, you sa.'d you wanted
in easy part Detroit Free I'ress.
THE GKAM) SOJ-IBMIJR.
HIS TAILOR CALLS ON HIM TO COL
LECT HIS LITTLE BILL
Anil Major CriiCnui, lirntrfiil Tor tlie
Crrilll nitenilril in lilm, T.lLrs the
II ii ii of tlie Shriii- lulu the Viiltrr.
mil I'l a ti tin 1 1 Coiiiinn,
CopjtIkM. 1!W, If a 11. Lwtt.
When Mnjor Crofoot reached his of
lice' the other morning, he found his
tailor at the door. The tnllor had been
there for an hour. Ho had n bill In his
hand, nnd ho was determined to present
It In person. The major looked a bit
startled at sight or the creditor he had
lieon dodging for seven months, but In
a breath he pulled hlmsclr together,
extended his hand and heartily ex
claimed: "Hy George, but this Is n curious co
incidence Indeed! Talk of mental te
legraphy, but your face was before mo
ns I struck the first stnlrl"
"Mnjor Crofoot, I am here"
"Yes, yes: you are hero about n llttlo
bill, and 1 nin glad of It. Come In nnd sit
down. Do you know, thnt little bill of
Pit has worried me mure than some of
Si'O.iKK). I have wondered nud won
dercd why yon didn't present It."
"Hut I hnve mailed It to you nbout
JO times!" cxclnlmed the tnllor.
"Strange, strangcl I must sec the
postal authorities about It at once."
"And 1 have sent It here by n boy nt
least ten times.
"Hy n boy? And tho boy never pre
sented It! I wish you would get mo
thnt boy s nniue. A dozen different
times 1 have been on the point of send
I eg you a check, but 1 wns afraid you
might take It thnt I wnnted to close
the account between us. I dually de
cided to wait until you dropped In."
"Well, 1 am here," said the tnllor,
aud now how nbout this bill?"
"Yes. you are here, nnd 1 nm sorry to
see Hint look of grlin resolution on your
nice. ou were one of my curliest
friends nnd creditors. When I called
un you nud got measured for n new
cont, the world wns ngnlnst me. All I
wanted was a little time nud encour-
"Ll-T IS SIUKK HANDS."
agoment, but the cold, selllsh world
would not give It to me. You of all
men were different. You made me a
roat. You demanded no pay In ml-
vuiice. ou sent It to mo when done.
Don't you believe 1 appreciate this no
billt,v of soul on your part?"
The blll-my $11," replied the tnllor
without any signs of melting.
"After months and months of strug
gling against adversity the tide turn
ed," continued the major, "I was n
pauper one day aud a millionaire tho
next. I could pay $10,000 for $1. I
remembered your little bill, but I had
an object In uot rushing a check to
pay It. My heart was soft and tender
toward you. You had reposed conll
dctue In me. nnd I wanted to reward
you."
The bill must be paid today, major,
or I will sue for It."
"And tho man who shows his confi
dence In the tluaiiclal Integrity of .Ma
jor Crofoot makes no mistake. I could
have put you Into any of the half doz
en syndicates 1 have promoted In tho
last six months- nud helped you to
make n good thing of It, but those good
things were uot good enough for tho
man who had put faith in my honor.
I waited to give lilm something better,
nnd today 1 was going to send for
you."
I don't believe It," was the blunt
reply. "However. I'm here, nnd I want
my money."
I wns going to send for you, calmly
continued the major, "and tell you to
sell out your business nt once and at
a sacrlllce nnd to bo rendy In two ilnys
to take the vice presidency of tho Uni
versal Flshbnll company. The salary
will be fl'J.000 per year to begin on.
nnd hnve seemed you SU3.000 worth
of stock nt ground floor prices. You
know whnt a tlsliliall Is, of course
You know"
Look here, major," said the tnllor.
wMtb disgust on his face, "you can't put
me off with no llshball business. Put
me $11 right down, or I'll sue!"
-"you know that a llshball bean
any other sort of food for breakfast.
The rich won't do without 'em, and the
(Kior will go without It'e or milk to get
cm. Why, sir. I would as soon think
of bolu;; without a bank account as
without my flshballs, and I know you
would sell your shirt If necessary to
get them. It Is so with nil others In
America. The llshball Is Indigenous to
the United States, nnd Its true homo Is
here, but with proper encouragement
we can work up n taste for It In Hu
rope. I have already arranged to scud
the Prince of Wales a dozen In n box.
and If we can once get him to recom
mend 'em Ktiglish orders will come
pouring In till we can't (HI 'em. I'll
scud a box to France nnd another to
Germany, and I look for the most
favorable results. My dear sir, let mc
congratulate you, I.ct us shake hands."
Then you wou't fay my bill?" asked
the tailor.
Wo call 'cm flshballs." continued
the major as he Angered a checkbook,
but they needn t necessarily bo all
fish. Make 'cm of 'beef, mutton, pork.
fowl, what you will, but flavor 'em
with extract of fish and put 'em up In
fancy boxei, six to a box. All the
cook has to do Is to cet 'em In the ovci
for three minutes K ore eating, l'lvu
cents a ball, or six i lor a quarter, nud
lh proflt la s1 I wr I tent. I figure that
v will hate ton factories going In
side of three mouths. Do you wain
anything belter than this? Isu't this
brend on Hie waters for the trust re-
)oed lu ine"'
Hut 1 uaie here for $11" almost
thbUtcd the creditor jas ho saw himself
being wound up.
"When this stock was Issued,
thought of you. The tlrst $100,000 wai
put tip Ht 40 cents on the dollar.
wasn't satisfied to give you the vice
presidency. I wanted you to make at
least $10,000 n year out of your dlrl
deuds. I did whnt I ought to have
done for the best friend I hnve lu the
world. 1 took that $11 I owed jou nud
used It to secure your stock, u wasn'
half enough, but you can pay me the
bnlanco nt your leisure. Some time
after wo get things started yon enn
hand mo your check for It."
"And yon mean to say I'm owing
you?"
"Hut don't worry about It, my dear
man; don t woiry. It s a mere ilea
bile. When you draw your llrst $,",000,
we'll square up so as to keep the books
8trnlght. Major Crofoot Is a man who
returns. coiAtulcnce for contldence. Can
you be ready to take your position In
two days?"
"Hy thunder, but this Is a game to do
me up!" shouted the tnllor ns he
Mumped around In great excitement
"I'd like you to take an nctlve Inter
est as soon ns possible, ns I may pro
mote n three cornered pie company
next month, but you can have a week
In which to sell your tailor shop and
gel your hair cut. Hy the wny, you'd
better look out for n horso and a car
rlage. As vice president of the Fill
vcrsnl l lshball company you'll be ex
I ice ted to sling on more or less style
1 might go out with you this afternoon
to look nt some diamonds for your
wife If you have time. As I said be
fore, ns to that little balance between
us, don't let It bother you,"
"Then you won't pay me?"
"That Is about all today," blandly re
plied the major as he opened the door
and beamed upon Ids creditor. "Three
days hence we turn out our llrst box of
llshballs, ami they go to the president
inside of a week lie will telegraph us
'Nothing like 'em ou the face of the
eaith. Send me a cat load.' My dear
man. Colconda Is within our grasp,
I've let you Into the biggest thing of
the twentieth century, but I want no
thanks for It. As I am very busv this
morning"
"My $11!" shouted the tnllor ns the
door closed m hliu.
No answer.
"Major Crofoot. you nre nn old dend-
beat!"
No iinswer.
"And I'll stay right here till Bntur
day night to get sight of you and punch
wuir head!"
Hut he didn't. When a gravelike al
ienee had continued for live minutes,
he got discouraged and scuttled his
wny down stnlrs. m. quad.
MOUNTAIN AIR.
Win It In .Mure llrnlllifiil TIihii Ttmt
llf l.ultll- A 1 1 1 1 lll-M.
The only reason why mountain air
is healthier than low air Is that mouu
tain air Is cleaner than low air. The
ehelulcal composition of the atmos
phere differs but little. If at nil, wher
ever the sample be taken. On Hike's
ical. the relation of oxygen to nitre-.-en
and other constituents of (lie at
ino'plicio is the same as nt the level
if tin- oven ii The favorable effects
In ivfore of u change of air nre not to
ie ( -.plained bj any difference In the
piop.iitiou of Its gaseous constituents
one Important difference, however. Is
llie bacteriological one. The air of
high altitudes contains no microbes
ind Is, lu fact, sterile, while near the
gmiiud and some 100 feet above it
iiilrrohoH nre abundant.
lu Hie air of Chicago ami other
crowded places not only does the ml
ci oho 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Increase, but other Ini
purities, such as the pioducts of com
bustlou of coat, accrue also Several
Investigators have found traces of hy
dmgcii nud certain hydiocnibons lu
i he air. and esiieeinllv In the nlr of nine
oak and birch forests. It Is 10 those
bodies, doubtless consisting of traces
of essential oils, to which the curative
effects of certain health resorts are
ascribed. Thus the locality of a fir
forest Is said to give relief lu diseases
of the respiratory tract. Hut all Hip
same, these traces of essential oils nnd
aromatic products must be counted.
strictly speaking, us Impurities, since
they nre not apparently necessary con
dlluentN of the air As recent nnaly
ses have shown, these bodies tend to
disappear In the air as a higher altl
Hide Is reached until they disappear
iltogether. Uiuisvllle Dispatch
All Apt Allslier,
I'lie dangers associated with the Ash
ing iudustrj on the Newfoundland
bii-ii s me many ami grnvc. Foremost
1111 ong them Is that the dories may be
upset while tUlilug. which Involves the
nluiosf Inevitable loss or their occtl
puiits Callous captains, secure them-
Ives from the necessity of going, fre-
ii i-iitly order Ihelr men out when the
wriiiher does not warrant It. nud disas
trous nre the H-siilt Oue of these bru
tal skippers was aptly answered last
.war bj a bank limn of whose courage
or iiiparity theie was no question.
"(Jut with you!" shouted the captain
Hurry up therr! It's a tlshlug day."
'Oh. Uu. skipper." leplled the dory
man "It's too stormj today for a boat
to tlsli "
"Nonsense. 111 n 1 1. ' rejoined the skip
per. "If inj old grandmother from
I'rovlnrclou 11 was here todaj', shed
get her dorj out."
'Then, skipper." said the man, "If
tin grandson will come out with me
now I'll haul my trawl."
It Is needles 10 say uo dories were
laimilii'd from that schooner on that
lute - rhllfidclphiu Ledger.
Ujii ut .Hiiileiiii' rent.
NimioIcoii added to his many other
deeds of Inteiest to the world that of
having climbed to the top of a tower
on horseback. 11 fent Hi-cumpllslied May
111. 171)7. when he rode to Hie top of tho
campanile, or bell tower of St. Mmk's.
Venice, In order that he himself might
give the signal to Ills licet of the sur
render of the city
Kin. I ml Splrll..
SheAnd ilid you light the lire Willi
kerosene too?
He-No; I smoked while I wns put
ting gnsollui' lu the nutomoblle.-Chl-cngo
News.
IJvery royl pnlneo In Htirope has Its
special prlvute im.IIcc. who. In one
jmiIic or iiiintUri me always on the
rfikolit for suspicion persons.
pri 1 ' f 1 1- in hit prime at from
Jl" o Jq j i u .-f n.r
Drus Now Give Way
to Animul Tissue
liven Consumption, lipllepny nnd
Home Poems of liiHiinlty
arc Now Cuenlile
A new cm lit the treatment ofeortiiln
diseases Is at limit!. The results are so
definite and iHwitlvo as to command
Immediate recognition from physicians
as well as lavincn. In the new treat
ment drugs give wny to animal tissues
hi solution. It Is not administered
through the stomach but IslnJccletUnto
the circulatory system. The lymph
used Is extracted front the lymphatic
glands of live goats. The goat Issolcct
ctl for the reason that he Is the hardiest
ami healthiest of all animals, lie can
not even be inoculated w ith consump
tion or mlcrolilc diseases, his highly
vitalized system throw lug oil' bacilli
without ell'tirt. Then again old ago pro
duces tho least eU'cet on his organs and
tissue Hiiddcgoncratotllseasesarosjeldoni
If ever found Inhls IhhI v. I.lttle marvel
then that tho dally Injection of 11 soil)
tloti of the lymphatic glands of tho goal
into 11 weakened human system puts
resisting qualities into It 11ml stimtilul
the activity of cell life, Isith dispelling
disease mid putting substance Into the
structure. An Interesting proof of the
action of the lymph Is shown hy tin
fact that old animals who have been
treated la-come active, quicker anil
more agile in their movements. 1)1
tlngiilshetl physicians In many places
have taken hold of the new lymph mid
for the benefit of the lu'ofcsslon Hie re
sults of their experiences are being lal
tllalctl. During three .veal's up to Feb,
II rM over nineteen hundred cncs had
h.H'ii treated hi thu I'nllctl Statesaloue,
Of this iitiiiilK'r7" percent were so called
Incurable diseases and 1 1 percent hi tin
last stages. The averages of their ages
was f(l years. Only two of the number
died although according lo the tables
f niortnllty f!! should have tiled within
the three years. In view oft he percent
age of Incurables nt least lis should have
died, Hut note the astounding results
the failures were hut "J per cent, while
IJ percent weie greatly bcliellttedantl
i7per cent were complete cures. Tho
cures Include many consumptives nud
many cases of iheumatlsni, paralysis,
epilepsy, ami locomotor alaxia. Aside
from the marvel that consumption and
paralysis are nt last curative the dis
covery! was Hindu thnt certain forms
of insanity readily yield lo it
flu' positive and startling results
are profoundly Impressing. I,, it
Stahlchi .M. I. a very promluenl
Kaslcrn expert, who has been making
a special study of the new lymph and
has administered it to hiiuilrcilsof cases
successfully, has recently opened a
lymph Institute In San l-'rani l-eti
at 1-0 Kearney St. Full Information
containing tabulations ami other re
cords of cases by mall In physicians nud
others Inquiring. Dr. Htablelu has
promised the records of soino interest
ing cures of consumption for these col
minis for future Issues,
XV lull VllrxeU Tlii-iu,
"It Is perfectlj natural," saltl one
whose nun business takes him nbout
more or less, "licit a man should bo lu
crested wherever he may be In things
pertaining to Ids own business. 1 know
I am In mine. When I strike a strange
place, I like to go through the qunrter
where Ihej carry on the business that I
1111 engaged In and see how they run
things lu It there Hut I have lately
met with two Illustrations of this sort
of thing that seemed to nn- to be rather
rurlous as well as Interesting.
Talking with a New York paint
uinnufaeturer about paint of a certain
kind, the paint man said Incidentally
tluil lie liajl seen paint is Hint color on
walls in Pompeii Oddly enough, tho
iher curious 111 11-1 ti t lt.11 arose out of
ijie same ancient cllj A New Yorker
igtiL'cil lu the miinijfnctiiro of lead
pipe saltl. luelileiiiaby lo something
thnt he was telling me about lead pipe,
that he had found In Pompeii lead -pipe
In fair condition (Ids pipe, while cov
ered with an I in nMiitlon Hint had
allieied np- ii II tn Hie long time It had
been hurled, j el cutting with as bright
and per feet a eh a' niie us though It had
been made yi'siciilaj Instead of many
centuries ago
These two things ililciesfctl some
what the paint man anil the lentl man
respecllvi'lj and thej certainly Inter-
stctl me."-New oik Sun
Mr Ut-lli-ii-.l the Sic ll.
It was a newly opened furnishing
store, ami oue window was resplendent
with neckties and cravats of glorious
brilliancy. Coulhlently they nnnouuiTil
lu gilt letters, "Any nrtlclo removed
from the windows." So when Smith
ton wnlked III and requested to see that
bright pink aud green shot with pea
cock blue lu the front row" the polite
salesman disarranged tho front nud
after some considerable trouble brought
out the desired object.
llathcr loud. Isu't It?" remarked
Hmlllisou.
The affable salt-suian wns In com
plete accord. "Certainly It Is striking."
"I thought so. You needn't put It
back."
Very well, sir." and the man began
to wrap up the thing of beauty In Its
bed of tissue puHT. "Anything else to-
lay. sir?"
Oh. I don't want It," said Smllhson,
only you know you advertise, 'Any ar-
llele taken from the window,' and as
this hideous thing offends my lusthctlc
taste I thought I'd ask you to remove
It. that's all flood day."
Then that salesman philosophized an-
tllblj ami with nint h fervor.
Omaha i-npilnlisls propose 10 luntiei
the great continental divide, SO mllet
west of Denver ami 12 miles south of
jeorgetown. ami operate 1111 electric
loud through It. It will start nt the
liase. about II miles from (limit, aud
terminate at the headwaters of the
Htmko river nud will bo 7,000 feet long
and 1,700 feet deep.
Iniiwrwirs and Dealers In
Hook, IS'evm,
Writing and
Wrapping...
OARD BTOOK
STRAW AND 1IINDRHS' HOARD
SS-T-ro-n . First St.
Til. Mils teo. 3 IAN ritANli)CO
THE E1L-K
f t t
BSC) Ittmh Street, 81111 Prnnclsco
mouth, ru stiltn or slnglu. at reUuoij rates
..uu.u .uw.uiigufj ii-iiuviiieu. no pin us win in,
"so." iromtne country to tho
ty I'omfortnbto una nt homo ilurlng- thiilr stnr
like Sutli-r-strwt ours ut ferry IsnJInu.
MRS. I'. KANfT. 1'roiSietor
Men's
Suits
In Nnvy, Hindi. Itrovvn. op Hull
IMlitds, SliiVc-ltiutiHt Stick Suit
like you pity ten dolliu-h foi tit
edit Htoi'CH, nro
..$5.00o..
OvcrconlK mid other Clothing tit
Aloney-Siivlnjv Prices.
Mcu'sheary natural wool? I'nilcrslilrts :iv
.Mt-u s iiiinvy niiiiimi vtiHiir wriiwors :t,n
Men's Ki'iiteol norklUK shirts . . ;rj
Men's wool yam nock comforts Nio
Ktlio lllivo stUtoltno romforts ntmln t -.:
1 1 envy i-omfor, for common uso.. . (l.in
White lHHtsiremli, (I Si tdnil. . . ft no
Shoos for Men, $1.25
1 1 ci
Mettlum w of it lit liu-o, otlli-o Hear
lloiivv lliwltirn lit-oi'iKiti
lll'l- m'.irV .111,' ..IKiaMuu .Iiium 1,1. .n m
tl .V.
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Sunday styles, Inro or enngrvss
illlllW lllin Mill PHOUS, IHl-H
dirts' Jiio umloriuiits. tints, soul .
i.uilius y i.ihi null tl SM Jill II i s, , osis. sum
Infants' Utile urny punts to 1 .vonr
ii ii ii i n nun- Kray panis iov years
You hiiiu half on luuuv ihtnas at a rauli stnr
unit a giMsl pvr cent on everj-tliin:' Trv H iniil
gut rich Ifoinc I Ireli' unit coinpl. isin now
1113 luiuuii ruu it)r li ui
CASH STORE
25-27 Market Street, San I'raiicisco.
Uimi.iK i.li' v .r-. Is'liiml t t.ni uo not omr
hail! 10 M' I'lunin U Ml-Ml hi DV NAMI- 'J'AII
1'I.K.s luullco ilnauiiu Itom i In h em n- rmnil
i: weeks urilluiirv tii-ntinmi Into Uhoui - and
ulHjrt tho worst of colds our night.
' It was thoviorst L-uso of irrlw I ci 1 1 hail A
half ttozun frlonils hail suro cures Htm it hunit
on. Ileiml or tho 1IVNVMH' Taih i.1-- To my
niuurisimnl they Kliiiipi-il U,ih inM uul coui U
tho llrst nlg-til. I unilorso nuil rt-i uinim .nl
thi-m to llio iiHiil " II tw i.av 1Ii:ni.i:v Ii
MemlH-r Conuross anil Attorney ml Hiinsouii
aireot, Kau f'raiiclsi'o. J ily T, ll
Winter colils huto always lionii serlou
tlilnss lo mo. They urn haul unit stay lu
mouths. Hut tin' lust nns stopped Middenly
by Mkniikis Hynamio Caiici.i. Itotli ixhil-Fi
nud eolil dlsappoiiriil In n couple ut it in s. No
llilun otso duos this for mo " Mas. Ini ma f.
iioi.i.i.v, n .MossMt .Mnu rrauotno, auk o, uu
I llvu nt-roHS IhoHtiei't from whom Mfmih.'s
1) v.n a Mir Taiiiu.ks aru inudo. Thut Is how I
llrst took tin-Mi. Tin y stop mlds without noili- -I
took it dozen boxes wllli 11.11 for so I fund fr It-no
when 1 went to Nomo." It. 1. Va-i W'iski.k.
C'upltullt,UU7 Washington Hired, Han t rim-clhi-o.
AuKum 10, Itxii.
Hunt noxtnuld for Uft cents tn hIiiuiiih It
INLAND IlltllO CO . Atil Washington h'ri'0
Ban l-'rnnolsi-o. Also ou salu by our local ii,'i in
C. V. Lowe, I)rti!8l.
Printers7
Snaps.
Itoolccr Ncvvh ClIHCH.
We have so vera I hutiilrud palm of thi'ie
casus. They are a Irllle stusller time
full site Were uteil by liu Icudtuii
dallies bi-furo Lino's cam In Thv ura
lust thu situ lu faellltale roiniHi-i' -ui
lu perftwt order. Fifty cents pm- pair
I'lnc Cordon ilobbcr.
New style, 8x13, .leeood huud. wlln
throwsiif; In flrst-eluiis condition lias
Hide stouni III turea und Is one of the
Unl Reeoud-liund presses wo hnvu had
lor a long time. Itlsasnup
Hccoiiil-liiind Cylinder.
S. ,-oluiiin iu,rto Will work 'IMD nt
hour A buriiain fur n i-uuniry duii
Some Hotly mid IIhi1ii- Type,
itus not seen one month's use Some of
It haidly stulnt-d fst-ioud-liand prices
PACIFIC STATES TYPE FOUNDRY
508 Cli'ty Ktrcct, S. I1.
Iimliirvrlty.
Our civilization demands n greater
or less decree of luend'irity." remarked
the abstruse person '.Ve are con
stantly ciicoiintcrliiK some empty
phrase, some conventional remark.
which Is absolutely devoid of sincer
ity." flint's rlidit," answered the book
ani'iit. "Tlint's perfectly true. I am
reminded of It every time I vvulk up to
the front Hep where there Is a door
mat with the word 'welcome' on It."
Washington Slur.
An i:iert.
"Illowhnrd Is always, boasting of tils
driving abilities."
"It comes natural to lilm. Uo bus
been handling the ribbons behind the
counter at Ounamnker's for six Venn
or inoro."-Hitler nnd Driver.
Mosipiltjes iiiiound In cubit during
Mutch. April. May und June. It Is Im
possible to sleep without mostiulto
barn over the beds. Hut nbout the 1st
of July the uiosiiultoc dlsnppcut no
one knows where, mid they do uot re
appear until the following Murcti.
BLAKE,
AA0FFITT
& T0WNE
SMITHS
BAD COLDS