THE RED CLOUD CHIEF, RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, 1891.
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BATTliK WITH A 150A.
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WINDPIPE.
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An liiclilcnt lit tlit, limit In Veiipriirlii
I'roroNxiir llelllj' llcrnn of f I ! .Nn
tlii Srrtntit I'riiin Mm Ciiilir.tco of n
(limit Unrppiit.
During my minlto-huntlng progress
eastward through tho Vonotiolun
nro.st write (J. 15. O'Kollly nf tliu
lifjlaiitl Hoyal zoological .society, vvhon
pvor for any length of tlmo' I made
lay lica((tiaitM'.H In any village or
Mittkmiciit, I almost Invariably hail
mo or two young fellow trained un
ilor my own eye. to capture alive,
without fear, the largest and most
deadly kind tliat llio primeval wilder-
Jll'HH COIlIll pt'OllUCO.
I'odro Vargas, a Hvvarthy-sklniU'il
Mrlpling of 17, clad only InVlili't anil
tioiior.s. with a palm leaf hat upon
liln head, barefoot and buro-logged to
llio knee, wilt tho quickest and bravest
of all my during Horpont-rhusor.s.
One morning at huiii'Iso Pedro and I
Hlurled oil for the forest In ceareh of a
lingo boa constrictor reported to hae
licoii een by pome linnter on the pre
vious evening, liuforu wo had pro
ceeded far tho houihIh of gunshots in
the distance attracted our attention.
We mioii canio up with the -hooters,
and vvcto delighted to lind that they
were the very hnntor.s who had toster
ila.v encountered the boa wo uero in
IpU'.St of.
(her thi' foront-ehul hills for -onto
two miles wo with dilllcnlty made our
wav, continually slashing n road with
our initials!", to whore there was a
deep ravine. It was anions the rockH
oa the precipitous ido of this ravine
that they hail semi tliu boa on tho
owning la fori1. IVdro. meauwhilo
left us, and. going down to the dried
up river I km I, began to seek him lio
nenth the bushes overhanging the
nandy margin. He was very soon suc
cessful. "Santa Miulie," lie shouted, (jue
grunilo cubea!"
On hearing this we all Mood Mill.
anious( gulng down at him, won
dering what It was ho hud discovered.
Ah ho uttered the words wo saw him
In (lie art of a-eenillngn huge bowlder,
overHhailowed by a spreading fan
palm's .siciouH leaves. l'or a mo
ment he was Inst to view.
The palm leaves swayed and rustled
violently, and before we had time to
move a Mep there was Pedro rolling
otT the bowlder down to tln sand be
low, witii the enormous snake roiled
with its many folds around him. There
he lay on his back holding tho groat
lion, with one hand clutched about its
throat. There was coll upon coil of
the monster's length wound around his
neck and arms and body. His legs
only were free, and with' these he tried
vigorously to yet on his feet: but in
vain, for the weight around his neck
and shoulders, as well as the pinion
ing of his arms, completely prevented
any such action. When we reached
him he could speak no more and his
face was fast growing livid, though
otherwise lie was conscious enough:
but the pressure round his throat was
too much for him. The swollen veins
stood out upon his forehead and his
iw on appeared bulging -evidently the
bimko was strangling blin, while lie
(dill kept it clutched by tho throat, for
though a boa constrictor cannot crush
one's ribs, ho can easily Mpieon a
neck quite enough to choke. Now
the best way to unloose a colled boa
is to commence at the tail, so for that
I jumped at onco and found it stoutly
enlapjicil around tho stems nf the
bushes. I proceeded to untie it, but
as fast as I could yet it olT from one
placo it instantly twisted afresh around
another.
As it was clear that tliisdehi,v might
have serious coiiscipieuccs, at once
prepared for other tactics. I knew
that if 1 threatened the c.vltcd reptile
while Pedro remained perfectly still
and quietly let go his held on its
throat, the beast would at once attack
me b,v biti'iy, but not by wiudluy
aiound me, for this last t'luw never
do, except with animals the.v Intend to
swallow or when held prisoner, as
Pi'dro was now holdiuy this one. I'i
paring uivself, thcivfoie. for the onset
by takiny the bags vvo hud with Us and I
wrapping them around niv hands to 1
protect them against its teeth, I
stood oil a little hv the reptile's head
and shouted to Pedro to let yo, which
he bad till now been afraid to do. In
puylllsttc attitude. 1 took mj position
before the hi-siny snake, ami, with
both hands protected by tlie bays, as
with boxing gloves, feign -d a blow at
him the moment Pedro unloosi ucd Ids
grasp. The em aged animal, seeing
me thus menacingly moving in front
of him. yavo vent to a most terrifying
hiss, and bit toward me with which
gaping jaw s. He struck right toward
my face, but fell short of his mark, for 1
ho was too much entwined around the 1
boy to reach out far enough to catch '
me. Ills folds now began to loosen
on Pedro, all his rage King directed
to me.
For several minutes 1 kept the angry
suako biting at me, and as after each
attack he would unwind another twist
of his bod j Pi'dro, whom I repeatedly
warned to stay quiet, was soon almost
entirely frio, while 1 sparred vigor
ously with my hissing antagonist,
without, of cour.-o, ever allowing him
to catch 1110.
Now that lie was far enough away,
gave the word to Pi'dro to jump up
d cut a good-slcd pole In the
i'Uet. With this we both managed
rocs down his neck, pinning him
"'y to the ground, upon which lie
J1'10 vainly to turn and bite the o'
icnihj wood, ,,,,,1 twisted hlnise f
ai'oim It right up to our very lmndi..
UuU!kl,,(t ,.. tMjj t,0 other hunters
came k.,ur assistance and while they
held on, Hno t0 the polo and eoiuu to
b. beymour, eomuhsloner. 1ms ins I n
. :....i, . , .. ":...' . - umiui
thn Htiake, I eauyht him firmly, just 113
Pedro had dono before, around tho
neck with both hands. Now that I
had him by the head, Pedro by tho
tall and some others by tliu middle, wo
soon yot him loose from tho polo and
In triumph boro him olT homewards,
throuyli tho forests, for none of tho
bays wo had with us was anythlny
like Inrye cnottyh to stow him in.
SACRED RIVER OF INDIA.
Tho lliniK!', Miiy Nut Ho mi t'liimlilrrri)
lijr minimis After Nnt Year.
The undent prophecy that the sanc
tity of the river (lunges will pass to
tho Narbada In lH'.M-'Ji has been
quoted very widely by the Indian press
and Is said to lie creating more uneasi
ness than the inanyo-smearlny, says
tho Now York Kvonlng Post. It ap
pears that, what with Indlyuatlon
ineetlnys in every part of the country
to protest ayalnst tho sacrllico of In
dian llnanco to tho Manchester vote,
tin murderous feuds of tho Moham
medans and Hindoos, tho criminal
trials for slander which have sprung
out of missionary mlsroprijMcntntlons
on the opium question, and the de
mand for tho public prosecution of a
lendiny missionary journal for Insult
luy native rellylous beliefs, a wave of
unrest is ayaln pnsslny over India.
The onrovvlt., in his account of his
recent travels in that country, dwells
at lenyth upon tho prophecy ami the
silent revolution which lie declares to
be proceeding without anv suspicion
on tin part of tho Hrltlsh. A writer 1
in the London Times says of the predic
tion: "It derives, of course, no
authority from tho Veda. Nor
have we. after some inquiry, been able
to discover a reference to it in any
text iK'lonyiny to the classical Sanscrit
period. Tho earliest authentic notice
lias been traced no further back than
the ltown-Kliaucn, a local sacred poem
in honor of the Narbada. Sixty years
ayo Sir Henry Sleeman mentioned it in
his journal as current In tho Narbada
royion of tho central provinces. About
the year 1880 Sir Mooter Monler-Wlll-iams
heard a yood deal concernlny it
from tho Hrahinins of Western India at
Ahtnadabad. Tho chanyo was to take
place In I80I of the Samvat era, cor
respondiny to 181M-UA of our era. Tho
ceremonial cyclo of the Hindoos is 0110
in twelve j ears, and tho bathlny fes
tivals on thoOanyes have each twelfth
.war a special rellyious valuo. At tho
last of theso cyclo anniversaries tho
devotion of tho populace was stimu
lated by tho rumor that they had bet
ter take advantayo of it lest tho sanc
tity of tho (lanyes should depart be
fore the next occasion arrived. Un
precedented multitudes Hocked to tho
bathlny places alony its banks, ami
the demonstration was considered of
sutllcicnt importance to lind its way
into tho olllcial record of tliu period."
Then nml Now.
At one time the retailer hunted up
tho jobber. A laryo force of Indoor
salesmen wore required and no travol
luy salesmen were employed. At a
later period tvaveliny salesmen unfi
lled tho merchants in tho towns on
their circuits when they would show
their samples in their city, and the re
tailer called and yavo his orders. In
recent years, "indoor" salesmen found
it necessary to yrab tho yripsaek and
hunt for order in tho retailor's store.
To-day. the crowded representation on
the road compels wido-awako houses
to help their ayents by tho powerful
aid of printers' ink, and the houses
who do not advertise must sooner or
later bo relegated. (irocory World.
Wlmt It M until Sent.
A couple about to bo married were
auxioiw that all their friends should
attend the ceremony, but wore in
doubt as to tho capacity of tho church.
Accordingly the youny man wont to
the sexton and asked:
"How many will tho church seat?"
Tho sexton considered the matter
carefully for several minutes, and
then replied rellectively: .
"Wo-oll, ord'uarily It'll seat 'bout
three hundred; but If somo'll sit with
their legs huuyiu' over the organ loft.
I guess it'll seat three hundred and
ten." Harper's.
'I ho ro wit nf t lii, I'mirlH.
"We are likelv to have a tornado In
two or three days," said the weather
man to his assistant. "You'd better
run down to tho court and get an in
junction." Do what?"
"(let an injunction. Isn't that
what injunctions are for to restrain
the lawless elements?
If his joh had not been a feder
al one the ussistant would have re
signed. VV'iiiimn's I urlnilt).
She Women haven't a bit more
curiosity than mini, so they haven't.
lie No, but It Is manifested In dlf
; feivnt lines. For Instance, a woman
might own a sewing machine for
v cars without llndiug out how it was
j made, but she wouldn't have a seam
stress in tho house a week without
1 knowing all about her.
llur .MiiiuiKrr,
l'.ngllsh Nobleinan, after two hours'
acquaintance I weally a-suali you,
Miss KilHoiis, that I 'uvo leitrm-it to
love .veil! Ton my soul I
Ainepleun Heiress, Intorruotin:.' and
pointing to her father In the f.o.t
room Pardon me, but that is my ,
business manager. Truth.
1hi Miililitn'N WI1I1.
"1 d like to be a line, large, bank
check." reiunrked the girl who was
very pretty, but poor.
Why?" Inquired her companion.
"Rocauseits face makes It valuable."
. llio lli'ittlli'll Situ It,
First Chinese Warrior Whuttee
this Cilstlan science?
Second Chinese Warrior Machine
guild.
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w mu iiAiu uuu uuuiiinc
A DIG THEFT.
Holvril Aftr iin Itinnreiit Mnn lind Snf.
frrril.
"Thn robbery of the key nfyoldthnt
was shipped to French bankers from
1 Now York on tin1 steamer l.aTouralno,
and the loss of which was not discov
ered until the rest of the eonslynment
reached Its destination," said Henry
T. Craniner of St. I.ouls to a Chicago
Times man, "reminds me of the loss
of a inonuy pack.iye onco by the Wells
Fary express company and the North
ern Paelllc road. Ilotwoon 7,000 and
$8,000 in bills were sent by a depositor
of Tom ('ruse's bankiny-houso In
Holena, Mont,, to a correspondent in
St. I.ouls. The paekayo was placed in
the express safe, toyother with other
valuable bundles, and when Omaha
was reached, whore a transfer of tho
stulT was mud.:, tho parcel of bills was
niisslny. An invostlyatlon resulted
and tho express inussonyor was
arrested. Ho Insisted that he was
Innocent and could not account for tho
1 loss. Ills yullt appeared to be so nal-
pablo that every means known outside
of processes of tho inquisition was
used in an attempt to make him mako
u confession, but without avail. Ho
was sunt to tho penitentiary for two
years, and protested his Innocence as
vehemently when ho camo out as ho
did when ho wont in. Seven or eiyht
months after the inessenyer was re
leased tho Northern Paellie company
decided to ohnnyo the numerous small
trestles alony Its main stem into cul
verts. A party of surveyors were
niaklny tho preliminary measurement
of such work, and when tho umiuiii
was eleariny away some underbrush
at tho side of a small creek ono day,
so the surveyor could operate his level,
he picked up a mildewed packayu that
had uvlilontly been lost from a pa-dug
train on tliu road. Without takiny
Into consideration tho express com
pany's labels and seals, which even
lony oxposuro had not eflaced
from thts bundle, tho survey Iny
party opened it, and there was
the lony-misslny money that had licen
sent from Holena to St. I.ouls. Tim
facts wore reported and another invos
tiyation was put on foot, with a view
of rollevliiy tho express inessenyer
from tho suspicion that still eluny to
him. Ho was informed of tho discov
ery of tho money and ruquustud to
mako some explanation of its loss. Ho
still insisted that ho had nothing to
do with tho loss of tho package and
knew nothing of it. Ho said that ho
had received tho safe from the eom
pany In Helena and had kept It In tho
condition in which it was given to
him until they reached Omaha. Ho
remembered, how ever, that another
Wells-Faryo man, who had been sent
down the road from Helena to meet 11
car, was in tho express ear while it
was running near tho point where tho
packago was discovered. This man
had Ik-oii promoted to quite u
prominent position in ono of the Wells
Faryo districts and was Immediately
charged witii belny responsible for the
loss of the package. When pushed
into a corner ho confessed that ho had
used his knowledyo of tho combination
of tho safo and had stolen tho packago
and thrown it out of tho door of tho
car after opening tho safo. and ho
naively remarked that ho had spent
six months looking for It without suc
cess. Only powerful friends prevented
Ills prosecution ami conviction. It
may bo said, however, that ho did as
far as ho was linanclallv ablo to reim
burse tho inessenyer who had sulTercd
for his crime, and that tho latter was
given a lietter pluco than ho had held
lmforo by tho express company.
Wlirn Aitortlliijt Stop, tho K11I0 Cimnes.
"You must yet tired keeping all
these t pities in stock," said a chance,
oustoiuop to a druggist as ho glanced
over a showcase containing at least a
score of small patented articles, "Wo
do," popliod tho druggist, "yet cus
tomers couio in overv dav askintr for
things that wo have never kupt, and
wo have hundreds of dollars' worth of
unsalable articles, on our shelves. Tho
life of these patented articles is ordi
narily only a few years. Thoy are
widely advertised until they obtain a
large sale. Then the advertising
1 ceases, and soon the sale languishes
until tho thing is no longer called for.
New York Sun.
lliillilKr.itliin.
The conditions of immltrrutinu havo
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MM I I I... ..III....
i'eiuur,v. 1 ui'iu milieu up suiiiuy
vessel in the Chesapeake In the year
lH-Jl a whole Prussian village of 100
persons with their pastor. Such
general movements are unknown now,
though largo groups of Russian He
brews sometimes come over, and tho
Italians commonly strive to bring
over their neighbors, friends and
fellow villagers. Most of the China-
men in the I'liited
States are said to
be Cantonese,
Itintnrnl tn Us lrli;liuil I'll rposi-.
The main church of the great mon
astery of San Francisco, in Mexico,
! which, since IHilil, had been In Protest
nut hands, is to be restored toCathollo
worship. The foreclosure of a inert-
I gage, which could not bo paid olT,
brought Into the hands or a wealthy
Catholic gentleman the bulldlrg, In
which services wore attended for three
centuries by Spanish viceroys and in
vhlch tho first To Deuui of Mexican
independence was celebrated.
Vlltlllltlltll I'lllIlT till' Sl'll.
Scientists say that if tho Iwd of the
Piicllle ocean could Ihi seen It would
disclose to view several mountain-,
with truncated tops scattered over it.
These mountains would bo perfectly
bare at their base, ami all round their
tops they would be covered w 1th l,ouu
tiful vegetation of coral polypi,
Mii-prlilm; rlrruiinliiiiri'i.
Roggy Anything unusual happened
while I was out, James?
.James Yes, sir; your tallop didn't
' call.
BEAUTY IX NOVELS.
CHARACTERISTICS
HEROINES OF
OF THE
FICTION.
Mi-omi VVnijr Hulr anil i:je of D.irlt
(tine -IM11 nip Nci'lc! iitnl Short Nihi-a
I'iiII I lM mi'l t'n.M.cTtlti' I'hliM Ihr
l.Irl 'Hut I'.m-Ml the t'lii'iMp.
Counters Ualtri Wa tho tho
tnost huautiful woman ho ha I over
neon ' Cortalnly; shu wms not at ali
liku tho rejt of tho world I lor wavy,
brown hair wa drawn up and bade
from bur low, bro.ul forohoad; hor
e,vus wore of that dark blue color
which is r.iruly ".'ou o.it o' Irolaa I:
hor completion was almost unnatur
ally perfect, though tho credit of
having produced it bjlonyod to na
ture ill me her 1 it Mu straight nosu.
her short u,)nr Up and her roundod
elilu proclaimed tho nobility of her
birth, as did also the polsu of hur
head ami tliu yriice of her niovo
moots. Shu had diamond:) of yreat
sle round bur nock and in her hair,
otherwise hor costume was simple
enough Shu reminded him of minia
tures representing beauties of tliu
last century. From the Countess
Kadnu. by W. I'- Norrls.
Hsthor Waters -She woro a faded
.vollow drejs and black Jacket too
warm for tho day. A girl of ' I,
short, strongly built, with short,
stioug arms. Hur neck was plump
ami her hair of so ordinary a brown
that it passo I unnoticed. Tho ihmu
was too thick, b it the nostrils were
well formed Tho eyes wore gray,
luminous and veiled with dark
lashes Itut it was only when she
laughud that her face lost Its habit
ual expression, which was somewhat
sullen; then Mowed with humor. Shu
laughed now, show-In.; a white line
of almond-shaped teeth. - Ksthur
Waters, by (Jeorge Monro.
Adolicla Toms Adcliula had an
oval face, with a little, round, un
assertive chin, a thin, dulleatc,
aquiline nose a small mouth with
full lips, tho Indenture In the upper
one so duup as to make it truly liku
a bow, and widely opened gray eyes
that roiiumhlod nothing so much as
moss agate. They wero veiled by
long, reddish lashes,' and tho hair
that hung curling down about tho
nape of hur neck was of a dull eoppor
hue. Her complexion was exceed
ingly whito. and she had that thin
skinned look which is incompatible
with freckles as annuals; In those
milk white spaces about tho oyes
wero tokens of sunny weather, which
oven tho dark days of winter would
not obliterate Her llguro was slen
der and sho did not look strong.
From Ills Vanished star, by Charles
F.gbort Craddoek
Marian Johnstone I might fairly
havo been doserlbcd by a forward
looking eyo as a tolerably fair match.
I was a tall, young, woll-inado girl,
broad but in proportion, and thoy
used to toll me that I carried my
tlyuro with tho grace of a profession
al dancer. I was oxactly opposite to
my motlior in color. .Sly hair was
black ai tho wings of a raven; my
oyos very black and lillod with 11
strong light which brightened to a
look of fever in tnnos of excitement:
my complexion was palo, but clear;
my teeth largo, whito and rogular,
and I showed them much when laugh
ing ami talking. I will not deny
that my charms and handsomo I
was- inclined to coarseness; I moan
thoy leaned toward tho manly rather
than tho womanly sido. From tho
Homancu of u Truusport Ship, by
Clark Russell.
Cheap Jack Xita From out tho
dark Intorlor stepped tho girl, and
the sunshine Hashed over her, light
ing her auburn hair, rich as burnish
ed copper. Sho woio a green,
scarlet and yollow-llowored kerchief
tied across her bosom and knotted
J behind hor back. Round her waist
was a wmto apron. prom Cheap
Jack '.ita. by S, Harlng-liould.
lternardiue Holme Tho girl who
bad passed the Yorkshire relish sat
silent and listless, hor food un
touched and hor vvluo untastod. Sho
was tall and thin, her face looked
haggard, hho was a now comer,
and had. Indeed, arrived at :'etem
hof only two hours before tho
table d'hote bell rang. Hut there
I lllll livrv
hhrinklu
I
did not seem to no any nervous
; In her manlier, nor any
shyness at having to laoo tho J.'iO
guests of the Kurhuus. Sho seemed
rather to bo un iwaro of their pres
ence; or, If aware of, iuditToront to,
tho scrutiny. From Miips That Pass
in tho Night, by Iteatrice llarradou
.lesstinilno Ilalllday From hor
mirror looked back to her a small oval
face, with a dash of color In hor
cheeks, oxquislto lips, re I like chor-
lies, a short, iitmp'mi chin, ami un
derneath tho winyllko eyebrows a
pair of largo dark eyes with storm
in them The color and the storm
wore new. bhe took a knot of palo
primrose and thun of cream ribbon
and tied them ayaiust her cheek,
but neither satisfied her. A bit of
red sweet William, with othor Hew
ers, stood in a vase on hur mantul-
piece; she tried that Tho rich
, doop velvety hue suited, she saw in
a moment, tho HameliKo signals in
her cheeks, the new ripeness In hor
lips, tlie wild, strange light in her
'oyos. a laugh of triumph parted
her lips, making hur pearly tooth
1 glitter, and dimpling with tender,
inlsohlovous touches tho pretty
curves of hor chin and cheeks. She
throw down the glass and liftod hor
lovely arms, clasping her bauds bo
hind hor head. "I am beautiful!
beautiful!" cried she In a strange
fervor of conviction. From a fcupor-
I lliion.1 Woimin.
Thn VMekril leu Mini.
, '"ho ico man still persists In
hav-
tug his little Motion about the scales,
guv a Hardware. Some of tliotn go
to tho dealer, and niter obtaining
tho stnndurl article dolihoratoly
pass on to tho grindstone and weak
en tho spring One cartman not
long ago, who was not satUtled
with this comparatively slow pro
eoss, hooked his scale to tho cart
rung and weakenod tho spring in
that manner. Tho Kngllsh use noth
ing but balance scales, bit thoy aro
no more honest than wo Thoy havo
two sots of weights one light for
ordinary use and the other for
the government inspector who reg
ularly appears to sue that tho maj
esty of tno law Is uphold.
BRUIN IN WINTER QUARTERS.
ViiiinllincM rritK-ii In hy III, Own llrrulti
n I n,y I'ri'.v ti Hunter.
Ono of fie nioit curious things
about the black boar (and tliu grlzly
and tliu cinnamon also) is the way
hu goes Into snug winter quarters,
when winter hai fairly sot in. and
lies dormant In his den without either
eating or drinking until the next
silting, suvs a write- in St. Nicholas.
This Is called hibernation, and dur
ing this purled tho ordinary process
of digestion soetns to bo entirely
suspended. In our semitropies bears
do not hlbomiato, but nature un
doubto lly plnntud this instinct In
the brain of tho bear of tho North
to enable him to survivo tho severe
winter period when snows lie deep,
and all food Is so scarce that other
wise ho would bo in danger of star
vation. This period of hibernation
Is from the middle of December to
Mar-h. It has been stated that If
bears havo plenty of food they will
not hibernate, oven In tho North. but
that Is a mistake. 1 know of at
least two instances wherein boars in
captivity have "holed up'Mn Decem
ber and remained dormant until
March, in splto of all temptations of
olfored food. Tho natural Instinct
was so strong that it refused to be
ovoreomo by appetite only. There
is another very curious thing about
the hibernation of tho black bear.
His dun Is usually a hole dug under
tho roots of either a standing troo
or an uprooted trco, It. may bo in a
hollow tree, a hollow log, or inoro
frequently a miniature cavo In a
rocky hillside. Somottmos ho makes
a hod of leaves and moss for hlinsolt,
but of ton ho does not. In Holing
up" undor tho roots of a troo he is
frequently completely snowed in. and
under such conditions the warmth of
his brouth koops tho snow molted
immediately around him. This
moisture frco.cs on the inside of his
don, and presently ho is incased in
a dome of snow, lined with ice, tho
nam lining 01 wince over grows
thicker from tho frozen moisture of
his breath. As a result he often
awakos early in March to find him
self a prlsonor in a hollow dome of
snow and ico, from which ho cannot
escape for days, and whoro ho is
often self-trapped and shot without
tho privilogo of oven striking a blow
at his assailants.
VllOt llIT sp ,,f (III) lllll'llr.
"Oh! you aro leaving us oarlv,
Mr. Rrown."
Yes, Mrs. Park, and I am very
sorry that I must leave, but not ex
pecting to havo such a pleasant tlmo
this ovoiilug I had made another en
gagement." Harper's Razar.
FACTS AND SUGGESTIONS.
There are several ways of telling
bad eggs without eating them. Drop
the egg in cold water, and the fresher
it is the heavier it Is, and the sooner
it vviil sink; stale eggs go down slowly
and liuil eggs llout.
A bravo life-saver is Charles Ostran
der, the assistant keeper on the Hunt
er's Point bridge. New York, who has
'i'-i times saved human beings from
watery graves.
Mrs. Xuiich I s'posi! you have the
best standard littry works suitable
for a tirst-elass llbery'.' Hook More
Clerk Certainly, ma'am. Mrs. Nil
rich, llrinly, but with condescension -Scud
mu up a doeu of each with the
bill.
"Mamma," exclaimed the sweet
young thing."! ve written a novelette
for tlie Sunday paper." "Is that all'.1''
queried the mother. "I had hontd
you would do something original.
Rvcry young woman writes novel-
otto now. "Hut, 11111111111:1, it lias a
hero in it, and his nsiuie is not .lack!'
FAR AND NEAR.
One billion feet of timber jier year
is beitif; ent In Tomisj at that rate it
will talce but llftcfii years to exhaust
tlie .supply.
The tlr.st blblienl mention of brleU
iiuih'.lit,' is In (ienesls. The i'liri iiioln
ffists jilueo the ilate of this refereneo
nt II. f. L'JIT.
Tliu following' answer Is rutieheil
fur by. Mr. liiill, tlie vleu pro.siilent of
the Liverpool I'liibnuatle soeioty:
Lxaminer Detlue a pitiable. Ltnn
inee A parable Is a heavenly story
with no earthly meaning.
A ilremaii on tliu I'ennsylvanhi rail
road was up the other day for pro
motion us an engineer. After inipiir
nie; as to tho time of his service an I
knowledge of the meehunlsm of tho
engine his questloneor asked. "What
is steam'.'" ".steam is smoke oil" from
hot water," replied the intiu and tho
o.Miininors were ho surprised that they
forgot what the nest question on tho
list was.
The name applied to tho bleyelo in
Turkestan is "tomashn." Allen anil
Saehtleben relate that In their bley
elo tour of tliu world thov were fol
lowed lifty miles on hor-iobaelc by
a I'ossaeU, who would bhout aero-n thu
Ileitis to the natives to "eoine and see
the tomuhha. ' rrequently ho would
have to entreat the travelers to ".slow
up," as his horse was tired. The
Mviftest steed of the Cossack tider.s
could not travel with the ease and
speed of the adventurers on their ma
chines.
mm mim Fail l
Hood's Sfirsiparltla builds up tlio Mint
tcrci RVflcin, by giving vigorous action to
tlie dli,'i'tlvu orgutii. creating 1111 uppctltn
nnd piirlhiug tl:o blood. It I3 pupnrcd
by tnoiliTii iiiituod!. inui';cs tin) greatest
ruratlvo powers, iitnl b.is tho most wonder
ful record of ai tual cures of auv int-illcltia
la cihtctiic. l!o turo to git oiily llood'i.
H
ood's
Sarsu-
&$&&b
2arilla
"Ron,!'
d't Pnrati.irllla tf t.r
best tiii'dleitiu I Ul C2
ivr taken for a v&w .
iiurliler. I lind " rTyfc
13 tho best
nave, evi
blonil it
a 1 1 rod feeling, nnd was ntlc nt nlclit.
I feel inueli lietter clneo tal.tug llood'l
HnrMparllla. 1 lmvo tal.cn a great ninny
other medicines, but they liavo given mo no
rellnf. Ml ltfi, nml fttillilr. ,1 )intn nlan
taken Hood's Saratiarll!.i for nurlMna
tho
blood with bem llclal rrnlt." UlilL
Koch, Deeeher, III,
(iit imly Hood's.
Hood's Pills aro funly viRctablc.
W, L. P3JCLAS
4ft SkSfltC ISTHCGEST.
?5. CORDOVAN,
rr.ENCHS.ENWEUDCALr.
k,3.wniiECAlf&KANiSAR01
3.5P P0LICE.3 SOLES.
extra fine. s
2.I.7-5Boys'Schop.Shoes.
LADIES
.rfOE0f2.l.5
'-QesTDONGOU
, SCUD FCR CATALOGUE
S- BROCKTON, MA33.
Yo enn nvr rioner fiy vrriii'liiir tho
W. I Donald SII.OO Slmr.
rtrrntne. vrc nri tlio lnri't minnfnctiircM ol
IV
tills KM'Ircif rImvi hi Omunrlil.uhili'ii.ir.Miti'ii tin-It
t.iIiio by ftamiilnii tliu u.-imu anl rrku nil ilia '
'iiioiii, which inifi-rt jou aaliist likli irlvir.hj
tlio luMlli-mati i rnnt. Our M.iwi eijinl vuttnni
wcirtt In Hjle, easy tlttln ami m-arlii himIUIm.
Wotiiv."ttiim old i'MT)"liir ntlimT rrlccifor
tliu valuo itlMii ttinti any otlii r make. Takii mi iul
itltuto. If ) our Uculrr i-anuot supply you, o cnu.
The Rugged Child
is largely an
"outdoor"
product.
Fresh air
and exercise
usually pro
duce sound
appetite and
sound sleep.
Sickly chil
dren obtain
great benefit from
Scott's Emulsion
of cod-liver oil with Hypo
phosphites, a fat-food rapid
of assimilation and almost
as palatable as milk.
Prr.piri.il hvScoll tlm.nl. V V AU ilrnglt
Shire Ml I irirc iVm a
vmttniffcur fmmciit'iiili.
I tiled FJii'h Cuaia Ihilm,
ami tn nil appamncc.i am
curat. Ten title henttachta
fn.m uhtch I hnd long mf
fcrcil (lie your. - If. J. Illli 1
corh, ImIc Major I'nllol
.Steffi Vi)Uintrrrainl.. A.
(itnnnl. niiffuh. .V. V
ELY'S CREAM BALM
Opoim ami r'oanscH tlio Nal I'ahKaROK.AllasKl'aln
mill Intluiimiiitlnii, lic.iU tln burin l'rotutt tliu
Moinliraiii' liniu CiiIiIm, Hi i-tnn tlmSi'iiw h nt 'laxtn
biiiIsiiii'II '11m Halm lb(iilcliiy ulisorUil audchd
rvllil at onii-,
A partlrlo Is applli'il Into each nostril nnclUngrSO
able. l'lU'o.VJiititn.al drciKUUtKur liy mall.
I.V IJUOIIIUIIS.M Warnu Htn-it. New Vork.
Unlike the Dutch Process
No Alkalies
on
Other Chemicals
aro nurd In tlio
preparation of
W. 1IAKEII & CO.'S
BreakfastCocoa
tvlitrh nhioltitcly
;nirn !ni auluhte,
UUMVinrfthiintlirretlmri
thn stnnythol Cocoa inlieil
with .Sl.ireli, ArruwriHit or
.Siiuar. ami Is far muro crci-
iiotnlcal, cmtlivj less than one cent a en;.
It h ilelli-loiu), noiirlnlili'i;, ami cvsiuv
LllUUSTItll.
holil lijr (iruters eierrnlifre.
W. BAEER & 'JO.. Korchcstcr. Hacn.
"COLCHESTER"
SPADING
BOOT.
DEET IN MARKCT-
Ill's r IV TIT
UIAI" IN WKVIIINfi
QLAUTV
Thniiiitei(irtnpH)lorc
temls tliu wliulu leiiKtli
iliivsii to tliu luil, pro.
tei-llnu tliu limit In illtr
ulnir unit In oilier li in)
VMllk
ask "votm Di:.i.i:it
I'IIII 'l-l 1 1 KI
mnl ilim't liu put oft
Willi Inferior kouiIs.
COI.CIinSTKH lll'IIIIKIl CO,
VARIGOGELEi
I'riinamntlrnnl unrMllr
, lined hv 11 nurulial eern
,!.. Dili, ..u IS..,.
.tun . .,.v,..,i, t Hf,fm
1 Oil! (ill 1 r a I1I11..M
Dr. 1,'oe'n s.iiiltiirliiin, Kiiiisiis City, .Mo.
T .
nl;- U l&3
f (iftft
, pPVn
Tsi Wf.ts vHtKt ali tibt fAiis. m 1
4 Cost Cuuk'i e;rup. Tonu-HdnuU. UmRI
Rj Intluia trf.U ti ilriili IH
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