Coil of » Fracing Oat AN A fencing outfit for women is rather elaborate and a trifle expensive. There ^re the foils, $4; the mask $2.i>0; the bluff doeskin gloves, $3; the black suede shoes, $5, and any price one cares to expend for the dress itself,. which may be of flannel, elotli or silk. Armed cap-a-pie, the modern girl is ready to parry, thrust, feint, dodge, take raps and give them, drive her foe to cover, or gracefully succumb to her own defeat, until with a fierce stamp of the foot and a salute with the foil the engagement is over. This is immensely good discipline for wo men to learn to take defeat good hu moredly, and to engage in any sort of contest without carrying either a grudge, or too evident a sense of tri umph away. To lock arms with an adversary after a defeat in argument and to walk away in friendliness is training for which fencing lessons, or any other bout of skill, are of great usefulness. Don't Olvo Way to Iitipair, Although you have suffered for a long time from malnrlii, dyspepsia, kidney trouble, nervousness or biliousness. Know that Hos tetter’s Stomach Bitters has cured worse eases than yours, and Is potent to help you as It has helped hosts of others. But ulwiiys remem ber that, trite saying. "Delays are dangerous.” Mole hills grow to be mountains In conse quence of disregarding It. Check disease at the outset with this Incomparable defensive medicine. Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer has written a paper for the February Cen tury on “Places in New York,'' describ ing picturesque scenes in the city. Mrs. Van Rensselaer is an inspector of common schools, and her official visi tations have rendered her familiar with many places that are unknown to a majority of New Yorkers. Her sub jects range from the slums to the opera. The article will be illustrated by Lungren, Potthast, Frazer, and others. __ 1*67 BUS. POTATOES FEB ACRE. 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Lottery Scheme. Here is a new lottery scheme adopted by a London restaurant: A small casket contains a £5 note. Each customer is given a key, but only one of the whole lot will unlock the casket. The man who has the key that fits gets the prize.__ __ A truth that one does not understand be comes a falsehood. About half a man’s time is taken up signing petitions and protests. i I I During § r*~\ March i~n V / :;! ::i Colds and chills are prevalent, and ;; unless the system is strong enough ■; to throw them off, serious illness, often '' ending in pneumonia and death results.: I The Cause ^ colds, chills and 1; / . CaUSe attendant dangers is ; found in the blood, poisoned by uric •' add, which should be expelled by the : M kidneys. The Effect kidney-poison- • j td blood is far-rcach- • ■ in£« Health and strength are impossible ! while it exists. The system is being :: continually weakened, leaving it open ■ to the ravages of colds, chub, pneu- : monia and fevers. The Cure *or sucl1 a diseased ■ i ne cure condition found in Ir^xojwwcb./^ | which will restore the kidneys to health - and enable them to properly perform I I their functions. There is no doubt ;: about this. The record of the past is ;: .. Proof Positive. .. BATTLE WITHWOLVES HE week before Christmas, 1867, sifow had fallen heavily la northern Pennsylvania, and just after daybreak three men were pulling a sledge along the edge of Laurel Ridge. They were timDer crui sers. employed by lumber companies to locate tracts of white pine and places for the winter camps. This work had been done, and they were.returnlng to the banks of the Slnnemahoning to do some hunting be fore going homo for the Christmas festivities. The leader, John Mellon, a man of 45, had been in the business for twenty years, and was one of the best woods men In the state. Rodgers, an ex soldier, was also a master of wood craft, while the youngest, Max Baum, Mellon's nephew, was only 18, and came from Philadelphia. All were good shots. They were now twelve miles from camp, in an old deserted cabin on the Slnnemahoning. On the way they had killed a bear and two turkeys. The hindquarters of the bear and the two turkeys were to furnish the Christ mas dinner, and all were packed on the sled. “Boys,” said Mellon, “we did a mighty foolish thing to leave the offal of that bear on the ground. We had oughter hung it up. The hard weather In the mountains has driven the wolves this way, and they may track us. Look at the dogs; I believe they smell danger. I was treed once by gray wolves in Potter county and lost three of the best bear dogs I ever owned. They was eaten right before my eyes, and I don’t hanker after sich a thing agin. Holy Moses! Stop! Warn’t that a wolf howl? Sure. Max, keep the dogs from goin’ back, an’ let's light out. There’s an old hay yard some where here, and we’ll make for it.” The snow was falling in big flakes, there was no wind, and they could hear that long, plaintive howl, unlike anything else that falls on a hunter’s ear. The hair on the dogs stood up, and they plunged through the snow, almost upsetting Max. “Thank the Lord. Here it is. Pull like hosses.” a nunarea yaras away was a staca of meadow hay that had been left there years before by lumbermen. It was surrounded by a strong stake and rider fence made of heavy poles, to keep the deer out, and was abou^ twenty-five feet across. "Quick; take off the rider; throw the dogs lh! Raise the sled; helve! That’s right. NOw the axes. Let’s cut some of these spruces and pack the brush agin the fence.” The axes flew, and In ten minutes the work was done. Guns were examined and then came a wait. “I only hear two,” said Rodgers. “Maybe that’s all there is.” “More like forty,” replied Mellon. “It’s only the leaders that make a noise. See, thar comes the head of the pack, running our trail. Blast the dogs! Their yelling excites the brutes." The dogs were tearing at the bars, and, though well thrashed, it did no good. The leading wolf had smelt them and slunk into a bush. For a moment there was a blank silence, and then came an appalling chorus. ] Uo I “LET ’EM HAVE IT." "Great Scott! All the wolves In Elk county must be after us. Don’t shoot over forty yards, and don’t waste am munition. We can't know how long they’ll hold us up. Thunder! Thar’s the pup loose!” Sure enough, the youngest dog had chewed the deerskin tug In two, mount ed the fence and charged up the road. He had not gone forty yards when a wolf two and a half feet high at the shoulder darted from the brush. The stanch hound had him by the throat In a second, and threw him. That was his last act. A dozen of the pack rushed in and covered the fighters. How their bushy tails wagged, and the men could hear their steel jaws clash. “Now, men, let ’em have It!” and the guns cracked; but. becoming infuriated by the smell of blood, and, ferocious with hunger, the pack tore the flesh of their dead mates. Again a volley was fired into the mass. Then they broke and plunged into the timber. Eleven lay dead and wounded. Mel lon had a double rifle, Max a double barrel, loaded with buck, and Rodgers a Springfield. “Wolf pelts is worth $3 apiece, but I wouldn’t have lost that dog for all the hides ’twixt this and the York line. Warn’t he game?” said Mellon. “Them pelts won’t be worth a bit apiece, Mellon. They’ll eat ’em all be fore they leave. Hear! There’s new ones coming every minute.” And so it proved. A wave of black and gray came down the road in full cry and threw themselves on the re mains. Even the hardy hunters felt a tremor. What chance would they have if these gray demons scaled the fence? It took three point-blank volleys to drive them back. The wounded howled and bit themselves in frensy. Although an hour's respite was given, there were evidently new arrivals every minute. Now and then a rush could be heard through the brush like the tramping bf a drove of ponies. * 5 All the attacks had been frbm ode. quarter, but it was evident that they1 were being surrounded. The dog made a rush for the fence behind, and Max yelled: “Here they are on our backs!” Sure enough, half a dozen were making a charge not ten yards away. Three were Bhot and the rest retreated. , “ken, this is serious. If they get in side, we’re goners. Our only chance will be to fire the hay and take to these two big pines outside, if we can. I teli you, it we get out of this on our legs, we’ll have something to be thankful for.” It was new moon. The snow had stopped falling and It was getting very cold. The men ran around the inclose ure to relieve their numbed limbs. The pack was opened and a piece of raw salt pork, cut into slices, was eaten with hard tack.” “My tongue is fast In my mouth, I’m so dry,” said Max. “Well, we must grin and bear It. Eatln’ snow makes It worse. Hello! here’s a new pack cornin’.” Again a surge of gray backs came snapping and yelling up the road, but while a dozen threw themselves on the carcasses, a dozen came for the fence on a dead lope, smelling the provisions, no doubt. For half an hour it was load and fire. Four were shot not over ten feet away. Their red eyes and big teeth were plainly seen. Finally, un der the fire, the pack melted away. “Now, if no more new ones come, we are safe for awhile. There must have been fifty of the last ones—see how they are piled up in the road. We are about eight miles from the Sinnemaho ning, and the cold will make it better sledding. Let’s put out,” said Rodgers. "It’s taking chances, but we can’t stay here all night without fire.’ Let’s hang these four carcasses’ up In the pine, and that will keep 'em awhile' after they finish the others;” 3-v r' A big pine stood two feet' from the fence. Mellon got over and dragged the dead wolves in. They were very thin, -but as large as big bear hounds. Skewering the hind legs together they were secured to the pine limbs ten feet up, and now the fence was let quietly down ,oa the further side and they (Stole away. They were not a mile oft when the howling was heard. The pack was fighting over the .lead ones, All hands took hold of the sled and kept on a dead run. The snow had frozen on top and made fair traveling. “Do your best, men. I believe they are after us.” Coming down the wind was a sound that made them shiver. “Thank Qod! Thar’s the blasted pine. We’re only a short mile away. Let out yer best licks.” It was getting dark, but Mellon knew the road, and it was a great relief when they struck the clearing and halted at the door of the low cabin. The mo ment Mellon pulled the latch string the dog ruBhed in and evidently was fight ing something inside, making a tre mendous row. “What in thunder’s that, a panther?” Just then a spit and squawl were ! heard. All hands sang out: “A cat!”. “Give me your gun, Max, and hold the door open.” Away in the far end of the cabin,'un der the eaves, shone a pair of eyes. Mellon fired; a loud snarl, and the dog was tearing something on the floor. When a light was struck they found a big wildcat that had come down the chimney, attracted by some food that had been left behind. In a short time bear steaks and salt pork were frying over the fire, and all had a hearty meal. “Do you know that the man who built this cabin was killed by wolves about 1850? Two years after the re mains of himself and dog were found in the ’Slashes,’ eight miles up the creek, and a dozen wolf skulls around him. Well, we’ve Just escaped the same to-day, and oughten to miss say in’ our prayers fo-night.” The wolves howled around the cabin all night, but were gone in the morn ing, and with the assistance of a big jug of cider, roast turkey, bear meat, with maple sugar sauce, Christmas day, 1867, was joyfully spent in the wilds of Elk county.—Philadelphia Times. About Emerson. The anaemic incompleteness of Em erson’s character is traced to the philo sophy of his race and the fundamental falseness of every bit of transcendent alism, Emerson included, pointed out— a falsehood consisting in the theory of the self-sufficiency of each individual, men and women alike. Margaret Pul ler's after history showed that she, for one, was constituted like other human beings, was dependent upon human relationships and “was not only a very noble, but also a very womanly crea ture.” She was driven into the vagar ies of her earlier career by “the lack of something which she did not know ex isted.” Bow It Works the Other Way. '* “What can be the trouble between the Hartleys? I see he’s applied tor a divorce.” . “He told me all about It. Since she’s got to wearing her. hair short and suits made like his she invariably succeeds In getting ready before he does when ever they go out anywhere.” "But I don't see why that should dis tress him.” “It doesn’t. It’s the abuse she heaps upon him while she’s waiting that he can’t stand.”—Cleveland Leader. - Die Wonderful Kava-Kava Shrub. A New Botanical Discovery.—Of Special Interest ia’,d, le a per fect picture of health and looka more like tho Hervey of other days. To ree him notv. one can hardly believe that he ha* been euoh a great sufferer. He writes of hie falling health and re-re ouvery In hla characteristic way ua fa; lows: . . , "For several years I was troubled with Indigestion ao severe an to make It impossible to take more than two tnegls a day without Intense suffering. 1 grew worse graduu )y until, July, 1893, 1 was suddenly attacked with Increased pain and soreness over the pit of my stom ach and sharp pains in my right aide, which rapidly increased until 1 could scarcely get my breath. A physician was called for Immediate relief and hy* podermlc Injections of morphine were, resorted to for relief. 1 was able to be out In about a week, but had a second attack the following August, more In tense than before. 1 was reduced from 136 to 134 lbs. In nine days and left . wholly unable to take any nourishment. I lived on lime water and a very little milk for several days after. For one year 1 carried morphine pellets In my pockets ready for an emergency. All this time my stomach was sore and very sensitive. I discovered that what would agree with my stomach this week would probably not next week, and that I was getting nearer and near er to a final collapse. I consulted three of the best physicians In the state and two agreed fully as to my ailment, but failed to give me relief. Having utterly failed to obtain relief, I finally made ar rangements to go to Chicago to be treated when my little boy chanced to get a sample package of Dr. Kay’s Ren ovator, which he brought to me. I was Induced to try It, not having the least faith In Its virtues. I thought this sam ple relieved me, and 1 purchased a 25 cent box. Before It was all used I had so Improved that T was taking three meals a day, which I had not dohe for years. I then used one package of the large Dr. Kay's Renovator and one more of the small slse. It is eight months since I commenced using Dr. Kay's Renovator and I now have no symptoms whatever of my old trouble. I have recommended It to many of my friends for Btomaeh trouble and I think all have reported relief.” George W. Hervey, Omaha, Neb.. Feb. 17, 1897. Dr. Kay's Renovator is s jIU by druggists or sent by mall for 25 cents and fl. Book let free. Dr. B. J. Kay Medical Co., Omaha, Neb. »■ Ths Congo Railroad. Twenty-five miles of the Congo rail road, forming the first section between Matange and .Kenge, are now com pleted. The work has cost (100,009 a mile. The line will be ninety-three miles long in all, and will'connect the immense waterways above the falls with the sea._ TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAT. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Ail Druggists refund the money if it fails toeure. Oc No Unujor. St. Peter—You were salesman in a dry goods store on earth, weren’t you? Spirit, timidly—Yes, sir. St. Peter—Then sit down at once. Yon needn’t l»« afraid. 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