Saplio Again ,
Miss Olsa Nothorsolo opened nor
American season at Wallack's theater ,
New "iork Monday night , Introducing
that well known lady with a noisome
past and doubtful present "Sapho. "
Q. Harrison Hunter has replaced Ham
ilton Revello as leading man. After
two weeks' In the metropolis Alias Neth-
crsole will Rtart on a tour which will ,
take her through to the Pacific coast.
Ainnrlciili Girl H I.omlou SurOi-M.
Americans In London are pleased
with the conspicuous success of Miss
Rloanor Calhoun as Salome In Stephen
Phillips' "Herod. " Miss Calhonn Is a
California girl. She waa once a mem
ber of Coqitolln'a company , and was
nald by the actor to be one of the
few Americans able to speak French
without an accent.
CIiuiiiMouo for "On-Jills. "
University chaperons arc the latest
Viennese novelty. In consequence of
the riotous and Insulting behavior of
the male students when the women
tried to avail themselves of the newly
granted permission to attend lectures ,
many others of women students have
icglstercd for the university lectures In
order to accompany and protect tholr
daughters.
HER HEAHT WAS TOUCHED.
A Boutli Datoiii Brother unit Ilor tlttlo
Ulrl KxprtM * Their Urntltudo In
mi Opt ) " Lot tor.
FOLSOM , Ouster Co , South Dakota ,
Dec. 15. ( Special. ) Mrs. II. D. Hyde
has given for publication a letter ex
pressing her tin-bounded gratitude to
Dodd's Kidney Pills for the double
cure of herself and llttlo daughter.
Mrs. Hyde has been troubled with
pains In her heart for over three years
and for a long time her little girl suf
fered from weak kidneys. The grateful
lady does not seem able to find words
strong enough to express her giatltude.
She has written the following :
I cannot say too much In praise of
Dodd's Kidney Pills. They are the
gieatcst kidney and heart medicine I
ever used. I had been troubled for over
three years with a severe pain In my
heart , which entirely disappeared after
I had taken a few doses of Dodd's
Kidney Pills. I also gave them to my
little girl , whose kidneys had been
weak , and she commenced to 'improve
from the very-first dose. Dodd's Kid
ney Pills are certainly a wonderful
medicine. I would be pleased to have
this , my statement , published , as I feel
it my duty to lot others know just
what the Pills will do for them.
MRS. II. D. HYDE.
Dodd's Kidney Pills always cure.
GOc a box. All dealers.
The man who has but little _ and
wants less is ilcher than the man who
has much and wants more.
Sweat and fruit acids will not dis
color goods dyed with PUTNAM
FADELESS DYES.
A man rarely marries the first girl
with whom he thinks ho Is In love.
Dropsy treated frco by lr. ) H. II. Green's
Sons , of Atlanta , O a. The ( jrentest tlrop-y
specialists in the woi Id. lloud their adver
tisement iu another colunm of tins paper.
It Is perfectly safe for the man who
is blind to believe all he sees.
Tlicro Is u Class of I'ooplo
Who are injured by the use of coffee.
Recently there has been placed in all
the grocery stores a newpreparation
called GRAIN-O , made of pure grains ,
that takes the place of coffee. The most
dellccite stomach receives It without
distress , and but few can tell it from
coffee. It does not cost over one-fourth
as much. Children may tMnk it with
great benefit. 15 cents and 25 cents
per package. Try It. Ask for GRAIN-O.
A woman's heart is like nothing so
much as a Moorish maze.
Mrs. W'Inslow's SootliliiR Syrup.
For children tcettiliiK , sottena the Kiims.rPiluccs In-
Uaminatlunallays paln.curei windu > llc. 23cabottlo
The modesty of true worth Is only
equalled by the worth of true modesty.
STATE OF Oiuo , ci rv or TOLEDO , i . . -
! > S'
LUCAH COUNTV , f
Franlt .1. Clionov inuUos oath Hint ho Is the
senior partner of tins linn of P , J Chrnay &Co ,
clolnpf business in the City of Toledo , County
nnil State nforesnld anil that Raid tlrm will nay
the sum of ONH IIUN'DKUD DULLAKS for
each and every cnso of Catarrh that eannotbo
cured by the use of Hull's Catiirih Cure.
FHANK J. CHUNKY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in mv
presence , thls > Oth day of December. A. D. 188(5. (
, < „ . , -i A.V. . GM'.ASON ,
lbLAL-J Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally , and
nets directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials , free.
P. J. CHUNKY & . CO. , Toledo , a
Sold hv TJrucKlRts , 75c.
Hall' ! , Family 1'llls tire the best.
Office seeking Is neither a trade nor
profession ; It's a disease.
I am sure Tlso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago Mrs. TIIOS. Homur.s ,
Maple Street , Norwich , N. Y. , Fob. 17,1900.
A man's wealth may be measured by
his capacities , not by his coin.
A dyspeptic Is , never on Good terms with him
self. Somtthlns Is always \\IOIK ; . Get It right
by ( .hewing lleeman's 1'epsln Gum.
Fidelity to old truths demands lion-
pltallty to new ones.
$118 will buy new Upright piano on
easy payments. Write for catalogue's.
Schmollor & Mueller , 1313 Farnaia
street , Omaha.
There's always loom at the top-
but few men care to dwell in an attic.
Henutlful linlr Is always pleasing , nnil PARKCU'S
JUti : HAI.SAM exec's la pruUuclniMt.
f , the lest cure for corns. lcta.
Modern mnrmurers are bitten with
the fiery serpents of their own
tongues.
You Cnii Uet AlIcn'H rootKaneFrco. .
Write to-day to Allen S. Olmsted , LeRoy
Roy , N. Y. , for a FREE sample of
Allen's Foot-Ease , a powder. It cures
sweating , damp , swollen , aching feet.
Makes new or tight shoes easy. A cer
tain euro for Chilblains and Frost-bites
At all druggists and shoe ctorca ; HGc.
No man knows what It Is to be a
woman.
Passenger train No. 2 was whirling
Its load of humanity over the Mohave
desert , a great , wide expanse of mid-
mountain country whoso parched
bosom has exposed many an uncanny
Eccret of death from thirst and Indian
deviltry. Wearied with the monoto
nous view of treeless , waterless plains ,
the passengers gladly welcomed the
approach of twilight The sun went
down In an angry glare , outlining the
bare peaks of a far-away range In
fantastic forms , and gradually.as night
came on , there were more hopeful
signs of vegetation. It was the 21th
of December , and most of the passen
gers were building on spending a mer
ry Christmas In the favored spots of
the land of sunshine and ( lowers
California.
Suddenly wo heard the warning
shriek of the engine , and saw a scat
tered band of cattle Hying away in
terror from cither side ot the trtack.
Again the engine- shrieked , the train
Jerked nervously and seemed to sway
uncertainly on Its course.
The next moment we were bounding
along the ties In an uncomfortable and
terrifying manner. The cries of star
tled women were drowned in the roar
of escaping steam , and panic-stricken
men looked vainly for means of es
cape. A group of Mexicans , awakened
from sleep by the jar , plunged head
long through an open window as
though the devil were after them. The
train finally spent Its speed , and the
thoroughly frightened passengers
emerged to learn the number of the
dead and wounded , and to tender what
aid they could. The engine was com
pletely hidden in a great cloud of
steam , which marked its position about
half the length of the train. When
the steam finally exhausted Itself , a
sad wreck was exposed. The tender
of the engine was upturned , and the
engineer sat upon a piece of wreckage
dazedly nursing an injured hand. The
fireman was some distance away , his
hair and whiskers singed by the hot
outpour from the engine. Neither was
seriously Injured , and not a passenger
was scratched. Beside the track , shiv
ering In the throes of death , lay a
handsome stejn the cause of all the
trouble. His neck had been twisted by
a mad rush at the cowcatcher. As the
engineer's eyes fell upon the form of
the animal a smile of satisfaction
spread over his wan face , as he said :
"That critter must rrnvo been In the
bull fights at some time In his career ,
for when ho spied that red flag yonder
on the cowcatcher , ho shook his head
viciously and refused to leave the track
with the rest of them. I slowed up
and whistled several times to give him
a chance , but ho only snorted defiantly ,
kicked his heels In the air and kept on
his stubborn course. Finally ho turn
ed , and I opened the throttle wide ,
thinking that the best method of
throwing him clear of the track. With
an angry roar ho came full at the en
gine , his head bent low to the track.
Wo all know the rest. "
The steer at once became an object
of great Interest to the relic fiend. One
man secured a horn and another cut
out a tooth , and the next day various
camera views were taken of the vali
ant animal that had wrecked a train.
Wo were twenty miles from the next
station , and the eastbound passenger
was duo within an hour. Luckily a
telegraph operator was on the train
and the wires were hastily tapped so
that the dispatchers could bo Informed
of the accident and hold the trains
both ways.
Wo passed a cheerless night on the
desert , and Christmas morning found
us a disconsolate party. There was no
dining car attached to the train , and
those travelers that were not provided
with lunch baskets railed at the Ill-
luck that had placed them in so mis
erable a plight. Finally , some of them
wont on a foraging expedition , and
down the track a few miles they locat
ed a section house controlled by Mex
icans. Hero they appeased their hun
ger on frijolcs , chllo con carne and
the other warm dishes of the natives.
A wrecking train at length arrived on
the scene , but the work of repair was
Blow and tedious. Several yards of
track had been torn up , and It was
necessary to construct a "shoo-fly"
around the wreck. This took the
greater part of the day. Meanwhile
the passengers looked on In a holple ? ;
way , and all vowed that they had never
passed a Christmas amid such desolate
surroundings. C. N. Stark.
for Christmas Gitint > .
The Hopkins family were out of
match boxes , and If there la one thing
on which the Independent and diverse
minded Hopkins family stands as a
unit It Is that a match box bo provided
for every room. One by one the boxes
had disappeared. The tin ones had
fallen to pieces and the china ones had
broken and for two weeks the Hopkins
family trotted to the saucer of matches
on the parlor mantel or to the paste
board box in the kitchen when they
wanted a light. Their gas bill In
creased perceptibly , for with so much
trouble as It took to light the gas one
could not turn It off EO Instantaneous
ly as the gas companies have trained
householders Into doing. Consequent
ly Inquisitive neighbors from beneath
or above , or across the way , gossiped
over the runout t of company the Hop-
klnscs seemed lo be having lately , for
a regular glare of Illumination stream
ed out nightly from their windows.
It was a queer thing that no ono
seemed able to think of the family
necessity till twilight came. Then reg
ular remarks would bo made , and Ma
rlon would blame Alice , and Alice
would ask Tom why In the world ho
couldn't take a llttlo responsibility ,
and Mr. Hopkins would inquire of his
wlfo if there was no one In the family
who could go suvoty for the appearance
of some match boxes by the next even
ing. And then next day Alice would
como homo from down town and her
mother would ask her If she had re
membered the nmtch boxes , and blank
Is too feeble a word to describe the
expression of her face on those several
occasions.
For two weeks they said things un
der their breaths In the Inky dark
ness , or burned gas recklessly. Then
one morning Marion departed for her
semi-weekly music lesson down town
and said the same old thing "I'm goIng -
Ing to got some match boxes today"
and her mother smiled patiently and
replied : "If you should happen to re
member it , dear , you might get the
whole number eight. "
That noon Alice came homo from
the north side , where she had been
staying for a few days , and laid a par
cel triumphantly in her mother's lap.
"I didn't even have thorn sent out , "
she said , gleefully. "I was so deter
mined to have them hero tonight. I
was just getting on a car and hap
pened to think of them by seeing a
man light his cigar , so I got off. There
are eight of them. "
Mis. Hopkins was properly glad and
they laughed together over Marlon's
declaiatlon that morning , and of how
for the last time they would call that
blank expression Into play before they
showed her that some ono in the fam
ily had at last remembered. By and
by Marion came.
"I've got them'she called. "Tho
whole eight. "
"Sixteen match boxes , " said Mrs.
Hopkins , with resignation. "Chooso
the piettiest , girls , and we'll put the
rest away for another such emer
gency. "
That evening Mr. Hopkins came In
with his face wreathed In smiles.
"The joung fry are so hot-headed
these days , " he remarked , as ho com
placently laid a knobby bundle in his
wife's lap. "I'm sorry for Tom. "
"What about Tom ? " asked Mrs.
Hopkins , as aho felt suspiciously of the
package.
"Wo had started homo together , "
said Tom's father , the keenest enjoy
ment In his voice , "and were up to
Van Buren , when Tom jumped up and
made for the platform. I called to him
and he yelled back 'Match boxes ! ' ant ]
shot out the door. I tried to get to
THEN HIS EYE FELL ON THE
TABLE.
him to tell him that I'd got the batch ,
but ho was gone. What's the matter ?
Didn't I get enough ? "
Alice exerted herself feverishly to
got the twenty-four receptacles ar
ranged on a table before Tom's arrival ,
and when Tom came ho didn't for a
minute understand his reception. Then
his cyo foil on the tableful of dlstoitei ]
shapeu and ho slowly added his quota
to the general contribution , whllo his
father gave an Impromptu lecture n
haste vs. waste. The Hopkins family
have concluded to glvo match boxes
for Christmas presents this year.
A Letter's \Vtsh.
Since you cannot , will not , dear ,
Glvo your tricksy heart ,
Let mo murmur In your car
Joy you may Impart.
Write to kind old Santo Claue
Plead as I would woo
Beg him just to send to me
Christmas dream of you.
Some people are willing to be good if
paid for It and others are good for
nothing.
Clatts.
You afraid of Santa Claus ? Goodness
me , I'm not ! ,
I m lots too big to lot him nmko mo
scared ;
Sides , a yonr ago I tmw him , right on
Christmas ovo.
So now ho wouldn't scold mo If ho
darotll
YPM , smo ! ! HO'R big an' fat , like his
pictures are ;
An' I \\aa slttln' by the chlmloy , too
When ho lit right on the hearth , shook
the snow Hakes off ,
An' tinned to mo , an snys : "Why ,
howdy do ? "
Ncn I run back to the door so's to
lock him In
"I'm pretty well , " I says ; an' non wo
sat.
An' talked a lot about his work , an'
he told me , ho did ,
'T\\as hard to get around when
you'io so fat.
Blme-by I says , "I hope you won't for
get me Christmas day ,
Although I'm not the best of chll-
dicn , 'causo
If you should do eo , I'm afraid I'd have
to tell the boya
That b'llevo In you 'There ain't no
Santa Glaus ! ' "
My ! Dldn'o ho turn palo ! Ho caught
holt o' my hand ;
Says "Don't do that , please , for I
llko you.
I'll give you heaps o' things you want ,
'f you'll b'llevo In me ,
An' let the other chlldicn do EO too ! "
So we made a 'grccmont , an * I will
have some things
At Christmas time , you bet ! What's
that you say ?
Don't b'llove I ever reared old Santa
Claus ? Well now.
Jest ask him , If you see him Christ
mas day !
Selected.
Nobody's llko old Santa Claus
With his red and Jolly face ;
There's not another around the glebe
Can travel so swift a pace.
His twinkling eyes , and his merry
laugh ,
His chuckle of bubbling glee
Nobody else is so dear by hLlf
To Dad and Mother and Me.
He doesn't forgot the baby sweet
As she rocks In her cradle white ;
Ho has tlmo to wait for the lagging
feet
Of his old , by candle-light.
Ho has gifts and gifts for the young
and gay ,
Who encircle the Christmas Tree ;
And ho has the love to his latest day
Of Dad and Mother and Mo.
The frost Is chill In the nipping blast ,
Smooth Is the Icy more ;
The short fleet days go hurrying past
To the last of the waning year.
And never was nose of the summer's
prime
So royally fair to sec
As the rose that blooms In the wlntcr'i
rime
For Dad and Mother and Mo.
Collier's Weekly.
CT/x ? Christmas Tree.
The Christmas tree which enterJ
very largely Into our festival conies tc
us from Germany , where , on the eve
of the anniversary , a tree Is set up In
nearly every household , bright with
candles and paper decorations of vari
ous colois. Underneath the trco are
put the presents that each member ol
the family is to glvo to the others , and
when the trco Is still burning , amid
the laughter and shouting of the chll-
dien , the presents are distributed.
In Germany , too , St. Nicholas cornea
around three weeks before Christmas.
It is St. Nw.holaf , ' day , and the chil
dren on this day make known their
wants for the Christmas season. Then
ho is supposed to drive away to an un
known land and got his loads of goods ,
bringing them back for the Christmas
stockings.
A Child's Query.
In all the Santa Claus pictures ,
I've seen In my llttlo day ,
He's traveling across the snow-drif
With a reindeer before a sleigh.
i
And this is the thing about U ,
I'd really like to know
Docs ho travel In a wagoh
When there Isn't any snow ?
Newspaper Clipping.
Anstticr.
There ain't no Hies on Santa Claus ,
He's neither old-fashioned nor slow ,
I know how he cornea to our houses ,
When there Isn't any snow.
Ho comes not In any old wagon ,
Ho's smart and as sharp as an Icicle ,
Ho straps his pack tight on his bach
And wheels Into town on his bicycle
Carrlo S. Hutton.
Only the life that has mountah
heights to tap the clouds can haw
fruitful valleys.
The lloncoof Mrs. Lizzie M. Nrcwcr nt Westerly. II. 1.
In a letter to Dr. Ilnrtmnn concern
ing the merits of Po-ru-na , Mfs. llrow-
cr writes , among other things :
Wcuterly , R. I.
"Dear Dr. Hartman I find Pc-ru-na
n. sura euro for all catarrhal affections
BO common In this part of the country.
It cures a cold at once. There Is no
cough medicine that can at all equal
Po-ru-na. Aa for la grippe , there Is
no other remedy that can at all com
pare with Pc-rtMih.
"I am among the sick a great deal
In our city and have supplied many
Invalids with Pe-ru-na , simply be
cause I am enthusiastic In my faith
as to Its results. I have novcr known
It to fall to quickly i and permanently
remove that demoralized state of the
human system which follows la nvlpl'c.
"In all rases of extreme weakness
I tiso Po-ru-na with perfect confidence
of a good result. In cases of weak-
noes peculiar to my sex I am sure that
no other remedy can approach In good
Try Magnetic Staich It will last
longer than any other.
Thoio are two kinds of silliness the
silent and the garrulous. The former
Is endurable.
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Wise Is the Individual who prepares
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past and the present.
IJest fur .ho llou'i'l" .
No matter what alls you , hcadacho
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CASCARETS Candy Cathartic , the
genuine , put up In metal boxes , every
tablet has C. C. C. stamped on It. Beware -
ware of Imitations.
Originality Waxes a new track whllo
eccentricity runs on ono wheel In an
old rut.
Garllolil Tea p.oducca a licnltliy notion
of the sloinnuli , liver , kidneys nml bow
vli ; It pinllleH the blood , lima ptotoctlni ;
the Hy.stoni UKiilnsl disrupt1.
The common mind may ho deceived
by the fact that vice and genius often
produce similar effects.
Important to mothers.
Ksainlno cmefi.lly evury liottlo of CASTOHIA ,
n snfo mill euro reiuudy for Infnutg anit children ,
nnil tea that It
- ISenrJtho
Sliiimluro of
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The Kind Von JIiwo Always Jloucht
A very little child may open n very
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icsults the action of Pc-ru-na. 18
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come by thlq excellent remedy. I wish
every young lady In our city coultl
read your book.
"Mrs. Llzzlo M. Brewer. "
Po-ru-na will euro the wcfnt casea
of catarrh. La grlppo Is acu o cpl-
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a npcclflc.
Mra. J. W. Reynolds , Now ulsbon ,
Ohio , nuffcrcd for many years with
chronic catarrh ot the lungs , head and
throat ; continuous caugh ; many ,
physicians failed to cure. Permanent
ly cured by Pc-ru-na. Thounands of
testimonials could bo produced. A
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Columbus. 0 ,
Magnetic Starch is the very best
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A suspended street car conductor gotn
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K you buvo not tiled Magnetic Stnrcli
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A utumblo sometimes prevents a fall.
Your clothes will not crack If you
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LOW RATES TO THE SOUTH ,
Excursion tickets at reduced ratct
are now being sold by the Chicago ,
Mllwaukco & St. Paul Railway to the
prominent rcnorte in the South , In
cluding Jacksonville , Fla. , Mobile , Ala. ,
New Orleans. Liu , Savannah , Ga. , El
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1901. Information regarding rates ,
routes , tlmo , etc. , can bo obtained on
application to any coupqn .ticket agent
of the Chicago , Mllwaukco & St. Paul
Railway.
UBO MnKnutlo Starch It lias nn equal.
WINTER TOURIST RATES.
SPECIAL Toms to Klorl.hi , Key West.
Cuba , ] lcrimiiln. Old Mexico
anil the Mediterranean and
Orient.
HALF llalen for the round trip to
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aiATISS To Hut HpiliiBS. Ark. , the fft-
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Tickets now on milo to all the winter
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Save coupons in each pack
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