The Minnie Mr.
Two rich girls of Cincinnati are de-tv-rlhed
as living the simple life. The
older la lrt. the other almost 13. They
Giare traveled ; rrcr Europe and have
ten In Egypt mul Mexico. They loam
'ed French In France, Italian In Italy,
German iu Germany. They drive auto
rioh'Il, ride saddle horses, plcy tennis
and otlier outdoor sports, hav lessons
on piano, mandolin and ifultar, go to
bed at 9 p. m. and breakfast at 8 a. m.
.What, after the amazing calm of their
early years, may these (clrlH nt do If
they once dorlde to try the strenuous
life? New York World.
mm
May
New Wheat
Lands
IN THE
Canadian West
(flflfl additional miles of railway thlt year
vvv have opened up a largely increased ter
rjtorjr to the proirresiive farmers of Western
Canada, and (ha Government of the Domioio
continues to (It It acre rree la Every Seliltr.
The Country Has
No Superior
Coal, wood and water in abundanre; churches
and tchoola convenient) markets easy ol acceae;
taxes low; climate the beat In the nurthrrn tem
perate sone. Law and order prevail! everywhere.
tor advice and inlormatlcn address the
Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada,
or the authorlted Canadian Government Agent,
JV. D. Scott, Superintendent of Immigration,
Ottawa, Canada, or E. T. Holme. 315 Jackson
St., St. Paul, Minn, and J. M. MacLachlan, Bo
116, W atertowo, bo. JJakota. Authoriied Govern
enent Agents.
Plaea r where foe aaw this advertisement.
An Indian'; Lucky Find.
Bon Joeoby, a Choctaw Indian, who
lives not fnr from McAlester, I. T.,
got about the bust Christmas gift of
any Indian In the Territory. The In
dian went to McAlester with the "skul
ly" (Choctaw for money) in his jacket
and commenced, to load up with Christ
mas gifts, and then the Btory came out
lie had accidentally discovered an old
metal pot on his allotment and It was
tilled with silver coins that bore the
date of 1832 to 1840. The money was
In an old coffee pot and amounted to
' several thousand dollars. The Indian
told tlw following story of how ha
found the coin : "I bunt my cows. Go
In woods and come to creek. I slip
Jown bank and knock dirt down. Saw
can sticking out I pulled at con and
top came off. I dug It up and lot of
:money fell out I did not count, but
much big pile there. Not bunt cows
ny more, but put money lu pants and
rout aud go borne."
That Sam Tfclnar.
Pa Twaddles Well, what's the mat
ter now?
Tommy Twaddles Ma eaya I mustn't'
never say a word while she's In the
room.
Ma Twaddles Why, no, I didn't,
aear. I said you niusn't Interrupt
while I'm talking.
Tommy What's the difference?
Cleveland Loader.
A FRIENDLY GKOCEB
Dropped a Valuable Hint About
Coffee.
"For about eight years," writes a
Mich, woman, "I suffered from nerr-.
usnesa part of the time down In bed
with nervous prostration.
"Sometimes I would get numb and 11
would be almost impossible for me to
peak for a spelL At others, I would
bave severo bilious attacks, and my
heart would flutter painfully when I
would walk fast or sweep.
"I bave taken enough medicine to
- otart a small drug store, without any
. benefit Ono evening our grocer was
asking Husband bow I was and be
urged that I quit coffee and usePostum,
o be brought bo.ne a pkg. and I made
It according to directions aud we wer
Voth delighted with it
"So we quit coffee altogether and
twed only Posluui. I began to get bet
ter In a month's time and look like an
other person, the color came back to my
-cheeks, I begun to sleep well, my appe
tite was good and I commenced to take
on flesh and become Interested In every
thing about the bouse.
"Finally I was able to do all by own
work without the least sign of my old
trouble. I am so thankful for the little
book. The Road to Wellville.' It hat
done me so much good,' I haven't taken
medicine of any kind for alx month
and don't need any.
A frlnid of ours who did not like
Post urn at she made It. liked mine, and
when be learned to boll It long enough,
Tiers was as good as mine. Ifs may If
you follow directions." Nam given by
Potrtum Company, Bottle Creek, Mich.
"Bead the l.'ttlo book, "The Boad to
Wellville,- lu pkes, There'. ret
m
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I! rovetroug. -V
Sn and tentStfeitiote
Madame M Idas
Tiy Fergxu Hum a
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CHAFTEU XV. (Continued.)
Sliver was just froifir out to seek him
when the door of hi office wa violently
swung open, and a tall, raw-boned female
entered in a bonnet placed askew on her
rough hair. This lady banged on Sliver'
(able a htibe umbrella and demanded
where Vi'llior was.
"I don't know," snapped Sliver vi
ciously, "how should I?"
"Don't sneer at me, you woodon-Ieirced
monster," cried the virago, with another
ban; of tho umbrella, which raised nch
a cloud of dust that it nearly made Olivers
nuov7.it hia head o(T. . "lie ain't been home
all night, and you're: been leading hlin
Into bad habits, you oork-nrmed libertine."
"Hann't been home all night, eh?" snid
Sliver, sitting up quickly, while 15 illy ,
retired to the fireplnce and tried to con
ceal himself up the chimney. "May I
ask who you are?"
"You may," anid (he angry lady, fold
ing her arms and holding the umbrella in
such an awkward manner that ahe nearly
poked Sliver' remaining eye out. "I'm
his landlady, Matilda Cheedle i my name,
and I don't care who knows It."
"It's not a pretty name," snarled Sliv
ers. "Neither are you. What do you
mean by bnnging Into my office like an
Insane giraffe?" this In alluxion to Mrs.
Cheedle's height.
"Oh, go on I go on !" aald that lady de
fiantly. "I've heard it all before; I'm
lined to it; hut here I ait until you tell
me where my lodger la;" and suiting the
action to the word, Mr. Cheedle ant down
In a chair with uch a bang that Hilly
gave a iTeech of alarm and said,
"Pickles I"
"I'll have a look round, and If I see
Mm I'll send him home," said Sliver,
rising to Intimate the. Interview was at
an end.
"Very well, aiind you do," said the
widow, rising. "Send him at once and I'll
speak to him. And perhaps," with a
baahful glance, "you wouldn't mind seeing
me up the street a short way, as I'm alone
and unprotected."
"Stuff!" retorted Silver, ungraciously,
"there's plenty of light, ami you are big
enough to look after yourself."
At Ihla Mr. Cheedle snorted loudly Ilka
a war horse, and flounced out of the office
In a rage, after informing Sliver in a
loud voice that he was a selfish, cork-eyed
little viper.
When she bad gono Sliver locked up
bis office and sallied forth to find the miss
ing Villlers, but though he went all over
'town to that gentleman's favorite haunts,
he could see nothing of him ; and on mak
ing inquiries heard that he had not been
seen In Ballarat all day.
This was so contrary to Villlers' gen
eral habits that Slivers became suspicious,
and as he walked home thinking over the
subject he came to the conclusion there
waa something up.
"If." said Silvers, pausing on the pave
mcnt and addreslng a street lamp, "he
doesn't turn up to-morrow I'll have a
look for bim again. If that don't do I'll
tell the police, and I shouldn't wonder,"
went on Slivers, musingly, "I shouldn't
wonder If they called on Madame Mido."
CIIAPTEH XVI.
Silvers was puzzled over Villlers' dlsap
pearance, so be determined to go In search
of evidence against Madame si Ida,
though for what reason he wanted evi
dence against her no one but himself
knew.
The reason he had for turning detec
tive was simply this: It soon became
known that Madame Midas bad neon rob
bed bv her husband of the famous nug
get, and great was the Indignation of
everyone against Mr. Villlers.
Slivers waylaid Barty and asked him
to drop Into bis office with a view of
finding out from him all the event of
that night.
"It's very kind of you to come and
talk to an old chap like me," said Slivers,
in as amiable a tone as be could com
roand. "You're such a gay young fel
low."
Barty acknowledged modestly that he
was gay, but that be owed certain duties
to society, and had to be mildly social.
"And so handsome!" croaked Slivers,
winking with hi one eye at Billy, who
at on the table. "Oh, he's all there,
ain't he. Billyr
Billy, however, did not agree to this,
and merely observed. "I'kltle," in a din
believing manner.
Barty felt rather overcome by this
praise, end blushed In a tnodext way, but
felt that he could not return the compli
ment with any degree of truth, as Silvers
was not handsome, neither was he all
there.
Silvers, who had thus gained the good
will of the young man by flattery, plunged
into the subject of V llliers disappearance
"I wonder what s become of Villlers,
he said, artfully.
"I'm sure I don't know," said Barty In
a languid, used-up sort of voice. I
baven't scon him slue last Monday
week."
"Where did you leave him on that
night?" asked Slivers.
"At tho corner of Sturt and Lydiard
streets, early In the morning, about :
o'clock, I think."
"And you never saw hlin after that?"
"Not a sight of him," replied Barty
"but, I say, why all this thusness?"
"I'll tell you after you have answered
my quest Ions,? retorted Slivers, rudely
"but I'm not auklng out of curiosity
It's buslne."
"Well, go on; I'll answer."
"Who else was with you and Villlers
tin that night?" asked Slivers In a mag
Isterliil kind of manner.
"A French fellow called Vandeloup.'
"Vaiideloup !" echoed Sliver in ur-
prlse; "oh, indeed I what was he doing?"
F.njoying himself," replied Harty, cool
ly; "he came into the theater and VII
liors Introduced him to me; then Mr,
Wopples SKkd u all to supper."
"What time did Vandeloup leave?" ask
d Sliver.
"Ha stayed all night in town."
"Oh!" ejaculated Silver In an en-ited
manner, drumming on tlio table wl;h his
finger. "Where did ho stay?
"At the Wtl!e Tree Hotel."
silver mentally made a note of this
and determined to go there and find out
at wlU time Vandeloup had ronie home
on the night In question, for this upi
clou old man had now git It into hi
bead that andeloup was In some way
reeponaibl for Villlers disappearance.
"Where d d Villirre way he was pilnj
when he left you? he akod.
"Straight home."
"Uumpa! Well, he didu't go borne at
all. What's lieooine of hiin? Men don't
disappear in this mysterious way with
out some reason, lie's been murdered!"
"I say!" ejaculated Barty. jumping up
from his Hiair in alarm; "you're going too
far. old chap.
"I'm going 1 further," retorted Slivers,
rising from his chair and flumping up
and down the ronm ; "I'm going to find
out who did it, ond then I'll grind her
to powder; I'll twist her nerk off, curse
her."
"I it a woman?" asked Barty, who
now began to think of making a retreat,
for Slivers, with hi one eye blazing, and
bi cork drm Rwinging rapidly to and fro.
wa not a pleasant object to contemplate.
'1 lints what I want to find out, re
plied Sliver, sulkily, going back to hi
hair.
"Well," saiil Barty, going to the door.
'I'm late for my engagement ; ta, la, old
chap, I hope you'll drop on the he or she
you're looking for; but you're quite
wrong. illier has bolted with the nug
get, and that's a fact, sir," and with an
airy wave of his hand Barty went out,
leaving Slivers in anything but a pleas
ant temper.
"Bah ! you peacock," cried this wicked
old man, banging his wooden leg against
the table, "you eyeglass Idiot you brain
less puppy I m wrong, am I? We II ee
about that. I've found out all I want
from you, and I'll track her down, and
put her in jail, and hang her hang her
till she's as dead as a door nail."
Having given vent to this pleasant sen
timent, Sliver put on his hnt, and, tak-
ng his stick, walked out of hi office, but
not before Billy saw his Intention and
climbed up to hi accustomed place on the
old man s shoulder.
CIIAPTEH XVII.
It was some time before Mr. Villlers
recovered from the ahock caused by her
encounter with her husband. The blow
he had struck her on the side of the head
turned out to be more serious than was
at first anticipated, and Selina deemed
it advlsalilo thnt a doctor should be called
in. So Archie wont to Ballarat, and re
turned to the Pactolu with Dr. Oolli
pec, who soon verillerl the adage that ap-
poaroncc are deceptive by bringing Mad
erne Midas back to health in a wonder
fully ahort space of time. She was now
convalescent, and, seated In the armchair
by the window, looked dreamily at the
landscape. She was thinking of her hus
band, and in what manner he would an
noy her next; but she half thought that
having got the nugget he would now leave
her alone.
One result of Madame's illness was that
M. Vandeloup had mot Dr. Oollipeck, and
the two, though apparently dissimilar in
both character and appearance, had been
ttrticted to one enotier by a liking which
they had In common. This was the study
of toxicology, a science at whioh tho ec
centric old man had spent a lifetime. He
found Vandeloup a congenial spirit, for
the young Frenchman had a wonderful
liking for the nncanny subject ; but there
was a difference In the alms of both men,
Golllpeck being drawn to the study of
poisons from ft pure love of the subject,
whereas Vandeloup wanted to find out the
secrets of toxicology for his own end.
Wearied of the dull routine of the of
fice work, Vandeloup was taking a walk
In the meadows which surrounded the
Pactolu, when he saw Dr. Golllpeck shuf
fling along the dusty white road from tho
railway station.
"Good-day, Monsieur le Medocin," said
Vandeloup, gaily, as he came up to the
old man. "How goes tho great work?"
"Capitally," returned the doctor, with a
complacent smile; "just finished Catherine
de Medici wonderful woman, sir quite
a mistress of the art of poisoning."
"Humph!" returned Vandeloup,
thoughtfully, "I do not agree with you
there; it was her so-called astrologer,
Rugglerl, who prepared all her potions,
Catherine certainly had the power, but
Rugglerl possessed the science a very
fair division of labor for getting rid of
people, I must say but what have you
got there?" nodding towards a large book
which Golllpeck carried under his arm.
"For you," answered the other, taking
the book slowly from under his arm a
work on toxicology."
"Thank you," said Vandeloup, taking
the heavy volume and looking at the title
"French. I see ! I'm sure it will be pleas
ant reading. .
When be was gone the mocking smile
so habitual to Vandeloup' countenance
faded away, and hi face assumed a
thoughtful expreaslun. Ha opened the
book and turned over the leaves rapidly
but without finding what he was in search
of. With an uneasy laugh he shut the
volume with a snap and put it under his
arm again.
"lie's an enigma," he thought, refer
ring to the doctor ; "but he can't suspect
anything. J he case may be in this hook,
but I doubt if even this man with the
barbarous name can connect Gitstou Van
deloup of Ballarat with Octave Braulard
of I'uri.
His face reassumed its usual gay look
and ho walked into the house and found
Madame Midas seated In her arm chair
near the window looking pale and 111
while Archie was walking up and down
In an excited inaner, and talking volubly
In broad Scotch. As to Dr. Golllpeck
that eccentric individual was standing In
front of tho fire In an abstracted manner
Selina was In another room getting a
dr.nk for Madame, and as Vandeloup en
tered she came back with it.
"Good day, Madame," suid the French
man, advancing to the table, and putting
hi hat and the hook down on It. "How
ore you to-day?"
"Better, much better, thank you," said
Madame, with a faint smile; "the doc-tor
axurcs me I shall be quite well In a week.1
"With perfect rest and quiet, of course,"
Interposed Golllpeck. sitting down.
"Which Madame doo not seem likely
to get," observed Vandeloup, dryly, with
a glance at Mcintosh, who was still pac
lug up and down the room with an ex
presslon of wrath on hi severe face.
"On, ay," said that gentleman, stop
ping In front of Vandeloup, with a fine
expression of scorn. "Do you know
want a the matter wl me?
"Not being In your confidence," replied
Uaiton, smoothly, "l can hardly say ilia
I rto."
"It's Just 'that Peter ' yours." sal
Archie, with a snort ; "a poor wicked un
baptized child o ".utan.
"Archie!" luterponed Madame, with
soni" severity.
"Iiur pardon's begged, mem." said Ar
chle, soarl turnlog to her, "but for
lhat refer body, the sainis keep me hand
from Itching to give him ane on the head,
when I think o' him."
"What'R ho been doing?" asked Vande
loup, coolly. "I am quite prepared to
hear anything about him in his present
slate."
"It's Just this." hurst forth' Archie,
wrathftilly; "I went into the town to the
hotel, to tell the body he must come back
to the mine, and I find him not In a fit
stale for a Christian to speak to."
"Therefore," intei'tosed Vandeloup, In
hi even voice, without lifting his eye
"it was a pity you did speak to him."
"; went to the room, went on Archie,
excitedly, without paying any attention
to vandeloup remark, "an he Hew on
me wi' n dirk. I had the sense to bang
the door to and turn the key in the lock.
Do you call thnt conduct fur a civilized
body?"
'The fact is, M. Vandeloup," said Mad
ame, quietly, "Archie is so annoyed at
this conduct that he does not want Le-
inairc to come hack to work."
"I should Just think ho," cried Mcin
tosh. "Fancy an imp of Beelzebub like
him in the bowels o' the earth. It makes
my blood run cold when I think o' the
bloodthirsty pagan."
To Vandeloup this Information wa not
unpleasant. He wa anxious to get rid of
1'ierre, who was such an Incubus, and
now saw that he could send him away
without appearing to wish to get rid of
him. But as he was a diplomatic young
man he did not allow hi satisfaction to
piear on his face.
'Aren't you rather hard on hlra?" he
said; "he will be all right soon."
"I tell ye I 11 not have him buck, said
Archie, firmly ; "he's one o' those foreign
bodies full of revolutions an' confusion o'
tongues, and I'd not feel safe hi the mine
If I knew ho was down below wi' his
dirk."
"I really think he ought to go," said
Madame, looking rather anxiously at
Vandeloup, "unless, M. Vandeloup, you do
not want to pnrt with him."
"Oh, I don't want him," said Vande
loup, hastily; "as I told you, he was only
oun of the sailors on bonrd the ship I
wa wrecked in, and he followed me up
here because I was the only friend he
had, but now he ha got money or, at
least, his wages must come to a good
amount."
"Forty pounds," interposed Archie.
"So 1 think the best thing he can do
i to go to Melbourne, and ace if he can
get back to France."
"And you, M. andclonp? ' asked Dr.
Golllpeck, who had been listening to the
young Frenchman's romarks with great
interest : "do you not wish to go to
France?"
Vandeloup rose coolly from hi chair,
and, picking up his book and hat, turn
ed to the doctor.
"My dear monsieur," he said, leaning
up against the wall in a graceful man
ner, "I left France to see the world, so
until I have seen it I don't think it would
be worth while to return."
(To bo continued.)
HAD SNAKE.' ABOUT HIS NECK.
Sleeper In a Tent Narrowly Escaped
Suffocation by Iteptlle.
F. E. Feve, an employe of the North
ern Electric, bad a most thrilling ex
perience with a snnke recently, and
one that bo will not forget in a hurry.
says the Orovllie correspondent of the
Sacramento Union. Feve occupies a
tent made of gunnysneks, In the west
ern portion of the town. One night he
retired as usual, only to be awakened
by a feeling that he was being stran
gled. He nttempted to cry out, but bo
tightly was his throat bound that h
could ninkono sound and was forced to
lie there, gnsplug for every breath.
As be became fully' awake he rcallzod
thnt something must be done or he
would be strangled. He grabbed fran
tically at his tbroat and bis band slip
ped over the scales ' of a huge snake,
which had colled itself around his neck.
He frantically pulled the colls loose,
tho reptile resisting him and biting him
in the check. Ills companion bad
awakened in the meanwhile and came
to Feve's rescue. The two pulled the
snnke away, and threw It to the floor,
where It gilded away while the men at
tended to Feve's wound. Luckily they
realized that the bite would not be se
rious as they saw that the reptile waa
a gopher snake.
Knew He Wu n Speaker.
There Is related an anecdote of for
mer Speaker Reed of tho House of
Representative, which la almost good
enough to bo true. lie bad visited a
barber shop In Washington for a shave.
After the negro barber bad scraped
his chin, he began to cast about for
further work, or for a chance to Bell
hair tonics.
"Hair purty thin, suh," he said,
fingering tho two or three stray locka
that fringed Mr. Reed's bald pute.
"Been thnt wnj long, suh?"
"I was born that way," replied Reed.
"Afterward 1 eujoyed a brief period of
hirsute efflorescence, but it did not en
dure. The barber gasped and said no more.
Later some one told him he bad tihaved
the Speaker.
"Spcakah!" Jie exclaimed. "Don't I
know dat? I should say ho waa a
spenkah, sure nuf !"
Woman's Opportunity.
Meeting a negro, a ccrtuln Southern
gentleman asked him how be was get
ting on.
The negro assumed a troubled look
and replied ;
"Oh, so far's physlcallty goes, I'm
all right; but I sure do have ma trou
bles wlf 111:1 wife."
"Well, Sam, I'm sorry to hear that
What seems to be the matter?"
"She's thinks money grows on trees,
I reckon. All de ttme she keeps pea
terln' nie fob pinch o change. If It
ain't n dollnh It's a half or a quarter
she wants."
"What on earth doc she do with the
money?"
"I dunno. Ain't nevan give her
nono yet."
Konnjr Performance.
Redd Your wife's red In the face.
Greene Yes, she's been laughing all
the afternoon.
"Laughing all the afternoon?"
"Yes, she's been out watching me
play golf." Yonkers Statesman.
He Was roanmnter.
"So you live In the Hub, eh?" queried
the Chicago hotel clerk.
"Well, not exactly," replied the man
who bad registered from Boston. "I
live In one of the hubbubs." '
When a sick person Is more than 70,
people says "Ills age U agalrat blav
a
terniorid
Sorrow. All our work In life Is snnc
tifled by the sorrows and trviMe that
overtake us. Bishop ,T. II. Van Buren,
Episcopalian, San Juan, Porto Rico.
Affection'. A selfish, unloving woman
la an anomaly lu tiic social order. Tho
Ideal wife mid mother will Iks affectlon
itto. Rev. C. W. King, Mcth xllst.Scratt
ton, Pa.
Americans. We do not want ra
tion within a nation; we do not want
Gerninti-AiiierlcniiH, but Anicrlc.ins.
Rev. C. M. Meldon, Methodist, Provi
dence, It. I.
Twin Evils. The two greatest dis
graces of America are the 1 revaletico
of lawlessness and the lulsicciveriinvrit
of our cities. Rev. David l."ttcr, Uni
tarian, Denver.
The Day's Need.The day's ned is
that a man should think for himself,
decide for himself, and, graater than
ail. be himself. Rev. II. F. Rail, Metli
oil;.st, Baltimore.
Man's Destiny. Life is n great and
noble calling, not a mean shuffle, not n
groveling pretense, but nn elevated and
lofty destiny. Rev. S. P. Cadinan, Con
i gregatlonalist, Brooklyn.
God's Love.- God Is love and Hi
love Is deathless and changeless. II
grieves; It forgives; it mourns; It kiss
es; It raises and It saves and does these;
things unto the uttermost. Iter. Da
vld Gregg, Presbyterian, Pittsburg.
Tainted Money. "Tninted money" It
on expression very easily misunder
stood. Money In Itself can have nc
moral character. The taint, If there b
any, Is In the man who handles tin
money. Rev. T. II. Rice, Presbyterian
Atlanta.
Dealing Justice. Tho Bible com
mands you to deal Justly and fairly and
In truth. Deceive not and be not de
reived, give just balance and jusl
weights and measures shal' yt have.
Rev. William Custon, rr?sbyterian,
Clcvt land.
Money. people think that money It
the real thing. But five minutes nftei
we are dead we shall all lie alive In th
eternal life, and then of whit use will
money or the pleasures of tho lwdy bel
Bishop Sattcrlcp, Episcopalian, Wash
ington, D. C.
A Heavenly Force. The kingdom ol
heaven Is essentially a force. It Is like
leaven which, w hen hidden in tho meal,
works from particle to partie'e till it!
quickening power pervades the whole
Rev. A. V. Raymond, Congregational
1st, Schenectady, N. Y.
Traitors. Any man who for the sakt
of money will bring disgrace upon the
cause of Christ Is guilty of selling
Christ to Ills enemies. He becomes a
traitor to bis Lord and his spiritual
downfall Is sure. Rev. A. R. Holder
by, Methodist, Atlanta.
The Life Divine. There flames npoi
, every man occasionally a spiritual con
sciousness of the life divine. This maj
occur again, and again without produc
ing any definite results, but It Is surt
to occur in every life. Rev. G. a Mop
Ban, Presbyterian, New York City.
TREASURE TROVE WAS GONE.
A Missouri Man Lost Out In Searct
for Territory Gold.
R. D. Hannlton, of Missouri, after se
curing a key that would unlock treas
ure burled in Indian Territory at tht
time of the civil war, finally located tht
hiding place of the gold, but Just too
late to reap the reward, for another
searcher had ben ten hlin to It says tht
Kansas City Star. In the Civil Wai
n man named Brown came to Indian
Territory from Missouri. He bad plen
ty of money. He settled In the vicini
ty of where the new town of Taft now
stands.
Rumors ciime that Price was aboul
to raid the country with his army, and
Brown burled the gold ho had with bim
In a stone Jar nearly as large as a
churn. Over tho mouth of this he had
fitted n cover with a secure lock. II
locked and burled the jar and disap
peared. Later he returned to Missouri
but came to the territory only once to
get the gold. That time he lost th
rough mtip that he had made when he
burled the gold, and the country had
changed so that he could not locat.
the place.
Afterward the key to the Jar of gold
came Into tho possession of Hanalton
and he eanio to tho territory to renew
the search. He knew almut tho vicini
ty. He searched and dug for several
days. When his mission became known
other persons who had often heard ru
mors of burled treasure there, com
menced to dig also, and sonio one found
the Jar and Its treasure. In oue of the
places where some 0110 had been dig
ging Hanalton found the Jar which had
been broken open. The hole where It
bad been was freshly dug. The per
son who made the find either left bn
medntely or Is keeping his luck a se
cret. tLaat Advice from His Wife.
William Brooklleld. the English
ch'jutvhman, used to tell this story;
"T,tv new bishop of New Zealand, lu a
farewell and pathetic Interview with
blv mother after bis apimintment, was
tho. addressed by her in such sequence
as sobs and tears would iermlt: 'I
aurpose they will eat you, my dear I
tr to think otherwise, but 1 suppose
tlity will. Well! We will leave It In
the) bands of Providence. But If they
do en hid, my dear, and disagree with
theta."'
rlNIHstruat.
"Did you enjoy the concert?" asked
the artistic young woman.
Tf rs," a ns were J Mr. Cumrock ; "I en-
Jord It. But I was afraid to say so
for fear mother and the girls would r
prtrva the performers for playing that
sort of music." Washington Star.
tyr remark how prices tumble whoa)
70 1 a re 1 good supply on bandf
The physician and the nurse are safe
In the slums. Their professions are
their passports. Many a doc tor, says
tho New York Evening Post, read with
wonder a recent newspaper article de
scribing on attack by Lust Side "thugs"
upon n young doctor. "I don't believe
thnt slory," was tho comment. Sure
enough, It proved to be untrue.
"I am glad I was right." remarked
one physician, who had expressed his
opinion In regard to the tale. "After
years of experience, I i nn tell you there
Isn't a quarter into which a doctor need
hesitate to go. No matter whether the
citizens aro natives or foreigners, tho
doctor's little satchel makes them
friends at tho first glimpse. On some
rare occasion under tho influence of
drink may put on n hostile front; then
the whole neighborhood rushes lu for
our protection.
"I recall one Incident of my service
as a hospital Interne as a proof of this
last statement. A young woman was
desperately 111. Her family consisted
of u husband, a quartet of brothers
and sbveral other relatives, all In a
state of temporary Insanity from
liquor. Their excitement had spread
through tho tenement, and I found the
halls crowded. Way for me, however,
was quickly made, as a whisper of 'the
doctor' went round; the great, ugly
Iookiug fellows stepiied nslde for me
respectfully and quietly. Yet I was
only a kid, half scared to death, with
my diploma not a year old.
"In the sick-room the relatives show
ed signs of distrust. The patient was
In such straits that I decided to ad
minister uu opiate, but the moment I
got out my hypodermic needlo ono of
tho brothers sprang at me. He seized
my arm and sent my needle flying.
Then tho husband and another brother
jumiied ut me. cursiug In Italian.
"It looked bad for me. Fortunately
the door into the hall was open, and
two men from tho outside ran In
two foreigners, who were regular des
peradoes, as I afterward learned and
put up u fight to protect mo. They
whipped my assailants soundly, and
threw them out of the room, and then
stood guard while I administered tho
morphine.
"Once, as I wnlked through Cherry
street at night, my greatcoat half con
cealing my bag, two nieu stepped out
of a dark doorway and seized me. Ono
was about to give me a blow, when I
stammered:
" 'I'm the doctor !'
They released me instantly. By way
of evidence I produced my bag. The
fellow who had tried to hit me said: ,
" 'Beg ycr pardon, boss. Didn't know
who you was,' aud that was tho end
of it"
Ferhaps the most remarkable case
of Immunity was that of a young in
terne who respouded to a riot call,
which Involved the invasion of a saloon
In which two rival gangs were engaged
In a fatal battle. Bullets were flying
and knives flashing. Two men lay dead
and three were wounded. The doctor
entered with tho officers, against whom
the fighters aimed their weapon?.
Not a blow was aimed at the doctor.
As he walked toward the - nearest
wounded man a big chap stepped asido
to let him pass, lowering bis revolver
for the moment, only to raise It again
aud fire at a policeman behind the
physician. Then the whole crowd, of
ficers and "thugs," moved to the other
Bide of the room to resume the fight,
as If tacitly agreeing to leave tha doc
tor undisturbed iu his work. While
he attended to his duties they continued
battle until the roughs were clubbed
Into submission or chased Into tho
street
This Is Family of Giants.
In one respect there is probably no
more remarkable family In New York
State than the Bradley, the parental
borne of the family being near Rock
Stream, N. Y., says the Rochester Dem
ocrat and Chronicle. Tho remarkable
feature Is the height of the children,
,of whom there are seven, all boys.
- The shortest of the boys Is 6 feet 1
Inch In height and It is said be feels
keenly tho humiliation of being so
much shorter than his eldest brother,
who Is 6 foot 8 Inches. A peculiar
feature is that the stature of the sev
en boys varies practically an Inch, be
ginning at 6 feet 1 Inch and ascending
to 6 feet 8 Inches.
Charles, the oldest and tallest of the
seven, has a son 17 years old who Is
even more worthy in point of size than
bis father or uncles. He now tips the
scalo at ISO pounds and Is 0 feet 0
Inches In height, one inch more than
bis father.
The father of these giants Is three
Inches shorter than his shortest son,
while tho mother Is but little over 5
feet In height. She is quite stout now,
but for somo time after her marriage
she weighed little more than 100
pounds.
Good tor Evil.
There ore some people who turn
gray, but do not grow hoary; whose
faces are furrowed, but not wrinkled ;
whose hearts are sorely wounded In
many places, but aro not dead. There
Is a youth that bids defiance to old
age, and there Is a kindness which
Inughs at the world's usage. These are
they who have returned good for evil.
Whom the gods love die young, and
they die young because they never grow
old. Selected.
Hetty Green Undisturbed.
"I dare you," says Mr. Sage, giving
$1,000,000 to the Troy Tech.
"I dare you," says Mr. Carnegie, giv
ing fl0,000,000 to the simple spellers.
"I dare you," says Mr. Rockefeller,
giving $32,000,000 to the general edu
cation board.
"Go ahead and dare," Bays Hetty
Green. Buffalo Express.
Acooaumodatlas;.
Hicks Say, old fellow, Just lend ma
110, will you. for two weeks?
Wick Sure, old man. Just go over
to old Tlteflst and borrow it In my
name. Somervllle Journal.
Justice la Just what the unjust art
anxious to avoid.
TONIC FWTTfflTHERS
tr. Williams' Pink Pllla Are Safe and
Reliable A favorite Household
Remedy.
Motherhood may he the crownlnt
blessing of a woman's life or It may
bring grief and sorrow. Mrs. M. J.
Wight, of 170 Seventa Street, Auburn,
Maine, relates her experience after the
birth of her daughter in 1801, aa fo
Iowa: "I wa all run down at the
time the baby came and did not Im
prove in health rapidly after. 1 wai
pale, thin and bloodless. My stomach
distressed me being full of gas all th
time and my heart fluttered so that 1
could scarcely breathe.
"Finally I remombered tbat a friend
had recommended Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills to me so I commenced using
the-ra. I gained In strength rapidly
while the baby throve also. When I
expected my next child I started tak
ing th pills a?a!n as a tonic and
trengthener and had no such dlffl
eulty aa before. I got up better and
my strength came back much sooner.
A year ao last winter I had an at
tack of rheumatism In the hands which
went from one hand to the other. Th
Joints swelled up and were bo stiff I
could not move them. The pain ex
tended up through my arms and
shoulders. I felt sick enough to go to
bed but did not do so. This attack
lasted for several months. I tried sev
eral remedies but finally came back
to using the pills which had done m
so much good before and found that
they benefited me almost at once. 1
have not been troubled Blnce."
All druggists sell Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills, or they will be sent by mall
post-paid, on receipt of price, 60 cent.i
per box, six boxes for $2.50, by tb
Dr. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady, N. Y. Send for book ol
cures.
Belf-Drfeuae.
"I'm surprised at you," said Jlgley,
"trying to borrow a dollar from thai
fellow Harduppe. You're snrcly not la
uch awful need of money."
"No," replied Shrude, "but I fell
sure Harduppe was. Anticipated him,
that's all." Catholic Standard and
Times.
While She Walter'.
Grocer's Clerk Step on this seals.
Miss Bucksum, and I'll give you a weigh.
i'lump Customer I'll do it, Mr. Grig-
ion, if you'll promise not to give m
tway.
CtTKED OF GRAVEL.
Pfot a Slaajle Stone Hns Formed Sln&.
I'elnc Doan'a Kidney Pllla.
J. D. Daughtrcy. music publisher, ol
Suffolk, Va., says: "During two 01
three years that I na.
kidney trouble I pass
ed about 2Ms pounds ol
gravel and sandy sedi
ment in the urine. I
haven't passed a stgni
since using Doan's Kid
ney Pills, however, and
that was three yean
ago. I used to Buffo
the most acute agon;
during m gravel attack
and had the other usual symptoms ol
kidney trouble lassitude, headache,
pain In the back, urinary disorders,
rheumatic palu, etc. I have a box con
taining 14 gravel stones that I passed
but that Is not one-quarter of the -".!
number. I consider Doan's Ki.lnej
Pllla a fine kidney tonic."
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box
Foster-MIlburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
FIQUKES OF A CROP 117 WESTERS
CANADA.
How
Swan RlTer Settler
Ha.
Succeeded.
Benito, Manitoba,. November 26, 1906.
J. Obed Smith, Esq., Commissioner of
Immigration, Winning:
Sir At Swan River Valley li
May, 1000, a settler took up a home
stead on Section 30, in Township 34,
Range 29, West of the 1st Meridian,
at that time 60 miles from a railway,
telegraph, school or church. There It
now a railway within two miles of hit
farm, and all these other advantages
close at band.
His story Is: "After making my
homestead entry fee of ten dollars, 1
bad $45 total (forty-five dollars) capi
tal. Through doing homestead duties la
slack times of the year, I managed U
get a start I am a married man 28
years of age.
I built my first house or shack, and
broke up eight acres, putting five acre
In crop the first year.
"This year, 1900, I had 80 acres In
crop 65 acres In wheat, 20 acres of
which yielded K)0 bushels or 42 bush
els per acre; 15 acres of oats, which
yielded 355 bushels, and one stack of
oats In sheaf for feed.
"Receipts for the year:
Sold 1,735 bushels of wheat
for $1,037.10
In granary, 110 bushels 71.60
In granary, 353 bushels oats. 88.75
One stack of oats in sheaf..; 60.00
Garden roots aud vegetables.. 25.00
$1,272.35
"Expenses of year :
Blue stone for seed t 1.60
Paid for binder twine 30.00
Paid for hlsed help 120.00
t'aia ror threshing 107.00
58.00
Receipts . .,
VIxpediture
, .$1,272.35
. . 25S.ti0
Balance $1,013.75
Assets.
160 acres of land valued at. . .$2,5iXMHi
Frame house 20x2U valued at. 000.00
Farm Implements 425.00
1 team horses and harness... 400.00
5 head young cattle 73.00
i bogs 15.00
Receipts of this year's crop. .. 1.015.75
$3,030.75
Liabilities.
umu 0.1 farm $ 500.00
Balance to my good $4,530.75
Particulars as to how to secure low
railway rates to the free homestead
lands of Western Canada may be se
cured from any Canadian Government
agent
London society womea are fonnln
"prayor circle" la connection with th
rorrey-Altxsoder revival.
KITQ H VW Son u ait I
IIO FvauM.Srt.ralkrSi.IiiH