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remain perpetually commercial land

remain perpetually commercial land
lord?
The vestry gazed at Rev. Smith
Boyd In surprised disapproval. Their
previous rector had talked like that,
and Rev. Smith Boyd had been great
relief
so long as the church has property
at all, 1t will meet with that persistent
charge" argued Chisholm. 1T seems
to me that we have had enough of It,
My own inclination would be to sell
the property outright, and take up
slower, but less personal forms OF
investment"
Old Nicholas Van Ploon, sitting far
enough away to fold his hands com.
fortably across his tight vest screwed
his neck around so that he could glare
at the banker.
NO." he objected; for the Van
Ploon millions had been accumulated
by the growth OF tall office buildings
out of worthless Manhattan swamp,
1--WE should never sell the property"
There are a dozen arguments
against keeping It," returned the nasal
voice of old Joseph G, Clark "The
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the finest young man In the world; and
Calls aunt was speechless with dis.
may and disappointment.
Il have ceased to worry about Calls
future" went on Mrs. Davies compla-
Gently, 1T is her present condition
about which | am most concerned
She is so conscientious and self-ana.
lytical that she may distress herself
over this affair. and must get in Arly
and Lucille, and plan a series of gay
eties which will keep her mind occu.
pied from morning until night"
In consequence OF this kindly deci
sion. Gall was plunged into gayety un.
I'll she loathed the scrape OF violin!
The mere fact that she had no time to
think did not remove the fact that she
had great deal to think about, and
the gayety only added dismally to her
troubled burden.
Meanwhile. the free and entirely un.
curbed metropolitan press went mer-
rily onward with its righteous Vedder
court crusade, until II had the public
Indignation properly aroused. The
public indignation rose to such
pitch that, II the public had not been
busy with affairs of It's own, and II II
had not been in the habit of leaving
everything to be seen to by the people
financially interested, and II = had
not consisted chiefly of few active
vocal cords, there is not the slighteut
doubt. II is worth repeating, that the
public might have done something
about Yedder court! AS things were,
1t grew most satisfactorily indignant.
II talked of nothing else, in the sub
ways and on the LIS" and on the sur
face lines, and on the clndery com.
muter trains and on the third day
of the agitation. before something else
should happen to shake the populace
to the very foundation of its being, the
city authorities condemned the We'd.
der court property as unsanitary. in.
human and unsafe, as a menace to the
public morals, health and life, and as
a blot upon civilization; this last be.
ing a fancy touch added by Tim Cor.
man himself, who, in his old age, had
a tendency to link poetry to his prac-
ticability. In consequence OF this de.
cision. the city authorities ordered
Vedder court to be forthwith torn
down, demolished and removed from
the face Of the earth; thereby Justify
ing. after all, the existence of the free
and entirely uncurbed metropolitan
press The exact psychological mo.
ment had been chosen. The public,
caught at the very height Of its frenzy,
applauded, and ate its dinner in yirtu-
Gus satisfaction; and Gail Sargent's
distress crystallized into a much cas-
Ter thing to handle; Just plain anger!
And so Market Square church had
persisted in clutching its greedy hold
on a commercial advantage so vile
that even a notoriously corrupt city
government had ordered 1t destroyed
Her mind was immensely relieved
about Rev. Smith Boyd. She had
chosen we'll and wisely
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the day and picked up the papers
casually, and lit upon the newest sen.
sation OF the free and entirely un
curbed metropolitan pressl
The free and entirely uncurbed met.
ropolitan press had found Vedder
court and had made II the sudden
focus OF the public eye. Those few
who were privileged to know init.
mately the workings of that adrolt
master of the public welfare, Tim Cor.
man, could have recognized clearly
his fine hand in the blaze of notoriety
which obscure Vedder court had sud.
denly received. After having en-
dured the contamination and conta
gion OF the Market Square church ten
ements for so many years, the city
had, all at once. discovered that the
condition was unbearable! The free
and entirely uncurbed metropolitan
press had taken up, with great enthu-
siasm, the work Of poking the finger
OF scorn at Vedder court. 1t had pub.
lished photographs of the disreputable
old sots of buildings, and, where they
did not seem to drip enough, the
artists had retouched them. It had
sent budding young Poes and Dick
enses down there to write up the
place, II had sent the sob sisters
there in shoals to interview the down.
trodden. and, above all things, II had
put prominently before the public eye
the immense profit which Market
Square church wruns from this or
ganized misery!
Gail turned sick at heart as she
read Uncle Jim permitted four
morning papers to come to the house,
and the dripping details, with many
variations, were in all OF them. She
glanced over toward the rectory and
the dignifed old church standing be.
yond It, with mingled indignation and
humiliation. A sort of ignominy
seemed to have descended up il, like
a man whose features seem coarsened
from the instant he is doomed to wear
prison stripes; and the fact which she
particularly resented was that a por.
tion Of the disgrace of Market Square
church seemed to have descended
upon her She could not make out
why this should be; but it was. Aunt
Grace Sargent. bustling about to see
that Gail was supplied with more
kinds Of delicacies than she could pos
sibly sample, saw that unmistakabe
look Of distress on Calls face, and
went straight up to her sister Helen,
the creases Of worry deep in her brow.
Mrs Helen Davies was having her
coffee In bed, and she continued that
absorbing ceremony while she con.
sidered her sisters news.
81 did not think that Gail was so
deeply affected by the occurrences OF
last night" she mused; but of course
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chief one is the necessity of making
large investment In these new tene-
ments."
Rev Smith Boyd rose again. shut
ting the light from the red robe OF
the Good Shepherd out of quietly con
centrated Jim Sargents eyes.
Il object to this entire discussion"
he stated 1--WE have a moral obliga.
ton which forbids us to discuss mat
ters of investment and profit within
these walls as If We we're a lard trust
We have neglected our moral obliga
tion in Vedder court, until we are as
blackened with sin as the thief on the
cross"
Shrewd old Rufus Manning looked
at the young rector curiously. lie was
puzzled over the change in him.
Don't swing the pendulum too far.
Doctor Boyd" Manning reminded him,
with a great deal of kindliness. These
two had met often in Vedder court
"Our sins, such as they are, are more
passive than active"
1t was, Of course, old Nicholas Van
Ploon who fell back again on the
stock argument which had been quite
sufficient to soothe his conscience for
all these years.
I'VE give these people cheaper rent
than they can find anywhere in the
city"
1--WE should continue to do so, but in
cleaner and more wholesome quar-.
ters," quickly returned the rector
This is the home of all these poverty
stricken people whom Market Square
church has takeP under its shelter.
and we have no right to dispose of it,
That's what | say" and Nicholas
Van Ploon nodded his round head.
I'VE should not sell the property"
I'VE cannot for shame, If for moth
ing else" agreed the rector, seizing
on every point of vantage to support
his intense desire to lift the Vedder
court derelicts from the depth of their
degradation 1--WE lie now under the
disgrace of having owned property so
filthy that the city was compelled to
order it torn down. The only way in
which we can redeem the reputation
of Market Square church is to replace
those tenements with better ones, and
conduct them as a benefit to the
people rather than to our own pock.
cts"
That's a clever way of putting it,"
commended Jim Sargent ITS time
we did something to get rid of our
disgrace" and he was most earnest
about It. He had been the most un.
comfortable of all these vestrymen in
the past few days. for the disgrace
of Market Square church had been a
very reliable topic OF conversation in
Gail Sargents nelghborhood
The nasal voice of smooth-shaven
old Joseph G, Clark drawled into the
little silence which ensued
"What about the cathedral," he
asked, and the hush which followed
was far deeper than the one which
he had broken Even Rev. Smith Boyd
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som.thIna New to Her.

A Highland lady chatting with q
neighbor told that one OF the village
girls was just married and opined that
she had been an auld maid owerlang'
to take kindly to matrimony. "An
auld maid she added. is like to be
awful ignorant where men folks are
concerned" "She is that!" assented
the neighbor DE ye mind my hus
bands brither? He was schulmas
ter-a weelbuilt weel.faured man as
w may ken. we grad shoulders an
gey tall. A. weell Sandy McLeans
mither had a gatherin' at her hoose
one e'en. an when they a cam to gae
their ways hame the men tuiA the
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Glass Of Hot Water
Before Breakfast
a Splendid Habit
Open sluIces Of the system each
morning and wash away the
poisonous, stagnant matter.

Those OF US who are accustomed to
feel dull and heavy when we arise;
splitting headache, stuffy from cold,
foul tongue, nasty breath. acid stom.
ach. lame back. can, instead. both
look and feel as fresh as daisy always
by washing the poisons and toxins
from the body with phosphated hot
water each morning.
We should drink, before breakfast,
a glass Of real hot water with a tea.
spoonful OF limestone phosphate in
1t to flush from the stomach, liver,
kidneys and ten yards OF bowels the
previous days indigestible waste. sour
bile and poisonous toxins; thus cleans
ing. sweetening and purifying the en-.
tire alimentary canal before putting
more food into the stomach.
The action Of limestone phosphate
and hot water on an empty stomach
is wonderfully invigorating. 1t cleans
out all the sour fermentations, gases,
waste and acidity and gives one a
splendid appetite for breakfast and It
is said to be but a little while until
the roses begin to appear in the
cheeks. A quarter pound of lime.
stone phosphate will cost very little at
your druggist or from the store, but
is sufficient to make anyone who is
bothered with biliousness, constipa.
tion. stomach trouble or rheumatism
a real enthusiast on the subject Of in.
ternal sanitation. Try It and you are
assured that you will look better and
feel better In every way shortly
Adv
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SALTS IF BACKACHY OR
KIDNEYS TROUBLE YOU
Eat Less Meat If Your Kidneys Aren't
Acting Right or II Back Hurts or
Bladder Bothers You.

When you wake up with backache
and dull misery in the kidney i agion
1t generally means you have been eat
ing too much meat says a well-known
authority. Meat forms uric acid which
Overworks the kidneys in tieir effort
to filter 1t from the blood and they be.
come sort OF paralyzed and loggy.
When your kidneys get sluggish and
clog you must relieve them like you
relieve your bowels; removing all the
body's urinous waste. else you have
backache, sick headache, dizzy spells;
your stomach sours, tongue is coated
and when the weather is bad you have
rheumatic twtnges The urine is
cloudy. full Of sediment, channels oft
en- get sore. water scalds and you are
obliged to seek relief two OF three
pmes during the night
Either consult a good, reliable physi.
clan at once or get from your pharma
gist about four ounces Of Jad Salts;
take q tablespoonful in a glass Of
water before breakfast for a few days
and yo1r kidneys will then act fine.
This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon Juice. com.
bined with lithia, and has been used
for generations to clean and stimulate
sluggish kidneys, also to neutralize
acids in the urine so It no longer irri.
tates thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is q life saver for regular
meat eaters II is inexpensive, cannot
lnjure and makes a delightful, effer.
Vescent hthia-water drink.-AdV.
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Had Heard Il Before.

While engaged In a conversation two
prominent police magistrates began
telling stories Of funny cases that had
been brought before them.
Probably the funniest ever had"
remarked one was an aged colored
man. bearing the earmarks OF the
South. who applied to me for war.
rant. The offender, 1t seems. had been
Disappearing Rastus before and he had
then appealed to me for aid Standing
before my desk he proceeded as tol
lows:
"'You honah. wants a warrant for
George Washington. He's dat colored
man that you told to be good two
weeks ago. but he's been worse'n evan
sab. can stand him no longah.
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Probably Had Rlnht Idea.

traveller entered All inn where a
Quaker sat by the fire. Lifting a pair
Of green spectacles and rubbing his
eyes, which looked very inhamed. the
newcomer in one breath. called for
some brandy and made a grievous
complaint about his eyes.
"They are getting weaker and weak
err" said he. And now even the spec.
tacles appear to do no good"
The Quaker looked first at him and
then at the brandy.
Il tell thee, friend, what think.
said he. If thou wouldst wear thy
spectacles over thy mouth for few
months thine eyes would get well
again"
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GROWS RICHER EVERY YEAR
United States sWels Its Golfers With
Every Twelve Months That
Pass Into Oblivion.

In the past sixty-fve years the ma
tional wealth of the United States has
increased 2.26S per cent, from S7lS6.-
100000 in 1850 TO slS7 .73O,OOOOOO in
1912. Theoretically, every man, WON
an and child in the country is worth
si.965. In 1850 the per capita Of
wealth was only S3OS. so every Ameri-
cans theoretical equity in the coun.
try's wealth is six times as great as
sixty.fve years ago.
More than 10 per cent Of the ma
ronal wealth, or about Sl2,Si4-OOOOOO
is real estate and is exempted from
taxation This includes public works
and property used for religious and
charitable purposes.
OF the present national wealth.
ss8 1853. 100000 Is in taxed real prop.
rty and improvements; Sl61Ay 900.
100 represents railroads and their
quipments; sl4,694. .OOO. 900 's in
manufactured products: $S463 600. 900
Is n furniture. vehicles and the like;
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''CASCARETS' FOR
SLUGGISH BOWELS
No sick headache, SOUR stomach,
biliousness or constipation
by morning.
Get a 1O.cent box now.


Turn the rascals out--the headache.
biliousness, indigestion, the sick. sour
stomach and foul gases--turn them
out tonight and keep them out with
Cascarets.
Millions OF men and women take q
Cascaret now and then and never
know the misery caused by a lazy
liver, clogged bowels or an upset stom'
ach.
Don't put In another day OF distress.
Let Cascarets cleanse your stomach;
remove the sour, fermentlng food;
take the excess bile from your liver
and carry out all the constlpated
waste matter and poison in the
bowels. Then you will feel great.
A Cascaret tonight straightens You
out by morning. They work while
you sleep. A 10cent box from
any drug store means clear head.
sweet stomach and clean, healthy liver
and bowel action for months. Chill
dren love Cascarets because they
never grippe or sicken. Adv.
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PRESSED HARD
coffee's Weight on old Age.

When people realize the injurious
effects OF coffee and the better health
that change to Postum can bring.
they are usually glad to lend their
testimony for the benefit of others.
MY mother, since her early child
hood, was an inveterate coffee drink
er, had been troubled with her heart
for 4 number Of years aud complained
of that weak-all-over' feeling and sich
stomach.
Some time ago / was making
visit to distant part of the country
and took dinner with one of the me,
chants of the place. noticed somt-'
what unusual flavor of the coffee
and asked him concerning it. He rS
piled that 1t was Postum.
Il was so pleased with II that ]
bought a package to carry home With
me, and had wife prepare some for
the next meal. The whole family
liked 1t so well that we discontinued
coffee and used Postum entirely.
Il had been very anxious concern.
ing my mothers condition. but we
noticed that after using Postum for
a short time she felt much better, had
little trouble with her heart, and no
sick stomach; that the headaches
were not SO frequent, and her general
condition much improved. This con-
tinued until she was we'll and hearty.
Il know Postum has benefited N.Y.
self and the other members of the
family, especially my mother, az she
was victim of long standing Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek.
Mich.
Postum comes in two forms:
Postum cereal--the original form
muit be well boiled 15c and 25c pack.
ages.
iustart Postum-a soluble powder
dissolies quickly In a cup of hot wa.
ter. and, with cream and sugar. makes
q delicious beverage Instantly. zoe
and SOC tiIfs.
Both kinds are equally delicious
and cost about the same per cup.
There's Reason for Postum.
sold by Grocers.
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Cost Of Radlum Greatly Reduced

AS a result of work done by the
bureau Of mines of the United States
department of the Interior. in connec.
tion with the National Radum insti.
tute. radum bromide has been pro.
duced at cost Of only $36.O5O per
gram, most remarkable result
when It IS remembered that ouly re-
Gently the salt has been selling for
100000 and upward per gram
Still. we have no definite Information
what Is costs to produce this high
priced salt. There Is. however. little
possibility that the prices will be
greatly reduced. as all OF the known
deposits OF the carnotiie ores. from
which radium Is at present obtained.
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Speed Mania.

How are you getting along with
Miss Gadson?"
Il think I'm ahead Of all the other
fellows so far, as have the fastest
motor car in town"
Il see.'
But III be out of the race II she
ever gets acquainted with a fellow
who owns a high-power aeroplane.'
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she could not sleep and she's full OF
sympathy this morning, and afraid
that maybe she made a mistake, and
feels perfectly wretched."
Grace Sargent sat right down
Id the rector propose" she
breathlessly inquired.
Mrs. Davies poured herself some
more hot coffee, and nodded
She refused him."
"Oh!" and acute distress settled on
Grace Sargents brow. with such a
firm clutch that 1t threatened to
homestead the location. Mrs Sar-
gent shared the belief of Rev. Smith
Boyds mother that Smith Boyd was
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A Call for Assistance.

SO you want me to come aud re-.
form Crimson Oulch?" said the per
suasive speaker.
That amt exactly what we're aft
er, replied Three Fingered Sam. after
few words with the rest OF the com
mittee. we want you to come around
an whoop II up an tell us what a
rip-snortin, wicked community we are
SOS to contradict the impression thai
the old Gulch is dyin on its feet"
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CHAPTER XVI.
The Public Is Aroused.

Clad n her tilmy cream lace gown,
Gail walked slowly into her boudoir,
and closed the door, and sank upon
her divan She did not stop tonight to
let down her hair and change to her
dainty negligee, nor to punctiliously
straighten the room, nor TO turn on
the beautiful green light; instead, with
all the electric bulbs blazing, she sat
with her chin in her hand, and, with
her body perfectly in repose, tried to
study the whrl Of her mind.
She was shaken, she knew that.
shaken and stirred as she had never
been before. Something in the depths
OF her had leaped up into life, and
cried out in agony, and would not stop
crying until 1t was satisfied.
Il need you to walk hand in hand
with me about the greatest work in
the world" That was It; the greatest
work in the world! And what was
that work? To 1--we and teach ritual
In place Of religion; to turn worship
into a social observance; to use help
less belief as a ladder Of ambition;
to reduce faith TO words, and hope to
a recitation. and charity to an obliga.
tion; to make pomp and ceremony a
substitute for conscience, and to inter.
pose a secretary between the human
heart and God
For just an instant Calls eyelids
dropped, her long brown lashes curved
upon her cheeks. while beneath them
her eyes glinted, and a smile touched
the corners OF her lips; then she was
serious again. No, she had decided
wisely.
There was a knock on the door. and
Gail smiled again as she said
Come in"
Mrs. Helen Davies entered, tall and
stately in her boudoir frills and
rufies She sat down in front OF Gail
and prepared to enact the role of con.
scientious mother.
Doctor Boyd proposed to you to-
night" she charged. with affectionate
authority.
Yes, Aunt Helen" and Gail began
to pull pins out Of her hair.
A worried expression crossed the
brow Of Aunt Helen.
Did you accept him?" and she fair
ly quiyered with anxiety.
NO Aunt Helen" Quite calmly,
piling more hairpins and still more
into the little tray by her side. ana
shaking down her ripping waves OF
hair
Aunt Helen sighed a deep sigh Of
relief, and smiled her approval
Gail, dear, you have shown a de-
gree Of carefulness which am de.
lighted to find In you. II you handle
all your affairs so sensibly. you have
a brilliant future before you"
q must be an awful worry to you.
Aunt Helen, observed Gail, and walk.
ing over. she slipped her arm around
Mrs. Davies neck and kissed her and
looked around for her chocolate box.
Calls maid came in, and Mrs. Da
vies bade her sisters niece good
night most cordially, and retired with
a great load of her mind and half
an hour later the lights in Calls
pretty little suite went out
If she lay long hours looking out at
the pale stars; If, in the midst Of her
calm logic, she suddenly buried her
face in her pillows and sobbed silent.
ly; II. toward morning, she awoke
with little cry to find her face and
her hands hot, all these things we're
but normal and natural. 1t Is enough
to know that she came to her break
fast bright-eyed and rosy-cheeked and
smiling with the pleasant greetings Of
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Youthful plnlomat.

my last Office boy was a wonder
I'm sorry lost HIM"
Very efficient. ! suppose?"
"Oh, he couldn't lick a stamp with.
out making a mess Of It, but when it
came to explaining things to my wife
over the telephone have never seen
his equal"
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are held very closely by their own
ers; and moreover. these deposits can
not last many years at the present rate
of working. These facts together
with a rapldly-increasing demand, will
undoubtedly increase the price of ra.
dium even above the above big fig.
ures. Notwithstanding the improve
ments in the methods Of extracting =
Scientific American.
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No convenienoes. S.

New servant-An' have yez a garage
on the place?
Suburban Housewife-No, we have
no car
New Seryant- -7'hen can't come
wild yez !. haze 70 have a place fer
me car. .FucA