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T H E G I R L a i A T T H E f H A L F W A Y s H O U S E A S T O 1 •< 0 *5 T H E P L A I N S BY B. HOT G H . A U T H O R O K T H E S T O R Y O F T H E C O W P O V C r t y r i g k t t d , I t O S . i y D . A f t l t t o m CHAPTER XVI. Company, A"t w Y o r k <;V, The Halfway House. *Ht«s Ma*y Ellen," cried Aunt Lucy, thrusting her head in at the door, "oh, Miss Ma'y Ellen, I wish't you'd come out yer right quick. Thcy's two o' them prai' dogs out yer a-chasin' ouah hens agin--nasty, dirty things!" "Very well, Lucy," called out a voice in answer. Mary Ellen arose from her seat near the window, whence she had been gazing out over the wide, flat prairie lands and at the blue, unwinking sky. Gathering each a bit of stick, she and Aunt Lucy drove away the two grinning daylight thieves, as they had done dozens of times before their kin, all eager for a teste of this new feathered game that had come in upon the ranga With plenteous words of admonition, the two corralled the excited but terror- stricken speckled hen, which had been the occasion of the trouble, driving her back within the gates of the in- closure they had found a necessity for the preservation of the fowls of their "hen ranch." "It's that same Domineck, isn't it. Lucy?" said Mary Ellen, leaning over the fence and gazing at the fowls. "Yess'm, that same ole hen, blame her fool soul! She's mo' bother'n she's wuf. 'We kin git two dollahs fer her cooked, an' seems like long's she's erlive she bound' fer ter keep me ch&sin' 'roun' after her. I 'clare. ahe jest keep the whole lot o' ouah chickens wore down to a frazzle, she tralpsin 'roun' all the time, an' them a-follerin' her. An', of co'se," she added argumentatively, "we all got to keep up the reppytation o' ouah cook- In'. I kaln't ask these yer men a dollah a meal--not fer no lean ole hen wif no meat ontoe her bones--no, ma'am." Aunt Lucy spoke with professional pride and with a certain right to au­ thority. The reputation of the Half­ way House ran from the Double Forks fered most In the transition from older lands to this new, wild region. The barren and monotonous prospect, the high-keyed air and the perpetual winds, thinned and wore out the fragile form of Mrs. Buford. This impetuous, nerve-wearing air was much different from the soft, warm winds of the flower-laden South. At night as she lay down to sleep she did not hear the tinkle of music nor the voice of night-singing birds, which in the scenes of her girlhood had been familiar sounds. The moan of the wind in the short, hard grass was different from its whisper in the peach trees, and the shrilling ofLthe coyotes made but rude substitute for the trill of the love-bursting mocking bird that sang its myriad song far back in old Virginia. One day Aunt Lucy, missing Quar­ terly Meeting, and eke bethinking her­ self of some of those aches and pains of body ind forebodings of mind with which the negro is never unprovided, became mournful in her melody, and went to bed sighing and disconsolate. Mary Ellen heard her voice uplifted long and urgently, and suspecting the cause, at length went to her door. "What is it. Aunt Lucy?" she asked kindly. "Nothin', mam; I jess rasslin' wif ther throne o' Grace er 1'il bit. We all po' weak sinners, Miss Ma'y El­ len." "Yes, I know, Lucy." "An" does you know, Miss Ma'y El­ len, I sorter gits skeered sometimes, out yer, fer fear mer supplercashuns ain't goin' take holt o' heaven jess right. White folks has one way er prayin", but er nigger kaln't pray erlone--no, mam, jess kain't pray erlone." "Now, Aunt Lucy." said Mary E^ien, sagely, "there isn't anything wrong with your soul at all. You're as good an old thing as ever breathed, I'm sure of that, and the Lord will re- a/ Drove away the two grinning thievj of the Brazos north to Abilene, and . i . much of the virtue of the( table was ; dependent upon the resources of this r'hen ranch," whose fame was spread |^Abroad throughout the land. Saved pi;'?'.^by the surpassing grace of pie and "chicken fixings," the halting place 1^3 chosen for so slight reason by Buford and his family had become a perma- || f *4 nent abode, known gratefully to many travelers and productive of more than i|| _ a living for those who had estab­ lished it. It was, after all, the finan­ cial, senius of Aunt Lucy, accustomed nil her life to culinary problems, that > .'had foreseen profit In eggs and chick- "f j"-y:ens when she noted the exalted joy with which the hungry cow punchers ^ . fell upon a meal of this sort after a §> ;%'• ' season of salt pork, tough beef and Dutch-oven bread. ' 1 * V At first Major Buford rebelled at the , thought of inkeeping. His family had ' kept open house before the war, and ItSv vi be came from a land where the IMf • thoughts of hospitality and of price ' were not to be mentioned in the same {4 ; - day. Yet he was in a region where i each man did many things, the first that thing which seemed nearest at • hand to be done. y':t From the Halfway House south to the Red River there was nothing edl- •kr, ble. And over this Red River there came now swarming uncounted tlwi- .sands of broad-horned cattle, dri.<jn '* by many bodies of hardy, sunburned. beweaponed, hungry men. At Ellis- ' ville, now rapidly becoming an im­ portant cattle market, the hotel ac­ commodations were more pretentious than comfortable, and many a cow- , man who had sat at the board of the -Halfway House going up the trail. ^ would mount his horse and ride back /ji twenty-five miles, for dinner. Such are the attractions of corn bread and '^v^"Chicken when prepared by the hands - "}Hof a real genius gone astray on this ffl-. " much miscooked world. Thus the little Southern family quickly found itself possessed of a definite, profitable and growing busi­ ness. Buford was soon able to employ aid In making his improvements. He constructed a large dugout, after the fashion of the dwelling most com­ mon in the country at that time. This manner of dwelling, practically a roof­ ed-over cellar, its side walls showing but a few feet aDove the level of the earth, had been . discovered to be a ^ery practical and comfortable form of living place by those settlers who fonrd a region practically barren of timber, and as yet unsupplied with brick or boards, in addition to the main dugout there was a rude barn buuc of sods, and towering high above the squat buildiigs rose uie frame of the first windmill on the cattle trail, a landmark for many miles. Seeing these things growing up about him. at the suggestion and partly through the aid of his widely scattered but kind-hearted neighbors, ^.ajor Buford began to take on heart of grace. He foresaw for his people an independ­ ence. rude and far below their former plane of life, it was true, yet infinitely better than a proud despair. . Jt was perhaps the women who suf- mm • ward 'you if he ever does ahy one, white or black." "Does you think that, honey?" "Indeed I do." "Well, sometimes I thinks the Lord ain't goin' to fergive me fer all ther devilment I done when I was l'il. You know, Miss Ma'y Ellen, hit take a life er prayer to wipe out ouah transgre»- shuns. Now, how kin I pray, not to say pray, out yer, in this yer lan'? They ain't a chu'ch in a hunderd mile o* yer, so fer's I kin tell, an' they shoh'ly ain'.t no chu'ch fer cullud folks. Seems to me like, ef I c'd jess know er single nigger, so'st we c'd meet onct in er while, an' so'st we c'd jess kneel down togetheh an' pray com- fer'ble like, same's ef 'twus back in ole Vehginny--why, Miss Ma'y Ellen. I'd be the happiest ole 'ooman ever you did gee." Mary Ellen rose and went to her room, returning with her guitar. "Lis­ ten, Aunt Lucy," she said; "I will play and you may sing. That will make you feel better, I think." It was only from a perfect under­ standing of the negro character that this proposal could come, and only a perfect dignity could oarry it out with grace; yet there, beneath the floor of the wide prairie sea, these strange ex­ ercises were carried on, the low throbbing of the strings according with the quavering minors of the old- time hymns, until Aunt Lucy wiped her eyes and smiled. "Thank yer, Miss Ma'y Ellen," she said; "thank yer a thousand times. You shoh'ly does know how toe com­ fort folks mighty well, even a pore oje nigger." On the morning »following Aunt Lucy's devotional exercises that good soul seemed to be altogether happy and contented and without any doubts as to her future welfare. Mary Ellen was out in the open air, bonnetless and all a-blow. It was a glorious, sun­ ny day, the air charged with some essence of vital stimulus. Tall and shapely, radiant, not yet twenty-three years of age, and mistress of earth's best blessing, perfect health--how could Mary Ellen be sad? "Chick - chick - chick - chlckee!" Bhe called, bending over the fence of the chicken yard. "Chick, chick, chick!" "I'll be thah t'reckly wif ther feed. Miss Ma'y Ellen,,f called out Aunt Lucy from the kitchen. And pres­ ently she emerged and Joined her mistress at the corral. "Aunt Lucy," said Mary Ellen, "do you suppose we could ever raise a garden? I was thinking. If we had a tew peas, or beans, or things like that, you know " "Uh-huh!" "And do you suppose a rose bush would grow--a real rose bush, over by the side of the house? "Law, no, chile, whut you talttln' "bout? Nothin' hain't goin' to grow yer, 'less'n hit's a little broom cohn er some o' that alfalafew, er that soht er things. Pew beans might, ef we wortered 'em. My lan!" with a sud­ den interest, as she . grasped the thought, "whut could I git fer right fraish beans, real string beans, I does wondeh! Sates, ef I c'd hev string beans an' apple pies, I shohly c'd make er foh'tune, right quick. String beans--why, law, chile!" "We'll have to think about this gar- den question some day," said Mary Ellen. She leaned against the corral post, looking out over the wide er pause of the prairio round about. "Are those our antelope out there, Lucy? she asked, pointing out with care the few tiny objects, thin and knifelike, crowned with short black forking tips, which showed up against the sky line on a distant ridge. "I think they must be. I haven't noticed them for quite a while." "Yass'm," said Aunt Lucy, after a judicial look. "Them blame 111 goats. Thass una. I wish't they all wuzn't so mighty peart an* knowin' all ther time, so'st Majah Buford he c'd git one of them now an' then fer to eat. I 'member mighty well how Cap'n Franklin sent us down er quarter o* an'lope. Mighty fine meat,.hlt wuz." "Er--Miss Ma'y Ellen," Began Aunt Lucy presently, and apparently with a certain reservation. "Yes?" (To be continued.) WHERE HE GOT THEM. Little Boy's Explanation Embarrassed Generous Teacher. At recess ono morning little Nathan Cforowskl withdrew to a corner and wept, and the heart of his . pretty teacher was moved with compassion. "What's the matter^ Nathan?" she inquired gently. "Why don't you play With the others?" Nathan looked up with dimmed eyes. Dust and tears mingled on bis brown cheeks. He pointed mutely to his skirt and then broke into a roar: "It was the dress of Rebecca. Me mudder no money has for buy me any- t'ing. I nefer have the trouser, and the children--the children--they stick out the finger on me, and make a laughs. They call me--call me--a gi-girl." "Don't mind them, .dear," said Alice Harmon with sympathy. "They shall not laugh at you long. I will get you a coat and trousers, too." Several days later Nathan appeared In the glory of a new suit and strutted about basking in the admiring glances of those who had despised him. His cup of pride was filled to overflowing when the superintendent came, in with the principal for a visit of inspection. Nathan, well in the foreground, glanced at his garments and looked at the strangers for approbation. "Why, little boy, what a fine pair of trousers!" said the superintendent af­ fably. "Where did you get them?" Nathan drew himself up to his full height, and outstretched his hand in the direction of his beloved teacher. "I got them off her," he announced. "I got them ofT Miss Harmon." Then Alice Harmon, with the blush of confusion on her fair face, ex­ plained: "The--the children--on the East Side always say 'off' when they mean 'from.' "--Lippincott's. GOT THERE AT LAST. >ng Di uSy." by Senatorial Courtesy. One of the prerogatives of a United States senator is that when he steps aboard an elevator in the senate wing of the capitol he is carried immedi­ ately to his destination, no matter in which direction the elevator may be bound or who may be aboard. Three rings of the bell indicate that a sena­ tor wants to ride, and the conductor loses no time in responding to the call. One day last week Mr. Barnes, the assistant secretary to the president, stepped aboard a senate elevator trom the ground floor. In a portfolio under his arm he carried a message from the president of th^ United States to the Congress. "Senate floor," said Mr. Barnes, as the conductor shut the door. Just then there were three rings of the bell and the indicator showed that p. senator wanted to be lifted out of the terrace The elevator went down instead of up, and Mr. Barnes went along. The senator in the terrace only wanted to go to the groutid floor. As he stepped off, however, there was another senatorial ring from the ter­ race. The senator wanted to go to the gallary floor, and the elevator went there without stopping. As the car started down there were three rings from the ground floor, and again the car failed to stop at the destina­ tion of the president's secretary. For­ tunately for Mr. Barnes, this senator wanted to get off at the senate floor, and the congress, after long delay, re­ ceived the message from the presi­ dent.--Washington Post. Why Preacher Abandoned1'the Law. An interesting story is current re­ garding the Rev. Charles E. Jefferson, the university preacher on Suiiday, known as one of the most eloquent preachers in New York. In his young­ er days Dr. Jefferson, with the Rev. Frank Gunsaulus, the Chicago preach­ er, was studying law In the office of a prominent attorney of Worthington, Ohio. Their chief wa^a firm believ­ er in the importance of familiarity with the Scriptures as a preparation for the law, saying that juries were oftener won by a happy Biblical quo­ tation than in any other way. Ac­ cordingly, he gave the two young men six months to become familiar with the Bible, saying that at the end of that time if they did not come up to the required mark they could not re­ main in his office. Tho story runs that the young clerks beoame so ab­ sorbed In their enforced task that they abandoned the law altogether and entered the ministry.--Ithaca Journal. Swore at the Bishop. Of King George IV. Creevey tens this story: "The king had appointed the bishop of Winchester to adminis­ ter to him the sacrament on one of the Sundays about Easter. The bish­ op was not punctual to his time and when he arrived the king, in a great passion at having been kept waiting, abused and even swore at him in the most Indecent manner, on which the bishop very coolly said he must be permitted to withdraw, as he perceiv­ ed his majesty was not then in a fit state at mind to receive the sacrar ment and should be ready to attend on some future day, when he hoped to find his majesty In a better stats oi preparation." < An Exposition of Modern Wonders The World's Fair of 1904 Is the Greatest Educational Factor as Well as the Most Stupendous Entertainment that Was Ever Or­ ganized-No Words Can Describe Its Magnificence or Magnitude Mr. E. E. Stevens, editor-of the Min­ neapolis Union, visited the World's Ffcdr at St. Louis a few days ago, and the following letter in the Union des­ cribes in part what his Impressions were: To Readers of "The Union": ' I have bean through the World's Fair grounds again to-day for the third time since coming to St. Xx>uls last week, and every day the wonder within me grows. I had imagined from the descriptions that the management intended to eclipse anything ever before attempted, but 1 tad no Idea of the tremendous size, the magnificent designs, the splendid settings, and the "artistic beauty of the buildings. I was somewhat pre­ pared to see something of the ordi­ nary, but my mind had by no means grasped the splendors which will be open to the visitors to the World's Fair this summer. Of course the grounds and the buildings at this time are In a chaotic \state, and the weather was unpropitJpus for pleas­ ant visiting, but evenly with these drawbacks, and with nothing but the bare and in many cases but partially finished buildings to be seen, the to send his children there, as they will never have an opportunity again to see anything approaching It, and they might travel all their lives and not see as much of the world as they will see here within the confines of this great Exposition. Every nation in the world will be represented, and a trip here will be a liberal education in itself. I certainly hope that every reader of "The Union" will take my advice and go .to the Fair, even if they can spend but a few d&ys there.. It will be the event of a lifetime, an^ no one should deny themselves this mach of the pleasures of the world, even if they have to deny themselves in some other direction. By all means make up your minds right now that you are going to the St. Louis World's I^ir, and begin saving for that purpose right now, if necessary. And don't fail to give the boys and girls an opportunity to go. They will learn more here IM a week than they ^ill in school in « year. ,j> I wish I could make this strong enough so that every reader of this paper would make up his mind to see the World's Fair," for I am sure every one who comes will agree with New York. All are famous compos: ers and their compositions have the originality and high merit expected for such a signal event. The several pieces will be played by the many bands in their musical programs dur­ ing the Exposition, under the dire tlon of the Bureau of Music; OUT OF THE ORDINARY. lirec- Dozens of Unique Material* Used ln the Creation of World's Fair Statu-' ary. ^ Enduring marble and temporary staff, which have marked the statu­ ary of past (expositions, are not the only kinds *at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, although more works of art carved from these materials are there exhibited than were ever col­ lected at one place ili the history of the world. Many odd materials have been made up into artistic figures that elo­ quently proclaim the idea of the de­ signer. Some of those unique statues are colossal in size and large sums of money were expended In their mak­ ing. / Birmingham, Ala., has built a ' ft Kg •££ j ' . - Copyright, 1904, by Louisiana Purchase grounds are ^rell worth traveling hun­ dreds of miles to see, even as they are. This being the case, what will it be when everything is completed and when nature has combined with art to make this the fairest vision ever seen by mortal eyes. It would be presumptuous on my part to attempt to" give a description of the grounds or of the buildings, and when I attempt a description I am at a loss for words, and can only repeat, "Wonderful, wonderful, won­ derful." The grounds are a natural beauty spot, and with the addition of the buildings, the statues, the fountains, the lagoon, the cascades, and all the cunning contrivances of art, the visit will be one which will never be forgotten, even if one should n<£t go Inside the buildings at all. And then the inside of the buildings-- buildings covering acres and acres of ground, and stretching out for what seems to be interminable distances-- when these afe filled with the works of aature, of art, of science and of skKl from every portion of the known w(.rld, who would be so foolish as to miss it? I would make It compulsorjr upon every parent who can afford to do so. Palace of Mines and Metallurgy. Exposition. '. me that there was never anything to equal it and that the one who misses seeing it will never have aftother opportunity to see its equal. Sincerely yours, y THE EDITOR. HYMN OF THE WEST* AMUSED MEN OF MONEY. In Conductor Forgot Ijlls Audience His Earnestness. What is known as "the millionaire's train J' running from Morristown, N. J., 'to Hoboken, carries a number of men known to the world of finance. The conductor is David Sanderson, to whom his passengers, grateful for his uniform good nature and efficiency, have just presented a handsome watch and a purse of gold. They insisted on his making a speech and Sanderson did so, winding up In this way: "Some people wonder why it is I have had such great success in life; why I have had no trouble with nobody. Even the other conductors don't understand it and they often ask me how I get along with the drunks on my trata, an' I just *ell 'em " Such a showt of laugh­ ter went up from the millionaires that Sanderson's speech ended tl en an4 there. Blmmelsteln Not Interested. On the car the other moiuinfc- I hap­ pened to hang by the str^p test to Bimmel8teln's. Between bojfgi.ig pa­ trons of and granting pardons to my B£EF TEA NEW TO KIM. The Poe{ Stedman Has Written the World's Fair Hymn and It Has Been Set to Music. Western folk will be charmed by the beautiful hymn written by Ed­ mund, Clarence Stedman upon the in­ vitation of the World's Fair manage­ ment. He calls it the "Hymn of the West," a title befitting so splendid a production. It has five stanzas, and Prof. John K. Paine of Harvard Uni­ versity, has written the music, which is no less grand. The first public ren­ dering of this hymn will be on the opening day of the great exposition, Saturday, April 30, when a- drilled chorus of 600 voices will sing It. Other musical compositions specially written upon invitation of the World's Fair management are a march by Frank Vanderstuken, di­ rector of the Cincinnati orchestra, and a wdjtz by Henry K. Hadley of near neighbors, I managed to read a few paragraphs in my newspaper. One of them told of a remarkable find by a Nippur expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. It was nothing less than a well-preserved and thoroughly authenticated tailor's bill nearly 5,000 years old. Since Blmmelsteln himself is en­ gaged in the clothing business, I thought he would be interested in this ancient relic, so I told him about It, but the story seemed to make no Im­ pression on him. "Hang it, man," said I, "don't you understand? It's a tailor's bill almost 6,000 years old." "Veil," he answered, "vot isa It good for? Dey can't gollect it"-- Brooklyn Eagle. statue jbif Vulcan. It (s SO feet high, the blise constructed of coal and coke and thq statue cast in iron. It por­ trays Birmirgham's importance as a manufacturing tenter. King Cotton is Mississippi's offering. Cotton is the material used, and the giant is as tall as Alabama's Vulcan. The Spirit of Utah Is manifested in artistic figure modeled from beeswax. Idaho presents the figure of a "Coeur d'Alene miner cast from copper. Golden butter was used by a Minne­ sota artist as the appropriate ma­ terial for a statue of Johu Stewart, the builder of the first creamery. LotiiBlana presents two curiosities in sculpture--a figure of Mephls- topheles in sulphur and Lot's wife carved from' a block of rock salt. California shows the figure of an ele­ phant built of almonds. Irishman Spoiled the Preparation by His Addition. Orville and Wilbur Wright, the in­ ventors of the most successful flying machine that hae appeared thus far, live in Dayton, Ohio, where they con­ duct a bicycle factory. An aged Irishman, a faithful em­ ploye of theirs for a number of years, was kept at home last month by ill­ ness. Orville Wright, a basket on KING AND THE BOTANI8T. Hew Latter Happened to-Take Dinner With the Swedish Monarch. M. Gaston Bonnier, a distinguished French botanist, while searching for rare plants some time ago near Stock­ holm was somewhat surprised to see another man, who was a stranger to him, engaged in the same work. He spoke to him, and the two compared notes until the hour tor dinner ar­ rived, when M. Bonnier said: "I must confess I'm hungry, and I propose Many Royal Visitors Coming. If all promises are fulfilled, ^he United States will have royal visitors galore next summer. So far these have announced their intention to visit the land of the free: King Leo­ pold of Belgium, King Meneiek of Abyssinia, the crown prince of Ger­ many, the crown prince of Sweden and the crown prince of China. his arm, visited the a&ck man one af­ ternoon. "flere John," he said, "are some dainties I have brought you. Here is some fruit; here is Jelly; here is a tonic, fine for the aged, here 1b tome superb beef tea." "Beef tay, is it, sor?" said the old man. "Shure, an' it ehud be good, that beef tay. 'Tis a dhrink Oi niver thried befure. Oi thank ye, sor, for all ye'ye brought, but specially Oi thank ye for the folne beef tay." that we go and look for dinner some­ where." "Come home with me/' said his com­ panion. "Our dinner is ready now, and it will give me pleasure to introduce you to my wife." The Frenchman accepted the Invita­ tion and, entering the city, they walk­ ed on until they reached the royal palace. "Surely we're not going to dine here," thought M. Bonnier, but he was mistaken, for, taking him by the arm, his companion led him through the palace and into the draw- World's Fair Notes. The exhibits will amount to twenty thousand carloads. A machine will stamp the-likeness of a World's Fair building on a pen­ ny for souvenir collectors. The Inside Inn, a hotel on the World's Fair grounds under Exposi­ tion control, has 2,359 rooms. 8ERVED AS MESSENGER BOY. Congressman Hardwick Mistaken for One of the House Pages. Congressman Hardwick, the boyish- looking man from Georgia, has had the experience that has befallen other youthful statesmen. He was stand­ ing close to the speaker's desk one day when one of the reading clerks, mis­ taking him for a page, said : "Run and bring me that paper that is lying on Gen. Grosvenor's desk." Smiling at the clerk's error, the Georgian did as requested. Half an hour later the chair recognized "the gentleman frbm Georgia," and to the surprise and mortification of the reading clerk, Mr Hardwick, the beardless boy, who had performed messenger duty a short time previous, arose and delivered a long speech on the race problem in the south: . The Crinoline Is Coming. The new skirts with their extreme fullness, especially toward the front, will be the mother of our old curse-- crinoline. Nothing but the stiffened petticoat will throw into shape the wide skirts of the immediate future. In a week or two the Irishman vwas back at work. The day of his return, iseelng him at his post, Mr. Wright asked him with a smile how he liked his beef tea. "Shure, not a bit," said the did man; bluntly. ' "Why," said Mr. Wright, "beef tea IS delicious if you beat it and add a little salt and pepper." "Well, sor, it. may be good thot way,' said John. "But I put milk and sugar to it."--Los Angples Times. ing room, where he said to him kind- I t r : " ' ^ I "I can promise yon a first class dinner. Yes, I am Oscar, King of Sweden, but what does that matter? I I am' delighted to have made your ac­ quaintance, and I only hope that you will enjoy yourself while you are with us." 1 Then he Introduced him to the Queen and a few minutes later dinner was announced. | It Is such kindly acts as thla that I have made King Oscar loved. EIGHT VEARS OF TORTUKR. t • No suffering moi* V keen than kidney suf­ fering. Sick kid­ neys make bad biood; cause weak, stiff and aching Lacks; cause blind, sick and diz­ zy headaches, lack of appetite and loss of sleep; keep you all tired out and spoil digestion. To , have perfect health, ydu must cure the kidneys. Read how one man was cured by Doan'a Kidney Pills after eight years of tor­ ture. V Heury Soule of Pultney St., Ham­ monds port, N. Y., says: "For eight years I suffered constant agony from kidney complaint I endured the worst torture from grave* and the kidney secretions were excessive and contained sediment like brick dust. I had to get out of bed from ten to twenty times a night and the loss of sleep wore me out. Indigestion came on and the distress after eating was terrible. Doan's Kiduey Pills effected a complete and lasting cure, and after the symptoms of kidney trouble were gone my stomach began to work as it should. This lasting cure, egp^ dally in a person of my age, provteSthe great value of Doan's Kidney Pills more convincingly than could any words of mine." Doan's Kidney Pill# sold by all drug­ gists; price 50 cents per box, or mail­ ed on receipt of price by Foster-Mil- burn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Write for free trial. ' Western Medicine and Japanese Study "Ydu've seen, of course," said the doctor, "the accounts of how perfect is the medical.staff of the Japs' army, and Indeed in these days original Jap­ anese contributions to medical sci­ ence are taken as a matter of course; yet it's worthy of note that it waa a recognition of the superiority of West­ ern medicine that first led the Japa­ nese to study and adopt European life and language and methods. "Before the j'ear 1867 the only Eu­ ropean language known to the Japa­ nese was Dutch, which was studied by interpreters as a medium for ac­ quaintance with Western medical sci­ ence. Possibly the choice of Dutch may ultimately be traced to the influ­ ence of Boerhaave, the famous physi­ cian of Leyden, from whom, as it happens, Peter the Great took lessons in 1715."--Philadelphia Press. Free to Twenty-five Ladles. 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