PEUUNA PRAISED.
r ,
tafajstai.
MRS- ESTHER M. MILNCR.
Bos 821, DeOraff, Ohio.
X)r. 8. B. Tlartman, Columbus, Ohio :
Dear Sir:
I wss a terrible tuflerer from
pelvic weakness and had headache
continuously. 1 wn not able to do my
Stousework for myself aod husband.
I wrote you and described my condi
tion aa nearly aa possible. Tou recom
mended Pernna. 1 took four bottlo of
It and waa completely cured. I think
Peruna a wonderful medicine and
fcav recommended it to my friends with
the Try beat of result.
'Esther M. Milner.
Very few of the great multitude of
women who hare been relieved of some
pelvic disease or weakness by Peruna
ever consent to give a testimonial to be
read by the public.
There are, however, a few courageous,
aelf-aacrlflcing women who will for the
aake of their Buffering aistera allow their
cores to be published.
Mrs. Milner ia one of these. In
her gratitude for her restoration to
health stie la willing
that the women of
the whole world
should know It. A
chronic Invalid
A ORATCFUL
LITTER TO
DR. HARTMAN
brought back to health is no small mat
ter. Worda are Inadequate to express
complete gratitude.
Benjamin Hobbs of Springfield, Mas.,
la the oldest active armorer in America.
He has been In government employ for
vtr fifty year.
Wantnd Women In sch town to sell extracts,
tollot articles, runmmio cream, etc W aterloo
Cbem.eal Works, Waterloo. Iowa.
A Wis Cat.
A true cat story to told by a corre
spondent of the Hartford Courant A
family moved to a new ' borne twelve
miles from the old one. They gave
their cat to a friend about six ml lea
from the new home. One of them, the
mother cat, remained at her new quar
ter only a abort time, and nothing waa
beard from her until this summer, when
nearly two years bad passed. One
morning abe was discovered in the yard
of ber old mistress borne In the city
which she bad never seen, being born
and raised at the old home In the coun
try. To the greeting, of her mistress
he responded with every show of affec
tion and delight. Of course, the wan
derer was made welcome. She shows
a, decided aversion to being put out of
doors at all, and clings with a devoted
neas which Is really touching to her old
friends. "Now," asks the writer, "could
this be merely chance that pussy, In
her tramp life, should find her way to
that particular place, or do these dumb
creatures know more than we give them
credit fori"
Limits.
The train was called the limited, bnt
what waa limited about It? It ran at
an unlimited apeed, the Incivility of the
conductor and the brakeman was unlim
ited, as was the rapacity of the porter.
"It's a mystery!" exclaimed the little
party of foreigners.
But In a moment they entered the
drawing room car, and their wonder van
ished. "Of course. It' the good taste of the
tecoratlons t" they whispered, and, remem
bering their manners, pretended not to no
tice. Puck.
Thsre Arc Others.
"Bay, Barker, I beard yon telling
year wife the other morning that you
were going fishing."
"Sure, old chap. And I bagged soma
f the finest trout you ever saw."
"Bagged? How Improper 1 The ex
preaaloa 'bagged' belongs to hunters."
"Bat It fits my case exactly. You see
I didn't catcb anything with my lines,
so on my way home I bought a string
ol Dsn and put them In a paper bag."
Veoos alwaya aavea the lover whom
S& leads. Dalatoucb.
THE WAY OUT.
Caaaar ( FaoS Broastbt
ad Ifapplaaaa.
Saeaas
An ambitious but delicate girl, after
falling to go through school on account
of nervousness and hysteria, found In
Grape-Nuts tbe only thing that seemed
to build ber up and furnish her the
peace of health.
"From Infancy," she says, "I have
iBOt been strong. Being ambitions to
learn at any cost I finally got to the
High School, but soon bad to abandon
iny studies on account of nervous pros
tration and hysteria.
"My food did not agree with me.
grew thin and despondent I could not
enjoy the simplest social affair, for I
offered constantly from nervousness
In spite of all sorts of medicines.
"This wretched condition continued
until I waa twenty-five, when I became
Interested In the letters of those who
hs cases like mine and who were being
urea by eating u rape-Nuts.
"I bsd little faith but procured a box
and after tbe first dish I experienced a
peculiar satunea reeling that I bad
never gained from any ordinary food. I
slept and rested better that night and
In a few days began to grow stronger.
"I bad a new feallng of peace and
retfulnes. Is a few weeks, to my
great Joy, tbe headaches snd nervous
ness left ine and life became bright and
hopefuL I resumed my studies and
later taught ten months with ease of
'course using Grape-Nuts every day. It
is now four years since I began to use
Grape-Nats, I am the mistress of a
happy boms and the eld weakness has
sever returned." Name given by Post
sun Co., Battle Creek. Mich.
There's a reason." Head taa little
ttnek. The Road to W'sllvllls," In pfcgs.
Prisoners and Captives
Dy II. S. MCRRIMAN
E2
CHAPTER XVIII (Continued.)
'My Dear Oswln If you want to car
ry out this theater party come ana see
m about It. I shall be at home all the
morning. Yours very truly,
"AONKS V I NTS li
The young sailor read this letter smong
there st the breakfast table. Ilia fath
er and slater were engaged on their own
affair Helen with her letters, the ad
miral among his newspapers. Oswln
Grace read the letter twice, and then
Slipped it Into hi pocket together with
the envelope that had contained It.
Miss Winter's elderly maid servant ex
pected Lieut. Grace, for she opened tbe I
ioor and stood back invitingly. He wa
oshered op Into the warm, luxurioua
drawing room, and after the door bad
been dosed, stood for a few moment Ir
resolute in the middle of tbe deep carpet.
Presently he began to wander about the
teom, taking things up and setting them
down sgain. He Inhaled the subtle at
mosphere of feminine home refinement
and looked curiously around him. There
Wre a hundred little personalities, little
Inconaldered feminine trifles that are only
found where a woman is quite at home,
Toero was a silly little lace handkerchief
utterly useless and vain, lying upon a
table beside a work basket. He took it
np, examined Its texture critically, and
then Instinctively raised It te bis face.
He threw it down again with a peculiar
twisted smile.
"Wonder what scent It Is," he mutter
ed, "I hsve never come across It any
where else."
He went toward the mantelpiece; upon
It were two portraits old photographs,
somewhat faded. One of Helen, the oth
er ef himself. He examined his own like
ness for some moments.
"Salemn little beggar," he said, for the
photograph was of a little squsre-built
midshipman with a long, oval face. "Sol
emn little beggar; wonder what the end
will be? Wonder why he is on this
mantelpiece? I think that I was rather
a fool to come here,
like it."
Tyars would not
WDUe be was still following out the
train ef thought suggested by this reflec-
ion mo aoor opened afd Miss Winter en-
tered. Bhe bad evidently Just come In,
xor en was still gloved and furred.
Ah I she said, gayly. "you have come. I
t was afraid that your exacting com-
manaer would require your services all
the morning."
My exacting commander," be answer
ed, as be took ber gloved hand In his.
"has a peculiar way of doing everything
himself and leaving bis subordinates Idle."
She was standing before him. slowly 1
unbuttoning her trinm little sealskin
Jacket.
"What." she said, suddenly, "about the
expedition?"
He looked back at her over his shoul-
der, for he bad gone toward the window,
and there wa a sudden gleam of deter-
mlnatlon In bis eyes. It was her Influ
ence that had disturbed Tyars' resolu
tion. "Whst expedition?" he asked curtly, on
nis guard.
"This theater expedition." she replied
swestly.
"Oh, well, I suppose it will be carried
throng. We all want to go. I suppose
you sre not strongly opposed to It?"
"I?" she laughed lightly; "of course I
want to go. You know that I am always
ready for amusement, profitless or other-
wlse-prefitless preferred. Why do you
look so grave, Oswln? Please don't I
hate solemnity. Do you know you have
got terribly grave lately? It 1
"It Is what. Aaues?"
He wss looking down at her wlrn his
keen, close-set gray eyes, and she met
bis glance for a moment only
"Mr. Tyars," she answered, clasping
her finger together and bendina tbera
backward aa If to restore the circulation
after her cold walk.
"There I omething," said Grace, after
a little pause, during which Miss Winter
had continued to rub a remarkably rosy
UMle psir of bands together, "that jars.
Tyars annoys you In some way. Why?"
Miss winter changed color,
-i.ii.h i.t. h. v. ui . u m ii
?.wJ,Yr2 he? cheek. Shdis no?
y.r ?.,
an't t.n m. Ar. v
A.TLnLiJ!L?i
,j ..j iwt. nn , i , j
St'-S 15
1 V. . "
LTto. d.U;'S 1
then spoke with an odd little smile which
was almost painful
"His Arctic expedition," she said, de
liberately. "If he is going to spend his
llfs In that sort of thing I would rather
mat rmltlvata hla frinriuhln "
She leaned forward, warmlnv her hands
favarlahlv. breathlna- ran'dlv .ml n...n.
ly. 6he felt him approach, for his foot-
steps were inaudible on the thick carpet, I
and she only crouohed a little lower. At
last, after a horrid silence, he spoke, and
his vole was deeper and singularly mo-
notonous.
"Whv should you not wish to cultlv.t.
his friendship under those elroi.m.
stances?"
"Because, she answered lamely, "I
should hate to have a friend of mine a
real friend running the risk of such a
horrible death.'
He walked away to the window again
and stood there with his hands thrust
Into his jacket pockets plucky, self-con
tained, taking his punishment without a
word.
"That," he said, "Is the worst of mak
ing friends. One Is bound to drift sway
from them. But stilt It Is foolish to hold
aloof on that account."
tiA..a k.bUIh.. LII....L 1 I t
vur ui.iiuuie iHi.Mraupner, sne sain,
Sri 11 now expound a maxim. Ex-pound.
Derivation to pound out."
"Shall I get the tickets?" he asked, In
a practical way,
"Please."
"Well, then, I will go off at once and
book them."
II shook hands and left her standing
In th emiddl of the room.
"Perhaps," she murmured regretfully,
"It was very cruel or It may be only my
own self-conceit. At all events, it waa
not so cruel ss they are to Helen. I do
not think that they will both go now."
Bcarceiy nsa tue front door closed bo-
hind Oswin Grace when the bell was rung
again.
Miss Winter, standiua In the drawlns
room, heard the tones of a man s voice,
and in a few moments the maid knocked
and ram Into the drawing room.
"A gentleman, please, mlsa; a Mr. Has-
ton," she said.
'TMr. Easton," repeated Agnes Winter.
For a moment she forgot who this might
be. "Show him up at once."
Matthew Mark Ration had evidently
devoted some care to the qircstion of dre
oa Oil occasion. Some extra care, per-
haps, for he wae a peculiarly neat man.
He always wore a narrow silk tie in the
form of a bow ef which she ends were
,siwsd to stick straight out sideways over
the waistcoat. Ilia coat was embellished
by an orchid.
"I sm afraid," he began at once, with
perfect equaniailty, "that I have made a
mistake a soda) blunder. I came to In
form yon that I have secured a box the
stage box for Wednesday night, at the
epic '1 Heater, it will be doing me a
pleasure If you will form one of my
party. I do not know eiactly how these
things sre managed in England, but I
want Miss Grara and her brother to com
as my guests, too. Miss Grace was klnJ
enough to auk me to Im one of a theater
party, and mentioned the Epic, so I went
right away and got a box.'
"Oawla bus JutU gone to procure seats
for the aane night," said Mia Wiater,
quickly.
"No," replied the Americas, "I stopped
him. I met in the street."
Miss Winter kmw that they must have
met actually on her doorstep, and she
wondered why he should have deliberately
made a misstateiwnt. Bhe felt indefinitely
jtuiltv, as if Ohwiii's visit hnd been sur-
reptitious. Suddenly she became aware
of the quick, flitting glance ef her corn-
pnnion's eyes, noting everything ach
tiny flicker of the erelldi, eacfc indraw'J
breath, each slightest movement.
"How am I to do it?" he asked, Inno
cently. "A note to Miss Gra,ce or a ver
bal invitation to her brother?"
"A note," repliaJ Mine Winter, wi'h
a gravity equal to bis own, "to Helen,
saying that you have secured the stse
box for Wednesday evening, and hope
that she and ber brother will accept seats
In IU"
He nodded hie head, signifying compre
hension, and rose to go.
"lliat," said Miss Winters, skipping
away from the subject under dijJciiSMion
with all the inconsequence of her sex hikI
kind, "reminds me of something I heard
snid of you the other eveuing. It was, in
fact, said to me.
Then," replied the Americiin, with
cheery gallantry. "I should like to hear it.
Had it been said to any one elss I allow
that I mould have been indifferent. "
IU stood with his hnads clasned behind
his bark, lookinir down at her with a smile
upon his wistful little face.
"l)o you know Mr. Santow?'
The smile vanished and the d.inclns
eves at once uuiimril an Mnrnuinn nf
alert keenness, which wna almoat lmli-
crous in Its contrast,
"The rtnsslan attache unaccredited?"
ho replied, giving back question for ques
tion. "N-o-o," he snid. slowly. "I do not:
I think I know him by sight."
I have met him on several occasions.
1 rather like him. although I rannnt nn.
derstand him. There is an inward Mr.
Santow whom I have not met vet: I onlv
know a creature who smiles and behaves
eenerally like a lamb."
"Santow." said Easton. deliherari.lv. "I.
altogether too guileless."
Miss Winter countered sharply.
"I thought you did not know htm?"
"I do not," answered Easton, imper-
turably.
"Except by reputation?"
"Precisely."
'He la reputed," said Mies Winter, "to
be a great diplomatist."
"So I believe hence the lamblike man
ners."
Easton's face was a study In the art of
suppressing curiosity.
Do you think that he Is a wolf In
lamb's clothing?" asked the lady with a
iaugn. r wlu teu you wnat ho about
Von "
"Thank you."
"We were talking about Russia It Is
his favorite topic and he said that at
times he felt like the envoy from some
heathen country, so little Is Russia
known by us. By way of Illustration, he
asked me to look around the room and
tell him If It did not contain all that was
niest intellectual and learned in England.
I admitted that be was nght. He said.
'And yet there are but two men in the
room who apeak Russian.' Then be point
ed you out. 'There Is one,' he said ; 'he
knows my country better than any man
In England. If be were a diplomatist I
should fear mm I nhat Is he? I asked.
"4 he mPre'y "hrus'"1 hia Mi'r In
galeae way to which you object."
Matthew Mark Easton did not appear
. much Impressed. lie moved 'from
one toot t0 the other, and took consider-
,n P "'the carpet,
"Ana," ne inquired, "did he mention
tl accomplished p.r-
"No."
"I wonder what It wa?" ald Easton.
"Mr. Tyars," suggested th lady, calmly.
"Possibly. By the way. I thousht of
asking him to Join us on Wednesday at
tD,..EPlc-"
I hope, said Miss Winter, with
amadous Jlttle bow, "that he will be able
l'pnr Miss Grace,' began Easton.
solemnly, as if repeating a lesson, 'I have
secured the stage box at the Epic for
Wednesday exeuing next, and I hope that
'on nd your brother will do me Ihe
Pleasure of accepting seats in it.' Wi
that do?"
"Very nicely."
"And may I count on you?"
"Yes, you may count on me."
"Thank you," be aaid simply, and took
his departure.
As he walked rapidly eastward toward
the club where he was expecting to meet
fyars bis quaint little face was wrinkled
up into a thousand interrogations.
"Yes, ho said at length, with a know
tig nuil, "it waa a warning: that spry lit
tie lady smells a rat. low Im-s -Ji
know that Tvara snenk ltiiin? it., u
not th ort of fellow to boast oi i.s
I ...
accomplishment. She must have heard
It from Grace, and to hear frnm him sii,
must have asked, because (irace is mure
than half inclined to be jealous of Tj:.i-s.
ami would take care not to remove t!i.
bushel from his light."
For mime time he walked on, whis K-i -a
tune softly. Cheerfulness is only i In!,
it. lie did not really feel clieeiful :i."
particularly Inclined for nnuK Th i h
began rtflrtthtf la an undertone a-.i-:.
"Mere I am," he said, "in a i.v-:::-friclit
of two wonvn ; all my ,!;.!. .
may be upset by ei;her of tlic i-., . ,,! I
do not know -!iHi t, fear i i .-i , .
ciever nine iauy witn iier siip
girl s eyes. I almost i!i..,k M
en's eyes are Ihe most dangerous
"'re hey would bi if it was my
t li was me whom those o.tuet e.v.-s
fal
lowed alsmt. But it is iiot: it is Tvar-i.
Now, I wonder I wonder if he kiiou-i
iff"
CIIAITEU XIX.
Had the kcMi-wiltcil Kistoti lxen n-'-'l
why he felt impelled to dishiirse tin
guinea for the benclil of the lessee of the
Epic Theater, he would scarcely have
I been able to make an Immediate reply. In
his rspld, airy fashion he hid picked tip
and pieced together certain little bit of
evidence tending to prove that th young
peepls with whom he found himself as
iew4at sndden fenrs of Intimacy
exceedingly Interesting.
Matthew Mark Hut on was leisurely
surveying the hilf-empty house when
Miss Winter, Helen Grace and 0win
were shown Into Ihe box by as offi 'ial.
His quirt glance detected a momi-ntsry
droop of Helen's eyelids. A blusderisg
man would have made some reference to
Tyar's lateness of arrival. Easton did
no such thing. He proceeded lo draw for
ward chairs for the ladles, and did lbs
honors with a certain culm ease which la
no way savored of familiarity.
"I whould like." snid MNs Winters, on
tying the ribbon of s jaunty little opera
cloak, "lh darkest corner."
"Why?" asked Helen, almost sharply.
"Beranse the pieee is said to be very
touching, and I Invariably weep."
"Horry," jid Easton : "sorry It cannot
be done. Rut I can lend you a huge pair
of opera glasses."
"But." urged Miss Winter, "my tears
drop audibly on the program."
We want the dark corners for the men
the background," urged the American,
holding a chsir invitingly. "We love the
shadow eh, Grace?"
"Speak for yourself," said the sailor,
bluntly, pulling forward a second cbalr
and aeating himself immediately behind
Miss Winter.
One great fault In Matthew Mark Eas
ton was noft-heartedness. He was one of
hose mistaken men who hesitate to pun
ish a dog.
"It appears." continued Easton as Ty
ars entered the hot. "that the piece is
ouching. We shall require your moral
support; that calm exterior of years will.
1 surmise, assist us materially to keep a
serene countenance turned toward the
stalls."
'Don't be personal," replied the En
glishman. "You may rely upon me at th
pathetic parts. It is some years since I
wet."
"The last time I did it," snid the Amer
ican, thoughtfully, "was when I got my
ears boxed because another fellow broke
a window."
Helen and Miss Winter laughed. They
all felt that there was a hitch some
where. They were conversationally lame
and halt.
We both told untruths about It," con
tinued Ens ton, determined to work this
mine to its deepest. "But mine failed.
while his succeeded. That was why I
wept. Mine was not an artistic He, I
admit; but it mixht have got through with
little good luck. There Is nothing se
humiliating as an unsuccessful attempt te
pervert the truth. Hare you not found
that so. Miss Winter? But of course you
would not know. I apologize; I am sor
ry. Of course you never tell them."
"Oh, yes," said the lady, candidly, "I
do."
At this mone the curtain was drawn
up, and .Miss winter nroke on suddenly
in the midst of her confession, turning
toward the stage and settling herself com
fortably to wutch the play. In so doing
she unconsciously drew her chair a little
further away from Helen, and thus left
her and Claud Tyars more distinctly
apart. '
(To be continued.)
TOLD BY THE ALMANAC
Soma Queer Statistical Facts Potato
Out by the Compiler.
For variety of Information It la bard
to Uud anything that con beat an al
manac, says the New York Press. One
IKipular little pamphlet of that descrip
tion that is Just now circulating among
New York drug stores Illustrates the
wide sympathies of tbe man who ar
ranges tlie table of events.
Like most persons engaged In statis
tical tasks, that purtlculur compiler
had a strong leaning toward mortuary
records. Out of all the duya of tbe
year 122 tire intirked by the death of
some prominent person. According to
the altuuutic tlio.se unfortunates mot
their doom In almost every way known
to tbe modern Lealth bureau. Aside
from those who yielded up the ghost
In a a42rr-ivy, three of tlieiu "suicid
ed," four were hungvd, two were guil
lotined, three were "ussnsslmited," oua
was "murdered," two were shot, dough
ty old Capt. Kldd wus "executed,"
while otic mau just passed out of ex
Istence by getting ''lost"
After tbe obituary notices births are
next In importance, although in tbe
opinion of tbe almanac man tbe replen
ishing of the earth is a trivial matter
compared with its depopulation. At
any rate, only thirty-nine days are Im
pressed upon the mind aa natal anui
versarles.
As for marriages, they scarcely count
at all. Of all the people who have en
tered into the state of matrimony sines
the beginning of tbe Christian era only
three of theiu made sufllelent ado about
tbe mutter to get Into tbe almanac,
Tliey are Anne Boleyn, Napoleon Bona,
parte and Charles Stewart Parnell.
Tbe great battles of tbe world re
ceive UiKiTlinlnatitig attcutlon from th
almanac bUturlogruphcr, as do area,
famous (ipecclies, the crowning of sov
ereign heads and Industrial strikes. R
iiinrkub!o trials also recetae flattering
iiiilicc,, tbe latest judicial drama bein
the ca.-e of Nuu Patterson, who bai
Kinu down in alumnae history along
willi die TR'lilioriie trial and tbe in
pcai hinont of Warren Hastings.
lu I no almanac of I'.MJU education
iu.il religion receive their due, the for
mer in a notice of the publication ol
Joliii.-oa's dlfilonury, the latter 1 it th.
revisiou of the l'resbytcrluu creed. Al
to the relative value of the stage and
tlie pjipii, tlie almanac writer evident
ly ha. i pronounced opinions. Iu bis an
undent tin- druiiui gets the best of 1
at tlic odds of two to one, for be do
v;:e.s t-lfctit pact's to theutrleal celebri
ties and only lour to pulpit orators.
l.iM-rs ol spoils will rind something
to li.-Urt toeir vanity lu the record ol
i In' i'aiu aiiiouinbile race of ltKKJ, tbi
t'oi U u-Jcii'i les pri.e light, and tin
,n ln;-H'.i,,ua of the ltoston baseball
ic. iii Miiicii won the pennant lu 1S07.
I n.oiui.uitcly, the almanac scribe tl
iiooa c.i til u'fjoi.yiuifi', but It Is safs
ti li. I lie liall.s from UOtio. Al
r ' rue Unit is the only State whosa,
i
i iio the l iiiou Is considered
i io. nil eat.
u i i. lied persons nud eveuti
:m.c t.ie lowly almanac
j. I.-...-un and Instruction
..-..ii l 1 the baccarat S'Uil
..i ;in.i oi tlie Charter Oak,
!'-" of New York by Alex-
111 W.A ll:
the
am:,
i.i
- 1 1
lli.' utt.i.l; on Itusmll
Sa;,e, u "iiv -option" to Mine, Blavutsky,
t!;e coin ictinii ol San Parks and tbt
death it'' ."!'), which, by the way, ll
tic eiulli'iu due r.i-oriled to til wbol
chronological table.
A hen thy nil fellow, who Is not
tool, is the happiest creature living
BEAN HAFWESTIrta.
Cuftlnar by Maehlnrrr -Slnrlasj ia
Tt.irns and Thraslilnar.
Formerly beans were pulled by hand,
but now the work Is done almost ex
clusively by machinery In the main dla
tricts. The bean harvester or cutter
sh iwn here is a two wheeled machine,
having two long steel blades no ad
Justed that as the machine passes over
the ground they sweep along Just at or
below the surface and cut the bean
stalks or pull them up. The blades are
set obliquely, sloping backward toward
one another and left In a single row. i
Soon after the beans are pulled men I
pas along with forks, throwing tbetn
into small bunches.
After dying perhaps for one day the
hunches are turned and so moved that
three rows, ns left by the puller, are
made Into one, leaving space between
the rows to drive through with a
wagon. If drying weather prevails
they will become fit for drawing and
storing In the barns without further
turning, but If the weather Is unfavor
able the bunches must be frequen'.ly
turned to prevent the beans In those
pods resting on the ground from be
coming damaged.
To the foregoing In American Agri
culturist Professor J. L. Stone adds
that wet weather does not Injure the
crop serlusly provided the beans are
not allowed to rest on the wet ground
long at a time, but the frequent turn
ing necessary to prevent them from In
Jury Involves considerable labor.
When dried they are stored In barns
like hay and may be thrashed at con
venience. Tbe thrashing Is done by
specially constructed machines much
like the ordinary grain thrasher. Some
growers prefer to thrash wlth tbe old
fashioned flail, claiming that tbe sav
ing in beans that otherwise would be
split compensates for tlie slower work.
In tho Indian Ocean only 3T0 out of
10,300 islands are Inhabited.
rrohably the owner of the largest
number of dogs in the world is a ltus
slan cuttle king, wbo bus 35,000 shep
herd dogs to look after 1,500,000 sheep.
King John of Abyssinia bns decreed
that the nose of any one of bis subjects
found taking snuff shall be cut off,
while smoking and chewing tobacco for
feits life. In Morocco, persons disobey
ing the Sultan's decree of prohibition
smoking are Imprisoned aud flogged
through the streets.
Probably the lowest type of man Is
found among the hushmen of Australia.
They are so primitive that they have no
Idea of building even the most rudi
mentary form of but or shelter. Trav
elers from this part of the world tell
wonderful stories of the nest-bulldlng
people who Inhabit the wilds. They
And whole families of them nesting in
the thickets like our ground birds,
though their nests nre not constructed
so curefully and artistically us those of
our feathered friends.
A record time for converting grain
Into bread bus been established by a
Canadian farmer. Wheat which was In
the sheaf at 3 o'clock In the afternoon
was made Into scones before ti. Wbeu
operations began a wagou stood In the
barn with about half a load of grain
in the sheaf. Beside It was a thresher ;
connected with this was a gasoline en
glue. The engine was started, the
sheaves were fed Into the thresher,
and tbe grain was deposited In a bin.
The power was then transferred to the
cleaner, and tho work of changing the
newly-threshed wheat into flour was
quickly cajrled through. The rest of
the task was easy. ,
The value of light as an agent In
curing diseases Is becoming Increasing
ly recognized. The latest development
of the Idea Is the assertion of a med
ical man that the clothes worn by con
sumptives should be of n color which
will allow the light to penetrate the
body. White materials, It Is found, are
the be for the purpose, and consump
tives uro consequently advised to clothe
themselves lu snowy raiment, either of
lluen, velvet, cotton or cloth. Silk,
however, Is barred. Next lu curative
value comes blue, but It Is far Infe
rior to white. Materials of black, red,
yellow or green are said to be useless,
as they prevent the passage of the
germicidal rays.
A RICH YOUNG MAN IN INDIA.
Vala Maa Is ( ruwdlns Christianity
In Iadla on Collrae Tram Work.
One of the three Yale students who
went out from "Old Ell" ten years ago
to make an appeal to the students of
the colleges und universities of North
America to go as missionaries to for
eign countries, was a young "Shef" sci
ence student by the name of Kddy. He
paid bis own way. He liked to play
the game for tho sake of playing It as
much as any man who ever went on the
gridiron or the track. His colleagues
were Pitkin and Luce. Pitkin was
butchered by the Boxers In China. He
was a square-Jawed fellow who "did
things," says Harper's. Hubert Speer
says that Pitkin fairly won bis place
among beroe. Luce is now a mission
ary In China. Kddy, after finishing bis
work at Vale, went to India as Y. M. C.
A. college secretary, and worked "for
the fun of working," without salary.
Ho mado other men work with bis own
enthusiasm at the work of Christian
izing their fellows. Tho Y, M. C. A.
method of catching the best man In the
crowd who can do things, getting him
converted, showing blui how to do It
himself aud making a missionary of
jfl
BEAN HARVESTER.
blm to his own set, be put In operation
with the Hindoo ond ttu Brahmon
university men. As In America, the, col
lege men enlisted and trained In the
Y. M. C. A. Influenced their fellows;
the railroad men, the engineers and
brakenien they worked with; tho sol
dier, tho soldier; the sailor, the sailor;
the miner, the miner; so he mado men
work to better each other .and make
them Christians lu India.
A few years ago be asked the presi
dent of a'thoologteal seminary to give
blm bis entire class of twelve theologi
cal students, native Pasumnllans, to try
an exiieriment with for one year. With
these native students he went from vil
lage to village talking with groups of
men and holding services "witness
ing," they colled It. Their converts
were numbered by the hundreds and
they left In each place some men who
were fired with their leader's own en
thusiasm to keep nt work on the same
plan. The students were passionately
devoted to blm. He was a most sym
pathetic and tolerant man, but ho had
no tolerance or sympathy for anything
crooked or unclean. lie has Injected
American energy Into Indian Intelli
gence.
With Carter, the Natlonnl Y. M. C.
A. secretary for India, who was sent
out from Harvard, he called representa
tives from each province of India, Bur
ma and Ceylon, to meet In Carey's his
torical library In Seranijiore, to set up
a scheme to do for over 100,000,000 peo
ple who as yet are not reached by the
gosKl what this native band of tbeo-
logs hnd done for a few. It Is a stu
pendous enterprise. It will unite the
Christians and churches of the prov
inces and the leading missionaries are
backing It, the veteran mission lender,
Dr. Chamberlain, being one of its
strongest ndvocates.
SODA FOUNTAINS PAY WELL.
They Draw Customers to the IJrn
Store In Kvery Town.
It would be hard to Imnelne n live,
up-to-date American drug store thest
days without n good soda fountain, bul
probably there are many cities In tin
world where this luxury is not found
Retail druggists who have never In-
stalled soda fountains would do weE
to consider their money-making possl
blllties, however, and It would b
strange If any good druggist In a towi
of any size, whether north or south ol
the equator or In the Eastern or West
em Hemisphere, could not make a cood
soda fountain a profitable enterprise.
Ihe soda fountain Itself need not bi
an expensive affair, but on the othei
hand fountains can bo obtained which
cost ninny hundreds of dollars and
which It would tako many months of
business to pay for. Tlie old Idea that
soda fountains were profitable only dur
ing n few months of the year no longer
prevails In this country. This Is proved
by tbe experience of a New York drug
store which In one evening enrly In
the spring accommodated 800 customers
within four hours. There are few
American drug stores or confectionery
shops which do not operate their foun
tains through the entire twelve months.
It Is not necessarily true, moreover,
that people patronize soda fountains
simply for the urpose of quenching their
thirst The large variety of "liquid
foods," such as egg drinks, malted milk,
fermented milk, etc., provide the busy
man with the opportunity to "steal a
bite" hurriedly nt any time of tho day,
speaking figuratively at least, if not lit
erally, i
Another variety of soda drinker Is
the business woman who prefers a
luncheon dessert In the form of a cool
ing drink rather than the stereotyped
styles of pastry usually found In the
restaurant In the winter time the de
mand Is for hot drinks, Ptich as choco
late, coffee, tea, or whatever may please
the taste of the customer.
The soda fountain is a great draw
ing card always for other departments
of the drug store. It brings in scores
of customers whose attention may be
often directed to other goods In the
shop, and lu this respect It Is a great
advertisement for the regular lines of
the drug store, aside from Its own
money-making possibilities.
The percentage of profits which drug
gists make on their soda fountains Is
a subject that they naturally prefer to
keep to themselves, but It Is easv
enough for a novice to calculate that
there Is very little danger of loss In
the sale of Boda fountain products,
whereas It would perhaps surprise peo
ple to be told that the drturirlst or con
fectioner Is more likely to double his
money than not on everv class of rw
freshment which he serves. In fact, it
Is asserted that a soda fountain Is rare
ly known to fall us a money-making en
tcrprlse. It Is bound to be n ereat sue
cess if It Is properly conducted and If
only a little regard Is bad for tbe com
fort and tastes of customers.
JVot Well Edited.
A locnl celebrity had inuJe the "hit
of tno evening by a speech full of bu
nior and eloquence at a business man'
banquet. When the city editor of the
Morning Journal read the numuserli
brought lu by the reporter who had in
tended the biinqnet, he gave orders that
tho iwrtrult of the sinsaker be printed
along ith the story In the next morn
lug's paier.
There was no cut of the man In the
office, aud the hour was lute, but oua
of the messengers who were sent out
lu surch of the desired nortrait sue
ceeded in procuring an ludlffereiit pho
tograph or nliu, and a half-toue repro
duction of It was duly prluted lu the
next morning's pnper.
Full of wrath and mortification, the
man eat'ed at the office of the pujier.
"iiiis is a miserable showing
have given me!" he said.
tit... ir .,i ,. ....
you
nuj, .nr. mutinous, saia the c
city
editor, "we gave you the star Hurt.
edited the report of your speech my
self, and "
"The speech:" exclaimed the csller
"The speech Is all right. But why didn't
you edit that picture, too?"
The I tusl Vay.
"Did you ever get something
nothing?"
for
"Yes, but I've found afterward that
I've usually paid u pretty high pries
for It"
While loafing, a mau usually thinks
about a big scheme that won't work.
Do lu Open lour Kontli
Like s young bird snd gulp down wstV
ever food or medicine may be offered yout
Or, do you want to know something of ths
composition and character of that which
you lake Into your stomach whether a
trwi r.r mori trine 7
Most Intelligent and sensible peopis
now-a-layi Insist on knowing what they
employ whether a food or as medicine.
Dr. PlercM believes they have a perfect
rlghttoinslstuponsuch knowledge. Sobs
publliihes.'-casleast snd on each bottle
wrapper, whaCPmCLne, re m,de '
andvfirsJttrfmlcTua This he feels
he esnwMyi.tTorrj togo nerau; inn nutta
l,
furred cms 01 wnirn ins nrainiiri
a remade are studied snd iimlerMooil tho
rnnrE will' their superior curative virtue"?
beTJ
rirc.L-ialial
Tor the cure of woman's peculiar weak
nesses, Irregularities and derangements,
giving rise to frequent headaches, back
ache, drsttglng-down pain or distress la
lower abdominal or pelvic region, accom
panied, ofttimes, with a debilitating,
pelvic, catarrhal drain and kindred symp
toms of weakness, Dr. Tierce's Favorlts
Prescription Is a most efficient remedy.
It is equally effective in curing painful
periods, In giving strength to nursing
mothers and In preparing the system of
the expectant mother for baby s coming,
thus rendering childbirth safe and com
paratively painless. The " favorite Pre
scription" Is a most potent, strengthening
tonic to the general system and to the
organs distinctly feminine in particular.
It is also a soothing and invigorating
nervine and cures nervous exhaustion,
nervous prostration, nenralsla, hysteria,
spasms, chorea or St. Vitus' dance, and
other distressing nervous symptoms at
tendant upon functional and organic dis
eases of the distinctly feminine organs.
A host of medical authorities of nil the
several schools of practice, recommend
each of the several Ingredients ol which
Favorite Prescription" is made for the
cure of the diseases for which It Is claimed
to be a cure. You may read what they
say for yourself by sending a postal cardj
request for ft free booklet of extracts
from the leading authorities, to Dr. R. V.
Pierce, Invalids' Hotel and Surgical In
stitute, Buffalo, N. Y., and It wilfcotne to
you by roturn post.
UIMIMJUILIJJH'SI1U1I1S .11 H ian Ui
Kemp's Balsam
Will stop any cougb that
can be stopped by any
medicine and cure coughs
that cannot be cured by any
other medicine.
It Is always the best
cough cure. You cannot
afford to take chances on
any other kind.
KEMP'S BALSAM cures
coughs, colds, bronchitis,
grip, asthma and consump
tion In first stanes.
INDIAN TREASURE TROVE.
Ancleat Silver Coins Found br Chil
dren While at riy.
The small vtllag of Jogaltembhl, In
the Bombay district, is likely to earn
transient fame among numismatists and
archaeologists by reason of the acci
dental discovery within Its limits of a
great hoard of very ancient coins. TS
place of concealment of the coins was
found by children while at play.
Excavation disclosed an earthen pot
firmly Imbedded In the hillside and fill
ed to overflowing with silver coin, much
of which the villagers proceeded In the
true commercial spirit to melt down.
But the story of the find spread further
than the limits of Jogaltembhl; and
within a short time the balance of the
treasure, about 10,000 coins, had right
ly found a resting place in the local
treasury under the treasure trove act
The coins are all silver ,of approxi
mately the same size and type. On the
obverse appears the head of the King
who struck them a fine face, despite
the defects of the die, marked by a
broad eye, a splendid aquiline nose, and
a firm chin, with Just a suspicion of
thickness about the lips. Around the
bead runs a legend In debased Greek
characters, which Prof. Rapson, but
lately appointed to the vacant chair of
Sanskrit at Cambridge, and the late
Pundit Bhugwanlal Indrajl declare to
be a transliteration of a bl-lingual leg--nd
on the reverse of the coin. The
coins are those of Nahapana, the foun
der of the dynasty of the Western
Kshatrapas, -which ruled over a con
siderable portion of western India from
A. D. 119 to A. D. 388.
Although several specimens of the
coins struck by Nahapana's successors
(e. g., Chashtana and Itudradaman)
have been found, only a few ef Nah.V
pana have hitherto come to light at Na
slk, Junagadh and Mabumdebad; and
those were by no means such good spe
cimens as these of Jogaltembhl, which,
nifely preserved within their earthen
casket, have defied the adverse influence
of nigh eighteen centuries. Times of
India.
DOCTOR DESPAIRED
Anaemic Woman Cured by Dr. Wil
liam' Pink Pills Recommends ths
Pills to All Others Who Suffer.
Anreiiiiiv is just the doctor's name for
bloodlessuess. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
cure ai.Tinia ns food cores hunger.
They cured Mrs. Thomas J. McGaun, of
17 iiucoln Place, Plaiufleld, N. J., who
says:
"In the spring of 1903 I did my
usual house cleaning at I soon after
ward I began to have tVa most terrible
headaches. My heart would boat so ir
regularly that it was painful aud there
same a morning when I could not get
up. My doctor said I had anaemia and
he was surprised that I had continued
to live iu the condition I was in.
I was confined to my bed for nearly
two months, tbe doctor coining every
day for the first few weeks, but I did not
improve to amount to anything. Al
together I was sick for nearly two
years. I was as we&k as a ra, Lud
headaches, irregular heart beats, loss of
appetite, cramps in the limbs aud was
unable to get a good night's slcp. My
legs aud feet were so swolluu that I
feared they would burst.
" Before very long after I tried Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills I felt a change for
the better. I have taken about twelvo
boxes mid although I was as neur the
srave as could bo, I now feci as if Jfc
had a new lease of lifo. I have no more
headaches, tho heart beats regularly, my
cheeks are pink and I feel ten years
younger. I feci thut I have been cured ,
verycneapiy ana l nave recommended V
.1,- :ll l..... ... W
ww ymn iu luia iii my lrieuus. v
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all V
druggists, or will bo sent by mail ou re
ceipt of price, 60 cents per box, six boxes
13.50, by the Dr. Williams Medicine Co.,
Bcheuectady, N. Y.
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