M JEWELLED TALISMAN
PDRITAH-fAUDaCAYALIEi
tVERS-JfCAROLiNE ORNE
CHAPTER XVI. ( Continued. )
She rwtrlH'd the Hosct in turn * to enter
atnil dose the door , though , in her haste ,
mad.no attempt to fasten it , nor did
observe that a Persian scurf thrown
Vm-lc > > ly over her .shoulders had fallen
1o the lloor at the moment of her en-
'traucc. It WHS of a light though rich
fabric , with deep embroidery of gold ,
the sight of which was so tempting in the
eyes of her pursuer , that he stopped and
jiickod it up. This delay , trilling as it
ii'jis. .saved her.
"Hold , on your peril ! " exclaimed Ilar-
Jeijrh. .springing forward as the man was
ji ) the act opening the door.
The iiXerior of the closet , however , pre
sented precisely the same appearance as
fit had the preceding evening. The look
of blank astonishment depicted on the
countenance of each of the ruflians might
on a different occasion exrite mirth ; now ,
the predominating emotion in the mind of
'Hai-lcigh. ' as well as of the Jew , who
liml de.-cribed to him the retreat of Abi ,
now shared by Alice , though he had not
knentioned the name of the latter , was one
of devout thankfulness.
"I .should almost believe that my eyes
jjiad played me false , if it weren't for
fth'is , " said Mat , holding up the scarf.
Meanwhile Skelluni was eagerly exam-
in'mg I lie closet , to ascertain by what
means she had made her escape.
"Let him satisfy himself , " said the
Jew , seeing that Harieigh and the stran-
'ger regarded him with looks of impa
tience. "There is no danger of his dis-
' < -overing the manner of her egress. "
"If I hadn't tried the thickness of these
'walls last night , " said Skelluni , who soon
gave up his search as hopeless , "I would
1ry what a few well-aimed blows would
< lo. "
"As ( he trial seems to have beeu sat
isfactory , " said Harleigh , "you may as
"well go now. "
"And leave that scarf behind you , " said
the stranger , addressing Mat , who was
nbout to tie it round his waist.
"We shall do neither the one nor the
other , unless we please , " said Skelluru ,
answering both for himself and comrade.
"That's what we won't , " said Mat.
1 The stranger's only answer to this was
taking possession of the scarf , which he
jdid with perfect ease , a feat that evident-
jjy raised him in the estimation of all
three of the wretches , who had been in-
' clined to believe that the conciliatory
jmanner he had previously adopted to
ward them was the result of timidity. )
"You prefer to remain here a while
longer ? " said Harieigh , again addressing
jSkelhim.
"Yes , " he replied , sullenly , "and you
needn't trouble yourself about it ifwe
do. " I
"Very well , " said Harieigh. "We will , '
jjn the meantime , see what can be done to .
( procure an escort for you. " |
"He means the police , " whispered Mat. :
: Corkle then turned to Harleigh and the .
stranger and said : !
"There's no use in trying to frighten
us that is no easy matter ; but if the
gentleman will be so obliging as to let us
try how we shall feel with a few of those
gold pieces he showed us in our pockets. '
'I will go away quietly myself , and use
'my influence to persuade tfae others to
follow my example. "
, "It is too late now , " said the stranger ;
; 'Tm no longer in the vein. When I of-
fercd you gold , I didn't take you for the
miscreants you have proved yourselves to
l > e. You have already annoyed these in
offensive people with your presence , much
too long longer than this gentleman and
myself would have .permitted , had it not ;
rlieen that we felt indisposed to engage j
.in a brawl with such fellows as you , e-1
yecially beneath a peaceable and reaper- j
table roof. "
After having waited a minute or two.
finding that they seemed disposed to
jnaintain their ground , he made a > ign
'to Mizar. The boy understood it , and
flt once prepared to obey. The rutlians
Jhowever , appeared to thiuk it best to
make good their retreat , which they did ,
with muttered threats , among which the
Kvords , "We shall yet have our revenge ;
jthe old Jew doesn't know what there is
in store for him ! " could IK : distinguished.
After leaving the ship , as they passed
M little dark court , of which the house
nd an outbuilding belonging to the Jew
formed two of the sides , Corkle said in a
-whisper : "The dumb witness that lies
there will make it go hard with the old
Jew. "
CHAPTER XVII.
The stranger stood in the doorway till
the sound of their receding footsteps had
died away. He then , having closed the
door , turned to Harleigh.
"If I heard aright , " said he , "your
name is Clarence Harleigh. "
"That is my name. "
"And mine is Edward Elliston. "
"One that I sha'n't be likely soon to
forget. " said Harleigh , cordially offering
3iim his hand , "for it is to Edward Ellis-
ton that I owe my liberation from pris
on. "
"I imagined , " said young Elliston , with
froine embarrassment , "that after the pre
caution which had been taken to prevent
Jt , the name of the person couldn't trans
pire. "
"I couldn't suffer myself to be the re
cipient of a signal favor without making
an effort to discover the author of it. " re
plied Harleigh , "though , after all , 1 must
Confess that it was revealed to me by
what may be termed chance , rather than
ty any exertion of my own. But why "
should you wish to conceal what has
made me so much your debtor ? "
"I hardly know , were I to attempt it ,
fji I could offer any very logical reason
for so doing , and will , therefore , only
'say that I was sincere In the wish that it
should not be made known. "
"You didn't care to make my acquaint
ance , is the only way I can interpret your
reluctance , " said Harleigh , smiling ; "but
if you had any graver reason for wishing
to avoid me , chance seems to have over
ruled your intention by bringing us to
gether at this time. Perhaps , however ,
you came here with the knowledge that
a young girl under the protection of a
lady by the name of Elliston , whom I
supine to be yxnir mother , found refuge
here last night from a crew of despera
does ? "
"Am I so fortunate ? I had consumed
the whole day in vain efforts to trace her ,
and was returning home , thoroughly dis
couraged , when , on hearing the cries of
the lad , I entered. "
" 1 * am already so much a debtor to you
both , " said the Jew , who had thus far
stood silently by , "that I can hardly ven
ture to ask of you anything more ; yet , if
you could IK * persuaded to remain here
till daybreak , we should feel comparative
ly safe. Will you permit me to send
word to Abi , my granddaughter , and the
young damsel who is with her , that I
will bring with me two gentlemen , who
have shown themselves to be our friends
in the hour of need , to spend an hour or
two in their company ? "
It was a proposition which neither of
them felt in a humor to decline , and Har
leigh , having no suspicion that the
"yoking damsel , " who had several times
been alluded to by the Jew under that
appellation , was Alice Dale , was not de
terred from giving his consent on account
of the promise exacted by Mr. Walworth.
When the door was thrown open , which
disclosed an apartment such as , in splen
dor , might have been supposed to com
pare with those of Aladdin's palace , they
were both surprised. Harleigh , who was
in advance of Elliston , stepped buck ,
that he might enter before him.
"The meeting of friends should precede
that of strangers , " said he.
Elliston , not knowing exactly how to
construe this , hesitated a moment , bat
finding that Harleigh still held back , he
entered the room , saying , as he did so ,
something about the greater pleasure be
ing reserved for the last , the meaning of
which was , of course , enigmatical to Har
leigh.
Alice , the inomeut Edward Elliston
stepped inside the door , rose and went
forward to meet him.
"After all my fears , then , to the con
trary , " said she , "your mother received
the billet I cent her this morning ? "
"No ; we hadn't received a single word
of intelligence in any shape whatever.
My finding you here was entirely unerI
pected. "
Harleigh was so surprised at seeing
her , whom he thought so far distant , and
in the midst of a scene of so much mag
nificence , that he was almost inclined to
doubt the evidence of his own senses , all
the doubts and misgivings which Mildred
Dacres and Falkland had succeeded in
inspiring him , as respected the constancy
of Alice , were , for the time being , for
gotten.
As he stood behind Edward Elliston ,
Alice did not at first see him , and when ,
as if suddenly roused from a dream , he
stepped forward , she , too , forgot-that the
machinations of Falkland and Mildred
must have given him cause to distrust
her. Her heartfelt joy at seeing him
went far to remove many of those doubts
he had been unable to overcome.
When the surprise and excitement of
the meeting between her and Harleigh
had somewhat subsided , the thoughts of
Alice reverted to the opal. Possibly ,
Harleigh might not know that she had
lost it. At any rate , she felt determined
to seek an opportunity to tell him all she
herself knew respecting its loss. While
these thoughts were yet in her mind , the
Jew , taking jt from a small casket , hand
ed it to Harleigh.
"Your motive in calling this evening , "
said he , "was to examine it. You may
not find a better opportunity than the
present. "
As Harleigh took it , he could not for
bear looking towards Alice , but though
her color heightened , her eyes , which for
a moment met his , did not droop. Hav
ing examined it. Harleigh returned it
without speaking.
"You find it to be the same once in your
possession ? " said the Jew.
"Yes. "
Alice , who had been attentively watch
ing him , saw that a shadow was resting
on Harleigh's brow. Rising precipitately
from the divan , where she was sitting by
the side of Abi , she approached him.
"You knew that I had lost that opal
before you came here this evening did
you not ? " she inquired.
"I knew that you had parted with it , "
he replied , gravely.
"You couldn't think that I gave it to
Falkland ? "
"He said so , and publicly , too. "
"And you believed him ? "
Her voice faltered , for in confirmation
of her words , the expression of his coun
tenance every moment grew graver and
more stern. She paused a short time to
recover herself , and then with an earnest
ness and directness that made every word
tell , she related those incidents connected
with the loss of the opal , as far as they
were known to herself. Her voice , her
countenance , her manner , all conspired to
give what she said the stamp of truth.
"Are you satisfied ? " said she , with a
smile , when she had finished.
She hardly would have ventured to ask
this question , had she not seen by the
clearing away of the clouds that had
darkened his brow , the import of what
she might expect for an answer.
"I am not only satisfied , " he replied ,
"but am heartily ashamed of having
wronged you by paying the slightest heed
to those who attempted to deceive me. I
have only to ask your forgiveness. "
"Which is quite unnecessary , as you
know that I am not one of those who
hold malice. And now I have a request
to make. "
t
"Before you name it , I promise that
it shall be granted. "
"It is only that you will not seek to c
deprive Abi , who has been very kind to
me , of the rare and costly gem , which , 1
when you gave It to me , I thought to re-
tuin as long as J lived ; for her claim to
it is .stronger and still more sacred than
iniu "
"It was my intention , " he replied , "t
purchase it of the Jew and restore it to
you. "
"You cannot doubt the pleasure its res
toration would give me under different
circumstances ; but the opal belonged to
Abi'.s mother. It was her last gift to her
child. "
"And for this reason she values it ? "
"I cannot describe to you how much. "
"It would be next to sacrilege , then , to
take it from her. "
In the meantime , the Jew and Edward
Elliston , who were seated at too great
a distance from Harieigh and Alice to
hear what passed between them , were
busily engaged in conversation. Elliston's
attention , however , was not so entirely
absorbed as to prevent him from seeing
that Abi was not only very beautiful ,
but that she bore a striking resemblance
to a gentleman he once saw at his moth
er's residence , some six or seven years
previously. Had it been twice that time ,
the impression his looks and appearance
made on his mind was so deep and vivid
that it still must have remained in all its
original freshness.
Her eyes , he particularly noticed , had
not the "dazzling sparkle of the Jewish ,
or Italian black. " When she raised them
suddenly he saw that they were full of
the same brilliant , glorious light of those
of the gentleman iu question , and made
him seein to his youthful imagination as
if belonging to a superior order of beings.
Edward Ellistou had never till now
seen a young girl who appeared to him
at all comparable with Alice. He even
imagined that he fell in love with her at
first sight. The truly noble and generous
traits of his character were , hence , plac
ed in a strong light , when , to save her
from the pain and anxiety which a knowl
edge of Harleigh's imprisonment would
have caused her , he secretly effected his
release. He now began strongly to sus
pect that he had been deceived as to the
nature o his sentiments towards Alice ,
and that , compared with those with
which the beautiful and fascinating Abi
had inspired him , they might with more
propriety be placed in the category with
those that bear a closer affinity to what
may be termed a brotherly regard.
Before Alice had resumed her seat on
the divan , Dlliston found opportunity to
inquire of her if she had heard Abi men
tion her father.
"Several times , " was her answer. "He
is not now living. "
"Did she tell you his name ? "
"Yes ; Charles Rushton. "
"And that was all she said about him ? "
"No ; she told me that he wasn't a Jew ,
and that , after her mother's decease , he
lived mostly on the continent. "
Elliston repeated the name to himself.
He was certain that he had heard his
mother mention it more than once , though
she i had always refused to tell him the
name of the handsome stranger who had
so strongly excited his curiosity and made
so deep an impression on his mind.
Time passed away so pleasantly that
when , after an absence of a few minutes ,
the Jew returned to the room and told
them I that the morning was breaking ,
all i present heard the announcement with
as much surprise as regret. Harieigh and
Elliston rose. They must no longer delay
their departure.
"Your uncle , " said Harieigh , addressing
Alice , "will forgive us this involuntary tlU
meeting. " tlti
"Which must not be made a pretext , " ti
said she , "to break the promise he exact tl
ed. " tlPi
Before Harieigh had time to reply they Pi
were joined by Edward Elliston. "
"I will hasten home , " said he to Alice ,
"and will return in ray mother's carriage
by the time it is light , as far as the next
street , to which , as the Jew informs me ,
you can obtain ready access , by mean ?
of a gate back of the house. "
( To he continued. )
GROWS LIKE UNTO A GOURD.
w
Rapid Development of Oklahoma iu t.
Wealth and Industry.
Really no State or territory can show
a record of growth in the past decade OI
that compares in any way with that of m
Oklahoma , That territory came into e
being one fine spring day eleven years re
ago , Avhen at a signal that the promised
land was open there was a rush of cch
h
boomers that has never been equaled
ed
or surpassed. Eastern visitors who
si
were in the southwest at the time
found everybody talking Oklahoma ,
and thousands making their way thith in
er , some In trains , others in wagons te
and not a few on foot. There was such tr
trw
an Oklahoma fever on that conserva w
tive Easterners were prepared to ac "I '
cept the prediction often heard In Texas ai
at that time that Oklahoma , born in a fo
boom , would collapse with the inevita oi
ble subsidence of the excitement. itim
But Oklahoma did nothing of the m
kind. It has now a population of 398- la
245 , which is 55,000 more than Vermont lahi
has and more than double Delaware's hi
population. There are 79,000 more peo ht :
ple in Oklahoma than there are In ed
North Dakota. New Hampshire has nc
but 13,000 more Inhabitants than Okla tu :
homa. Oklahoma remains a territory , ps
while Idaho , with 161,771 inhabitants. di
diTl
Is a sovereign State. Oklahoma has Tl
155,000 more inhabitants than Montana Tlm
and more than nine times as many peo m
ple as Nevada Moreover , Oklahoma de
has a very "solid" population which
goes in for public schools and bar he
which is industrious and thrifty. O fe
homa's claim to admission as a State he
cannot much longer be denied. Proba as
bly the delay Is In some measure due to
Oklahoma's own desire for some agree he
ment with Indian territory by which he
the two shall be consolidated as a State pr
of powerful proportions In area , popu jo
lation and resources. Boston Tran qv
script. ;
;
Interest ? ncr.
A1
MDid you have an interesting literary
club meeting , Alice ? "
ot
"Oh , yes ; every woman there was otr
workingon a new pattern of Battenberg
lace. " Indianapolis Journal. lie
iy
In many nations It has been believed as
that an individual bitten by a dog may of
cure himself by placing three of the thw ;
dog's hairs on the wound. The Idea is w <
expressed in the English proverb , "Th so
hair of the dog is good for the bite , " go
GOOD
SboftQtorieJ
In his "Story of the Cowboy , " Emer
son Hough gives the following quar
terly report of a foreman to an Eastern
ranch owner , which constituted hfs
most serious labor of the year : "Deer
Sur , we have brand 800 caves this
roundup we have made sum hay po
tatoes is a fare crop. That Inglishinan
yu let' in charge at the other camp
got to fresh an' we had to kill him.
Nothing much has happened sence yu
lef. Yurs truly , JIM. "
One day at a rehearsal , W. S. Gil
bert observed a girl crying , and asked
her the cause of it. Between her sobs ,
she declared she had been insulted by
one of the costumers , who had said to
her : "You are no better than you
ought to be. " Gilbert immediately
looked very sympathetic , and said :
'Well , you are not , are 3'ou , my dear ? "
To which she replied , promptly : "Why ,
of course not , Mr. Gilbert. " "Ah , that's
all right , " he said , and she went away
perfectly comforted.
The other day a Sunday school su
perintendent , in talking to his pupils
about cruelty to animals , said : "Only
a coward would abuse a creature that
has no way of protecting itself. Why.
children , I once knew a little boy who
cut off a calf's tail ! Think of it took
a knife and cut the tail right off ! Can
any one tell me a verse in the Bible
that would have taught this cruel boy
that he should not have cut off the
calf's tail ? " After a moment's silence ,
a small boy held up his hand , and
when asked to quote his verse , ven
tured : "What God hath joined togeth
er , let no man put asunder. "
. One of the packages of seed provided
by the Department of Agriculture was
recently returned to a member of Con-
gress by one of his constiueuts , with
the following modest request : "I ap-
predate your good-will in sending the
seeds but my eldest daughter , Matilda ,
Is going to marry the doctor down to
the village next mouth , and wife and
I think of giving up the farm and go
ing there to live. If we do , the seeds
won't be much good , as we shan't have
i garden , so if you could change them
for some stockings , No. 1) , and some
handkerchiefs or a nice spring bonnet
for Matilda , I would be much obliged. "
When Dion Boucicault was playing
"The Vampire" at the Princess Thea
ter , London , the opening scene repre
sented the highest regions of the Alps
by moonlight , while a thunder storm
raged in the distance. One night , in
ritl
tlcl height of the season , a tremendous
clap of thunder startled the audience ,
and interrupted Mr. Boucicault in the
middle of a speech. Lowering his r
voice so that It could be heard only by
the property man , he said : "Very well. tcP
Mr. Davids , you are making more mis-
takes. That clap of thunder came in
the wrong place. " Mr. Davis replied
in stentorian tones , which could be r
plainly heard all over the auditorium :
"No fault of mine , sir ; it wasn't my jc
thunder. Thunder's real out of doors ; S
perhaps you can stop it there. ' ' Q
QP Qs
RICHES , RANK AND MISERY. s
These Three Are Inseparable to the
Life of Some Titled Knjjlislimeii. $
We have in our midst a millionairess
who has never been reconciled to her
,
husband's illgotten wealth , says the
London Empire. On her countenance
one traces a look of bemused bewilder
ment that has become her habitual . tl
expression. Dimly and dumbly she has I
realized that such colossal wealth , dis- j to
Honestly acquired , must necessarily of
constitute a curse. She roams through
her barnlike mansion with an affright
air which betrays a haunting obses
sion.
One occasion she was found weep-
ag on the doorstep a victim of hys-
srical grief. The insolence and ex
travagance of the costly crudities with
which her husband has encumbered his
'palace" cause her simple soul to im- ai
igine weird things. What are they he
for ? Why is she surrounded by these aro
objects , so foreign to her lowly , prim- ro
tive nature ? She lives in constant and :
nervous dread of some impending ca
lamity. jy
To alleviate her haunting misery she
tias engaged four detectives to guard
ier and her treasures. They are dress-
as footmen. The principal pleasure
o
aow indulged in by this pathetic crea-
ure Is to peer through the halls and
passages to make sure that her guar-
ts
lians do not relax their vigilance ,
rhis pleasure itself is beginning to
lall and there is every fear that her p
op
nillions will ultimately crush her and
se
leprive her of her reason.
Haunted by the ghastly specter of fa
ler wealth , she starts up at night In a '
"everish perspiration , consumed by a
iorrlble dread of some frightful dis-
ister which she is powerless to av t.
ah
And her husband ? He is tired of
be
ler , of her miserable whining , her fix
jaunting white face and generally de-
be >
pressing temperament. He is cynical ,
lovial , and never suffers from any
ire
jualms of conscience. He has made j' ts
vhat he calls a "pot of money" by
he promotion of shady companies , j .
\.nd he intends to enjoy it. i
He frequents the race course and j l
ther resorts of the pleasure-loving.
The money squeezed from the widow , ! j1. 11 .
v :
orphan and the curate is recklessv
t
squandered among all the vile par- i
isltes which compose the fast section ' gy
London society. He is popular ;
press speaks well of him ; he is a I
veicome figure in the most exclusivewi
lociety. He is so rich , he gives such an
jood dinners , he puts nls friends intowe :
such "good things. " out of which they
make money.
At whose expense ? They never stop
to think. They need money ; he puts
them in the way of obtaining it. No
further do tliey trouble. Leaving bis
haunted wife to roam tlirough the cor
ridors of his "palace , " he looks on the
wine while it is red , basks in the smiles
of the fair , enjoys the Incense of the
venal press and varies his pleasures by
taking frequent trips to Paris , where
bis face is as well known as in London.
He Is perfectly well aware that he is
a swindler who has wrecked thousands
of homes. But he Is equally well
aware that the law can not touch him ,
that lawyers , divines , aristocrats , offi
cials and even judges can "be bought
by a portion of his ill-gotten gains.
And he drains the cup of pleasure to
the dregs cynical , insouciant , a typic
al product of the age which invented
the 1 share for the better despoiling
of the ignorant and the innocent.
Shortly he will lloat another big coin
pany.
RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
Importance of This New Branch of
the Postal Service.
Of all the institutions that promote
the progress of the United States there
is 110 other , to my mind , that compares
in importance with free rural mail de
livery. Although it is scarcely live years
since the system was adopted , it has al
ready revolutionized social , business
and economic conditions in territory
covering over 100,000 square miles.
Its popularity is increasing at a rate
exceeding that attending any improve
ment heretofore attempted in the post-
office service and it means more in the
way of personal happiness and public
advancement than anything else of
which 1 know , says a writer in Suc
cess.
The importance of this new branch
of the postal service is be.st indicated
by the rate at which it has grown. We
began , in 3890 , with an appropriation C
of $40,000. For three years previous
to that Congress had made each year
an appropriation ; but with declining
revenues and increasing deficits the
postoffice department lias been loath
to take any step that might involve
additional burdens. As the matter of
establishing rural routes had been left
to the discretion of the Postmaster- .
General , the appropriations were un-
used.
In 189G , Congress , in making the ap
propriation , embodied a mandatory Pi
clause ; and , with much misgiving , ca
Postmaster-General William L. Wil
son , in October , 189G , established the
wi
first route , which was out of Charles
fjt In
fjo , W. Va. On the first of July , 1S97 , Inm
only forty-three routes were in opera
tion. To-day there are more than 0,000
routes < , serving 000,000 farmhouses , in
which live more than 4,000,000 people. )
It requires some experience of life in
the country , under old conditions , to
tlr b
realize < what it means to these people F.
tc be suddenly brought from an isolated F.bi
position into daily touch with the outer biM
world , the news and events of which M
had only sifted to them at haphazard.
tt :
The territory covered by the rural
routes ( is equal to about 120,000 square
miles , equaling in area the New Eng-
land States , New York and New Jer- fr
\t
sey. ( Eventually they will cover 1,000-
000 < square miles or more. The appro
priation for the maintenance of the tL :
service < advanced from $40,000 in 18U7 in
tc $5U,000 in 1S98 ; $150,000 in 1899 ; to
$450,000 in 1900 ; $1,750,000 In 1901.
FELINE FEROCITY.
Are the Symptoms Meant to Simulate
Serpentine Forms ? Bl
All members of the cat tribe wave br >
their tails to and fro when provoked. ve
do not see how this curious habit is veW
W (
be explained except as an instance
what is called "Protective Mimicry. "
A.inong insects and other humble crea Ms
tures it is common to find those which tn
ire comparatively defenseless adopting sh
the aspects and manners of their more to
formidable neighbors , and thus secur Th
ing immunity from attack. This de tu
fensive method is rare among the
ligher animals. Nevertheless , many of
the cat tribe , when face to face with tb
enemy , apparently imitate the be- yie
lavior of a venomous snake , and thus
ivail themselves of the instinctive hor-
or of the serpent , which we find among
he warm-blooded creatures.
ac
The hissing and spitting indulged in fo
kittens ( and other young creatures sti
ivhich have their natural nurseries in
lollow trees and similar places ) probably pa
las its use in the fact 'that few in-
luisltive predatory beasts would care
risk a possible encounter with an
in
ingry snake. The front aspect of an fo
ingry cat , with its ears laid flat against
head , its eyes glaring and its fangs 1Di
sxposed , is very snakelike , and the ex- ne
losive ( hissing sounds it utters are ex-
ictly similar to those uttered by some ne
ierpents when about to strike. ai
Against the mimicry hypothesis is the
>
'act that a large and formidable In
'elidae , such as panthers , lions and ti- Inm
jers , which assuredly need no protec- lie
ion of this sort , wave their tails when fa
ilarmed or angry quite as much as do wiH
small cats which stand in danger Ie
rom foxes , dogs and jackals. It must an
ye
remembered , however , that all fol
St
iate habits , such as those which we to
discussing , and especially all hab-
which are common to a whole spe- thi
ies or family , are of the extreinest an- his
iquity. And in early days of mam- bo
aalian life on the earth all the ances- pe
ors of our modern cats , and , indeed ,
ey
warm-blooded creatures of
every Wj
ind , were so small and defenseless pa
liat they probably needed such strat- Fo
FoI
as the above to avoid extinction. I
'earson's. cei
King Edward looks like such a freak I
rith his crown on that we have lost mo
desire to become an angel and Gei
rear one. ' tha
itself and
dislodges
When a glacier
' seas , it
Arctic
sails 'away over the
ID the wake or
never travels alone.
of small
every large one floats a line
The Eskimos call
er companions.
this phenomenon "the duck and
" one who fias
ducklings , and any
of the elder
watched the progress
duck followed by her brood will ap
preciate the aptitude of the name.
Helen Moon' * Case.
New Providence , la. , Oct. 13th. Th *
wonderful case of "ttle 3-year-jW
Helen Moon continues to be the talk
and everyone I
of the neighborhood
rejoicing wKn Mr. and Mrs E Y.
father and > ther.
Moon , the happy mj
this et
that sw
It will be remembered
little girl was given up by the doctors
with Dropsy. She was so far gone that
and her body
her eyes were closed up
bloated tiLHt was purple.
After eveiythiug else had fa led'
Dodd's Kidney Pills were used , and to
the Joy and surprise of everyone she
commenced to improve.
resulted m com
This improvement
plete goo ( < health and she continues to
keep strong and well and without the
slightest symptom of the Dropsy left
The doctors are as much bewildeEcd
of t5s
as anyone at the wonderful cure
desperate case.
The lowest death rate in the worJa
is that of Sweden. . The annual av
erage for the last ten years has been
16.49 per 1,000.
A boon to travelers. Dr. Fowler's-
Extract of Wild Strawberry. Cures
dysentery , diarrhoea , seasickness , nau
sea. Pleasant to take. Acts promptHy.
Eight new theatres will be opened
in New York City within the next
eighteen months. .
BALL'S CATAKKH CUKE
Jg taken internally. Price 75 cents.
Taking the world as a whole 25 per
cent < die before they reach the age of
17.
I1D
DO YOUK CLOTHES LOOK YELLOW ?
If so , use R d Crot > s Hall Blue. It will make
them white as no\v. 2 oz. package 5 cent * .
Emigrants to South Africa are
officially warned to wait until land
oia
can be secured for them.
Clear white clothes are a sign that the house
keeper uses Ked Cross Ball Blue. Large 3 oz
package 5 cents.
The population of Damascus , re
puted the oldest city in the world , is
calculated at 225.000 souls.
Onlv one remedy in the world that/
tvill at once stop itchiness of the skin
any pare of the body. Doan's Olnt-
nent. At any drug store , 50 cents.
San Francisco leads American cit
ies with the largest ratio of suicides ,
f 39.1 per 100,000 of population.
I find Piso's Cure Tor Consumption tn
best medicine for croupy children. Mn.
. Callahan. 114 Hall street , Parken-
bur * , W. Va. , April 16 , 1901.
In a recent number of the Scottish
Medical and Surgical Journal Sir Ar-
hur Mitchell holds that dreamless
sleep is a myth.
lire. Austin's famous Pancake flour , made Jlv
corn and6 ? Staff3 ° f " ' " -"beat ;
The two American cities in which
he nujaber of colored inhabitants is
ncreasing most largely are Washing-
ion and Philadelphia.
Mrs. WInslow'r SOOTHIHo aYKUP tor child.-an
jethinp. softens the gums , reduces Inflamatlon
paincures wind colic. 25c bottle.
"It was almost a miricle. Burdock
Elood Bitters cured me of a terrible
reaking out all over the body. I am
'ery grateful. " Miss Julia Filbridge ,
Vest Cornwall , Conn.
A hearty kiss on the ear of Mis.
Jartha Allen , by her granddaughter
ractured that lady's ear drum , and
he has been taken from Binghamton
New York City for treatment.-
he kiss caused a puncture about
he size of a pin head.
Georgia ( fruitgrowers are claiming ,
hat ; the peach crop of their state
ields more money to the producers
ban does the cotton crop.
Trouble Regins.
Trouble bejjins with the first back-
iche.
Backache comes in many
orms-sudden twinges of pain , sharp
stitches , slow , exhaustive aches.
Most backache pains are kidney
mins. The kidneys fail to perform th
luties nature intends them to do and
he warning of trouble comes through
he back. Neglect the
kidney wara-
ng ] , grave complications will surely
ollow.
Urinary disorders Diabetes , Brighf s
JMsease-are the downward
steps ot
leglected kidneys.
Doan's ] Kidney Pills cure every kid-
ley and bladder sickness and the cure
asts. Read this proof of it :
Mrs. Adam Guntle ,
residing at 7O1
outh Plum street , Crawfordsville.
ud. , says : " 1 made a public state-
nent < In 1897
saying that Doan's Kid-
ley Pills had
cured a member of our
amily : after he had suffered for years
mh a weak back and kidney troubles.
< took three boxes of this remedy
nd was completely cured. Now three
ears have elapsed since I made this
tatement , and I am only too pleased
re-endorse it I have also used
° aI1 ± .Kidney Pllls myself , obtaining
best results. I have recommended
remedy to my friends and neigh-
ors as one which can always be de-
tended : upon. "
A FREE TRIAL of this great Kid-
medicine which cured Mrs. Guntle
'ill be mailed on application to anv
art : , ofr.the Ullited States. Address !
oster-MiIburn Co. , Buffalo N Y
For sale by all druggists' Price 50
ents per box.
In 1900 France exported 3,000 horses
lore than she imported , whereas
ermany had to import 90,000 more
lan she eyported.
