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CHAPTER VI.
One purple and russet afternoon.
Mien hII the silent forest world was
Steeped In the deep peace of etirly nu
tumn, Thomas Jefferson was Ihdilng
luxuriously In the most distant or th'
upper pools. There were three f.it
perch Kill-strung on a forked withe un
der the overhanging bank, unil a fourth
was rising to tho bait, yhen the peace
ful stillness was rudely rent by a
crashing In the undergrowth, and a
groat dog. of a breed hitherto unknown
to Paradise, hounded into the llttlo
glado to stand glaring Ht the fisherman,
his teeth bared and his black hairs
bristling.
"Oh. pleas-! Don't hurt my dot;!"
said a rather weak little voice out or
the rearward void.
"Vim come round ben- and call him
orf o ne.
"Ho Is not wishing to hurt you, or
anybody," said the voice. "Down, Hec
tor!" The Great Dane passed . from sus
picious rigidity and threatening lip
twitching to mighty and frivolous
gnmbolings, and Thomas Jefferson got
up to give him room. A girl was try
ing to make the dog behave. Ho he
had u chance to look her over before
the battlo for sovereignty should be
gin. There was a little shock of disdain
ful surprise to go with the first glance.
Somehow he had been expecting some
thing very different; something on tho
order of tho Queen of Sheba dime
small, of course ns that personage
was pictured In the family Bible a
girl, proud and scornful, and possibly
wearing a silk dress tand satin shoes.
Instead, she was only a pale, tired
baby In a brier-torn frock; a girl
whose bones showed brazenly at every
angle, and whose only claim to a sec
ond glance lay In her thick mop of
reddish-brown hair and In a pair of
irrent. Bliile-lilno eves two sizes too
larco for the thin face. A double con
clusion camo and sat In Thomas Jef.
ferson's mind: she was rather to ha
contemptuously pitied than feared;
and ns for looks well, sho was not to
be thought of In tho samo day with
black-eyed Nan Hrycrson. When the
dog was reduced to quietude, the small
one repaid Tlionias Jefferson's stare
with a level gaze out of the over-sized
eyes.
Was It that you were airaia ci
Hector?" sho linked.
"Huh!" said Thomas Jefferson, and
the scorn was partly for her queer way
or speaking and partly for tho foolish
ness of tho question. "Huh! I reckon
you don't know who I am. 'I'd. have
killed your dog if he'd Jumped on me,
maybe."
You are Thomas Gordon. Your
mother took caro of mo and prayed
for mo when I was sick. Hector Is a
an extremely good dog. He would
not Jump at you."
fit's mighty lucky for him he didn't,
bragged Thomas Jefferson, with a very
creditable Invitation of his father's
grim frown. Then he sat down on tho
bank of the stream and busied nimseii
with his llshlng-tacklo as if ho consid
ered the Incident closed.
"What Is it that you are trying to
do?" asked Ardea, when the silence
had extonded to tho third worm Im
paled on the hook and promptly ab
stracted therefrom by a wily sucker
lying at the bottom of tho pool.
"I was flshln' some before you and
your dog camo along and scared all
the perch away," ho said, Bourly. Then,
turning suddenly on her: "Why don t
you go ahead and say It? Is it 'cause
you're afeard to?
"I don't know what you mean."
"I know what you're going to say;
you are going to tell mo this la your
grandfather's land and run me off. But
I ain't almln' to go till I'm good and
ready."
"You are such a funny boy," she re
marked, nnd there was something In
her way of saying It that made Thorn
as Jefferson feel little and Infantile
and inferior, though ho was sure there
must bo an Immense age difference n
his favor. "I think you , are mean,
mean!" she sobbed, with an angry
stamp of her foot "I I want to go
ho-oine!"
"Well, I reckon there ain't anybody
holdln' you," said Thomas Jefferson,
brutally. He was Intent on fixing the
sixth worm on the hook In such fash-
Ion as permanently to discourage the
bait thief, and was coming to his own
In tho matter of self-possession with
grateful facility. It was going to be
notably cusy to bully her another
point iof difference between her and
Nan llryerson.
I know there Isn't anybody holding
me, but um i can i una me way.-
You want me to show you?" he
iHked, putting all the ungraciousness
he could muster Into tho query,
You might tell me, I should think!
I've walked and walked!"
I reckon I'd better take you; you
might get lost again." he said, with
gloomy sarcasm. Then he consumed
all the time be could for the methodi
cal disposal of his lltdilng-tacUle. It
v. o..ld be rood for her to leurn that
ihu lu'.ist wait on hlsi motions.
he walled pulieutly, sitting on the
ground with one arm around the neck
of tho Great Dane; and when Thomas
Jefferson stole a glance at her to see
how she was taking it, she looked so
tired und thin and woebegone that ho
almost let the better part of him get
tho upper hand. That made him sur
lier than ever when he finally reeov
ered his string of tih from tho stream
and said: welt, come on, lr you re
comtn',
He told himself, hypocritically, that
It wus only to show her what hard
ships she would have to face If sho
should try to tag him, that he dragged
her such a weary round over the hills
and through tho worst brier putchei
and across and across the creek, doul
ling and circling until the easy mile
jj.ni spu
dVikult
pun out Into three uncommonly
ones. Tint at bottom the mo
live was purely wicked. In all the
range of sentient creatures there Is
none so Innately and barbarously cruel
as the human boy-child; and this was
the first time Thomas Jefferson had
ever had a helplessly pliable subject
The better she kept up, the more de
terniined he became to break her
down: but at th very last, when she
stumbled and fell In an old leaf bed
and cried for sheer weariness, he re
tented enough to say: "I reckon you'll
know tietter than to go projectln' round
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In the woods the next time. Come on
we're most there, now."
ISut Africa's troubles were not yet at
an end. Sho stopped crying and got
up to follow him blindly over more
hills and through other brier tangles;
and when they finally emerged In the
cleared lands, they were still on the
wrong side of tho creek.
"It's only about up to your chin;
reckon you can wado It?" nuked Thom
as Jefferson, In a sudden access of
heart-hardening. Put it softened him
a llttlo to see her gather her torn froek
and stumble down to the water's edgo
without a word, and he added: "Hold
on; maybe wo can find a I03, some
where." There was a foot log Jvist around the
next bend above, us he very well knew,
and thither he led th-! wav. The dog
made the crossing first, and stood wag
ging his tall encouragingly on the bank
of safety. Then Thomas Jefferson
passed his trembling victim out on the
log.
"You go first," he directed; "so 't I
can catch you If you slip."
"Oh, you please go first, so I won't
have to look down at tho water!"
No; I'm coming behind then I can
catch you If you get dizzy and go to
full," ho said, stubbornly.
"Will you walk right up close, so I
can know you are there?"
Thomas JefferRon's smile was cruelly
misleading, as were his words. "All
you'll have to do will be to reach your
hand back and grab me," he assured
her; and thereupon sho began In Inch
her way out over tho swirling pool.
When ho saw that she could by no
possibility turn Jo look back. Thomas
Jefferson deliberately sat down on tho
bank to watch her. There had never
been anything In his life so tlgerlshly
delightful as this game of playing on
the feelings and fears of the girl whom
coming had spoiled tho solitudes.
Tor the first few feet Ardea went
steadily forward, keeping her eyes fixed
on the Great Dane sitting motionless
at tho farther end of the bridge of peril.
Then, suddenly the dog grew Impatient
and began to leap and bark like a fool
ish puppy. It was too much for Ardea
to have her eye-anchor thus trans
formed Into a dizzying whirlwind of
gray monsters. She reached backward
for the reassuring hand; It was not
there, and the next Instant the hungry
pool rose up to engulf her.
In all his years Thomas Jefferson
had never had such a stab as that
which an Instantly awakened con
science gave him when she slipped and
fell. Now he was her murderer, be
yong any hope of future mercies. For
a moment tho horror of it held him
vise-like. Then the Bight of the great
Dane plunging to tho rescue freed him.
"Good dog!" he screamed, diving
headlong from his own side of the
pool; and between them Ardea was
dragged BHhore, a limp little heap of
saturation, conscious, but with her
teeth chattering and great, dark cir
cles around tho big blue eyes.
I'm awfully sorry!" he stammered.
'If you can't make out to forgive me.
I'm going to have a nilser'ble time of It
after I get home."
"It will serve you quite right. Now
you'd better get me home as quick as
ever you can. I expect I'll be sick
again, after this."
He held his peace and walked her as
fast as he could across the fields and
out on the pike. Hut at the Dabney
gates ho paused, it was not In human
courage to face the Major under exist
ing conditions.
I reckon you'll go and tell your
gran'paw on mo," he said, hopelessly.
Why should I not tell him? And I
never want to see you or hear of you
again, you cruel, hateful boy!"
Thomas Jefferson hUng about the
gate while she went stumbling up the
driveway, leaving heavily on the great
dog. When she had safely reached the
house he went slowly homeward, wad
ing In trouble even as he waded In the
white dust of the pike. For when ono
drinks too deeply of the cup of tyran
ny the lees are apt to be like the little
book the Revelator ate sweet as honey
in the mouth and bitter In the belly.
That evening at the supper-table he
had one nerve-racking fear dispelled
and another confirmed by his mother's
reply to a question put by his father.
"Yes; the Major sent for me again
this afternoon. That child Is back In
bed again with a high fever. It seems
she was out playing with that great
d(,K of ni,ra an,j feil into the creek. I
wanted to tell the Major he Is Just
tempting Providence, the way he makes
over her and Indulges her, but I didn't
dare to."
And Thomas Jefferson knew that ho
was the one who nau tempted 1'rovl
deuce.
CHAPTER VII.
From the grave and thoughtful van-
tugo-ground of 13, Thomas Jefferson
could look back on the second Illness of
Ardea Dabney as the closing incident
of his childhood. Tho Industrial
changes which were then begtnnin
not only for the city beyond the moun
tain, but for nil ihe region round about,
had rushed Kwtflly ou Paradise; and
the old Unties life of tho unhastt.ig
period soon recsfled quickly Into a far
away past, rememberable only when
one made an effort to recall It.
First hud come the completion of the
Oreat Southwestern. Diverted by the
untiring opposition of Major Dabney
from Its chosen path through the val
ley, It skirted the westward hills, pass
ing within a few hundred yards of the
Gordon furnace. Klnce business knows
no animosities, the part which Caleb
Gordon and his gun crew had played
In the right-of-way conflict was Ig
nored. The way-station at the creek
crossing was named Gordonia, and It
was tho railway traffic manager him
self who suggested to the Iron-master
the taking of a partner with cuplUl,
the opening of the vein of coking coal
on Mount Lebanon, the Installation of
coking-ovens, and the modernizing and
enlarging of tho furnace nnd foundry
plant hints all pointing to Increased
tratllc for tho ro.id.
With the coming of Mr. Duxbirry
Farley to Paradise, Thomas JefTcrson
lost, not only the simple life, but the
desire to live It. This Mr. Farley,
whom we have seen and heard, mo
mentarily, on the station platform In
South Tredegar, the expanded, hailed
from Cleveland, Ohio; was, as he was
fond of saying pompously, a clttsen of
no mean city. His business In the re-
awakening South was that of an In-
termedlary between causa and effectj
the cause being the capital of confiding
Investors In the North, and the effect
the dissipation of the samo In various
nnd sundry development schemes In
the new Iron field.
To Paradise, In tho course of his go
ings to and fro, came this purger of
other men's purses, nnd he saw the
fortuitous grouping of the possibilities
at a glance: abundant Iron of good
quality; an accessrble vein of coal, sec
ond only to Pocahontas for coking;
land cheap, water free, and a persuad
able subject In straightforward, simple-hearted
Caleb Gordon.
Farley had no capital, but he had
that which counts far more In the pro
moter's field; namely, the ability to
reap where others had sown. Ills plan,
outlined to Caleb In a sweeping cavalry-dash
of enthusiasm, was simplicity
Itself. Caleb should contribute the raw
material land. Water and tho ore
quarry and it should also be his part
to secure a lease of the coal land from
Major Dabney. In the meantime he,
Farley, would undertake to float tin
enterprise In the North, forming a
company and selling stock to provld
the development capital.
A company was formed, the chartoi
was obtained, and the golden stream
began to flow Into the treasury; lntc
It and out again In the raceway chan
nels of development. Thomas Jeffer
son stood aghast when an army ol
workmen swept down on Paradise am!
tiepan to change the very face of na
ture. Hut that' was only the begin
ning. For a time Chtawassee Coal nnd Iron
figured buoyantly In tho market quo
tations, and delegations of stockhold
ers, both present and prospective, wer
personally conducted to the scene ol
activities by enthusiastic Vice-Presi
dent Farley. But when these had
served their purpose a thing happened
One fine morning it was whispered on
'Change that Chlawassee Iron would
not Bessemer, and that Chlawassee
coke had been rejected by the Southern
Association of Iron Smelters.
Following a crash which was never
very clearly understood by the simple
hearted soldier Iron-master, though It
was merely a repetition of a lesson well
conned by the earlier Investors In
Southern coal and Iron fields. Caleb's
craft was the making of Iron; not the
financing of top-heavy corporations.
So, when he was told that the company
had failed, and that he and Farley had
been appointed receivers, he took It as
a financing matter, of course, some
what beyond his ken, and went about
his dally task of supervision with
mind ns undisturbed as It would have
been distraught had be known some
thing of the subterranean mechanism
by which the failure and the receiver'
ship had been brought to pass.
(To be continued.)
TAILOR IN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD,
One Small Trader Whose Bnslaesss
Hits Not II eon Absorbed.
One Btnall business that has not yet
been swallowed up by the big ones,
Is that of the small tailor who makes
clothes for men And women and cleans,
repairs and presses.
There are hundreds of such tailors
scattered In residence districts all
over the city employing one, two or
three hands, the New York Sun says,
and there are plenty of such shops
that yield their proprietors a good liv
ing profit and maybe something more.
Here Is a business In which polite
ness and a desire to please play their
proper part, for the proprietor comes
In personal contact with the customer,
and If to politeness the shop adds
good work and businesslike prompt
ness In completing Jobs ut the time
specified It may in almost any neigh
borhood build up a substantial trade
with regular customers and with a
steadily increasing clientele.
Many such shops call for clothes and
make deliveries; few keep a boy, for
there might not be constant employ
ment for him, and In these small shops
everybody keeps constantly at work;
they have to do that to -work out a
profit. The boss himself on occasions
will carry things home, and do It will
ingly and cheerfully. Still for the
most part customers requireing clean
ing, repairing and pressing done take
their own things to the shop and take
them away when done, and in this
carrying to and fro the customers show
various peculiarities or they may be
governed more or less by where they
live:
If a man lives In a tenement house
he may throw his clothes over his arm
nnd walk with them so to the tailor;
If he lives In an apartment house with
an elevator and that sort of thing he
would be more likely to do them up In
a bundle. And when you get these
clothes at night on your way home,
if you live in a tenement housa you
take them back on your arm; the
tailor will lay the trimly pressed
clothes over your arm smoothly; or If
you live In an apartment you have
them done up, because you want them
so or because you know that other
people in the house wouldn't fancy see
ing a tenant walking through the hall
to the elevator carrying a lot of old
clothes. The tailor will ask you whe
ther you want them done up or not,
and If you do he will do them up
gladly and not consider you proud or
snippy for wanting thorn so. The
neighborhood tailor knows about
things and he Is a man of business.
So as to most of the things that find
their way to the tailor over the arm
or in n bundle, but the modern young
man has discovered another way which
is not without its merits and advan
tages. He puts his clothes to be re
paired n a suitcase and when he goes
down town in the morning he just
leaves the Buitcase at the tailor's and
then when he comes home at night he
Btops at the tailor s on the way to
find his things all ready. The tailor
lays them neatly In the suitcase again
and so the young man carries them
home.
A Ularoumulna; I tiriirf.
"Why do those critics say such dls
agreeable things?" asked tho unhappy
actress.
"You mustn't blame them," an
Bwt-rt-d tho manager.. "Probably they
want to avoid being overlooked In the
struggle for attention."
"But can't they attract attention by
saying pleasant things?"
"Not so much. When I was rough
lug It I learned that the man who
pulls a gun on you Is remembered
twice as long as the one who orers
you a cigar." Washington Star.
llouarkeeper'M llraaon.
"What is your chief objection to
moving pictures?"
The dust that has accumulated
bind them." Birmingham Age-Herald.
MMINISTEKS
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3Y
With so many burdens to shoulder
life.
Who envies tho white-faced mlnlster'3
wife?
Is there a call for those frequent tasks
Which Christian duty of each one
asks
Teach a class that's left In the lurch,
Respect a dull sermon (nor doze In
church),
ew for the heathen, visit the sick.
Hrln;; peace twist two whose tempera
were quick?
We say, while wo dodge and even pooh
pooh it,
'Oh, will, the niini::'.?r'. wife should
do It!"
MnVention
It is well understood among naval
men that tho speed of a vessel Is af
fected by the depth of the water, not
merely In shoal places, but even in
the deeper waterways.
Seattle Is reducing its steep hills.
When the work planned is completed
34,000,000 cubic yards of material will
have been removed. Hydraulic sluic
ing is the method employed.
It is said that Prof. Karl Harries
Df tho University of Kiel has produced
l synthetic rubber. Attempts such as
this have been made time and again,
but with no commercial success.
- Prof. A. Woeikof, after an exami
nation of the geographical and eco
nomic conditions of the problem, an
nounces his conclusion that in the
future meat will become too expensive
Tor ordinary food, and that man must
eventually derive practically all his
tustenance from the vegetable king
lorn. But he believes that there will
be no lack of food on that account,
because the application ot scientific
methods appears to be capable Of in
creasing the productiveness of the
agricultural lands of the globe to an
almost unlimited extent. He thinks
the successful substitution of any man
ufactured product for vegetable food is
extremely Improbable, because plant
life Is capable of utilizing solar energy
much more economically than any ma
chine. The possibility of employing signals
sent by wireless telegraphy to correct
:he time of chronometers and clocks
has long presented Itself to many
transatlantic steamships in mid-ocean,
minds, and not long ago a practice
test was made between two great
transatlantic steamships In mid-ocean,
which thus exchanged their chronom
eter times. One was found a few sec
ands In error. Messrs. Claude and
Frere have Just reported to the Paris
Academy of Sciences the results of
their experiments with wireless time-
signals between Paris and Montsouris
showing that the method 1b capable
of furnishing comparisons within a
limit of error of less than one one
hundredth of a second. The experl
ments are to be continued between
Paris and Brest, by means of the great
Installation of the Eiffel Tower.
We are apt to think that It is only
In recent years that scientific dlscov
ery has become so accelerated that Its
announcements make people catch
their breath. But Prof. T. E. Thorpe
reminds us that seldom in the history
of science has any discovery, so mo
mentous In Its results, been perfected
and announced so quickly as Sir Hum
phry Davy's discovery of the metals
potassium and sodium by the action
of electricity upon solutions of potash
and soda. On October 19, 1807, he got
his first results; on November 19th he
astonished the Royal Society with a
masterly account of their completion
When he saw the new metals appear
In shining globules, and then take Are,
he danced about the floor In ecstasy,
But recovering his self-command.
within one month he had obtained
most of the leading facts known to
day about the physics and chemistry
of the alkaline metals. What a pleas
ure for Davy, and what an advantage
for science, If he could be alive now!
CANARY BIRDS.
The (nri- Thnt Should He llratowed
I ion 'Uioae SonKilrm.
Those who are charmed by the sing
ing of the canary will Unci in the fol
lowing directions much thnt will ln-
YESTERDAYS.
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WIFE.
TPXD OCHAErCJ2,.
The minister's wife has many demands
Awaiting her busy but tired hands.
Who mujt rcflr up the perfect child,
Never by gnssipers bo beguiled.
Make fancy lace objects for the bazaar,
Wear lace on herself that Is plainer
by far.
Fill In at the organ, help out the choir,
Work for the church when all others
tire?
You've guessed the reply perhaps you
knew It:
"Oh, well, the minister's wife should
do It!"
The minister s wife can look ahead
To winning a crown and wings when
dead;
While we, admitting her chance of re
ward. Miin.no to make her way to It hard
The more that she does of our duty for
lis
And .plods through life without any
fuss.
Hut when the heavens In Judgments
burst.
And Cod calls the meek to rise up
first.
I.ir.ig habit vli! nu'ke us answer to it
"Oh. well. !he minister's wife should
do it!"
Cincinnati Post.
crease the happiness of the songster,
provided the hints are heeded:
Place the cnge so that no draft of
air can strike the bird. Give nothing
to healthy birds but rape and canary
seed, water, cuttlefish bone and grav
el paper or sand on the floor of the
cage; no hempseed; a bath three tlme3
a week. The room should not be over
heated never above 70 degrees.
When moulting (shedding feathers)
keep warm, avoid all drafts of air,
Give plenty of German rape seed. A
little hard boiled egg mixed with
crackers grated fine is excellent.
Feed regularly at a certain hour In
the morning. By observing these sim
ple rules birds may be kept In fine
condition for years.
For birds that are sick or have lost
their song procure bird tonic at a bird
store. Very many keep birds who
mean to' give their pet all things to
make them bright and happy and at
the same time are guilty of great cru
elty In regard to perches. The perches
In a cage should lie each one of a dif
ferent size and the smallest as large
as a pipestom.
If perches are of the right sort no
trouble Is ever had about the bird's
toe nails growing too long, and, of all
things, keep the perches clean. Ex
change.
"In the IluniU of Ilia l'rlenda.
A correspondent who has observed
many instances of the good under
standing which prevails between th
negroes and their white neighbors In
the southern states tells the story of
a colored man who left bis South Caro
lina home to become a barber in an
Illinois city. Not long afterward a
negro was lynched in this town, and
fears of a "race riot" were entertained.
A customer entering the shop found
the barber packing up his tools, and
learned that he proposed to return to
South Carolina.
"There is too much lynchin' goin'
on In these parts, declared ne.
Tain't safe round hyar."
"Well," replied the customer, "don't
you know tnere are just as many
lynchlngs down South as there are
here?"
"Yes, sir, I 'spects dat's true," was
the reply, "but If I's lynched hyar I
dunno who's gwlne do it, but If l's
lynched down dar, I knows I's gwlne
be lynched by my friends."
A Hard Lot.
Nicaragua has been distinguished
even among Central American repub
lics by the number of Its revolutions.
Discovered by Columbus, It takes Its
name from the chief 'who ruled It at
the time of its exploration by Dolrla,
In 1522. Of Its earliest rulers It has
been said that "the first had been a
murderer, the second a murderer and
rebel, the third murdered the second,
the fourth was a forger and the fifth
a murderer and rebel." Nicaragua
abounds in prehistoric remains, and
in some parts, It is said, the inhabit
ants still supply themselves with pot
tery from the vast quantities preserved
below the surface.
Killed lr Fear.
Frederick I. of Prusia was killed by
fear. His wife was Insane, and one
day she escaped from her keeper and,
dabbling her clothes with blood, rush
ed upon her husband while he was doz
ing in his chair. King Frederick Im
agined her to be the "white lady"
whose ghost was believed to Invari
ably appear whenever the death of a
member of the royal family was to oc
cur, and he was thrown Into a fever
and died In six weeks.
Your working hours have been re
duced to el-;ht. Then for heaven's
sake, work eUlit hours!
Most people l:irjc!ne they would rath
er be miserably rich than happily poor,
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WEDDING.
llow to Save- SIony.
Every mnn who Is obliged to wort'
lor his living should make a point t
lay up a Utile money for a "rainy
day."
Accumulated money Is always ready
to use when needed. Scrape together
fire dolalrs, deposit it In a savings
kank, and then resolve to deposit a
given sum, small though It be, once a
month, or once a week, according to
elrcumstancea. Wilh Rueh an account
man feels a desire to enlarge his
desposlt. It. gives bl;n lessons In frugal
ity and economy, weans him from hab
its ot extravagance, and 13 the very
best guard In the world ngalnst Intem
perance, dissipation arid vice.
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A Mlkt Tho.-.o;ht.
Of John Sloan, the brilliant etcher, a
story was told the other night at the
Franklin Inn In Philadelphia.
"I used to take long walks with
Sloan," said an essayist, "when he
lived here. He has an original and In
teresting mind.
"'Nature Is often beautiful, he said
one evening, as we walked In the park.
But to-night how hideous she Is.'
"Here Sloan shuddered.
'"But, my dear Sloan, I objected,
look at the stars. Surely they're very
fine to-night'
"Sloan looked up, then frowned and
.hok his head.
" 'Oh, yes,' he said, 'not bad, not had;
but there's far too many of them.' "
Water thrown on the Ice of the Are
tlc regions will crack It, Just as boil
ing water will crack a piece of glass.
This Is because the ice is so much,
solder than water.
IT WEARS YOU OUT.
Kidney Tronblea I.oirrr the Vitality
of the Whole Ilodji.
Don't wait for serious Illness; begin
using Doan's Kidney Pills when you
first feel backache or notice urinary
disorders.
David P. Corey, 236
W. Washington St..
Ionia, Mich., says: "I
had kidney trouble
so badly that for six
months I could only
get around with a
cane or crutches. The
backache grew grad
ually worse until I
was compelled to take
to my bed. While
still in bed I began
using Doan's Kidney Pills and grad
ually Improved until well."
Remember the name Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
The Australian Stock Whip.
The stock whip in the skillful hands
of the Australian Is not only an article
of the greatest utility, but also a for
midable weapon. Owing to Its great
length the lash varies from twelve to
thirty feet and the shortness of the
butt, which measures only eighteen
inches. It is an extremely difficult and '
awkward thing to wiold, and the be
ginner Is apt to hurt himself if he does
not exercise care when practicing. A
well trained stockman, however, can
hit a cent every time at ten paces dis
tance and with the dreaded lash in his
hand, cracking like pistol shots, can
keep a mob of wild animals In check.
If used with full force It will cut
through skin and flesh like a knife,
says the Wide World Magazine, but
unless a beast shows distinct vice the
stockman uses It more for the purpose
of Instilling fear than of causing pain.
It can also be used as a bolas, a Pata
gonlon form of lasso, and an adept
can catch and hold a beast by causing
the lash to curl around Its legs.
Lcaaon front the Paat.
"Socrates," asked Plato, "to spring
an old one on you, how do you recon
cile the doctrine of foroordlnatlon with
the doctrine that man is a free moral
agent?"
"We needn't bother our heads about
that," answered Socrates. "One of these
days some 7-year-old prodigy will come
along and tell us all about It."
For even the old Greek philosopher
had a premonition that we were going
to have some fearfully smart boys in
America In tne twentieth century.
HARD ON CHILDREN
When Teacher Una Coffee Habit.
"Best is best, and best will ever
live." When a person feels this way
about Postum they are glad to give
testimony for the benefit of others.
A school teacher down In Miss,
says: "I had been a cofTse drinker
since my childhood, and the lant few
years It had injured me Biliously.
"One cup of coffee taken at break
fast would cause me to become so ner
vous that I could scarcely go through
with the day's duties, and this ner
vousness was often accompanied by
deep depression of spirits and heart
palpitation.
"I am a teacher by profession, and
when under the Influence of coffee had
to struggle against crossness when In
the school room.
"When talking this over with my
physician, he suggested that I try
Postum, so I purchased a package and
made It carefully according to iirec
tions; found it excellent ot flaw and
nouri-iUiii;;.
"In a short time I noticed very
gratifying effects. My nervousness
disappeared, I was not Irritated by
my pupils, life seemed full of sun
shine, and my heart troubled me no
longer.
"I attribute mv change lo health
and spirits to Postum alone."
Read the little book, "The Road to
Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a Rea
son." Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and full of
hsmaa Interest.
I
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