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"Yes sir, 1 ruc-h you'to tight, It la a
pietty little allow, nnd almost ttxi ood
for the IlktH uf mo. When I Joined
the navy, now neatly twenty years
agone. I llttlo thotmhl t hould fltnl
buch a nlco little siot to moor lit.
Hut, lor, sir, it's oppoitunlty, Hint's
what Is It! They nay you can iii
anything If you only Ret tlm chant e.
A fnvorlto observation of my old dad's
was that itotnpnrly would have been
the king of llngland if he'd only had
in opportunity.'
"t expect you wonder how an old
Hhellback HUo mo Uhul's what they
calls tin In the n.ivy) came to bo
berthed fora-atid-nft n i snug llltlo
cottage like this, with nothing In the
world to do but open the paten for
cap'n or his Indy blew her hcatt'
whenever they drive through- Lint, as
I said afore. It's Just puic luck Why,
It was worth an houi's lighting to
gain such a missus as mine, not to
mention the lodge heie, nnd the pen
sion, or the copper cross which the
clear old wldddy herself pinned on my
blOUFC.
"Of course It was the cross otu queen
pinned on no bt east not the cot
tage oi the pension. 1 date ay my
talk seems queer ti a tino gou'.lemuii
you, bcc.iure I can t express my
nln' like those- i,oiulon chaps what
In their diorin' rooms and writes
nd stories ol adv entities lor An-
rs and sec h like, when ni-bbo
y'e never b"en fut titer than Mai-Howsumdoverc-,
1 leckon I tun spin
a 3. mi with the best of them, only
It wouldr t be dMiod up In sih'h tin"
ditsslns like, but simply plain truth'!,
iiiul, If loll cate to be if how Captain
Uruhamo and me rescued they who
whs to bo our futme inls-us from n
host of bloodthiisly demons, ou had
bitter hcaic to jour teat and help
soitrcslt to the Mm cm, which T can
guarantee as, the senuino bioad-atiow
btand, and calo'lated to wntm the
cockles of any man what Is a man.
"I dare say you know more about
the Ins and outs of the Hgyptinn af
fair of '82 thun 1 do. An ordinary
able-bodied feamon don't go Into the
(Ideation of polytlcs. jlo lrnvos tnat
to the ofllcers. All I knew was that
there was a row on about a coe
what called blnit-ill 'Alibi Pashas'
or some rich outlandish name.
Tney are all Pashas out
In Egypt, excepting a tew cop-per-eoloied
chaps who goes by the
names of 'Shi id. s' and 'Cakes' I bear
oui Tommies have been making em
Btoan a bit lately Just the same as
eveiyone Is a count or a maikiss In
Italy and a kernal In America.
"As usual, England and France was
mixed up In the serlmmace. I was
serving aboard the Thunderer at that
time, and we was stowing' at Malta
when the welcome order came for us
to proceed south with all speed. Wo
men knowed there was something
browing by the eager way the ofllcers
talked to one unother.and we concluded
It must Iw serlouM by the extra cutlass
and prim drill we had to do.
"We reached Alexandria In tlmo to
take pail In the bombardment; but, of
course, you know all about thut. Poor
devils! It warn't such fun for n.
Thoy had some very Rood mint, but
they were badly served, and nfter the)
llrst half hour thoy were nearly all
rilent, only Just spitting occasionally.
"We stood off nnd knocked all their
old forts and mosklen to smithereens,
sotting a good p-eit of the town nlltc
before thoy would give In. Then, when
the signal to reuse fire was Hying, and
1 was icckoniug to onjoj a lest, be
blowed If I warn't ordeied to Join a
short paity which the admiral was
funding to put out the ilatnes our guns
bad caused.
"It wain't no joke, I can tell you, to
have to woik In blinding smoke pulling
down the old houses nnd temples, so
that the the should not spread, 'special
ly as some of the cowaidly ilff-raft
were taking pot-shots nt us from the
narrow snreets all the time. There we
was slaving away, with the poisplra
tlon dropping oft us and our parched
tongues hanging out of oui mouths,
nnd not a blessed chop of nothing to
drink nil the time.
"Presently I telt some one touch my
aim. Tinning, 1 saw joung Lieuten
ant Gtnhitme with his fnce as white as
chalk that In. as far as I could svo
thiotigh the smoke nnd ditt with which
he was mimed. 'Saundets,' sas he,
'come along of me at once; that Is, If
vou'ie a man. l'o got pet mission, and
there's 10 for mu If wo find her.'
" 'Ay, ay, sit," says I, wondering who
we were to find, iiuj. knowing my better.-
too well to ask questions, and be
ing only too glad to gel out of that hell
of smoke nnd llamos.
"The captain lenstw Ire, ho was only
n lieutenant then snatched up n bio id
service cutlass, and we started at a
dog Hot Into the thicker pail of the
town.
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"1 un tell jou It was no blnomln"
picnic, even at the start. The streets
were nairow and quite bewlldetlng,
and the further vtc got from our men
the worse did It become. On oveiv
side wo sav scowling ellow faces
peeping at us ftotn the windows and
roifs of the tall bouses You ne, we
had not yet occupied the place, and
It was full ot the defeated IJgvptians
and worse scum, always so plentiful
In these foreign cities. Just by way
of change, every now and then wo
heard the ping of a bullet as It flew
past our ears, nnd all the time we
knew It would bo Just ps easy to fotev
a rat out of bis bole as to try and
discover the rascals who fired nt us,
hidden away as ihov were In the large,
uimbllng, hnlf ruined buildings by
which we were surrounded.
"I may as well tell you know whnt
I didn't know till lift"! wards, and that
Is, when Major rortescue, who was a
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Scranton Store 124-126 Wyoming Ave.
Only a few days more
of this great sale
Look here daily for a bargain list of the big
gest values that any store was ever compelled to
make. The alteration sale was not a matter of
choice, but compulsion. We must reduce our
stock for two important reasons. The first is, that
we MUST HAVE MORE ROOM for builders and
mechanics to work in when this store closes, and
the second is, that a number of new departments
will be opened here as soon as the alterations are
complete, which means that those now here MUST
BE CONDENSED as far as floor space is con
cerned. Cut prices on every item
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Alteration sale of
ladies' " children's underwear
Combination Sidts IidlcV woil combination suits In white, grey unci
blaalc Alteration nalnpr co:
SUOOsults $2.5J fj'J oomilis $1,59 .J.-iOHiilt $ig
Jersey Ribbed Vets Onu lot of indies white nieilno Jerse --v
ribbed iMtn, excellent niuillt, Inch nceii unci short eli8os, retju- S'f
lnrptlcoSOo. Al oration mile price j s
Children' Ribbed Underwear-flue lot children a j;un June) ilbbed e.ti
and pants, ut the l jllowltig prices
sieK HI iH -jo ! -J -Jti !rt nu :i-j ;:i
Itesuhir price l'jvjcirio lHo -Jlc 'Jto ,so inc. :ivi !!.- :j.-ie
Altei.it on price 8c 10c 13c 16c 19c 22c 25c 25c 27c .9c
Children's Wool Undjrwear Onu lot cjhlldren'H sic uoo! ols nnd
ilinwaiKitl tliofoll.juln pilcc-:
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Hogulnr price . .. 'J7o Sine We uii r,;ic r.iij ii;j,.
Alteration prieo . . 15c 29c 33c 39c 43c 49c 53c
Children's Merlnn Underwear Oui lot rlilldieti h white mor uo itiltltc
unci drccw irs In odd l?c s:
hlei . . -Jd 'J'.' -l 'jii -js no ;i,j :jj
ltegular price yno 'J.lu .! -, -jjic :t;i,. a-l3 ;i-1(.
Alteru Ion pile o12'jc 15c 17c 19c 21c 23c 25c 25c
Alteration sale of
muslin underwear
Muslin (Jowns cine lot hullo- niuiuln L'on, Kmplieor Mother
lliihbarcttyle, excellent Miliieftllc. A icrntlon sale pike
Corset Covers -Ona lot of ladles lanihrlo coricc t coeii,lu odd
Ktri'K, tegctlur pike !10e. Alleratlun nale prkr
tine lot liicllrs' floe etunbrlo c-orwt cover", In odd h7c, lejnlui
in iro lllo unci fine. Altnatlou haIis pihc
Atusll i Drawers-Otio lot ladle' muslin drawn h, lejultn piku I OI r
17e Aiteiiillou alu prk . . . IAA1.
Ouo lot InJlin' iiumllu diuweis, excellent Miltta for title unci Tpe. Afn
Alteratto huIo prke tJ
Muslin Skirts Ono lot of ludies' iniihlln n'.iliU, tloihle nidle,
trlrnmrdMltti embroUleij or laic, etcellont Miltio fot nun nnd 7ie, in
Alterutlou balo price oyc
38c
21c
33c
frcntleman hoIdlnK onio otlltlal posi
tion In Alexandria, liortrd thoro wna
likely to bo trouble, ho sent hit daiiRh
ter lAicy, with her mulct nnd nntlve
scrvnnt, round to her aunt nt Vort
Said, and when the row really came
he calmly put oft to a Utltlfh tdilp ly
Inu in tin harbor, tlilnUitic that nil
Mas safe.
' Hut women no only skltlUh creat-
urea after all, so when the nhlp she
WH9 on was stopped at Itosetta, Ml-cs
Lucy foolishly resolved to return over
land to her father. This was, of couree,
thn very worst thliiR fdic could have
dono, and the roault wiih that Lleu-
tennnt Oralmmu met the nntlvo sei
nnt, who was looking: for the ma
jor to tell him that the gill hud re
turned to the house and was hiding
theie In uteat danKor.
"t hen wc had run on for nbout
ton minutes we camo across nn ugly
crowd of armed tiff raff, who poemed
Inclined to dlHpute tho toad with uh.
'Stnnd clear'" yelled the cap'n, as he
dniKROd me Into an open doorway. On
ly Jiut In time, for hud I been n mill
utj later I should ceitnlnly hao lot
th number of my mtsa theie and
then, na a pel feet Htorm of bullets
hissed by mo. Wo slnmmed tlio door
to. find luckily tho fastenings were
still Eood, ns we could hear the mob
hammering against It and endeavoring
to blow tho lock open
" 'Quick; up hero,' ngnln shouted the
cap'n, lending the way up some crazy
stone steps on to tho flat roof. There
was a kind of hatchway over the stairs,
and this ,vo mnnnged to clap on In half
n trick. As luck would have It we also
found a pile of loose masonry, which
had fallen from the dome of u temple
place next door.
"When I had shoveled nbout half a
ton of this rubbish on to the hatch, I
thlnl'3 It time to have a spell and take
our bearings. I looks nrounch but
ccitlon't see the cap'n now her
"Just then I heard his voice polling
and shotttlns curses In n most awful
manner, and running in the dlieetlott
cl the sound, T found htm nlng his
anus und btamping about us If he was
I. iltny on the crumpet.
"'Look nt the llends!' lie roaicd,
dancing with inge. 'Now, Lucy, I'm
coining, dearest!'
"And I bellee he would have Jumped
per the parapet, a sheer chop of sixty
feet, if I hadn't clinched his coat with
both hands.
"Theie across the narrow stieet we
saw two Ihigllsh females crouched on
the opoositf roof. The lowct part of
the building was In Haines, and In the
stieet below a ciowd of yellow mon
grels were shouting und btnndlshlns
their guns.
"Now, If there Is one thing mni'n
m other that Tom Saundeis pnts hls
Klt on thu back about It Is that he
never loses his head. The toot we
i!i standing on had a flagstaff in tho
middle, and In a moment like It came
to mo that this spar was to be tho
salvation of them two girls.
" 'Help me pull tho stick down, Oia-
hame!' I shouted, forgetting his lank
In tho fluiry of the moment. He
catehed on my meaning nt once, and
we both tugged away for dear life. I
can't say now whether the staff was
lotten or how It tame about, but all I
know Is that In a brace of shakes we
had the spar clown nnd stretched be
tween the two roofs. The next minute
my boots were off, nnd I was actosa
before the chaps below had time to
think what was n-dolng of.
"Mis. fSrahnme I mean Miss Lucy.as
she wrfs then like a true woman, want
ed to Kand aigufylng with her maid
as to who I should take flist, but I cut
their tackle fhort by seizing the young
lndy in my amis and Hurting oif. She
was Hue blue and didn't screech, but
netted In my nuns, bless he: heart, as
If fhe was aliaby.
"I know I must be getting old, for
whenever I think of tint time now cold
beads of persritat.on stnnd out on my
face, and I can feel my heait beating
like the lod of u donkey engine.
'And soon as T stepped out on the
boom a hoar3e shout came from below,
more like the ronr of wild animals than
anything elbe. Then T could hear pop
guns going off, but there couldn't hae
been a decent phot In nil the blllnc ot
'em, or we should never have got across.
"Before jou could count two I had
placed the purty creature lit the cap'n's
arms and was half-way back again
" 'Come along, my lass!' I said. And
without a whimper the plucky gnl camo
light to the edge of the ioof to meet
me Then the worst part of the bean
feast began. Afoie I had taken half a
dozen steps a bullet plugged through
nv cheek, and I spit out two of my
best blfccult ciushets. Polly, too that's
the missus's name got a nasty scratch,
though I didn't know that till after-
waid. Then I feels a stinging pain
above the rlcht knee, nnd, thinks I,
'It's nil up this time. Tom, my boy,'
when I feels the cap'n laying hold of
ine, nnd we was drawee! Into safety.
I thought at least it was safely,
but soon found I was wrong. The de
mons had managed to fence the trap,
and now came swarming up by doz
ens. Luckily for us, two llrltlsh tais
Is n mntch for a hunched ragged camp
followers, and up-ended a scote or bo
before they knowed wheie they was,
I don't go for to say, though, that
things wasn't looking seilous when.
Just In the nick of time, we heaid the
Lamp ot a patiol, nnd the yellow chnps
scooted so quickly that In about ten
Kionds there wasn't nnij ono to be
i-cen
'About a month aftetwaid, when I
was getting j mind again feu I was a
bit knocked up after the scrimmage
I was taking a walk lounel the hos
pital when I plumps up agut Tolly.
The meeting was so sudden that we
weiu both lather tnken aback. She
colotcd up like a beautiful rose; then,
afoie I could sav lay u-ctlng. with
her head on my Fhnuldcr. I waited till
she hail calmed down a bit. then I
semoezes her and says, 'Pollj, shall
we"' Without no shilly-shallying about
she ant .ered. 'Yes" And that was
what they calls the sequel to our nd
ventutes. "IMo comes t'other tlnee sociuels
home fioin school, und 1 leckon It's
about mess time, so I'll sav good dav,
hit, und thank ou kindly." Chicago
Times. Ueuld.
SOCIAL SIDE OF
GOVERNOR STONE
HOME LirE OF PENNSYL
VANIA'S NEW EXECUTIVE.
His Interesting Family The Governor-Elect
Is Also of a Literary
Mind nnd Has Written Some
Clover Works Enjoys a Komp
with Ills Children. . .
PANE'S
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Enouf.h.
Sln Isn't M'ty witty, she icn't v-r ile.
llui when a gltl 1ms dimples and hits of
lienvc n for eyes,
And lmlr like sunshine gleaming nnd
olco both sweet and low,
A little hit of nothing Is nil she needs tu
know
8he has no aspirations, Mil' longs for no
catrir.
She ha no wrlsh for suffrage, of tviunt
no fear.
Sha never wrote a noicl, a put in or n
pln
And she prctcrs a boniii t to luurel
wicatlib or bay.
Eut, oh, khe unllet and dimples nt ciery-
thlng that's said;
And, oh, her lmlr Is golden, and. oh, her
lips are led!
Her oca are renl cerulean, her voice la
sweet and so
A littles bit of nothing Is all sho needs to
know. Truth.
rroin Hit Philadelphia Times.
Of all tho men who have been gov
ernor of Pennsjlvanla not ono was
more domestic. In his habits than Colo
nel William A. Stone, who Is now nr
rnnqlng to move front Washington to
tho exccutUc manslem nt Hnirlsbuti:.
He was married twice. His llrst wlfo
was rila Stevens, daughter ot flxera.
ftovens, a fainvr living near Wells
boro, Tioga county. Thev weie mar
lied In 1870 and two children were
the result ot their union. Thev are
Stephen Htone, a practicing young at
torney of Pittsburg, and Mrs. Hurrlett
Htckllng, wife of Dr. U. Peiry Hick
ling, a prominent phjslclon of Aasli
inirton. In 1M7 Colonel Plone, who was then
district attorney of Tioga county", see
ing that the ip was but llttlo held for
aelvancement In tint place, moved to
Plttshuig where his wife died. In
1879 he mnrrleel a daughter of Judge 11
"!. White, who for manv years wa
tho presiding Judge of Tioga county.
Six children result",! from this union.
Colonel Stone was a member of tho
rifty-second, Flft -third. Flfty-fouith
nnd rifty-tlfth congresses. Up to
tlueo years ago be lived In a palatial
homo at h3 Favette street, Allegheny.
During the long session of conguss
he found ho had to be In Washington
all tho time mid he took a bouse at No.
17J1 Q stieet.
FOND OF CHILDREN.
Although Mis. Stone likes to enter
tain nnd will probably give magulll
cent receptions during her olllel.il resi
dence In Hnrrlsburg, Colonel Stone does
not care much for society. He would
rather romp and "play horse" with his
children than wear a tires suit to a
reception or dinner. When he lived In
Allejiheny he would go home fiom his
law unite and seldom left his house In
the evening. Callous often found him
with three or four thilthen on his lap
or back telling or leadlti.T stories suit
ed to their jouthful minds. If the
children ordtr"d it he would get doc.n
on all fouis, the floor and ride the
oun::stors around the loom on his
back. Playing with the children wa
recreation for him.
At the ouilncal; of the civil war,
though only 16 ears of age, ho en
listed in the ITilon army and went to
the front with the Army of the
Poomac and participated in a number
of battles, secuilng the commission of
second lieutenant of Company A, ot
the Ono Hunched and nighty-seventh
I'ennsvlvanla Volunteers by btavety
on the Held. ACter the war he asso
ciated himself with the State National
Gttnt d and was e'ommi"slonc!i a lieu
tenant colonel.
UOYHOOD
Some je.us aftei the wnr he entered
the nut nml school at Manslleld, Tioga
county, taught school fot a while and
then read law at Wellsboro, where he
was admitted to the bar in 1S70. Since
then he has been engaged In the prac
tice of his profession at Wellsbuoio and
Mibseouently at Pittsburg. He was
elected dlstilct attorney of Tioga
countv soon nfter his admission to the
bar. He resigned the district attorney
ship in 1S7S to settle in Plttshuig. He
was appointed I'nlted States attorney
for the Western dlstiict of Pennsylva
nia by President Haves and was reap
pointed by President Aithur. Ptesldent
Cleveland, however, removed him from
utile e bee nuse of some speeches he made
In the Reaver gubernatorial campaign.
Colonel Stone then iesunied his private
practice.
In .Tune, lfeyo. he was nominated for
congress In placu of the late Thomas
M Hajne, who declined after receiving
the nomination fiom the convention.
Tin: STONU HILL.
As a memboi of the Judl'Icrv e om
'vtltlto of tho Flftv-thlid conuioss he
gave the ftl.'nds of the lesttleted loi
mlr.ialion bill much enceuingemcnt by
securing the passage tit his bill through
the hou-i Failing to git the immi
gration inini!iitt"c to lepeut It, he had
It icpoited to his own committee by
conscnt ot the hous-e, obtained a favor
able loport on It and had it on the
calendar befote the enemies of the
Measure were awaie of his puipo.se.
Then they bent ov ry otfoit to detent
It, but v In ti Its enemies hed gone over
to the senate to hear Senator Hill
sptak he passed it. Woiel was ent to
his opponents, but when they lushed
bail, to the hotp-o they v.vie ten late.
This givi the Stone bill gieat pi onli
ne nee. Colnr.ei Stone ha woiked h ird
slnie he Hist went to cnngies to :
care the passage of the law to restrict
Immigration, and It was malnlv
thioi'gh his elfoits that a bill win
r assetl thtotigh the house' last con
gress This bill was vetoed by Pres
cient Cleveland, nnd when It eair.o hi-1:
Into the houe Colonel Sti'lle- ltd the
fight. The ihilinvin of the lmniigia
tioii tommlttee did all he could to pre
vent Its p-OHitje, but the hous voted
with Colonel s'lone and passed 1 over
the president's v to. He j.i known and
leeognlzed ns a lea-let in th- tntisc ot
jistilcted Immlgiatlon, not on! In
congfts, nut thtoughout the lounliy.
A LOVLH OF HOOKS.
Colonel Stone Is as Intensely domes
tla In his tastes as he Is loyal to his
labors as a representative of his peo
ple. He bus had an otllce built In the
basement of his Washington home and
all suth work as tan bo tuiusacted
away rtotn tne c-,ipuoi is none inote.
He cares little for the amenities of so
called sothil life, though ho oecaplon
ally goes out with his wife, of whom
he Is very pitiud. She has ottih, beau
ty and enthusiasm und Is deeply Inter
ested In bet htibbands' career and suc
cess. She la a giaceful hostess and tin
men of builns and brllllunc v that nte so
sadly lucking at the oiellnary tun ot
teas and receptions aio alums to be
mot with In goodly numbets In her
drawlnir loom. Sho dresses In the pet
fecllon of taste and Ins no more ihs1
tldlous ei it', not ardent nilmher than
her husband.
Colonel Stone divides his evenings
among his wife, children and books.
Ho Is an oimilveroui leader, never
making a lailioad Journey without the
companionship of a book. On ono of
lib, jecent ttlps fiom heie to Plumbing
ho was Immeifced in the 'Seats of tho
Mighty." He has so decided a panchant
for books of adventuro that thoro Is
a standing order at thollbiary fot liter
ature of that description. It Is this bent
posulbly that makes him so fascinating
a story-teller to cnuuten.
Roosevelt's Rough Riders Restored!) Health
by This Greatest of Ail Remedies.
lJjT-y'
e ' vl,
Brouiiil Him Back to Lif3.
New Toik, Sept. SO, 1SSS.
Mesis. Wells, Ulcbaidson & Co.
Gentlemen I might have bioken
down sooner In the campaign nbout
Santiago 1C I had had time to realize
what was the matter with me before
the Spaniards surrpndoicd.
God knows 1 broke down soon enough
as It was, and It was as great a biir
pilsti to me a-i it was to the other boj.s
who knew me at home. Hut the Span
lards kept us busy, when we were
not busy cm our own nccount getting
ready for the big fight. That I was a
member of the Roosevelt Heglment I
shall always be proud, and tho fights
at Las Quasimas and in an Jtiau Jim
will be things to talk about for many a
year.
Hut I would not have lived to talk
about them If I hnd not found coiuo
thlng to hi ace my nerves up again af
ter the slego I had of It at San'ingo
with clvsentcrv and slow fever. I got
so 1 could hat illy shoot, and felt like 1
did not caie whether I did or not.
1 lost 20 pounds In weight ami a lot
mote than that in spit It. if you tan
measure a fellow's splilt that way
Hall a dozen Mauser bullets eould not
h.i.'o made a woise mess ot mo than
the Cuban climate and tho mud In the
Santiago t tenches did. As boon as I
Hand I was sick and my nerves weio
.ill gone I hunted for a tonic. 1 found
It on the way back North, when I got
s one of the Palnc's celery compound I
s-.iv other men using.
How it blared me up m pie tine will
theiw bettet than anvthlng else. It Is
Hit gieatei"t lieive ietoier that tan
be inaile, fen It brings all the foice
tl e te Is In a man t'i the surface.
I. i: JIOILT
Dango, Colorado.
Escaped Mo.ita'Jk Hospital
New Yotk. Oct. C, 119S.
Messrs. Wells, llichardson & Co.
Gentlemen If anvbody In the whole
regiment of P.ough Hitlers had a e banco
to observe the genet al weakened con
dition of the men whin they started
back to the Failed Stntes. as com
pared with their stnlwait condition
when they sailed from Sun Antonio on
June S, I think 1 had.
(l.lahonia Is generally legarded as a
hcullhy climate, and last May, when 1
lnf: there, I hatdlv knew what sick
r.eis meant. Hniller In life, however, I
had lived In the F.Jt, nnd after a
Menth In hetvlce knew that what I
needed, In my general inn-down condi
tion was a nerve tonic. 1 knew If my
iccives weie Uxed up there would be no
tioublct about mv geneial health m
s'ceiti as 1 got away from the aim).
j t.!so knew the position that Palno's
tcltiy eoinpouud occupied, althougii I
liac' not Kid occasion to use it much
iriself. 1 got a few bottles e,f It and
began to liiko it and give It to a lew
of my iiceiualntanc es.
It at tuully seemed to build up my
'.clients constitution almost as lapldly
as the Seuhein climate had tenn It
dow The same thing was true ol the
other men I gave It to
Fillers I had lound this loule to to
stuie my ntives I feel sine that I
would have gone to the hospital at
Montauk Point, and L might have
shured the fate ot many other nooi
fellows whoso Impiiviilshed condition
did not jleld to the dot ten's tttatment.
It gives mo pleasute to lecominend
Palm's eeleiy compound as the lust
remedy ee et sold In Ainoilta.
SHP.GUA.NT M DOI'THHTT
Gutlule. Oklahoma.
Nearly Dead from tho Fever,
St. Louis, Sept. 2D, 189S.
Messrs Wells, Klchaidson & Co.
Gentlemen Nobody can blame me ot
being disloyal If 1 say that Palne's cel
ery compound has done mine for mo
than any other person or thing slnco
I left Silver City to Join the Hough
P.lueis.
It has pulled together the sctaps of
a stnlwait man, bi ought mo atound
from all tho bad effects ot the Cuban
climate, and biaced me lip until I am
In better health than I have been In
ten oars. My friends In tho West
think that 1 am neatly dead from the
army fever they called callentuta In
Cuba. When I get back to Silver City
they will be as surprised ns I some
times feel mvstir. I had pretty good
netves b"fote I enlisted. They went to
pieces while we weie Ivlng out in the
titncbts at Santiago, dodging bullets.
I began to leel tevetisli fiom the tlav
w got to Slboney. When the Mnusois
sang about our eats I noticed that 1
was getting nervous.
I found mselt seurcely able to wall
utter the battle of San Juan.
I got woise until I got back to Mon
tauk Point, wheie 1 got a bottle oC
Palne's telerv compound fiom another
fellow in the leghnent. I saw seveiat
ol the Hough Itldeis taking It
With Mime ot them, as with me. It
seonitrd to take the place of both food
and medic Ine, for the systems of many
of the men needed toning up befotei
they could again eat us thoy had dotiti
befeno they left this countiy.
I dun't know nun h about medicines.
We don't nt oil mile It medicine in New
Ji. v'tu. Hut 1 know Palne's ccIpiv
ccripouud has thsed me up until I feel
aide to take the road tor home, vherei
I c-.peet to tell every one who men
tions iieives to me about my case.
WILLIAM 11. TOIK.
Silver City, N. M.
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SEA BIRDS AND THEIR EGGS.
Hunters Contest with Gulls tot Pos
session of the Spoils.
Prom Harper Miptuln
If the nuiito Is dlstutbed bv an egg
hunter and Its single egg taken It will
luillin and lephue Us successively
stolen ovum until eight li'ive been laid.
It Is loath to' leuve Us lust, e veil when
the despolkr nppioiie-hes, unci wli'li hei
comes up she leans awny from him
and moves over to the f.u side of tin
nest. Hut l rc-'onily, vieldiug to the
ahum within her btenst, she emits, a
sudden hfiuusU and libs ofi, ilushlug
the entli" loiketv as she moves tow
ard the sea, leaving the plekets to till
their pouched shlits vvith boot. They
must huriv the woik, for as soon as
tl e eggs aio uncovered the gulh- hover
clou and bee finite thltk upon the sconu
Tb"SJ lb in '! must light oil". 1 a1 tbe
buiZi'nly Intel poso themi elves and
bittlvj with the humans for the pos
session of tho eggK
The oppottunlty bslng open, tlf
gull sweeps down upon the .nune egg.
seUes it In Its mouth and genu ailing
nloft. cracks It In Its bill and obblen
what of Ita tonteiits It can, the residue
falling on the rocks below. Then It
nvikes anothci swoop awny and balan
ces Itbelf to spy out a ri" egj,. The
gull's egg Is pnlutuble.
That these Islands weio a Bleat ie
posltoty of etllblo eggs became known
in the euily littles. At tho tlmo of tho
discovery of this fntl provisions were
henrco and gold plentiful In San Fran
cisco, and the lookery cg;s offered in
the piaikots ot that i ity btoup.hf one
dollar u clon. The opening jt this
n -w and free oppe utility to acquire)
Me-alllT pii-ipltated uumlieu of peo
ple upon the iulnn.ls nml i,t the btihl
IK ss of egg gnthcilng. QinuteK en
sued between th coiiipetlton lib to
the'lr lesjief tlvc "lights" 111 the- piellll
ses, with tlu tes'ilt that a company
win toimeel iitnoup a liunibei ol' the
plekets, vebleh bought out til- f lilltllii
of the tithe-is Tills foiupanv inatingetl
to hold uptei Its itcliani.iges for some
eats, not, howevet, without cpei
lene lug ttuitests '11111 e in in tc hinents,
until the i.iikeilngs ultimately grew
so fWtco us to -itttatt the attention of
the Frlieel Stales ellMilel iiltotiiey at
San Finite he o. lie mil a iletitc htm nt
of goiernmeut sol lit ih th'ie anil tle
poltfd evel egg plel ei.
KAFFIR MARRIAGES.
That w tilth niuketi a Kullli nntiiinRt
bluding Is, in Kuiiuiunii. not the per
foitnaiit t of a ceitmoii), but the ti.uts
fei ol u eet tain number of tattle ut
agreed upon, fiom tho husband fir his
friends to the father or gunidluu of the
woman. The regulations tespectlng
Katllr maiilages are veiy stilt t No
matter though the btldegroom and the
bride have seen euth other a bundled
times befote, yet on the day of tho
Inauguration of tho wedding cetenton
les ethiuetto iecultes that they shotihl
meet ns total stiaiigett1, going through
a formnl Intmductlon. All tho tilends
and company assembled are smiling
and passing pleasant reiuatks, and tho
bildfgioniii is hastening toward hN
(by lad-love. Attel the foi mat Intio
duttiou is over tile bride, accompanied
by her futhei, mother nnd fi lends, U
leatly to tit know lodge bet self as the
wlfo of her lonl. The "Vehbo," or
' Yes," being utteied, the dance of the
bilde Is pi opened. Tills elaneo Is soiue
vthat of a tiiul lo the bilde, as thf
eiltks ate tbe bildegiooinV' paity. Tho
bible's elunce llnlshtd, the feasting
eommenees No formal Invitations uif
1-sued to the feast. It Is soon hi lilted
itboiit that a mnulago bttween Keneiio
and Mpunaioana Is impending and
that tin celt-monies ure IKecl for a cei
taln tlate. Human natuie Is much lb
same all the wot Id civet, and should
thete be a likelihood ot plenty of bee-r
and meat many mends will put In an
appeal ante, The KnllU wife is a haul
worker. She toils in the guidon, glow
ing the Kullli nun. nnd, In a thousand
other wa.vs, being much mote- Indiis
ll Ions than her loul. She Is sometime '
o much over-buident'd with wotk that
she sas to lur husband. 'It Is only
fair that mi should take another wife
to help me In the- woik 1 have been
a good woi king woman. My iudustt.v
anet tin if t obtained tho means to enable
ou to utfiulie much tattle. Yotti
lichees e. timet thtougli me. Now, 11 is
only Just, as the tattle were bought
with tn e innings, that you should ex
pend some in a fiesh inari'lago tontiact,
und so my labcus would bo lightened"
And the man Is gonerally ugreeablo to
fall In with her ptoposals. Tho Kafllr
women, wives ot tho saiiii) man, agroo
well together, Joalouslos being seldom
exhibited.