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' * -I A THE PEOPLE. BARNWELL, 8. C. - pt l # "ORIENTAL GOODS." SrnvpaU. — Captain Phlneas A P. Scrafga Mas grown up around the docka of San Francisco, and from moan bop on a river steamer, risen to the ownership of the steamer Mag ft* Since each annual In* spectloa promised to be the last of the old weatherbeaten vessel, Bcnaggs naturally has some diffi culty ts securing a crew. When the stsry opens, Adelbert P. Gib- ney, likable, but erratic, a man whom nobody but Scraggs would hire. Is the skipper, Neils Hatvor* sen, a solemn Swede, constitutes the forecastle hands, and Bart Mc- Guffey. a wastrel of the Glbney type, reigns In the engine room. With this motley crew and hls an cient vessel. Captain Scraggs Is engaged In freighting garden truck from Halfmoon bay to San Pranclsco. The Inevitable happens; the Maggie goes ashore In a fog. A passing vessel hailing the wreck. Mr. Glbney gets word to a towing company In San Pranclsco that the ship ashore Is the Yankee Prince, with premise of a rich salvage. Two tugs succeed la pulling the Maggie Into deep water, and she „ slips her tow lines and gets away In the fog. Furious at the decep tion practiced on them, Captains Hicks aad Flaherty, commanding the two tugboat* ascertain the Identity of the “Yankee Prince" and. fearing ridicule should the farts become known along the wa ter front, determine on personal vengeance. Their hostile visit to the Maggie results la Captain Scraggs promising to get a new boiler and make needed repairs to the steamer. S<mggs refuses to, fulfill hls promisee and Glbney and McOuffey ''strike**. With marvel ous luck, brraggs ships a fresh crew At the end of a few days of wild conviviality Glbney and McOuffey are stranded and seek their old positions on the Maggie. They are host<leiy received.' but re main Op their way to Ban Fren- rlsrn they sight n derelict and Glb ney and McOuffey swim to It- The »Hct proves to be the Fheea- richly laden. Its entire crew stricken with scurvy, ft raggs at tempts to low her In, but the Mag gie la unequal to the task and Glb ney and McOuffey. alone, sail the ship te San FV»ncle«-o, their sal vage money amounting to tl.AM apiece . Hls crew having deserted him. Captain Mcragga Induces them to return. At an “old horse" sale the three purchase two mysterious boies which they believe to con tain smuggled "Orletital Just to make it interestin’ an’ add a spice t’- th’ grand openin’. I’m willin’ to bet again my own best judgment aft’ lay you even money, Scraggsy, that it ain’t ginseng, bnt Oriental goods.” ‘Til go you flyg dollars. Just fr ■‘ducks,” responded Captain Scraggs heartily. ’’McOuffey to hold the stakes an’ decide the bet.” “Done,” replied Mr. Oihney. The money was placed in McGuffey’s hands, and a moment later, with a mighty effort, Mr. Glbney pried off the lid of the crate. Captain Scraggs had his head Inside the box a fifth of a second later. “Sealed sine box inside,” he an nounced. "Get a can opener, Gib, my boy.” “Ginseng, for a thousand.” mourned Mr. Gibney. “Scraggsy, you're five dollars of my roohey to the good. Gin seng always comes packed in atr-tlgbt boxes.r He produced a can opener from the cabin locker and fell to hls work on a corner of the hermetically sealed box. As he drove In the point of the can opener, he paused, hammer In hand, and cased soJemnly at Scraggs and MrGulTey. “Gentlemen.” (again McOuffey nodded approvingly) “do yoa know what a vacuum IsY’ Captain Scraggs “shut ap“ prompt ly, and contented himself with glower- tng nt Mr. Glbney. Tint mate oat down on the hatch coaming, lit h|s pipe, and gave himself up to medita tion for fully five minuses., at the end of which time McOuffey was aware that hit imagination was about to come to the front once more. “Well, gentlemen," (again McGuf- fey noijded approvingly) “JLfivt I get my twenty bucks back outer tfifein two Chinks;’’ be announced presently* “How’ll yer do it?” inquired McGuf- fey politely. “How’ll I do itf Easy aft failin’ through an open hatch. I’m a-goln’ t’ keep them two stiffs in th* boxes until dark, fin’ then I’m a-gein’ to take ’em out, bend a rope around their middle, drop ’em oferboard an* anchor ’em there ali night. I see th’ lad we opens up in No. 1 case has had a beau tiful job of embalmin’ done on him, hut if I let them soak alt night, like a mackerel, they’ll libber up an’ look kinder* fresh. Then first thing in th’ momln’ I’ll telephone th’ coroner am” tell him I found two floaters out In th’ bay an’ for him to. come an’ get ’em. I been along the waterfront long enough t’ know that th’ lad tha^ picks up a floater gets a reward o’ ten dol lars from th’ city. You can bet that Adelbert P. Glbney breaks even on th’ deal, all right.” “Gib, my dear boy,” said Captain Scraggs admiringly. *T apologize for my actions of a few minutes ago.. I was unstrung. You’re still mate o’ th’ American steamer Maggie, an’ as such, welcome to th’ ship. All I ask Is that you nail up your property, Glfc. an’ remove It from th’ dinin’ room table. 1 want to remind you, however, Gib. that aa shipmates me an’ McOuffey don’t stand for you shoulderin’ any loss on them two cases o’—Orients! goods. We was t* share th* gains. If any, an’ likewise th’ losses.” “That’s right.” said McOuffey. “fair an’ square. No bellyachin’ between shipmates. Me an’ Scraggs each owns ooe-thlrd o’ them diseased Chinks, an’ we each stands one-third o’ th’ lose, if any.” “But there won’t be no lose," pro tested Mr. Glbney. “Draysge chargee, 01b. d ravage charges. We give a man a dollar to plain wood box, labete ’em ‘Oriental goods,’ an* consigns ilm to the Gin Seng company, 714 Dupont street, San Francisco. Now, why are these two countrymen o’ yours shipped by freight —where, Iftjr the way, they goes astray, for some reason that I don’t know nothin’ about, an’ I tvbya ’em op at a old horse galar Gin Seng shrugged hls shoulders an<t replied that he didn’t understand. “You He," snarled Captain Scraggs. “You savey all right, you fat old Idol,' you! It’s because If the railroad com pany knew these two boxes contained dead corpses they’d a-soaked the rela tives, which is you, one full fare each from wherever these two dead ones cornea from, Just the same aa though they was alive an’ well. But you has ’em shipped by freight, an’ alms to spend a dollar an* thirty cents each on ’em, by markin’ ’em ’Oriental goods.’ Helluva way to treat a rela tion. Now, looky here, you bloody ^heatheu. It’Ll cost you Just five hun dred dollars to recover these two stiffs, an’ close my mouth. If you don’t come through I’ll make a belch t’ th’ newspapers an’ they’ll keel haul an’ akulldrag th’ Chinese Six Compa nies an’ the Hop Sing tong through the courts for evadin’ th* laws o’ th* Inter state commerce commission, an’ make ’em look like tnonkejra generally. An’ then th’ police’ll get wind of It. Savey, pollcee-man, you fat old murderer? Th’ price I’m askin’ Is cheap, Charley. How do I know but what thaae two poor hoys has been murdered In cold blood? There’s somethin' rotten In Denmark, my bully boy, an* you’ll save time an' trouble an' money by diggin' up five hundred dollars.” Gin Seng said he would go back to Chlnatoi'n and consult with hls com- paag« For reasons of hls own he was badly frightened. Scarce had ha departed before the watchful eye of Captain Scraggs ob served Mr. Glbney and McGuffey in the offing, a block away. When they came aboard they found Captain Scraggs on top of the house, seated on “I know,” replied the Imperturbable tow ’em down t’ th’ ship.” McGuffey. “A vacuum Is an empty "Forget It.” answered Mr. Glbney hole that ain’t got nothin' In It.” - ' magnanimously, “at^ let's go over an' “Correct.” said Mr. Glbney. “My a drink. I’m all shook up” head Is a vacuum. Me talkin' about - ,i ginseng root! Why. I must have wa- CHAPTER VIII. ter on the brain! Ginseng be dog- ___ goned I It’s opium ’" find either Mr. Glbney or McGuffey Captain Scragga was forced to grab been watching Captain Scraggs after the seat of hla chair In order to keep be had left them they would have tymsetf from Jumping up and clasp- tteen much puzzled to account for that Ing Mr. Glbney around the neck. worthy's actlona. First he dodged “Forty dollars a pound," he gasped, around the Mock Into Drumm street. I “Gib—Glh. my dear boy—you’ve made and then ran dow n Drumm to Callfor- | us wealthy—” rtla, where he rJImhed aboard ■ cable Quickly Mr. Glhney ran the can car and rode up Into Chinatown. Ar- opener around the edges of one comer riving at Duptmt street he alighted of the tine box. Inserted the daws of and walked up that Interesting thor- the hammer Into the opening, and | oughfare until he came to No. 714. CHAPTER V11—Continued. For an hour Mr. Glhney sat on the •tern hltta and ruminated over a few- advantageous plana that had occurred to him for the Investment of hls share of the deal should Scraggs and Mr- Guffey succeed In landing what Mr. I Glhney termed “the loot.” About eleven o'clock at# express wagon drove In on the dock, and the mate’s dreams were pleasantly Interrupted by a gleeful shout from t’aptaln Scragc*. on the lookout forward with the driver. Mc- GulTev >411 on ton, of the Urn aaasa 1 wTth hls legs dangling over the end of the wagon. He was the picture of contentment. , ' ' • Mr. Glhney flurried forward, threw out the gangplank, and assisted Mc Guffey In carrying both crates aboard the Maggie and Into her little cabin, t’aptalp Scraggs thereupon dismissed the .expressman, and all three part- tiers'gathered around the dining room table, upon which'the boxes rested. "Well, Sf’ruggsy, old phi. ofd hcout, old socks. I see you’ve delivered the floods,” said Mr. Glhney, batflng the skipper across the cabin with an affec tionate slap on the shoulder. “I did.” said Scraggs—and cursed Mr. - Glfiney’s demonstrativeness. “Here’? the hill o’ saje all regular. McGuffey has the change. That hunch o’ Israelites run th’ price up to $10.00 each or- these two crates .o’ ginseng, hut when they see we’re determined to haMe ’em an* ain’t Interested In nothin’ else, they lets ’em go to us. McGuffey, my dear hoy. whatever are you a-doln’ there—standln’ around with your teeth In your mouth? Skip down Into th’ engine room and bring up a hammer an’ n col’ chisel. We’ll open her^up an’ Inspect th’ swag.” Upon McGuffey’s return, Mr. Glbney look charge. He drove the chisel un der the lid of the nearest crate, and prepared to pry It loose. .Suddenly he paused. A thought had occurred to him. “Gentlemen,” he said (McGuffey ! with a quick, melodramatic twlat, bent I back the angle thus formed. Mr. Glhney waa the first to get a j peep inside. “Great snakes!” he yelled, and fell hack sgslnat the cabin wall. A hoarse scream of rag# and horror broke from Gaptaln Scraggs. In hls eagerness he He glanced at a sign over the door and was aware that he stood before the entrance to the offices of the Chinese Six Companies, sq he climbed upstairs and Inquired for Gin Seng, who prea- 1 ently made hls appearance. Gin Seng, a very nice, fat China man. arrayed In a flowing silk gown. had drlien ht* head so deep into the begged. In pidgin English, to know In box that he came within an Inch of | wl ,at manner he.couhrhe of sendee kissing what the box contained—which l happened to he nothing more nor leas than a dead Chinaman! Mr. McGnf- fey, always slow and unimaginative, shouldered the skipper aside, snd calmly surveyed the ghastly appari tion. “Twig the yellow beggar, will you. Gib?” said McGuffey; “one eye half open for all the world like he was winkin’ at us nrF enlovin’ ttr Inke 5- r ot i muscle twitched In McGuf fey’s Hibernian , Countenance. He .scratched his head for a moment, as h sort •if first aid to memory, then turned and handed Mr. Oihney ten dol lars. “You win, Gib. It’s Oriental goods, sure enough.” “Robber!” shrieked Captain Scraggs. and flew at Mr. Glbney’g throat. The sight reminded McGuffey of a terrier worrying* a mastiff. Nevertheless. Mr. Gibney was still so unnerved at the discovery of the horrible contents of the box that, despite hls gigantic pro portions. he was well-nigh helpless. “McGuffey, you swab,” he yellqd. “Pluck this maritime outlaw off my neck, tearln’ my windpipe out by th’ roots.” * McGuffey choked Captain Scraggs until he reluctantly let go Mr. Glbney, whereupon ail three fled from the cab in as from a pestilence, and gathered, “Me heap big captain, allee same ship,” began Captain Scraggs. “Oft hoard ship two China boj^s have got.” (Here Captain Scraggs winked know- I Ingly.) “China boy no speak Kng- | llah—” “That being the case,” Interposed Gin Seng. “I presume that you and I understand each other, so let's cut out the pidgin. English. Do | under-. srfnnfl TTT!T^PTfll r A?»‘ eocaec^ In evadfng the Immigration laws?” “Exactly,” Captain Scraggs managed to gasp, ns soon as he could recover from hls astonishment. “They shbwed the yonr name-an’ address, an’ they won’t leave th’ shin, where I got ’em locked up In my cabin, until you come, an' take ’em away. Couple o' rela tives of yours, I should imagine.” Gin Seng smiled his bland Chinese smile, He had frequent dealings with ship masters engaged In the danger ous, though lucrative, trade of smug gling Chinese Into the United States, and while he had "not received advice of this particular shipment, he decided to go with Captain Scraggs to Jackson street bulkhead and see If he could not be of some use to his countrymen. As Captain Scraggs and*hls Chinese companion approached the wharf the skipper glanced warily about. He had small fear that either Glhney or Mc Guffey would show up for an hour, for you, you bloody-handed ragpicker. I podded-hla—head—appfovlwgtyjT “this -suppose that" otheY ' case contains an angry and disappointed group, outs he knew that Mr. Glbney had money Iqjhls possession. However, he decided to take no chances, an$ scouted the vicinity Yhorouglvly before venturing aboard the Maggie. These actions servet’ but to Increase the rfespect of Gin Seng for the master of the Maggie and confirmed him in hls belief that the Maggie was a smuggler. Captain Scraggs took hls visitor In side, the little cabin, carefully locked and bolted tlie door, lifted the zinc flap back from the top of the crate of “Oriental goods’’ and displayed the on deck. “Opium!” Jeered Captain Scraggs, with tears of rage In hls voice. "Gin seng! You and yqur Imagination, you swine, you! Get off my ship, you louf! or I’ll murder you,” Mr. Glbney hung hls head. „ “Scraggsy—an’ you, too, McGuffey— I got to admit that this here Is one on Adelbert P. Glbney, J—I—” “<rh, hear him,” shrilled Captain Scraggs. "One on him!. It’s two on world Is full o’ sorrers an’ disappoint' menti, an’ It may well be that these two cases don’t contain even so mpeh as a amell^o’ ginseng after fill. It may be that they are really Oriental goods. What I want distinctly under stood Js this: no matter what’s Inside, we shaf* equally In the profits, even Jf they turn out to he losses. That’s understood sn’ agreed to. ain’t It?" * Captain Scraggs and-MrGuffey Indi cated that It was: ^ "“There’s a element o*“m>'stery about these, two boxes,” continued Mr. OWv ney. “that fascinate# roe. They sets my Imagination a w»*rkln’ an' Jogglqg opium, too! If there ain't another dead corpse In No. 2 case I hope tny teeth may drop overheatd." “Shut up!” bellowed Mr. Glbney, In a towering rage. “What howl have you got cornin'? They’re my China men. ain’t they? I paid for ’em tike a man, didn’t I? All right, then. I’ll keep them two Chinamen. You two ain't out a cent yet, an’ as for this five I wins off you. Scraggs, It's blood up all my sportin' toaUncts. New. CelesUsls." money; .that's what It la, sn’ I hereby , obliged. Now, what I. want ta know give* It'hack to yon. Now, quit‘yFK^Ts^wTiaT Hie Hop Sing tong means by whinin’, or by the tall o' the Great nh'pping the departed brethren Jiy Sacred Boll, I’ll lock you up all night j freight? They go to work an’ fix ’em Iq th* cabin along o’ them two defunct | up nice so's they'll keep, packs ’em "Wall fl* tcraggay." an upturned Are bucket, smoking pen sively and gazing arroes the bay with an assumption of lamblike Innocence on hls fox face. He soon departed, but Mr. Glhney was suspicious. “He’s got hls lines fast somewhere—you can . hank on lhaV” wmmiktmmmmmtm; “While w*" was as ay he rigged up some kind of a deal. Hart. It stands to reason It was a mighty profitable deal. too. My Imagination may he a hit off the course at times. Hart, hut in general. If there’s a dead whale floatin’ around the ship ! can smell It." “What' do you make out o’ that fat Chinaman cruisin’ down the bulkhead In an express wagon an’ another China man settln’ up on the bridge with him?” McGuffey demanded. "Seems to me they’re cornin’, bows on, for the Maggie." “They tell me to deduct somethin’. Rart. Walt a minute .till we see If they’re cornin’ aboard. If they are—" “They’re goln”' to make a landin’, Gib." “—then I deduct that this body- snatchln’ Scraggs—” ^ “They’re boardin’ us, Gib.” “—has arranged with yon fat China man to relieve us o’ the unwelcome presence of hls defunct friends. He’s gone an’ hunted up the relatives an' made ’em come across—that’s what he’s done. The dirty, low, schemin’ granddaddy of all the foxes in Chris tendom ! I’ll fish around an’ see what Agger Scraggs charged him ” and Mr. Glbney stepped to the rail to meet Gin Seng, for It was. Indeed he. “Sow-see, sow-see, hun-gay,” Mr, Glbney saluted- the Chinaman In a facetious 4 tempt to talk the latter’s language. “Hello, there, John China man. How’s your liver? Captain he alle same get -tired ; he no waitee; Wha’s raallah, John. Too long time you no come. You heap lazy all time." Gift Seng smiled hls bland. Inscruta ble Chinese smile. “You ketchum two China hoy In box?" he queried. “We have." boomed McGuffey, "an’ beautiful specimens they he.” “No money, no China boy,” Glbney added firmly. “Money have got. Too mnehee mon ey you wantee. No can da Me pay two hundred dollah. Five hundred dol- lah heap moctree Ha have got.” “Nothin’ doin’, John. Five hundred dollar* an’ not 1 penny leas. Pm up ’he dough or heat 1L” Gin Seng expoatulated. lied, evaded, coffin. Inside a a lea and all hat ««pt* bat Mr. Gibney wan obdurate and eventually the Chton- man paid over the money and departed with the remains of hie countrymen. ”1 knew he’d come through, Bart," Mr. Glbney declared. “They got to ship them stiffs to China to rest along- side their ancestors or be In Dutch with the spenits o’ the departed for ever after." “Do we hare to spilt this swag with that dirty Scraggs7' McGuffey wanted to know, “geeln* aa bow he tried to give us the double croes—’’ "We’ll fix Scraggsy--all ehlp-ahape an* legal so’s he won’t have no come back.” They had not long to wait Upon hls arrival at Gin Seng’s place of busi ness Captain Scraggs had been In formed that Gin Seng had gone ont twenty minutes before, and further In quiry revealed that he had departed In an express wagon. Consumed with misgivings of disaster, Scraggs re turned to the Maggie as fast aa the cable car and hla legs could carry him. In the cabin he found Mr. Glhney and McGuffey playing crlbbage. They laid down their hands as Scraggs entered. - Mr. Glbney begafi at once: “To show you what a funny world this la. while me an’ Bart’s settln' on deck a-waltln’ for you to come back, along breezes a fat old Chinaman in an ex press wagon an’ offers to buy them two cases of Oriental goods. He makes me an* Mac what we considers a fair offer. Lemme see, now.” he continaed. and got out a stub of lead pencil with which he commenced figuring on the white oilcloth table cover. “Wa paid twenty dollars for them two derelicts an* a dollar towage. That’s twenty- ona dollars, an’ a third o’ twenty-one Is seven, an' seven dollars from twen ty-five leaves eighteen dollars cornin' to you. Here’s your eighteen dollars. Scraggsy, you lucky old vagabond—all clear profit on a neat day's work, no expense, no inveotment. no back-break- In’ Interest chargee or overhead, an* sold out at your own Agger ” Captain Scraggs' face was a stud; In conflicting emotions as he raked In the eighteen dollars. "Thanks, Gib," be said frigidly. “Me an' Gib’s goto* ashore for lunch at the Marigold cafis.” McGuffey an nounced presently, tn order to break the horrible alienee that followed Scmggsy * crushing defeat. "I’m will in' to spend some o' my profits on the deal an' blow you to a lunch with a small bottle O’ Dago Red thrown In. How about It. Scraggs?” . “I’m on." Scraggs sought to throw off Ills gloom snd appear sprightly. “What’d you peddle them two cadavers for. Olbr Mr. Ulboay grinned broadly, but did not anseer. In affect, hla grin In formed Scraggs that that waa none of the latter’s huslnsos—and Scraggs as similated the hint. “Well, at any rata. Gib. whatever you soaked him. It was a mighty good sale an’ 1 congratulate you. I think mebhe I might ha' done a little hotter myself, but then It ain’t every day a feller can turn an elghteen-dollar trick on a corpse.” “Clmin’ to lunch with ns?” McGnf- fey oemanded. ,. “Sure. Walt a minute till I run forward an’ see If the lines Is all fast* He stepped out of the cabin nnd presently Glbney and McGuffey were conscious of a rapid succession of thuds on the deck. Glbney winked at McGuffey. • “Nother new hat gone to h—L" mur mured McGuffey. BEFORE m CHILDBIRTH Mr*. WaiiuM T*n»- How Lydia E. Pinkh»m’»V egrtabh Compound Kept Her . in Health Overpeck^O.—“ LjdiaE. PfakWd Vegetable Compound helped me both before and after wet baby waa botm. I •offered with back' ache, headache, waa generally ran down and weak. I aaw Lydia E. Ptnkham’a Vagatabla Con*- pound advertised hi the newapapara aad decided to try it Now I feel fine, taka care of my two boya and do my own wen. I recommend your madidne to aayoam who is ailing. Too may pobHahmytaaM- monial if you think it wul help otbsra. — Mr*. Caeiub WiLUAMa, Orarpeck, OUa For more than forty year* LydM & Pink ham’s Vegetable Compound haa been restoring woman to health wha •offered from in* manta, backachaa, down pains, nenmuaneas Today there is hardly a hi the United Stataa woman doaa net real da who haa baas mad* well by it. That ia why Lydia £ Pinkham’s vegetable Compound ia 1 recognised as 1 USE SLOANS TO EASE LAME BACIS Y OU cart do yam baat whsft your hack aad a very amsda ache* with fatkue. Apply Sloaa'a Linlawl treaty, •ad rmbimg, and enjoy a panel glow of warmth and Good far the altar cflecta of For r forty yaars pain’s enemy. Ask neighbor. Kmf Sbm’t mmi}. At an druggists—J5c, 70c, $1.40. % Liniment "Th* job thst ewafrents ns is te get rks'e menltleas down ta ear friends ia Mszice.’* face of the dead Chinaman. Also he pointed to the Chinese characters on the wooden Tld of the- crate. ’ “What does these hen scratches mean7’.demanded Scraggs. “This man I? named Ah Ghow and he belongs to the Hop Sing tong." "How- about hls pal here?” ^"That man Is evidently Ng Chong Yip. He Is also a Hop Sing man.” Captain Scraggs wrote It down. “AU right," he said cheerily; “much CraWCONflttbEU) MIND HYPNOTIZED BY SIGNS Jr Ons Reason Why City Man Fails te Familiariz* Himself With tha Town's Landmarks. "Do you know why It Is so hard t » keep landmarks In your head In the city these days 7’ asked the old- timer. "It Is something that has bothered me a great deal. I can remember that up .to ten or twenty years ago I never had any trouble remembering that on such and such a corner waa a three story building with a wabbly tin cornice. On another corner waft a yellow warehouse, etc. “But a fellow doesn’t remember these things any more unless he makes It a duty. I mean that the mind is no longer Impressed photographically with the appearance of buildings—o» vacant lots. ’The reason Is the advertising slgng that assault the eye wherever on* looks. The letters of the alphabet ai\ 'so familiar to the eye that-when w« see a sign the eye at once begins trao Ing the letters.* This doesn’t meaa that we read all these signs. Our eys Is just unconsciously attracted to th* familiar type—and this type Is about all It sees on a building or a vacant lot. — ' T don’t refer only to sign boarda The merchants nowadays, particularly The smaller merchants, fill thelf win dows with signs of all desciiptlona The names of the stores are lettered all across buildings. , The result Is we remember neither building nor sign.” SQUEEZED When the body begins to stiffen and movement becomes painful It is usually an indication that tha kidneys are out of order. Keep these organs healthy by taking GOLD MEDAL Tha world’s standard remedy for iridney, Uvsr, bladder and uric add troublaai Famous sine# 1690. Taka regularly aad kssp in good health. In thrs* dees, all druggists. Guaranteed ^ as represented. Leak far As GsM Modal so svarr has For CROUP, COLDS, . INFLUENZA 4k PNEUMONIA MotWr, «SmI4 kacy a af SraaTt a. Wfeaa Cway. laf 1 tbfc Mlrfcfai taha Ingratitude Always Monstrous. Ingratitude Is monstrous; and for the multitude.to be ungrateful were-ta make a monster of the multitude.— Shakespeare. Bridge Cable Woven In Plaeo. The eighteen-inch cable of - the Brooklyn bridge was worm In place It would have been practically Im possible ts hoist it to Its posit iso what PLUGTOBA Known as ‘that good kind c Iry it-and you wul know why Mitchell A ~ • E s •V'v