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THIEF ANSWERSA SENDS BACK RING WRITES HE IS SORRY HE CANNOT RETURN REST OF THE PLUNDER. LIKES TO SEE A GOOD LOSER - .--- Burglar Slips into Home of St. Louisan t While He Is Dressing-Lat ter Willing to Dicker for Goods. h NOTICEI.-T" Ti l' l a)liBINi \ RESl d e "c c f i " . . ". ik'. , 1 .i a r a bt ui n - evard. 1Cold l , t.ili t ril tn n arty thing your rI. u a;: i i g i d band wod- y ding ring'- ,,t 1.i ýaluc to ,tl any . You ar . ltily a p "peach"' at the gamie ,r :. k,''l . 'St. Louis.- In ri lonse to Fterd A. Beneke's want ad. in an evening pa per the daili;iht lbulrglarl who robbed his home on Flora boulevard, has re turned the plain gold wedding ring. Btr. Beneke rteceti\'tv a letter from the burglar congratulalting him on being a good loser and inclosilig the z'ing. The burglar slipped into Mr. lien eke's home ithile Mrs. Ileneke was dressing to visit a friend. lie took ($00 worth of jewelry belonging to Mrs. Beneke, including her wedding ring. Mr. Beneke inserted a want ad. in the paper, soliciting the return of the ring, and co']gratulating the burglar on being a "peach" at his trade. Mrs. Beneke was delighted when the postman handed her a letter bear lng a St. Louis postmark, which showed at a glance that it contained the ring. Mr. lBeneke, who had not started to his office when the letter was delivered, opened the envelope and found the following message: The letter was written in a dis pglsed back hand, and seemed to be the work of a man of some education. As soon as Mr. Beneke got to his ,oee he prepared another want ad. soliciting an interview with the burglar to negotiate for the return dt the rest of the jewelry. S p,,lBt,ouis, Mo. (no date.)-Mr. F. A. Wailke.-Dear Friend: Inclosed please rad ring which you seem to be anxious to recover. I regret to state that the unfortunate coadition of my finances will not per .mit me to return the rest of the stuff, as He Took $700 Worth of Jewelry. you seem to be a good loser, and any thing I do. like to see is a good loser. As I stated, I would like to return the rest, but that would be imoossible now. as a good portion of it has already been disposed of. There is not much use of you or the police trying to locate either me or the Utuff, as I am pretty safe and the stones ire being remounted in a different setting by a friend of mine. Well, this is all for this time, but will write soon. With best wishes and kindest regards, I remain. THE DAYLIGHT MARAUDER. P. 8.-- guess you are pretty sore, and if you had a-hold of me would see that I got about five years. Well, I will try not to give you that pleasure, as that is my lut piece of work of that kind. I am going to 0Work. Can you get me a job? Having obtained results from the hrst want ad. Mr. Beneke thinks it poisible that the burglar may see the error of his ways and agree to return the remainder of the jewelry. He says in the want ad.: NOTICE.-TO THE THIEF ROBBIp - the r.sidence of Fred A. Beneke, 3&26 Flora boulevard, last Friday: Ring re * eCeived safely. Many thanks, old man. You are all right. Any chance to nego tiate for the return of all or part of the stuff? Can't we talk it over a good old bottle? I will give you a square deal; You can take my word for it. Can't prom tue about the job you want, however. Fred A. Beneke, 1026 Chestnut street. "I believe the burglar is a young man of some education and refine - aet, who is perhaps in hard luck," -ai- Mr. Beneke. Were Towed by a Whale. New York.-Six whalermen from New Bedford. Mass., long given up fot dead, were brought safe to land here Y' by the White Star liner Celtic. O, March 10, off the west coast of Africa) Antone Penna, third mate of the bri& " ullivan, and his boat's crew of fivw Ien were carried so far by a whale 4 to which they had made fast that the ahip's lookout lost them in the twi light With only one day's rations iud no water the boat drifted six daya - before they were picked up by the .i. Steamer Max Brock, so weakened that they had to be carried on board. The rock put them ashore at Teneriffe &cd they had the rest of the time imaking their way home. Penna has wife and three children who had -l hope ol seeing him sgain. SURPRISED AT THE SCHEDULE. Colored Man Felt He Was Being Rail roaded Into the Class of an "High Financiers." Sic A colored man was tried the other nt day before a ('harlestown court for stealing some clothing. trout a young white mnn. A pretty clear case was made out against the colored man and he c tnfessed. "I reckon I nin't got nothin' to say, white folks," he said with humility, "'cptin' hit's jes laik it is." "Well, since you admit your guilt." said the judge, "I will try to make it light for you. But first we will have in to get an estimate of the value of the in clothing. Mr. Plaintiff. what do you Iy` value these articles at"?" "The dress suit cost me $80, your T1 honor," replied the young man, the overcoat $7: and the silk hat $10." so "MIr. ledge," broke in the accused, "I'd Ink ter say des one word befo' you goes any fudder." "All right: go ahead." "I submit dat I tuk denl clo'es, boss man, but at no sicih ptrices as dem!" TOLD TO USE CUTICURA. i After Specialist Failed to Cure Her In. ti tense Itching Eczema-Had Been Tortured and Disfigured But Was Soon Cured of Dread Humor. , "I contracted eczema and suffered Intensely for about ten months. At times I thought I would scratch my- t self to pieces. My face and arms were covered with large red patches, so n that I was ashamed to go out. I was advised to go to a doctor who was a specialist in skin diseases, but Is received very little relief. I tried d every known remedy, with the same results. I thought I would never get bet. ter until a friend of mine told me to try the Cuticura Remedies. So I tried them, and after four or five applications of Cuticura Ointment I was relieved of i my unbearable itching. I used two r' sets of the Cuticura Remedies, and I e am completely cured. Miss Barbara Kral, Highlandtown, Md., Jan. 9, '08." Poter Drug & Chem. Corp., Bole Props, Boston. A NEW "FEAT." "Mummy! Mummy! look, here's baby walking on his hind legs." A Gentle Aspersion. Among the prisoners brought before a Chicago police magistrate one Mon day morning was one, a beggar, whose face was by no means an unfamiliar one to the judge. "I am informed that you have again been found begging in the public streets," said his Honor, sternly, "and yet you carried in your pocket over ten dollars in currency." "Yes, your Honor," proudly returnedl the mendicant. "I may not be as indus trious as some, but sir. I am no spend thrift."-Harper's Weekly. One Cause of Neck Boils. Neck boils come with the sweaty season. Many people have large hair pores on the back of the neck. The sweaty starched collar rim is good culture soil for boil and carbuncle germs, which get rubbed into the large hair follicles or sacks, producing a painful, sometimes dangerous spreading crop. HOME TESTING A Sure and Easy Test on Coffee. To decide the all important ques lion of coffee, whether or not it is really the hidden cause of physical als and approaching fixed diseases, one should make a test of ten days by leaving off coffee entirely and using well-made Postum. If relief follows you may know to a certainty that coffee has been your vicious enemy. Of course you Scan take it back to your heart again, if you like to keep sick. A lady says: "I had suffered with Sstomach trouble, nervousness and :ter rible sick headaches ever since I was a little child, for my people were al 9 ways great coffee drinkers and let us - children have all we wanted. I got Sso I thought I could not live without coffee, but I would not acknowledge Sthat it caused my suffering. "Then I read so many articles about Postum that I decided to give it a fair trial. I had not used it two weeks in place of coffee until I began to feel like a different person. The headache and nervousness disappeared and whereas I used to be sick two or three days out of a week while drinking cof fee 1 am now well and strohg and sturdy seven days a week, thanks to Postum. S "I had been using Postum three e months and bad never been sick a day when I thought I would experi. ment and see If it really was coffee that caused the trouble, so I began to drink coffttee again and inside of a e week I had a sick spell. I was so ill 1 was soon convinced that coffee was the cause of all my misery and I went back to Postum with the result that SI was soon well and strong again and o determined to stick, to Postum and leave coffee alone in the future." Read the little book, "The Road to !e Wellville," In pkgs. "There's aReasoLn." e Ever read the above lettert A mew oner ppears from time to time. TheT are igenu i e, tr and falU of huma Interest. WHY PEOPLE SUFFER. Too often the kidneys are the cause ver and the sufferer is not aware of it. to Sick kidneys bring backache and side pains, lameness and stiffness, dizzi- tur ness, headaches, tired feeling, urinary troubles. Doan's Kid- op, '~ neCy Pills cure the ipr cause. Mrs. N. E. bit S- av e s, Villisea, Iowa, says: "1 suf - fered from kidney ke trouble for years. The secretions were to disordered, t I e r e bit were pains in my back and swellings lilk of the ankles. Often I had smother- oh ing spells. I had to be helped about. I)oan's Kidney Pills cured me five years ago and I have been well since. They saved my life." Remember the name-Doan's. For hus sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box. 1(. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. New England English. Comlplaint was imalde to a local man a by one of his employes that Iboys who were s\\ilunling in a ponr(d were caus ing quite a nuisance. The owner of IL the property gave the Iman the privi- R< lege of putrting uli a sign, as he had li asked permission to do it. The no lice reads as follows: "No Lofting or Sw'immuig on Theas R Growns-Order by ---. If ('atched R Law Will be Forced."'l-erkshire I Courier. E Position Had Drawbacks. Poet (to his practical friend)-Ts there anytlhing more beautiful than to st see those magnificent swans Iloat w upon the lake's silver surface? I low 1 would love to be like them!" '' "What! Go around with one's w stomach on that cold water all the day? Not for me. thank you." Serial No. 701. si When Uncle Sa went ot ot after fake tdrugQn antd ratcut ,cdw'ines. 1)r. ftt lls Eyii e ie b Salve with never a change itn fo'iruula ""r label at onlce registered sland r-c.ei\v'l Se- a: rial No. 711. The intlhrence of Dr. Mitch- iu' ell's Evre Salve has ever spread thrrough it hone-t merit. I ntailing cgure for sore, weak anti inflame eyes-. Pric'e 25 cents. Spectacular Oil Fire. The most spectacular fire ever wit nessed in the oil industry was at one of the Des Bocas wells in Mexico. About 60,000 barrels of oil were burned up daily for nearly two months. The flames rose to heights of 800 to 1,400 feet. They Are All Pleased. g "By experience I have found your L Hunt's Lightning Oil to be a great 11 pain and sprain reliever. I am very much pleased with it." C. C. COOK, Halletsville, Texas. 25c and 50c bottles. * 5 IA Flowers. f Flowers have an expression of coun tenance as much as men or animals; some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others, again, are plain, hon est and upright like the broad-faced Ward Beecher. a Important to Mothere, I Examine carefully every bottle of r CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it 1 Bears the Signature of 4 In Use For Over :30 Years. The (ind You Have Always RBought Encouraging. V "Tell me frankly, sir, what do you r think of my daughter's voice?" e "Well, madam, I think she may Shave a brilliant future in water-color e painting." g A Rare Good Thing, "Am using ALLEN'S FUO'T-EASE. and Scan truly say I would not have been with out it so long, had I known thie relief it would give my aching feet. I think it a rare good thing for anyone having sore or tired feet.-Mrs. Matilda Holtwert, Providence. R. I." Sold by all Druggists, 25c. Ask to-day. SIn It. a "I'll tell you what, I like a friend .l who is a friend in need." ", "Then ,you ought to love me. I'm V always in need."-Kansas City Star. For Headache Try Hicks' Capudine. O Whether from Colds, Heat, Stomach or Nervous troubles, the aches are speedily B relieved by Capudine. It's Liquid-pleas a ant to take-Effects immediately. 10, 25 and 50c at Drug Stores. In Spain. h "I wonder if raising bulls for fights r- is profitable?" is "I guess it is a toss-up." 1- ------- rs Why is it called Spearmint? Because )t of the spear on every package. See it it or keep your nickel. e The greatest help to overcoming mistakes is acknowledging them. Burrows. F PERRY DAVIS' PAINKILLER Forasuddenhillorcold (instead of whiskey) use Painkiller. Forcolleodiarrhea and summercromplaint e this medicine never fails. L25c, Scor 60 bottles. Ld No man is so insignificant as to be e sure his example can do not hurt. f Renan. to Real or counterfeit? Real mint leaf flavored Wrlgley's Spearmint or rank ee imitations? Every one has his place and voca tion on this earth.-Gladstone. Mf Mtre, Winslow's 8oothlng Syrup. For children seething, softens the gums, reduces ta * flsammation, alays pain. cunres windcolio. 2ca botte. as Only a putty life is afraid of being nt worn out. IY* SlI. Prematp *i 0 fU Uth , U rl ly,1 PSI hairS. UY "LA ORC OLEN" HAIR RISTORER.o PRICE, $1A% ISISIL Saving Her Blushes. "I have here," said the young in 'entor, "a device that will be a boon o the typists." "'What is it?" asked the manufac' urer of typewriters. '.It's an extra key. Whenever the )perator canl't spell a word( she 'rtiests this key and it makes a slur'" Old and True. 'For fifteen years I have constantly epQt a supply of Hunt's Cure on hind o use in all cases of itching skin trou ile. For Eczema, Ringworm and the ] ike it is peerless. 1 regard it as an old friend and a true one." MRS. EULA PREISLAD, 50c per box. Greenfield, Tenn. Laymen Combat White Plague. Ac\cording to recent figures pub lished by the National Association (for the Study and Prevention of Tu- I herculosis, nearly 50 per cent. o' those enlisted in the active c'alllpaign against consuilmption are layinlen, and( the percentage of laymen has tripled in the last four years. Rough on Rats, unbeatable exterminator Rough on Hen Lice, Nest Powder, 25c. Rough on Bedbugs, Powder or Liq'd, 25c. gi Rough on Fleas, Powder or Liquid, 23. to Rough on Roaches, Pow'd, 15c.,Iiq'd,25c. Rough on Moth and Ants. Powder, 25c. Rough on Skeeters, agreeable to use,25c. fe E. S. Wells, Chemist, Jersey City, N. J. ha sti A Probable Theory. w "T''ruth," renmarked the :lhilosopher, sententiously, "lies at the bottom of a tr well." 'l'hat accounts," said1 the scynic, dry- re ly, "for the fact that so much of the th w(ell watel' is (contalliinati".. in With a smooth iron and Defiance Starch, you can launder your shirt- at waist just as well at home as the steam laundry can; it will have the proper stiffness and finish, there will be less wear and tear of the goods, and it will be a positive pleasure to tl use a Starch that does not stick to the C] iron. Consistently Opposed. "That actor is a queer fellow, as con tradictory as he can be even in his roles." "What do you mean?" "At present he is playing a crooked character in a straight drama." Howdy! How's your liver? If not in first class condition, doing full duty and giving entire satisfaction Simmon's Liver Purifier will fix it so you'll think it's gone-its troubles will be gone. Put up in tin boxes only. Price 25c per box Where Trouble Is Found. Wigwag-I never knew such a fel low as Bjones! He is always looZing for trouble." Henpeckke--Then, why doesn't he = get married?-Philadelphia Record. A Physician at Home Is Dr. Biggers Huckleberry Cordial. It al ways cures Stomach and Bowel Troubles, Children Teething, etc. At Druggists, 25c and 50c per bottle. One trouble with the habitually crooked man is that he never knows which way he is turning. Certainly not! The flavor won't last unless it's real Wrigley's Spearmint with a spear on every wrapper. Use your little hammer for nailing lies, but don't be a knocker. DODDS PILI SNKEYo bq ýRHE ýM -r15 GM ' 1 SICK HEADACHE Positively cured by CARTIRS these Little Pills. They also relieve Die digestion and Too Hearty i VE ating. AA perfet rem edy for Dizziness, Nwu" PlLS sea, Drowsiness, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Coat ed Tongue, Pain in the Side, TORPID LIVER. They regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable SHALL PILL, SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE, Genuine Must Bear Fac.Simile Signature TLE SREFUSE SUBSTITUTES. WRIa LEY'S Life has one great purpose, the growth of character.-Wesley. What flavor lasts? The real mint flavor in Wrigley's Spearmint. The battle without goes as goes the battle within. AFTER FOUR YEARS OF MISERY Cured by Lydia E. Pink= ham's Vegetable Compound Baltimore, Md.--" For four years my life was a misery to me. I suffered from irregulari ties, terrible drag. ging sensations, extreme nervous ness, and that all gone feeling in my stomach. I had given up hope of J: ever being well Swhen I heorgan to take Lydia E.l'i lk. ham's Vegetabhle Comnpound. 'I'iun I fe lt as thouj1i new life had Ibten given me, and I am rec(ommcnding it to all my friends."--Mrs. W. S. F',)l), 1)93S Lansdowne St., lIaltimore, -Md. The most successful remedy in this country for the cure of all forms of female complaints is Lydia " Pink ham's yVgetable Compound. It has stood the test of years and to-day is more widely and successfully used tihan any other female remedy. It has cured thousands of women wiho have been I troubled with displacements, inltlam mation, ulceration, fibroid tumors, ir regularities, periodic pains, backache, that bearing-down feeling, flatulerly, indigestion, and nervous prostration, after all other means had failed. If you are suffering from any of these ailments, don't give up hope until you have given Lydia E. Pinklham's Vege table Compound a trial. If you would like special advice write to MIrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, for it. She has guided thousands to health, free of charge. Saves Time-Saves Money NO STROPPING NO HONING KNOWN THE WORLD OVER KER'S HAIR BALSAM Cleanw and be utifb the hair. Never N lUs to Restore G09m Emir to its Youthful Color. Cunrs scalp dlre e & h1lt fallnj Cand ! i i W. N. U., HOUSTON, NO. 30-1909. AI Shirt Bosoms, Collars and Cuffs LAUNDERED WITH S. Starch never crack nor be come brittle. They last twice as long as those laundered with other starches and give the wear er much better satisfaction. If you want your husband, brother or son to look dressy, to feel comfortable and to be thoroughly happy use DEFIANCE SSTARCH in the laundry. It is sold by all ° good grocers at ioc a pack age--16 ounces. Inferior starches sell at the same price per package but con tain only 12 ounces. Dote the difference. Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE STARCH. Insist on getting it and you will never use any other brand. Defianes Starch Company, Omaha, Nob. U1 Oth VMAY' PENtETR ATES Famous English Detcctive Tries to Catch the French Gentleman Criminal Irl'f,tt','t,:t ýI I t .; t I ,. ~ ] t h lllI.i'n .' , t:n. r , I Short Stc:ies Z'je ! f t iNr:. ,. i, . I--,t st... I i ii l ',ix i, , t',,;i," .u . i i' sp' Ti lw r ..y . i;' ll ,, i ";it I . . T I. rtilI lrct' r uh n,:," : s i st t,, k,'t rt-,,nittg liuglh-h tl,'tt, le, t '. S'id (.; 8 .. f tr C 1{ats , bra, ption ing,am usiiiii. lilliti. E rl' rv \ iilttitlih. to .:'a re are m ll ,t'r,er , f ; , . , ri-t ,. t,,rt -tiriel printed in isi, star It , p, I",rv nt ews deale( r can li:aiinlli vir sil-, 'rlllliir , Short S: ries Company, Ltd. 135 East 16th Street Ntw York Cilt TOILET ANTISEPTIG - NOTHINC LIKE IT FOR THE TEETH Paxtin" exce, anydentif removing tartar Ironm the te :th, Lsitder destroyirn all germs of decay and dease which ordnuar tooth preparations cannot do. THE MOUTH w uads a esth mouth. and throat, purifies the breath, and kdls the geann which collect in the mouth, canung sore throat. bad teeth, bad breath, grippe, arid much sickness. THE EYES ,when inflamed, tIled, ache THE EYES and burn, lmay be int3lantd relieved and strengthened by Paxtine. CATABRRH Paxtine will destroy the gerrm CATARH that cause cat.rrlh, heal the in. fiammation and stop the dische:ge. It is a sui remedy for uterine catarrh Paxtine is a harmless yet powerful germicidedisinfeaant and deodorizer. Used in bathing it destroys odors and leaves the body antiseptically clean. FOR SALE AT DRUG STORESS5OC. OR POSTPAID BY MAIL. LARGE SAMPLE FREE! Su, PAXTON TOILET CO.. BO8TOI. MA8S Bad Taste in your mouth removed while you wait-that's true. A Cas" caret taken when the tongue is thick - coted with the nasty squeamish feeling in stomach. brings relief. It's easy, natural way to help nature help you.. v CASCARITS--soc box-week's tre-- ' ment. All druggists. Biggest seller in the world. Million boxes a month. I-------- UM V _90