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In an,, old tunnel behind their- tent Slthey -set: nvheavy/gate,'' and ::'..'intb :Iyf ,4v fe»k*'v Land of Broken Promises jfes^AS^W:®?!^'5&i:A?S®:®:#SSiWSSiS^??:5ft5A%*S%":!:*S:5*S5S!,i'55' (Cw^ttfthr **•*«. Muter) SYNOPSIS. Bud Hooker aid Phil De-Lancey are forced, owing to a '.: revolution •In, Mexico, to give up their mlnlitgr claim and return to the United -Btateif:'. In the border town of Gadsden Bud meets Henry. Kruger, a -wealthy miners ,who makes htm a propo sition to return to Mexico, to acquire title to. a very rich mine which .Kruger had blown up when he found he had been cheated out of' the .title by one .Arftgon-, The Mexican subsequently spent a large sum In an .Unsuccessful attempt to relo cate the vein and- then allowed the land torevert for taxes.,'Hooker: and De Lao-, oey arrive at,, Fortuna .near where Aragon's daughter, Gracla, decides-to turn .Mexican and get the title In hls own name. Bud objects to Phil's attentions to Oracla. Aragon fails In his attempt to drive them off the claim.- Rebels are reported In the vicin­ ity. Stories.- of rapine arid': bloodshed are' brought in: Bud 'and Phil/begin work In a a CHAPTER XIII—Continued,' S$$^dir». ^w2irtrk hade th&ught .and. the, .gang .of Mexi cans that they- bad liired for-, mucker* were.' marvel's of Ineptitude.. Left to themselves,they, accomplished. noth-. ing,'since each problem they encoun taredt seemed to present: tothem some ,™. element of Insuperable difficulty, to &}£* solve which they either went Into cau cus or waited' for the bosa.* :bebind •rtbey stoi^ their precious powder. Then camB tbe portable" forge and the blacksmith shop, Just inside'the mouth faav^'Withie cavevViind:',the)t«it backed up ayalnat It for protection. For If there ||te (is' any one thing, next-to horses, that rcfcela are wont to »teal, lt c|Q giant powder tp blow up culverts with, or to lay on tbe counters of. timorous '^P%|:c^intry -merchanta and frighten them i!0H' Br DANE COOUDGE Authorof "Tht Fighting Fool" "HidJmn Watm" "ThmTuica*." Etc. Illustration* by Don J. Lavin vthe mine, .known as the: Eagle Tall, is 10-, oated. They engage the services of Crus Mendez, who has been flrlendly t? Kruger, to acquire the' title for\them, and get a permit do preliminary Work.'. Aragon protests and accuses them, of Jumping his claim Bud .dlwsovers' that, matrimonial entanglements prevent Mendex from per fecting- a valid title. Phil, who has been paying attention :bank 1 ••Tb.the Mexicans of Sonqra Bernardo •Bravo was, the personification of. all /tbe'' malevolent* qualities—he being a bandit chlef-who bad tuhied.first gen eral and then rebel „-under Madero— and, the fact that be ,had at laBt been driyen out of Chihuahua, and therefore, ••ovar into Sonora, made hia malevo lence all the,-mpre imminent. Undoubtedly, somewhere over tothe east,- .where the Sierras' towered like a -blue''wall, Bernardo andhlsbutlaw followera were gathering for a raid, and the raid would bring death to So nora. He was a bad man,'tills Bernardo Bravo, and if half of the current sto ries were true, he killed men- when ever they failed to glye him inoney, and was never too hurried to take a fair daughter of the countir, up behind ,bim,'provided she took his fancy^ Yes, surely he was a bad man—but Jsthat did not clear away the rock. For the first, week Phil took charge Ifel of the gang, urging, directing tod ca jollng them, and the work went mer rlly on, though rather slowly^" The v.-.-.Mr. Mexicans liked to work for Don Felipe, Jp§3 he -Was so polite and spoke such good Spanish but at' the end„of the' week it developed that Bud could get more if re to he Every time Phil started to'explain it aaaking contrlbutiona. Aa for their horses. Bud kept them belied and hobbled, close to tbe house, and no one ever saw him without his In tbe morning, when he got .up, iff- he took it from under hia pillow and hung it' on. hla belt,'" and: tbere'. it vj 4 atarod, until bedtime. '^"'':. -He\also kept a sharp watch on the A trail, above :tod below»,Md what| few men did paas through were conscious of his eye. Therefore It was all the lli? more surprising when, one day, look- S' lng up suddenly from heaving at a great rock, he saw the blg 'Taqul wl dler, Amigo, gazing down at him from the cut bank. Tes. lt was the same man, but, with 'v! a difference—his rifle'and cartridge belts were absent and bis clothes were tora by the brush. But the same gobd-natured, competent amile was there, and after a few words with Bud he leaped nimbly down the bank uid laid hold upon the rock. They pulled together, .and the boulder that had balked Bud!s gang of Mexicans moved easily for the two of them. Then Amigo seised a" crowbar and slipped it into a cranny and showed them a few things about moving rocks. -For half an hour or'more be'worked along, seemingly bent on displaying hla skill, then he sat down on the bank and watched the Mexicans with tolerant, half-amused eyes. If he was hungry^ he showed It only by the cigarettes he smoked, and Hooker, studying up the chances he would take by hiring a deserter, let him wait until he came to a decision. "Oyer. Amigo," he hailed at laat. and, rubbing his band around on his stomach, he emiled questionlngly. whereat the Yaqui nodded his head avidly. "Stawano!" said Hooker,' "ven." And he left bla Mexicans to dawdle as they would while he led the Indian to camp. Tbnre he showed him the coffee-pot and the kettle of beans by the fire, set oat a slab of Dutch-oven bread and a sack of Jerked beef, some stewed fruit SPEECH THAT WON THE GIRL Really Marveloua Combination of Worda ,Left the More Humble.? Suitor Simply Nowhere. 1' J. B. McGhee of Boswell, N. M., writes to. tell of a negro girl who had two "cuUud" suitors, says the Kansas City Star. One was a hard working negro who always had a Job, but was a'little short on style. The other nev er -worked. but. wore, fine clothes and I and a can of sirup, and left him to do his worst In the course of half an hour or ao he came, back and found the Yaqui sopping up sirup with the last of the bread and humming a little tune.. So they eat down and smoked a cigarette and came to the business at hand. ^"Wifcre ybu go?" inquired Bud but Amigo only shrugged enigmatically. "You^like to work?" continued Bud, and the Indian, broke into a smile of assent. "Muy blen," said Hooker with final ity "I give Mexicans two dollars :a day-r-I give you four. Is that enough?" "SI," nodded the Yaqui, and without more words he followed Bud back, to the cut There, in half a day,' he ac complished' more than all the Mexl-' caiie put together, leaping boldly up the to dislodge'.hanging boulders, boosting them by main strength up onto the ramshackle tram they 'had. constructed, and trundling them out: to the dump with the shove of a mighty hand.'- He was-a willing worker, using his head every minute but though he was such a hustler and made their puny efforts'seem so Ineffectual by compart-, son, he managed in some mysterlbus way to gain the Immediate approval, of the Mexicans. Perhapie it was his all-pervaslve good nature, or the re spect Inspired by hla hardihood per haps the qualities of natural leader-, ship which had made him a picked man among his brother Yaquls. But when, late In the'afternoon, Biid came back "from a trip to the tent he found Amigo in charge of the gang, heaving and struggling and making motions with his head. "Good enough!" be muttered, after watching him for. a minute in silence, and leaving, the new boss In command, he went back and started supper. That* was the beginning of, a.new day at the Eagle Tail, and when De Iiancey came back from town—whitb e'r he went whenever he could conjure up an efrand—-he found that, for once, he had not been mleeed. Bud. was doing, tbe blacksmithlng, Amigo was directing the gang, and a fresh mess, of beans waa oh the fire, the first kettleful having gone to rein force the Y'aqui's backbone. But they were beans-well spent, aind Bud did not regret the raid on'hlB grub-pile, if he cpuld get half as much work for wliat he fed the Mexicans he could well rest content "But how did this Indian happen to find you?" demanded Phil, when his pardner had explained his acquisition. "Say be must have deserted frbm his company when they brought them back from Moctezuma!" "More'n likely," assented Bud. "He ain't talking much, but I notice be Biii Waa Doing the Blacksmlthlns- keeps bis eye out—they'd shoot blm for a deserter if they could ketch him I'd hate to see him go that way.". "Well, If he's as good as this, let's take care of him!" cried Phil with enthusiasm. "Ill tell you, Bud, there's something big coming off pretty soon tod I'd like to etay around town a little more If I could. I want to ketp track of things." "F*r instance?" suggested Hooker dryly. It had struok him that Phil was spending a good deal of time In town already. "Well, there's this revolution. Sure shooting they're going to puU one soon. There's 'two thousand Mexican miners working at Fortune, and they say every one of 'em haa got a rifle burled. Now they're beginning to quit and drift out into the hills, and we're likely to hear from them any time." "All the more reason for staying In camp, then," remarked Bud. "Ill tell you, Phil, I need you here. That dogged ledge is lost, good and plepty, and I need you to-say where to dig. We ain't doing much better than old Aragon did—just rooting around lty that, rock-pile—let'a do a little tlmbgr ing, and sink." "You can't timber that .rock," to awered De Lancey decidedly. "And besides. It's cheaper to make a cut twenty feet deep than it Is to tunnel or sink a shaft Walt till we get to that porphyry contact.— then we'll knew where we're at" "All right," grumbled Bud "but seems like we're a long time getting there. What's the news downtown?" "Well, the fireworks have begun again over In Cbibuahua—Oroico and Salazar and that bunoh—-but It seems there was something to this Mocte zuma scare, after all. I was talking to an American mining man from down that way/and he told me that the fed erals marched out to where the rebels were and then sat down and watched them cross the river without firing on adorned the street corners, tod was without money most of the time. Both wanted to marry the girl and she, al though strongly in favor of style her self, had a strong hsinkering after the one with the steady job. So she de cided she would Invite them both to dinner, wait on them, herself, and the one who had the best manners she would, accept. Accordingly they came to'dinner. She first waited on Jim, the hard working negro, and said: "Have sugar and cream in your coffee, Mr. nppi^jr''' them—some kind of an understanding between' Bernardo Bravo and' these blackleg federals. "The only fighting there waa was when a bunch £f twenty Yaquls got away from their' officers in the rough country and went after Bernardo Bra­ vo by their lonesome. That threw a big scare into him too, but he man aged to fight them off—and if I waa making a guees I'd bet that your Yaqui friend was .one of that fighting twenty." "I reckon,'^assented Bud "but don't you say* nothing. I need that hombre in my busln'ess. Come on,' let's go up and lbok at that cut—I come across an'old board today down In the muck, and 1 bet you It's a piece that Kruger left Funny we don't come acrosa some of his tools, though, or the hole Where the powder went off." "When we do' that," observed Phil, "we'll be where we're going. Nothing to do then but lay off the-men and wait till I get my papers. That's why I say don't hurry eo hard—we haven't got our title to this claim, pardner, and we won't get-it, either—not for some time yet Suppose you'd hit this ledge—" "Well, lit I hit it," remarked Bud. 'I'll stay with it—you can truBt me for that Hello, what's 'the Yaqui, found?": As they came up the.cut Amigo'quit work and, while the Mexicans followed suit and gathered expectantly' behind him, he picked up three rusty drills and an iron drlll-apooh and presented them to Bud. Evidently be had learned thei object of their search from the. Mexicans but if ..he looked for any deinoiuitrations of delight at eight of these much-sought for tools he was doomed to disappoint ment tor both Bud and Phil had schooled:themselves to. keep their faces straight "Um-m," said Bud, "old drills, eh? Where'.you find them?" The SYaqui led the way to the face of the cut and showed ithe spot, a hole beneath the p|le of riven rock and a-Mexican, not' to be outdone, grabbed up a handful of porphyry and. indi cated where the dynamite had. pulver ized it "Bien," said Phil, pawing solemnly ground in the bottom of the hole and then, filling -his handkerchief with fine dirt, he carried it down to the creek. There, In a miner"* pan, he washed it out carefully, slopping the waste over ithe .edge and). swirling the: water around until at laet only a Uttle dlrt was left in the bottom of the pan. Then, while all the Mexicans looked on, he tailed this toward the edge, scanning the last remnantvfor gold— and quit without a color '. "Nada!" he cried, throwing down the pan, and in some way the Mexi cans sensed the fact that the:mine had turned out a failure.Throe times he wfent back to the cut and, scooped up the barren dust, and theff be told! the men they could quit I' "No more work!" he said, affecting a dejected bitterness "no hay nada— there Is nothing!" And with this sad, but by no means unusuaj, ending, to their labors, the Mexicans went away to' their camp, speculating among themselves as to whether they could get their .pay. But when the last of thenpi had gone Phil beckoned Bud Into' the tent and showed him a. piece of quartz. "Just take a look at that!" be paid, and a single glance told Hooker tbat it was full of fine particles of gold. "I picked that np when, they ^weren't looking," whispered De Lancey, his eyes dancing with^ triumph. "It's tbe sane rock—the same as Kruger's!" "Well, put 'er there, then, pardner!" cried Bud, grabbing at De Lancey's band "we've struck it!" And with a broad grln on their de ceitful faces they danced silently around tbe tent, after which theyt paid off the Mexicana and bade them "adioa!" A ^CHAPTER XIV. S" It la *a" great sensation—striking it rich—one of .the^ greatest in the world. Some men punch- a burro oyer the desert all their livee ln the hope of "achieving it mce Bud and Phil had taken a chance, and the prlze now lay within their grasp. Only a little while now—a month, maybe, if the pfflclals were slow—and the tltle would be tbelra. .1 The Mexican'' miners /blinded by their ignorance, went their way, well contented to get:their money. Nobody knew. There waa nothing to do but to wait But to wait aa some people know, la tbe hardest work in the world. For the first few dajra they lingered about the mine, gloatlng over It in' secret, laughing back and forth, sing ing gay songa—then, as the ecstasy passed and the weariness of waiting set in, they went two ways.' Some fascination, unexplained to Bud, drew De Iiancey to the town. He left in the morning and came back at night, but Hooker atmyed at the mine. Day tod night, week-daya tod Sun days, he watched It jealously, lest someone should slip in and, surprise their 8ecret-=tod for company he had hla pet horse,' Copper Bottom, and the Yaqui Indian, Amlgo^ Ignaclo was the Indian's real name, tor the Yaquls are all good Catholica and named uniformly after tbe afiints but Bud had started to call him Amigo, or friend, and Ignaclo had »nferred the same name on him. Poor Ignaclo His four-dollar^day job had gone ^glimmering in half a day, but when the Mexican laborers departed he lingered around tbe camp, doing odd jobs, until be won a place for himself. At night 4e slept up ln the rocks, where no treachery could take him unaware, but at the lint peep of dawn It waa always Amigo who aroae and lit the fire. Then, if no one got up, he oooked a breakfast after hia own Ideas, boiling the coffee until It waa as strong aa lye, broiling meat on sticks, and went to turn out tbe horses. 'With the memoir of many enviona glances cast at Copper Bottom, Hooker had built a stout corral, where he kept .the horses up at night allowing them! to graze close-hobbled in the daytime. A Mexican lnsurrecto on foot la a contradiction of terms, if there are any horses or mules in, the country, and several bands of ex-miners from Fortuna bad gone through their camp In that condition, with new rifles In Jim?" "Cream only, if you pleaae, ma'am," replied Jim. Then to the stylish suitor. "Have sugar, and cream In your coffee, Mr: Sambo?" "Both If ybu pleaae, Miss Dinah," said Sambo, and he added: "Miss Dinah, yon knows de homo Jonah, rajlkal, trajlcal, incomprehen sible, compound extract of de root-a toot-toot ob the sugar, mixed wid de double distilled compound discombll ltles ob de cream, makes de coffee obsquob." He got the glri. T" r,'f j"* MANCHESTER THE their hands. But If they had any de signs on the Eagle Tall live atock they speedily gave tbem up for, while he would feed them' and even listen to their false tales of patriotism.,. Bud had no respect for numbera wheif It came to admiring his horse. Even with the Yaqui, much aa be trusted blm, be bad reservations about Copper Bottom and once, when- he found blm petting hlm' arid- stroking his nose, he shook hie head forbid dingly. And from that dayTO, though he watered Copper Bottom and cared for his wants. Amigo. was careful never to caress him.,, v- But In all other. matterii even to lending him hia gun, Bud trusted the Yaqui absolutely. It was about a week after be came to camp that Amjgo sighted a deer, and when Bud loaned him hia rifle he killed It with a single shot .. '':t'-, Soon.afterward he came loping back from a scouting trip and made signs for ..the gun again, and thia time he brought in a young peccary, which he roasted in a pit, Indian style./ After that, jwhen the meat waa low. Bud sent him cut to hunt, and each time,'he brought back a wild bog or a deer for every cartridge. The one cross under which the Yaqui suffered was the apparent fail ure of the mine, and, after slipping!up into the cut a few times, he finally came back radiant ^i "Mira!" be said, holding out apiece of rock and when Hooker gazed at the chunk of quartz he potpted to the specks of gold and grunted, "Orb!'' "Seguro!" answered Bud, and' going down into bla pocket, hb produced an otber like it At thia 'the Yaqui cocked his head to one side and regarded him strangely. "Why you no dlggold7"heasked at 'laat, and tlien Bud told blm the atory. i. "We have an enemy," he said, "who might steal it from us. So now we wait for papeia. When we' get them, we dig!" "Ah!" breathed Amigo, hisi face sud denly clearing up "and can 1 work for you then?" 1 "Si," answered Bud, "for four, dol lars a day. But now you help ..me watch, so nobody comes:" "Stawano!" exclaimed the Indian, well satisfied, and after that hesitant hours on the hilltop, his black bead thrust out over the crest like a chuck awalla lizard as he conned the .land below. V-'V So the days went by until three weeks had passed, and still no papers came. Aa his anxlety lncreased Phll fell Into the habit of staying in town overnight, and finally he was gone for two days. The third day was/drawing to a close, and Bud vfaa getting rest less, when suddenly be beheld the Yaqui bounding down the hill in great aigi 4own the leaps and making signs canyon. "Two men!" he called, dashing up to the tent "one of them a rural!" "Why a rural?" asked Bud, mysti fied. "To take me!". cried Amigo, striking himself violently on the breast "Lend me your rifle!" "No," answered Bud, after a' pause "you might get into trouble. Run and hide in the rocks-7-I will signal you when to come back.". "Muy blen," said the Yaqui obedi ently, and, turning, he went up over rocks like a mountain-sheep, bounding from .boulder to boulder until he: dis appeared among the hilltops. Then, as Bud brought In his horse and shut him hastily inside his corral, the two riders came around the point—a rural and Aragon! Now, in Mexico a rural, as Bud .well knew, means trouble—and. Aragon meant more trouble, trouble for him. Certainly so busy a man as Don Clpri ano would not come clear to his camp to lietp capture a Yaqui deserter. Bud abnaed. lt from ,the start thai this waa another attempt to get poiaession of their mine, and he awaited their coal ing grimly. 'S tardes," he said in rep4y to the rutal's abrupt salute. and 'then he stood silent before his tent, looking them oyer shrewdly. The rural waa a hard-looking citlien, aa many of. them are, but on this occaalon he' seemed a trifle embarrasMd, glancing inquiringly at Aragon. Aa for Aragon,' he waa gazing ,at a long, line' of Jerked meat which Amlgo had hung out to dir, and hla drooped -eye opened up suddenly as he turned his cold regard upon Hooker. "Sehor," he said, speaking with aai accusing harshness, "we are looking TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER Declared In Thee# Days to Be the Only Safe Topic of, Con- versation.' Perhaps the chief reason why the weather is a suitable topic for conven-. tional Conversation is its .usefulness. Nothing can be done with the weather except talk about it, ao the talk is not liable to-Interruption by a call to action. -Hard times are a topic of: general Interest common alike to mil Uonaire and worklngman. But If you say to a perfect stranger the times are hard he may take advantage of that admission by asking for a sub scription ifor some charity or by de manding that you vote the socialist ticket The weather la, In fact almost the only safe topic left for pure converse tlon In this energetic and practical age, says the New York Independent However much you may deplore- the badness of the weather, nobody Is' likely to hold you responsible for It or call upon you to remedy it unless you run. across a crank who Is raising a fund to bombard the heavens for the production of rain or the dissipa tion of hailstorms.. Leading off with the weather In spires confidence because it Is a tradi tional and established opening. If a That Spring Feeling. As the first warmth of spring brought a feeling of lassitude, the farmer's wife In older day's would go searching through the woods for "yarbs". from which to make a brew as a tonic for the whole family. Thel city man, feeling the laziness of "spring fever" coming over him, brought from the corner drug store a 49-cent package of "Old Doc" Some body'a. spring tonic. But things are changing. Men have learned, that the. best spring tonics are the gifts of a 5 M'i hf Mms*! rjh. *1 4" 4 -f* i,„ t-" DEMOCRAT, MANCHESTER for the men who are stealing my and see we have,not far' to, go. Where did yon pet sy\4 V. that meat?*? "I got it from a deer," returned Bud "there is his hide on the fence you can see it if you'll look." The rural, glad to create a diver sion, rode over and examined the hide and came back satisfied, but Aragon was not so easily appeased. "By what right," he demanded truc ulently, "do jrou, an American, kill deer in our country? Have you the special permit which, la,required?" "No, senor," answered Hooker ao berly "the deer was killed by a Mex ican I have working for me!" "Ha!" sneered Aragon, and then he paused, balked, "Where is this Mexican inquired the rural, his professional instincts aroused, and while Bud was explaining that he was out In the hills some where, Aragon spurred his horse, up closer and peered curiously Into bis tent "What are you looking for?" de manded Hooker aharply. and then Ara gon showed his band. "I am looking for the drills, and drill spoon," be said "the onea you stole when you took my-miae!" "Thien get back ont of there! cried Bud, seizing his horse by the bit and throwing him back on his haunches "and stay out!*V hevadded, as he fi v* "Two Men, One of Them a Ruralsl" dropped his hand to his gun. '.'But if the rural wishes to search," he said, turning to that aetoanded official, "he Is welcome to do so."" "Muchas gracias. no returned the rural, shaking a finger In front of his face, and then he strode over to where Aragota was muttering and apoke In a low tone. "No!" dissented Aragon, shaking his head violently "no—no! I want thia mto arrested!" he cried, turning vin dictively upon Bud.- "He -his stolen iny tools—my mine—myland! He has no business here—no tltle' This land is mine, and I tell him to go. Pronto!" he shouted, menacing Hooker with hia riding-whip, but Bud only ahlfted hla feet and stopped .listening to'hla ex cited SpainishA "No, senor," he sUd. when it waa all over, "this-claim belongs to my part ner, De. Lancey. Yon have no—r "Ha!De Lancbyl"JJeered- Aragon. suddenly Indulging himself lif a sarr donlc laugh, "De.Lancey! Ha, ha!" "W,hat's the matter?" cried Hbbker, as the rural Joined la with a derisive amlrk.v "Say, apeak np, hombre!" he threatened,' stepping closer ai hla eyea took on a dangeroua gleam. *rAnd tat me tell you now," lie added, "that, If any mto touchea a hair of hla. head 111 kill him llkra'dogl" 1 The rural backed lili horse away, aa If auddenly discovering that the Amer ican waa dangeroue. and then salut lng respectfully aa he took "bis leave, he said: "The Senor De Lancey la In Jail!" ^Tbey whirled their horses at that and galloped off down the canyon, and 'aa Bud ga^d after tbem he burat into a frenzy of burses. Then, with the one thought of setting Phil free, he rto- out to the corral and hurled the saddle on hia horse. (TO BE CONTINUED.) I man on being introduced to a young woman is asked by her If he is mar ried, or on meeting a stranger in dark and deserted road is asked what time it is, his suspicions ate aro-ised at once. In fact, any conversational opening except the conventional one |s liable to raise the Inquiry. "What "does he mean by It?" If, however, one begins with the weather we know that he means noth ing by it, and we may continue the conversation with ease, of mind. Be ing then both useless and useful, the: weather is unequaled as, a topic of conversation in its formal and pre Uminary stages. Evan Mors Dessrvlng. Beggar—Mister, 3 ain't had nothin', to eat for two daya. Gentleman—You told me that very same story a week ago. •Beggar—Oh! Then surely boss, you'll help a pore man who ain't had nothin' to eat for nine days.—Boston Evening Transcript. ,.v, Not In Politics. :. After, all these statesmen have gone on the stand and told how they run their parties, every citizen will know the ins and outs of politics." "Yes," said the Practical Person, "but in pol itics you don't get anything by know lng the outs." f. beneficent, nature. A full breath of fresh air, a brisk walk along a grass grown road, a plunge into the cool waters of the old swimming pool—If the water Is pure and cold—or the morning shower If in the. city, fresh green food, or the pursuit of a bound ing golf ball over a spring course— those are the real lnvlgqrators, true tonics.—Rochester Sentinel. People are willing to take hard knocks for nothing, but never to sell ribands cheap.—Raskin, NOT SAME VIEWPOINT Logic and Argument Mean On* Thing to a Man and Another-to a Woman. "Logic" Is the rock on which the views of man and woman split He "knows" that she is. inconsistent, she that he argues only for the joy of hear ing his own wisdom. teach knows that convincing the other is "a- gift not granted by the high gods unto mortals. But the knowing fails' to keep them from debating until debate threatens to degenerate Into wrangling and feminine t^ars and masculine vehemence of expression bid tbem a Each is right and both are wrong. Man refuses to he convinced, woman is incapable of being convinced. The source of the difficulty lies In the fact that logic and argument, like truth,, mean one .thing to him tod another to her. Man enjoys argument, the pit ting of wits against wlta anil power' versus strength, even if he be worsted, *but woman dislikes It Instinctively, evep if she prove a winner. The rea son is that he is born for battle and self-assertion, she for peace, whose essence is self-denial, if not self-efface­ To man argument-Is a good d^al of a mental game of chest, to woman It la aa earnest clash of two personali ties. Man will wage wordy warfare with man over the merits. ot_ appoint of honor or those of a security, and put the beat of him into the Intellectual and verbal duel, and -not seldom lose his temper for the- moment or the hour but when the war of words -la over he thrusts the affair behind him, has no personal feeling as regards his opponent and many eyen acknowledge that there was foundation for opiniona he withstood. But woman argues about the deeper feellngB or thought In regard to such problems as poll tics, religion or'virtue ^nd takes the matter with terrible seriousness aa an. affair of life and deat^i. *,Her re? gard for sincerity and truth, as1 she understands these qualities^ makes'the, debate one to be expressed in terata of personality, When two such standards, and me^hr. ods- of argument as man's and wom an's come together we have the.spirlt ual analogy to the, physical phenome non of an irresistible force encounter ing an immovable obstacle. "Too of ten the outcome isr. an everlasting smash. But. the lsjsue is inevitable. Its waa' forecasted, in. the first recorded' conversation between man and wom an—that of Adam apd Eve in Eden af ter eatlng of the tree of knowledge of, good and evil. It will continue thus to the end of days.—Spokesman Re view. -c' t£g§Sti& .. Seven\ Varieties of Fljes. "-'Seven dffferent varietles of flies are, fciund in our houses, per^ccmt of whibh are represented:,by the com mon housefly. Flies lay 'their'- eggs, only in fermenting or decaylng'VsuM stances—by preference in: manure^ Hence every, stable is a center of in fection unless periodically disinfected. The fly maggot is also hatched, out in latrines and ashpit refuse, such, as bedding, straw, rags, paper, scraps of meat, fruit, etc., on which substances the larvae subsist*after they hatch, which occurs in about twelve days after the .egg- has -been"laid. It .Is estimated that a -single fly, laying 120 eggs at a time, will'produce a progeny amounting to sextillions by the end of the season. The" numbers of bacteria upon a single fly have been proved to range all the way from 560 toJ$,600,00Q. The. avenge for 414 files which wef« ex amined at ,the agricultural experiment station at Storrs, Conn.,' war 1,250,004 bact'eria a'piece. This, represents about' the number of bacteria that enter the human system when someone swal lows a glass of liquid Into which some •fly' has fallen,' to be removed by a slovenly waiter without the liquid be- Great and manifold as are the won ders of radium. it might be well, to receive the following iilformatlbn with some reserve. '. ?-j- ",• It is reported that van' American farmer naimed Cyrus Whiffle, who has been prospecting in, Paradox .valley, Colorado came home recently bring ing with him a small'sack of radium bearing ore, tod dumped some of the pieces in the drinking fountain used by thb Whiffle hens. V.'Jv As a result, according to: Whiffle, the water became strongly radioactive, the hens drank it, and their eggs pro duction almost doubled. Many of the hens, began laying two eggs dally. Whiffle says that his entire family since -beginning to eat thA radioactive eggs have gained, steadily. In strength and that all their ailments have dlsap- geare!- Repairing Fractured Hearts. .Thirty-one patients In a Russian hospital have recovered from, stab wounda of the.heart! .---"'.V- Doctor Zlidlersays tbe pdtients were put under the Influence of ether vbry aoon after the injury. part .of" the chest wall swas removed, the heart lifted from Its bed and the stitches quickly introduced between pulsa: tlons. The bony chest wall over the. heart was not pu^back in place, tbat organ being left cohered only by skin and muscle. This was done to give the heart room to.expand and to pre vent adheslons'from embarrassing the heart's action. Several of the patients tiave resumed their usual employmtot. The probable reason for the success' of the experiment! waa prompt 'and rapid operation-.,.' .. Sunday School'a Unlque Record. Scholars of Lewes (Eng.). Baptist Sunday school have established a re-, markable record for attendance. One lad, Joseph'Hook, hasnotbeen absent or late,for fourteen years, while a girl Minnie* Langridge, has thirteen yearB' perfect attendance to her credit., Four others have made,eight years' com plete attendance, one seven years, seven six years and three fiye years. Thus seventeen scholars have an ag gregate of 123 years' unbroken attend ance between them. ••yvii'i': rr Of Course That's It! In a primary room in a city school the children were talking about the flight of the birds on the approach of winter. The teacher asked them- how the birds knew when to start &.way. A little girl's hand went up and she' re plied, "Why, they see the cold wave flag."Vr- Covers Some Distance. A reasonably active man walks about 297,200 Jnlles in elghtyrfour years, just walking about his home and place Of business. COMING HOR FASHIONS NSW ^MODES- HAVE BEEN: DECREED. ALREADY Handsome Novelties Will Be Ready With the Advent of Chilly Weather —Fitch Will B« aa Popular "aa Laat Season. .siM' •t?sm ",The new modea in furs are already decided.' No ijaatter whether crino linea or hoopa distend our skirts in the widest circumference wl}Ich we ar.e able'Uo navigate, or whether waist linea become waap-iike or bag-like, fashions in fura are definitely con cluded. That is, those for early au tumn wear are already in the mar ket Small neckpieces of marten: -and lynx,' together with smartly designed fancies In ermine and white coney, are to be. greatly demanded. ••1 Huge busby brushes will be sole or naments with- large animal heads con cealing theclasps. Broad stoles of seal or muskrat are to.be worn, but tbe pelerine styles in fitch and coneyt marten and dyed coon will be ver^ high style.- The waist-reaching rippled capes, so fashionably correct when the grand mothera of today made their maidenly debuts, will again assume fashionable importance ... Tbe reincarnation of old -fur styles will be signally modernlzed by. the ad ditiOn of vestees and waistcoats of fur ih ^contrasting pelts.' No prettler ldea has been In fur vogues for many a Bear son than these caped vestee styles, which allow so much variation of the modes without' departing from: the in «trlnslc idea of tbe deiilfeii. v. Imagine,a fitch cap« not so full that it ripples at the ^alst line, but is con trolled in clever fashion by being in visibly' faatened to an under vest of •-glrdle-styled outlines -made of seal.' With a melon muff of the fitch Irimmed with, sealskin rosettes, and with a black seal bow of tailored dii jnensions' decorating the oval-shaped '^cape at' the back and in front,: a charming: combination of fur pelts is accomplished. The prevailing, fads for fiirs will In clude fitch, as was done last season also muskrat,- chinchilla, 1 otter and beaver and monkey fur. BUTTONS OF All Kinds of Effects and Comblnatlona Are Permlsslble-^Fancy Stitches, J*"*?*, Effective combination :.buttons^are. seeM, having -several shades .combined In mottled,-checked, mosaic:and striped mixtures. .. SometlmM the. centers: are In direct contrast to the rest of the buttbn ti^extreipe cblors si^ gQ,.and black, purple and green, blue and tan and' so on. and white centers are^ebn .wlUi.rlmB of any color. The tango or orange-yellow background on buttons is a favorite for summer dresses, odd blouses, etc. Cameo bub tons have the white head on a saucer shaped ^ground of blue, yellow, green, black or pink. Jet-rlmmbd buttons have red, green, old blue or yellow centers.- Red buttons are used on ln expensive summer frocks. '£, :'-Small jet-buttons are'much used on vests and neckwear.- Large crocljeted buttonis In round, and square desltos of one or two cblors are used on coata of heavy corded cottons, tod-on linen and ratine dresses and suits. There are many, fancy stitches intrbduced.ln these buttons. ^If-To, Clean Moi^co. Lestber.:^Si '•To' clean, morwcco leather prepara a lather pt. soap In warm water and sponge well with this to remove*' the dirt then rub over wlth a'cleah'cloth dipped In the? well-beaten white, of an egg. and the leather will look like new again. 1 BOTH EASY AND INEXPENSIVE Simple Way to Hang^8hort Curtains, Without Use of Brass, Rbd.'gj'jjS Sfe, :.. :. TaipevOr: Hbokj-!- r:' -The accompanying sketch illustrates an eaay and lnexpensive way^of hang ing shprtjcurtalns, without-.tM^use of a brass. rod^tape or. books, The curtain Itself Is of a.pretty slm-, pie type, ms!de of ioft white silk gath- ,,«P ered lnto a frill' at the top, and has an- insertion of lace a few inches' from the bottom. At the:baae' of this frill, the- material is tuined over^ and hemmed down,' and a thln wooden lath, cut to fit across the window, run through/. ,In each .end of the lath tbere are small circular holes, through which-brass-headed nails' can be run COLORS ON LUNCHEON TABLE Moot Effective Seta in Pale Yellow, .- Orseii, ilue or Phik Are be£|if -. fMi ,. cldedly Popular:, .' Damask cloths In pale colors with napkins to correspond are agaln com ing into vogue for the. lilncheon table, fnd while colored linen Is Impossible for the dinner table, It la very attrac tive for lesfe formal occasions, and pretty sets in pale yellaw, green, blue or pink are appearing. In the dower chests of brides-to-be. 'Colored embroideries as well as col ored damasks are being exploited "for table. use in the most up-to-dsite out fits, and for these Japanese designs are "particularly appropriate.—Wom aa'a Home Companion.- 11 '"'aj A* t" Bead Baga. tlray beaded bags of the period* 1810 1830 are very smart and. are suitable for day or evening- wear. A purse of fine gold mesh in dull finish la worn on a long silk rlbbon bf the same dull gold color .oh Vhich Is a slide, made of Si&H Charming Uttto Cottuma, W:" 1 'i EVERX^COLOR But a -'bo*-^-or ^several bows—the ,, costume must' boast lf It is to be- up to the-mbmentiin smartness. i.'gl BOwa of tulle'make dancing* Crocks vairy .-^ Bows of serge of mohair are set,-on»| talloredrcbats bf the same fabrics andigis silk br ribbon bows are. used with' frockif of silk material. ^-Chiffon for Trimming. Chiffon flowers are much used hats- and to catch the drapery -on^|V gowns: Small chiffon fruits, too, are^JS| u^ed. Many of them are made, of se'v-f.7,.^ -J eral- /'layers of chlffonv art Ws 1 MX a*.-# Tailored costume of:broadcloth with full tunic effect. WEAR A BOW 0|V YOUR BODICE -One May Have Wide-Choice of -Mat* rials and Dealgns, but Something Somewhere on the bodice now .there must be a bow. It may be a tiny .affair set in the back of the wired, standing collar or .,: frill of lace which finishes thei neck, It may be a soft, gniceful butterflyp|| bow posed «t the frojut^of the surpliced| bodlce. ostensibly holding the fronts^ 'T] together and hiding a practlcal snap-v "button fastening beneath. It may be an enormouB bat-wlng'f bow measurlng half a yard from' tip to' tip, set at the back, between the, Sometlmes these big hows are' dropped to the hips, just below the waist line at the back. They, may even be dropped lowers holding ^p a puff skirt-drapery In bus tie effect.* .(1 of: various' shades-7-red over purple. for Instance, 4.^ ud then allver blue oVer' thatRaThal®-! I results very interesting. Into the woodwork by the side 'of-th»# window.! These holes should be n^Kde|-M: large enough tot- the heads of the njdls to pass thfoughXso^that to take the^A' curtain down It merely ban to he llftedyM from the nails. 5 The small sketch,at.the tqp:of the^|^ lllustratlon clearly ahows this and the^^i end of the lath, that Is visible on eitherf^i: side of the curtataj can be'i painted the^P samf, color- as the^woodwork behind lt-S| Short curtains suspended, In. tl»is':"^ manner will not sag in the :enter. whlcii so often happens with curtalns hung upon tapes. and aa tha lath la stiff. It can: be run through .the 'cvrUln'^sj in a moment, and equally easily wlth-'f^ drawn when the curtain has".- to h^ washM., vJ 1 wsfe wy/ Wm Redlngotes. .They're nigh. ,• .«M. Bat qulte'dlfferent. '"'They,-took'like a combination^'' Ot blbuae and tnnlo-together. One la of blue taffeta made wttn^|. long shoulder- Irl' Wide cuffs?and collar flnlah neckIfkm to^d sleeves' A black taffeta saah crosaed at front~ v^ 'was woyen with It. 'Buttons from to. collar to feea. fasten the front A striped underskirt finished off .tUill costume, which Is a prophecy. V&iw'OlrdliiSof the Year. &$mf} Qlrdles are a story In themselves this year, but if kept soft and loqaW an4 a vivid-shade, they catoot fall to be-appropriate uid becoming. Big, aoft bowa finish .soma .'of them In the back, whlle others ar« fastened in the front with a cloaaly set potr. at. small biittons. rCounterrbltfnglaVogue. There haa been a great deal-ot e*-„ perimentlng on tha part. of the: Mgl designers Of gowns and hats In Pariah to stop the reproduction of thelr mod-2 els' by "the wholesale In' the rtippa^ They think n6w that fabric hats wlll,f protect them to some,extent..'-rFor^a they' make, hats of 'taffetaOr other.:'5 fabrlca lit their own workrooms,' to&v 1 the measure of their customers' heada.'^J/l tod hence ^bese hattf' are not aeen.*--^ until they arS worn by their owner. The habit haa always been to havss'^ atraw hata made up and on exhlbltton, bnt the fabric 'hata. matching tha gown with: Which they are wora material, aire mtoe to order." Merry Widow Styles, When the Merry Widow styles 1 here a few years ago everybody liked them—which Is something that «annot.v be' said about the styles of- today. 80"^ any suggestions that Merry Widow styles are^ returning is welcome. The'V^i Merry Widow bat is really here again —a big cartwheel hat ln black velvety with almost no trimming to detraot^ from lta almple but becoming sbap*.. 