br CONSTIPATION RELIEVED PRICE 25 Ct. 4Il4Lii Mailed ponlpaid on re- -fy eeipt of pric Tou can't have a beautiful complex lon If your blood Is Impure or if you uffer with Indigestion or any clomach cr liver ailment. Munyon'K Taw-Paw rill resolute the tif.W'ls. rorrert Indisest Ion. mnstlpn tlon. biliousness, tor). id livers. Jiun dleo. sallow nnd dull compb x i'MiH. They purify the Mo..1 nnd cb-r th- skin of pimples, sores nnd most rupt i-eis. One. pill If n nil" lail've; two pills a tl,nri.nr!l phsic. Th-v do not gripe, thev no pot venlcn. I t i ' 25c. M i ' NY' N"S i ; i : m i : i v .. r,Prd and Jefferson Sts.. 1'hila.. Pa. i-ril of InlcrtiTPUi'i-. The tw iciyhi-ois who p.'iysins the 1 M 1 1 ii.liMiic heard homihIs us of a terrific cohtllct lllM'lc and stopped t listen. In sently they heard .1 heel .hntnp. aa II somchuily li.-id fallen t.i tie Hour. "Grojan Is I" utiiiK Ins wife hkuIii! tilt V Bllld. linrstiiii; the door open tin y rushed Into tin- house. "ffhut'i thu trouble here?" tiny de mn tided. "Ther' nln't no troulile, p.-ntleman," calmly answered Mrs. tinman, who had her husbund down und was sit ting on his h"iid, "Owan!" Chicago Tribune. "WOMEN'S KIDNEYS Are the Source of Most of Women' Slt-U ncm. Mrs. Rebecca Mock, 1795 E. Rich Street, Columbus, Ohio, writes: "I believe I would still lie a victim of kid ney troubles but for Donn's Kidney Pills, for when I started using them I was In constant pain with my hack, nnd no other remedy had been of any use. The kidney secretions were irreg ular, mid I was nerv ous and lacked energy. Rut Dunn's Kidney Pills gave mo prompt rellt-r and continued use cured mo." Sold by all dealers. r0 cents a box. Foster-Mllburn Co., buffalo, N. Y. Wlif Ureal I Dear. The demand Is greater than the upply, says James J. Hill In Outing. We. have reached the end of our vir gin wheat land and our yields are shrinking while our population Is In creasing. That Is where conservation touches us practically; but we need not worry. Nature Is going to take care Of things. Necessity will punish us and remedy matters In her own stern way If we do not mend our methods. When wheat does not averago so much an aero It Is not worth raising. Now consider a moment whore this trend of things Is landing us. Do you know how long It took England to mend her methods to raise her averages from twelve and fifteen to twenty-five and thirty and forty bushels an acre? It took her almost flfly years. In fifty years what population will we have to feed? And we have not even he nn to niei'd our methods. It Is the supremely big question of the day. Shall we act now and save ourselves national disaster, or wait till neces sity compels us and then act? Com pare agricultural Interests to any other national Interests to-day! What were the total returns from the farms of the United States last year? Seven billion dollars! Compare that to the returns from the forests $1.250, 000; and our farm averages are not a third of what they ought to be, of what they could be made by simple rational methods. Other countries have trebled and quadrupled their yield. So could we. Wnali-il linden vor. "Well. Uncle Zcb," Bald his neighbor, "joir boy's nimo batik from college, and I reckon he's not a sood eJJIca tlon." "No," groaned Uncle Zeb. "Them four years Is plumb wasted. I trlej Im on a rullroad guldo the other duy, an he couldn't make bead tier tall of It. Rny niore'n the rent of us could!" Chicago Tribune. England had to pay $505,000 to have Czar Nicholas visit London In 1844. Of this $0.000 wua spent In rcdeeo rutin Buckingham palace. PRESSED HARD. Coffee' Wright on Old Age. When prominent men realize the In Jurious effects of coffee and the change In health thut Postuiu can bring, they arc glad to lend their testimony for the benefit of others. A superintendent of public schools In North Carolina sayB: "My mother, since her early child hood, was an Inveterate coffee drinker and had been troubled with her heart for a number of years, and complained of that 'weak all over' fueling and sick Btomach. "Some time ago. I was making an official visit to a distant part of the country and look dinner with one of the merchants of the place. I noticed a somewhat peculiar llavour of the cof fee, nnd asked htm concerning it. He replied that It was Postutn. "1 was so ph ased with It. that after tho meal was ovtr, I bought a pack ope, to carry homo with mo, and had wife prepare some for the next meal. The whole family liked it so well, that we discontinued collee and used I'o-lniii entirely. "J had really been at times very envious concerning my inother'B con dition, but we noticed that after using rottuio for a short time. Bhe felt so much l etter limn she did prior to Its me. und hud little trouble with her heart and no sick stomach; that tho headaches were not so frequent, nnd her general condition much Improved. This continued until sljo was as well and hearty ns tho rest of us. "I know Postuiu bus benefited my self und tho other members of the fam ily, hut not In so marked a degree as In the case of my mother, us she was u victim of long standing." Read "The Road to Wellvil'.e," In Jdgs. "There's a Reason. ner rend the above letter? A flew one appears from time to time. They are Renuine, true, and full of Jiuman interest. What Gold Cannot Buy Tiy M H S. j LEAfyK JV7)EH Author of "A Crooked Path." "Maid, Wife or Widow." "By Woman's Wit." "Beaton' Daraln." "A Life Interest." "Mona'a Choice," "A Woman Heart." CHAPTER X. (Continued.) IIopo looked at him with a very puzzled expression, then a smile part ed her lips. "I think you are nil very curious people here," she said. "There nre F-rnnll signs of English reserve about you. Cut I don't want to hear any more confidences; so I shall leave you." "This is too bud! when I thought I should have a minute's talk with you in pence! Did you ever know any thing so Idiotic as Miss Dacre's dra matic attempt?" "I thought you pronounced It 'splen didly generous.' " "Well, so It was, considering how mad she was about Hugh herself a couple of years ngo. It was a match that would have stilted my aunt down to the ground, but he would never hear of It. Are you really going? Well, It Is too bad of yon! I hope you will not. go over to this practic ing to-morrow? I am on duty, and have to return to quarters tonight." "What I can or cannot, do depends on Mrs. Ravllle. flood-by for the pres ent." She gave him her hand for a moment, and was gone. With nn nlr of extreme annoyance: Captain Lutnley, stepping through one of the open windows, followed the path taken by Miss Dacre. The dinner at Inglefleld was very tranquil that evening. Mrs. Saville, her son, Hope Desmond and Mr. Raw son made up the whole party. Mrs. Savill( looked 111; there were deep shadows under her eyes, and her face seemed smaller than usual; but she was unusually tnlkatlvn and gracious. She discussed politics with her guest, and occasionally directed her remarks to Hope. Mr. Savllle contrlli uted some rather original observa tions, and nil things went smoothly. On leaving the table she said to Raw son, "I must leave you to Miss Des mond's care this evening, for I have a very bad headache; but. I shall sea you In 'lie morning." After a llltle conversation Mr. Sa vllle cut to look for some sketches he had taken of the Lincolnshire churches, and In his absence Mr. Raw son said, "Mrs. Savllle- Is most friend ly. She particularly wishes you to remain; she says you know when to be sllont and when to speak; so I think things promise well. Oo on as you have begun. She talks of going on the Continent in a month or two. You are, I Imagine, firmly fixed In her good graces. This Is having half your work done." "Heaven grant It!" said Hope, with heartfelt earnestness; and soon they separated for tho night. CHAPTER XI. "1 think. Miss Desmond, I shall go abroad next week," said Mrs. Saville, breaking silence one dull, drizzling, depressing November day, when they were sitting by the fire in the smaller of the two drawing-rooms. Mrs. Sa ville hud been in deep thought, and Hope diligently making a long strip of lace which usually occupied her when not reading aloud. "Do you wish me to accompany you?" "Yes, of course. Yor. are very ready to leavo me." "No, Indeed, Mrs. Saville; I should bo sorry to do so; but I wish you to feel quite free. The secret of comfort In such a relationship as ours is that wo are not bound to encii other," There was another pause. "Very likely," resumed Mrs. Sa vllle, as If t.he had been reflecting. "However, I do not wish to part com pany ns yet. I must say you are ono of thn few young women Indeed, young or old who have nny common sense, though your Ideas on some points nro by no means round." "What are my chief errors?" asked Hope, with tho pleasant fearlessness which was one of her chief attractions to tho imperious little plutocrat. "You are a sentimentalist In some directions, and you do not recognize the truo value of money. The first is weakness; the second, willful blind ness." "I dare say I am weak," returned Hope, laying down her work and speaking thoughtfully; " but do you know, Mrs. Saville, I think I have a truer estimate of tho value of money than yourself?" "How do you make that out?" Mrs Savillo spoke with some degree of l-i terest. "I know that a certain amount Is necessary, that real poverty Is dr.. grading, that every right-minded ndl idual will strive and toil for u sum rieuey, enough to secure iiidepcndenc.' and respectability; but. after thai, what ran money buy? Not health, nor a sense of enjoyment, nor intelligeni e. nor tho perception of beauty, nor thit trown of life, love. Very moderate means will permit of fullest pleasure itu all tht'M'. but thi'v inn, i i, nit it,. free, girt of nature: gold cannot buv lln-'ii." And with them all," returned Mrs. Saville. -joij ian never lift your head above tho obscurity or a mean position, if you only possess moderate means." "That does not seeni a hardship to me. It is true 1 never knew what .umnnioii meant, and therefore I am no I fair J'idgo of what Is essential t.i n uiiiMiiiouH spirit; but men have attun ed to great power and yet had but HL tie. mcriey." "Not. often--not often; while to women, with their more limited j'htre, money Is still more essential. ll k If every one was ns philosophic as yourself, where should we he? Where would civilization. Inventions, Im provement, employment, be, if r.ien did not haste to become rich?" "Rut I do not object to people bp coming rich, and I acknowledge that men who amass largo fortunes are of ten benefactors to their fellows. I only urge that great wealth Is not es sential to Individual happiness, nnd that men who Increase knowledge and social lmprovemen., who Invent nnd explore, nre benefactors equally with those who make the money which pays for It all." "We nre like the two knig!.ts who fought over the color of the shield Miss Desmond. You must grant that If wealth ennnot buy health It can at least mitigate suffering; and It cer tainly can buy esteem, if it cannot buy love. As to love, who feels It. except the young nnd tho Imaginative? It Is hut another form of selfishneps; some quality In another gratifies you or flatters you, nnd you think that per son essential to your existence." "There Is something more In that that." said Hope, gently; "you must know that. Did you never love nny one yourself?" "Yes; nt least I thought I did, nnd small thanks I, had for It. Dut I am not sure that my reason Is not too strong for my affections." "I think," said Hope, slowly, "that you could love very much." She stop ped, nnd grew n llttlo pnler than us ual. "Pardon me if f tuke a liberty in speaking my opinion." "No; go on; you amuse me." "We scarcely know what gifts we possess till circumstances call them out, nnd yours may not have drawn out your faculties In that direction. Rut I nm quite sure the remarkable strength of your nature wnuh" make your love strong, too." "Really, Miss Desmond, you nre n profound student of human nature. Unfortunately for the development of my affections. I am not what is called a lovable person." "No," said Hope, quietly, "not whnt a surface observer would call lova ble; you nre too contemptuous of weakness, which you cannot under stand; hut If steadiness of purpose, a sense of justice, honor, and loyalty, nro worthy of love, you ought to be loved. When I camo to you, my first Inclination was to fear you, nnd I de termined not to yield to It, or, If I found It Insurmountable, to leave you. You ennnot. support the companionship of a spirit Inferior to your own." "And you consider yours equal to mine?" asked Mrs. Savllle, with n slight smile. "I do," returned Hope, steadily. "You are my superior in knowledge, in experience, In ability. In strength of will; but my opinions, my Individ unllty, are my own; I will never yield them to the mere authority of any creal ure, even to one I respect as I do yop. If, In speaking ns I think, I offend, we are not hound to live to gether a moment longer than Is agree able. I may love you one day; I will never allow myself to fear you." "You are rather a curious girl. I do not wish people to fear me. Why should they?" "I do not suppose you do; but you have a dominant will, which wealth gives you tho power to exercise, and It colors your manner." "I have always been well served." "No doubt." "Well. Miss Desmond, you have In terested me a good deal, nnd. as you say, whenever I grow too tyrannical, or you grow too fearless, we can part company. At any rate, you are more of a rational being than most young women. Now as to my plans for this winter. 1 cannot stand being worried by the people I know In London, and my relations; so I propose going to Dresden, a town where one meets few English. I have had enough of my compatriots for the present. I shall come to Paris In the spring; and after eh, that Is too remote to think of. I had n letter this morning from Mary Dacre. Sho Is staying in Yorkshire, at some wild country house, where she hunts and shoots In modern young lady fashion. She threatens to return here with her obedient father on the 17th, und that Idiot George Lumley In her train. Lady Olivia writes that the preference dear Mary Dacro shows with such girlish simplicity for dear George Is quite touching. Of course the Luniieys nro enchanted at tho pos sibility of such a marriage. I won tier does It ever occur to them to count up the number of aspirants Miss Da no has encouraged and thrown over? I do not myself quite understand why George Lumley hung about here so much. 1 fancy he was rather laughing nt the future Uaroness Castleton; and he is too much of a Savllle to do what he doesn't liUe, even lor a wealthy marriage." "I must say, Mrs. Saville. that seems to me erring in the right direction." "1 suppose it. does, to you. To me it seems weak self-Indulgence, when you consider the position George Lum ley Is horn to, and which ho is bound to keep up." "What a terrible birthright!" re turned Hope Desmond, laughing, as she resumed her lace wo'i k, and. tea coining in nt that moment, the conver sation was Interrupted. Hope hid been for four months Mrs. Savllle's constant companion, and having got over the first almost over- powciiiit; Inclination to fly from her wful presence, every day added to tl. steadiness cf her nerve, and to her Influence with her wealthy patmnesa, She, too, rejoiced In Mist Dacre's d parture for more brilliant fields ol conquest, as her constant demands on her new confidante's time nnd sympa thies were rather pxhaust ing. Th village concert had tei-n a great suc cess, but the i TBcticini's which led up to It hnd been nn equally great trial. Moreover, Captain Lumley's manner! had caused her much annoyance. Pre occupied feeling had st first blinded her ns to the true meaning of his at tentions and efforts to escort her to nnd from the Court and Inglefleld House; while the self confident hnssai was enraged, piqued, nnd above all fascinated, by the friendly, kindly un consciousness of his aunt's attrnetlvt compnnlon. Ho had never met any thing like It before, and gradually pru dence, world! Inoss, every considera tion, becamo merged In nn nil-devour Ing desire to conquer tho sm!'!ng In difference which baffled him, nnd t. revenge the endless slichts he though) ho had received. At last he hnd torn himself away, hoping to renew the at tnck with fresh effect on his retura Meanwhile, ho masked his bntterlei under a very overt flirtation with Miss Dacre. Refore starting for the Conllrent, Hope hnd leave of nbsence for two oi three days, which she spent with hei rrlend Miss Rawson. These were a r freshment to her iplrit. an' aftei much confidential talk nnd some nece snry shopping she returned to hei post. Tho welcome nccorded her by th self-contnlned mistress of Inglefleld was warmer than she anticipated. Mrs. Saville hnd missed her pleasant com panionship. Her presence soothed and satisfied tho Imperious woman The sincere respect she evinced was so thoroughly n free-will offering thai it was more flattering to Mrs. SavlIU than the most elegantly turned com pliments from a luminary of fashion. "You will go on and prosper, I hav no doubt." were Mr. Rawson's parting words, the day before the Intending traveler started, when he had come to Inglefleld on business. "So far nil goes fj.irly. If I can win Mrs. Savillo's confidence so complete ly that she voluntarily mentions hei offending son, I shall think I have done well." "It will be a long experiment, I fear; hut you have twelve months befor you." "Yes; and who knows what a day may bring forth?" Twenty-four hours later saw Mrs. Savllle and her companion dining at Meurice's. In the former's youth the hotel had" been the favorite quarters of the well-to-do English in Paris, and she never left It. Hope Desmond had often been In Paris before, but gener ally In very loftily placed nnd diminu tive apartments; nnd her present lux urlous surroundings did not. please her ns much as they saddened by the memories nnd contrasts they evoked. After a few days' rest, Mrs. Saville set out for Germany, and in the quiet routine of their comfortable life there tho current of this "ower true tale' seemed to stagnate. (To tie continued.) "SCOTCH," A CANINE HERO. 3 tM,5":!-t":- -:-:......j....5j. j It Is a touching story of ennini! fidelity which Enos A. Mills tells ol I his dog "Scotch" In "Wild Life on ' the Rockies." Master and dog had been out on a four days' excursion oj I the bleak mountain tops, when a littlt I above timber-line Mr. Mills stopped to take some photographs. To do thli I he had to take off his sheepskin mlt tens, which he placed In his coaf pocket, but not securely, as It proved I let goes on; Erom time to time, as I climbed th summit of the continental divide, 1 stopped to take photographs, but on tho summit the cold pierced my silk gloves, and I felt for my mittens, tc find that one of them wns lost. I stooped, put tin arm round Scotch nnd told hint I had lost a mitten, and that I wanted him to go down for If to save me trouble. Instead of starting off willingly, us he had Invariably done before In j obedience to my commands, he stood i still. I thought he had misunder stood me, so I patted him, nnd then,! pointing down the slope, said. "Gc ! lor the mitten. Scotch. I will wall here for you." He started for it. but went unwill ingly. Ho hnd always served me so cheerfully that I could not under stand, nnd it was not until late th next afternoon that I realized thai he had not understood me, but thnt hf had loyally, nnd at the risk of hll life, tried to obey me. My cabin, eighteen niys away, wai the nearest house, and tho region wat utterly wild. I waited a reasonable tlmo for Scotch to return, but he did not come back. As It was late In the afternoon, and growing colder, I de cided to go on toward my cabin, along a route that I felt sure ho would fol low, and 1 reasoned that he would overtake me. When nt midnight he had not come, I felt something was wrong. I slept two hours and decided to go to meet him. The thermometer showed four teen below zero. I kept on going, and at two in the afternoon, twenty four hours after I had sent Scotch tan k. I paused on a crag and looked below. There in the snowy world ol white lie lay by tho mitten 'n tin snow. He had misunderstood me, and bad gone bark to guard the mitten instead of to i;et it. After waiting for hlni to cat s luncheon, we started merrily toward home, where we arrived at ono o'clock in the morning. Had I not returned, I suppose Scotch would have tiled beside the initten. In a region cold, cheerless, oppressive, without food, and perhapi to tile, he lay down by the iiiitteo because he under- tood that I told him to. In the iinnals of dog heroism, know of no greater deed. In the manufacture of perfume Italy consumes yearly 1.SB0 tons o orange, blossoms, 1,000 tons of rc ies, as well as quantities of others flo ra PAFEIRg) B.E PEOPLE KATURES LAWS CONSTRUCTED BY MAN. liy Charles R. Gibson. One sometimes finds poople who consider theory to be a useless sort of thing, a sort of wild guess, without which we 6hould be none the poorer. It must be clear that a theory Is more than a mere speculation. If I suggest that the moon Is made of green cheese my speculation Is not. entitled to be called a theory. I cannot bring forward any observed facts to support my suggestion. There Is a good story told of a well known professor xamlnlng three raw students. He asked the first, "Does the earth go round the sun or the sun go round the earth?" "The earth goes round the sun, sir." "You," said the professor, quickly turning to tho second student. "O, the sun goes round the earth." "You," demanded the professor of the third student. "O, It's sometimes the ono way and sometimes the other." Our position then Is this: We gather a number of carefully observed facts and we then try to explain them. We then look out for new facts and see If our theory can explain the.ie also. If It cannot we must bo willing to alter our theory. When we are quite satisfied that a theory Is correct we then raise the theory to a higher platform and call It a law of nature. It Is well to remember that with all other knowledge these laws of nature are of man's own making. It Is amusing how some people think that certain things happen because of these "laws of na ture." As If the universe were controlled by these laws which man has constructed! The laws of nature era only theories which seem to be correct. They are not facts, but merely our views or Ideas of facts. FEMININE BEAUTY AS NOW INTERPRETED. By Marcel Prevost. Mrs. Howard Gould testified recently to the effect that a truly elegant woman ought not to wear the same gown twice, no matter how beautirul or expensive a gown It may be. The tendency towards almost Inconceivable ex travagance in dress Is not surprising In view of the fact that society lays so much stress upon appearance rather than upon accom plishments. One of our first ultra-modern principles Is that woman's attraction resides not so much In her spiritual and Intellectual qualities, not in her beauty, but in her elegance. And by elegance Is not meant the politeness and the harmony of her bear ing and manners, but simply the way In which Bhe "appears," the manner in which she Is dressed. To be beautiful In our day and age no longer means to possess beautiful features. Modern language und modern logic have changed the meaning and notion of thl3. Beauty to our modern notions Is a thing not In ternal, inherent, God given, but an external thing, de pendent upon the purse, the tailor, and the milliner. The artists who devote their lives to making new fashions and styles for the beautiful sex are racking their brains now to make up gowns for which they are to charge $500, or hats for $300. They do not. plan such high priced gowns because of their own great cu pidity, but because of their patrons' extravagance. Their best patrons demand such high priced gowns and hats. PROPER TIME TO LAUGH. koine Vaudeville Jokelel Wblcb Ate Cannot Wither. Vaudeville is known as the "laugh trust," but not for the reason one might think. It gets the phrase be cause there are a certain definite num ber of devices In Its category of acts that control the laughs of Its audi ences. The same old things are always good for a laugh In vaudeville. Ac cording to the Dohemian, a new de vice, a new bit of "business," a new Joke are all regarded as dangerous by the performers. The following table details some of the times at which a vaudeville audience regularly laughs: When a comedian walka with a mincing step and speak3 In a falsetto voice. When a German comedian opens hla coat and discloses a green waistcoat When a comedy aorobat falls down repeatedly When a performer asks the orches tra leader If he Is a married man. When a black-face comedian says something about chicken. When a performer starts to riso from a chair and the drummer pulls u reslned piece of cord so that the performer thinks his clothes have ripped. Wlicm the drummer suddenly beaU tho drum during a comedian's song and the latter stops and looks in his direction. When a tramp comedian turns around and discloses a purple patch or several pearl buttons or a target sewed on the seat of his trousers. When the funny member of the troupe of instrumentalists interrupts the progress of a melody by sounding a discordant note on his trombone. When a clown of a team of acro bats poises himself to do a presuma bly difficult feat and suddenly changes his mind and walks away without do 'ng It. Momiullot-a Kill tattle. R. M Foster and T. A. Dees return ed home from Cheniere au Tigre, an island south of Abbeville, a Houston Post's Lake Chariest (La.) correspond ent says. Great myriads of large mos .juitius caused t tie party to return home at once. Mr. Foster is authority for the statement that many head of rattle are being killed by tho pests, ftud that the people of the Island woid.l suffer a liko fate If they ven tured out. Day i.nd night the Inhab itants are compelled to light constantly a lin.st the little pests, and what small f .. n work is done on the island has I'm i m !! no-rle 'ted. i. l-v-i'er -.(!. -i that the cattle on ' island i-.i'i usually he found lu '- t't :.beut I'M) each, but tin; mos- i"'-1 li.ue caused tile nuimals to !' I toge-her for protect i .ii, nnd he s.lv. one big herd with fully 10.000 ani n I-U'l -lied at;tl bellowing with p.' m Tl'.e cattle, lie says, keep mov- o I n- windward to keep the, pests of!' i- : 1 1 1 : ii as possible. Occasionally 'v ' 'ill become exhausted and fall be- u,' a ii ' wi!l step to help Its only to nie-'t a hasty death. Some H Mr IV.sr.-r saw have actually liered to death by the great 'lie!' uio-tipi I toes. ' ..i i ne lio has not witnessed enn 'm ;h ' ! the Island U able to form ii'. ilei cf what the people and stock cui; surr.red," convlmleJ Mr. Foster. TRAMPS AND EAST MUST NOT HELPING MOTHER I THE HINDU SCHOOLBOY. The pupils in schools in India are much more amenable to discipline than English or American boys. Dr. T. L. Peijnell, I he author of "Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier," says that the Indian school boy has not yet lost the ancient tradi tional respect and love of the pupil for the. master, and therefore wins the sympathy and interest of his instruct ors. II l-i 'h!et' failing is his incorrigible propi nsity to what is known in Eng lisli tcbools as "tneaking;" schoolboy honor and esprit de corps are iiein developed in hiisoiou acliocls, bill have vt ry little basis on which to build. "Please, mi-, Mahtab Dm has bee.i pincliing nn-." "Shuja'at Ali has s-.cb-a .-:iy boo!.." "Rum Chand has spilt iuk on my copy-book." If the master is willing to listen to tales of this kind, he will j;et a con tinuous supply of them all uy long. There is much greater d -rsity in the social statu-; of the !.--ys in an Indian school than in Eugluh schools. Ill the ltanuu Mission ricnool every elass of tho community is represented, from the son of the rich landowner to that of the laborer, from tho Iirah man to the outcast, and not only dft they get on well together without the poor boy having to feel by taunt or treatment, that he Is unwelcome or despii-ed. but I have often come across j genuine acts of charity which have been done quite naturally and without : any ostentation; in fact, such deeds I are kept secret in tho majority of I cases. Thus a poor boy. unable to buy his books, has had them supplied to hioi by th richer boys of hi clan. In They demand It because of the competition with which they meet from their sisters who are not as rich aa themselves. They don't want these to equal them la fiplendor and In elegance. Those who will hold out longest In this mad chasa will some day awaken to the fact that In spite of all their resplendent gowns they are not really elegant women, but Imitations and no more. And then they will take their money, which they now waste on almost Inconceivable luxuries to adorn themselves outwardly, and will spend It in travel and in other things which will enrich their intellect, and will make them more at tractive as women and not mere lay figures. BUMS ARE DISTINCT CLASSES. By Terence V. Powder ly. There Is a big difference between the man who is out of a Job and cannot find one and the man who never had a Job and would not take one If ha could get It. A tramp Is a man willing to work, but forced to go from place to placa In search of It. A bum Is a sot, a loafer and a drone who goes Into hys teria at the mention of the word work. A hobo Is aa Individual who goes on the theory that the world owes him a living and he Is going to get it by hook or crook. The honest worklngman need take no offense at the criticism of the tramp class. The hobo or bum never worked and never will. He Is the fellow whose motto Is, "The world owes me a living." The honest worklngman knows that the world doesn't owe him a living unless he earns It. The solution of the unemployed problem in the big cities Is in tho transportation of men who want to work to places where men are wanted for work. There Is a crying demand for labor in this country. In the fields of the west and along the roads of the west there Is a constant cry for more men. In Chicago, New York and the other large cities there are thousands of good, hard working men who could fill this need If they had the chance. The trouble Is they haven't the money to get to the field of employment. DOMINATE THE WEST. By Gov. John A. Johnson. It Is time that the West threw off the shackles of the East. We as an integral part of the American people should cast our Influ ence and our votes not only to advance the material Interests of our own particular sec tion, but we should be broad enough and big enough to labor for the common good of our common country. We have In the States west of the Missis sippi the undoubted balance of power, no matter under what name the national administration at Washington exists. In the years that have passed our population and our material wealth have not enjoyed that repre sentation to which they are entitled, and, furthermore, our leaders have been content to follow in no small measure the leadership of men who represent relatively small constituencies and smaller commonwealths. It la time that the great northwest should come into its own and by the force of Its energy, the ability of Its son and the cooperation of its various constituent parts exert an influence for good not only as to Its own particular prosperity, but to that of the country at large, to which every element invites it. PUT UP THE JAM. one case a poor boy was left quite destitute by the death of his father, and some of tho boys arranged a small subscription .month by month to en able him to remain at school. THIEVES TO CATCH THIEVES. Muny I'lirmrr lliiiiilit tv In Me. Ico' Muuuteil I'ollre. The ruraies or mounted police have pretty nearly put a stop to brigandage. Several years ago the government rec ognized the wisdom of the old ndage, "set a thief to catch a thief," and of fered pardon and protection to all brigands who would enlist as ruraies. Most of them took advantage of the offer, write? Dillon Wallace in Outing, and with these- men en the side of the law and order hold-up.; soon became infrequent, and the ruraies developed Into a wonderfully eTu i-Mit mounted lorce to hunt down bandits. Taev are rc.irle.-s rid. -r.-.. tiu-y know every moun tain p.i.-s and f'i.--:!i-.- ,-, when they once start nfter a man he U pretty sure to be caught or killed generally killed. i ne ruraies or Mexico compare fa voraMy In bravery and re, 1 daring witn miM wonuerrtil organization, the north .vest mounted polio of Canada and ore tiy r.ir the best anv.ed fore ree In Mexico. I nelr calling giv.-s thcrr op portunity for wild adveti'-ue. and thus satisfies the craving for a life of dan- L-er. which led many of them brigands In the first Instance to be They l con- are a free and easy lot. quite ro. trast to the peaceably Inclined police- men of tho towns and the slow in ov- Ing, Indolent soldiery of the regular at my. A boy can make a 1 it lie lUb. seem all right; ho says you can eat the bones of a lit'.'.e lish and that tie meat Is sweeter. Every man thinks that while other, may be stingy or profligate, he is Ju a happy medium.