42
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Cleanses the System Etfpct-
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os due to
x.
Is no.TuraUv.acl
"UP.llvjUispcl-s Lolas andllcat
GChcs dao 10 Lonsupolton;
uly
Arts naTurallv. acls Irulv as
i
lie&t forMcnNompn find Cnila-rcn-ybungand
Ula,
loct its nWcJicial Ejects
Always Duv the trenuinc uhicli
has ihe Jail
pany
I name
othe C
CALIFORNIA
tjy whom it i manufactured, printedon tlie
front of every nacko!e.
- SOLD BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS,
One iZC only, regular price 50pfbotlle.
Vlrtlm nf the Triinli.
Mr. Pncpr You'r putting nparly as
much wrapping paper as beefstpak on
those scalps and making me pay meat
prices for it.
Marketman Yes, mn'an, and I'm let
ting you have all that wrapping paper
with a full knowledge of the fact that the
price of it, owing to the soulless greed of
the wood pulp monopoly, in going up rlpht
long. Anything else this morning,
-ttVam?
Sldo Llulna on History.
i Israel Putnam had shot the wolf.
I hadn't practiced on the neighbors
rati for nothing," he said, looking around,
from force of habit, for a place where he
could bury the animal.
Vet be didn't forget to apply for ft
bounty on the wolf's scalp. .
XLLCK ITCHDra SPOTS ON FACE.
Parnlelan Called It Ecitmi In Worst
Form Patient Despaired of Cure
Cntlcara Remedies Cared Her.
''About four years ago I wag aflllct
ed with black splotches all over my
face and a few covering my body,
which produced a severe Itching Irrita
tion, and which caused me a great deal
of suffering, to such an extent that I
was forced to call In two of tho lead
ing physicians of . After a thor
ough examination of the dreaded com
plaint they announced It to be skin ec--xema
In the worst forti. Their treat
ment did me no good. Finally I be
came despondent and decided to discon
tinue their serrlces. My husband pur
chased a single set of the Cutlcura
Remedies, which entirely stopped the
"breaking out. I continued tho use of
the Cutlcura Remedies for six months,
-and. after that every splotch was en
tirely gone. I have not felt a symptom
of the eczema since, which was three
years ago. Mrs. Lizzie E. Sledge, 640
. Jones Ave., Selma, Ala., Oct 28. 1900."
The Man Who Is Ahead.
In almost every newspaper you pick
op you are pretty sure to find a lot
of gush about the man behind the coun
ter and the man behind the gun; the
'.man behind the buz-saw and the man
"behind the son; the man behind tho
times and the man behind his rents;
"the man behind the plowshare and the
man behind the fence; the man be
hind the whistle and tle man behind
'the cars; the man behind the kodak
-and the man behind the bars; the man
ibeblnd his whiskers and the man be
hind bis flats; aud everything Is en
tered on the list. Hut they've skipped
anotlier fellow, of whom nothing has
been said the fellow who Is even, or
.-a little way ahead; who pays for wbnt
Mie gets, whose bills are always signed.
"He's a blamed sight more Important
thr.n the man whs Is behind. All the
dltora and merchants, and the whole
commercial clan, are Indebted for ex
istence this houest fellow man. He
' k'A';n us all In business and his town
Ms never dead, and so we take off our
iits to the man who Is ahead. Judgo-
1! Trlamph ot Mlad.
"Victim of Delusion Doctor, I'm aw
- fully afraid I'm going to have brala
lever.
Doctor Pooh, pooh, my dear friend I
That Is all an' Illusion of the senses.
There Is no such thing as fever. You
have no fever, you have no br h'm ! no
'material substance upon which such a
-wholly Imaginary and supposititious thing
as a fever could find any base of opera
tion. Victim O, doctor, what a load yon
laave taken from my from my I have
mind, hav' ' --".
"TWO TOPERS."
""A Teacher's Experience.
"'My friends call me The Postum
Treacher," write a Minn, school
teacher, "because I preach the gospel
or I'oetum everywhere I go, aud have
been the means of liberating many
4coffeo-pot slaves.'
"I don't care what they call me so
long as I can help others to see what
they lose by sticking to coffee, and
. can show them the way to steady
nerves, clear brain and general good
t tieuith by using Postum.
"While a school girl I drank coffee
and had fits of trembling and went
through a siege of nervous prostration,
which took me three years to rally
from.
- "Mother coaxed me to use Postum,
tut I thought coffee would give me
atreugtb. So things went, aud when I
juarried I found my husband and I
rwere both coffee topers aud I can aym
Iutlilze with a drunkard who tries to
leave off his cups.
"At last la sheer desperation, I
tougbt a package of Postum, followed
directions about bolting It, served It
with good cream, and asked my bus
band how he liked the coffee.
I "We each, drank; three cups apiece,
nd what a satisfied, feeling- it left Our
conversion has lasted several yews and
will continue a long as we 11 re, for It
turn made us new nerves are steady,
appetites good, sleep sound aud re
freshing.'' "There a Season." Name gtren by
Tostuni Co.. Battle Creek; Mich. eead
The Hoad to Weilrllte." In. pkga.
Ever read the above letter? A
si' one appears from Akaleyv tfaoe.
Tfcey art geoulM, trwa, aavi fU
mmum interest.
- '. ' Km
Strong and Steady
By HORATIO ALGER, JR.
CHAPTER I.
This is a nice room you've got, Wal
ter." "Yes, you know I am to stay here for
two years, and I might as well be com
fortable." "It's a good deal better than my room
twice as big, to begin with. Then, my
carpet looks as if it had come down
through several genyations. As for a
mirror, I've got a seven-by-nine looking
glass that I have to look into twice be
fore I can see my whole face. As for the
bi.dstead, It creaks so when I Jump Into
l that I expect every night it'll fall to
pieces and spill me on the floor. New
our room Is splendidly furnished."
"Yes, it is now, but father famished
It at his own expense. He said he was
willing to spend a little money to make
me comfortable."
That's more than my father said. He
told mo It wouldn't do me any harm to
rough It."
"Perhaps he's right," said Walter. "Of
course, I don't object to the new carpet
and furniture, but I shouldn't consider
it any great hardship if I bad to rough
It, as you call it."
"Wouldn't you? Then I'll tell you what
we'll do. Let's change rooms. You can
go round and board at Mrs. Glenn's, and
I'll come here."
"I am not sure what my father would
think of that arrangement," said Walter,
smiling.
"I thought you'd find some way to
crawl out," said Lemuel. "For my part,
I don't believe you'd enjoy roughing it
any better than I."
"I don't know," said Walter; "I've
sometimes thought I shouldn't be very
sorry to be a poor boy, and have to work
my own way."
"That's very well to say when you're
the son of a rich man."
"8o are you."
"Yes, but I don't get the benefit of it,
and you do. What would you do now
If you were a poor boy?"
"I can't say, of course, now, but I
would go to work at something. I am
lure I could earn my own living."
"I suppose I could, too, but I shouldn't
irnnt to. Some peoplo are born lazy, don't
think so?" ,
"Perhaps you are right," answered
Walter, with a smile. "Now suppose we
open our Ca-sar."
Lemuel Warner was a pleasant looking
boy ot fourteen, the son of a prosperous
merchant In New York. Walter Conrad
was from a small country town, where his
father was the wealthiest and most prom
inent and Influential citizen, having a
handsome mansion house, surrounded by
extensive grounds.
Nobody knew just bow rich he wns ;
but he was generally supposed to be
worth two hundred thousand dollars. Mrs.
Conrad had been dead for five years, so
that Walter, who was an only child, had
no immediate relation except his father.
It was for this reason, perhaps, that he
had been sent to the Essex Classical In
stitute. Iteing a boy of talent, and well
giounded In Latin, be was easily, able to
take a high rank In bis class. Lemuel
Warner had become his intimate friend,
being in the same class, but Inferior to
him in scholarship. Tbey usually studied
their Latin lessons together, and it was
owing to this circumstance that Lemuel
made a better figure in his recitations
than before Walter came to the school.
'There, that job's done," said Lemuel,
closing his book with an air of satisfac
tion. "Now we can rest."
"You forget the Latin exercise. You
know the doctor expects each boy to
write a letter in Latin, addressed to his
father, not less than twelve lines in
length."
The boys started on their new task, and
inished by nine o'clock. Lemuel's let
ter was written with a brilliant disregard
of grammatical rules, but It was consid
srably revised In accordance with sugges
tions from Walter.
"I've a great mind to send my letter
home, Walter," said Lemuel. "Father
expects me to write home every week, and
this would save n,c some trouble. Upsides,
be'd think I was getting on famously, to
writs home in Latin."
"Yes, if he didn't And out the mis
takes."
"That's the rub. ne'd show it to the
minister the first time he called, and then
my blunders would be detected. I guess
I'd better wait till it comes back from
the doctor corrected."
"I expect to bear from borne to-mor-
tok," said Walter. "It is my birthday."
"L.et me be tne nrst to congratulate
you. How venerable will you be?"
"As venerable as most boys of fifteen.
Lera,"
"You're three months older than I am.
then. Do you expect a present?"
"lather promised to give me a gold
watch chain some time. You know I
have a gold watch already."
"Yes, snd a regular little beauty."
"So it wouldn't surprise nit much to
get a chain for a present."
"You're a lucky boy. My watch la sil
ver, and only cost twenty dollars."
"I dare say I should be just as happy
with a silver watch, Lem."
"I suppose you wouldn't like to buy,
would you? If so, I'll give ycm the
chance. A fair exchange Is no robbery."
"No, I suppose not ; but it wouldn't do
to exchange a gift."
"Perhaps, If my watch were gold and
tours silver, you wouldu't havs any ob
jections." "I don't think that would alter the
case with me. A gift Is a gift, no matter
about its value."
"It's the hard study, I suppose, that's
cone it. I must be getting back to Ma'am
Ulenn s. Hood-night."
"Good-night, Lem."
Lemuel Warner gathered up his boitks.
anu ion tne room. niter poked the lire
putting some ashes ou, so that It would
keep till the next moruinz. and cAimn..
ed undressing. He was Intermixed by
a heavy step on the stairs, and directly
afterward a knock resounded upon his
ooor.
Wondering who his late visitor cisild
be, Walter stepped to the door aud ot-ucd
It. tie was still more surprised to r'or
nlze in the visitor Dr. Porter, the prin
cipal ot the institute.
"Good-evening, Conrad," said the doc
tor. "I am rather a late vUltor. I was
not sure but you might be in bed. Have
you heard from home lately, Cawadr
aeked the doctor.
1 "Yes, sir, I received a letter a fear
days since."
"Did your father speak of being i
wetir
"v, sir," said Walter, taking inatN
alarm. Have have you keacd ely
tiling r"
t "Yes, my boyt and that Is me- reaaafl
lat caUlsg upon yea at this eausoat hoar.
I received this telegram twenty mtnutes
since."
Walter took the telegram, with trem
bling fingers, snd read the following mes
sage: "Dr. Porter Please send Walter Con
rad home by the first train. His father
is very sick. NANCY FORBES."
"Do you think there is any danger.
Dr. Porter?" asked Walter, with a pale
face.
"I cannot tell, my boy; this telegram
furnishes all the Information I possess.
Who is Nancy Forties?"
"She Is the housekeeper. I can't real
ize that father Is so sick. He did not say
anything about it when ho wrote."
"Let us hope it is only a brief sick
ness. I think you had better go home by
the first train to-morrow morning."
Tho principal shook hands with Walter
and withdrew. When his tail form had
vanished, Walter sat down and tried to
realize the fu-t of his father's sickness;
but this lie foutyl difficult. It was a Ion?
time before he got to sleep, but at length
he did sleep, wukicg In time only for a
hasty preparation for the homeward Jour
ney. He was so occupied with thoughts of
his father that It was not till he was well
on the way home that it occurred to him
that this was his fifteenth birthday, to
which be had been looking forward for
some time.
The seat in front of Walter was for
some time vacant; but at the Woodville
station two gentlemen got in and entered
uihhi an animated conversation. Walter
did not at first pay any attention to it.
He was looking out of the window list
lessly, unable to fix his mind upon any
thing except his father's sickness. But
at length his attention was caught by
some remarks made by one of the gentle
men in front, and from this point he list-
one dlanguidly.
I suspected him to be a swindler when
h9 first came to mo," said tho gentleman
sitting next the window. "Ho hadn't an
honest look, ana I was determined not
to have anything to do with his scheme.
Mining companies are risky things al
ways. I one got taken in to the tune
of five thousand dollars, but it taught me
a lesson. So L was not particularly im
pressed with the brilliant prospectus of
the Great Metropolitan Mining Company,
In spite of its high-sounding name, and
Its promised dividend of thirty per cent.
Deiiend upon it, James all and his con
federates will pocket all the dividends
that are made."
"Very likely you are right. Rut It may
bo that Wall really believed there was a
good chance of making money."
'Of course ho dm, but he was deter
mined to make the money for himself,
and not for the stockholders."
"I might have been tempted to Invest,
but all my money was locked up at the
time, and I could not have done so with
out borrowing the money, and that I was
rpfolved not to do.
"it was fortunate for you that you
didn't, for the bubble has already burst.
There will be many losers. By the way,
I hear that Mr. Conrad of Willoughby
was largely interested. He is a rich nan,
but for all that be may have gone In be
yond his means.
'I am sorry for him, but that was reck
less."
"Yes, be was completely taken in by
Wall.' He's a smooth fellow."
When the gentlemen left thu cars Wal
ter saw one of them had left a morning
paper lying In the seat. He picked it up
and examined the columns until his eyes
fell upon the following paragraph:
"Ihe failure of the Great Metropolitan
Mining Company proves to be a disas
trous one. The assets will not be suffi
cient to pay more than live per cent of
the amount of the sums invested by the
stockholders, possibly not that. There
must have been gross mismanagement
somewhere, or such a result could hardly
have been reached. We understand that
the affairs of the company are In the
bands of assignees who are empowered to
wind them up. The stockholders In this
vicinity will await the result with anx
iety."
"That looks rother dlscoifraglng, to be
sure," thought Walter. "I suppose father
will lose a good deal. Hut I'll tell him
ho needn't worry about me. I shan't mind
being poor, even if it comes to that. As
long as he is lett to me, I won't complain."
The time passiul until the cars stopped
at Willoughby station. Walter jumped
over a fence and took his way across the
fields to his father s house. By the road
it would have been a mile, but it was
scarcely more than half a milt by the foot
path.
He went up the pathway t the front
door and rang the bell. Th door was
opened by Nancy Forbes, the housekeeper,
whose name was appended to the tole-gram.
"So It's you, Master Walter," she said.
"I am glad you are borne, but H's a snd
home you're come to."
"Is father very sick, then?" asked Wal
ter, turning pale.
"My dear child, your father died at
eight o'clock thie morning."
CHAPTER II.
This sudden announcement of bis fath
er's death was a great shock to Walter.
The uews stunned him, and he stood.
pale and motionleKs, looking Into the
housekeeper's face.
"Come In, Master Walter, cons In and
have a enp of hot tea. It'll make you
feci better."
"Tell me about It, Nancy ; I-I can't
think it's true. It's so suddeu. When
wns he first taken sifk?'
"I didn't notice nothing till last night
just after supper. Richard went to tint
postoliice and got your father's letters.
When they oamo be took 'em into tin li
brary, mid begun to rwid 'em. There wus
three, I remember. It was abiait an hour
bi-fore I weut into the room to tell hlra
the irpnitiT had called about ippalnng
the carriage bouse. When I tamo in,
there was your poor father lying on the
earp, s.iikiw. He held a litter tisnt
In liis hand. I errsitiiied for help. Mr.
Urier, the carpeuter, and Richard cum
in nid Mptvl me to lift up ysur irtnr
father, and we set right off for the doc
tor." "What did the doctor say?"
"He said it was a paralytic stroke a
viwr bad one end ordered him re be ptit
t bed dlrarrly. But k was of (toe.
He tier- reeevarad, bet knHrtlied lu tat
this merstac at etglrt e'eteut."
"Nsht. nave feu got rhnt tetter wWeh
say father was reading!"
"Yea, Nearer Walter, I put hi sar
oi-rt wtVt naerag. I taiieV ftesa
BMMt have bee sad news ia tt"
She die fyaja W aertcet a Mtte,
wfalt ate tfteed U Wat kef's kflnaVs. Ke
reed ft hastily, aad It confirmed his Sirv
aicioas. It was from a la?r Mr. Con
rad had sakad te make Inquiries respect
ing tho Great Metropolitan Mining Com
pnny, and was as follows
"William Conrad, Esq.!
"Dear Sir I have, at your request,
taken pains to Inform myself of the pres
ent management and condition of the
Great Metropolitan Mining Company.
The task has been less difficult than 1
anticipated, since ths failure of the com
pany bas Just been made ptrbtlc. The
management has been in the hands of dis
honest snd unscrupulous men, snd It is
donbtful whether the stockholders will lie
able to recover anything. '
"ANDREW HOLMES."
Walter folded up the letter, and put It
Into his pocket. He felt that this letter
had cost his father his life, and In the
midst of his grief he bad very bitter
thoughts about the unscrupulous man who
had led his father te ruin. Had It been
merely the loss of property, he couU
have forgiven him, but he bad been de
prived of the kindest and most indulgent
of fathers.
"I should like to see my father," lit
said.
An hour later he came out of the death
chamber, pale but composed. He seeined
older and more thoughtful than when h
entered. A great and sudden sorrow often
bas this effect upon the young.
"Nancy," he said, "have any arrange
ments been made about the funeral?"
"No, Walter, we waited till you came."
"My father bad no near relatives.
There is a cousin, Jacob Drummond, who
lives in Stapleton. It will be necessary
to let blm know. It will be best to telegraph."
Jacob Drummond kept a dry goods
store In the village of Stapleton. He had
the reputation of being a very mean man.
He carried his meanness not only into
his business, but into his household, nnd
there was not a poor mechanic In Sta
pleton who did not live better than Mr.
Drummond, wbo was the rich man of the
p.ace.
(To be continued.)
, Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects.
NOTHING LIKE LEATHER. '
IVo Sntlaractorr Substitute Has Yet
Dn Discovered.
One of the most promising fields for
the experiments of the Inventive gen
ius, whether lie be chemist, mechanic,
agriculturist or naturalist, Is the search
for a substitute for leather, says the
Boston Transcript. In this day when
the supply of leather seems to have
reached its topmost record, and Its
many uses are steadily Increasing, the
balance ef the law of demand nnd sup
ply must be preserved by the produc
tion of some snbstance which com
bines attributes of leather: The old
expression, "There's nothing like leath
er," tins never been contradicted, but
now research must be made till smiie
thlng like lcntlicr Is found suitable to
tnke the wear-atnl-tear of the feet of
millions, and endure as leather has.
The Japanese present their niltsti
mntn tree, the bark of which has some
of the qualities of leather, but the
Japane are buying leather f i
Aincrlci, so that their bark Is not liko'
ly to be produced In sufficient quanti
ties to bo practicable. The most natu
ral substitute Is some textile fabric of
such a material, or so chemically treat
ed, os to be impervious to water, nnd
nble to withstand severe strain and
wear. Already the cotton canvas has
become a popular substitute for leather
Rummer shoes. P.ut so far It Is not
water-tight, nor durable beyond a cer
tain short limit. Its usi Is confined to
the vamps and uppers of the shoe, the
old-fnubloncd leather being depended
upon for the (sole. The heel of leather
has been crowded out In many In
stances by the rubber heel. The wood
en liCH'l figures prominently In Cubiui,
Louis, common sense or military styles
for women's shoes. Rut the nrtllielal
p.if.her Is still unperfected. '
Some Kansas genius proposed to
pr.'ss a substance from corn stalks
which he avers would serve the pur
pnxe. Another wlzzdrd of the Middle
West desired n stone sole of a sub
stance composed of marble dust, saw
dust and glue. The Ingenious Japanese
have pressed a seaweed Into a sub
stance which Is passable as an Inner
sole, and still the secret Is unsolved,
r.ullding on the cotton ennvas has pro
duced substances made of canvas
treated with rubber, hut the porosity
of leather is not provided for nnd rub
ber is becoming' Itself a scarce sub
stance. A Yankee genius has proposed the
shredding of old leather, then mixing
It with some binding substance and so
procuring a built-up leather, but the
life of the original has been destroyed.
Numerous paths have been blazed out,
it will be seen, but the field Is still to
be traversed In the(rlght direction, and
the use of cotton, treated and woven
In some way, seems the most promis
ing. The patent leather of to-day,
which Is leather varnished and baked
till the varnish becomes a hard sur
face and the leather but a fibrous sub
stance devoid of life and elasticity,
has been Imitated by treating heavy
cotton cloth In tho same, way with
quite similar results. In1 that direc
tion the problem Is partially solved.
There Is yet to bo devised a material
which will make the shoes of the
schoolboy, of the farmer1, the treuch
dlgger nnd the business man.
Vltra-Fashlonable.
"Whatever became of that plain fam
ily callml the DewU-rrys who used to
live In the little house at the end of
the lain?" queried the man who had
Just returned to tho village after a five
years alwenrw.
"Oh, they struck oil, stranger." re
plied the old postmaster. "They own
a big mansion ou the hill, three auto
mobiles und their duughter Is engaged
to n real duke."
"Strange 1 And do they still have
Dewberry on the gate as they did
when they llvwl In the little house in
the lane?"
"Oh, Ha They call themselves pn
Darry rr. LK'wborry Bound too
plain."
'
Oatrhlac the Wayfarer.
Cogger The good parson told me I
should alwaya tie trying to lift up my
feJlaw man.
Motorwttodj What did you a newer?
Cogger I told him I would put a
eoop oa my automobile at the earnest
e5rtuarty.
TCi vetitWa Pnnday ertr'vfta tofd g
J,00d, wttt Z5000.000 attatOasU
WHYS AND X7HEREF0R.ES OF SLANO.
S a mutter of fact, a little slung Is an ex
cellent thing, but lu the present era of
slang more than the smallest quantity is a
great deal too much. The English language
may fairly be said to be the most pictur
esque and most expressive lu the world,
aud It does not need the verbiage of the
slum, or evm the catch words and catch phrases of the
street, to add to its vigor 'and variety. As a rule, the
use of slang Is Indicative more of paucity of thought
nnd Idea than of a susceptibility to the humorous and
the graphic. If we tell our friend to "get onto his Job,"
"to get onto hln. self," "to get busy," "to get a move
on," or any one of a hundred other things, we certainly
reveal our tendt my to move with the tide of the hour,
but at the same time we clearly show that, we are more
Imitative than original. We speak slang frequently
through sheer laziness., It was the lust -word In the
mouth of a companion, and It beconves the next word
lu ours. It Is echoed by the speaker, by the teacher,
by the lecturer, by the writer, but with rare exceptions
it never becomes anything but slang. After all, it Is
only the best of elnng that survives, but eveu then we
ned not excuse ourselves for becoming proficient In its
use. We should think of the present as well as of the fu
ture. Why use slang when we can speak the speech of
our heritage equally well? Why become the blind lead
ers of the blind? Boston Transcript.
mm
MOVINO-PTCTURE EXHIBITIONS.
ITIIIN n coir.naratlvelv short time an en-
A fl tlrely new form of public amusement has
fyf I arisen and grown to astonishing magnitude.
r 1 'TM. ..I K .11.. S !. .
x uu wuim'iic is uuwig iui iitv cuiiiuiim n-ir-
ple, and especially for the children, what
only the theater has done heretofore, nnd
Is doing It -for a tenth of the cost, nnd In
towns too small for the theater to Invade.
What are the subjects which call forth such shouts of
laughter and such exclamations of delight from the chil
dren? The father who does not know would do well to
find out by personal Investigation. He will discover a
man on the railroad track, and see an express train rush
.by and toss and mangle him. Men and women leap from
the windows of burning buildings. Policemen arrest
"toughs" after a severe fight Russian peasants are
stripped to the waist ynd beaten Insensible by cruel Cos
sacks, while the Tsar's ofllcers applaud. The antics of
a drunken man delight n street crowd, and a domestic
tragedy Involves a double murder nnd ends in suicide.
Of course the scenes from which these pictures are
nmile are "fakes" compositions carefuly prepared for
the purpose for when such scenes are enacting In real
life the photographer 'is not there to record them. The
result, at least upon the mind of receptive childhood, Is
the same as if the scenes were real. Indeed, they are
real In the effi-ct of excitement created and sympathies
unnecessarily and falsely stimulated and right standards
of thought destroyed.
On the other hand, many of these exhibitions are not
only unobjectionable, but instructive and wholesomely
amusing. There are also others which contain features
too objectionable to be mentioned here. All are open to
the public, young or old, on payment of a dime or a
nickel. The duty of parents doca not end with the pr
ductlon of the price of admission. Youth's Companion,
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AN ANCHOR TO WESTWARD.
HE Hawaiian Islnnds constitute the stra-
I I tegle situation commanding the eastern half
I I of tho Pacific. Tearl Harbor, which the
e I frnirnmimnlit f nhrnif ti ftritv na a tintrnl
station, has a depth when the entrance is
passed of sixty feet upon the average and
an area of ten square miles. There is no
warrant for viewing the fortification of this outpost as
conveying a menace to any Asiatic power. It is a pre
cautionary measure, Justified upon the same reasons that
have inspired our coastal defenses, fronting along both
oceans. Fearl Harbor, from the geographic position
which It occupies, li an outlying challenge port along
the great ocean highway leading to our shores. Thought
turns to Japan In connection with Hawaii as a defenso
outpost only because Japan is, besides the United States,
the only power maintaining a powerful naval outfit In
the Pacific.
But this may not be the situation thirty years from
now.- China has entered uion the same modernizing
transformation which ha been In progress in the Jap
anese empire for more t.an a quarter of a century. The
Mongolian empire has a population which is beTleved to
be three times as large ns that of the nationality next
greatest in that respect aud, moreover, an undeveloped
wealth of mine and field generally' estimated as being
of an aggregate importance exceeding the latent re
sources of any other equal area ou the globe. Ultimately,
there is abundant reason for believing China, and not
Japan, Is to be the predominant Asiatic power. Balti
more American.
KILL THE HOUSE FLY.
HE fly transmits typhoid through Us feet
It can carry thousands of bacilli on each
foot and If It lights on food and the food
Is eaten disease Is apt to follow. The fly
does not wipe his feet and there la no use
In trying to train him to do so. The only
resource is to get rid of him entirely. All
careful housekPDpers have their windows and doors
screened, but this is valuable largely as a matter of epin
fort; it does not go to the root of the trouble. The flies
Infest butcher shops and grocery stores, and we shall
never be immune until we attack the fly as an enemy of
society. Philadelphia Inquirer.
T
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A VALLEY OF DEATH.
ll Horrors Mure Terrible tlmn
Those ot Dnnte'e Iiuaulnatlou.
Only thirty-five miles long and about
eight miles wide, yet nobody can puss
through it and retain both iife and
reason. Such is Death Valley, on the
borders of California and Nevada,
says a writer. . It is undoubtedly the
deadliest place In the whole wide
world. I have looked down upon this
valley several times from the moun
tain heights which Inclose It the Tel
escope range on the west, and the Fu-
ploring trip with two soldiers, forced
his guide at the point of the rifle to
take him Into the valley on foot With
in two' hours one of the soldiers stag
gered back Into the camp of the main
body, demented, and hardly able to
walk. The others had become Insane
and wandered away to die.
If a man is not quickly killed by
heat and thirst or by falling Into the
quicksands, he goes mad and raves of
green fields and bubbling streams. In
parts of the valley there are innu
merable pinnacles of salt earth, as
sharp as a needle, and as dnngerous
five years ago. His color at once at
tracted attention, nnd the director, be
lieving that he would add to the at
tractions, turned him out in a large
tank with others of his species. He
did not thrive, and, apparently dis
gusted with his surroundings, refused
to eat.
When he was too weak to walk he
was turned over to Mr. Spencer and
christened Plnkey. Mr. Spencer be
gan feeding him by prying his mouth
open with a stick and shoving klllle
fish down his throat. After several
: Fm7-S "a
EMIGRANTS IN DEATH VA LLEY DOOMED TO PERISIL
neral range ou the east. But I was
never foolish enough to court certain
death, as so many others have doue,
by searching the valley for the rich
deposits of gold and silver It is re
puted to contain.
Death valley Is the bed of a van
ished lake, now a desert of sand, salt
aud alkali. There are several streams
and jkm ils of water lu It, but they are
all Impregnated with alkali, and,
therefore, poisonous. Glittering fields
of biilt alternate with miles of white
sand, which is drawn in places into
high minimis by the whirling hot winds
that sweep through the g.'i'ge. The
surface of the salt earth In places Is
very brittle, and a few Inches beneath
it there Is a slimy, suit mud, of un
measured depth, from which rescue Is
Impossible.
There were forty emigrants lu the
first wagon train that tried to iiss
through Deuth Valley In lStiO. Two
nieu got through, und both were In
anue. Many other bunds of emigrants
going to California perished, and the
place was avoided, until gold was found
there, and then lnirty ufter party of
reckless men were lured to death. Over
fifty Mexicans succumbed In one batch.
Death Valley baa been the scene of
Borne of the worst traged'es of tor
ture tn human history. lieutenant
af the United St tea army, on aa ti
ns bayonet points. Many a man has
been lamed by them, and fallen down
to die of delirium. Even the gloomy
Imagination of Dante could not have
conjured up ono-half of the horrors of
this real valley of death.
TERKAPIN IS INTELLIGENT.
He Us Walk a t'balk I.lne at Com
mand aud Do Other Thing's.
Ilakey, so culled because of the
color of his shell, Is one of the most
Interesting exhibits at the aquarium,
but one not ofien viewed by the pulr
lie, says the New York Times. Plnkey
Is an albino tenipln. one so rare that
L. I!. Speis-er. in charge, of fresh water
tish, nl ways brings him out for those
who ni-e "behind the scenes." Those
lu charge of the exhibit si'iik of him
as a freak.
At indent Plnkey Is living a con-
; tentnl life In a tin-lined box under
j a glao-s tank enitalnlng sen anemones
lu Mr. jfSjsisT's domain. He Is ex
! hihlted us aixther argument in sup-
Mrt of his custodian's belief that the
1 lowest forum of animal life have a
I certain amount of reasoning power.
, Flukey can walk a chalk line at the
t command of Mr. Spencer, and he can
also wave hla head to signify that
feeding time has arrived.
j The terrapin came from Txa
days of this Plnkey's Interest In life
revived. Then he began to show a
fondness for Mr. Spencer, and persist
ed In following him ' about the room.
He began to know when it was dinner
time. Now Mr. Spencer will stand half
way across the room nnd call to him.
Out of his den will come Pinkey, and
with many a thump of his hari shell
on the floor crawl to Mr. Spencer's
feet. But Jils greatest stunt is walking
tho chalk line.
"Plnkey, you have been drinking,"
says Mr. Spencer. "Show me," he says,
and Plnkey stars off down the line.
"That's not so much." said one visi
tor after such an exhibition. "The
Imist just kept ou going after you put
him down."
From the marks about the edge of
his shell Mr. Spencer bellerva that
Plnkey Is reaching the old-age limit
He Is perhaps 70 years old, and rheu
matism is getting into his left leg,
which is already stiff at the Joint
When you go to the aquartuin again
ask to see Mr. Speneer'a real albln
terrapin. Ills acquaintance is worth
making, even if it is only to see him
scratch hla head and brighten up when
Mr. Spencer' speaks to him.
We are somewhat fussy, bnt wa do
not object to a man yelling wham
haa a tooth polled,
