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f r.-rled on the Sw:ft Cnr-
..V.of.Klvcr.
nelnewnli.ninKan oil train.
'? " ......... ,v,is October. We had
f''C s,,oll or dry weather, ami
f J,."blunlns to break out In
V,13 all ver the ........try. lhat
tw,n""." ..... ;
, ill,, sun went u -
!l three miles nhove .lonesvllle
Lenses a rtiullnw little river
" n,..f..i..li llin heart nf
liPli, runums " - - -
town. siiii" "" ,
.... Tin. mills were at il.e lower
,,!(,. town, where the water falls
..thirty feet Into a deep ravine. At
'i,,,. where the railway crossed the
I ' bank) were steep, anl the
J.T Was )ieee Ul wuuiirii ui-sm-
, m thundered down the prude
. . . , 1. 1.. i. ........
ulinff to tne miiw "
imm view by a eurvo-we notieed
at the fires were Buttlnj; close to the
Jfk on both sloes.
It'll be had If the tire iieis into me
.... , , i i.i .i,.t....
iilif, sa Ul noil .uaeiniiiiim. m: " i-i.
n,e as I heaved a shovel or eoal lino
.to hole. It was dusli by this time.
Iiukrd out ahead before 1 answered.
tan I all:
There doesn't seem to be mneh lire
it lift that direction. 1 reckon the bi'iduu
no't get seorehed this time.
Three minutes later we were round
, raw, and In full view of the
Irfee. To our horror, there were the
irious little blne-aiid-ornnse tonpues
Bthe Are liekins away hiiiiKi'ily at the
ill trestles.
""Mia brakes!' screeched the whis-
le wildly. But there was no stopping
at rushing nuiss of Itimlvd tank ears.
I'llli what seemed to us undiminished
Ml we olid down the burning bridge.
"Jump for It!' yelled Mnt-ilnmilil. We
Hng, nlninst togelhi-r: and the brake-
fihehlnd followed our example. The
Ld was, of course, slackened by this
'End over end I went down the em-
pkmeut, and fetched op lu a mossy
Lol not ten yards from the gulch. I
lateral to my feet. The engine was
list crashing through the bridge. Down
tiled the oil cars on top of it. like so
raj slieep playing follow-my-leader
Jvcr a fence. 1 remember noting bow
tfj kicked up behind, Just as sheep do.
s they went over the edge. The next
ilDutetlie Haines were roaring up like
ad. The oil had caught.
"None of the fellows was much hurt.
IatBoli Macdiiiiald; and he, though his
rm was broken, was aide to crawl up
i to the track, where we huddled to
atth the dreadful sight. Then a
rinse and terrifying thing took place.
tie flames ran out swiftly from the
l iraiUK ruins over the top of the water.
l as If the river itself wns on tire.
"'Great heavens!' wailed Macdonald.
lit whole of .lonesvllle will go. sure.
n thirty minutes that will be n river of
pre rushing through the town!'
"At these words a pang tightened
hand my heart. You'll smile when 1
Bjon why. On the day before, when
py train was running up the other way
prough Jonesvllle, 1 had chanced to
plch a glimpse of n little lad. with
puffy yellow curls, on the balcony of a
loose right by the edge of the water,
phe little lad had smiled and waved
III land at nie, and looked after me
M way, as If he wns lonelv. and
puled to come. 1 carried his look
'lib me all day. Almut that time I had
f little lad of my own. with curls some-
E to like this one's, nwny East. My
J wis a good deal bigger than this
but maybe a streak nf homeslclc-
JlWmade me sort of se.itinir.nr.il vnn
Nw.
"Well, nt these words of .Macdonnld's
Ml't the tOWIl I tllrilli'lit nf lint tin.
N'e lad at the window.
"Til warn the town! 1 shouted. Then
cramhled down the bank, on the
above the, fire. irt mm, ti.. i-ivo-.-
bMlternatelv Rtvimmin.. ....,i ...... n..
"i started on the run dmvn the true!:
""ard Jonesvllle,
'1 those (lava 1 itni n cn...n in.
jHnce runner, mid five miles was luy
"outance. l!t it was one thing run
'Sona well niaili. riw-'n.. ,-i,,n,i ..n.i
I another on the Irregularly placed
witersof a railroad !"
'should think si.'" l i, ,.i, i ,.
j . - inn .- it'll, liir
JV- 1 lull tried it more than once.
But I tell you," continued Stecvps.
lade good timi. Ti,.. i.i.-r... i-.-.ic!
'ft, and these sinitns tlames had a
;rt; but in live mlnutis I wns
",fat of tin,,,, u i it
,i ' t-wiiii j t -(t
;' wdi nnd tb,.-. I ost the,,, behind a
uluo: the banks.
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UiEFUL tuonS GiVEN AWAY.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING ART
AND FANCY WORK
Mrs. Sella nc..elt nf Boston ha rer..n!l-
li.o.N" .1...;. Siv Pr....lri l ira i, , " li
liukliiKi uili..k, ial,l e,,v..r, vartK, r,. I.,,, !'
pin cuhion, e..lCu-.,H-m1'rt tv , Kfr , '
this Look, lout. th. I
COUPON Nil. 716 "0.'
Tltt evtiilrt at'i ri-ni.r
o thh pnirr tn 0111: rnii 11
''FiWi-y W'uiktlnrl r( Dei
orntiimn." and "Sucrnjul
llitmc htin'uii."
mill
io villi, Itidiunl
ion .V Co., llnr
'hilMim, Vi.
-1 ft - 1 . . 1 n,; HtinVf lil.IT-
al oner li, maile to inlvi-rtisi' the r-l iitt-lc niK.
1....11.1 i,,fK, nun 1,1 ui.t tniMr inmk unoii h,.im.
lallll.H 111 1I1H-1 HI,,, WMIltl.,
er with
ml lliiniv ln-f-
i"B," ill 111' m-iii
fey lo any rctHit-r
who furwariU lln-
nuiii'iii'il ci.im,.iii
a'jH'fui slump
(tyiiini- inlo the
(tr.iiw writ !, niiiUi,K tti. lr .1I1I cliithliiK look
I hi. fact that Umiiioiiil Dven lmve l.iifii tl.
BlBiiiln-d Ihii.ki ity,.,, fr m-arlv twentv vcaw
anil tliut llmir sulii hicn-asfs fruin year tu'wur'
Is tin.iif positive that limy have never hail mi
equal.
SWINDLING ADVERTISERS.
fcntlnnd Ynrd Detectives Keen an l'.ye
Xllion Ouiiurrona Mi ir tii-r-.
There is one ollieial at Scotland Yard
who Is but little known to the public',
but who all the same works very har.l
nud successfully for the public good
by closely scanning, day In and day
out, the advertisements appearing in
every London newspaper.
This nrH!n!'s prlnir'vy rptty Is to k""?
ft bright lookout for the very numerous
swindling class which advertises for
managers and so on prepared to Invest
money; but, quite beyond this, he, in
the most careful manner, notes nil ad
vertisements ns strike him in any way
as being suspicious, handing them over
to the heads of different departments.
He Is himself an expert In all matters
that deal with cipher writing, and part
pf his duty is to translate every cipher
that may appear, handing over a copy
of the translation to active members
of the staff when anything is revealed
that justllies such a course.
The writer had the privilege the oth
er day of a short chat with this official
a bright young fellow, speaking sev
eral languages, who said:
"I am afraid that I am not allowed
to tell you much, but I may say that
no day ever passes without my handing
over some advertisement for Inquiry.
Our scrutiny in this way has become
very keen recently, for it Is an open
secret that certain foreign catch ad
vertisement swindlers are expected
here ere long.
"Besides, there have been exposed Id
court many cases of swindling recent
ly which have depended solely on al
luring advertisements. In two of them
I gave warning long ago, but no prose
cutor would come forward. Were I
allowed to do so. I could show you
hundreds of most mysterious cipher
advertisements in the book over there
the bulk of thine, of course, being he
tween lovers, but many of theiu con
tainlng warnings from one educated
swindler to another
Austrian police mast know how to
swim and how to use a boat. They
are also required to understand teleg
raphy. PHYSICIANS WISH IS THEIR GEN
Kit tTION.
mf Get X
1 Christmas 1
reeV
HI two ounce batr. and
Pruflta of Anthor.
The fond delusion that successful an
thors roll In wealth Is fostered by such
items as "Mrs. Burnett has been offer
ed $15,000 to write a story for the Lip
plneott's," or that "Mark Twain clear
ed $100,000 from the sale of General
Grant's Memoirs." a few authors,
and you can count them upon the fln
gers of one hand, do make big monev
out of literature, but let us see what
the ordinarily successful one makes.
In the lirst place the answer tn tio
question above is that a sale of 5,000 j
copies is considered a very successful i
one, and that a :iln rf onnn i
j pays. We are speaking now, say, of a !
i cloth-covered novel which retails at !
I ?1.00.
! The entire proceeds, then, of such a 1
book will fall considerably under j
53,000, for It must be remembered that
I a $1 book Is not always sold for 100 ;
j cents. A 12mo novel contains about '
i 250 pages, or 73.000 words. On a rough I
i estimate such a book will cost the pub- j
i Usher about 30 cents a copy. This In- j
i eludes composing, printing' and bind-
Ing. The entire expenses, including a '
royalty of 10 per cent, to the author, '
; the usual rate, and the advertising, will ;
i amount to 50 cents. For this book. :
I which costs the publisher 50 cents, he '
gets from 00 to 65 cents, leaving him j
; a profit of from 10 to 15 cents. ( 1 j
! Th! profit is S.SMr !nT!.' 1 WilCflOcST rOVVCI
somewhat by the retail 6ales of the 1
publishing house. Publishers are bound
Many thousand dollars
worth of valuable articles
suitable for Christmas
gifts for the youu,; and
old, are to be given to
smokers of BJackwcU's
Genuine Durham To
bacco. You will find
one coupon iaside each
two
tm : :.i -i- e
jbs luuijuua inbiuc cum lour
ounce bag of Blackwell's
EiS .ft- U 1 lltlll&
ti?1
m
Ml
this
Buy a bag of
celebrated tobacco
Hi and read the coupon
Hi which gives a list of val-
uable presents and how
Ip to get them.
I Pis H r 2D n r w. ri ri E
and this Is for the protection of the
book stores to sell a $1 book for $1. ;
Enough liooks are sold by them at this
price to bring up the average profit,
say, to 15 cents. Thus a publisher who :
sells 5.000 copies of a novel will make
about $750 out of the transaction not
a very large profit for the capital in-'
vested and the risk involved. The
profits of the author at 10 per cent, will
amount to S500, that Is to say, his labor
of writing and revising and his time
for which he is not certain of any re
turn, not to mention the mental wear
and tear, about seven mills a word.
Magnificent pay, and yet he is a suc
cessful author.
Of course there are some tooks, but
they are very few, which make phe
nomenal success, and these are the ones
which are read about from one end of
the country to another. Most publish
ers say that it hardly pays In this pres-
ent era of cheap paper-covered novels
to publish the more expensive cloth-
i covered editions.
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Cancer
What Animals !hy At.
Young horses can be led up to a sack
lying on the ground and Induced to
pass it by letting them smell it and find
out that It really Is a sack and not the
Trotean thing, whatever It may be,
which illusion conjures up for them.
Once the writer saw a very quick and
pretty instance of experiment by touch
made by a frightened pony. It was
: being driven as leader in a pony tandem
I and stopped short In front of where the
i rails of a steam tramway crossed the
; road. It first smelled the near rail and
! then quickly gave It two taps with Its
' hoof. After this It was satisfied and
; crossed the line. On the other hand, a
' donkey always tried to Jump the shad
ows of tree trunks In the road, though
a similar experiment oi ioucd wouiu
Of the Breast.
Mr. A. H. Crausby, of 158 Kerr St.,
Memphis, Tenn., says that his wife
paid no attention toa small lump which
appeared in her breast, but it soon de
veloped into a cancer of the worst type,
and notwithstanding the treatment ol
the best physicians, it continued to
spread and grow rapidly, eating two
holes ia her breast. The doctors
soon pronounced
her incurable. A
celebrated New York
specialist then treat
ed her, but she con
tinued to grow worse
and when informed
that botu uer aunt
w' Si and grandmother had
. -c -r --v 1 , 1...
Ifffi Someone then re
commended S.S.S.
and though little hope remained, she
begun it, and an improvement was no
ticed. The cancer commenced to heal and
when she had taken several bottles it
disappeared entirely, and although sev
eral vears have elapsed, not a sign ol
the disease has ever returned.
We will
Pay the
Postage,
iiwl Knurl you
THIS SET OF II0lSEIIIlI.il KNIVES
('oliniHtitil. of 11 U-ini-h liri nil k:iifi la
Inch rake knife anil 11 inrinif knlfu,
At 21 Cents for the Three..
Thum' knlvm cut liri'ii'l mnl riiku with
out crumliHiic, and if lint ah
Willi Kfl if ci,ll. Alsn
-... -..J.,7. if---
Trie above r-lnwi of n-lentisU recognize, nii
have repi'nu'illv Imrne H'Hiimmiy, inihi-i-rtlcai y
nf Hosteller's htinunch Kilter 111 a remedy anil
preventive of lever arid miiie, rheumatism,
wiinlof vipir, liver cuniplnlul, nud wme other
ailments and infirm oitnliiinns of the ynem.
fcxiicrience and uliervuiion have tauehi them
ltl value. Thev but eeho the verdict long
dinee pronounced liy the public and the prens.
Only the hetiishtcd mm are ignorant of Amer
ica's tonic and alterative.
have shown that these were as unreal A Blood RdTlcdv.
as the tram rail was substantial. I,ast-
The multitude ts like the tea; it
either bears yon np or swallows yon,
according to the wind.
ly, no horse which has once knocked its
head against the top of a stable door
way seems quite able to get rid of the
Illusion that there sits up in the top of
all doorways an Invisible something
which will hit him again next time be
goes through; hence the troublesome
and sometimes Incurable habit of h irses
"Jibbing" when taken out of the stable.
London Spectator.
IKFNK-m CANNOT UK CURED
if It
bleed, my hc::r seemed
would i,,,-., 1 , ,.,
: Kne on forever. TLo streets were
I began shouting v.: 1 rati.
,' ' "K" 11 vigorously as my dry
t and heaving lungs would per
llltli. iv. 14 -t ,.r it , i,
f,n . " ri .it nit- 10
.Wt the wiiu.leriug peo; !e -:u;;'.
;t !'rj',,!'J lJ- the t'tiio I readied
for b,"''(' UVl'r.v"'iu-' was ready
3 ;;lr;. ar-'l the iirrim u ,vere 1 1 ,,k-ai!M"-.:.sIy
i,l,:nu ,.; t w,Kr
J ,W,"r" '-mtrd. I to'.d w.y Btr.i :
.More It Wil, n-P0lwll ,,. (.ll;r:,,0
, "Jritig tov.-atd the w:itei:-::de .ni
bolL U"I'H'H cnui!! Ro:."-St
By local ppMctlnn, as Hier cannot renrh the
diseHe. il pi.r'.ion of the enr. There is only m.v
av to cure ileafne, mid that it by cutisliti:- 1
tioiial remedies. UeiUne.- is caused by an In-.
Ciimcd condition of ihc niuiaui lining o. the
til'tucliiun Tube. V.bci, this tube is lnflame.1
you have a rumbling sound or imperieet hear- ,
(ug, and " hen it is enti.ely cio-d, dealness I- j
tho result, and unless llic lntiaminatiou can be
taken out and ihis tube restored to iti norma,
condition, hearing will be destroyed fewer;
nine wises out of ten are caueil by catarrh,
which isnoMiinu but onintiauicJcundiuuuot
the miicous sur.nces.
We will sive one Hundred Pollars for an
case of li a ness (1 aused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Uall'n '.'alarm cure, send for
Circular!,; free. y cENEy & c0f Toledo, 0
Sold bT drnjgists, "ic
liall' I'amlly Pills are the beat.
Great things are not accomplished by
Idle dreams, bnt by years of patience
and wisely directed study.
ILKIIKS .WO SAI.KSMES-MAI.E ASP FE
, mu'c-Kmployed and unemployed; le.oi
Muni Mf! sell addrcs-id enveloje a or.re lt
"!r,ion application .blank t?!
Industrial AsMu-iulion. Home ofl.ee, -lo "
lngton street, I'ort'.and, Oregon.
of our finb-
be nut
ill forfeit t.Cf if any
lishtd testimonials nr- proven to I
genuine. The l'iso Co., W arren, 1
We want your tea-trade
for the rest of your life.
Do you see now how we
can afford to say: "Get
everv sort of ScMwg's
. j
Best of your
ret your money
what you don't like"?
croc
r,
back
'.s
and
on
A SrloihnK St Cm
b-u I T
ipaor
C4
A Strange Coincidence.
A certain peasant and his wife, in
Germany were married on the same
day as the Emperor and Empress, the
peasant's Christian name being Wil
liam. Their first child, a boy, was born
on the same day as the crown prince,
after which they had five other sons,
each of whom was born at the same
time as the five yonnger boys of the
Emperor. The royal couple were in
formed of this, and were exceedingly
Interested In the very strange coinci
dence, but this Interest was Intensified
when, on the last occasion of a royal
birth,' viz.. the little daughter of the
Kaiser, It was learned that the peas
ant's wife in question had also given
birth to a daughter on the same day.
So astonished were the Emperor and
Empress that they stood as godfather
and godmother to this little gin. nr.d
have well provided for her future.
Fhiladelphla Ledger.
Women and Heailai.he.
The woman with the headache Is a
creature to be pitied. Generally she
could help it if she would, or rather
prevent. A headache Is simply nature's
revenge for some crime against It. It
comes usually from overatlng. un.ler
eating. or irregular eating, which
causes Indigestion, and gases on the
stomach cause pressure on the bra;a.
and that cnirses the very worst of bead
aches. The next commonest aliment
i weak eyes anJ necessity fur glasses.
reople acquire a little mors I'r'.de as
they grow older, but they ar as weai
as ever.
S.S.S. (guaranteed purely vegetable)
is a real blood remedy, and never fails
to cure Cancer, Eczema, Rheumatism
Scroiula, or any other blood disease.
Our books
will be mailed
free v any ad
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Specific Co.,
Atlanta Ga,
ai 11 rn rnrr To
rilulLLU lilLt Mieeml 1'rleo Llnl of
housfmolo coons, ETC.
a-. -sv .
I rule I'la
Kogcrs
AT $3.65
lints.' (icmiiiic
Knives anil I'oiKs
For tin- 't M fi knlvns and ft
dirk, h tiown Hixvc.
Or NHiTie fctylt", nnly f injcli' plute.l, ! ff
fur the Ht. l'uiiMK' ly uh. 'In fm-h cu-
tuiiifr u ho hit- nut r- i irci our nt l-til
RiuKc wc w ill MMidit
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Thl rlronlnr f intid fr the 1 neJU nf oif
rnuiiirv riwnTTipr h'i i-nriiMt nvail itn-riiM-lvf
hi nur I'iuv r--fil ."Jtit. u otir
!rt-. uu Ui firi'l '.h jfHl-nl price
right. WILL A US" K Co.,
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Mate money ty t-
fuc-Mpr. We htiy aii'l
V'll Hhe&t tliere mi
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rj;;ir.ii e '.v trr.'liur iti future. WriU; Ur
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1 zf.--. !;' a iriri.iitr knowledu'e ui ihr
nr- !. ninz. irUs t '., "hu-ai(o Ii-url
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i it is 1'iire.
! llli for nir tiook "How to t Ili-autifiil," fre
on pluatibii. AiMirtt .l cu'.iiuuliliatioaa
or can od
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Boon , tJoMcn Itule l!ullilln. rortlamJ, Or
COHhhl Tenia to Agkmi.
Iu w-arinR juaIitie.areanDrtiaii'e'l,actiii!y
out!a-ii'rf un of any ot- er i-raml K et-
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esuiver fills
ara ih. On. 'i.rrUiuMl.
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rti tj tm.ite,'. 9t Z5c. (bnt
6r.p'..a mc.id free. Adlr.
Or. Bcninkq r-. fhiia. !.
A Hmy h(rice.
The Afrhau l.ii Conijiany bnn bi
ciiie ho cariful Ili.U It coiniicls i;:,
n.'.-nts to l'i,y their own fui.cnil ;.-Ik-iims;
so m.iiiy ,'i''1-:h Iii:J t l.r; f ru
o:d'-r vts a'tu;:!lv i.-.-ncd tt,!i:i:i'.':ur;
the ap'UH to die ,-it tl ir own c:.;n tifc.-.
For a loii '.vl.lli' t'..c 'oil any bio ti.
Joyed n iiniLornily i.f t.-ndf.
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