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ON THE STREET.
"Now. if I had a million dollars," be
gan the Wall street ghost, "you know
"
"Come "down out of the clouds,"
snarled an unwilling listener to the air
castle builder. "What would you do If
" you had a quarter?" '
"Go and get a drink."
"Here's the cash, then; drop romance
and try reality." New York Times.
THOUOHTLE8H WOM AX.
Mr. Krusty Well, it's too late now.
Why didn't you come to my office when
you were down town to-day and tell me
ail this?
Mrs. Krusty Why, I didn't think to
atop at your office.
" Mr. Krusty That's Just like you. If
you'd only stop to think occasionally
perhaps you would have thought to
top. Philadelphia Times.
AT THE
The Lion What's the matter with the sebra?
The Wildcat He's sore because someone said he looked like a convict
HOW IT HArrESiED.
"Our lecturer," said the advance
- agent to the theatrical manager, "is
. an able, conservative thinker of the
day, and the subject upon whieh he
talks is a new one In the world of let
ters." "Good; I'll take him. What's his
mibjeetr
"In the Field with the Boer Army."
A few minutes later there was a call
for the ambulance, and, as they gath
ered ap the remains of the advance
agent, the managed sighed. Denver
- : Times.""
A TOUCHIXO APPEAL.
"Hey, you feller, get off' 'this
train!" shout the angry conductor
at the.Wboes. .;. ..
,1Tr, certainly, boas but, say, did
ysu ever live in a boardln' house?"
"Yea. an' what of Itr
"Nothln', ceptin' yon might please
the beets." Denver Times.
WATER AT A DWCWSfT. .
"la It not beautiful to see the noon
ahlae across the water?" Inquired the
. romantic young woman.
"Well, miss." answered Col. SUIlwell,
"nsooaahln Is very acceptable In an
saaergsary. But I don't know as I
' especially care about the water."
' Washington Star.
AGAINST VIVMECTIOH.
Mr. Wood wed: "Tour papa la such
Jofesr."
KtaWCSta: "Wajrr
s. aata lor your hand he refused km.
ajrtel fee) iMat want any mutilated
r-arrWs kt Ma rnaallv " Rr
itrsafctv hi Ms family.'
-doscob post.
v f A
Pictorial BgiiBBor
Time u mrr
dis gun said she'd shoot good an' bard.
wuz Ave boids in de flock I Just shot at.
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WORLD WITK8UT
Little Dorothy Mamma, why do they sing in church "World without men
ah me"?
m.
A CASE OF SELF
Mrs. Jenks I don't think much of this reference.
Maggie (apologetically) Snre, mum, an' Ol do write a poor band, mum!
HI rOEWlXA.
"Do yon think the three R's are all
a man needs In dis life?" asked Plod
ding Per.
"What's de three R's?" asked
Meandering Mike.
"Why, readln, 'ritln', and 'rtthme
Uc." "No; dey don't count. What a man
wants to look out for Is de three B's
bed, board, as' booze." Washing
ton Star.
Why can a man never starve In the
desert?" "Because be can eat
the sand which Is there.' "But what
brought the sandwiches there?"
"Noah seat Ham, and bis descendants
mastered and bred."
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a rct n en icr.
I AN AFFBBCLATIYB r AT BOX.
"tid you annoy my predecessor on
the bench as much you have an
noyed me?" inquired the Judge of the
frequent offender.
"No. Judge," said toe tough one. "I
always thought so much of you that
Just as soon as I heard you was elect
ed I made up my mind to give you all
my legal business and I've done it"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
BAID LIXM.
Dm miser "It U pretty hard to get
a drink in this town. Isn't It?"
Landlord (Kansas hotel) "You bet!
Wby, you can't even work the snake
bite racket any more unless you carry
the snake to the drug store and let
him bite you In the presence of a com
mittee!" Puck.
Miss Keys "Are you fond of music?"-
Mr. Chump "Very- Won't you
play something?" (And there she had
been banging all sorts of classical se
lections out of the piano for the last
half hour.)
--
ERD AH HEI.
CABKLESS MAN.
"BJingle Is about the most careless
fellow I have ever known."
"What's he done now?"
"Why, he passed the butcher's down
the street whistling, O Where Has My
Little Dog Gone?' and a sausage jumped
from the hook and followed him home."
"Was careless, wasn't It?"
"Yes, but that's not the worst of it
Half an hour later he was arrested on a
warrant charging him with kidnaping
the sausage." Denver Times.
THE KINMIMi Bill.
"What was that?" asked the old
gentleman, suddenly appearing in ths
doorway.
"I I guess It was a kissing bug."
she answered hesitatingly, while the
young man tried hU best to look at
ease.
The old gentleman looked at them
both sharply.
"Does the kissing bug make people
blush?" he demanded. Chicago Post
COIYICTIOR.
I SILAS BCT DrPFEBEHT. "? "."
Tom "Have a smoke, old man?"
Jack "Thanks. Don't care If I da
Tom "You'll find that Is something
like a cigar." '
Jack (after a few puffs) "By
George, there is a slight resemblance.
What is itr
"Where's your master?" inquired
the wife of the rich city contractor.
"Busy in the library," was the butler's
reply, "Then go wake him up. Some
body wants to see him."
"How do you tike her fatberf
"Don't Use him at all. He turned out
a rascal." (But he forgot to specify
ha was the rascal he turned out)
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W i-VU
Otir WlldCSt Account of the Seri
5 5 Tribe by pro,eMor Mcce
Physically, the Serl are cast In
heroic mold. The mean adult stature
la feet for malM arul R fmmt t4 lneha
for females, L e., with the possible ex
ception of one or two Patagonlan peo
ple, the Serl are the tallest aborigines
of America. Both sexes are notable
for robustltude of chest and slender
ness of limb, though the extremities
are large. The great chests and buge
haunches of the Seri bear witness to
their own naive descriptions of the
chase, in which three or Ave striplings
partly surround and partly run down
Jack rabbits, and Ave hunters habitu
ally capture deer In similar fashion;
aad these recitals are corroborated in
turn by dosens of vaqueros who have
seen small bands spring on the with
ers of full-grown horses, break their
necks by Jaguar-like twists, rend them
Into quarters with teeth and nails, and
then shoulder these and flee over the
and wastes so swiftly as to escape
pursuing horsemen. The Serl inhabit
a region of hunters, yet they are so far
the fleetest of all and so distinguished
by a peculiar "collected" or up-step-plng
gait (like that of a thoroughbred
racer or prowling coyotte) as to have
gained their tribal sobriquet they are
"spry" par excellence, even among the
light-footed Tarahumarl and Otoml
and Papago. In their own view, the
glory of the Serl tribe is in their hair;
it is black and luxuriant, and Is worn
long by both sexes, who brush and
cultivate it with tireless assiduity; it
is not merely admired, but revered
nearly or quite unto worship and In
terwoven with a faith in a Samsonlan
cult which throws light on many ob
scure customs of various peoples In the
several stages of culture. The tresses
are treasured as symbols of vigor and
of fecundity; the combings are kept
scrupulously smoothed and twisted
into slender strands, wound on skew
ers and eventuafly worked into neck
laces and belts; Indeed, the' locks
symbolise shield as well as strength,
even to the engendering of Ideas of ap
pareling along those lines of associa
tive and emblematic development by
which the! primitive mind is swayed.
The chief occupations of the Serl are
food getting and fighting. Their fore
most food source Is the green turtle,
which Is taken by means of a light-lip-head
harpoon, broken up with cob
blestones, and promptly gorged from
entrails to flipper bones and sinew
and even to plastron if the family is
large and the chelonlan smalL Pell
cans and other water fowl yield quotas
of food, as do all manner of fish and
shellfish; and during the season of cac
tus fruits the younger folk and even
the elders fatten Inordinately on tunas
Immense quantities of arsenic are
consumed by the peasants of Styria
and the Tyrol. An Austrian doctor who
examined into this matter found that
arsenic was kept in most of the houses
In upper Styria under the name of
"hydrach," evidently a corruption of
"buttenrauch," or furnace smoke. Ar
senic is principally eaten by hunters
and woodcutters, with the object of
warding off fatigue and improving
their staying powers. Owing to the fact
that the sale of arsenic is Illegal in
Austria without a doctor's certificate it
Is difficult to obtain definite Informa
tion of a habit which is kept as secret
as possible. According to a Dr. Lo
renzo, In that district the arsenic is
taken fasting, usually In a cup of cof
fee, the first dose being minute, but
Increased day by day, until It some
times amounts to the enormous dose
of 12 or 15 grains. He found that the
arsenic eaters were usually long-lived,
though liable to sudden death. They
bare a very fresh, youthful appearance
and are seldom attacked by infectious
dUeases.
After the first dose the usual symp
Arsenic I
Eotters j
ssssssssssssssseessessesssessssssessessssesseeesssess
s
JH INCREASING
essssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssesssssssst
Ths pension list la larger by 2.000
names than It was a year ago In spite
of the death losses, and the appropria
tion of $145,000,000 for pension pay
ments during the year will fall abort
of the amount needed to meet all de-
nands by at least 1160,000, saya Les
lie's Weekly. But the most significant
thing is that 43,874 claims bave been
filed at the department on account of
the war with Spain. These figures
seem almost Incredible when It la re
membered that Ute war actually lasted
only thirty days, aad that the Dumber
of men engaged la hostile actio on
land and sea was only a tew thou
sand. It doss not follow, of course,
that all ths claims filed will be grant
ed, and probably a large pro port loa or
them will tail tor good and tufficisnt
rsasona. During ths eleven months
ending Juas K, tMt pensions were
granted to invalids coming out of the
war, and to 1,14 Isanloh war widows
aad orphans. Bat ths saormotu num
ber of dalsas (led show as inclination
os ths part of tas psrsoss who garrsd
thsrr assmtry la that war period not
ahscsOsr pleasiag to eoatsarplats. It
fcMfcs Tory mash as taoaga yatrwdsai
was aot aa Urrlag motira la easy
eases as kmA aa a assirs to c ft
and their seeds the latter eaten twice
In ancient Californlan fashion. The
miirh-fnMtd onaatinn of cannibalism
must be left open; the affirmative is
favored by the blood craze of battle
and presumption that It ends like the
chase It mimics In gluttonous gorging
of raw flesh, and also by other anal
ogles; but the negative may rest pro-
vlslonslly on the dearth of direct evi
dence and the consistent denials en'
tered by the tribesmen themselves.
Throughout Seriland as Implied, in
deed, by the proper designation "our-great-mother-folk-here'
the matron
holds higher rank than even the
doughtiest warrior. The tribal law is
founded on faith and expressed in
terms of kinship and relative age, the
kinship Is traced only In the maternal
line In fact, It Is questionable wheth
er paternity is recognised the female
has no word for father, and the term
used by the male to denote his sire
seems of doubtful meaning, and there
are no old men in the tribe. So the
matron la priestess, lawgiver and
Judge, while her brothers in order of
age are the appellate executives, and
her spouse merely a perpetual guest
from another clan without voice In do
mestic matters, save perchance In so-
cU! tumults attending war. The worn
an ! the prepotent factor in tribal ex
istence. she is the shaman who brews
tfc'j magic arrow poison, the wlsi one
who casts protecting charms over out
going warriors and lays spells on
enemies, she is the shaper of the life
preserving olla, the maker of ths
nacre! halrcorn, she Is the lady of the
feast, sharing the portions and keep
ing alive the distributive tabus by
which the rights of the weak are pro
tected; she is the blood carrier and
the facemark bearer of the clan; and
at death she Is burled with ceremony
and mourned long and loud as a lli;k
in the tribai lineage, while her war
rior spouse rots where he falls.
Noah's Ark Not tho Pint Ship.
Noah's ark Is generally supposed to
be the earliest ship of which we have
records, but there exists paintings of
Egyptian vessels Immensely older than
the date 2840 B. C, usually assigned to
the ark, being. Indeed, probably be
tween 70 and 80 centuries old. More
over, there are now in existence, in
Egypt, boats which were built about
the period the ark was constructed.
These are, however, small craft, about
32 feet long, seven feet or eight feet
wide and two and a half feet to three
feet deep. They were discovered six
years ago by the eminent French
Egyptologist, M. J. De Morgan, In
brick vaults near Cairo.
Austrian Peasants Vao It
So Froely It Preserves
Thslr Deevd Bodies
toms of slight arsenic poisoning are
evident, but these soon disappear on
continuing the treatment.
In the arsenic factories in Salzberg
It is stated that workingmen who are
noi arsenic caters soon succumb to the
fumes. The manager of one of these
works says that he had been medically
advised to eat arsenic before taking up
h s position. He considered that no one
should begin the practice before 12
years old nor after 30, and that in any
case after 50 years of age the dally
dose should be gradually reduced,since
otnerwise sudden death would ensue.
If a confirmed arsenic eater suddenly
attempts to do altogether without the
drug be Immediately succumbs to the
effects of arsenic poisoning. The only
way to obviate this is gradually to ac
climatize the system by reducing the
dose from day to day. As another evi
dence of the cumulative properties of
arsenic It Is Interesting to note that
when the graveyards In upper Styria
are opened the bodies of the arsenic
eaters can be distinguished by their al
most perfect state of preservation, due
to ths gradually accumulated arsenic.
PEHSIOfi IISL
chance for a steady pull at the cash
drawer of Uncle Sam.
Paer Mae PrUad.
The pipe is the poor man's friend,
and it Is low down and contemptible
for fellows la comfortable circumstan
ces to make play of It Puffing at a
pipe la neither a fashionable nor aa
agreeable diversion. Cynics, hypo
chondriacs, dlssppqiateea, cranks, pes
simists and lunatics smoke pipes be
cause they like to be stared at. Phil
osophers past ths age of M amoks
pipes because their contents are seda
tive. Bat take tbsm all-la-all pipes
ars filthy nuisances. You can easily
detect pips smoker by ths skin of hla
teeth, green-brown with nicotine
lodged there, aad by hla ' personal
smell to heaven. But, after all. what
la mors calculated to amuse than a
good old Irishman Widi hla dadeen?
Let me quote: "It Is aot the dsaoead
ante of the Mayflower, la short, who
ars ths rspressntatlTt Asrlcsai of
tas prsseat day; it ta the Kicks aad
ths Pats, ths Haass aad tas wil
hstau. rodoisat still of ths daises aad
ths aoasrkraat harrsL" Orsat Scott!
Maw Tor
The BUS Mat lata.
Ths municipal council of ths llttk)
French town of Court eull Is dlssuastaf
aa ordinance forbidding ths wearlag'
of tall silk bats wltbla Its borders.
The "stovepipe" Is condemned la tas
argument of the advocates of ths ordi
nance as s "ridiculous headgear" which)
by reason of lis costliness constitutes
a badge of social superiority, sad la.
thMwfnra. humiliatinc to tbOSS who
never wear it The tall bat, reformers
declare, "is used only by anisocrais
who live snd grow fat on the sweat
of ths poor."
A Oatarj'a Orawta IltaatrateS.
Only 100 years ago ths other day
the Thames, saw a curious little scene
which the newspapers reported aa fol
lows: "An experiment took place oa
tbs river Thames for ths purpose of
working a barge or any other heavy
craft against the tide by mesas of a .
steam engine of a very simple con
struction. The moment the saalaa
was set to work the barge was brought
about, answering her helm quickly,
and she made her way against a strong
current at the rats of two muss and a
half an hour."
Most of us would rather watch others
than work ourselves.
A man does not possess what ha baa
but what he Is.
Time Is like a verb that can only bs
f use in the' present tense.
SITS rmiw tT nm aoeaiori n i
tnrt iter a in of Or. UUmrn m UfMl Kro IWna.
Sna for PRKB St.OO trial tertii o4 wua
IB. K. B. IlM. Ud.. Ml Alt SC. llaBaW. a
The best praise of the sermon Is Its
practice.
Lame back makes a young man feel
old. Wizard Oil makes sn old man
feel young. See your druggist.
Boiling anger scalds nobody's fingers
but our own.
t am ton Plao's Core for Coamnptlaa saved
mj life three rears at. Mr. Tho. ItoUIH,
tuple Street, Norwich. K Y., tk IT, US.
There are 11,700 hotels in Paris.
CBEATLT BEOCCBD BATES
vta
- - WAHASH It. at.
I1J.0O Buffalo and return 813.00.
831.00 New York and return 131.00
The Wabash from Chicago will sell
tickets at the above rates dally. Aside
from these rates, the Wabash mn
through trains over Its own raits frcm
Kansas City, St Louis and Chicago sad
offer many special rates during the
summer months, allowing stopovers at
Niagara Palls and Buffalo. I
Ask your nearest Ticket Agent or ta
rt r ma Harry E. Moo res. General Agent
Pass. Dept., Omaha, Neb., or C.i 8.
Crane, O. P. st T. A., St Louis. M.
i
The best things will be but stuff to
the man who only seeks the stuff.
Ca tark Caaaot Be CSMS
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, at they oaoaot
men the arat of lao dtxeaae. Catarrh la a
blood or eonatltutlonal dUeaae. and in Order to
cum It jou mut take Internal ranedle. Hail's
( at.jrrh Cum la taken internally, and acts
directly on tho blood and mucous aurfaooa.
Hall wum cure la not a Quack medlolaav :
It wan proacrlbed by one of the boat phytic laa'1
in tnia country I or vearn. ana la a mniar oroaa
acrlptioa. It U eompoHod of the beat tflwsa
known. romDinea witn me oet Dlooa punnera,
acting directly on the mucous turfaora. The
perfect combination of tna two liurredleoM IS
what nroduco nucta wonderful reaulta ta curia
Catarrh. Snd for text! mon lata. frea.
r. j, t HfcJiKY cu.. frops., loieo.0, u
Sold by drucirlu. price fle.
UaU'i Family Mils are the best,
4 HO at.n.O VIUKB UiV V. ail
and opens that of glory.
aklag Hhm Happy.
Anything that contributes to ths
happiness of the home Is a blessing to
the human race. The thoughtful house
wife, who understands her responsi
bilities in the great problem of mak
ing tbe home all that the word Implies
Is ever on tbe look out for that which
will lighten tbe burdens of the house
hold without lessening the merits of
the work done. That Is why nearly
every well regulated household la us
ing Defiance starch. It costs less and
goes farthest Slxteen-oz package for
10c If your grocer hasu't got It clip
this out and give It to him and ask
him to send for it Made by Magnetic
SUrcb Co., Omaha, Neb.
Goodness may win gold but gold will
never win goodness.
Clear white clothe ant a ales that the
boutrfikeeper ue lUsd Crow Ball Blue
iMrg x os. package, a centa.
Life's commonplaces fit us for Its un
common places.
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