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MORE THAN EVER
Increased Capacity for Mental Labor
Since Leaving OF Coffee.

Many former coffee drinkers who
have mental work to perform, day aft
er day, have found a better capacity
and greater endurance by using Post
um instead OF coffee. An Ills. Woman
writes:
81 had drank coffee for about twenty
years, and finally had what the doctor
called coffee heart / was nervous
and extremely Respondent; had little
mental or physical strength left. had
kidney trouble and constipation.
THE first noticeable benefit derived
from the change from coffee to Postum
was the natural action OF the kidneys
and bowels. In two weeks my heart
action was greatly improved and my
nerves steady.
Then 1 became less Respondent, and
the desire to be active again showed
proof Of renewed physical and mental
strength.
II am steadily gaining in physical
strength and brain power. l formerly
did mental work and had to give 1t up
on account OF coffee. but since using
Postum l am doing hard meptal labor
with less fatigue than ever before.
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich.
Postum now comes in new concen-
trated form called Instant Postum. 1t
Is regular Postum. 80 processed at the
factory that only the soluble portions
are retained.
A spoonful OF Instant Postum with
hot water. and sugar and cream to
taste. produce instantly delicious
beverage.
Write for the little book. "The Road
to Wcllville."
"There's q Reason for Postum.
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Nothing Doing for Him.

A well known but broken-down De-
troit newspaper man, who had been
q power In his day, approached an
old friend the other day and said:
What do you think? have just re-
ceived the prize insult of my life.
A paper down in Muncie, Ind. offered
me job" DO you call that an In
sult?" Not the job. but the salary.
They offered me twelve dollars n
week" WELL" said the friend.
twelve dollars a week is better than
nothing" Twelve dollars week
thunder!" exclaimed the old scribe,
81 can borrow more than that right
here In Detroit"
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ln,truetIon. for Farmers.

ceiving instruction in efficiency meth.
DDS on the farm through no fewer
than eleven main agencies. These
agencies. according to a publication
Just issued. for free distribution by
the bureau, are elementary and sec
ondary schools and agricultural high
schools: country schools OF agricul.
ture: travelling schools teaching the
same pursuit: farmers educational
trains: 'urmers' Institutes: agricul-
tural clubs and like organizations: :
gardens for city schools; normal
schools of agriculture. and colleges Of
agriculture LA Follstts's Magazine.
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Matter Of Curiosity.

Miss Gibson was very rich and Mr.
Hanna was very poor. She liked him.
but that was all. and he was well
aware OF the fact. One evening he
grew somewhat tender and at last he
said: you are very rich. aren't you.
Helen?" "Yes, Tom" replied the GIRL
frankly. 81 am worth about two mil
lion dollars" "Will you marry me.
Helen?" "Oh, no. Tom. | couldn't.
II knew you wouldn't" Then why
did you ask me?" "Oh, ! Just wanted
to see how a man feels when he loses
two millions"
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By
HORACE
HAZELTINE.
SYNOPSIS.

Robert Cameron. capitalist, consults
Philip Clyde. newspaper publisher: re-, Re.
has received. The first promises a sample
of the writer's power on certain day.
On that day the head Is mysteriously cut
ter @ ]. : IN His the room. on Willie visitins Cam
eron in his dressing room Nell Gwynne
mirror is mysteriously shattered; Cameron ron
becomes seriously Ill result OF the
shock. The third letter appears mysteri-
ously or Cameron's sick bed. i makes
empty He tells Evelyn everything and
plans to take Cameron on an.a yacht, ,nrna trip;
the name Of johnson: Cameron disap.
turned A ffuitiess search is made for a
motor boat seen by the captain Just be-
fore Cameron disappeared. Johnson Is al
Evelyn takes the letters to an expert IN
Chinese literature. who pronounces them
% foG Ghne'e bnsse Grs ,eS% sesse
who recommends him to Yup Sing. most
prominent Chinaman In New York. Clyde
tempts to follow him. fails Into base
ment. sprains his ankle and becomes un-
conseions CLYDE Is found in BY yhIns,s M,ss cien He
insS &c charcoal fumes Evelyn tells Clyde
renders a person Temporarily unconscious.
Murphy Is discovered to have mysterious
relations with the Chinese. MISS Cienlent
promises to get Information about Cam.
eron. Slump in Crystal Consolidated: OF
which Cameron is the head. 10 caused ey
Cameronyon Fifth avenue in daxed and
emaciated condition and takes him home:
Cameron nwakes from long sleep ana
speaks in a strange tongue. EVeiyn ae-
clares the man Is not her uncle. Evelyn
and Clyde call on Miss Clement for prom
ised Information and ind that the China
man who was to give i has, has 5usf rivds been
note. asking him to read It after he
leaves the mission and then destroy It
1t tells of the abduction of white man
by Chinese who shipped him back to
China. The man In accused OF the crime
of "Sable Lorcha" in which 100 Cinnamon
were killed. The appearance In New YORK
of the man they. supposed they had ship
the Chinese. The brougham in which
clyde and Evelyn are riding in held up
by an armed man. Clyde is seized by
Murphy and a fight ensues. Evelyn ana
Clyde are rescued by the police and re-
turn home. They find Yup Sing and the
Chinese consul awaiting them. Yup tells
clyde the story of the crime of the "Sa-
deiiberately sent to their death by one
Cameron. They declare that M'Nish can
be Identified by tattoo mark on his arm.
Clyde declares that Cameron has no SUCH
mark. The nurse Ii called in and de-
scribcs tattoo mark on his patients
arm. Clyde goes to investigate and
ter. II Is addressed to Donald M'Nish.
The letter Is from the mans mother in
Scotland and Identifies the patient a.
MsNiSh.
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CHAPTER xxv.-contInusd.

"You mean," she began again. speak.
ing very slowly now, as she mentally
focused the conditions, that we must
hold McNish as a hostage. and only
give him up when they return Uncle
Robert to us7"
Exactly" I agreed. "Just as two
armies do that are at yar-exchange
prisoners"
isn't there any other way?" she
asked, frowning. "Oh, there must be-
don't care a straw. you know. for
that wicked man; but. Philip, think
Of his poor old mother!"
81 do think" told her. I've been
thinking, ever. since read her letter.
and II it were possible. Evelyn. I'd
give the reprobate his chance for her
sake. little as he deserves 1t. But I've
been thinking of Cameron, too. He
may be somewhere on the high seas.
as Miss Clement, note implied, or he
may be a prist1aer in 8 ONE under.
ground dungeon of Chinatown. Wher-
ever he Is, we are safe In concluding
he is neitbae comfortable nor happy.
Why. tho, should we consider. to
come right down to practicalities, this
old Scs7tch mother Of an infamous son.
wbes. the safety-the life even-of one
we both love so dearly may at this
moment be at stalker"
I fiattered myself there was no get
ting away from this argument. It
seemed to me conclusive, but the let.
ter had stirred the sentimental depths
Of the girl's.nature. and she refused to
Yield without one last effort.
81 know, Philip. appreciate every
word of what you have said; but
couldn't we find out what we want to
know through Miss Clement? She
must have a lot more information
than she put in that, little hurriedly
written note. Or. couldn't O'Hara find
out for us?"
Before I could answer her. Checka-
beedy stood in the doorway.
.Dr. Massey has just come down.
Mr.. Clyde" he said, land would you
spare lin a moment in the reception
room?"
turned to Evelyn.
Shall we have him in here?" I
asked. And at her consent, Checka-
beedy. a moment later, led the doctor
to us-a very changed doctor. very
decidedly less cocksure doctor than
/ had encountered earlier that morn
ing in his F1fty-sixth street office.
Even in his bow to Evelyn I detect
ed the shamefaced humiliation he was
suffering.
I'VE take of our hats to your per-
spicacity. Miss Grayson," he said.
confirming my reading. II had never
thought such modern real-life in
stance of Lesurques and Dubosc pos
sible"
Then you admit?" I asked, smiling.
"Candidly. There Is no question
.YSt could have sworn yesterday tnat
I was attending Mr.. Cameron. II 10
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roughly. but In all haste, dragged his
charge across the floor and fairlI
flung him into the Indicated seat.
1t was not until after the immedi
ateiy succeeding occurrences that
learned from O'Hara what had been
told to John Soy on his way up town
In the taxicab. As I understand it.
the other detectives had informed him
that he was being taken to this house
so that his chief accuser. who was
nigh unto death, could make an ante
mortem Identification. As mattes OF
fact, Of course. the situation was prac.
tically the reverse: We desired Soy to
identify McNish, and McNish, under
stress of the encounter. to admit his
own identity. The Eurasian, however
having been thus misinformed, was at
distinct disadvantage. So. when
drew back the door, and he was push
ed forward into the room. instead OF
seeking. he imagined himself sought
and with bowed head and eyes on the
floor. stood shrinkingly Ill at ease.
To this Misunderstanding is proba.
bly, attributable all that followed. Had
Soy known that McNish was regard.
ed. equally with himself. as an ag.
gressor. he might have controlled his
outbreak and permitted the law to
wreak It's tardy Justice. But Soy did
not know. and the tide of events met
sudden change.
1t Is. indeed, scarcely conceivable,
how rapidly 1t was all enacted. For
Just a moment the weakened figure
stood still. while behind him crowded
the rest Of us-the three detectives.
the two Cinnamon and myself.
saw McNish struggle for an In
stant to maintain his pose Of indiffer-
ence, and then saw his cheeks
blanch. and his little eyes widen In
craven terror as he recognized the
shabby. silent thing before him. His
lips parted. his barred teeth clicked
together, and his hands. like talons.
clutched tensely his chair arms.
In that strained moment the room
was strangely hushed. know
scarcely breathed. as nervously in
tent watched those two miserable
creatures: the one keenly conscious.
ths other blind to everything save the
rug pattern at his feet .,
Then, like a flash. Soy stole glance
at his supposed accuser. and saw
him CULVER into steel. It was as
though an electric bolt had shot
through his shrinking frame and limp
limbs. He seemed to grow out Of him
self, to rise inches taller, towering
with stiffened neck and lifted head.
To describe with any degree Of ac-
curacy what ensued. cannot. !
know only that McNish rose cum
brously to HIS feet. only to fall back
again beneath the pouncing spring OF
the Eurasian. Then followed pistol
shot, muffied, yet sounding lethally
loud against the grim silence Of the
chamber; and. as with one accord we
leaped forward. l saw Soy roll over In
n spasm of contortions, and McNish.
thus freed from his gripping hold.
raise an arm and fire again, with the
pistol pressed to his own temple. Just
as Bryan, who had been nearest to
them, bravely made grab for the
weapon.
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CnanRe OF Lie uat
I could hardly live.
My husband had to
nail rubber on all the
gates forI could not
stand 1t to have .
gate slam.
"I also had back
ache and . fullness
in my stomach. I
noticed that Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound was
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Favors the Commission Form.

FaVors tho CommfssIon Form.
What is your opinion. squire" In
quired Joe Doe, "of Senator Smugg's
declaration that If the president Is
going to dictate legislation congress
might as well be abolished?"
MY opinion. Joseph" calmly re-
piled the Old Codger. lis that the SEN
ator always did talk too much. He
should have said. Congress might as
well be abolished and let 1t go at
that"
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HUSBAND NAILED
RUBBER ON GATES
Wife 90 Weak and Nervous
Could Not Stand Least
Noise How Cured.

Munford, Ala--"I was so weak and
nervous while passing through the
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An Except

An Exception.
II don't want anybody to mince
matters about this house."
"But, dear, how about the pies?"
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If you wish beautiful, clear white
clothes, use Red Cross Bag Blue. At all
good grocers. Adv.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-06-14
KEEPING CUT FLOWERS FRESH
Water Must BE Changed Frequently
and the Blossoms Should Be
Sprinkled Every Hour.

Almost the first thought that fol.
lows admiration for freshly picked
bouquet Is how 1t can be preserved
the greatest length Of time? Many
experiments have been undertaken to
prevent flowers from fading-such as
placing salt in the, water, or nipping
them OF and, applying sealing wax.
We have tried all methods. and have
come to the conclusion that changing
water In which the stems are plunged
frequently and sprinkling the flowers
hourly, will keep them fresh and fair
longer than will yuther treatment.
The water used should be .tepid
The cooler the temperature OF the
apartment the better. Never leave
flowers under gas Jet. or they will
Immediately blight. The-last thing at
night, change the water on the stems
and sprinkle the flowers thoroughly,
Tie over the vase or basket tissue pa,
per which has been soaked in water.
Over this tuck a newspaper. In the
morning the flowers will be found as
fair as the night previous. - r.f
Roses fade sooner than almost any
flowers. Heliotrope will wither and
blacken with the tenderest care. 1t
should be pipped from a bouquet as
soon as II loses freshness. Lilies,
tulips. narcissus, euphorbias, hya.
cinths and all flowers with suculent
stems can be preserved several days.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-06-14
Tree Gone Mad.

Nature in the tropics, left to her
self. Is harsh, aggressive. savage;
looks as though she wanted to hang
you with her dangling ropes or impale
you on her thorns, or engulf you In
her ranks OF gigantic ferns. Her
mood Is never as placid and sane as
in the north. There Is a tree in the
Hawaiian woods that suggests tree
gone mad. 1t Is called the hau-tree
1t lies down. squirms and wriggles all
over the ground like wounded
snake; 1t gets up. and then takes to
earth again. Now 1t wants. to. be .
vine, now 1t wants to be tree. II
throws somersaults,. 1t makes itself
into loops and rings, 1t rolls, II reach.
es. it doubles upon itself. Altogether
1t Is the craziest vegetable growth
ever saw. Where you can get 1t w
of the ground and let 1t perform its
antics on a broad skeleton framework
It makes q cover that no sunbeam can
penetrate, and forms living roof to
the most charming verandas-or
lanais. as they are called In the isl
ands-that one can wish to see
From Holidays In Hawaii by John
Burroughs In the Century. az
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-06-14

1890 Our Fathers" Will be the
subject for the morning service. Re.
mem Der this Is Fathers Day and let
US do the honor due our father bv at
tending church this day. Wear red
rose or red flower II your father IL
living and a white If translated. All
are invited to attend.
ll:45 Sunday School. 225 present
last SUNDAY. Let us make IT. $50 next
Sunday.
6:42 Epworth League. Mr.. Allison
Plnny, Leader.
1870 The Fathers or TODAY" this
will be practical talk. Let every
one who Is not attending any other
church and who desire a home-like
church come and worship with us. We
were glad to welcome the large num-
Der of Oddfeilows and Rebeccas last
Sunday.
The Boys of the Knights Of Method
ism are planning TO 90 camping this
year with the pastor Of LOVedays
Landing July eth To the 10th. viii
all the parents tell the boys as soon as
possible whether they will be able To
20 or not?
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-06-14
PRISONERS MIGHT BE FREED
Many In New York Jalls Are Held
Contrary to the Strict Letter
Of the Law.

An examination of the prison reports
of the state Of New York has shown
that 254 prisoners are at present serv-
ing terms In the state under illegal
sentences. 1nrsy =
Part Of these prisoners claimed when
on trial to be first offenders, and 80
got an indeterminate sentence. The
law OF New York provides that: on
second convictions no indeterminate
sentence can be givei1., . "a '1''"
Part of them, however. have SEN
fences which terminate In the. middle
of the winter. The law Of New York
wisely provides that no prisoner may
be released In the winter season, when
work is scarce and the incentive to
crime is redoubled by the hardship
of the cold. ~ 80
AS to the first ground Of illegality,
other states have permitted indetsr'
inmate sentences on second convic-
tions without discoyerable bad re-
suits. ,.... y
AS to the second ground one can say
the clamor against the courts would
be less effective II judges would take
more care to get on familiar and
really friendly terms with the law
Chicago Journal. .,....
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-06-14
Proper oymna.tle Work. =.

Every person who has received gym.
nasium training IL aware OF the fact
that an exercise which calls for pain
full effort on the part OF the beginner
10 often performed almost without any
conscious effort at all after q GER
tain amount OF training has been re-
ceived. Again. 1t Is perfectly well
known that brute strength alone does
not make a gymnast. and that even q
simple exercise may offer great dif.
fioulty to a muscular and well develop.
ed individual who has not been train
ed In the gymnasium. The explanation
for this is made plain In an article by
Professor du Bots Raymond in Die
umschau, who points out that one Of
the essential functions OF gymnasium
work is not 80 much to build up mus
Gle as TO train nerves and nerve groups
to work in proper unison and coor.
G.nation.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-06-14

derful remedy that retails for Sl.0O a
dose? A sample was purchased from
one of the city drug stores and anal
yzed with the following results: Tne
sample was found TO consist OF Two
one ounce paper boxes labeled one shd
two aud sig ounce bottle OF oil.
The patient 10 directed TO take the
contents Of Box No. al 3p. NJ, the
contents Of the siy ounce bottle al
he'd time and the contents OF Box No
2 the next moruing. Box ! WAS anal
wed aud found % consist essentially
OF effervescent EpsOtn Salts disguised
with little compound licorice pow'
der. The six ounce bottle was found
10 be essentially olive oil disguised by
being favored with oil OF Auise. Box
No 2 consisted or Rochelle Salts dis
guised with a small Quantity Of Ilcor'
Ice powder.
We do not know II this product will
cure anything or not, but II you are
troubled with one Of the above all
ments and desire 10 try tins remedy
don't spend "a dollar OF your hard
earned money but proceed as follows:
"At3 p. IN. some afternoon,
take tablespoon OF EPSON Salts,
that night drink six ounce bottle
Of olive oil aud next m0rnIng
take dose OF Rochell Salts"
The lads" say that after taking
this medicine you will forget you ever
Mad a stomach. We are inclined TO
ihiuk there Is some truth In this
statement. But why pay dollar for
three doses OF physic when you ca II
buv the same for about ten cents.
JAMES w. HELME,
State Dairy and Food Commissioner.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-06-14
SATURDAY. JUNE IL, 1913.
NOT FOUND IN JOE MILLER
Got or One Good and Orig
lnai Joke, %,i'Gi

It IL customary In many of the New
York schools to give entertainments
on the last day before the pupils dis
perse for the Christmas holidays.
Parents are invited to see and hear
their young hopefuls recite or take
part In special vaudeville stunts or
fairy plays devised by the teachers.
. q One teacher who found herself
blessed-or otherwise-with a room
full of unruly boys when school began
in the autumn hit upon happy idea.
She promised the boys that IL they
were good they might have a minstrel
show just before the holidays. All
through the term the teacher kept
this prospect before them, promising
the particularly noisy youths good
parts If they would keep their deport-
ment up to a fair standard. The
promise had the desired effect, the
boys we're reasonably manageable,
and when the performance came OF
1t was a bowling success.
One little temporary darby, rub.
bling his arm. finally attracted the at
tention OF the interlocutor. :';,
Why. Mistah JONES'" he exclaimed
what's de mattah VIII yo' ann"
"Why, Mistah Bones, an wuz out
in de Hudson ribber yestahday 70
shad, an all got NAH am lame rowin
against de tide"
"Well. WE'LL" returned the young
Mister Bones, "ah nevah saw such
foolishness! Why didn't you let dc
shad row." :"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-06-14
Retardino Home Influence.

A writer In the Boston Transcript
remarks upon the new factors which
antagonize home relations and absorb
30 much time and attention that home
is less constant factor and seems to
the child less important than 1t did a
generation ago.
THE school, not only with its regu-
lar work. but with its athletics and af.
fliated social interests. demands an
increasing amount Of time. The
church, with. its many organizations.
calls for many evening hours as well
as for a large part of Sunday. In
some communities the children seem
to have about as few hours for free,
quiet home life as the busiest Of BUSH
ness men. and the mother needs the
best methods as we'll as the finest
OF spirit in the ever lessening amount
OF time she has to exert those intiu-
ences which are recognized as the
most potent as we'll as the most up
lifting in life. The church is. making
a mistake In pushing 80 vigorously
missionary, philanthropic, and social
organizations for women. while rele-
eating to minor place that organiza-
ton whose aim is to strengthen the
very heart Of the social organism-the
home. More attention should be given
TO the honoring and helping Of mother
hood
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-06-14
LITTLE DEMAND FOR LEECHEs
Almost Nothing Compared With What
IL Used to Be Only Few
Years Ago. 81

Forty years ago there were In
Paris alone 10 wholesale dealers In
leeches, each of whom sold between
5000 and 100000 leeches monthly.
for which they received on an aver
age about $50 thousand.
Today there Is only one dealer In
the capital and he gets from six to
seven francs ($l.20 TO $l40) q hun
dred. His name Is Leya and he han
dies about 10000 per month, his best
market being the United States. he
has sometimes half million In
stock
In former times the Paris poor law
administration purchased S0,Ooo
francs (sl6,00O) worth a year; this
was In the '30s and '40s OF the 18th
century; the administration now fnds
itself amply supplied with $40 worth
annually.
The great breeding ground for
French leeches was the marshes
around Bordeaux. A poor peasant
named Bechade was the creator OF
the industry. He rented a tract OF
m1TSu luuu IOT dUOuI wv, ohN s.-~'
when properly stocked with leeches'
became worth $4,000.
Bechade collected the leeches by
buying all the worn. out horses he
could get hold Of and driving them
into the marshes five or six times
n month, especially in April, May
June, October and November. Be
chade's business flourished, and when
he died he was worth 1.000.000f.
After a while the French leech
trade was ruined. not only on account
of the great decline In the demand
but on account of the accessibility OF
other sources of supply brought about
by the improved facilities OF trans
port, fast trains bringing them In
short time from Turkey, Bohemia and
Dalmatia, and to more limited ex
tent from Algeria and Russia.--Medi
cal Brief. -