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Kuditenly tbe alck man’s voice qua*
vere«l out:
“It’s not him they want, It's Bill.
They’re after Bill out there. That was
Bill tryln* to g«*t in. Why didn’t jroil
open? It WHS Bill, I tell you.
At the first word th«.* Bnlpe had wheel
ed right alsjut face ami stood now
pointing and shaking like a man with
ague.
“Matey, for the love of God” —
••| won’t hush! There’s somethin'
wrong here tonight. I can’t sleep. It’s
Bill. I tell you. Bee his pt>or hammock
up there shakiu'.”
Cooney tumbled out with an oath
•nd a thud. “Hush it, ye white llv-
eretl swine. Hush it, or by”— His
Land «w»*ut beiiiud him to ids knife
•heath.
“Dan Cooney” the Gaffer closed his
book and li atird out “go back to your
bed!”
"I won’t, sir, not unless”—
“Go back!”
“Flesh and blood”—
“Go Imck!” Ami for the third time
that night C<s>ut y went back.
The Gaffer leaned a little farther
over the lodge and address«*«! the sick
mau.
• Georg«*, I went to Bill’s grave not
six hours agon«*.
The snow on
wasn’t even disturbed. Neither beast
nor man. but only God, <au break up
the hard earth he lies uniler. I tell you
that, an* you may lay to It. Now go to
Bleep. “
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Long Ede crouched on the frozen
ridge of llie hut, with his feet In the
sleeping bag, his knees drawn up anil
the t wo guns laid across them. The
creature, whatever its name, that hail
tried tlie door was nowhere to be seen.
but he deterniim*d to wait a few mill
utes on the <diance of a shot that is,
until th«* cold should drive him below.
For the moment the clear tingling air
wu.«i doing him good. The truth was
Long Ed«* had begun to l»e a fra i«l of
himself anti the way his mind had been
running for the last forty-eight hours
upon green fleids an«) visions of spriug.
As In* ¡»lit it to himself, something In
side Ids beati was melting.
Biblical
texts chatt«*red within him like run
ning bn»oks. and as they fleeted ht*
could almost smell th«* brown meadow
B«*«*ut. “Take us tlie foxes, the little
foxes, fur our vines have tender grapes.
• • • A fountain of gardens, a well
of living waters, and streams from
Lebanon. * • • Awake,
<>
north
O
wind, and come, thou south;
blow iqsiu my garden, that the spice
thereof may flow out.” He whs light
beaded, and lie knew It. He must hold
out. They were jill going mad were,
tn fact, thre«> ¡»arts craze«l already, all
except the Gaffer, and tbe Gaffer re
lied oil him as his right band mau.
Gue glimpse of th«* returning sun. a
glimpse <»nly, might save them yet.
He gazed out over the frozen bills
and iiortliward across th«* Ice pack. A
few streaks of pal«* violet, tlie ghost of
th«* aurora, front«‘d the moon.
He
coul«l see for miles. Bear or fox, no
living «*r«*titure was In sight. But who
ceuh! tell what might be hiding l»ehind
any oue of a thousam! hummocks? He
listened. II«* heard the slow grinding
of tbe Ice pack off tlie beach—only
that. “Take uh the foxes, tin* little
fox«*».”
This would never do. II«* must climb
dowu ami walk briskly or rcturu to the
hut. Maylie th«*re was a hear, after
all. bvhin«l on«* of the hummo<*ks. ami a
shot, or tin* chance of one. would scat
ter ills h«*a«l clear of these tomfooling
notions.
Ht* would have a search
round.
What was that moving on a hum
mock not
yard» away? lie leaned
forward at gaz«*.
Nothing now. but In* bail seen sotne-
tiling Ih* h»werv«l himself to tin* eave®
bj tbe north corner and from the eave®
to th«* drift piled there. The drift was
frozen »olid but for a tr«*ach«*rous crust
uf fresh snow. Ills foot sllpp«*«l U|H>t>
this, and down he slid of a heap.
Luckily he had I m *«* u careful to sling
the guns tightly at his back. He pick-
e«| hlnis«*lf lip and. unstrapping one.
took a step Into the bright nnsmlight
to examine th«* nipples, took two ®teps
and stood sto«*k still.
There l»«*fore him on the fn»z«*n coat
<if snow was a f«»otprint- no, two,
till«*«*, four, many footprints, ¡»lints of
a nak«*d human f«s»t. rigid foot, left
foot b«»tli naked, and blood III elicli
print, a little smear.
It had come, then. He was mail for
certain. He saw them. He put lila
Anger» In them, touchetl tin* frozen
bto«»«l. Th«» snow Iwfore th«* door was
trodden thick with tbem, som«* going,
som«* returning.
“Tin* latch lifted.” Suddenly bé re-
call<*«l the figure he bad seen moving
upon the hummock, and with a groan
he turne«l and gave chase. Oh. he was
matl' for «•«•Haiti.’ He ran like a mad-
maji. floundering, »lipping, ¡»lunging. In
his clumsy nmccasins. “Take us the
fox« s. the little foxes. • • • My be|ove«1
put in Ids hand by the hole of tlie <loor,
und my ls»weis were moved for him.
• • • I charge you, O daughters of Je
rusalem. 1 charge you. I charge”—
Ih* ran thus for 300 yards maytie an«l
then stopped ns suddenly ns lie bail
started.
Ills mates- they must not see these
f«M»tprlnta or they would go mail, too.
mini as he. No; he must cover them
tup. all within sight of the hut. and to
morrow lie would come along and cov
er th«»»e farther afield. Slowly lie re
traced his st«*ps. The f«»otprtnts, those
which point«»! toward the but nn«l
those wliirb poiut«»d away from It, lay
close together, and he knelt hef«»re
eacli. breaking fresh snow «»ver thu hol
lows ami carefully hfding th«* blowl.
Ami now a great happiness fillet! his
heart. Interrupt«*d once or twl«*e as he
worked by a feeling that some on«* was
following ami watching him
be
turned northward ami gazed, making
h telescope of bis hands. He saw noth-
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Ing ami fell again to Ills long task.
Within tbe hut the »lek man cried
softly to himself. Faed. the Snipe and
Cooney sl«*pt uneasily ami muttered in
tio ir dreams. The Gaffer lay awake,
thinking. After Bill. George Lashman.
it nd after George, who next * And who
would b«‘ the last, tbe unburled one?
Th«* men were weakening fast, their
wits and courage coming down at the
last with a rush. Eaed and laitig Ede
were the only two to lie depended on
for a day. The Gaffer liked Long Ede,
win» was a religious man. Indeed he
had a growing suspicion that Long
E<le, In spite of some amiable laxities
of l»«*lief ^was number«*d among the
elect, or might I m * If intercedtxi for.
The Gaffer began to inter<*«*de for him
silently, but ex|M*rh*n<*e had taught him
that such u rustlings to be effective
must be noisy, and lie dropp«*d off to
slr« p with a sense of failure.
Th«* Sni|x* stretched himself, yawned
ami awoke. It was 7 in the morning,
time to prepare a ouj) of tea. He toss
v«l an a rm fnl «>f logs on th«* tire, and
i'ie noise awoke ill«* Gaffer, who at
once inquire«! for Long Ede. He had
t* »1 r»*turne«l. “Go up to the roof. The
hid must la* frozen.” The Snipe climb
ed tin* ladd«*r. pushed op«*n tlie trap
and rame back, reporting that Long
Ede was nowhere to be seen. The old
n: in slipped a Jumper over liis suits of
< 'o liing, already three deep, reached
for a gun and moved to the door. “Take
:i « up of somethin' warm to fortify.”
tl.e Snipe advised, “The kettle won’t
la* live miiiutt*s boilin’.“ But tlie <Jaf-
for piisln d up tlie heavy bolts and
dragged tlu* door open.
“Hen*. b«*ar a hand, lads!”
Long Ede lay ¡»rone h«*fore the
thresi old. his outstretched hands al
most touching it. Ids moccasius al-
ready cover«*«! out of sight by the pow-
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Tell me. you've seeu what?”
"Seen?" Ul>ug Ede echoed
"Aye, -Wu what? Speak low. Wan
It the sun?”
“The *’’— But this time tbe •cbo
di«*d on bi« H im aud bis face grew full
if awe uncomprehending It frighten
ed the Gaffer.
“You’ll be tbe better fur a »natch of
sleep,” said he aud was turning to go
wiwn Long Ede stlrretl a baud under
the edge of hi« nigs.
“Seven—count,” be whispered.
“Ixjrd have Rjercy upon u«.” the <laf-
/«*r muttered through bis beard as be
moved away. “I«oug Ede gone «*raze«l!M
Add yet. though an hour or tw«> ago
this was the worst that could have i>e-
fullen. tbe Gaffer frit unusually cheer
ful. As for the others, they were like
different men all that day and through
Hi«* three «lays (hat foliow«*«l.
Even
Lashman c«»as«*d to compiaiu and. un
less their eyes played them a trick, had
takvii a turn for the iM*tter. “1 de«-lare
if I don't feel like ¡»it« bin’ to sing!” tbe
Snipe announced on the se<*on«l even
ing. as much to his own wonder as to
theirs.
■ •Then why iu thunder don’t ye
strike up?’’ answere«! Dan Cooney ami
fetched bis «•oinertlua.
The Bnlpe
struck up then an«! there “VIHiklna
ami His Dinah.” Wliat 1« more, th«
Gaffer l«M»ked up from his * 'Paradise
Lost’’ and joined in the chorua.
By the eu<! of the secoml day Long
He
Ede was up and around agaln.
went about with a dazed look in his
He waa counting. counting to
eyes,
himself, always counting, The Gaffer
watched him furtively.
Since his recovery, though his lips
moved frequently. Long E«ie had
scarcely uttered a word, but toward
noon on the fourth «lay he said an ex
traorilluary thing:
''There's that sleepin' bag I tisik with
me the other night. 1 wonder If 't I h on
tlie roof still. It will lie froze pretty
stiff by this. You might nip up an' see.
Snipe, an'” he paused—"If you find It
slow It up yonder on Hill's hummock.'*
Tlie Gaffer o|iened his mouth, hut
shut it iignln without speaking. The
Snipe went up the ladder.
A minute passed, and then they heard
n cry from the roof, a cry that fetched
them all. trembling, choking, weeping,
cheering. to the foot of the ladder.
"Boys, I hivh . the suu!”
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Months later—It was June, and even
George Lashman had recovered hi»
»tr«*ngth the Snipe came running with
news of th«* whaling fleet, and on the
I mmk -I i . as they watchetl the vessels
come to anchor. Long Ede told the Gaf
fer ids story: “It was a hall—a hallu—
what d’you call it. 1 reckon. 1 was
craze«l. eh?” The Gaffer’s eyes wan-
defil'd from a brambling hopping about
tie* lichen covered bowlders and away
to tlie s«*a fowl wheeling above the
ships, and then came Into his mind a
tab* lie had read once in “The Turkish
Spj '
“I wouldn’t say Juat that.” he hu -
»wered slowly.
“Anyway." said Long Ede, “I believe
the Lor«I sent a miracle to u» to save
us all.”
“1 wouldn’t say just that either.” the
Gaffer objected. “I doubt it was meant
Just for you an’ me an’ the rest were
presairved, as you way. inceedently.”
A JUGGLER’S TRICK.
Clever Feat of Illusion Performed liy
hii Emit Indian.
Tlie wonderful feat» of East Indian
juggler» have formed tlie theiue of
many a letter from traveler» in tbe
orient, hut none is more surprising than
that for which an old seadog vouch«*».
While lie was an officer on board a
I', and <>. steamship two natives came
aboard at Madras, he say s. They were
a Juggler aud his assistant. After they
lit re, In ar a hand, lad».
dery snow which ran aud trickled In had performed a number of minor
«•«•ssantly. trickled lietween his long, feat» and gathered quite a crowd
<lislirv«‘l,,«l locks and over the back of around them they railed for a »ark
liis gloves and ran in a thin strenui and a piece of »ailcloth.
These having been provided, the
past the Gaffer’s feet.
They carried him !n and laid him on chief Juggler made a small tentlike
a heap <»f skins by tlie tire. They structure with tlie canvas and some
lie then placed his assistant
for«’«*d rum lietween his clinched teeth stools,
and beat ids hands and feet and knead in tlie sack and allowed a sailor to tie
ed aud rubb«*d him. A sigh fluttered tlie knot which hound him a fast pris
on Ids lips, something between a sigh oner. Tliis doue, tlie vhief rarried thè
and a smile, half seeu, half beard, Ills »ack into au open «pace, warning tbe
eyes opem*d. and they saw that it was people to stand back some distance,
ami then «»arried on an aniinated von
really a smile.
“Wliat cheer, mate?”
It was the versa! ion with bis assistant, whose re
plies could be distinctly heard coming
Sn11»«» wlm asked.
Suddenly tlie chief
“I I s«*«*n’’— Tin* voice broke off. froln tin* s k.
rushed forward, picked up tlie Hack
l»nt he was smiling still.
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What had he seen? Not the suu, and dumped it overboard. w here, to
sun l\
By the Gaffer’s reckoning tbe the horror of the passengers and crew.
sun woul«l not I m * due for a week or it sank out of sight.
Immediately th«* captain rush«*d for
iwo yet. how many weeks he could not
say precisely, and sometinms he was w.ird and seized the man. under the
full h<*li«*f that he had murdered bis
glad enough that he did not know'.
hut
tin* Juggler only
They for«•«•<! him to drink a eouple of companion,
spiHiufuls of rum an«! wrap|»«*<i him up sniil«*d and. ¡minting to the canvas
’Phis was
warmly, Every mau contributed some asked that it In* raise«I.
of liis own bedding. Then the Gaffer d<m«>. and tin* supposed drowned man
called to morning prayers, and the was dis«-i>\t*r»’d squatting on the <le«-k.
three sou ml men dropped on their So realistic liati lieen the throwing
knees with him.
.Now. whether by overboard, however, that it was some
reason of their joy at Long Edv’s re- tini** h«*fore tlie surpris«ni passengers
«•every or I »ecause the old man was in could realiz«* a munier had not lie«*n
splendid voice, tliey felt their heart» committed.
uplift«'«! that morning with a «heer-
Catchin* Tunniea.
fillness they ha«l m»t known for mouths,
The industry of cntcbing tunnies Is n
Long Ed«* lay and listened dreamily
while the passion of the Gaffer's very ancient as well as lucrative one.
Allusions to it rui through tbe classics.
thanksgiving sh«s»k the hut. llis gaze
wandered over tlielr bowed forms. Two hundred and twenty-eight years
“Tli«* Gaffer. David Faed, Dan Cooney, before the t'hrlstian era Athena-us
th«* Suipe an«! George Lashman in the took the trouble to ¡»rove that a brother
bunk, of course- and me.” But. then, scribe had made a mistake In attribut
wjm was th«* seventh? He Iwgan to ing a panegyric of the tunny to Hesiod,
count.
“There’s myself. Lashman ill and modern scholars have agreed that
th«* bunk. David Fa«*d, the Gaffer, the the first authentic classic reference to
Snijie, I>an Cooney—one. two. three, tlie tunny is by Herodotus.
That the capture of tlie tunny was a
four well, but that made seven. Then
who was tlie seventh? Was it George, familiar feature In the daily life of
who had crawled out of l»ed and was these times is proved by tlie story re
kinading there? Decidedly (here were lated by Herodotus, wtio tells us bow
flv«* kneeling. No: there was George, Plsistratus. returning to Greece after
plain emmgh. in his !»erth and not able liis second expulsion, pitched Ills camp
tu move. Then who was th«* stranger? o|i|s>slte to that of his adversaries near
Wrong again. There was no stranger. the temple of l’allas at Pallene. Here
H«* knew all of these men. They were a soothsayer. Ampbilytus by name,
his mates. Was it Bill? No; Bill was moved by a divine Impulse, approach
d«*a«l ami buried. None «»f tbeae was ed him and uttered this prophecy:
Bill or like Bill. Try again one. t wo. Sow th* cst hi« lw*-n ma.le. th« net 1« outspread
In the water.
three, four. five, and us two sick men
Through Ibe tn -.r -hiny night the Uinniea will en
•even. Tbe (Jaffer. David Faed, ban
ter the tneahea.
Cooney- have I count «si Dan twice?
— Herodotus I, *12. (Rawlinaon'a Tranalatlon.)
No: that’s Dan yonder to the right and
i Pisistratus grasped the meaning at
only one of hint, Five men kneeling inee. accepted the oracle, fell upon the
and two on their bucks that make® Athenians, defeated them and return
im * veil every time.
Dear God. sup- ed to power. Nineteenth Century.
pose”-
The Gaffer ceaseil. and In the act of
Spitziterg» n belongs to no country,
rising from his knee«* lie «might sight ami aitice the renwitloa of whaling It Is
of Long Ette*» fa«*e. While tbe others deserted even in summer There are
f«'t« he«l their breakfast «ana lie step- deposit?» uf eual aud pbotptMte», but It
¡»•«I over ami l»edt aud whispered:
«hies not paj to work them.
JI */*•
À I OM'RAST IN BOYS'
TOVLN AND COUNTRY LAOS IN THE
STRUGGLE OF LIFE.
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Mr.
Who
Hat,
Achieved
Great Pruiulueai-e I h P h UII c XMalrs
ih<- Hural Uu,a Are at l east Twea-
t, lu Our Over ths t It, l.ado.
CHOATE’S ADVICE
A MAN’S BLUSHES.
I e
Wyll «1, ibe Hed slgual
Qulrkl, Than a Human.
Mora
"If there is any one thing that makes
me waul l<> get up and talk right out
In meeting it is to bear it said of a
mau that lie blushes like a womau.'**
said Ibe six ial philosopher to a repre
sentative of tbe New* York Times.
I “llow woiueu ever gained tbe repu-
I tatlon of having rim up a corner in
blushes is l-eyond m.v comprehension.
i The report dues her a grave injustice,
for as ,-i matter of fact she not only ban
■to monopoly in Idusiies. but does not
make us«* of tlie share that priqH-rly
In-longs to her. There me some wo
men. of course, who lilush if you even
Idilik in eyelid ill tbelr direction. Inn
us a general thing Inni bill'll IllIK'll
more readily a nil more violently than
women.
"Tills I h not a random statement that
I am making for tlie pur|x>se of hear
Illg myself talk, but u soliei deduction
founded on careful obuervutioii. For
years I have made it a |Hiilit to study
the sexes iii moments of embarrass
meat, and tlie statistics I have Jotted
down prove Hint iu nine cases out of
ten tlie average mau will fly tlie red
aignal of distress much more quickly
than the average woman. This holds
g<xxl in all sorts of situations.
“I'rack a Joke at a man’s expense,
he blushes; ply him with awkward
questions, lie Mushes; subject him to
some humiliation or let some ludicrous
accident befall him ill public, and he
straightway rivals the boiled lobster
In hue. A woman may redden slightly
under tlie same circumstances, but her
blush is diluted and perfunctory com-
pared with tlie brilliant, sunlit glow
that siilTuses the countenance of man.
"I don't attempt to explain file pile
nomeiion physiologists mid moralists
may do that If they can but merely
give the facts for what they are worth
in the hope that the next time a story
writer has a crop of blushes to dispose
of tie w ill ring a few changes on the
old phrase that Ims done duty for gen
elutions mid say of the heroine that
she 'blushed like a man.' ”
A country boy's lack of opportunity
is bis best equipment fur the serlouS
struggle of life. Thin sounds paradox
leal, but It is true. It is just as true
as the opiioHite proposition, that tbe
greatest hindrances a city boy lias to
conteud with are tbe op|s>rtunltles
w hick beset him when young aud pur
sue liitn till lie begins tlie real business
uf life, a business which each individu
al must carry on for himself. For the
(•¡I, boy everything is made as easy as
IHMutible. Even pleasure lieeomes to
him an old story before lie is out of bls
teens. Brought up in the feverish rush
of a place where great things are bap-
|>eiiiug day by day. be sees the world
with a cynic's eyes aud despises the
small things which, like Hie bricks iu
tl house, go to tbe upbuilding of char
acters and careers. He believes in us
ing large markers in the game of life;
for ¡teilliies and small units of value he
Ims little taste ami scant regard.
Tlie conditions surrounding tbe coun
try Imy are as different as imssllde
There is a deal of regular work that
every country boy must do. and this
regularity of employment, mostly out
of doors, inculcates industrious habits,
while it contributes to a physical de
velopment which in after years Is just
us valuable ns any athletic training
that cun Is- had. He cannot run as
fast perhaps as those trained by a sys-
tern, lle may not lie aide to jump so
high or so far or excel in any of tlie
spirts upon which we bestow so much
time mid from which we get so much
of pleasure, but his development en
ables him to buckle down to the bard
work in which hours are consumed
mid from which very little or no im
mediate pleasure is extracted.
His
strength may be something like that
of the cart horse, but the cart horse
is to be preferred where a loug anil
FIRE ALARM BOXES.
steady pull is required The thorough-
bred race horse has a tine (light of The
Mimi In
York and II«»» II
sliced mid canters with delightful
Is Operaioi.
lightness mid grace along the park
Greater New York I h thickly Htudded
bridle paths, but the heavy work is the with laiii|i|u>st lire alarm isixes. The
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work most In demand, and for that we directions >>ii each box. which Is paint
want the draft animals every time.
ed red and is surmounted at night by a
Enthusiasm is the spur to endeavor, leil light, are:
and at the same time It is the savor of
“Turn bundle to right until door
life.
The country boy whose ambi opens; then pull inside inxik once and
tion lias taken him to town comes shut tlie disir." Tlie opening of tlie
filled with enthusiasms. Even tbe lit box rings a large Iteli in the door,
tle tilings are novelties to him. and as which alarm is intended to notify any
lie accomplishes this and that be feels one in the neighltorlusid. especially the
that lie is doing something m
only
nearest policeman, that I lie box lias
interesting, but valuable. His simple lie n opened. The policeman will then
tastes have not been spoiled by a mul make sure that this was not done out
tiplicity of gratifications, ami so he is of mischief liy some one w Im wanted to
glad of everything good that comes see the engines arrive or. as recently
his way. At thirty, if lie leads a clean happened. I.y a raw maidservant who
life, lie has more of the boy in him wanted to mail a letter. When tlie in
Ilian his city cousin has left at fifteen
side lever Is pulled down and let go. it
He does what Is before him because it sets in motion a certain clockwork that
is ids duty, while the other is apt ticks out tlie numlier of the box three
cynically to question the value of do times In succession at headqnarters in
ing anything and ask. "What Is tlie Sixty seventh street. Not only that,
but it makes a record iqsm a ta[>e,
use?”
Of tlie men who have achieved great allowing tbe numlier of the Isix and the
prominence and higli influence in our exact secund at which the lever was
affairs of state tlie couutry boys are at pulled.
A clerk wlm sits night and day be
least twenty to one over the city lads.
Nowadays Indeed our cynical city lads side the headquarters instrument notes
look upou men wlm take an active In the numlier and selects from a drawer
terest in public affairs as rather low a certain disk which when inserted in
fellows and quite beneath their associ the proper apparatus causes tlie alarm
ation and notice. But the country boys to lie rung in tlie station Imuses of the
are at the top in other lines of endeav district In which that tireliox is situat
or. In finance they are pre-eminent, ed. The average time required to se
mid the great bank presidents today in lect this disk and send out tlie alarm Is
the great cities nearly all learned to ten seconds. There are always two
read and to cipher in country schools clerks and sometimes three in this de
where birch mid ferule had not suc partment. Not a word is spoken. An
cumbed to the civilizing influences of outsider would hardly know tlmt an
scientific pedagogy. Our great rail alarm Is going out. In order to preyent
ways were in the main built by them, several alarms coming at the same
and today the administrators of these time from |H*ople who see the same tire
great companies are in great measure and run to different boxes no two
from farms mid country villages, from neighboring boxes are on the same cir
cuit. Scribner's.
I da cm where work began in early in
fa ncy ami a sense of duty developed
while still the lisp of childhood till
Who Told the Fib?
gered.
The bell rang, and the occupier of
Some city boys, however, are of such the apartment atarted to the window
sturdy stuff and endowed with such to see who tlie visitor might be. To
natural gifts that they succeed by rea liis annoyance he saw a persistent
son of their inherent superiority, oth creditor who had evidently called
ers succeed abundantly because they again for payment of his long out-
have used their opportunities wisely standing 801*01111!.
The ini|>ecunious
and In real life have pursued the same one instantly called to liis youthful
course which enables so many country son aud »aid:
boys to win fame and fortune. The
“Tommy, go to tbe «lour at once, i
tuore honor to them for having sur don't want to see that man. Tell him
vived their too great opportunities. I'm not at home.''
But the country boy when be comes to
“Oh. ¡»apa. I thought you never told
town reaches out for the high places. tibs,” remark«*«] Tommy.
Though not all find seats of tlie
“I don’t, my ls«y. It s you that’» go
mighty, nearly all of tbe exalted sta ing to tell one. Now run off.”—New
tions are tilled In the end by men of York Times.
country birtli and country rearing, for
they usually start out with the sound
Filins the Blame.
theory that what is worth having is
Mr. Snow was seen bolding the week
worth striving for. John Gilmer Speed ly paper as far away as be eouid get
in Brsndur Magazine.
it and working bis head from side to
side, with squinted eyes. “Soho! Your
sight s begun to fail ye at Inst, ' said
tbe visitor bluntly. "Well, 'tain't sur
prising at your age.”
Mr. Snow glared. "My eyesight s all
right!" be roared. "The only trouble Is
my pesky arm isn't long enough!”—
Youth's Companion.
A lady went out in search of two
ethers who had gone out for a walk
some time before. She met an old man
and askt*d him if lie saw two lad it*»
¡»ass this way. “Na. nor I wiana look
in’ for them.”
She met another and asktsl the same
question. “Na. but there mlcbt ’a’ l»een
ten pass’t for onything ’at I ken or
care.”
At last she met a t>oy and asked tlie
same question.
He repli«*d. “Na. I
didna see ony ladies, hut I saw twa
• ill* wives.”—Scottish American.
Fame.
“When I grow tip.” remarked Bobby
Toughmuscles. “I am going to be tlie
people's choice.”
“Pugilist or president?” asked Tom
my SharplMiy.—Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
Hl* Roy** F’nture.
Every one should occasionally My
‘Whoa!" to himself. Because his
friends do not say It does not indicate
that he doesn't need it.—Atchison
Globe.
“Are you educating you son for any
IMrticulnr calling?’’
“Yea.”
“Wbatr
“Well, he made his own selection,
and as near as 1 can find out lie is e«lu
eating himself to he tbe husband of sn
hetreaa«”—Chicago Post
i
An orange tree in full bearing has
been known to produce 15.000 oranges;
a lemon tree. 4.000 lemon«
Ills Release.
Strangers how.
M. t'olombies. a merchant of Paris
bad Ilia revenge on a former sweet
heart. a lady of Rouen, when he left
her by will a legacy of gli.ooo for hav
ing some twenty years before refused
to marry him. "through which." states
the will, "I was enabled to live inde
pendently and happily as a laiclielur."
' You ought to see tbe lovely letters
m.v husband writes." said the bride of
a month to one of her girl friends.
"Oil. I've seen a few.” reJoi tied tbe
dear girl friend "In fact. lie got near
ly a trunkful of them in the attic.”—
Exchange.
Act! In action there fa wisdom and
glory and happiness. Action rouses
.4*. and hope rouse* action. free-
dotti
What Mere!
He—You might at least have given
aie tome warning that you were going
to throw me over.
She Well, haven’t I been nice to
jrou fur un* a weak >
It
Lrd
a
< bulrrie LII cmi
Hiiiba of Fea«*».
lulu
BLAKE.
(be
WITT
papers
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1
CAMÓ STOCK
It seems always to Lave lain witbAti
...Straw add Binder*.' Bum'll...
the power of the disCiligUisbed lawy«M
F11*»» t m reel
ttnd humorist. Hufu* Cboaie/ to lead
u choleric client from way» «d anger
Tel. Mail IWW.
4;
SAS’ FRANCIS<N>
iutu the patiis uf pt»a«*e. Jihi lie tore
the war a southeii» grntieman was
«lining with a friend in one of the bvst
hotels of Boatoii. He was of French
crtmle extraction, and his name was
l»eia«*our. says a writer in Lippincott a
Magazine. The waiter was a colored
man. ami the M«>uthermr gave his or
ders in a very domineering fashlou.
Bright'« DiHcaKc and Diabete*
hiiding fault freely with wliat was ¡»lit
l«ef«»re him und the way in which it
Are Positive!) Curable.
was served. Finally tlie waiter became
¡n<*«*ns«*d and told Mr. D«*la<*«»ur to g«»
Wheu the s*u Frsucisco buslue«u< tusn wer«
to a place warm and reumte. The lat
luvestitftliDtf t»« Fulluo Cuomuuud* the«
ter sprang furiously to iii» feel am! tteard that Dr. C l> Zeile
bulb Brighi t
w«»uld ha Ke sh«»t th«* offen«l«*r «lead if liNt-.tbr aud DialMles, and was gtveu up as in
h«* had not b«*en rot l a i lie«I by bis « urable. and tb< y wsilrd ou biLu anti gui U iuj
w iser friend, w lm sui«l:
take il Xo» for the arqueL 'this leilcr a a
’ You « an t <lo that m « i ( of thing her«*. written v uiouihs Isler:
\«»u will lia \ e 1«» r«*memi»er where you
“Wi Purine St., Suu FrstK'iNco Sept 7 IWil
• 1»« ur Sirs : 1 have i-uuducird my owu ptiar
are.”
inu« y u ujv owu properly uu Pacith Si fm for
* D<» y«»u sup|M»Hv tInit I am g<»ing to ly **i»«bt years. beuc<* uiy aNquviutra nmubei
koine of tbv best old aebuoi pbvsit'lUUN 1 Use
put up with »mb insoiem*«* mii «I n«»t ebruti*
Bright's Disease aud Diabetes of lou>
be revengitl?“ said the eiirage«l man
Ntuiding <• bit-h got M) srriuu* that iu <k toi»ei
Nt ih-judgnieut of uiy medicul frieuds *»■
’’< ’« rt a iniy n«»t. But «!«• it by pr«M*ess , I :hat
three mouths would see the end IVe ul
of law.”
looked up u the mere suggestion of a cure a
aud viaiuuarv Hui I yielded to thr
The h:n«ilot«l was first init*rvi«*w«*d empirical
euru"- ;ut"Hh of the parlies, und the ihsislem-y
ami th»* waiter «lischarged.
That was uf «me of mv fumily. and w.-ut ou the Fuiim
ouqstuud loi Bright's Disease as a test. Tht
not slirticient t«> witisfy tbe w«>iii»dt*«l < tlral
*rek 1 Improved, but «houiflil il a eoiuci
fe«*llngs of Mr. D**,,**'<>tir.
He ask«*«1 denee Hut evert week thereafter the Hnpr«>ve
tuuut
ed The time fur the futal eui,
wlm was the l»«*«t lawyer In the city puss d coutiu,
and I was still «rowing stronger Th I?
und whs t«»id it was Rufus Cboate. touiiuued till July, when the lust truce uf bolt
albumen and sugar disappeared I suppose |
Making his way to his otti< <•. lie sahi:
have given the ('oinpouniis t<» a dozen, uu«i liiej
“Mr. Cboate. I want to engage you all re orled favorably. However uureasonublt
il mty appear the cure bus beeu found
in a cas«*. \\ hat w ill y«»ur retaining If those interested cure to cal at my drug
store I will be glad to lelt all I know concern
fee I m *?"
iui< this important matter ¡’la.- discover) u
“Al»«»ut B.'s».’’
SI coud only iu importiince to the discovei)
Tlie cliei-k was made out ami liamled uf a cure for 'onsumotiou
“C arl D. Z bh a *
over.
".Now.’’ said th«* lawyer, “what are
Medical works agree that Bftght’S Disease
the filets of tile case?”
aud Dialietes are incurable, but »7 percent, ur«
H«.* was told. Sahl
Mr. Ch«»ate positively recovering under the Fulton t’oiu
thoughtfully:
pounds .Common forms of kidney complaint
* I know the l’nit«*d Stales law <»n aud rhe« mutism offer l»ut short resistance.
the subject well, and 1 kimw th«* law Pt ice fl for the Bright's Disease and |1 50 fot
Hie Dfattetic ComixYund John J. Fulton Co.
of the commoiiw «*alth «»f Massachu
CJ» Montgomery street, San Francisco, sol«
Betts, and I can assure you. sir. that
c< mp uinders F ree tests nituie for putieuis
then* is n<» power on earth strong Descriptive pamphlet mailedJrea.
enough to for«*«* you to g<» t«» that
place If you don’t want to go
Ami if
1 were you I wouldn't."
‘'Weil,” said th«* southerner. a«*«,«,pt
ing tlie situation. "I think Ell lake >0111*
The mortality among babies during the
ad\i«*e." And they parte«! giwwl frieii«is. three teething years is something frightful.
The census of h*W shows that about one in
every seven succumbs.
The cause is apparent.
With baby’s
POULTRY POINTERS
tM>nes hardening, the fontanel (opening in the
skull) closing up and its teeth orming. all
Supply plenty of gravel to tow Is that the>.e coming at once create a demand for
bone material that nearly half the little
are being fatten«*d in «'«»ntiiieiiient.
systems are deficient in. The result is
Chi«'keiis should never I m * allowed to l eevishness, weakness, sweating, fever, dur
brain troubles, convulsions. «•<•• . that
go on the roosts until ten or Iwtlv«* rhoea,
prove terribly tutsl The deaths in I,,M» iiii .L- t
weeks ohl.
three > ears were
t«< say nothing ot
the vast number outside the big cities that
Lime is a purifier ami should I •• used were not reported, ami this in the LTnlted
as a wash «m the c<M»ps. p.*r<*hcs mid States al<»ne.
W hen baby begins to sweat, w.»rry or «ry
nest boxes.
out in sleep don't wait, and the need is
Wliat tlie
If a hen lays soft slmlled ergs, give neither medicine n«»r narcotics
little system is crj ing out for is more bone
her plenty <»f gravel, oyster shells mid material. Sweetinans Teething Food sup
plies it It has saved the lives of thousands
cru»b«*«i Imne.
of babies. They begin to improve within
Ducks slmuld be allowed as much forty-eight hours
Here is what physicians
liberty as possible. Th«*y ar«* iu»l par think of it.
2934 Washington St ,
tial to <*oiitiiiemeiit.
San Francisco, June 2. I,s»2.
Gentlemen I am pres«-ribing your fo<.d in
Fiat eggs, eggs within eggs, double
the multitude of buby troubles due to im
yolked eggs mid other unnatural for- peded dentition. A larg- percentage of in
inati«»ns ar«* du«* to tlie hen« being <»v«*r fantile ills and fatalities ate the result of
slow teething Your f«>od supplies what the
fat.
deficient system depends, and I have had
Geese may be fattened on any kind surprising success with It. In scores of «'uses
this diet, given with their regular food, has
of grain if fe«l all that they w ill eat for not failed to check the infantile distresses
[Several
of the more serious cases would, 1
a bout ten days before sending them to
frel sure, have been fatal without it. It can-
market. Corn, peas and barley are net be t«s> quii'klv brought to the attention
of the mothers of the country. It is an ab
best.
solute necessity.
Young «hicks of fancy breeding
1». C. M KN DEL. M !».
should not l»e permitted to roost on
Petaluma, Cal., September 1, 1902.
perches until after they are eight
Dear Sir*—1 have just tried the teething
months old. as it often causes <-rooke«l f«>od in two cases and in both it was a sue
« ess One was a very serious case, so criti
l»rcast bones.
cal that it was brought to me from another
Accumulating filth is a prolific source < itv for treatment. Fatal results were feared
In three days the baby cease«! worrying and
of «llsease. especially gapes. After the c«>inmen«'<'d eating and is now well. Its action
poultry yard is cleaned up sprinkle it in this vase was remarkable. I would ad
vise you to put it in every drug store in this
well with diluted <*arlmlic a« id and a city. Yours,
I M. PROCTOK, M D.
little <*op|»eras.
i tow ytj
ANOTHER
PIONEER.
Save the Baby.
ItldinK liistilf to Injury.
She hail just handed hint the frosty
milt, hut It«* was game !<» the last hur
dle.
“If you ar«* ever in trouble." h«* said,
“do not hesitate to lift up y«»ur voice,
and you will fin«i me ‘Johnny on the
spot.' ”
“I'm in trouble u«»w.” answered the
human refrigerator, with a sigh long
drawu out.
"And. behohl." exclaimed the unstis
pectlng youth, “I aut here.”
"Yes.” she said, “that’s tlie trouble.”
—(’hicago News.
\«». N«»t You.
“Mamma, what was that fuzzy bun
die you took «»ut of papa's vest po«'ket
ami threw in the fireplace Just now?”
“That was an accumulation «»f (»«»use
hokl revip«s y«»ur father cut «»ut of the
papers downtown ami put away for
my benefit. I have to clean them out
of bis ¡ mm ket about once a month.”—
< ’hicago 'Tribune.
A
Faulty
Appralaruieut.
Mr. Sprigging prides himself on un
derstanding tbe value of money."
“Aud that's wh«*re Mr. Bprlggius
makes a mistake,” said the liberal
man. “He expects a duliar to buy two
or three limes as much as it has any
right to ami is continually being an
noyed ami disappointed.”- \Vashingt«»n
Star.
Sweetman's TVHliini, F<xxi will carry.bxbv
naiely and comfortably through the nios-r dan-
K< r<'in* period of child life. It render* lane
Ing of the gums unnecessary. It 1« the safest
plan and a blesain« to the baby to not wait
for symptoms but to commence giving it the
fourth or fiith month. Then all the teeth
will come healthfully, without pain, dis
tress or lancing. It is an auxiliary to their
legular <liet and r-.i<ily tUkSR Price M eent*
«enough for six weeks), sent postpaid <m re
ceipt of price. Pacific Coast Agents. Inland
Drug Co.. Milla Building. San Francisco
< liurch and Workmen.
It w«»uld be au exaggeration to say
that all working pe«»|»ie feel antago
nistic toward tlie church. Their general
attitude is rather that uf imlifference.
'The thinking poor are well enough
aware that there is nothing unnatural
in the situation and that if th«* tables
were »«> turned that world advantage
shifted to their side It would probably
remain unchanged. At t’mes their feel
ing, especially toward the clergy, is <-u
riously sympathetic.
Nay." remarked
a labor leatier of vivid mind to the
writer “say. I’m awfully sorry for
ministers. Most of them an* real good
men. They know well enough what
Christ meant, and they’d like first rate
to preach if they dared. But. Ix»rd,
how can they? They’ve got to draw
their salaries: they’ve gut famlFes tu
sup|M»rt.” All this quite without a
touch of irony.—Vida D. Scudder iu
Atlantic.
A llrllrate CouiplltuettI.
To lx- tible to compliment without
seetniru; to flatter Is a rare gift, ami
probably no race of men I h emlowed
Fatal to HI* Candida«*y.
"You lune just as iuui-l> right sn<l with that gift more extensively than
theoretically just xs gcxxl a chance aa the Erencb.
An example of the Frenchman's rare
anylMxly else to be president.” says the
tact in matters of this sort is m I iowii
patriotic citizen to his neighlxtr.
"I cannot agree with you." sighs the I ii that sweet little story of a mau
neighbor. "YYe have no children, and who hail ventured to compliment a
that tact alone wonld lose me the pho white haired <>l<l lady upon her Imaiiti
“Ah." said shs.
i fear you flatter
tographers' vote."—.! inlge.
me. You call me pretty ? Why. I am
au old woman, my hnir Is white, uml
A < orner I. Fsa*-
“That old hen Just seems to lie burst see here is a wrinkle ”
"A wrinkle?" lie replied.
"Never,
ing with pride." remarked the farmer's 1
inadame; that Is not a wrinkle. It I m
dog.
"Pride? Nothing of the sort. It's but a smile that has drifted from its
moorings "
eggs." replied the Leghorn rmtster. >
“She thinks she's a tlnam ier. ami she's
Sssplr at Haag.
trying to stop laying until there's s
Employment Agent—I have a cook
rise In price.-'— Exchange
that will Just suit you. She I h a young
widow and Is very fond of children.
A Her l.lne.
Mrs. Rlcblelgli Blit We have no cbil
The directness of the bee's flight Is
dren.
proverbial. Tbe shortest distance lie
Employment Agent —Oh. that'll be
tween any two given points is called a
all right, ma'am. She has six of her
beeline. Many observers think that tbe
own. « Iilcago News.
Immense eyes with which the Insect Is
furuislied greatly assist, if they do not
The Mother's
entirely account
for, the arrowy
“Here." said Mr. Shaggs as lie laid u
Straightness of its passage through flic
volume on tbe table
here is a book
air.
that I am very desirous Lucy shall
A tomb ol lapis lazuli nas t>een <11*
read."
covered among several others south of
"Very well." rvpllMi Mrs. Knaggs;
the gr>-at pyramid of Glzeh. There
"I'll forbid her to tuMcg IL" futeburg
were many surc<»|iliagl and iuscrlptlons
CbruMh la-Telerrag« .
found likewise