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The Song of the Hair There are four verses. Verse 1. Ayer's Hair Vigor makes the hair grow. Verse 2. Ayer's Hair Vigor stops falling hair. Verse 3. Ayer's Hair Vigor cures dandruff. Verse 4. Ayer's Hair Vigor always re stores color to gray hair. The chorus is sung by millions. " Before tiling Ayer's Hair Visor I had very thin and very poor hair. But I continued to use the Vigor until my hair greatly improved In every way. I have used it off and on for the past ten years." Mas. M. Dbummond, Newark, N. J, A Hade by J. O. Ayer Oo.( Lowell, Also manufacturers of J SARSAPARJLLA. ijers PILLS. CHERRY PECTORAL. Fall of Human Interest. Naggus What are you working at Bow, Bonis? Bonis I am writing a story in which there is neither hero nor heroine, no love making, no villain, no detective, and not a particle of plot. Nagus That ought to be interesting. Borus It ought to be more than that. I hope to make it touching and pathetic. It's a hard luck story, written for my landlord's exclusive perusal, and sets forth in detail the reasons why I shall have to ask him for another extension of time on my rent DOES YOUR BACK ACHE? Cure the Kidneys and the Fain Will Never Keturn. Only one way to cure an aching back. Cure the cause, the kidneys. Thou sands tell of cures made by Poan's Kid ney Fills. John C. Coleman, a promi nent merchant of Swainsboro, Oa., says: "For several years my kidneys were affected, and my back ached day and night. I was languid, nervous and lame in the morn ing. Doan's Kidney Fills helped me right away, and the great relief that followed has been permanent." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. SMBBPsf .Vegetable Preparationfor As similating theFoodandBeguIa- ling the Stomachs andBowel Promotes DigcstionCheerFul ness andRest.Contains neither Opium.Morplune norllincraL Not Xahc otic. JhapearOUHrSiMUELmQlOR Pumpkin Seal Ax.Smrta jinutSettt Citrdud HiffV Miarpw norm Aperfecl Remedy forConstipa Tion, Sour Stomach.Diarrhoca Worms .Convulsions .Feverish ness and Loss of Sleep. Facsimile Signature of NEW YOUK. EXACT COPY 07 WRABBEH. IT'S PLAIN I 20 1 I ! When yen srt dental work dons. Sys tem and precision all tha way through In our office, but we do temper business with a Utile compassion for a natrons patient. We try to make It a painless business, lr. Sturdevant, specialist on child ren's teeth and regulating. WISE BROS., Dentists Falling Building, Third and Washington a. ui. to 9 p. m. ; Sundays to la. Main 2029. WORK DONf ON WEEKLY AND MONTHLY PAYMENTS DR. W. A. WISE Advice from Artemna Ward. A certain Southern railroad was In a wretched condition, and the trains were consequently run at a phenom enally low rate of speed. When the conductor was punching his ticket Ar tenuis Ward, who was one of the pas sengers, remarked: "Does this railroad company allow passengers to give It advice, If they do so In a respectful manner?" The conductor replied In gruff tones that he guessed so. "Well," Artemus went on, "It occur red to me that It would be well to de tach the cowcatcher from the front of the engine and hitch it to the rear of the train; for you see, we are not lia ble to ovrtake a cow, and what's to prevent a cow from strolling Into this car and biting a passenger?" Boston Herald. , Pleasant. "Now, that it's all over, darling," said the delighted bridegroom, "I must confess I never expected to win you. Even now I can't understand why you married me." "Well, George," said the Chicago bride. "I'll tell you. Some time ago a fortune teller told me that my second marriage would make me very happy and wealthy. So, of course, I had to get my first marriage over with." Philadelphia Press. Deafness Cannot IJe Cured by local applications as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deainesB, and that is by constitu tional remedies. Deafness is caused by au in flamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or Imperfect hear ing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the res ult, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but au lntlamed condition of theruucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Bend for Circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. Bold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family tills are the best. DlaconratrlnK Him. "Yes, he confessed that he loved me, but I tried to discourage him In every way I knew how. Once he dared to kiss me." "And you screamed, Jeanette?" Well er not then, but I warned him that I would the next time. Then he kissed me again." "Surely you called for help?" "How could I when I was so star tied? Presently he slipped his arm around me." "And you drew away?" "No, I nestled closer er that Is but really, dear, I tried to discourage him ; yea, I tried hard." Hi For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Sears the Signature of in Use For Over Thirty Years III mi ntmm soismiiv. ntw vosm orrr. BUSINESS DR. T. P. WISE AW Prisoners and Captives By H. S. MERRIMAN CIIAFTEtt X. Claud Tyars walked through the nar row streets, westward, without noticea ble haste. Ills gait was neither that of the busy city merchant nor the easy lounge of the sailor out of work. Pres ently he seemed to recognize some famil iar landmark, lie turned suddenly up a narrow passage and, pushing open a swing-glass door, climbed a flight of lead covered stepB. .. On the second floor he topped before a door bearing on a small braiis plate the name, "M. M. Easton." Wltnout knocking ne opened tne door, and on hie entrance an elderly man rose from his seat at a low tablerand, after a quick glance, lowered his colorless eyes, bowing gravely. Tyars returned the sal- utatioif with a short nod. ' The elderly man then turned to go Into a room beyond the small, bare office. When he turned his back, this city clerk was no longer elderly. His back was that of a young man. Addressing him self to some unseen person In the inner room, he uttered two words only the name of. the visitor waiting in the outer office without prefix or comment. Come in, Tyars ! ' called out a cheer ful tenor voice, Immediately ; and the clerk, turning Into an old man again, stepped aside to lot the visitor pass through the doorway. The man who rose to greet Tyars, hold ing out a thin hand across the table at which he had been Beated, was singularly slight. Ills narrow shoulders sloped at a larger angle from the lines of his sin ewy neck than is usually to be found In men of the Anglo-Saxon race. The hand held out was unsteady, very white and long. The face was narrow and extreme ly small; at school Matthew Mark Eas tern had been nicknamed "Monkey" Eas ton. Despite his youthful appearance It was some years since he had left school, and Indeed men of his year at Harvard were mostly married and elderly, while Easton still retained his youth. In addi tion to this enviable possession there was still noticeable in his appearance that slight resemblance to a monkey by which he had acquired a nickname singularly appropriate. It was not only in the small, Intelligent face, the keen, anxious eyes and thin lips, that this resemblance made Itself discernible, but in quickness of glance and movement, In that refined and nervous tension of habit, which Is only found in monkeys and all the lower ani mals. By way of greeting this man whistled two or three bars of "See the Conquering Hero Comes" softly through his teeth, and pointed to a chair. "Smith," he said, raising his voice, "you may as well go to the bank now with those checks." There came no answer to this sugges tion, but presently the door of the outer office closed quietly. "I call him Smith," continued Easton In a thin and pleasant voice spiced by a distinct American accent, "because his name is Pavloskl. That unfortunately luxuriant crop of gray hair standing straight up gives him a foreign appear ance, which the name of Pavloskl would seem to confirm. Besides, It takes such a long time to say Pavloski." While he was speaking Easton's face had remained' quite grave, hnd, conse- quently, very sad. . There was a short si lence. Both had much to say, and they appeared to be thinking and searching for a suitable beginning. Easton spoke first, "I see," he said, "that you are trim and taut, and ready as usual. The ex ecutive keeps -up to the mark." "Yes," replied Tyars, "my department Is In working order. The ship is getting on well, and I have found my first offi cer." The slight, delicate man looked at his companion s large limbs and half sup pressed a sigh. His wistful little face contracted into a grave smile, and he nodded his head. ' "I dislike you," he said, In his peculiar ly humorous way, "when you talk like that. It seems to Imply an evil sense of exultation In your physical superior ity, which, after all, is fleeting. You are only dust, you know. But but it is rather poor fun staying at home and pull' Ing strings feebly." "It has its advantages," said Tyars, In an unconsciously thoughtful tone, which brought the restless eyes to his face at once. "Besides, he added, more lightly, "you do not pull feebly. The tugs are pretty strong, and the strings, you must remember, reach a good distance." "Ye-esI" Mathew Mark Easton had a singular habit of elongating the little word into several syllables, as if in order to gain time for thought "Ye-es ! I sup pose It has. But," he said, rousing him self, "I have not been idle. That la to say, Smith Pavloskl Smith, "you know, He has been working terrifically hard, Poor fellow I His wife Is out there at Kara." "Yes, I know. You told me," Inter rupted Tyars, and his manner uncon sclously Implied that a fact once Impart ed to him was never forgotten. "Has he heard from or of her yet?" "No, not for two years. He believes she Is alive still, and a report came from Riga that she had been sent to Kara." The Englishman listened without com ment. His strong, bearded face was not pleasant to look upon just then, for the massive jaw was thrust forward, and there was a peculiar dull glow in Ms placid eyes. "There was a child, you know," con- tlnued the American, watching the ef fect of his words, "to be born In prison- In a Siberian prison, where the attend ants are the riffraff of the Russian army -more brutes than men. That would probably be a year ago." He paused, his thin roles lowering to ward the end of the sentence In a way that rendered his American decent singu larly Impressive in Its simple narrative. I wonder," he continued, what has' become of that refined lady and that help less Infant now. It brings the thing before one, Tyars, In rather a bright light, to think that that man Sm Pav loskl, who comes here at half-past nine every morning, goes out to lunch In a small eating house next door, and goes home to his lodging at five o'clock ; that that man has a wife in a Siberian prison. A wife a woman whom he has lived with every day day after day j whose every tone, every little gesture, every thought, Is familiar to him. I surmise that it must be worse than being in a Siberian prison ones self!" . It is easy to set down the words, but to render the slight twang, the wondor ful power of expressing pathos that lay hidden in this man's tongue, is a task be yond any pen. Tyars stopped him with a quick gesture of the head, as if to Inti mate that all this was no news to him. "Why," he asked, curtly, "are you showering all this upon me? Do you think that I am the sort of fellow to turn back?" Oh, no !" answered Easton in an alter ed tone. Then, he turned in his chair and, unlocking a drawer in the pedestal of his writing table, he drew forth sev eral leather-bound books, which he set upon the table in front of him. Oh, no!" he said, turning the pages. "Only you seemed to be of opinion just now that the Pastime of staying at home and pull ing strings had its advantages." "So it has," was the cool reply; "but that In no way alters the case as far as am concerned." "Then I apologize," said Easton, rais ing his eyes without moving his head. "I thought, perhaps well, never mind !" "What do you think?" "I had a sort of notion that some other interest had sprung up that you were getting sick of all this long preparation." "And wished to back out?" suggested Tyars in his high-bred Indifference. As he spoke he looked up and their eyes met. A strong contrast these two pairs of eyes. The one, large, placid ; the other quick, keen and restless. Although Easton's gaze did not lower or flinch, his eyes were not still ; they seemed to search from corner to corner of the large glance that met his own. "I am afraid," he said, Ignoring the question, "that I am getting a trifle skep tical. I have had more than one dis appointment. Our doctor PhilippI, you know has been appointed sanitary in spector of the town of Lille, or something equally exciting. He has Intimated that while fully sympathizing with our noble scheme, he can only help us now with his purse and his prayers. I do not imagine that his purse will assist you materially to steer through the Ice on a dark night in the Sea of Kara." "It comes, no doubt," said Tyars, half apologizing for the French doctors treachery, "from his failure to realize the whole thing. The nation took up the question of the slave trade without a moment's hesitation, and that was one upon which there were undoubtedly argu ments upon both sides of equal weight. We are not sure now that the compara tively small proportion of the human race victimized by the slave trade has really benefited. The state of Russia and her system of government Is a disgrace to the Whole world yet the whole world closes Its eyes to the fact. The Siberian exiles, In my estimation, call for more sympathy than those thick-skinned, dense brained negroes." Easton said nothing. His father had been a slave owner, but he. fact was unknown to Tyars, and he did not think it necessary to mention it. Had the slave trade never been suppressed, Matthew Mark Easton would have been one of the richest men In America. As it was, he sat daily in this little office In the city of London conducting to all outward appearances a small and struggling com mission agents business. It was some what characteristic of the man and his country that Claud Tyars should be al lowed to remain la Ignorance of these matters. . Easton now turned to the leather-bound books, and the two men sat far Into the day discussing questions strictly technical and strictly confined to the fitting out of the small vessel lying in the London dock for an expedition to the Arctic seas. Even In the discussion of these details each man retained his characteristic man ner of treating outward things. Eastan was irresponsible, gay and light, while beneath the airy touch there lurked a truer, firmer grasp of detail than is pos sessed by the majority of men. His aueer little face -was never quite grave, even while speaking of the most serious matters. His manner was, throughout, suggestive of the forced attention of a schoolboy, ready to be led aside at the slightest interruption, while the relation of hard facts and the detailing of long statistics ran from his glib tongue with out the least sign of effort CHAPTER XI. More conspiracies have failed from 1m pecunlouslty than from treachery. If a man has money in sufficient quantity, se crecy is easily purchased. Even if he has enough money to Duy a respectable coat, he is already on tne nign road to success, If the conspirators assemble in swallow tail coats and white ties, they are almost free from danger. Suspicion fixes herself noon the impecunious, the unfortunate, the low in station. She haunts the area steps, and files at the luxurious sound of carriage wheels. Bnt never eaters the front door, but If she wishes to reach the upper floor, croepoth up the back stairs. Under the respectable shade of a silk hat, gloved and washed, any of us may trespass where he with but a shabby coat and forlorn boots will call down Ignominy on his head Well Hreasod, we may steal horses ; shabbily clad, wo must not even look over walls. There was In the tomperamcnt of Mat I thew Mark Easton that small seed of ag gressive courage which makes conspira tors, agitators and rebels of sensible men. Under the Influence of such men as Claud Tyars and Pavloskl, he was capable of developing great enorgy, and there is little doubt that these two, unconsciously working together, forced the Amorlcan to assume a gradually Increasing weight, of responsibility, to the dimensions of which he remained partially Ignorant. In persuading Tyars to espouse a cause of which the particulars will be hereafter narrated, Easton had, some years previously, unwittingly cast his own lot with that cause to a greater and fuller extent than his easy going nature would ever knowingly have allowed. lie had set the torch to a brand of which the flames soon enveloped him. Meeting Ty ars at an International aquatic compe tition, a friendship had sprung up be tween them, both being lonely men wltn no sisters or cousins to admire tholr prowess. " These slight retrogressive explanations will serve, perhaps, to make clear the po sition of Matthew Mark Easton with re gard to Claud Tyars In the events that follow. To some extent the outcome of these past incidents was a dinner party given by the American one November evening. Of those assembled some are living to this day, but others, tnougn young, are now dead, leaving to the sur vivors the memory of a brave example, the unanswered question of a useless Hie, lived and lost. There was nothing singular or remark able about the fare provided. It was, In fact, supplied "all hot" by a neighboring confectioner, but the guests formed as unique a collection of feaaters as could well be found even In the metropolis or. England. Among the first to arrive was Smith "P. Smith," as Easton playfully called him. The old young clerk of the little office In the city, Pavloskl Smith, was dressed In Irreproachable swallow tall coat and white tie. lie shook hands with Easton, bowing his gray head In a pe culiar Jerky manner, as if they had not parted at the office two hours before. After him came at Intervals tnree men ; the first elderly and stout, the oth er two younger, but all alike had that peculiar repose of manner which was espe cially noticeable In the man called Pav loski. They were evidently foreigners. They spoke English remarkably well, and made few mistakes in grammar. Easton received them with a few words of wel come. Tyars." he said to each in turn, "has found a gentleman who will serve as first officer. He brings him to-night." , "Is." inquired the stout man, who was of a somewhat ceremonious habit, "is Mr. Tyars well?" "Quite well, thanks; at least, I sur mise so," was the answer. The two younger men heard the news without comment. Without awaiting an Invitation Pavloskl drew a chair for ward to the hearth rug and sat directly In front of the fire, holding his two hands out toward the warmth. In this position it became evident that he was a contem porary of the two younger men, who presently moved toward tne nre and stood talking together In their peculiar Eng lish, while Easton and the stout gentle man exchanged meaningless platitudes. The three younger men had thus grouped themselves together, and when placed in proximity there was some sub tle point of resemblance between them which could not at first sight be defined. It lay only In the eyes, for in build and complexion there was no striking like ness. Each of these three men had a singularly slow glance. They .raised their eyes to one's face rather after the man ner of a whipped dog, and when looking up there was noticeable a droop of the lower lid which left a space of white be low the pupil of the eye. It may be seen in men and women who have passed through great hardship or an unspeak able sorrow. Such eyes as these speak for themselves. One can tell at once that they have at one time or other looked , upon something very unpleasant. Finally Tyars entered the room, closely followed by Oswin Grace. There were thus seven partakers of the good things provided by a neighboring confectioner four Russians, two Eng lishmen and an American. There had been no secrecy about their coming; no mystery taps at the door, no strange sounding passwords. Moreover, the con versation was of a simple, straightfor ward nature, without dramatic relief in the way of ambiguous and irrelevant re marks respecting the length of some alle gorical night and the approach of a sym bolic dawn. (To t continued.) What She Wanted. Mrs. Newed My dear, I wish you would letin e have a little pin money. Newed All right, sweetheart How much do you need? Mrs. Newed Two hundred dollars. Newed Oreat Scott! Two hundred dollars for pin money? ! Mrs. Newed Yes, dear. It's for a diamond pin. Other Side of It. "Why, young man," said the stern parent, "you certainly don't think I would be foolish enough to let a penni less youth like you marry my daugh ter, do you?" "Well, lfs up to you," rejoined the poor but nervy youngster. "It's a cinch that no rich young man would marry a girl ai homely as she U," .