SHE FEELS LIKE
WRITING £ BOOK
Would Publish Broadcast the
Good Tanlac Did, So Others
Could Know About It.
GAINED FIFTEEN POUNDS
"I Wouldn't Take All the Money In
Memphis for the Good Tanlac Haa
Done Me," Says Mrs. Bond.
**T- *he people in this city realized
what Tanlac did for me, you'd sell
ten thousand bottles here tomorrow,"
eaid Mrs. Mattie C. Bond, 510 Mosby
6treef, Memphis, Tenn., recently.
"I suffered ten years." she contin
ua. "and was Just about as near a
physical wreck as a person could be.
I had trouble with my kidneys and
stoma. and got to where 1 had to live
on the very lightest food and could eat
very little of that. The pains in my
stomach were awful. I was extremely
nervous and couldn't sleep and was
seldom free from headaches. I felt
tired nil the time and was easily Irri
tated and worried. I lost a great deal
of weight and finally got so weak and
rundown I could hardly drag myself
around. My color wus had um, and I
was dually told I would have to go to
the hospital and be operuted on. All
the medicine I had taken seemed to
make me worse Instead of better.
"1 have • actually gained fifteen
pounds on Tanlac and I feel like a
uew woman in every way. I can just
eat anything I want and everything
agrees with me perfectly. Honestly
I wouldn't take nil the money in
Me
•I-US
for the good Tnnlnc did me.
I have no more pains about my back
or stomach and am not nervous like I
was and I sleep fine every night. I
don't know what it Is to have a head
ache now and all the tired, bad feel
ings have left me and have taken with
them that dread of an operation. Tan
Inc has done me so much good I can
hardly keep back the tears of grati
tude. and I feel like writing a book on
Tanlac and sending it broadcast,
where it will reach those who suffer
like I did. so they will know about this
wonderful medicine." m
There is • Tanlac dealer In your
town.—Adv. * *
Tons of Gold Dollars.
The statement that there has just
been counted In New York, at the
United States assay office, the enor
mous sum of $765,000,000 In gold may
be visualized somewhat when this Is
translated Into ounces, pounds and
tons, writes Girard in the Philadelphia
Ledger.
While it has been asserted that this
sum probably Is the largest amount of
gold coin and bullion ever accumulat
ed in one place. It Is well to remetn
ber that only so recently as a year
ago there was said to be $S00,000,000
In gold and bullion In the Ruslsan
State bank.
'1 he sum In New York figures oat
something like this: There are ap
proximately 39.000,000 ounces or 3,000,
0<kt pounds or 1,646 tons. The figure?
an* not exact.
Dr. B. F. Jackson, Celebrated Physician,
handed down to posterity his famous
prescription for female troubles. Now
sold under the name of "Femenlna.''
Price 50c and $1.00.—Adv.
X-Ray for San Salvador.
The secretary of the treasury of the
government of Salvador has ordered
from the United States an X-ray ap
paratus of the most improved type,
which the government proposes to pre
sent to the Rosales hospital In the
city of San Salvador for the use of
that Institution.
Whenever You Need a General Tente
Take Grove's
The Old Standard Grove's Taste leal
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a Gen
eral Tonic because it contains the well
known tonic properties of QUININE and
IFfON. It acts on the Liver, Drives ont
Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Boildr
op the Whole System. SO cents.
Just So.
"What do you think of fish crops for
farmers?"
"Just the thing. Then the hired
man could excuse himself for going
fishing at a busy season on the ground
that he was fish harvesting."
Proof.
First Spirit—How do you know this
Is heaven?
Second Spirit—My robe Isn't cov
ered with lnnndry marks.—Judge.
Retort Discourteous.
She—You don't deserve a good wife
Her Husband—Well, I got what I
did. Now rub It la.—Judge.
Weak, Falnty Heart and Hysteric«
can be rectified by taking "Renovine" a
heart and nerve tonic. Price joe and f i. All.
Hong Kong In 1916 sent 129,821,066
pounds of rice to the United States.
A little red riding hood these days
means an auto hat.
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(Copyright, 1 S 17 . by W. G. Chapman.)*"*
"I must obey my mother," spoke
Lois Griscom firmly.
"Yes, dear," admitted Mark Davenal,
young, ardent but sensible, "she is
wise and ifliows best, and still"—he
sighed longingly, us he gazed at the
lovely face near to his own.
"Mother says I must not think of
an engagement until I am full eight
een."
"A whole year to wait !" spoke Mark
;;s gloomily as though he were being
sentenced to prison.
"In the meantime you may write to
me once a month and I may reply. We
«re not to meet during the year. At
Its end she—well, she will speak with
you again. Good-by. I shall live my
Jonely life day by day, just as you
will, knowing it will all turn out hup
plly at the end."
"Bless you I" uttered Mark Davenal
fervently. "It shall he as you say, al
though the ordeal is a severe one."
Then he turned, kissed the only girl
he had ever loved and left the sunlit
garden. A sudden thought stayed his
steps. He went hack to where Lois
stood, her eyes moist and tender.
"Dear," he said softly, "there is
something I should tell you. Will you
give me two hours of your time to
listen to it this evening? A last auto
ride as far ns the next town and back
—our last tryst for a year?"
Lois hesitated, then she assented.
Her mother thought her upstairs in
her room, while Lois was speeding
away to Brocton and back with her
itlH.
"Can You Tell Me Where Mark Is?"
lover. A sweet secret made her face
radiant as she quietly stepped back
to her room, her absence undiscovered.
At Rockville, fifty miles away,
Davenal resumed his old life, attend
ing to the estate of a deceased uncle
who had died a year since. The old
man had left Mark his sole heir, condi
tionally. Unless within two years from
the death of his uncle Mark married
the estate was to go to his second
cousin, Bert Durham. What had
actuated old Robert Tilden was the
fact that Mark had neve*- cared much
for the opposite sex. Literature was
his great passion, and often he had
laughingly told his uncle that his great
aim In life was to be a bachelor re
cluse. But that was before he met
Lois Griscom.
As to Bert Durham, he became a
positive villain at heart at the thought
of losing the fortune he craved. He
was delighted as a year went by and
Mark kept up his old bachelor life
and routine. He became uneasy when
he learned that Mark had called sev
eral times on a pretty miss at Platts
vllle. Mark, after that last moonlight
auto ride with Lois, however, did not
revisit I'lattsvllle and Durham began
to feel easy again.
One day a brisk, smiling man en
tered the office of Durham at Rock
ville.
"I'm the man you sent for," he an
nounced placidly. "'Gyp' Dalziel, you
know."
"Why, you don't look a bit like a de
tective," exclaimed Durham.
"That is the highest compliment you
can pay the profession, if you only
knew It," replied Dalziel. "No, I
mustn't. Indeed," suggested the de
tective "or my usefulness In your be
half would be destroyed. You wrote
for a good man. I'm that Individual.
What's the Job?"
"Watching a certain relative of mine
day and night for the next six weeks
to see that he doesn't get married."
"H'm !" stared Dalziel ; "explain."
"It's simple. A cousin of mine, Mark
Davenal, Is heir to a fortune that will
come to me If he should fall to get
married before the first day of the
next year."
And then Durham gave the detective
all the details of the case In hand. And
then "Gyp" Dalziel started out on his
six months' commission. He gave him
self out as an artist, and made a pre
tense of sketching the scenery around
Rockville. He was bland, clever and
was shrewd enough to keep his eye
closely and constantly upon the move
is
is absolutely callous as to the wiles
of the gentler sex. He seems wrapped
up in reading, fishing and his duties as
j manager of the estate."
But a week to the day before the
! two years Were up the detective came j
! to his patron with a fur different i
story.
"Something up, the situation has
changed," he reported to Durham.
"In what way?" demanded Durham,
on nettles of fear and suspense.
"Young Davenal is up to something.
He has ordered two new suits of
clothes from the city. I know that
he has purchased a lady's diamond
ring. He acts preoccupied, as though
there were something urgent on his
mind."
"You must find out what," snapped
Durham. "Say, the prize must not es
cape me, even—even if we have to use
force."
"Tut ! tut ! now," voiced the de
tective, but not with any great fervor.
"Oh, I don't mean foul play," de
clared Durham. "Look here. It's only
six more days. Can't he disappear?"
"I think he's bent on doing that
thing for himself," observed Dalzlal.
"He is certainly preparing for a trip
somewhere."
"Don't let him make It. Here," and
Durham thrust a roll of money Into
the hand of his employee. "Kidnap
him for a week and I'll double the fee
we originally agreed upon."
What the precious pair did was to
overtake Mark in the woods one dark
night and convey him to an old house
ten miles away, where they made of
him a fast prisoner.
The last day of the old year came,
the first of the new one arrived. Bert
Durham was jubilant. Mark remained
unmarried. The fortune was sure for
the specious plotter!
Durham had paid Dalziel his fee
and the detective was to release his
captive and disappear,
afternoon Durham was advised that a
young lady wished to see him and she
was ushered into his private office.
Lois, for it was she, was dressed in
mourning. Her miff her had died two
weeks previously. She was free now
to do as she chose and naturally Mark
was her first thought.
"I am seeking tor Mr. Davenal," she
advised Durham, "and I cannot find
him. They tell me you are his near
est relative aud I have come to you
for advice. Can you tell me where
Murk is?"
"Mark !" Durham experienced a pe
culiar thrill. Who could this forward,
familiar young creature be?
"You— er —you know my cousin,
then?"
"Why, of course," replied candid
Lois, with blue, open eyes. "He Is my
husband. We were married secretly
nearly a year ago—are you 111, Mr.
Durham?'
Was he ill ! He was crushed, and
when Mark Davenal, set free by Dal
ziel. arrived upon the scene, the baffled
schemer vanished summarily and de
parted for parts unknown.
Late In the j
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In a King's Mailbag.
If anyone were privileged to see the
British king's daily postbag he would j
be amazed at the amount of nonsense
written to his majesty, says a London
correspondent. People who have unique
information as to the exact date of the
end of the world, weird creatures who
have telepathic communications re
vealing what goes on in the next ex
istence, fanatics desiring to convert
the sovereign to some new religion, or
a
is
to warn him against Imaginary j 1,
achievements by anarchists, individuals
who can wipe out the national debt by
some preternaturally fallacious calcula
tion, others who have grievances they
cannot bring to light, beggars for
money galore, all pour in effusions
which, fortunately, only reach the
king's eye If they are sufficiently di
verting to amuse him. Private secre
taries are Invaluable to public men,
but none are so deft and able as those
attached to his majesty.
Concrete for Building.
Concrete is a good building mate
rial or it is not and this will depend
upon the materials used and the way
they are handled. When properly
made concrete is the best known
building material but care is needed
in the making. Cement blocks are
manufactured and offered for sale in
very many communities which are
not only practically worthless for per
manent construction, but some of
them are positively dangerous. The
chief reason for this lies in the fact
that they are mixed too dry in order
to take the molds or they are too
poor In cement or both. Such blocks
absorb moisture readily and rapidly
and soon begin to crumble. Use
plenty of good cement and mix very
wet and the blocks will be waterproof
and lasting as the ages.—Exchange.
Knock Their Coal Off an Arctic Bluff.
The United States has grunted a put
ent on the farthest north coal mine on
the American continent. The mine la
on tho shore of the Arctic ocean at a
point called Corwin Bluff, 160 miles
north of the arctic circle. The coal
veins outcrop over the water from the
bluff, so that boats may come under
the veins and knock off what they need
into their hunkers. The coal was firs;
observed in 1848, and subsequent to
that time whalers and other boats have
been in the habit of dropping in at the
point whenever In need of fuel. The
United States revenue cutters Corwin
and Thetis often coal there. The pat
ent was issued to Charlies Mela tacit.
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TROLLING.
My Dear Buck :
After a few hours casting, when youf
rod begins to feel like a piece of lead.
Just slip Into an easy position and take
a little whirl at trolling, besides resting
up your casting arm and putting it in
shape for a double-header In the after
noon, you stand a mighty good chance
of landing some fine fish with the least
amount of exertion up to the actual
period of fighting the fish. Trolling is
sure the lazy fisherman's delight and
the fat man's preference.
Braided Lines Best.
The best line for trolling Is the
braided silk or linen, as the twisted
lines cannot be used successfully on
account of the kinking caused by the
twisting and turning of the line, which
cannot altogether be avoided. In as
sembling your rig for trolling don't he
afraid to use swivels; they help keep
the line from twisting. In rigging up
the spoon hook for trolling, which is
the most commonly used, loop the line
on a swiveled wire leader, a six or
eight inch one is plenty long enough,
and at the end of the leader snap on
the spoon, which for ordinary fishing
for wall-eyed pike, or bass should not
j be larger than a No. 3, while for pike
pickerel or musky a No. 4 to No. 6 is
' plenty large enough. One of the big
I mistakes in using the trolling spoon
I Is to select a No. 12 In the single
spoon or a No. 10 in the tandem style,
with a bunch of feathered hooks on
the end large enough to scare any fish
on first sight. Some of the finest
musky and pike have been caught on a
little old No. 8 spoon with a shiner
or pork rind fluttering on the hook.
Take a No. 6 single spoon or a No. 4
tandem with a nice-sized black sucker,
chub or shiner hooked behind, and
you have an Ideal pike or musky
trolling rig. Top this off with a small
piece of red flannel right !n front o£
the bait, and they sure cannot resist it.
Troll Deep for Bass.
When the bass have left the shore
waters for the cooler deep water and
you have failed to coax them up with
the cast. Just locate a bar, twenty or
thirty feet under water and take a
shot at trolling for them with a bronze
colored underwater minnow. Take
the small size, about a two-inch minnow.
Jet out about 75 feet of line, and troll
deep. For clear water use the bronze
or copper color, and for dull days try
the aluminum. For an artificial, this
little old bait is sure a winner. A mud
minnow, frog or pork tind strip with
a little red yarn and a No. 8 spoon
makes a trolling outfit that looks good
to the bass.
There is one little angle to the troll*
Ing game thnt some of the sure-enough
fishermen have overlooked, and that
is to troll with files for bass. Take a
nine-foot gut leader, loop on three files,
slip three split-shot sinkers, about No.
1, on the leader three feet apart to
keep the flies one or two feet below
the surface, and troll along very slow
ly and quietly. Let out 25 yards of
line and strike right -after the bass
strikes. A good combination of files
for trolling Is the Coachman, Silver
Doctor and the red or brown Hackle.
Trolling with files for bass might be
called the highest art of that end of
the fishing game, as it requires more
skill and attention than the ordinary
run of trolling. ,
Cut Out the Speed.
In trolling for musky, pike or pick
erel 75 to 100 feet of line Is plenty
to run out behind the boat. At this
distance the lure is far enough away
from the boat and the line Is easier
handled in landing the fish. The boat
should make about two to three miles
an hour, which is speed enough to
keep the spoon turning and at the same
time give the fish a chance to see your
bait. Always troll with your rod
straight out behind the boat, never out
the side at a right angle ; this 1 b treat
ment any fishing rod would resent.
A mighty good thing for the rod Is to
use a steel rod shortener, which gives
you a dandy trolling rod for about 20
cents. Just slip out the first Joint,
put the shortener in the grip, the sec
ond joint In the shortener, and you run
no chances with your bait-casting rod.
One big point to remember In trolling
with a spoon Is the fact that a spoon
must be spinning around in order to
flash under water and attract the fish.
If you will keep your eye on the rod
tip occasionally you can easily tell
whether the spoon Is turning around
by the steady bobbing of the tip.
When It quits bobbing you'd better
reel In and clean off the weeds. A
hookful of weeds Is not much Induce
ment for a fish to strike.
For wall-eyed pike put a dlpsey
sinker on your rig and troll deep, and
If you get a strike, troll back and
forth over the same water, as they
feed in schools. A fine artificial bait
for the wall-eye ts the underwater
Dowagiae with the green mottled back
and white belly. DIXIE.
Galesof GOTHAM
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Youngster of Eight Proves Himself a Wonder
L OS ANGKI.ES, < AL.—How Max Factor, aged eight, eked out a remarkable
existence almost a month, after becoming separated from his parents with
whom he recently came to California, was told by the boy at police detective
headquarters. The boy hermit left the
y
new home of his parents some time
ago and after visiting tile business dis
trict was unable to find his way buck.
When night fell he perched on the
East Seventh street bridge, watching
the crowds returning to their homes
from work. He said that he believed
his father might see him. But durkness
found him alone, unclaimed. Hungry
aud tired, Mux says that he returned
to the bright lights of the streets aud
gathered up discarded newspapers.
This took many hours. Being an honest boy. Mux sold the papers to Into
wayfarers, but always explained thnt they were old papers and not neatly
folded. He gathered up a few pennies, enjoyed a meager midnight lunch and
slept in a barrel in an alley of the wholesale business district.
He renewed his search the following morning, and when he failed to find
the slightest trace of his parents he resumed selling papers. That night ho
gathered up several gunny sacks and established u hermit's camp in Boyle
Heights. There he slept and tried to keep wann during the long, cold nights.
On Sunday he washed his clothing in the river after making a few cents
selling papers on the streets.
Such was the life of the little hermit until the police found him. Shortly
before dawn he approached Officer Boland at Third and Main street and said:
"Won't you get me something to eat? I am very hungry."
Officers who gathered about the little hermit were surprised when they
noticed how immaculately clean the boy was after his unusual experience.
He had 15 cents in his pockets—his savings during his experience as a nomad.
The child's resourcefulne.-s is considered remarkable, inasmuch as he had
always had the comforts of a home, had never worked, and was never without
his purents.
"Bad Man" Proved Handy With the Crockery
J ERSEY OITY*.—When Charles V. Hughes was discharged from tile con
struction job of the Lehigh Valley railroad at Black Tom, he didn't like
the twinkle In the eyes of the other ninety-nine who came with him from the
South. It was this embarrassment thnt
O' fa.
awoke the Greenville section of the
city with the dread that there had been
another munitions disaster when big
Charley "busted" five hundred plates,
cups and saucers over their heads while
they were at breakfast in a freight car.
Hughes, a negro, weighs exactly
220 pounds, so when the boss told him
he was "canned" and he saw his
friends giggle and whisper to one an
other, he decided to let them know
that he was going to remain with them
morally—end physically—despite the fact that he would work with them
no longer, and had to sever amiable sclal relations with them.
So after Charley had taken In a few of Greenville's well-known all-night
hostelrles he went back to Black Tom. It was Just breakfast time, and the
crowd wan seated about the tables In a big freight car. q
"If I don't eat here, nobody will !" he shouted at them.
No one Invited him to take a seat, so he filled his arms with dishes,
piates, saucers and cups and one after another crashed them on head after
head. Then they carne in bunches, Charley hurling a dozen at a time. The
Interrupted diners dropped everywhere, wounded and beaten, while Charley
strolled toward the pot of boiling stew. This was the climax.
The crash of the dishes attracted people on the fringe of Black Tom and
they hurried to spread the in s that "something was exploding." Then the
police came and Charley Hughe was placed under arrest as he dropped it»
armful of knives and forks that he ' as about to bring Into play.
Woman Has Had Her Full Share of Adventure
(or course I'M ]
\t0R AMERICA -1
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C LEVELAND.—A French father, a German mother, a Russian husband, and
yet an American through nnd through. Her tailored attire and alertness
of manner both proclaim her one. Is more than this, however, that has led
the Y. M. C. A. to employ Mrs. Marie
A. Leff ns Immigration secretary.
For Mrs. Leff has a history.
When "Marie," ns she calls her
self, was a little girl, her father, a
French attorney practicing In Ger
many,, died. Marie was sent to Rus
sia under the care of her uncle, then a
German consul In Russia. In Russia
Marie attended a private school.
Meantime a strange society had
sprung up In the universities and
schools of Russia—the "Order of So
cial Democracy." This society, In secret meetings, discussed and spread
democratic ideas. At twelve years of age Mnrte became a member of the
order. While teaching her class of peasants she was attacked by a band of
bloodthirsty Cossacks and severely punished. Then she was Imprisoned for a
number of weeks.
When sixteen, she nnd another reformer were sentenced to life In north
ern Siberia. On the way she and one of the prisoners were married. To
gether they started on the trip to Siberia, collecting 900 prisoners on the way.
Twelve of these tried to escape. Eight were killed In the attempt.
Marie reached England seven months later, and shortly afterward joined
her husband in America. He died as a result of his 111-trentrnent In Russia,
and Mrs. Leff taught night school and acted as interpreter for the Santa Fe
railroad in Topeka, Kan.
She loves America and considers Cleveland the "finest city in America."
Yet Cleveland Is going to lose Mrs. Leff. She is to have charge of a settle
ment house in Omaha.
To Shut Down on "Goods Sent on Approval''
N EW YORK.—"Goods sent on approval." The chances are that this an
nouncement will soon disappear from dry goods catalogues. The con
cession is so abused by the public that the system no longer pays, and It
seems likely that the managers of the
fin
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big stores will put their heads togeth
er and make a mutual agreement to
no longer send anything out on ap
proval.
Women customers are the worst
offenders. They go to a shop, make
a few trifling purchases so as to get
themselves on the list of customers,
and then they begin ordering things
"on approval." •
One day It will be a hat. the next
a scarf, and the third a Jacket. Each
worn for a day or two, then returned. Never by any
In this way the "on-approval" swindler gets
And when the game faLls
of these articles Is
chance Is one kept and paid for.
the reputation of being wealthy and well dressed,
at one shop she tries another.
Everywhere you find folk whose means do net match their ambitions,
and who are yet so averse to hard work that they are forever inventing
shady schemes to do their fellows out of the use of requisites.
The sample fiend is known to every firm. You find hirn, or her, haunting
the free library, and making notes out of advertisement columns of every
firm which sends samples free.
The writer once, by way of experiment, made such a list for himself. It
Included two sorts of cocoa, a beef extract, some patent oats, a new sweet
meat, a pastry flour, two sorts of flavoring, ono* of scent, one of soap and
five patent medicines.
Women clerks in particular complai that it makes too much work.