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DAILY: By mail, for advance tubmen
t- . 0w .wits a month; 4 months 10
$1 00. When not paid in advarc? th
mice is 30 cent? per month, straight
Issued every morning except Monday
OLD TIME S0R6EON8.
TbrT Hnd to Work nnplilly Dmr
Anir(lirllc Were t'srit.
Before nnrcsdietlcs wero known th
unrgeon's only expedient was to abrldgt
LiMla.
tils patient's sufferings by workinr 'vivwdiHl with gayly clad courtiers and
rapidly. In this the old time sutyeoiu , lndi.m slaves, who tolled for them and
did wonders. Tbey had n control and t ' brought them tribute from inlue and
Burvty In their bands that are now sol j jungle.
flora found. One day the colebrntw j Then. In a night, the city vanished,
purgeoti MnUonneuro hnd to amputati and no one can tell today what hap
the leg of a poor devil who began tc , ju-md to It. No survivors and no tve
howl In advance. "I'll give you m u.ds were left Ivhind to tell the tale,
watch." said the surgeon, "If the over Tolay one can see, burlevl In tropical
ntlon lasts more Uian a minute." Tin
iman accepted the offer, but was oblige
to forego the handsome watch, as tl
operation took less dme than it r'
(jnlres to describe.
To amputate an arm nt the shonldc
Is a most difficult operation, Dr- I-an
genbeck of Germany did It In tivo mln J
ntee. A young physician who came u
see him perform the operation adjuster
his spectacles to his nose so as tM f
lose n single moveme,nt. but whfn tN
spectacles were In place die opc.-.i:!o'
was over, and the severed arm lay w
the tloor.
Times have changed much since then', j
It stitllccs to put a bit of chlproform v
ether on n compn-ss and let the putlet.
breathe through It for a few ralntflo
to put him Into a slumber so deep din
he remains Inert while tlio .surgioi
mnkes his Incision, cuts, flies (he bon-
and ews up the flesh. On awnklng th
operation Is over, and die patient ;
knows nothing of It Thnnki to chloro
form, surgeons can practice operation '
today which arouse our admiration.
Whnt Thcr Kn.
Nearly every nntlon has Its ovn par
dcular form of food, nnd dilngs wblcb
some races would not, as the esprvs
slon goes, "touch wldi the tongs" ar
considered by others ns the great!-
lururr
For Instnncc. while the Arab eats hl ! the paco of two mlntito by au eurdi
lotus bread and dhourrn with the rellsl ' unko.
of fresh dates, the Grecnlander gorge "The ground opening In Several
himself on animal fat nnd whale oil u Places nt once." wrote nn eyewitnesi
the mtessary means of keeuiuj. In H2i a few days nfter the catastro-
warmtb In his body. Hindoos will no-
touch any form of flefch, but live buppl
ly on rice nnd rancid butter. An Hug
lisbmau is supposed to valuo beef and
bacon above all other articles of food
while the dwellers In the Apvunltici j
live on chestnuts. In ancient days tin
Iloman emperors were accustomed tc
have a peacock served at all great
feasts as one of the principal dainties
while In these days birds' nests and
rats form choke dishes In a Chlnesi
menu.
Gome people say that snail ooup If
delicious, while the French assure you
that there are few more delicate dlsher '
than dioue made out of frogs' leg. '
Ill Ao.fr.llnn Or.(.. I
nn the part of Australia In whfch 1
trre we get oyBters as big as a saucer."
Bald a resident oT Adelaide to di
u'nohinrwnn p "Thv nr tti-irt, ti i '
Blto of any I liavo peen In the United
States, but In Quality there Is nodilus
to recommend them, for they have nt
flavor and are so tough that It takes a
pretty shnn knife to make auy lmpr- "y ' which tho Dogs Eat; Multl
eion on them. Sdll thero are people tudes of People Floating up und dowu,
who manage to eat them after they
have been stewed sufficiently long. In
other parts of our country we Imve a
better grade, approaching nearly to
your American oyster, but hardly Its
equal. In fnct nfter my acquaintance
trltti im i"MiranrLrMiln Knv tiVuhlnta I
um firmly of the opinion that lu the I
mattei
er of seafood die United States with very much Thunder and Light
i all nadons. an assertion that will I nlng, und dreadful Weather; yet tills
leads
be backed up by nny man of wJd
travel."
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, , A Torpia Liver. 4
A, clogged condition of tho system ti
ono dyniptom of a liver ouj of order
Hero lu ns good and simpl.e n remedy
ob nny I know, writes a phyrclnn;
Got a nice ..lemon and cut It in half.
Take one-half,, in a tumblerful of cold
water tho last thing nt night nud tlm
other the first thing In tho morning. ,
Half n pint of very hot water with n
' squeeze of Jemon or .Jlmo in it before
.Mbrcakfait hi also good; Both remedies
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,i.iisi.u .a -?biiU .n.ix
JIMAiCAOtY
THE FINGER OF FATtl IN THE FALL
OF HER CAPITALS.
j trnp;erita Thil Aro Wrllirn In lh
j lllnlor)- of tier lluliityl CHU' Tv
, 11 f Them Vnnlihril L'tT.-rly Kroiu Olf
I the rnr of thi Uni-th.
J , There exists In Jnmnlcii, In the West
' indies, 11 universal superstition tluit a
' i-nrse rests it)oii nny town chosen to be
its capital. Since lfkU. when tlu llrid
chief city was founded, no fowor tliuii
! three capitals have becil ruined In mys-
, lotions una tragic way. Two have
vanished utterly fivtn die face of tho
, earth. Some of tlio moro superstition
.of the Colonists, brooding over the
Mronge blstoty of their country, fear
! that Kingston, the present etipttiil, n
' city of 70,000 Inhabitants, will share
the fate bt lie' prvtlecccsoni.
The tlrst capital was Scvllln Nuevn
(New Seville), otherwise culleil Seville
fi'Oro tfhe Golden Seville), on account
of its marvelous wealth. It was found
til by Don Juan d'l'MjuIvol and Diego,
n sou of Christopher Columbus. In u
. few years It became die greatest Span
ish city In the uew world. Thither
' Hooked die blue blooded but linpecuul
,ous nobles of Castile, eager to rvbulld
their family foramen at tlio expense of
the poor Arawuk.
Cathedral, palaces and monasteries,
rivaling those of Bpnln In s-plcndor,
wetv erected. The marble streets were
j Jungle, a mile of marble pavement and
a Ww broken columns aud arches.
Nndiln? else renmlns of the fSolden
, Svxl.le, once bo prosperous and splen
did, except a few contradictory na-
1 live traditions. These traditions va
riously ascribe the destruction of the
city and Its Inhabitants to a mutiny of
.I.a ..ittiiHuicn.1 tmllrttw 1111 iMirtliflllfl V.i
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11 sudden visitation of millions of red ,
uit nnd an attack by French buc- ,
' catniT. The very memory of what 1
wu once the greatest city of the new
wirM has almost peru-hoik Hven li( ,
Jamaica few people Know anything
ulsiir, the Go!dn SV.rlle.
The Spaniard s made Saint Jngo'tle lu ,
; Vega, now caflc; (iuulli Town, their
1 v..coml capital. Tlm'e and again It was
1 dfviij.tated by Hurricane and plague, j
linnicd by Indian revolts or ransack- j
1 11I bj adventurous picaroons. Gradu- ,
, ally it sank from Ifs high estnte until ,
now H Is merely n squalid village. 1
W'.ien the Kngllsh conquered the Is-
1111a tnoy maue 1'ort uoyai tneir reai
iv.ilt-.I. though Spanish Town remain-
d f r some time die oitlclnl peat of
.'".inimi'iit. The emporium of the In
i'ios aud the Spanish main, the market (
for the ill gotten gains of lo.OOO hue-eniieer-'.
Port I'oynl eoon Iweame the
rl best Jh1 wl-'..iHK-st elty of the m w
world. At the Ih-l-'ht of Its sph-ndur
mid Its vlco It was destroyed within
phe. "swallowed up .Multitudes or I'to
pie together, whole Streets sinking un
der water with Men. Women ami Chil
dren In them; and those Houses which
but Just now appeared the Fairest and
Loftiest In these Parts and might vie
with the Finest Uulldlngs In the World
were In a moment Sunk In the Earth,
and nothing to be seen of them; such
Crying, such Shrieking und Mourning
I never heard, uor could anything In
my opinion appear more -lemuic 10
the Eye of Mun. Here n Coropnny of
People Swallowed up at onco; there a
whole Street tumbling down, and lu
Another Place the Trembling Earth
opening her Itavenous Jnws, let In the
' Merciless Hen, so tnat this town is De-:
"1110 Heap Of ItUlllS
Several Poo-1
P'- we! Swallowed up of the Earth,
wto'ii. the Sea breaking In before dio
Knrtil uIa c,osJ' t,1?' woro w"fi,10J ,
up again and Miraculously saved from
Perishing. Othera tho Earth received
up to their Necks, nnd dien Closed
upon them and squeezed them to
Deuth, with dielr neads above Ground,
having no Hurlnl. The Iiurylng Placo
nt the PnllHadoes Is ipulte Destroyed,
the Dead Ilodles being washed out of
their Graves, their Tombs bent to
Pieces and thoy floating up and down;
It Is sad to think how we huvo Suf
fered. "Tho Earth hath still fits of Slinking.
much Thunder and Light
had bo little effect upon Homo People
i Bwo that the very huhkj Night they
were nt their Old Trade of Drinking
)amj Hweurlng; breaking up Ware-
houses; Pillaging and Stealing from
their Neighbor, even while the Earth,
,,JUnko laoted, and aovorul' of thorn were
destroyed In the very Act; and Indeed
this Place has been one of die Ludest
j the Christum World, u sink' 6f all
nithltibHS, nud a mere Sodom."
I . old Port Itoviil lies burled beneath
tho licti. Tho ureeerit town' of Port
Iloyal, a place op9 importance, except
nn a enallntr station, was built., tftcr
tha oartlMiuaka. a flna and ft laixiiilldi) I
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m ii in i i
houirfrvr
Kington was tint founds I until dm
early part of tin eighteenth century
but It lnv already boon tlirlo doit,
cd by ll iv unit tuwernl tlinon raw.: il
liy hurricane. Tho Inhabitants tint
urnlly wonder Wlmt oittnsttvpho will
lmi)Mti next.
Many inen luive been ojiiuMi' of do
ing a wise thing, but very few a ron
crous thing. Pope.
Aviirtcr.
Howes Yes; I suppose l am ntvttv
well off. but not so well mf as Minui."
ilKetoite.
Itsruei- I!d you ever hear of the pic
who regretted dint he hnd only foi
root to put Into the trough at feeding
line? Huston Transcript.
W'nfrr In (tip ICnlilhnrl l)rrr.
The bushuieti In the Knlahaii ilesort
often live wrc of miles from placei
where water comes to the nurfiuv.
I luring a certain part of the year sharp
stones pass oor the Kalahari, cover
lug the apparently acid region with thi
brightest of verdure and tilling for a
few (.Uirt dn.s the water courses with
roaring torteuts. The busbiiien know
liuw to lind water by digging In die
bottoms of tlij,.e drlid up nver betls.
They dt,r a hole tlmv or four feet deep
slid then tie a sponge to the end of a
hollow reed. The sjoiige absorbs the
moisture at the mot mm of the hole, and
the natives drnw It Into their mouths
through the reed nud then empty It Into
rnUlmshos for future use.
The nnlmnls that Inhabit such wnstM
ts the Kiilahnrl are of course accus
tomed to living tiMti very smnll and
InfriMpient supplies of water. The Hech
uana tin not lend their cattle to the
drinking places oftener than once In
two or three days. It Is wild that gonjs
In the Kalahari frequently pass moutUtf
without water.
"Illue llrn' ClilrkvnaV'
KveryUly knows that nntlvtvi of
Delaware aro callel "lllue Ileu:s
Ch'.ekens," but not one lu n hundred
can tell you why they Ktv. so culled.
The epithet Is said to Imre had ItH ori
gin In the following-
One of Delaware' itHwt gallant tight
era In the war of the ICevolutln was 1
Captain Calilwell. wImi whs notorious
for hW foiuito'ss for cocktighting. Ho
Q rilled his men admirably, they being
inown tbroupltout the army ns "Cnld-
well's Ganiei-o-ks."
This same fnldwoll held to the pe
culiar dieory that no cook was ready
game unle.is Its mother w.is a Mile In n.
As the mouths wore nway Caldwei -s
men became known ns the "Mine llun'4
Chickens," n title which only ir.eroas. I
their n-spect for the old gamecock cap
tain. The nickname bit-ame famous
and after the close of the war was ap
plied Indiscriminately to nil natives of
the Diamond State.
A f.rnlii I'nr I''rluillifi.
No man r( .liIinnon's time knew the
great city 1. -tu-r nor all tin '-. rp ?.. .1
of life contained within Its walls. He t
slept with I 'v.:rs o- v.mi..,ril J.o.ist
Iops through the streets nt night v. III. .1
brother poet; he "dunged" a barge
man, Inughod nnd Jested with Gar
rick's actresses or tnlki-d 'with pro
found respect, but still In n tlrui, man
ly manner, with his hoiiorous voice." to
majesty Itself. "I look upon a day as
lost." he said, "In which I do not mtilce
n now nrniinlntiiniM. M 1'hrc fnrl flint
he never lost a friend except by death !
. 1
shows that he was as tenacious of old
friendship!) as he was eager to nopilro
new. He had. In fact, a very genius
for friendship, and the clrcl..' tluit gath
ered round lilm In his tutor years In
cluded not only poets, scholars mid
men of letters, but the most prominent
painters, actors, musicians, doctors
nnd Htutesmen In England.Iiooklov
ere' Magazine.
He Knew Whul It Wna,
A ccrtnln mlnlstrr. while passing
down die village street, observed ono
of his pnrlshloners seated at ills cot
tage door supping his broth.
Thinking this un unusual proceeding,
ho stopped and asked him what was
the mutter.
"Oh," replied John, "tho chlmley Is
reeking a bit, so I cam' outsldu to sup
ma broth. Ye had better gnu In nnd
gle tho missus u bit advice aboot It"
The minister had scarcely opened the
door when n femnlo volco exclaimed,
"Ih that thoo ngyen, thoo nwd ruscnl?"
And the minister's lint was crushed
over his eyrn with n stool.
Without making a remark tho minis
ter closed the door nud, stepping up to
whore John wit, said solemnly, "John,
our chimney nt homo smokon eouie-
tlBM tOOl"
Thu Hevru KIein-m
Tho Seven Sloepors were leven nohjo
youths of EpIiL-HUb, who in tho tlmo of
the Deciaii JcrseciitlouM, It Is fuIiJ, ilctl
to u certain cavern for refuge They
were pursued, discovert d nnd walled
in the cave, tho perpetrators of tho
deed hoping to mete out a cruel and
horrible death. However, according to
tho legend, they were made to fall
usleop nnd were miraculously kept
alive for nearly two centuries, Tholr
names aro given ns Maximlun, Mill
chus, Mart! n bin, Denis, John, Scruplon
and Coustabdmi. ,
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TTi lMrlii trstniirnnt retlocts tlio con.
krvntlvo vIowh of the Krenclnuan. Tlio
l'arlnian love to sit on cushioned ,
benchoR nloiiK the wall and as like an
not enter Into talk with his uelchlHir.
Again, the Parisian Is a true ileuuicriit.
Whatever his rank, he Is wllllni: to Join
In the fun going forward. 1 remember
one night In the Cafe lie Purls seeing a
Hungarian prince with a rent roll of
Mvres of thousands stallt op in u baud
of his countrymen mid take the llrst
violin from the hands of the lender.
The next minute 11 score of well known
'people wore gathered before him A
count sang 11 love song; 11 ballet dancer
from the opera obliged us with a re-
markablo fandango; a sujar rellner
gave us 11 comic patter. No'.h-ly c.uvil
who his neighbor chanced to be. It win
ginnl fun. That was Hiitllcleut
Imagine n duke mid an earl and a
rich merchant amusing the Mipper
crowd nt the Carlton or the savoy!
Decidedly they do these things better
in Franco. Paris letter In I.0111I011 Kx.
pn'sa,
Nrw Stnr. '
It Is suggested by luils ltnlmtirdlti, 11
Preach writer, that In each of tin new
stars that blaze forth In the beaxeii
from time to time we sen the ib-timo
tlon of 11 celestial Uxly by a oKiuue
cataclysm. At any rate, be shjs, If
t,nrt r ' earth's crust und.-rlj aig tie
, ,an H,1"111 Kve way our earth won!.'
. doubtless present in siiiwsslim to n
' distant observer the same series of up
! prornncw that we witness In the cane
ot "moviw." or new stars. Plrst tl
j would be an outburst of bl.ir.lug hydr
'" " W01 w,f "ert'iniwMii
by the earth's Internal heat, then fu
slon of tlm whole crust, reducing tin
globe again to a molten state, aud then
,L' Kmuuni exunciiou ( 11s ngui ow
P to cooling. As cooling would llrst
tnkc place locally, we sli.-uhl luxe ,
variable star, the darken, d p..tt..i.i
bolng periodically brought into l-w
' by die rotation or the git.io. -.suceess.
A Co in pi I in nil o tin Hlifinr.
Chattanooga crook was tin- dividing
Hue between the uitHt of the Fed J
oral nud Confederate armies, mid dur (
Ing n lull In tiostllltlen the p " ' "'
lwth cultlvateil one nnotlier'- ... , :
mice, having agn-etl not to iln on o..
nnotlier. One day when the enpt.ilii of
the I'nlon guard saw Geiieml iJnint
with his staiT. approaching ho wild t. (
his men. "Turn out the gunnl :r the ,
coinmatidlng gonomr." Tlio f..iirI.T-,
Hies on liii' oilier niur 111 iiti- i.- . ii"i ,
more thnn fifty feet nway. I.e.ud tin
order, nud their captain, loiic-l.liii; th
Idea of pajl'ig n eompllr.u 11! to t.w en
cmy, shouted. "Turn out ti.e gunnl f
the comuiniiillng geimrnl of the I'.-doi I
army." The fouf'-dornte jilekotM htmHl
nt ntteutloii (ir sovcnil inoruonts mid
then Kiilutwl Urnnt ns he nnlo nway.
TflMiiK of liii- Hull).
When n Dutch baby innkiM It.s urrlv-,
nl. the fact Is iiuuomiivd by 11 man 1
wenrln;; i M.o-k nmt .ud n '.Mil 1
who Is hired by the little one's pnr-nt
to go round to nil their friends uuli
jiackets of sweet.s, which are npproprl
ntcly decorattnl with 11 ploture of a ba
by aud nn nngol. The eoufeetlou I
made of unlKeed nnd htignr. Hough
bwevts signify tho birth of n boy. .
smooth sweets that of 11 girl. The clill- ,
dreu of the families to whom tln-y are
sent eat the sweets spread upon their
bread and butter. In the eighteenth '
ci-ntury the birth of n child win mi-
nounrcd by tying a plfi'tishlon deeo
ralod wUU li,co ""', rtbboiii to tliudimr
liti..li..a llii. llnMlltu' IliillUA
knocker of the parents' limine.
Whr II" Wim Arrr.lPil.
"When I was In the legislature," said
tlit Kentucklan, "I was cnlhd over to
the peultentlary to see tin old friend :
Ilo said that wasn't a place to keep a
gcntlomnn In and asked him to g'-t l
out 'How'd you get In. JlmV I nslnsl. ,
"Well. Mr. Tom, It wuh this wny:
l'ou know peppery llttlo Dr. Smith
down to Oweiisboro? Well, I mot him
on the street nnd set to him. "Doc, I'm
feollnjr so bad I think I'm nick." "Feel
Ing bnd, aro your ho boz. "Well. Jim," .
bo Br, "why don't you take some-'
ddngr
"And dint night. Mr. Tom, I took
his two mules. "
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ltniMr Wlmt Rtrunk lilm,
DalyYe wero KiinHtruck. ye sny7
Why. man allvo, the sun could never
dlsiigure n mans race nuo thut
Itllcy Ye don't know mo son, Daly.
Ttrooklvti JAtu-
Golf ns a Homo Wri'dti-r,
Judging from the number of wives'
complaints and confessions puhllnhcd
every wslt In the Scotsman, golfers
initBt bo ranked among i!io most nog.
led fill of liiiHbaudH, says a Inidon en
bio dlspntch to the Chicago Inter
Ocean. Golf, the writers assert, bus!
purnlyred tho enlenirlse mid en rgy of j
many breadwlnneis. The time foiiuer-'
ly given by the golfer to the couipiiu-1
lonshlp of wife and family Is upont
now, It Is (lectured, on the links. Ills
conversation Is confined to mere club
room gossip. He has no Interest In lit
ernture, snve thut of tho golfing papers
nnd magazines. Tho neglected wives
complain bitterly thnt they have sunk
to tho icjyol of mere housokecperH hIiico
their,, husbands have become golf mn
nines. , -
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IWtltk 1'l.irfr brknUi
tlt (1nier wnllrr llnnrrs;
Vhrt slutll I ilrlnU IoiiIrIiIT
1 turn, with llntli-nn nnKr,
Tlio wlnn list to Un llrtltt.
And wlittn I nenn II, (IiImIUok
Tluit wine hits lout lis chin in,
1 1 renin oncn imiro nf drlnkliiK
Ihvotil cldttr lit tlio fnhn.
Kroin Rrsiulitiul's nncUnt sfttlo,
llfor tlm rritckllag l)ls
t viU-h tlm ilniiliu: kuttlai
A inrrry liino It plsys.
Tlnr, wlira tlm com wns npitn.
And itpplrn xluml it nil tonlOPtl,
AVI Ih Kritititituit slyly iiivi'l'lntf.
My nweutvMt draitius vtrto dreamed.
Tlm tvlatrr wind, snow Inttrn,
(.Vnxi-tl up tlu iiiitrlmt llutnrn.
And tlnrn it rimy timldtm
Hut tiy and playnd inn ititinch;
TtiTo Invn. will) lirnnl tlio clllllllllg
Of itlitioirn, ciillin mill mtw
Ttv littppy liivrrs drlnklim
Bttupt clttor lliruuitli n utriiw.
flniin xliellormt from tlm woutltrr,
At lliirt'its wo IiuikIioiI
And iiif ncht-il ntir llilrot loattlmr
In tlutt cool itinlirr ilrnft.
Timt drink of Kritndditd's nuikliiK,
Prrnnnl In Him mill liurd by,
Hot no llslit hend to neliliiK.
Ttirnrd no brlslit n"ch awry.
HtlllfMt nr Hi" I'ltnklnu ulitx""'!
lrfiiiK vmilnlir.l Is your inltn.
Oil. ronli'Nt of lurmfcut
Hut Htlll I ilrriim. mid whlU
My Knty mnntitrha I'm illpplng
In wlnn without it rliiw
1 r your rrtl'llps dlpplti
Itwrnl eldar UirouKti n straw
-fritnk lie' HuchiUUr In IJpplncatfi
pur November
CHAMPION OF A RIVER.
Cliitiwotiiitn Woiilit lltor lb Cfef
cnu lu !( Kulumr llulf,
"It was boni of tho wldi wi-ntNU
plain, rt-nrd lu die frvi-dom of dui
imlless pralrlu and flowed peacefully
ind with dignity by dm tldo of dui
lUirlglue. who admitted Its beauty and
ft thai beauty develop.
"It truly Is a Cinderella of rlvcm-of
mine lilt tli. now iiuulo to drudge and
i.':ite In tlio dust nnd nshon of the cttyt"
.o ono ma) rtH-ogiilto It from the de
.rlitlu. but the Cblctigo river U
i.i.iiit The chnraclerliuitiou U that of
i Chieako clubwoman. Mrs. Kntu H.
v .mmN. says the Chicago Tribune.
The river has txtin nbuseil. Thero Li
30 doubt of that In Mm. WimmIs' mind,
' ..- t!o Jee I art's Alio city has ltri un
riteful mid tins chilled where dm abo
rigine liuidisl.
"i'nr uhnortt thirty years nfter his
-oiutug," slie says, "Tlm wtdto mnn
rotii.d that the natural counft of die
river did not run countor to his. Boon,
owover. the new city tx'camo a luirnli
ttepniotlier, mul the Onden'lla of rivers
whs m'tit to wnrk III thu dirt und Moot
if ii.iinufiietuilng hearth."
It Is wnl for eeii n river to Imvo to
work. Mrs. Wotsls coiiteinlcl. Hut
rw tbmi Hint Is thu Ingratitude of
Chlntgo So appoallug was the pkti
for the river mid so harsh was tlm nr-rnlrfutm-iit
of (ho city that mi nudltor
prn)Siil the orgaiilxatlou of n society
for the prevention of cruelty to die
Chicago river. Tho city Is cruel, for
"We never gave this Clndeivlln n
chance to put on new or bright rai
ment. Wo net or gave her n k""
eriii to wash her face until thimn
nice canal wont through, mid thnt was
merely for the sake of ourselves, not to
inhntiee the iH-mity of dm river.
"How good the river has boon to nil
of us mid how little wo appreciate It!
It Is dcMp: -ed. neglected mid over
worlds. It Is used as a dump, n ditch
nnd even ns nn open sewer. Men stop
Its current with big, cumbersome tun
nels Ixilow mid spun It wldi unsightly
bridges above; they stick tyilyt piles
und piers lu It; they mulio It inntiio
mnthlcally straight nnd Inartistic and
then throw up tholr bauds In astonish
ment, crying, 'How ugly, what an
uUmilnallonr
"There Is hop for tho futuro," Mrs.
Woods held. "Ix-t us each bo a fnlry to
bring Cinderella back to her own, U
Cluderelln which ban drudged fur us
for seventy years."
JERRY SIMPSON OUTDONE.
A Kitnnti lUlmnuui DUoturtla Hoclu
und Tukaa llvd llnir mm Iain.
Iteprvsentadve Ylctor M unlock, the
newly elected mcmlMsr of cougnfut from
"Bockless" Jerry Sliupaon'n district In
Kuusiih, Is attracting much nttpntlon
at Wushtngton, says tlw Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Mr. Simpson Is supported to feavs
gained many votes on die oocklcssj Is
nuo, but Mr. Murdock made, bis cam
paign chiefly ou tho red hair huma
Mr. Munlock's Imlr Is very rod. Ilrl
or to tho holding of dio district con
vention thut nominated him for con
gress to succeed Mr. Iong tliero wan a
big field of candidates, Murdock mul
one other luivlng red hair. Tho other
red )ml rod cmidhlnto entered Into un
nlllauco with Murdock by which It
wus ngreed thnt nfter die preconven
tlon cumpnlgn had progressed Urtilf
enough to determine which rod haired
mun was tho more popular tlin losing
cmidldatu before thu publlo should
withdraw In fnvor of tho other.
Murdock won. He told thu peoplo of
ICiinnus from thu stump tlwt tho ns
haired men wero n considerable part
of tho population nud thut they should
bo represented lu congress. Ho was
nominated mid elected.
Church Thnt lAUttm Itautims, Staala.
Itugtlme Is now played lu tho, Party
eighth Street Iiaptlst church In Chica
go. You can also play clicsschecJcors or
domlnos In the church' at' an-jr hour of
OJ V 1MM H .') ifA rr I
ii i. ii muni mi i imm4
"iMtTiio rnfl H noi tl Will dllaV5;
AlliW di'Mcrves ij ilia wife, mid nlio
Would make one;"
Tlireo hour later tho eurrlauo twar
lug Miss ICIIxnheth Parker nilled noise
lesnly along College street. Him felt
distinctly nervous. Pnifeiwur Allen
would very certnlnly. he there. Anil
nt tlm last faculty dinner, Just b'eforu
cpiuiufucomoiit, she bud given him dm
rose from her hair, lind ho Had said
As sho stopped Into the 1 lasting'
hull Mrs. Ilifiltugs culled from dui
top of the stairs:
"t omo up, dear. How perfectly
swivt of )iiii to nn ne I I was nfriihl
yon wouldn't get tho meiuinge lu ttiun.
.leuii will be jtellghted. Do go right
In. 1 have to seo that John's do Is
straight." Ami sho dlsnppeured through
u half open door,
I'lllr.abeth on opening tlm nursery
iliMir wan Joyfully welcomed by the
tiny Jean, who sprung Into In i anus
with a cry of doilght and huggisl her
clone. Then she curled up contentedly
lu ICIUubeth'H lap, murmuring, with a
sigh of satisfaction. "Slug 'Plck-u-n! i
ny.' "
The songs went on inilntornipti-dly
for half un hour. Then tho carrlageii
began to arrive. Elliuibedi could hear
the ponderous annual Juke of tho pro-fesNiu-
of mathematics mid the obedi
ent laugh of his nsslstant us they pnii
cd tuto the ilrvHsUig room. She heard
the rustle of skirts mi thu women flut
tered down the stulrw.
"They must all Im ben'," shn
thought, "but I won't go down till I
tinve to."
She glntK'iVl at Jnin, whoso eyes
were heavy with sbn-p, nnd s.iug again
the favorite song. Aud this was tie
scene uM)ii which Piofis-ir Allen
gnzel u minute Inter ns he st.xM nt thu
nursery door In her shimmering satin
gown, her crimson cape falling hnck,
n'Vealliig her beautiful neck mid iirms,
her sweet fuce slightly turn d fniin
htm ns she looked down nt the drmvsy
child t-radli-d lu her iiri.m, she seeinetl
to the unhnppy profcHHor i luuist di
vine. As he sIimmI listening to- the lullnby
Jean, suddenly rnlnltu her loud, saw
lilm , ,
"Oh. Mr. Allen, tuin lu, turn In'P' tihu
crUil.
Then.' was ihi escape. lie caum In.
P.llaU'th's heart beat so iudly shu
felt sure he must hour tl, but sho did
not npeak.
"Jean, I camo lii to say j.tsnl night "
"Is I your sweethonrt totiliclitP'
"Yes. dear."
"Does you lull mof
"Yes, Jean."
"Does you lub Mztniff twr
lie gave ono npSKtillng loot:, but tlm
dear fmM wns turnisl nwny. lie r
solvisl to risk nil In ono despurntu
stroke.
"(h! knovs l do, Jean."
"Veil, Us ui bofo dootl night, anil
I'll go ns'eop."
He kissed her. Hut the baby Inslutcd.
"Now l.l.htiiT."
"May I, dear?" very tenderly, Imiul
Ing over them Nidi.
"Tlt.s her. Mien." urged Jean.
'i:il7JilMtthl" plendlngly.
I?i'cr so llttlo sho turned her faco to
him.
Jenn sank back satisfied.
a
Downstairs all vendor at the delay
of dinner was chmigisl Into delight
when Professor Allen and Elltabv-th
anno into tlw drawing- room togutliur.
And dlnniT was nerved.
Thero will N perfect newspapers
when there In n perfect world. Ilald
more Henild,
fcj JtJlll't 1U-'1. . . J J - l I . 1
Fated
To Die of Paralysis
LiKo Father
Helpless Invalid For
Threo Years.
Dr. Miles' Nervine Made
My Nervoa Strong.
'Tor many jreirs I nuffered from terrlbtd
headaches ml palm at the hair ol the brain,
nd finally got o bad that I wai overenma,
will) nervous prottratlon. I had frcqutnl
diiiy apclls anil wai k weak snd exhausted
that I could take hut little food. The belt
phyAicbns told me I could n 4 live) that I
would die of raralyili, m my father and
Crandfatlier had. I rem. hied a lielplesi In
valid for tluee yi.trt. when I heard of Dr.
Mile' Keitoralitc Nfvine nnd liecan wing
It. That winter 1 (elt bitter than 1 had be.
fore in many learv and I Imvu not been
troubled wuh those drendul hc.uUcheskince
I first used Dr, Miles' IbMorallrp Nervine.
My nppetite is L'ood and my Serves are
tUnnJ.''- Mri. H, M. lIucLiiell, Vj9 Oak
land Ave, Mimieapoh , Minn.
"For many ye is I miT-icd ftom nervou
iiroktratmii, and could not direct my houso
hold nlfulrs, nor have any carm. My stum,
ach w.is very weuk headachef very e
verc, ami I was so nervous that there waj
not a night in years that I slept over one
hour nt u I inc. We t.pent hundrc is of dol
lars fur d ictors nud mrdtcmo. I was taken
to Chicago nnd treated by specialists, but
received no benefit ut all. Finally I heard
of Dr. Miles' Nervine snd ban its me. I
was surprised that it holud mi to quickly,
aad jjreat was mv J.iy to find, tfleruBlnr
seven bottles, that 1 had fully recovered my
health." -Mrs. W. A. Thompson, Dulutli,
Minn.
All dniffclsti sell and (piarante: first hot
tie Dr. Mites' Remedies. Send for free book,
on Nervous and. Jlcait Diseases. Addrati
Or. MUss Msdlcal C, Elkhart, Iui.
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