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A WOMANS MISERY
Mrs John La Rue of 115 Paterson
Avenue Paterson N J says I was
troubled for about nine years and
what I suf
fered no one
will ever
know I used
about every
known reme
dy that Is
said to be
good for kid
ney com
plaint but
without de
riving per
manent re
lief Often
when alone in the house the back
ache has been so bad that it brought
tears to my eyes The pain at times
was so intense that I was compelled
to give up my household duties and lie
down There were headaches dizzi
ness and blood rushing to my head to
cause bleeding at the nose The first
box of Doans Kidney Pills benefited
me so much that I continued the treat
ment The stinging pain in the small
of my back the rushes of blood to the
head and other symptoms disappear
ed
Doans Kidney Pills for sale
dealers 50 cents per box t
Milburn Co Buffalo N Y
all
Mens Heroines Generally Cats
The heroine of the average male
novelist is intensely irritating to the
ordinary female reader she is gener
ally a cat often underbred and even
when her manners and methods and
morals are nominally satisfactory you
are left with the firm conviction that
if she happened to be on your visiting
list you would find her either dull oi
disagreeable or both Dora DEs
paigne Chapman in London Globe
Swordsmanship in England
Swordsmanship in one or the othei
of Its forms is making marked pro
gress In England JNew saiies darmea
are being opened and Iresh clubs
lormed year by year In London and
the provinces and international
matches have been arranged In which
the English teams at least borne them
selves well
Hereros Cattle
The native cattle of the Hereros In
Southwest Africa are tall lean long
horned and of little value for beef or
milk but they are excellent for rid
ing and drawing loads and like cam
els can travel for days without watei
and with little food They are guided
by reins attached to a stick through
the nose
Grease the Nails
Not long ago i saw a person trying
to drive a nail through a piece or sea
soned oak an Inch and a halt thick
This was impossible until 1 suggested
tie grease the nail it was tnen driven
easily and without bending National
Magazine
The Best He Had
Is this the best claret Murphy
asked the Irishman of his butler Ii
Is not sorr was the answer but its
the best yeve got
Greenland now has nearly 12000 in
habitants
FROM SAME BOX
Where the Foods Come From
Look here waiter honest now
dont you dip every one of these flaked
breakfast foods out of the same box
Well yes boss we duz all cept
Grape Nuts cause that dont look like
the others and people know zackly
what Grape Nuts looks like But
theres bout a dozen different ones
named on the bill of fare and they are
all thin rolled flakes so it dont make
any difference which one a man calls
for we Just take out the order from
one box
This talk led to an Investigation
Dozens of factories sprung up about
three years ago making various kinds
of breakfast foods seeking to take the
business of the original prepared
breakfast food Grape Nuts These
concerns after a precarious existence
nearly all failed leaving thousands of
boxes of their foods in mills and ware
houses These were in several in
stances bought up for a song by spec
ulators and sold out to grocers and
hotels for little or nothing The proc
ess of working off this old stock has
been slow One will see the names
on menus of flaked foods that went
out of business a year and a half or
two years ago In a few cases where
the abandoned factories have been
bought up there Is an effort to resus
citate the defunct and by copying the
style df advertising of Grape Nuts
seek to influence people to purchase
But the public has been educated to
the fact that all these thin flaked
foods are simply soaked wheat or oats
rolled thin and dried out and packed
They are not prepared like Grape
Nuts in which the thorough baking
and other operations which turn the
starch part of the wheat and barley
into sugar occupy many hours and re
sult In a food so digestible that small
Infants thrive on it while it also con
tains the selected elements of Phos
phate of Potash and Albumen that
unite in the body to produce the soft
gray substance in brain and nerve
centers Theres a reason for Grape
Nuts and thero have been many imi
tations a few of the article itself but
many more of the kind and character
of the advertising Imitators are al
ways counterfeiters and their printed
and written statements cannot be ex
pected to be different than their
goods
This article is published by the
Postum Co at Battle Creek Addition
al evidence of the truth can be sup
plied in quantities -
CHAPTER XII
The Journey to the Convict Country
We left our friends Lang and Den
ver in company with Regan and Gold
en traveling toward the West Upon
arriving at St Paul which was reach
ed as Golden supposed without being
detected the group was reinforced by
another gang of female domestics of
about the shade of intelligence of
those already being taken to the coun
try and embarked on board one of the
large Mississippi steamers on its jour
ney down the river At St Louis the
already large crowd was further add
ed to by a curious quartet one was a
celebrated pickpocket called Limpy
Jim and his stone Pocketbook
Pete who were In company with
two women of questionable character
Dizzy Lill a tumbled down variety
actress and French Fannie a roper
in for a concert saloon
It was not Goldens wish to travel
in company with such a large gang
of crooks and thus court capture but
in this he was not a free agent How
ever the vessel had been chartered
for the gangs exclusive use and the
more people carried the better for the
colony Jim Denver in the character
of a stowaway managed to secrete
himself on board the boat but at the
junction of the Arkansas and the
Mississippi fearing that Regan and
Golden would djscover his identity
and being aware by this time of the
probable situation of the country
parted company with Lang and left
the boat
The party threw off all restraint when
once the vessel began to ply the Ark
ansas There was no one on board
now but the emigrants to the Convict
Country Our German girls had by
this time If they had not before
learned their fate which was to be
married off even against their wills
to the several farmers who supplied
Swayed back and forward
were to find homes This was to them
J compensation enough and they made
themselves quite happy
Louis Lang seems to be out of
place in this group He Is unlike any
other individual in the gang A pas
senger paying his way into the city
There had been just as foolish men as
he appears brought into the city be
fore who for fancied security had
paid over their all and awoke to find
that their past was but a dream and a
future of toil and slavery still ahead
of them As we know Lang we know
he expects to reap some benefit from
the expenditures of his fortune sup
posed to have been stolen from Jim
Denver Before his eyes were the
terrible chances he was taking Time
and time again had his life passed in
review before him like the brief sur
vey of a drowning man and he realiz
ed that he was rushing on to almost
certain doom He had constantly in
mind these thoughts riches or death
Life to him was not worth the liv
ing unless he obtained wealth and
fame even if he had to enter the very
jaws of death to accomplish his pur
pose To look at him no one would
suppose him an extraordinary youth
he is as much an ordinary mortal as
can well be conceived yet he is a
little different He sings and dances
plays upon the mouth organ and tells
funny stories even the watchful and
ssber Golden has to laugh at his wit
and each of his German cousins is in
love with him
The journey is uneventful up to the
navigable source of the river where
the vessel was abandoned The party
forms a pack train and proceeds over
land Here the party was met by a
guard of ten rough border men and as
many prairie schooners with six big
strapping mules attached to each
wagon Lang Regan and Golden and
the other male personages were fur
nished with bronchos to ride while
the women folks were placed in the
wagons The whole outfit were now
furnished with defensive weapons as
they were traveling oyer a dangerous
portion of the continent where might
made right and where it was worse
than folly to be caught napping with
anything on their persons worth steal
ing either by desperadoes or Indians
It was just four weeks after the time
of leaving Chicago that the party set
out boldly across the plains None but
convicts wagons have ever passed
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over the rotlte taken for they are now
In the Bad Lands and unless fully
protected their lives will pay the pen
alty of their rashness It Is an eight
een days journey from tTmbrina to
the Convict City by wagon 25 miles
a day but in three days 108 miles are
made uninterruptedly
On the third day the train was over
taken by a severe storm a north
easter accompanied by sleet and
hall lasting for over a day It took
fully three days to rest up and dur
ing that time they were sighted by a
roving band of Indians who were out
after a herd of stampeded cattle
Louis Lang conducted himself nobly
In the fight which ensued The attack
by the Indians was made by night
The train had been oh the move up
till ten oclock at night Just after
forming a solid circle for protection
at night and while all was in con
fusion over preparing supper while
the guards were busy with the tether
ing of mules and rubbing down of
stock the charge of the Indians came
The chief scout of the train Cowboy
Charlie accompanied by Lang was
viewing the surrounding country from
the ridge preparatory to mapping out
the next days march when he caught
a glimpse of moving forms in the
woods on one side of the train It
was this fact alone that saved the
train from total annihilation It took
the scout but a moment to warn his
colleagues of their impending danger
The wagons were huddled more close
ly together the women sheltered be
hind an impromptu barricade of boxes
in the center and the mules securely
picketed as far from danger as pos
sible The charge was not made im
mediately but the Indians waited for
the moon to pass behind a cloud so
the boys were somewhat prepared
for them Where a confusion reigned
a moment since ominous silence
now held sway Desperate men used
the city with edibles This to to frontier life upon one knee in a
them was no great misfortune They half sitting posture with rifles resting
upon the spokes of the wagons and
their revolvers handy listened for the
signal of attack Cool and collected
every one was waiting for the inevit
able
All was darkness for a moment
then the charge came Now all seem
ed confusion the women screamed
the mules brayed the Indians yelled
the actual defenders alone were silent
With grim determination painted on
every face the emigrants awaited the
attack and were not caught asleep
At last there came the discharge of
arms and yells of more unearthly
sounds and when the moon again
burst out from behind the clouds the
first skirmish was over and all but
the dead were out of sight
Two or three braves more daring
than the rest in the first mad rush
had leaped to the front and toma
hawks in hand had managed to break
into the circle One was met by
Bowie Bill one by Cowboy Charlie
and the third a young chief by Lang
Long Rope the chief was out for
scalps and had singled out Lang as
the easiest man to dispose of and
thus break Into the enclosure But
Long Rope was mistaken
Louis Lang was not taken un
awares though unused to border war
fare After firing one volley from his
repeater he laid It down before film
and was upon his feet just as he saw a
form leap out from the darkness upon
him Louis was armed with that ter
rible Instrument called a detectives
dirk an Instrument made in the
shape of a policemans billy and used
much as a sandbag and by pressing a
spring through the head of the billy
protrudes a shining steel blade which
can be used as a knife This is a very
dangerous weapon being both a
bowie knife and a club at the same
time Long Rope expected to run his
hand against the barrel of a gun and
tomahawk in hand expected to cleave
the owners skull in twain But in
this he was mistaken In the dark
ness the Indian ran quite unexpected
ly into the arms of our friend
If Long Rope had succeeded in ac
complishing his purpose of besting
Lang the game would have been won
Knife in hand the chief would have
stampeded the mules confusion would
have reigned supreme the women
perhaps have been trampled to death
beneath the hoofs of the infuriated
and half tamed animals the men to
save the train would have had to de
vote some attention to capturing the
horses and that would have been
enough to have made them lose the
day in an encounter such aa they were
In
However Lang was no tenderfoot
even if he had been brought up in
the city As he felt the earth jar as
the chief sprang toward him he
reached out his arm and grasped his
foe at the same time dealing him a
blow with his billy If Lang could
have seen his foe in the first place
the chief would never have moved
again As it was the blow did not
stop the rush of the chief simply sur
prised him as the blow landed only
upon the shoulders For a moment
Lang and the Indian fought hand To
hand Lang held the Indians right
hand with his left the Indian held
Langs in the same manner and they
swayed back and forward each striv
ing his utmost to get the best of his
antagonist
During the time of this struggle a
second charge was made upon the
train and the moon uncovering itself
a second and third volley was fired
by the emigrants with considerable
accuracy which completely routed the
Indians Bowie Bill had dispatched
his antagonist and had propped the
body up before him as a shield while
calmly meeting the second charge
Cowboy Charley had gone to his last
account nevertheless he had suc
ceeded in finishing his slayer His
knife plunged with the strength of a
dying man was found embedded in
the heart of his enemy
When the repulse had been success
fully accomplished the border men
turned in time to see the end of the
struggle between Lang and Long
Rope Lang had succeeded in freeing
himself from the grasp of his antago
nist and by a herculean sweep of
his arm had planted his trusty blade
in the breast of the chief ending the
fray becoming conqueror in a most
desperate encounter The Indians
now without a leader made a few
feints then abandoned the fight fur
nishing victory for the whites with
but slight loss considering
Circumstances made Louis the Hon
of the hour His was the play before
the grand stand Others may have
done more to merit approbation but
his was the act seen After every
thing had been made snug and com
fortable for the night Louis was
feted to his hearts content He had
longed for just such a chance as this
to prove his skill in an emergency
and the test was to his credit It
made his reputation
Youre a handy man with a killing
tool said Bowie Bill as he patted
our hero upon the shoulder I kinder
thought you was a tenderfoot but I
see you know how to handle your
self
You can bet your bottom dollar
on that old sport said Louis in
braggadocio I done him up brown
Yes done it neatly said the bor
der man
He robbed his bank as easily said
Golden proudly Golden was a little
fearful of the responsibility he had
taken upon himself in bringing Lang
along but now he was satisfied with
the result Louis had gained the hearty
good will of these desperate men by
his bravery and it is bravery If any
thing that all men admire in men
French Fannie came over and em
braced Louis You are a duck of a
fighter she said And as Limpy Jim
approached she continued And if I
was not Petes flame Id stick tight
ern glue to you See
Thanks replied Louis you do me
proud
Then Dizzy Lill said that she would
sing and dance for him on the mor
row This was quite a concession on
her part as Louis had been trying to
get her to do this very thing for him
but had thus far failed
Im your huckleberry he said To
himself he allowed himself to admit
that at last he had the bull by the
horns and was on the highway to
the accomplishing of his intentions
To be continued
THE LINE HE DREW
Professor Had Answer Ready for In
quiring Sophomore
Prof Bill Baileys recent visit to
New York recalls a story that is told
at his expense by a prominent sopho
more at Yale
About a month ago when everybody
was getting his spring clothes the
professor noted with great annoyance
that the attendance at once of his
classes was falling off rapidly due to
illness On looking up the college
records he found that there were more
absentees from that one class than
there were names on the sick list of
the entire sophomore class A general
rounding up followed and as a result
the attendance once more became nor
mal
The next week however fate ironi
cally decreed that the professor him
self should be indisposed and thereby
prevented from attending his classes
The student In question called on his
instructor one afternoon and after a
little general conversation for the pro
fessor is a prince of good fellows
and very popular with the entire uni
versity the young man looked at him
as he lay there and said with a twinkle
in his eye
I say professor just where do you
draw the line on this sick business
Bill looked keenly at him for a
moment then appreciating the humor
of the situation snapped back with his
ever ready wit Oh I draw I draw
the clothes line New York Times
Well Named
Bill I see theyve named a whisky
after Admiral Togo
Jill Well its a good name for
whisky
How so
It gets the best of so many people
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WRONGS OF THE CHILDREN
One Child in Five at Work in Early
Years
Field and Stream notes that one
child in five In this country spenda
the years between the ages of ten to
fifteen at work in coal mines fac
tories or similar places Education is
at a standstill there is no recreation
in field or forest nothing to develop
mind or character everything on the
contrary to hinder or distort their
growth At fifteen the unhappy little
creatures dwarfed in every direction
pass into circulation In a few years
our citizens roll will be one fifth made
up of such
In his installation address Presi
dent Roosevelt said many fine things
about our duty and our dawning des
tiny to lead the world Make any al
lowance you judge fit for possible
over statement in the figures we quote
the picture will not be greatly re
lieved For there is the other and
worse side of It that child labor Is
one and only one product of the
greed and indifference of those who
are knowingly operative in causing
this stupendous piece of cruelty They
are a worse blot on the roll than the
children become adults will be
In what are we to lead the world
Humanity of conduct Uselfish disre
gard for gain How long does a na
tions public policy remain in advance
of its average private standard
These children are slaves who de
rive no shadow of benefit nothing but
harm from their slavery Morally
and mentally dwarfed men and wom
en they are prematurely fathers and
mothers whose children register and
reflect the moral and mental status of
their parents
We once held these truths to be
self evidence that all men are en
dowed by their Crertor with certain
inalienable rights that among these
are life liberty and the pursuit of
happiness
But perhaps the signers of the Dec
laration of Independence were not
thinking of children In those moment-
ous days New Century Path
Cabman Felt He Owed Debt
The Rev S Parkes Cadman of
Brooklyn tells a story of how a cab
man of this city once refused to ac
cept pay for his services Dr Cad
man had been calling on Bishop Pot
ter After arriving at the ferry on his
way home he tendered the usual fee
to the man who had driven him down
The man declined to take it and a
beautiful smile lit up his tanned feat
ures
Id like to know why you wont
take this money said the clergyman
Ill tell you came the answer I
once heard you preach in the Metro
politan Temple and at the close of
the service you laid your hand
on my shoulder and said to me
For Gods sake be a man I had been
a drunken sot for years but that set
me right about face I now own this
horse and carriage live with my wife
and children in a snug little flat and
have 1500 in the bank Its no
strange thing that you should forget
me but I havent forgotten you
New York Times
Wise Sister Mary
Mary had a little lamb its fleece
was white as snow it strayed away
one summer day where Iambs should
never go Then Mary sat her down
and tears streamed slowly from her
eyes she never found the lamb be
cause she did not advertise And
Mary had a brother John who kept a
village store he sat down and smoked
his pipe and watched the open door
And as the people passed along and
did not stop to buy John still sat
down and smoked his pipe and blinked
his sleepy eye
And so the brokers seized his stock
but still he lingered near and Mary
came to drop with him a sympathetic
tear
How is it sister can you tell why
otner snoppers nere sen an then
goods so quickly and thrive from year
to year
Remembering now her own bad lack
the little maid replies These other
fellows fatten John because they ad
vertise London Tit Bits
Sensitiveness of Humorists
A poet at a banquet of humorists
told a story of R K Munkittrick
Americans veteran joke writer
Blank and I spent the night with
Mr Munkittrick at his fine New Jer
sey home in May he said and the
next morning we came In to New York
on the train together
Mr Munkittrick had brought along
a bundle of funny papers to beguile
the ride with and picking up one of
these journals Blank began to read it
After a while he turned to Mr Mun
kittrick and said
So this is one of your jokes is It
Ha ha ha
The veteran joke writer said in a
hurt indignant tone
Well what are you laughing at
Isnt it a good one
1100 Francs for Kings Umbrella
The king of the Belgians once left
his umbrella in a hansom when driv
ing in Brussels This was returned
to his majesty a few hours afterward
by the proud cabby who was offered
tor his honesty by King Leopold the
sum of 100 francs The astute Jehu
however begged a great faror of the
king Could he have the umbrella
instead of the money The favor was
granted and before many days had
passed the cabman nad put up the
umbrella for sale and it was knocked
down to some royal enthusiast for
1100 francs When King Leopold
heard of this he exclaimed Well
Ive heard of an umbrella being put
up to keep off showers of rain but
this seems to have been put up to
bring down showers of enhl
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by Three Bottles of Peruna I
Capt W W Jackson 705 G St NW
Washington D C writes
1 am eighty three years old a vet
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the Civil Wars I am by profession a
bhysician but abandoned the same
Some years ago I was seriously at
fected with catarrh of the stomach
My sufferings were protracted and
severe I tried every known remedy
without obtaining relief
In desperation 1 began the use of
your Peruna I began to realize Im
mediate though gradual improvement
After the use of three bottles e very
appearance of my complaint was re
moved and I have no hesitation in
recommending- it as an infallible rem
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