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,rf....A i i . -- --i .... . . r 'V r j i ) TIM M'CLURir8 8T0VE. Tiro VeClure w foreman of the Paso del .None roiimlhouw. He was Iso the breadwinner of a family in which there were several mouth to 611. Tie family hart remained in the taut when Tira started for Mexico in tearch of employment; but now that bia ability and faithfulness had been rewarded by rapid promotion from fireman to engineer, and thence to foreman of the round bonne, he was receiving a monthly stipend that would enable him to establish his boutehold goods in Paso del Aorte. He had never taken kindly to sleep ing on the hard earth floor of a bare idobe house; nor could he eat with relish the food served by the immobile-faced Wah Kee, who conducted the fashionable restaurant of the place; and he longed with the longing af a homesick schoolboy for the com ing of the time when a well-cooked lupper and comfortable bed would wait him at the end of a day's work. And ho when he converted his first mouth's pay as foreman into a money order, wherewith hits wife should de fray the expenses of the family's transportation to Paso del Norte, a thrill of anticipatory pleasure ran from the roots of his hair to the tips af his toes. The family arrived ni due course of time, and Tim proudly headed the procession that wended its way from the depot to the adobe house he had prepared for its domiciliation. He hud furnished the house as luxurious ly and artistically us his purse and taste would permit: but he had been able to accomplish but little, if viewed from the standpoint of the average American woman, and Mrs. MeClure was one of these. lier disappointment was keen, never theless she made a brave effort to Stifle her feelings, and succeeded fairly well in doing so until, in her inspec tion of the premises, she arrived in the kitchen. There, the tiny slieet iron camp-stove and the meager ar ray of culinary vessels that met her riew caused her titter collapse. "O, Tim, Tim!" she gasped, "how ever will I get enough cooked for the children on that that toy?" "It isn't much of a stove," Tim admitted, stroking his chin ruefully, "but it is the best that money would buy in Paso del .Norte. You know, my dear, cooking stoves are little used in Mexico." "Well, why on earth did you not order one sent out from St. Louis?" rejoined Mrs. MeClure. "Such a stove as you are accustomed to "would cost $100 to put it in the house." "A hundred dollars!" snapped Mrs. MeClure, contemptuously. "Why, Tim, you can get an elegant stove and all its furniture for only $30." "In St. Louis, but not here," replied Tim. "But say the stove, laid down in 1 Paso, Tex., just across the river, would cost not more than $40, it would eost $60 more to get it brought over here." "What!" gasped Mrs, MeClure. "Sixty dollars to move a stove one mile! Tim MeClure, have you lost your senses?" "No, my dear, not quite, I hope," Tim replied, humbly. "But you do not seem to know that an import duty must be paid on everything brought into Mexico; and on stoves the rate is about 130 per cent of their value." It required a lengthy explanation of the tariff question and his most sol emn assurances to persuade her that he was not jesting. "Why, Tim," she exclaimed, when he had" finished, "it's an outrage, and no better than highway robbery. Can't we have the stove hauled across the river some night, and the customs officers know nothing about it? It seems to me that we could, and we don't care whether the government of Mexico has any money or not." It was not a sense of the moral wrong or smuggling that caused Tom to hesitate, for he was no novice in the art of clandestinely introducing articles of merchandise into the cactus republic, but he knew that the en lire frontier was patroled night and day by a numerous and vigilant cus toms iruard, past whom it wouta oe all but impossible to smuggle so cum bersome a thing as a stove. He finally hit upon the plan of tak- ing the stove apart and lowering it, piece by piece, into the tank of "Kl Buey," the sturdy switch engine, on some occasion when it would be on the Texas side of the river. But upon obtaining the dimensions of the stove Mrs. MeClure wanted, he found that the larger parts would not pass in at tttc manhole. He would have given up in despair had, not his better half kept the sub ject fresh fn his mind, not only with words, but with the poor quality of the meals she set before him as well. As a last resort, he decided to confer with some of his friends those most adept at eluding the vigilance of the as t obis guard. At his request the men he selected gathered in his office ne morn in a, a conference that lasted an hour or more followed; every face waa smilingly confident when it was concluded. The acheme'll win, Tim, never fear," cried one of the party. "The guards think they're getting mighty "" smart, and so they are; they've eanfht on to nearly all the old tricks, bat taeru never suspect mis one Jaat make a bold play and bring over the store in broad daylight, right un der tkeir noses, and they'll never see about tbs Jsrd that there was some thing queer In Its sppesruricr. Htsndiug on the truck plntform ol the engine, Just in front of the Ixiiler was a ilurk object that seemed to b a part of the engine; within it a fire was burning liercely, and from it slender pipe, which passed up alonR the engine's ernokestack, a roll ct black smoke was pouring out and mingling with that of the engine, to all appearances emanating from a sin gle chimney. When the engine had reached the custom house track it came i a stand still, and the guards, who were always swarming at that point, gravely and somewhat perfunctorily examined it for articles of a dutiable character. They discovered nothing, in spite ol the united snicker of the Americans who witnessed the scene, and the en gine was allowed to proceed to the roundhouse, where it was received with a wild hurrah by the railroaders, who had gathered there to welcome it. It of course became known within s short time after the episode that some splendid flapjacks were uirnea out every Sunday morning at Me Clure's but the customs officials sim ply scratched their shaggy heads and aid nothing. San Francisco Iravelcr, The Population In 1900. Guesses as to the results of the com- lie census are being made in variou inarters. The total population of the L'nited States in 1S00 was 62,622,200. What will it be at the evening of the acw century? The official statistician it Washington estimated the popula tion of the country on August 1, 1S90 it 7G,2S5,0OO, and his estimate for 1900 n,675,000. The Boston Olobe has put itself on record with the prediction ;hat the population show n by the next census will not exceed 74,4SO.S'V1. It Joes not reveal the process by which it irrives at this extremely modest re sult, but it recoils the interesting and remarkable predictions of population nude in the early years of the present ;entury by the noted agriculturist and amateur mathematician, Elkanah Watson. l!y a careful use of the science of general averages, Mr. Wat son computed the population of the country for successive decades nearly l century ahead with an accuracy that seems almost uncanny. He came within 1 per cent of what the actual rrount proved to be for the five sue jeeding censuses. When it is remem acred that Watson's figures In the fol lowing table were published some :ime before 1S20 they are astonishing: Vear. Watson s estimate. Census. 120 9.r.2j,734 9.GX!.S2 IKiO 12.S33.645 12.860,020 1840 17,116.526 17,009,453 ; S30 23. 1 H5.SC 23,19 1 ,s70 ;SG0 31.753.S24 31,443,321 Only after the civil war did Watson's iredictious cease to come close to the nark. By 1S90 they had exceeded the :ensu figures by nearly 14,000,000. His Drediction for 19(H) was 100,233,989. which is between 20 and 23 per cent nore than the census count will proh ibit show. It is more than likely. aowever, that if the war had not in :ervened and checked the operation of :he natural law of increase for several fears Watson's figures would not be 'ar from the truth. The killing of several hundred thousand men, the sartial suspension of family life dnr ng four years, and the practical ceas ng of immigration all conspired to lecrease the annual percentage o jrowth from about 3V4 per cent to 2 3pt cent, and the old rate of increase las never been entirely regained. SYNDICATE FARMING STARTED. The stove waa at once ordered, and when it arrived la El Paso the ear fa which it came was switched, at Ttai's request, to the connecting track, there to await the unloading of the tore. Along ia the afternoon of that day the switch engine, with Tim atandina? oa the forward foot board, went senrrylaff across the river. It sjm gone bat short tiase, and when H returned U waa observed by those Tbe Frog Butcher. The frog butcher is not peculiar to France alone. He is in New York, ind in every large American city shere this delightful viand is relished, t'rog ranches are a part of the Bources )f meat in large centers of population, ind are near the consumer. Down in jeorgia the farmer's boy shoots green frogs with a "pea rifle" for a penny ;ach, and sells them two to three for ive cents, according to size, and then .urns up his nose at those who "eat ' iich varmints." In the large cities the jullfrog becomes more consequential. 3nly his hind legs are eaten, because :hese alone have anything on them to at. The "frog butcher's" business is to cut off these limbs, skin and dress ;bem for the market, where they are sold, salted, pickled, refrigerated, and fresh from the carcass. The "frog !arm" is quite an important auxiliary to the table. In Chicago nearly 150, KK) frogs are amputated from their bind legs for the delicate tastes of connoisseurs. New York city takes '25,000, and Philadelphia nearly 200,- )00. It takes from one to five pairs of legs, according to size, for a pound. The smaller they are the more deli cate the taste. As frog legs run from JO to 40 cents per pound wholesale. nd from 30 to 60 cents per pound re tail, our three metropolitan center pay fully $100,000 per year for their 'hinds of frogs. Visitors to Prance will remember '.lie famous frog farm in the old juarry at Paris, where, after yielding Ti iich of the stone which built and jeautifled the gay French capital, this noted old quarry now yields to the bills of the French cuisine hundreds of thousands of choice frog legs an anally. Exchange. Longest Asphalted Street la the World Philadelphia can boast of the long st asphalted street in the world. Hroad street has that unique distinc tion. First, as already stated, it ia the longest asphalted street in the world: secondly, it is the only street which is even width for eleven miles, ind this width is the greatest ever ittained by any street for a course f eleven miles. It is also tbe straignt :st street, for from League Island to the county line it doea not vary an inch, except where the great city building causes tbe street to turn iround it. Seven miles of the street ire asphalted, but tbe remainder is provided with a roadbed or nne ros- ;ndm, which is continued by the old York road, which extends lor about 'wentr miles farther on. A carriage an drive on this street and road and make only one turn in thirty-one miles. Broad street U 113 feet wide ind measures 60 feet from enrb to nrb, and thirty-fire men can walk ibreaat of it. Scientific American. In the United States practically ev erything but agriculture has passel Into the hands of combined capital. Even the raisins and marketing of rat tle has partaken largely of this enl-of-the-century business method. The destruction of the once formidable Cherokee Strip Cattle association by presidential proclamation, driving the herds from Indian lands, was one blow at the concentration of this Industry In the hands of a few. It was merely a transitory backset. Farming on a large scale has been essayed in this country in a number of states. I-'arms have come Into the hands of big corporations by means of foreclosures of loans until the corpor ate owner has found itself a land owner of huge dimensions, but without skill in agriculture. Machinery is used to a wider extent In America than any where else on the globe. Fertilizing materials In the older states have be come necessary to produce reasnab!e crops of wheat, corn and oats. One man commenced business some thirty or forty years ago in the vl?inlty of Abilene, Kan., with a "claim. It worked hard and studied up on al things connected with agriculture. He bought out clai matter claim until his l0 acres had become 35.H,all tn w neai. He farmed that land himself, employ ing his farmers and directing the whol business. He had train after train at his elevators and really fixed the prices In that region. Henry wim a success until the prices fell, and then he gave It up and sold out in detail, retiring with a big fortune. This is one in stance, but It was a one-man story ut that. Only a few years ago one New York bankin gconcern held the pledges fir haf the great western farm lands. Kansas. Nebraska. Iowa, some of the Lakotas, Minnesota, Illinois and Mis souri contributed to the loan business Prices were good, money plenty in th east. crops bounded out of the earth with speed, and men made money eas ily. Then for a w hile It forgot to rain for a few years, the ground grew tired I'M much nitrogen went out in th first croi and In time the mortgage fell due. Many a man who could scarce ly scrape together the Interest wa.-s per milted to renew his mortgage because the bunking concern did not want the land. That day passed and in most of thest great states the mortgage were taken up as they matured. They were either paid outright or new ones made with other agents at greatly reduced Interest charges. Farming had b come a thing of skill and thrift Instead of smiting a hole In a sod and waiting until the corn turned yellow In the autumn sun. Th'-n in time loaning companies acquired large tracts of land because the owneis were unable to pay. They set about to sell off their holdings, for, as has beer said, they were money changers and not argriculturlsts. For the most part they succeded in this, but some of them were forced to hold on to numerous farms and try to work out a saving, from rentals. There are several cases of tenant farming In Illinois. One Is down in southwestern Illinois, the other in Mc Lean county. The operations in each case reported so far have been satisfactory to all con cerned. The landlord Is no case pays much attention to the land. He has his agent, who makes the leases, collects the rents and advises if asked concern ing the nature of the crops. Hut the tenant Is a free lance provided he pays his money. In most cases permanent Improvements made by him are his, subject to the purchase of the next ten ant. He can sell them for what he can get when the wear and tear are con sidered. Hut the far west has many more ex amples of this kind than can be found close at hand. This Is due to the fact that In the middle western stales the population is dense and desirable land Is not fo rsale at reasonably cheap fig ures. It Is asserted that any piece of land on earth can be bought if the right price is offered. Hut men who aim to own huge bodies of land aim to get the component acres for as little Initial outlay as possible. Down In New Mex ico and some parts of Texas population Is very sparse and the man with the money can purchase by the square mile. He has been doing this for some years and then parceling out his hom ines to skilled agriculturists or gra ilera to Improve for him on the basis of a. cash return for occupancy and he fruits of the soil. In Illinois one large landed estate Is that of Hiram Sibley. The headquar ters are at Hlbley, the station name taken from that of the owner. The heirs do not live at Sibley and rarely visit the farms. The agent looks after the details of leasing, etc., and iflmin- tTKBB BIT! irooa. f RICE CULTURE IN OUR COUNTRY. Inters the property from Chicago. He lives In Evanston and makes frequent visits to the estate to see that all U satisfactory. Tenants may remain as long as they wish, and it la said they rarely give up their farms, excepting to take hold of land they have bought. It Is probably a fact that the owner of the largest number of acres of land In Illinois Is an Englishman who does not visit the land more than once a year. He has about 5.000 acres of tlll- ble land in Macoupin county. Ird William Scully was attracted to this country by the reports of the agents which he sent here about the year The next year he came to this country for the purpose of investing some mon ey In the farming lands of Illinois. At this time the clouds of war which pre ceded the rebellion were fast gathering and Lord Scully was keen enough to perceive that trouble could not be averted, so he betook himself to his native heath. The civil war came and passed and Lord Scully returned, only this time to find that swamp land that was offered to him for a mere bagatelle had advanced In price until It was held at two and three times as much as he could have bought it for before the war. This did not deter him, however, from his determination of buying, and when he relumed to England he was the pos sessor of nearly 65.000 acres of land In this state and altout &,iK acres In Kansas and Nebraska. Nearly all the land was wamp land the richest In fer tility and the cheapest In price. Quick t'j see the advantage of tile. Lord S ul ll soon had every acre of the swamp redeemed from the haunts of rattle snakes and bullfrogs and in their stead were the homes of a contented people. Lord Scully's methods of dealing with his tenants are peculiarly his own. When a man wishes to become a ten ant of his he Is allowed to pick the land he desires and if there Is no ten ant for it a lease is drawn. This lease stipulates that the tenant shall erect all Improvements that go on to the place at his own expense. that the school tax on the land be paid by the tenant, that the tenant pay a certain amount of money each year for each acre of land leased. The first provision that the tenant build all of the outbuildings dwelling house and dig all wells seems at first to work a hardship on the rent er. When the renter moves away be can take everything with him or sell to the next renter, and In this way loses only the depreciation In value of the property. It was Lord heully s Idea that the settlement might become so thl' kly populated that line schoolhouses and many teachers would U? desired thus entailing upon him the tax foi something that would not benefit him in the least, but which would cost him much money that he could not avoid spending. He argues that if the ten ant has to pay the school tax lie win forego useless expenditures f(Jr school buildings and teachers. His tenants are said to be satisfied So long as they pay their rent, so long may they remain. They are at liberty to plant Just what, In their Judgment, will enable them to reap the most ben etlt. His agent will give an audience to the most humble laborer, while the acts of charity told of him. If true. show hi mto be one of the most liberal landlords In this country. Lord Scully lives and has lived for several years. In Washington, and with in the official circle of that place i well known. When the alien land bill was passed he lived in England. After Its tiassage he sent a son to this coun try and made him his sole heir to the thousands of acres which tie ownea This son never became acclimated and died after a short residence In this country. This necessitated Lord i-sui ly's removal to this country, as unoer the alien law passed no alien could own land In this country. There is almost a complete lack of definite Information on this topic In arovernmental circles. The secretary of state of Illinois has records In his office of corporations organized to buy and sell farm lands, but these have !cen for the most part mere land bargainers onerating in western states, some men have incorporated their farms for sen timental reasons to give the home etenri n name but so far as can be learned no effort has been made by or ganized capital to engage in agriculture in this state. The records are silent on this topic to n verv trreat extent. It Is Known, now ever, that tenant farming Is engaged in aulte extensively. But It Is held that there Is not money enough In tilling thP soil to Induce capital voluntarily t Btitcr into competition with the indl vldual farmer. It is maintained that as long as there are other fields which promise better, open to capital, big money will not be put Into this branch of Industry. Thr lMSrM tbs laianl Wash ! r4 nVlam stating. Yoti have missed a couple of uiightT singular events if you never saw a c on christening or coon food cleaning out at Uie Zoo. The coon home St the .o consists simply of a plot of ground about as large as a barn door f extra irenerous hue would cover. This is surrounded by a wire fence 4 feet hiirh, topped with a broad, up- enrved tin rail, which prevents the lit- le clown-like creatures from cscap- ng. In the center ol tnis yara is a ree 20 feet high and having many icavy limbs. ear tne nase oi me vrec h a several foot square ikkI of water. This pool marks two very exclusive. ery notable charactei istics tDat ais inguish the coon from any other ani mal. The pool is the coon t christen- tig and food cleansing place, says tbe Cincinnati Enquirer. When a coon gives birth to young almost the first thing she does is to take her babies one by one in her mouth, and, accompanied by the father coon, proceed slowly and sol emnly to the pool. Arriving at its brink, and while the dad coon stands honghtfullv bv, the mother baptizes the little ones beneath the wave with nil the decorum and solicitude that a llaptist clergyman immerses a candi date for church membership. After lowering it gentlv down beneath the surface and lifting it up again, Mrs. Coon and her husband wend their way back again to their family corner p the yard. This service, solemn and staid, is continued by Mr. and Mrs. Coon until every mother's son of their just arrived offspring has been duly christened. Viewed soberly, it is re ally one of the most unique, impres sive processional performances imag inable. Hut the indescribable droll- r.css of (he picture made by the wee husband and wife, ns they go through with the performance, is inimitable. and smilcfc, if not laughter, come to almost every one who witnesses the serio-comic bit of drama. Almost any hour any dnv in the year you can find a group of people tossing bits of goodies to the coons. Upon picking tip one of these Mr. and .Mrs. toon instantly, with the "goody held daintily in its teeth, trots over to the pool and washes the morsel back and forth in the water two or three times. Then returning to ils favorite corner, or up to its favorite crotch in the tree, the little chap sets to devouring in a way so dainty and sedate ns to put food-gulping humans to blush. Hut, of course, you won bin t blush at Clown Coon's etiquette There is so much original comedy in every move he makes in this food- leansing and eating process that vou laugh in spite of yourself. His very appearance, particularly in motion, his judge-like setlatencss, anil his dis play of extraordinary neatness, his ex quisitcness in nil things, form a sub tle and sure tickler for anybody's laugh spot. It bents the funniest man the stage can show. in tea earaa c-a-. Tbe Kansas City Ptcter and s reltsbJ sad trustnortfef Ski-WiiJiMtt w A T C ,.roB.. Si The Kansas City Packer Is the nd bct known produce Journal Pio''?!!?; In the worlrt. It Is Issuw every sod prints tbe newt of every Urge '" thD.B. H u. n enemy u ff "!,"' driven more swindling commission nou out of bulnetlin even the lw lte'- it protect tbe shipper ana iiiinra who Is not rellsble. The watch we guarantee foroof yesr. nlriie now THE HAKHKH PIIII.IUHIMO CO S04 Delawsr Mrt, -lty, Bend for sample copy. Dr. HENDERSON 101 aa4 103 W. 9th St KAKtAi crrr, mo. Cures gusrsnteod or rmwr r funded. Ail BKHiiciim. iu.u. May for xumoo mercury nrioul medicines used. Ho tioa from tiuiineM. " . .riinni trnated br Bisii sad ,.rL Medicine sent ererr. where, free from sue or breaks. N" else teotC. O. I)., onlj bv agreeroeo. low. Over 4O.0U) eaeee eomd. As sua nee sra important. BUto joar cim .nd eeo for terms. Cotuulutioa free and conflrt SI, personally or by letter. j Seminal Weakness ?.T. and sexual ucDiuiy. iindei urn r ova axu i MtrL Cure VJ funded J 31 ready I f li innoul Itlc-e forms the principal food of one- half the population of the earth. It Is more widely and generally used as a food material than any other cereal. Where dense populations are dependent for food upon an annual crop, and the climate permits Its cultivation, rice has been selected as the staple food. The luxurious growth of leguminous plants (beans, peas, etc.) at all seasonB In tropical climates provides the nitro genous elements necessary to supple ment rice. A comDinaiion oi m-t legumes Is a much cheaper complete food ration than wheat and meat and can be produced on a much smaller srea. ... Rice Is an annual plant, oeionRine; iu h. natural family of the Krasse. There 's an Immense number of varieties of cultivated rice, differing m lenarn u. k. ronulred for maturing, and in character, yield and quality. Their imrnnr not onlv exienos to aiir. ihape and color of the grain, but to the relative proportion of food constit uents and the consequent flavor. South nirniin. ind JaDan rices are rich In fat a nit hence are ranked high in fla vor and nutrition among rlce-eatlng na- a botanical catalogue enumer ates 11 varieties found In Ceylon alone while in Japan, China and India, where Ita cultivation has gone on tor cen turies, and where great care Is usually taken In the Improvement of the crop by the selection of seed, no less tbsn 1,400 carletlea are said to exist. The two principal varieties of lowland rice cultivated In the Atlantic states are the "gold seed." so called from the aoiden-yellow color of Its husk when ripe, and tha "white rice," the original lice Introduced Into this country In 104, which hss a cream-colored nusK and resembles the rice commonly grown In China. . ... The annual Imports of rice Into the United BtaUs for the nacal years 1M to MM averaged 120,8,0M pounds, and the Imports of broken rice, flour and meal 62.76,526 pound, the whole having an average value of la.2OO.0W. The pro duction of rice in this country is about one-half this amount. Itlce production In the United htates Is limited to the Kouth Atlantic and Gulf states, where, In some sections, It Is the principal cereal product. For nearlv one hundred and ninety years after the introduction of rice Into the L'nited States South Carolina and Oeor- gia produced the principal portion, while North Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana grew only a limited amount. Within the last ten years Louisiana and Texas have in creased the area devoted to rice to such an extent that they now furnish nearly three-fourths of all the product of the country. The great development of the rice In dustry in Louisiana, since JSM has re suited from the opening up of a prairie region In the southwestern part or the state, and the development of a sys tem of Irrigation and culture which made Dosslble the use of harvesting machinery similar to that used In the wheat fields of the Northwest, thereby greatly lessening the cost of production. A large proportion of the rice grown in South Carolina and Georgia Is pro duced on tidal deltas. A body of land along some river and sufficiently re mote from the sea to be free from salt water is selected with reference to the possibility of flooding It from the river at high tide and of draining It at law tide. Lands of this class are also planted to rice In southern Iymlslnna. Borne excellent marshes are found In South Carolina and Georgia upon what may relatively be termed high land. These ars In most cases easily drained and In many Instances can be Irrigated from some convenient stream. The ob jection planters have found to such tracts Is that the water supply Is un reliable and not uniform In tempera ture. . Ilrawluir the "Long Kow." Colonel Thomas Ixiwry enme within an ace of winning a reputation, (ioing down j-ech Ijike with the excursion ists recently, the talk turned to the primitive method of hunting with bow ana arrow. "When I was a boy," remarked the colonel, "I could hit a 5-cent piece ut a hundred yards with my bow and ar row." The crowd was visibly impressed. At the Pillager village a small In dian appeared with a long bow and bunch of arrows. There were cries for Lowry immediately. The colonel came up at once, smiling his blandest. When he caught sight of the warlike weapons the smile died out in a very peculiar "lost my last friend" expres sion. The din was tremendous. An immense crowd gathered to see the shooting. The Indian boy put up a stake at fifty yards with a 5-cent piece, contributed by President Shouts of the "I., I., I." Itailrond. "Isn't that a little far?" faltered the western railroad magnate. w hen I was a boy " began Mr. Shouts. "That's all riifht about vour bov- bood, bring it nearer and watch me." the stake was placed at twelve feel and the exhibition begup. Seventeen shots, anil the 5-cent piece remained. j urn me coionei dropped the bow nr. cidentally anil before he could recover It an Indian boy of ubout four sum niers picked it up, ran about forty feet. men turned quick as a flash and slip ped his bow. There was a whiz and a shout which could have been heard in ht. I'biiI. He had dislodged the 5-cent piece the lirst shot. ihat lxw and arrow cost Mr, Lowrv Dlxiiit winch the diminutive saviiire eventually dejKisited in the deep re- cesses or u greasy pair of jeans. St i aui iiiooc. ee-eaaatn Ineeea by dreams of with pimplee and blotch, on the fane, ,,h".'f3 to the head, pain. In back, eonneed idsaJas tortetfolDees, baebruloMa, STmekw Mtoj soetMr, kM of aeiual power, pes of nwahood. MBpoj Knee, ate,, cured for Ufa. Lf?V!2?Sl lowe., re. tore aesnal ppwar. rerreMrre aad brain power, enl.rve and etiMglhss feak parts, sad make yoo fit for marriage, - Stricture WlHtl" and Gleet (tnuMtita, no pain, no detect u hnelneea. Care an .ran teed. BOOM and lis of qoeetiooe lies seelea. miCOCtll. HlDK0aifHIII0l$uA aH I Private Diseases , money r. Daav for both eiee peree, UJ BOUK tme to life, with fall oeeeripekao. oj .bore diseases, tbe effect, and core, sens eeajae in plain wrerr for nU lne, ebnoid reaa ibis w w eootains. N. B.-Btas ease and ak for llrt or qoaewcxai Jr Jf seiaa ofAmmfrmf, tor mm aah See the wonderful testimonials In Dr. E. O. Smith's ad. in this paper next week. He guarantees to cure every case f cancer that he takes. Write to him about It. Address Dr. E. O. Smith, Kansas City, Mo. mo Ka.r iaajr to Hemove Tight Kings Most girls who have had baby ring have had trouble in removing them from their fingers. "There is renlly no necessity for ali this ado ubout removing a tight ring," said a down town jeweler. "In that as In everything else, the secret ol success lies in knowing how to do it Here Is a receipt that 1 have found un failing for removing a tight ring, and there is no painful surgical operation Involved, either. Thread a needle flat In the eye, using thread that is strong, but not too course. Then puss the Head of the needle under the ring, l-are, ol course, must be used in this, and It would be best to soap the nee dle before beginning. The needle hav ing been passed through, pull the thread through a few Inches toward the hand so." Hy this time the jew eler had passed the needle and thread under the ring on his own Anger, and was preparing to illustrate the little lecture. "Wrap the long end of the thread tightly and regularly uround the finger, toward the nail In this manner. Then take hold of the short rnd ami unwind It so. The thrend thus pressing t against the ring, will grudiiiilly remove It, however tight oi iwollen the finger," New Orleatu 1 imes-Democrat. Ex-Senator Inealls' mother Is still llv. ng and In good health at 9S years of age. She lives In Hoston. FAIR WARNING. Arrange to enter the Nebraska Reboot of Magnetism before the price IS ad- anced. See advertisement elsewhere in his paper. IV. Kay's Lung Balm a sure la grippe cough cure. It never falls. 10 and 25c. Mlnenapolls Times: An Omaha clergy. man who Indulged In a Cakewalk has been asked to resign by the pillars of his church. He protest that he was only taking steps to populurlse the church. Dr.Kay's Renovator a perfect system enovator. Sold by druggists at 25c. tl. To purify the blood renovst with Dr. Kay's Renovator. Ask druggists for It. Charles L. Tiffany of Nek Tork cele brated his eight y-elghth birthday last week. He was the recipient offsevera! handsome gifts from the employes of sls famous establishment. - T v Re sure to read Drs. Thornton A Minor's advertisement In this paper next week. If our readers or sny of their friends are troubled with any rec tal diseases they will be Interested In reading what others say of the treat ment and methods. Lady Emily Foley of Encland hn died recently In her ninetieth year had been a widow fifty. four years, during which period she enjoyed her life In terest in tne property of her husband, who died in 18t. Many people have tried In Vttln tA find a successful treatment for ih.r dreadful disease, cancer. We call the attention of such to the column ad which will appear In this paper, next weeK. or ur. k. O. Smith, the celebrated specialist of Kansas City, who positive ly guarantees a cure for every case he undertakes. Read his ad. and testimoni als, and write him for further par I. ,, i m m m i. n. i M PREDICTED EXACT HOUft OF DEATH. "I will die at 10 o'clock," aald Mrs, William Roeaer, of West Kaston, Pe at e o'cloc kone evening to a number of friends who had assembled at jher home. When the hour arrived sneex plred. Mrs. Rosser was twewtteLr years of age and a devout mentber of the Reformed church. She had been sick a week or two, but abe waa about the house, and It was not thought that her lllneee was of a serious nature, When Mrs. Rosser predicted her de mlse and flxed the hour for dissolution her friends attempted to cheer her up, thinking she was growing melancholy. Hut she assured her guests thst she was not excited. She bid her husband! farewell as the hour grew near and then seated herself In an easy chair to await her death. After the family clock struck the hour Mrs. Rosser's husband tried to arouse her, and then discover ed that the woman's prediction bed proved true. She was dead. Iben v 4r - ... ' ' f