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QUEER DISEASE IS III UNITED STATES Many Here Aifiicted With Odd Ailment, Cays Prof. Munyon. GREWSOME CREATURES VERY COMMON, FINDS EXPERT, Many people in the United Skates are afflicted with a queer disease, according to a statement yesterday by Professor James M. Munyon. He made the follow ing remarkable and rather grewsome Btatement: "Many persons who come and write to my headquarters at 53d and Jefferson Sts.. Philadelphia, Pa., think they are suffering from a simple stomach trouble, when in reality they are the victims of an entirely different disease-that of tape worm. These tape worms are huge Internal parasites, which locate in the upper bowel and consume a large per centage of tho nutriment in undigested food. They sometimes grow to a length of forty to sixty feet. One may have a tape ""orm for years and never know the cause of his or her ill health. "Persons who arc suffering from one of these creatures become nervous, weak and irritable, and tire at the least ex ertion. The tape worms rob one of am bition and vitality an 1 strength, but they are rarely fatal. "The victim of this disease is apt to believe that he is suffering from chronic stomach trouble, and doctors for years without relief. This is not the fault of the physicians he consults, for there is no absolute diagnosis that will tell posi tively that one is not a victim of tape worm. "The most common symptom of this trouble is an abnormal appetite. ' At times the person is ravenously hungry and cannot get enough to eat. At other times the very sight of food ls loathsome. There ls a gnawing, faint sensation at the pit of the stomach, and the victim has headaches, fits of dizziness and nau sea. He cannot sleep at night and often thinks he ls suffering from nervous pros tration. "I have a treatment which has had wonderful success in eliminating these great creatures from the system. In the course of its regular action in aiding digestion, and ridding the blood, kidneys and liver of impurities it has proven fatal to these great worms. If one has a tapo worm, this treatment will, in nine cases out of ten, stupefy and pass it away, but if not. the treatment will rebuild the run-down person, who is probably suffer ing from stomach trouble and a general anaemia condition. My doctors report marvelou. success here with this tr^r.t roent. Fully a dozen persons have passed these worms, but they are naturally reti cent about discussing them, and of course we cannae violate their confide nee by giv ing their names to the public.'' Letters addressed to Professor James M. Munyon, 53d and Jefferson Streets, Philadelpha, Pa., will receive as careful attention as though the patient called in person. Medical advice and consultation absolutely free. Not a penny to pay. AS A RULE. TO KEEP THE SKIN CLEAR For more than a generation, Cuti cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment have done more for pimples, blackheads and other unsightly conditions of the complexion, red, rough, chapped hands, dandruff, itching, scaly scalps, and dry, thin and falling hair than ary other method. They do even more for skin-tortured and disfigured infants and children. Although Cuticura Soap and Ointment are sold by druggists and dealers throughout the world, a liberal sample of each, with 32-pase book on the care of the skin and hair will be sent post-free, on application to "Cuticura," Dept. 22 L, Boston. Unimportant. Southern negroes have an irrespons ible way of visiting about indiscrim inately. "Please tell me your name and ad dress?" asked the depot reporter of a middle-aged negreso. "Ah's Mrs. Ca'tah from Co'fox." "Whom have you been visiting, Mrs. Carter?" she was asked. "Ah's been visiting de ole colo'd woman down de track hean a couple blocks fo' about a week. Ah can't just 'member her name."-Success Magazine. A Complication. Bessie found get.mg well much more lre8ome than being sick. She was be coming very impatient about staying indoors and eating soups. When her aunt asked her how she felt she replied that she was much worse; that the doctor had found something else the matter with her. "Why, what is it?" asked her aunt. "I think the doctor said 'convales .nce.' " Vacation Scheme. "I have gotten a great deal of pleas ure from anticipating the trip." "More pleasure, possibly, than you'll get from the trip itself." "That's what I think. So I've de cided to stay at home and save th? money." Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle ol CASTO RIA, a safe and sure remedy for Infants and children, and see that lt Bears tL , Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria Classifying Member of Inferior Sex. Stella-Is her husband a stick? Bella-No, a buttonhook. For COLDS and GRIP Hieb*' CAPTOIX? ls the best remedy-ra lleves the aching and feverishness-cures the Cold and restores normal conditions. It's liqnld-effects immediately 10c., 25c., and 50c. At drug stores. For the son Of man there is no noble crown, but : _rown of thorns. & AUTHOR-?f JhE CIR TUET MAN IN LOWER SYNOPSIS. James Wilson or Jimmy as he is called by his friends. Jimmy was rotund and looked shorter than he really was. His ambition in life was to be taken seriously, but people steadily refused to do so. his art is considered a huge Joke, except to himself, if he asked people to dinner ev eryone expected a frolic. Jimmy marries Bella Knowles: th;y live together a year and are divorced. Jimmy's friends ar range to celebrate the first anniversary of his divorce. The party is in full swing .when Jimmy receives a telegram from his Aunt Selina, who will arrive in four hours to visit him and his wife. He neglects to tell her of his divorce. Jimmy takes Kit into his confidence. He suggests that Kit play the hostess for one night, be Mrs. wilson pro tem. Aunt Selina arrives and the deception works out as planned. Jim's Jap servant ls taken ill. Bella. Jimmy's divorced wife, enters the house and asks Kit who is bein?: taken away in the ambulance? Belle Insists it is Jim. Kit tells her Jim is well and ls in the house. Harbison steps out on the porch and discovers a man tacking a card on the door. He dem?nds an explanation. The man points to the placard and Har bison sees the word "Smallpox" printed on lt. He tells him the guests cannot leave the house until the quarantine ls lifted. After the lifting of the quarantine several letters are found in the mall box undelivered, one is addressed to Henry Llewellyn. Iqulque. Chile, which was written by Harbison. He describes mi nutely of their incarceration, also of his Infatuation for Mrs. Wilson. Aunt Selina ls taken 111 with la grippe. Betty acts as nurse. Harbison finds Kit sulking on the roof. She tells him that Jim has been treating her outrageously. Kit starts downstairs, when suddenly she is grasped In the arms of a man who kisses her sev eral times. She believes that Harbison did lt and ls humiliated. Aunt Selina tells Jimmy that her cameo breastpin and other articles of Jewelry have been stolen. She accuses Betty of the theft. Jimmy tells Aunt Selina all about the strange happenings, but she persists in suspecting Betty of the theft of her valuables. Harbison demands un explanation from Kit as to her conduct towards him, she tells him of the Incident on the roof, he does not deny nor confirm her accusation. One of the guests devises a way to escape from the house. They set fire to the re ception room and attempt to leave the house from the rear. The guards dis cover the ruse and prevent them from escaping; Max finds Anne's pearl clasp pin in Jimmy's studio In a discarded coat. Jimmy ls suspected of the theft, but de nies the accusation. Kit finds a watch barging to a pillar In the basement and with Initials T. H. H. engraved upon lt. She opens the case and finds a picture of herself that had been clipped from a newspaper. CHAPTER XVI. I Face Flannigan. Dinner had waited that night while everybody went to the coal cellar and stared at the hole in the wall, and watched while Max took a tracing of It and of some footprints in the coal dust on the other side. I did not go. I went Into the library with the guilty watch In a fold of my gown, and found Mr. Harbison there, staring through the February gloom at the blank wall of the next house, and quite unconscious of the reporter with a drawing pad just be low him In the area-way. I went over and clo^d the shutters before his verr > -" ..uoic u>u j vu ii nu IL: . U"? asked. I couldn't understand his expression. He looked embarrassed, but not at all afraid. "I tblnk you know, Mr. Harbison," I retorted. "I wish I did. You opened it?" "Yes." We stood looking at each other across the table. It was his glance that wavered. "About the picture-of you," he said at last. "You see', down there In South America, a fellow hasn't much to do evenings, and a-a chum of mine and I-we were awfully down on what we called the plutocrats, the -the leisure classes. And when that picture of yours came in the paper, we had-we had an r.rgument. He said-" He stopped. "What did he say?" "Well, he said lt was the picture of an empty-faced society girl." "Oh!" I exclaimed. "I-I maintained there were possi bilities In the face." He put both hands on the tabk; and, bending for ward, looked down at me. "Well, I was a fool, I admit. I said your eyes were kind and candid, in spite of that haughty mouth. You see, I sai : T vas a fool." "I think you are exceedingly rude," I managed finally. "If you want to know where I found your watch, it was down in the coal cellar. And If you admit you are an idiot, I am not. I-I know all about Bella's bracelet and the board on the roof, and-oh, if you would only leave-Anne's neck lace-on the coal, or somewhere-and get away-" My voice got beyond me then, and I dropped into a chair and covered my face. I could feel him staring at the back of my head. "Well, I'll bo-'" something or other, he said finally, and then turned, on his heel and went oui. By the time I got my eyes dry (yes, I was crying; I al ways do when I am angry) I heard Jim coming downstairs, and I tucked the watch out of sight Would any one have foreseen the trouble that watch would make! Jim was sulky. He dropped Into a chair and stretched out his legs, looking gloomily at nothing. Then he got up and ambled Into his den, closing the door behind him without having spoken a word. It was more than human nature could stand. When I went into the den he wai stretched on the davenport with his face buried In the cushion. Ht looked absolutely wilted, and every line of him waa drooping. "Go on out, Kit," he said, in a smothered voice. "Be a good girl and don't follow me around." "You are shameless!" I gasped. "Follow you! When you are hung around my neck like a-like a-" Millstone was what I wanted to say, but I couldn't think of lt. Ho turned over and looked up from his cushions like an ill-treated and suffering cherub. ST ffiDNEDQ?ffiTT ?CULAR ?TAiRCA ?TEN. ETC. "I'm done for, Kit," he "Bella went up to the stu we left, and investigated tha "What did she find? The n I asked eagerly. He was too to notice this. "No, that picture of you t last winter. She is crazy she is going upstairs and s kahiro's room and take smal die." "Fiddlesticks!" I said rud somebody hammered on the opened it "Pardon me fo* dlsturbi) Bella said, in her best dea glad-I-knocked manner. "B' nigan says the dinner has no "Good Lord!" Jim exclair forgot to order the confounaeo din ner!" It was eight o'clock by that time ,and as it took an hour at least after telephoning the order, everybody looked blank when they heard. The entire family, except Mr. Harbison, who had not appeared again, escorted Jim to the telephone and hung around hungrily, suggesting new dishes every minute. And then-he couldn't raise Central. It was 15 minutes before we gave up, and stood staring at one an other despairingly. "Call out of a window and get one of those infernal reporters to do some thing useful for once," Max suggested. But he was Indignantly hushed. We would have starved first. Jim was peering into the transmitter and knocking the receiver against his hand, like a watch that had stopped. But nothing happened. Flannigan re ported a box of breakfast food, two lemons and a pineapple cheese, a combination that didn't seem to lend itself to anything. We went back to the dining room from sheer force of habit and sat around the table and looked at the lemonade Flannigan had made. Anne "You're Unluck would talk about the salad her last cook had concoted, and Max told about a little town in Connecticut where the restaurant keeper smokes a corn-cob pipe while he cooks the most luscious fried clams in America. And Aunt Selina related that in her family they had a recipe for chicken smoth ered in cream. And trier, we sipped the weak lemonade and nibbled at the cheese. 'To change thle gridiron martyr dom," Dallas said finally, "where's Harbison? Still looking for his watch?" "Watch!" Everybody said it in a different tone. "Sure," he responded. "Says his watch was taken last night from the studio. Better get him down to take a squint at the telephone. Likely he can fix it." Flannigan was beside me with the cheese. And at that moment I felt Mr. Harbison's stolen watch slip out of my girdle, slide greasily across my lap, and clatter to the floor. Flanni gan stooped, but luckily it had gone rnder the table. To have had it t icked up, to have'had to explain how I got it, to see them try to ignore my picture pasted in it-oh, it was impossible! I put my foot over it "Drop something?" Dallas asked perfunctorily, rising. Flannigan was still half kneeling. "A fork," I said, as easily as I could, and the conversation went on. But Flannigan knew, and I knew he knew. He watched my every move ment like a hawk after that, standing just behind my chair. I dropped my useless napkin, to have it whirled up before lt reached the floor. I said to Betty that my shoe buckle was loose, and actually got the watch In my hand, only to let it slip at the critical mo ment Then they all got up and went sadly back to the library, and Flanni gan and I faced each other. Flannigan was not a handsome man at any time, though up to then he had at least looked amiable. But now as I stood with my hand on the back of my chair, his face grew suddenly menacing. The silence was absolute: I was the guiltiest wretch alive, and opposite me the law towered and glowered, and held the yellow remnant of a pineapple cheese! And In the si lence that wretched watch lay and ticked and ticked and ticked. Then iked over and closed the hall, came back, picked and looked at it jcky. I'm thinkin'," he "You've got the nerve you ain't cute enough." m what you mean." I ve me that watch to re irbison." ur life," he retorted it back myself, like I'm ack the necklace, if you lble little girl." choke. any way you look at d. "Here you are, lots 3 that think you're all reckon there isn't one couldn't lend you money t so bad." still?" I said furiously. left that watch-with igo. Get him, and he 1 himself!" he would." Flannigan ag at me with grudging . wouldn't be what I he didn't lie up and There were voices in ligan came closer. "An say. And he told me this morning! It's a niss. I'll give you 24 i-the necklace, if you please, miss." CHAPTER XVII. A Clash and a Kiss. The clash that came that evening had been threatening for some time. Take an immovable body, represented by Mr. Harbison and his square jaw, and an Irresistible force, Jimmy and his weight, and there is bound to be trouble. The real fault was Jim's. He had gone entirely mad again over Bella, and thrown prudence to the winds. He mooned at her across the dinner* table, and waylaid her on the stairs or in the back halls, just to hear her voice when she ordered him out. of the way. He telephoned for flowers and candy for her quite shamelessly, and he got out a book of photographs that they had taken on their wedding Jour ney, and kept lt on the library table. The sole concession he made to our presumptive relationship was to bring me the responsibility for everything that went wrong, and his shirts for buttons. ' The first I heard of the trouble waa from Dal. He waylaid me In the hall y, I'm ThlnklnV after dinner that night, and hi3 fact was serious. "I'm afraid we can't keep it up very long, Kit." he said. "With Jim trail ing Bella all over the house, and the old lady keener every day, lt's bound to come out somehow. And that isn't all. Jim and Harbison had a set-to today-about you." "About me!" I repeated. "Oh, I dare say I have been falling short again. What was Jim doing? Abusing me?" Dal looked cautiously over his shoul der, but no one was near.' (TO BE CONTINUED.) NOT OVERESTIMATED. "Let me tell you, gentlemen." said the earnest vegetarian, who was lec turing before the Butchers' associa tion, "that there is more energy con tained in a single banana than ttaero is in five pounds of the best beef steak." Instantly a storm of protesting and derisive hisses broke forth from tbs indignant audience. But above thc noisy rasp could be beard the sterJ tori an voice of a husky-looking ind) vidual shouting: "The man is right! The man is right! But be falls te allow enough energy for the irait I know from my own personal experi ence that a mere fraction of the out side of a banana contains sufficient en ergy to take the best wrestler in th? world off his feet" Consistent. "Senator," said the reporter, "may 1 ask how you made your first thou sand?" "Yes, Blr," responded Senator Graph ter; "I made lt In the same way that I made all my subsequent thousands." Awed by the arrogance of his man ner, the reporter refrained from head ing the story of the Interview "A Coa tes s ion!" Comparing Notes. The motorist and the aviator met for a confidential chat "That's a fine machine you have, said the admiring aviator. "Yes, lt ls the greatest farm wagon buster in the country. And how about your aeroplane?" "Sh! Best chimney buster in HM world, old chap." Lovely W THIS ls the whitest of white sum mers, and everywhere the pre ponderance of white gowns makes a background against which millinery is displayed to the very best advantage. The greater number of hats are white also, but not entirely. Plume-laden or flower laden, they are adorned with exquis ite colors. Pink, in the coral, sea shell and other delicate tones; blue in the nattier and other grayish tints; lilac, rose, green and cerise, are fa vorites, and. just at the hour, yellow has put in an appearance. In any large gathering of women, out for the summer evening, these colors, In the liveliest of shades are scattered in a sea of white. For the entire cos tume, from shoes to chapeau, of the great majority is colorless, except for the trimmings on the hats. Two very beautiful white hats are pictured here, which illustrate very clearly the foregoing. The small hat in white hair braid ls decorate<f?with a band .of grav net nn - - - required, try the following plan and see bow easily this trying work can be done: Cut the crusts from a loaf of bread with four strokes of a sharp knife-front, back and sides, then cut the crustless loaf in half, butter each half where you cut the loaf, slice piece of bread from each half, put in filling and the slice3 will exactly flt. Proceed, cutting one slice from each side of loaf. Wrap in waxed paper, and you will have dainty, symmetrical sandwiches when the luncheon basket is oponed. Place a napkin around the top of the pineapple, give it a twist, and the stem is removed. Lay pineap ple on a board and with a sharp knife (silver is preferable) cut into slices. Pare each slice as you would an ap ple. Changeable Taffeta Garments. Not many are yet seen, but they are expected to have a great run a little later on. One reason why they are not yet more in evidence is un doubtedly because of the price of the French chiffon qualities of which they are made. From $2.50 to $3.50 per yard is asked in the retail shops for these new taffetas. By another sea son domestic manufacturers will have popular-priced lines, but if one desires an exclusive silk gown for the present summer she should invest In one of changeable chiffon taffeta. Of Fascinating Quaintness. Frock of white cAchemlre de sole with peachblow satin stripes. The simply designed bodice has a finely plaited fichu drapery of Malines lace, finished at the top of the wide apri cot velvet girdle by a rose of pale pink chiffon. The slightly gathered skirt Is quaintly trimmed with three narrow ruches of white taffeta. Vogue. BROWN SAILOR HATS LIKED Have Achieved a Popularity Almost as Great as Has Come to the Black. Almost as popular as the black sail or hat is the one of brown straw, or Its close kin, that of burnt straw. It ls especially well liked for wear with the popular brown linen suit-for brown seems to be having quite a vogue this season. Newest, of course, are the small sail or with the large head size, the sm~U or medium sized brim and the rather bijch crown. These are somewhat try ing io many types of women, but look exceedingly well on the girls who are "tailorlsh" enough to don thom. On the black and dark brown hats white bands are the most approved and fashionable style, while the burnt straw hats aro encircled by bands of darker brown. 'id the smartest hats, of course, are those of the extreme straws either very rough or quite smooth and fine. hite Hats transparency of the braid and deli* cacy of the net are adorable for mid summer wear. Two flat rosettes sim ulate roses full blown and are made of a light weight ribbon in a wonder ful shade of pink. The rosettes are joined by a bridle of ribbon. A rich hat in white hemp ls cov ered with a plateau of princess lace which is fastened down with a twist of wide nattier blue ribbon having a highly lustrous surface. Small blown garden roses with foliage and some mossy stems, provide the touch of color here. Nearly half the plateau of lace is folded both from the left side and tacked to the crown, leav ing the hemp braid uncovered. Scarfs of white down and down with ostrich border finish the mid summer toilette, providing more warmth than one would imagine, rta fact, they are quite equal to protect ing the throat, even when their wear ers are out until the "wee sma' hours." which are tho rv.!**-* -* ** This dainty dress is of white batiste elaborately trimmed with swiss em broidery and Valenciennes lace. The skirt is plaited; the blouse forms a sort of corslet and the girdle is of ribbon fastened at the side with a cockade and long ends. Striped Coat Set. Fine muslin, chiffon cloth, and mar quisette are all used to make collar and cuff sets for short Jackets. These, with eyelet embroidered batiste, have taken the place of Irish lace, which seems at a discount these days. The striped coat sets are in any color that one wishes, not necessarily to match the suit The collar ls quite long, deep at the back, and finished with an edge of cluny lace or a hem of colored muslin or linen to match the stripe. Pink a Popular Color. With the incoming of thin summer clothes one saw a good deal of the now established French idea of using pink ribbon in one's lingerie instead of any other color. The claim ls that lt brings out the color of the skin, and is more artistic than blue or lav ender. If one wants to try Its merits it would be wise to run chemises and corset covers with a quarter-Inch pink ribbon a little deeper in tone than what is known as flesh color. An elaborate display of ribbon ls not in good taste. It ls possible that an eighth of an inch would L-e the best width to use. Large bows are not plastered in front of the corset cover as they used to be. Underarm Seams. Home dressmakers should bear in mind the fact that the underarm seam of a sleeve should be set so as to come two and one-half inches nearer the front than the underarm bodice seam. You will avoid many a botched garment by remembering this. DOCTORS know that Oxidine is ft most dependable sys tem-cleansing tonic* Most useful in stirring up lazy livers, sluggish bowels and kidneys, weak stomachs. Its ef fects are quick, safe, sure and permanent OXIDINE -a bottle proves. The specific for Malaria, Chills and Fever and all diseases due to disorders of liver, stomach, bowels and kidneys. SOc. At Your Druggists TH S BIII1VI DIVO co.. Waco, Texas. SURE. Man in the Big Hat-I've always made money out of politics. Man in Small Hat-Are you a po litical orator? Man In .Big Hat-No; I'm the leader cf a brass band. The musicians al ways get paid, but the orators are ex pected to talk for nothing. To Be a Good Cook. "~ " eans the bs, balms is healing es, savory iness, in lllingnesa it means .ajylmoth ru chem and no Jiorougb in hospi _, -~ .mc, tua?, you are to be perfectly, and always ladies (loaf-givers), and you are to see that everybody has something nice to eat." -Ruskin. The Fly. "Where on earth do those flies ?come from?" is a frequent and de spairing question. They may come down the chim neys, if the fireplaces have tipping dampers. These should be tightly closed in fly-time. An appreciable falling-off in their numb - will result If the chimneys have not the tip ping damper, a screen such as is used for a window can be fitted into the fireplace; or, easier still, a bundle of paper may be stuffed up the chim ney. Either method is successful, and no trouble ls too g?eat to get rid of these summer pests. An Anomalous Parent. "Father!" "Yes, Wilfred." "What is reciprocity?" "Reciprocity, Wilfred-" But pause. Father never told. He slipped over no epigram. He knew not what was reciprocity. No. He was totally different from the average father figuring in this sort of short squib. He just told Wilfred to run along and play, and resumed his read ing of the evening paper. Truly, a refreshing personality-not sof AT THE PARSONAGE. Coffee Runs Riot No Longer. "Wife and I bad a serious time of lt while we were coffee drinkers. V "She had gastritis, headaches, belch ing and would have periods of sick ness, while I secured a daily headache that became chronic. "We naturally sought relief by drugs without avail, for lt is now plain enough that no drug w"1 cure the dis eases another drug (coffee) sets up, particularly, so long as the drug which causes the trouble ls continued. "Finally we thought we would try leaving off coffee and using Postum. I noticed that my headaches disappeared like magic, and my old 'trembly' nerv ousness left. One day wife said, 'Do you know my gastritis has gone?' "One can hardly realize what Post um has done for us. "Then we began to talk to others. Wife's father* and mother were both coffee drinkers and sufferers. Their headaches left entirely a short time after they changed from coffee to Postum. "I began to enquire among my par ishioners and found to my astonish ment that numbers of them use Post um In place of coiree. Many of the ministers who have visited our par sonage have become enthusiastic cham pions of Postum." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville." In pkgs. "There's a reason." Ever read thc above lotter? A *e*t ene nppenrs from time to time. They are jennine, true, and full of human ta f crest.