Bill Mathison,
Bow Magic and the Muse
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Bill Mathison stood In the cabin
doorway malevolently regarding the
huddle of many-poled lodges across
tho river. Shrill yelps roan In a
chorus ns a copper colored crono is
sued from a lodge nnd hurled male
dictions and pieces of firewood at a
pack of thieving mongrel dogs. On
Xho flat lieyohd the tepees, a bunch of
ponies, a thousand head or more, of
mingled breeds and many colors, were
jbelng held togotherln a compact mass
by mounted Indians, while scores on
foot prowled through the circling
;lierd, catching trim little ponies and
ler.ding them to their tepees.
"Blast 'em!" growled mil. "If
they stay another week, antelope '11
be line mair plentlfu' than water on
the Mohave; an' there'll no bo grass
'i:u.i" on yon bottom tao feed a
licalthy pruirlo dog, mair less a bunch
o' calves."
"If we was In Rod's country now,"
Hio;:.-:icd Todd Wayne, as he wiped
the Inst of the breakfast dishes, "an'
s:c:i doiu's was takln' place, there'd
be a bunch u'.i Injuns hnt-fcolin' it for
the i-eaervaiion, with sartaln repre
tantatlves uh Unr'.o Sammy glvin' 'cm
a touch uh hii:h i;ro on the rear.
Thcsj hi ro Canadians is more d?libur
i:!e. "
"Oh, ay! they'll he nronnd." IUU
caiisla a whiff of the rank odor that
baiiKs lik3 a balo about an Indian
camp. Ho slammed the door vicious
Jy, and sat down with his feet cocked
ftip on the stove front. "But the red
ileevils '11 hae a' the hides an' jerked
,jnc:at they'll want by that time. It's a
cryin' shame tae see (he puir boastles
laurdared by the hoondred."
"It shore is," Todd agreed, "but I
don't Beo that wo got any license f
enforce the game laws them bucks is
.eomewhat numerous for two white
iiiien."
Over in the Blackfoot camp the
Jiunters mounted and rode north;
fourscore greasy, bead-bedecked abor
igines, wrapped In the many-hued
blankets furnished by a benevolent
Indian Department, their po3t-trader
rifles looped to their saddle horns.
Ten miles north of tho Red Deer no
coit breathed chlnookhad touched the
Jillls since tho first fall of snow. Bliz
zards, bearing tho chill of the ice
pack and ever-lying snows, swept up
from tho north and tore across the
wilderness that lies between the North
Saskatchewan and the Red Derr, driv
ing the antelope farther and farther
couth; for when the snow covers the
grass on the hills, and buries the
sagebrush in tho hollows, the prong
horns must seek fresh grazing
grounds. That was why the Black
feet under Medicine Child jumped the
reservation and hunted in the Red
Doer country.
Their method was simple and, un
der the conditions, eminently success
ful. Then they rode In a body until
they came to the deep snow. Then
they scattered east and west until
therewas a crescent-shaped line'of
braves, five mlle3 from end to cud.
In this formation' they combed the
uminB mousancis or ante
lope before them to a bend In the riv
er, across which, because of the glassy
ice, the prong-hortn could not go
when tho frightened wild things
surged to and fro, seeking to break
through the ever-tightening lines, the
Indians cast off their mask ot stolid
ity and fell to slaughtering, with
flashing eyes and shrill whooping, un
til the last antelope had broken des
perately through the line of barking
gnns or lay unheeding in the tram
pled snow.
The popping of guns down the riv
er and the sight of the squaws hasten
ing away with skinning knives and
pack ponies to carry tho meat, pro
voked Bill Mathison to tho utterance
of profane sentiments. A3 he and
Todd Wayne surveyed the killing
from the roof of the calf shed, and
speculated on the length of time it
would take to wipe out the antelope
on the Red Doer at that rate, there
came. a Jangle of bells; and a single
torse sleigh slipped out of the mouth
of the coulee down which ran the
home ranch trail.
"Good enough! That's the wise
gent thai teaches school at Beaver
Crossin'," Todd exclaimed. "I'm
shore glad somebody's come along.
Yuh're good company, Scotty, but
yuh've got f broodin' over this Injun
proposition, and It's gettiu' monoto
nous." " vAv;rnisht'yer ful talk," com
manded Bill. Then he shouted hos
pitably to the newcomer, "Pit yer nag
I' the stable an" gae rlcht in. We'll
be wi' you as soon as we feed these
blattin' beasts o' calves."
When Bill and Todd finished taking
care of their stock they hastened to
the cabin. The schoolteacher had
built a roaring fire, and was interest
edly watching the Indian camp
through a space he had thawed on the
frosted window pane. A box, about
two feet square, stood in the centre
of the floor. The lid was thrown
back, exposing a queer looking thing
.that immediately attracted the in
quisitive Todd.
"Say, now, Howell," he quirled,
"what breed uh machine is this!
Looks like a cross between a railway
engine an" a blacksmith bellows."
"That?" laughed Howell. "That's
a magic lantern. I'm going down to
the Forks to give a little entertain
ment.. Pictures, you know, and a
tableau or two witha little red Are."
"I never like f monkey with ma
chinery unless I know it'i out nil gear
Medicine-Man. f
Befooled the BUickftet.
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an' hnrraless," Todd commented, joc
ularly, as he deposited it In a corner.
"A mngeek lantern, eh?" observed
Bill. And he viewed tho box with a
great deal of lntorest.
During the preparation of supper
Hill nnd Todd explained to Howell
what fashion of folk were the dwell
ers In the lodge across the river, and
dwelt with much emphasis on the fact
thnt they were undesirable.
"It's no richt for tho Government
tae allow the red duevils tae squat In
a body's dooryard, as ye might say,"
Rill concluded, angrily; "tae say nae
thln' o' their kilMti' tho puir antedope,
till there'll no be anithcr bunch come
tae tho Rod D.er for ton year."
"Bill has been a-wishln' he wl3 a
'heap big medicine man,' " Todd, the
irrepressible, confided to Howell, "so
that he could get out an' scaro these
hero Blackfeet oH'n tho face uh tho
earth."
After supper the three clustered
round the stove, for the mercury was
marking time around the "twenty-be-low"
point, and the hoar frost hung
thick on the window panes. Howell
and Todd dicus;wd the various phases
of the Indian question, but Bill sat
silent, puffing industriously at his
pipe. Ho seemed to be studying over
some matters, and at times his eyes
rested speculatively on TratiU How
ell's lantern case.
Suddenly Eill dropped his feet from
the top of the oven door with a thump
that brought a reproving look from
Todd. Ho knocked tho ashe3 out of
his pipe on tho stove front, and
stowed it away in his pocket. Then
he looked from one to the other and
spoke. "I hae a plan for scarin' these
red bodies finely," he began, rather
dubiously.
"Throw It out uh yuh, Scotty,"
cried Todd, enthusiastically. "I'm
the greatest son-of-a-gun f work out
schemes yuh ever saw only I never
can think uh one t' work."
"It's no on ye I'll be dependin' tae
wark oot the thing," retorted Bill.
"Ye'll no hae a big part taa play. It's
on Mr. Howell here ma plan depen's,
an' maybe he'll no care tae tak a
han'."
"Let's hear your plan, by all
means," Howell said, impulsively. "If
there's any sport in it I'll be right
with yon."
Thus pressed Eill voiced l.ii idea,
and when he had done Todd Wayne
and the schoolteacher were Idiotically
giggling.
"Yuh've shore got a vivid Imagina
tion," Todd assured him. "Yuh ought
f been one uh these here story-writin'
sharps, Bill, with seen a noble set uh
thlnk-woiks yuh shore had!"
"I prophesy that we startle the no
ble red man a little, anyway," How
ell chuckled, gleefully, "even if it
doesn't act ns Bill thinks It will."
It was a cloudy night, and the
ranch lay under a hh;h bank, which
masked the cabin am stable, tho cor
rals and calf sheds with unbroken
gioom. Bill and Todd bundled them-1
seives in lur coats ana caps; they put
on extra socks and dry moccasins and
went outside. Their actions did not
betray anything unusual. They sim
ply secured an axe each, nnd split a
good sized pile ot firewood.
They piled tho wood forty or fifty
yards from tho cabin almost on the
river bank. While Todd whittled
shavings to start a fire Bill dived
into the cabin, reappearing in a mo
ment with a ten-foot square of white
cotton. This he fastened securely to
a line that ran from the woodpile to
the-Btable, placing blocks of wood on
the lower edge to hold it taut.
When Bill had completed his task
Todd signified that he was ready to
start the fire. Bill shouted to the
cabin; "'e're ready noo, If ye are."
The window lights were abruptly
blotted out a second nfter ho spoke.
They fanned the fire a little, and as
the flame shof up a nipping night
breeze caught and blew it to a roaring
blaze. .From the blackness of the
cabin wall a yellow glare of light shot
forth, wavered a moment, then fast
ened fairly on the white cotton
square, and disappeared.
Rules of Life
Horace Fletcher has printed in a book
his rules of life and eating, summing them
up as thus:
Don't eat when not hungry.
Don't ever get angry.
Don't drink in a hurry.
Don't tolerate worry.
Don't ever waste good taste.
Don't pass it by in haste.
Don't gobble pure good food.
Don't fail to eat as you should.
Don't make work of exercise.
Don't make light of good advice.
Don't ever half take breath.
Don't thus court an early death.
, , Don't squander precious time.
Don't miss to do your best.
Let Nature do the rest.
"The old boy's got tho proper fo
cus, all right, nil right," Todd ro-
marked, jocularly. "Ain't it about
time t' begin tho grand march?
S'pose yeur copper faced friends don't
get. curious?"
"Dlnna ye fear," Bill replied, tost
lly, 'the red deevlls 'II he here fast
enoo'. Hae yo the concertina?"
"I shore have," said Todd, produc
ing the instrument. "I ain't no Pad
dyrooBky, Bill, but I'll do the best
I can."
Ho squatted in tho snow by the
fire, and, slipping his mitts Into his
coat pocket, stretched the bollows and
rans his fingers over tho keys of the
antiquated nffair. The squeaking
notes shrilled wonderfully loud in the
silence. Whllo Todd 'indulged in a
few preliminary flourishes. Bill
heaped wood on the fire. Then he
slipped out of his fur coat and
straightened up with a six-shooter in
his hand; the barking crack-crack of
It. went echoing far up and down the
river.
The Blackfeet, peering out of their
tepees at the report of the gun, noted
the flro by the Gordon line camp.
They looked with growing wonder at
the figures of tho two men vividly
silhouetted in the glare, one huddled
by the fire, the other capering before
it with loud cries and strange con
tortions of his body; and as the
squeaky trill of the concertina drifted
over the frozen river, the Indian dogs
voiced a canine protest that died away
In an eerie, wolf-like howl. Hesitat
ing between curiosity and suporsti-
tlous fear, the Blackfeet listened and
watched silently, nntll Wolf-That
Runs-Swtftly, medicine man, struck
his inflated chest with thp palm of
his hand, and spoke.
-it may te that the white men
have drank too much firewater," he
shrilled. "Or they may make medi
cine against us; for they like us not
Shall, fifty lodges of ther Blackfeet
stand Jn fear before two palefaces?
Let us cross the river and behold the
things they do! My medicine is
stronger than theirs and it is far
to where dwell the redcoats, in their
big tepees of wood."
By the time Bill Mathison had exe
cuted some thirty different steps of
tho Highland fling, great drops of
sweat were standing out on his tanned
cheeks, and it was with a feeling of
thankfulness that he heard Todd
growl encouragingly, "Go to it, old
boy! Yuh got 'em a-comln." As
Bill balanced airily on the toes of
one foot, pirouetting like a giddy
chorus girl, nnd ylp-ylpplng In a man
ner that amazed even Todd, he heard
the shuffling pat-pat of moccasins In
the snow. He glimpsed a line of in
scrutable bronze faces peering at him
out of the dark. Closer they pressed,
until the light of the flro touched
their features with its glow, and their
figures took on tangible shape. Then
Bill faced them with hands outspread.
Todd fingered the keys dolorously.
"Have the Blackfeet come to be
hold the strength of my medicine?"
ho asked, calmly. Bill spoke the
Blackfoot tongue like a chief of the
tribe, and wide knowledge of their
customs and superstitions gave him
a solid foundation to work upon.
"What medicine does tho white
man boast of?" Wolt-Thut-Runs-
Swiftly demanded, in a scornful tone.
"Does he think the Blackfeet are lit
tle children to fear a fire and a thing
that squeaks and groans with a
strange voice?"
"Listen! For many days tho Black
feet have had good bunting on. the
Iced Deer. Is it not so?" Bill made
a gesture up and down the river.
"Our young men have had good
hunting," responded Wolf-Thut-Runs-Swlftly,
spokesman by virtue of his
position when medicine talk was
made.
"Even so!" thundered Bill. "The
hunting has been good so good that
the young men,, having powder a
plenty, slaughtered the prong-horns
for the joy of killing. And now the
carcasses, stripped only of hide and
tongue, lie 011 the river bottoms as
close together as the cottonwoods in
the coulees; so that when the Chin
ook conies tho stink of them will
drive even the gray badger to the high
lands. Wherefore, O men of the
Blackfoot nation! the Great Spirit is
angry. And he has said to me this
night, 'Make medicine, nnd I, the
Great Spirit, will send a sign that the
Blackfeet who hunt undor Medicine
Child may be warned and cease their
wanton slaying of the deer.' "
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! Wolf-That-Runs-Swiftly nnd Medi
cine Child exchanged guttural confi
dences for a minute. The younger
Indians stood silent, but the gleam in
their roving eyes betokon an uneaay
spirit. All through this Todd Wayno
with bowed head faithfully squeezed
pianissimo strains out of the concer
tina, oblivious, seemingly, to his sur
roundings. "We would see tho sign," boldly
declared Wolf - That - Runs - Swiftly.
"We are no coyotes, to bo driven from
our hunting by a white mau who
speaks loudly. Show our young men
the sign, white medicine-maker."
Turning his back on the Indians,
Bill Mathison threw his arms aloft
and shouted Invocation to tho black
masses of cloud-drift overhead. The
strident tones of him went bellowing
across the bills. What he said was
Greek to the Indians, and even Todd
Wayne, though he attended strlccly
to the orchestral part of the affair,
racked his brains to make sense of
tho words. But Frank Howell, list
eplng through a window, caught such
fragments as
"They reeled, they set, they cross'd,
they cleeklt,
Till ilka carlln swat and reeklt.
And coost her duddlcs tae the wark.
And linket at It i' her sark,"
and he leaned against the casement,
holding hands to his shaking sides.
Of a surety Bill Mathison knew how
to conjuro up spirits.
Suddenly he ceased nnd held both
hands over the dying fire, palms
down. There was a Bputter, a bril
liant flash of blood-red flame that
died away instantly. Bill faced the
cabin and, pointing Into the gloom,
shouted: "Behold the Blgn!"
As he spoke a yellow glare showed
fearsomely bright on what seemed
empty atmosphere. In a breath a
group of Indians stood where the yel
low beam had fjared, then they were
eclipsed by a squad of mounted po
lice, the Riders of the North, their
red coats standing out like splotches
of scarlet paint. A brief space they
lingered, startllngly life-like, then
there was nothing but black night.
"Have the Blackfeet seen?" howled
Bill. "Let them look again. Behold
the sign!"
Bill delivered himself of more
language as another scene flashed
boldly out. It was a smoke-stained
ground a grim picture, perfect in
detail. Back from the bodies a
gaunt, gray wolf squatted on his
haunches, nose pointed skyward, as
though he were calling his brethren
to the grewsome feast.
Bill turned on his heel ns the pic
ture wont out like a match In the
wind, but there was no half circle of
glltterlng-eyed braves. There was
nothing but the shuffling pat-pat of
many moccasins In the crisp snow,
and Todd Wayne, sitting by n few
glowing embers, grinning foolishly
up at him.
"They drifted," said Todd, tersely.
"Mon, mon!" Bill Mathison said,
earnestly when, next morning, there
was no sign ot the Blackfoot camp,
"the puir antelope '11 be thankfu' for
the nlcht's wark. But wha wad 'a'
thought the ignorant bodies wad flee
frae a mageek lantern an' a bit o'
Bobble Bums!" Bertram! W. Sin
clair, SCIENTIFIC
s'lMnw.'sTni aim
A Welsh Ann Is exporting to Brazil
briquets made from waste coal Rnd
coal tar pitch, moulded under pres
sure and heat.
Compelling oysters to produce
pearls by placing a foreign substance,
such as small pebbles. In their shells,
has become an extensive industry, In
which the Japanese bnve specially ex
celled, but the Chinese can claim dis
tinction in the originality of 0110 of
the substances ofteu used by them.
Paul Eecquerel has exposed seeds
of lucerne mustard and w heat to the
temperature ot liquid air for three
weeks, nnd subsequently for hour.s,
to the temperature of boiling hydro
gen, 253 degrees centigrade, and yet
all of the lucerne and mustard seeds,
and soveral of the wheat seeds, ger
minated normally when planted.
Bees were unknov.-n to tho Indians,
but they were brought over from Eng
land only a few years after the land
ing of the pilgrim fathers. It was
more than two centuries nfter the
first white invasion ot New England,
however, before modern beekeeping
began. The industry of the present
day dates from the Invention of the
movable frame hive by Langstreth,
in 1852.
Canadian doctors having reported
frequent cases of slight Injury or
strain to passengers alighting from
electric cars, the Toronto Railway
Company at the request of the Rail
way and Municipal Board has made
some experiments with both two and
three steps below the car platform
level. The latter were found to pro
ject too far from the side of the car,
but the two step pattern has been
adopted.
An electric rail girder has been de
vised by the Albany and Hudson
Railway for use in grinding the wing
rails of frogs to insure smoother pas
sage of car wheels. A motor is car
ried In nn ordinary hand car, a sort
of small barrow carrying the emory
wheel being suspended from a crane
overhanging the end of tho car, and
the operator supplying the necessary
pressure upon the grindins wheel 1
through the handles ot the barrow. I
Famous Com mercial Travelers
Hy FORREST CIUSSE1.
Marshall Field was a commercial
traveler; so were John Wanamaker
nnd Tom Murray. So nlso were
Dwlght L. Moody, the groat evange
list, and Richard Cobden, tho famous
English statesman nnd writer. Ex
Governor Frank Black, of Now York,
followed "tho road" with his sample
cases before beginning his legal nnd
political career. Walter D. Moody,
ono 'of the chief executives of the
Chicago Association of Commerce and
author of "Men Who Soil Things,"
was for fifteen years a road Bales
man. This list might be extended al
most Indefinitely.
Occasionally the commercial trav
eler leaves the road to enter one of
the professions. Milton J. Foreman,
one of the leaders of tho Chlcrfgo bar,
president of tho Chicago Charter As
sociation, alderman, and a power in
local politics; was a "star' hat Bales
man and took his law books on the
road with him until he was well
grounded iu the rudiments of the
profession.
Another commercial traveler,
Charles N. Crewdson, took a course
in the University of Chicago after he
was married. There ho became In
terested in Egyptology and later, be
tween his regular commercial trips
on the road, visited Egypt and studied
the ancient ruins nt first hand. This
brought him into print in a series
of travol articles, and ho found that
he could write, nnd write well. Later
he began to draw upon his experi
ence ns a commercial traveler for lit
erary material and scored a success
nnd a National reputation. But he
resolutely withstood all temptation to
be drawn away from the road. His
work kept him in touch with the
world of affairs, and one day his
alert eye caught sight of tho oppor
tunity to start a novel business "on
the side." His "road partner" be
came his actual partner In the new
enterprise. Their work for their re
spective houses took them where they
most needed to go in the Interest of
their private venture. To-day one of
these men draws a salary ot $12,
000 and the other a little less than
that, while their private venture
probably yields them more than they
enrn from their regular calling. Ev
erybody's. Did ns We Wns Told.
Some years ago the Yankee schoon
er Sally Ann, under command ot
Captain Spooner, was beating up the
Connecticut River. Mr. Comstock,
the mate, was at his station forward.
According to his notion of things the
schooner was getting a "leetle" too
near certain mud flats which lay
along the larboard shore, so aft he
went to the captain, and with his hat
cocked on one side said:
"Cap'n Spooner, you're getting a
leetle too close to thera flats. Hadn't
ye better go about?"
The captain glared nt him.
"Mr. Comstock, jest you go for'ard
and tend to your part of the skuner.
I'll tend to mine."
Mr. Comstock went for'ard in high
dudgeon.
"Boys," he bellowed out, "see that
ar mud hook's all clear for lettln"
go!"
"Ay, ay, sir!"
"Let go, then!" he roared.
Down wtnt the anchor, out rattled
the chains, and like a flash the Sally
Ann came lulling into tho wind, and
then brought up all standing. Mr.
Comstock walked aft and touched his
hat.
"Well, cap't, my part of the skuner
is to anchor." The Bluejacket.
f Leather Money and Medals.
On the authority of Seneca, a cu
rious account is given of a period
when leather, appropriately stamped
to givo it a certain legal character,
was the only current money. At a
comparatively recent date in the an
nals of Europe, Fredlch the Second,
who died in 1250 at the siege of Mi
lan, paid his , troops with leather
money. Nearly the same circum
stance occurred in England during
the great wars of the barons. In the
course of 1350 King John, for the
ransom of his royal person, promised
to pay to Edward the Third of Eng
land three millions of gold crowns.
In order to fill his obligation John
was reduced to the mortifying neces
sity of paying the expenses of the pal
ace in leather money, in the centre of
each piece there being a little bright
point of silver
In that reign is found the origin of
the burlesque honor of conferring "a
leather medal," King John having
used them when he wished to confer
honor upon gome, nobleman. Har
per's Weekly.
1 Best Wheat For Bread.
It is a well recognized fact that the
flour from the hard spring wheats of
the Northwestern districts will pro
duce a large, well plied loaf of bread
of excellent quality, and because it
absorbs a lot of. water it also gives a
good yield of bread. These are de
slrablo qualities and naturally ex
plain why this class of flour is so pop
ular for bread making.
The softer winter wheats do not
contain so much gluten and do not
make so large or to many people so
desirable a loaf as the spring wheat
flours. Yet a good, palatable loaf o
bread can be made, and Is being made
every day, from this class of flour.
Bakers' Weekly. ...
Changing Times For a "JusgrTOtrut-"
As sequel to the Jaggan Nath Car
Festival at Mahesh, In which one man
was killed and seneral injured, Fo
llce Inspector of Serampur has been,
suspsnded. Lahore Tribune.
DOCTOR
ADVISED
OPERATION
Cured by LydiaE.Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Taw Paw, Mich.
" I suffered terH
bly from female ills,
including inflam
mation and conges
tion, ' for several
years. My doctor
said there was no
hope for me but an
operation. I began
taking Lydla E.
Hnkliam's Vegeta
ble Compound, and
I can now say I am
a well woman."
Emma Dhapkh.
Another Operation Avoided.
Chicago, 111. "1 want women to
know what that wonderful medicine,
Lydia E. I'inkiiam's Vegetable Com-
Eound, has done for me. Two of the
est doctors in Chicago said I would
.tt la 1 .1:. l 1 is 1
uiu 11 i uiu nub iKive an operation, ana
I never thought of seeing a well day
again. I liada small tumor and female
troubles so that I suffered day and
night. A friend recommended Lydia
E. Finkham's Vegetable Compound,
and it made me n well woman." Mrs.
At.vena Spkblixo, 11 Langdon St,
Chicago, 111.
Lydia E. rinkham's Vegetable Com-
ound, made from roots and herbs,
ins proved to bo the most successful
remedy for curing the worst forms of
female ills, including displacements,
inflammation, fibroid tumors, irregu
larities, periodic pains, backache, bear,
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges.
tion, and nervous prostration. It costs
but a trifle to try it, nnd the result
lias been worth millions to many
suffering women.
One Or the Other.
Little Lola was sitting on her grand
father's knee one day, and, after look
ing at him for some time, she said:
"Gwanpa, was '00 in ze ark?"
"Certainly not, my dear," replied
the astonishing old gentleman.
"Zen,' continued tho small Inquisi
tor, "why wasn't '00 dwowndod?"
Llppincott's Mag.naine.
ECZEMA BURNED AND ITCHED.
Spread Over Hand, Arms, Legs and
Face It Was Something Terrible
Complete Cure bjr Cuticura.
"About fifteen or eighteen years ago
lema developed on top of my hand. It
burned and itched so much that I was
compelled to show it to a doctor. He pro
nounoed it ringworm. After trying hia dif
ferent remedies the disease increased and
went up my arms and to my legs and
Anally on my face. The burning was aome
, thing terrible. I went to another doctor
who had the reputation of being the beat
in town. He told me it was eczema. His
medicine checked the advance of the dis
ease but no further. I finally concluded to
try the Cuticura Remedies and found relief
in the first trial. I continued until I was
completely free from tho disease and I hav
not been troubled since. C. Hurkhart, 231
W. Market St., Chambcrslmrg, Pa., Sept.
19,19(18." Potter Drug & Chem. Corp., Sola
Props, of Cuticura Remedies, Boston, Maaa.
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In Good Training.
"Fust time you've ever milked a
cow, is it?" said Uncle Josh to his Tit
King nephew. "Well, y' do. it a durn
sight better'n most city fellers do."
"It seems to come natural some
how," said the youth, flushing with
pleasure. "I've had a good deal of
practice with a fountain pen." Seat
tle Week-End.
Thousands of country people know that
in time of midden mishap or accident Him
lina Wizard Oil is the best substitute for
the family doctor. That is why it is so
often found upon the shelf.
Montreal, with its winters of great
severity, is 350 miles nearer the
equator than is Ixndoh. Montreal, in
deed, is on the same degree of lati
tude as Venice.
Mra. WinaloVa Soothing Syrup forChildrea
teething, softens thegums. reduces inflamma
tion, alloys pain, cures wind col ic, 2 jc a bottle.
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Major George P7 Ahern, U. S. A.,
recently accomplished a journey
around the world at a cost of less than
$1,000. The major chose the route
across Siberia and the Philippines,
whore he was stationed. His actual
time was 67 days 15 hours.
While 60,000 volts was considered a
maximum tension for transmission
lines a few years ago they are now
using 72.000. An S0,000-volt line 13 4
miles long is now -building, and a line
has been built designed for 100,000
volts.
WHY PEOPLE SCFFFIt.
Too often the kidneys are the cause'
and the sufferer is not aware of it.
Sick kidneys bring headache and side
paras, lameness and stiffness, dizzi
ness, headaches,
tired feeling, urin
ary troubles. Doan's
Kidney Pills euro
the cause. Mrs.
Virginia Spitzer.
Buena Vista, Va
says: "For thirty
years I Buffered
everything but deatbj
with my kidneys. 1
cannot describe my suffering from
terrible bearing down pains, dizzy
spells, headaches and periods of par
tial blindness. The urine was full ot
sediment. I was In the hospital three
weeks. Doan'B Kidney Pills were
nnlck tn hrln? rpllnf nnri tnnn m n
1 a " auwu UIUUU
me well and strong again."
Remember the name Doan's. For
sale by aH dealers. 60 cents a box,
Foster-Mllourn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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