»Sr«« ««. I * * * * & & # 1 * * * & lie * *• íK T H E SE N T R Y DRANK. « n t O e n o r a l M e a d e D I« N o t t u S e e H im D o It. — Happen A* ■ little villa«» on tho Rnsqnehan- sn river I met an old soldier who re­ fi lated this incident of bin experience With General Meade in the civil war. I have forgotten h.ia name and the pluce where it occurred. It was a raw night in October, »he wind wna rather strong, and Meade hud fixed a stove in hi» tent. The eoldlor was t.bo sentry fox the gen­ eral. A pn/f of wind knocked down the Improvised stovepipe, and soon the (Sent 4 II1 ...1 rv io h o IK iH .1 O fltllO filled with o smoke. The I.O geneivil oame cut and asked tho aentry to ln l* bins to rearrange it. The soldier repltid that he wan under orders and conld net leave his poet. •‘Yes. yes.” said Meade, “that is Irno. bnt I would liko to hove that Stovepipe fixed. Yon are right. ” And the general went at the job himself. •‘I kept pacing jny bent," said the soldier, “ and enjoyed Meade's efforts to get the pipe hack in its placo. Ho wade a sorry mesa of it. Finally he turned to ice and said: ‘Sentry, you will have to help, ma I will be respon­ sible for you. .and if thero 1 b any trou­ ble nliout your leaving the beat I will .explain to the officer. ‘ “ In a few minutes we had the pipe in position Meude disappeared into the tent without a word of thanks, hut he soon came out with a jug of applejack end usked me to tako a drink. Once more I reminded him I was on dnty. •Yes, yes.’ bu answered, ‘I know, but you helped me to fix tho stovepipe. ’ •‘He turned on his heel Hnd re-enter- pd the tent, leaving tho jug outside. After a time be came out. “ •Did you drinkf ho inquired. I :hc mi un nodded. •• ‘J knew you would, hut I did not see i t ’ ’’—Pittsburg Dispatch. i tl dl tl I< ter. «b te l ni< ad ial av ilo; ai> e 1 la u «l OI L ' ludr per mi co, in A DEADLY CANE. Au In u tr r u t L o o k lu te I n a tr n c n e n ft W k l e h W o u ld p p s t r o r L if e . tri* prêt ••Anarchists of the physical force school find it now and again irresistible to brag of tho powerfnl things they have need or are going to use,” says a writer in Tho Lmigntn. “ We will snp- i that aoino aristocratic person haa en chosen as a victim- The exact pat- iern of his favorite walking stick would ba noted us occasion «rose and a fau simile of it prepared—that Is to say. so far ns mere outward appearances wero concerned. “Tho Interior would really lie on in­ fernal piuchine. Insido tho hollow of the at Icy wqgld ho a inot.-il flask con­ taining'* liquid which could «merge only fr<*n u small orifice nt the top of the Husk Thu flask would be imlieddcd w ith in a inhstance which wonld ex­ plode the Instant that the liquid TO- fcrreil to camo into contact with it. "When aq opportunity oeenrred for tho o stick te he snb/itnt.xi for ’to ’«»»- at cojfntsi’pÄrt, tW> Inthdle Wtrtlrt be cent unscrewed to a slight extent, thus allow­ ing a space for the liquid to flow ont, which it would do when tho stick was held in a horizontal position. Most men occasionally carry their Rijeka in this way. Bo. when tho victim took bis sup­ posed nsual stick from the corner in which it bad been placed upright, he might walk about with it for a long period withont encountering actual parm. but once let him hold it horizon­ tally or twirl It in the air thero wpuld be— wall, you can Imagine the result.'' fhey Sfe**i»l* C lo c k D i a l s . the ICO, Mi. iät .S í io b ♦>n b« Ir. ' »to lob up M: « I ou.' ree i bo; boy got Se. c woo» t ie I* £ no : id t 1 • r h W ¡•M .t But i to I lx«» itali i r he'* ••I» 'I on» W ! Difficulty is experienced in accurate­ ly reading tho time of elevated clocks on accouut of tho distance between the minute hand und the fignri1* Seen from below, tb . apparent rending may be a minute or two wrong whet, tho hand is pot at 13 pr 6 on account of (bis dis­ tance. The perspnetive throws the hand out of |«siti(>ii und gives it an apparent upward position. On the first quarter this makes the reading slow, on the last quarter fast. A proposed method of correcting this is to make the clock face concave so that the tip of the hand will almost graze the figures. Then the time can he accurately read from below I P r e v e n tio n of DI noonc . I w ont to Inform ymt, In word # o f hlgheet prola), o f tlie bv or lit I have drrfy«Ml from Ripnua Tubultw. I a w a prof« sMt n. l nnr.4o and In thui prof («„ion oci?ar brad Io alw ays ne< rted. lilprna Tahules doee it. After on e or n.y case» I found m j roif com pletely run down. Acting on iho advice o f Air. Oeo. Bow­ er, Ph. Newark Arc., Jors^y Clf.v, I took Ripaun Tub ii lea w ith grond reeiilts. F O R Y O U N G F O L K S . .«! 1 Mr. Miles Menander Dawson, a con­ sulting actuary and author of standard A B O Y W IT H D E W E Y . works on life insurance, says in an in­ terview: “ From one-fifth to one-half T r e n k L . M-»r»e, t h o T o n n g M t S e a m a n l a of the deaths that occur in youih nnd t h e M a u lla F i e h t . middle age could bo prevented by a Frank L. Morse, an Oakland lad of 13 decent regard for sanitary conditions years, claims tho proud distinction of and by common action of socioty for being tho youngest seaman of the vie- the benefit of all. It is not enough that tcrious fleet at Manila Tho boy is re- a man should take care of himself. Dis­ joiciug, and a proud mother, Mrs. L- ease is communicable, and protecting Morse of this city, is thanking ProvL Inan against it is a social function. dence that her brave little sailor boy “ Fully one-fifth of the total number passed through his thrilling experiences ef deaths are caused by zymotic dis­ unscathed. Frank is n second class ap­ eases which nre as purely accidental as prentice on the Baltimore, the skip falling ami breaking a leg. And ono- which led the second attack against tho fourth of tho deaths in addition are Spanish fleet. Mrs. Morse did not hoar from digestive and respiratory diseases, j directly from her sou until a few days almost all of which are preventable. ago. Tho letter bubbled with boyish en About 17 per cent of the deaths among insured lives is from consumption and B per cent from nervons diseases, all of which are npw believed to be prevent­ able. “This means that fully one-half of the deaths among young and middle aged persons conld bo prevented and the proportion conld no doubt bo great­ ly increased if parents paid a proper re­ spect to the laws of heredity. It wonld certainly he a most important achieve­ ment for the human race if united ac­ tion could be taken to secure that a larger proportion of persons would at­ tain old age than at presnt. Ainsleo's Magazine, i | j j J ! 1 i i ■ V». “U ? R I Bly tf'et end l . e . sx d .S d .m. n w ere bloated to I could not » « « .b o ~ on my fee* nnd only »2®°“ dreM. I saw R.paaa Tab .1*« •dvar .hwd »ovur dally pap*r. bought «nw eaud tcokthem aa direct- e*!. Have taken then? about tb rw wevkfl au 1 Utcre 1* aucb actum «*! 1 am Dot rcn«tlp»»*d »ay mora and I ow e it all to Rlpani Tabulae. la m thirty- aeven yenra old. have no oecupatfOB, only my boaeefcold d etlae and nm alng my tick husband. He ba* had the dropay and I am trying Ripon» Tahulen f«;r hltn. He fccla rom? better but It wlU tako aoine tim e, he haa been ill of hum anity. * c in e : Wxzr.MAM. Mother w o i tronb!od w ith h e a r t b u r n and lleepleasuos.t, eunged by ludtgea.-A One day ahe oa\r a testim onial In tho pap**r Indorsing n i p u n e T&bules. «he determ ined t o glvo thorn a trial, wns g r e a t l y relieved by tholr u«e a n d n o w t a k e s th e Tabulra Mgtdarly. Bh > keepc a few eartona Ripens Tabules In U»o house and says she w ill not be w ith ­ ou t them. The heartburn and tdeeplet»neas br.va disappeared vzlth the Indigestion w hich Was form erly no groat a burden for her. Our wh /ia fam ily take the Tabalw« roguiarly, eepeciaPy af» er a hearty m ea t Wj m other la fifty yearn of age ^nd la enjoying tho boat Of health and spirits / also cats hearty meal», an Im possibility b efore she took Bipavs Tabulea. H. A xtob B m / jksx . My scTen-ycar old boy ■uiTwred with pains in bid head, constipation and complained of his stomach. Ho could t o t eat liko children of his o^e do and w h a t ho did oat did not agreo w ith him. Ho was thin and o f a saffron color. R eading io m , o f «he testtmnnlals In favor o f Rlpuutj Tabulea, I tried them. Ripens Tabulea not only relieved but actually cured my youugster, th e headaches have disappeared, bowols are In good condition mid he never com plains o f nis Stomacli. He Is now a red, chubby-fsced boy. Thia wonderful change I attribute to Klpans Tabulea. I am eutlsflod that they w ill benefit any one (from th e crw lie to cld age) If taken »«cording to dlreo- UonA K.W.FU1C«. A new drug stylo pnekst containing rsv lu y i n t abvles packed In a paper carton (without glass) la now for sale gtoros Full . Tnlo low-prliwd »ort is intended for tlio poor and the eoonondoaL ns St «ome five cents dozen of tho flvo-ccnt cartons (120 tabula*) can bo had by mail by sending forty-eight cents to the RIF am » C hemical O om TAMT, N o . 10 Horace fitre it. New York-or a single carton (TEN TACKLES) Wll bo sent for five cents. Rxr ams T abulea may alno oe had of o ra e grocers, genoral storekeepers, nows agents and at some liquor stores ■fid barber shops. They banish pa'.n, Induce sleep and prolong life. One gives relief. H e D id N o t H o v e I t . William Lightfoot Visscher in The Woman’# Home Companion tells this characteristic .story of tho Hon. Isaac Parker, famous ns tho tcirible judge nt Fort Smith. Ark., who probably sen­ tenced tuoro men to be executed than any othor judge that ever lived. Thia whs pot, however, because he was so nnrolentingly severe, but beeanso fie hod the hardest and most numerous lot of criminals to deul with that ever camo within the jurisdiction of such an official. One day when there was an unusually large hatch of culprits to be sentenced the judge looked compassion­ ately over his spectacles at one young scamp nnd said: “ In consideration of tho youth and inexperience of this prisoner I shall let , him off with a fine of $50"— Before tho judge had done speaking the very fresh young man coolly stretch­ ed his right leg and ran his hand into his tronsers’ pocket on tho side, remark­ ing nonchalantly as he did so: “ That’s all hnnky, judge. I’ve got that mnpb right here in my jeans." "And one year in tho penitentiary,” continued tho jndge- Then, looking ovey nt the epnvict in a quizzicnl sort of way, ho added. “ Do yon happen to have ’ that jn your jeans?” Indicator IS JUST d a il y 15 T s i a l i , V e t I a g o V o t A , 8niy $ 6 ? 7 0 FRANK 1 . MORSE. a b . The Weekly Chronicle thusiasm over tho great engagement. tiratesi Weekly in the Country, He described tho now oft told story of the battle, and added: "This is tho greatest adventure 1 shall ever have. No idea when I shqll i (Inclu din g poctagv) to an y part of th« Ualtad return. I am all right and healthy at ' S tates, C anada and Mcrlop. T1IE W K EK I-Y CHRONXCLn th e b righ test evor. ” and m ost oomtdet« W eekly N ew epaper In tho Young Morse lirvX been working in an i world, p rin ts regularly 112 Colum ns, or six teen Oakland dry goods store as errand boy, : pages, of N ew », L iterature and Qaaoral Infor­ bnt tired of the work, and after much ’ m ation: a lso a m agn ificen t A g ricultural apd orticu ltu ral D ep artm en t. T h is Is vne o f the pressure his mother consented to hie | H grea test dep artm en ts In a n y paper on th is entering tho navy. Ho was sent to Hon­ Coast. E v er y th in g w ritten Is based on ex­ olulu to tho Bennington and was subse­ perience In tho C oast S ta tes, not on E astern Q a s s r T f iln w . 1'hnBO », quently transferred to tho Baltimore iu m en’s k now ledge of th eir aw n loca lities. I was at Monte Carlo last year, ” time to pass through “ tho greatest ad­ SAMPLE COPY SENT FREE. snid a New York tnrfman. "nnd was venture of his life.”—San Francisco aninWMj w«tchipg the gamblers in tho Examiner. ! c, 5jiio ploying systema If red wonld L ittle B r o th e r . wjn_ fonr |j mpa hand running. XJttle broth er’« ju st a dnrllnl cverylxidy would double up on black. Giwsrt y o u ’d think so too The moro times ono color showed in If von camo to our house succession the bigger were the bets on An heard him coo nil coo. J u st Hits in, kin cnrriatfo, the other, which was mathematically Bquenls nn JumpH nn springs, an error. although you couldn't con­ fieauhori out for nil hts toys. vince a gambler of i t Once while I was H is rubber doll an things. there rod won 13 times, and over 40,- H is e vos are bluo--liko mino are; 000 francs were staked on black. Ono Ho hasn't uny hair; lone player had the nerve to put 50 H is checks arc pink, liko rosos. francs on red. It won, and hs let the An bo's so fat nn fair I An when ho laughs so cunnin bol lay. and it won again. Then every­ An Ins diinplesi I enn **•« body got a sudden hie» it would win I think be’s ju st tho nicest ' onco more, and it was played to the Llttkt brother there can bo. T h e C h r o n lc i« limit. That time hlnck showed. ” TRT5 CHRONTflJC ranka w ith th» rr»at»»t B ut v.-hca mamma snya “ H ushI" to me “ Did you ever hear about runs of n»w«p?ip*n» In th» U nlt»d State». I kivow w hat's oom hi then. color?” naked somebody. A n so I take m y little cart THE C H R O N IC LE ha» unequal on th« Paefflo Out liy tho rabbit pen. Ceaiit. It leads a ll tu a b ility , enterp rb » »ad “ I did over thero,” replied the man De-Vi*. For sh e’s ju st laid the baby down, who had been to Monto Carlo. “ It is T H E C H nO N IC T.rrS Telegraphic- Deport» »r» An I can ’t even peep. generally Isdieved that when ono color thv la te st nu«l n?o»t reliable. If» lx x r J N ew » th» I guess I’d better play outdoors fu llest and sp icie st, artd It» KdlU rluls from th» wins tho odds are in favor of it win­ While brother goes to «Jeep. ableat pen» In th e country. ning twice more. There’s no sense in My mninmn says th at I m u st b e TH E C H H O N IC I a K has ahways been, and a l- it. bnt tho records of the game do a Tli«) goodest I hut I can, a-.vyii w ill be, th e friend azu3 cham pion of the good deal to confine the euiKjrstjtion. For little brother’s w atchin mo pct.pl», a» ajialnst torn burnt louo. cliques, eor- h I grow up n man. poratlon», or eppre«»iori* a* an> kind. It w ill bo , Queer thing, chance.” $ 1 .5 0 Í A C o a ld B 'l C h i l l H is W i t . Mme Modjeskn and her company were playing one winter in tho extreme north, much to the discomfort of Count Bozeuto, the Polish star's husband, who hates tho chilly northern climate. But at that time the show bnsincsa was at a very low ebb in the south. Ono particularly cold day Mino. Mudjeska found the count shivering from bead to foot in spite of the steam heat in the hotel. S c ie n tific A m e ric a n W HAT THE W ORD I IM PLIES. \.0 0 5 ¿ Bo I ’m the gotslost 1 know how An try to please my mother. An w licn 1 th ink of bcin bad I ’mcukbv-r llttlo brother. —H elen H athaway. H oys In N ew Y ork. Boys at heart nre very generous and helpful to ono another. There are sev­ eral street« in tho more crowded districts A woman who declures she cannot where tliero is enough slope for coasting afford to f»ny bound books invested in a and where the pavement is of asphalt Rnmia leather fxsik cover tho other > Thoy are great favorites, ns may lie sup- day. It has pockets at tho ends Into 1 jio.sod, to the owners of roller skate* Of wbitdi to slip tho covers of the I mmi I u “ Oh. my dew, my dearl” hs im­ the crowds of urchins who utilize them one is reading It is very handroiuo. plored. “ Let us go south for the rest of ) only about one half own skates, so to and it eo»t »5 When she wraps all tliiagorgetroane*» the « ’««on. This climate will kill ue." ease llie lot of tho nouowuors tho boys “ But. wry dear, ” rejiliod uiaduuie. have invented a senes of extraordinary around a 10 ceut copy of “ L orn* , "the south Is dead. " sports und exercises based ups tho Now Orlsunz Times- i t —Chicago New* Mr* Prondfoot—Yea. Mm Mala prop Democrat. It was not s o with a 13-yoor- , that's an heirloom. It's b»eu iu Mr old ncquniatiaico of hers, however, to •>a«4 Bl*** Ik» Dwb« a t Ararli.» Proudfoot's family over 100 years wlusn children’s parties had come to "TftiB Americans.” said the Scotch­ Mr* Malaprop— Do telll J 'v* been man. ‘ ‘suffer from an itch for notori*- lugging at John llonry to get su heir ho ranked in the list of rather ocerooa i Ax ial obligations, and n few day* later loom ever since we moved to the cijy. , 1 itch for notoriety." responded but be can’t Und any, except eccokd- wlnu «bo met the littlo 3-year old she remarkixl, “I did net see you at tho tb* Am<'<’* n with spirit, better baud one* utnl I won’t have then).— party at Mrs. M. '* ” Jeweler*' Weekly than a noUn.1' *)' “ You didn’t see mo? Well, you must But at that Is'«1’ »h”y clinched.— Ik bo oolor blind, for 1 was thero amt liadn The Chinese government does all io very uioo liuiif ” dlanapolia Journal. ___ _ its power to check the opium habit the Some boys in *n pautshnirnts comtuou )u the Chiu«*« A B r ig h t T h..u*li«. re q a e u d to w rite a shodI w H e r t o army for tide habit being extreme. For “ I womler if I • ’ lo r e ? ” »«id Ethel. maetur One youngster add.» • H the first offense a man may have hie “ Why d.iu t yeu lie awake a i u o night upper lip cut; for the second he may be and listen?” a*k,-d her big brother. w b k h ran. “ Please excuse i j yy.,nt been twutgny decapitated. [“ rtAawl” said Kthul, scornfully, "If I ______ should lio awake . wuubla't snore, of tb * clarg thohgh." she edtlwh A T r i c k w( S t y l e . Ul«3 I ha»« he™ o «*e«t m r —ev erom e^nMIpene? h r o m l.. s •' .In* with » m u c h ar.tl*- fnc*l w 1 c ia cfea r fu lly rcoounacnJ U m i. Rffv« fcccr .o r hbout three years w ith trtuat I oallr I bi’. > > at'e'-ka conning on rogalarly once a w c »- k . V.-.; d by dlir.-rant p iiyg lnn* that It waa cr. oaa t » ▼ to d tr«tb. o f w hi.it I bn try them . Lav? tiiken but tif o c f tlte 5 root boxeq ©f tb«» Tabule» and Itavtbu d no rerurrouc* <>f tho attack«. Hava never given a ta«tlm.«Dlal for aryttiimr before, but t 1' j »'rvat amount o f g .-< >«i ivin. li I *-«!;**# haa boon loo.» me bv Hlpan^ TruHite* tmlurea to« to add rnli<' to tha m rry tcMlnncL*la y o u douhtka.» ha*e kt your poaMtWion Di. 77. A. T. DaW.TT. Independent In everythin*» n eutral In nothing. DO YOU WANT THE CHROHICLE Reversible M ap? Bhawino the Unlled States, Domlnlaa ot Canada ant Northern Sl.xlfrj on ow n: a ip i< \ Map Tin-'. of o t T h iis e iR W o r ld e rn ia . > n < m >I N » 4 3Ï nn« I h , X I.»» n n « W i ' k ' F I 'lir n iil. I - lo x O n . V r » r , p r e v u i « .■» r e n p a s » « » a » « r . ÀDCBMI M. n . « . Y oirrvc», proprivux a. 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C>■■. e and b a rn h w v< iv .e itu liy you ( ore made; how to avoid stekaett and ¿»case. W e « r* o'? ‘u i.t’’ ’* .Td<’. i’ t - n *'v spevimeu*. < CA T a US Cali or wrileu lO t • Mark?! SfrM. San Frsnrkco, Cal "We do net take possession of onr ideas btjtt ar* possessed by thpap They m aster us and force ns into th» arena, W here lik e gladiators, w* must fight for them," Such is the exalted m otto of the A rena, an d th e entire contents of th is m onthly m agazine are upon A plane and in koepingJw ith its .A F R E E Í P A T T E R N . j rar »J. La