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By GEORGE BARR M'CUTCHEON Copyright. 1908. by Dodd. Nud 4L Co. CHAPTER XXIII. THE I 01 THE DISQUIETING END OF POKO. JATER on be and Depplngbam visited tbe underground cham ber. accompanied by Mr. Brltt. They found tbat the door to the passage bad been blowu away by the terrific concussion. The subterra nean passage at this place was com pletely filled with earth and stone. Depplnghitra stared at tbe closed inouth of the passage. "They've cut off our exit, but they've also secured us from Invasion from this source. 1 wonder Jf the beggars were clever enough to carry the plunder above the flood line. If not they've had their work for nothing." "Sellui says there is a cave near the mouth of the passage." said Chase. "The tunnel comes out halfway up the side of the mountain overlooking the sea. and the hole is very carefully screened by the thick shrubbery. Trust Von Blitz to do the safe thing." "I don't mind Von Blitz escaping so much. Chase," said his lordship ear nestly, "as 1 do tbe unfortuhate clos ing of what may have been our way to leave tbe chateau In the end." "Vou must think ine an ungrateful fool," said Cbase bitterly. He had al ready stated his position clearly. "Not at all, old cbap. Don't set that Into your bead. I only meant that a hole in tbe ground Is worth two war ships that wou't come when we need 'em." Chase looked up quickly, "You don't believe tlin' I can call tbe cruisers'!" '"Ob, come now. Chase I'm not a denimed native, you know." The other grinned amiably. "Well, you just wait, as the boy says." After satisfying themselves that there was uo possibility of the enemy ever being able to enter the chateau through the collapsed passage the trio returned to the upper world. Iiobert Broxvue and Lady Agnes were seated on the edge of the foun tain in Apollo's grotto, conversing ear nestly. even eagerly, with ilr. Bowles, who stood before them in an unmis tollable attitude of Indecision and per turbation. Uepplngham gave Chase a look which plainly revealed his un easiness. "You don't mean to say, Lord Dep plngbam. that you're afraid tbe heirs will follow the advice of tbat rattle headed Saunders," said Ohase. with a laugh. "Why. It wouldn't bold in court for a second. Ask Brltt." Britl cleared Ills throat. "Not for half a second," be said. "I'm only wondering If Bowles has authority to grant divorces." "1 dare say he bas," said Depplng hail), tugging at bis mustache. "He's —he's a magistrate." "It doesn't follow," said Chase, "that he lias unlimited Jegal powers." "But what are they rugging liltii about down here, Cbase?" blurted out the unhappy Depplngham. "Come lu and have a drink," said Chase suddenly. Uepplngham was shivering. "You've got a chill In that damp c-ellitr. 1 can assure you posi tively as represemutlve of the oppo sition that the grandchildren of Skaggs and Wyckholiue are not going to di vorce or marry anybody while I'm here. Britt and Sauuders and Bowles to the contrary. And Lady Uepplng ham Is no fool. Come on and have something to warm the cockles." "All right old chap," Uepplngham said, with a laugh. "1 am chilled to the bone. I'll Join you In a few min utes." To their surprise, lie started off across the terrace in the direction of the consulting trio. ".lust the same. Chase," said Brltt after a long silence, "he's worried, and not about marriage or divorce either He's jealous. I didn't believe It was in him." "See here. Brltt you've no right to stir him up with those confounded, remarks about divorce. You know that it's rot. Don't do It." "My dear Cbase." said Britt waving liis hand serenely, "I can't help laugh ing at the position you're In at pres ent. It doesn't mntter what you get on to in connection with our side of the case, you're where you can't take advantage of it -without getting killed by your own clients. Horrible para dox, cb 3" Wheu Depplngbam rejoined them he was pale and very nervous. His wife, ivbo bad been weeping, came up with biui, while Browne went off townrd the stables with the ex-banker. "What do you think has happened?" demanded Ills lordship, addressing the two meu. who stood by Irresolutely. "Somebody's trying to' poison us! Lady Deppingbam's dog is dead—poisoned, gentlemen!" Be was wiping the mois ture from his brow. "I'm sorry. Lady Depplngbam," said Chase earnestly. "He was a nice dog. But I hardly think be could have eaten what was intended for any of us. If he was poisoned, the poison was meant for blm and for no one else. He bit one of the stable boys yester day. It" "Tliat may all be very true. Chase," protested his lordship, "but don't you see it goes to show tbat some one has a stock of poison on hand, and we may be the next to get it He died half an hour after eating—after eating a biscuit tbat was intended l'or me! It's—it's demmed uncomfortable, to say the least" "I'm sure you need the brandy after all this. Come along. Will you join us, Lady Depplngham?" said Chase. "No. I'm going to bed!" She start ed away, then stopped and looked at her husband, her eyes wide with sud den comprehension. "Oh Deppy, 1 should have died! 1 should liavedjed!" "My dear!" "l couldn't have lived If"— "But. my dear, 1 didn't eat It—and here «ve arc. God bless you!" He turned abruptly and walked off beside her. ignoring ihe two distressed Amer icans. AH they passed through tbe l-'ii'iii-h window Deppiugbaui put Ills arm about ills wife's walsl. Chase turned to llrlll. "J dm}! jsumv whin you'rr tuiulilug. Brltt. but It Isn't so. whatever it Is." "Good Lord, man, 1 wasn't thinking that!" There was not the slightest doubt In the minds of those conversant with the sltuatiou that the poison bad been intended for either Lord or Lady Dep plngham. The drug had been subtly, skillfully placed in one of the sand wiches which came up to their rooms at 11 o'clock, the hour at which they invariably drauk off a cup of bouillon. Drusilla Browne was jesting, no doubt, but It is doubtful if any one grasped the delicacy of her humor wlieu she observed, in mock concern, addressing the assembled mourners, that she believed the hell's were try ing to get rid of their Incumbrances after tbe good old Borgia fashion aud that she would never ugaln have tbe courage to eat a mouthful of food so long as she stood between ber husband and a hymeneal fortune. "You know, my dear," she concluded, turning to her husband, "that 1 might have had Lord Depplngham's biscuit. HIB wife usked me to take It. Good ness. you're a dreadful Borgia person, Agnes," she w&nt on, smiling brightly at her ludyship. Depplngbam was fumbling nervously at bis monocle. "1 should think you would be nervous. Lord Depplngbam." The most rigid questioning elicited no information from tbe servants. Bailio's sudden. Involuntary look of suspicion, directed toward Lady Agnes and Iiobert Browue, did not escape the keen eye of Holllnga worth Cbase. "Impossible!" he said, halt aloud. He looked up and saw that tbe prin cess was staring at him questlonlngiy. He shook bis head without thinking. Despair settled upon tbe white peo ple. They were confronted by a new and serious peril—poison. At no time could they feel safe. One of tbe stable boys volunteered to carry a note from Chase to Rasula. asking the opportunity to lay a' ques tion of grave Importance before blm. Chase suggested to Rasula that be should meet him that evening at tbe west gate, under a flag of truce. Tbe tone of the letter was more or less per emptory. Rasula came, sullen but curious. At first be would not believe, but Chase was firm In bis denunciation of Jacob von Blitz. Then he was pleased to ac cuse Ohase of duplicity and double dealing, going so far as .to charge the deposed American with plotting against Voq Blitz to further his own ends In more ways than one. At last however, he agreed to follow tbe advice of the American—grudgingly, to be sure, but none tbe lesB determined. "You will find everything as I have stated it Rasula," said Cbase. "I'm sorry you are against me, for I would be your friend. I've told you how to reach the secret cave. Tbe chests are there. The passage Is closed. You can trap blm in the attempt to rob the bunk. 1 could have taken him red handed and given him over to Lord Depplngbam, but you would never have known the truth. Now ask you to judge for yourselves. Give him a fair trial. Itasula—as you would any man accused of crime—and be just If you need a wltjiess—an eyewitness call on me. 1 will come, and 1 will -appear against blm. I've been honest with you. 1 am willing to trust you to be honest with me." if CHAPTER XXIV. DEPPIKGI1AM FALLS ILL |HAT evening Lord Deppingiiam took to bis bed with violent cbiils. He sbivcred and burned by turns and spent a most dis tressing Qigbt. Bobby Browne cauie in twice to see him before retiring. For some reason unknown to any oue but himself, Depplngbam refused to be treated by the young man, notwith standing tbe fact that Browne laid clulm to a physician's certificate and professed to be especially successful in breaking up Mthp ague." Lady Agnes untreated her liege lord to submit to the doses, but Depplngham was reso lute to irascibility. "A Dover's powder, Deppy, or a few grains of quintan. Please be sensible. You're just like a child." "What's in a Dover's powder?" de manded the patient, who had never been 111 In his life. "Ipecac and opium, sugar of milk or sulphate of potash. It's an anodyne diaphoretic," said Browne. "Opium, eh?" came sharply from the couch. "Good Lord, an overdose of it ^eould"— He checked the words abruptly and gave vent to a nervous fit of laughter. "Don't be a fool, George," command ed his wife. "No one is trying to poi son .you." "Who's saying that he's going-to poi son me?" demanded Depplngham shortly. "I'm objecting because don't like the idea of taking medicine from a man just out of college." "I've just giveu my wife a powder, old man. She's got a nervous head ache." urged Browne tolerantly. "Your wife!" exclaimed Depplng bam. silting up. "The devil!" He looked hard at Browne for a moment. "Oh. I say, now, old chap, don't you think it's rather too much of a coinci dence?" Browue arose quickly, a tiasb of re sentment in his eyes. "See here, Dep pinghain"- "I apologize, Browue." said Depplng ham hastily. "I'm not afraid of your medicine. I'm only thinking of my wile, if I should happen to die, don't you kuow. there would lie people who might say tlmt you could have cured iue. See what 1 niennV" "You dear old goose!" cried his wife. "I fancy Sellin or Baillo or even Bowles knows what a fellow doses himself with when lie's bowled over by oue of these beastly island ail ments. Oblige me, Agnes, and send for Bowles." He immediately recommended uo old fashioued Dover's powder and ven tured the opinion Unit a "good sweat" would soon JHM Ills lordship ou his feet, "betier tliuu ever." Depplngbam *t tluiiUe}AiV' kept Bowles beside lilm while Brown* generously prepared and administered the medicine. Later iu the night the princess come to see how the patient was getting on. He was In a dripping perspiration. Genevra divvr a chair up beside his couch and snt dowu. Lady Agoes was yawning sleepily over a book. "Do you know. I believe Td feel bet ter if I could have another chill," lie said. "I'm so beastly hot uow that I can't stand it. Aggy. why don't you turn nut on the balcony for a bit of fresh air? I'm a brute to have kept you moping in hero all evening." Lady Agnes sighed prettily and stepped out into the murky night I say. Genevra, what's the news?" demanded his lordship. "Where is Chase?" Now, the princess, it is most distress lug to state, had willfully avoided Mr. Chase since early that morning. I'm sure I don't know. I had din ner with Mrs. Browne in her room. I fancy he's off attending to the guard. lutveu't seen blm." "Nice chap," remarked Depplngham. Isn't that he now speaking to Agnes out there?" Genevra looked up quickly. A man's voice came in to them from tbe bal cony, following Lady Depplngham's soft laugh. "No," she said, settling back calmly. "It's Mr. Browne." "Ob," said Depplngham, a slight shadow coming into his eyes. "NIc* chap, too." he added a moment later. "I don't like him," said she, lowering her voice. "I've no doubt Agnes is as much to blame as* he," said his lordship at last. "Why don't you marry hirof" "She's made a fool of more than one man, my dear. She rather likes it.1 "He's behaving like a brute. They've been married less than a year." "It really doesn't amount to any thing. Genevra," he argued. "It will blow over in a fortnight Aggy's al ways doing this sort of thing, you know." "I know, Deppy," she said sharply. "But this man is different He's not a gentleman. Mr. Skaggs wasn't a gen* tleman. Blood tells. He will boast of this flirtation until the end of hiB days." •'Aggy's had dozens of men in love witli her—really. In love," be protested feebly. ^'She's not"— "They've come and gone, and she's still the same old Agnes, and you're the same ohl Deppy. I'm not thinking of you or Aggy. It's Drusilla Browne." "I see. Thanks for the confidence you have in Aggy. 1 dare say I know how Drasllia fnels. I've-—I've had a bad turn or two myself lately, and— but never mind. By the way, what does Chase say about it?" he asked suddenly. She started and caught her breath. "Mr. Chase? He—he hasn't said any thing about it," she responded lamely. "He's—he's not that sort" "Ah." reflected Depplngham, "be is a gentleman?" Genevra flushed. "Yes, I'm sure he Is." "1 say, Genevra." he said, looking straight luto her rebellious eyes, "you're iu love with Chase. Why don't you marry him?". "You—you are really delirious, Dep py," she cried.' "Tbe fever has" "He's good enough for any one even you," went on his lordship coolly. "He may have a wife," said she, col lecting her wits with rare swiftness. "Who knows? Don't be siily, Deppy." "Uubbisli! Haven't you stuffed Ag gy and me full of the things you found out concerning him before he left Thorberg. and afterward—the let ters from the ambassador's wife and the glowing things your St. Peters burg friends have to soy of him, eh? Besides, he'd give his head to marry you—having already lost it" "You are very amusing, Deppy, when you try to be clever. Is there a clnuse in that silly old will compelling me to marry any one?" "Of course not, my dear princess, but 1 fancy you've got a will of your own. Where there's a will there's a way. You'd marry him tomorrow if— if— "If I were not amply prepared to contest my own will?" she supplied airily. "No if your will was not wrapped in convention three centuries old. You won't marry Chase because you are a princess. I'm awfully sorry for you, Geuevra." "Sorry for me? Dear me!" "You're tremendously gone on him." "Nonsense! Why, 1 couldu't marry Mr. Chase," she exclaimed, Irritable at last. "Dou't put such things into my head—I mean dou't get such things Into that ridiculous old, head of yours. Are you forgetting that 1 am to be come Karl's wife in June? You are babbliug, Deppy." "Well. let's say no more about it," he said, lying back resignedly. "It's too bad. that's all. Chase is a roan. Karl isn't. You loathe hlin. I don't wonder that you turn pale and look frightened. Take my advice—take Chase." "Don't!" she cried, a break in her voice. She arose and went swiftly toward the window. Then she stopped and turned upon him. her lips parted as If to give utterance to the thing that was stirring her heart so violent ly. The words would not coiue. She smiled plaintively and said instead: "Good night! Get a good sleep." "The same to you." he called fever* ishly. 'Deppy." she said firmly, a red:^)jf In each cheek, her voice letisp! incd to a high pitch of suppf rtw-lalim. "I shall marry Karl That will In* lilt* end of your Cliiixe." hope so," h« said. "But I'm not so sure of It if yon continue to love him as you do now." She went out with her cheeks burn ing and a frightened stir In ber heart. Her thoughts raced back tjo Neenah's airy prophecy. Sow could she face the charge. 'I'm not so sure of it," unless slio1 billed the Indictment. "If ynu lore him as yon do now." Lady Agnes aud Browue passed by without seeing ber and entered the window. She heard him say some thing to bis companion, softly, tender ly—she. knew uot what it was. And Lady Agnes laughed—yes. nervously. Ah. but Agnes wad playing! She was not in love with this man. It was dif ferent It was hot what Xeenah ineaut—nor Depplngbam, honest friend that be was. Down below she heard voices. She wondered—Inconsistently alert—wheth er lie was one of tbe speakers. Thom as Saunders and Miss Pelham were coming lu from the terrace. They were In love with each other! They could lie In love with each other. There was 110 law. uo convention tbat said thehi uay! They could marry— and still love! "If you continue to love hint as you do uow" battered at tbe doors of licr conscience. Her maiil came in. aud she prepared for bed. Left alone, she perched her self in the window seat to cool licr heated face with the breezes that swept on abead of the storm which was couiiiig up from the sea. Her heart Was hot 110 breeze could cool It nothing but the Ice of decision could drive out the fever that possessed It. "It Is Impossible—incredible!" she was snylng to herself. "I could not love him like that. I should hate blm. God abovo me, am I not different from those women whom I have known aud pitied and despised? Am I not different from Guelma von. Her rlck? Am not different from Prince Benrl's wife? Ah, and they loved too! And Is he not different from those other men—those weak, unmanly men who came into tbe lives of those wo men} All, yes. yes! He Is different." She sat and stared out over the black sea. lighted fitfully by the dis tant lightning. There she pronounced sentence upon him—and herself. There was no place for blm In her world. He should feel ber disdain he should Buffer for bis presumption. Presump tion? In what way bad he offended? She put her hands to ber eyes, but ber lips smiled—smiled wltli the memory of the kiss she bad returued. "What a fool! What a fool I am," she cried aloud, springing up resolute ly. "I must forget I told blm I couldn't, but I can—I can." Halfway across the room she stopped, her hands clinched Oercely. "If-n' Karl were only Buch as he!" ihe moaned. She went to ber dressing table and resolutely unlocked one of the draw ers, as one would opeu a case Iu which the most precious of treasures was kept "It was so silly of me!" she mut tered. "I shall not keep them for blm." Tbe drawer was partly filled with cigarettes. She took -one from among the rest and placed its tip In ber red lips, a reckless light In her eyes. A match was struck, and then her hand seemed to be In the clutch of some invisible force. Tbe light flick ered and died In her fingers. A blnsh suffused her face, ber eyes, her neck. Then, with a guilty,, shamed, tender smile, she dropped the cigarette Into the drawer. She turned the key. "No," she 8ald to herself "I told him that I was keeping them for blm." ,fr 'ii8(*|!!a it lliplivjs id Kraljrra 1 in fit) B* COKTIfttlBD.] A Happy Compromise. "What a beautiful little baby be ill" exclaimed tbe neighbor who -it called. "He Isn't six months old yet either," sold the proud young mother, "and he weighs over twenty pounds." "What have you named hiuiV" "Well." hesitated tbe mother. "Qenry and 1 differed little about that 1 He wanted to give him one uutne, and 1 wanted to give him auotber, but'we finally compromised and agreed to-call him Johu Wesley." "I see. rou named him after tbe great founder of Metb"— "No, indeed," quickly interrupted tbe mother. "Tbat name, as 1 said, ia a compromise." "But how?" "Tbe 'John' Is for John Caivln. and tbe 'Wesley' Is for John Wesley.? "Ob. 1 see."— Xontb's Companion, Que.r Claret. A party of miners calling at an inn In Llangollen during the absence of the landlord were sbown Into tbe best room, wliic^, on his returu, caused blm to remonstrate. His wife, however, explained tbijt. a, lot of money bad been spent »0fJ. fhnt seven bottles of claret bad a(realy[i drunk. "Claret!" "Why, 1 sold the last bottle tl& ol$?r day. You've been giving 'em qatChut*."—From "Random Kecollectlouspf Commercial Trav eler." ~.-'y A GVrl'i ^repir.dnei.. There is something very pitiful about a girl. Sbe^- wears calico, but talks knowingly aboqt tlie latest styles in silks. Her hpn^e'ls furnished plainly, but she tnows -the latest styles in furniture she kiiows bow the silver ware should- be arranged at dinners, tbe latest s&elpfor tbe marking of monograms "on 1 the finest table dam ask, the etiquette- to be observed at a dinner, a rec4ptlon* or a ball, although she never attended anything more than a neighborhood party In ber life. Her father's JibiStbly income Is not ad large as tne'':plA'^'tnoney a rich girl would spend in A- day, but she knows what the rich girl should wear and liuy to be' In touch with tbe times. Ibe is, in short, prepared at any time to marry a rich man aud become .a so ciety leader.—Atchison Globe. A Famous Poem. J. C. Frnncls. tbe publisher of Lon don Notes ahd Queries, has brought out a volume of reminiscences. One of his quotations records the editorial rejection of Campbell's "Hobenllnden1 by the Greenock Advertiser. It runs thus: T. C—The lines commencing "On Lin den wben the sun was low" are not up to our standard. Poetry Is evidently not T. U.'s forte. Lavender Oil. As fonr-fiftbs of the oil extracted from lavender Is concealed in the bloom the harvest takes place Just be fore the flower begins to fade at tbe end of August The oil is distilled by means of steam, which Is compelled to penetrate tbe closely packed lavender, afterward being drawn off In pipes that run through cold water. In this mnuner the steam Is reconverted Into wuter. but tbe process of passlug through the lavender has extracted the oil, which floats ou the surface of tbe water as It runs into glass jars down below. These Jars have sprouts in the center, thus enabling tbe water to run out while the oil collects nbovc the level of tbe exit In this tbe first stage.tbe oil is of a brownish blue tint, and It now has to be refined by passing once more through water. Thus all impurities are removed, and the oil runs out white, save for a very pale blue color similar to that observed in paraffin. Three pounds of oil will make thirty gallons of tbe perfume. Tbe majority of ladies would be sur prised if tbey were Informed that a bottle of lavender wuter coutalns but about a thimbleful of pure oil, for a larger proportion would not only ren der the water too strong for use, but would burn boles through tbe hand kerchief wherever tbe scent touched It —London Standard. The Poor Bridegroom. "Even tbe English language empha sizes tbe insiguitlcance of a man at bis own wedding," said tbe prospective bridegroom disconsolately. Tbere isn't an Independent word to designate him. He Is merely called the groom of the bride, as if be were just about on a level with tbe bridesmaids and a lit tle below tbe maid of honor. Best man, of course, means tbe bridegroom's best man. but tbe phrase itself tends to exalt this individual at the expense ol his superior. "Then there's no adjective to de scribe what pertains to the male hall of tbe uffair. Vou can't speak of the *brldegroomai° trousers or necktie. On the oiber hand, 'bridal' applies not only to tbe possessions of the girl, but to what relates to both of them equally, like the trip und the bridal chamber. Tbe very words 'matrimony' and 'mat rimonial' are from the femlulne side only. 'Patrimony' has nothing to do wltb tbe nuptials, it applies only to wealth and signifies that a man's part in tbe uffair Is to get out aud hustle for tbe cash."—Philadelphia Ledger. How 8tandirig Armies Originated. Tbe earliest European standlug army was tbat of Macedouia. established abont 358 B. C. by Philip, father of Alexander the Great It was tbe sec ond In tbe world's history, having been preceded only by that of Sesotrls Pha raoh of Egypt, who organized a mili tary caste about 1(100 B. C. Of mod ern standing armies, tbat formed by tbe Turkish janizaries was first, being fully organized in 1302. It was a cen tury later that the standing army of France, tbe earliest In western Europe, was established by Charles VII. in the shape of "compagnies d'ordonnance." numbering 9,000 men. Rivalry there upon compelled tbe nations to adopt similar means of defense. In Kug land a standlug army proper was first established by Cromwell, but was dis banded under Cbarles 11.. with the ex ception of a few regiments called tbe guards, or household brigade. This was tbe nucleus of England's present army. Would Bsqueath Her Ears. Harriet Martineau displayed orig inality in the provisions she made at one time for the disposal of ber re mains. James Payn relates that, hav ing consulted Toynhee, tbe distinguish ed. anrist. with regard to her deafness, "she was so pleased wltb tbe interest he took in her case tbat she resolved to leave blm by testamentary bequest her ears. She announced this inten tion in the presence of ber medical man. Mr. Sbepherd. who to my infi nite amazement observed: 'But, my dear madam, you can't do tbat. It will make your other legacy worth less.' The fact was, in tbe interest of science. Miss Martineau bad already left her bead to tbe Phrenological so ciety. 1 asked tbe doctor bow he came to know tbat. 'Oh.' he said, 'she told me HO herself. She has left £10 in ber codicil to me for cuttibg it off."' Tbe doctor, however, died be fore bis patient and tbe Phrenological society never received tbe legacy of her bead.—London Chronicle. A Ch.erful Letter. Tbe following was sent by a country man to bis son in college not many years ago: My bear Son—I write to send you two pair .of old breeches, that you may have a new coat made o£ them also sonic new socks, which your mother Unit by cutting down some ot mine. Your mother sends -you $10 without my knowledge, and tor fear you will not spend it wisely 1 have Kept back half and only send live. Your moth er and 1 are well, except your sister An nie has got the measles, which we think would spread among other girls ir Torn had not had them before, and lie Is the only one left. 1 hope you ore well iind will do honor to my teachings. If you do not you are an ass. and your mother and myself are your affectionate parents. —Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror. A Nice Bird. "Do you like nice bird?" asked-the host as tbey sat down to the table. "Oh. yes!" responded the guest im mediately and enthusiastically. "You ought to call 011 my sister." ex plained the other. "She's got oue of the fiue9t'caharle8 yon ever saw. Well, what kind of sandwich do you think yon can eat?"—London Telegraph. 5 A Home Body, "So your busbahd always stays in tbe bouse nlgbts?" said oue woman. "Yes." answered tbe other. "Once Hiram gets settled dowu in front of Ills fireside you can't get him out of doors even to bring In an armful of wood." A Household Matter. Housemaid Please, sir, will you fyonie at on(•(*? The drorio' room's on Jttri*. Muxler- Well, go mid (ell your. jwMrw*. Y011 know I never interfere IN INUIXELMW IMIITEIU-RUNI'H, I DELAWARE COUNTY Abstract Co.J MANOHK8TBR, IO/VA. ABSTRACTS/' REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND Hi *38 CONVEYANCING Office In First National Bank Building. Orders lVy niail -will recievf "cor®tnl attention. We have complete copies all records of Delaware County. ENNIS BOOObT '*59 MANAGE. 1 ho Sneeze. riioie «xlsi: au unciiMtt sctni-metlic&i suiteiueut which tells us tbut tbe sneeze is healthy and should uot b€ suppressed. It Is oue of those stock sayings whieh are always uttered by laymen ou the vague authority ol Koine traditional doctor whose name if suppressed in favor of Che udjectlcc "eminent." it is one of the tilings about which you mentally pledge your :*elf to ask your own doctor, but when St comes to the point you never do. Either you do not get the opportunity or if a clmuce Joes present Itself au inner volet* scorns to warn you to let It he until some future occasion. To our own mind the odds are that sneez ing is a wholesome habit, for it Is an unpleasant oue. Of course there are people who can sneeze and not look vidiculous. but they are few. Any one caught In the act of trying to suppress a sneeze is a terrible additiou to th€ landscape, and If you want to sneeze and cannot what gargoyle could bold candle to you? That hideously con torted facu. that quivering mouth and that defected nostril—why. your'conn teuani'c Is something worth building? two cathedrals round! It is as though some nuid potter were gripping your facial clay and wrenching it this way and that to amuse his freuzled humor. Have you ever heard a succession of half a dozen sneezes' It Is au ex perience that litis an extraordinarily Ir ritating effect.—I.ondou Globe 4 A Spa's Curious Origin. Tbe discovery of the famous Wood ball spa iu Lincolnshire was very curi ous. Just about a hundred years age a shaft was sunk in search of coai. but tbe effort had to be abaudoucd owlnj: to a rush of water. In time the watei found its way into a small brook, aud in due course the inhabitants bpgnn tc speak of the curative powers of tbe stream. Science investigated the mys tery and discovered tbat the water in the coalless shaft was richly impreg nated with various salts and bromine and iodine. Geologists expressed the Interesting opinion that ages ago tbe place was the san'dy bed of a shallow lagoon or bay of a tropical sea wbere seaweeds of giant growth abounded A mighty convulsion of nature lowered tbe sea bed, a great river flowed over the place, und in time Its debris was formed into a mass of spongy rock ot sandstone. Korciug itself through this mass at great pressure some 000 feet lielow the ground, the water now ex tracts the constituents of tbe original seaweed.—London Family Herald. Olden Tea Table Etiquette. Tea table etiquette wus somewhat -inplk-nted in tile duys of tlint "burd ened nud shameless tea drinker." Dr. Johnson, when ninny people thought nothing of di-luliluK ten or twelve cups at sitting, it was considered proper for the (.-ups and saucers of a party of tea drinkers to be all passed up to the hostess iu oue batch when replenish ment was considered necessary, und iu order that each person might be sure of Ketiiuy back tilt- right cup the tea spoons were numbered. When the -ups wele passed up those who did not require an.v more were supposed to place tilt" spoon iu the cup. And this writer remembers a very ancleut dump teaching a small boy to place ills spoon In his cup after the llrst cup Imd been emptied. He wondered for the rea son. Now lie knows tbat tea was once very expeuslve. and little boys were not expected to ask again.—St James'Gazette. Gabies' Bank Accounts. i* An Arbitrary Classification. "So you think every patriot has a •nore or less clearly defined ambition to hold public office?" "Yes." answered Sennlor Sorghum. "As a rule, patriots may be divided into two classes—tbe appointed and tbe dls&ppointed."—Washington Star. 1* Badly Expressed. "For heaven's soke, be careful with tb&t rifle, man!" exclaimed musketry Instructor. "You just missed me tbat time." "Did I. sergeant? I'm awfully sorry!" responded tbe indifferent marksmau.— London Fun. It Quieted Mother. The bouse was all paid for. Mother was exultaut. jubilant, reiterative. "Say, mother." burst out sis-year-old Paul eagerly, "priut It on your cards, mother, print it on yonr cards!"—De lineator. The Usual Thing. "What's the proper thing: at a wed rllijjr?" "Wish pair happiness and tell 'iwrylNidy vise here's no earthly rluiijee for It."—Louisville Courier Journal. 'i'liniv 1M rm'*:td"T tn priiln—ft- makes unite hum) rftliriiitui*. hut prevents Tln-ra from lift-outing HO.—Cotton. Babies are popular In Scboeuberg The Lost Donkey. in Turkey they tell stories about Nasr-ed-Din and bis donkey. Once upon a time when tbe donkey was lost Nasr ed-Dln went about seeking It. at the same time glvipg thanks as be went "W}iy do you give thanks?" asked his friend. "I see no cause for thank fulness." "Cause enough!" was the prompt re ply. "Why. man alive, if 1 had been along with that donkey I'd have been lost too!"—New York Tribune. Use Fop the Anchor. "Captain." remarked the nuisance on shipboard who always asks foolish questions, "what is tbe object in throwing I he anchor overboard' ••young man." replied the old salt, "do you understand the theory of seismic disturbances'/ Well, we throw tile nut-hor overboard to keep the ocean troiu slipping away ln'the fog." Ohl "How- did you act wben be pro posed V" "I sank gracefully on one knee." "How ridiculous: What in the world did you sink on your knee for?" "On bis knee, uot mlue."—Houston Post. 60 mur PATENTS IftADfl MARKS DI SIGNS COPYRIGHTS te Aujrooe a ending a sketch end description may quickly ascertain our opinion fmi whetber an hiTontlon Is probably Cotnmonlov Unn«riot^cM«3oifu«lpiuenttbta .HANDR!l0l( on Pi eunt freo. Oldest annoy for eecunnrpatei Cotnmanlav Patent tents, secelf ft Patents taken Ibroufth Mum A COTBC Social notia, without cbsnre* In U»e Scientific American. Illustrated weekly. Jjinrest di ly soiontlBo jonrnsL Terms, S3 a intlis, $L Sold by ail rewsdealew. A.handsome1y Illustrated week) cnietlon of any your fonrtnoni K'rSSM!* Brancb COoe* FOR SALE. .'.s& goo acres of CHOICE FARM LAND,, within etiven miles of Manheeter at $60.00 per acre, fcaay terms. One half of this years crop can with place. For particulars apply to Bronson, Carr & Sons, 19tf|||| Manchester, Iowa. BOTH BOYS SAVED. For sale by Anders ft Phtllpps. House for Sale. A well improved residence pro pertv witb two acres of land for sale at a bargain. Two blocks from Fair Grounds. Inquire of Bronaon Carr & sons, Manchester, Iowa. Cook says he did it. Peary says he did it, but the chances are neither one did it unless he took Holllster's Rocky Mountain Tea. It is t^e most searching and finding remedy—there is no doubt after taking—as sure as you take it ydu get results. Bo it tonight.—Anders & IPhillpp. fi POLICIES As law at $11.08 p«r $1,000. Premiums after the second redooed by profits. Do it now while you can get it. Draw the CASH yourself when old, or before If needed. SiigSs ALBERT PAUL, Gen Agent, ||p Equlttble Life of .Iowa, Oelwtto, la. IP®#! 1 Iu Scboeuberg, a suburb of Berlin, every baby Is bom wltb a banking ae couut. No Scboenberg baby can help tbis even If It wants to. The munici pal regulations provide that whenever the birtb of a child Is recorded tbe officials of tbe municipal savings bank shall Issue a bank book lu tbe said baby's name. Tbe city Itself then de posits 1 mark (about 25 cents) and Immediately allows Interest With this nest egg the authorities believe that the parents of the child will be encouraged In thrift and that the baby Itself will have a fair start on tbe road to wealth. No withdrawals are allowed In less than two years, and the ordinance applies to all children, whetber they are members of poor families or descended from million aires. You"owi it to yourself to °ite«,"irMd a«d investigate the NEW OPTION POLICY OF THE EQUITABLE OP IOWA, nil oii) this blank and mail tti to Albert Paul, Agent at Oelwein, la., aod illustrated specimen poller will b* sent jrou. I was horn on the I .day of Uy name is...., My adftefea Is.. Time Cards. Manchester & Oneida hY TIME TABLE. I My occupation is.... .. CITY NEWS STAND. VVW'SSfrJI Stock and Fixtures Far Sale. -"",7 For futther particulars ft "jffi '.-W MANCHESTER A ONEIDA RY. No. z. .Leaves Manchester 5:15 a. m. connects wun Chicago Great Western trnin xso. 5 wost bound returning roach* es Manchester at 6:15 a. m. No. 4. Leaves Manchester 7:25 a. m. connects with Chicago Groat Western train No. 6, east bound returning reach es Manchester at 8:10 a. m. No. 6, Leaves Manchester at 8:45 a. m.t connects with C. M. & St. P. No. Iheswrr 'LetmnlnB reaChBS eay Mnn" No. 8. Leaves Manchester 2:00. p. connects with Chicago Great -Western S.°- ,4- bound, and Chicago Great Western No. 9. west bound returning reaches Manchester at 3:00 p. m. No. 10. Leaves Manchester at 4MB n. m.. connects with C.. M. & St. P. No. 21. south bound returning Manchester at SMS p.m. Trains Nos. 3. 4. 7. and 8, dally oil other trains daily except Sunday. Through tickets sold to. all points in North America. E. J2. Brewer Gene.-al Traffio Manager. ILLINOIS CENTRAL R. R. mif TIME TABLE. '3 MeCALL PATTERNS Celebrated lor style, perfect fit* simplicity and reliability 'nearly 40 years. Sold in nearly every city and town in the United States and Canada, or by mail direct. More sold than any other make. Send lor Iree catalogue. MCCALX*S MAGAZINE More subscribers than any other fashion magazine—million a month. Invaluable. Lat est styles, patterns, dressmaking, millinery, plain sewing, fancy needlework, fiairdressing, etiquette, good stories, etc. Only fiO cents a Sear (worth double), including a Iree pattern, ubscribe today, or send "for sample copy. WONDERFUL INDUCEMENTS to Agents. PosHl h'jnr:* premium catalogue and new cash rizc Adtircus cc.. r. to v. si., NEW YOBK West Bound No 5 Omaha. Sioux City and Sf. Paul Fast Mail 8:10 a. a No No No No a 7 a Dotlse Express.. .3:1(1 «. pPiubu(lue(S.& Waterloo..5:*o 1 Chicago, Sioux City & Omaha Ltd iO:5G 401 St Puul .,11'.ja 93 Way Freight.... S No No Lou's Boom, a leading merchant of Norway, Mich., writes: "Three bottles of Foley's Honey and Tar absolutely cured my boy of a severe cough, and a neighbors boy, who was so ill iwith cold that the doctor's gave him up, was cured by (taking Foley's Honey and Tar." Nothing else is as safe and certain in results. No A East Bound 2 Omaha & 'Sioux City & ... Chicago X4lmltod....2:06 a »n t? No No No No Pau* & Chicago Ltd 3:41 a r\ J4 Waterl°o & Dub Clipper t:su 6 Ft Bodge & Chi Express -.i ifir *v Sioux City, Omaha & '"h No 22 Ft Dodge Dub local No 94 Way Freight No. 22 has Chicago sleep*. Dining Cap on Trains Nos. 5 and ^4 CEDAR RAPIDS BRANCH Going South No 305 Pass dally ex Sunday 8:40 a No 333 Pass dally ex Sunday &:4G No 360 Freight dally ex Sunday 12:4Gp Arrive from South No 334 Pass daily ex Sunday 8:00 a to No 330 Pass daily ex Sunday 6:80 iu No 3 Freliht dally ex Sunday 11:15 a H. Q. PIERCE, Station Agent. g^°^a6ilrun» to Omaha, Slou* City and No. 3 runs to Fort Dodge only. citl0' Sio.fl v^QtLTaJ° Omaha, slou* anolln ,SL and fcllnne «o. from same points. Dining oar on trains No. S and 4 Foley's Honey and Tar clears the air passages, stops the irritation In the throat, soothes the Inflamed mem branes, and the most obstinate cough disappears. Sore and Inflamed lungs are healed and strengthened, and the cold is expelled from th system. Re fuse any but the genuine in the-yel low package. For sale by Anders & Phllipps. JHI CHILDREN LIKE I* KENNEDY'S LAXATIVE COUGH SYRUP E. E. COWLES, Proprietor of DRAY LINE, Am prepared to do all kinds of work in my line. Moving safes, musical In BtrumentSi household goods and heavy articles a specialty. Residence Phane No. 265. SHE WAS PLEAASNTLY SUR PRISED. Miss 'H. E. Bell Wausau, Wis. writ* es: "Be for* I commenced to take Foley's Kidney Pills I had severe pati in my back, could not sleep, and twas greatly troubled -with headache. The first few doses of Foley's Kidney Pills gave me relief, and two bottles cured me. The qulclc results surpris ed me, and I can honestly recominenc them." For sale by Anders & Phlllppi SPECIAL, LOW RATES' ftgg TO THE IWEST VIA CHICAGO- GREAT "WESTERN RAILROAD TICKETS ON SALE DAILY. SEPTEMBER 15TH TO OOTOBI 115TH, INCLUSIVE, AT REDUCED RATES TO POINTS IN CALIFORNIA OREGON, WASHINGTON BRITISH COLUMBIA IDAHO,UTAH,COLORADO TEXAS, ETC. THE GREAT WESTERN AGENT WHX. GUADIIY GIVE YOU THE HATES. FUH, INFORMATION IN REGARD TO TRAIN AND S»IJEEI»IN !V81{ IIOI. Sickening headaches, indigestion constipation, indicate unhealthy dltlon of the bowelB. Holllster's* Rocky Mountain Tea makes the how els work naturally and restores to perfect health and strength. Begin tonight.—Anders & Philipp. PAINTING All kinds of exterior and interior painting. A specialty made of Car riage painting. Prices reasonable and satisfaction guaranteed. S.J. gstt ilSy siii enquire of mm® Geo. W, Webber, Phone 443-282 Over Atkinson's Blacksmith Shop., Mr. F. G. Fritz, Oneonta, N. Y„ writes: "My little girl was greatly benefitted 'by taking Foley's Orlno Laxative, and I think it is the best remedy for constipation and l(ver trouble." Foley's Orino Laxative is mild, pleasant and effective, and cur es habitual constipa"on. For sale by Anders te PMllpjw.