y Perrin Contract At W , a famous seaport in the north of England, there Is no more re spected name than that of Perrin. The 8rm of John Perrin & Company, has fcullt ships for generations, and is practically the oldest established firm In W . The present head of the firm, John Perrin, la a widower with one daugh ter. It has been said that Mr. Perrin Is the longest-headed man In W , and t$at what he does not know about shipbuilding is not worth knowing. Dorothy Perrin, at the timo this jtory opens, was 19 years of age. She was a wonderfully pretty girl, with a sweet, sympathetic nature. Most of the eligible bachelors of W had fallen in love with her at different times, but, so far, Dorothy's heart was In her own keeping. Mr. Perrln's offices were of an ex tensive nature, and he employed a large number of clerks. It is with two of the latter that we are princi pally concerned. One of them, Wal ter Jerrard, a nephew of Mr. Perrin, was in the private office, and it was a common rumor that one day he would ke taken into the firm. The other mploye, Arthur Evison, was a con fidential clerk to Mr. Perrin, and had Men in his employ since his boyhood days. Both of the young men (for they were each of them but 25 years of age) lived in W , but, whereas Jerrard Was an orphan and lived with his un cle, Arthur Evison resided with his pother, who was a widow, and his Earnings constituted their sole in-, ome. In common with the many other bachelors of W , both Kvlson and Jerrard had succumbed to the charms of Dorothy Perrin, but so far the ob ject of the affection was unaware of It Each of the two men, however, knew the other's secret, and this quickened dislike that they had long mutual ly fostered. Evison distrusted Jcr )tard; he saw behind that handsome . Iftc and careless expression a mean and shifty character. In his turn Jer ifiaxd had the natural dislike of Evi son, which his kind invariably bear tgward men of an upright disposi tion. Arthur Evison could scarcely be caHed handsome, but there was some thing attractive In his strong, clear cut features; people could distinguish at once his manly, truthful nature, and in consequence he was liked and respected by nearly all who knew him. Some years ago the shipbuilders of Britain began to grow alarmed at the competition of foreign countries Am erica and Germany in particular. So auch was this felt in W that many houses were forced to close on ac count of the bad times. Several of the old houses, though, Such as John Perrin & Co., were able tp face the difficulties, but even with tjtem matters were serious. For Mr. Perrin personally it did not matter, he being possessed of large private means. However, when the North Atlantic Steamship Company asked for tenders for two new liners from several of the shipbuilders of W , matters began to show signs of improving. The two new liners w-ere to be larger than any of the North Atlantic Com pany's present fleet, and would be the largest vessels ever built in a W shipyard. Perrin & &Co., was one of the firms asked to tender,' and they naturally (Ojide every effort to obtain the order. Mr. Perrin knew that his only serious rival was Joslah Grey, whose yard adjoined his own. Arthur Evison had a great deal to do with the preparation of the esti mate, as had also Walter Jerrard. They were both at the frequent consulta tions held in Mr. Perrln's private of ' floe, and naturally the whole affair was conducted with the utmost secresy 80 one handling the papers without Mr. Perrln's knowledge. Every night all the papers were se curely locked up, Mr. Perrin himself carrying the key. One evening Arthur EVison was re turning from a solitary walk across the common when he was somewhat astonished to see Walter Jerrard in company with an employe of Josiah Orey. Bvison knew that his fellow clerk had hitherto had nothing but a nodding acquaintance with his present companion, but he put down their be ing together to a chance meeting. They had not seen him, and he speedily forgot the matter. It was Evison's custom several even ings In the week to stroll over the common and climb Erkon Beacon, a lonely hill about two miles from W . .Here hs would sit and smoke a soli tarp pipe while he contemplated the Slow of the furnaces of W , and, far ther away, the lights of the shipping in the bay. About a week after he had seen Wal ter Jerrard in company with Josiah Grey's clerk, Evison was on Erkon Beacon In the early evening. The light was yet good, and presently he distinguished two figures come to gether at the foot of the hill and greet each other. ' To his astonishment Evi son again saw Jerrard and his new acquaintance. ' This second meeting caused him to think seriously of the matter and in the morning he cautiously led up to the subject during a conversation with Jerrard. Without touching directly on -what he had witnesseed, Evison was enabled by a little diplomacy to draw ' ut Jerrard. It was very cvldcat Love and Graft. or that the latter intended to keep his new1 friendship a secret for he stated that he had been otherwise employed on the evenings that Evison bad seen him at Erkon Beacon. The rest of the conversation only plunged Jerrard deeper and deeper In to the mire, although he was quite unconscious o It. However, It left Evison strongly determined to watch his fellow-clerk's movements, for ho began to feel that there was some treachery afoot. During all this time Evison Was growing every day to care more and more for Dorothy Perrin, until at last he found it Impossible to keep it to himself. He saw Dorothy frequently, and on every occasion his passion be came more Intense. Ho found it very hard to refrain from telling all to her, but out of feelings of respect to his employer bo deemed it his duty to speak to Mr. Perrin first. Accordingly Arthur managed to get alone with his chief one evening after the other clerks had goue, and im mediately began to broach the sub ject. "I want to ask a great favor of you, 6lr," he commenced, and then paused. "The fact is, I want er " he paused "gain, for, although he had definitely decided beforehand what to say, the words failed him at the auspicious mo ment "My dear fellow," said Mr. Perrin, for Evison was a great favorite with him, "if I can possibly help you I will, but I hardly know yet what you are in need of. Is it money?" "No, sir," cried Evison, hl face flushing: 'I er I want to get mar ried." "Oh, Is that it?" returned Mr. Per rin, cordially, "I'm pleased to hear it; who Is the lady?" "Well, I haven't spoken to her yet; I don't know whether it is advisable." "Why not? She will be a lucky girl, in my opinion." "I'm glnd you think so, sir," con tinued Evison, "because it is your daughter I want." . "Oh!" Mr. Perrin's face assumed a very different expression. He became thoughtful, and gazed meditatively at the papers before him. Arthur waited in trepidation for some moments, un til at last Mr. Perrin began to speak. "I'm sorry, my boy," he said, "but it cannot be. Forgive me for saying it, Arthur, but I have other views for Dorothy." "I suppose you mean my position Is not good enough?" said Eviiion, bit terly. "Not exactly that, Arthur," replied Mr. Perrin, "but " He became silent. "Then I suppose it Is useless, sir?" "I am afraid so, my boy." And so they settled matters without dreaming of consulting Dorothy. Arthur Evison left Mr. Perrin's of fice and went out into the cool even ing air. The decision of his chief af fected him considerably; he felt a choking sensation, his brain was whirl ing and everything around seemed to dance before his eyes. He must go away from W . Yes, there was no doubt of that; he could not live so near to Dorothy and know 11 the while that she could never be anything to him. He decided that he would ask Mr. Perrin to let him go to the firm's office In London and take up an appointment there. All the while he was stumbling for ward through the twilight, crossing an unfrequented part of the common which led to Erkon Beacon. Presently he sat down by a clump of furze and again commenced to think, over his sudden misery. At that moment the wind carried the murmur of voices to him. Presently the speakers drew near, and Evison distinguished the voices of Walter Jerrard and Morti mer, the clerk In the employ of Josiah Grey. As they passed by Evison's re treat, jerrara was speaking. "That will be It, then," he was say ing. "You meet me at the back door in listen lane at 10 o'clock tomorrow night, and I'll let you in. You can get the tender and " their voices died away. Arthur jumped to his feet and stared Into the gloom fcfter the retreating fig ures. Ten o'clock tomorrow night? The tender! What did it mean? Did Jer rard mean treachery? All thoughts of his own troubles were driven from his head. There was evidently some scheme on foot to get at Mr. Perrin's estimate for the two new liners. Evison knew that if the estimate or a copy of it, got Into the hands of the rival firm they would un derquote Mr. Perrin and so secure the order. "I'll be there at 10 o'clock as well," be said to himself, "and see what goes on." On arriving at the office on the fol lowing morning he found that Mr. Per rin would be away for the day. Jer rard was there, as usual, but very pale and preoccupied. The day seemed to pass by with leaden wings, and Evison was heartily glad when the hour of departure arrived. . At llston lane there was a back en trance to Mr. Perrin's office. The door worked with a spring, and could only be opened from the outside with a key. Thus anyone locked in the office could get out without any trouble. With this knowledge in his mind, Arthur Bvison allowed himself to be locked In. The porter made bis usual nightly round, but Evison easily man aged to evade Mm and the office cleaners. He had told Mrs. Bvison tt '-, all probability b would be late, so that there was no flaw in his plan. Slowly the evening passed by, and at about 9.30 Evlsou took up his station at a window overlooking the entrance to llston lane. There was a street lamp Just opposite the door, so that anybody entering could easily be seen. It was Just five minutes to 10 when Evison suddenly saw Jerrurd's figure slink Into the lamplight. Click! Tho door was unlocked and then he thought it best to leave his position. It was well for his scheme that he did, for almost Immediately Jerrard came up the stairs and occupied tho pluco he had just vacated. Presently Jerrard saw Mortimer and ho crept downstairs again. Then the two men returned together, passed along tho passnge and entered Mr. Per rln's private room, where the safe was. Evison was waiting with bated breath In a doorway further along the cor ridor. As soon us the two accomplices had entered tho private office, Evison stole along and sjood in the shadow of tho half-closed door. It was entirely as he suspected. Jer rard opened the safe door and with drew the estimate for the two liners from an Inner drawer. Then Morti mer produced some pieces of paper and commenced to make notes. "Good evening, gentlemen." Both men looked up in sudden ter ror to meet Evison's smiling gaze. Be fore another word was spoken, how ever, Mortimer jumped to his feet and rushed from the room. Jerrard and Evison stood looking at one another. "So, my friend," commenced Evison, deliberately, "this is how you serve your uncle?" "Spy!" hissed Jerrard, and for a mo ment he made as If to spring at Evi son, but something In the latter's de meanor make him suddenly alter his mind. Then he took a fresh line of tactics. "Don't say anything about it, old chap," he entreated. "I wanted money badly, and Mortimer tempted me. They were going to give me 100 for a copy of the tender." "Why dldu't you ask your uncle, he would have helped you?" "I didn't care to," muttered Jerrard, "because of Dorothy." "Dorothy!" cried Evison. "M'ha't has she to do with you?" "Oh er we're engaged." "Engaged to you?" "Yes, why not?" replied Jerrard. "Please don't mention it, though, as Dolly docs not want anyone to know about It yet." "Dollv!" repeated- Evison, bitterly. Ugh! the familiarity cut him to the quick. "May I ask what this means?" said a voice suddenly. Both men looked up and saw Mr. Perrin standing in the doorway. For a moment they were taken abtck, but Jerrard was the first to recover himself. "It means this, uncle," he burst forth. "I war passing by llston lane when I saw Evison sneak down toward the office. I hastened after him, and saw him enter here. He left the door open, I followed, and saw him copying the tender." Evison listened as in a dream to this tissue of lies, and was only awakened by Mr. Perrln's stern voice. "What have you to say for you self?" A thousand words of defense sprang to his lips, but ere he could utter one he remembered Dorothy. If he told all he knew It would break Dorothy's heart. "Well, Evison, I am waiting. What have you to say?" "Nothing," was the dully spoken re ply. "Come, my boy," said Mr. Perrin, his liking tor Arthur for the moment overcoming his anger, "can't you con fide In me?" Evison slowly shook his head. "Very well," continued Mr. Perrin, "I am more than sorry, for I have al ways had tho highest opinion of you. If I ask you to call at my house to morrow! morning, will you?" . "Certainly, Bir," Evison replied in low tones. "Then I shall expect you at half past 9. Er you may be curious to know how I happened to come here," Mr. Perrin added, "but I saw a man running from llston lane, and tin im pulse led me down It, to find my office open." Stunned by this sudden blow, Arthur staggered rather than walked to his home. Ho did not go to bed but sat the night through In his bedroom. In the morning, with pale, haggard face, he called at Mr. Perrin's house, as lie had promised, and was shown Into the drawing room. He had hardly been there a moment before Walter Jerrard entered the room. He gazed at Evison In a rather shamefaced manner, but the latter took no notice of him. "I've asked uncle to get you a good job somewhere," Jerrard blurted out at length. "Indeed," replied Evison, "that was really very good of you, especially af ter your charitable behavior of last evening." "Oh! you would have done the same In my position," sneered Jerrard. "Be sides if you had told uncle what you had seen I should have denied it, and my word Is as good as yours any day." "But what, about your constant meet ings with Mortimer near the Beacon?" Jerrard changed color and glared malevolently at his companion. "Seems to me you've been watching me pretty much," he said. "It was quite an accident; and while on that subject despite your friend's indisputable prowess In un truthfulness, do you think he could deny this?" As he spoke Evison ex hibited the sheet of paper on which Mortimer had commenced to make his copy of the tender for the liners. Jerrard was completely nonplussed; his face grew livid wltn combined fear and fury. "Oh, don't be alarmed," said Evi son; "I shall not show the paper to Mr. Perrin. But please remember that It is only for Miss Perrln's sake that I am taking tho blame of your scun dalous behavior." Jerrard mumbled an Inaudible re ply. "If you had not been engaged to Miss Perrin I should have denounced you on tho spot; ns it is " "You will denounce him now," said a voice. Evison and Jerrard turned to see the curtains by the garden window thrown aside and Dorothy Perrin, with pale face, standing before them. "I was looking out Into the garden when I heard your voices," sho ex plained, "and thinking yon would not bo long I waited, and glad I am that I did wait." "But you mustn't take any notlco of what you heard ," began Evison; but Dorothy interrupted. "I must take niftlre," she cried; "Walter told you that he was engaged to me, and I tell you that It Is not true. I have never been engaged to him, and I would rather marry any man on earth than him." A great wave of Joy rushed over Evi son, nnd his heart beat with wonder ful rapidity. He was about to speak when he was interrupted by Mr. Per rln's entrance. "What does this mean?" he asked. "Dorothy, Walter, why are you both here?" "To save an Innocent man," cried Dorothy. "Listen, father," and im mediately she began to pour forth all that she had heard. "Is this true?" demanded Mr. Perrin, in grim tones, when his daughter had finished speaking. Evison bowed his head, inwardly wishing himself miles away. "Give me that paper," Mr. Perrin continued. Mechanically Evison hand ed it to him. Then he looked up and caught Dorothy's eyes fixed on him with an expression new to him an ex pression which sent the blood coursing madly through his veins. "Well, sir," Mr. Perrin said, sternly, addressing himself to his nephew, "what have you to say for yourself?" "Nothing," returned that worthy. "Nothing!" repeated Mr. Perrin in low tones. "By heaven! you are a dis grace. Listen to me sir, I give you a week to make arrangements In and then vou leave my house and my em ploy." Mr. Perrin stood aside and Walter Jerrard silently left the room. "Now, my boy, what can I say to you," said Mr. Perrin, "I would you and my nephew could have changed places for I should be proud indeed, for you to be a member of my family." "That is easily arranged, sir," added Arthur, emboldened by what he had read In. Dorothy's eyes. "Eh? What do you mean?" "By granting me the permission you refused last week." As he spoke Evi son took Dorothy by the hand and drew her, not unwillingly to his Side. "It seems to me that you have al ready taken it," replied Mr. Perrin, smiling as he spoke. "Well, well: take her, my lad, and God bless you both." The other day Mrs. Arthur Evison christened one of the two new liners built by Messrs. John Perrin & Co. for the North Atlantic Steamship Com pany. Tit-Bits. DIAZ AS A MAN OF DESTINY. Relation Between His Life and the Date of Mexican Independence. "If ever a man was a living proof that our fates are predestined," said a mlnlns man from Mexico, "It is President Diaz. He was born at 11 o'clock at night on Sept. 15. That is the anniversnry moment of Mexican Independence, al though Sept. 16 Is celebrated as the national holiday, "The revolutionary conspirators had agreed on Sept. 16 for the out break and were to open the ball at the ringing of a bell on tho plaza of Guanajuato. But Hidalgo, the Mex ican WashinEton. learned that their plans were known, so lie rang the bell and started things going at 11 o'clock on Sept. 15. "That was in 1810. Diaz was born Sept. 13, 1830. "That is a matter of common knowledge and superstition in Mex ico. What is not generally known is that every one of his many chil dren .wa3 born either on Sept. 13 or on the anniversary of one of his big military or political victories. I have It from a member o? the Diaz household that there Is not a single exception to this rule( "Every year on Sept. 15 the people gather on the plaza In the city of Mexico. Diaz comes out on a bal cony above theiri sharply at 11 and rings the old Mexican Independence bell, which has been brought up to the capital. That Is the signal for beginning the Independence celebra tion. "Diaz, you know, considers himself a man of destins. His llfo has been one long fight against enemies, in trigue, secret plots, open rebellion. "He has beaten them all and estab lished a good government where there had been only tyranny or chaos for 300 years. 'Ihey say that he has grown superstitious about It all, be lieving that he Is under a lucky star, and that he takes these coincidences of birth as a mark of heavenly fa vor." Owing to an error in calculation made In 1820, the height of every Al pine summit, says the Alpine Post, will have to be written down by about ten feet MASTERY OF THE AIR. PROGRESS IN DIRIGIBLE BAL LOONS AND FLYING MACHINES. Lessons of the Aero Club Exhibition A Flying Machine Which 8tayed Up Thirty-eight Minutes Invention In America and Appreciation in France A 8peed of Two Hundred Miles Per Hour Predicted. It Is characteristic of tho American people, with our practical turn of mind, that wo refuse to take any sen sational invention seriously until it Is set down perfected at our feet. We are not Interested in the preliminary progress, and take an attitude of skep ticism, until we wake up some day to find it a realized fact. It was so with the automobile, which received no encouragement on this side of the water until about five years after the French had proved to their satisfaction thut It was the coming vehicle, and it was so with tho wire less telegraph, which many persons had never hoard of until It was In operation. The exhibition of the Aero Club of America in connection with the auto mobile show, has been, for this reason, a revelation to many who have paid no attention to the progress of aerial navigation during the past ten years, regarding the subject with about the same amusement as the search for per petual motion and believing Its suc cessful solution about as distant as the Judgment Day. In the light of this exhibition, It seems necessary to admit not only that aerial navigation Is possible, but that it Is on the road to becoming practicable. Of course, much remains to be done, but balloons steerable In a light wind are now ac cepted facts, and far more remark able scientifically a machine has been constructed of materials heavier than air with which a man has made a fllRht of thirty-eight minutes' duration travelling safely a distance of twenty five miles. It is necessary in considering aerial navigation to draw a line between the two methods employed between the dirigible balloon or airship on one hand and the flying machine, aero plane, or aerodrome on the other. The balloon principle Is the oldest and most firmly intrenched in popular fancy, but it seems to be inferior in possibilities now to the flying ma chine. The balloon depends for sup port on the use of a gas lighter than air, and when equipped with a motor has proved steerable, so long as there was an absence of wind, but the bulk Is such that it offers too much resis tance to be capable of high speed, tho body Is too fragile to be driven with great force, and the cost of construc tion nnd maintenance is considerable. The Hying machine is far bolder In conception. It is built of materials heavier than tho air, but Is supported In and propelled through It by attached motur power. It Is thought that the speed of a bal loon cannot much exceed twenty miles an hour. The aeroplane has done about twice that, and it Is only a ques tion of combining power with light ness in the motor to Improve upon this so that a rate of 100, or even 200 miles an hour is declared possible. The cost of an aeroplane is slight, as is that of operating It, and as there is no ex pense for right of way or roadbed, it has been fancifully estimated that pas sengers might be carried from New York to Chicago for a dollar apiece with profit. So far flying machines have been built only large enough to carry one man, but this, of course, need not be the case once the type of construction Is somewhat settled up onj. Balloons have .already been up with several passengers, and there are no necessary limits to the size of them -or their engines. The Cot-.rt Zeppeelln No. 2, now under trial at Constance, is a mamoth affair, i-arry-a 160-horsepower engine. In flying ma chines Herring has a model now on exhibition with the Aero Club, in which a one-tenth horsepower electric motor Is enough for nine pounds weight of the aeroplane, but no fixed ratio has been determined yet be tween weight and necessary horse power. Although all the real development, of the flying machine has been done by Americans, and mostly in America, its sponsors today like the Wrights, Langley and Herring, have less repu tation in this country than has Santos Duroont, whose achievements in tho way of a dirigible balloon have been notably not less revolutionary. San tos Dumont chose Paris for his ex periments, where the imaginative French mind made much of them, and his reputation was imported to this country, like many other things French, at its face value. If he had conducted his tests in this country he would probably be less famous. In fact, It has taken the French to come over here and put a value on our own experiments, tho Wright brothers hav ing only recently sold the rights in their Improved flying machine for the use of the French government for a consideration amounting to about $300,000. The beginnings of the balloon go back to 1T82, when Joseph and Steph en Montgolfier invented one of the hot air type with a capacity of 40 cubic feet, which rose 70 feet The year fol lowing, using a Montgolfier balloon, Fllastre du Rozier went up 300 feet with a rope attached. The first free ascent was made on November 21 of the same year by du Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes at Paris. They went up 3000 feet, descending after twenty-five minutes five miles distant, Benjamin Franklin witnessing the feat. On December 28, 1783, Rltten house and Hopklnson In this country rigged seven hydrogen balloons to a car In which James Wilcox went up 1000 feet. Between 1812 and 1857 Charles Green, an Englishman, made some 1, 400 ascents. Three times he tried it over the sea, and fell In twice. The most remarkable thing about his car eer was that, In spite of all this, he lived to bo eighty-five, and then died of old age. In 1785 a Frenchman, Blanchard, and an American, Dr. Jot ters, first crossed the English channel. The highest ascent on record Is one of over seven miles, made from Wol verhampton by James Glalsher and Henry Coxwell. In 1850 Julllcn, a French clockmaker, turned out the first balloon of the modern clgar shaped type. Two yenrs later motive power was first applied by Henry Glf ford, who made an ascension of 5000 Teet with steam. The real dirigible balloon came with Santos Dumont's experiments in 1898. The attempts of men to Imitate bird flight antedate the invention of the balloon. That celebrated all-round genius of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, Ixonardo da Vinel, made studies lu this direction, but never put them to practical test. The first aerodrome was patented by Henson In 1842, but never. In fact, constructed. Tho most thorough and extensive ex periments In wings were made by Li licnthal of Berlin, who, between 1891 and 189C, made some 2000 short flights. IJllenthal was more of a naturalist than an engineer. He met with some success in his way, but the project was chimerical, and he finally lost his life In the course of experiment The credit of constructing the first plausible flying machine belongs to Hiram Maxim, the American Inventor, although the work was done in Eng land. He built his flying machine in 1894, and provided it with a track of eight-foot gauge. At a slight elevation was another track of thirty-foot gauge, to hold It from rising more than so far. He used steam as a motive pow er, and found that at thirty-six miles an hour all the weight was sustained by the uir. Professor Langley pro duced a flying machine In 189G and another in 1903, but neither met with the success hoped for. Herring made some valuable experiments In the bal ance of flying machines the most dif ficult point In the whole problem. The shape which he adopted of two slight ly convex planes as supporting sur faces has practically been preserved in the more recent machines of the Wright Brothers. The Wright brothers, Wilbur and Orvllle, worked on the flying machine during the years 1900, 1901, 1902 and 1903, with the result that it passed from a possibility to a fact Their first eflort was to build something which would not only fly but would be strong enough so that it would not be wreck ed when It came down. They simpli fied construction to the greatest pos sible extent, and as timber used the best quality of spruce, getting It from a special manufacturer, and then throwing out two-third of what he sent. Before Installing a motor they made sure of their machine by short flights without. In their best trial, at Kitty Hawk, N. C, the machine, with one man and considerable ballast was up thirty-eight minutes and travelled 25 miles, coming down only because the gasolene was gone. It had been planned to stay up an hour but the motor was allowed to run for a quar ter of an hour before starting with the Intention of refilling the tank at the last moment, but this was neglected. New York Post. Not That Sort of Competition. Senator Foraker was contradicting a certain statement. "Though this Is a firm contradic tion," he said, "f want It to be a pleas ant and polite one. It is not neces sary, when men tell falsehoods, to call them liars and club them over the head. Their error can be pointed out In nealer and more graceful ways. For Instance: In a small town in Indiana a group of drummers were assembled. They sat In the reading room of the country hotel. On the flimsy hotel paper they had finished writing to their firms with the lumpy Ink and the rusted pens which the hotel man agement provided, and now, with newspaper reading and desultory talk, they whlled away the tedious even ing. A young drummer in a red tie took the cigarette from his mouth and said: " 'Well, my day's sales here reached $.".000. Not bad for a small town, eh?' "An elderly drummer looked up from his newspaper and said quietly: " 'Not bad at all. It Is wonderful what one can sometimes do in these little places. On my last trip here my commissions came to Just what you say your sales did.' "The young man reddened. " 'This isn't a lying competition,' he said gruffly. " 'Oh, excuse me,' said the other. 'I thought It was.' " Galveston Tribune. New Bullet for French Army. Important Improvements have re cently been made In the arms and am munition of the French Infantry soldier, and a n;w cartridge Is shortly to be issued which combines many new features. This cartridge Is abso lutely smokeless, not even giving the small puff observed with the discharge of the present cartridges, while its bullet is a cigar-shaped cylinder of bronze. This revolves with a speed of 3,600 turns per second during its flight, and at 800 yards it will have sufficient power to penetrate a mass equivalent in bulk and resistance to six men standing behind one another. This new cartridge is fired from the Lebel rifle, which is thus brought into the front rank of military weapons. Harpea Weekly." DAZED WITH PAIN. Tho SiinVrliiHS of a Cltlien of Olyrapla Wash. L. S. Oorliam, of 510 East 4th St. Olyinpla, Wash., says: "Six yirs ago I got wet and took cold, ami was soon flat in bed, suffering tortures with my back. Every move ment caused an ago-, nlzlng pain, and the persistency of It ex hausted me, so that for a time I was dazed and stupid. On the advice of n friend I began using Dean's Kidney l'ills. nnd soon noticed a change for the better. The kidney secretions had been disordered and Irregulur, and contained a heavy sediment, bnt In a week's time the urine was dear and natural again and the parages regular. Grndually the aching and soreness left my back and then the lameness. I used six boxes to make sure of a cure, and the trouble lias never returned." Sold by nil dealers. fiO cents a box. Fostcr-Mllliiuu Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Photographing Thought, That brain waves, or what may be so termed, aro capable of producing photographic effects Is tho problem that Dr. M. A. Veeder, a well-known resident of Lyons, believes he has solved. Dr. Veeder invited several friends to tho photographic study of Mr. Rus sell, In that village. A plate from an unopened package was put in the holder and placed on a table, the shutter bolng closed. Each person present placed one hand about four Inches above the plate and table. After an exposure in this position for about, one minute the plate was taken Into the darkroom nnd de veloped, whereupon It wns found that a spot bad formed the size and shape of a silver dollar, which, as a mat ter of fact, was the form of the ob ject which the persons participating In the experiment had in mind at the time. New York Tribune. A flnaranterd Cnre For Pile. Itching, Blind, lSloedlng, Protruding Piles. DriiRKists are authorized to refund money If PnzoOiiitinftntfails to cure in 6 toM days.SOc Baron valued at J30.000.000 was imported by Wreat Britain in 19(4. Stops belching by absorption no drugs-a new method. A llox of Wafer Free ffnTe Too Acate Indigestion, Stomnch Tronble, Ir regrnlnr Heart, Dlszy Spell hhort JHreatti, Gas ou the Stomach? Bitter Taste Bad Breath Impaired Ap petite A feeling of lullneps, weight aud pain over the stomach and heart, some times nauea and vomiting, also fever and id; headache? What causes it? Any one or all of these: Excessive eating and drinking abuse ol spirits anxiety and depression mental ef fortmental worry nnd physical fatigue bad air insufficient food sedentary habits absence of teeth bolting of food. If you sillier from this slow death and miserable existence, let n send you a sam ple box of Mull's Anti-Belch Wafers abso lutely free. No drugs. Drugs injure the stomach. Jt stops belching and cures diseased stomach by absorbing the foul odors from undigested food and tiy imparting activity to the lining of the stomach, enabling it to thoroughly mix the food with the gastric juices, which promotes digestion and cures the disease. This offer may not appear gain. 3106 GOOD FOR 25c. 145 Send this coupon with your name and address and your druggist's name and 0c. in stamps or silver, and we will supply you a snmple free if you have never used Mull's Anti-Belch Wafers, and will also send you s cer tificate good for 25n. toward the pur chase of more Helen Wafers. Yon will find them invaluable for stomach trou ble; cures by absorption. Address Mutx's Gbape Xo.nio Co., 328 3d Ave., Rock Island, El. Qite Full Addrett and Write Plainly. All druggists, 50c. per box, or by mail upon receipt of price. Stamps accepted. Food for Squirrels. Most people who feed the gray squirrels In the big parks fail to rea lize that it is no kindness to give these pretty little animals such soft " shell nuts as almonds, peanuts and chestnuts. Human beings who do not have to actually forage for food naturally enough feel that it 1 is thoughtfulness itself li save the squrrels work. The fact is, however, that a squirrel's teeth grow so rapid ly that, deprived of their normal use, they might even through their very usclessncss become long enough to put this craming rodent of the trees In danger of starvation. Hickory, pecan and hazel nuts are the prop er food to throw to the squirrels. Brooklyn Life. ( TERRIBLE SCALY ECZEMA. Eruptions Appeared on Chest, and Face and Neck Were All Broken Oat Cared by Cutieara. "I had an eruption appear on my chest and body and extend upwards and down wards, so that my neck and face were all broken out; also my arms and the lower innba aa far ti the knees. I at first thought it was prickly heat. But soon scales or cruats formed where the break ing out was. Instead of going to a phy sician I purchase' a complete treatment of the L'uticura Re- ;uies, in which I had greai faith, -and all was satisfactory. A year or two later the eruption appeared gain, omy a little lower, but before it had time to spread I procured another supply of the (Juticura Remedies, and con tinued their use until the cure was com plete. I; i- now live years since the last attack, and have not seen any signs of s ' return. 1 have more faith in Cuticurs, Remed.es .'or akin diseases than anything I know of. Lmm . WUaon, Liacomb. Iowa, Oct. ?, 190S." A South African Exposition. Preliminary arrangements for hold ing a British South African exhibi tion in London early in 1907 have been ccmpleted by Captain Bam,1 member of the Cape Parliament i! 1
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