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cy-his dog poison" he repeated with
the spiteful insistence of a man in his
cups.
1.-The fool in his folly speaketh wis
dom,y' Pantin hauttered under his
breath, and then the man. staggering
from me, attempted to go back whence
he had been flung. But either the
morning air was too strong for him,
or else he was taken with a seizure Of
some kind for, ere he hadG gone ten
PAGES, he fell forward on his face, and
lay there in the slime of the street.
At any other time L would have stop
ped to assist the man, but now could
only look upon his condition as di-
rect interposition Of Providence, and I
let him lay where he had fallen.
"Come, Pantin," I cried, 1--WE have
found the spot"
Following the direction given by our
guide, we found he had not deceived
US, and in a few minutes I was stand
ing at the entrance of the blind passage
at one end of which was the Toison
dor.
The wasps' nest was not yet awake,
but as I stood for a moment discussing
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hand, as If each piece I disgorged was
my last; and then stepping down,
found, as I expected, Pantin at the
door.
The man was for ordering him away;
but his wife insisted on making a pur-
chase, in which joined, and the fence
going upstairs at that time we three
were left together. 1t was all-impor-
tant to get rid Of the woman for a mo-
ment or so, and Pantin, seeing this,
sold his whole basket full at price so
small that it raised even her astOnish-
ment.
'I have sold it for luck" he said,
"but II madame wishes, I will sell her
daily at the same rate"
Gould you bring me fruit at the
same price?'' asked.
"Why not?' he answered.
"Then bring me some tomorrow"
Certainly, captain; where shall put
these, madame?'
But she bore them away herself, and
this gave me the opportunity.
"Pantin,"I said, II have taken a
room here, you understand" "And j.
he answered, "have sold a cabbage to
Babette. If you hear nothing more,
meet me at dusk in the square behind
ST. Martin's.'
There was no time to say more, for
we heard the fence coming back. Pam
tin went off down the street, and I,
after a word or two with the man, and
an order to his wife regarding my
meals, went slowly up to my room.
(To be cont1nued0
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your Beaugency and your company are
50 good, compere, that [ shall make
this my house of call during my stay
in the Faubourg st. Martin"
Damn the Toison dor" he ex-
claimed, land you are a good fellow.
Let me warn you in turn that the Toll
son dor is no longer safe
What do you mean?" I asked, lean
ing forwards.
For you and for me, monsieur"
"Ah, my luck is good as your wine"
And at that moment I caught sight Of
Pantin. There is another crown to
drink to our friendship, and, mind you,
keep as good flask for me against my
return at noon. Au revoir. I have
business at my lodging"
The wretch overwhelmed me with
thanks and stood at the door watching
me as 1 crossed over the street with a
warning glance to Pantin. and strolled
slowly onward. A little further on I
turned to my left, keeping well in the
middle Of the road to avoid the filth
and refuse thrown carelessly on each
side, and as I turned 1 saw that my
man had gone in. I was certain of one
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$40, others SIS, and some less. Suppose,
for instance, it were SIS per capita.
This would make the enormous sum Of
$3.50, 900, 900. 1 don't believe it would be
less than that, although 1 would not
like to prophesy. Such boards are US
ually greater than is supposed. Some
of them amount to hundreds and some
to thousands Of dollars. 1 remember
the case Of a woman in Baltimore who
lived in little house and was supposed
to be worth nothing. When she died
$4,000 in notes were found sewed inside
her pillow. She had slept on the pillow
at night and had locked it up in n
trunk during the daytime. I doubt
whether we are as saving as the
French people. Our boards are prob
ably not equal to theirs, but you will
remember what the French did after
the Franco-Prussian war; Germany
demanded such an immense sum that
the other nations of the world thought
that France would be bankrupt. Not
one thought she could ever pay it.
Still, the money was raised in few
days, and France is still one of the
financially sound nations of the world.
Where did the money come from? 1t
came from the boards Of the common
people, who brought it out to buy the
government bonds"
BETTER TIMES.
Bringing this money into circulation
would make times better, would it not,
General?"
Il should say so,'' replied Gen. Gary.
"If we had $3.50, 100000 thrown into cir
culation, we would have an era of pros
perity such as the country has never
seen. AS it is now these boards are
like the water in a great dam which
has no outlet The water is doing
14& Ian Afp
from it and the power will run fac
tories, helping every one in the neigh
bcrhood. Make a race out of which
this damned up money can go, and it
will start the business Of the country" ="
But are you sure that such savings
banks would bring the money out, Gen
eral. Would the people not be afraid
of the government
No. replied Gen. Gary "the people
of the United States believe in the gov
eminent. Even those who are crying
loudest against the stability of our cur
rency are glad to get and hoard it.
1 have seen these very men packing
away greenbacks in safe deposit boxes
when they were saying that greenbacks
would soon be worth nothing. They
pretend that they have no faith in our
currency, but their actions show that
they tell what is not true"
POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.
Can you tell me, General, in simple
words what your postal savings bank
scheme is?''
'T have no special scheme said Gen.
Gary. '"The subject Of postal savings
banks is not new one. I only urge
that the system be organized and be
put into operation. The details are a
matter for congress to settle. Several
bills have been introduced, but l doubt
whether the ideal one has yet been
proposed. I am now having informa-
ton upon this subject collected from
all parts of the world. Nearly every
nation of Europe has a postal savings
system of it's own. These systems have
been in operation for years and by
looking. them over we can take the best
elements of each and form a new sys-
TEN for ourselves that would be es-
pecially adapted to our conditions.
think, perhaps, the Canadian system
is about as near what we want as
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which bear 6, Z or more per cent. Many
of the savings banks have cut down
the amounts that may be deposited in a
week by one person. We have done IT.
No. 1 do not think it would hurt the
savings banks"
THE BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS.
How about the building associa-
tions; suppose you have some OF them
in Baltimore?"
1--WE have a number of building as
sociations," replied Gen. Gary. The
first building associations of the Unit
ed States were in Baltimore and Phil
adelphia and l believe there are pro-
portionately more of such associations
in Pennsylvania and Maryland than in
other states. There is one in my little
town near Baltimore which has $4,000
invested 1t will pay out when its
earnings amount to $1O0, 900. A large
number of people who invest in build
ing associations are borrowers. They
buy homes, getting the money of the
associations and paying it back at the
rate of so much month. They find IN
this way an amount equal to little
more than the rent soon pays for their
homes. The result is, that Philadelphia
and Baltimore have more people who
own their own homes than any other
cities of the world The borrowers Of
course, would not leave the associa-
tions for the savings banks. On the
other hand those who deposit in the
associations to save money get about
6 per cent. and they would not change
their investments7tO one which would
only pay g."
"Then, who would be injured by pos
tai savings banks?
az don't know Of any one who would
lose by them with,sperhaps, the excep-
tion of the grog shops and the tobacco
stores. The inculcation of thrift and
saving taught by Jsueh banks would
lead a man or boy to think twice before
spending a nickel or dime foolishly
His bank account is before him, and
he will save for it. He might be less
extravagant as to his clothes and other
things, but, as his savings grew, he
would, perhaps, think he ought to have
better ones"
But would not this saving take a
gret deal of money out of circulation"
mo, indeed" replied the postmaster
general 1.-The money would at once
be reinvested This would have to be
part of the scheme. 1t would at once go
back into circulation, and that in such
sums as would make it of value to the
country Postal savings banks would
in fact, largely increase the money of
the country. ~
DEAD MONEY Oh, UNITED STATES.
Postal savings banks" Gen. Gary
went on, would put the breath of life
into the dead money Of the United
States. Have you ever thought what a
dead thing money is when 1t is not in
use 1t is the deadest thing in the uni
verse. There are many millions of
such dead mony in the country. 1t is
boarded away in stockings, buried un-
der the heartstones, tucked away be-
hind the rafters and planted here and
there In the earth because the owners
have no faith in private savings insti-
tutions They have faith in the gov
ernment, and they would bring the
money out and deposit it in the postal
savings banks"
Have you any idea of how much of
such money there is in the country?"
"You can guess justjas well as 1 can.
l have asked a number of men what
they think the average of the boarded
money would amount to per capita.
Some have estimated that it would be
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say that kept no Beaugency. Here.
captain" and he handed me litre,
with a much stained glass, there is
Beaugency that comes from More's own
cellars" and he looked knowingly at
me.
Not wishing to hold converse with the
fellow 1 filled the glass and then, fling
ing him a crown, bade him drink the
rest of the bottle for good luck. The
scoundrel drank it there and then, and
as soon as he had done SO returned to
the charge.
1T is good wine, eh, captain?"
"It is,'' answered, dryly, but he was
not to be denied.
Monsieur is out early, I see."
Monsieur is out late, you mean," I
made answer, playing my part and
longing for Pantin to return.
'Ho! ho!' he roared. "a good joke.
Captain, do not know you, but tell me
your name, and curse me if 1 do not
drink your health in Arbois the day you
ride to Montfaucon."
''You will know my name soon
enough I answered, humoring the fell
low, land I promise to send you the
Arbois the day I ride there. I may tell
you that it was to the Toison dor 1
was recommended by my friends, but
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anything that is now in existence. I
am getting great deal of Information
from the postoff1ce department there
ana when congress meets I shall be
aple TO answer almost any questions
which are asked me on the subject"
But, General, can you not give me
| some of the features of such banks@'
The idea," replied Gen. Gary, "wouId
De to make the postoffices all over the
country banks of deposit, where the
| people could put their savings in small
amounts and upon which they would
receive a low rate of interest. Each
depositor would have a book, the post
masters would take the money and
| credit the deposits on the book. for
warding the money to WASHINGTON for
| investment. In case the man wanted
his money, all he would have to do
| would be to call upon the postmaster
and it would be paid him. There would
| OF course be certain restrictions as TO
the amounts of deposits, the time al
lowed for withdrawal and other
things"
COULD DEPOSIT NICKELS.
How small an amount would one be
able to deposit?'
"The idea would be to make 1t very
small In order that the poorest might
be able to use the system
Dul LoW Slldll, general. would q
deposit Of twenty-five cnts be receiy-
ed?"
II think the deposits might be even
smaller than that. We have dime say
| ings banks in Baltimore which are well
| patronized;and I believe there are some
savings banks which take deposits of
one nickel. In the French postal say
| ings banks deposits of one franc or
| twenty cents are received, and in or
| On ia +n
postage stamps are accepted as a de-
| post when their value reaches franc
| In some of the countries that have
stamps which can be bought and past
| ed upon a card until an amount is
reached equal to the smallest allowable
deposit, franc, for instance, when it
| is credited on the depositorS book In
some of the countries they have school
| banks connected with the savings
| banks. There are thousands of school
banks in France, in which the child
rem can deposit a cent or more at a
| time. A record of the amounts is kept
| by the teacher and as soon as a child's
deposits have reached a franc the
credit is made on the postal savings
bank book. There are penny banks in
England, which ar somewhat SIM
| liar"
"How much would be the largest
amount received?"
"That Is q question | am not ready
| to answer" replied Gen. Gary. 81
can't say how much one person will be
allowed to keep on deposit. The limit
will probably be somewhere btween
81, 900 and $4,000. 1t would not be best
| to have the limit very high, as the
banks are for small savings and not
the investment Of the money of the
| rich
INVESTMENT OF THE FUNDS.
what would Uncle Sam do with so
much money? The sums deposited
would be very great. The amounts in
the English savings banks represent
an investment of $40 per capita. If the
same ratio should prevail here you
would have $780, 100000 on your hands
What would the government do with
| it?"
That is another serious question"
replied Gen. Gary. IF we were like
some Of the nations Of Europe, and
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| believed in a government debt it could
| be put into government bonds. We
| think differently, however. We do not
believe as Ben Butler did, that a ma
tional debt is a national blessing. Still,
even If the debt were paid there VIII
be plenty Of places to invest tnat mon
ey for years to come. There Will be
state bonds, city bonds and other Sc
cure investments. We are only on the
edge of our development as nation
We have 100000 people. Our country
will support 700, 100000 Until we fill
up we will always have need Of great
sums of money. Our industrial future
has possibilities beyond conception, and
there are public improvements of diff
ferent kinds which will be undertaken,
the bonds of which will be safe. Ny
idea is that the money should be in-7
vested, so that the profits would pay
all the expenses of the postal savings
bank system. 1 think we could easily
do this.
NO DANGER OF SKIPPING OUT.
But would there be no great dam
ger Of defalcations? Government Of
ficials would be tempted in handling
so much money"
"I think not" replied Gen. Gary.
1--WE could surround the system with
sufficient safeguards to protect it. Take
the national banking system. See how
it is guarded. If national bank
breaks over the rules, a bank exam
iner is there the next morning to ln-
quire into the action. think the gov
ernment could regulate the savings
banks quite as easily as it does the
national banks"
would we not have some of the
postmasters skipping off to Canada?"
NO" replied Gen. Gary. THE post
masters would have but little money on
hand at one time. They would have to
send the money on to Washington al
most as fast as they received it. The
rule might be that they would send
daily accounts. They would also have
to give bonds, so that there would be
no danger of loss there"
Would not such a system require
new clerical force"
mo, not to any extent" replied the
postmaster general. Our postal ma
chfnery is already organized. Many OF
the postmasters have more time than
they can use, and it will only be in
the larger places that more clerks
would be needed"
"Give me in a word, General, what
you think would be the greatest ad-
vantage from such banks"
II have not spoken of the chief profit
that the government would get from
them" replied Gen. Gary. Their great
est advantage to us would be in the
patriotism which they would inculcate
among the people. Every man who has
a dollar in the Postal Saving bank will
be better American citizen. He will
feel that he has an interest in the gov
ernment which has charge of his money
and is paying him interest on it. He
will work hard to support it and will
fight for it, The men who have money
In the savings banks are not going to
Join mobs to burn up property You
will not find them among the socialists,
and they will be careful not to inj,.-e
the government credit. Such banks will
do much to break down the feeling
between the rich and the poor. They
will make our people more thrifty, more
respecting and more patriotic"
Frank G. Carpenter.
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Postal Savings Banks.
The Postmaster General on Money and
How to Save It.

copyrighted, 1897, by Frank G. Carpenter.)
WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 21.-It
was in the library of his new home on
Connecticut avenue that chatted with
Postmaster General Gary the other
night about postal savings banks. The
postmaster general is one of the
wealthiest as well as one of the most
thrifty of our public men. He has
amassed a large fortune and his in
come runs high into the tens of thou
sands of dollars a year. His success
in a business way he largely attributes
to the habits of saving which he learn
ed through his connection with saw
ings institutions, and he thinks postal
saving banks would be of incalculable
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value to the people of the United
States. Our conversation last night
covered the whole subject of saving,
and it was full of suggestions for
young men. I asked Gen. Gary if he
had had any practical experience with
savings banks. He replied:
81 have been connected with the Bal
timore Savings bank all my business
life. 1 have been one of it's directors
for more than twenty-five years, and
was a depositor long before that. The
first money I ever saved was put ineo
that savings bank. AS 1 told you be-
fore, my father took me into his factory
when 1 was a boy and paid me regular
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Use the Long Distance Telephone to Minne-
sofa. No. and So Dakota cities and towns.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-15
HEART DISEASE.
SOME FACTS REGARDING THE RAPID
INCREASE OF HEART TROUBLES.
Do Not BE Alarmed. Bot Look For TIE
Came

DO Not Be Alarmed. But Look For the
Heart troubles. at least among Ameri-
cans, are certainly increasing, and while
this may be largely due 10 the excitement
and worry of American business life. il is
more often the result Of weak stomachs,
Of poor digestion.
Real, organic heart disease Is incura Die;
but not one case in hundred OF heart
trouble Is organic.
The close relation between heart troU-
BE and poor digestion is because both
organs are controlled by branches of the
same great nerves, the Sympathetic and
Pneumogastric.
In another way, also, the heart If af-
lected by that form of poor digestion,
which causes gas and fermentation from
half digested food: there is feeling of
oppression and heayiness in the chest,
caused by pressure OF the distended stonl-
ach on the heart and lungs, interfering
with their action; hence arises palpitation
and short breath.
Poor digestion also poisons the blood,
makes IL thin and watery, which irri-
tates and weakans the heart.
The most sensible treatment for heart
troubles is 10 improve the digestion and
to insure the prompt assimilation OF food.
This can best be done by the regular
use, after meals. OF some safe, pleasant
and effective digestive preparation, Ike
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, which may
be found at most drug stores and which
contain valuable. harmless digestive eie-
ments, III a pleasant, convenient form.
Il is safe TO say that the regular, per-
sistent use OF Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
az meal time will cure any form of ston-
acn trouble, except cancer of stomach.
Full size packages of the Tablets sold
by most druggists a. 80 cents or by mail
from Stuart Co., Marshall, Mich.
Little book On stomach troubles mailed
free. Address Stuart Co., Marshall Mich.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-15

In German military rnszeavsrs o,
This year. dogs viii be used In the an
bulance department. At the command
seek accompanied by a gesture H.
dicating the direction IN which the
search is TO be made. the trained dog
goes OF 20 the field. finds the wound
eli man. returns with a cap. helmet o.
4 piece OF clothing. brings this 10 tho
ambulance men, and then returns with
them 20 the spo: at which tie - ound-
ed man lies.-Det-oit Free Press.
No picture ought 20 6e hung higher
than the height OF the average human
eye when the owner Of TIE eye ia stand
ing. II i the most unirerxzl rule in OF,
houses 30 hang pictures r-uch ADORE
tbs leTei. and they cannot De 81 90 ed
there II one hang pictures with The
determination 20 PACE thea 70 that
.bey can be easily seea and enjoyed
without stretching the meek IN TIE
least or stooPsng Tire body. he viii be
pretty sure 70 DO velL-S. i. Tines
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-15
BOMBAY POPULATION FLIES
Over Half Her Nine Hundred Thousand In.
l,.,l,f r.

Bombay, Jan. 14-Over half the popu-
lation of this city, estimated to amount
to about 600, has fed from the plague
Tho courts are deserted and the judges
and officials have gone TO healthier eli
mates. Clerks and ithers whose voca-
lions call them 10 the city daily have re-
moved TO suburban stations. where the
people are mostly living in matched huts.
1t is estimated that 100000 people are en-
camped at Adneheria. whence they soon
VIII be forced to migrate owing to the
lack Of water and sanitation threatening
to breed cholera. The nights are made
hideous by melancholy dirges. Often DIFF
ficulty is experienced in burying the dead
friends and relatives refusing 10 carry
the cOrpses. In some instances women
have assisted in carrying. A large num-
Der OF plague 'corpses at the Tower of
Silence, the Parsee burial place. have
been eaten by the vultures inhabiting it..
Corpses have been found in the street.
The official returns show that up TO last
evening there were 1886 cases of bubonic
plague and 1856 deaths from that dis
ease,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-15
KAY COUNTY BANK CLOSES
County Funds Involved. But Satisfactory
Settlement Is Promised.

Newkirk, o. T., Jan. 1.-THE Kay
County bank has closed its doors, be-
cause Of its inability to furnish the cash
deposit of the county treasurer on de-
mand OF the county commissioners 10
turn over to the treasurer-elect. The
primary cause Of the failure was the
Kay County banks making good
shortage to the county treasurer by rea-
son of a failure of the Kildare bank a
few days ago. A chattel mortgage was
given by the Kay County bank to s. ].
Snock, county treasurer. as preferred
creditor and he is now in possession.
The officers claim that the assets of the
bank are sufficient to offset all claims
and it is only matter of a few days
when everything will be satisfactorily
settled.
The outgoing board of county commits
sioners last fall required Treasurer
Smock to strengthen his bond and it is
authoritatively quoted that a considera-
ton for the approval of the bond was
the agreement to keep part of the coun-
~ deposits in the Kildare bank. which
closed few days ago. II. Bowen, chair
man of the outgoing board, was one of
the stockholders in the Kildare bank.