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PART I. CHAPTER I. !t Was a quiet night In the Tivoll. At the bar, which ranged along one ?i<le of the large chinked-log room, leaned half a dozen men, two of whom were discussing the relative merits of spruce tea and lime juice as reme dies for scurvy. They argued with an sir of depression and with intervals of mo.ose silence. The other men scarcely heeded them. In a row, against the opposite wall, were the gambling games. The crap table was ceserted. One lone man was playing at the faro table. The roulette was not even spinning, and the gamekeep er stood by the roaring, red-hot stove, talking with a young, dark-eyed worn r.n. comely of face and figure, who was known from Juneau to Fort Yukon as the Virgin. T-aree men sat m ut oiu? poker, but they played with small chips and without enthusiasm, while there were no onlookers. On the floor of the danciDg room, which opened out At the rear, three couples were waltz ing drearily to the strains of a violin and a piano. Circle City was not deserted, nor was money tight The miners were in from Moosehead creek and the other diggings to the west, the summer washing had been good, and the men's pouches were heavy with dust and nug gets. The Klondike had not yet been discovered, nor had the miners of tne Yukon learned the possibilities of deep digging and wood-firing No work was done in the winter, and they made a practice of hibernating in the large camps like Circle City during the long Arctic night. Time was heavy on tbeir hands, their pouches were well filled and the only social diversion to be found was in the saloons. Yet the Ti voli was practically deserted, and the Virgin, standing by the stove, yawned with uncovered mouth and said to Charley Bates: "If something don't happen soon, fm Itoin' to bed What's the matter with the camp, anyway? Everybody dead?" Bates did not even trouble to reply, hut went on moodily rolling a ciga rette. Dan MacDocald, pioneer sa loonman and gambler on the upper Yukon, owner and proprietor of the Tivoli and all its games, wandered tor lornlv across the great vacant space of floor and Joined the two at the stove "Anybody dead?" the Virgin asked him. "Looks like it," was the answer. "Then It must be the whole camp." fbe said with an air of finality and with another yawn. MacDonald grinned and nodded, and opened his mouth to speak, when the front door swung open and a man ap jeared In the light. He would have appeared a large man bad not a huge French-Canadian stepped up to him from the bar and gripped his hand. "Hello. Daylight!" was his greeting "By Gar, you good for 6ore eyes!" "Hello, Louis, when did you-all blow In?" returned the newcomer. "Come up and have a drinK ana ten .us an about Bone creek. Why. dog-gone you-all. shake again. Where's that pardner of yours? I'm looking Toi him." Another huge man detached himself from the bar 10 shake hands Oiaf Henderson and French Louis, partners together on Bone creek, were the two largest men in the country, and though they were but half a head taller than the newcomer, between them be was dwarfed completely "Hello. Olaf." said the one called Daylight "Tomorrow's my birthday And you. too. Louis. Come up and drink, and I'll tell you-all about it." The arrival of the newcomer seemed to send a flood of warmth through the jlace. "It's Burning Daylight." the Virgin cried, the first to recognize him as he came Into the light. Charley Hates" tight features relaxed at the sight, and MacDonald went over and joined the three at the bar. With the advent of Burning Daylight the whole place suddenly became brighter and cheerier. The barkeepers were active. Voices were raised. Somebody laughed. And when the fiddler, peer ing into the front room, remarked 10 the pianist: "It's Burning Daylight." the waltz time perceptibly quickened, and the dancers, catching the conta gion. began to whirl about as If they really enjoyed it. It was known to ibera of old-time that nothing lan g'.:ished when Burning Daylight was around. He turned from the bar and saw the woman by the stove and the eager look of welcome she extended him. "Hello, Virgin, old girl." he called "Hello. Charley. What's the matter with you-all? Why wear faces like that when coffins only cost three ounces? Come up. you-all. and drink. Come up. you unburied dead, an' name your poison. Come up. everybody. This is ray night, and I'm going to ride it. To-morrow I'm thirty, and then I'll be an old man. It's the last fling of youth. Are you-all with me? Surge along, then Surge along." The waltz In the back room being finished, the three couples, followed by the fiddler and the pianist and heading ior the bar, caught Daylight's eye. "Purge along, you-all!" he cried. "Surge along and name it. This is my r.ight. and it ain't a night that comes '.eqrent Surge up. you Siwashes and S-*al?)ion-eaters. It's my night. 1 tell ycu-all?" "A blamed mangy night," Charley r.j ?>s interpolated. "You're right, my son." BurninR Day ll*:?: ??-r:t on. gayly. "A mangy night, bus :t's my night, you see. I'm the ft . ?!V * I mangy old he-wolf. Listen to me bowl." And howl he did, like a lone gray timber wolf, till (he Virgin thrust her pretty fingers In her ears and shiv ered. A minute later she was whirled away in bis arms to the dancing floor, where, along with three other women and their partners, a rollicking Vir ginia reel was soon in progress. Few men knew Elam Harnish by any other name than Burning Daylight, the name which had been given him in the early days In the land because of his habit of routing his comrades out of their blankets with the complaint that daylight was burning. Of the pioneers in that far Arctic wilderness, where all men were pioneers, he was reck oned among the oldest Men like Ai Mayo and Jack McQuestion antedated him; but they had entered the land by rrnssine- the Rockies from the Hudson ?ay country to the east. He,, however, had been the pioneer over the Chilcoot and Chilcar passes. In the spring of 1883. twelve years before, a stripling of eighteen, he had crossed over the Chilcoot with five comrades. In the fall he had crossed back with one. Four had perished by mischance In the bleak, uncharted vastness. And for twelve years Elam Harnish had con tinued to grope for gold among the shadows of the Circle Heroes are seldom given to hero-worship, but among those of that land, young as he was. he was accounted an elder hero. In point of time he was, before them In point of deed he was beyond them. u... a111> u* r ouryc niuuy, I uu-ni I. >E w He was a striking figure of a man, of all the men In the Tivoll. Soft tanned moccasins of raoose-hlde, bead ed in Indian designs, covered his feet. His trousers were ordinary overalls, his coat was made from a blanket. Long-gauntietted leather mittens, lined with wool, hung by his side. They were connected, in the Yukon fashion by a leather thong passed around the neck and across the shoulders. On tils head was a fur cap. the ear-flaps raised and the tying-cords dangling. His face, lean and slightly long, with the sugges tion of hollows under the cheek bones, seemed almost Indian The burnt skin and keen dark eyes contributed to this effect, though the bronze of the skin and the eyes themselves were essen tially those of a white man. He looked older than thirty, and yet, smooth shaven and without wrinkles, be was almost boyish. The impression of age was based on no tangible evidence. It came from the abstracter facts of the man, from what he had endured and survived, which was far beyond that of ordinary men He had lived naked and tensely, and something of all this smoldered in his eyes, vibrated in his voice and seemed forever a whisper on his lips. - It was two In the morning when the dancers, bent on getting something to eat. adjourned the dancing for half an hour. And it was at this moment that Jack Kearns suggested poker. Jack Kearns was a big. Diuir-ieaiurea man, who. along with Bettles, had made the disastrous attempt to found a post on the head-reaches of the Koyokuk. far inside the Arctic circle. After that Kearns had fallen back on his posts at Forty Mile and Sixty Mile and changed ihe direction of his ventures by send ing out to the states lor a small saw mill and a river steamer. Jack Kearns suggested poker. French Louis, Dan i MacDonald and Hal Campbell (who had made a strike on Moosehide), all | three of whom were not dancing be (Copyright. 1310, by the New York Herald (Copyright, 1910, by the MacMlllan Co cause there were not girls enough to go around, Inclined to the suggestion. They were looking for a fifth man when Burning Daylight emerged from the rear room, the Virgin on his arm. the train of dancers in his wake, in response to the hail of the poker-play ers. he came over to their table in the corner. "Want to sit in," sale* Campbell. "How's your luck?" "I sure got it tonight," Burning Day light answered with enthusiasm, and at the 6ame time felt the Virgin press his arm warningly. She wanted him for the dancing. "1 sure got my luck with me. but I'd sooner dance. I ain't hankerin' to take the money away from you-all." , Nobody urged. They took his re fusal as final, and the Virgin was pressing his arm to turn him away in pursuit of the supper-seekers, when he experienced a change of heart. It was not that he did not want to dance, nor that he wanted to hurt her: but that insistent pressure on his arm put his free man-nflture in revolt The thought in his mind was that he did not want any woman running him. Himself a favorite with women, never theless they did not bulk big with him They were toys, playthings, part of the relaxation from the bigger game of life. He met women along with the whisky and gambling, and from obser vation be had found that it war far easier to break away from the drink and the cards than from a woman once the man was properly entangled. He resisted the pull on his arm by the mere negative mass of him. and said: "I sort of feel a hankering to give you-all a flutter." Tact and sympathy strove with him, and he smiled with his eyes into the Virgin's eyes as he said: "You^all go and get some grub, i y ried. "Surge Along and Name It." ain't hungry. And we'll dance some more by and by. The night's young yet Go it. old girl." He released his arm and thrust her playfully on the shoulder, at the same time turning to the poker players. "Take off the limit and I'll go you all." "Limit's the roof," said Jack Kearns Once started, it was a quiet game, with little or no conversation. though all about the players the place was a-roar. Elam Harnish had ignited the spark. More and more miners dropped in to the Tivoli and remained. When Burning Daylight went on the tear, no Red Cedar i Some of This Excellent Material Is Es timated to Be Nearly Four Thou sand Years Old. It will surprise many to know that they have In their homes material es timated io be *.,000 years old. If the shingles or interior nnlsh Is red cedar or If you Dave a red cedar chest It is possible that the wood antedates the History of this country by thousands/ ot years, says the Cleveland Leader. A Cleveland man Is credited with bringing the Grst red cedar into this section. W. A. Gelst. on a western trip several years ago, was attracted by the red cedar forests at Port Angelus. Wash He established a mill tbere ;ind houan shlnnine the cedar to the eastern market. Formerly the south ern cedar was used in great quantities, but It Is the claim of Mr. Geist that the product from the Pacific coast Is growing in favor and tne demand lor it is increasing it Is o most durable wood and its | use In a home guarantees that moths and other troublesome inserts will not entc-r. It is used for wainscoting, man PNDOtf 35T CAU Of r//?W/LD; " "mpr/N rom "?rc. Company.) mpuny. man cared to miss ft. Tba dancing floor was full. The luck at the table varied monotonously, do ulg handB be ing out As a result, high play went on with small hands, though no play lasted long. But at three in the morn ing the big combination of hands ar rived. It was the moment of moments that men wait weeks for In a poker game The news of it tingled over the The Night's Young Yet." Tivoli. The onlookers became quiet. The men farther away ceased talking and moved over to the table. The players deserted the other game^. and the dancing-floor was forsaken, so that all stood at last, fivescore and more in a compact and silent group, around the poker table. The high betting went on. with the draw not In sight. Kearns had deal*, and French Louis Dad opened tee pot wua oue m? ?in his case one hundred dollars. Campbell had merely "seen" it. but Elam Harnish, coming next, had tossed in five hundred' dollars, with the remark to MacDonald that ne was letting him in easy. MacDonald glancing again at bis hand, put in a thousand in markers. Kearns, de bating a long time over bis band. Anally "saw." It then cost French Louis nine hundred to remain in the game, which he contributed after a similar debate. It cost Campbell like wise nine hundred to remain and draw cards, but to the surprise of all he saw the nine hundred and raised an other thousand. "You-all are on the grade at last." Harnish remarked, as he saw the fif teen hundred and raised a thousand in turn. "Helen Breakfast's sure on top this divide, and you-all had best look out for bustin' harness." "Me for that same lady," accom panied MacDonald's markers for two thousand and for an additional thou sand-dollar raise. I "1 ain't got no more markers." kearns remarked plaintively. "We'd best begin I. O. U.'sC "Glad you're going to stay." wai' MacDonald's cordial response. "I ain't stayed yet. I've got a thou sand in already Mow's it stand now?" / "It'll cost you three thousand for a look In. but nobody will slop you from raising." "Raise?h?L You must think I got a pat like yourself." Kearns looked at his hand. "But I'll tell you what I'll do, Mac. I've got a hunch, and I'll just see that three thousand." He wrote the sum on a slip of pa per, signed his name, and consigned it to the ccnter of the table. French Louis became the focus of all eyes. He fingered his 'lards nerv ously for a pace. Then, with a "By Gar! Ah got not one teetle beet hunch." be regretfully tossed his hand Into the discards. The next moment the hundred, and odd ipalrs of eyes shifted to- Camp bell. "I won't hump you. Jack." he said, contenting himself with calling the requisite two thousand. The eyes shifted to Harnlsh. who scribbled on a piece of paper and shoved it forward. "I'll just let you-all know this ain't no Sunday school society 'of philan thropy." he said. "1 see you. Jack, and I raise you a thousand. Here's where you-all get action on your pat. Mac." "Action's what 1 fatten on. and I lift another thousand." was MarDon aid's rejoinder. "Still got that huncfi. Jack?" (TO BE CONTINUED.) For Buildings tels, cui boards, cabinets and especially for chests in which to store furs and clothing. Mr. Geist exhibits a quantity of red cedc- cut from a tree be esti mates to be at least 3700 years of age. Three large cedars were found growing from a fallen log whteh was five and one-half feet In diameter. The largest of the three tree* growing from the fallen tree was ten and one-half feet in diameter. By counting the rings In both trees Indicates that the fallen tree, still sound, is nearlng Its tour thousandth Dirtnaay. Mr. Geist Is an expert upon red cedar and goes In for the bistofy of the wonderful trees of Washington and other coast states as a biographer would the data upon the life of some famous mnn He surrounds a bolt of shingle cedar with an interesting story, which goes back to the misty ages and something like reverence grows within the listener for this venerable work of nature. Unquestionably the red cedar Is the oldest material used In Ihe construc tion of the home and few materials * 111 ortwear It. it being nearly Inde structible except by Are. FROM ALL OVER THE STATE ^ ft Column of Short Paragraphs That Has Been Collected With Much Care by the Editor. ??? . r i Greenville. ? At Anderson Judge Prince issued an order appointing Fred W.. Symraes of Greenville re r.eiver for the Gilreath Manufacturing Company, which concern was estab lished about two years ago for the manufacture of muslin underwear, neckwear, etc. Columbia.?The veterans of Rich land county, meeting in the Richland county court house, named the coun ty pension board. The members of the board are: David Rabon, Jacob Krimm and Ainsley Monteith. The board will elect a pension commis sioner. U. R. Brooks acted as chair man of the meeting. , Sumter.?The work in this county under the ftock Hill plan for the re duction of cotton acreage Is proceed ing rapidly and will probably be com pleted by the end of another week if nothing happens to prevent. A num ber of canvassers have already prac tically completed their townships and sent in their reports to Mr. '-Neill j O'Donnell, the county chairman. Spartanburg.?While at work In Grace's oil mill, located near Duncan Boyce Shledon, colored, aged 16, was caught in the machinery and instant ly killed. The negro was employed in thp mill, which is operated both j day and liight, and while atttending to hi3 duties in some unexplainable man ner was caught by a piece of the ma chinery. No one saw the accident. Charleston.?There was no devel opments in the milk situation, which is being so vigorously agitated. The matter will come up in an unofficial way at the next meeting of city coun cil, when the board of health- will report on the charges which were made by an official of the National Corn show which seems to have start ed all the newspaper agitation about the milk supply. Florence.?A meeting of those in terested in county affairs has been called by the delegation to be held in The Times auditorium to discuss the proposed new form of county gov ernment for this county, which pro vides for taking the supervisor out of politics and the employment by the board of an engineer for roads, and the levy of a tav sufficient to give the board about $40,000 to do perma-; nent road work this year. Charleston.?The matter of the es tablishment of commission govern ment in Charleston will come up at the next regular meeting of the Char leston Community club on February 15, on a report which will be made by the delegation that appeared be fore the judiciary committee of the house and urged the passage of the commission gorernment bill of the previous sesion which had been ve toed by the governor. Gaffney.?J. C. Duncan, a state con stable, brought to Qffney a desper ate negro, John Henry Lash by name who is charged with having entered the store of D. R. Bird in Blacksburg and stealing a considerable amount o1 merchandise, t seems that the ne gro effected his entrance by a win dow in the store, tearing the iror grating away. Mr. Duncan struck the trail 'and finally located the thief ojj a plantation in the Bugalow sectios' of the county. Charleston.?At a meeting of th? chamber of commerce the Touirst an Convention league was organized foi the purpose of securing conventions I and viBittors to Charleston. The meet in* was attended by commercial, ro tall, railroad and hotel interests, mak inga combination which should prove effative in the special work. Offlcert were elected, rules and regulations adopted and the matter of the forir and cost of entertainment consid ered. Charleston.?United States Engi neer Major George P. Howell stated that he had the report on the 20-foot channel project for the Ashley Rivei ready to go forward to Washington Some time ago Major Howeil was re quested to make an examination and furnish an estimate of the cost of creating a 20-foot channel up the Ashley River as far as the Standard Fortilizer Works wharf. /This pro ject, if carried out, will mean much to the fertilizer plants located along the river. Walteiboro.?At a recent meeting of the stockholders and directors, ol the Colleton Banking Company, it was found that the bank had enjoyed a most prosperous year. The earn ings for the past year far exceeded those of any previous year. Gaffney.?Gaffney people are much elated over the fact that the contract for the erection of the public build ing in this city has been let and they are anxiously awaiting the beginning of work. It is understood here that there were only three bidders, one from Virginia, one from Texas, and one from Boston. Charleston. ? Placards announcing the authorization cf $500 reward for the capture of the party or parties who tampered with the White Hall switch recently have been distribu ted. Darlington.?Capt. William E. Zim merman, Confederate soldier, died at his home about four miles from this city at the ripe age of 81 years. At the close of the War Between the Sections Mr. Zimmerman was captain 1'? V>aa lifirVlt nrtl'llftrV. Hf UL lilt; i. V, a *Q.. v . was the eldest child of Dr. John T. Zimmerman and Carolina DuBose Zim merman. Charleston.?Steps are being fakeu by the Charleston Sanitary and Drain age commission to improve the roads on James Island and drain the low places. Columbia.?James Parker, a white man, was arre6ted on a charge of at tempted criminal assault on a white woman in Columbia. James S. Verner, recorder, bound Parker over to the general sessions court of Richland county. The arrest was made by Messrs. Forde and Richardson of the Columbia police department. Parker, s said to come from New York, an-" now in jail. \ SOON BE STARTED THE POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT WILL INVESTIGATE THE FLORIDA CHARGES. CLARK IS ASKED TO APPEAR1 The Suppression of Reports on the I , Drainage of Everglade Lands in Florida Will Also Figure in This Sweeping Investigation. Washington. ? The Postofflce De partment is Investigating land syndi 2ates dealing in Florida everglades property; involved in the controversy pertaining to the Department of Agri culture which is to be probed by the House committee on expenditures. While Representative Clark of Flor ida, whose charges precipitated the congressional inquiry, was preparing for that investigation, he received a request from the postofflce ^inspection divisiop for copies of his speech in the House assailing officials of the Ag ricultural Department for their atti tude in the evergiade drainage case and for other information he has on the subject. \ ( , The inquiry by the expenditures committee in the drainage division, the discharge by Secretary Wilson of Drainage Engineer C. E. Elliott and his assistant, A. JU. Morenouse, ana the suppression of reports on ever glade lands, will soon begin. George P. McCabe, solicitor of the Department of Agriculture, will ap pear before the commission to com plete a statement regarding the case which he began before the committee several days; ago. Following this a financial statement showing the total cost of everglades drainage projects, the publication of reports which were never published and other data from the Agricultural Department will be submitted. J. O.. Wright, chief drainage engi neer of the state of Florida, and for mer assistant drainage engineer in the Agricultural Department, who made the charges ';pon which Elliott and Morehouse were dismissed, hafe been scbpeonaed t> testify before the committee when the taking of testi many will begin. Morse Will Salt For Germany. New York.?Not a word, could be obtained at the apartments in West Fifty-eighth street where Charles W. Morse i3 recuperating preparatory to a trip to Bad Nauheim. Germany. Re ports we^e current that Morse would sail away perhaps on the Oceanic, having decided that it'was best to start for Europe at orce, instead of remaining here for a week or ten days as he first proposed. Whether this report l^as any foundation could not be determined at last report. :? English Navy Can Meet Any Other. Glasgow, Scotland.?Speaking at a public luncheon here Winston Spen cer Churchill, first lord of the ad marlty, declared in positive terms that the British navy is prepared to meet all eventualities, in referring to sea rivalry between Germany and Great Britain, Mr. Churchill declared that while naval power was necessary to England's welfare, it was a luxury for Germany. Marble Works Destroyed by^Fire. Nelson, Ga.?Fire of unknown orig in destroyed the buildings of the Blue Ridge Marble Company, near here. Tho loss is estimated at $50,000, partly covered by insurance. The company had just about completed the marble work for the new New Orleans bostofflce, at a cost of about $500,000? Advance In Rates Suspended. Washington-rr-Advances in freighi rates proposed . by trans-continental railroads were suspended by the inter state commerce commission from Feb ruary 28 until August 28. The pro posed increases have been under in vesigation but it was found impossi bel to conclude the^ inquiry within the l.ime originally fixed. Plan Arrests In Dynamite Case. Indianapolis.?Federal authorities in all of the twenty cities where the e?-v.in / >/"irmpr>Hnn With IUILJ IllCil UJUlwivu *** the dynamite conspiracy are known to be, were informed of the identities of the defendants. Plans for arrests of the men were put under way. Re ports that some of the defendants were not to be found caused no alarm at Federal Attorney Miller's of fice. When word for their apprehen sion is sent out, it will be found the government has been kept advised as to their movements. May Abdicate Throne At Early Date Shanghai.?Tang Shao YI, represen tative of Premier Yuan Shi Kai de clared he was confident the abdication of the throne would be accomplished before February IS. There appears [ to be less confidence now than there hitherto has been shown that Yuan Shi Kai will be selected for ' the president of the republic. On the other hand the name of General Li Yuen Heng, the r.resent vice presi dent is mentioned and it is possible that he may be eventually selected as chief executive. Towns and Farms Raided and Looted. Mexico City.?Slight improvement in the revolutionary situation was in dicated by such official information as was made public, but press dispatches added to the Ions list the uprisings. The most spectacular of the uprisings reported, was that at Boyca Del Monte a station on the Mexican Railway, vhere British subjects have large in terests. The place was sacked and later the rebels looted Ksiranza, a stEtion a few miles away. They rob bed the company's safe after blowing it with dynamite. ^ J. How Mrs. Eethune was Re* | stored to Health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta ble Compound* S ikes ton, Mo. ? "For seven years I suffered everything. I was in bed for fonr or five days at ifa | cramps, backache and headache, and ; was so nervosa and weak that I dreaded to see anyone or have anyone more in the room. The doc- v! tors gave me tnedi nan muimaia cine to ease me at :? those times, and said that I ought to have an operation. I would not listen to that, and when a friend of my husband's : told him about Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg etable Compound and what. it had done for his wife, I was willing to take it. - Now I look the picture of health and feel like it, too. I can do all my own hooae-i.^ work, work in the garden and entertain v company and enjoy them, and can walk as far as any ordinary woman, any day in the week. I wish I could talk to every suffering woman and girl, and tell them what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done for me."?Ma. Dema Bethune, Sikeston, Mo. Remember, the remedy which did this was Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It has/helped thousands of women who have been troubled with (displacements, inflammation, ulceration, tumors, irreg ularities, periodic pains, backache, that bearing down feeling, indigestfoi nervous prostration, after an other have failed. Why don't yop try itl 4 : ' .fr.. - Child's Reasoning. ' "I can't tell you anything about1 grandpa," said solemn little Eustl questioned by a happier comrade as to his more recent ancestor, "Decause *; ^ uever had any. AIL my gra died before I waa born." "But you had grandparents Jnet the saine, dear," Interpolated a Hfl adult. "The fact that they died 4, you were born doesn't alter the that they were your grandparents.!1 "But If our fathers and mothers died before we were born wouldn't have been our fathers| mothers, would they?" the wonder child questioned. "So I don't see how j what you say can be true." Reward of Merit. "Go on, sah! Go on and blow-yo1 hawn "bout who yo' is and- what' done!" Impatiently said old Brother/ Bogus. "But lemme specify dat I'sede on'y extinguished citizen O' d!s townf ^ dat de president o' de railroad-r-dls yuh road, right yuh I?paid any 'ten tion to when he went th'oo In his spe cial kyah last week. /Yassah!- I Irtiz yuh when de train passed?right on dis spot!?and dat 'ar po'tly white 1 man gimme a fine see-gyah; flung it to me out'n de window o' de in' 't wuz lit, too!"?Puc^. On m Main Road. Pottleton drew up at the side of the' road and accosted a man sitting on V lop of a lead of hay. "I say, colonel," sa{d he, "are w.e on , the right road to Claypool Junction?" "Ya-ae," said the farmer. ;V,v "How's the road, pretty good?'.' asked Pottleton. . ft-' ^bb "Fine," said the farmer. been 20 years wearln' them rut* hrough."?Harper's Weekly. ' i Bigger Thau Mobile. -CKHH Ella?Don't you think she has a mo-ftijjp olle mouth ? Stella?Store than that; it Is as big as the whole of Alabama. It is very apt to make a young.: widow indignant if a man doesn't pre Lend to uee force the first time he at tempts to kiss her. ~ Sg?M Push some men forward and they will go back on you. /?ADCI COO ADOri m inc. unnbUb\;9 vnvwbn .411 83 Blundered, and Great Good Canto of It. A careless grocer left the wrong \ ' *' package at a Michigan home one day and thereby brought a-great blessing x to the household. "Two years ago I was a sufferer from stomach troubles, so acute that the effort to digest ordinary food gave me great pain, and brought on a condition '01 of such extreme nervousness that I could not be left alone. I thought I should certainly become insane. I was bo reduced iA flesh that I was little bet ter than a living skeleton. The doc tors failed to give me relief and I de spaired of recovery. "One day our groceryman left a package of Grape-Nuts food by mis take, so I tried some for dinner. I was surprised to find that it satisfied my appetite and gave me no distress what' ever. The next meal I ate of it again, and to be brief, I have lived for the past year almost exclusively on Grape Nuts. It has proved to be* a most healthful and appetizing food, per fectly adapted to the requirements of my system. "Grape-Nuts is not only easily di gested and assimilated, but I find that since I have been using it I am able ' >. to eat anything else my appetite fan cies, without trouble from indiges- . ^ tion. The stomach trouble and ner vousness have left me, I have regain ed my plumpness and my views of life are no longer despondent an<J i- v v" gloomy. "Other members of my family, espe cially my husband, (whose old enemy, '? * the 'heart-burn.' has been vanquished) ' have also derived great benefit from the use of Grape-Nuts food and we think no morning meal complete with out it." Name given by Postum Co., > Battle Creek, Mich. "There's a reason," and it is er- / plained in the little book, "The Road to Wellvllle," In pkgs. Ever rend the above letter* A ?** one appear* frniu time to Ame. They are gennlne, true, and (oil of hiaua latere* t.