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39 "MOVN K," TH E WONDERFUL"BEN HU'R"HO-RSE An Equine Stage Veteran Who Answers Cues and Won't Play Without Applause THE SUNDAY OBEGOKIAK. PORTLAND, OCTOBER- 15, 1005. WHEN the epic of the dramatic stage Is written, commend me to the canto -which deals with the stage horse- He may not figure seriously In the manager's salary list, and he may have but a minor part In the development; of syndicate domination of histrionic art, but In the story of honest dramatic zeal, in the chronicle of characteristic feature, in the "art for art's sake" side and the much-abused "artistic temperament" phase of the "mimic world, the equine nctor has a place all his own. He Is not a part of every play, but in every play of uhlch he is a part, he counts with the best and strongest, and he proves a mighty interesting study. It is a general assumption on the part of those not familiar with the detail of stage life, that the horse, as well as other anlmalsused In a given production, classes as an accessory, with the scenery and mechanical appliances. Nothing could be much further from tho truth. He is selected largely under the same rules that govern the selection of mem bers of the printed ce.pt; he must learn his part as the other actors learn theirs; and he works for success according to his ambition and ability. Jn short, he acts, and his acting Is good or bad In proportion to his temperament, fitness and zeal. Study him from this stand point and you will find him a diversion and a delight. Not all stage honres deserve recogni tion as real exponents of the drama, of course, and certainly not all who claim the title of actors. There are supers in both classes, but the more I study the horse on the stage the more I am con vinced that at his best he deserves a place on the programme. All this Is preliminary to a further con viction that In the "Ben-Hur" Company, ! Klaw & Erlanger have a four-footed' artist that comes pretty near being at the very top of his branch of the profes- : slon His name is "Monk," and in the company he is one of Its best known, and most appreciated members. Personally, I regard him as the best exponent of honest endeavor and genuine artistic am bition of a great many of his species that have come under my observation in connection with dramatic production "Monk's" story Is characteristic of the stage horse generally. He was bred in Michigan and Is about nine years old. He was bought by the producers of the piece five years, ago, at the beginning of "Ben-Hur s" 'career, and ha? been with this particular show ever since. The most remarkable, feature of his- connec tion with the production Is the fact that he played on the opening night, and has since that time appeared In every per formance. He has played his part in 1227 consecutive performances, and has never missed a cue. "Monk" holds the record for the company in this respect, man or beast "Monk's" . particular part .In the play Is that of what Is technically termed the "down stage" . horse in Bcn-Hur's chariot team, being the horse nearest the audience. "When he was engaged for the show he was put through the regular re hearsal, and, like many excellent actors, was not an easy learner. Doc Patten, Klaw & Erlanger's trainer, one of those rare lovers of animals who can tell the average dog .froni his master and do practically anything with the four-footed kind says that he was the hardest horse to tralnfor the part of any used in the show, but once letter perfect in his role he has never needed further Instruc tion. After a summer's rest many horses used upon the stage must be taught all over at the beginning of the" season, but INDIANS GrtfE PASSION PLAY In Their Acting Show the Same Devotion as Marks the Oberammergau Production THE Passion play produced by the In dians of Kamloops, B. C, resembles in some respects that given by the Bavarian highlandcrs of Oberammer gau. The poor Indians of Canada enact the divine passion in an elaborate man ner, considering their distance from sources of theatrical supplies, their lack of means to secure such supplies and the fact that they have no dramatic instruc tion. And in their acting they show as much devotion as marks the Oberammer gau production. At Kamloops, In the arid interior of Southern British Columbia, this play has been given jeveral times in the last SO years. The Sole Instructor of the Indians is their priest. Father Le Jeune. Like the Bavarians, the Indians of Kamloops are simple and devout. They have none of the artificialities and con ventionalities of civilization, but act their true feelings, and thus whatever they do is more or less a bit of their Innermost selves. In enacting the Passion play these In dians, like the Oberammergau highland crs, follow closely the Biblical accounts. They dramatize parts of both Old and New Testaments, but give prominence to the divine passion. In both places the actors consider the impersonation of Christ an act of devo tion, and the man selected for the part is chosen from those who lead the holiest lives. In preparation for" the play he prays for ability to consecrate himself to the task. , To prepare themselves for any -holy-work the Indians of Kamloops bathe, fast, meditate and pray. The baths are taken in a peculiar way. The Indians build a small lodge by set ting saplings In the ground and bending them over to form a dome. This frame work they cover with fir boughs and then with earth. Next they build a fire and heat stones In it- These they place In the little hut by the side of a bed which they make of fir boughs. Then-they take In a dish of water and reclining on the bed of fir boughs they sprinkle the water by means of a branch or twig of fir on the hot stones. This, of course, produces agreat steam. After they are thoroughly steamed and perspiring so" that all the impurities of their bodies are flowing in great streams of perspiration down their faces., arms and over their entire bodies, they rush out ana plunge into a cold lake or moun tain torrent. As these lakes and streams are fed by melting Ice from tho moun tain tops the change from steam to the water sets up a powerful reaction. They m:nK oy taa means, together with fast ing, they are physically purified and made ready for the mental and moral purification and consecration brought about by meditation and prayer. Their costumes and makeups in the play are pathetic to see they are so simple, being made from the cheapest stuffs pur chased by the poor Indians at the Hud son Bay store in the city of Kamloops, a. few miles away. At the time for the performance to begin thajlayers march up and down the single street of the village in front of tho church, which lies on & fiat of the Thompson River, under the shadow of a great royal purple mountain. In this single street, flanked on either 1 "Monk" after the longest vacation, will stop' on to. the stage and go through with his part as perfectly as in the last performance of the previous tour. All actors have theJr peculiarities, and "Monk" Is no exception. His principal Idiosyncrasy is tfiat he hates to rehearse. At the beginning ot-ti season, when 'the entire production Is given a try-out be fore the empty house. "Monk" goes through his part In only themost per functory manner, and frequently sulks like a spoiled star; but let the audience once bo present, and the glamour of ap plause reach his ears, and no more earn est worker stands behind the footlights. Not only does he put his whole soul into his work, but he'shows as much eager ness in the curtain call as the oldest top' liner in the profession. His ears Joint forward, his nose turns to the audience, and his expression says, "What do you think of me now?" as plainly as the spoken word. In the course of the play there is no side by log or timber Indian houses, with here and there even a tepee or conical lodge, are shown the scenes of the Pas sion. With stage settings so simple. It Is manifest that much must be left to the imagination. An instance of this kind is seen when Christ Is shown praying in the Garden of Gethsemanc. The grove is represented by twigs set up In the ground, since there are no trees near the village. Not only Is this grove a test of the devotion of the Indians, whose religious fervor Is such that they we nothing of the ridiculous in ltut, furthermore, any white spectators not impressed by the sincere feeling of the devout Indian who takes the part of Christ might be amused by his costumes. An idea of it Is given by the accompanying pictures. While the Indian representing Christ prays in the made-up grove his dis ciples sleep near him on the arid sands of the Kamloops bottom lands. Christ Is then brought before the High, Priests, who are seated ona. platform made of a bed, taken from one of the houses near by. Then he is taken to Pilate, who also is enthroned on a platform improvised from a bed set up In the middle of the street. Pilate washes his hands of the whole affair In V common white enameled washdish, strangely at vari ance with the historic scene. The soldiers stand 'about with long wooden pointed spears, one of them holding th'e rope that binds Christ's hands. A girl and a boy attend Pilate on the platform. In the background you see the Catholic Church built by the Indians under the guidance of their priest. Then the soldiers place a crown of thorns on Christ's head and scourge him with a rope whip. Another soldier offers him a palm, while othors place a great timber, stained to imitate blood, across his head. ' On the Journey up the street Christ falls as in tho other plays, Tut with his cross on his shoulder. The soLlIers follow him, some rhllng the little In dian horses or cayuses. The women of Jerusalem, Jthe patient squaws of the Shuswaps t;lbe, cos tumed in somber black or white robes, trudge along on each side of Christ as he hears his cross. At last he is placed upon the cross with outstretched arms. With large wooden-headed hammers, made for tho occasion, the soldiers pretend to drivo great - spikes through his hands and feet, but really do not harm him, the blood on the cross being -simply stains cleverly placed there. The women of Jerusalem stand weep ing during this scene, glancing from time to time at the Indian crowned with thorns who represents Christ. Then the crucifixion scee Is carried out and inspires real awe in the Indian spectators. A large concourse of Indians, not alone from the Shuswap villages near Kamloops, but also from the camps and towns of other tribes in the region, assemble at Kamloops to see thisplay. The success of the play has been such that it has been proposed that the In dians of several regions In British Co lumbia shall annually give a similar representation of the divine passion. Father Le Jeume. the priest who looks after these Indians and directs their Passion play, came from Brittany many years ago, and, living In this region, he goes among some eight dif ferent tribes. These tribes comprise not only peoples of different dialects, more nedd of an attendant for "Monk" or for the other older horses In the per formance than for the star. The tread mill arrangement." upon which the horses do their running is but 27 inches wide. There Is a. vast difference in the amount of appreciation which the horses in the performance show for this fact- In some Instances it Is necessary to encompass the space with lines, but In the case of "Monk" he run the course as evenly as the (light of a bullet, without side line or halter. "When" thejstage Is et for this; particular act ne waiKs into ms Harness like a trained fire horse, files to his place on the machine and patiently awaits his cue. No competent stage 'horse has to be told when to begin his part of the per formance. Few actors take their cue as readily, either at the beginning of their part or at its close- In "Monk's" case in "Ben Hur" his cue for the chariot race is "Five talents against Jive talonts on Ben-Hur!" The chariot Is behind the curtain at the time, but no sooner is this cry made than "Monk" starts his stride I 'but also races, having languages be longing to different linguistic stocks or families and us different one from another as Spanish is from Turkish. He has learned to speak with all these different peoples. He has had each village build a church, and he goes from one to an other over a territory more than a hundred miles square. He finds his food In the home of the Indian nearest .to him -at meal time, or it is prepared forjiim in a room back of the altar In the church by Indian maidens. His bed is wherever night catches him. sometimes in one village, again in another, or in a lodge or a field, or in the mountains. He is everywhere wel come. As an evidence of theeffect of this Passion play upon those who see It, and of, the feelings it inspires, tho follow ing story is told: Ono poor English man living in the white men's Kam loops, some miles away from tho Indian village, saw the Passion play once. He was deficient mentally, and. not long after was found with his feet nailed to a post, vainly endeavoring to nail his hands to it also. It is believed that this Is now the only representation of the divine passion given by Indians on the North American con tinent. The passion play enacted for cen turies by Mexican Indians at Covoacan. near the City of Mexico, is given no more. it was enacted for the last time on Good Friday In 1901. The disorders at tending it led IV its suppression. In this Mexican village. Just beyond the lake from the. CIty.of Mexico, there were feasting and music and riotous merry making on the occasion of the last per formance. Lining the road to Coyoacan were many booths where fiesta commodi ties were for sale- Roulette and monte games went on full blast. At the church things were different. In the great churchyard there was no levity to be seen. The Indians did very Httla talking and all were quiet and orderly. Most of them prayed on their beads while waiting for the performance to be gin. Many knelt with faces hidden until the passion play procession came out of the church. Others had ragged garments. bruised and trembling bodies and crowns of thorns. These were penitents who had traveled miles torturing themselves In repentance for their sins. ' At last the procession came. There was a great cart bearing a figure rep resenting Christ with his cross and a young Indian who took the part of St. Simon. , Following the cart came women in long black xybes, their faces veiled: then mu sicians whistling and drumming like mad. Last of all were the men on horseback who represented, the noble Romans and centurions. They wore tin helmets with peacock featheriNand had gravely satis fied faces. Then the cart was stopped and a figure draped In black representing the Virgin Mary was set at the feet of the Christ. Indians with lighted candles knelt In a circle about the group. The cross with Christ was allowed to fall. Then the priest preached a short sermon from an improvised pulpit in a tree. When this - was ended St. Simon lifted up the cross and the figure of Christ and carried it on. The second fairof the cross was repre sented nnd finally the third. After every falla, sermon was delivered by the priest whoaccompanled tfc- procession from the church until the end of "the ceremony. , Finally the cross was.erected on a small hill and the Image of Christ was placed on it. Tho scenes of the crucifixion were THE CHARIOT IIACE on the machine, and runs like a quar ter horse until the shutting off of the lights marks the close of the scene. Another instance of the quickness with which a cup .will be taken by a horse oc curs In the' scene where Mcssala's chariot Is driven on to the stage "Tom" and "Billy," two white horses, are Messala's team in this, instance. The cue Is not a spoken word, but is merely a strain of music In the ballet. These horses at the moment of that particular measure, start from their place in the wings with a plunge, and come to the middle of the stage on the Jump. Occasionally an actor playing the part of Messala has become frightened at the speed with which they enter the stage, and has attempted to hold them back But he might as well draw lines over a locomotive. On going off the stage the start Is from a cue given while Messala Is out of the chariot, and It frequently taks a lot of lively Jump ing to keep from being Jeft by the way. A stage horse knows 'that It Is his busi ness to take a cue when given, and he then enacted and the playrc&me to an end. Formerly, until about 1S99. an Indian took the place of the Image representing Christ, but the nailing to the cross was too realistic as performed by these Mexi can Indians. The actor of ten. died as a result of the experience, and so In "later years a figure was substituted for a liv ing actor. The play degenerated into a scrol-rowdy. semlellglous affair, quite different from the production, as origin ally given by tho old friars. Thus it came about that the archbishop ordered its cessation on the ground that it was sacrilegious as presented by the Indians of recent years. . ' BUFFALO HUMP'S REC1G10N Where & "Sky Pilot" Won Hcspcct and Then. Devotion. Worlds' Work. All through the Winter of littl a strag gling procession of fortune-seekers made Its way through the rough mountains of Central Idaho, hound for Buffalo Hump. The cold was Intense, the traveling diffi cult, the suffering great. Everything was expensive; shovels sold for 512, chickens for $5, wages were as high .as $15 a day. Horse feed was $1 a meal, and whisky 50 cents a drink. A teamster who owned a horse that could wear snowshoes made $1560.In four months by hiring him out. Aoung Episcopal clergyman thought the Buffalo Hump mines a good place for missionary work. There was no . such thing In camp as Sunday. The miners were too busy for that, and gambling and drinking were the only forms of recrea tion, v There was, therefore, great excite ment over the expected arrival of a ten derfoot sky pilot"; some were opposed, some were pleased, and allotcre excited, for anything "new" was a relief to" Buf falo Hump. For the first tlm religion became a topic of conversation. When within 6 miles of the mines he was accosted by a well-wisher. He told him that the gnow was too deep to ride farther, and the well-wisher consented to buy his horse for J5. simply as a favor. He Impressed upon the young preacher the Importance of having a full knapsack, and 'advised him not to eat until he had cono far on his Journey. Thanking him lor his kind advice, the missionary cour ageously set out to tramp through 60 miles of-"snow. with only a blazed trail to guide him. By 10 o'clock he was tired and hungry, by 3 o'clock be was fam ished and exhausted., and by 6 he dropped in his tracks. -With eager fingers he un tied the knapsack to hnd in it a rock! The Good Samaritan had relieved him of his lunch, and he had "packed' a useless, hea'vy burden for all those dreary miles! But he had come to preach, and not to cry, and his -great good nature, his earnestness and his "gameness" deeply Impressed the mining camp, and a. won derful change had taken place. Sunday labor was abandoned, and services wero held every morning. Everything was a success, but the singing, and that was a dead failure. "If we only had an -organ," was the cry. The "sky pilot" said that they should have one. He turning through the silent woods to Lewlston, he purchased an organ and brought Jt into camp on horseback. That was d day of great rejoicing lh Buffalo Hump. The only man who could play became so elated that he drank too much whisky, and the serv ice was postponed until evening, when It proved a great success. Men who had not been" to church for 20 years camfeto that first service- A furious dog fight took place outside the log chapel during the sermon, but not a man left, his seat. Christianity bad come to stay at Buffalo Hup. x FROM "BEN 1IUR." expects the rest of the actors to do the same. This Illustrates the thoroughness with which a good stage horse will carry out his part: During a recent performance at St. Paul one of "Monk's" shoes got caught in the tread of his machine and was torn off, stopping the apparatus. "Monk" Immediately crowded ovcrqto the machine of the next horse and at tempted to force his companion off and take his machine. Had there been room for the two horses, "Monk's" cleverness would have saved a break In the per formance, but the machine was not built for Such contingencies, and " the curtain had to be rung down. "Monk," however, got. a double share of applause, and' a double allowance of sugar for his effort. Sugar Is one of "Monk's" weaknesses. Every one of the older chorus girls knows And humors Che- weakness, and in one of the scenes, where the chorus flies off on one side of the stage and circles back of the curtain to enter again, on the other side, he Is accustomed to take tribute from his friends In sugar lumps. A few DUCK HUNTING IN CANADA Philadelphia Bankers' Story of Adventures With Canoe and Portage ONCE when we were sitting aroiind a camp Are about ISO miles north of the upper Madawaska in Canada, far away from civilization, wlth many a weary mile of paddle and portage be tween U3 and tho nearest settlement, one of our party told the story of Dan Mor rowby's queer duckhunt, probably as queer a one as there Ison record and probably, also as lucky a one. "It was within a very few miles of this spot," said the story teller, who was a Philadelphia banker. "We had been in pretty hard luck throughout the trip and by the time we struck in here we were In worse than pretty hard luck. We were In a mighty bad situation. V There were three of us. Dan Morrowby, a fine Iro quois Indian half-breed, who acted as our guide; myself and a friend of mine who had never been In the wilderness before and never wanted to go again. He had turned out to be a perfectly helpless -man and had made trouble all the time throughout the trip. His first exploit had been to lose both my gun and that of the guide in the middle of a lake away up north where the water was at least SCO feet deep. We spent four days fishing , for the weapons with all the lines that j we had, tied together, and weJiad hard j work to reach bottom. We never saw those guns again. That left us without any weapon except a very poor gun that my friend had brought along one of those guns that won't shoot the same way twice and that are always ready to go to pieces. "Well, we worked our" way down the rivers and lakes to get back to civiliza tion, since the loss of the guns had spoiled the shooting trip. Jhen we struck the region where we are now what does 'that greenhorn member of our party do but lose all our provisions! And he went out of his way to do It, too. "Dan Morrowby had carefully packed all the grub Into the big canoe and had pulled it high up on shore to make sure that it would not be caught by the swift current which was. racing by on Its way to a bad rapids below. My friend, who wanted to fish In the stream, shoved the canoe Into . the water to enable him to make a cast without getting his feet wet. When he was through he walked back to camp and never bothered to haul the boat up again. "The result was that when we got to shore the big canoe had gone down stream, dived over the falls, and all out food was gone. Wo rescued a few bits of bacon at the risk of our lives, but that was all. There wasn't enough for one meal, and we had a long ten days' trip both by portage and paddle ahead of us. "The only thing to do was to lay In grub; and at first we expected that this would be easy enough, for we had plenty of ammunition and the ducks were thick big flocks of them all around ur'"But we reckoned without the gun. I hadn't fired It more than.half a dozen times when the breech mechanism Jammed and the next thing we .knew the thing exploded, luckily without hurting any of us. But there we were without a gun and with out food. There were 'no fish around and, anyway, we didn't dare to rely on catch ing fish, as we went on, for too many explorers have starved vecause they failed to catch fish Just when they needed them most. "Well, there sat those ducks by the hundred and there sat we, with no way to reach, them. Dan made some bows and arrows and- we tried them. But, although b was the eon of an Indian mother, he nights ago some of the newer chorus girls failed to come supplied, but each one was held up by "Monk," and It was with some difficulty that he was persuaded to allow them to continue their part without meeting the regular tariff. "Monk" has the distinction of having played before royalty and of having been fed by the royal hand. When "Ben-Hur" was taken to London he went with the show, and at the performance given be fore the royal family became a great favorite with Queen Alexandra. Her Royal Highness learned of "Monk's" fondness for sweets and Insisted on her self feeding him with his favorite sugar lump. In reply to the frequent assertion that tho stage horse Is an- overworked beast. It may be said that this one gives every Indication of thoroughly enjoying every performance of the. play and of being proud of his part in It. He Is never so full of life as after an unusually suc cessful giving of the chariot race, when the Increase In the applause is marked. After such an incident the moment his had never used bows and arrows any more than I had, and we soon found that we would starve before we learned enough about the art to shoot any ducks. "After fooling around for a day or two, during which time we ate up all the ducks that I had killed before the gun burst. Morrowby said that he would get enougn birds so that we woutd have food to last us till we got to civilization. He warned us to get back from the shore and hide In the bushes so that the birds would not see us. "Then he stripped himself and rubbed his body all over with grease from the ducks that we had. cooked. He strapped a belt around his waist loosely and at tached strings with Bllpknots to It all around. Then he gathered an armful of reeds, and tied them together In a rude clump. This clump he .hollowed out un derneath till it fitted over his head and shoulderr. " 'Now,' he said, 'be very quiet- There is a flock of blue bills Just outside of that point. I am goInV Into the water and work out as far as I can wade among the wild rice out there. As soon as I am on the spot. I want you to crawl to the shore and then, while you remain hidden in the bushes, wave the red rag that I have tied to this stick. Do It very quietly and slow ly. Make no sudden motions. Blue bills are very inquisitive ducks, and they will probafily come swimming In slowly to see what tho red thing Is. They will come where I am hiding, and yoQ" must not make a sound whatever happens then. You will see something that will surprise you very much.' x'He stepped softly Into the water and waded out till he was well up to his shoulders. Then he adjusted the clump of reeds over his. head and slowly worked out to the rice bed. Nothing could be seen of him then, and It looked merely as If a patch of reeds wero floating along with the wind. "L waved the red rag as I had been told. and soon the flock .of blue bills made Its aDoearance. The birds were suspicious and alert, but, bit by bit, their curiosity got the better oTtheir wariness, and "tTTCy swam nearer and nearer. The clump of reeds, under which Dan Morrowby was hidden, moved almost Imperceptibly to ward them. "Suddenly a fine, fat duck disappeared below the surface like a shot so quickly Rl t S dSt Hl miiMi limit x uio gak i.uiv.uj ID? mm im al s a Godsend to women, carrying Ifl IF MM tMi I them through their most critical WBmmWM&itw ordeal with safety and no pain. No woman who uses "Mother's Friend" need fear the suffering and danger incident to birth; for it robs the ordeal of its horror and insures safety to life of mother and child, and leaves her in a condition more favorable to also healthy, strong and good na'tured. Our book "Motherhood," is worth its weight in gold to every woman, and will be sent free in plain envelope by addressing application to Bradficld Regulator Co. Atlanta,Ga.'' stable boy. Tommy Sullivan, mounts to ride him to the stable, he becomes as playful as a colt, dancing about on his hind legs and plunging along with all the delight of a praised child. "Monk" has many other accomplish ments besides running in stage races. He Is as playful as a kitten and as harm less. His delight Is to play tag in the stable yard with his stable boy. He Is a very showy saddle horse and does a "high school" act with Trainer Patten that would do . credit to the best trained circus animal. He Is easily the pet of the show. Never but once has he been struck with a whip, and that by accident. On that occasion a badly directed lash of Ben Hur's whip struck him on the nose, caus ing a hemorrhage that continued nearly all night. Manager Towlc and half th members -of the chorus sat up with him until the hemorrhage had been checked and he had been made comfortable. "Monk's" name should surely go on the programme. HERBERT ALLEN FRENCH. that It did not have time to squawk. It was lucky that the guide had cautioned us not to make a sound, no matter what happened, for the tbhig was so sudden and amazing that I surely would have ut tered an exclamation had I not been pre pared for something queer. "Well, the ducks kept looking at the red rag and coming In by Inches, and the reeds kept bobbing up and down and float ing here and there among the flock, and every few moments a duck would go down, not to reappear. This went on for about half an hour, until out of the flock of 28 only 10 were left. Then a duck man aged to squawk Just as Jt was being pulled down, and away went the flock. "Dan Morrowby, thoroughly chilled, but with 18 fine ducks hanging dead on the strings around his belt, waded ashore. He told us that his father had learned the trick from an Arapahoe Indian, who, curi ously enough, had, learned It from a South American Indian who had accompanied a scientific expedition Into Canada one time. He said the South Americans used to hunt duck and other water fowl that way n tlrely before they had guns and ammuni tion. It was a queer way to hunt duck, and we were very thankful thctt Dan had learned It, for it saved us. But we got awfully tired of duck meat before we got to a settlement." The Glass of Water Cure. Kansas City Journal. A certain old family physician never tires of proclaiming the virtues of a glass of cold water taken on waking In the morning. "Many persons," he remarks, "avoid drinking water as though it were poison, although without It no one can be properly healthy. When taken early in tho morning It' has a cleansing and bracing effect on the system, while Its beneficial effects on the liver can hard ly be exaggerated. "It is so simple a rule that the ad vice Is well worth following, especially by those who suffer with indigestion or who wake with a feeling of languor, an early morning sensation which af flicts innumerable people of sedentary habits." Railway laborers in the United States go" from two to four times as much as laborer. j on European roads. And many other painful and serious ailments from which most mothers suffer, can he avoided hy the use of speedy recovery. 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