and went out to his family evidently the principal in another life and death
forbidding them to do this or that or struggle. As she drew her arm back
ordering them to be more quiet, at for another throw, at the same time
least expressing some sort of super­ advancing rapidly, I fired. She pitched
vision of their actions.
forward uttering a most unearthly
You should take ad vantage of this
<1
"At seven o’clock he and Ferr.ando screech and in a moment all the
■rand chance, other tirius give only
- ft ** i M l
other
monkeys were flying wildly to
went among them, giving some sharp
one premium, we give you three.
afcyjhftWE&gsM
BIG Ft K M l KF, made of Baltic B« al. rich,
commands, and they went quietly to the southerly point of the woods and
dark, durable tur; thi-’k an<l soft, and idi.tpe
their cages, which were fastened by shortly had vanished entirely from
very full; trimmed at the ends with six lull tails ,
Fernando. The rest of us sat on the view.
fastens with hook ai d chain.
.
- ’ ■
UO1.II) GOLD-FIMSHED REGENT DlA-WHHQHw
porch smoking, and part of the time
“What finally became of them?
H MOMD KING. To behold it on one’s finger
I played on my banjo, which latter We never knew positively, biA hunt­
iatoexperlenceanoverwhelmingdesiretoownit.
appeared to greatly please my visitor. ers and travellers report that the
I ADIES’ HANDSOME BAG. Verystylish;
-kJ flneimported leather: nickel-silver frame,
Soon after nine, as we were prepar­ Everglades In Florida for the past
Association.
furnished
with Smelling Bottle and Mirror.
j^Bno years Bluce there was no and I’ll make no charge for the pick­ ing to go to our rooms, the monkey few years have been full of monkeys,
DCMCRARCP I We give you all 3 Premiums
nEIVItlviDtn . for celling 25 fast-selling arti­
chief, Pythagoras, pulled my coat and that they appear tame and friend­
excitement
throughout the ing.’
cles. You can earn them in one day. We trust
caused by the announcement
“I won’t bother you with the de­ sleeve and walked ahead of me to ly, but are in mortal terror of a gun
you. Cost nothing to try. We take back all
flkS inoukeys had been proved to be tails,” said my old partner as he re­ mine. Taking a blanket that hung and if the traveller approaches too
not sold. Send address, and we send you the
articles postpaid ; when sold, send us money
{■iv captfble as cotton pickers and filled and lighted his pipe. "You re­ upon a peg, he motioned as if he close they shake their heads violent­
you get, and we will send the Fur Scarf, King
%Moiirse ifiuch cheaper than native member I am a great believer in the wanted to take it back to the piazza. ly as if saying: ‘No more cotton
and Bagfree. Get busy. Writeto-day. Address
jK. All sorts of stories were In the Darwinian theory. I like novelty and I nodded my permission and he went picking for us.’
T rue B lue C o .. Deot. 4S0. boston , mas «.
■Hsonie partly true aud many wholly never refuse to Investigate a new Idea out with it. spread it and almost
"Fernando was at first quite discon­
until finally some newer and because It appears to be out of the asked me in so many words if he solate at his I osb but I made him
sensation relegated this one to common. I did Investigate this one, could sleep upon it. I laughingly said: foreman of the Buffalo mine, gave
j^Betfulness.
very thoroughly, and paid several ‘Make yourself perfectly at home, old him a generous share of the stock,
■vIW couplo of years since, 1 received visits to the vessel where the mon­ fellow,' at which he grinned back at and he has proven a splendid man
j^Eisit from my old California part- keys were kept. I could almost con­ me as If he accepted it as a compli­ for the position, so that the returns
3E who had settled in the South, and verse with the big leader, who proved ment, and curled himself upon the are very satisfactory to each of us.
with
<^K owned one of the finest small to be the finest and most intelligent blanket with a great grunt of satis­ Except when we think of the sad fate
^Ktatlons in the State. From him animal I ever saw. The more like a faction, where I left him.
and mourn the untimely loss of that
^Kard the story first hand, as be him- human being I treated him, the more
morning
Fernando remarkable Darwinian Specimen of
“The next
was responsible for it.
PRICE, |1.50
Outfits, |2.25 to |18.00
attached to me he seemed to become, brought out the monkeys, divided Evolution, we can afford to laugh at
Xg we sat around the blazing log while I noticed that he at once re­ them into two gangs, and commenced our first attempt to utilize the Miss­
A Revelation of speed and efficiency combined
in my Virginia home, and smoked sented any familiarity towards me by the picking, Pythagoras would lead ing Link.”
with comfort and ABSOLUTE SECURITY
one gang for a while and then hurry
talked of our early days in Cali- the others.
NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY
^Enia and the Territories, he sudden-
over
to
the
head
of
the
other,
run
­
“After some thought as to how the
SAVE TIME AND MONEY
»broke out into his hearty laugh and darkles would regard this remarkable ning back to see if any cotton had
Kermit Roosevelt.
■d: "Fred, did you ever hear of my innovation of what they might con­ been skipped and like the most com­
Kermit Roosevelt, second son of the
^Enkey trade, and how they picked sider their rights, I made the trade. petent overseer, keeping a watchful
$200 in prizes for the best written story
cotton for me, and raised merry In company with the sailor who supervision over the whole work. President, is to a considerable portion
Kb all through our part of the state?" answered to the name of Fernando, Nothing like It had ever been known of the public the least known member
Subject 1 “A Close Shave”
of the Roosevelt family and yet he is
K-eplied that since he asked Xhe ques- I ordered my darkles out onto the on any plantation.
of the most interesting. Kermit
For further instructions, catalogue and other
Ku, I seemed to recollect having read lawn and explained to them what I
“We stopped an hour at noon and one
information, address
Kmething to that effect, only that proposed to do. I added, I wanted by night, by actual weight all form­ is a manly lad who is now in prepara­
■ was but a very faint impression, neither them nor any of the men on er records had been beaten by over tory school and who will within a few
years
follow
in
the
steps
of
his
older
Kd bad probably been dismissed from the adjoining plantations to get it one-half. What also appeared to me
brother, Theodore, Jr., by entering Har­
Manufacturer« of
Ky mind as a “fake“ story.
into their nigger brains that this very remarkable was that the pick­ vard. He blds fair to prove a strong­
■ "No,” be answered, “it wa’ abso- would in any way affect their poai- ers seemed just as lively and active er
lad physically than "Teddy” and has
Etely true, and I yet believe it could tions. It had taken this man years when the day’s work was over, as always
gone in for athletics and out­
Ke made a thorough and complete of bard patient labor to educate these when it commenced.
8 READE STREET, NEW YORK CITY
That evening door life In general. Not long ago he
Kccess, not only In the cotton fields, animals to work, and probably no was a repetition of the former, but went on a hunting expedition in the
Kut in large orchards and perhaps others would ever be Imported for such before retiring I thought I saw some
under the guidance of a
Emong the smaller fruits and berries. a purpose; that none of my men who men moving around near the house, Northwest,
man who had been a companion of his
J "You know,” he continued, “that be- cared to work would be discharged, and twice Pythagoras uttering a low father in his ranching days and the
Freind of Helplesa Children.
bide my plantation I have several good as there would always be plenty of grunt darted down the steps, return­ big game bagged by Kermit proved con­
Baron Henri Rothschild la perhaps
taiines in Georgia, the working of extra work at the mines, and I tried ing and shaking his head each time clusively that he In time will be as the most popular member of the great
■which while not of a bonanza nature, to explain to them that this was as if something disturbed him. Noth­ good a sportsman as his father
banking house. For he has devoted
. My treatment is the only abao»
■adds quite materially to my Income. solely an experiment of my own. After ing, however, occurred, and I finally
Coming home from this trip Ker­ himself entirely to medical science, is r ree lute apeclflcand cure fae<r«B
[ "One morning a short thick-set man the cotton was picked, if it resulted went Into my room and lay down, al­ mit
one
of the leading specialists In France
._______ x. habit«. It la tbs
politely
gave
up
his
sleeping
car
of forty, whose rolling gait plain- as TVrnando said it would, I should though but partially undressing.
berth to an old lady who boarded the In children’s ailments, and not only
IJy betokened the sailor, walked up take a contract to pick my neigh­
“It could not have been very long train after all the berths had been sold. gives all his services gratis, but has U 11XII will treat any drug UM* Vraa
liny roadway and to the piazza, where bor’s 100-acre peach orchard. What after midnight when I awoke with
likewise donated large sums to the
. until Cured, write to-day.
.
I sat talking with my overseer and we should find for our Simian friends that indescribable feeling that some­ All the junior members of the Roose- foundation and endowment of medical VrUred Stetskindandqaartity af
institutions for the treatment of chil­ Dr. Waterman, Suita B. 14 Lexington.Av., N.Y
enjoying my morning pipe. The two to do during the cold weather would one was moving about the room. I
dren's
maladies.
large fields of cotton on either side have to be left for future conaidera- had closed my windows on retiring,
■¿4 y—X.
of the road were about ready to pick, tloa.
but now felt the cool night air blow­
ing soft across my face. As I me­
A Good Retriever.
chanically grasped my revolver, cocked
A gentleman once possessed a valua­
it and raised myself suddenly to a
ble sporting dog which was extremely
sitting postare, I felt the point of a
Ail American Movsmsnt
Movement Watch wUb
with
An
clever in the retrieving of game. The
Solid Gold-P)nted cate, warranted ta
sharp Instrument piercing my neck. I
owner, however, was a remarkably bad
keep correct time; equal in appearams
faintly heard the sound of a shot, the
to
a
Solid
Gold
Watch,
warranted
far
shot, and one day, on firing both bar­
25 years’, also a Gold-FUled Ring a*
room seemed full of smoke and every­
with a Sparkling Gem are given free to
rels hastily at a rabbit, he heard a
any one tor Helling only 20 Jewelry
thing went black as I fell back sense­
mournful howl. The next moment his
Noveltie» at 10 cent» each. Send name
less.
and addre»» for Jewelry.
dog appeared, carrying a black object
When »old, »end u»
"Several days had passed before I
the $2 and we »end you
in his mouth, and laid it carefully at his
opened my eyes to returning con­
master’s feet. The animal had retrieved the Gold Watch and Ring. Address
sciousness and what occurred during
his own tail.
that Interval, I have learned only
•
from those to whose untiring care,
assisted by my naturally strong con­
stitution, I owe my life.
"The darkey I had discharged, had
crawled In through my window with
the evident Intention of robbery and
murder. My watch and purse lay on
the floor and my necktie with a valu­
BE A BOOK-KEEPERI
able diamond pin had been thrust in
BE A FIRST-CLASS BOOK-KEEPER
the pocket of his blouse. Pythagoras
Had evidently heard the noise, slight
KERMIT ROOSEVELT.
You Will Never Pall Asleep Over Your
as It was, or perhaps
_
his sense of
smell was, as Fernando said, extreme­ velt family are fond of pets, but Ker­
Work
ly acute, and his devotion to his mas­ mit goes ahead of all the others in his
or he troubled over long column« of figure«, if
you will purchase and master the contents of
ter’s friend brought him at once to love of domestic animals. .Yogs have
**G«odwiE*slKpr«K(l Book-kccpisg aad Basis css
my bedside.
a
Maiual.
This book is not a luxury but a neces­
always been his favorites and there
sity—particularly to the progressive. It leads
"I do not know whether or not mon­ has seldom been a time when he has
directly to aoacy-aakiag and aoacy-saviiff.
keys can see in the dark, but if not not had one or more canine followers,
You can learn from Tt withia Sil weeks’ hfMBC
Study bow to open, keep and close, ANY set of double-entry books in the most modern, “up-
Pythagoras’s intuitions must at least these animals being transported from
to-date
”
manner;
change
from
single
to
double-entry;
locate error« in trial balances; prove
have given him a sort of second sight, Oyster Bay to Washington each autumn
postings; improve systems; audit accounts; average accounts; compute interest; teach book­
for when Fernando and the overBeer and back again to the summer home
keeping; earn money as an expert; save one-thlra labor; make “balance sheets’” render
comparative statement: keep books for or manage a stock COBpaiy or KEEEiactariag
rushed in with lights, they saw that in the spring.
COiccra, and more—MUCH more I
the big ape had grasped the darkey's
Kermit Roosevelt is also an excellent
Why Go to “College” to Learn Book-keeping
right wrist which held the knife, with horseman. He learned to ride on the
and spend from $60 to $600 ol moaey und from 6 to 16 months of time to learn an antiquated
bis right hand, and twisted and broken President’s old pony Diamond, — a
system, full of superfluities, when the undersigned, who has had 81 years’ practical
the wrist, in spite of the darkey’s sturdy black animal that served as the
experience as an accoubtant, will, for the small sum or $3.00« qualify, yon at your OWE home
within 6 weeks' time to fill ANY position where a first-class book-keeper may be required or
great strength, while the long fingers President’s mount when he was a
REFUND MONEY! Could you ask for anything fairerF Price (for book and “cowree,”)
of his left hand were pressed tightly young man. Old Diamond is now a
$3.00. Send for further particulars, or enclose $3.00 iu manner directed below, and you will
around the throat of the darkey whom pensioner in the White House stables
“get yo«r moaey’s worth!”
he had evidently strangled with com­ and when Kermit goes riding with his
I Find Positions, Too. Everywhere, Free! ,
parative ease. All would have been father,—as he does whenever he is
The undersigned supplies more buninees I ioiiwh with book-kee;>erH than any ten ‘Voir
well had I lain still, but my sudden home for a vacation,—he uses one of
merelal school«" which coukl be named, and there is a greater dem an* I for GOODS IN BOOK­
KEEPERS than tor any other kind. Distance and experience Immaterial. Hava 7.9SS
rising had not only plunged the knife the saddle animals in the White House
TESTIMONIALS from PUPILS I Perhaps 1 can place YOU. TOO t
into my own neck, but caused the fall stables, his preference being for Wyom­
THE BIG APE GRASPED THE DARKEY’S WRIST.
KSf-
A copy of “Goodwin’s Practical Iiwtruction for BualneasMen” (an ertremely
of the revolver which fired the fatal ing, the handsome mount pi esented to
valuable took—price »1.00, will be sent. FBEE OP CHARGE. to those who wih
“Most of my darkles looked upon shot, the big bullet plowing through President Roosevelt by his friends and
and I was busy planning upon which
cutout this ' card,'’ pin JS note It, and send for the took and “eourws" above adyertte«l: no ba
sure to either use It yonrself or to hand U to somebody else to use-os it la worth ONE I*OL-
field I should commence, or whether the whole matter as a joke and went to faithful Pythagoras's brain and admirers in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
UB IN CASH TO THB UHF.RI
___________
I had better divide my force find of­ away laughing and jollying each killing film instantly.
"We.gave the body of the darkey
fer some Inducement for the party other, but a few muttered and shook
Room 436, 1218 Broadway,
-
•
•
NEW YORK
bringing in the largest quantity in their heads, and acted as if they to some of his friends, but Pythagoras Time Honored Use for Kerosene.
the quickest time and leaving the might prove troublesome. One of the was burled under a beautiful live oak,
A
fire
occurred
on
premises
rented
by
latter said, evidently intending that I and upon the mound, after I recovered,
cleanest picked field.
Jews in London. The circumstances
“The visitor touched his cap with should hear, that he’d be damned if I placed a marble slab Inscribing were somewhat suspicious and an agent
he
’d work on a plantation where they upon it the words ‘Faithful to the
the forefinger of his right hand, and
of the insurance company was sent to
Dieath.’
asked in fairly good English, ‘Are employed beasts.
“I had had trouble with the man
"Oh, you ask what became of the investigate. He interviewed the senior
you the one the darkles call the Cap­
partner,
and also the junior partner, as
tain’’ I said, ‘Yes, what can I do at several different times. He was a rest of the monkeys and my experl- to the probable cause of the fire. This
The Great Home Magazine of America
for you?’ He came up the steps un­ powerfully built negro, nearly six feet ment! Well, after the doctor sald I is his report: “I find that the senior
invited, drew a chair to my side and four inches in his bare feet, and when would soon be all right again and per­ partner thinks it was caused by an arc
make» tbls aaoqaalad ott.r far a limite«! tima only.
handed me half a dozen big, black not in liquor, holding the record of mitted me to walk about, I had Fer­ light on the second floor; the junior
cigars, which, I may add, proved about the fastest and cleanest cotton pick­ nando take them out and try to re­ parf -r thinks it was caused by an in-
the finest I ever have smoked. ‘Cap; er in the section. But he had a very sume the cotton picking, which the catid' icent light on the first floor—but
tain,’ he said, ‘I want to sell you 125 surly disposition, and was too fond darkies had meanwhile nearly com­ my opinion is that it was caused by an
monkeys, or rather I want to trade of threatening his fellow workmen pleted. They had been very uneasy Israelite in the basement!”
them for an interest in the Buffalo with his big knife, which was half as and had shown so much restlessness
gold mine. I am an old miner and long as an Austrian sabre, and which that the morning and evening hours
_ am . tired of . knocking
___ ___ _ round. I was he kept as sharp as a razor. I had of relaxation had been abandoned,
Life.
"They would give low plaintive
through the Buffalo yesterday and cautioned him about this and told him
(G. E. M.)
that
if
I
ever
saw
him
draw
that
knife
moans
and
cry
out
like
children
when
while she isn’t the richest In the world,
a few thousand dollars. would open on any one, black or white, I would hurt and when released instead of I am a grain of quinine, white a.i the vir­
gin snow that falls from Heaven.
shoot him without warning. He was romping and jumping as at first, would
her out wonderfully.’
My name is Ufe.
Forth I go into the
Our Price
“ ‘Even admitting that I were will­ well aware of my facility with a re­ gather in groups and chatter together
fever-stricken camps, where stalks
disease.
only
ing to take you as my mining partner,' volver and was generally obedient to as If talking over some trouble. Then And do
my
kindly
unseen
work,
I asked, ‘what the devil would I do my orders. After his remark above, they would troop down to the corner tnder my magic touch the germs of
death are vanquished
with 125 monkeys? I think I could however, I told him that I was get­ of the plantation and point away off
And shrink Into themselves.
use one as a playmate for the chil­ ting tired of his Insubordination, and towards the South. So Fernando said Where
lies a human tossing on a bed of
he
would
not
let
them
out
until
I
dren. They feel pretty lonely since ordered him to report to the cashier,
thorns.
get his pay and for the future keep was well enough to give the matter rhoughts
whirling tumultuous through his
their mother’s death.’
my personal attention. That morn­
disordered brain;
“He waved his hands toward the off the plantation.
A woman, wan and languished, with a
ing
Fernando
took
the
lead
and
spoke
“
About
two
o
’
clock
on
the
third
two big fields with their snow white
heavy eye and yellow skin.
for both
day, Fernando came driving up the kindly to them and tried to act as
The wasting fever hard ahold her life:
covering.
nearly
as
possible
as
old
Pythagoras
road
with
three
two-horse
wagons
of
Or
may.
perchance, a youth in southern
Express Prepaid
¡
“ “Speak out, man,’ I said. Tve no
climes,
what proved the funniest and most bad done, out it proved uphill work.
time for any nonsense.’
* *
Struck down by that Insidious foe
Eight V Is., Strongly and Richly Bound in Red Vellum de ’uixe cloth,
“‘Well,’ he continued, ‘I was never unique freight that ever entered our I was sitting on a fallen tree near
that stalks the swamps. Malaria.
stretched upon a couch of skins
muted by cntai.r.1 ncenss.irkWABT. n. a.
more earnest in my life. Monkeys, gates. The occupants of the cages that timber over to the left partially And lying
or Spanish moss.
Df the UoH
llu Knty.I .px.Ha
Mn-naMnal SnefclopxJui,
as you know, are great imitators; all were evidently a little frightened at concealed by some bushes, watching
Calling
in
wandering
accents,
biof/rap/ucal JJtclwnarv, etc.
work and wondering how it would ‘Mother,” “Sister,” “Sweetheart”!—
of my 125 have picked cotton on an their new surroundings, and their chat- the
Over
sixty-five
thousand
important
subjects
are
treated
at length. The latest <THE
Old all turn out, when I saw two of the Unto these T go, and waging 'cessant
occurrences of international interest, such as the Rus*o-Japanese Dispute and «
island in the Pacific, where I was terings were quite subdued.
War Panama s Ind evidence Fadlum -WireleM Telegraphy, and the X SUCCESS
stranded four years ago, and their Pythagoras, however, their leader, sat monkeys skulking in my direction, evi­ 'pon warfare
COMPANYD
these tiny molecules of death,
Alaskan Boundary Decision all have their places in this most modern
trying to escape to the woods.
leader is as Intelligent as a man. 1 on the front seat by the side of Fer­ dently
conquer;—I alone, and win them back
work. In short, there is much later and better information in this set than
had my revolver with me, not on
again
Wuhlaftoa M««— H
in many a much more pretentious work. The business r«n, the teacher, >
will guarantee that if you will place nando, as quiet and dignified as any I their
account, but because some of
the former, the professional man. the student, will all find it the ideal X
To Life’s green ahorse.
MEW 1OSX
him by the side of your best picker, judge, and seemingly as stoical as an the darkey
reference work of modern times, where concise, accurate, up-to-date / Herewith find (MS lor U
’s friends had been heard search through every nerve and flbro of
But his eyes
at the close of the day, he will be American Indian.
Information can be had on every subject without wasting words on x
their being
to
make
threats,
and
as
the
two
nofkesaaRtials.
X, clarkes pretsud. The Cost«-1
_
at least one hundred pounds ahead. beamed cordially and he smiled as monkeys came near to me. stood up And deal n Mow to every animalcule
^neutel Knc,< lunedia, • veleni
working at his devilish task of
WR GUARANTEE SATISFACTION
Walt now,’ placing his hand on my nearly as a monkey could smile, as and ordered them back. The larger There
r __________
siel MueceM MMtMiae tor one
'»
Death.
We will send e eight volames to you, neatly packed, a*- X.
he
swung
himself
from
the
seat
and
year with da underMer,dina that It
knee, “your superintendent at the mine
And breaking down Ufa’s tissue«.
Echarges prepaid, upon receipt of your remittance of
f an>
am not
B sl ----- but return Utaiu
net ss
aaUetled
one. a female, instead of retreating as vw
And then, the cause removed, kind Na­
says you have offered a half interest bounded up the steps to greet me.
and If you are not thoroughly pleased, send them
without coat tome,
I supposed she would. Immediately
ture reasserts herself.
“
The
monkeys
were
permitted
to
at
war
expense
and
we
will
refund
the
amosst
for 110,000.00. I value my monkeys
picked up a big stone and threw It And brighter signee and ruddy glow re­
paid by you.
X
■
■ —
at 1100 each, but I will make you an run and romp for a couple of boors, at
turn to oheeks
me Though the distance was con­
HM out (Me coupon and sand In Mg
Long wan wtth sickness
even exchange. I win oversee their their leader sitting by my side most siderable, and she must have been
add.
TODAY.
friends
and
comrades,
doctors,
work for the first three days, and ir of the time, smoking oae of our pipes surprised to see me. the atm was so Dear nurses.
,
TMs affor la limited to Fab. let., tm. /itmiLl
twice as much cotton has not been with much seeming enjoyment and true that It knocked my hat off. and
Crowd round and say:
picked as by an equal number of after the manner of a sober old Dutch for a moment I thought I was to be "Saved his life. Bv our good eare,
And wondrous skill, he's living rat.”
He occasionally laid it aside
darkles, you may call the trade off j man.
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