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VVajPIVEN BY STARVATION )0jBn's Method of Getting Key Rather Extravagant, but What Could He Do? hTIs wife had been spending a woeU tm two at the seaside with her own jjPt?ople. and Jousmitli liad been living Ami he lone and simple life. Hut there & was a curious look of calm riesperaW tion in his eyes when his wife came JF back m An.l ilw. ...If_ I - t - /-. V. (Ml OV1IUJ HUT WHP m sau m oiakc discoveries. "Where is " she began. "Ooodness! What have you done with my dresses? And what has happened to the lawn? What's that black patch In the center? Why " Jonsmith took a deep breath, then spoke bravely and manfully. "Julia," said he?"Julia. I Htarvod for two days, and then you wrote to say that the key of the pantry was In the pocket of* your second-best, tailor-made walking skirt?not the bolero or the morning " "I said morning-skirt, and not the tailor-made, nor the " "It doesn't matter," Jonsmith In# r* o/l tt.ooeilt. *. vol 1 *1 |#iru ?< ai ii,? , aim >1*1 Willi il touch of savagery !n his voice. "I don't know a tailor-made from a morning-skirt nor a bolero from a fichu. So I Just took the whole lot out on the lawn and burnt them. Then I found the key whilst raking among the ashes!" WOMAN LIKE. . ~%jU^ I XL1 Jinks?Does Mrs. Speedem carry an extensive repair kit when she goes autoing? Wings?No; merely a paper of safety-pins. Tetterine for Ring Worm and 9kln Vurnvllle. S. C.. July 17. 1WS. My wife uhcm your Tetterlne for Klngworm. also uses It In her family for nil kind of skin diseases, anil she thinks It a good medicine. There Is no substitute. L. 11. Dow 11 tig. .Tottorlno cures Erscmu. Tetter. Itlng "Worm. Old Itching Sores. OandrulY, Itching Piles. Corns, Chilblains and every form of Scalp nrnl Skin Disease. Tettertne .VV: Tetterlne Soap U'.e. At drugiTlsts or by mall direct from The Shuptrlne Co., Savannah. Oa. With every mall order for Tetterlne we give a box of Shuplrinc'H 10c Liver Pills free. Adv. College Secret. Tlncon What did your hoy learn at college? Egbert?Says he can't tell mo. "Why not?" "Says it's a secret." "Nonsense!" "No; you know, lie learned the football signals." Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for Infants and children, and see that it. UL'ttI O I IIt.5 ; SlRnaturoof C&Xz/ffi%?&V. In Uso For Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria Name the Line. llubbuba?llavo you any late trains to Lonelyvllle? Hubbubs? Yes. All our trains are late.?Stray Stories. Regular pracl icing physicians recommend and prescribe OXIDIXK for Malaria, hecause it is a proven renurdv l>\ years of ex perienee. Keep a bottle in the medicine chest and administer nt first sign of Chilli aud Fever. Adv. Quite Natural. "What, was your experience when the train was telescoped?" "I saw stars." HIIEN IU IIBKKH IIKCOMK NF.f KSS.VHV And your ahora pinch. Allen's lool-Kaii-, tho Antlarptlc pgwili-r to b- shaken Into the hoca, la Jtiat ttio thing to us-. Try It for lircukltijr In N< \v Sho. a Sold Everywhere. 26c. Sample l'I'KK. Addr- ea, A. H ? lniat<-d. l.ciloy, N. Y. Don't accept any aubstltulc. Adv. Their Location. "There are many breakers In the eon of domestic life" "Yes, particularly In the kitchen " DORS VOt'll ACllEt Try Hicks' OAPtlDIXK. It's liquid ?plea* ant to lake -ifffolntuiniMllnli?good loprt-vrni Hlrk Headaches anil NcrviJns Headaches also. Your money hack If not mulshed. Ilk-., Jic. and SOe. at medlolue stores. Ail v. No Prudent Loan. "Don't you want Miss Freezem tc lend eclat to your function?" "No; we're not borrowing trouble.' TOUKIVKOtiT MA I. A HI A AM* III II.I? I I'TIIK HVHTni Takrt tho Old SlJindunl OKOV K\S TASTKI.KM" Cllll I. "TONIC. You know what you ?re lakinu The formula la plainly printed on every hotlle ahowtn* it Innlmply ynlnlne and Iron In a tastele*, form, and the miat ctter'nnl form. For growi yroplo mid children, bO cents. Adv. Conditional. "Will your wife finish her Chrlstmai shopping soon?" "Yes; unless It tlnishes her sooner.' As a summer tonie there is no mediein< that quite compares with OX I DINE. It no only build* up the system, hut taken reg ulnrly. prevent* Malaria. Regular or Taste less formula at Druggists. Adv. 'Health's host way -Eat Apples ev ery day."?Coyne. RUSH FOR WEALTH Broker's Failure in Business Leads to Happiness Through Strange Inheritance. By GERTRUDE MARY SHERIDAN. Warren Talcott took a last look at the long counting room that had once been his, but was so,no longer. Some men were erasing the sign. "Talcott & Co., Stocks and Bonds." from the glittering plate glass windows. He passed the elevator starter, who halted him by gently catching his arm. "I've heard of it, Mr. Talcott." he paid, his voice quivering. "Sir, my wife didn't sleep all night over it. She says there's a room for you under the roof you helped us save all your life long, if you'll take it." "Thank you." nodded the broker. "Tell your wife it's such people as you that make a man think there's some good in the world." Men turned and noted the tall, gracerul tlgure as talcott passed. There was always something royal in hie bearing. Even with "Failure" written that day against his business career, a dauntless courage showed In his kindly, steady eye. A bootblack whom he had started in business ran after him. winning the ever indulgent smile of the generous broker. "Mr. Talcott," he said hurriedly, "I've got a savings bank book that says three hundred dollars. I want to loan it out. you see?" "I see you are a good, loyal friend," Interrupted Talcott. placing a gentle hand on the shoulder of the grateful cripple. The speaker walked rapidly from the business center. Finally he sought the most secluded corner of an humble restaurant and sat down? to think. Frame and face relaxed as he drew out his pocket book. It contained only a few dollars, all that was left of a magnificent fortune. His mind ran back over the past few months. He recalled the warning of his doctor? overwork. Ho remembered how he had one day given a wrong order. Another when the floor of the stock exchange had gone all black before him, and he had made a confused error in business judgment and lost over two "You Are Almost Rich Again." hundred thousand dollars. Then the verdict of the doctor, nervous collapse, and now?the crash. Anyhow, he had paid dollar for dollar. He tried to think of hard work, a constitution rebuilt, but never again the mad rush for wealth, holding in the end only hitter dust nnd blight. Tnlcott had brought half a dozen letters from the ofilce. He opened them in turn. Five were of no consequence. The last one startled him. It announced that an old pensioner of his, James Gregory, living in another city, had died leaving him his entire estnte?"apply at once to Dockkery & Hates, attorneys." Twenty-four hours later the senior member of that firm escorted the broker to a secluded city court. In the center of a vacant lot stood a large covered wagon. It had windows like a houHC and was divided into three living compartments. Seated on the grass reading from school books were three small boys. Near by was a young lady of about, eighteen. She was sewing and four little girls were copying her Industry. "Mr. Gregory has left you two horses and that wagon, with all hands Included," said the lawyer, grimly. "In 1 addition, here Is the deed already rei corded In your nnme, to a 6ix hundred and forty acre tract of wild land a hundred miles from here, up near the pineries." "And this is my legacy!" murmured . the perplexed Talcott. "Exactly. Miss Gregory will explain the details," and the lawyer left him. i Talcott advanced towards the young lady and introduced himself. He V J l-l li ? ? ' luiiuicu ii*' mm ur>i'i hu Kiuut;' ' and peaceful a face. Her simple story was soon told. Her dead faI ther. an eccentric, had taken In s 3harg\?, gradually, some homeless orphans. For them and herself ho had worked, traveling about tho country I in the wagon and doing odd jobs as a r tinker. t When the broker aRked her as to her plans for the future, she only j looked helplessly and pathetically at t him. Warren Talcott did some thinking. Then, as if he bad suddenly and re v c. . ^KT v . * f . ' ' ' v 'if wm"4''/ ?' >):' Uv' *^V " - *!-. ..-./ri",. freehingly come to the threshold of | an odd. new. inspiring life, he realized ; that his pensioner had made him his j legatee, confident that his old friend 1 would work out the problem aright. j They talked for over an hour. Bluntly Talcott told of his real situation. : He suggested a plan. He needed rest, a cnange. me doctors had said. Mere it was, ready made to order. They would go to "the farm," as he called it. It was their only tangible inheritance. He went away for a time, sold his watch and other jewelry. handed a roll of bills to Miss Gregory, and said: "Thero is room for, me with the ' boys. You must be the purse bearer and housekeeper. The motive oTtyour father's life was to save these poor little outcasts. It is a noble purpose, j I shall try to continue his plan." Talcott went to sleep that night feeling the great load of a broken past lifted from Ills mind. The odd, the new. the unknown life attracted him. | IR? awoke with a headache the next morning. The reaction had come. By noon he had a fever, by nightfall he was delirious. For him the next twenty days were a blank. He awoke to llnd himself, weuk and emaciated, lying on a bed in the boy3' end of the wagon. He glanced from the window. As far as his eyes could roach was a level emerald stretch?grass, flowers, trees everywhere. Outside two of the hoys were carrying a pail of water. They passed out of sight around to the other side of the wagon. From that direction there came the clang?clang of metal sounds. Talcott tried to arise. He sank hack weakly with a groan. Instantly from the wagon living room a light form came Into view. It was Miss Gregory. Wonder-eyed and grateful, Talcott learned how the bravo little woman had nursed him. had carried out the plan of the journey to "the farm." Here they were, the children industrious and happy, and oh! such grand fortune, and her eyes danced as she told him of it. "A railroad is building right through your section," she explained, "and the wagon stands on the new town site. A man has been here daily to see you about selling him some of the proj>l ertv." Tho man appeared next day. II? looked Talcott ovrr shrewdly. Then ho said: "I srp you are a keen business man. so I'll talk sense, lam a land speculator. I'll give you ten thousand dollars for a quarter section, and fifty per cent, of what I make on another quarter section selling town lots." "You mean," replied the broker, gently, "twenty thousand dollars and seventy-five per cent." "I guess I've figured wrong." said the speculator. "You're up to sfiutT. Well. I'm ready to trade." "And what is your plan now, Mr. Talcott?" asked the motherly guart'ian of the little coterie of children a few days later. "You are almost | rich again." "I shall build a nice roomy homo," answered Talcott, "and we will all grow up with the country. My dear, good nurse and true friend, 1 have found hope and ambition where I thought there was nothing but. despair. 1 have found love. too. Will you share the new home, as my wife''" And when the blushing, lovable Audrey Gregory answered "Yes." Warren Talcott felt that he stood at tho portal of a veritable Eden. (Copyright. lf>1C. by VV. O. Chapman.) Little Lies. I hnd something of a shock the other day. 1 told a man something in what I thought was confidence and he immediately went off and told it. When I saw him again 1 asked him what on earth possessed him! lie said he was awfully sorry, simply didn't think. "Hut I can fix it up." he said. "The next time I see v -at fellow" (the one lie told) "I'll simply say you didn't say it." "But I did!" said I. "Why, certainly." said he. "But I don't think so much of little lies. You simply have to tell them to get on in business." Well, he went on off, and I don't know just what to think about it. But this I do know, that the next time that particular person says such and such a thing is so, I may and I may not believe It. That's tho answer, it seems to me, on the subject of lies, big or little. In (he last analysis they may or may not bo immoral. But they lower at once the credit of tho ono who tells them. A reputation for telling the truth is like a bank account. You can even borrow money on it on occasion.? New York Press. Four Great Sauces. A Frenchman has declared that 'man has created tho culinary art! he does not eat like an animal?he breakfasts. dines and sups." Tho French are particularly eloquent on the subject ol sauces. Among their famous chefs are recognized four great sauces: Spanish. Veloutc, Bechamel and German. The Spanish and Veloute were known as far back as tho seventeenth century. In tho eighteenth they were modified by tho masters of cookery, particularly by C'areme, who was called "the Raphael tri * ..x. ? mi Lite rviitut'ii. The Spanish sauce is composed of juices extracted from a mixture of ham, veal, chicken and pheasant. Velouto is similar, but is not colored. Reehumel is Veloute to which cream has been added, and the German sauce is Veloute plus the yolks of eggs.?Harper's Weekly. Remember 'Emt How modest one of thoso old-fashioned scandalous rainy day skirts would look nowadays!?Washington Post. N ' 1 Jt It ' I* \ / T( y * ~ *- ? ^ -?> * ./> Visitor of Importance Spen WASHINGTON.?It didn't make a Hit of difference to Rcnjamln Oswald Johnson, aged six. what was going on around his little head the other afternoon. He was busy with hiH own devices? This young Lien Johnson stumbled around the floor of the House of Representatives, while T^U r T- 1 1... me it-ai iit'll juiiusuii, irum ivtiuuchj , and other legislators and statesmen thundered and argued over the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill. Idttle Hen is one of the five children of Representative Joseph Johnson of South Carolina, lie kept the House of Representatives amused from noon until 4:39 o'clock p. m. when the gavel fell for adjournment. Hen appeared on the house tioor at noon dressed in a dark blue sailor suit. His father had troubles of his own. for he is in charge of the legislative bill, and Representative l'owler. with his loudest voice, was out Strange Sounds Come frc IF you are passing across the front of the Smithsonian Institution at midnight and hear strange cries coming from the Hyzantine, Norman or rounded Gothic towers, buttresses, battlements. groined arches and cornices, keep your nerve. The moon may be floating through the southern sky. Now it will be hidden under dense cloud masses, and then it will burst through the black mist and cast its silver sheen over the heavens and inc part ii. Against all this, the long I red sandstone buildings, dark but for a watchman's lamp in the central vestibue, will be submitted. -It looks gloomy and lonesome. One almost feels the damp and stagnant vapor that would rise from the moat around it, if a moat were there. You can reassure yourself that you are not in the depths of a haunted forest and before some dismal medieval castle by looking northward to catch the glitter of the lights in the post office tower cr by listening to the purr and soft ripple of the fountain not far removed from the northwest corner of the building. The sounds that lAive stopped you. and It may be, chilled you, come from Cigarette Smoking Unci* cf' /we have] /- . fwouch C - ?carfttf * <? Hi AIIKTTK smoking by women has corae under the ban of censureship by society women in Washington, who are loading a crusade against smoking and drinking in the social set at the capital. Mrs. William H. Haywood, who put herself on record several years ago, when she served only grape juice at the debutante ball of her daughter. Miss Doris Haywood, is one of the leaders in the anti-cigarette movement. and is said to not permit women to smoke in her house. Mrs. Devi 7. Loiter, who many fldnk it to be the social leader in place of the late Mrs. John It McLean. has also declared her willing feminine cigarette smoking. ?ce Skating a Real Fad i THAT part of Washington society which delights In outdoor winter nports has started a movement to discuss the ways and means of promoting lee skating. To that end invitations were sent out by a committee of interested men arid women for a meeting which was held in the banquet hall of one of the large hotels. It is hoped the feeble efforts of "Jack Frost" in Washington may be supplemented and real ice skating provided for those who wish. The tidal basin at the foot of the Washington monument is unsafe at i best, and then there are only a few I days' skating on it through the win ' ier. l.ast year the time was extended i somewhat because of the almost un' precedented cold weather In this re! glon. There are many expert skaters In Washington, who come from all parts of the world. Most of them belong to the diplomatic circle, although not a few are people who have spent the greater part of their lives in the northern part of the United States. Among those interested in the propect is Major Henry T. Allen, vlioso wife vas Miss Johnstone of ' m * >7 J'IN T *' </?' . 1 *&"s v i^CpslsiP ds a Day in the House after the acaliiB of several of the Items ' in that bill. While Reptosentative I Fowler was being replied to by Representative Joliuson. Little Hen was playing tag around his fathers legs, ; going in and out between them in most marvelous fashion. Young Hen interviewed pretty near- 1 ly every member of the house. He didn't wait for an introduction, but clambered right into the laps of the ' country's law makers. From the ! Democratic side he would hop to the | Republican end of the chamber and | pull out the watches of his father's dearest political foes, "just to hear the wheels tick." Un#e Joe Cannon contributed to Hen's war chest to the ex- i tent of a silver eoin. and at the end of the day Hen's lists were bulging with nickels, dimes and quarters, which had been pressed upon him by admiring friends. He leaned against Representative Mann of Illinois while that statesman was shooting sharply pointed parliamentary arrows at Hen's own father. The little boy gazed calmly into the face of Representative Serene Payne as the groat tariff expert appeared to be sleeping peacefully at his desk. He rolled upon the middle aisle and forced Representative Ollie James to step over him. while the child himself was un- i mindful of the gigantic tlgurc pass- ; i .g over him. >m Smithsonian Building ?not mprtals- but from bats. There are many of these aberrant insectivorae or flying mammals, family I gallopithecidae, order of chiroptera. in the shadowy nooks of the Smithsonian building. Satisfied that no harm is near, you fall to thinking of James Smithson's bequest of 1S2G; oT James Renwick, the designer of this building, the hrr.t of its style not ecclesiastic, to be reared in the United States; jour glance goes up to the top of the tallest tower 1 15 feet above the asphalt, all strewn with dead leaves, and your mind goes back to the time when President Polk and his cabinet and hundreds of proud men. now dust, attended the cornerstone laying in 1847. sr Ban of Censorship I Mrs. John H. Henderson, who is the ai biter of dancing and dancers in Washington, has always been opposed to the practice. It is said sho requested a fair smoker to go outside. Lady Alan Johnston, daughter ol Mrs. James Pincliot, is one of the defenders of the weed, and smokbs when and wherever it strikes her fancy. She even puffed her cigarettes while riding in an automobile from one place to another. Lady Johnston struck the lirst note in the battle some time ago. when she offered her cigarette case to other guests at a luncheon. The hostess was a crusader, and is said to have requested Lady Johnston, who happened to he the guest of honor, not to smoke. Mrs. Franklin MacVeagh, who has recently completed her million-dollar palace on Sixteenth street, has provided little balconies from her ballroom windows for the men to smoke between dances. If the lady guests wish to smoke they have to go outside also. Miss Helen Taft. at a recent lunch I eon, displayed her displeasure openly I when cigarettes were passed. in Society at Capital Chicago. Major Allen is also an expert horseman, and with his daugliI ters. the Misses Jeannette and Desha j Allen, takes an active part in the I Hunt club of this city. The secretary 1 of the navy, George von L. .Meyer. Is ' another of the promoters of the scheme to "build" an ice pond. The Meyer family is from Massachusetts. 1 where nature, unassisted, keeps win! ter sports going for months. The I rimisrhtr-rs of the secrefnrv anH Mro Meyer are adepts in skating, which they learned in their native state, and in which they had a chance to exercise when they were living in St. Petersburg, to which capital their father formerly war, accredited by tho state department PARCELS POST RATE FINDER Indliponsnblo Inatantanwraa Tells at a. glance the parcel-post nun from roar locality tonnjr point Initio UbiM bu:?l Avoids confusion arising from "the tone ttjstetn"of distances. Automatically d-tcrmtne* postage required accord lug to weight ami tone. Three si vies, each Including a handsome8-color uia,- of the united Stales, ai*M Inches, and an ulumlnnm Kate Finder. -Frier:ipostage prepaid) plain pnncrnMip.60ccnts:cl thuuottnied map. 76 rents: wall type map, II. Order today. Kctult by postal money order. \T PARCELS POST RATE FINDER CO., b#l IIS Liberty st. N?w York City U Kodak Finishing a Cheapest prices on earth by I LlilffapCi photographic specialists. DeI veloping any roll film 5c. Prints I?C 2C and 4c. Mail your films to Dont. k parsons dptipai rn 244 KING ST^CHARLESTONr SO. CAROLINA MONEYnTRARPTNG B Wa tail yao kMt <t> i -9 I I pay Wat alrkcl prim. ^Wf,? NaT I writ* hrrtfliWH aad /BinM H weakly prlra llat. P. . R1BKI. * BOYS, IHII 1 LOriBTILLB, (Y. B I JAr^ I Daalaralw Para, Midaa. B| I I 9 Wart. Katabllakad 1?M. g W I BOYS AND GIRLS MEN AND WOMEN We want yon to work for ua. nnd wo will giro yon latito commlKslons. Our yondt are euay to ??ll. If yoti cannot work for tut. get ua a good agent, and we will give too 6t. coin ml salon on all tlielr sulea Addrewi YYOKI.II ST A MIA HI I MFti. COM I'AX Y,706 S Street N. W., Washington. I). C. Engaged people nre seldom as Insane as the neighbors think they are. As n summer lonir there iR no medicine that iuitc compares with OXIDINE. it not only miilds tip the system, hut taken regularly. prevents Malaria. Regular or Tasteless formula ut Druggists. Adv. a One-half the women in the world want to get thin; the other half want to ggt fat. Burduco Liver Powder. Nature's remedy for biliousness, constipation, indigestion and all stomnch diseases. A vegetable preparation, better than calomel and will not salivate. In screw top cans at 25o each. Harwell & Dunn Co., Mfrs., Charlotte, N. C. Adv. Silenced. Dr. Henry Van Dyke, the distinguished clergyman, has a neat way of silencing the censorious. At a luncheon in Princeton a certain bishop was being discussed, and a visitor said: "1 don't like the bishop. He 19 too much a man of the world to suit me." "Quite so." Dr. Van Dyke retorted quickly; "but which world, this or the next?" Looking After His Bait. Daniel and Harvey, two old, expert fishermen, were "still" fishing for trout in deep water, sitting with their backs together, when Daniel ucci dentally fell out of the boat nn'd went __ down. Harvey looked back and missed his companion, who at tliut moment appeared on the surface, pipe still in his mouth, shaking his wiskers profusely. Harvey?CSosh, Dan! I jest missed ye! Where ye been? ? nan?on. I Jes' wont down for tor soo if me bait wus all right.?Judge. ???"??????? DIFFERENT MEAT. Willie?We had the preacher for dinner yesterday. Tommy?We had roast beef. STEADY HAND. A Surgeon's Hand Should Be the Firnv. est of All. "For fifteen years 1 have suffered from insomnia, indigestion and nervousness as a result of coffee driuking," said a surgeon the other day. (Tea is equally injurious because it contains caffeine, the same drug found , in coffee). "The dyspepsia became so bad that I had to limit myself to one cup at ; breakfast. Even this caused mo to lose my food soon after I ate it. "All the attendant symptoms of indigestion, such as heart burnt palpitation, water brash, wakefulness or dis| turbed sleep, bad taste in the mouth, nervousness, etc.. were present to , such a degree as to incapacitate mo for my practice as a surgeon. - 1 i ^ iuo icsuii. ui it-uvuig un coneo and drinking Postum was simply marvelous. The change was wrought forthwith, my hand steadied and my normal condition of health was restored." Name given upon request. | Read tho famous little book, "The v ' Road to Wellville," In pkgs. "There's a reason." Postum now comes in concentrated, powder form, called Instant Postum. It is prepared by stirring a level teaspoonful in a cup of hot water, adding sugar to taste, and enough cream to bring the color to golden brown. Iustant Postum Is convenient; there's no waste; and the flavor is always uniform. Sold by grocers?50cup tin 30 cts., 100-cup tin 50 cts. A 5-cup trial tin mailed for grocer's name and 2-cent stamp for pastage. Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich. Adv. _