Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SYNOPSIS. Elam Harnlsh. known all through Alas ka as "Burning Daylight," celebrates his 30th birthday with a crowd of miners at the Circle City Tlvoli. The dance leads to heavy gambling. In which over 1100.000 la staked. Harnlsh loses his money and his mine but wins the mall contract He starts on his mall trip with dogs and sledge, telling his friends that he will be J in the big Yukon gold strike at the start. Burning Daylight makes a sensationally I rapid run across country with the mail. I appears at the TUroll and Is now ready to join his friends In a dash to the new gold fields. Deciding that gold will be found In the up-river district Harnlsh buys two tons of flour, which he declares will be worth Its weight In gold, but when he arrives with his flour he finds the big flat desolate. A comrade discov ers gold and Daylight reaps a rich har vest. He goes to Dawson, becomes the most prominent figure in the Klondike and defeats a conioinauon 01 capnausio ?n a vast mining deal. He returns to civilization, and, amid the bewildering complications of high flnunce. Daylight finds that ha has been led to Invest his j eleven millions In a manipulated scheme. He goes to Now York. CHAPTER VMS.?Continued. Then the grin died away, and his face grew bleak and serious. Leav ing out his Interests in the several Western reclamation projects (which were still assessing heavily), he was a ruined man. But harder hit than this was his pride. He had been so easy. They had gold-bricked him. and he had nothing to show for it The sim- j nlftct farmer would have had docu ments, while he had nothing but a gentleman's agreement, and a verbal one at that Gentleman's agreement! He snorted over it John Dowsett's voice, just as he had heard it in the telephone receiver, sounded in bis ears the words, "On my honor as a gentleman." They were sneak-thieves and 3windlers, that was what they were, and they had given him the double-cross. The newspapers were right. He had come to New York to be trimmed, and Messrs. Dowsett, Let-, ton and Guggenhammer bad done it. He was a little fl3h, and they had played with him ten days?ample time in which to swallow him, along with his eleven millions. Of course, they had been unloading on him all the time, and now they were buying Ward Valley back for a song ere the mar lra* HcrhtoH itaolf And Daylight sat and consumed cocktails and saw back in bis life to Alaska, and lived over the grim years in which he bad battled for his eleven millions. For awhile murder ate at his heart, and wild ideas and sketchy plans of killing his betrayers flashed through his wind. Daylight un locked his grip and took out bis auto matic pistol?a big Colt's .44. He re leased the safety catch with his thumb, and, operating the sliding outer bar rel. ran the contents of the clip through the mechanispi. The eigb cartridges slid out in a stream. He refilled the clip, threw a cartridge Into the chamber, and with the trigger at ful cock, thrust up the safety ratch et He shoved the weapon into the side pocket of his coat, ordered an other Martini, and resumed his seat. At ten o'clock he arose and pored over the city directory. Then he put on his shoes, took a cab. and departed a! I ^ "Now It's My Deal, and I'm Going to See if I Can Hold Them Four Aces." Into the night. Twice he changed cabs, and finally fetched up at the night of flee of a detective agency. He super intended the thing himself, laid down money in advance in profuse quanti ties. selected the six men he needed, and gave them their instructions. Never, for so simple a task, had they been so well paid; for to each in ad dition to office charges, he gave a five hundred-dollar bill, with the promise of another If he succeeded. Some time uext day, he was convinced, if not sooner, his three silent partners (AtvntkAO 'Pri aq/?K /\nft w\'u?u v.ujuc lUftc 11JC1 i w cam uuc two of his detectives were to be at tached. Time and place was all he wasted to learn. "f.top at nothing, boys," were his flna' instructions. "I must have this info-mation. Whatever you do. whatever happens, I'll see you through." R?turning to his hotel, he changed cabn as before, went up to his room, and with one more cocktail for a night cap. went to bed and to sleep. In the moroing he dressed and shaved, order ed F-reakfast and the newspapers sent up, and waited. But he did not drirk. By nine o'clock his tele phone began to ring and the reports to come in. Nathaniel Letton was taking the '.rain at Tarrytown. John Dowsett was coming down by the subway. Leon Gug^enhammer had not stirred out yet. though he was assuredly within. And Id this fashion, with a map of the city spread out before him, Day light followed the movements of his three men as they drew together. Na thaniel Letton was at his offices in the Mutual-Solander Building. Next arrived Guggenhammer. Dowsett wag still in his own offices. But at eleven camej the word that he also had arrived, and several minutes later Daylight was in a hired motor-car and speeding for the Mutual-Solander Building. CHAPTER IX. Nathaniel Letton was talking when the door opened; he ceased, and with his two companions gazed with con trolled perturbation at Burning Day light striding into the room. The free, swinging movements of the trail-trav eler were unconsciously exaggerated in that stride of his. In truth, it seemed to him that he felt the trail beneath his feet. "Howdy, gentlemen, howdy," he re marked, ignoring the unnatural calm with which they greeted his entrance. He shook hands with them in turn, striding from one to another and grip ping their bands so heartily that Na ! thaniel Letton could not forbear to wince. Daylight flung himself into a massive chair and sprawled lazily, with an appearance of fatigue. The leather grip he had brought into the room he dropped carelessly beside him on the floor. "I've sure been going some," he sigh ed. "We sure trimmed them beautifully. It was real slick. And the beauty of the play never dawned on me till the very end. It was pure and simple knock j down and drag out And the way they fell for it was amazin'." Letton made a dry sound In his I throat. Dowsett sat quietly and wait ed. while Leon Guggenhammer strug gled into articulation. j "You certainly have raised Cain," he said. Daylight's black eyes flashed Jn a pleasant way. "Didn't I. though!" he proclaimed, ? a tro fnnl 'omf JUUliail tl/ . AUU UlUU w " V .wv. I was teetotally surprised. I never dreamed they would be that easy. "And now," he went on, not permit ting the pause to grow awkward, "we all might as well have an accounting. I'm pullln' West this afternoon on that blamed Twentieth Century." He tugged at his grip, got It open, and dip ped into It with both his hands. "But don't forget, boys, when you-all want me to born8woggle Wall Street anoth er flutter, all you-all have to do Is whisper the word. I'll sure be right there with the goods." His bands emerged, clutching a great mass of stubs, check-books, and brokers' receipts. These he depos ited in a heap on the big table, and dipping again, he fished out the strag glers and added them to the pile. He consulted a slip of paper, drawn from his coat pocket and read aloud: "Ten million twenty-seven thousand and forty-two dollars and sixty-eight cents Is my flgurin' on my expense. Of course that-all's taken from the winnings before we-all get to flgurin' on the whack-up. Where's your fig ures? It must a' been a mighty big clean-up." The three men looked their bepuz zleraent at one another. The man was a bigger fool than they had imagin ed, or else he was playing a game which they could not divine. Nathaniel Letton 'moistened his lips and spoke up. "It will take some hours yet. Mr. Harnish, before the full accounting can be made. Mr. Howison is at work Upon it now. We?ah?as you say, it has been a gratifying clean-up. Suppose we have lunch together and talk It over. I'll have the clerks work through the noon hour so that you will have ample time to catch your train." Dowsett and Guggenhammer mani fested a relief that was almost ob vious. The situation was clearing. It was disconcerting, under the circum stances, to be pent in the same room with this heavy-muscled. Indian-like man whom they had robbed. They re membered unpleasantly the many stor ies of his strength and recklessness, nt Letton could only put him off long enough for them to escape into the po liced world outside the office door, all would be well: and Daylight showed all the signs of being put off. "I ra real giaci to near mat, ne saia. "1 don't want to miss that train, and you-all have done me proud, gentle men, letting me in ois this deal. 1 just do appreciate it without being able to express my feelings. But I am sure almighty curious, and I'd like ter rible to know, Mr. Letton. what your figures of our winning is. Can you-all give me a rough estimate?" Nathaniel Letton did not look ap pealingly at his two friends, but in the brief pause they felt that appeal pass out from him. Dowsett, of sterner mold than the others, began to divine that the Klondiker was playing. But the other two were still under the uiuiiaisnineiu 01 ms uuiio-iiKe iiiuo cence. "It is extremely?er?difficult," Leon Guggenhammer began. "You see. Ward Valley has fluctuated so, er?" "That no estimate can possibly be made in advance," Letton supple mented. "Approximate it, approximate it," Daylight counselled, cheerfully. "It don't hurt it' you-all are a million out one side or the other. The figures'll straighten that up. Hut I'm that curi ous I'm just itching all over. What d'ye say?" * "Why continue to play at cross pur poses?" Dowsett demanded abruptly and coldly., "Let us have the explana tion here and now. Mr. Harnish is la W\ iACtV 1 /a/mop of "WMTE FANG, (Copyright. 1910, by the New York Herald (Copyrlsrht. 1310, by th? w?rMlIlan Co For a While Murde boring under a false impression, and he should be set straight. By this time Letton was stiffened by the attitude Dowsett had taken, and his answer was prompt and definite. "I fear you are under a misappre hension, Mr. Harnlsh. There are no winnings to be divided with you. Now don't get excited. 1 beg of you. I have but to press this button . . Far from excited, Daylight had all the seeming of being stunned. He look ed at Dowsett and murmured: "It was your deal, all right, and you all dole them right, too. Well, 1 ain't kicking. I'm like the player in that poker game. It was your deal, and you-all had a right to do your best. And you done it?cleaned me out slick er'n a whistle." He gazed at the heap on the table with an air of stupefaction. "And that-all ain't worth the paper it's written on. Gol dast it, you-all can sure deal 'em 'round when you get a chance. Oh. no, I ain't a-kicking. It ^ aq 1 on/1 unn.all nar*tq In lr W as Jl/UI UCUI, U11V4 /vu U?? VWIit4<MV done me, aDd a man ain't half a man that squeals on another man's deal. And now the hand is played out. and the cards are on the table, and the deal's over, but . . His hand, dipping swiftly into his in side breast pocket, appeared with the big Colt's automatic. "As I was saying, the old deal's fin ished. Now it's my deal, and I'm a-going to see if I can hold them four aces? "Take your hand away, you whited sepulchre!" he cried sharply. Nathaniel Letton's hand, creeping toward the push-button on the desk, was abruptly arrested. "Change cars," Daylight command ed. "Take that chair over there, you gangrene-livered skunk. Jump, or f'll make you leak till folks'U think your father was a water hydrant and your mother a sprinkling-cart. You-all mc^ve your chair alongside, Guggenhamm^r; and you-all Dowsett, sit right there, while I just irrelevantly explain the virtues of this here automatic. She's loaded for big game and she goes off eight times. She's a sure'hummer when she gets started. "Preliminary remarks being over, Better Than I Kentucky Mountaineer Preferred as Teacher Because He Could Lick Biggest Boy In School. , / The colonel had gone up Into the Kentucky mountains from the blue grass In command of a sawmill, and as soon as he had mobilized his forces in that field he began to maneuver In the matter of Improving the people about his camp What they needed most were Better scnoois auu he determined to take a hand In the selection of a proper teacher. To this end hp called in one from his own section who had a college education, but no mountain experience. When he proposed this blue grass nurtured young man to the mountaineer trus tees there was unanimous opposition in favor of one of their own kind, who had been teaching the school tor some time, though his education was of the most limited kind. "But," argued the colonel, "your man doesn't have the first rudiments of an education and the pupils might as well have no teacher at all." "He's done better than anybody else ever done, colonel," replied the chairman of the board. "That may be. but none of them has been educated properly to teach. My man has been through college and Is :ghx_ PMDON^^ -//? cm of mfwiD? " "M/JPT/N ?D?N. V/7T. ! U r Ate at His Heart. I now proceed to deal. Remember. I ain't making no remarks about your deal. You done your darndest, and it was all right. But this is my deal, and it's up to me to do my darndest In the first place, you-all know me. I'm Burning Daylight?savvee? Ain't afraid of God. devil, death, nor destruction. Them's my four aces, and they sure cop per your bets. Look at that there living skeleton. Letton, you're sure afraid to die. Your bones is all rat* lllnor tfipothor von'r<? that, Rpared. And v,,,,0 v-0wfcM^. rf look at that fat Jew there. This little weapon's sure put tbe fear of God la his heart He's yellow as a sick per simmon. Dowsett, you're a cool one. You-all ain't batted an eye nor turned a hair. That's because you're great on arithmetic. And that makes you-all dead easy in this deal of mine. You're sitting there and adding two and two together, and you-all know I sure got you skinned. You know me. and that 1 ain't afraid of nothing. And you-all adds up all your money and knows you ain't a-golng to die If you can help it." "I'll see you hanged," was Dow sett's retort. "Not by a damned sight When the fun starts, you're the first I plug. I'll hang all right.sbut you-all won't live to see It. You-all die here and now while I'll die subject to the law's delay -^-savvee? Being dead, with grass growing out of your carcasses, you won't know when 1 hang, but I'll sure have the pleasure a long time of knowing you-all beat me to It." "You surely won't kill us?" Letton asked in a queer, thin voice. Daylight shook his head. "It's sure too expensive. You-all ain't worth it I'd sooner have my chips back. And 1 guess you-all 'd sooner give my chips back than go to the dead-house." A long silence followed. "Well. I've done dealt. It's up to you-all to play. But while you're de liberating, I want to give you-all warn ing: If that door opens and any one of you cusses lets on there's anything unusual, right here and then I sure start plugging. They ain't a soul '11 get out of the room except feet first" (TO BE CONTINUED.) $ook Learning superior to any teacher in the coun ty." The chairman didn't want any trouble with the colonel, uor did he want to yield his point. "Mebbe he's Jlst what you say be Is, colonel." he said persuasively, "and It ain't fer us to doubt that be nas a powerful sight of book 1'arnln', but, colonel, we bave saw him and we have saw our man, and I wanter say fer tbls board of trustees that your man can't lick the biggest boy In school and our'n kin, and that counts fer a heap sight more In tbls neck uv woods than book I'arnin'" The colonel's candidate retired to the blue grass whence he came. Original Suffragette. Mrs. Johanne Meyer, the first Danish woman to speak from a platform in'be half of woman suffrage, attended the Universal Race congress recently held in London its the delegate to the Peace Socie.v o! Copenhagen. As soon as the congies-s closed Mrs Meyer began an inquiry in behalf of the Danish govern ment to ascertain the effect that so cial and political work in England has had on wcmen In 1870 Mrs. Meyer I lounaeu f.'.e nrsi organization iur iu? I betterment of wumen ia Denmark. ! FROM THE PALMETTO STATE A Column of State News That Has B':en Condensed By the Editor For the People. Union.?James Sprouse, who was ihot by Gus Harris, died. So far no statement has been given out by Har ris as to the cause of the shooting. Harris Is in Jail, having surrendered fust after the shooting. Charleston.?The Charleston Post affice has recently been made by the department at Washington the distrib uting centre for all office supplies, sta tionery, etc., for the postofflces In the 3tate. The new duties will ential little extra work on the present office force. Lexington.?The splendid weather conditions of the last few days has caused the farmers to haul fertilizer in large quantities, and many people are coming to town. The roads are drying off rapidly and the fields in the sand belt will soon be dry enough to plow. Dillon.?Court of general sessions convened nere. juage wiison or man ning presiding. There are a number of cases on the roster which are ex pected to consume considerable of this session's time. Several of the Marion, bar are here. Lamar.?The roads In this part of the Pee Dee section have been ,ln worse condition this winter than ever before in the recollection cK the "old est inhabitants." After several days 6f sunshine, they are beginning to dry up and much improvement is noted. Columbia.?The sinking fund com mission "met at the state house when a number of matters of routine nature were discussed. .The meeting was postponed on account of a lack of quorum. The loans by the commission were apportioned among the counties. Greenville.?At a meeting of the state crop pest commission, held at Clemaon, the quarantine on baled and compressed cotton from boll weevil territory was raised. The rules and regulations governing other materiel will be adopted about April 1. This information was given out by Prof. A F. Conradi. \ \ Lexington.?The steel bridge across the Saluda river at Wyse's ferry, which was erected about a year ago, has been damaged by the freshet, the east end having been moved by the rushing waters, which raiged for 4S hours. Great quantities of timber and rubbiBh came down the river In such Irresistible force that it seemed that the whole structure would go down. Columbia.?W. H. Coleman, sheriff for Richland county, has In his posses sion a freak calf, ^he calf is about one week old and appears to be nor mal and healthy in every respect ex cept that it has no eyeballs and but a very short tail. The eye socKets are there hut there are no eyeballs. The calf is at Mr. Coleman's plantation about five miles from Columbia. Columbia.?D. J. Griffith, superin tendent; A. K. Sanders, chairman of the board of directors, and A. W. Todd, architect of the State penitentiary left for Raleigh and Richmond to Inspect the electric chairs at the two state prisons. An electric chair Is to be established at the state penitentiary here within 90 days. The trip is be Ing made to secure information. Orangeburg.?T. Y. Jackson, who has been living in this city for a short time, was arrested by local authorities upon a warrant charging him with for gery. Jackson is wanted in Dorches ter county to answer the charge of forgery. It is charged that Jackson went under different names, some of which were Jack Johnson and Richard Roe. He is married. . Newberry.?At a meeting of the chamber of commerce the following officers were elected to serve the en suing year: Jno. M. Kinard, president; J. P. Shealy and W. G. Mayes, vice presidents; C. T. Summer, treasurer; board of governors, the officers above named and J. B. Mayes, C. D. Weeks, S. L. Duncan, S. E. Summer, L. W. Jones and E. H. Aull. Spartanburg.?Charles H. Barber, the Spartanburg broker convicted of breach of trust and sentenced to two years' imprisonment, who surrendered to the sheriff here, has decided to Berve his term on the county chain gang and will be taken to the convict camp in the lower part of the county Barber was visited in jail by many of his friends. Columbia.?The governor, following the election by the Richland dispen sary board, has commissioned the fol lowing dispensers for Richland county: W. P. Swygert, S. P. Cooper, R. T. Cor bett, J. Cartledge, H. H. Frost, F. W. Seegers, H. E. Watts, H. A. Lindfors, R. L. Steele and D. H. Goble. Darlington.?All tfye doctors in the city were kept busy fighting an epi demic of ptomaine poisoning which threatened the lives of more than 30 people, many of whom are of the most prominent families. The poisoning was wholesale and was caused by drinking milk. Greenville.?Revenue officers have returned to the city from the mountan n-lioro t hov HoctrnvpH fpn DCV'llUlil n UWI U IUVJ vv? stills. The raiders were in the hills during the great freshet of the latter part of the week, and experienced dif ficulty In getting back to the city. No arrests were made on the trip. Hampton.?The whiskey dealers of this town were shocked and surprised when haled into the Town Court by Chief of Police Fennell and Detective J. A. Hauck, charged with violation of prohibition laws. Three convictions have been recorded so far and five cases are set for trial. Union.?What the officers of the law seem to think may he the place where the goods stolen from the various stores here for some time in the past have been taken was brought to light when several searches were made at the home of Lester Knight, about five miles south of Union. Columbia. ? Commissioner Watson said that he would name the two in spectors to enforce the factory inspec tion law. The appropriation for the inspectors was made by the last gen eral assembly. The appropriation for the inspectors was vetoed in lilll by the governor. \ " i';' 1 " ' THE TRAINS ARE AGAIN REACH ING POINTS THAT WERE CUT OFF. RUNNING ON SCHEDULE TIME Only, a Few Section* of Coast Line and Southern Roadbeds Remain Out of Commission?Many Trains Including Carolina Special Detoured Charleston.?With the subsiding of the heavy floods, which have^ swept durinz the Dast few davs the Pfedmont and Pee Dee sections of tMs state and Georgia, the railroads are beginning to resume ther lost connections and to get their trains running again on something approaching schedule time. While the sections of the roads which have been damaged by the floods have not been entirely repaired, and while there are still some missing links, re ports in Charleston indicated a much more encouraging situation than has obtained since the floods began. With the exception of only a few sections of their roadbeds in this state, both At lantic Coast Line and Southern Rail way' put trains through to a number of points which had been for several days inaccessible. Trains leaving Columbia on both the Southern and Atlantic Coast Line roads, went into the passenger station at Augusta, and it is now understood that this connection, which has been suspended for several days past, now in working oraer again. Reports from the local offices of the Southern Railway were to tne effect that all trains on the Charleston divis ion of that road had resumed their regular schedules. Information has also been received at the local ticket offices of the Southern regarding the connections above Columbia. Accord ing to a statement made by local offi cials of the Southern, trains on the Charleston division are now making their regular schedules, taking paasen ger8 to Columbia, Kingville, Camden,. Kershaw, Lancaster, Rock Hill and Marion, North Carolina. First Time in History of State. Columbia.?For the first time in the hirtory of South Carolina jurispru dence the Supreme. Court of South Carolina has reversed a conviction on the ground that extraneous influences ?in this case public sentiment mark edly hostile to the defendants?had worked injustice through denying a fair and impartial trial. The decision was rendered in the case of Alex Weedon and Williams Burroughs, both negroes, ui nurtsiit*; iuuui;, ocuivuv ed to death for the murder of Elihu Moye. The specific allegation on which a new trial was granted was that the court room was packed with a hostile crowd, which could not faiJ to have its effect on the jury. Committee Resumed Work. Columbia.?The legislative commit tee named to investigate the actions of the governor, attorney general, members of the Ansel winding up com mission and others in connection witb the affairs of the state dispensary re sumed its work at the state house. Several witnesses have been summon ed to appear. The names of the wit nesses -have not been announced by the committee. At the last meeting ol the committee the governor refused to give up several letters alleged to have been written by T. B. Felder, the At lanta attorney, to H. H. Evans of New berry. Many Bales of Cotton Marketed. Lexington.?Hundreds of bales oi cotton have been marketed here dur ing the last few vfeeki,. the average price being 10 1-2 cents. The Lexing ton ginnery has been running pretty regularly during the last two weeks, something almost unheard of before in this section at this -season of the year. However, there are a number of fields of cotton throughout the coun ty that have not had a boil of last year's crop picked, and in some in stances fanners are taking advantage of the sunshiny days and are still picking whatever it is possible for hands to get into the fields. Roads arid Bridges Damaged. Greenville.?Roads and bridges in Greenville county were damaged by the heavy rain of recent date to the extent of $6,000. This is a conserva tive estimate made by County Super visor Goodwin. Up until Saturday the supervisor had received no reports of ... 4 damage 10 unuges auu iuaua iu uuici the extreme lower or upper portions of the county. When these remote sec tions are heard from, it is entirely probable that the losses will be much greate'' than the estimate that is quot ed afeove. First Election By Ballot. Sumter.?The first election by ballot of the chamber of commerce was held Some time back a nominating commit tee of three mpmbers not directors placed in nomination 27 names, and of these nine only were to be elected. The ballots and box was opend in the D. J. Chandler clothing store and the members dropped in to vote. The re sult was the election as directors of S. C. Baker, ft. B. Belser, L. D. Jen ! nings. Cm. A. Lemmon, D. R. McCallum, j Jr., J. \V. McKeiver, R. I. Manning, D. j D. Moise and Neill O'Donnell. May Effect the Rice Crop. I Charleston.?Some fears have been ! expressed for the possible effect which the flood stages of the rivers will have upon the coming rice crop, but it was said that the farmers have not yet planted and there need be 110 ap prehension 011 this score. Planting of rice usually starts about the middle to the end of March, but with the severe ly wet weather the work has been de layed, and if there should bo any j washing of the lands with the flood reaching the crest the next week or t<jn days it will not do any harm. AXIDNEYREMEDY ADVERTISEMENT ' BROUGHT 6REAT HAPPINESS. I take pleasure In stating that I have used Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, that I was greatly benefited by the same and hare used It in my family. I had a son, when quite young he suf fered from bladder or kidney affliction. I called In my physician, he attended him, but did him no good. 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It will convince anyone. You will also re celve a booklet of valuable informa tion, telling all about the kidneys and bladder. When writing, be sure and mention this paper. Regular fifty-cent and one-dollar size bottles for sale at all drug stores. Guess What. Tom?Yes, Miss Roxley and I are strangers now. I've been asked not. to call there again. Jack?I'll bet old Roxley had a hand In that. Tom?Well-er net a hand exactly. A Quarter Century ' Before the public. Over Five Million Free Samples given away each year. The con itant and increasing sales from samples proves the genuine merit of Allen's Foot Ease, the antiseptic powder to be shaken into the shoes for T,red? Aching, Swollen . Tender feet. Sample free. Address, Allen' S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. : iff Curative Agent.. "Do yon think an ice cold plunge la good for people?" "Well," replied the indolent persoft. "I fell in while skating and I must ad mit that the fright cured me of hic coughs." As It Sounded to Him. ' Young Fred was ou his way to his grandmother's homd. The train reach* ed a small station. "Bunker Hill!" shouted the brake man, putting his head in at the door. "Bunker Hill!" "Mamma, mamma!" demanded Fred. "What has she done that they treat her that way?" / "What way, my child?" inquired hla mother. "Why," explained Fred, "didn't the conductor say 'Bump her heels?'" THE ONE ;G!RL FOR HIM. The Girl, (who has from sore throat)?The doctor me that I must n?ver talk for xnan two minutes at a uuia. The Man?How delightful! Darling, will you marry me? HARD TO DROP But Many Drop It A young Calif, wife talks about coffee: "It was hard to drop Mocha and Java and give Postum a trial, but my nerves were so shattered that I was a nervous wreck and of course that means all kinds of ills. "At first I thought bicycle riding caused it and I gave it up, but my con dition remained unchanged. I did not want to acknowledge coffee caused the trouble for I was very fond of It. "About that time a friend came to live with us, and I noticed that after he had been with us a week he would not drink his coffee any more. I asked him the reason. He replied, 'I have not had a headache since I left off drinking coffee, some months ago, till last week, when I began again, here at your table. I don't see how anyone can like coffee, anyway, after drink ing Postum'! "I said nothing, but at once ordered a package of Postum. That was five months ago, and we have drank no coffee since, except on two occasions nnmnonw onsi tho result W UCU WC XiCLU vuuii/uu;, uuu vuv . ww?.? each time was that my husband could not sleep, but lay awake and tossed and talked half the night. We were convinced that coffee caused his suf fering, so we returned to Postum, con vinced that the coffee was an enemy, instead of a friend, and he is troubled no more by insomnia. "I, myself, have gained 8 pounds in weight, and my nerves have ceased to quiver. It seems so easy now to quit the old coffee that caused our aches and ills and take up Postum." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek," Mich. Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a reason." Ever ren?l the al>ove letter f A new one appear* front time to time. They are genuine, true, an?l full of hoiuaa latere* t.