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ROCKY MOUNTAIN ANEMONE. Dainty, blus anemone, .. Hiding on the mountain stair, Whara ths sunshine lovlna-lr r Fall In aplentor rich and vera. Dainty, blut anemone. Hiding by tbe mountain way, , Gaslng opward modeatlr Like a nun about to pray. A Foumttlfiff of tha tun aad daw. Child of nut and purpla mora, Uftinf IfN Of IWHlHt blua From lb bad when you wara bom. Ifelnty, blut ajiamona, Preastnc cloaa to Natura'a heart. Ob tha wtda-awept, upn4 la. Whan th wavtna pun. pari. Lift to mo your tender faoo, Uttlo aua of aiure area. Grant mm juat the flcetlnc vraaa That within than, deeply ilea. Satin, fray and Hirer mist. Wrap tht maiden tenderly. Whom th mountain dew haj kiaeed. Dainty, blue anemone. Chartaa F. Kinfaley. In Chicago Roaord Haiuid. Belle of Bear City tf y WM. VBBBT HOWK. rflWO YEARS without aig-ht of I woman T What a Bfal U r oonld bar two yaara without tight of man, now 8ha (lanced at Starling meditatively from the haminock, aa ha swung one long ley ovr the arm of hla chair and twlddlad a raw gold nugget doing it- bioua duty aa a watah charm. "Could you imagine auch horror 7" ha qiussed. "It would be heavenly. Ilaa grew wearisome whan they fanes' . tham- atlraa in love. "All of tham O, moat awaat aaU- tyr "M-antell m about your Ufa up thara," aha aald. brl.Wjr. "Of eouraa tha cold nraat hart been terrule, and with no sews, no papers, do woman "No anything desirable, you might add, aioapt tha grub,' tha Area, tea gold dual and yea, there waa one thing elaa which became to Be, lea.t, more aatia-feotory than ail the rest of our meager comfort. Thia laat with a ateady, admiring atare that cauaed Mice Lamar to a low ly droop her eyelid., aa if tha long lathee might veil the faint bluahihat earned to ripple beneath the white down of the rounded cheeki below. "And what waa thia eminently desir able thing?" aha. continued, . knpsri- oa.iy. "We called her the Bella of Bear City. Tun!" he chuckled to himself "You would hare thought it diuily ab lurd could you have aeen ua Una up ev ery morning and make our bowa. We even reeerred our amarteet email talk for her eeeened aa If aha oould hear, you know." "Why not, unlaai aha waa 'dlnlly deafT Bo tha moat dealrahla thing turna out to be feminine after all. I Slight bare gueaaed H, if there waa a get-at-able woman inalda the aratie cirele. What waa aha aotna laqui mau?" Thia laat a aort of debetiv challenge. "Not on your Ufa. Neither waa aha a Biwaah, Chilaat ator any other Alas kan monetroaity. Ah I how wa did dore that girl!" "Well, really!" Ttera Was Lamar erinced sundry dignified symptoms of rlaing, "How do yun rconnclla thia withyouretaytngtwoyeare in that hor rid hole without eeeing a womsuT" "It is a eolemn, lugubrloua fact," he gravely aeeerted, "that we did." "Wit li one thing, Mr. Sterling ,"ae!d aha, addiug hauteur to dignity. "Men dacity is quite another. Even actraee aa are auppoeed to know that." She roaa, darting at him final glance, neither meditative nor deha tiva. Had he not seen her look that very way at the unaurceeeful .ill tor in "iiearte Are Trum," her UteataUge success? Waa (be really going? Ap palled laat he had offended, yet thrilled indefinably that anything he tulghtaay could be of more thaa aephyrllke Im portance to move her. Sterling timidly put out a detaining hand. "Deal, don't go." he ventured. "I had no idea of of -you sea. It waa only a picture, after all." kllia Lanier peu.ed tentatively, wRh her hand on hia chair back. "You seem overburdened wMk onnun drumi to-day," she eoumieuted. "Why not eolve them yourself?" "Hut, do you nut uuderatand?" "I am a poor hand at gueeaang. He aid It la too much trouble." Thia with a sort of dry wearineea which, however, aremed to Impel her to forge.! her previous intention and link lan guidly back la the hammock. Sterling grasped hia opportunity by llakiug hie hands together arwnnd one drawn-up knee and gtslng sleepily Into vacancy, aa If alii! aneamerlaed by the magic memory of tha elusive Belle at lifer City. "There were eeven of ua fellow, raged In one large cabin that winter. Moat of us, being college bred, we herded together birds of a feather, yo know. It was a dreary time. No snn at all for three months, the mercury M de grees below or woree. wkh an aver bellowing ,urf grinding the muah ice along ahore, and not a acrap of news, nor a woman n.ref thaa Noma City, 1M mllea . "Alws.va rs-rpting the myeterlnue Belle of Hear City," aha Interpolated, eupprea.lng a strictly artificial yawn. "Poor thing! Alone among all thoae men whet did you any waa the popu lation?" "I did not say, but there mutt have Wen a hundred allowed In under the Tundra Hluft., and ever; n,ot et-r'a Sou of ua a man." He grinnnl f. rlily. "Always escept " ah, began again, whea his eyes cauaed her to relent. It is 8,000 The Uurlington Route ranks among the greatest ol the world'! railroad. Over 8,000 milea long; employing 35,oiKi men; reaching 1,300 towns and cities in the eleven states traversed ly its lines; having through-car arrangements which extend more than half way across the continent and earn estly striving to give its patrons absolutely unequaled service, it is the line YOU should select, next time you go east, BT,2f,..CmcA K City. St. Louis and EVERYWHERE beyond. I35EI I 'IN' I "Don't," he pleaded. "You queens of the stage have your triala, of course, but they are apt to be those resulting from satiety rather than atarvatlon. We trie got to that we hated tha sight of each other, only a degree leaa thaa we abhorred the tr .-erage Hear Citylt cached In the oihrr cabins. Fling a dozen society swells Into a pig aty and they will herd together; not be cause they vicsry of each other less. but to avoid the pig. . "No wonder she waa popular." Satir ical emphnifis feminine emphasis on the personal pronoun. "How and when did she arrive?" "In an old newspaper some fellow unexpectedly flahed from hla chest. There she was on the front psge, photo gravured to the life. Its re and radian she looked to us poor devils socially starving under the north atar. A Til nook squaw from St- Michaels with her hair done up In beads and nth oil would have soothed our eyesight. Imagine the cifectthieravishlng vision produced upon our eethetie acnaibilltiea, aa we tacked her up on the wall and wot sbiped. The golden calf of the Israel ites wss nothing hy comparison. "Dear me I All thU maacullne splutter over a mere picture?" And auch la the divine perversity of the aex that she seemed vaguely disappointed "8ure. Hut auch a picture! Hgrc upon us aa a Botticelli Madonna Is said to permeate your very being if you only look at It long enough. AtleaM that waa the way I came to feel." "Year. Miaa Lamar's Up curled; for little as shs profrsaed to care for man In tha abstract it did not seem right tbst man as an individual should waste hla adoration on a picture, while the real article abounded in other parts of ths globs. "Yes," he blandly continued, "I was tha aeventh man, you know. That la I earns Into our mesa aa number seven, whlrh, being considered a lucky nil meral I say!" ha auddsnly aat bolt upright, "Are you at all auperati- tlous7" "Of course, I am." She ahuddered sympathetically. "If you had been No. 11 now" -i wiiiik i anoum nave given up right there; but being the aeventh man, I said to myself: I will And tha original of thia picture aome fine day. "Aba!" with a chilling accent, aa If to show that her interest In the Bella of Hear City would rclapee In to indifference If that aggravating creature pushed hereelf beyond the photogravure stage of exiatenco, I kept on saying it all winter," continued Sterling, abstractedly. "Later on, when we struck It rich aad tha othara forgot, I would go up to her ladyship, after a waah and brush-up, and repeat my vow. Then the boys would satirically Intimate Uiat our belle had made at leaat one permanent maah." Aa Sterling enthused aimsslf over his words, Mlsa Launar beoame iron' Ically skeptical. "Thia la good enough for a play Wa muet consult fitch." Fitch waa her manager. , "But whan luck evinced itself In mora solid way by making you suddenly rich, I auppoae her ladyahip had to take a gallery ts me contrary, aha became my -bright particular" more than ever. I had named my claim 'Hear City Bella's, No. T.' How the boys did laugh. But when I began to aluica out ten dollars to the pan, they said No. T was all right, aud that the Belle waa no flirt " Here Sterling, with a aide glance at the Mtreae, meditatively added: I have often wondered if they ware right" I auppoae you found that out Wing ago. If there waa an original to that photo or waa It a newepaper? They print anyone'a picture nowadays; literally anyone'a. It la rather a dis tinction to be let alone. Mine, you aak? Look on tha nawa atauda. Such caricatures!" 'Such divinities!" ha Interrupted. eagerly. "I loved your picture long lie for a I saw you over the footllirhtc. Then I made myself known " By persecuting poor Fitch until ha had to do aomethlng to rid hltn (f of you." And now am I Dot your alave? Dear Gertrude, If I may call you an: have you not gnaeeed my riddle T Where are your intuitions? You kuow I love you deeply, devotedly" auci Poor lie lie of Bear Cttyl" She rrnland her arnia tu a mock trar- geatiu-a. "Haa the nias-io aevrn fallad her, who brought luck to you? Oh, faithless awain!" Ha eaw that aha waa not dla- pleased. though it seemed likely that ahe had guessed but half his riddle. Itialng. he made a audden dni.li through tha open window of a room near where they aat on the summer hotel ptaaia, but returning alinoet Instantly, holding out a battered looking neweiwiwr print, framed In eoatly ebony, with an luacrlptlon, In Sturllng'a acrtpt beneath, on which Mlaa Lamar etariloualy flied her cyea, while the faint roaa tint on her heeka deepened luto a dsUcats hw. "The Original I Wile of Hear City." aha read aloud. "Ood blaaa h.rl Where shall I lud her?" Whan Ihslr syea met araln. Ster ling reallaed that ahe had g-tntesed the other half of hie riddle. Where shall I And her?" he echoed. "I want to tell her I am not faithleaa, hut fnlthful alwava." Here," aald Mlea Iraar. addln to her bluah aa even more convinc ing smile, aa aha realgiied both handa to hla eetfer clasp. Foolish boy I You ailtfkt have told me weeka aro." Old Omar Khayysm understood tnv fselinga." returned Sterling. "Llatun to tha Persian sage: ' Ykoaa whom with la we urahlo a teea wa alio tear ' " Miles Long. iH SI A. C. Shilpon, Cenetal Agent. Cor. Third ard Staik Ste., TonUnd. Ore. Will It Cure 79 That's the personal question a woman asks herself when she reads of the cures of womanly din-asr by the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Why shouldn't it cure her? Is it a conplicated case? Thousands of sucli cawi have lieen cured by Fa vorite Prescription." Ia it a condition which local doctors have declared in curaMe? Among the hundreds of tho"-a-inds of sick women cured by the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription there are a great many who were pronounced incuraMe by local doctors. Wonders have lcn worked by "Favorite Pre scription" ill the cure of irregularity, weakening drains, inllamniation, ulcera tion and female weukness. It always helps. It almost alwuys cures. Three yenrn sie-v" write Mm. J"hn Cnham, of mH I'lumb Wreet. IFrankfiirilj I'lnladrlpliia, Pa , "I liad a very bid atUtlt of dnjpy which Ufl nie with h-iiit Irouhle. and atwia very wenk bck Al liinm I wan no bud I hut I did not know what to do with myrll. My children advised me to lake ymir ' Favorile Prencriiili'in.' tiut I hid been taking wnnuch mt-dli ine Ifjin thetloc-t-ir Hint I wnn iliM-onrHKeil with everything. I came to Mnldrlihta two yearn aK'. and plck iiiK ilpotieof yinir little lmk one duv beKnn to r. ad whit voor medicine had done lor other. I determined lo try It myself. I took seven Ut llen. and to-diiv I am a tron(, well woman, weijfhiiiie lo tiinda. Have uained t pounda aince I itarled to ne 'Favorite Freacrlilion.' Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets clear the vnnplcxion and sweeten the breath. The Excitement Not Over. The rush at Die ilnijj itore itill con tinues and daily scire) "I people call for a bottle of Kemp's Ilalfsm lor the Throat and Lunge for thncure ol Congha, Colds, Aitluna, Ilronchilia and Conaump tioii. Kemp's llalpain, the elsndind family remedy, la iold on a giiarHiilee and never fails lo give entire eni iaf notion I'rire 25c. and 50c. WHAT SHALL WE HAVE FOR DESSERT? Iliie queatiou arieeH in Hie family very dny. Let ua answer it to-d ay. Trv Jell-U, a delicioiia and healthful deaevrt, I'repared in two ininulea. No holling ! no baking! simply add boiling wator and set to cool. Flavors: Lem on, Orange, Kaaherry and Hlrawberry. tlet a package at your gioceri to day 10 cl. .11 1 1: 111' tl .111' Kuan. Apropos of tin? recent train robberies an old Htory told on Mnxlitiillnn In re ciillod: When Maximilian wiin ciiiK'ror f .Mexico lie broke up trail rnliberiea iy n trich. He diniruisiMl thrco liun 'red soldie iih pcithuiit women and .laeeil tlieiii on a truin. A K'"'K of iirnlilH st icd tlie engine, when tlio Llire hundred diK'uiscd holdiera rose .mil llred a volley that killed 0110 hun Ire.l rolibern. AfUr thut the truina uer not luoloHtcd Nobility Recommends Nervine. The above portrait is th.it of Countess Moelstud, of Chica go. II!., whose gratitude for the benefit received from the use of Dr. Miles' Nervine prompted her to make this statement: "It ifftinU mr grmt plraaure to idd mr tctinnnv in the vrry cirrllcnt meriti vt lr. Miles' Nervine. Allliouh 1 Bin paint St yean uf 1 hntl it iiMilhrs the tirnl timin, quirt the iff., titteit nerves anil injure rrstful tlren. 1 never ti-rl cuiilciitril witlmut a botlU u( it m the iV'iiM-." liratrtullv yuuri, Chhistian A Makia, Couutca Mclttud. Mile's' Nervine is a nerve tonic and strrnth buildrr th.it starts right in re storing health immediately. Sold bj all Druulata. Dr. Mllaa Medioal Co., Elkhart, Ind. NOl'U'K OF FIN AL SK l l l.FM FN T ln la lirrrliy ifivon that uiidvr and by vi rt ur of an urdt-r ol tint C'niiiilv V otiri ol ilia Mule ol I'li'iton lor Joan ilnii t'uimlv, iiiadn on tlia full day o( rfliiuary, l'.lHL', Munday lli ltllli duv ol Marrli, IHO'J, at 10 uM.H'k a. in. ol said day, at the I Vurl IIoumi in tin1 ilv ol liranla I'aca. Orrw'.in. haa twn .1 i.. ,,.. .. . men nr .am rouri aa me tunc aim mart lor lii'ariiiir oliii'iiiona lo sitnl llnal ar- iinl ol llix iindiraiiinrl. Ilarrr 1', Kaaalt-r, vii'ouloi ol Ihn inlale ol Jon'iili Keaairr, lie raxnl. and all pvraons liav- nit inlviDst in mid I'aiaiH Khali reawit nnr ohiHi iiona tu tlm llnal airoiinl ol I hi iiiiilt-miKiiml, wliit'h in llli'd in asid i-ourl on ilix .'nil day ol Kt'liiiiara. I'.HV.', on or lii lor md 10ii dv ol Manli, l'.KIJ IUkiiv 1'. kia-i nK. Faniulor ol lliu I'Malii ol Jimi.li irtu'r, ilt rrantM. Nollce lo Contrlbule. Tj J, K Mimes: Koine ia In-ri'tiy givun lv ll.a llluli-r- inncl, your oo owner in the nUowr mm inn i laiiii. .ilualvil in ths Nin.r orrrk niiiuiin dutrirt, Jnwutiiiie roiinly, and tuoan aa rlainia No. H and No ;i, iiH-atnl liv A.J. t'olwl Tlioa. Crott. ami J. Keevaa on III SiUli day ol April, lsi'7, Hie doIiik ol wliu li i. recorded at panea t(Wl and 4(U, Vol. 10, ol llie mining raoord. ol Jiwrpliin county, Oregon ; llial uulraa yon mmrilmie and a lo the said undeiaiinrd co-owner vrilhin ninety iUi fiom llie. dale ol ths Ural publication ol tin. notice, tha .uiu ot Two Handled and Mmy-Sn IKillar. tlliHllKI) the aanin lieinn yonr (Kirlion ol the cool ol annual lahor done on .aid claims in order lo prolrct the till there to durum lh" year. 1mm, law, l!KX) and IIWl, jour otle-lhlrd llllrre.t in (lie lao claims mil be lorfeiitsl lo your to-oarnrr. Tiioa. I'sons. January !S, 1-K12. Quick dalivary-The Weekly OraaMBia& I Baal l'..u Hjrun. TMIM U.uL Cat f .KHIIMaTiyr 'ia 5 ,Jf ' fttiJ Don't tlo the top of yoor EV XJivA VHkZ i?x!p JellyandpreiKTvoJir.il, !S. V) Uieoldfcabloncdwj-. Kl "if - 1 tlicm by the new, quick, ft C , VV wa aljaolutcly iuro () by V lr uLy;l a thin coaUiiejof IMiry !WT fStrkii I'rfUncd I'sraflliin. Hue TO.IW 5bI 13Vo4 no uuito or odor. U l itn 'arCi! sir llrlil an4 aekl I ill ijXii' iX-- h-IR rrnor. biallyappll-xL Ar7 tjacfuHn ndoxen oilier !. I. !. Jgf Kull illrucUoQa with iff'tjk K TKTwhera. Made ty "K0 "ai The Weekly Oreyonian and the CotiuiKH both for one year lor $2 ia ad vance. THE GATEMAN. At the mil road fllnf tha ajfttMnaa atanrii. Turnir.jr tr.a crank In hli faithful biu1a, Bent at.d urlnkltd. ytt atrona; and tru To the dally duty 'tla hla to do. Tha auii may tbina, or tha olouda mar frown, July lit torrid, reremhr cold Tet there. In b' ult of wall-worn browa, il Kuar: that way for tht youny and old. Kef-pint; vi'h ittisrly, tlrvlffli brain A watch iut th iiibouud, outbound train. Ha nlgr.nl (ha paakaytj of aach through tht I'iWO, Aa with "T.nklat" and "Tinkle!" tha galea go down. Mow tha WHftlng children caper and danca And tha reatleea horrra curvttt and pranca iinw th in vant-muMi. upon errand bent. View the It-trudera wit h tliiconttnt While h-avy car and elrfant coach Itutnble aior.g on the ahli.y ralla, Ar.d on the buy one'i t.mf encroach With the vexlhg hurdrn dlay entalla Aa, mindful uf duty'i (tern command. In rplt of InipaUnr.cv, uf frit, of frown. The KKnrtn puia to the crank h;e hand. And iteadily turning, tht; km it o down. Oh! 1 would thut on every road to-day. Wht-rt iln and Iti train hold right of way, B ifnr gnumaii aa ready at th!a might atand. Turning tha crank In hla faithful hand That ever when danger ihuuld thrtten thoae Whoaa path muat aroaa tha antlcer a track, sVme gate a-tlnkle might lnterpnaa. And hold from dtagraca tha waak onea bark- flnme aafeguard ba built frr unwary feat. To halt them midway tn the perlloua atreat. And to algnal to amen, aplte of fmt or frown : "Btand back for your Ufa, while tha galea are down!" Mancla U. Salman, In Touth'i Compan ion. The Hole in the Cliff d By T, C. HARBAVOH. IN THE warm summer sunshine that brightened a very humble-lookinf? Lorniiih home a ruddy-fnerd boy of IA sut nverhuuliiifr a bird-hunter's rope. Hn intent waa he with his work thut he did not notice the lll-dreeaud flKura thnt slouched down the nar row rnnd townrd him,' and puuaed at I hi t a few fret awny to watuh him with a pnir of jealous ryes. "Mcndinir your rope, are you?" sud denly naked the man. Tlic boy looked up anil for the first time hhw the evil-looking speaker. "Yea, Sid, I'm strengthening a few strands," unawered the ropemuker. "The aharp rocks cut, you know, and one wnuta cvrrythiiifr safe when he (foes down." "There's aomethlng bi-tler than tRg huutliiK In the wind juat now," said Sid Sloper, the ragged fellow. "What l It?" "Tluy've juat poatcd a rewanl for information thnt will lead to the de tection of the smugglers. Three hun dred pounda ain't to be picked up ev ery day, Uiy, and It's better than go lug down over the cliffs after gulls' rggs." The Cornish youth, who was ao ?ounted the moat succesnful egg-hunt-rr along the eoaat, niatle no reply, but dropped hia eye. to hi. work and did not look up again for a few mo menta. When he raised hi. eyes, Sid Sloper waa gone, and he thought he saw the ragged man's retreating figure van uih down the road, but w.i. not aura. "Egg hunting ia profitable enough for me," thought the boy, "but I would not mind earning tho 300. Sid Sloper's word is to be taken with u good di al of allowance, though the coakt guard is very uiixiuua to catch the emugglere, and the reward may out." The village mentioned by Sloper, the vagabondiah t'ornialinian, was sit uated a good mile from the coast. t wne farther away than llie home of Kraut Burton, the young egg hunter, and aa the hoy had not been there for a. uiu- daya, lie did not altogether ' nmociieve me man s statement about , the reward. I The aim was hanging ery low In I the weat, when, provided w ith a baa- mm a rope, ne ei out for the!""""g uruni with n :icki, and voriusn cnue. lie had dlacovered a I hole right above a unrrou- lid. nl , narrow roes which promised good results, nnd the number of birds that whirled about the place templed the boy as he had uot been tempted Iwfore of late. There existed among the egg hunt- ra or lornwall a inoat hit i... I... I. ' oiuy They would watch - like paid apiea. and like paid spies, and some e,.n w. , ! - aiioiner ... far as to cut the rope. l,a,,,in, ,,,.Tii uiTi-auk-aie llie ittifni.r in the olitl about aundowii when there was nol an much dnn.'.r ct hia being aeen; and when he reached the edge of the wall ihe sun waa disappearing, a bull of fire, bouratb. the wavca of the channel. raying out hia rope, he made one end fast to a jagged rock near the brink of tha clitt. and with hia bas kit strapped to his back, .wuiur him. self over the wall. It wa. not hia first descent . a similar mission. He always kept a cool head and steady hand", on auch occasion., for Wneath him. hundred. or net .omrtnues, boiled the whirl I pool, or the English channel. j 1 hia time hla good r.me did not f..n . 1. 1... . ....... ...i .our n orisk descent ha I stood on a scanty ledge of rock with I the darkening sky far uhote and the I wilil waters Imlow. The hole in the cliff waa large eii. och to admit n man. lhoi.,-h h v. i ; I looked so from hi. point of ,,h, I aei vtion. To the Cornish boy It! seen., d more than a mere leudeaeoua ' lor l: 1 1 la- Mi at one something fell nasi tha toy. and ihe next moment tu hi. hor ror he diavufwKd UlI hia roue I.. I taVUiafeeiU a ' For a moment he stood paralyzed by the awful catastrophe, for he could realize fully what It meaut After awhile he went to' the very edge of the ledge and looked up. He could not catch a gV.mpte of a dung- ling cord uf any ki.id, and a hundred feet below the while wave of the channel daahed Bgainat the foot of the wall, ills situation was terrible. "If thia ia your work, Sid Sloper, may Heaven forgive you!" exclaimed the young egg-hunter. "I've caught you following me before now, for you don't want anybody to make a fe shillings but yourkelf." Aa far as his viaion coald reach llrant Hurton saw nothing but the tumbling white cups of the ocean The bun had gone down, and the sur face of the water waa fast losing It. brilliaut buca in the shadows of descending night. The rour of the breakers came up to the boy on the narrow rock and filled hia heart with terror. A few late gulls whirled before his eyes, as If to mock hia fleeting hopes, and darkness came down over the scrne, The young rpg hunter of Cornwall was terribly imprisoned. it was some time before he ven tured to jnrestifrate the hole In the cliff. 'The lies of hia rope had taken hla mind from everything else. When he did turn into the dark place and struck a match alonv' the rough wall, a meat abtonishing dis covery rewarded him. He seemed to have been suddenly transported Into s veritable arnagglers paradise. On every side were the fruiU of many a night's foray along the coast boxes containing ti.ks and laces, and contraband merchandise of ever description. The cave was provided with natural shelvea, which were atored with goods, and costly furniture existed everywhere in profusion. If the Cornish boy had found the smugglera' cave with hla good rope woiting for him over the cliff, he would hnve rejoiced, but he waa 1; priaoncd where his life was in immi nent danger. A return of the smuggler, luckily ior tne young hunter at that time ab sent, would pretty soon put an end to his career of clitf-climbiiig, and the little home behind the waters would never know hi. fate, Hruut Hurton had no doubt that he hnd discovered the cave of the very men ior wiiose detection the govern ment had offered u lurge reward. Ni person had dreamed that it had ex isted In that vicinity, and the Interior of the cavern in the cliff told the boy mai n naa neen used for evil pur poses a long time. After awhile the moon came up and s lvcu-d the rolling waves of the chan nel. Its light fell against the foot of (he cliff, nnd showed the boy at Inteii a : the sonnt pathway between me sin and the rock. Armed with a coil of rope which lie bad fo-.ind among the snitiirirlera goods, he leaned over the ledge and tried to measure the dlstanoe between him nnd the water. It was uncertain work in the moonlight, but he did the beat he could. There was but one hope of eCRie, and thnt lay along the foot of the cliff, which wa. slippery and washed oy me tide. The Cornish boy dropped the rope mm saw n reach the rocks below A thrill of exultation took posses sion oi ins heart He fnstened the other end of the rope to an iron staple In the eavern and thrust Into his bosom a niece ol peculiar luce which he took from one or the boxes. He remembered hav ing heard a coaat guardsman any that a certain kind of lace was being smuggled into Cornwall, aud he be lieved he had found It. When nil was ready, the vonniF inll. hunter again trusted his fortunes to a swaying rope this time to one he nan never before tested. The following moment he wan swinging between the cliff and the sea, going down hand over hand to ward the surging tide. When he touched the rocks beneath ho wns forced to hug the wall, for the waves were at his very feet He shuddered when he thought iha he would hnve to follow the narrow path for more than a mile In-fore there was a brnik In the cllffa, but he nerved himself for the taa1t and started off. It proved to tie the mnt n..,li.,. Journey of hi. life. All the way he wns compelled to hug the wail of rock, with the roaring surf leaping at him. More than once he waa caught, and barely aaved himself by clinging to rocks that cut like knivea. At laat Ilrant Hurton reached the break in the Cornish wall. It was to him n gate of safety. Springing forward, after a brief real, he ran to the village and told his story to the constable of the coast guard. It wa. hard to believe, but hi. hands and the lace were proof enough. That night half a dnren men went down over the cliff in ih. cv. nnd when the . , - ""niKKUTa thieves came brV w,l '"ore booty, every one fell into the lunula of the law. s"' Sloper had no Idea when he cut th' "orniah boy', rope that he waa en- when "v 'oumi that hia eacaped. he left n. young rival had ' Country h..?.,... th law could deal iviih I ... ... . ... . ....... uiiu me village Is not sorry that he has never returned -(ioldcn Knvs. Orraiaa loiblllr. Fo r our part, we hope Kiaperor Wil- i Ham will com ne te t. ,1,. i , . 1 ' -""erica cup aim enter the next r..- ith a aort 0f (:.,r,a. si..,,.-..!. V ,'"r"'n f"r..ek. It would be an 7 ?" Ul'"' lhl"k ,hf ( hlr"" ViaiT DR. JORDAN'S tar KUSEUH OF ANATOHY tail I1UIT It., lit fHKliC, Ilk T IttrM taMslss. Nhm h Ma . uaDAH-DlgisStSOr Mil m. ? m a. ja.'" a rww. ijv. i. ,. m. u w..4r-iiM, sR ha a-a eatiLAaoeaiT r M !. JOSO 'aaS. IA. ..! Mt Waoaa 4 CO, lOtt aHrxat a. S, ; W Kt do th Children Drink? j Kin't give them cotTee. Have you I tried the new lood drink called tlrain-O? ' It ia deliciou. and noiiri.hiu( and lake, i Ihe place of rotfe. Tha mora Grain O j you give the children the more health yen di. tribute through their ii.ieui, (3r.m0 ii mads ol pure grain., and 1 when proirly pranared taste, like the rhoice era l.s ol c If hot ro.l. about a. much. All grocers Sell it. 15c Slid i6c I lk-Ji a"M.eiiSM,t,t..,trafrM.r v Ira I -".iM.l.tTOi Sshl I 11 JT'iI J"1 e 4 Cr. waa a aw. tai aa, i.lma T mi .us, m. m VThea woman is nervous she ia generally sleepless. If there is anything s nervous woman dreads it is the night which ought to, be so welcome as the bringer of rest and refreshing. Her very dread increases her nervousness, and the fear of sleeplessness helps to make her sleepless. Sometimes a woman by the exercise of will-power tries to lie still and straight through the night When her eyes are closed she seems conscious of some perilous presence in the room. When she lies with wide open eyes the gloom seems peopled with shad owy phantoms, that grow and melt away before her affrighted gaze. Then, perhaps, she springs from the bed and lights the gas or a lamp, feeling that she must have the companionship of light. And ever, from time to time, she rises to tee what hour it is, and wonders to find it is but fifteen minutes instead of an hour since she last looked at the clock. . One of the remarkable features about such a condition is that so few women connect it with its common cause womanly disease. They try all kinds of sedatives for their nerves. They take " sleeping powders " and headache pow ders and all sorts of drugs which at the best can only numb the nerves and stupify tho brain for a time. Tho real need of nervous, sleepless women is a cure of womanly diseases. Then with quited nerves natural, refreshing sleep will come again. Nervous and sleepless women bear glad and grateful witness to the wonderful cures effected by tho use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Even when tho nervous con dition had reached the most distressing stage, and all other medicines and means of cure had failed, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription has effected a perfect and permanent euro. " It Is with pleasure that I write to let you know the great benefit I have received from your medicines, and by following your advice regarding self-treatment at home," writes Mrs. Selma Erickson, of 496 Rice Street, St. Paul, Minn. "You kindly advised me to bike Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and ' Golden Medical Discovery ' and ' Pleasant Pellets.' When I first wrote you I had been to three different doctors, and two of them said I would never get better with out going to the hospital for on operation. I just sat down and cried, and said, ' If I die, I will die at home with my two dear little ones.' I had a mishap in May last and w as weak all summer. Was not able to do anything. If I would get up and walk to the kitchen and back 1 wouia nave to He in bed tor a day or sometimes two day.. Last August I picked up one of Dr. Pierce's pamplets and read of his wonderful work. I wrote to him for information and received an answer within five day. from the day I wrote, advising me to try hi. medicines. Now I have used six bottles of his ' Favorite Prescrip tion' and six of the 'Golden Medical Discovery,' and the result is just wonderful. I did not tell the doctors what I was taking. I have not been to any physician since the day I received the first letter from Dr. Pierce, and I feel aa good a. I ever did before I had the muhap. was to nervous I hail to have some one by my side all the time, even In day time, and I could hardly eat anything. I took treatment from a doctor twice a week, and every time I would go there I felt so sick, but since I quit all the doctors and twgan taking your medicine I gained right along. I have gained forty pounds within the last four months. I weighed 125 when I began taking your medicines (in August), and now I am up to my usual weight 165. I cannot thank you enough for your wonderful medicines, and I wish you every success in the treatment of other cases as you have had in mine. When I think what I .uffered last summer it seems now like a dream, for to-day I am as well and feel as good as ever." "Ilv wife was ick for over eight years," writes Albert H. Fulte, Ksq., of Altsmont, Grundy Co., Tenn. "She hsd uterine disease and was treated by two physicians and got no relief. At last I read in one of vour Memorandum Books which you sent me, about Dr. Pierce's medicines, and we decided to try his Favorite Prescription.' I sent to the drug tore and got one bottle, and the first dose gave ease and sleep. She had not slept any for three nights Being sure that it would cure her, I sent for five more bottles, and when she had taken the sixth bottle she was sound and well." These are not exceptional cures. These letters are but two out of thousands written by women who found health through the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. This great medicine for women establishes regularity, dries debili tating drains, heals inflammation and ulceration and cures female weakness. It cures nervousness, sleeplessness, backache, headache, and other consequences of womanly disease. "Iavorito Prescription" is purely a vegetable preparation containing no alcohol, neither opium, cocaine, nor any other narcotic. It cau not disagree with tho weakest constitution. Mrs. Erickson, in her letter printed above, refers gratefully to correspondence with Dr. Pierce and advice received from him. Dr. Pierce invites sick and ailing women to consult him by letter, . All correspondence is held in sacred secrecy and the written confidences of women aro guarded by strict professional j.-'.vacy. Address Dr. Ii. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. ABSOLUTELY FREE. morm thmn a thoummnd au-oa paou rnnd aw 700 lllu.trionm, FREE on iwmipt of mlampm lo pmy omponmo of mmilinm ONLY. Thia oraat work la a eomptet, guldo to haaHh and a oomrr -n acaaa "doctor book." Bond at ono-oont alampo for tho cloth, bound tolumo, or only 21 at mm pa for tho book In papar oovara. Addraaai DR. It. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, K. T. e&4ly stft "IssT? EXPOSURE to the cold and wet Is the first step to Pneumonia. Take a doso of l'ERRY DAVIS' and the danger can be averted. It has no equal as a preventive and cure for Colds, Sore Throat, Quinsy nnd Rheumatism. 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' aW"h ,h ''..v.ici.n; i7.i7 , lpt An"- 25, 87 er cent M tha teat caaea . ere either well or pr.-K-reMin favorably. There bain bat tbirte.n per rent of cloved he transaction. The procaine, ? .ill "r'Vil," d the csee era FU'Mianeii ant eill be "PI luation. Add-eaa J inaileil free en J ri 1T..T. woojAcIl.',i0 vat "y Si. Su f ,' Or. Plmrvm'm Oommon fauna Medloml Adwlmmr. oontalnlna mm 1 aw aa vafcacr rj: .li Ski CdL LJ 4TW M aV N C I 31 b llM) Author auriiiff tht nitbt. The Mocif Gnu e 9 li e "' EI - im Bock of the Daya 1.1. ...i.. . 7 ... : " " in.-m'i- H)U III K HK.VI' T1MK, " r.nlln. an ni,.,-r.i h , ,l..r.,.m,nt s :. Mmmal The f irl of II, o t,rv ( , , , ,,,.. 2::;,hV,i;",r.!,.:i":','."' '!-. y?"!" zn II immik ie e irrevl. -W.S. stlli.tv. An InUmllnn nirll f f., -,;.jh , IV r,;,'",.','','"MM"""'""!" 'I'-" tl"'v!e.l uu w( litiiulrj. according to ste of bindlno dcir.-rf. tsarSaKY rinnnajt UN " "THE MILWAUKIE." A familiar name for the Chicago, Mil suave A St. Paul R.j,, known . over the I'nion a. !ba (ireat Railway mnnirg the "Pioneer Limited" trains ry day and night between St. Paul and Chiiauo, and Oual.a and Chicago, Iheoniy perfec, train, in the world. ' Inderuand: Connection, are mad. wlb All Transcontinental Linea, assur ing to pa.,nger. the best service know n. Lnxurion. coaches, electric lights, .team line!' Tri'r ,,Blle1 b no other lethal yonr ticket reads via "Tha Milwaukee ,h,n oing . tbalmted Plate. orC.nl.. All tick el .genu ull them. - . mo"MaiPbWl r olb.tl.fc-. J.W.Cn-tT, C.J.Ennr. 9 THi NCW VOdIC HEIHl D .,:..Wr. ia Ihe liliini ollci. kavei Ika 3 j rtsocr Irta la aiak ihe l.duu..,i nut S S Mitral aavil olli.c act( , trl ,( ! I ") lo re-tmblish n-cir rrsumi,,,, ii 3 lbt ua ht rcti,uj,.a( ." 8 'TrL, Wi,. puMiDi or