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THE CAMP.
Then have ye seen the mining-camp
. They're building ‘over yon?
Twas suddenly created there
Between the nicht and dawn.
They built it by the glinting light
Of gold, beside the street,
And they built it on the desert
Where the desolations meet.
And mountain rocks and
Berib the rugged scene,
And some are hard and golden rich
And some are hard and lean.
There's not enough of water there
To bicker down a rill.
But stronger 4rink, of vicious red,
Flows ever up the hill.
lesser rocks
The homes, of mud or canvas—Ilike
The dice of fortune's throw—
Are scattered on the uns and downs
Of rush and fever row.
And fifty hundred men are there,
nd twenty Hundred mules,
And twenty dozen gambling halls,
And twenty hundred fools,
And have ye seen the fling of chance—
The men that luck will choose—
The tyros here who win the gold,
‘he Jundits there who lose”
Ard have ye seen the ancient shame
Of women lost to hope
That may not even walk to hell,
But weakly toward it grope?
And have ye counted half the sum
Of pity and applause
The gods record who traffic not
With puny, human laws?
And wot ye aught of tragedy
And comedy—the twain, :
So fair and dark. and dark and fair,
That march beside the train?
Yet when you see that mining-camp,
(You cannot miss the trail:
It's blazed with empty bottles and
With signs of fierce travail),
Re~ard the homes—the garden spots—
That on the desert press J
Where men of strength, with woman's aid,
Subdue the wilderness!
—Philip Verrill Mighels, in Harper's Week-
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A Tiger Hunt in China.
By F. Hayley Bell.
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Tiger shooing is, I believe, generally
regarded as serious work, and not a
picnic to be lightly entered on; but
from the moment P. came round to my
compound to say that four of the
brutes had been located in the Yikma
jungle, some four miles from the set-
tlement, to the morning of the last
disastrous beat the gods appeared to
do their best to make fun of the whole
expedition, and to rob us of that feel-
ing of dignity due to those engaged in
big-game shooting.
Perhaps I should not include P. in
this. P. was different. He spoke
knowingly of shikars, machans, and all
paraphernalia of a big shoot; he mused
pensively in the heat of the day, when
he should have been asleep, over Bad-
minton on Big-Game Shooting and
guidebooks with blood-curdling pictures
that made me nervous. Between
whiles in a desultory manner he ran
the camp mess, or sat in state receiv-
ing deputations of villagers, bringing
the latest reports of the movements of
the enemy.
There was no doubt about the tigers,
it must be understood. The recollec-
tion of journey’s of several days’
length to the reported habitat of some
man-eater, only to find at each village
that it was so many ‘1i” further on,
was still fresh in my recollection, and
it seemed too good to be true that a
whole family had taken up quarters
s0 near to the settlement; but in the
soft paddy and sweet potato fields bor-
dering the cover, one could hardly walk
ten yards without crossing their spoor.
Had we the proper arms, it may be
that our hunt had ended differently.
P. had a Martini Henry of the old .451
bore and a Mauser pistol, and I a .44
Winchester repeating carbine.
We camped in the old, tumble-down
building, half temple, half rest-house,
that is common to most Chinese vil-
lages. P. insisted on cooking the din-
ner; also there was trouble about the
bait, so that it was half-past nine and
pitch dark when we sailied forth to
the tree we had chosen for our watch.
We had decided on a pig for bait, as
he was likely to make the most noise.
The grateful villagers, whom we had
come out to rid of the blood-thirsty
animals that were devouring their cat-
tle, required some three times its
value before they would part with it.
Too late we discovered the deceitful-
ness of that pig. In the temple it had
protested so loudly as to drown all ne-
gotiations, but when at last tied up on
the field of action it was the most con-
tented pigs I have ever known, and
frantic pulls at the string attached to
his leg were utterly useless to stir him
to a sense of what was expected of him.
At length, bitten all over by mosqui-
toes, and covered with ants, tree frogs,
and that delightful bettle known to the
Chinese as the ‘water buffalo,” 1
climbed down and charged out on the
wretched animal, and by the light of
the rising moon chased him round and
round his tether till his squeals and
the shouts of laughter from my com-
panion in the tree might have been
heard for miles. Hardly haa I regained
the foot of the tree when P. gave a
shout of + warning and commenced
firing rapidly over my head. An in-
stant later one short wail from piggy
announced that his duty was done, and
I turned in time to see the tiger—a
dark, formless mass—disappear into
the cover with six dollars’ worth of
pork belonging to us.
It was against all rules and prece-
dent. P. had struck a match and was
lighting his pipe in calm disregard of
my request that he would cover my
sortie. I was on the ground within a
few yards of the bait, while, I repeat,
the noise of laughing and talking
should have been, according to all our
fnstruction books, sufficient to scare
every tiger out of the province. How-
ever, fairly or not, the tiger had scored
the first point, and there was nothing
£0 do but to return to the temple.
Early next morning the headman of
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menced by prodding gingerly at the ex-
treme edges of the jungle—melted
away, and P. and I concluded that,
since beating was impossible, we must
watch over bait again.
This time we were ensconced in our
tree long before sunset, with a goat
for bait. Hardly had the moon risen
than out stalked, at about 100 yards’
range, an enormous tiger, who strolled
nonchalantly across the glade and dis-
appeared into the hg 1 cover. Again
we pulled furiously at file bait. Not a
sound followed, and, after some hours’
wait, we descended, to find poor nanny
—whether of pure fright or because
she was possibly in extremis when pur-
chased—was dead!
After a long whispered conversation
as to whether tigers took carrion or
not, we again trudged sadly home. Per-
sonally, I incline to the opinion that
we did not talk and laugh enough, also
that a cigar would have much improved
our chances. Be that as it may, our
third attempt was made from a ma-
chan. P. and I built it next morning,
and an interested audience of some
fifty cld women and children sat round
and commented. We hollowed out a
large bush, and built the platform up
inside; on the top we put a cunning
roof of plaited leaves. Derisive ac-
quaintances, who had never even seen
a tiger running wild, rode out from
the settlement and asked if it was a
race meeting or a Punch and
Judy show? But we were satisfied; at
least it was better than roosting in
trees with all manner of nocturnal in-
sects, and we made it very comfortable
with a mattress and cushions. Here
we watched over Piggy II, for three
nights without result. On the fourth
we tried to tempt the tiger with a dog,
which, however, apparently gnawed
through its rope and escaped, the most
serious part of the incident being that
neither my companion nor I were
awake at the time,
Alas! that such a trival incident
should cause even temporary estrange-
ment between two fast friends. Even
if it was my watch, there were plenty
more dogs to be had; besides, the dog
had been sleeping comfortably when I
last remembered. However, P. gath-
ered up his text-books and his punkah
coolie—whom he now called a shikari
—and pegged out a claim at the other
end of the jungle; while I decided,
since our quarry would not follow the
rules as laid down in books, to try to
deceive him with a simple plan of my
own. At sunset, then, with several
natives, I proceeded to a tree some 100
yards from the one I intended to occu-
py. Here’ we tied up a lean, scraggy
pony and made the most noisy and
shameless preparations for snaring the
tiger. Soon after dark settled down I
crep quietly out of the tree, stole back
to the camy, and enjoyed the first
night's rest I had had for a week. At
three I was called, and went down to
my own tree. Now, I wW.i not guaran-
tee this plan as infallible, and it may
be that the result had nothing to do
with. what I still regard as rather an
original idea; but about half an hour
after the first streak of dawn, and in
a light by which a .44 carbine is’ my
only excuse for not dropping him there
and then, a magnificent tiger emerged
from the dense cover and passed with-
in 50 yards of my tree. At my first
shot the brute bounded into the air
and made a dash in my direction, ap-
proaching to within twenty yards of
the tree, where I gave him a second
through the right shoulder. With a
snarl like that of a dog, the animal dis-
ppeared into the cover again, and I
determined, in spite of our last fiasco,
to try a beat again.
Within an hour I had collected thir-
ty men, and sent out coolies to find P.
The animal’s trail was easy to follow, |
for the bushes were splashed with |
blood, but the undergrowth was so
thick that in some places it was
necessary to crawl on hands and knees. |
In this position I suddenly heard a roar |
from the right of the line—of which |
the village was summoned, and, after
much argument, some twenty men |
were produced to beat the cover for us. |
We started across the paddy like the |
chorus of a comic opera, with hoes, |
pitchforks, executioners’ swords, and |
halberds. One man preceded the party |
with a huge gong, which he smote |
lustily, to the great delight of scores
of children, who were enjoying holiday {
by reasons of our occupying the village |
schoolroom, and the rear was brought
up by half a dozen kerosene tins and |
the village flautist. It was as impos- |
sible to keep them quiet till we should
reach the ground and take up positions |
as it was to get them to stay there |
when we had done so. Gradually and |
imperceptibly the beaters—who com-
I was the center—and a howl from one |
of the men. Pushing through as fast as
I ceculd I found an unfortunate beater
had literally stumbled on the tiger and |
got badly mauled, his heel and the sole
of the foot being half torn off. I direct-
ed two men to carry him out, and was
just about to follow when 1 saw
through the foliage the yellow and
black stripes of the tiger s:azammg a
few yards off and perfectly motionless,
evidently listening to the banging and
the howling of the beaters, who were
closing round. I took a steady shot at |
what I imagined to have been his ribs, |
and the brute went down with a roar,
at which all the men near me fled. |
There were many trees around me, | to ask for it back again.
and I hurriedly selected one, for trees
under certain circumstances were
meant for climbing. 3efore, however,
I had got as high as I wished a branch
broke, and I came down some fifteen
feet on to the ground. There was,
however, no sign of the tiger, and I
returned to the open, where 1 found P.
had arrived. Between us we bound up
the mauled beater—who had actually
been dropped by his carriers, and had
crawled out alone—and sent him into
the settlement. Guided by the beaters,
who were now all up trees, and gave
one the impression of sailors clinging
to the masts of sunken ships, P. and I
made another assault on the cover.
The tiger was snarling and tearing up
the grass within a few yards of the
edge. It was impossible to aim at a
vital spot, owing to the foliage, so we
each gave him a bullet, and again the
brute went down with a roar, evidently
(by the subsequent gasping and ‘‘thun-
dering’’) shot through the lungs. Here
we left him to stiffen or die, while we
poured buckets of water over each
other and cooled down. Within an
hour the panting sounds had ceased,
and soon the treed beaters called out
that the brute was dead, but not a man
would accompany us even those few
vards to find the carcass. It was now
getting late, and, as it was imperative
that we should secure our bag, and
induce the frightened villagers to come
down from their trees before it grew
dark, I started into the cover alone.
As I crawled cautiously in a man
called out something I could not catch,
but which was a warning that there
were two tigers.
An instant later the brushes to my
front were shaken violently, and, with
a terrifying roar, a smaller tiger, prob-
ably the female, sprang out at me,
knocking me down backward. With
the brute standing right over me, I
doubled my self up, covering my body
with my arms and legs, and after
biting me several times below the
knees, the animal sheered off, and I
crawled back to the open. The tiger
had won the second point and the rub-
ber, for this ended our amateur tiger
hunt. For some days after bringing
me back P. was laid up with sunstroke,
while the villagers refused to go near
the cover. For all I know, the mould-
ering skeletons of twenty-nine beaters
may yet hang in the trees of the Yik-
ma jungle. At least, somewhere hid-
den in the undergrowth lies a tiger,
whose skin is destined never to grace
the hearth of his enemies. Some day,
when I have recovered from the effects
of big-game shooting, I am going to
take possession of what is left.—Lon-
don Field.
GUAINT AND CURIOUS.
The ink plant of New Granada is
a curiosity. The juice of it can be
used as ink without any preparation.
At first the writing is red, but after
a few hours it changes to black.
Miss Mabel A. Ayer of San Fran-
cisco, Cal, has succeeded in training
a number of butterflies. Sugar and
water are the inducements, and the
little winged pets go through several
droll performances.
A tailor named Gabriel of Boston,
England, has in his window a num-
ber of small tortoises, each bearing
on its back one of the seven letters
of his name. He gives a prize of £2
to any one who discovers that the tur:
tles have arranged themselves so as
to spell the "name correctly.
The builders are at work on a stone
viaduct at Plauen, Saxony, over the
River Syra, which contains the long-
est masonary arch in the world, its
length being 295 feet 6 inches, meas-
ured horizontally from base to base.
The Luxembourg bridge across the
valley of Petruffe, which was com-
pleted a few months ago, has a span
of 277 feet. The next longest mas-
onary arch is in the United States,
near Washington, and is known as
the Cabin John bridge. Its length of
span is 220 feet.
Some ambiticus silkworms of the
neighborhood of Venice have woven
by themselves a ribbon three yards
long and three inches wide. When
they reached the chrysalis stage, ac-
cording to the Indianapelis News, in-
stead of weaving round cocoons on
the twigs prepared for them they pre-
ferred to travel up and down the
smooth upper side of a strip of wood
nine feet long and three inches wide.
Back and forth they went, spinning
their silken web, until at last they
made a beautiful ribbon, transparent
in its centre and golden yellow at the
heavier edges. The scarf is amazing-
ly strong for a fabric so delicately
woven.
A difference of opinion seems to
have arisen over the effect of firing a
candle at a board. For a long time
the ancient tradition has held its own
that the soft tallow hurled at the
mark by a musket would put a hole
the material of the candle wildly scat-
tered upon the target. Of course,
| with present-day rifles and breech
through an ordinary plank. Yet here
comes a gun-bearer who declares that
he has tried the ‘experiment and finds
loaders it may not be possible to dis-
charge a candle effectively from'a
military arm or from the latest style
of sporting guns, But it would cer-
tainly be a pity to leave the question
unsolved.
Dottie’s Prayer.
“Please, God, make Mamie Ross a
good girl. Please make her a awful
good little girl. An’ if it ain't too
much trouble, please make her so good
that I can take her new dol}, an’ she'll
think it’s noble an’ self-sac’ficin’ never
How to Look Tall,
Ways of increasing her height are
a constant source of thought to the
short woman. To look her tallest at
all times she should remember some
simple general rules. High heels are
a mistake: the cut and length of the
skirt are the most important. The
best materials to give height are
either plain ones or those with a tiny
stripe running lengthwise. Full skirts
and baggy sleeves are fatal to the
short woman. says the Pittsburg
Press.
A very small hat is a mistake, giv-
ing an idea of insignificance, and a
large one is no better, making the
small wearer appear all hat. Safety
lies in the medium size, trimmed in a
quiet, unostentatious fashion.
But, after all the way a woman
walks and stands is her greatest ad-
vantage or disadvantage. It is possi-
bit for even a little woman to be so
upright and hold her head so prettily
that she will appear quite tall without
the least suggestion of stiffness. A
well-carried head will give an addi-
tional two inches to the height.
Marriage on Small Means.
Every sensible person knows that it
is foolish to marry in haste or without
due regard to the future. You cannot
marry on nothing, because the chanc-
es are strongly against your happi.
ness. But just how much you can
marry on is another matter.
Fear of poverty and hardship never
stands in the way of an engaged
couple who are honestly satisfied with
each other. The passion for each
other’s society strengthens mind and
will, and such obstacles as lack of
means and misty prospects instantly
vanish. The man has but to think of
the woman he loves in order to be con-
fident of accomplishing any purpose
he may set his mind to. The woman
is ready and willing to suffer amgthing
for the sake of being in her hero’s
company.
What are a top back room, a supper
of bread and cheese, a shabby suit and
a light purse if one is supremely hap-
py? They can be borne with laugh-
ter, relished and accepted day after
day. i
It is only, perhaps, with a woman
who means to be the spur of her hus-
band’s ambition that a man can ac-
cept a top back room and bread and
cheese, concludes the Indianapolis
News. If he fears that she cannot be
happy without a villa and rose trees,
it is not wise to take her into the
back room, even if she is willing to go.
Thrifty Girl's Tact.
When once a girl of limited income
realizes what great variety may be
given to her one or two evening
gowns by the use of artificial flowers
as trimmings she will straightway get
the credit among her friends of hav-
ing more frocks than is really the
case. For, ky having detachable flow-
er decorations and several sets of
them, extraordinary variety is arrived
at. Moreover, now that flowers are
so much in vogue as a trimming, this
economical arrangement is especially
happy.
The flowers themselves need not be
expensive at all, for they are always
to be found upon bargain tables in the
big shops, and it is a good thing “to
be on the lookout for them. Do not
wait until you need a set, but buy it
when you see something pretty and
cheap.
To tell precisely how to handle the
flowers for a frock is impossible be-
vond giving a few general hints. The
line should always be graceful, and if
the neck has hollows it is quite possi-
ble to so arrange the blossoms or fo-
liage that the bones shall be con-
cealed. This is done best by putting
on the frock and pinning on the flew-
ers before sewing them; indeed, the
trimmings will never be so successful
if it is put orn with the frock on a
dummy.
Whatever color is used a certain
amount of foliage should be intro-
duced. The green breaks the same-
ness of the general color and:.is in it-
self pretty.—Indianapolis News.
Hints to Entertainers.
Above all things always know what
you are going to do with your guests.
Don’t depend on standing round the
piano, and yelling the latest songs.
They’ could have done that without
getting dressed and coming to your
house.
Don’t expect girls to feel comforta-
ble with hanging their wraps in the
hall, and going directly ‘to the parior.
They will be on ‘“pins.and needles” un-
less they are allowed to run upstairs,
peep into the mirror, to make sure
that their noses don’t shine, and that
they are straight in the back.
Don’t work all day over the affair,
so that you will look like “the wreck
of the Hesperus” just blown in, by
the time your guests arrive.
Practice ‘keeping cool.” Nine-
tenths of the hostesses are so excited,
during an entertainment, that no mat-
ter what one says to them, they fail
Don’t invite people who balk, and
refuse to carry out your plans.
Don’t think of inviting people who
imagine that your friends assemble to
hear what they have to say.
Your guests will go away feeling
that they have had a much better time
if your plans include a little acitivity,
than if they are asked to sit still and
think all evening.
Don't forget to insist on your fath-
er and mother coming into the parlor.
They will be your most appreciative
guests.
Don’t let there be any wall-fiowers.
Bring them forward. Your other
guests will need only a slight jog to
stir up their gallantry.
Don’t forget the ventilation. Twen-
ty people in a couple of small rooms
soon use up every atom of oxygen.
Many an excellent social affair has
been spoiled by a stuffy, irritating
atmosphere.
Have pity on your friends’ digestion.
Don’t press ice cream, candy, cakes,
lemonade and freak meringues upon
| them. Chicken salad, bread fingers
| and coffee will strike a happier chord.
Bestow your best smile and most
gracefuly word at parting.—Indianapol-
is News.
For Five O'clock Tea.
Our English cousins have undoubt-
edly convinced the American woman
of the luxurious comfort of a cup of
tea during the afternoon, for no girl or
woman thinks her boudoir ecomplete
without some dainty tea table, covered
with the chcicest of chira cups and
saucers, tea caddie, cracker jar and
brass or copper samovar.
As a consequence, the tea table of
1905 is a most ingenious and handy
piece of furniture, all of the newer
cneg running on casters so that they
can be rolled easily tc any part of a
room. Remarkably convenient is a
tea table which is being employed in
the drawing room scene of an Eng-
lish actor’s play that is at present
touring the States. A carved mahog-
any box rests on four slender claw-
foot legs. Opening ir the centre, the
two halves of the cover form spread-
ing, shelves on either end of the box..
As the covers are lifted, the bottom of
the box rises to the top, bringing with
it all the necessary |ecuipment for
serving afternocn tea,
Other tables have glass trays the
exact size of the ton. These afford a
splendid protection for a highly pol-
ished wood, as well as an easy means
of removing cups, etc. An importa-
tion from Japan shows a round tea
table with upper and lower shelves,
built entirely of hammered brass. Gilt
tables for the drawing room have
many little shelves, and the top is in-
laid with enamel.
With an elaborate table of this sort
the china matches the enamel. For
instance, a table inlaid with olive
green decorated with gold bands and
a gold filigree edging, which gives the
effect of gold lace.
Teacups of odd shape and delicate
tints, especially in the shape of roses,
tulips, poppies, ete., always will be the
coveted possession of the woman who
treasures her tea table. But the gen-
erous size of teacups now in use
makes these delicate drinking recep-
tacles decidedly costly, small odd cups
being utilized only for the demi-tasse.
Among choice new designs for dec-
orated sets of cups is a pattern show-
ing a deep border of maiden-hair fern
in tender green. while a narrow band
of baby blue encircles the edge and
middle’of both cup and saucer. Won-
derfully pretty are cups which are
completely covered inside with tiny
chrysanthemums of mary colors. But-
tercups are also most effective scat-
tered daintily over white china. Cups
of. these designs are usually sold in
sets, ard have a china tea strainer
with a- similar decoration.—Washing-
ton Star,
Fashion Notes.
Miniature lace stoles in the way of
coliars.
Pongee blouses that will stand lots
of service,
Little butterfly bonnets of lace for
> theatre.
jerella slippers of gold
Hats of embroidered batiste in col-
to match any summer frock.
Leghorn hats the brims whereof are
cdged with a fascinating little frill of
valenciennes, :
Three-panel fire screens containing
three breezy Remington drawings are
produced in*colors.
A silk and linen lining which quite
phenomenally eombines the qualities
of one with the price of the other.
A good deal of bluet everywhere em-
ployed in spring things with likeli-
hoed of its being a very popular shade.
Linen shees in every color}to match
ut-the all-linen fad that everybody
is to go crazy about when summer
really ccmes,
Must Not Scw Bridal Gown.
The Berlin bride must not sew a
stitch in her wedding dress if she
hopes for happiness in her married
life. A piece of money 1s omen
sewed in the train, or else it is placed
in the shoe. This is supposed not
only to bring her plenty of this
world’s goods, but also to insure to
her the ruling hand in her housenoia
—a thing rather rare in the Father-
land. In some of tne provinces not
only money but bread and salt are
sewed in the train. This is a rem-
nant of the ancient custom, still prac-
ticed in eastern countries, of present-
ing bread and salt upon entering a
new home.
Acaingt Nate Neduction,
Atlanta, Ga.—The recent proposition
of J. Pope Brown, Chairman of the
Georgia Railroad Commission, to re-
duce the passenger rate in Georgia
from three to two cents per mile was
protested against by the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers, the Order of
Railway Conductors, and unions of the
blacksmiths, machinists and telegraph-
ers, boilermakers, railway train men,
carpenters and joiners, clerks and car
men. These organizations employed am
attorney especially to represent them,
who urged that such a reduction would
work against the prosperity of the
State and lead to a reduction in the
number of railroad employes as well
as of their wages. The Travelers’ Pro-
tective Association also protested that
a reduction as proposed would result im
{fewer {rains and poorer service.
Well Seasoned Wood.
Oak beams over one thousand years
old were last year removed from the
Blue Bell Tun at Bedlington, England,
and were made into handsome furni-
ture by a local manufacturer.
TORTURING HUMOR
Body a Masi of Sores—Called in Three
Doctors But Grew Worse—~Cared by
Cuticura Kor 75e,
“My little daughter was a mass of sores.
all over her body. Her face was being
eaten away, and her ears looked as if they
would drop off. 1 had three doctors, but
she grew worse. Neighbors advised Cuti-
cura, and before I had used half of the
cake of soap and box of ointment, the sores
had all healed, and my little one’s skin
was as clear as a new-born babe’s. I would
not be without Cuticura if it cost five dol-
lars, instead of 75 cents, which is all it
cost us to cure our baby. Mrs. G. J.
Stecse, 701 Coburn St., Akron, Ohio.”
Got Rich on Tips.
T'rancois Dumon, a French waiter,
has just left Denver, on Lis way home
to France, having made $40,000 in tips
in five years. Of this he made $8000
last year at St. Louis. He speaks six
languages. His father and grandfather
were waiters all their lives, and he
was brought up to the business. He is
still a young man.
There is more Catarrh in this section of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to
be incurable. Fora great many years doctors
pronounced it a local disease and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing to
cure with local treatment, pronounced it in-
curable. Science has proven Catarrh to be a
constitutional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Hall’'s Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure
on the market. Itis taken internally in doses
from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. Itacts direct-
ly on the blood and mucous surfaces of tho
system. They offer one hundred dollars for
any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials. Address ¥.J. CHENEY &
Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation
Straight-Laced by the Public Schools.
A bright youngster answered an ad-
vertisement for an office boy in a store
in the dry goods quarter, and was
turned down because lhe wrote too
good a hand. “Itis a ledger hand, and
you will never rise above the level of
a bookkeeper,” said the merchant.—
New York Press
The Big Woman’s Troubles.
There was an enormously stout
German woman sitting in the corner
of a street ear the other night, weep-
ing as if her heart would break.
Some kindly spirit asked her wnat
the matter was. “L am so fat dat
effery time I vant to get off de car
I have to back de door out, ana Ge
conductor man he tink I vas getting
on and pushes me in. I have since
10 o'clock been riding this morning,
and I'm hungry.” Her sympathetic
listener explained, and the poor wo-~
man got off at'last—Boston Record.
Tallest Young Soldier.
The tallest soldier that ever put in
an appearance in Denver arrived in
the person of © Arthur W. Jaffray.
Young Jaffray is just a fraction over
6 feet 10 inches tall. He is new in
the army service, having become a
recruit 10 days ago, and is now
bound for San Francisco, from which
city he will go to the Philippines.
Jaffray is barely past 22 and looks
much younger. He weighs 190
pounds and is awkward and ungain-
ly.—Denver Republican.
A VOICE FROM THE PFULPIT.
Rev. Jacob D. Van Doren, of 57 Sixth
street,
terian
Fond Du Lae, Wis, Presby-
clergyman, says: “1 had at-
y tacks of kidney disor-
ders which kept rhe In
the house for days at a
8 time, unable to do any-
thing. What I suffered
can hardly be told.
Complications set in,
the particulars of which
I will Le pleased to
give in a personal inter-
view to any one who
§ requires information.
This I can conscien-
§ tiously say, Doan’s Kid-
ney Pills caused a gen-
eral improvement in my
health. ‘They brought
great relief by lessening the pain and
correcting the action of the kidney se-
cretions.” :
Doan’s. Kidney Pills for sale by all
Amen!”
to grasp the meaning.
dealers. Price, 50 cents. Ifoster-Mil-
bura Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
rem
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