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Weary n the hack that bears the burden of kidney ills. There's no rest nor peace for the man or
woman who has a bad back. The distress begins in early morning. You feel lame and not refreshed.
It's hard to get out of bed. It hurts to stoop to tie your shoes. All day the ache keep: up. Any
sudden movement sends a sharp twinge through the back. It is torture to stoop or straighten. At
night the sufferer retires to toss and twist and groan. I Jackachc is kidney ache a throbbing, dull
aching in the kidneys. To cure backache you must first cure the kidneys. Plasters or Hnimcnt3
won't do. You must get at the cause, inside.
Boasts Etidney Pills Cisre Sick Kidneys
Six Months of Misery
Doan's Kidney 'Pills Drouqhf About m
Complete Restoration.
CHARLES EASTER. E. LnrtiRt fit.. Watvkn,
III., way: "In thu mmmi-r of lft4 I wa nttAckcl by
pains in Xhf. nmall of my hack and ah tho tintn paHowd.
the troublf. irHTe;ifttil unt il my vvhnlo rilit typ wan af
frctcd. Kr hix month I amid tint sit in n chair and
I wan una bio to nl?p nights. I Umt forty pound In
wriuht and wax so lama and nor that I could not
rathe my hand to my fa fi I waft languid, had no
rfurffyand was bnthend by a nhnrtncKii of breath.
Lfurintr all that time I doctored and ud a (frt-at
amount of medicine but to no avail. Somet tmea t ht-rn
man an alcnont complete retention of t hn kid my ai-cre-ttons
and there, wu much sediment in tn m. My wile
finally pemuaded mo to try loan' Kidney IHU.
'i'hey gam ma auch prompt r:lief that i continued
taking thi'ru and gradually my condition improved.
The tronbla with my kidneya wan corrected nnd my
acheaand pa in wer a removed. Iam ho grateful fort hi
cure that I cheerfully recommend lHan' K idney I'tll
toother persona au tiering from kidney complaint.1
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WBCMN'S
Sold by aU
VltWoiirKi&
Sleveuinu's Cuv at Misery,
VL Stevenson, writing In 1S33 to
George Meredith, In an eplatlu quoted
In hU "Letters," says, with heart
teaching pathos:
TTor fourteen years I have not had
day's real health. I have awakened
-rick and gone to bed weary, and I
lsave done my work unflinchingly. I
hv written In bed and written out of
tt. written In hemorrhages, written in
ictncBg, written torn by coughing,
'written when my head swam for
weakness, and for so long, it seems to
jm, I have won my wager and rccov
rd tny glove. I am better now
Btsv been, rightly speaking, since first
X am to the Pacific and still few
re the days when I am not In some
SpbjaWJ distress. And the battle goes
arjt a or well Is a trifle bo that it
. t was made for a contest, and
tbs) powers have so willed that my
battlefield should be this dingy, in
Ctorlous one of the bed and the physic
ftarttle. At least I have not failed, but
I would have preferred a place of
trampetlngs and the open air over my
Conlda't Stand Satire.
A burglar while attempting to rob a
JMoated bondholder of Maryville by
ntlaCake got Into the humble residence
an editor next door. ' After unsuc
cessfully fumbling about for suitable
MMets for some time be disgusted
t observe the tenant ot I .J bouse sit
ttug up In bed and laughing at him
"Aren't you old Sklndersen. the capl
"Callst? Inquired the housebreaker.
"Nary time," chuckled the Journalist
Ta the editor of the Screaming Ka-
Jerusalem!" said the burglar, look
fog at bis stemwlndor. "And here I've
Teen waollriB four precious hours on
. tils branch almshouse. I say, old
oolll driver, you never poko fun at
yur subscribers, do you?"
"Not the cash ones."
"Exactly," said the burglar, taking
t bis wallet. "Here's six months
sabacrlptlon to rail this thing square,
It there's one thing on earth 1 can'
astaad. it's satire." Londou Tlt-BIts.
OrlaklnsT and amoklasi In Korea.
The Koreans are inveterate smokers
f green tobacco, which they use in
yfpes with tiny bowls and stems tw
or three feet long. They stick their
9pes down the back of the nock when
mot using them.
There is a deal of drinking, too,
though they have many proverbs
against it "Heaven and earth are too
na1l for a drunken man," "White
wUlty makes a red face," "There is
mm bottom to the arpetlte f jr drink."
TrylatY to Esroorais lllm,
"O. Ouy, you mustn't allow yourself
n reared by papa's piercing eye."
"I'm not so, much afraid of that, El
loda, as I am of his rutting 'nos!'"
la tho Ung A to.
Benjamin. Kranklln, full of his
cachrme for drawing electricity from
th clouds, had dropped In at a hard
war at ore.
-Well." said the salesman, "what Is
itr
WIro. nlease," answered Benjamin.
"In a moment," the salesman said,
turtilnir to wait on a woman customer
who f-ud Just come In.
Even In those days, as we learn from
f.h, ti e man who was In a hurry
tho I usy slir.al sometimes. Chicago
Tribune.
(Fac-simi'e ol the genuine ,p.u!at(e nV..' :y n-.luccj.)
HOW TO TELL WHEN THE KID'
NEYS ARE DISORDERED
I'alnful Symptoms Backache, sldfl
nclic, pains when (looping or llftlnir, sud
den sharp twlnccs, rheumatic pains, neu
ralgia, painful, scanty or too frequent
urination, dizzy spells, dropsy.
Irlnnrr flymptoma Discolored or
cloudy urine, trlno that contains sedi
ment. Urine that stains the linen. Pain
ful passages. Blood or shreds In the
urine. Let a bo'tleful of the morning
urine stand for 14 hours. If It shows a
cloudy or fleecy settling, or a layer of
fine grains. Ilk brick-dust, the kidneys
are disordered.
A Trial Free
Cutotitthi9 0Jui)on, mail It to Foster-Milburn
Co., Buffalo, N. Y. A free trial package of
Doan's Kidney Pills will be mailed you
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Klrenglh at Varlons Ages. j
According to excellent authority the
muscles, in common with all organs
of the human body, have their periods
ot development and decline, our phys
ical strength Increasing up to a cer
tain ace and then decreasing. Testa
of the strength of several thoutwnd
individuals have been made and the
following figures are given as tho
averages derived from such tents:
The lifting power of a youth of 17
Is 280 pounds; In his twentieth year
this Increases to 320 pounds and In
the thirtieth and thirty-first years it
reaches Its height, 363 pounds. At the
expiration of the thirty-first year the
strength begins to decline, very grad
ually at flrBt. Dy tho fortieth year it
has decreased eight pounds and
diminution continues at a slightly in
creasing rate until the fiftieth year is
reached, when the figure is 330
pounds.
Subsequent to this period strength
falls more and more rapidly until the
weakness of otd age is reached. It
Is found Impossible to obtain trust
worthy statistics of the decllno of
strength after the fiftieth year, as the
rate varies greatly in different indi
viduals. Tho Msu-ol-Msr Bird.
Tho frigate pelican, or man-of-war
bird, Is usually met with by traveler
In tho tropics. Although wljen stripped
of Its feathers It Is hardly larger than
a pigeon, yet no man can touch at the
same time the tips ot Its extended
wings. The long wing bones are ex
ceedingly light, and the whole appa
ratus of air cells is extremely devel
oped, bo that Its real weight Is very
trifling. It flics nt a great height above
the water, aud from that, elevation
pounces down on fish, especially pre
ferring the poor, persecuted flying fish
for Its prey. According to some au
thors, the nnme of man-of-war bird
was given to it because its appearance
was said to foretell the coming of a
ship, probably because the frigate pell
can and real frigates are equally ad
Terse to storms, and both like to come
into harbor if the weather threatens.
Mixed. ,
A sergeant was once drilling a squad
of recruits. Thsy were Incredibly ig
norant. One of them could not tell his
right hand from his left. The ser
geant proceeded to teach them and at
last attained some degree of success.
Sergeant Now, yer blessed Idiot,
hold yer bands tn front ot yer and
twist tham round one over the nther
Stop! Now, which is your left hand
and which Is your right?
Recruit (looking at his hands for a
moment) I'm blowed if I know. I've
gone and mixed 'em! London An
wers.
Tho Australian State ot Victoria
spends neurly ISOO.OOO a year In Its
warfare against the destructive rubblu
Dolly's Retort.
"I won't wash my face!" said Dolly
defiantly.
"Naughty, naughty," reproved
grandmother. "When I was a llttl
girl I always washed my face."
"Yes, and now look at It!" Every
body's.
Advanced Thought.
"Doctor, tow do you account for the
existence of rheumatism?"
"Tho mind, my dear air. evolved the
disease to fit the word."
Twice-Told Testimony
A Wonderlul Cure Fully Verified Dy
Iho Test ot Time.
MRS. J. M. BARNHART, 112 N. Jack St.,
Frankfurt, Ind., says: "Several years at 1 was run
ning Into Ilrisht's disease. My body bloated a trrat
deal and I had such turrible pains in the small ol rr.y
back that I could scarcely stand. I rested poorly
and the kidney secret ions contained a sediment, also
bring distrcsHintf in pjHsaffo. I tried various prepa
rations but steadily srew worse and when Doan's
Kidney Pills were brought to my attention, I pro
cured a supply. Tho contents o( the first box did
me so much good that I continued taking the remedy
until I was cured. I gave a tublic statement on
July l1), 1T06, recommending Doan's Kidney Pills
ai d now I can add that I have had no need ol a kid
nry remedy in over a year."
Tftai Doan'i Kid
ney Pill Yourself
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- MaBURN"Cfi. - Buffaro:'N .Yi! Proprietors .,
A QUEER WEDDING BINO.
An African Tribe Whose Wives
Wear n Henry Itrass Ornament.
Among the Dayanzl, who live for
many miles along the upper Congo,
there exists a strange custom which
would seem to make life miserable for
the married women. Brass rods, which
are the favorite currency in the coun
try, are welded into great rings
around the necks of the wives. Many
of these rings worn by the women
whose husbands are well-to-do weigh
as much as 30 pounds, and this burden
must be carried around by the poor
women as long as they live.
Frequently one sees a woman whose
neck is raw and sore under the heavy
weight, and in places the skin Li
rubbed off. This is a sure sign that the
ring has been recently welded around
her neck, for after a timo the skin be
comes calloused, and then the strange
ornament produces no abrasion. But
the weight is an inconvenience; they
never get used to it, and It U a per
petual tax upon their energies. In ev
ery crowd ot women may be seen a
number who are supporting the rings
with their hands, and thus for a time
relieving their weary shoulders of the
heavy burdens.
It may be said that with every
movement of their bodies tho rings
give discomfort. Once on, It Is no
easy matter to get them off. The na
tives have no euch thing as a file, and
though they can hammer a lot ot brass
rods Into 'one, It Is very difflcut for
them to cut the thick mass of metal In
two. Women who Increase largely In
flesh after the rings have been fasten
ed on their necks are In danger ol
strangling to death, and Instances of
thU sort have been known to occur.
Yet these women regard the cumbrous
ornament with pride. Imagine that It
enhances their importance and beauty,
and wear the burden with light hearts.
Trapping the I'araoa.
William Morris did not always get
his jokes right end first. In a biogra
phy of her huBband, Mrs. Edward
Burne-Jones tells of the ease with
which he reversed them.
A dinner gatherlug bad all been ask
ing conundrums.
"Who killed bit brother CalnT
asked Burne-Jones.
Morris fell Into the trap at once.
"Abel!" he shouted.
Later In the day he came In laugh
ing. "I trapped the parson, by Jove!" he
exclaimed. "I asked him, 'Who killed
his brother Abel?
" Vain,' he said at once.
"Ha! I said. 'I knew you'd say
that. Every one does. I came away
and left him puzzled enough, and I
doubt It he's found out yet what the
Joke was."
lalCitto.
Teacher As 1 have been telling you,
there are two general clusses of work
ers. Tommy, does your father make
bis living by using bis brains or by
Using his muscles? Tommy Neither
n, ma'am. He's a polUreinan. Chi
Cago Tribune.
t'BDrentedltated Sarcasm.
Eminent Musician Among my pro.
inuiinnll friends I
Reporter (gasping) Professional
menasi are may uvingr
Backs
If Ihe'fiin
FtsViurK
An Unexpected Promotion.
Benny's Intellectual achievements
were far from notable, but in the eyes
ot his small sister he was none the
less a wonderful personage. She
keenly resented allusions to his
lengthy stay in the last desk row at
school, although Benny himself took
quite a cheerful aud philosophic view
of the matter.
Une afternoon the little girl ap
peared, flushed and panting, In the li
brary doorway.
"Daddy," she exclaimed, "you prom
ised Benny a dollar when he got .moved
off tho bottom bench, and now he's up
In the next row with me and "
Benny himself entered Just then, in
his usual unconcerned way.
, "Why, what's this I hear, my son?"
his father welcomed him. "I'm very
glad you've worked your way up"
The boy started uncomprehendlngly.
Elsie says you're In the second row
now," his father continued, in explana
tion. "Course!" returned the youngster.
Imperturbably. "We're all In the sec
ond row the bottom bench's being
painted."
Slightly Acquainted.
Aa an Instance of the "marrying In
haste" principle that obtains In some
American cities an English lady who
visited Chicago relates how her maid,
who accompanied her, quickly became
Imbued with the desire to Decome Mrs.
Somebody.
One morning she appeared before
her mistress and, with glowing eyes,
announced that sho had named the
day and would btccciia a wife at the
end of the week.
"Are you going back home, then?"
the lady asked.
"Oh, no, ma'am; It's an American
gentleman," replied the maid.
"But, remonstrated her mistress,
"we've only been here a fortnight."
"That's no matter. He wants th
wedding to be on Saturday."
"Well, can't you get him to postpone
the marriage Just a little till I can got
another maid?"
"Well, ma'am, I'd like to oblige yon;
but, you see, I don't feel well enough
acquainted to ask him to do that,"
London Answers. -
Fall of Meanlnsr.
Richard Croker, a few days before
his departure for Florida, was a guest
f honor at a dinner at the St. Regis.
Mr. Croker, praising Judge Gaynor's
oratory, said:
"His oratory Is so concise. He packs
so much meaning Into so few words.
He is like the old clerk whose master
said to him:
"'John, that's a very shabby offloa
coat you're wearing.'
" 'Yes, sir,' said the old clerk, mean
ingly. 'I got this coat with the last
ralso you gave me.' "
Is This Troef
"Why don't the common people get
more?"
"Because they don't exist as a body.
Every individual thinks he Is slightly
superior to the general run of human
ity." Louisville Courier-Journal.
Wayside tcisasslifi.
Ruffon WrstsSchoilts? Schmltsl
Where have I heerd that name?
Ssymold Storey Don't ye rlckollectl
n's the man that tnsde SiKb Francisco
famous. Chicago Tribune,
0
The Quest of
Betty Laocey
Hy MA.GDA
Coryrictit. 1909, by W. G. Chapman. CopjrriRht In Great BrtUls
rilAPTEU XIII. (Continued.)
"Your tiiinif?" tisked Mmrls. "Hi"
fionl," nnswt r cl the black. "Just I'.c
oi." "Aiiierlciin?" risked I-arry.
"I've llvcl there." volnitcircd Tle
noMl. "Win -re ore we goin imw?"
"Anyvliro to get away lricn them,"
replied Johnny.
"Then don't so far to tho iIkIU.
Turn nt the next cror.slii',' ther now
turn to your h it aaain see'.' Beyond
those hills we'll lind a snii deli'.e'
Here wc are!"
The motor wheezed nnd tiruntej mid
turned uwkwardly into the debouch
ment of the mountain side.
"How'd you come to K''t In such n
scrape?" asked Larry. "Ever see that
woman before? Do you know her at
nil? What was her animus?"
Benonl nodded. "Yes. I gave her
passage money to go back to Maine to
her family once, and she gambled it
away. Then she came to trio again,
and wanted some more money nnd I
refused to give it to her, and she's
hated mo ever since, I guess. I hadn't
seen her for years."
"Like a woman," commented John
ny. Larry smoked In silence, till Benoni
asked: "Exploring? Or Just touring?"
"How long since, you've been in the
States?" asked Johnny.
"Juft came from there a week ngo,''
replied Benonl.
"Then you heard of the Wayne mur
der mystery, of course? Well, we're
hunting fur the abducted Miss Lan
cey. Wo think she's In Africa here."
Benonl raised his woolly eyebrows.
"You're a nice hunt," he observed.
"Have you any trace of where sho
might be? Africa is very large, larger
even than your vaunted Su'.e of
Texas."
"I know," responded Larry, curtly.
"But If a man's heart's in the hunt
he doesn't stop to reckon tho length
of the chase."
Benonl smiled. "You are related to
Miss I.ancey?"
"Not yet," said Johnny. "He's Just
hoping that way."
Benoni sprung out of the car. IIj
paced by its side nervously for a few
seconds, and then stopped beside Iar
ry. "I am black, as you see." spoke
Benonl, "but I own the blood of kings
and my mind has been subjected to a
thorough course of education In Euro
pean universities. I am in Africa now
on an errand similar to yours. I am
seeking my wife, Meta. Unlike you, I
have an Inkling as to whore I may
find her. Perhaps the woman you are
hunting for is not far away from Meta.
Will you Join forces with me? I am
single handed, and I may need foreign
aid men I can trust!"
Larry nnd Johnson grasped at the
straw. It was something tangible any
way, in this great wanton waste of
sun and sky, desert and barbarians.
And far more likely of result than th
neatly red-taped government assist
ance that had been proffered them.
So they made a compact with Be
nonl. It was taking a long chance
with a stranger, but the boys had
learned that long shots frequently won
when the short arc failed altogether.
The three were to meet at the detih
on the morrow early before the sun
waxed unbearably hot. Benonl told
them to leave behind all luggage; that
he would attend to all of that, and to
take with them but a nominal sum of
Ooney, If any at all.
"You can both ride?" he questioned.
"Well, I'm not much at it," confess
ed Johnny.
The black surveyed the small red
headed man half contemptuously.
"I know what you're thinking,"
blurted out the American. "You're
thinking that barring the color of the
skin and head that you've got me beat
on being a man. Perhaps you have.
Anyway, I don't grudge you anything,
and you needn't me!"
They rumbled into town as the false
dawrn broke. Benoni left them at the
corner of un obscure street, and Larry
and Johnson took Sulveier back his
auto. Sulveier was not yet home, so
they wont to tho cafe, where they had
left him early in the evening, and
found him there drowsing.
"What a shame," groaned Johnny.
"How can a man with a mind do such
things as this "'
"Y'ou never did," said Harry, quietly.
"Here, let's take him home. Come,
Sulveier, come on, we've got something
to tell you."
CHAPTER XIV.
' Benonl was waiting at tho defile.
With htm was a small Arabian serv
ant. Benonl himself was astride i
magnificent black horse, and smaller
mounts were saddled for the two
Americans. Tho little Arab rode a
wizened but sturdy beast and led the
pack horse by a short tether.
The black was still more of the
physically perfect by daylliht than ne
had been under the lamplight and tho
luter gleam of the moon, lie was eve.n
yet more taciturn. 1-irry and Johnson
jogged along side by side, llononl paced
them, at times making far excursions
ahead, returning with foaming horso
and hushed face.
At noon they stopped beside a scant
little creek for rest. Tho sun was un
endurable and despite their visored
and veiled helmets. Johnny and Barry
were suffering terribly from sunbur.t
and their hands were blistered from
the reins.
"ha Mttle am', -nread their '.alli
ed for tl.em b id 'nt over rest
.ti 'Juu hoi hes, w :.:'" a few roj2 ,ils
lunt. 1'et.oc.l ptoiibccd healing salve
Slid showed '..- 'o i am;i.inl".i ov
to relieve th w rn of their .'ist ess.
The tropical !.... nl:ij ;d in heat, si
lence and hall -vl.itiibtr. At S o'clock
Benoni roused the l.Hlo cir.ivan, and
after a hasty supper, to! I them to
make dy for u lon. '.. 1 ride. Ail
nU;h tin v Jo.irneyed. Vhr ugh desert
wastf' -wid over rocky .itnesses, up
(teep mountains and ucroas half-stagnant,
shullow rivers. And even when
the dawn came there was no resting.
The horses. Jaded ari'l covered with a
i ojI' i o ' dust and 'wm, stuck theii
r. WEST
Iif
'istlessly to tho hilly slopes. Larry
was weak as n woman, and Johnny
too worn to talk. The sun centered tho
ky when Benonl let them halt. They
were just past a strip of desert waste,
and near a tiny oasis of parched gras
and scrawny palms. A murky pool of
water miclied them with resemblances
of Apollinaria, r.eltners. Ice-flushed
lemonades and carbonated beverages to
be quaffed ill the blessed land at home.
Johnny, exhausted, had dropped from
his horse and was trying to drag him
self towards the muddy pool.
Benoni was as unshaken as the palm
tree standing motionless in the desert
calm. He pulled Johnny up, bolstered
him along with a draught from his
flask, und set him to rights generally.
"How are you, Morris?" he nsked.
"Oh, fair," replied Larry. This gaunt
American found it hard to admit phy
sical inferiority to the black.
' "We can rest but an hour or two,"
volunteered Benonl, curtly. "Then we
must go on."
"But where?" asked Larry. "I con
fess I wanted to go Into darkest Afri
ca, but this affair Is growing too shad
owy for me. I don't caro about being
handled like a packinghouse cow!"
Benoni turned a reproachful eye
upon him. "I have promised to help
you find the girl you seek, can you
not rely upon me? I know my Africa,
I am trusting you, and trying to repay
you for aiding me to escape from that
cafe mob that corral tilled with worse
than the beasts of the jungle drunken,
infuriated swine that once were men."
"Hello, what's this?" nsked Johnny.
"I'm always finding things now ain't
I? Look at this, und in the desert,
too!" Ho held up to view a plumo
pigeon. Apparently it had been hurt
in a fight with some heavier denizen of
the air. Kor it was qnite dead, and its
head was severed almost from its body.
Benonl reached out his hand for the
bird.
"Doves like that nest in but one
place in all this continent," he remark
ed, and his face became ashen gray as
he noted the odd markings of purple
and brown on its snowy breast. "Only
one place," ho repeated.
Johnny had been turning the bird
over and over, rumpling up the help
less wings. Something caught his oy,
and he held -the dead dove out with up
raised wing for the others to see.
Scratched on Its wing in rude letters
they read:
"Betty Laneey, Africa!"
"Betty!" cried Larry. Then he seiz
ed Benonl by the wrist. "If doves like
that nest In but one place on this con
tinent, take us there, take us at once.
What place is It? Where? Would she
be safe? Or in the hands of savages?"
"That is where we have been trav
eling to, my friend," answered Benonl.
"I had suspected, but I had not cer
tainly known. We will not even rest
for the hour, if you wish."
"I must." answered Johnny. "Safety
razors! I'm beat out. I'm not a camel
In the legs, if I can go without a drink
for six months!"
"Tell me, tell me something," plead,
ed Iarry.
But the sands were not more silent.
Benonl made but one reply. "I dare
not. It might destroy all hope!"
Day after day, clinked off this ardu
ous travel. Once they met a caravan
and Benonl bargained for fresh horses.
The erstwhile novelty was succeeded
by a feverish unrest. Both Americans
were dead with fatigue, the little Arab
stood the Journey well, and Benonl
was In the pink of condition. Ten days
later they found a second pigeon.
This ane was alive and fluttered to
their very luncheon table. Larry cov
ered It with his hat, and bent its wings
back fiercely only to And a bitter dis
appointment, for there was no message
traced upon the wing.
Two days later they reached a native
village, hanging tassel-like upon the
borders of an immense jungle. Benoni
hired beaters to break tho way for
them, and for a week they Journeyed In
a setting of tropic grass and dusky
skins. One morning Larry awoke to
find the camp deserted of all but Be
noni and Johnny. The horses were
gone and even the little Arab had dis
appea red.
"What! are we lost in this Jungle?
Betrayed and deserted?" questioned
Larry.
"No, indeed, I sent them away. We
cannot leave here till nightfall, so
sleep again or lounge till I return," re
plied Benonl. "I will be back in a few
hours."
Divesting himself of his garments,
Benonl swathed his loins with a girdle
of flexible grass, and strode away in
to the fastnesses of the thicket.
Larry roused the sleeping Johnny
rudely. "Firehead, get up, and tell me
what you think of it," he commanded.
Johnny, roughly disturbed from
dreams of home, kicked viciously tn
Larry's grasp.
"Can't you let a fellow sleep when
he's having a pleasant dream?" he de
manded. "You're worse thun an alarm
clock! "
"Look around and go dream again,"
growled Larry.
Johnny sat up. "Safety razors!" ho
cried. "What's become of them?"
"What's going to become of us?"
grunted Larry. "Benon! said he'd be
back."
"Then I think he will," allowed
Johnny. "Did ho leave us anything to
eat?"
"There's soma dates, that confound
ed meal cake they make in this coun
try u..." some f.gs," itemized Larry.
"ar.(, t y, Johnny, thes' ;ok like
hen' ibs!"
"Well, you can fimpl them, '
won't!" declared uhn iv, with visions
of t!;e Ktoa.achie m- el that had be
set him early on the route, thanks ro
an overly curious appetite. "I'll stick
to tho viands that have come the least
near to killing tno during our African
'-jro.-rlnatloh. Were we foo, ti come,
t rr, or not?"
Oh, I don't know, quit your kick
ing," said larry. "I suppose If Be
nonl don't come back we might stay
here all night."
I reckon we z.'V added Johnny.
(grvnly
their meal finished, they fell to play
lng mumblo-pcg In the clearing where
camp had been struck. Mumble-peg
felling as a tlmo-klller, they tried roll
ing marbles out of the soft clay, end
had put up a very passable game or T
"Mlbs" when they luard a rustling
end crackling In the brush nnd foliage
around them.
"Bets on u lion," said Johnny.
"h, make it a cannibal king or a
boa constrictor," suggested Iirry.
"Something novel!"
Benonl appeared at the edge of the
clearing.
"Larry wins," was Johnny's greet
ing. "I bet on a lion ho said 'twas
u cannibal king approaching."
"I'm neither," answered Benonl. "I
want to sleep. I worked all night
while you fellows rested. Will you
keep watch for me? Wake mo nt tha
slightest sound. Anil if I'm not up '. y
starlight, cull me tin .1. Don't forget."
Long before that hour, though, the
great black was up and ready. All of
their luggage he stacked In a great
heap nnd set tire to It. They waited
till the pile gave signs of thorough Ig
nition, then led by Benoni the trio set
out through the jungle.
The walk was a light for breath
There were briars that pricked, gnats
that stung, knotted vines that trippcvl
unwary feet. Sometimes the foot
stepped upon a sodden snake, causing
the reptile to coll around tho ankle In
a horrifying snarl. But Benonl paused
for nothing. With one arm plunged
forward, with tho other he grasped
hold of Larry and bade him pull John
ny in their wake. This nightmare
struggle lasted not longer than a quar
ter of un hour, but when they had
come out of the Jungle Larry was
i- " " uiB winu una
Johnny was too far gone for words.
A tramp over an arid plain brought
them to a loathsome, turgid stream.
Prom a small cove in the bank Benonl
punted out a flat-bottomed scow with
small sail. He leaped Into It and bade
tho others follow. Then began a pull
to which the struggle through the Jun
gle was-as child's play. The days and
the nights had all the furies' tortures
far outdone. And through It all they
lived! This was the wonder that came
to Larry afterward. Eor they fought
hand to hand battles with snakes and
hideous water reptiles, fat crocodiles
leered at them and more than once
sent them scurrying high on the bank.
Once the punt overturned and Benonl
stood breast high in water, a black,
slimy ooze that reached to Harry's chi:i
and almost overflowed into his mouth.
Poor Johnny, the shortest of the three.
was carried off his feet and almost
drowned, but they got ashore somehow,
hut all their food except two tins of
biscuits in waterproof canisters were
soakrd. This happened their third day
on the river, and they had yet anoth
er day's travel ahead of them. The
next day the rains commenced and the
river teemed with the floods. Benoni
moored the punt at the mouth of a
cave that yawned from a little hillock
on what had once been the river's
bank.
(To be continued.)
JAPAN'S ANCESTRAL GODS.
nnnklncr lllrn n 1 I .1 . .
Quaint Ceremony Performed livery
ai Yeara Since A. I). OOO.
One of the most marvelous mani
festations of patriotic and religious
enthusiasm in modern Japan was oc
casioned recently by the transference
of the imperial shrines at Ise to their
new tablernaclcs just completed, the
London Standard says. This remark
able Shinto festival may be witnessed
only every twenty-one years, when the
temples of the ancestral gods are re
constructed and the sacred objects are
removed to their new abode. The Ise
temples have been thus renewed every
score of years since A. D. 690 at least
and for how long before that no c-e
knows, the present occasion being the
fifty-seventh rebuilding on record.
Such a periodic reconstruction will
appear quite necessary when It is rec
ollected that on these shrines no mor
tal hand Is ever permitted to execute
repairs. After they are built the gods
of the nation take possession of them
and thenceforward they are not touch
ed till they go the way of ail thlng3.
At all times Ise is the niecca of the
Japanese patriot, but on so notable
an occasion as this thousands flock
from all parts of the empire.
The work of rebuilding the sacred
shrines begins almost as soon as tho
last reconstruction is complete by the
appointment of an imperial commis
sion intrusted with the Important en
terprise. Every stage is marked by
religious ceremonies, from the felling
of the trees to the driving of the last
nail. The completion is emphasized
by a special festival of purification,
after which the temples pass from the
hands of the commissioners to the
priestly custodians of the imperial 1
shrines.
Finally comes the great festival
of
removing the ancestral gods and
the
sacred treasures and relics to the new
"holy of holies," which took place this
month. It is computed that no fewer
than 40,000 persons were present on
the night of the actual removal.
Though the august spectacle takes
place at night, the preparation for It
appears to go on for two or thren
days previously, but the ceremonies
of the notable day Itself are the most
Interesting. The day opened with the
appearance before the new temple of
a specially chosen virgin, who went
through a peculiar ceremony of bury
ing in the ground before the shrine
a Jar containing offerings to the god
of earth. This observance is Intend
ed as an act of thanksgiving for th
successful completion of the new abode
of the ancestral gods.
Later in the day began a long pro
cession of priests in gorgeous robes of
green and gold, chanting weird litanies
and motioning sutras to the strains
of archaic instruments. It is affirmed
that the service has In no respect
been changed dining the last thousand
year-. With tho "oUMnz down
of
darrnef i came : frea funct'vu
f
MMiio.ul. A dVuel' i:ent of pi les, v i Jfj
oy a princely representative of the im
perial house, went Into the soon to be
abandoned shrines to examine the
treasures and to measure the sacred
fabrics. As the latter are reputed to
be more '.h.vx 330.000 feet u 'ength,
this was no small matter.
la Self-I)efre.
"You didn't really need a wig."
"I was driven to It. ::ew tha bar
ber "7.""'t try to sell mi anv tonlce or
ha'. restorer." Loulavii:. Courler
I ( w Wly iiuo wV hxai or clung , 0r v-a ot 4;er caupetloa (