THE POET AND THE BABY.
" m" to write a (on net. can yoa
V'L..u , .
" " 10 WMTe "e tum
'. When a-toddling on the floor
la the mnae he must adore.
And this muse he lores, not wisely, hut
too well.
. -
Now to write a sonnet, oTeryone allows,
Ob most always be as quiet as a moose,
SUfJ.writ5 one to me
Wh w'. . , .
vrnen you re got a little sonnet in the
BOUSe.
nt a dainty little poem, true and fine.
That is full of lore and life In every line.
Earnest, delicate and sweet,
Altogether so comnlete -
ni 1 wonder what's the nse of writing
wire. .
Paul Laurence Dunbar.
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A MOUNTAIN GIRL, i
ClP1S naorn,n- The rising sun
II Just tops the crest of that por-
Uon of the Appalachian chain
of mountains between the northern and
southern boundaries of the State of
Kentucky, tinging Its peaks and crags
with a grayish vagueness. From every
rarlne and gorge huge clouds of smoke
Uke mist arise, assuming wondrously1
odd and fantastic forms in the uncer
tain light The stillness engendered by
the natural environments and the time
of day Is unbroken save now and then
by the far-off bay of a foxhound float
ing faintly from some mountaineer's
cabin, or the whistle of a dove's wings
as It flies swiftly by to the sedge fields.
The sun climbs higher, and conscious
of Its might, drives back to earth the
quenching mists. The rear guard
shadows of the night are mysteriously
disappearing The smoke of numerous
cabin chimneys can now be distin
guished rising In curling columns of
blue. Along the rutty clay road, or
rather mountain path, and hugging the
wormeaten rail fence for safety a red
fox slinks under cover of the alder
bushes, his whiskers and brush brist
ling with pendant drops of ekrly morn
ing dew. A mother qunil and her
brood, that have been pluming their
feathers on a topmost rail, with an
affrighted whirr fly to cover.
Presently a soldier In bis uniform
comes galloping furiously down the
road; he passes at full speed; the sound
of his steed's hoof beats grow fainter.
and silence for a few mluutes again
reigns, only to be broken by a dozen or
more meu In uniforms of the other side,
who break cover and also come down
the road like mad; their horses reeking
witn sweat ana blood. The first man,
farther down where the road forks, hns
turned to the right; these others take
the left-hand branch. In a few mo
ments shots are heard, and presently
a horse, the one ridden by the first
man, comes galloping back to be met
and caught by a slim, dark-eyed moun
tain girl, who comes suddenly out of
the bushes from somewhere. She
stands there holding the bridle reins in
her right band; the left is pressed hard
against her heart as if to ward off an
nnseen blow. Her eyes stony In their
Intensity, look off far up the valley to
break In the mountains, where God's
good morning displays its brightest
rays. Her gaze finally turns slowly to
the pursuers, who at sound of the shots
have ridden back to the forks, and
catching sight of the girl and the horse
comes excitedly up the road toward
her.
"Bob Jordan's darter," says one of
them.
"Jes' es I thought," laconically replies
he, who appears to be in command.
"The pesky critter s got warnln' frum
sum'ers, or he'd btn'r gone fawn skin
afore now. Whut air you adoln' beah
at this time o' day?" he demands of her.
For the first time the girl seems to take
full notice of their presence.
"Did ye heah whut I sed?" he de
mands more commandlngly.
"I'd like to know whut consarn that
Is uv your'n?" she replies, turning to
him defiantly.
"Ain't er body got a good right ter go
wbar they please 'thout beln' stopped
tn ther road and pestered ter death
"bout hit by er lot ov big, cowardly
ben? Ef you air erbllged ter know
iho', I'm er going down to Bob Black
pore's to hep his mother. She air sick
n bed, an' hepless."
"Did ye mean ter ride Bob's hoss
lown thar? I 'low ef my eyesight
ain't er failin' me, that that air Is his
critter. Whar's Bob now?" he con
tinued coaxlngly.
"I don't know nuthln' 'bout him. Ef
you'uns want ter find him, you'd bet
ter look fer him."
"Whar'd you git his critter, then?"
breaks In one impatiently.
"I stopped him In ther road, right
heah, es I come from down ther path
thar. The critter wuz comln' lopin'
op, when I. run out an' headed him off."
After parleying a few moments, the
spokesman again turns to her.
"We'uns think thet more'n likely ye
wuz tellin' ther truth jest now," he
ventures. "Spechully es ye air a mem
ber uv ther church, and your daddy
wuz, too, an er elder besides. Sissy,"
he insinuates, "nobody ever beerd tell
uv your tellin' no lie afore. Which way
did ye say ther critter wuz kuramin'
frum?" She looks him steadily In the
face.
"That way," she says, indicating with
a wave of her hand the opposite direc
tion. "Ther Lord ferglve me," she
mentally pleaded, "fer tellin' ur lie fer
him."
"Thet won't do. Sissy. We'uns Jes
kum thet air way ourselves, right after
him. We'uns had better look fer him .
right er-round heah, I reckin. I heatj
telL" he said for the girl's benefit, "thel '
wbar thar s enny petticoats er-rounu
Bob Blackinore ain't fur er-way."
"You better look out fer yerself," shi
scornfully replies. "He'un Is mighty
bandy with his weeplns, and with his
lists, too. I reckin you know thet, too,
don't you, Jim Wooten? I hav beerd
tell thet you an' him had er right tei
wunce, an' Bob didn't kum out no little
end uv ther horn, neither."
"We'uns will fix aU thet thar ef we
ever git our ban's on ther on'ry, good-fer-nuthln'
scoundrel ergln. He'uns
ain't fltten ter live noways."
"He's er sight mo' fltten than yon
air," she breaks In hotly. "He's alius
bin er hard-workln', sober man, an'
taken keer uv his mammy; sumpin you
never done. 'Sides thet, he's er gentle
man, an' alius minded his own busi
less. Do you'uns call this wah?" she
letnnnda with rlsinz vehemence. "Too i
.-owardly ter go way frum home an'
ft ..V. . rANnlraa 1 hi lav munil heflh n II I
" J c" '"J
heabs his maw s sick, an' slips off ter
kum an' see her. ter noun' bin. like er
log an' try ter kill him. Hit's Jes cause '
e's bettern you air."
The faint winding of a horn down tha
ate everything ennybody's got left. '" complete healing.
uu,e everytning nn"UJ " , , it would seem as U the system mads
Kn soon s somebody that s not) , . . . . ,
r, , . , , , ,,, i.i'no effort to heal wounds except when
Bla:kmore whos fightin fer his slue, i,.,.. .,,
toad arrest -their tttaaiioa, and hur
riedly monntliic their tar thy ride
off. one calllna- back to her;
I "We've got him, 8isy. That Tom
(Winburn. I tole him ter kam op ther
road, ao'a to bead him off an' meet
we'uns heah."
The Durauers nroceeded down thf
, right-hand road beyond the fork, iron
I whence the hot teemed to ha come,
' where the road make a sudden dip Intc
1 . dry rarlne. Down there a man Me
I tni in death, his cheek pressed heavily
'Mwnrt the delicate ferns that grew
T . . , m.mSLm
luiurunu wi v& uiw ww
The trees meeting overhead almost ex
dude the light, but now and then a
recreant bough, straying from it place
through bidding of the gentle morning
breeze, lets in a feeble ray of aunahlnd
tnat touches up the dead man's fact
1 vswatva ai
in j , mv. AJHA
1 wiiu a paiiiu cuiuriua. wwui
ferns caress his pale cheek In valnl
The morning songsters sing their lay 4
to unhearing ears. The pines and hem
locks mingling their foliage with th
poplars, and bowing their good moral
bags to the beeches and young hick
pries, sough 1.1 vain to arouse or sootn
the sleeper. He will never again takJ
Cognizance of earthly things, nor lnhals,
the beauty ana vitality or nis native
mountains his spirit has gone before
the last tribunal. A round bole tn the
jenter of his forehead shows where
the messenger of death 'has entered,
bringing Its Inevitable summons. His
slouch hat lies where it has fallen a few
reet away, his right hand still clutches
a pistol, his finger within the guard and
grasping the trigger. His garb la the
same as they wear who find him.
He had sought unfairly to take hu
man life, and with his own had paid
the penalty. Coming from farther
down the mountain to meet his com
rades and seeing the fugitive he had
ridden aside Into the ravine, intending
to slay him unawares as he passed.
But he had seen the interceptor, and
was prepared, and as the other fired at
him going by he too had fired In return.
and slew him. It was but a moment's
work to exchange bis steed for the
fresher one of the dead man and ride
furiously forward again. The horse
deserted, frightened at the realization
of something wrong and scared at sight
of the dead man, gallops back to be
met and caught by the girl.
But now, heartbroken, overwhelmed
sod frightened at sight of the inani
mate body they shortly bring up the
road toward her she flees stricken and
crushed, thinking It to be the other
one. And thus it is for days and long
weary days, until by chance she learns
the truth.
The war's over. Another bright
morning. A man rides leisurely up the
road; where It forks be catches sighj
of a woman's form sitting on a fallec
tree, where she has evidently stopped
to rest.
"Mawnin'. Miss Sissy," he says. A
the sound of her name the girl looki
up quickly, and then as quickly dowi
again, a flush surmounting her usual)
colorless cheeks.
Mawnin', Bob," she quietly r
sponds. "We 'lowed up ter our bous
es how maybe you'uns had forgot us.
How's your maw?" quickly changing
the subject
Hit did look bad in my not erku
a
Bui
mln' ter see you all afore now," be r
Joins, Ignoring the last question. "Bu
I bad ter kinder straighten up around
home a bit afore I got out much."
I thaut you wuz killed wunce. Bob,"
she ventures by way of further con
versation. Instantly he dismounts
leaving his horse standing in the road
and goes up and sits down beside ber.
Why did you'uns think that?" he
asks.
I wuz ergoln' down ter your maw't
an' stopped your critter In the road up
thar that time, an' then they brought
he'un that wuz killed, an' an' " she
could go no further at recollection ol
her misery.
An' did you keer. Sissy?" he asks
leaning eagerly forward.
"You warn't dead," she protests.
"Well, then uv ther fac that yot
thaut I wuz dead?"
She answers him nothjng. A. few drj
leaves flutter In the auTTnhn air and
fall at tbelr feet A wild grape vin
nods its approval and swings in th
breeze, and the branchesof the treei
overhead rustle with the gambols of 1
young fox squirrel. A flame-crested
woodpecker flies to a dead pine and be
gins plugging unmolestedly away. H
puts his arm around her and draws hei
to him.
"Who writ that thar note, then. Sissy
that wuz shoved under ther door tha
night ter warn me? You will tell mi
that, won't ye? An' who tuck keer 01
iiy mammy when she wuz sick? Sissy
aonev" the arm draws tighter "won-.
you marry me?" She hides her fact
against his breast
You air shore good at axln' que
flons. Bob," she says, "an' I love ye.
Louisville Times.
DRY CLIMATE OF THE ARCTIC
Wounds Fometimea Heal Rapidly is
It Meats Do Not Becosae Putrid.
One of the American consuls in Ger
many has forwarded to the State De
partment a report made by Dr. Rowlt
the physician of the German Flsherier
Society, who spent four months in thi
Arctic last year, on some climatic con
ditlons of that region. He made som
Interesting discoveries concerning th
putrefaction processes and the healln
of wounds. His steamer arrived a
Bear Island in the beginning of July)
Fish caught on the voyage and dried IB
the Norwegian fashion showed not a
trace of putridity as long as the all
remained dry and clear. Even the nat
ural fishy smell disappeared. Walrus
meat caught on the island and left ex
Hsed on the rocks kept perfectly fresh
and sweet It tasted, by the way, much
like beefsteak.
Wounds on the hands, though ex
posed to the contact of Iron chains and
bloody walrus flesh, did not become in
flasied In fair weather, but they did
not lieal. They remained raw, open
wounds. The surface gradually dried,
but showed no tendency to form a scab.
But it was very different In damp,
cloudy weatber.
Then fish, though already almost
dry, soon became moldy and putres
cent The walrus meat also soon be
came offensive.
Shoes had to be kept well oiled to
prevent molding. The slightest woundi
festered at once. In some cases the
pain was so Intense as to make tht
hardy sailors writhe In agony. But,
after lancing these wounds healed rap
Idly, sometimes In one night
In dry and germ-free air, therefore,
there was neither Inflammation nor a
tendency to heal, while in moist, germ-
'"u air intense inflammation and pro-
quickly fol
1
"T
peciaHy dangerous.
Hope 9 a 8aucy jadei haa cneate4
more folks than she has helped, but ws
are not willing to cast her aside.
X PLUCKY DSSPS OF KCOESN HC5QIN23. g
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MaTyittsl i&gA i V VtflS5Ji2ZL '
BJESCOSS L- ft W-'SZlPt r I I It t"S THACfl AfW ,
Jlcrild mnfy fiir -J I - I V a t..
OM t ! r t 1 t 1 1 t l
Iteal heroines are not as scarce as the
itory books would have the public be-
tere. scarcely a metropolitan newspa
er Is printed which somewhere does not
mtsin the doings of a heroine, young,
liddle aged or old. But unlike the hero-
lies of the story books, the real heroine
nay be as homely as ginger cake and not
learly as piquant. In a string of etuer
rencies chronicled in the daily papers
luring ten days the reader will be able
o class the heroism of women.
Nora O'Neill, daughter of a smsll farm
er near Aspen. Colo., saved a Rio Grande
tnssenger train from destrncilon after the
uost stilted conventionality. The train
vas coming thundering down the uinun-
ain when Nora saw in the dusk a big
owlder It inn between the rails. She
lashed. some kerosene over a bunch of
cindling wood, laid it on the rock, and
-ct fire to it The engineer saw the sig-
tal and stopped the train.
Mrs. Klemtop of htrondsbnrfc. Pa.,
-cnt to a wood box and was piling sticks
a bcr arm. when a pilot snake nearly
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE
BOYS AND GIRLS.
Bosaethlnai that Will Iatereat the Ju
venile Members of Kvcrjr llouaebold
Quaint Actions and Bright Sayings
of Many Cute and Cunning Children.
Once I was a fat caterpillar. You
would not think so now as you look at
my beautiful wings, would you? I used
to watch the butterflies sailing about
mid wish I could fly as they did. I
t-Ould not crawl and could not go very
fast.
I used to feed on milkweed leaves.
I liked them as well as you like bread
and butter, little boy.
One day a little girl broke off the leal
pn which I was feeding and took It
with me on it, into a room wlier
there were many children. Some ol
them said "What a pretty caterpillarf
I had stripes of yellow, black and
white across my back.
A lady took me and put me Into a
glass jar. I could not get ont. Every
day the children brought fresh leave
for me to eat. There was nothing els
for me to do, so I ate and ate and grew
very fat.
By and by I began to feel sleepy. 1
fpna a covering to keep me warm, roll
ed myself up In it and bad a long, long
sleep.
One day I awoke and tried to throw
off my clothes, but they seemed very
heavy, and I could not move them at
it first.
But after trying many times I wat
fit last able to crawl out of my warm
bed.
I was stiff at first and could hardly
move. Something seemed to have
grown on my hack, and I could not get
rid of It.
I crawled over some dry leaves and
sot out of the jar and walked on the
window sill.
Soon a . little girl said "Oh, see the
lovely butterfly!" I looked around, but
ould not see one. Then some children
fame up to me and said again: "Sev
Vie lovely butterfly!"
Then I knew they meant me, and I
Knew what was on my back. I bad
wings Just what I had always want
ed. I spread them out that I might
ee them. Now I could fly!
I tried it awl fell. But after trying
i few times I could do It very well.
How happy I was!
This morning the lady opened the
window and I flew out into the sun
shine. I have had a lovely time flying
ibout, and stopped here to rest a mo
ment. -
Now I must be off again. I wish the
rind children who fed me had wings.
o. Flying Is so much more fun than
valking. 1 know you would like it,
Ittle hoy. Now off I go. Good-by!
Kobin and Crane.
"Betty," said mamma, "bow is it that
tuth uever comos In any more with
ou?"
Betty bit into her cookie and hesi
tated. "Well, we're mad," she said,
ilowly, with flushing cheeks. "Ruth
uiid that Rubinson Crusoe wasn't a
tut, live man, and I said he was, so
;r-vre got mad about it and now
ueither of us will speak first."
"Why, that's very sad." said mamma,
"for Uncle Ben has been in from the
farm and left these, one for you and
jue for Ruth." She pointed to a basket
on the lounge, where two furry little
Maltese kittens lay curled up asleep.
'You will have to keep them both now,
Betty."
"Mamma, dear, please, did you see
.vhere uiy hat fell? I am so excited
about the kittens! Why, I'm going
straight over to Ruth's!"
. Uuth was doing her patchwork stint
by the sitting-room window. - It was
lonesome work, too, without blithe lit-
tttM I I ! "M"W "I"M -I Itt'l f ttt 6
fire feet long began to coll around her
arm, which was bare above the elbow.
Without moving a muscle or raising her
voice Mrs. Kleintop called her husband's
attention to the snake. He, with a corn
knife, severed its head from the body.
Then, womanlike, Mrs. Kleintop fainted.
Benjamin Arkwright a farmer near
Muskegon, Mich., was attacked by a
vicious bull. He defended himself with
a pitchfork, but was finally tossed in the
air. Still keeping the animal at a dis
tance with the fork, he shouted to his
wife for help. Mrs. Arkwright seized
a shotgun, and under her husband's direc
tions fired a charge of birdshot into the
animal's flank. This routed the beast.
The man suffered a dislocated shoulder
and was badly cut and bruised.
Nellie Bullock, 13-year-old daughter of
George. B. Bullock, farmer, in Spencer
County, fnd., sat playing an organ in
the parlor when she heard screams from
a brother of 3 and a sister of 5, coming
from the front porch. She ran out and
was confronted by an immense wolf. The
child had no weapon, but she sprang at
the creature and seized it by the throat.
tie Betty. But a shadow fell over ber,
and there was Betty looking eagerly
Into the window.
"O. Ruth." she cried, "com over to
our bouse. I don't care a pin about
Robinson Crusoe, and Uncle Ben has
brought us such lovely kittens!"
A happy smile broke over Ruth's
sorry little face, and the patchwork
block fell Into the box with' the needle
punched Into It. Mamma laughed at
the hugging and squeezing the kittens
received, and said, suddenly, "Betty,
you had better call your kitten Robin
and Ruth hers CruRoe. Then "
"Yes, ma'am, we know," said Ruth,
shyly.
"And we're sorry," added Betty.
Youth's Companion.
One Wheat Grain.
Did you ever stop to think of the re
sponsibilities of a grain of wheat? We
are so used to seeing the field sown
with wheat and the crop come up and
ripen that we quite forget how each
little grain does a great work through
the summer days In multiplying and
adding to the farmer's harvest A
farmer near Phoenix, Aria., planted one
grain of white Australian wheat, and
at harvest time from it had sprung
1,310 grains of this Urge, fat wheat
He planted ten acres of this wheat and
harvested 117 sacks, each weighing 138
pounds. The single grain spoken of
produced thirty-six stalks, so you see
even a grain of wheat helps wonder
fully. A Little Nan.
There is an old saying that opportu
nity Is kind, but only to the industrious.
As an illustration of this idea we may
cite the old Persian legend that a poor
man waited 1,000 years at the gates of
paradise hoping that they would open
and he could enter. Finally he snatched
one little nap of a few minutes' dura
tion, but then it was that the gates
opened and shut. Von Moltke, the tri
umphant strategist of the Franco-Prussian
war, said:
"To win you must be at the right
place at the right time, with a superior
force."
The great Napoleon made that the
active principle of bis marvelous mili
tary career. The rule holds good in all
the pursuits of life.
Ta Car a Cold la Ons Iay.
Tass LsxaTiva Broho QriKins Tablets, AT
truirff1-t refund the muaey If it talla lo enr
&. W. Gitovs's sisusiure la on each box. 3i-
The comfort and success In life de
pend so much on other relations to other
people that it would seem we ought
to give no small attention to the art
of living happily with them.
farter's Ink Iim th nndnMMM
Ignited MtlltM I'nVMm mn , n4 A .11 . 1.
leading railroads. Want any mors vidsnca t
He who is the most often in the wrons-
is the very one who thinks he is not.
The entire object of true education Is
to make people not do the riarht thin?.
but enjoy the right things.
Let us be of good cheer, remember
ing that the misfortunes hardest to bear
are those which never come.
It Is not the place, nor the condition.
but the mind alone that can make any
one nappy or miseraoie.
Live at home like a traveller. How
fcoiish he must be who thinks his 1
Dorado is anything but where he lives.
Let us help the fallen still, though
they never pay us, and let us lend, with
out exacting the usury of gratitude.
A child of Ood should be a visible
beatitude for joy and happiness, and a
living doxology for gratitude and ador
ation.. Love is the wondrous angel of life
that rolls away all the stones of sorrow
and suffering from the pathway of
duty. -
All real confidence between parents
and children and between brothers and
sisters must depend upon an Implied
assurance that none others shall share
it- .
hanging on with such grim persistency
that the animal finally broke away and
fled, and Nellie was not Injured.
A Massachusetts grandmother weigh
ing 200 pounds climbed fifteen feet down
a well and rescued a neighbor's cnud.
who had tumbled Into three feet of water
at the bottom. Mrs. Philip Turner of
Newton Center did this. She saw the
child fall in and no other help was near.
She seized a ladder and went down It,
though the well was only two and one-
half feet in diameter.
Mrs. C. W. newitt, alone and friend
less in Alaska, built a raft and floated
for 790 miles down the icy current ol
the Koynkuk river on her road back tc
the civilization of San Francisco. Het
food was from the body of a moose whicb
she shot near the river s edge and tum
bled aboard the float
Miss Darda Polyot of South Brewer,
Me., was offered 15 if she would go up
a spidery iron ladder 126 feet to the top
of a new chimney. She put on short
sfcirts and went up like a monkey. She
got the $3 and the cheers of all the mea
in town and some of the women.
PHILADELPHIA'S BEST
TAINMENT.
ENTER-
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Never was the value of cleanliness
more strikingly exemplified than in the
success which has rewarded the ef
forts of Benjamin F. Keith. He has
demonstrated that the good in theat
ricals Is not only the most enjoyable,
but the most remunerative. He has
revolutionized the branch of the busi
ness to which his houses are devoted.
Sixteen years ago the variety theatre
was shunned by women: to-day wo
men and children constitute 60 per
cent, of the patronage of his Phila
delphia house. No more enjoyable en
tertainments are provided anywhere.
and the audiences that assemble in his
playhouses Include the foremost neo-
ple of the city, as well as the most dis
criminating theatre-goers.
The Keith clientele exceeds the pat
ronage of anv two other theatres in
Philadelphia. While many other
stages are defiled now and then bv the
salacious, the Keith houses and simi
lar ones are ever places where a moth
er never hesitates about giving her
daughter permission to attend them..
More Like It.
Teas She's doing very well on the
stage, I hear.
Jess Yes, she says she's making rap-
Id strides In her profession.
Teas Rapid strides! I guess she
means high kicks. Philadelphia Press.
His Peaaiastsm.
"Our boss won't let us offer any ex
cuses when we make mistakes."
"Why not?" '
"He saya It hurts his feelings to see
us waste time in which we might be
making more mistakes." Chicago Rec
ord.
The Innocent Victim.
Funny Man (suddenly) -He doesn't
cut any ice, doea he?
Innocent Who?
Funny Man The coal man.
ov Onto, Crrr ov Tm a I
LiOCAS Codbjtv, ta
PaAKB J. Caanav ssakss oath 4sahatsaa
srsdorpartaer of the arm of F. J. CHucsr A
L!odofbuslBessiBmeCMtyofToledo,Coat7
and State aforesaid, and that said OrrawiU ii
hesaaaof ohb humdud noil i as lor lanh
and every ease of catarkh that eaaaot be
aursd by tha ass of Hau.1 CATAnataTTjaa.
. . raaaa J. Carnav.
) Sworn So before me and subscribed la my
' J preeenor this sth day of Deeeambar.
BBAt V A. P. lSei A. W. atMAaomr
HalTs Catarrh Cure Is taksaTrtNroidfe
sets dirretly on the blood and mucous sorfaess
sf the system. Send for tcatimonUls, freeT
Md by Dramrirts, "(Sc.
Hall's Family Pills are the bee.
Watch narrowly the demonstration
of a truth. Its birth, and you trace back
the affluence to its spring and source
within us; where broods radiance va.f
to be elicited ray by ray. amnce ".
H. H. GasKif-s Sows, of Atlanta, Gs., arc the
onlv jocfnl Dropsy Specialists ia the world!
See their liberal offer in sdvertiaement in an
other column of thla paper.
It takes a lifetime of experience to
teach us that we are our own best
friend; that we are our own worst
enemy we never learn.
FITS permanently cat el tlo flti or nervous
ness after Ana day's use ot Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve BeMorer. ft trial bottle and treatise tree
I". - H- a-ioaa. ML. Ml Arch tHT hiSL. r?
Love I the wondrous angel of life
that rolls away all the stones of sor
rowand suffering from the pathway of
piso'a Care for Consumption is an inf.m
ble medicine for coughs and cold-N w
Samcsl. Ocean Grave, N. J., Feb. 17, 1800
There is not in nature a thing that
makes man so deformed, so beast I v
as doth intemperate anger. '
Mrs. Wlnslows Soothing Brrsn for rhM
teethlBE. soften, the r'ri'T-a.mm "
us, aUaya pain, cares wind colic a5c.abo.tii
No man can be a healthy Jester un-
l?8Jleiha been nurd at the breast
of Wisdom. 1
Drnga have their use, but don't stor
them in your stomach. Beeman's Penal.
Gum aids nature to perform It func
tions. Mankind blame fortune for their hari
luck, and credit themselves for their
If you would have rich, darr,
thick hair, your hair must be
well nourished.
Gray hair, stunted hair, tall
ine hair, is starved hair.
Ayers Hair Vigor is the
food for starved hair. It feeds
and nourishes
J. C. Ayer Company,
Pndcal Ckemisa, Lowett, Ma-.
Avar's Ssnaparius
Ayer'sFUh
Ayo-'a Agos Can
Avar's Hair Vipr
Ayer'a Cherry PeehasJ
Ayar's Csanaujns
J4E EVENED MATTERS.
A Baaall Boy Who Hsssovssl Poaslbls
Casus BellL
An uptown family haa two interest
ing children who are always getting
Into mischief. The boy, who la the
older, la usually tha Instigator of the
escapades, and so though the small
girl runs away with him and gives tha
cat coal oil and seta the plants on nre,
. .. i. .k. ft. tha cook expects to
lira uwma - .
have for breakfast, "to beat with sand
To make nice creamy cake," she usual
y escapes with a lighter punishment
than la meted out to tne cniei ciuyni.
Yesterday, however, th heir of the
family got even. An node of the chil
dren had given each of them a beauti
ful utU cut-glaaa goblet Now, they
lldn't care a thing about the cut-glass
Knt ih eared very much for the
fact that the name of each was traced
jn his possession, and they treasured
them as if they were wrought of dia
mondsfor awhile.
The nrst day. Indeed, they, would
hardly drink from them, they deemed
them so precious; the second the Inven
tive genius of the son tempted him to set
bis on the kitchen stove so that It
,niH oat soft and he could write bis
age on It Directly, of course. It was in
bits.
Then be tried to buy his sister's treas
ure, but It waa not for sale. Not even
two boxes of tin soldiers and an equal
thare tn the hobby horse could Induce
ler to part with it Then, after much
oaxtng the Ingenious youngshr be
hought blm of a project
"Put your goblet on this stone, sis,
tnd then we'll let this big stone drop
n It and bounce off. It'll be lots of
Tun; the goblet Is so nice and bard,"
tie said.
Confiding little sister, nothing loth,
lid as she- was bid, and In a moment
ill that remained of ber cherished pos
session also waa broken to pieces.
"Viw Ann' err" said the brilliant
ion of the house amiably, when all
waa over. "I did that on purpose, sd
we wouldn't quarrel over It I should-:
a't think you'd want anything I dldn'i
lave some of, anyhow. That would b
elfish, so let's play policeman." And
lay policeman they did until called to
lecount by the powers that are forever
nterfering with them. Baltimore
Sews.
Tha Beet PraserlpUea for CM I Is
so PcTev ls a bottl of Oaova's TAsrsxcM
Cam. Toaio. It l "imply iron and qaialas to
itstaa form.
curs no par. rocs
i 00a
China's Crack Regiment.
All armies have their crack regi
ments. China's Is known as the "Tiger
Guard." Its members are supposed to
be very tigers when turned "loose In
war. Then, too, they are dressed In
yellow, the Imperial color, with stripes
of black In Imitation of a tiger' skin.
The cap Is made of split bamboo, and
has ears to It
A bamboo shield, with a monster's
head painted on It, completes the fan
tastic uniform.
A "Tiger" officer In full uniform, as
he appears on occasions of review ot
parade, ia a matter of no small Interest
and wonder to the stranger.
A highly polished helmet terminating
in a crest of gold, and a tuft of colored
hair on a rod eight inches above the
cap; a robe of purple or blue silk, rich
ly adorned with gilt buttons, ana
reaching to the feet which are encased
In black satin boots, contltute a cos
tume of plcturesqneness and incon
venience. His implements of war are In keeping
with the uniform. AU of them gllttet
with gems and precious metals. What
sort of fighter the "Tigers" make re
mains to be seen. They are carefully
selected men, of good proportions, and
enjoy numerous privllege.-Londoii
MalL
Wa rafnnA lib. f. i .
f.A.M FADit" Dn ' to give satis-
auanra vrug mq., unionviiie. Mo.
New Industry In Florida.
Th cultivation of the
in Florida haa been so successful thai
thla section promises to be a fonnlda,
ble competitor with the far east Ii
China, Japan and Formosa but a smat
portion now remain owing to the wast
ful methods of obtaining th. - w
the tree-, which In many caW wen
cut down entirely. In Florida, on th!
ther hand. It has been fonmt La" M
phor could be produced profitably froa
the leavea and twigs, obtaining a
of th gum from seventy-seven 1
of the cuttings. The SjZSt
faction and ,. extre'
By Innaendo.
"ChoUle 1 an ris-ht k. . .
cable, hav been cut"
"Cables cutr
"Tea. n. haa ... . ...
dianapoll. JournaT '"""'""-I.
lf You Aro Prudont
the endowment plan Th t? ThS"? 0n
ramsonjAiure hoomkmco
Nl-XM2t Cassava at. -
TiiuMrat OAtxtv
Wauralaar
tjr dominant do
tie determine our
destiny.
Thar la aw gain
bat by giving.
The periect man
1 tb mirror of
God.
. A virtu 1 mow
than a vie left un
done. The re la room In
raVVL' 1 God' ymptuy
1 for all our sorrow.
A cold chorch 1 mm-Jly a cb.tterlni
on. .. .u
Th Of U not m th sou out i
God's power Is given only for God's
purpose. .
Ambitkm without aspiration end to
degradation.
Too light of th worm ougui w
th leaders of men.
We know nothing perfoctly until w
forget that wo know it
The tame horses In the drov are the
first to attract attention.
Th. world must Judge th kingdom
of heaven by it cltlxens.
There 1 no faith without tn co-operation
of heart and head.
Our service la the seal that attests
the genuineness of our prayer.
If men do all for the glory of God H
will' do all for th good of man.
otu. u.ini nt heaven la the organ-
luv e -
Isatlon of earth on the plan of heaven.
djiah is not a system of deiraua-
Ing humanity for the benefit of divin
ity.
1. theorizinar about the
court of heaven and more work for the
kingdom.
Let your bark be propeuea oj tne
winds of heaven and not by the tide
from beneath.
t nnka much difference whether a
man haa great desires or whether he
desires greatness.
Th atramreness of the weakness or
force la only equaled by the wonder of
the force of weakness.
ir waiiM be better for America that
rewi-a will should be done here than
that her wlU should be done in aU the
world.
HAVANA IN SUMMER.
the Keaideata Do Kot IcM Asr Bjrsa-
pa thy from the rvortn.
We are now In midsummer, and while
those in the United States are pitying
is for having to spend the heated
months here, we, in our tropical houses,
with cool, tiled floors, high ceilings and
ATge doors and windows, through
which the breeze sweeps during the
lay as well as night, are pitying them
tnd wishing that those doomed to re
main in the States during the summer,
'specially If they are crowded In ho
a?ls at summer resorts, could join us
sere. A sunstroke Is never heard of,
ind It Is with surprise that the majori
7 of Cubans learn that In our country
xiany persons die from the heat
It rains, or threatens to do so, almost
very afternoon, and if one plans any
utdoor affair, successful execution of
ft-hlch depends on clear skies, be Inva
riably adds, "If it does not rain."
strange as it may seem, In a country
a-hera one-half of every year Is called
th -alny season," the people, are
nucb afraid of going out In rain, and a
passing abower prevents them from
teeping engagements.
Where there is as much rain as there
a here almost eight feet a year It
would seem natural for the women to
lave appropriate clothing for dlsagree
tble days, but they have not I have
lever seen but one or two of them wear-
j ng rainy-day skirts, and I am sure that
die costume is not In favor here. They
to out in rain and mud If they have
do ao with the trailing skirts, which
he modern American woman discarded
lorn time ago.
Th Americans left here axe not at a
ess for means of entertainment. When
hey can think of nothing else to do,
Siey hav a moonlight picnic at Morro,
Sabana or Principe and et supper In
me of these historic old castles. If rhey
1sn to apend a day or a long afternoon,
avey drive to Vento Springs, the source
f the water supply of Havana. These
rprings are well up In the hills, seven
r eight miles from the city, and are
,autjfully situated. -
A favorite way of spending the long
Sundays or evenings Is In a sail on th
tulf In one of the numerous launches or
iailboat8 owned by Individuals or by
he government If it is an all-day ride,
Oiere Is a picnic dinner, either on board
r at some point on land a number of
nlles from town. If in the evening
here Is a light luncheon on board, por
iaps, or It may be that the party waits
intil It comes on shore and then goes
the "Dos Hermanos" for a late sup
per. This restaurant has a tank In
which there are live fish, and through
lass sides the customer Indicates to
tn attendant the fish he wishes cooked,
tt is a favorite place for "after-thea-r"
suppers. Havana Letter In New
fork Times. .
Another What?
Some simple-minded people have a
singular notion of the natur5 0f a
prV!- A lly was remonstrated
fTi.e ELa mMe for
"I do not see." he said, "how you can
possibly reconcile yourself to wearing
the hair of another."
-You do not?" she answered, scorn
fully pointing to her retativeYwS.
nd pray, don't you wear the wool of
another on your back?"
the will of a charitable man it
aaa found lu I,. . 11
legless frienZ " of
to!VVrharactr "t paint j,
to beauty; it is not only needwT v.J
impair, what it 1. .PPSt
A haDDV Tniat .
on a a-ood aePends much more
than all the clreumstan J?"'
and money combined? n.Plac
Dr. Bull's Courh
FOR WOMEN
. w,. amid a FenuL. . w -T.
Tn.ottooRtal," "air.
ore. Tb. bmii? XJf k,y Drt asfei, jSiSS.V"" '!
dmtlal adVrred?,w.h'm I nef ""Pondence.
and oonOdm tlnr " "ler ,r Mrnin.i,'" n-
KELP FOR WOKEN
WHO ARE ALWAYS xlR,
"I do not feel very well t
tired aU the time. 1 & not JL?
is the matter with me." "haj
You hear these words eer A
often a you meet your frieadai!7'
often are these words repeated
than likely you speak the same .;
cant words vourself . and no dLv!Pli'
do feel far from well most of tl
Mrs. Ella Rice, of CheUei1
whose portrait we publish, writ-,
she suffered for two years withV?1'
lng-down pains, headache, haX
and had alf kinds of mirabl. w1.
all of which was caused bv fail-!"1.
Inflammation of the womb Ji
inflammation ol the womb r "
uucturiug; wim pnysicians and n., .
ous medicines she was entirely curS
at as. lut Bica
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound.
If you are troubled with pain,
fainting spells, depression of su?
reluctance to go anywhere, headacW
backache, and always tired, pleased!
member that there is an abholnt,
remedy which will relieve vou of vou!
suffering as it did Mrs. feice. pJS
is monumental that Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound is the
greatest medicine for suffering women
Ko other medicine has made the curia
that it has, and no other woman hu
helped so many women by dWt advice
as has Mrs. Pinkham ; her experience
is greater than that of any living pIT
son. If you are sick, write and Vbi
her advice ; her address is Lynn Mas
If yoa have been paying-
)4 to S for shues,
a trial of W. I IMiub;
las J3 or S3.AO shoes
will convince yoa that
they are Jnat as good
in every way and cost
from SI to l-50 leas.
Over 1 ,000,000 wearers.
fST MLOrKK P$3 or S3 SO CC
1 e-vn r-r. v will notitil.
EYELETS
SB. - - - aanasBJ BJBB
r- will potitmly ait..,
Uopair,,
Wear (ha lai
rs-est makers of mcn'i a.
I In the wnrlri. II 7
and as AO shoes
and
sell snore 3 and 3JKI ithitea than but
tt two manafactnrers In the U. g.
other
The - SB SB Santas an r,f U. I
BEST
$3.50
SHOE.
DotAfLM arxl tJioo. for nrAV
tlc, comfort, trwl -rear is known HtS I
pwtwhfrf thmuf hout the world
Ther have to riv better atifa- am .
tioa than other uk Uf-auar SJ.fln
th tarKlard fas .Lav br WW
pLae4 o high thai th warr OUftr
CXpvet anorw for their trtunet WllUta
than they eao yet eltewfaer"
at:Ai0. morcW L.lw.a.i .M.
.hoea ar told thaa aor other make 1 braoat TH i f
ABE XHK KlCMT. Your dealer hoti"kJL
them i W fit one dealer exclusive aie in each tr7
Tk.? a ithat.tswt; Insist on bavin W r
DosiirUa aboca w.th nam and pnr stamped oq hmmm.
If your dsmier will not fret them for yon, teod dimt t.
tmcarr. eacloainc pne and Ur. extra tor caiTsin
ltat kind ol .watther. n-e. and width, p. in or ill
Our hoea will reach yon any where, 'utoiiarw fm
W. 1 OmmmiMm lve JftwkiUMaTMl
FOR FIFTY YEARS!
MRS. WINSLOWS
SOOTHING SYRUP
a
has beeta a try millions of mother for
wir cDiiarrn wniie lajetnuis; Tor orer Flftr
erm. It aootbt Mm ctitM anrtm tr
xum a, allay all pain, cun-a wlnJ colic and
tne DfM rrusaj ui diarrhiva.
Twnty-fiv Cnts a B
ott'-
aU.L-.
reli-f fr A- nOn.
Muucn rAo i iLLco.
Ctutrlt-ctDwn. 5
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a WUiQZ At I 1CC Lk.l?
Coorh 6yrrjp. IjvuaGoud, Vm
INHERITED DISEASES.
Care May Prevent Transmissioa frssj
Parent to Child.
The question of heredity, or the tran
mission of certain uieutal traits ot
physical characteristics from parenti
to children, is one that has ben mud)
studied, but of which as yet too litUe
is known. Formerly the inheritance of
disease was believed in Implicitly, by
physicians as well as by laymen, and
the list of maladies to which children
were supposed to be almost iuevitabl;
condemned by the accident of blrtb
was a very long one.
Among these hereditary diseases
were reckoned consumption and scrof
ula, leprosy, gout, rheumatism, goitre,
cancer, insanity, epilepsy and uianj
other nervous affections. As we learn
more about these maladies, however,
one after another of them is reiuured
wholly or in part from this category
and placed among the acquired d1
eases.
Undoubtedly some diseases are really
inherited, but their number is certainly
not large. Many diseases ruu in fam
ilies, but are not on that account ueet
sarily hereditary.
Consumption, for example. vas only
recently regarded as one of the uw
surely inherited diseases, ami is
believfd by many to be so. Hut wi
now know that It Is a perm disease
which, while not "catching" lu the or
dnary sense of the word, is readily
transmitted from the sick to the el!
whea the Invalid Is careless in his hah
Its. especially as regards cxpeetoratioa
It Is also acquired more readily by
those of delicate constitution than by
the robust
The children of consumptive parenti
are seldom robust, and so are predl
Posed to any of the germ diseases, and
living constantly in a house where thi
germs of consumption are necessarily
abundant, they are very likely to be
come victims of that disease.
This Is an Important fact. It teachs
us that since, as a rule, only the pre
disposition to the family dis-ease is I
herlted, and not the disease Itself,
chances of the younger generation'
escaping, if proper care is used, r
7 great.
Tha hini.. . . . i, i . rail
wiiuiug up oi a cuiiu iu
somptlve famllv ahmiiri ho of H special
ly hvarlanln ti.o hnt Ol
M UNION flADC V
La Fiisdi
25
roods, of fresh air and sunlight, not t
uch study, long hours of sleep In
well-ventilated room and, as far
Possible, avoidance of exposure to tb
contagion of the family malady-tlie
ar the weapon by which the mallei
CO
stltutlon may be overcome and m
s-wiwiM utm avd. Youth's
CoB