ANOTHER LIFE 3AVED.
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untiier drib wo.Tjan, iMrs.
lh'.i:!L if Rderton. W is., tells
huw 'ikjcu'a.5cnr:'j i;f irrtilari
irr.l uterine tr'wblj, terrible
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ri Lyfli:i fi. f"nk:j7i,j Vegetable
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wit" l !'. lilini;' l.
tinii- of iiK-n.si i lint ii Hi 1
n :tily trri'is ;i l.i.'Ui
not havrt
i.i l-ivtofir.
I iil i:inI its niii c" r .vt moiitin.
mitt itl. Ilu- -iil of tli..t ti:ii I wa lika
i ih-w wfunati. f r-ally h.iv niviT
fi lt Ih-H.it in my lif' U if ii t hail a
r'lk lll-HlIltlllO KinOI. lilil Wf'ljfll -0
miiiii!h i:mri! f 1 1. in I t-vvr tliil, fvt I un-li--it
ul inrly pfominm I y)'ir tnetli
miic." Mi:h. MAy llAi r.K. Ivlr?rton,
Wis. . I"ni. llonsfhoM I'inofiit-nlul.
JflOfiirf if orimtl of aMtv .'c((r promng
f 'imMj nnwl Ki prinluctuX.
II ( hI 111 1 armurl in I wait for
.utiii inn l nil .ikt tn- tri., you will
in ' r litl yinsr :..!'.
fn l rtrv :nT fiwrw. "-:iwIi To" Chll.lrn.
Sii' i isf:iiy nsiil ly Mn' Iht i I riy. ni: ma
in I In- li iM i i n s I lotinr in NVw York, cure
i 'iihI ion. I 'l-vrrisliii.-sH. I'.ul StnniAi'b,
'I ! t. :m I i miiiIitm, itmvn ril rt-in !.! I ht
i ti i t,iiu I I )-: r iv Wiirins Ovcr:).i)iiii-
'tin-Mi;. i. Aii.ll Mriiiinin -."m- f.-trrijil
bl'.VA. AJitn- A.:-. Oi..,:.a. 111jj,S.Y.
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l'-ll. TH S.IY til It - S'l'MI n a 'US-
'I'Mi.-r Hi-?. IK-liit'i'-i- ,if!i it is im-li.iiil-l.i
to sell lli'.-iii iny other cold
vor KMrili It can !. i -t I eold
boil"i!.
A iii.tii iii.iy hsu !n.i ('!! r i.ir!y anil
hi-, inkwell
T dog : iii.tii'.H l.ntt.st I enough
ti nifli't hint ieel hound M
I'Ism'. ("iiro is the ,ost mud'.eiruj ever osed
fee fil iitfectionK of the tbroat an 1 luiuts-Wx.
t. Kmiims.sv. VuLbuici. IiuL. Fer. 10.
WijnJerful Flight of Sirds.
Thin Ia concbistv.; evidence to
..liovr lhal in one unbroken nocturnal
tlixM '! Kiiropeati lirj kn.iwit as itio
northern liliu'i Iiroal pisses fioni (Vn
ir:l Uic.t lo Hit' (Jcrmiri sa. a ills-I.-ihi-
if I.Gu( mil.'s. riia'ciiig ' the
iuMiiii'V in m ii lui'ir.n From its wtu
t'r Ihhik- in Ai'rirsi ct'n r.ii.;is havo
il. i 1 iniiK-il Hi. if if. st ilus i'ftr s:m?5et,
.riving ;tl if-, far nii'!irr;j summer
T n ill s. lief iiri' iKnvii on rli aovt mora-
Frr 1 . ililri'n : : i'i nii . .::. r- I r-i fv
'.:iiiiiiiii'Hi,nIt;ip i.n. lire. ;. .v- a !x;tL
Tin u.'t; (: h i.i in f 'i -.i;!it i-; tli f
V.'Ii -ii I iiv-1 l y fir ..-'t: ; 4 ;';o. like
sti- l, .11 ' l.:i t r:ii;ir!i".-,'l
!; i.'ii ! I liii'Mi : )r'r-.i-, w-irth a
A I v tyn f;i.:;ni v. ir:r,:i ' ii bfg.ear.
X tin " i.i tit y? r ll-v- !i:iM'ties.
DWT f.i'011. VOI K riOTtlFS.
l -. r( 'r(r.: r.;ill l!Iti: itnj :;fap thfns
viU--n.v All rtr-ti' ". -1 pifWag.
V ) '.I'l .' ir',' t
t; 1.. fnily t'nj i r v s i.-ir.l-n that
In l. iti. h.t. L of '.ills-
who bays.
1 jLesson curaber onb:y J J
:SUrch is sn extraction
y jef wheat used to stif- j J
C fen clothes who a J
T; ilanndered. Most
S starches in tine
JwiU rot tho
good tbay Y
U ' are used to i
stiffen.
'Uj conUSa
V chemical.
H Defiaoca Starch'
U 7 absolutely jure.:
Ii x g- new life to'
linen. It gi7es a tufa c
Jy ticn or money back. It
j tells 16 onaces for 10 cents
J I at allgrooers. It ia.tho,
f very best.
f M MVlUACTLStD Or
A ft rtt Dtf 1 11a smjoi co.
7
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Celebrations the World Over
Christmas in the South.
Fireworks are being shipped into all
parts of the South for the Christmas
and New Year holiday celebrations,
says the New York Tribune. Large
consignments have been going out
every day during the past three or
four weeks, and these shipments will
continue until after Christmas. It
was estimated by two prominent local
dealers last week that not less than
$1.0i iitiHio worth of Roman candles,
rocket-.-, pinwheels. crackers, torpe
does and colored fire powder will be
sot of:' south of the Mason and Dixon's
iino (lurui.s; the last week of the dying
year. In the South the Christmas
celebrai ion takes the place of the In
tl'Tndence day celebration, there be
in:; little demonstration there on the
Fourth or' Julv. This has been true
for many years, both of the cities and i
country districts, but since the Span- :
ifth-American war the people of the
South have entered more heartily into
the noi.-y observance of the Fourth.
CoTon-d folks will spend their last
dollar tor firecrackers and rockets.
Christ's Birthplace.
According to an article by Paul
Cams in The Open Court, Chicago, the
apocryphal gospels tell a somewhat
different story of Christ's birth from
the canonical books. According to the
."orrr.er, Christ was born in a cave ami
thence transferred to a stable, where
tne ox and ass worshiped him. while,
according to the canonical gospels,
the Nativity takes place in a stable.
The apocryphal legends proved so
strong that in spite of the canonical
version of th story, a cave nar Heth
b hem came to be finally regarded as
the rlae. of the Nativity, and a
church was erected on the spot to
commemorate the event and still
stands as a lasting monument of this
belief.
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The Spirit of Christmas
fly 1JVRP.V WII.I-in.MS
Christmas, the birth-time of Jesus,
Comes with its holly again
Would that the world's acceptation
Guaranteed peace to all men!
Christmas, the time to be merry!
Christmao, when garlands are
hung
Why do we fall back to furrows
After the bells have been rung?
Christmac, the day of unbending!
Christmss, when hunger ia fed
Why must it ever go wanting.
Wasting and crying for bread?
Chriotmas, bediademed season!
Chr ijtifas, ther. sorrow and fear!
Surely the Christ-child who blessed us
Meant it to last all the year!
What is the spirit that drives us
Back to our hearthstones that glow,
Leaving the heart-sick to perish
Out in the cold and the snow?
Let the glad paens of plenty
Ring and reverberate long!
Catch up humanity's chorus,
Gladsome and great be the song!
Sing it forever and ever.
Throughout the aeons of Time!
Carol it ever and always.
Symphony blest and cublime!
Twine with the mistletoe branches
Love for the fallen and sad!
Uplift with sanctified kindness
Those who are lowly and bad!
Live every day on the dial
Just as God wishes we might!
Making our Christmas eternal,
Paving our way to the light!
Merry Christmas.
In tht rush of oarly moriii:isr.
Vii-n tin rt'd Imiiis through the gray.
And th wintry world lies waiting
For the Klory of tin- day.
Thi n w-f hear a fitful rustling
Just without i:pi!i ihe stair.
S"- two ,m;iil whitn phantoms eominjj.
Catch the g!Mni of sunny hair.
Aro th.-y "hr!.--i8iins fairies stealing
Kmvs of Iitrle :-oi ks to !i!l?
Are they anueis lloatinpr hither
With liieir me-isiipe of Rood-will?
What swt sp. 11 are these elver? weaving
As like liirk-i they chirp and sinu?
Ave these p;,lms of peaee from heaven
That lhe.-u lovely spirits bring?
Ilosy feet upon the threshold.
Ivi'tir faees p-epin. through.
With the first nil ray of sunshine,
t'hanih'.K cherubs come in view;
MNtb toe anil sleamin holly,
riynibols of a blessed (lay.
In th"ir chubby ha mis they carry,
Sinainin all alon the way.
Weil we know them, never weary
lit this innocent siiririse:
Waiting, watching, listening always
Willi full hearts ami tender eyes.
While our liitle household anjjels.
White and t:oiden in the sun.
Ureet us with the sweet old welcome
"Merry Christmas, every one:"
Louise Alcott.
Some Christmas Notes.
In Silesia there is a superstition
that a boy born on Christinas day
must be brought up a lawyer or be
will become a thief.
Christmas mince pies in the seven
teenth and eighteenth centuries were
made with crust so shaped as to rep
resent the manger.
In the fourth century the celebration
tf Christmas was fixed by the Latin
church for December 2?d.h. Before
that time it had been a movable festi
val like Easter.
In France it is a common practice to
celebrate Christmas by giving an ex
tra ration to domestic animals, on the
theory that all creatures should unite
ia rejoicing at this season.
In Sweden there is a superstition
that the men of the extreme northern
regions become wolves during Christ
mas week.
70
It came upon the midnight clear,
That glorious song of old.
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold;
Feace on the earth, good-will to men.
From heaven's all-gracious King;
The world in solemn stillness lay
To hear the angels sing.
Still through the cloven skies they
come.
With peaceful wings unfurled;
And still their heavenly music floats
O'er all the weary world:
Above its sad and lonely plains
They bend on hovering wings.
And ever o'er its Babel sounds
The blessed angels sing.
O ye. beneath life's crushing lead.
Whose forms are bending low.
Who toil along the climbing way
With painful steps and slow!
Look now. for glad and golden hours
Come swiftly on the wing;
Oh. rest beside the weary road,
And hear the angels sing.
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Holly the "Holy" Tree.
In the middle of the Forest of Dean,
England, there stands a building call
ed the Speech House, around which
grows a number of old holly trees.
They were looked upon by the folk
of the locality with so much venera
tion that, so recently as 1830. boughs
were cut from them and used to take
the place of the Testament in swear
ing in witnesses in the adjoining
court. It is said that the ancient Brit
ons held the tree as sacred, and plant
ed it round their villages in Cornwall.
When holly came to be coupled with
Christmas other notions prevailed. In
Rutlandshire it was thought unlucky
to bring it into the house before
Christmas. In the Western shires the
branches were taken home from the
churches which they had adorned and
i.ept for luck during the following
year. School boys used to make bird
lime by chewing the bark. Because
the leaves of its lower branches are
more spiny than those of the upper,
the tree escapes damage from cattle,
which cause harm to most trees. Deer,
how ver, attack it. Little Folks.
Celebration at Lima, lJeru.
Probably the most gorgeous Christ
mas spectacle in the world takes
in Lima, Peru, where a wonderful pro
cession several nines long winds
through the streets, bearing figures
of hundreds of saints and the sacred
pictures of the catheJral. Many thou
sands of soldiers in their bright uni
forms. Indian women, decked with
ribbons and flowers, and asses heavily
laden with choice fruits and harness
ed with strings of golden bells all ap
pear in line, and on stands pacsed
by the parade are representations of
scenes from the Nativity. At night
the whole city makes merry with gui
tars, castanets and weird native
dances, and the celebration ends with
great public feasts where rich and
poor exchange greetings.
Santa Claus
IT ,JI" ,r"
A BALLAD OF THE
LUMBERING CAMPS
55
Dimiphv . ;o ,bi, I.i ,1 tl
I 'or must of a wci U hi
11' haiin't a uniil tor
iIoiik h - bo s I il niph y
woiililn'l i"'.i.. Lul l.c
no on', m,t even
for ni' anil M:l.'
Anil whenever we ; pel:.' or tried to joke,
he urowleil Ilk" a Clie.-sy tke
V.'hr-n Hill, the I". 1 . li.iiile.i. or Chatley
Ca ii hi k on lij .iilj.
I ti m j i : woiilil cr.iwl In the iluk o the
wall ami si ik tin !' like a pin.
liivlinic 1'" i hop;" , i.ke f.ir n.hltiinn
In.- Ir.iKxctl hi. bniik.
I'hysof; a loin; as a boiiiui::' hoe-.' arm.
ami I'iiavv i'i" si n
A n I he i lea eon - a t
hi; ti i Mil..
row il il wi
njeie.l.
for We it in I 1
lhil he w oiiMii't ! t
:k".l tin !.ol.
out what il all
aboct. though ui s.nv in- was ha.
it l.iil.
S'oine all,, a. ,1 ! v
:.- le
V. IIS
had
ill of
III !
Tot
S.I ill 'IK .
a I.i .l.-k.
r or
ail
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l..k
tw as
I a i n i 1
i' sei I y
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fa inily i v. i
b ti I how il bi
Vol:
A M.I this
in.
as hi 'CI II I
i " 1 1 1 1; I 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 i i y
!!!.'!!!.
i r.'l eaie who.
o 1 1 i i ' y fa 1 1 1 i I
ow f.i mi ' v tin n. 1
be-
lol'X at lioine wi
their brou
if grieve f.
el l..liS
Is.
.N",
hi arts w ill ache
of us lonesoriu.'
woi -'s.
lien's sun
in.i ii,
' Wh.i .v. r
Ve've more
I l.ealih to ye. family
yc' e built your ia-s t :
la. .m your share of the
Koail thiliKs. hut there!
We reckon it's all for the best.
There's an arm for your neck and a Ki-i for your r lceV
When there's trouble ahead r your routaK'" Is weak.
And comfort and courage and srlt ymi will need.
With a. wife and some younkers to house and to feed.
IJod ble3s you with patience and peace and with jjoods.
Is the very best wish ot us men o' the woods,
I's lonesome old baehs of peavies ami p-itches,
l.llls, Jluunies and Jacks, o' the Ax.
The cook he had hu:i a shoe-pao. the cokee hun? one, too.
And Larrlijari Joe a bock with a toe the only whole sock in the crew.
.Some others huiiK sleeves and lesg'.n'
the boss hune a rubber-lio'it.
And screaming a string of curses, he
struck as he raved and swore,
loored Joe Lacrosse and the swamp
ins' hoss. and announced he was
ready for more.
And it's wicked y'd better believe.
When ye find that there's trouble piled heavy and double.
On the poor little home that ye leave.
There are sharks who are hungry when money Is due.
And a man is away in the woods with a crew;
Shiverbi' babies and heart-broken wife
Don't hinder the Shylocks who're out with a knife.
And the tear-snot ted letter that cook choked and read
Was writ from a poorhotise and "baby was dead."
One after the other, we forty-five men.
Kissed where the kisses were marked by her pen.
Kissed on the smooches of little ones' smacks.
We lonesome old baches of peavies and patches.
Uills, Jimmies and Jacks o' the Ax.
Boss he fair, square blubbered cook he blubbered, too.
There wasn't a face j ;,11 th- plac- hut "hstcnep" v.ilh lrars like dew
And Joe thro wed .alley-tst'ard the duds ft
Kor we knowed that joke to Iumphy such':
We all of us saw a pirtur' of youngsters
womlerin' why
Old Santy Claus, like other friend.-, had
passed that poorhouse by.
We looked to Dumphy's corner, where he
curled with buried head.
Cut his grief and tear.-: stopped eyes and
ears to all we did or said.
"Dans rat the man that's secret."
growled thfc boss, "but others can
Ue jest as cliis' as that secret cuss, our
only family man."
Then hoss he fetched a t n-stock and
thawed the yalh r ink.
And he scratchity-sei a Iched a writia" and
he wunk a wettish wink:
He whispered, "There's an order for thir
ty days o' my pay;
If the rest of ye's men ye'll take thut ir n
and do a stunt my way."
We fought to get that pen-slock, and
them bs couldn't write
They had the boss attest their cross to
make their wtitin' tiyht.
When all had made their papers, he
stacked a res'lar dome.
Says he, "It's done! Less rum awl fan,
but. boys, there lays a HOJ1 K!"
Then he clinched his list and muttered
as he turned to Lonsr-geared Mike.
"Ye're ssanty Claus for us, because ye've
got the legs to hike.
Take snowshoes to the catry. catch tole-
tcam to North Twin,
Then huff it again to strike tho train and
cash them orders in.
iThen slivver it to that poorhouse where
she has said they lie
Ye're startin' NOW. and we don't llow
It's a blame dark night, lut ye're ttartlrf
Them babies cry I 'rm-i t e" nighl. Cawd
S2r Christmas Bells. cSrt
("ihrVT' t . . .. i . 1 a K-.Mj r. Chri.tTr'.i; T 1 V lVf
UWJTLkVU 1 ' " vsj
Their oil familiar carols ply.
And wild and seet
The words repeat
Of peace n earth., good-wiil to men'
And thought how, as the day had con-.e.
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along
The unbroken sontr
Of peace on earth, good-will to n;en!
T'.iti from each black ac 'ursed mouth
Th cannon thundered In the South,
And with the sound
The oaroN drowsed
Of peare on earth, good-wlil to men!
in Larrigans f
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:
By Holman F. Day y
had bin to il
ihoppeil like
III lie. I IIS,
loll! III.U llllH
Some others hung sleeves and leggins
the boss hung a rubber boot
'Twas ChriEtmas cvr, and we made
believe. Jest the lark of a Christ
mas toot!
'Twas Christmas up and we mane i,e
lieve! Jc.-!. the lark of a Christmas
toot :
ha.ln'i
most
iockiu'
We
A
It v
thought of iiresents why, ttie
f us never had liunR
up at the chimney-side, even
when we
as onlv a
wi re youiiK.
bit of fodili'.
irnl a part of
our
ev'llill' pliai
W.tv ii Santy ("la us. ami
iiimpliy was our
oaiy family man.
Ve lill hiill out of hi-:
h.iii)e. him out to tin-
I lis I J '.; v i re It'tl With
. lu il. hut l:uw lie w a Ml
I. la i ki
t.-t and
lh-iit.
t.ars In; had
"it to ti;;ht.
At.il Mi'i'.iniiii;; a slrhiK f curses.
h3
strii'k a-- la- rave l ami swoie.
I'loore.l Joe Lacrosse and the swaiupln's
boss, and a n ice :ii''"l In: was ready
lor mole.
Hut no one wa: 'spi i illy anxious and wo
hacked away, because
flood will to men was not j'-st then In the
eye of our scanty Clans.
The boss was a-thlnkhj' to swat him,
but allowed he had better not.
For 'twas trouble bad that Dumphy had,
whatever it was he'd ot.
Ho back In his bunk he butted unsociable
kind of a Koat
While our pryin' cook was takln' a look
at a letter tiiat dropped from his
coat
There's Fumet lines
family man.
eref for ye.
t rew hail !;un.
of empty stockin's hung;
"It's a blame dark night, but ye're
startin' NOW, and if for any cause
Them babies cry termorrer night.
Gawd help ye, Santy Claus!"
for sleep nor ftoo-r,ff.-: cs
NOW, aid if for any causa
help ye. Sar.ty Clans."
Till ringirg. sirging on its way.
The world revolved from night to day,
A voice, a chime.
A chant sublime
Of peaee on earth, good-will to asea!
i i
Fookii or Ha IIh
bury, Md., w If
of (i. W.
KookK. Hheriff
of Wicomico
county, ways:
"I u ff r m d
with kidney
complaint for
ulRht yearn.
It cftin f m
yradimlly. I
felt tlnxl nd
i i
c
weak, was short of breath nn-I wui
troubled with blonllntc af'T eating,
and my limbs were badly swollen.
One doctor told me It would finally
turn to IJilghl's dlseitK". 1 n ',liJ
up at on.- tlinu for three weeks. I
bad not taken I hum's iidtn-y PlllH
more than three daH when tho din
trcssitig Hchlng across my back dis
appeared and later all the olher hyuip-
loIIIH left Hie."
For t-ale by nil druri'lstn. Pi!o M
cent s per box. Foster M ill; u i n Ci.,
Ihiffalo, N. Y.
Htlen Keller is a Cla-.s Officer.
Mis:; , e Keller, Hie blind d :if
lllllte, ha A just bei !) eli'ltrd j(o pie I
di'til of tin1 senior ( last at f t ;i -1 1 1 tf "
colh'l,"', til'' Wnlu.'lll's deji.ll I MM !l t of
I I'ii i.ii .1. Six- Is piir.-iiing lour luil
eoursi-s. two iti Ftifli h a:. I l'.n In
Ijl'i.'l. She ha llnii far pa'ee.l nil
her o tniiiat Ii itis with ns ii.inli i - J It
as if . he bad all b r f;i nit ici and i
!i 'otiipli. tiling more in m bulat snlji
than any other peis.ui in the world
:, liaiidicapped.
How's This ?
W nrT Oiin 1 1 mill net )fl'm l!i-wrf Tir nr
of ( unarm Hint tunnnl. Im r irn liy Hull's! aiiarti
Cnrit. K..I.I HKS t.y A f o . 'ra.,1i"l o.
W it, tlm uiiilrrnlsiiril. iiv l. rent ii V . .1.1 'linT tor
h in y!r,inl tirllrvd lilin irfi'llr l'rir tl
In all l.uilnt-" trnrllim n.1 flnan lllf alila l'
carry nil hiiv iiIi1IkII'MH diiIk Iit lhi-!r tlnn.
Wr & 1i x. Wliol.l nrinrirlMs.ToliMlii.fi.
Wtl nivii. klM A Masvin, Wliolessls iru
Klsis, 1dIi1o, O.
Us. I s ( stsrrli urn fa Uk'l Intfrnsllf, s.'tlnc
cllirriljr uiti tli M'mmI srel oei( "is snrfatf sif Hia
sjrstnui. ltlinimlsis sflnl. frro. I'lKa Ti V
Uirtlrt. Kolit hjr all IirOKiclsts.
llsll'i r aiiilly I'lila ara Ilia bust.
The portrait painter doesn't always
lake the woman at her lace value.
livery widow exaggerates her mon
ey.
People who belong to I'p
upper
crust" are often the i-norfesf.
ON THE "DUDE" TRAIN.
Johr.ny D.ummer, Who Is Side
Tracked to let the Limited Co
By, Expresses His Sentiments
Regarding Thnt Superb
Train.
"It has leen my dream oT joy supreme
To ride in plush mid velvet splendor
Parlor cur for a swell t.iilemlcr
Platform fenced with a swoll brat fender
Ou the Regular Limited Train
Klectrie bell right under your noso
Porter to come and brush your cloth"
Grub in the diner thi bit that gi-owa
A downy bunk for a night's rvi
On the Regular J.iiuitedTruiu
C II on I. 8
Hi ft"! Hang! a mile a minute
No other method of travel is in It
I want to go ripping, skipping snd ripping
Away on tho Limited Tralu."
These lines are not original with me.
They are taken from a tuneful llttlo
ditty sung Jn George Ade's comedy,
"Peggy from Paris." The Jingle danced
through my brain the otht-r day as wu
lay on the siding at Prairie Junction,
or some, such pluce, to Jet tho hsula
Fe's west bound California Limited
go by. It was a gorgeous train of pal
ace cars, and behind the plate glas
observation windows beauty and fash
ion and von th and old age were lolling
among the luxuriant cushions. Mime
visiting, some reading, fome pleas
antly dozing, some making wreaths
or cigar smoke, some gazing dreamily
through the windows at the parsing of
cities, and fields, and forests and riv
ers. 1 stood on the rear platform of tho
last car of our train and watched th
California Limited as she fad"d away
toward the golden west. And I
thought of the difference between
travel now and travel in the
days of '49, when it took the
gold-seeker half a long, weary
year, filled with all kinds ot hard, hip
to travel the distsneo that a low
covered In three days. I thought of
the fclowly moving wagons, the dust,
the stones, the jolting, the thlri-t. thu
hunger, the homesickness, the snail
like crossing of plains, the laborlom
climbing of mountains, the weary
dragging weeks, the never ending Trail.
In these palaces that had just glide. j
by were people going to the same
place to ppend the winter months
where the climate is perpetual sum
mer. And they were cot to enduro a
sinxie Laruship on the journey.
Whn nicht carne they were to lie
In beds whose soft etunracu makes
sleep a luxury and in the day lime
the velvet cushions of their seats wer
to be made d'-eper still by pillows
and they were to spend a delightful
part of thc-ir time in th gilded and
glittering dining car. wherj every
dainty that ever tickled the palate is
enticingly served In short, they were
to have on the trip all the comforts of
home and of the best kind of home.
I stood there and watched them pass
out of sight while my soul was con
sumed with envy. But I derived some
consola'ion out of resolving that some,
time I, too. would see; California, and
I promised myself that if I ever did go
there !t be would be over the Santa
Fe.
"joii nx v imi -M M VAl."
When Loubet Retires.
M. Abel Combarlen. secretary gen
eral to President Ioubet of France, is
quoted as saying in a recent inter
view: "At the expiration of the pe
riod of seven years, for which he was
elected, the president will step back
Into the ranks. He Is a plain citizen,
whom the people have raised to office
for a given time, but he wotiifl con
sider it contrary to the spirit cf the
constitution for him to take advan
tage of his present position la older
to secure re-election."
Quit t'ougtilnK.
"Why cough, when for -T,e and this
notice you get 23 doses of an abMo
lutely guaranteed rough cure in tablet
form. poFtpaid. bli. SKIKVIN Co.,
LA CP.OSSK, WIS. (W. N. U.)
Physicians no longer bleed their r
on her dress.
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