slTHF CONVERSION OF
ffil SWFFT-fiR ASS
Hi
pit
-5?5? ' n ITKK III
Thug US till1 beginning Sweet
JrhssStinil been graduated from lib
logjjfllfe I'Iii' braves llmt had luTU
Hmjjwerc as nothing to what Sweet
Ulnck Wolf who hud been Ills model
.vngjwKiii outclassed by tin1 pupil
flrnljmii till pluck ami muscles of steel
undtjtlie little mat) the greatest nmolii:
IlICTwns an lileal pagan No kIIiii 1 ityf
ifhlilt.'1't that lllliliilnateil the wrong
lulngjjhh' of horse stealing ami killing
iffijpithw'iiii the narrow pathway ol
ds;imgnn nilliil
IfiTjiere were any commandments In
.cTlbed In the Cree pantheon, the;
vertjjnltneil at the o.tlm lion of the eti
itileKof the tribe, the Itlackfoct.
SiiMPweot Urass serveil the litem
plritMwith an eager vigor that left
ianyX8cnlpM hanging In his lodge.
Uejstblo horses until the medicine
alifclassod lilm as the greatest pagau
(.'tlJetlJall
Wjjjlht' reilueeil the census of his
o'lglihors his own tribe waxed popu
iu"s anil rich through his wisdom.
Tla-(ii".iiiie the ilay when he was eho
ujfhlef. unci etou us he hail been the
iTilttyli nnniur. mi he beeaniu the
iitent: chief the tribe hail ever
IIOWUJ
tVuilfilie husks hail all passed away
omnlie nokum, for Swcottlrass lion-
eiHIier In his prosperity even as she
idftolleil ami slaved for lilm when
(yM fought with the dogs for the
raps,
CIIAI'TKU IV.
.lllEICO'kVI ll-ION OK SWnF.T-OIIABS.
Father l.acomho was us great a war-
orJtaxiyuei i lirass. lie. too. was n
nrlesg unto Ills bow was the
lirlstlaii loligiou ami his arrows Cod's
vefeiitheied by Ms own simple, lion
tJwnK.
Th roue 1 1 the frees' tepees lie wan
ml Jul will, and with the iilackfoot
Isiepl bai-l. to bael; mi the sky l.lsseil
nTriejl
AKj'iiirule an Indian does not receive
IJglnn) wh open arms, lie Is not
ol.lngjfor it: he has other things to
filijlof.
.mU(thoiitli they received the father
fill Is, ow n al;e. Ids Master's com
andsjlhi i cared not inueli about.
r'athci l.aeoinbe was working his
ivsoiiiliuard through the lllaekfoot
uiitryiuic morning In May.
Ilffirinio upon a small parly of Illack
imBWIiIi them they had n captive n
rgpnaldcn
IJrmThally Christianity was part of
elfaTher s creed, and he determined
oWlnilM etime mid utiind la the light
MB "' "'C (i"i;,if.
resejie the lrl If he had to pawn Ids
Jjver arts to the Indians,
t'auip here." he said to them, for a
rgnlfow.th Indians H like a Chluese
BE will nd only when there Is
gliajiuore to be said on either side,
iupuyy eiiciimpeil where they were,
loDRjilii' pilna ilowers. ami smoked
Ipliw of peace ami bargained for
mil
1 ijSl1?'1'"'1 "M'n", to have her fri'e at
yj$2' ' "t " uImi lesltluiate to
herjcheuply In the end he Biive
order on the Hudson's Ilay com
ityltor a sum sutllelent to bankrupt
Igiiiall means.
uftook the Kill with lilm ou his
itheru trip, for there was uo way of
iillns.lier to her people till he should
uralln the autumn.
tlbad been the usual order of Mack
'tjwjtenirlse, the war party had
ooped down upon the few Crees she
JltH-eu with at the time ami killed
mjall but liorself Her parents had
Ujeep' of the party
alOctober Father Laeombe went
'th again, back Minons the Crees.
ntejevenlnp. after he had camped,
awa large outtlt of Imllans trull
I'jawnl him He hid the girl under
artJUie sides of which were draped
SUrte canvas,
tjwii Sweet Grass party. They en
aped beside tho father for the uljiht.
'e tather Iicouibe the Indians were
oluwreu; to him their lives were an
aJWSbk, and the misery that was In
W,'coupIe's hearts was soon pour
Willis sympathetic ear.
o M.Indiau there Is no loss so great
tWoss of a child; eveu horses are
ijm be lamented.
HtWany Herbs bad lost a daugh
lTbe lilackfeet bad attacked the
tyie was with In the spring, and
kMl been murdered, even the
wfifcr. rather Lacombe had open
?f sold mlue, and he knew It. The
Miad several gifts besides his
tleuiToslty and his wide human
w had that fine dramatic Instinct
HMfcnakcs the most of an opportu
rSBvlile&tlr God had delivered the
4tf Into his hands that good might
i xue evil wuicn nau uetn uoue.
was the priest's way profit for
tcr Another would have cal
bow many furs the girl would
v for
the father spoke of hope, Many
scoffed. AUve, there might be
es. Hut was not Two Winds
BMP
m i
BY wTX"frXsER.
coprn;o;r, m. nr ir. a. fuaseii.
m-adY Could the priest take a (stripped
waud of the red willow and change it
Into the form of Two Wind and alive'
Was not Swect-Giiiss also like n
stricken buflaloV Two Winds was to
have gone to the chief's lodge even at
that time ill the time of the great
limits
"Surely." thought the prlc-t. "the
father has given these people Into my
hands" If Sweel-Giiiss also loved the
maid, much good must t-omt of the
rescue.
Then he spoke aloud to the Crees and
prayed silently In his heart the while
Klnipiently he told. In the short, tcrsi1
sentences of the Indian, the liitllilte
power and meley of the Lord; that
they would only listen It would he
tue arrow wounds In their hearts.
"Will your tit ill. who Is so powerful
give me back Two Winds'" cried Many
I lei lis. "Or brluu her back to my
lodge'" asked the little Sweet-Grass
"Have patience, my brothers," Mid
the priest. "You have forgotten out
tiling you have forgotten the power
of tliW." And he held aloft the black
cioss which was tucked In his girdle.
The light from the aspen caniplire
tllckered . against the brass Image of
the Saviour drooping fioin the cruel,
holding nails.
Suiely the light of Ills mission was
In the gray eyes of the black eassocked
man as he drew himself up to his full
ln'1-..-lil and held the llgure toward the
Ir.illaus with a commanding suppllca
tloll.
It was Sweet-Grass who said. "Call
on your medicine to give us Two WiniR
If It can do that. I will believe- 1 and
m.v tribe. The little father shall have
live horses If he can do this thing.
Iwne spoken."
I he chief and the priest were old
friends, almost old antagonists, on the
question I 'ere I.acombe knew that
Sucet-Giass' words were like the How
of the Saskatchewan a thing to be tit?
peiiilcil upon.
"And 1 have heard," he said as the
Cice chief ceased speaking and phuvd
the long stem of his pipe between his
llw: "I have heard, and my Master lias
heard, and the power of the cross Is for
good!'
Anions the whites I'cie Lacombe
was the one man Swict-Grass trusted
ami as the priest spoke he started for
v " d eagerly In a half furnished way,
i gaunt wolf eyes a life that Is Just
out of his reach.
"Two Winds:" he whispered huskily
expcclanily
"cs, answered the priest In his
deep voice us lie drew nslde the canvas
of the can.
It was as though God had looked
down and smiled upon the camp as
Two Winds came and stood In the light
of the campllre. The same light that
had lllcl.ed at the brass Saviour streak
ed with bronze the black mass of her
hair and showed the great love light In
the sparkling eyes.-
I Vic l.at'iuiibe stood a tittle to one
side, with bowed head, his hands cross
cil lovingly ocr the brass Saviour us he
held ll against Ills breast. The power
of i in cross had come to pass,
Thus was the conversion of Sweet
Grass.
Tlir Antllhrlli-nl Clilnmnnn,
To nttempt to get a Chinaman to as
sign a reason for anything Is futile.
One day while riding a donkey through
the country west of I'eklng I noticed
that the women of the country villages,
mostly farmers' wives and daughters,
did not bind their feet. I said to the
donkey driver who was running along
beside me, "The country women do not
bind their feet, do they?"
"No."
"Why?"
"They do uot blud their feet"
"Why Is It I lint the Chinese women
bind their feet'i"
"They bind I heir feet."
"Hut whj do they do It'"
"That Is their custom."
"Hut why Is It their custom?"
"Thcro Is no why no reason what
ever." Ask n child, "Why did your bruthei
not come to school today?"
"My brother did uot come to school
today."
Or Inquire of a man, "Why Is it f nt
the Chinese build a pagoda 13 toru-s
high?" and he will most probulil.v
answer, "That Is the way to build a
pagoda." Isaac Taylor Headland of
University of Peking In Wusulugtoi
Star.
i:iri-i-t of llrr l'riii-r,
A Philadelphia woman relates the
following Instance of an answer to
prayer: "One day I was walking on
tlie street when I saw a runaway horse
galloping toward me. The driver had
lost all i-ouliol over the animal, ami as
the wagon was swaying from side to
side the driver seemed In great danger
of being thrown out and severely In
J in ed. If uot killed. I stepped Into the
street and prayed for the horse with
all my might It gave one look at me.
stopped an I lilliu its head abashed.
"Hut that isn't all The driver, see
lug the horse was submissive, was
about to seize the whip, with the in
tentiou of lashlug the beast, when I
directed m.v prayers toward him 111
at once gate up his cruel design. Jump
ed from his seat and hegnu nlt.lg the
horse's head. Tlion I went on my waj
reJolclug."-Xew York Tribune.
"Thi'ie Luvliiu nirla."
"Oh, yes." said the brunette. "It was
very sweet of Marie to glv? nie that
blue gauze scarf. She knows I look a
fright In blue, but Hie scarf Is lovely
and Just the thing she wants to wear
over her yellow hair I'm not going
to leave It arouud where she cau bor
row It, though I'll keep It safely un
til bcr birthday next month, when I
will have It dyed scarlet for her."
New York Mall aud Express.
JOKED AV1TH A BEAK.
2EB WHITE HAD A HEAP OF
WITH THE VARMINT.
FUN
Tlir I'oamim lluntcr'i Stnr of ttie
Tricks He l'lnjrd on Poor Ilruln
nn flip Way the I'nforiclt Inn Ileust
Heat 1 1 1 Dm u( the Hi dr.
Copjriglit, If C. U. Lewli
"One September day," said tho old
possum hunter of Tcnucssee ns I nsked
him for a story, "1 wns slttln on these
yere steps smokln my plpo f.-hen n b'ar
suddenly appeared out thar by the co'
nor of the pigpen. I dldu't git llustrat
nl. I seen the b'ar was poro In flesh,
md I knowed his fur wasn't prime. It
iln't no use to kill n b'ar Jest fur tho
sake of klllln. Dcsldcs, thar wns somes '
thin sort of cute lookln In his face.
As wo looked nt each other ho cocked
his cars nnd seemed to say:
'"Hello, Zob White! I've called
around to sec yo I won't bo wuth
klllln fur two mouths ylt, nnd mean
while, If yo' don't mind, we'll hev some
fun.'
"I took It thnt he said that, and tho
old vromnu took It that way, too, nnd
so I didn't skcer him off. Ho saunter
ed around fur n spell and then disap
peared, but I Unowcd what he was up
to. I had two hives of bees, nnd he
"WE LOOKKD AT tACH OTHER."
bad marked 'eui djwij and would be
back some night arter honey. It wasn't
an hour befo I moved them hives out
of Ids reach aud replaced 'cm with two
hives filled with strnw. I shot the old
dog up In the house that night, nnd
long 'bout midnight he begun to whine
nnd growl. I Jest got to the winder
when tho b'ar bhowed up. He was
arter that honey, nnd he hadn't no
time to waste. One hive wasn't 'nult
fur hlui, and he knocked both over as
soon as ho got within reach nnd then
mnde ready fur a feast. When he
found them hives hnrd packed with
straw, ho knowed it wns n Joke, and
he sot up and looked so sheepish and
mean over it that I laughed fur half
an hour. That b'nr went nwny feelln
hurt In his feelln's, but I wns suah
he'd come back ng'In some other night
nnd try to pay mo off.
"I had Jest penned up a likely pig,
and that b'ar was bound to hev pig
meat If ho couldn't hev honey. He
wns suah to bo back tho next night.
aud so I spent two hours grcnsln the
roof of tho pen with soft soap. When
I wns through, It was so slippery that
i-ven claws wouldn't tnko hold. On
the second night, 'bout 11 o'clock, the
bar showed up ng'In. He had bin
thlnklu of fresh pork all the afternoon
and had got hungry over It, and urter
one lock arouud ho climbed upon tho
roof of the pen. It hud a steep pitch to
It. and It dropped off Into n gully, and
that b'ar had skassly got up before ho
was Mldln down like n log of wood
He shot off the roof Into the gully like
n big ball, nnd mo and the old woman
laughed till tho tears came. Three
times tho b'nr tried It, and three times
he wns dumped. I yelled nt lilm and
called hi in names, and his feelln's was
hurt ng'In. He was so 'shamed 'bout
things that ho wouldn't even light the
dog.
I knowed the varmint wouldn't gin
up that way, but would keep com In
back till ho got sunthln. It struck me
that he'd go fur tho chickens next, and
so I had a trap all ready fur him. He
was too cuto to step Into It, and nrter
roamln around fur awhllo ho went off,
i laugueu at mm ami caned mm n
mighty poro b'nr, nnd ho appeared so
lonesome over It that I almost pitied
him. Ho didn't come back the next
night or the next, but on the third
night ho showed up ng'In, and 1 had
another Joke rendy fur lilm. I bad
headed the old dawg up In a stout bar'l
aud then wrapped the bar'l around
with barbed wire. I used up '.'GO feet
of wire urouud that bar'l, and tho
barbs stuck out like quills of a porcu
pine. As soon as the b'nr appenred the
old dawg begun to bark and raise a
fuss. I don't reckon that varmint had
ever heard of a dawg In a bar'l befo',
and I'm suah he hadn't never met with
no barbed wire. lie Jest walked around
to make sartlu of things nnd then
Jumped In.
Lemme tell yo' that thnr was mo'
fun In the next ten mlnlts than most
b'nrs and dawgs and folks hev In n hull
y'ar. Ilruln started In to bust that
bar'l by liugglu, but lie soon gin It up.
Then he rolled It 'bout, but every time
bo struck It he got a prick. .Sometimes
he'd chase It, and sometimes he'd run
nwny from It, nnd ho did hate to gin
up beat It wasn't no use In lilm light
In that bar'l, though, and ho finally lot
It go and sorter cried over It He went
off with his head down and a homesick
shamble, and tho old woman turns to
mo and asks;
" 'Zcb, wbut'Il that b'arskln be wuth
when snow flies'
""Hout 110,' says I.
"Then yo' air $10 out of pocket
That b'ar ain't gwlne to furglvo yo"
fur hurtln his feelln's as yo' hev.'
" 'Hut what kin ho do?
" 'Dunno, but yo" Jest remember what
I say.
"Tho old woman was right," contin
ued Zeb. "That b'ar never showed up
no rao nrousl my plate. 'Ixing 'bout
tho fust of November I started out
with my nun and dawg to gather him
In. aud I was reckouln on tho value of
bis hide to git boots and shoos fur tho
wluter. I routed him out after a long
Iratnp, and what d'ye think ho did?
I imlln that he must die, ho beaded fur
bam Harper's place, three miles away,
and he actually went right up to the
doah mid It 11 down nnd seemed to beg
Sam to come out and shoot lilm, He
was dead and belli skinned when I got
thar, nnd all I got wns n piece of the
fresh meat. I bad had n heap of full,
but that b'nr had beat me out of my
winter boots to pay fur IU"
M. Quad.
THE OLDEST ORNAMENTS.
Itrniln, I"lrt t'nl b- Snvniirt, Arc
Still III Vokuc.
Heads are certainly the most nuclcnt
of nil forms of the bedecking of the
body unless we except the Held and
forest blossoms.
Nobody knows who first Invented
beads, rerbaps It was some primitive
savage who found nuts or oak balls
In the forest, drilled by the wood worm,
nnd threaded them together ou n stalk
or grass. Anything and everything
with n bole In It served nt the begin
ning for beads cowrie shells, tlsh
teeth, claws of beasts, striped and
spotted seeds and the like. Hut the
great age of beads began with the In
vention of glass, and the Kgyptlnus.
Carthaginians and riiceulclans gener
ally were skilled craftsmen nt bead
making. Their methods w-ro much
the same as may be seen today In
Venice or any other chief seat of the
art.
It would astonish ninny new wearers
of beads to learn bow Immense Is their
production nnd how wide their dis
tribution. Venice alone has long been
nceustomcd to send forth every ten
years :ii!0,000 iiuintals of beads, worth
tio.OOO Hie, nnd In many other spots
n steady manufacture Is always pro
ceeding to supply tho Insatiable de
mands of Zanzibar. The dusky belle
must have her ornaments substantial,
since they will pass through many a
rude proof In cave nnd kraal. And
your well made Venetian bead will
practically last forever, unchanged In
beauty. There must be plenty of bends
worn nt this day in Africa which were
left there by the traders of King Solo
mon, who trallleked to Ophlr, or those
more daring mariners of Tyre nnd SI-
don who sailed for tfi'de to the land
of I'litit and peihaps even to the Zam
bczl river. London Mall.
A Itnt Slmnnl 1 1 1 nt n .Mini-,
The action of a rat led N. It. Ingolds
by to the discovery of a rich gold mine
In Arizona, lie named the property
the ltat Hole mine.
Mr. lugolikby had been spending sev
eral months near Mammoth, on the
San Pedro river. In Arizona. His pur
pose was to enjoy the landing ami
make a collection of the animals and
minerals of the southwest. He pitched
his tent ill the canyon of the San Pedro,
in the Santa Caiaiiua mountains.
He had no neighbors and was fur n
long time unable to account for the
disappearance of small articles that
he left lying about his camp. At last
he noticed that when anything was
tnken something was left In Its place
1 Ills was usually a bit of stone or
wood. The culprit be found to be u
large rodent of the species known ns
the trading rat. The habits of the
animal made an Interesting study for
Mr, Ingoldsby, and he often lay awake
at night to watch for, his visitor
A silver spoon was missing one mom
lug and In Its place was a piece of
ipiartz carrying free gold. This still
more excited Mr. Ingoldsliy's curiosity.
and, after several attempts, lie succeed
ed In following the animal to its home
Near by was the ledge from which the
gold bearing iin.utz had been taken
Mr. lug-iMsby made an examination
thorough enough to prove that his
Jlscovery was of considerable value.-
M ox Ira n Herald.
I .11- llltll-Ml toiH-r .ilium.
The i oppi j inliii'M of Siiml. ou the
uoriliwesi ol Arabia, weio woikod
lhoiiiiiid of yours heroic the Chris
( in ii era It Is slated In "fouiptcs
hcmli,. i liai those copper mini's are
tho must ancient of which history
iiiakos iiioiiiIoii Ai-coiillng to authiil
lie iloouintiilM they wolo woikod from
about Mniii years It. C. until about IIIDU
oi I'JiHi It. (,'. Theli poHHoNioii had
looii the object of several wars, but
iho.v inn! been abandoned for II.OOU
.muis ou aooouiil of the poverty of the
ores
ll v. iro. ii thoHi' luiiios that was ob-
iali.nl i ho M-opter uf Pepl I. a king of
tlio mv.Ii d.imnly This scepter, made
of pmo copper, in pronervcil in the Hilt-
Isli miiHomn The adits still exist, iih
.toll ns. the ill I iih of tile furnaces, the
erui'llilos. the huts of tin- miners and
some ft - ;uii ills of their looh
in si.o.o of the upt'ciimiift obtained
lliere oi l nr three iirei -lunpiolse. cop
poi h) lioftlllt-ait1 and wiiidHioiieN, lui
piogiiuiiil with copiM-r Among the
lebiis have been found slagi and cm
lors. Inn tlion- Is no Ideiioe of the
use of HUM"- Nome or lite riilgiuollls
of tool, iiiniaiii Hriu-ulo. which was
used b.v the Greek and Cgyptlau al
chemist!- for Imrilciilnif copper
I it 1 1 Ii f I Sln-pln-ril ".
cold spoil In Montana killed a
sheep herder In the Grent Falls dis
trict. Two feet of snow covered the
range In places, and the thermometer
Indicated -III degreoH below zero.
The herder wus frozen to death on
the prairies while caring for thii sheep,
nnd it whs throe days before his fate
wus known to bis employcis. Two
shepherd dogs wore with lilm when he
died, nnd one of these staid with his
body while (lit- other attended to the
sheep, Just as though the herder iiud
been with lilm Tho dog drove tlioni
out on the range in the morning and
back again at night, guarding them
from wolves and preventing thein from
straying off Neither dojj had any
thing to enl during the three days'
vigil, ho far a could be ascertained,
but the a.rfxi sheep thrived as well ap
parently ns though directed by human
agency. The slngulur fact about the
matter Is that tln-M faithful creatures
would have stuned lo death rather
than harm one of tho sheep left In
their charge.-Portland Oregonlan.
A Chicago iiiteutur bua srfected and
(talented n device for registering the
number of calls on the telephone,
which has lioiol, fit.v beet) tried In nfn
It has long boon the ulin of telephone
comiwnle in adjust mien according to
the uutuUel of culls but the labor uf
keeping account nt the same rendered
It iuipiai to aid. until the Chicago artl-
UHM uin.t. I i.it It.., ...up llff-ilf-il tiiv.tiiil.in
which is reported to I exceedingly
simple.
THE SCHOOL IN A CAVE
A most novel building Is that on the
banks of the Smoky Hill river a few
miles east of Kanopolls, Ellsworth
' county, Kan. It Is known ns the home
1 of the cliff dwellers and richly deserves
the name. It Is n huge cliff 00 feet
high, rlslns sheer from the bottom
lands along the river nnd a few hun
drcd feet from tho banks of tho stream,
It was tho headquarters of nn old band
of Indians, and the records of the tribe
are cut deep In tho faco of the wall,
still clear and sharp nfter long cen
turies of western wind and storm.
At the base of the cliff arc limestone
caves washed out by the waters of oth
er days and enlarged by the people of
this generation. Doors have'been fixed
In the openings that lend to the outer
air, and of course all the light comes
from that direction.
The enves arc used by the people for
various purposes, but the most Inter
esting is that of holding the district
school. For this purpose has been se
lected n room 111 by 11 feet square and
with high ceilings. In one corner has
been titled up the teacher's desk, nnd
the maps and charts nre fastened to
the wall. The rough rocks nrch over
the whole, and the pupils arc surround
ed by waits that are cool nnd solid,
while their seats and desks are placed
on the earthen llixjr. The light comes
from the door, though there Is nt times
a necessity of a lamp when the skies
are lowering. Day nfter day they
study and recite In the little school, se
cure from the dangers of storm or
lined, for the cyclone and lightning nre
not to be feared In this secure retreat.
Chicago Times-Herald.
A S ll 1 1-1 il c- Striiinrr,
There nre "suicide ponds," "suicide
rooms," and there nre "suicide cm ft"
too.
One of the ferryboats plying between
New York and Jersey City Is called the
"suicide boat," or was a few years ago.
Among seafaring men the belief Is
common that If during the building or
the llmt trip of n vessel some bloody
deed be committed aboard It It will be
the scene of n whole scries of terrible
occurrences.
This certainly holds good of the
steamer Leopold II, plying between Os
teiul, Belgium, and Dover, lOnglnnd.
The Leopold II Is one of about a dozen
vessels In the same service, but those
Intending to end their lives between
Ostein! and Dover Invariably select
that particular steamer whereon to
commit the deed.
The fourteenth suicide ou the Leo
pold II occurred n few weeks ago.
Shortly before arriving at Ostend the
sailors heard n faint detonation, but
paid no attention to It, believing It to
have been the report of a cannon tired
at Ostend to warn the vessels of the
heavy fog along shore.
Hut when the passengers had left
the steamer a new hat, a new coat and
a discharged revolver were found on
deck. Some unknown uufortuuate had
shot himself and caused himself to full
overboard.
"No. 11." said the sailors.
Ohji-ot l,t-aMfiti In l-lnniicr.
Some months ago a United States
commissioner, taking n house In I'orto
Itlco, hired a man to wasli the windows
and another to scrub the Moors. The
bills submitted were for $11! nnd $7 re
spectlvely. "What docs this mean'"
wns the astonished query. "Twelve
dollars, man, for onu day's work?
You must lie crazy!"
"Oh," cniiio the courteous reply, "of
course I only expect n dollar und a half
for myself, but that Is the way we al
ways made out bills for Spanish olll
ccrs."
"Take back your bills," was the em
phatlc reply, "and make them out hon
estly."
While such an Incident warms the
pride of the United States the honest
reader cannot Iguoro the current out
crop or great cuiliczzlcmcntH In our
own banking houses nor certain less
Important Incidents of the past weeks.
Three clerks were recently dismissed
from ii prominent savings bank. They
were neat, accurate, prompt ami In no
case hud tampered with accounts. The
directors discovered, however, that one
had speculated to the extent of $U) In
Wall street nnd the other two had
madu small bets at a society race
course. "They were men of good char
acter," said ono of the bank oillcers,
"but they were seen where uoue of our
employees ought to bc'-Chk-ago Trlb
uue.
Ilia llnlf Dullur t.'nmv llni-L.
Twenty-live years ago. while working
In the blacksmith shop of .1. W. Shot
ter nt Stougliton, Wis.. Harvey Haw
man, ex-chief of police of Sioux City.
stamped the letters "J. W. S.." his em
player's Initials, ou n half dollar. ThU
week that same coin, without any
doubt, wns handed to him over the
counter of Ids fish market In Sioux
City. In that period of time It had Jin
Clod In the pockets of perhaps thou
sands of persons and traveled uillen
and miles across the country aud biri
ouly to laud Dually In the hands of tin
man who had marked it with letters ol
an uuinlstakablo character. Never war
a man more completely surprised than
was Mr. Ilawniaii. In spite of the fact
that lie had uot thought of It In the
quarter of a century since lie last saw
It ho recognized It at once. Ho proposes
to keep It now. Iowa State Heglster.
I.iiub Out,
Within six weeks past tho market
value of the stocks of 17 of the leading
railroads of the country, Including the
Atchison. Topekn and Santn Fe, Imvo
Increased In value more than 3207,000,-
ooo. prices will finally soar so high
thnt n decline will be Inevitable. Then
will come a panic. The people them
selves are responsible when there Is a
panic. It Is always tlie same old boom
tory. Atchison Glibe.
"Tlie ways of the femnle shopper
are beyond the ordinary salesman's
ken," said a disgusted optician who Is
In buslnctis In tlie shopping section of
the city. "A woman came In here the
other day and asked the prices of ull
kinds and stylet of sH-clncles mid eye
glasses known to those In the trade.
Finally, after a half hour' quizzing,
sho rustled out with the remark:
"Thank you. I expect to get a pair of
glasses for a blrthduy present, and I
Just wanted to know about the prices
of the" ' " -Philadelphia Itccord.
The New GojiL Lymph
Actimlly Curing It.
Is
Sufficient Ucooeds Arc Now tit
lliinil to Sny Hint It Ik Itctilly
Specific l:ccpt In V.x
ttrcmc CtiscH.
The new pint lymph already explain
ed In those columns Is really i euro for
consumption except In very advanced
cases. The testimony is profoundly Im
pressing. The following nre samples
of pliyslelaiis' dally experiences ull ovt r
the country.
Iteportisl by Dr. Stableln 'JOit Kearney
St. San Francisco. Cnsuof Mrs. George
.Molitcll 1S years of ago, residence L'TUl
Hilena Vista ave., Alameila, Cal. llo
ported by tlim specialists to bo sutler
lug fromcoiistiiiiptlou. All three found
tuK't'culnr bacilli swarming in the
sputum. Night sweats, quick rise and
fall of temperature, beetle; lliwli, lining
weight and strength rnpldly. In .Mine
pliyslelaiis advised tlio ciwo us hopeless
nnd change of climate as only chance.
Commenced with the lymph. Sixth
day fever and night sweatH (llsappeai'sl
and expectoration decreased. Sixtieth
day had gained 17 lbs iiniliill symptoms
and bacilli had disappeared. Dismissed
cured.
Reported by Dr. .1. W. Ilagadoru,
Limelug Mleh. M rs. S. age III. Diag
nosis pulmonary tuberculosis. Sputum
revealed bacilli In abundance. Two
yours standing, Isitli lungs Involved.
Thin anil eniaelatoil. Fifteenth day,
temperature normal, cough disappear
ing, gaining llosh. At end forty days
no cough, expectoration or luiellll. De
parted cuied.
Dr. Ilagadoru adds: "I have treated
ton cases of consumption with tho new
lymph, three incipient and seven ad
vanced. All Iho hielpent cnos have
been curitl. Of tho seven advanced
cases only two wore lioyolid help. Two
were decidedly bonclltoil ami throe were
complete recoveries.
Uoportotl by Dr. (I. H. Sweeney
Pittsburg, lVnii. Young man l!l years,
Bacilli abundant weak from hemor
rhages within live days of treatment
At the end of eight weeks' treatment
hemorrhages, cough and luiellll had ills
appeared mill tho patient had regained
strength and returned to ills trailecured
The above are everyday samples of
hundreds. I,. It. Slalilelli M. D.
prominent ICastern expert who lias
Imsjii making u study of tlie now lymph
and hun administered It siicccsslully to
hundreds of oases, has opened n lymph
Institute at i.lHI Kearney St., San I' ran
elsco. Full Information containing talt-
ulatlons and other records of cases by
mall to physicians ami otlieis ompili
hig-
Surirlst-tl li) IHrUrlln.
"1 lldly recall healing Charles
Dickens lead selections from his own
writings hi Steliiway hall. New York
lily, shortly after the close of our civil
war, said a well known Judge. "The
hall was densely packed with an audi
dice of cultured people, by far the mil'
Jor part of whom were Intense admir
ers of the man who was to entertain
them thai evening. I was a youngster
then, hut was glad to part with ?J to
hear the author of 'Nicholas Nlckleby'
read his own Hues. Hut his appear'
mice on the stage, though greeted by
applause, was a distinct shock, so thor
oughly out of keeping was Ills costumu
with the conventional evening attire of
a gentleman. He was clad In a short
velvet coat th' ' looked exactly llko n
smoking Jacket., velvet vest to match
and a (laming red necktie. Such u
garb was In reality an affront and an
Impertinence to that fashionably clad
assemblage. Hut It was overlooked as
an eccentricity of genius, and much
nppiause attended tlie rendition.
"Nowadays the newspapers would
roast any man, however famous, for
daring to come before the public In
such grotesque attire, hut I do nut re-
cull that any of the New York papers
criticised the illstlngulsltcd visitor for
Ids sartorial laxity." Washington
Post.
lie I'liruine TitiiIii.
Many years ago Iho Montnna club In
Helena entertained .Mark Twain nfter
n lecture. He met many old friends
thero nnd one old enemy. The hitler
had come all the way from Virginia
City, Nov., on purpose to settle nn old
score. When tlio glasses were tilled
nnd Mark's health proposed, tills man
Interrupted the proceedings by saying:
"Hold on a minute. Ilefore we go fur
ther I want to say to you, Ham Clem
ens, that you did me n dirty trick over
thcro in Silver City, nnd I've come
hero to have a settlement with you."
There was a deathly silence for n
moment, when Mark said In his delib
erate drawl: "Let's see. That was-
beforo I reformed, wasn't It?"
Kcnator Sanders suggested that Inns
much ns the other fellow had uover re
formed Clemens and all the others
present forgive lilm and drink together.
which all did.
Tho Oeruian Protectorate In vast Af
rlca has a coast Hue of O'JO miles, au
area of 381.000 siniare miles nnd In
eludes a portion of Zanzibar. The pop
ulatlon Is estimated at 8,000.000 unlives
and about l.Onij foreigners, mostly tier
mam. 'i lit- country Is being rapidly
developed, for the German government
Is encouraging commercial enterprise
and liuiulgiatlon by bounties and ub
sidles.
Importers and Umlers In
Hook, Nwh.
Wrlt'.nQ and
Wmpptni),,.
CARD STOOK
STUAW AND IIINUKHS' ltOAltl)
ft-J17-f I'-" First St.
TL. main ISO. 12 SAN l'UANUM'O
THE ELK
Nlcrly furnHlioil rooms
by llinity,wi'ckiruiontti
en suite or slnilc, nt re
ilucrti rules, lluuxo hits
Ik-en thoroughly roimvut
nl. N'n 011O14 Kiinrtsl tn
luiiku visitors troai tlio country to tbr city ram.
fortublu mill nt tionui during their Mity Take
Sutler-street curs nt forry lnndlng
GUI) UuhIi Street, Sim I'rnnclnco
MltS. K. M ItAMSr.V, Proprietor
BAD COLDS
(julnluo In III ji'iirs tiohlliil. Colds Uo Dot Low
ho to lie endured, Mi:vnf.i. n l namio Tab
UI.Ks ('Millo.l ilyimtiito liom Ihuireucrii) I croviil
c nook's imllnury troiitmcnl lulu l j hours nnd
abort tho worst ol colds orcr iilsiil.
1 It wns the worst cavo of cris 1 ewr hml. A
half dozen trlends had suro cures. Still It hunt;
on. Hoard or Ihu Hv.namic Tahclkn. To my
iiiimztuncnt they stopped toth cold und couh
i no ursi iiiHiu. i emiorsu nun rcconimciii'
them to tho people " lUnol.AV Hkm.kv. I'.i
Member OumrosH and Atlonii'V. Mil Kuiisouk
Street, San rrnnclsco. J jly 7, limi
"Winter colds hao nlwnys boon scrlou
thlnits lo mo. They uro hard unit stnv fo
months. Hut tho last was slopped suddenly
by Mkmo.i.'s Iivnamio VA1IUI.K.S. lloth eiiuith
nnd cold disappeared til it couple of days. Nis
thlnir olio does this for Inn " Mite. KMMA I.,
llol,i.t.N,ll.MossSt.,S.in l'rnncln'o. Aug. 0, Ml
" I live across the street from whom MhMiKi.'s
UvNiMie TAiurt.KS lire iniido That Is how I
llrsl took them. They stopooldiwlthout notice
I took a dozen Imixcs wllh mo for self and fi Iruoi,
when I went to Nome " 11. 1.. Vam U'inki.k
Capltullit, ;U7 Wa-hlugton Street, Sun I'ran.
Cisco. AukuiI 1(1, USD.
Sent postpaid for as cenls In stnuipt lit
INI.ASIi IIIUHJ (X) . SMI I Washington Streul
San Krauclsco. Also ou sulobr our local uitoiit
Printers'
Snaps.
Hooker News Ciihch.
Wo havo several hundred pairs of these
cases. They are u trlllo smaller thnn
full bIto. Wero uvd by two leading
dallies before Mini's enimi In. They are
lust tho slzu to lacllttatu composition
lu perfect order. Fifty cenls per pair
l:lnc (lo oil ii ii tloliticr.
Now stylo, Nil'.', sei'iiudhaud, with
throw-off; In tlrst-clasH condltluu. Han
itdti stuiiin tlx tares and Is ono of tho
lies! socond hand presses wo havu had
for a long time. ItlsuHiiap.
Kccond-litiiid Cylinder.
Si.. column ijusrto. Will work 1WD no
hour. A barnaia for country dully.
Some ISody nnd Dinplny Type.
Has not seen onu month's use. Soma of
It hardly stained. Second-baud prices
PACIFIC SISTES TYPE FOUKDRV
508 Clny Street, S. Is.
Tlir Truvrla ill an l?rrlld.
The many thousands of miles which
a man unconsciously travels lu his life
time, taking Into consideration tho
paces his footsteps measure as ho
walks nbout each dny, are enough to
mnko him sit down to rest for tho re
innlnder of his life.
Hut now n Gorman scientist has
como forward with some still more
startling facts concerning the Journeys
which our eyelid undertakes every
tluio It winks, and It Is not possible for
iih to see, ho soys, unless wo wink.
Unconsciously wo wink onco a second,
no that for tho tlmo wo nre nwako dur
ing tho dny wo voluntarily wink from
18,000 to r.0,000 times nnd In n yenr
hnvo moved our eyelids down nnd up
ngaln no less than 18,230,000 times.
Tho distance that tlio eyelid travels In
ltn great speed Is measured from n sin
gle Involuntary wink.
Tills, tho scientist snya, Is a qtinrtcr
of nn Inch both ways", tho eyelid mov
ing equally up and down, so that, tak
ing tho movement of both eyelids Into
consideration, they cover soino GO.oOO
Inches lu a day. The eyelids of a man
who linn lived for M) years will have
unconsciously traveled a third of the
way around the earth, or about 7,'J00
miles, n calculation Htilllcleut In Itself
to cnti8o the victim of Insomnia to fall
Into a dreamless sleep as ho reads It.
London Mall.
Ifiritl niTrrt of I'lalol Tlifllltf,
When a man carries a pistol con
stnutly, slipping it Into his pocket ev
ery morning and taking It out at night,
fooling Its couslnut pressure ngallist
his person, these things tend to famll
larlze his mind wllh the Idea of kHIlug
and lowers Ids conception of the sn
credness of human life. What does a
man carry a pistol for? To shoot some
other man with. Tlie miserable thing
Is made expiessly to kill human be
ings. It has no other earthly purpose.
What a hardening effect it must have,
then, upon the conscience and heart of
a man who carries It constantly hi his
pocket and lives lu dally contact with
It and with the Idea It constantly sug
gests to his tulndl Let us warn young
men mid old ones not to carry pistols,
mid Ihcn you will avoid doing a rash
act. Marietta (CJa.) Journal
i.oi. nr nun.
Snakes have the greatest number ct
ribs. The boa, or python, has no fewer
than II'.'O pairs. Tlie rattlesnake Inn
171 pairs. The python, or boa, some
times attains to nn enormous size and
has boon reported iih reaching the
length of SO feet.
The shark has M pairs of ribs ami
the conger eel l!0.
The cholopiiH, or two toed sloth, hni
-Id ribs, '.': on each side, as against tht
1:1 rlbn of mau. Bt. I.ouU (ilolw-nonb
ocraL
IIU llccoiiiiiirlidntlon,
Kalr Shopper (to assistant, who has
iiown her every piece of goods In
stock) Well, I don't sco anything here
that suits me. I'll go down to Yard &
Stuff's aud see what they have.
Salesman (eagerly) Here's tho card
of one of their assistants. Will you
kindly get lilm to wait ou you?
fair Shopper (pleasantly) Ah, a
friend of yours, I suppose?
Salesman-No, uiy greatest enemy.
I-oudou Pup ,
BLAKE,
MOFFITT
& TOWNE