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?-iiT71T; WMhAfip - i i ..- t ii- -t jr . -".. -r ,' ?J-. ;- TW" J ! -ri.'-i:1K; ZSSi S3S'SraP7SASi?N?i5 . . . s xJi S2iaS&'3??T KrSJ tt!r'- j sTi.-' T til . t, ,&,!" .J. "1 " $ - r V "; iM 7' -i " 1 v . .. . it ." v & ' i ss ' - s . ho1 !. ESs. Columbus Journal By COLUMBUS JOURNAL' Co. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, Stusedetis Railway Enterprises. If the information conveyed in a dis sstch from Paris prove correct, a be tinning is about to be made in the nost . stupendous enterprise of its clad, ever undertaken. "The report join 'the French capital is to the ef fect that the syndicate represented by Baron Loicq de Lobel has been au horixed, by an order issued by the trar of, Russia, to start operations on he Trans-Siberian-Alaska railroad roject. This, involves nothing less han the construction of a railroad ine from Siberia to the American ter ritory of Alaska by bridging and tun leling the intervening -waters, includ ng Bering Strait Previous statements that the work Is'to be financed to the Mrtent of $150,000,000 to $200,000,000 oy American and European capitalists ire. repeated, and the story has every Indication of being put forth in good aith. As has already been shown says the Troy Times, should the pro jected line be carried through it ould mean the possibility of riding without change of cars from any rail road center in ,the United States to Ihe capitals of Europe. With the tun ael under the English channel and tho completion of the "three Americas" system in this hemisphere, one will be able to go by rail from remote points in South America directly to London. And with the carrying out of the "Cape to Cairo" scheme in Africa there may be a through route from "the Horn" to Good Hope. Who knows? Buying an Island. The man who buys a mine rarely gets so deeply taken in as to have nothing at all that he can show for his money. There's commonly a place somewhere and a hole in the ground at least. Not so, however, with a Mr. Tutt, who is reported from Colorado Springs-as having lately purchased an island off Washington state which he has since been unsuccessfully trying to find. His deeds call for ten acres in the San Juan group oft British Co lumbia, and he fondly hoped to build a summer home there. Alack and alas! He sailed out in his yacht to where he supposed the island to be, but not a scrap of land could he find. This might be considered sufficiently jprovoking, but it was not the worst. The seller now claims that the island was there when he sold it, but that it, sank into the sea at the time of the) earthquake which destroyed San Fran-' Cisco. All this is no joke to Mr. Tutt," but, says the Boston Herald, it strong ly suggests the case of the curious, people who flocked to a tent and paid their way in to see the wonderful gyascutus. They didn't see him, but were glad to escape with their lives at the alarming cry that the ferocious gyascutus had broken loose. Prison Reform. A notable reform in prison adminis tration is contemplated by Gov. Folk and the advanced penologists of Mis souri, and at the governor's sugges tion the Rev. E. A. Fredenhagen, ofj Topeka, Kan., is engaged in the prepa ration of a bill on the subject, which will be introduced at the next session of the Missouri legislature. Its chief features will be the payment to the convict's wife and children of an ap preciable percentage "of his earnings; the use of a graduated uniform instead of the usual striped clothing; the sub stitution of a military double file for the abhorred lockstep and regular in struction for prisoners five nights a week. The whole tendency of the changes suggested is in the line of reformation as distinguished from vindictive punishment, and a main purpose is to relieve the misery of the innocent dependents upon the crim inal. Is the class pipe to become a fea ture at coeducational institutions? In a description of the Class day ex ercises of the Northwestern univer sity at Evanston, 111., is this mention of the pipe of peace smoking, a cere mony not commonly practiced in co educational Methodist institutions: '"Lewis R. Horton, president of the senior class, filled the pipe, touched a match to it, and it went slowly from one pair of lips to another. Giving off an odor of mild tobacco it passed from one coed to another. None re fused her 'put.' A few coughs were heard at the end of the ceremony. The men took their turn and the pipe passed back to Horton, who, after a long 'drag,' handed it to Miss Sarah Saute, president of the junior class." Truancy is defined as a disease by a Chicago school sharp who has or dered truants, on a diet of protein. The average boy would rather take ais chances with the school than fly to the arms of protein, a punishment whose nature he Imperfectly compre hends. The servant girl, thinks Upton Sin clair, needs uplifting. The can of fceroseae on the morning fire has jeea known to operate successfully In that direction. The causes of juvenile delinquency which are repeated with greatest fre aaeacy are: 1. Lack of proper home restraint and training. 2. The habit af traaacy. 3.- Lack of proper outlet for aoraMl physical activities. 4. So cial training in disregard for law and order. The Geramaa emperor is getting ready Cor another Mediterranean cruise. Naturally there is renewed aervousaess among other European af we -five m the -age-of The thinking, diree jdaliye in taccouuftWalle; neaf brawn fells feottespondlngiy la value frost day to day. That ecceatrlc phil osopher, Elbert Hubbard, says la oae of his essays, "where -a ssachiaC wil do better work than the human hand; we prefer to let the machine do the work." It has been bat a few years since the cotton gin, the,"spinaing Jenny and the power torn displaced Ike hand picker, the' spinning wheel and the hand loom: since the reaner and' Under, the rake and tedder,' the mow-; 9m m WMfcSm2'-a-J 'akfik&A B? AS , IS jus uiauuuc WIML UK yiMOU UJ. tua U1U eradle, scythe," pitchfork and 'hand rake; since the friction 'match' su perseded the flint and tinder; since the modern paint factory replaced the slab and muller, the paint 'pot 'and paddle. In every case where machinery has been Introduced to replace hand labor, the laborers haveresisted the change; ind as the' weavers, the sempstresses and the farm laborers pretested' against new-fangled looms, sewing ma chines and agricultural implements, so in recent times compositors have protested against type-setting ma chines, glass blowers against bottle blowing machines, and. painters against ready mixed paints. And as In the case of these short-sighted classes of an earlier day, so with their Imitators of to-day, the protest will be in vain. It is a protest against civ ilization, against the common weal, tgainst their own welfare. The history of all mechanical Im provements shows that workmen are the first to be benefited by them. The invention of the sewing machine, Instead of throwing thousands of wom en out of employment, increased the demand to such an extent that thou sands of women have been employed, at better wages, for shorter hours and easier work where hundreds before worked in laborious misery to eke out a pitiable existence. It was so with spinning and weaving machin ery, with agricultural implements In fact, it Is so with every notable im provement. ' The multiplication of books in the last decade is a direct result of the invention of .linotype machinery and fast presses. The mixed paint industry, in which carefully designed paints for house painting are prepared on a large scale by special, machinery, is another im provement of the same type. The cheapness x and general excellence of these products has so stimulated the consumption of paint that the de mand for the services of painters has correspondingly multiplied. Before the advent of these goods a well-painted house was noticeable from its rarity, whereas to-day an ill-painted house is conspicuous. Nevertheless, the painters, as a rule, following the example set by the weavers, the sempstresses and the farm laborers of old, almost to a man, oppose the improvement. It is a real improvement, however, and simply be cause of that fact the sale of such products has increased until during the present year it will fall not far short of 90,000,000 or 100,000,000 gal lons. Hindsight is always better than foresight, and most of us who deplore the short-sightedness of our ancestors would do well to see that we do not in turn furnish "terrible examples" to our posterity. P. G. FINOS VIRTUE IN OLD CLOTHES. Men's Garments Shaped to the Figure by Age Catch Artist's Eye. To the eye of the artist the gar ments of the modern man are only tolerable when age has adapted them somewhat to the lines of the figure; to the average artist a new suit of clothes is an abomination. "It is not only that new clothes are more ugly than old," said a knight of the palette who discussed the ques tion; "to my mind no one can be prop erly easy or graceful in them. "I never feel that I properly know a man until I have met him wearing an old suit. Certainly no man can possi bly be his natural self in evening dress. "I have noticed again and again how different the same people are when wearing different clothes. I went, for instance, to a large family gathering some time ago, and for some reason everybody had donned full evening dress. What a differ ence it made! We were all on terms of intimate friendship, but somehow the clothes brought in an element of coldness and formality. We all felt It even the women, although, of course, the fair sex are not easily per suaded of the merits of well-worn gar ments. But no man who has discov ered the ease and comfort of them will readily give them up. As for the artistic side of modern clothes, it only comes when they have mellowed by t WELL PEOPLE TOO Wise Doctor Gives Postum to Con valescents. A wise doctor tries to give nature Its best chance 'by saving the little strength of the already exhausted pa tient, and building up wasted energy with simple but powerful nourish ment. "Five years ago,'' writes a doctor, 1 commenced to use Postum in my own family Instead of coffee. I was so wen pleased with the results that I had two grocers place it in stock, guaranteeing its sale. T then commenced to recommend it to my patients In place of coffee, as a nutritious beverage.. The conse quence is, every store la town Is now selling it, as it has become a house hold necessity la auay homes. Tn sure I prescribe Postum as often as any one remedy la the Ma teria Medica In almost every case of Indigestion and nervousness I treat, and with the best results. "When I once introduce It into a family, It Is quite sure to remain, I shall continue to use it sad prescribe it In families where I practice. In convalescence from pneumonia, typhoid fever and other cases, I give It as a Uquid, easily absorbed diet Ton may use my letter as a reference any way you see fit" Name given by Postum. Co. Battle Creek, Mich. Read The Road to WeUvUIe" hi s a .mm mm 5 ' 1 W 1A- . mrmw i M'-r. "i Si A FOOL FOR .TliIJi 1,1 H 51 7 aV. i iir ... .. By PIANOS LYNMt ' 'lOTBOR'OF UTHS 'v SBJB1 tamtgm,wm,mj4.r.ummmm GHAPTXX yTX--Coatinued, She turned' upon him quickly'. . "Was it an accident, Mr. Jastrow?" "How could it be anything else?" he Inquired, mildly. ' ' "I don't know. But there was an explosion; I heard it Surely Uncle SomerviUe wouldn't" The secretary shook his head. "No; I think you may exonerate Mr. Darrah, personally; in fact I am quite sure you may." "But someone planned It Tou knew it was going to happen you were out here watching for it" "Was I?" The secretary's smile was a mere baring of the teeth. His blood was the sycophantic lymph which flows in the veins of those who do murder at a great man's nod. "It is horribly unfair," she went on. "I understand the sheriff is here. Couldn't he have prevented this?" Jastrow's reply was an evasion. "Oh, it's all legal enough. That .bare place up there is a placer claim. Sup- , posing the owners found it necessary to put in a few sticks of dynamite to loosen the frozen ground. It is Mr. Winton's misfortune if his railroad happens to be in the way, don't you think?" "But it was planned beforehand, and you knew of it," she insisted. Her eyes were flashing, and the secretary's desire for possession warmed into something like admiration. "Did I?" "Yes, you did." "It would be impolite to contradict you." "It Is more impolite not to answer my question. Couldn't the sheriff have prevented it?" "Supposing he didn't want to pre-x vent it? Supposing he brought the men who did it over on his train last night?" "Then I say again it is horribly un fair." The secretary's rejoinder was a platitude: "Everything is fair in love or war." "But this is neither." she retorted. "Think not?" he said, coolly. "Wait and you'll see. And a word in your ear, Miss Carteret: you are one of us, you know, and you mustn't be dis loyal. I know what you did yesterday after you read those telegrams." Virginia's face became suddenly- wooden. Until that moment v it had not occurred to her that Jastrow's mo tive in showing her the two telegrams might have been carefully calculated. Though she would have disavowed it emphatically, Miss Carteret was an aristocrat of the aristocrats; and the conviction that the secretary had de liberately gone about to establish a confidential relation filled her with cold anger. "I have never given you the right to speak to me that way, Mr. Jas strow," she said, with the faintest pos sible emphasis on the courtesy prefix; and with that she turned from him to focus her field glass on the con struction camp below. At the Utah stronghold all was ac tivity of the fiercest Winton had raced back with his news of the catas trophe, and the camp was alive with men clustering like bees and swarm ing upon the flat cars of tie material .train to be taken to the front While she looked, studiously ignor ing the man behind her, Virginia saw the big octopod engine come clamor ing up the grade, shoving the flats be fore it losing itself quickly in the 'doubling of the gulch loop to reappear presently on the scene of the disaster. ;itf a twinkling the men were off and at work, and the frosty morning air rang with the 'battle shout of labor triumphant or meaning to be. Virginia's color rose and the brown eyes filled swiftly. One part of her ideal her masculine ideal was cour age Of the sort that rises the higher .for reverses. So the prompt counter strokft filled her with joy, and at the moment Winton was as near gaining a partisan as the Rajah was to losing one. But at the heart-thrilling instant she remembered the cold-eyed secre tary, and, lest he should spy upon her emotion as he had upon her sympathy, she turned quickly and took refuge in the car. la the open compartment of the Rosemary the waiter was laying the plates for the early breakfast, and Bessie and the Reverena 'William were at the window, watching the stirring industry battle now in full swing on the opposite slope. Virginia joined them. "Isn't it a shame!" she said. "Of course, I want our side to win; but it seems such a pity that we can't fight fairly." The flaxen-haired cousin looked her entire lack of understanding, and Cal vert said: "Isn't what a shame?' thereby eliciting a crisp explanation from Virgin! In which she set well founded suspicion in the light of fact touching the cause of the landslide. The Reverend Billy shook his head. .It. was his metier to deprecate vio lence, and he did it. "Such things may be within the law of besiaess; but they will surely breed bad blood and lead to reprisals. I hope" The interruption was the Rajah ia his proper person, bustling out fierce ly to a conference with his myrmi dons. By tacit consent the three at ,the window feU siieat There was 'battle and murder and sudden death In the Rajah's eye. The event for which they waited did not linger. There was a hasty muster ing of armed men under the windows of the Rosemary, and they heard Sheriff Deckert's low voiced instruc tions to bis posse. "Take it slow and easy, hoys, and don't get rattled. It's the majesty of the law against a mob, and the Micks won't fight when It comes to a show down. Keep la line with the car as long you can. There ain't going to be a shot fired from up yonder so lose as there's a chance of hitting Us tui M aV&Uft 1 T f.i . r Jf ORAFTtKS.?VrO" Oak) x .mmv k- - car Instead of you.. Now. then; guns, to the front! Steady! " , ' .' . The Reverend BiUy rose,' and the veins is his lorehead stood out like whip cords. "What are you going to do?" said Virginia. She was standing, too, and her hand, trembling a little, was en his arm. The clerical meekness in the ath lete's reply was conspicuous by its ab sence. "I'm going to' give jWinton a tip if it's the last thing I ever do. They'll rush him like a rat in a corner!" She shook her head and pointed eastward to the mouth of the lateral gulch. Under cover of a clump of fir scrub a man in a wiae-flapped hat and leather breeches was climbing swift ly to the level of the new line, cau tiously waving a handkerchief as a peace token. "That is the man who arrested Mr. Winton yesterday. This time he is going to fight on the other side. He.'U carry the warning." "Think so?" said Calvert "I am sure of it. Open the window, please. I want to see better." As yet there was no sign of prepara tion on the embankment. For the moment the arms of the track force were laid aside, and every man was plying pick or shovel as if his life de pended on the amount of earth he could add to the re-forming dump in a given number of minutes. Winton was in the thick of the pick-and-shovel melee, urging it on, when Biggin ran up. "Hi!" he shouted. "Fixin' to take another play-day in Carbonate? Lookee down yonder!" Winton looked and came aljve to T i W3 lifv Wssa LOvil J-T- i . ' m i X , wc m .m -mm .. 1 , L 'ISP "COME DOWN!" the possibilities in the turning of a leaf. "Guns!" he yelled; and at the word of command the tools were flung aside, and the track force, over 200 strong, became an army, not with banners, but well-weaponed withal. Winton snapped out his orders like a martinet major of drill squads. "Mulcahy, take half the men and go up the grade till -you can rake1 those fellows without bitting the car. Branagan, you take the other half and go down along till you can cross-fire with Mulcahy. Aim low, both of you; and the man who fires before he gets the word from me will break his neck at a rope's end. Fall in!" "By Jove!" said Adams. "Are you going to resist? That spells felony, doesn't it?" Winton pointed to the waiting octo pod. "I'm going to order the 215 down out of the way; you may go with her if you like." "I guess not!" quoth the technolo gian, calmly lighting a fresh cigar ette. And then to the water boy, who was acting quartermaster, "Give me a rifle and a cartridge belt. Chunky, and I'll stay here with the boss." "Aad where do I come in?" said Biggin, reproachfully. "You'll stay dut, it your head's level. You've done enough now to send you to Canyon City, if anybody cares to take it up. -Heavens and earth, man! Do you forget that you are a sworn officer of the law?" "I alq't a-forgettln' nothing," said Peter, cheerfully, casting himself flat behind a heap of earth on the dump edge and sighting one section of his hip battery over the breastwork. Winton pounced upon him, gasping. "Here, you fire-eater! you mustn't shoot!" he protested. "It's oaly a long bluff, and I'm going to raise the limit so those fellows can't come in. There are ladies in that car!" "You play your bluflm hand and lemme alone," said the ex-cowboy. "I'm jest goia' to have a little fun with old Bart Deckert while the sun's a-shin-Ia" It was at this moment while the sheriff's aosse was picking Its way I gingerly ever the loose rock and earth window went u In the Imr io.,ah cava hint mm knit. White- Jmi lotted on no would ffaat aa win, and that wiutovlo)sea. -Weare a'dosea 'Winchesters t your oae, 'Mr. Deckert,' and we shall resist force with force. Order your men back or there will be trouble." Wintoa stood out on the edge of the cutting,' awsblita'ry fgare?where a few minutes before the earth had hees flying from a hundred shovels. The sheriff's reply was an order, hat not for retreat "He's one of the men we want; cover him!" he commanded; and. Vir ginia caught her breath. Was she to see him shot down before her eyes? Happily the tragedy was only poten tial. Unless the public occasion ap peals strongly to the sympathies or the passions, a picked-up sheriff's posse is not likely to have very good metal in it. Winton was. covered by three or four of "the-guns, pointed awk wardly, ano Peter Biggin laughed. "Don't be no ways nervous," he said in an aside, to Winton. "Them profes sional veniry chumps couldn't hit the side o' Pacific Peak." t , ' Winton held ,his ground, waiting the turn of .events and looking- on, not without-" interest, while the sheriff tried "la drive his men .up a bare sloie commanded by 200 rifles: to right and left The attempt was-a humiliating failure. Being .something less than soldiers trained to do or die, the depu ties hung back' to' a man. hugging toe backgrounding, shelter of the Rose mary as if they, were shackled to the private car by invisible chains. Virginia, standing .at the open win dow and trembling with excitement, could not forbear a smile. It was too much for the sheriff, the added straw, and his exhortation to his foot-posse burst into, caustic profanity. Where upon Mr. Peter Biggin rose up in his place, took careless aim, and sent a bullet to plow a little furrow in 'the ice and frozen snow within an inch of .Deckert's heels. "Ex-cuse me, Bart," he drawled, "but no cuss words don't go in this here highly moril show. They pains us extreme." Under ordinary circumstances the sheriff would have replied to Mr. Big gin's salutation in kind. As it was. HE BELLOWED. he ignored Peter Biggin as a person who could ti (argued with at leisure and turned his attention to Winton. "Come down!" he bellowed. Winton laughed. The tide had turned, and he knew it. "Let me return the invitation. Come up, and you may read your warrants to us all dar." The crisis was past. Deckert with drew his men, and at Winton's signal the track layers came in and the earth began to fly again. Virginia sighed her relief, and Bes sie plucked up courage to go to the window, which she had deserted In the moment of impending battle. "Oh-h-h! I wish Uncle SomerviUe woull take us away!" she gasped. "Can't you peusuade him, Virginia?" "111 try," said Virginia, gravely, foreseeing future tragic situations too terrifying to be witnessed. "Breakfast Is served," announced the waiter as calmly as If the morning meal were the only matter of conse quence In a world of happenings. They gathered about the table, a silent trio made presently a quartette by the advent of Mrs. Carteret, who, from having her stateroom oa the peaceful side of the Rosemary, had neither seen nor heard anything of the warlike episode with which the day had begun. Having weighty mr.-.ters to discuss with Sheriff Deckert Mr. Darrah was late, so late that when he came in Vir ginia was the only one of the quartette who remained at, table. She stayed to peur his coffee and to bespeak peace, knowing full well that the time was unpropltlous, but believing that the crisis was its own best exctfse. (TO BE CONTINUED.) What Willie Asked. "'Aad he rent his garments aad went upon his way,'" quoted the teach er. "Now, which little boy er girl can tell me where he was going?" The little wise bey lifted his hand. "You may answer, Willie." "Why, If he rented his garments, he must have been going to a masquerade haU." Judge. The women of Chili maintain a high average of beauty. They are wan ssa- tarea aaa aave seaauiai wmwmmmmwmmmmmmmmmmwmmm HIS KINt ACT xj?-.. - , i fc ..a K i , k J w - -3 P k JH ir " g. UST whea Crapo' vegetable garde had begun to look particularly fine the rest' of the family wet east' for two months, leaving- 'him "sole Inhabitant of the house. Crapo didn't mind being alone, but he did feel grieved at the prospect of his vegetables going to waste after all the care he had takes la their cultivation and the pleas ure he had experienced in watch ing them mature.' He couldn't eat them, for the only meal he took at home was his simple breakfast which he prepared himself. Happy thought! He could give them to his neighbors. His beans were the first to ripen butter beans. How their yellow pods shone as he turned over the green leaves! He decided on coming home one very warm evening, that there were enough of them for a good mess and he hurried into the house for something to put them in. He finally selected a long-handled saucepan as a receptacle of a convenient size. While he was picking the beans he decided that he would step across the street and give them to the Badgers. He was without his coat, vest or col lar, but of course, he would return at once and they would understand it and excuse his appearance. As he sauntered carelessly across to. the Badgers he remembered that Badger's wife was inclined to be rath er haughty at times and he felt that the gift of the beans would have a tendency to strengthen their neigh borly relations. The Badgers were all out on the porch. "As you perhaps know," said Crapo,1 "my family has left me to shift for myself and I thought you would ac-. cept these beans, the first of this sea son's product of my farm." Mr. Badger lifted her eyes from the book she was reading and glanced languidly in his direction. "Why ah thank you," said Badg er. "Won't you come up? Fact is, I have so many beans in my own gar den that we can't eat half of them. Just as much obliged, I'm sure." Crapo backed off with an apologetic "Oh, I see," chagrined over the re fusal, even though politely given. It hadn't, occurred to him that the Badg ers had a garden. Perhaps Radcliff could use them. The Radcliff piazza was full of peo ple, mostly strangers to him. Crapo' halted an instant as he saw the array, but he was recognized and did not dare retreat. "Hello, Crapo! 'What's up?" called Radcliff, coming down the steps. "Why, Rad," said Crapo, cheerful ly, "I'm trying to place a fine line of butter beans, just picked from the vingy... My folks are away and, I thought you could use them. How about it?" "Mighty good of you to think of us," said Radcliff. "I'm awfully fond of fresh vegetables. But, the fact is, we all leave to-morrow morning for across the lake. Come up and have a cigar, won't you?" "Well, hardly," answered Crapo. "Not in this rig. Good night" He knew that this last remark was not in a very civil tone, but he was getting rapidly out of patience. The thought that was uppermost now was to dispose of those beans at all haz ards. Funny he couldn't find anyone to take them. Some one must take them, if he spent the night in the search. There were the Sheldons. They might use the beans. They hadn't a garden and he knew they were not going to run away in the morn ing. No one was vis ible at the Shel don mansion but their ten-year-old incorrigible. "Charley," said Crapo, in a tone of authority, "just run and ask your mother if she doesn't want a mess of beans." The youngster looked at him and then at the sauce nan. "Aw, they're no good. They look old and stringy to me. I don't like The Little Yellow10? any""-" . Cur Saw Him First "win you asa ypur mother or not" "Aw, ma ain't home. She don't like beans neither." Crapo turned away with a muttered malediction. In desperation he dashed across the street and into Tom Magil ton's dooryard. Tom was a vegetarian and had no garden. But Tom's yellow cur saw him first and made a jump for him. Crapo dodged, but the dog came back aad grabbed him by the foot Crapo took both hands to the sauce pan and brought it down on the ani mal's back with a force that distrib uted the beans over a wide area, but sent the dog howling into the house. -rChicago Daily News. Punishment for Middy. Ia the recent British naval ma neuvers a mldshlpsman who had rammed the admiral's ship with a steam launch had to make a trip around the fleet la a launch, while she was hung all around with fenders aad labeled "Not Under Control." Transatlantic Travel Turns. There has come a turn In the tide of transatlantic travel, and it Is now Moving westward. The 119,00f first aad second cabin passengers who weat eastward since the beginning of ,T"mm " jrht-ix ".wrnt- wMm J - uV v'S 1 the year are landinc la New York. Ft" " '"i ?7 . v .5 K ; MrsxKeuMthe Myers, af is Soatt Teath'St; Ireatea, says: "I have worked hard hi my thaw aad have seen, exposed agaia and. again to chsasjts of weather. It is no gave'out and I went aU to pieces at last For five years I was fading away aad finally so weak that !6r six months I eould not get out ot the house. . I was nervous, restless, and sleepless at night and lame and sore ia the morning. Sometimes everything would whirl aad blur be fore me. I bloated so badly I could not wear tight clothing, and had to pat oa shoes two sizes larger than usual. The urine was disordered and passages were dreadfully frequent. I got help from the first box of Dona's Kidney Pills, however, and by the time I had taken four boxes the pain and bloating was gone. I have been in good health ever since." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. X. Y. Hew Rhodes and Beit Met. Mr. Rhodes once told a circle of friends after dinner the story of his first meeting with Beit "I called at Forges' late one evening." he said, "and there was Beit working away as usual. 'Do you never take a rest?' I asked. 'Not often,' he replied. "Well, what's your game? said I. 'I am go ing to control the whole diamond out put before I am much older.' he an swered, as he got off his stool. "That's, funny,' I said. 'I have made up my mind to do the same; we had better join 'hands,'" Join hands they did. Unlike Alfred Beit, Cecil Rhodes had small patience with arithmetical de tails. Once this characteristic in volved him In a difficulty. PItchiag a balance sheet into the pile of papers before Beit, he exclaimed desperately, "Here, you understand things; for heaven's sake tell me how I stand." Natural Color ef Pur Water. It was long ago discovered that the natural color of pure water is blue, and not white, as most of us usually supposed. Opinions have not agreed qn the cause of the green and yellow tints ; these, it has been discovered by W. Spring, are due to extraneous substances. Dissolved calcium salts, though ar-parently giving a green tint due to a fine invisible suspension, have ao effect on the color of the water when adequate precautions are taken. The brown or yellow color due to Iron salts is not seen when cal cium is present The greon.tint is often due to a condition of equilibrium between the color effect of the iron salts and the precipitating action of the calcium salts Scientific Ameri-' caa. Habits of Wild . There are about five thousand spe cies of the wild bees, all with interest ing ways of their own. Among them' Is a species whose females are verit able amazons, and carry more -and better weapons than the males. There are the "cukoo" bees, who deposit their eggs in the nests of others, the progeny of both living peaceably to gether until maturity, when they sep arate. Then there is the tailoring bee, which cuts leaves with her scissors like jaws, and fits a snug lining of the leaf material into her cave-shaped neat. 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