SILURY.
By MATT OP.IM.
(CupjiiKhf. Ism by Matt Orim.
Sllnrv die threw ;l fresh pine knot
jn tlio tire and stepped to tlie door to
peer ont iut.i the night, listening in
tently for th first sotitid of her (atlier's
footsteps on tlie Ward inountiiiti road.
Fortvvodav the revenue otllcera uao,
teen abroad on tho mountain", mid the
bearti of women and children were
leaving with terror and dread.
The ricli pine kindled, burnt into
rlvid flame, throwing its light upon
Ihe girl from head to foot, on her
iinooth hair, black as the night, on tho
profile of her face, denoting unusual
character for a girl of 14, and on her
trimitivelv fashioned gown cf bins
ibecked cotton
The rioting Humes, rilling the black
cavernous depths of the fireplace, light-
id np the low room also, throwing
itrotesqiie shadows behind the loom
tnd spinning wheel, lingering round the
Haieu bends of the three children asleep
on the low trundle bed, glancing over
the basket of corn ready to be shelled
for the miller, and over tho table and
iltnplo preparations for supper Mrs.
Cole sat in tho corner at one end of the
flat, stone hearth smoking and silently
brooding She win a small, sickly look
ing woman with sunken eyes and
ibarp, delicate feature. She leaned
forward with her chin reting in one
hand staring Into the flro A stick of
wood burned apart and fell softly to
the coals underneath She started and
glanced at Siinry
"Is he coiniti. Silnryi"
"Not yet. ma. "
She refilled her pipe and laid a rIow
Ing coal on it, shaking her head slowly
"An not likely to till tho revenue
men have gone away "
"Ah I Hut don't yon know, ma, pa
never stays away tnor'u two days at a
tltno. Hecollect the time he came
a-whlatlin. with hit gun on his shoulder
on three raiders just down on the mill
road,' said Siinry, and laughed Ht the
remembrance of his daring "Pa ain't
easily scared
"That's o. an I remember that ho
was mighty hungry, too," murmured
her mother, a faint smile for a moment
lighting up her prematurely wrinkled
face
Siinry glanced over her shoulder nt
the oven i.f potatoes steaming on the
hearth and the frying pan filled with
fresh cut tashers of bacon ready to
place over tho lire Her preparations
were all complete. When he came, it
wonld take hut a few minutes to place
a smoking hut supper, such as he loved,
before liini
"Ate the children covered np?" her
mother inquired, glancing toward tho
bid "The nights are gettll) cold
Silury stepped across the room and
tucked the cover aioiitul the young
sleepers No wonder her face had such
a mature link, s-lie moved with such a
womanly air. tho cares of the house
hold neailj all fell on her She was the
pride of her father's heart, her mother
wepemltd on her, and the younger chil
dren always looked to her to supply
t , i .- i ,
former attitude for a few minutes, then
suddenly taioed her head, a look of fear
Hashing into her dull eyes. "Silury, it
'pears to me I hear somcthin," she
whispered quickly
The girl hnrried hack to tho door
end leaned ont again, her head slight
ly bent, one hand lifted to her ear in a
listening attitude. A gust of wind
swept down the black, serried peaks
to high above the small cabin, so sharp
ly cut against the starlit sky, hurrying
on Its erratic course to tho valley The
cow munched dry corn husks In a corner
of the fence, and Kit, the mule, pawed
restlessly at the stable droi But none
of those sounds iiad disturbed Mrs
Cole, roused that fear in her Fur away
Siinry heatd tho steady beat nf hoofs
upon tlie dry, hard road, as of a horse
newly shod and urged to his utmost
speed.
"I 'low it's only somebody rldm for
the doctor.' she said soothingly Hut
b line, drawn by honest anxiety ap
peared between her dark blows The
sound came upward from the valley.
-t!3t-down.viird from the mountains It
drew nearer eaeh moment bringing
glad or evil tidings to some lone dweller
on the heights, for no one over trav
eled over tlie mountains in that way
simply for the pleasure of it How
swift, how steady felt tlie iron-hod
feet upon the earth, imiv clear and dis
tinct. as they pa-sed along a ridge
1
"Oft, n;a' 'Die mitlcr out lunk iki"'
now almost lost, as they plunged into
a ravine Tlie big liver colored hound
lying on tin doorstep stood up sniffed
Ihe air and bowled tuonrnfnlly
"It mat lie the raiders, muttered
Mrs. Cole i -MU.v
"Or son
com In for 1
awed tor.. -
She con
the horse .
came np ti
and tee h,
turned ti
crossed t!.
i.ody's dead, tin they are
ii-ir folks." aid Silury in
ear the himvy panting of
with slackened gait, lie
- nollow below the bmue
ithne of the rider as they
: t fence Tie u a ttiey
.mrrow path i light pro-
lected
from
the doorwav luirnnil th
low yard fence she recognized a valley
ueiguoor. tie scarcely halted a he ex
citedly cried
"Siinry. the tHiders got yer pa. took
him over in .huuen's brake, along
with I'elee White an otie o' the Davis
boys. They l l-ass Uuckborn spring!
tonight."
And then he went on bis way. to
carry the sal news to more remote
bat Hath. ns ai,i great silence seems t
(all up m IN iii..nutaiH ule Siinry
ind her i.i 1 1. r ' - -l pe, , n.Iv st
tn ati tier tjieu Mrs. I 4e pasd a
trembling hand confusedly over her
face.
"What all diil bn say, Silury? It
'pears to ine my understands ain't
quite clear tonight."
"He said" She caught her breath
In a sob "fib. ma I The raiders have
took pa. What shall we do? What
dull wu do? Poor pal It will kill him
to he put in prison," In a hurst of de
spairing anguish.
Mrs Cole crouched lower In her
chair.
"I knew it wonld come. I've been
a-feelin it here for a long timo a long
time, " one thin hand grasping for her
heart "Ye, ho'll pine for his freedom
an the mountings when he's ehtit up
in jail. Oh, I've begged him not to be
9 moonshiner, not to make whisky on
the sly They all have to softer for It
sooner or later " Her wandering, tear
ful eyes fell on tho waiting supper
"How hnngry he mnst be I"
There were no noisy demonstrations,
but u grief, pathetic as it was deep.
They were mountaineers, patient by
nature and schooled by all the circum
stances of life to endure and be strong
The law does not punish tlie moon
shiner alcne, but it falls heavily on his
wife and children. Silury dried her
eyes ami touched her mother on the
shoulder, speaking in n firmer tone.
"1 must go down to Unckhorn
springs tonight, ma."
"Eh?" said tho dazed woman.
"I must sou pa I must help him to
get away from tlie raiders."
"Yon! Silnryi How'H yon do it?'
"I dou't know," her Hps trembling
again, "but 1 must do it, I must!"
Mrs. Cole stared at her Sho had
faith in Silnry's courage and ability,
bnt now she caught the girl's band,
fresh terror seizing her.
"Don't yon get into trouble, honey.
Mo an the children would perish if
yonr pa an you were both took olT. "
"Don't you fret, ma. I'll come back
to you an bring pn too.'
"How'H yon get
to Uuckhom
springs?"
"Itido Kit.'
She was already down
before the fire kindling a
out to tlie lot with her.
on her knees
torch to take
She looked np
at her mother with brave, tender eyes.
"Now. don t pester yourself any
more than you can help, ma,"
Mrs. Cole shook her head, with a deep
sigh, and instinctively reached for her
pipe but she could only sit and hold it
in her hand, on til led, unlighted, while
Siinry went away to the lot with tho
llarliig torch and an old saddle thrown
on her arm
Kit was a shabby beast, thin, wiry
and with only olio good eye, bnt he
had served the Coles faithfully, lie
greeted the young girl witli a gentle
whinny, and she leaned her head
against him with another hurst of
tears Hut she quietly wiped them
away and led Kit out to tho road. It
did not take her long to put bridle and
eadillo on him. then she ran in, took
down her father's nlle frjin the rack
over the front door, and in a few minutes
had started on her solitary tide down
the mountains The hound would havo
followed her. but she unified him back
"Go back. Uolivar. an take care of
them that's left behind and he slunk
... .illj....l- . 1. .1
It was a night to live in tlie child's.
memory nil her life, for with all her
fearlessness and hard training sho had
never before been called upon to
traverse the muiiutaiii passes alone
after darkness hail fallen upon them
Solitude ami gloom surrounded her
Tho valley seemed Hit a funniest gulf
of darkness, the multitudinous moun
tains black sentinels, towering to the
stars Par away in some remoto fast
ness of the mountain a dog barked, and
she could hear the prolonged blast of a
hunting horn A star shot downward
from the zenith, hearing a trail of tire
across tho vky, and was lost behind tho
farreaching western ranges. A sense of
isolation oppressed her She sebined the
only living human creature in all the
vast, silent world. On tho saddle in
front of her she felt the trusty rille,
and that gave her a sense of security
from beasts of prey Her father had
taught her how to use tho gun, and
practice had given her an almost uner
ring aim Hut it was a trying sltua-
tlun for even a mountain girl to ride
alone through ravines and over declivi
ties, often only n bridle path to guide
her. It required a brave heart and a
steady nerve to do it
Huckhoru springs are on the public
highway leading from a market town
in North Georgia to Murphy, N. C.
nd traditions of the wonderful medic
inal qualities of the water coma
down even from the remote days when
toe Indian set np the poles of his wig
wam near the springs and flaked his
thirst in their cool, healing streams,
flowing out from nnder Uuckborn
mountain The Indian and his wigwam
are mere traditions now themselves,
and the white man and his covered
market wagon have taken their places.
It has been the fuvorite camping
gronnd of the mountaineers coining
from or going to market since tho first
white settlers boldly penetrated the
wilderness beyond. Cumpers were there
the night the revenue officers were to
pass with Amaziah Cole, Pelee White
and young Davis. They were on the
roadside, their white covered wagon
drawn out under the sparse timber,
their slexk red oxen lying unyoked near
it. A cauipfire of brnihwood and pine
tnota blared np in the open space be
tween the timber and the road, throw
ing strange, eerie shadows against the
mountain side and In the tree tops.
A lean, brown faced wagoner eat on
in inverted feed box whittling a (tick,
ind a woman occupied a rude camp
itool nearer the fire, the light bringing
3ii t the stripes in her brown and yellow
homespun skirts and the melancholy
iues iu her sharply featured face. A
.itown woolen Tell was tied aronnd her
bead, and she rubbed inutf with sab
(ned enjoyment. Silury did not go
iown to the pabllorosd. On the moan
tain side, above the springs, a ledge of
lone gray rocks jutted out. Dismount
ing at a level spot in the pathway,
Siinry tied Kit's bridle to an overhang
ing bough ; then, with the gnn grasped
oi her hands, she crept through the un
lerbruth to the rocks. She trembled
Kith excitement, for a daring thought
bad come to her, a scheme whereby the
might deliver her father from bis cap
tors. She crouched down behind the
rocki and waited, praying that ihe
might be calm, that her eye might ba
true, her band steady when the time
came.
Evidently the cam per a had heard of
the rai I and were intending to Bit up
a call the officers passed with the pris
oners, for several tlmej during that
lagging hour of suspense Silury spent
behind the bowlders, the man walked
out Into the road to listen for sounds of
travel.
"I 'low they are comin at last," he
said, closing his knife with a sharp
click, and his wife tint np her snnttbox
end joined him on the roadside.
Silnry's heart gavo a great tlinnip,
thump, against her side. She started
Into a more erect position, bringing
tho barrel of Iter riilo to a level with the
rock. The trampling sound of horses'
feet could be distinctly heard on tho
road, and presently the cavalcade rode
np, the prisoiieis in the middle The
jflicera weie feeling comparatively se
cure. No rescue had ever been attempt
pd at Huckhoru springs Friend of
prisoners had sometimes ambushed in
the wilder country above, hut this raid
had been unmolested. They had been
"Look out, pa' Look outl" the tcrcamed.
riding hard, and so they halted for a
few minutes at the springs, and some
of them dismounted for a drink.
Silury saw her father astride n pow
erful mule, his hands tied together, but
his lower limbs free. Ho looked hag
gard and unkempt, his long, black hair
falling to his shoulders, his heard
tangled Ho lioro the marks of his so
journ in .Unison's Hrako and of his re
sistance to arrest
"Poor pa'"
Did he hear that trembling, pitying
whisper? He threw up his head, his
black, deepset eyes Hushing an eager
glanco aiouiid Tlie officer at his side
fell back a little to speak to a comrade
It was tlie girl's chance She suddenly
rose head and shoulders above tho rails,
the cainptire shining on her white face.
"Look out. pal hook out!" she
screamed in shrill, piercing tones, and
fired
Ho saw her, read her tmrposo and,
at the animal under him staggered and
fell, he leaped from Its back like a
panther and disappeared in the under
brush It was all so quick, so unexpected.
Through the curling wreatli of smoke
from the rille Silnry's face appeared for
a moment to tlie amazed eyes of the
uuiictn. into uiey ICUH.CU mini una
happened, and, fearing a stronger at
tack, put spurs to their horses and
hustled their other prisoners away,
leaving the dead mule iu tlie road
The next morning, as the rising sun
gilded the mountain tops with gold,
the revenue officers rode, through the
streets of the market town with two
prisoners, telling a thrilling story of
tho moonshiner's ambush at Uncklioru
springs and the escape of Amaziah
Colo
It was about that same time that
Silniy stood again on the doorstep of
home, her face aglow, her eyes radiant,
iu spite of the sleepless night spent
abroad on tlie mountains Uolivar
crouched against her feet or licked her
hands in his joy at her return, hut she
icnrcely noticed him She was looking
at tho unfinished supper, cold on the
hearth, the gray, tireless ashes in the
deep fireplace and her mother asleep iu
her chair
"Wake np. ma, wake npl" she cried
joyously "Pa is here I'
Airs Cole started np and rubbed her
eyes as she saw husband and daughter
standing iu the doorway "Did I dream
it nil?" she murmured helplessly "I
thought tlie raiders were takin you to
jail, Amaziah "
"So they were, an I'd be there right
now if Ho stopped, choked with
emotion, and his hand stroked .Silnry's
head
"An he's never goin to be a moon-
ehiner again, ma. never Ain't we
glad.' And Silury slipped across tlie
Iloor to wake the younger children
Her father s proud eyes followed her.
"It s all owin to you. all owln to
yon. Silurv ''
t iirlon. 4'iiltit'ltli-iict-,
The letters "O " might be supposed
to pu-seum a mysterious charm, an they
form the termination of many of tho
most distinguished minion In history.
No other letters of the alphabet will
furnish so loiiiurkHhlc a coincidence as
iiiii lie round Iu the folic wing list
made up frniii undent and modern
name- Aaron. Solomon. Agamemnon,
Solon Itlon. I'hoelnn, Ilacon, Newton,
.lohiisoii. AiMKon. ('rlchlon, Porson,
lliiliiui. Miiiitraiieon. Tlllolsnn, l-Viie-
lon Massilloii. Warhurtnn. helghtoii,
l.yttoii Walton. Anacroon. lien Jon-
son Milton nyron. I liomson. leiiny
oti Anson Washington. Napoleon.
Wellington, etc
A Creek -cholnr has calleil attention
to a i i .v curious coincidence about the
inline of VaMjeon. If you tuke away
the ttrt letter of his name, you hate
"aolitoi:' take away the first letter of
that noiil anil you hate "iMileou;" do
tins such sshely down to the Inst syl
lable ami ou i.Hve "leon," "eon" and
'on' Put iIh-m- several words togeth
er In tills onler. .Hilititi on oleon U-oii
eon :iK,li".n iMileou. onil you hau- n
(in-cU iiIiiiim- the llteial translation ot
which is ' apoleoli. IM-Ing tho linn ot
peoples. vmiiI about tlt-atroyillg cities."
To discourage ibo'e curious Individ
litis who perlst In (Insuring the rati
(us portloiiK of the mechanism of his
auto" when he leaves it Handing by
Ihe curb a limi motorist has rlirced
up a gahantc imtiery which he has at
la, t, -.1 t., t: . mii Ions levers. When he ,
lea-s ln .hnle he turua ou the
mrret.t mi'l wl cn he return! It Is need
less i.i mi m,.ii he finds everything
lust as he lift it
ZED IN A TIGHT FIX.
HAD A Kt-G OF MOONSHINE IN HIS
ARMS WHEN HE MET A BEAR.
Wliiil I'lillimeil uml (lie Ciiiii-Iu.Iiib
llr llrnoln-il lirn the Trimble Wn
All lllrr Are liriiilil,-iill Told bj
tho Olll I'll. slid Hunter Himself.
lCo.jrllit. hum. ! i' II. Lewti.)
"1 was rocktiiilsi to go In with some
lf the men on n uiooiishitie still," said
the old possum hunter, "but tho old
Amman raised slob a fus about It that
1 had to give It up. She Jest stllkpil
nil cried and acted up fur n hull week,
and she couldn't sleep nights fur think
In of them reveiiiuv fellers. When
they got the still rutitiln, they wanted
somebody to euro the kegs over the
mouiit'lu to uiniket. and they coaxed
me into the Job. It was a trip of fo'
teen mile-, ami, of eo'se. Ii had to be
made at night. 1 tan't let tho old wo
man know what 1 was ilolu, but ns 1
had to hov an excuse to be out 1 told
her I wi eooii huntiii. I'd blu out
three or fo' nights when she turns on
to. and says:
How about them coons, Zeh?
i ve bin out every night since Sun
l.u but jo' hain't dun lining hack a
i uM.itl '
i iiw Is mighty shy tills tlme'of
sa, i.
'(H tlinl's H! Coons Jest keep right
,i from yo'. do theyV
'Pints like they do, but Pill hopln
,i sn Kc a big lot of 'em all to once.'
Vioit. Zeb While, jo' mind what 1
i ! yo'.' -ays -lie as she looks straight
I Itt, N I I'AU ISSr 1IIINI.1IIBIIAIIK.NK.s8.
through me W Jest keep right ou
coon hunt in and o'll find a conn soon
er or later, ami it'll tilt t out a mighty
bail tint Co' yo' '
Then I kitoHeil she s'poctod what I
was up to, lint as she didn't say iiilthln
mo' I illdu't 'Hint night when 1 went
over to the still I felt a little skittish
The old woman's wonts had klml of
hkeoteil me. Them leu-new fellers was
iiioiiml look In fur stills, and I wa- lla
bio to run across 'em iu the win il- air
time. If they Lclched me with :i I. .
of moonshine ou my shoulder, It to, iv
a eur ill ijiImju fur mo fill 'ai
When .llui Harper tounil I wa- -', i
l Mi, In- iis
"'If It's got to that pint whin I'm
While, the celebrated b'ar killei anil
P)n-.iiiii hunter of Tonnes-co. Iiiin In
come afraid of rabbits, then he'd hotter
stay home or nights and phi cln-i k
ei'N.'
Then Hill Hope chips in ami says It's
woni'ci fill that a man uho has killed a
wlldent with ii club should bo afraid of
wooilcliiicks. Tin- other tui men
laiiuhcd at ine and said I was gittlll
ni ami feeble, II ml. of cose, the talk
r iled me and ninth- me determined to
k'o. It was about in o'clock when I
slung n keg of uiooiishitie ou my shoul
ders and sot out. It wasn't a cloudy
ulg'it. but a man wauled the eyes of a
cat to foller the paths over the hills
mid through the biesh I tried lo think
It was all light, but Ihe old woman's
words kept coiiiIii back lo mo, and I
felt my knees, grow weak as I soulTed
along. I was Jest about half way over
the hills ami had sot don n to rest w hen
I heard a b'ar stillhii In the lirokh. The
noise lie made was a sort of snllf suutT.
with ii -wool' nt the end or It. That'll
the wii a b'ar alius does when he
smells a man at nlghl
' Look yeii .oh White,' says I to
myself as that b'ar kept eomlii neater.
'If yo' ain't In a scrape then I'll eat
my htitos. In the iliu knots and over
these hills yo'' can't run fur shucks,
and how o' gvvine to light a b'ar bare
hanileilV
"Yo' hot I wished I had hooded the
old woman. Inn It was too late thou. I
thought the boat way was to git up
and go along uml give that varmint a
cold Mull, but I was lieinblln all over
as I made lorvvurd I tiled to whistle,
hut my llw vii dry at paper I start
ed to slug, but in own voice skeored
mo. I wiik moviii along slow anil hup
In the b'u i' would lake the blurt when
I run up itg'lu hiwi I ii In In tho darkness
I put out my hand and felt tho tin o h
b'ar, lint I hadn't iiinro'n Its-bed him
W'heii.sunlhlu lilt mo 'loiigslde the head
ami I weul head over heels down hill
ami Into Ihe hushes. ( vviih lis If a
mule had klckisl me on the ear, and I
had Jest m-iiso 'uulf to wonder how II
would feel when the critter begun to
tear me to pieces I heaiil him siiullln
uud Miutlln and moviii mound, but he
didn't conic to mo. and bliuoby I hoaid
him movln away.
"When I went head over heels, I lost
tlie keg. I didn't stop to look fur It
when tho b'ar moved otf. but I eravvled
back lo the pa'h ami started off I was
feellu the ilniukfulest mini In Tonnes
tee, though in bend felt us big as a
barT, when somebody grabUtl me anil
Dashed a light In my face True u
you live, I had run ag'ln tfiree revc
uow fellers wtio was lilillit and waltln
fur me.
" 'flood eveuln. 'oh While,' suld one
of 'em ns they made auali It was me.
"The fcame.' says I, pullln myself
together as U'J'i an 1 could.
"'Out fur a Its-ilo walk this eveuln?'
" I be '
"'Nice e ion In lo walk. .Mobbo yo've
bin plekin wild Oowers? Ily the way,
w liar's the keg of moonshine''
"I Jest blurted 'em light down," said
Ihe old man. Willi a grim smile. "A
the keg wa none and they couldn't I
tci h ine I "ii-u'i afraid to talk. The I
lhi-aiiii"l in I bulldozed, but I stuck
lo it tint I ,t is looklii fur coona, and
they dast. t ' h me lluneby I started
fur home 1 -an mighty naryus about
! mo' h'ars, but 1 got home without see
in any. Tho old woman was slttln ufi
lenillu the llllile. and the looks up uud
quietly says.
" 'Yo're home ahead ot time, Zeb. It
coons skeeiee tonight V
" "Mighty -keerce.'
" 'Did yo' ce any 'tnllV
" 'I Je-1 met one.'
"'1 see yo' did. and he fetched yo
that dtp on the ear and sent yo'
liniuc. I leekoiied yo'd meet up with
a conn If yo' kepi on. Heller wash of!
the blood and rub In oin possum'
fat.'
"And while I was doln It." said tin
old man In a u hl-qicr. "I heard the old
woman glgglln softly to hei-elf and
bobbin around In her cheer I dasu'i
n her lio que-tioiH, bekilse I'd made
a fool of ii -elf. It, do yo' l.n w vt I ill
I've nllus thought Say. mm. but 1
believe that h'ltr In the path was my
old woman! Yes. sab. I believe she
put on h'ai'sklu wo hail In the house
and sneaked out Into the woods to
meet me. and when I got close np to
her sho fetched mo a whack with a
club. I dttti believe It, sllh. but as It
saved me from them reveuow fellers
and state's prison I was much ohleeged
to her and didn't raise no row."
M. Qt7AH.
THE SCHEME WORKED.
-flit-nit- 1, Which Itrtmti lnlrtil
III. Wife', suspicion.
To bo perfectly honest. Ilrowti does
mil go to hit (Jrlswold street office
every nighl that he tells his wife he
Is going theie. The business which lie
mi.'s I- pressing Is frequently Imagi
nary ami tho man whom ho Is going
to meet does not eM. iu belongs
to a club, and clubs have their attiac
tlous. Ho thought that his wife was
growing suspicious, and Hrowu Is re
sourceful. (Ill Ihe evening iu question, as the
lawyers would say, he told her that
ihoie was a urattor of business that
could not possibly be ilefi'iied until the
next ilav About ! o'clock she answer
ed the 'phone ami was asked ir Itrown
was at homo, and she replied that he
was al hi- olllce.
"linos- not." was the alarming io-spon-c
"I was Ju-t down there and
all looked dark "
She rang oft' viciously. If women ever
do siii h things, orileied a coupe, told
he driver to go as fast as tho ordi
nance allows, kept taking on temper us
-no went and How up stall to the
olllce a- though a mouse vvoto Iu hot
pursuit Met- husband met her m 111 1 1
lugl.v. insisted that she had given him
a delightful surprise, put his oa-lest
chair ticai the light, handed tier r. pa
per and apologized for having to re-
sumo work thai would possibly keep
Ii I in till :t. She could not explain, she
could not keep awake, she was asham
ed of lioru'lf. and after lamely telling
him thai she had dieaiueil that ho was
III sho left.
Iu leu minutes lie was at the club
and shook hands with a man who smil
ingly asl'cd If the scheme worked,
lie replied i ha I II was as good as ready
mono for al least Oil days, mid then
eaoli bought a stack of chips that pass
Iu the night. Detroit Free Press.
Klitu'a IV-ir f Wfiiiinii'a llemit),
( 'hallo- XII of Sweden feared only
one power In tho world, the power of
beamy; only a handsome woman could
boast of making liini quail -she put
hlui to lllghi Ho said- "So many he
roes have succumbed to the a I tract lout
of a beautiful luce! Did not Alexan
der, my pet. burn a town to please a
ihlleiiloitt adventuress' I want my
life to be free from such weakness,
history must not Uml such a slain upon
It."
lie was told one day that a young
girl had cotiio to -no for Justice ou be
half of a blind octogenarian father
iiialti'ctitis! b.v soldiers. The III si in
cllnalloii of Ihe king a sltiel ilisclplliin
Hun. wat lo rush sttaight lo Ihe plain
tltf, lo hear the details of Ihe inlsile
nicanor for himself, but suddenly stop
I tl 1 1 ir ho asked. "Is she good looking"
And being assured Unit she was both
very young and unusually lovely, he
sent word that she must wear a veil,
otherwise he would not listen lo her -Coimloss
I'otocka's Memoirs.
i emit .mi mill .Hlulitrir,
Teiinvsou's well known aversion to
sightseers and their ways gavo ilse l(.
many an odd experience. Unco, II l
said, ho c nhilucd lo (Juccii Victoria.
saying l Ini I ho could no longer stii In
Ihe Isle or Wighl owing lo Ihe tourists
wiio caino to stare at him.
The iiucoti. with a kindly liony. said
that she heiself did not su(Ter in licit
from thai grievance Hut Tennyson
taking her literally, replied In Ihe satin
strain
"No. madam." suld he. "niul If I could
clap n sentinel wherever I liked I
hoiihl mil be troubled either."
A lli-.nltrerf 111 XVltllr.
A very rich but miserly gentleman
was in the habit of dining dally at a
certain resliiiiriiul. hill he never lli
pod I In- waller who anointed lo his
wants one day the long suffering
wii It ci askeil the gentleman "If he
would conilescoiiil lii actt'pt Ills (Hit'
.vnltel'st pliologi"ihV"
"What rorV" was I lit- query
"I thought it might make you re
member Hie waller, sir." was the quick
reply - London 'I'll lllls
'I ht- Hlltinnl Cinhleiii,
Tlie Prosb tei iiin Iteviovv lolls of ii
Scottish minister who leinlniliil tho
l.onl in a pinycr. "For, as thou know
c.t. men tin not gather gin pes of thorns
nor tigs or the national emblem.
"Tills delicate IcfclelKC In Ihe tills
tie as Ihe nalloiial emblem or Scotland
lit delicious," says The Itevlew. "bill
how It would havo surpilsed I be writ
ers or Hie futir gosMis!"
MU.nl.
'It's always iIiiiil-ciouk to Jump al
conclusions." suld the careful iiinii
"You're liable lo make yourself ridicu
lous, to say the least "
"That's right." replied the Jersey
louiinuter "I Juiiiit-il at the conclu
sion of a ferryboat once and missed
It " I'alholle Standard and Times.
Strong cheese l recommended In
mislcrnllnti; ll In suitable lo those who
Milter from nerves." for ll acta ns n
sislalive. Inn If eaten lo excess Its er
rei i n -e IKll glssl
'oo!s a, i re wisdom and loafer go
to iv iv Ioi.mh i-iivv Chicago New.
Drills Now Give Way
to Aninuil Tissue
liven Consumption, I:i1lcpy niul
Sonic Poi'iim of liiKiinlty
lire Now Cui'iililc
A now em In the treatment of certain
ill-cases I-tit liaiiil. The re-tllls are t
definite uml po-lllve n- lo eniiiiimiiil
lllllilttllate recognition from ili.vlciaut
at well at laymen. In the new treat
ment drug-give way lo animal tl no
In -olutlon. II It not administered
through tlicslnnmcli but Is Injected Into
the circulatory system. Tlie lymph
used is extracted from Ihe lymphatic
glands of live goats. The gout s-olcot-od
for the roa-on that lie I- the linrillo-t
niul lie:iltliU'-t of nil niiliutilt. He can
not even Iv Inoculated with con-tniip-tlon
or inlornlilc ili-ciM-, hit highly
vitalized system throwing oil' bacilli
without oH'ort. Then again old ago Jim
iluces the len-l ell'oti on hi-organs uml
tk-uoiiiulilogononitoill-oa-i-arc-ohlniii
If over found Inlil- Isxly. l.lttlo marvel
then that the dully Injection of n solu
tion of the lymphatic glaudtof tlicgont
Into n weakened human system puts
resisting qualities into It and -timtlhitc
the activity of coll lire, lwilli tll-pelling
ilison-e uml putting tuli-taiiee into the
structure. An interc-ting proof of the
notion of the lymph it shown by the
fact that old animals who have boon
trcntet I become active, quicker niul
more agile In their movements. ,
tlugllislicil physician- in many place
have taken hold of the now lymph ami
for the benefit of the profc Ion Ihe re
sults of (heir experience- arc being tub
ulated. Dining lluce year- up to I-'oIl
IliM over nineteen liuntlicil en-en had
U-cii treated in tile I'lllted Slate-alone.
Of (hi- nuniU'i'T'i percent were so called
incurable ili-ca-e- mnl 1 1 percent in tlie
last -luges. Tlie average- of their age
vvnt oil years. Only two ol'lho iiiunlior
ilicil tillliotlgll nccoiilllig lo tile tables
ol'moitiilily ."i!! should liuvcillcil within
the throe yours. In view ol'tlio peiccnt
nge of incurables at lon-t US should have
tiled. 1 1 itt nolo the astounding re-ult-;
tlie faihlloM were hut 7J per eolit, while
!!." per eon! were greatly boneHlteil and
ti" per cent wore complete euro-. The
oinvs ine Itido iiiany fou-iiiuptive- ami
iniiiiy oii-ot of liioimiiili-m, iarnlyl-,
epilep-y, anil locomotor nlaxia. Aside
from Die marvel (hat i-ttinptiou ami
paraly-i-are at la-l eiirnllve the di--covery
was made thai certain forms
of Insanity icailily yield to II.
The positive and sliuiling ro-till-nre
profoundly inipie Ing. I.. 1!.
Slnliloin M. I), a very prominent
Kustoin export, who lint been making
a special study of the new lymph niul
hat iiilmlultteieil it to litiuilredtof cn-o
n. lolly , tow. recently opened h
lymph Institute Iu Sun I'riinci-co
ill I llii Kearney St. I'll 11 information
containing tabulation- mid other it
cords of on-cs by mail to physicians uml
others inquiring. Dr. Stnlilcln lia-
proiiil-eii (lie it-cord- of some Interest
ing eiiret of coiisiimplion for llii-o col
umn- for future I tie-.
'lite ICrror. of Society,
The dark blots ihiu ilivvt'cc illation In
society are ton easily seen ami too sad
to write much about, so I will give
only a few Incident- of the absurd and
humiliating po-itioiit in which people
limy ! placed. I once occupied a sent
on the giaml stand at the Newport Ca
sino dining a tenuis match. After I
had been In my seal a short lime, n
mail I knew, nin e divorced, hut remar
ried, came In Willi his now wife and
occupied the two scats on my loft, and
a few moments later the woman from
whom he had been divorced and who
had also romiiriied came In with her
new husband and sal diroclly on my
right. Whether I in- ticket agent ar
ranged this for a Joke I am not pre
paicd lo say, bin all went well until I
grow Hied of Ihe game and got up,
leaving Ihe fenr In a straight row,
which made an lltleiesilug picture for
a few iiiomoutM. Tho four soon roallz
cd, however, what people wore Ma ling
and smiling at, and, looking ilaggerv
at one another, immediately rose and
disappeared In Hie ciowtl. The Inii
dent amused the lads and iiilsws very
much.
A lady I know very well In New
Yoik, who was giving a dinner party,
told nit- -he always dienilisl the ar
ranging of her nuesU at her In bliss,
lest she pul people together whom Hie
"law had set -pint," ax she put It,
"It would be perfectly dreadful to mill
n geiilletiiiiii beside a lady lo whom In
Is payliiu alltiiouy." Smart Set.
liMUllllltl's Olil lloll.e,
A groat curiosity In a hoiuc .(t
years of age ami yet lit for habitation
This old dwelling. Hit, ohlest liihnhllct
house in Ciiglaiiil, hum built In Hn
time of King llllll of Mcrcla 1 1 Is tie
tagonal Iu shape, the walls of lis lowei
story being or great thickness iiit
tipper part Is or oak At one time tilt
house was fortllled uud known b Hit
name of St I ionium's gale It standi
liose to lb ivor Yer and only a few
yards from M Alluin's abbey
Hun l) er Hint.
"Oh. Ills Smith, do yon know Him
your son Hilly lias In en run over by (
train'"
"Oh. dour, dear! .My ioor hoy
Whatever shall I do? Where dltl I
happen';"
"Underneath the railway arch Mil
ly' btuiidlng there nowi" London Pun
I'leiiit-iitnry lii.lriit-lltin.
Mr. Itrown .Mm Junes ban Joiun
ono or llio-c corrossjnileucc schools
Mm. Smith What bus she li-nin '
Mm. Iliovvu Well, she ha h i
not to depend mi her Inntbauil l .
ber corretqiiiiidence. Ilariwr's IIiim-
a tl I i.hII llnii-ii.
"I s II pi ose vou hail careful I'ciii'iiiv
Mr. foui ti. uy "
"No: I didn't have an.i reining at s i
My parent i exhausted all their di qib
nary enthusiasm mi my elder brut In r
lllll ' Detroit 1 roe Pro
Importers nn.l Diu:rs In
tloolt, Nw,
i Writing nml
i Wmpplnfl
I QAIID BTOQK
.STKAW AND lUNDnnS I10AHD
.v.VST-Mi-il flint St.
Til, Main 190, S VS f HAS! l-t'O
Qmiiii' - I" n . i ' J l a. n
have M iliii. I Ml Mil i --Dv.WMc '1'vn
LI.Kt c ,i i,l i i tttiiL iii,"i I,, i ir-hi ii-iiml
i: wecli s imlinury ir. nin,, m into I J i.eur. ami
niwrt Hit! Mursi "f i-olil- uhi niitiu
" It w us tlie worst oii-e nt i Is 1 ei er hint A
hulfitot a rrlemlt hint -iirtt cures still It Iiuhk
on. lli-iiril of t lin Ins IMC TaiiI'I.Km. 'I'd iiiv
iiiimBt-inoiit Ihev stupiMi i.iih iii iitnl tsmitli
tlie tli Ml nlirht. I riulnrsu ami r"i'nuiiii ml
tlll'lll 10 Ihe Huli' " llVltl I. VV IlKMK. I'
Memls-r Oinuress iiiiil Attorney ini Sitnsom.
Street, Su f'lnni lsi-o. .1 ily T, linn
"Whiter I'elilt nii.i nltvtt ts-eti s.-rion
tliliilts to me. Tliev lire littnl unit u.iy fi
months lint the lust vius Mniipctl suililcuti
by Mkmoh.'s liv N VMIi: "AHl'I.Ks. llo-li ctniKli
ami i-olil itlsiippeurist in pimple of Onvs. No
Ihlntt el-e iloes tlilt for ine " Mil-. I'.mviv I.
llol.I.l.v, 1 1 Mess SI , Shu I'r.iuel-M. Auk ll, ill
' I litu Berotstli,- si reel from wlicie MKMit-i 's
IIywviii- Tlnci.lt- me imiile Unit Is lion 1
llrsl tnoUlliein '1'hev slopeoltlHWIilioiitliolu-t
1 tisitt n iloxeii lioti-s u llli me fur self niul f- tt-uil-iilien
I w on L In Nome ' II. I,. i WtNKLi.
1'i.plliillsl, :II7 nthiiiKtiin Stri. '. S.,u Fills-i-lsi-o.
Aiiioist III. Iihii
Sent uisliiiilil for A rents III stumps to
INI.ANfl Hltril I'll . 'AMI Wiislilniftiia Slreul
Sun Krnnetsi n. Alviuu s.ilrlw our locul uir lit
TO PHYSICIANS.
Ai-coritlmc to iiieillenl itiithorllles -tiiitt vour
pxis-rlenei" tsiiillrius llit'iiii tlierels no care lot
llriKht's illvnse or (lie Klilnev's. ami your ,n
llcnls IiiivIiil' It hnve priietlcally hml Un it
ill-Mill W-llll'IIIS'S ini mi mi mill. I In ,
is null I Ion inv -elf hit v I in; llrluhts iIIm-hm- In an
'lilvittircit sliiite, mill lis tlie itoi-tors nillllltleil
to ine lin-illellie was lirlpl.'S 1 liiot to I llln t
ine nil self or tile. A itrown Ini: limn will
Wil li nt a stnin'. Ilelnir a priii-llt-nl eheinlsl
mil ItiernlK'iillst I isiiuiiii'iiieil exis-rliiientlui!
iiiiiiv'self. Ill two veiirs I m a. , Thlsvviit
l" veins 1110). Ill the Ineuillline I lull e KlV ell
iiiv Ireiitnifiit lo huuitreils hiiiI hnve cllteit
iirts fourths of them anil eim ti I. r vou ti
hem Ineverv ivanl In Ihlsiliv. I ilhiovoroil
I also eureil illiilHles iitllioiiuh iinin- ll littler
nl ill-ense anil iiiinii tiioie-.lnlil.oiii Tosnl
sfv liii-reiliilons pisipli' I hnve iniinv llnn
Mireil si,s-llleil hopeless cile of l.illl llllltht -llu-iivo
uml illiilH'les M II limit eliiuve. '"I'l I
low- ilis-laiK lo Hie worlil Hint I luive a run1
'or I n l Ii of Iht-sn ilieml iIIm-hw-s I am S
lenrs ulil unit know- tlie rti II v of Ihe-e shite
iii-ills unit could mil ti Hi tl to niiike Hum II
ml Irue I will Is- hniiv to wnil n-eonls ot
siiivllii'lin; niM-t to plivsli hint or siilt'eiers,
j'tie Ir iilinenl Is luexien.vi..
JUIIN .1. I Tl TON., TheriilH-iilM.
l'."Jt MnrUi'l St.. 4ii rrunel-isi, Cnl.
Printers'
Snaps.
IttlllliCI' NcVVH ClIHCh.
We hnve sevuriil humlrtsl imlrtnf lliose
tiusiiN. I'liey tttn n trllle siiiulter thiiu
lull sliu Were nstsl by two IviuIIuk
tliillltis heforc I.lno's i-iiine In. Thuy itru
lust the sUe to riirllltitte i-oinKsltluu
In iH-rfi'et orilor Fifty cents per putr ;
Pine (ioi'ilnn tlnlilici'.
New Hlvlo, Hxhi, sis-onil-liiinil. itn
Dirim ufi, hi llrsl-ohiss roiiilltlon, Hits
stilu Nteiini llxluriis uml Is tine of the
lust set-uuil-ltiinil presses no luive.hiiil
turn long tline. It la u suup
8coiiiiiI-IuiiuI Cytlntlci'.
S.. oiiliiinii iUrlo Will wnrk lsul hd
litnir A iiiirKUin for n eotintrv iluily
Kiiiiic Itiidy.iiiid I)IhiIii' Type.
Hits uul M-en tine iniinth's use Soine ol
ll hitriily htiilin-tl Kecuuil hunil prices
PACIFIC STATES TVPE FOUNDRY
fiOH Clny 8tecct, K. Is.
I'lit Iti-lrl N.-i-iletl I'o.tliiu.
A dial v ..- i'hiii ssluj; iii the Pity
Hall pob. in w hen Ilio Judge espied
hi a group oi .lining girls mingling in
(ho large audience a delinquent wit
ness whom il was urgent ho Interview
"Mr. M pi's ha ll " Ida honor exclaimed,
"have thai ymiin lady slop hero "
"Which .lining lady, your honor?"
"1 ilon'i know her name the one
with Ihe light straw hat and dark
Kklrt." the court added. The clew win
liisitlllclcnt.
"What kind of wnlM?" Inquired the
niarsliiil.
"Itillllo mi (lie sleeves and trimmed
vvltli er Hie usual Mirt of what d'yoi
call em." said Ihe court.
"1 llllilelstllllll. Vou iiienn log of milt
(on sleeve, with-er - lvhiit'a Ills name
atlnchmeiits," roplletl th" marshal In
faint hope of striking the lei-linlcal
term.
"No; not exactly," cald the Judge.
"Would you rocngulte nil emplr
gown If you saw one, Mr. Marshal"
"Ppon oath, noj I wouldn't swear to
It."
"Well, I know It wasn't an umpire
gown or a Mother Hubbard. 1 don't
think you understand much about re
main apparel."
Hut here the young lady generously
stepped forward, while ii little boy
laughed, and tho marshal threatened
to soinl hlui to tho penitentiary for life.
-St. I.niiln 1'iwt-Dlspntcli.
I .e. of (lilt rt oil.
Ollvo oil should he found In every
nursery find ou every medicine uliolf.
In tlmo of croup It can bo given fre
quently and will not disturb tho diges
tion, na do many medicines. It Is often
given In place of cod liver oil mid la as
effective Iu building up the system and
far loa disagreeable. It In recom
mended by iiiany spoclnllsta both us n
food niul ii tonic. A certain young
chemist never has n cold or requires
any incdlclno eieept a spoonful of
olive oil every night and morning.
which ho takes regularly. Ho seldom
wenra an overconl. New York Trlli-
I'roullnr llil.lenl Iiialruiiieul,
A peculiar musical Instrument Is
used by the Moron. It constats of a
hoop of b.'utiltoo, upon which tiro hung
by strings a number of thin pieces of
mother of pearl. When struck with a
small reed, these give forth n sweet.
tinkling sound, a combination of
which sounds Is developed luto a
wend, monotonous fantasy, very pleas
unt to the car for a short tlmo
BLAKE,
MOFFITT
& TOWNE
BAD COLDS