No Appetite
“Christmas greeting, friend," be aaid,
oelrsUy. “What is the mstter with your
hMdr
I raised my band to my forehMH, and
foaad It bleeding.
lieaawhito the insurgent nested him
self again. I did Ukewiae.
He reached into his pocket and pulled
out a han-ikerrblef. This he gave to me
and even knotted it after I had paased
if around my bead. I now felt firmly
convinced that I wan a priaoner.
The offleer and I fell into couveroation.
but apparently by mutual consent made
no mention of the war, nor my present
srtustiou.
To my surprise he did not ssk me for
my revolver, but I thought it prudent to
lay it down oe the table.
“Let us retire,” he proposed at last.
Cor*m«ai Is Heatta«.
Com meal prepared in any one of a
half dosea palatable and digestible
ways has been demonstrated to bo
richer Ju heat units than almost any
other food that comes to the ordinary
table. In a bulletin issued by the
Michigan Agricultural College the fuel
value of corn mMl scarcely eao find
space on a page of the pamphlet for its
expreMion In a long black line that has
to double back upon Itself twice in
order to show the 9,000 calories that
are in five pounds of the substance.
Eggs, sirloin steak, beef ribs, milk,
cheese, and even the vaunted bean take
place far back from the side of corn
meal In nutritive value when the coat
to considered. A table from this dem
onstration to psrticuhtrly" interesting,
based upon the expenditure of 10 cents
at the market prices of the commodi
ties. This 10 cento value, with corn
meal at the top, la as follows:
S.009
T.tat
P.X»
4.406
4.000
^Soo
Butter ..........
Milk .............
Cheese _____
Roani stesk
1.000
1,200
1,200
000
SOO
SOO
Beef rib ....
kirisin steak
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But it must also
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greater work in wiping out theourande
ot cases of the earlier stages of .Kidney
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“I have been subject to pains in wy
back and knees (or about three years,
butbrines I have been taking Dodd’s
Kidney Pill« I have been entirely,
cured."
Others here tell similar stories. In
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saved not only the H vm of Kidney Die-
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Splitting Hairs.
A somewhat elderly gentleman, with
■ merry twinkle in his eye, went into
a hairdresser’s the other day to have
hie hair cut
“K xcum me, sir," said the hairdress
er, as he began operations, “but your
hair Is very coarse."
“Of course,” ejaculated the gentle-
by a dog near Bomans is reported
here.
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The dog belonged to s farmer named
Angelin Deacombea. at the village of
ChatUMndea. The eagle awooped down
on th« dog to carry it off, but ths ani
mal, ou feeling th« bird'a clawa in his
back, turned sharply and bit theeagle's
clawa. Th« bird rolled over on the
Immediately
stretched ksnd,
pounced on it, and held it down until
And knows not fear, although tbe winds
the arrly-al of hia.. master, who cap
be wild
Boon Shan tho birds he singing in ths tured the bird alive.
land,
**
From wing point to wing point tin
On the young leaves ths patter ot sori
niu
Mgle measured four feet ulna inches
And violets ope’—ths New Year semM —London ExpreM.
A spring which never greama at treat sag
snow.
Summer end sutumn—then tbe tale Is total
With tired step, In wintry days we go-
God grant a wakening •“ Berne happier
“Yes,” Mid Mr. Stormington Barna,
“we did well in the West At a one-
night stand in Arteoua we played to a
910,000 bouse."
“Say, what are you giving me?"
queried Mr. Walker Ties.
“Facts,” answered the great footsore
tragedian. 'The one man who com
prised the audience was aaid to be
HERE, now, we are all ready for worth fullv that amount”
Christmas," said lira. BUckerby, as
aha climbed stiffly down from the A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES
I trains. Blind, Hleedlns or Protendine Ptlee
chair on which she had been standing to Tear
drosslet wlU refend money IT PAZO OINT-
deck the chandelier, with hotly. “How MUNT lulls to nero you In 0 to I« days. Wc.
surprised Josiah will be when he comes
tn, cold and tired, to find the place look
She'd Looked Lt Op Atl Right.
ing so like holiday times. I declare. I
T
“1 am afraid I must ask you to let me
share your cot with you—some of my
ooldlers must sleep on the floor,"
Both of uo stretched out on, the cot,
and later a doaen ooldinrechmk in. and
occupied the floor.
'
v -
Tho boy offleer was soon asleep, and
no innocent wm Me juvenile face that 1
felt no worry over my poreoual safety
at least.
Of course I did not sleep. The dawn
was just making the trees outside visible
a ben I arose and carefully stepped my
way scroea tho room over the sleeping
soldiers.
A thrill of hope paeeed through me as
I got down the etalrs and found my
horse tethered boride the house.
I waa untying him when a voice from
Teacher—Have you looked
Mis. Henrietta A. 8. Marsh, 769 W.
16th St., Lou Angelas, OaL, Preeident
Woman’s Benevolent A m ’ u , writes:
“I suffered with la grippe for seven
weeks, and nothing I could do or take
helped me until I tried Poruna.
"I felt at onoe that I had at last m -
cured the light medicine and X kept
stMdily improving.
Within three
weeks"! waa fully restored, and I am
glad, that I gave that truly great rem-
1899 that tho last of tbs Filipino lusur-
gent artniss was effectually defeated,
“Good morning. Are you leaving us?" edy a trial, I will never be without
it again.”
and the battalions that formed lb
It was the Insurgent offleer.
strength ere scattered among the moun
" I d a letter dated August 31,1904, Mrs.
“Yoe.” I replied, boldly.
tafas of Northern Luxon as guerrilla
“Well, good-bye, then,” and bls face Marsh rays: "I have never yet heard
bands.
disappeared.
the efficacy of Peruna questioned. We
American soldiers garrisoned the prin
A eense of sbame overcame me. Then, etill use it. I traveled through Ken
cipal towns along the coast, but the dis too, I disliked leaving my saddle-bags
tucky and Tenneseee three years ago,
tance between them was sometimes mors behind.
where I found Peruna doing ita good
than a day’s travel.
e
So I tied my horse to a post again and
work. Much of it to being used here
Thue, the traveler who eared to risk reascended the stairs.
the danger* of the road, bad oometimoa
The boy officer Boomed surprised to see also."—Henrietta A. B, Marsh.
Address Dr. Hartman, President of
to peas the night in some uugarriaoned me. To Ma questioning look I replied:
T*-" Hartman Sanitarium, Columous,
“I think I shall welt till breakfast”
Ohii..
wanted badly to get to Manito before
New Year's Day.
No atea mors were
scheduled to sail in tho iutorval, so I
was forced to go down to Dagupan, tbe
railroad terminus, by horseback, a dis
tance of more than a hundred mi lea. >
Natives and Amjricana alike warned
me of tho dangers of capture from In
surgent bonds, but so nscssMry wm it
for m« to reach Manila on time that I
wm compelled to Ignore their warnings.
Leaving VigM early on tbe morning
of December 2S, I reached a village call
ed 8 m Esteban that night, ungarrisoned,
but In a peaceful district When morn
ing- camo and nothing bad occurred to
disturb my Bleep, danger from Insur-
genta seemed very vague, and I set oat
on my eocoUd day’s travel with an May
mind.
- S'
At noon I struck tho first American
post, Condon, and the poet commander
tried to persuade mo from continuing, as
the next poet could be reached In one
day by starting early In tho morning.
Bat. ao I hare aaid, my hurry was
great, and ee at X o’clock 1 wm once
mors on tho road.
Aa I had a fair knowledge of the coun
try I kn«w that evening must bring me
near a email village called Seville, and
New Usee for Roller «katee.
BLÖOD
a Ha«ie Ctow«ha by a Do«.
A remarkabl« capture «r sn Mgle
So wlth^thls mortal life: new yeang.
The hairdresser looked rather pus
sled. and said: “I mean it won't tie
straight sir."
“No; you see it can’t lie straight or
even tell the truth, because it can’t
Christmas Evo.
talk,” smiled the gentleman.
*
I kept looking for tbs town, but it was
The hairdresser, who began to sus
almost dark and still as sign of bouses.
pect that be waa being played with,
Finally I Met a passing native, and
felt mad, and said, abruptly: “Bear’s asked him:
greasef -
“Where is «*rills T
“Ob, yes!” exclaimed the gentleman;
“There," he answered, pointing.
“It tears grease, or oil, or fat of any
I saw nothing but a big mango tree.
“Where?” 1 caked again,
description; in fact I should my tt
“Tiers; behind that tree"
would bear anything, or it wouldn’t
lav Maiga t km disclosed the town bn the
bave borne your remarks about it”
other aids of the tree six small huts
end a church in the distance beyond." -
Little Johnny—Say, pa, will you buy
me a pair of roller akatea?
Pa—What in the name of common
eense do you want with a pair of roller
akatea?
Little Johnny—Why. pa, I want to
um them for mowing th« lawn In aom-
mer and shoveling bbo W la winter.
What elae could I ua« them for, pa —
Cincinnati Enquirer.
HOPE
FOR
rise were really dangerous. In 'the larger
nil— unities a traveler would have been
safer, as "mishaps” usually brought
Hots the Inhabitants bad little to looe.
However, the locai president received
me well enough, and after supper I turn
ed la and soon fell asleep.
I was awakened by the clanging of the
ehardh bell In the Philippin« it is the
eMtnin. to bold mass at midnight on
Christmas Evo. Once awake, I deter-
Md about 100 natives wore kneeling
Shore, services having already begun
The little native priest wm no Latin
sebaHr, no he spoke In Spanish. Thus I
tm taint i x>d him end became iaterested in
Me simple words.. -
A ehetr of m N vs girls Mag. and the
serrico altogethsr was rather impressive
for Mb simplicity.
For thia reason I hod not turned my
bead when I heard the muffled etope of
many feet behind me, and the thud of
The sun was high up when again I
awoke. The insurgents were up, and a
native was setting the table with cooked
rice, egga, and coffee.
The president, the youngest lieutenant,
and I breakfasted together. Afterward,
looking out of the window, I saw they
had saddled thy horse.
I determined to see if I was really a
prisoner or not. Hiring, 1 bid the lieu-
tenant good-bye.
"Adios,” ho Mid, reaching out bls
hand.
I turned t6 go.
“Ono thing," I said. ‘Tell me, why
don't yon make me a prisoner?"
The officer looked st me; hie eyebrows
rose In astonishment
; "Wimt, on Christmas EvsF
That evening I was safely boused in
a garrisoned town.— Washington Poet.
MYTH OF THE MISTLETOE.
Students Broke Them Up.
There are very few things that es
cape the notice of college students
when they appear en masse. This was
demonstrated at an uptown theater the
then a pause. Only one of tbe six
girls had had tbe foresight to provide"
herself with s handkerchief.
With a sympathetic glance of com
prehension she wiped tbe tears from
her own eyes snd then passed the bit
of linen Along. One by one the weep
ing maidens dabbed their eyes with the
handkerchief and then it waa smug
gled back to tbe owner and tbe game
of progreBBive handkerchief waa begun
again. The atudenta mw all thia, and
one of them took a handkerchief from
hia pocket to wipe away Imaginary
tears and passed it along the line. Loud
“sobs” drew attention to them. In a
moment tbe bouse was convulsed with
laughter, and it waa only after mana
gerial Interference that the by-play
waa atopped and the six maidens with
the one handkerchief were spared fur
When the oek was reached on which
the mistletoe grew two white bulls were ther mortification.
bound to ths tree end the high priest
„ Similar but Different.
ot tbs Druids, clotbed la puts white, aw
esnded, sad, with a golden knife, cut the
“Did you ever attend a cooking
raersd plant, which, nt it fell, was caught school?” asked the ChlMgo girl.
by another priest In the folds of bls
"No,” replied her Boston couiin, “but
spotless white mantle. The bulls, and I graduated from s college of gastron
sometlmem human beings, were sacri
ficed. Various festivities then followed, omy.”
in which tho mistletoe thus gathered wks
divided Into portions snd distributed
among tbs people, who hung np the
sprays over ths sotrances to their dwell
ings m a propitiation and charm to tbe
tylvaa doitios for the season of frost and
coM.
Tbe mistletoe with Ita cnrlons White
berry, so long a puxsle to botanists and
naturalists of all ages, remains as of old
eacrad to tove M when the Boandina
vians dedicated It to Frega, their god-
deM of love and beauty. Tbe custom
of kissing under tbs mistletoe is sn In
nocent survival from the saturnalia ot
tbe anelento. In England all classes and
ages dellvsr tbsmssMs up willing vic
tims of ths long-established custom.
Thore are tbs jolly bachelors, who kiss
every girl that comoo their wayt
At a later period mistletoe had been
for a time abandoned in file Christmas
decorations of the plsces of worship, as
also tho promleeoous kissing st tbe c ) om
at tbe service, which uage was trsne-
tbrrad, howovov. and flourished In tho
homo at tbe Christmas and New Year’s
eolebratfoM, when It became a kissing
Csiteni SurroundinK the Plant Are
Rslics from the Dralds.
The custom connected with tbe mistle
toe at the Christmas holidsys is a relic
of tbe days of Druldlom, banded down
through a long course of centuries. In
tho religion ot the Druids the mistletoe
wm regarded with the utmost venera
tion, though the reverence which they
paid to it ■ seme to have beep restricted
to ths plant when found growing on the
oak tree. Oaks were tho Mered trees
of ths Druids. Whatever wm found to
grow upon them was regarded aa sent
from heaven and therefore set apart for
devotions 1 observance. At the period ot,
the winter solstice the ancient Druids,
with men, women and children. Bellied
forth with great pomp ami rejoicings to
gather tbe myotic parasite, which, in
addition to religious reveretvee, was be
ttered to possess marvelous curative
what wm in her stocking ChrutsMs
morning for what was in mine.-
Jaek—Bay, that strikes ms as being
la tho nature of a leap-year propoaal.
She was wealthy and conaequently a
target for much flattery^_______
“1a it a ain,” ehe asked her spiritual
adviser, “to take pleasure in' having
people call me beautiful?”
“Of course It. is, my child,” replied
the good old paraon. “It la always
wicked to encourage falsehood.”
right.”
Ao the Are began to crackle cheerfully,
ehe left it and went' over to the old-
fashioned cupboard in the corner, ranched
carefully to the top shelf and took down
a bundle.
“I’ll jnet take a last peep at Jooiah’o
present," she s«id. T toll-you, there
was a lot of work in ths knitting of that
sfghsn, and If ho doesn’t give mo those
furs he’ll fsel a good deal ashamed every
time he puts it over his knees ia ths
buggy this winter—and tho fun an not
in the house, I know that, for I’ve been
over every , square Inch of It in hopee
I’d find he’d hidden
Bhe had unfolded a wonderful combina
tion of colors In wool which would kava
mada Joseph’s eoat a comber garment by
comparison, and looked at it with groat
admiration. Thon oho- carefully replaced
it. “I don't know aa lt'e Just neceeosry
to keep it away up there—he wouldn't
see it if It wm right under his none.
Dear me, I certainly email something
burning. .1 wonder If It can bo my take
In the oven, I had almost forgotten- it,
with all these other thingo on my mind.”
'There comes Joeiah now!” sho cried
ten minutes later, aa oho heard the door
of the oltting room open. “I'll stay out
here and eee what he does. Welk surely
he must be pleaood with the decorations
and tho fire In the etove. It sounds m
if he was doing a jig all over the room—
end him a profoealng Chrietian, too!”
Five mlnutee later oho opened the ait-
ting room door and stood transfixed on
the threehold. “Why, Joeiah BUckerby,
what on earth la tho matter?” ehe ohrio»-
ed. “You are aa black m a sweep and
your beard ia all ringed, and what io that
awful omell in bore, and w what to that
yon
set of furs that cost a lot of money, too,
and looking like a cat th»* had been
sitting on a can of firecrackers whsn
they went off!”
“But how on earth could------- "
“I had hid ’em in the stove, that’s
how! you said you’d nsvsr make another
fire In it now we’ve got a furnace, and I
hid ’em in It, eo’e I could surprise you
for Christmas!"
’
“Well, goodness knows you have sur
prised me!”
“Yes, and when I came Into thia room
It waa all full of smoke, and flames were
bursting out of the stove door, it was so
full, and if I hadn’t kept my presence
of mind and hunted out that old thing
to smother tbs flames with, tbe whole
piece might have been burned!” And
he held up tho sfghan, which wae scarce
ly in better condition than tbe furs!
Dear luviy Mister Stata Claws,
Please waa’t you briw »• ass
A savin’ bank with money la—
The kind wot haa a key;
.Cherry
Pectoral
up a cold in a single night,
wards off bronchitis, prevents
pneumonia. Physicians ad
vise parents to keep It on hand.
Throat, Lungs
FIRE
PROTECTION!
— OLDEST HOUSE IN NORTHWEST——
largB aiMl compiei« Mock of Fir» A i> para tua, H om
HEAVY COP. BR, BRAZED
urs known by wbsl Ibey bare
grown. For half a cantury thay
bava been the stantlard-havant
flailed once to produce bigger, hel
ler crops than any others. Hold
i
by aU daalera. 1M» Jlss<
J
Baal Aw to all applicants.
1
»
His Sphere.
t
Friend—Do you never take a vaca-
Doctor—Very seldom. Pm ‘kept busy
all summer doctoring people who have
been taking vacations.—Puck.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Philadelphia Record. A group of ten
students occupied the front row of the
balcony. Just below them Mt a party
of young women. It waa when the
beautiful heroine was about to bo
thrust out on the mercy of s pitiless
world thst tragedy was turned Into
comedy. True to feminine emotional
nature, the feelings of the group of
women sforeMld were so wrought up
that tears began to flow. There was a
hasty struggle for handkerchiefs, s
deep dive into pockets snd bags an#
You can hardly find • home
without ita Ayer’a Cherry
Pectoral. Parents know what
it does for children: breaks
up
stove just to please him; ho kept asking meaning of the wore "ImMbeo,” Van
Fanny—Yea. ma'am.
for It so long—though, coms to think of
Teacher—Well, what doea it mean?
it. he hasn’t mentioned it lately, though
Fanny—To .take In.
I always told him It only made a dirt
Teacher—Yeo. Now give a sentence
for me to ¿rein up and the furnace heat
using thF^rord.
ed the whole place anyhow. He Mid his
Fanny—My aunt Imbibes boarders.—
mother used to have a nice fire in the Woman's Home Companion.
stove when they camo in eveuinge. Of
course, she did; his mother never mw a
furnace in her life, and wouldn't have
known it from a telephone if she had.”
She paused, with her hands on her hips.
I gueea I’will light a fire In that etove,
anyhow, it will serve as a text for more
remarks about ths cold and a fsw more
hints as to how I do need a new set of
furs this Christmas. Josiah Is a good
man, but ho io as close when it comae to
a queation of money aa a potato ia to ita
akin.”
She waa buatling about aa aha talked,
making her preparationa to light a fire
in the brilliantly pollahed atova, “Thora,
I declv«,” aba cried, aa oho openod tho
door, “If Joeiah hasn’t got , this stove
all filled up with papers and traah, after
all my talking; It doea seem aa If you
can’t tench s man to be careful about a
bouM any more than you can teach a hen
to play checkera! Nevor mind. I’ll Just
lay my kindlings on top of the trash and
not scold—Christmas is not ths tims tot
scolding, anyhow—though whsn you’ve
ers
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tabled ▲ 11 drug-
fitU refund the money if it talU to cure. IL W-
Grove’a signature la on each box. »c.
No Flowers.
A Ray County, Missouri, man bet |2
CLOTHIR^
tll«HUTJTi«MXB
so euAurr
.
MS BMM THAN ’
WILS A CtKTVKY
autontnmuu
that he could twist th« tall of a dun-
qplored mule and escape unscathed. In
reply to a telegram from the coronet
his father, in the East, wired: “Bury
the---------- fool where ha fit”—Denver
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contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assinrilatcs the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
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1 want a ark with Noey in.
An* annymllee an’ thtaBe;
k jumpin’ jaeh Isolde a box.
Aa' a nice rubber saako;
( west th' rubber eseke to keep
Our hired gurt uwske;
I weet a alrgus wot will Shoot;
A pair uv Astro on' sled;
Oh. yes, sb ' a blue eolger cap
To wear upon my heed;
I ran toward the president’s house,
but say baste to roach my horse made
me luceutfowB, and at every few steps I
A Christmas Love Story.
phyuMmm will
The prettiest Christmas tale of all is
that of the blessed Hermann Joseph, the
little ciockmaksr of Germany. Ho wm
a very poor lad, who loved to pa to
church better than anything else ia the
world. One Christmas eve be entered
advise you free.
Our bo«k eu
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apple which someone had given him. Ho
went np to (he image of Mary and the
Child, and held out the apple to the lit
tle one. placing,it at last In the chubby
hand, instantly the little, marble fingers
closed upon the apple and the child
smiled with pleasure upon the poor boy’s
gift. Which goes to show that the trib
ute of the wise men Is not the only ac
ceptable offering to Christmas love.— Ab-
lie Farwell Brown la Uppinroft’s
THE VERDICT
OF EVERYONE
WHO USES