Evening Star Newspaper, May 2, 1896, Page 19

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1896—-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES, Wind swells the ALAA RAR ARAB EAAIORASS buyers aside, who can prove the ( t Ayer’s “Curebook.” os G GAME. INDIAN GAM allups and Nisquallies Played Hael” to a Draw. Ledger. nt of the season for the Nisqually and a few White er Indians has § It was the annual gambling ar = of the which te place festivities began Monday morning, a procession of the at the people along en in many a day started Puyatlup reservation. They it is true, but then they s and blankets, which at '§ the gambling they came astrously near losing. The Pu ed. to the ‘e no laurels, their poni t a gambling house Nisqually Indian, iin a clearing five acres in +x- on the right bank of the Nisqually four miles above Maxfield station, rthern Pacific crosses the played by the Indians is “5 I," and was actively par- ? in by thirty Puyallups, five White thirty Nisquallies, the playing with’ the put up by each side one cow and ten s in this gambling house last Sat- aflernoon that “Jack” Ke, r of the Nisqually stood 1 began singing the dirge-like = which forms part of the ceremony, then handed the bones to one of his The Indian took the bones, fumbled d them, and then, holding a bone tightly concealed in either hand, be- gan swinging them for a wary Puyallup to which hand contained the white onc. gambling was in full progress. The was a Strange one, well worthy the ederig Remingion or any who indulge a liking for the wild and fan- tle. The bright wood fires were burning end of the room. Ten feet from walls two rows of Indian men were eling down, facing each other, leaving @ space of ten feet between them. In one rew were Puyallup and White River In- dians and in the other were Nisquallies. In the center of the kneeling rows of In- of the kneeling bucks were benches ug the entire length of the room. On these sat the Indian women of the respec- tive tribes, who watched the varying for- tenes of the players wit most intent in- k in the ground In semi-circular form, ront of both Lane and Skamenke, were small wood: 3 about three sth and on r Inch er. These ¥ and ide won the thirty-five belonging other the game and pot were also to the won, 1 from the neck of each Indian i hanging in front of his breast, player, 3 beneath which he e inches in 2 inch in diameter. One of tfy white, the other one has it. Each of the nes, but only one me procee: = leader of the stde who: to play chants a sing-song in- to bring-luck, the squaws join- ort, and the bucks Two of his men are the leader to shake the grasped by the player, a time. tur! it ts ation one in either hand, and both hands are placed the handkerchief hanging ove east, where he fumbles the benes, sh them about from hand to hand to confuse those who are keenly watching him from the other side, and then, y drawing them from beneath the rehief, hegins swinging them to the and left in front of him. The leader of the opposite side then guesses him- rilla is 50 years of cures. Get the remedy with a record. DVO LOL OMIM OIOLOLO OL ON | same garden was formerl: ship’s sails, we know. boast? Wind. and Sales Has wind anything to do with swelling other sales? Wesuspect it has more to do, than anything else, with some sales. ‘sales? Of course, in some cases. get into a packed hall where there’s no> room? What establishes = the tyranny of fashion? Only the sheepish desire of the individual to follow the flock over the fence. human weakness and play upon it. than anybody else,” they shout, and the wild and windy cry swells their sales—ameng the unthinking. parilla, or any other remedy, is, not sales, but cures, The cry of sales is used—like the red herring drawn across a trail—to turn “Sales,” is itP Amybody can boast them. What makes everybody want to Shrewd salesmen know this “We're selling more goods But the real test of sarsa- The record of Ayor’s Sarsapas You can put your finger on A story of cures told by the cured Free. J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass. Yooh self or names one of his men, whom he thinks may be the more lucky, to guess which swinging hand contains the white ne. If the guess is correct the leader of side which is playing—not sing— lis one of the beans from the ground in front of him, and tosses it over to the leader of the side which has made the cor- rect guess. The “bean” is taken by the winner and stuck in the ground with the other beans belonging to his side. The are also to be passed to the guessing . Whose turn it becomes to play. Providing the guess is incorrect the side making it tosses a bean over to the slide n playing, and the man who has shaken the sticks has the right to shake while his opponents make them again, nother gue: Both sets of bones were guessed upon by the same man at the same time. If he ed the white of one and missed the he won a bean and one pair of bones, but lost a bean upon the other set, which was shaken again for him to make another guess. In this manner the bones and beans were constantly passing back and forth from one side to another with the varying luck of the different sides. Saturday's game ended tn a draw. SS COWPER’S SUMMER HOUSE. The Little Building in Which “John Giipin” Was Written. From the Sketeb. During Febreary Cowper's summer house, Olney, Buckinghamshire, was sold by auction. The extract from the particu- Jars of sale reads as follows: “Lot All that far-famed garden and orchard known as “Cowper's Garden” and the “Guinea Orchard,” the former contain- ing the poet’s celebrated summer house, in which many of his works were written.” It is interesting to remember that this attached to Cowper’s house, and probably the poct’s famons hares—by hame, Bess, Puss and ‘Tiney—garaboled there as well as in the dwelling house. The summer house is a tiny building which Cowper sometimes de- seribed a3 “his bcudoir,” and ft was here he wrote “John Gilpin” and most of “The Task"—acccrding to Thomas Wright. In his book on “The Town of Cowper,” who also states that in winter it was used as a green house, but, on the return of warm weather, the walls were lined with mats, and the building again converted into a summer house. It need hardly be added that visit- ors have covered the walls and ceiling with their count-ess names, although on the ta- ble lies a visitors’ signature book, in which many distinguished names may be found. The garden and summer house, with sta- ble and cottagé, all let at £16 per annum, realized £180 at the sale, and have become the property of the present tenant. Prior to the Chicago exhibition, our American neighbors were very desirous to possess this relic, and, we believe, a fabulous sum was spoken of as having been offered that it might be bodily removed to the exhibition. The tiles from the poet's dweiling house did actually go over the water to the ex- hibition. ————- +00 ______ Beribboned Railroad Sandwiches. From the A on Glove. An Atchison man, who recently returned from a trip on the Central branch, ran across a lunch counter in his travels that served railroad sandwiches tied with pink baby ribbon. The sandwiches were made of tough rolls and moldy ham, but the rib- bon was bright and new. The strange part of it was that a man conducted the busi- ness. see A Lndy at the Theater. From the Atchison Globe. A real lady either wears a very small hat to the theater or else takes off her big one and shows her pretty head and her hair artistically dressed. She never needs an act of the legislature to make her do this. The promptings of her own gentle, kindly nature Induce her to it. HE'S FLY. From the Chicago Inter-Ocean, When the fish lets go it won't be to bite at that sort of an insect, Vi oe) N( “ vi And sarsaparilla SRALA But HAVE SEE) BETTER DAYS, The Country's Old Pianos Find a Mar- ket in Philadelphia, From the New York Times. “What becomes of old piano: was the question put to a large w York manu- facturer the other ds Well was the rather unexpected reply, “the most of ours go io Philadelpria.” The manufacturer could not explain this fact exactly to his own satisfaction. He thought perhaps it Was because so many persons owned homes in Philadelphia, or ause the i people of the Quaker town are much rts and love music more than the New Yorkers. “There ought to be several hundred thou- sand old square planos stowed away some- where in the United States," said a dealer in speaking of the t. “Lhave been*in the business twenty years and personally have seen but three of them cut into kin- dimg wood, It {s indeed a rare occurrence that one of these massive old rosewood af- fairs meets with such an unworthy fate, “A biography of a socd piano is some- times very interesting. They generally start off in life gaily, having the most con- spicuous position in the parlors of the we and receiving courteous treatment. Thirty years ago a good square piano was an object of much greater importance and commanded vastly more respect than any plano nowadays. This is still to be seen when we go to remove an old plano to exchange it for a new one. It Is purely a matter of mercantile interegt to us, but not so with the owners. I have seen old folks who had bought a piano in the days of their honeymoon fairly overcome when they saw the familiar old instrument, which had been with them through days of joy and sorrow, hustled out of the house by irrev- erent hands and conveyed to the ware- house. It is the custom for piano firms now to take away the old instruments and allow a fair price for them, deducting the amount from the price of the new one. It is absolute loss to us, for we have the Sreatest difficulty in disposing of these landmarks which have seen better days. “It is quite arnusing to hear the old folks say, as they always do, when making a selection of a new plano: ‘Our old piano, if it were only tuned up, would have a much better tone than any of these.’ “A great majority of these old planos find their way to the homes of compara- tively poor people. They may be bought for a mere song. There Is a class of men who make a Iving by disposing of these old pianos. A second-hand dealer dropped in here the other day, and sald he had just bought six for $50! Some firms are almost willing to pay for having them taken away, These old planos are by no means worn out, after going through three, or evea four, hands. New strings and new ham- mers are put in, and the old instrument is tinkered up, so that it will oftentimes have a better tone than the cheap piano of to- day. City boarding houses, where the only object is to have an instrument capable of emitting nojse, are extensive harboring places for these old ‘has beens.’ Many are shipped to the west and to country towns. A number find their way to museums, Where they are exhibited as the plano on Which George Washington was wont to play. Throughout New England, Ohio, and in New York city I have seen them’ used as iabdles for kitchen purposes, the works, in many cases, being removed to allow a place for stowing away jars of fruit, Many re dispcsed of at auctions, too, and some very good bargains are to be secured in that way, At the present time, according to the dealer, there are about 80,000 pianos manu- factured annually in America. The same number is preduced by German manu- facturers, while France and England have an annual output of 40,000 each. There Is very little business in the exporting of pianos. This is due to the fact that the change in climate makes it impossible for a piaro, when shippel to a forelgn country, to keep Its tone. Only $10 were exported from this country last year. They went to South America and Germany. The lat- ter country ships quite a number to Aus- tralia and South America. ae 5 eee A Question of Dict. From the Westminster Review. A simple vegetarian meal might consist of legumes, butter, bread, or vat cake, cel- ery, raisins or dates, nuts and ripe pears, apples, strawberries, etc. Such a diet would be neither tasteless, indigestible, nor expensive, and would certainly be nutri- ticus. It is a common notion that a vegetarian must eat enormously, and have the diges- tion of an ostrich. But this is quite a mis- take. Such a meal as we have meniioned may be easily digested, even by a person living under the artificial conditions im- pesed by modern life on dwellers in towns. ‘The human intestine is longer and larger than that (for instance) of a lion, and does not require food ‘of either too concentrated or too bulky a nature. It requires also a due admixture of foods. Thus, pure al- bumen ts not desirable. We may be made to starve on cheese. Experiments as to the relative solubility of animal and vegetable albumen, even if correctly conducted, may be in the highest degree deceptive. The amount of albumen which we daily require is relatively small, and needs a large qua tity of respiratory food to be taken wi it. The latter ts of various kinds, which aiffer very much in the rapidity of their action. For instance, starch is slow and alcohol ts quick in producing its effect a @ supporter of combrstion. If more alou- men be taken than is required, the excess is necessarily not digested. Nature takes What she requires and leaves the rest. Moreover, a too rapid not desirable. apid digestion of food is POST OFFICE FRAUDS ——_2 Methods Ablopted Unele & AN ELABORATE SYSTEM FOR PROTECTION Employes Who Yield to Temptation to Get Mon Ingenious to Rob Easily. a 23 MAIL BOX ROBBERS OST ELABORATE precautions are taken in the New York post office to prevent clerks or employes trom rob- bing the enormous mails which are han- died there daily. Nine inspectors are constantly on duty under direction of Chief Inspector Ashe. These inspec- tors are on the watch night and day for any depredations, and so perfect is the system of surveillance that very few cases of theft occur in the office itself from one year’s end to another. The clerks who sort the mails have places around a large table at the head of which is the head clerk, who 1s constantly ob- serving them. And each clerk, when he en- ters upon his duties, receives specific in- structions to keep sharp watch upon cach of his fellow clerks. This makes the clerks mutually suspicious of each other, and gives them, in a way, the efficiency of reg- ular detectives. One of the few cases of recent occurrence where money has been stolen in the New York post office happened in March, 180 when a clerk named Lagan was detected in secreting letters. It was his duty to dia- (ribute the letters into boxes, and as he did this rapidly, he managed to tarow about one out of five inside his vest, wi was really a large pouch open at the top. La- Sawing Loc From Mail Box. Ban was sentenced to three years in prison. It is not generally kpown <hat all the | mail boxes in New York’ cit¥, and, indeed, in other cities, may be openéd by one ke: that ts, each city has a key which will open all its’ mail boxes, althbugh the diterent | cities) have diff-rent keys; This fact has + been tong known to ftRieves, who have taken advantage of it to get possession of mail-box keys in one way or anogher, and then, under cover of nigkt, to open the boxes and possess themselves of the con- tents. An Ingenious Conspiracy. An interesting case of rall-box robbery occurred in the fall of 1891, when a gang of expert thieves was found to be plunder- ing mail boxes all over the country. Their method of operating was certainly ingen- fous. They had a regular route laid out, which included all the important cities in the country, going from eust to west. In to lessen the chances of suspicion. course, mone: were retaine of and all articles of value and a great quantity of checks were obtained in this way, the lat- ter being in many instances “Faised” or “altered,” so that the conspirators were ete to realize large sums on them. ‘or months these operations were carried on successfully in many cities, the gang going through the country and making thelr appearance Fiore or there with the regularity of a theatrical company. The lorses finally became so extensive and com- plaints*so numerous that Chief Inspector Wheeler took the matter in hand, and de- tailed four of the most #killful inspectors tn ithe service, Inspector Jacobs of New York, Inspector ‘Sproesser_of Washington, I spector Willlams of St. Louls and Inspector Holmes of Cincinnati, to take charge of the case. These men worked all through the summer of 1891, following various clue: and finally located tne thieves in Denv From there they followed them to Dallas, Tex., thence to New Orleans, and so on evst, finaily capturing three of them in At- lanta. ‘The three men were confined on suspicion in the local jail,and as the evidence against them was not yet sufficient for sure con- viction, Inspector Jacobs allowed himselt to be arrested as a counterfeiter and was placed in a cell so near those of the mail- box thieves that he could overhear their talk. From what he picked up in this way, he gained overwhelming evidence proving not only the guilt of the prisoners in the long series of mall robberies all over the country, but, also that of a certain Harry Armstrong, another member of the gang, who was afterward captured in New York. It afterward transpired that the origin- ator of this Ingenious scheme of robbery was Prentiss Tiller, who is now “serving time” in the Jackson penitentiary, while his accomplices were sentenced to from ten to fifteen years. Tracing the Theft. As it is almost impossible to take post office thieves in the act of robbing the mails, the inspectors have to rely upon ruse in discovering the guilty clerk or em- ploye. One of the most commpn and suc- cessful devices is that of the test letter, a tvap in which many light-fingered em- Ployes have been taken. For instance, in the New York post office as soon as a com- plaint {s made, Chief Ins; vector Ashe de- tails one or two of his inspectors to in- vestigate the case. After wecks, some times months, of surveillance, the question of guilt !s narrowed down to two or three men, upor whom the decoy letter or pack- age is then tried. This tesi letter is cun- ningly prepared so as to awaken tempta- tion, its contents being chosen so as to be similar In character to the articles or ob- jects that have been stolen. For instance, if the complaints have been in regard to small pieces of jewelry such as a ofte sent through the mail, the test letter wi contain a scarf pin ora pa BV tons inclosed in such a way that they be plainly felt by any one handling th letter. And if money has been stolen, th: the letter is prepared with bank no! wrapped in thin paper so that they can be readily scen on holding the letter up-to the Might. Whatever is inclosed in the letter is marked in such a way that it may be easily identified afterward. ° Thus prepared, the test letter is mailed im the district from which came the letter in regard to-which complaint has Leen made. The letter 1s posted by one of the inz spectors, who, unknown to the postman, stands nearby and watches until the letter is gathered up. Returning to the ice the Inspec: vhether che le is in the mail pouch which is to carry it to its destination. If it is not there, the suspicion is narrowed down to man who carried it from the office and to the clerks who handled while being stamp and put in th pouch. If the letter is found in the then it is checked at e sul point where it is Mable to be hau) checking being done by the ins: charge, who In no Instance inter the usual opportunity for theft accorded, As soon as the inspector who is on th trail of a test letter finds that it has di n e ed and concludes from check tem that it must ve been racted y one of two or three men, he imine ly orders those men to be taken to a pr vate room, and searched, searched tl oughly, so that if the tellt lor © is on their person it must be discov A Successful Decoy Letter. In the smaller post offices there are many more opportunities for stealing letters and packages than in the large ones, but owing to the limited size of the force employed it is not difficult to locate the thi A very sad and yet interesting case occurred in Yonkers in the late winter of 15 able letters and packages were being mis: ed and many complaints were received by the post office, which sent Inspector Jacobs to ferret out the thief. The usual test let- ters were sent and came through all right, no one knowing of the matter save the postma and the chief of carriers, a man named Walter W. Robinscn. Robinson was a man of unusually pleasing appearance, and was prominent in the church circles: he was, in fact, what is termed 2 general favorite, both with his employers and ac- SEARCHING CLERK BEFORE INSPECTOR. 1g each city they would ptoceétl in the same manner, their first care being to get pos- session of the padlock attaghed to a mail box, which they could easily, do by sawing through the staple. Having, procured this lcck, it was child's play for'them to make a key which would fit {t,tand this key would open any mail box in the city. Having provided themgelves with the key, the rest was plain sailing, for, while the locks of mail boxes in filfferent cities vary in pattera, the general equipment of a post- rean, his uniform, bag, ;etc are the same all oyer the country, and, the basis of the sang’s scheme was to disguise one of their number as a postman and have him collect the mails from the boxes. Every evening cne of the thieves disguised in the regula- tion uniform would make his round from Fox to Lox in the mest open way, being practically free from interference or sus- picion, since not even the policemen in any neighboghood or residents there would have any idea that he was not a postman, per- haps a new one, and he would be left free to go ahead with his depredations. The man chosen to make the rounds would do so shortly after 6 o'clock, at which hour the busizess houses are in the habit of sending out their heaviest batch of letters. The stolen mail thus obtained would be brought to the rooms occupied by the thieves and there carefully examined. Every letter would be opened, either by steaming the envelope or with a penknife, and if found to contain nothing valuable, would be resealed and mailed again, so as quaintances, and suspicion had not once fallen upon him. Indeed, he had been the postmaster’s chief aid in investigating the crime, and had given the detectives every help possible. When it was suggested that he might be the thief, the idea was indig- nantly repudiated, but the inspector still clung to his theory and sent a “test” letter, ef which neither Mr.Robinson nor the post master were informed. It was lost. An- cther and still a third met with the same fate; then Robinson was searched, and the marked money was found upon his person. He then broke down, pleaded guilty at the trial“and*was sentenced to two years and six months in the Kings county prison. There are many complaints of money lost in the mails which upon investigation prove to have their source in the dishonesty of employes. Porters, office boys, petty clerks, all have opportunities to take what they know are valuable letters, and often avail themselves of them. For instance, only a short time ago many complaints were re- ceived from the Presbyterian missions, which were losing money at an extraor- dinary rate. The culprit proved to be thelr office boy, a lad of sixteen with a salary of $4 a week. When searched $18 was found upon him as well as over $10 worth of stamps which he had just taken from the drawer. He confessed his fault and said that he had spent the money in taking his girl to the theater, that they went two or three times a week, and that he liked to give her small presents. There are many similar cases, and a remarkable feature of Valu- | 19 NERVOUS DYSPEPSIA. ToCure Nervous Dyspepsia,To Gain Flesh,To Sleep Wel To Know What Appetite and Good Digestion Mean, Make a Test of Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets. Interesting Experience Of An Indianapolis Gentleman. Xo trouble is more common or more misunder- stood than nervous dyspepsia. People having think that their nerves are to blame snd are sur- prised that they are not cured by nerve medicines and spring remedies; the real seat of the mischtef fs lost sight of; the stomach is the organ to be lcoked after. Nervous dyspeptics often do not have any pain whatever in the stomach, nor perhaps any of the usual symptoms of stomach weakness. Nervous dyspepsia shows itself not in the stomach so much as in nearly every other organ; In some cases the heart palpitates aod ts irregular; in others the Kidneys are affected; in others the bowels ure constipated, with headaches; still others are trou- Med with loss of flesh and appetite, with accurula- ticns of gax, sour risings and heartburn. Mr. A. W. 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It may be a surprise for some to know that the safety of a registered letter is not guaranteed by the post office, and that it does not hold {tself responsible for the loss cf a registered letter, although it will, of course, do everything in its power to hunt it up and find the thief, if there is one. | Owing to the method of ‘checking a remis- tered letter from one station to another, it is generally easy to find the point where t letter dropped out of sight: and most complaints in this department, as that of the special delivery department, are complaints of delay rather than loss. CLEVELAND MOFFATT. ———__ REVERIES OF A SCORCHER. The Effrentery of Pedestrians, Drivers and Motormen Astonishes Him. Frem the Chicago Pest. Ting-a-ling! Ting-a-ling! Get out of the way, there! By George! that was a close call for that Wwoman—and for me! I don't see what people are thinking of. They walk out into the street just as if they had a right to be there, and some one is always trying to cross just as I want to turn a corner. There ought to be a law against it—a law that would compel pedestrians to remain on the sidewalks, where they would not be in the way of those who really have rights in the streets, Look out! Hi, there! Confound it all! Children ought to be chained up in their parents’ yards. They are always getting in the way, and yet here would be an awful roar if I should in over one. No one would stop to think that they were encroaching on my rights, and I would probably go to jafl. That shows the injustice and favoritism of our local system. Here am I, a wheelman of some importance in the eycling world, act- ually compelled to moderate my speed and move with care and caution lest I run over some child that has been sent to the cor- ner to buy a cake of yeast, or some woman who is trying to usurp some of my rights by crossing the street. It is outrageous, reposterous—— Hi! Hi! Ting-a-ling! Great Scott! That old lady came near being obliged to turn a double somersault. She'd ought to have known that I would want to turn that corner, but, of course, old peopte are inclined to be a little slow witted at times. That’s why they should be kept off the strect. As a matter of fact, Streets ought to be tunneled or bridged at e corner That is the only way in which wheelmen can be protected in their , the only way in which pedestrians can be forced to— Ting-a-ling! Ting-a-ling! Clang! Clang! Jumping Jupiter! but that was a close one! That's what comes of giving the streets over to the tender mercies of trol- tion all Over the World. genuine without the signature of the firm “Andreas Saxlehner,” ley companies. I almcst disputed the right of way with that car, and it never pays. I n't see why they are permitted in the They have absolutely no and anyway. ct for the rights of other: uld be barred for all time. The source of constant danger to wheelmen, and that is enough to— Hi! mister, do you think you own this road? Get your old buggy out of the way! It takes up the space of two bicycle: It’s an outrage that people with wagons and carriages should be permitted to use the paved streets and get in the way of wheeimen. It never ought to be permitted. Let them take the unpaved stree: they must go out, where they won't b men- ace to those who have the first claim to the paved streets. I wonder if we couldn't get the council to pass some such law as that. It’s worth trying, anyway. I'l bring it up at the next meeting of our bicycle club. ——— + e+ ____ Japanese Competition. From the San Frarelsco Chronicle. Another straw showing which way the wind of Japanese competition blows is the transfer of a great siraw matting manu- factory from Milferd, Conn., to Kobe, one of the industrial centers of Japan. The shrewd Coanecticut Yankees investigated the subject and found that they could manufacture their specialty more cheaply in Japan than in the nutmeg state, so they moved their concern across the water, Those who affect to pooh-poch the subject of Japanese competition apd airily speak of the superiority of western intellect en- tirely overlook the fact that the mobil of capital is such that It can be easily transferred to countries where cheap la- bor can be had, that all that fs neces. sary is for the superior intellects of Am: ica and Europe to invent machines and the owners of capital can tuy them and trarsfer them to countries where they can be operated most cheaply. Seeded etete eee eetned neon one HUNYAD! JANOS, The World’s _Best Natural Aperient Water. 25 Years’ Success in U. S. Label 2DEi. | | | 7 ae HOW THEY WERE CAUGHT. The Eloping Couple Were F. of the Tandem Wheels Sup From the Culeago Post. ° The old man was thoughtful. “You say Maria has run away,” he said “She's eloped with Bill Jones, and they'y started for tow: “Hosses?” inquired the old man. bicycles,” replied his wife, one or two 'wo—one for each.” hat settles i id the old man. “We can caich them before they get to the pa son's. “They're both good rider wife. hat's so,” admitted the old man, they could beat either one of us alone, we're a powerful team when we get toxe er, Hannah. Can you leave your bakin’ for a little while?” f anyth rectfal iorit suggested his and I can bake said, ser “but if Maria gi with Bill Jones she’s gone for good.” ton your bloomers in a hurry, then,” exclaimed the old man. “I'll be g tandem wheel out of the wood sh while, and if we don't make scorehers think there's a whirlwind afte them it'll be funny “Do you spose they forgot about the tan- dem? eybe they thought we'd forgotten how to ride it.” replied the old man, grimly, as he made his back into the form of an are just to satisfy himself that he had not for- gotten how to do it. And that night, as Bill Jones looked long- irgly up at the $indow of the room wh he knew his fair one was contined, he bi terly reproached himself for his foolishn in thinking that a single wheel could away from a tandem, and he swore softly to himself that when next he tried to take the maid away he would have a sextupiet, fully mayned, and with an auxiliary gas- engine attachment —s0+ In Poster Land. Utica Morning Herald. the sky Is black, grass Is ‘bioe, From the In Pester 4 Gladness Comes Wie a better understanding of the transient nature of the many phys- ical ills, which vanish before proper ef- forts—gentle efforts—pleasant efforts— rightly directed. There is comfort in the knowledge, that so many forms of sickness are not due to any actual dis- ease, but simply to a constipated condi- tion of the system, which the pleasant family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt- ly removes. That is why it is the only remedy with millionsof families, andis everywhere esteemed so highly by all who value good health. Its beneficial effects are due to the fact, that itis the one remedy which promotes internal cleanliness without debilitating the organs on which it acts. It is therefore all important, in order to get its bene- ficial effects, to note when. you prr- chase, that you have the genuine art ele, which is manufactured by the Cali- fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by all reputable druggists. If in the enjoyment of good health, and the system is regular, laxatives or other remedies are then not needed. If afflicted with any actual disease, one may be commended to the most skillful physicians, but if in need of a laxative, one should have the best, and with the well-informed everywhere, Syrup of Figsstands highest and is most used and gives most general,