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HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS

should be your first choice because il
always cures Poor Appetite. Belching.
Sleeplessness, Dyspepsia, Indigestion.
Costiveness, Female Ills and Malarial
Fever. Try ii today.
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DON'T LET YOUR
MONEY LOAF.

II you have much or little money,
better have il earning something
Remember, all fortunes had their
foundation laid in saving. and mon
ey makes money only when it is
put TO work
1t isn't thrifty to let your money
lie idle. particularly when strong
financial institution would pay you
four per cent per annum interest on
II. compounded semi-annually We
are doing this for hundreds.
UTAH SAVINGS & TRUST Co..
NO. 100 MAIN STREET.
SALT LAKE CITY.
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THERE'S A RECORD
OF So YEARS

Back OF every bottle OF HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS as a guarantee
NJ it's wonderful merit. You are there
fore not making an experiment when
you decide to try this sovereign rem
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curiosity. There are few government offices
where so many applications for positions
are received as come to Chief Wilkie. Most
or them are sent in by young men who
have had no experience that would fit them
for the calling they are so eager to enter
The average proffer of services is couched
In some such terms as the following: II
am young man, aged twenty-three years,
and In excellent physical condition. l have
had no particular training outside of my
experience as salesman for a wholesale
dry goods house, but feel certain that I
could give satisfaction as a member Of
your force How many inexperienced men
seek to enter this most highly specialized Of
vocations is attested by the fact that of
the 100 names on the Treasury Depart
ment's list of men who have complied with
the civil service regulations governing ap-
picatfons for places in the secret service
more than 900 are those Of men who admit
that they are totally devoid of practical ex-
perience In such work.
But where does the secret service secure
its picked men? is a question which may
naturally follow. In reply 1t may be said
that perhaps dozen different callings have
demonstrated their value as an apprentice
| ship for this work. Some of the most capa-
| BILE secret service operatives now on Uncle
| Sans payroll have come from the claim
departments Of the great railroads. Others
| have gained their training with the mercan-
| tile agencies, and still others have come
/ from law offices where certain classes of
| detective work are frequently necessary.
Two of the best men on the force were
| formerly heads of municipal police de-
partments. Others served for years in legit-
! innate private detective organizations in
| dependent police departments maintained by
| the great railway systems. A certain pro-
portion had the benefit of preliminary serv-
| Ice as United States deputy marshals and
revenue agents. and not few have come
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to the secret service from the departments
oI pupuc sarety In foreign countries. These
latter, by reason of their knowledge of for
eign tongues and mannerisms, have proven
invaluable in running down alien Offenders
against the currency laws
When asked recently to enumerate 1.-The
secret service operative, Chief Wilkie said;
10 lay down hard and fast rules and re-
quirements for this work Is next to impos-
Side. out the first requisite of success is a
sufficient training in criminal fnyestiga tion
to have brought familiarity with the meth
ods OF clever crooks. Swallowing is the
inevitable. yet one of the most difficult.
tasks OF the secret service men, and must
be pursued with the utmost skill and tact.
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A counterfeiter is VIGOROUSLY wary and
will resort to tests for shadows at fire.
quent intervals Unless a secret service
operative is thoroughly familiar with the
various articles used by criminals under
such circumstances he will easily fall into
a trap set by his suspicious quarry.
"Of equal importance to an officer is suf-
ncient knowledge Of criminal law practice
to enable him to determine what consti-
tutes proper evidence, for the secret service
operative is frequently called upon to rep
resent the government In hearings before
United States commissioners when no off,
cial Of the Department Of Justice can be
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assistance from the heads of other govern
ment departments For instance, details Of
secret service operatives were loaned to
the Secretary of the Interior and rendered
valuable assistance in securing evidence in
connection with land fraud cases In the
west. There was also an opportunity for
a similar display of special talent in ex-
posing the cotton report leak in the De-
partment Of Agriculture.
The United States secret service has fire.
quently been denominated the least known
branch of our government in so far as
public knowledge Of it's means and methods
are concerned. but apparently the atmos-
phere Of mystery and adventure which ap-
pears to be associated with the institution
has but served to wet ambition as well as
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poor alike. To the banks of the Neva,
with Its ague and influenza bestowing fogs
and mists, one imagines that the devil
himself must have guided Peter the Great
snow me In all my dominions the most
hopelessly unattractive site on which to
ouiit city. Peter must have prayed,
and the devil having discovered the site on
which st. Petersburg now stands must
nave returned to his master in high good
feather. Il think. my dear Peter, I have
found you something really unique. 1t is q
pesttient swamp to which a mighty river
brings bitter blasts and marrow-chilling
fogs In the brief summer time the wind
viii bring you sand. In this way you will
with those OF the desert Of Sahara" In the
winter time the Russians light their great
stoves and doubly barricade their doors and
windows, and In this atmosphere. like that
pass six months. never venturing out Of
doors. Even the men only 10 out at in
tervals. Every Office, every shop, Is an
oven: Men OF forty have white hair and
parchment faces and the women are old at
thirty. The farm laborers during the few
summer months work almost entirely with
out sleep. They leave that for the winter
when they shut themselves up like dormice
IN their novels their store OF food and
vodka buried underneath the floor. For
days together they sleep. then wake and
dig. then sleep again.
~
SO 1t Is even with their betters The
Russian party lasts all night. In an ad-
Joining room are beds and couches: half a
dozen guests are always sleeping. An hour
contents them. then they rejoin the COM
pany and other guests take their places
The Russian eats when he feels so dis
posed; the table Is always spread: the
guests come and go. Once year there Is
g. great feast in Moscow. The Russian
merchant and his friends sit down early in
the day and q sort of thick sweet pan
cake IL served up hot. The feast continues
for many hours. and the ambition OF the
Russian merchant Is to eat more than his
neighbor. Fifty or sixty Of these hot cakes
g. man will consume at sitting, and a
dozen funerals in Moscow Is often the re-
suit An uncivihzed people we call them in
our lordly way, but they are young. They
will see US out, I am inclined to think.
Their energy, their intelligence-when these
show above the groundwork-and their
animalism are monstrous. I have known
Russian learn Chinese within six months.
English! They learn 1t while you are talk
ing to them. The children play at chess
and study the violin for their own amuse-
ment. The world will be glad of Russia
when she has put her house in order.
JEROME K. JEROME.
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pretty penny. Some half dozen policemen
were round about before as many minutes
had elapsed, and each one claimed MS
bride. Then they wished both contestants
good night and trooped out, evidently in
great good humor, and the two gentlemen
with wet napkins around their heads sat
down again and laughter and amicable con-
versation flowed freely as before.
A Scotchman met In Russia told me
that when he first came out to act as
manager OF large factory just outside st.
Petersburg belonging to his Scottish en-
ployers he unwittingly made q mistake the
first week when paying his work people.
BY a miscalculation Of the Russian money
he paid some 300 men each one nearly q
ruble short. He discovered his error before
the following Saturday, and then put the
matter right. The men accepted his ex-
out any comment whatever. The thing
astonished him. But you must have
known was paying you short he said to
one of them. why didn't you tell me OF
it?' oh" answered the man. I'VE
thought you were putting 1t In your own
pocket. and that II we had complained 1t
would only have meant dismissal for us.
No one would have taken our word against
yours"
Corruption appears to be so general
throughout the whole of Russia that all
classes have come to accept 1t as part Of
the established order Of things. friend
gave me a little dog to bring away with
me. 1t was q valuable animal. and wished
to keep it with me. 1t Is strictly forbidden
to take dogs into railway carriages. The
list Of pains and penalties for doing SO
frightened me considerably. "Oh, that will
be all right" my friend assured me- Have
few rubles loose In your pocket" tipped
the stationmaster and I tipped the guard
and started, pleased with myself But
had not anticipated what was in store for
me. The news that an Englishman with a
dog In basket and rubles In his pocket
down the line. At almost every stopping
place some enormous official, generally
wearing sword and a hemlet, boarded the
train. At first these fellows terrified me-
took them for field marshals at least When
they saw the dog their establishment was
boundless. Visions of Siberia crossed my
mind. Anxious and trembling / gave the
first one a gold piece. He shook me warmly
by the hand l thought he was going to
kiss me. II had offered him my cheek I
am sure he would have done so. With the
next one / felt less apprehensive. For
couple Of rubles he blessed me, so gather
ed and, commencing me to the care of the
Almighty. departed. Before / had reached
the German frontier 1 was giving away the
equivalent Of English sixpences to men with
the bearing and carriage of major gen.
and to receive their heartfelt benedictions
was well worth the money.
~
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JEROME ON RUSSIANS
AS HE KNOWS THEM

Copyright. 1903. By Jerome K. Jerome.)
p OUGHT to like Russia better than
do II only for the sake Of the many
good friends I am proud to possess
among the Russians. A large square
photograph l keep always on my
1t helps me to maintain my
lead at that degree Of distention necessary
'or the performance Of ell literary work.
i presents in the center a neatly written
address in excellent English that 1 frankly
fohfess l am never tired OF reading. around
which are ranged some hundreds Of names
am quite unable to read. but which. in
|pite OF their strange lettering. l know to
be the names of good Russian men and
Tomen to whom year or two ago the
kindly idea occurred to send me a Christ
pas card. this message of encouragement
The Individual Russian is one of the most
kharming creatures living. II he likes you
ks does not hesitate to let you know 1t.
OF only by every kindly action possible.
! ut by what perhaps IL Just as useful in
bis gray old world. by kindly speech. We
<nglo-Saxons are apt to pride ourselves
pom being undemonstrattve.
Max Adler tells tale of a boy who was
Fnt out by his father to fetch In some
God. The boy took tho opportunity Of
sappearing and did not show his face
gain beneath the paternal roof for over
Fenty years. Then one evening a smiling,
addressed stranger entered to the old
|uple and announced himself as their long
81 child. We'll. you haven't hurried
purself." grumbled the old man, land
arm me. IL now you haven't forgotten the
bod l was lunching with an English
|an in a London restaurant one day. A
an entered and took his seat at a table
ar by, and glancing round and meet
my friends eyes smiled and nodded
xcuse me a minute" said my friend. II
ut just speak to my brother-havent
en- him for over five years" He finished
soup and leisurely wiped his mustache
fore strolling across and shaking hands.
ley talked for awhile. then my friend re-
Fned TO me- Never thought to see him
ain" observed my friend. The was one of
garrison at that place in Africa-what's
name of It? that the Mahdi
lacked. Only three OF them escaped
ways was a lucky beggar, JIM But
uldn't you like to talk to him some
PREF" I suggested. Il can see you any
Pc about this little business OF ours"
h. that's all right" he answered, I'VE
SN Just fixed 1t up-shall be dining with
p tomorrow
thought of this scene one evening while
Ing with some Russian friends in st.
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cipal continental powers have their own
spies in America, primarily for the pur-
pose of watching the anarchist element,
but the United States secret service also
finds 1t advisable to keep as thoroughly in
touch as possible with the whole situation.
stall the foreign secret police in New York
In communicating important information
to foreign officials.
X X
In addition to these and other routine
duties of the secret service, the organiza-
ton which has its headquarters in the
treasury building, has responded during the
past few years to frequent appeals for
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Petersburg hotel. One of the party had not
seen his second cousin, a mining engineer
for nearly eighteen months. They sat op-
posite to one another. and dozen times at
least during the course of the dinner one Of
them would jump up from his chair and run
round to embrace the other. They would
throw their arms about one another, kiss
Ing one another on both cheeks and then sit
down again with moist eyes Their be-
hayior among their w-countrymen ex-
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HE SHOOK ME WARMLY BY THE
HAND.
cited no establishment whatever. The Rus
slams anger is Just as quick and vehement
as his love. l was supping one evening
with friends in one Of the chief restaurants
on the Nevsky. Two gentlemen at an ad-
Joining table. who up till the previous mo-
ment had been engaged In amicable CONVEX
sation. suddenly sprang to their feet and
went for" one another.
\
One man secured the water bottle, which
he promptly broke over the others head
His opponent chose for his weapon heavy
mahogany chair, and leaping back Tor the
purpose of securing a good swing lurched
against my hostess. DO please be care
full" said the lady. "a thousand pardons
madam" returned the stranger from whom
blood and water were streaming In equal
copiousness. and, taking tn utmost care to
avoid interfering with our comfort. he sue
ceeded adroitly In flooring his antagonist by
well directed blow. A policeman APP
peared upon the scene with marvellous
promptitude. He did not attempt to inter-
fere. but, running out into the street, COM
municated the glad tidings to another
policeman. That's going to cost them a
pretty penny" observed my host. who was
calmly continuing his supper. why
couldn't they wsat?'' 1t did cost them a
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A Trinket Box.
From Dress

A dainty little trinket box which is a gem
Of art In design and workmanship Is Of
cameo cut glass with mountings OF plain,
dull gold. The lid is attached by q hinge.
giving 1t the appearance Of minute jewel
box, for which 1t might be used to hold
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London Too Loud
For Lit rary Work

Special Correspondence of The Star.
LONDON, October TO- 1909.
n EATRICE HARRADEN Ia the latest
n OF many British authors to find mod
ern London an almost impossible
place in which to produce literary work on
account of the noise. In the case Of the
author OF Ships that Pass in the Night"
however. there Is yet hope-that Is, IL the
borough council OF Hampstead can see Its
way to grant a request which Miss Harra-
den has just made to it by means of q let
ter. This Is that the part Of Fairhazen Gar
dens. Hampstead. in which the authoress'
house Is situated. may be paved with wood
den declares the noise made by the traf1c
is $50 terrible that she cannot work in
any OF her front rooms. If this improve
ment is made. the authorizes hopes that she
will be able to go on living in London: other
wise. she declares. she will take up her
residence In the country forthwith.
Probably the Hampstead council will de-
eide to repave Miss Harraden's street
nothing like such a number of distinguished
writers under Its Jurisdiction as had its
predecessors Of. say century back. wher
Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Leigh Hunt,
renowned writer's lived within sight OF the
famous Heath. That London is getting
next to impossible for the literary worker.
however. especially since the advent Of the
AotlAA6s oukiCA1u6 uAOlOA-OAAAiOuSs 40 ONA-
dent to any one. Most OF the best known
authors have, in fact. shaken the dust OF
the metropolis from their feet. and those
who remain never cease complaining. 1t
was only the other day that the Times con-
tanned an indignant letter from g. 8. Street
regarding the hour at which "incessant
hammering" begins in his district. and the
Society for the Suppress. on of Street
Noises possesses no more energetic men,
Der than Max Pemberton. whose particu-
lar abomination is the allen performer on
the street piano.
4 Il
Seriously speaking, though. the writer's of
the first rank who still attempt to do their
work in London can almost be numbered
on the fingers Of one hand. Anthony Hope
fingers on in Bedford square. but where are
his fellow novelists? Take the grand old
men of English letters. Meredith Is at Box
hill, In Surrey; Swinburne and Watts-Dun-
ton at Putney, far from the sound of lum-
bering vans or hanson cab whistles. Kip
ling seldom even Visits London and does
every penstroke OF his literary work at
his house In Sussex. Conan Doyle lives and
works at Hindhead Stanley Weyman abides
In Wales. as does Arthur Quiiler-Couch,
and Rider Haggard is at buckingham. OF
the women. Mrs. Humphrey Ward prefers
to work at Tring. though she has a house
In Grosvenor square: Miss Braddon Is at
Richmond, Lucas MaIet at Eversley and
Mrs. Hodgson Burnett in Kent.
And the striking part Of 1t Is that in by
gone days London was the chosen abode of
the authogs as witness Dickens. Thackeray.
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cious. BY the expenditure Of few more
coins 1 got my dog through the customs
without trouble and had leisure to look
about me. A miserable object was being
badgered by half dozen men in uniform.
he-his lean face puckered up into a snarl-
returning them snappish answers. the whole
scene suggested some half-starved mongrel
worried by schoolboys A slight informal
ity had been discovered in his passport 30
q fellow traveller with whom l had made
friends informed me. He had no rubles in
his pocket. and in consequence they were
sending him back to st. Petersburg, some
eighteen hours journey. in a carriage that
an English magistrate would fine butcher
for transporting oxen In. 1t seemed good
Joke to Russian officialdom; they would
drop in every now and then, look at him as
he sat crouched in a corner OF the waiting
room and pass out again, laughing The
snarl had died from his face, dull istless
Indifference had taken its place-the look
one sees on the face of a beaten dog after
the beating Is over, when 1t Is lying very
still, Its great eyes staring into nothingnesS.
and one wonders whether 1t Is thinking.
The Russian worker reads no newspaper,
has no club, yet all things seem to be
known to him. There L. a prison on the
banks Of the Neva, in ST. Petersburg.
They say such things are done with now,
but up till very recently there existed
small cell therein. below the level of the ice,
and prisoners placed there would be found
missing day or two afterward, nothing
ever again known Of them, except perhaps
to the fishes Of the Baltic. They talk of
all these things among themselves-the
sleigh drivers round their charcoal fire, the
field workers going and coming through the
gray light, the factory workers, their
whispers deadened by the rattle of the
looms
4
I was searching for q house in Brussels
two winters ago. and there was one went
over in a small street leading out OF the
Avenue Louise. It was poorly furnished.
but rich in pictures large and small. They
covered the walls of every room. These.
the landlady-an elderly, hagsard-lo
woman-explained to me. will not be left.
I am taking them with me to London.
They are my husbands. He is arranging
an exhibition" The friend who had sent
me had told me the woman was a widow
who had been living in Brussels eking out
keeper for the last ten years. You have
married aSainY' I questioned her. The
woman smiled. MOT again. I was married
eighteen years ago in Russia. My hus-
band was transported to Siberia a few days
after we were married, and I have never
him." she explained, only every year we
thought he was going to be set free" He
IL really free now?" I asked. Yes she
answered they set him free last week. He
will join me In London. We shall be able
to finish our honeymoon" she added, with
of the exhibition In London. It was said
the artist showed much promise and pos
sibly a career may be opening out for him.
y
1t is fascinating subject, Russia. Ma