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Suddenly the sick mail's voice qua
vered out:
“It’s not him they want. It's Hill.
They're after Hill out there. That was
Bill tryin’ to get In. Why didn't you
open? it was Hill, I tell you."
At the first word the Snipe had wheel
ed right aliout face and stood now
pointing and slinking like a man with
ague.
“Matey, for the love of God”—
“I won’t bush! There’s somethin’
wrong here tonight. I can't sleep, it's
Bill, 1 tell you. See Ills poor hammock
up there »bakin’.”
Cooney tumbled out with au oath
and a thud. “Hush It, ye white llv-
ered swine. Hush it, or by”— His
hand weut behind him to his knife
sheath.
“Dan Cooney” (lie Gaffer closed his
book and leaned out "go back to your
bed!"
"1 won't, sir, not unless"—
"Go back!”
“Flesh a ml blood”—
“Go back!" And for the third time
that night Cooney went back.
The Gaffer leaned a little farther
over the ledge and addressed the sick
man.
"George, I went to Bill's grave-not
six hours ugolie. The snow on It
wasn’t even disturbed. Neither beast
nor man. but only God. can break up
the hard earth he lies under. I tell you
that, an’ you may lay to it. Now go to
deep.”
Ing mid fell again to bis long tiislc.
Within the but the sick man cried
softly to himself. Filed, the Snipe null
Cooney slept uneasily mid muttered In
tlielr dreams. The Gaffer lay awake,
thinking. After Bill. George Irishman,
mid after George, who next? And who
would be the last, the unburled one?
The Ulen were weakening fast, their
wits and courage coming down at the
last with n rush. Filed mid Long Ede
were the only two to be depended on
for n day. The Gaffer liked Long Ede,
who was a religious man Indeed he
had a growing suspicion that Long
Ede, In spite of some amiable laxities
of belief. wwas numbered among the
elect, or might be if interceded for.
The Gaffer began to intercede for him
i silently, but experience hud taught Him
that such wrestlings to be effective
must be noisy, and he dropped off to
I sleep with a sense of failure.
I lie Snipe stretched himself, yawned
mid awoke. It was 7 in tin1 morning,
time Io prepare n cup of tea. He toss
ed mi armful of logs on the tire, and
the noise awoke the Gaffer, who at
once Inquired for Long Ede. He hail
n it returned. “Go up to the roof. The
lad must lie frozen," The Snipe cliinb-
d the ladder, pushed open the trap
and came back, reporting that Long
Ede was nowhere to be seen. The old
n in slipped a Juniper over Ids suits of
e'o liilig. already throe deep, reached
for a gun mid moved to the door. "Take
it cup of somethin' warm to fortify,”
the Snipe advised. "The kettle won't
be live minutes boilin’.” Hut the Gaf
fer pushed up the heavy holts and
dragged the door open.
“Here, hem-a hand, lads!"
Long Ede lay prolie before the
Hires, old. Ids outstretched hands al
most touching It. his moccasins al
ready covered out of sight by the pow-
“Tell me. you’ve seeu what?”
"Seen?" Long Ede echoed.
"Aye, seen what? Speak low. Was
It the suu?"
"The »”— But this time the echo
died on his lips, aud his face grew full
i f awe uncomprehending. It frighten
ed the Guffer.
"You’ll he the better for a snatch of
sleep." said he and was turning to go
when Long Ede stirred a hand under
the edge of his rugs.
“Seven count." he whispered.
"laird have mercy upon us.” the Gaf
fer muttered through Ills beard as he
moved away. "Long Elie gone crazed!"
And yet. though an hour or two ago
this was the worst that could have be
fallen. the Gaffer felt unusually cheer
fill. As for'the others, they were like
different men all that day anil through
the three days Hint followed. Even
Lashman cimhci ! to complain and, un
less their eyes played them a trick, had
taken a lurn for the better. "I declare
if I don't feel like pltcldii' to slug!" the
Snipe announced on the second even
ing. as much to his own wonder as tn
theirs.
"Then why In thunder don’t ye
strike up?" answered Dan Cooney and
fetched Ids concertina.
The Snipe
»truck up then and there "Vllllklns
and Ills Dinah.” What Is more, the
Gaffer looked up from his “Paradise
Lost" and Joined ill the chorus.
By the end of the second day Long
Ede was iqi and around again
He
went about with a dazed look In Ills
eyes. He was counting, counting to
ldmself. always counting. The Gaffer
watched him furtively.
Since his recovery, though Ills lips
moved frequently. Long Ede had
scarcely uttered a word, but toward
noun on the fourth day he said an ex
traordinary thing:
' I’here's that sleepin’ bag I took with
me the other night. I wonder If 'tis on
the roof still. It will be froze pretty
stiff by this. You might nip up an' see,
Snipe, an’” lie paused -"if you find It
slow it up yonder on Bill's hummock."
The Goffer opened his mouth, hilt
shut It again without speaking. The
Snipe went up the ladder.
A minute passed, and then they heard
a cry from the roof, a er.v that fetched
»them all. trembling, choking, weeping,
cheering, to the foot of the ladder.
"Boys, boys, the Him!"
*••***•
Months later—It was June, and even
George Lashman had recovered his
strength the Snipe came running with
news of the whaling fleet, and on the
beach, as they watched the vessels
come to anchor, Long Ede told the Gaf
fer Ills story: "It was a hull a hallu—
what d’you call it. 1 reckon. I was
crazed, eh?" The Gaffer's eyes wan
dered from a brambling hopping about
the liehen covered bowlders and away
to the sen fowl wheeling above the
ships, and then came Into Ills mind a
tale lie had read once In "The Turkish
Spy.”
"I wouldn’t say Just that,” he an
swered slowly.
"Anyway," said Long Ede. "I believe
the Lord sent n miracle to us to save
us all.”
"1 wouldn't say Just that either,” the
Gutter objected. "I doubt It was meant
Just for you all’ me an' the rest were
presalrved, as you say, Inceedently.”
I.ong Ede crouched on the frozen
ridge of the lint, with his feet In the
sleeping bag, his knees drawn up and
the two guns laid across them. The
creature, whatever its name, that had
tried the door was nowhere to be seen,
but he determined to wait a few min
utes on the chance of a shot—that is,
until the cold should drive him below.
For the moment the clear tingling air
was doing him good. The truth was
Long Ede had begun to be afraid of
himself and the way bls mind had been
running for the last forty-eight hours
upon green fields ami visions of spring.
As lie put It to himself, something in
side Ids head was melting. Biblical
texts chattered within him like run
ning brooks, and as they tleeted he
Could almost smell the brown meadow
scent, “lake us the foxes, the little
foxes, for our vines have teuder grapes.
* * * A fountain of gardens, a well
of living waters, and streams from
Lebanon. ♦ • » Awake, 0 north
wind, and come, thou south; ♦ * •
blow upon my garden, that the spice j
thereof may flow out.” He was light !
headed, and he knew It. He must hold
out. They were all going mad were,
in fact, three parts crazed already, all
A JUGGLER’S TRICK.
except the Gaffer, and the Gaffer re
lied oq him as his right hand man.
Clever Fe«l of Illusion Performed liy
Gue glimpse of the returning sun. a
an E hs I Indian.
glimpse only, might save them yet.
The wonderful feats of East Indian
He gazed out over the frozen hills
Jugglers have formed the theme of
and northward across tin1 lee pink. A
many n letter from travelers in the
few streaks of pale violet, the ghost of
orient, but none is more surprising than
the aurora, fronted the moon. He
that for which an old selldog vouches.
could see for miles. Bear of fox, no
While hi- was an officer on board a
living creature was in sight. But who
1’. mid o. steamship two natives came
could tell what might be billing behind
aboard nt Madras. Iiesnjs. They were
any one of a thousand hummocks? He
n Juggler mid his assistant. After they
"Jfcre, /«or n hand, lad»!"
listened. He hoard the slow grinding
had performed a number of minor
of the Ice pack off the bench -only dery snow which ran and trickled In- ,
feats mid gathered quite a crowd
that. “Take us the foxes, the little cessailtly. trickled between Ills long, !
around them they called for ii suck
disheveled
locks
and
over
the
back
of
foxes.”
mid a piece of sailcloth.
This would never do. He must climb Ills gloves and ran in a thin stream
These having been provided, the
down and walk briskly or return to the past the Gaffer’s feet.
They carried him !u and laid him on chief Juggler made a small tentllke
hut. Maybe there was a bear, after
structure with the i - iiuviih mid some
all. behind one of the hummocks, and a a heap of skins by the fire. They
stools. He then placed Ids assistant
shot, or the chance of one, would scat forced rum between Ids clinched teeth
ill the sack and allowed n sailor to tie
ter his head clear of these tomfooling mid bent his handsand feet and knead
the knot which bound Idm a fust prls
notions.
He would have a search ed mid rubbed him. A sigh fluttered ,
oner. This done, the chief carried the
on
Ids
lips,
something
between
a
sigh
round.
»ack Into mi open space, warning the
What was that moving on a hum ami n smile, half seen, half heard. His
people to stand back some distance,
mock not 5<Ml yards away? He leaned eyes opened, mid they saw that It was
and I hen carried on mi animated con
really a smile.
forward at gaze.
"What cheer, mate?” It was the versation with his assistant, whose re
Nothing now. but he had seen some
plies could lie distinctly heard coming
Snipe
who asked.
thing. He lowered ldmself to the eaves
ek. Suddenly the chief
“I I seen"
The voice broke off, from tile
by the north corner and from the eaves
rushed forward, picked up the sack
to the drift piled there. The drift was j but he was smiling still.
What had lie seen? Not the sun, mid dumped it overboard, where, to
frozen solid but for a treacherous crust
surely.
By the Gaffer’s reckoning the the horror of the passengers and crew,
of fresh snow. His foot slipped upon
sun would not lie due for a week or it sank out of sight.
this, and down he slid of a heap.
Immediately the captain rushed for
Luckily he had been careful to sling two yet, how many weeks he could not
the guns tightly at his back. He pick nay precisely, and sometimes lie was ward and seized the man. under the
full belief Hint lie had murdered his
ed himself tip and. unstrapping one, glad enough that lie did not know.
They forced him to drink a couple of companion, blit the Juggler only
took a step Into the bright moonlight
to examine the nipples, took two steps spoonfuls of rum ami wrapped Idm up smiled mid. pointing to the canvas
warmly. Every man contributed some usked that it I«- raised. This was
ami stood stock still.
There before him on the frozen coat of his own bedding. Then the Gaffer done, and the supposed drowned man
of snow was a footprint—no, two, called to morning prnyers, and the was discovered squatting on the deck
three, four, many footprint», prints of three sound men dropped on their So realistic laid been the throwing
a naked human foot, right foot, left knees with Idm. Now. whether by overboard, however, that It was some
foot, both naked, and blood In each reason of their Joy at Long Ede'» re time before I he surprised passengers
covery or because the old man was In could realize a murder laid not been
print, a little smear.
It bail come, then. He was mad for splendid voice, they felt their hearts committed.
certain. He saw them. He put Ills uplifted that morning with a cheer- j
Catchlna Tunnies.
Ungers In them, touched the frozen fulness they had not known for months.
The Industry of catching tunnies Is n
blood. The snow before the door was Long Ede lay and listened dreamily | very ancient as well as lucrative one.
trodden thick with them, some going, while the passion of the Gaffer'» Allusions to It run through the classics.
thanksgiving shook the hut. Ills gaze
some returning.
Two hundred mid twenty-eight year»
“The latch lifted.” Suddenly he re wandered over their bowed forms, before the Christian era Atliemi-us
called the figure he had seen moving “The Gaffer, David Filed. Dan Cooney, took the trouble to prove that a brother
upon the hummock, and with ii groan the Snipe and George Lashman In the scribe hud made n mistake In attribut
he turned and gave chase, oh. he was bunk, of course and me." But, then, ing a panegyric of the tunny to Hesiod,
mad for certain! He ran like n mad who was the seventh? He began to
and modern scholars have agreed that
man, floundering, slipping, plunging, in count. "There’s myself. I.iishmmi in
the first authentic classic reference to
his clumsy moccasins. "Take us the the bunk, David Filed, the Gaffer, the
the tunny Is by Herodotus.
Snipe,
Dan
Cooney
—
one.
two.
three,
foxes, the little foxes. * * * My beloved
That the capture of the tunny was a
four
well,
but
tlult
made
seven.
Then
put In Ills hand by the hole of the door,
familiar feature In the daily life of
and my bowels were moved for him. who was the seventh? Was It George,
these times Is proved by the story re
» • * I charge you, O daughters of Je who had crawled out of bed and was
kneeling there? Decidedly there were lated by Herodotus, who tells us how
rusalem, 1 charge you, I charge”—
He ran thus for 300 yards maybe and five kneeling. No; there was George, I’isistraius, returning to Greece after
then stopped os suddenly ns lie hud plain enough. In Ills lierth and not able his second expulsion, pitched Ids camp
to move. Then who was the stranger? opposite to that of his adversaries near
started.
His mutes—they must not see these Wrong again. There was no stranger. , the temple of Pallas at I’allene. Here
footprints or they would go mad. too, He knew all of these men. They were , a soothsayer, Aiiqddlytus by name,
nind as he. No; lie must cover them Ills mutes. Was It Bill? No; BUI was | moved by n divine Impulse, approach
up. nil within sight of the hut. and to dead and burled. None of these was ed him and uttered this prophecy:
morrow he would come along mid cov Bill or like Bill. Try again one, two, Now th. cast has been made, the net Is outspread
In the water.
er those further afield. Slowly lie re three, four, five, and us two sick men Through
the moonshiny night the tunnies will en
traced his steps. The footprints, those
seven. The Gaffer, David Filed, Dan
ter the meahea.
—Ilerodotua i, 62. (Rawlinaon'a Translation.)
which pointed toward the hut and Cooney have I counted Dan twice?
those which poluted away from it. lay No; that's Dan yonder to the right and
Pisistrntus grasped the meaning at
close together, and he knelt before only one of him. Five men kneeling tmee. accepted the oracle, fell upon the
each, breaking fresh snow over the hol and two on their backs that makes Athenians, defeated them mid return
Dear God, sup ed to power.—Nineteenth Century.
lows and carefully hiding the blood. seven every time.
And now a great happiness filled Ills pose"—
Xpltzbergeii belongs to no country,
heart. Interrupted once or twice ns he
The Gaffer ceased, anil In the act of
worked by a feeling that some one was rising from his knees he caught sight mid since the cessation of whaling It Is
following and watching him. Once he of Long File's face. While Hie others d'-serted even In summer. There are
tinned northward mid gazed, milking , fetched tlielr breakfast cans he step deposits of coal and phosphates, but It
a telescope of his hands. He saw noth-1 ped, over anil bent and whispered:
does not pay to work them.
\ CONTRAST IN BOWS
TOWN AND COUNTRY LADS IN THE
STRUGGLE OF LIFE.
I
CHOATE’S ADVICE
A MAN’S BLUSHES.
I r
W ill l’l> the Red Signal
Quickly TU mu m W uuimu .
Mora
It
l.vd
m
« Ituleric « lirul
I* m (I im of r«-M«-r.
lulu
I be
It setuus always tu have lain within
If there I* any one thing that makes
the
|>«»wei uf the distinguished lawyei
lite want i«» get up ami talk right out
and hiinmrist. Hutu* Choate, to lead
If ihr Men
Who Have Achieved in meeting it is lu hear it said of a a «•holri ic client tr«nu ways «»f
anger
Great Prunai neuve In Public XOfaira man that ’he blushes like a woman,
hit«» th«* isillis of peace. J 11M before
said
the
social
philosopher
to
a
repre
I hr Hural !!<»»■ Are al l.euat Twen
th«* war a s«>uth**in gentleman w as
si illative of the New York Times.
ty I«» One Over the « il> lati».
"How women ever gained the repu «Hniug with a frieud in one of the I m * m I
A country boy's lack of opportunity tation of having run up a corner in hotels of Boston. He was «»f I remh
Is his liest equipment for the serious blushes is beyond my comprehension. cr«*ol«‘ extraction, and his naiih* was
struggle of life. This sounds paradox The report does her a grave Injustice, I >ela«*«»ur. says a writer in Lippincott's
leal, but it is true. It is Just as true for as.I matter of fart she not only has Magazine, I'he waiter was a cidored
man. and the southerner gave his or
as the opposite proposition, that the no m<»nop«»l\ in blushes, but does not
greatest liiiidranees a city boy lias to ma ke use oi the share that properly dels in a \erj domineering fashion.
eoiitetid with are the opportunities belong: s to her. There are some \i o liiiililig fault lr«*«‘h with what was put
which la-set him when young and pur men. of « «mi s«*, who blush if you even brlotr him and the w .1 \ in w hich it
sue him till lie begins (lie real business blink •in c\eli«l in their direction. Imt w.ix s«*rved. Filially th«* wai(«*r l»ecame
id life, a business which eaeli indie blu- ns a general thing men blush much Jic«*nsv<i and told Mr. I »elaroni* I«» g<»
al must carry on for himself, For the more readily and more violently than 10 a place warm and r«*iii«»le. The lat
ler sprang iiuioiislv t«» hi* f«*«*t amt
city Imy everything is made as easy as women.
possihiv. Even pleasure becomes to
' Tliis is n«»t a random statement that wmiltl haw sh«»t the <*n«*ml«*i* «l«*a<i if
I i I iii an old story before be Is out of his I am making for the purpose of hear la* ha«l nut I mm * ii restrained by his
teens. Brought up in tin* feverish rush Ing myself talk, but a sober dedm tion w is«*r friend, w ho said
You can't d<» that sort «»f thing her«*
of n place xvhere great tilings are hap foiin«le<l on careful observation, l-’oi
pening day by day. lie sees the world years I have made it a p«»int to Ntudj Y«m will has«* 1«» rt*iiiciiil»t*r where you
with a cynic’s eyes aud despises tin* the se\»«s in moments of embarrass are.”
"Do you suppose that I am going to
small things which, like tin* bricks in input, and lhe statistics I ha\«* Jotted
a house, go rt> Hie upbuilding of char down prove that in nine eases out of put up with such iiistileiicc and not
acters and careers. He believes in us ten the average man will th the red l»<* r«*\eiigetl .saitl the enragt*d mail.
"< 'ci la iiilx not. But d«» it by proc«*ss
Ing large marker» in Hie game of life; signal of distress mu«*h nmr<* «piickls
fur pennies and small units of value lie than the average woman. This Imhis of law.”
I'll«* II*milord was tlrst iniervlew«*«l
lias little taste and scant regard.
good in all sorts of sitnati«»ns.
l he eondilions siiiTonnding the couu
"<’rack a Joke at a mail s expense, and llu* waiter «list harged. That was
try boy are as different ns possible. lie blushes; ply him xx itti awkward not siitticienl to satisfy th«* w«»nnd<*d
There Is a deal of regular work Hint «ph'stions. lie blushes; subject Idm to f«*e|lllus ot Mr. D**,"«»iir. II«* asked
every country Imy must do, mid this soim* humiliation or let some ludicrous who was th«* best lawy«*r in the city
regularity of employment, mostly out accident liefall Idm in public, mid he and was told it was Itiifus t'hoal«*.
of doors, inculcates industrious habits, straightway rivals the boiled lobster Making his way to his ottl«‘e. he said:
"Mr. Choate. I want to eiigagt* yon
while II eonliibihes to a physical de in hue. A woman may redden slightly
in a case. What will ymn* i'«*tiiining
velopment wlileli in after years Is just I umler I lie sa me cireuim
f«*e I»«*?"
as valuable as any athletic training I
• Olli
“About
that can be had. lie cannot run as p.ire«l with
Th«* ch«*«-k was mad«* out ami
fast perhaps as those trained by a sys that soft us«
limn.
tern, He may not be able to Jump so
I don't attempt to explain tin* phe over.
"Now,” said iln* law’.ver, “w Ii.-it nre
high or hi far or excel in any of the nomeimn physiologists and moralists
sports upon which we bestow so much may d«> I hill if they can but merely tin* facts of lhe case?’’
Ho was t«»ld. Said Mr. « ’lion te
time mid I'l'oni which we get so mm-li give th«* facts for w hat they ar«* worth
of pleasure, but his development en in the Imp«* that tin* next time a story thoughtfully.
"I know tin* l ulled States
allies llilll to bllekle down lo Hie hard writer has a «Top «»f blushes t<» dispose
work in which hours are consumed of In* will ring a few «*hang«*s on the the subject w«*ll. and I kn«»w
and from which very little or no Im ol«l plir.'is«* that has «lone duty for gen of th«* «‘oinnioiiwealth of Ma
betts, and I can assure y<m. s
mediate pleasure is extracted.
Ilis erations and say
that
there* is n«> p«»w«*r « hi earth
strength may be something like Hint she 'bhislmd like
enough to force you t«» g<»
of Hie carl horse. Imt (lie eart horse
place if y«»u «lon't want to go.
Is to tie preferred where a long and
FIRE ALARM BOXES.
I were yon I wouhln’L*'
steady pull is required. The thorough
“Well,” said tin* soulheruer. at’frpl
bred race horse lias a line flight of 'I’ll ••
mi rm in %ew York it nd How It
Illg (he situation. "I think I'll take your
speed mid canters with delightful
I m Opera led.
advice.” Ami th«*y panic«I g<M»«l friends.
lightness mid grace along Hie park
Greater New York is thickly studded
Inidle paths, lint Hie heavy work is the with lamppost tire alarm boxes. The
work most in demand, mid for Hint we directions on «*ach box, which is paint
POULTRY POINTERS
want the draft animals every time.
ed red and is surmounted at night by a
Supply plenty «»I' gravel I«» fowls that
Enthusiasm Is Hie spur to endeavor, led light, are:
mid at (lie same time It is Hie savor of
"Turn handle to right until door are being fatten«*d in «-<»11 tin**i11• nt.
life.
I'lie country boy whose ambi opens; then pull inside hook once and
(’hi«'kt*ns should never be all<»\\ »*«1 («>
tion lias taken him to town conies shut th«* <lo<»r.” I’he opening of lhe go on th«* r«»osts until ten or Iw.-lst*
tilled with enthusiasms. Even the lit
box rings a largì* bell in the door, weeks old.
He tilings are novelties to him. mid as which alarm is intended to notify any
Lime is a p’lrltler and should I «* used
lie accomplishes this and that lie feels • uu* in tin* ii«*ighborlmod, especially the as a wash un lhe e«»«»ps. p<*reli«*s aud
Hint lie is doing something n< only nearest policeman, that
b«»x has nest boxes.
interesting, but valuable. Ilis simple hr n opened. Tin* policeman will then
If a lien lays soft sh«*lled «*;’gs. give
tastes have not been spoiled by a inul- niiikc sur«* that this was not done out her plenty «»f gravel, oyster shells and
tiplicity of gratilications, and so he is of mischief by some one who wanted to crush«‘<l hone.
glad of everything ig good that comes s«*<‘ lhe engines arrive or, as re<*ently
Ducks should be allowed as much
Iiis way. At thirty, if he lends a clean happen«*«!. l..\ a raw maidservant who liberty as possible. They are not par
life, lie has more of the* boy In him wanted to mail a letter. When tin* In- tial to contiiH*iu«*iiL
Ilian Ills city cousin lias left at fifteen si«l * lever is pulled down and let go. it
Flat eggs, eggs within eggs, double
lie does what is before him because it sets in motion a «'retain clockwork that yolked eggs and other unnatural for
is Iiis duty, while the oilier is apt licks out tin* number of the box thn*r mations ar«* du«* to tin* liens bring o\«*i
cynically lo question tlie value of clo limes in suraession at Urad«|uarters in fat.
iug anything mid ask.
liat is the Sixty svvrnTh street. Not only that,
Geese may be fattened on any kind
but it makes a record upon a tape,
use?"
of grain If fed all (hat they will ent for
showing
tin*
number
of
tin*
box
and
the
(If the men who have aeliieved great
about ten «lays befor«* sending I hem to
prominence mid high Intiiience In our exact se«*ond at whi« li tin* lever was mark«*t. Com, peas mid hurley me
affairs of state the eoimtry boys are nt piill«*«l.
best.
A clerk wlm sits night ami day be
least twenty to one over the city lads.
Young chicks of fancy breeding
Nowadays indeed our cynical city lads side tin* h«*ad«|Uiii*trrs instrument notes
look upon men who take an active In the niinibt*r ami selects from a drawer should not be permitted to roost Oil
terest In public affairs as rather low- a certain disk W'lilch wln*n inserh*d in perches until after they are eight
fellows and quite beneath tlielr associ tin* proper apparatus causes the alarm nmnths old. as It often cause« crooked
ation and notice. But the country boys Io be rung in the station Imuses of the breast bones.
Arruinulating tilth Is a proliti«* sour«*«*
are at the top in other lines of endeav distri« ! in which that tirebox is situat-
or, In finance they are pre-eminent. ed. Th<* average time rr«|ulr«*<l to se- of «lis«*ase, «^specially gapes. After the
and tlie great bank presidents today in lect tliis disk ami send out tin* alarm is poultry yard is cleaned up sprinkle It
Hie great cities nearly all learned to tell seconds. There are always two well with diluted carbolic acid and a
read mid to cipher In country schools clerks and sometimes three in tills de lilt I«* c«»pperas.
where birch and ferule bad not suc partment. Not n word is spoken. Ail
Adding litMiilt t«» Injury.
cumbed to the civilizing Influences of outsider would hardly know that an
Sin* had Just han«l«*«l him th«* frosty
scientific pedagogy. Our great rail alarm is going out. In order to prevent
ways were In the main built b.v them, several alarms coming at the same milt, but In* was gain«* 1«» tin* last hur
mid today the administrators of these time from people who see tin» same lire dle»
“If you are ever in troubh*," In* said,
great eompmiies are in great measure ami run tn different boxes no two
from farms mid country villages, from neighboring boxes are on the same cir “do not h«*sitat«* to lift up your voi«e,
and you will find me ‘Johnny 011 the
phiees where work began in early in- cuit. Scribner's.
spot.’ ”
fancy mid a sense of duty developed
"I’m in troubh* now.’’ answered th«»
while still Hie lisp of childhood lin
Who Told lhe Flhf
gered.
The bell rang, mid the occupier of human refrigerator, with a sigh l«»ng
Some city boys, however, are of such Hie apartment started to Hie window drawn out.
"Ami. behohi,” exclaimed th«* unsus
sturdy stuff mid endowed with stn-h to see who the visitor might be. To
natural gifts that they succeed by rea Iiis annoyance lie saw a persistent pecting youth. "I am her«*.”
"Y«*s.” she said. "1 hat's tin* trouble.”
son of tlielr inherent superiority. Olli creditor wlm had evidently called
<’hi«*ago News.
ers succeed ubundmilly liecmise they again for payment of his long out-
have used their opportunities wisely standing account, The impecunious
and in real life have pin-sued tin* same one instantly «•ailed to Ids youthful
Au. Nut You.
course wlileli enable» so many country son and said:
“Mamina, what was that fuzzy buu-
boys to win fame and fortune. Tlie
■‘Tommy, go to the door at once. I dle you took out of pupa's vest pocket
more honor to them for having sur don't want to see that man. Tell Idin and throw In the fireplace Just now?”
vived their too great opportmiiiles. I'm not nt Imine."
“That was an accumulation of house
But the country boy when lie conies to
"Oil, papa. I tlmught you never told bold reidpcN your father « ul out of tin*
town reaclies out for tlie high places. fibs,” remarked Tommy.
pa| nm ' s downtown and put away for
Though not all find seats of the
"1 don't, my boy. It s you that's go iny benefit. I have to clean them out
mighty, nearly all of the exalted sta lug to tell one. Now- run off." New of his pocket about «»nee a month.”--
tions are filled in the eml by men of York Tinies.
( ìii«*ago Tribune.
country birth mid country rearing, for
they usually start out with the sound
A I' m »illy Appra lueuivitl.
Fialnit the HlMine.
theory that w-liat Is worth having is
Mr. Spriggiiis prides himself on Uli I
Mr. Snow w as s«*en holding the we«»k-
worth striving for.—John Giltner Speed !y paper as far away as lie could get derstanding t be value of money.”
In Brandur Magazine.
“A ml that’s where Mr. Mpriggins
it ami working his head from side to
aide, with s«|uinted eyes. “Soho! Your makes a mistake,” said the liberal
Scotch Civility.
sight’s begun to fail ye at last.” said man. “He expert* n dollar to buy two
A lady weut out in search of two tin* visitor bluntly. “Well, ’taln’t sur or three limes as much as it has any
others who had gone out for a walk prising at your age.”
right to and is continually being an
some time before. She met an old man
Mr. Snow glar«*d. “My eyesight’s all lioyeil and disappofnt«*d.” Washington
a ml asked him if he saw two ladies right!” he roare«l. “The only trouble Is Star.
pass this way. “Na, nor I wlsnn look- my pesky arm isn't long enough!”—
F' n I h I to HI m < m ■» d I «I m <•>-.
In’ for them.”
Youth's Companion.
“You ha\<* just as inmli light amt
She met another and asked the same
theoretically just as good a chance as
question. “Na. but there nih lit 'a' been
Fame.
anybody els«* to be president.’’ says th«*
ten pass'! for onytiling ’at I ken or
“Wli«*n I gr«»w up.” remarked Bobby
patriotic citizen to his iieigldioi*.
care.”
Tough muscle*. “I am going to be the
“I caiin«»t agr«*«* with you." sighs th«*
At last she met a hoy ami asked the people’s choice.”
neighbor. "We have no children, ami
same question.
He replied. “Na. I
“Pugilist or president?” asked Tom
didna see ony ladies, but I saw twa my Sluirpboy. ('inciniiatl <'<»uimen*lal that fact a Ion«* would lose me th«* pho
tographers’ vote.’’ .lodge.
sill’ wives.“—Scottish Amerlenn.
Tribune.
HI« Boy'« Future.
“Are you educating you son for any
¡Mrtlculiir calling?”
“Yes.”
“What?”
“Well, he made Ills own selection,
and as near as I can find out he Is edu
eating himself to be the husband of an
heiress.“—Chicago Post
His llevenite.
M. Colomliies. a ineriliaiit of I’arln,
had Ills revenge on a former sweet
heart. a lady of Rouen, whin lie left
her by will n legacy of «(i.lMJO for hav
ing some twenty years Iwfore refused
to tnarry him. "through « hicli.” ntntes
Hie will, "I was enabled to live hide
pendently and happily m a bachelor."
Act! In action there is wisdom ami
glory and happiness. Action ruu>es
hope, and Impr rousea action. Free
doni.
I
A < ornrr In E khn *
Every one should occasionally sa v
“That old hen just seems to I m » burst
“Whoa!” to himself. Bemuse hla
friends do not say it does not indicate ing with pride " remark«*«! the farmer's
that lie doesn't need It.—Atchison dog.
“Pride? Nothing of the sort. It’s
Globe.
eggs,” replied the Leghorn rooster.
An orange tn-e In full bearing Ims “Sin* thinks •'lie’s a tinanrler. ami she's
been known to produce I.’ i . imhi oranges; trying to stop laying until there’s a
rise in price. ’ Exchange.
n lemon tree. tl.iMMi lemon*
StrniiMerm Xow.
“You ought to set* the lovely letters
Iny husband writes.” said the bride of
ii month to one of her girl friends.
“Oh. I’ve seen a fewr,” rejoined the
ilcnr girl friend. “In fact. I’ve got near
ly a trunkful of them in the attic."
Exchange.
W hut More?
Ho You might nt least have given
me some warning that you were going
to throw me over.
She Well, haven’t 1 been idee to
you for ut er a weak *
A Her l.lnr.
The directness of tlie bee’s flight Is
proverbial Tlie shortest distance be
tween any two given points is called a
beeline. Main observers think that the
Immense etes with which the insis t is
furnished greatly assist. if they do not
entirely account for. the arrowy
straightness of its passage through the
j-.
A tomb oi lapis lactin tins ueen ms
covered among several others south of
the great pyramid of Glxeli. There
were many sarcophagi and lns< riptluns
found likvw Ise
BLAKE,
MOFFITT
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lM»O«tl»» ANO OfALCM» IN
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WHl tiNG unit
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PAPERS
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Tri. Mum IWH.
SAN FRANCIS« •<>
i;
ANOTHER
PIONEER.
Bright ’ m
DI mcumc
and
Diabete«
Arc Positively Curable.
Wheu tbrSuu Francisco busluess un*n w«ri
luv tsi igut nig tne 1’ultun « '« jui |< uih I s ihe\
beard ibat Ur. <? 1» Zrile had both lirigm s
1» s.- . m * uud bikhetrs, aud was givru up as in
«•urable. and th* y waited on him aud gut Ului «*
luke II. Now fur the sequel, 'thia loiter wu
written V mouths later:
I'acitic st., Suu Fraueisco Sept 7. HkH
“bt-ar Sirs: 1 have cuuduoied m.v uwu ptuir
mo« \ u ins uwu property uu Pin’ilic Si. fot tor
ly »•! tit year*. heuc< iny associates nuiute'i
boinc of tin-
old M’h«s»l phyaiciuus. I U sl
vliruLi.' Bright s biseuse aud Uiulietes of I ot .
sta <liug. *• hit-h got *u serious that ill «»cloliel
I si the judgment of iny medicul friends wu:
that three mouths Would see the end
We .»I
ItKiked up u the uh re suggestion of u car»- a
empiricul uud visionary
Bui I yielded to the
curu»’* uexM of the parties, aud Lhe iusisteut »
ot one of my family and weut on lhe Fultuc
« onipouud for Bright's blseuse us a test. The
tbst wt-ek I improved, but thought it a coiuct
deuce. But every week t hereafter the Improve
utt)lit vontini.ed The time for the futul ' H l
paxs d and I was still vruwlug strung««r Thi:
coutinued till July, when the lust truce of bolt
albumeu and sugar disappeared. I suppose J
liHve given the «‘ompouuds to a dozeu, aud they
all re, or led favorably However uureasuuablt
it may app< ar the cun* has been found
If those interested cure to call u! my drug
store I will be glad to tell u 11 I know concern
Ing this nii|Mirtaut matter Tt^ discovery ii
st coud only in 1 ni|M»rtauce to the discover)
of a cure for *onsuumliuu
“C ahi . b. Zrn.B.*
Medical works agree that Bright’s Diseasi
and Diabetes are incurable, but 87 per cent, uri
positively recovering umler lb«* Fulton Com
pou in is (Common forms of kidney complului
and rliei mutism offer but short resistance
Price JI for the Bright's Diseuse uud tl 50 foi
the biubetic < om|M)iiud
John .1. Fulton Co
«•ti Montgomery street, Sun Kraueiscu, suit
c« mp 'timlers
F ree test s made for patients
bes< rlp(ive pamphlet iuaUed4freo.
Save the Baby.
The mortality among
babies
during the
three teething years 1« sotnething frightful.
The census of I'.W shows it nit about one in
every seven succumbs.
The
< ause
Is
apparent
With
bab\ s
bones hardening, the fontanel (opening in the
skull) closing up uud Its teeth 'mining, all
these eoming at once create a ilemund for
hone niuterial that nearly half the ilttltf
systems are deficient in.
Th»- result
is
I eevIslmess, weakness, sweating, fever, diar
rhoea. brain troubles, convulsions, etc., that
prove terrlblj fettl
The d«*athi hi . ..... und«*i
three years were ; mh ,*» ss , to say nothing oi
the vast number outside the big 'dies that
were Hot reported, and this in the United
Slates alone.
When buby begins to sweat, w ary or <r\
out in sleep don't wait, and the need is
neither medicine nor nureotlcs.
What the
little system Is crying out for Is tn<*i> bone
luaterlul
Sweetm.ins Teething
b'ood sup
piles It. It has saved the lives of thousand?«
of babies. They begin to Improve within
forty-eight hmirs. Here is what physicians
think of It.
2934 Washington St .
San Franeisco, June 2. IWJ.
(lentlenien I am prescribing your food in
the multitude of baby troubles due to Illi
peded dentition
A large percentage oi In
fantile Ills and fatalities ate the result of
slow teething
Your food supplies what tlu*
detiiient system denwHudv. and 1 have hud
surprising suecesf with It. In scores of cases
this diet, given with their regular food, has
i.ot failed t<> cheek th« Infuntlle distresses
Scveial of the more serious Clises would, I
feel sure, huve been fatal without it
It can
mt be too quickly
imnt to the attention
of the mothers of the country. It Is an uh
solute necessity
i. «’. mi : n ’ ih : i », m 1».
I’etaluma, Cal., September 1, 1'.io2.
bear Sirs 1 h.»»e Just tried the teething
food in two cases and In both it was a six
<ess. One was a very serious case, so criti
cal that It was brought to me from another
• Ity lor treatment
Fatal results were feured
In three days the baby ceased worrying and
commenced eating and is now well. It - action
in thin case was remarkuble.
I would :i<l
vise you to put it in every <lrdg store In this
ojtv.
Yours,
I M. PROCTOR, M. b
Swoctman's Teething l'’oo<l will carry baby
safely ami comfortably through the most, dan-
gcroiis pet lod of child life. It renders lam
Ing of the guins unnecessary
It is the safest
plun and a blessing to the baby to not w lit
for symptoms but to commence giving it the
fourth or fifth month.
Then all the teeth
will come healthfully, without pain, dis
tries or lancing. It is an auxiliary to their
regular diet and easily taken
Price .‘>o cent
(enough for six weeks), sent postpaid on re
eelpt of price. Pacific «’oast Agents, lull ml
brug Co., Mills Building, San Francisco.
Cliur«*h
hih I
Workmen.
it would l><* an exaggeration to say
that all worklug | m * o |>)<* f.-.-l antago
uiatle toward the eliun-li. Their general
attitude I h rather that of indifference
The thinking | hh > i - are well enough
aware that there I m nothing unnatural
III lhe »ItURtloli and that If the table»
were ho turned that world advantage
Hhifted to tlielr side it would probably
remain unchanged. At t'.-ue» their feel
iug. especially toward the clergy, I h cu
rlotlbly Hympathetie. “Say." remarked
a lalHir lender of vivid mind to the
writer “Hay, I'm awfiill.v sorry for
mlnlHter». Most of them are leal good
■Dell.* They know well enough what
Christ meant, and they <1 like tintt rate
to preach If they dared. But, Lord,
how can they? They've got to draw
their HulnrlcH; they’ve got families to
Hupport.” All this quite without a
touch of Irony Vida D. Scmlder In
Atlantic.
A llrllr.o Compliment.
To be able to compliment without
seeming to flatter I h a rare gift, uud
probably no race of men 1» endowed
with that gift more extensively than
the French.
An example of tile Frenchman's rare
tact in matters of this sort Is showu
in that sweet little story of a man
who hu<l ventured to compliment a
white haired old lady upon her beauty
"Ab." said slit, i fear you Hatter
me. You call me pretty? Why. I am
an old woman, my lialr Is white, and
see here 1» a wrinkle."
“A wrinkle?" he replied. "Never,
mndauie; that Is not a wrinkle. It Is
but it smile that has drifted from Its
moorings "
»■ppi, at Hand.
Employment Agent—I have a cook
that will Just suit you. She is a young
widow and Is very fond of clilldreu.
Mrs. Riehlelgh But we have no chil
•Iren.
Employment Agent —Oh. that'll be
all right, ma'am. She has six uf her
own < lileugo News.
The
Mother’s Haiae.
"Here." said Mr. Suaggs ns he laid a
volume on the table—“here Is a book
that I iiui very deHiruus Lucy shall
read.”
"Very well." replied Mrs. Suaggs;
"Ell furbld her tu touch it."- Pittsburg
Chruuicle-Telesrau> .