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MAIL SACK GLEARS ' SUSPECT OFTHEFT F FOR THIRTY YEARS CLERK HAD BEEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR MONEY LOSS. BLAMED BY THE INSPECTORS t a 9 Bag Repairer Finds Registry Envelope 1 Caught by Corners at Bottom of Old N Sack Where It Was Held While a Sender Cried Thief. q Peoria, Ill.-llev. Charles 11urdette, c brother of "Uob" Hurdette, the humor- t ist, has been vindicated after 30 years n of any blame in connection with the disappearance of $3,500 from a regis- 1 tered letter packago sent out by the Peoria postoillee of which he was reg istry clerk. The $3,500 disappeared after it was put In 12 registre( letters by John Comstock, a wealthy resident. The evidence wias all against young Bhtr dette and after the first investigation had been made Comstock demanded that Gen. B. W. lagee, veteran of the Civil war and p;0stmuaster at Peoria, immediately discharge the registry clerk. "Can't do anything for you," said the old general. "I've known Charles since he wias able to walk. I knew all his folk. They aire honest ( and the boy is honest. They are friends of mine and I won't discharge Charlie." Thcn Comstock carried the matter to Washington anid an inspector camc down from Chicago to make a full re port. "Charlie" told him how Comstock appeared at the registry window with the names of 12 mei to whom lie was sending money and asked that the let ters be registered. Coistock had asked him to watch him put the money v in the envelopes, which lie (lid. t ie also told the inspector he had t placed the 12 envelopes in one large a one and had put this large envelope g at the bottom of a mail sack, in ac- d cordance with the custom at that time, c with the regis--try book on top of the a registered mail. On top of this he d placed the regular mail. The railway mail clerk, who had I sent the registry book back with these // '4 I Start of the lil-Fated Letters. 32 letters unreceipted for, was investi gated. IHe said they were not in the mail sack and Isurdetto said ,..they *were. * The, inspector. iade his report and *it .was uifavor-able to Durdette.' When th 'r'eport had -beeri - considered at - Washington a 'letter camne -to General Magee advising him of what -tihe in spector had reported and suggesting * that' the best thing to ~do unmder the~ circumstances was to d.ischarge younig General agee wrote': to Washinig ton: "This boy is all re'al and ~I am1. not-going to brand him bWydischarrginf him.'t Angl Burd'tte coentinued ,as rn *istr-y clerk. IUn'rdette wvas workIng- to- get Anney to study foir the ministry and when he was ordained as a mninister' was as signed as a misnionary in Assam, In dlia. In far away India Burdlette made1 good as at missionary and afteri 20' years' service camne back to the United States and accepted a call to an eastern church, le new has a1 pastorate at Springfleld, Mass. Into the i'epalir shop at San Fran cisco a few days ago an old battered sack was sent to be patched. it was1 a veteran and to repair it meant pr'ac tically to make a now sack. The first man to inopect the tsack deoided it needed a. now bottom and, with a knife, he ripped the leather bot tomn off. Then lhe saw above it a big manila envelope, caught. hy the cor ners, which served practically as a < * falso bottom. IHe opened the envelopc I and- found it to contain the~ 12 Com'- I stock letters and the missing $'d500., The maulila envelope was not much| difterent in' color from, the leniier. !r harp'-efenhihd been peeing info'thiq mail bag each...tirl~p.it was..emptied I for 30 yers without dincovoring tho' treasure. Tur-ning the mail bag up-< side down uand shaking it had no ef- I * fect on the envelope, for it was held< firmly against the leather under whieh I Mta corners had slipped. . ;ORPSE FOUND IN THE RIVER IS LOST AGAIN. ISHEBMAN LANDS CASKET BUT LOSES THE BODY IN HIS EF FORT AT REPCUE. West Point, Ga.-A fisherman dis overed in.i the Chattahooche - river. al asket containing .the body- of a young. oman. 'In removing the casket frdmi ie stream, the lid became unfastened, lowing the body to fall back into the treani. The officers at once be-' an a searching investigation -into the lystery. .The body had been in the rater probably a week. The casket is costly pne be.ing trimmed with ex uisite material. So far as could be -arned no woman is missing from the Dmmunity who would fit the descrip on of the body given by the man who iade the discovery. In draining a fish basket from the tream, the casket became enmeshed LA Corpse Found In the River, 1ith a lot of driftwood hanging to bie line, and was dragged to view. 'In ent on pulling the uncanny find shore, the fishermnan, with difficulty, ot hold of one end of the casket. In rawing It up a steep bank, the weight f the body forced the lid off, allowing form, handsomely clad in white, to rop back into the river. The fisher ran say he got a good view of the ody. 30WER GUM CHEWERS WASTE louthwestern Genius invents a Device by Which it May Now Be Conserved. KXtnsas City, Mo.-Always, just vhen the world seenis about to reathe its last gasp, someone comes dong with an idea designed to give he poor old creature a new lease on ife. This has been true in many in ;tances-if the theories of the inven ors be accepted. Say in the case of he porous plaster, the gin rickey, the 3osy) trot, the fried oyster and the lilt bmw. Now a so'uthwvestern genius as once more revived our hopes of a ontinued existence by inventing a de *ice to measure and store the power eretofol'e wasted in the mastication f chewing gum. Jaw units are t'io mas of computation. They are reg stoed -by a mechanism'. somewhat Ike that which records temperatures, ieight and weather conditions for bal oonists. It is very small and is con ealed at the point wvhere the wire smnes in c6ntact with the band around he neck as shown in the illustration. \ somewhat similar arrangement on he other side' of the lady's neck, and vrhich would prove worthy of exam nation if she only would turn around, stores the power. This miniature storage battery is letachable. When a battery is filled t can be taken off and put in5 the >ocket and another -connected wvith he machine. The power may thits )e utilized for winding the clock, put Conserving Wasted Power. lag out the fat or performing other ousehold duties. A sufficient amount f it, withdr(wn from it e .riginmil :toragcecases and concentrated, might >e useud in operating a movinig Picture nachine or in other ways adding to he tuerriment of nations. The inventor believes that if ho can ~et orders in sufficient ilnantities', 'ho an bring the -cost of -'construction own to a point where the computing nd generating machinery can be ~iren free with a package of chewing um IHI points out -that once the ar iele is introduced the money will fair. y roll in for the manufacturers in the ale of additional storage batteries. Pupils Kick on One-Dollar Gowns. Plttsburg, Pa.- --Graduation gowns to ost not more than one dollar are to be opuilar amonk teachers and parents of 'ittsburg. Hundreds of young women re in tears, .however, over the stanid aken by the; parents and principals, nd~ many wjirmly declare that they vil not try to pass tho examinations or graduation if they cannot we'ar om(.thing better than a "cheap (1ld ollar dress." ~The principal reason or .the move is that a great percentage f those who are graduated cannot af ord to spend $26 or $50 on a gradua ion drasn. as do the richer girl. FAMILY PRIDE. Aat Prof. btork-And how are we got ting on with our studies, Ernestine? Have you been' promoted to the fly lug class yet? Little Miss Quacker-Oh, no, pro fessor. Mother has decided that I Bhall not take that course. She says anybody can fly-but only the best fatnilies take to water naturally. WOULD LIE AWAKE ALL NIGHT WITH ITCHING ECZEMA "Ever since I can remember I wan a terrible sufferer of eczema and other irritating skin diseases. I would le awake all night, and my suffering was intolerable. A scaly humor set tled on my back, and being but a child, I naturally scratched it. It was a burning, itching sensation, and utterly intolerable, in fact, it was so that I could not possIbly forget about it. It did not take long before it slread to my shoulders and arms, and I was alinost covered with a mass of raw fle.Ah on a'count of my scratching it. I was in such a condition that my hands were tied. "A inumber of physicians were call ed, but it seemed beyond their med ical power and knowledge to cure me. Having tried numerous treat ments without deriving any benefit from them, I had given myself up to the mercy of my dreadful malady, but I thought I would take the Cuticura treatment as a last resort. Words cannot express my gratitude to the one who created 'The Cuticura Mira cles,' as I have named them, for now I feel as if I never suffered from even a pimple. My disease was routed by Cuticura Soap and Ointrient, and I shall never cease praising the wonder ful merits they contain. I will never be without them, in fact, I can almost dare any skin diseases to attack me so long as I have Cuticura Remedies in the house. I hope that this letter will give other sufferers an idea of how I suffered, and also hope that 'tivey will not pass the 'Cuticura Life Saving Station.'" (Signed) C. Louis Green, 9209 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 29, 1910. Home and School. Home and school are two different sphercs and have of necessity differ ent duties to perform and different work to accomplish in the training and .teaching of the child. But unless the ideals are the same and unless there -is a systematic attitude of mind be tween petrcnts and teachers, the best rronlt clinnot be achieved and the child must suffer.-Mrs. E. L. Frank in, Secr-etary Pareats' National Edu etiornal Union, England. Important to N.Mttiers . IEamnie carefully every bottle of CASTfOIA, a safe and sure remedy for ifants and children, and see that it 1 i as the ih Use For Over 30 Years.. - The Kind You Have Always Bought. No Apparent Reason. .Reporter--Colonel, you and I know there was money used in electing Lit tiebrayne. llow much did it cost him? You imay as w~ell tell me, for I'm going to. find out. Politician-What makes you think there wyan--er-bribery? R~eporter-Why, blame it, man, he was ,elected !.. IADIES CAN WEAR SIHOES. onn size rsmailer after using Alien's Fooct-RVase, the atntlsepi~c powder to ho sh'nkgn into the shoes. It snakes tight or new shoesa fotn en.yf gives instant re'lief -to corns -and hunions. This is an easy test; Sprinikit Alien's Foot- HipSo in one shoo and .ttot, in the ot her nnd ntotlicothe di f'erenco. soldoveryw her, 2rc...ion't aaccept any subtihtute. For FREE~ trial packnge, address Atlen'-olm Sted, Le~oy, N.Y. Among Colleagues. "I am afraid that man speaks before he .thinks." . ,"H~e- never thin-ks." TO DRIXVE UTMT Take the Ol 5aari 1Wvd 0 tov A8T A s S olllLL TioNI~O. Yat know what, you arp taking Trho formula is pilalyl printed on ever bottle. showing it, Is simply Quintlit inad iron in 'a tainto less fornm. The Quini no drives out, the'malaria cnrithe Ir ll 'i i up th syse n. Sold by all Fortunate. *Mrs. Woggs-Sho is enormously wealthy, Mrs. Boggs-Yes. She was an only wife, you know I Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Cum and Mullen is Nature's great renty Cures Coughs, Colds, Croup and 'Whooping Cough.andfallI throat antd lung troules. At driiggiati, 25o, 0o and $1.00 per- bottle. A man likes to repeat the smart things his children say, because he imagines it is hereditary. L3 Uoss fto WEAK BACKS MADE STRONG. Backache in most cases is kidney ache, and usually accompanied by ir regularities of the urine. To remove the pain -and weakness you must cure the kidneys. Do so with Doan's Kidney Pills. Mrs. Perry 1111 * man, Monongahela City, Pa., says: "I was so bad with kidney disease I despaired of relief. I -far h a d inflammatdry ,5"r rheumatisin and final JMr ly dropsy set in. My ankles became bloat-. ed, my heart was affected and the doctors gave me no relief. Soon after using Doan's Kidney Pills, I grew stronger and ere long 1 was able to do my housework." Remember the name-Doan's. For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Fostor-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Went Swimming at 92. "The Grand Old Man of Highgate Ponds," William McKenzie, long known as "grandfather" by his fellow members of the lighgate Lifebuoys Club, has passed away at his North London home. lH was in his ninety third year. Up to six weeks ago Mr. McKenzie was bathing in Ilighgate Ponds, where he had bathed for many years. Ill. unfailing regularity at the ago of !2 probably constitutes a record in unta (ion. Until three years ago he jolnc . in the winter lifebuoy bathing srorts. ills practice was to walk over tl:e t wo miles from 1lighbury and back 1( his swim.-Londn Chronicle. Dare to Be Happy. Let us never be afraid of inn"ove:Z joy; God is good and what he does !z well done; resign yourself to every thing, oven to happiness; ask for the spirit of sacriflce, of detachment, ot renunciation, and above all, for th spirit of joy and gratitude, that gen uine and religious optimism which sees in God a Father, and asks no pardon for his benefits, We must dare to be happy and dare to confess it, regarding ourselves always as the depositories, not as the authors of our own joy.--Amiel. Cause and Effect. "I see from the papers," said Daw son, 'that there is a great scarcity of chorus girls this year." "I was afraid there would be," said Wiggles. "It's only another case of cause and effect. The French chain pagne crop has practically failed, and lobsters are scarcer than hens' teeth this season."--fHarper's Weekly. A Matter of Size. Wife-I want a cap, please, for my husband. Shopkeeper-Yes, madam. What size does he wear? Wife-Well, I really forget. His col lars are size sixteen, though I expect he'd want about sizts eighteen o twen ty for a cap, wouldn't he? For COLDS anid GIRIP Hieks' CAvI'DINIC 1s the beat rcmedly lieves the aching and fever-Ishnes--ecures the (Cold andt restores normalt conditons.- it.'s liquid-effects immediately. 100., 25c., and 50c. AL orug Bsqres. - Domestic Amenities. Father-I think the baby looks like you. Mother-Yes, it shuts its eyes to an awful lot. You will sneeze; perhaps feel, chilly. You think. you are catching cold. Don't w-alt until' you knmow~ it. Take a dose of Hlamlins Wizar-d Oil andyujsta' catch cold. . o - stca' And the man who is driven to drink by adversity probably would have it brought to him by prosperity.. ONLY ONE "r1RtOMO ~9UJNINE." That ii LA XA'liv.N nnt(hOo QININ IC. Imok fot the signataure of 10. wV. onltC. Usedoi thu Itorld over to Cure a Gold in One Day. 250. Every penny saved means one less pang of foreboding. - Is only one of ma dure through weal 4 \ organs. Mrs. Lis D~r. it V. Pierce "At times I w could have.1 organs Wvere ve wvas very weak nervous hteada This was my c advice, After tion ' for aboul health ivas nev Dr. Pierce's Favo Is a positive eure for weal ness and disca infiammation, heals ulceration and soot he Do not permit a dishonest dealer to sub record of 40 years of cures. " No, thani Dr, Plerc.'s Picasant Pellets iaduce mild PUT NAM Color m oeods brighter and faster colors than any e Sg isamont without tipping apart, Write for tree bool It's an easy matter fot a married man to keel) posted on what's going on in his home neighborhood. All druggists sell the famouns Herb rem edy, Garfield 'rea. It corrects constipation. A woman's club somnetimes reminds a man of a hammer., to ugly. grizzly.,ra halrm. Ha PROOF POSITIVR. f1e-Oh, yes; I write verse occasion Dlly-but I tear it all up as soon as I write it. She-Ah! I know you were clover. Plenty of Time to Fatten Up. Cheerful Old idiot-I say. you'fl ex* .use me, but d'you know that you are Lho thinnest policeman I've over seen. Robert-Yes, I'm a now hand, and haven't got to'kilow the cooks yet. London Opinion. Garfield Tea corrects constipation, cleanses the system and purifies. the blood. Good health is maintained by its use. Her savings are the saving of many a business girl. Restored to Health by Lydia E A woman who is sick an< try a medicine which has th< Vegetable Compound, is, it for her own wretchedness. Richmond, Mo. - " When ru months old I was pronounced I had a consultation of doctors of ulceration. I was in bed f and was pronounced to be in a insisted that we try Lydia E-. 1 and brought me six bottles. I fore it had all been taken I w friends hardly recognized' ie. Woodson Branstetter, .Richmi There are literally hundr the United States who have old remedy, which was prod thirty years ago by a womat Read what another woma Jonosboro, Texas. -6"I have ble Compound for myself an qualled for all female diseas( anything. I wish every anotlih to use it as there would b)0 len I am always glad to speakc a ham's Vegetable Compound, ai testimonial."-Mrs. James T. . Since we guarantee that lish are genumne,-'is it not fa Pinkham's Vegetable Comn1 these women it wvill help any from the same trouble ? For 30 years Lydia E. Pink! Compound has been the stanti female ills. No sick woman herself who will not try this fa Made exclusively from roots has thousands of cures to its ci If the-slightest trouble you do not unders'tand 'Imktm at Lynn, Mass., for bi free anid always helpful. A woman can straighten up a man's dlesk in fiye milnet's so effhetually that he won't be able t6 find anything he wants- in five hours.,.. Backache ny symptoms which some women eiau cness or displacement of tho womanly .zie White of Memphis, Tenn., wrote as, follows.: as hardly able to be on my feet. I every pain and acho a woman [lad a very bad. on'se.- Internal iry much diseased and my back . .I nuifered a great deal with shes, in fact,'I suffered 'all ov~ar. mtditioni when I wrote to you for, taking your .'Favorito Pr-escii three months. cuan say that"mny er better." rite Prescription se of the ferrninihe organism. It alhtys pain. Tones nnd builds up the 'nerves. stitute for this nmedicine, whwich hast s k you, I want what I ask for." natural bowcl alovcmuent once a day. FADELE ede.One 10nk ofr all fibers. They dyl e-owto Due, sleach and Mar Colora. M OARg Seven Pensioners in One Family. Seven brothers and seven, asisters living in Foulshiam, England nand the adjacent parishes are receiving old] age pensions. The oldcat of the seveni Is eighty and the youngest seventy one. TheIr united ages total 5i30 years. Their father was Philip Lam. CREOLE" HAIR DRESSING3. PRI RHEUMA isV SuynsRheumatism ~eod rl,1,vi patus~~~~ ni h os m back tWt 'a-ollel its!'Oto-14is tnodeamorphinle opuz, cocalue or~ dr deaeth p0in. It noutralisr the livid and driv out all' rheumaxtic lpoio from the mya tem. Wrto I rof. MUn on, Od and e erson t. a..1 110. or medical vice, abeolutoly free. R E fNVE M 13 I R f r C o u ~ & o o A Soucaps ~goD FOR ALL EYE DISEASES a I teto pr. It NA LF.-Miovletro Ifim Ioonte .Pinkham's Vegetable Compound i suffering, and won't at least, record of Lydia E. Pinkham's would almost seem, to blame Read what this woman says .y second daughter was eighteenv a hopeless invalid by specialists. and they said I had a severe case or ten weeks, had sinking sp411s, dangerous condition. My father inkhani's Vegetable Cdmpound,. [ soon began to improve, and be s as well and strong as ever,-mr %o great was the change." - Mrs* eds of thousands of women in been benefited by this famous iced from roots and herbs over i to relieve woman's suffering. n says: ue Lydia E.Pinkham's ' geta i daughter and conside; it une is. I wou1 not be witiOut it for r In Americacould be Prsuaded a suffering among our then. ord of praise fir Lydia ~. Pink nd( you are at liberty to use this Lawrence, Jonesboro, Texas.. all testimonials which we pub ir to suppose that if Lydi E. >ound had the virtue to help 'other woman who is sufferirig ard remedy for does justice to mous medicine. and herbs, and 'edlit. appears which , ,write to Mrs. ' or advico-it is N# A Country School for Girls in New York CIty .Boat Features of Country and City L.ife .Out-of-door Sports on School Park o''35 acres near the Iludson River. Vl Acadat orso from Primary for Advanced Special Students. Mu eto and Art. Summer Session. Cr fleatbo adnt ito Coilgo. School liss Baos s d Hiss Wblten, iveadale Ave , sear 252d St., West RLeadlers siigl u I anyding adver tised in its columns should insis upon having what they ask for, refusing all subtiututes or imitations. IDEFIANbE STARC *ie li-ns, "sr ayu u Thompson's Eye Wateri W. N. U., A TL ANT A, NO. 11-1911. ss DYE S Is celd water better than any other dye. Ysu ean di. ? E D RU G 00O.. QuIno., ||In~soi.. borit, a carrier between F'oulsham and INorwich, who had a family of 16, alh born in Foulsham and of whom 11 are now alive,. ie h The longer we lietemore we' realize what we might have done buti didn't. Di n oI