n
Illft Impression.
Mr. White Tell me , Uncle Rufiu
fcow did you feel when that savag
catamount jumped on your back as yoi
were coming through the woods in th
dark and began to claw and rend you
Undo Ilufns Rank Uh. well , sal
tell yo' what's a fact , thankee I 'lovt
ed 'twuz muh wife ! Yo' see , 1 was ut
pittin' home doss a little bit antiquatei
Cum de lodge o' de Cullud Knight
end Shivvyloors. and muh nach'l s'pi
j ? " < cion was dat de lady had got tired c
r > < vaitiif and come to meet me. If I't
* l organized dat 'twuz a catamount da
, had 1110 by de back , I reggin I'd uli
be'n skeered plumb to death ; bul
thinkin' to muhse'f dat 'twuz nobod ;
but mub wife , I , dess breshed de var
mint aside , acoawdin' to muh custom
. , and come uh-bogin' along home , happ ;
V (
in muh igmmoo. Puck.
4 ! Women as Well as Men Are Mad
Miserable by Kidney and
Bladder Trouble.
Kidney trouble preys upon the mind
discoiirsi-esandlessensambition ; beauty
vigor and cheerful
ness soon disappea
when the kidneys an
out of order or dis
eased.
Kidney trouble ha
become so prevalen
that it is not uncom
iiion for a child to bi
born afflicted will
i\eak kidneys. If tin
child urinatestoooften , if the urine scald :
the fievh. or if. when the child reaches ai
age when it shoxild be able to control th (
passage , it is yet afflicted with bed-wet
ting , doT > end upon it , the cause of the diffi
L culty is' kidney trouble , and the firs
I- step"should be towards the treatment o :
[ / these important organs. This unplcasan
trouble is due to a diseased condition o ;
the kidreys and bladder and not to i
habit as most people suppose.
Women as well as men arc-made miser
nbleJih kidnev and bladder trouble
mid both need the same great remedy.
The r.iiiil and the immediate effect o :
S wamp-Rcot is soon realized. Itjs sole
by dnijjijists. in fifty-
ent and one-dollar i _
f s : . ; e bottle , . You may
have a sar.jpie uottle -
l > v mail free , a so a Hone of s ramp-Eoot.
txnnphlft telling all about Swamp-Root
incluninjr many of the thousands of testimonial
menial it-tiers received from sufferer :
cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co. .
3 > ii laniioi , X. Y. , be sure and nientior
this pper. Don't make any mistake ,
bat rcr.enbcr the name , Swamp-Root
' and the adV -
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root ,
V dress. Binghamtou , N. Y. , on every
> < - bottle.
V/OULD BE A STERN PARENT.
Fr.tlier IV.-iil.N fur Voiuisr Son lo Com *
Home Aflt-r 11 O'clock.
She cane into his study gently. " 1
1 hate to disturb you , dearie " lie
looked up "but it is after 11 and Diet
l" s not come home yet and it i. =
the second time this week he has stay
ed out. 1 did not wish to speak tc
yon Lut a boy of 37 "
She faltered. lie was looking ai
her with a strange , fixed expression.
'I understand. Leave him to me. I
shall wait up until he conies in. "
"Don't be harsh with him , " she said
* ' leadlnsrly. "Oh. I. am so sorry I told
: yon I Remember , he has always been
? . . snch a pr ocl boy . "
"My dear , -you have nothing further
1 to do with this. 1 must deal with my
; sou in my own way : I request you not
? to interfere. You had better go quietly -
* > ly to your room. I ask you to do so
| I want him to find me here when ho
? .sees fit to return to his home. "
jf , She retired with her mother heart
/.nnxioubly beating and waited until tin-
-click of a latchkey sounded in the
street door. She listened , trembling-
ready to rush out a penitent peace
maker. She heard :
I ? "Dick , is that you ? "
f ; -"Yes. sir. "
f. ' -Is the dog in the hall ? "
| , Yes. sir. "
.j . "Well turn out the gas ! G od-
| j -night ! " Woman's Home Companion.
i BAlSnSHED.
Cofft-c Finally lind lo Go.
The way some persons cling to coffee
ev < ? n after they know it is doing them
harhi. is a puzzler. But it is an easy
- * matter to give it up for good , when
? i 1'ostuni Food Coffee is properly made
[ | smd U M ! instead.
A girl writes : "Mother had been
! l Buffering with nervous headaches for
; seven weary years , but kept drinking
( coffee.
"One day T asked her why she did
aot give up coffee , as a cousin of mine
had done who had taken to Postum.
But Mother was such a slave to coffee
she thought it would be terrible to
give it up.
"Finally , one day , she made the
chance to Postum. and quickly her
headaches disappeared. One morning
while she was drinking Postum so free
ly and with such relish , I asked fern
n taste.
"That started me on Postum and I
now drink it more freely than I did
coffee , which never conies into our
lioate now.
"A giri friend of mine , one day , saw
aie drinking Postuin and asked if it
was conV < . I told her it was Postum
ami gave her some to take home , but
forgot to tell her how to make it.
"The next day she said she did not
see how 1 coud : drink Postuin. I found
slie bad made it like ordinary coffee.
So I tokl her bmv to make it ri ht and
gave her a cupful 1 made , after boil-
fng it fifteen uiiuutcs. She said she
jn" . cr < ; riuk ; any cofTee that tasted as
. .px1. . : r.l uow coffee is banished from
1/ > ui our homes. " Name given by
p.i-'ir.u Co. , Battle Creek , Michigan.
II-.I . the little book. "The Head to
WolSvilie , " iu pkgs. "There's a Rea-
of Great Papers on Important Subjects.
Mir.xy.tj
LOSSES Civ THE CATTLE RANGES.
SPKCIAL commissioner of the American
Humane Association has just made a re-
pert of his investigations , extending over
a year , into the condition of live stock on
the ranges in the West. IIis report has
boon prepared for the purpose of "arousing
the American people to the necessity for
action to stop this wanton slaughter of thousands of do
mestic animals each year. " Government reports are
cited to show that for the year ending March . ' ) ! . liHr .
there was a-loss of U. S7.i : > 7 cattle on the Western
ranges , duo largely to starvation and exposure. The
commissioner asserts that the losses each year are at
least I2.fi.00.000 animals , representing an estimated value
of < ? l4.000.000. The burden of the commissioner's con-
clu ions is that cattle ranging is cruel and inhuman
business and should bo suppressed by law.
Without quarreling with the figures quoted , although
most reports of stock losses on the ranges are greatly
exaggerated , the Humane Association is apparently
working on a false promise and starting a crusade
against an evil that is rapidly curing itself. The crusade
urged against stockmen is apparently base ; ! on the the
ory that there is malice and design back of his treat
ment of the stock on the ranges. The fact is that stock
men , while counting annually upon losses of cattle from
various causes , do everything in their power to le.-seu
the loss , just as men in other business take every pos
sible precaution against losses.
The day of the ranger is fast pas.-.ing. The meat sup
ply of the future will bo furnished by stock growers
who keep smaller herds , and. by making proper pro
vision for their care during the winter , reap larger re
turns than are possible under the range system. Omaha
Bee.
THE DEASTH OF TEACI-IEHS.
U-VKX : IIUXDltKD vacancies existed in
the teaching force in the schools of the
city of Xew York last month , but there
wore only nine hundred eligible candidates.
It is estimated that three thousand now
teachers are needed in the schools of the
city every year. The supply never equals
the demand. A similar dearth of teachers i.- ; noted in
other cities , and even in the smaller towns. Uoards of
education and school suporiutendeiits are struggling
with the problem. It has in on explained that the stand
ard of qualiiications ha < beer made such that it is not
easy for candidates to pass the necessary examinations ,
and that the pay offered is so low that it does not at
tract capable men and women to the profession.
The charge that teachers are underpaid is unfortu
nately true. A committee of the Xational Educational
Association reported , two years ago. that a woman prin
cipal in a certain city received only $ : MO a year , and
that a man teacher in another , part of the country was
paid only Jj'iMO. Those are extreme cases , but there are
many others almost as bad. In cities where living ex
penses are high , the salary of ? . > 00 or $000 paid to the
lower-grade teachers is sometimes surpassed by the
wages of street-sweepers or of city hall scrubwomen.
The people of the cities are awake to the need of treat
ing the teachers better , for efforts are making in some
of them to lind money to increase their pay.
As to the question of qualiiications , it is surprising
that so many thoroughly trained men and women are
willing to work for the pay offered ; but if it should ap
pear that in any city appointment was denied to experi
enced teachers from other places , because of inability to
pass technical examinations in subjects of which .they
need only a general knowledge , then the examination
system ought to be revised. Youth's Companion.
WAH ON EATS INTERNATIONAL.
IIKTIIKli snakes or rats are the more de
tested by human kind is immaterial. Kats
are just now a special object of attack. As
carriers of disease a heavy indictment is
brought against them. The bubonic plague
was probably imported to California and
other States of the coast by Oriental rats
coming across the Pacific Ocean on ships. Mr. Morley ,
Secretary of State for India , in his recent address to
his constituents at Arbroath. referred to the rats of
India as the great distributers and reminded his hearers
that the dilllculties of the Indian government in chock
ing the ravages of the disease wore enormously increased
by the religious objections of the Hindus to destroying
animal life. Altogether the rat situation in India is
remarkable , and the P.ritish government's problem of
rat extermination promises to be a long time in reach
ing a solution.
Hitherto in the world's history these animals have
been hunted and killed by man chielly because of their
depredations. Human beings also have an instinctive
aversion to them , and "ratting" in former times was a
sport in recognized standing. Nowadays we are more
dignified and do not travel miles to see the rats killed
when an old barn is torn down. It is. however , the
nsodwn discovery that rats carry disease that will re
new uie war with a thoroughness that never before was
observed. Even if they perform some good service as
scavengers , which must he givatly minimized and even
extinguished in communities and abodes where modern
sanitary ideas are understood and practiced , the evil
ihey do far outweighs it. Kats and house tlios should
be granted no quarter such is the decree of medical
science. And from that decree there is evidently no
appeal. Springfield Republican.
.UIN FSOJI SAITK EAILTJEE.
LJ
The illustration , by Marc Cowper , pictures a scene in front of n. suspended , bauii daring the terror
of financial panic which threatened New York. All ranks of society felt the imminence of the strin-
j gencywhich meant ruin alike for the man of wealth and. for those of humble mer.ns , vrho found thetn-
' selves on the same dire level of poverty.
MILLIONS OF SLATE PENCILS.
Germany lire Greatest Pratlueer : iml
AI HI UN I Sjj'MJlie * tJie "World.
To supply the school children , of this
country with slate pencils a great many
millions of those little writing instru-
. moiiis are made annuajly. In fact , in
'addition to the domestic output , no
fewer than 20.CIO.OCO ( imported ones are
used uj ) in a t\\vlvo-months. nearly all
of them from CJermany.
I The slate used for pencils is a kind
-of schist , of so line a grain that its jutr-
J tides are not visible to Ih ? naked * 'yo.
, Occasionally impurities nro necourtn-
i bio for "scratchy" slate pencils , which.
j instead of making a soft. th-Hble iim-I : .
. are liable to score th smooth surface
, to which they are applied. This kind
of stone is largely f-ilica : ijj < ! Hr- black
color is due to the carbon K contain. ? .
J CJermany supplies all tli : > w.lrt with
Blate pencils , producing noa-'ly ; ? riO. ; < > . -
OOft annually. They are oV-iir.i > ; l ' : - > n
(
! quarries in the tieiglibr.rho-d < ; " i-i-
ncl'i. in Moningpii. Xe.-.rly nl ! ! 'h > w > rk
is done by'han > l. nrrl is so : . > i - ] \ - ini 1
; tha ! 1:2 : marks ( S.r,7vo > : : ! - i < . - . ' 1-
! oivo ! fair wages for a > ! ; . y'i \ in
[ order lo earn 1/s { ! ! > ! > ! . , : : < ! '
'upon ' his wif" r'-.ul c-hlM- ; : > ! : !
*
Mm.
i Though w\-r : * ; : s- i v.--'i ! ' - . ' . : in
'
| the l'niio.1 r ; : . - . * ! : ' . . ; ; s : ,
' manufactured ; ; ; > . . ; : . v. : : : i .
Imported aruok' J.y t'M t ! : \ ' f > f ; - . . : \ > ; : . -
ery. The rougli sto ; : : * i.- ; sawn Info
pieces of a cerlnia i'e ! : : , c.-.v'j of % v-.k- ] : ,
when run through a machine , yields
six p.-IK-US of standard length five and
a half inches. They come out in cylin
drical shape and are pointed by boys on
emery wheels. Finally they are packed
in cases of 1 < > . < ) ( ' < > . selling for $ r .7. i. or
about one-fifteenth of a cent each.
Most of th ° domestic slate pencils
come from a quarry in Pennsylvania.
From the same deposits which yield
pr'.ieils. are obtained slabs for slates
and school bl.-u-kl/oards. Efforts have
bi'ou made to fiir.l some composition
suitable for bhvkhoards and school
slates , but nothing is equal to the nat
ural product. There are a good many
sv.j-ealK\l slate pencils of soapsfono ,
whicli is a kin : ! of talc with a soapy
"fWl. " but they are inferior in qual
ity.
BSAS D ? THEIS
Their yfioep.
In tin * \Y5Iliins : rivc-r country of
\Ve.c ! Viriia : ] : th - ' .ic.irs are greatly on
ih ii"-re.se. aexonlicg to llecreatiou ,
: - . ' ! iij- ! i ? a lih.o grass settlement
: i , . ; tli'v < ro. ' ! * houl : of the river
1 : ' . . : < : ' . < . ; " . wlu'ch has all Imt
' .v . < lr' 'ii uiii < .f the * slioej ) busiuos
by Juki's. Tills i a hr'rdsliip to small
' wl- % firi ! : . lie at too
! ; . M v.'ors : i\ ; >
, / . ' r - : : ; 'v-v. > ; ! . . ! t. > r.uso g-iin. : ;
c . ! " TM . ; ' . : y.i"t ; : P run --1:0 man
' . . ' 1 i , 1. - . - ' : , ! " . ! , J\-l the signs of
1 ,7 ! : : . i'K ii : < . .pday' hunt. That
r. s . .3 : : 'Cl i.-uv ; l ara i > nt I've
hunted and lisliod so long and told
about my adventures at s , > many camp-
tires that 1 cannot consistentTy deny
anything. Xovertiieless. every now and
then a hunter runs on to a boar and
kills it. Premeditated killing of bears
is rarely known , as this wisest of the
forest animals knows well how to
avoid men. A rabbit is courageous
compared to a black bear. This shows
the superior intelligence of P.ruin.
About twenty years ago an unarmed
fisherman killed a boar with a large
stone at the lied Hole. He was resting
at the top of a precipitous bank of
Mauch Chunk shale when a bear ,
chased by dogs , came to the river and
passed at the foot of the bank. The
man cast a large stone down upon it
and stunned it so that he was able to
kill it. It was a two-year-old. The
occurrence is well authenticated.
The sheepkillers are generally the
biggest bears' of them all. and are very
! wise. They never enter a field without
first making a complete circuit to see
- . - > l ihe i'em-o. If he
if a man has ere ---i : ;
has , they "withdraw. " One sheep
miser found thai by hanging half -a
dozen lighted lanterns about his farm
caused the bears to leave his liock se-
vcrelv alone.
What has become of the old-fashion
ed woniau who u.-c'l to say. "Well , if
I'm erazy , I hav lot * of company ! "
All people are not as busy as they
imagine they are.
DWINDLING
GiVESGUETOGBITIC ;
Military Men Say Force Is Reduce
Beyond Point of Safety for
the Nation.
NEED OF EEEOUSI IN SEEVICI
Low Pay and [ Requirement of Har
Practice Marches Are Main
Points of Attack.
The War and Xavy Department" ai
trying to reach an agreement by whic
the marines are to be withdrawn troi
the Isthmus of Panama and two reg
ments of infantry are to bo sent to tak
their places as guards. It is fully e >
pected that before long two regiment
or fo' t will be on their way to th
cMial zone. This diverting of arm
regulars to a new Hold will moan thi
the forces in the I'nited States are t
be depleted beyond that which utlicer
believe to lie the danger point.
The infantry problem is one of th
most serious factors in the greate
problem of the army's weakness. O
paper we are supposed to have . ,0. < . )0 )
in fan try men. but in truth we have i.otl :
in/ / ; like that number , and unless til
increase of pay bill pass Congress , it 5
perfectly evident that the ranks wil
be thinned still further. An army oil ;
cor who knows conditions tells a Wasli
ington correspondent that in a case o
emergency there would be less tha :
7,000 infantrymen who could be brougli
with anything like dispatch to an.
threatened point within the limits o
the United States proper.
There are two chief army measure
now before Congress , one dealing vvit !
the matter of the increase of pay am
the other dealing with the matter o
the increase of the infantry. A COITC
spondent says there is precious iittl
hope that both bills can pass. It prol
ably would be folly to pass the soi-on :
bill without passing the iirst. for i
would be useless to provide for an in
crease in the ranks if no inducement
v.-ere held out by which the ineroasi
cuuhl be effected.
Interviews with enlisted men disclosi
three chief objections to army life , and
in order of numerical precedent , the :
rank like this :
.Monthly practice marches.
Poor pay.
Xon-military duty required of the en
lifted men.
Some of the ranking ollioors of the
army have inveighed constantly ag.nnsi
wh.it they call the folly of the freipTfrst
I'r.-idice marches. The men are kept it
line physical condition and as hard as
.vuits : ! : through the < laiy drills , ttir
curd ; : duty , the good f-ioil. and the reg-
u- ! : living generally. Yet they arc
compelled at least once a month t i
hike out on the road under heavy bur
dens and trying conditions for the , ur-
pose of keeping in trim so that th-n-
will be ready for the field in case of
! ni < tilitie. > . The practice march , fairly
luiiir continued and to oomo at long in
tervals , has its uses , and the men like
ii : but they don't like it coming as it
ili'os every three or four weeks.
Jicks : , n Pay : it Chicago \vis : : i fir :
ililfcrcnt affair from that of tli - Xw
York gatlieriusr. Tlioro the banquet giv-
! 'ii by tin- J'-n.-rson Club was tin- scone
of a liryan love foast. in which ( UK ) Dcm-
; ) ( rats cliopivil riotously the words of the
Xobraskan.
Yiscoun' AokS. the retiring Japanese
ambassador , in an interview at San Frsin-
: isco. declared in positive terms that
there COM 1 1 bo no such thing at present
is war between this country and Japan.
[ Ie sai'l the questions at issue were not
nidi ns would cause war and that all
: lie hi h officials of Japan were convinced
if the good faith and friendship of this
' -ountry.
Secretary Taft. who will soon begin the
) reparation of an extended report on his
ihservations in the Philippines , in a ro-
ent interview expressed himself as highly
( leased with the progress already made
n the islands. Peace , ho says , prevails
lirotishout the Philippines to a crreater
'Xtent ' than ever before in their history ,
; nrl agriculture is proceeding without fear
rom predatory bands. He finds the naives - <
'
ives receptive to education and to mod-
rn western conceptions of religion and
) olitics. an < l says there is no diiTerence
letween the educate ; ! and th ? ignorant
"ilipino that cannot be overcome by the
duration of one generation. The Secrc-
ary thinks the people should not be in-
nistorl with seif-government until their
rimary and industrial education is com
pete , and this may require more than a
x-noration owing to a lack of funds for
ducational purposes.
The Ohio Republican State Onti-al
A nmiiltpo at its recent meeting decided
.o give the members of tlie party an op-
> ortunity to express by direct vote thf ir
hoieo for a presidential candidate en
vlarch 11. when delegates to the Itopubli-
tm State convention will be selected.
: irirtor Fornkor has issued a statement
loclarhifr that he will not abide by this
.ction of the committee.
Eight-car i-pin- ; ; rro to be rnn on the
foston eleviitttl Hut ; iu tlie endeavor to
ope with the traffic offered.
One of ibe
s
of the happy homes of to-day is a vastv
fund of information as to the best methods
of promoting health and happiness and
right living and knowledge of the world's
best product. ? .
Products of actual excellence and
reasonable claims truthfully presented
and which have att.iir.cd to world-wido
acceptance through the approval of the
Well-informed of the World ; not of indi
viduals only , but of the many who have
the happy faculty of selecting and obtain
ing the best the world affords.
One of the products of that class , of
known component parts , an Ethical
remedy , approved by physicians and com
mended by the Well-informed of the
World as a valuable and wholesome family
laxative is tile well-known Syrup of Fig *
and Elixir of Senna. To get its beneficial
effects always buy the genuine , maim
faetured by the California Fig Syrup Co. ,
enl } ' , and for sale by all leading druggists.
A Sivfiio i lieJJtl.
A typical F.ngHsliwoman. whea some
one spoke the other day or a certain
man having a "swelled head. " looked
dazed. "Really : You don't mean it ! "
cried the Ki IJshwoman. "I'm very
sorry. " A day or so later the English
woman , happening to meet the wife o
the man in question , observed that she
was so sorry to hear that .Mr. Blank ;
was ill.
"But he isn't : " cried the wife. "Ho
was never better in his life. "
"Is that s. > V" said the Englishwoman.
"Why , what could Mrs. Dash have
meant the other day when she said ha
was suffering f * opi a swelled head ? "
WOSK WEAKENS THE KIDNEYS.
The Experience1 of Mr. AVooil.s IN tlie
K.vpfrifiice < tf Thousands of Otiicrn.
r.orm-.rd P. Woods , of Jackson street ,
onaconing. Md. . says : "Hard work
and heavy lifting weakened my kid
neys. I was tired
every morning and
my limbs stiff and
sore. Dizzy spella
and headaches were
frequent , and the kid
ney secretions much
disordered. This con
tinued for fifteen
years and until I beg -
g a n us5ii Doan's
Kidney I'ills. Then I improved steadi
ly until cured , and naturally , I recom
mend them strongly. "
Sold by all dealers. f 0 cents a box.
Foster-Mil burn Co. . Buffalo , X. Y.
The great Lick telescope will pick out
a star so small that it would mjuirp : ' , ( ) . -
( M'O of them put together to be visible to
the naked eye.
AV/FTJL EFFECT OF ECZEMA.
J7n i-uri.-d will * Yellow Sores CreTF
XV rx ; I'arunts DiHeoKrascsrcl
Csitiviiru Di-ove Ssorc.s Away.
"Our little girl , one year and a half
, ) Id. was taken with eczema or rhat
was what the doctor called it. We toolr
her to three doctors , but by this time
she was nothing but a yellow , green
ish sore. One morning we discovered
it little yellow pimple on one of her
S'.ves. Dot-tor Xo. : ; said that we had
-otter take her to some eye specialist ,
since it was an ulcer. So we went t
jsxvcgo to doctor Xo. 4 , and lie said the
yesijrht wasgone. . We were nearly
Hscouraged. but I thought we would
ry the C'utioura Treatment , so I pur-
Iiased : i set of Cuticura Remedies.
vJiic-h cost me § 1. ami in three days ,
> ur daughter , who had been sick about
iuht months , showed great improve-
nent , and in one week all sores had
iisappeared. Of course it could not
t-store the eyesight , but if we luul
i od Cuticura in time I am confident ;
hat it wr.uhl have saved the eye. Mrs.
'rank Abbott. II. F. D. Xo. ' . ) . Fulton.
Jswogo Co. . X. Y. . Aug. IT. 1000. "
First lirobcr Any excitement on , tfte
itrp"t to-day ?
Second Broker Yon b < * t I Sudden drop :
n copper. TVolIfy rriro broke.
Mrs. Winshiw's Soothinp S.rrup for ChiM-
en teething. softens the jcunis , reduces in-
: iiinit ! ' ! ! . allays paiu. cures wind colic.
. " a bottlo.
i'.s Tramp.
X. O. Goodwin , the comedian , was
raising in New York the modesty oC
celebrated playwright.
"Why. " said Mr. Goodwin , "the man's
iiodesty is almost ludicrous. It re-
sinds me of the tramp and the old
: fy. The oh ! lady g.tve the tramp : t
iimo. Then she looked at him closely.
Ie was a very dilapidated specimen
iHleecl.
" 'Poor man ! ' she said. 'I suppose-
on have undergone a great many
rials ? '
" "Trials , rnum ? ' said the tramp , ham-
ly. 'Great heavens. no ! They don't
i.-ive no trials for the Iik < 'S of us. Tliey
iist hauls u up brf < . : - ( > the magistrate
ti the morning. ' "