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*• - . >:• . •. ' r :-> - * f * " " * ~ • • • - . . l : ' V ' V • • - - r - * ' ' • ••..•VS% ' v!",-" •• EH* . T H E G I R L A T T H E " H A L F W A Y H O U S E S T O R Y o r T H E P L A I N S BY E. H O U G H . A U T H O R O F T H R ST O R Y O P T H E C O W H O Y C * t r r i t k t t d . h* D. A11 t*t en A* C* m t any, Y * r k fV'-V CHAPTER XI.--Continued. ^ T«t huge and menacing as he stocxj^ the figure opposed to him was still more formidable. Juan the mozo over- tapped him by nearly half a head, and . was as broad or broader in the shoul­ der. His body, a dull brown In color, showed smoother than that of , his enemy, the muscles not having been brought ont by unremitted exer­ cise. Tet ander that bulk of flesh there lay no man might tell how much of awful vigor. The loop of the war club would not slip over his great hand. He eaught it in his fingers and made the weapon hum about his bead, as some forgotten ancestor of his, tall Navajo, or forgotten cave dwelled, may nave done before the Spaniard came. The weapon seemed to him like a toy, and he oast his eye about for another more commensurate with his strength, but, seeing none, forgot the want, and in the sheer ignorance of fear which made his bravery, began the fight as though altogether careless of its end. White Calf was before his people, whose chief he was by reason of his personal prowess, and with all the vanity of his kind he exulted in this opportunity of displaying his fitness for his place. Tet in him natural bravery had a qualifying caution, which was here obviously well jus­ tified. The Mexican made direct as­ sault, rushing on with battle axe pois­ ed as though to end it all with one (Immediate blow. With guard and parry he was more careless than the wild bull of the Plains, which meets hlB foe in direct impetuous assault White Calf was not so rash. He step­ ped quickly back from the attack, and *s the mozo plunged forward from the impulse of his unchecked blow, the Indian swept sternly at him with the full force of his extended arm. The oaution of the chief and the luck of a little, thing, each in turn prevented the ending of the combat at its outset. Half falling oaward, the Mexican slip- ' J^ed upon a tnft of the hard gray grass weaponless. The tough, slender rod which made the handle of his war axe had snapped like a pipestem under the force of his blow, and even the raw­ hide covering was torn loose from the head of stone, which lay, with a foot of the broken hardwood staff still attached, upon the ground between the two antagonists. Juan cast away the bit of rod still in his hand and rushed forward against his enemy, seeking to throttle him with his naked fingers. White Calf, quicker-witted of the two, slung the thong of his war club free from his crippled right hand, and, grasping the weapon in his left, still made play with it about his head. The giant none the less rushed in, receiving upon his shoulder a blow from the left hand of the Indian which cut the flesh clean to the collar bone, in a great bruised wound which was covered at once with a spurt of blood. The next instant the two fell together, the In- Jian beneath his mighty foe, and the two writhing In a horrible embrace. The hands of the mozo gripped the Indian's throat, and he uttered a rasp- «ng, savage roar of triumph, more beastlike than human, as he settled nard upon the chest of the enemy whose life he was choking out. Again rose the savage cries of the: onlookers. Not even yet had the end come. There was a heavy struggle, a sharp cry of pain, and Juan sprang back, pressing his hand against his side, where blood came from between hfs fingers. The Indian had worked his left hand to the sheath of his knife, and stabbed the giant who had so nearly overcome him. Staggering, the two again stood erect, and yet again came the cries from the many red men and the little band of whites who were witnessing this babarous and brutal struggle. Bows were bending among the blankets, but the four rifles now pointed steadily out. One move­ ment would have meant death to many but that movement was forestalled in I The Figure Opposed to Him Was Still More Formidable. I? ,.. "(frent down headlong. A murmur arose from the Indians, who thought at first that their leader's blow had '"•proved fatal. A sharp call from Curly seemed to bring the Mexican to his feet at onee. The Indian lost the • half moment which was his own. ....Again the two engaged, White Calf now seeking to disconcert the Mexi- - can* w^om discovered to be less m£, .agile than him^lf. Darting in and M'\i -out, Jumping rapidly from side to side, e./C- v and uttering the while the sharp stac- fH. ^ c&Lq of his war call, he passed about , the Mexican, half circling and return- J • lng, his eye fixed straight upon the ^./ '..other's, and his war club again and 0i:" again hurtling dangerously close to his life opponent's head. One shade more of t|,1 v courage, one touch more of the daring necessary to carry him a single foot -closer in, and the victory had been -' with him, for no human skull could ; } have withstood the impact of a pound of flint Impelled by an arm BO power- 1*1. Joaa the mozo stood almost motion- R::; * lese, his own club half raised, the great muscles of his arm now showing £ under the brown skin as he clinched ' hard the tiny stem of the weapon. His readiness for offense was the one de­ fense that he offered. His brute cour- ,-v, ,. age had no mental side. The whist- ling of this threatening weapon was 1^!';;'; unheeded, since it did not hurt him. fjJ&VKlared in fury at the Indian, but jrlste always his arm remained half raised, his foot but shifted, side stepping and $?,"•? > ' turning only enough to keep him with ; front toward his antagonist. The des- ' V perate, eager waiting of his attitude Hi/'y: was awful. The whisper of the wings |§|^of death was on the air about this - place. The faces of the white men witnessing the spectacle were drawn UP ••• and haggard. 1 White Calf pursued his rapid tactics for some moments, and a dozen times sped a blow which still fell short. He wr ' <• gained confidence, and edged closer In. He feinted and sprang from side to side, but gained little ground. His people saw his purpose, and murmurs of approval urged him on. It seemed that in a moment he must land the fatal blow upon his apparently half- stupefied opponent. He sought finally to deliver this blow, but the effort was . near to proving his ruin. Just as he fev. swung forward, the giant, with a aud- den contraction of all his vast frame, IhA «prang out and brought down his war axe In a sheer downward blow at half- arm's length. White Calf with light-' , ning 6peed changed his own attack K&; Into defense, sweeping up his weapon pfS- to defend his head. On the instant his arm was beaten down. It fell helpless ;' at his side, the axe only hanging to rap ' his hand by means of the loop passed IP':- around the wrist A spasm of pain crossed his face at the racking agony In the nerves of his arm, yet he re- ggs, tained energy enough to spring back pfv «ad st'll he stood erect A cry of dis- may burst from the followers of the |||y \ red champion and a keen yell from the whites, unable to suppress their exultation. Yet at the next moment the partisans of either had become Silent; for, though the Indian seemed llirthd, the moso stood before him the still more rapid happenings of the unfinished combat. For one-half sec­ ond the two fighting men stood apart the one stunned at his unexpected wound, the other startled that the wound had not proved fatal. Seeing his antagonist still on his feet, White Calf for the first time lost courage. With the knife still held In his left hand, he hesitated whether to Join again the encounter, or himself to guard against the attack of a foe so proof to irjury. He half turned and gave back for a pace. The man pursued by a foe looks about him quickly for that weapon nearest to his own hand. The dread of steel drove Juan to bethink him- eelf of a weapon. He saw it at his feet, and again he roared like an angry Lull, his courage and his purpose alike unchanged. He stooped and clutched the broken war axe, grasping the stone head in the palm of his great hand, the jagged and Ironlike shaft projecting from between his fingers like the blade of a dagger. With the leap of a wild beast he sprang again upon his foe. White Calf half turned, but the left hand of the giant caught him and held him up against the fatal stroke. The sharp shaft of wood struck the Indian in the side above the hip, quartering through till the stone head sunk against the flesh with a fearful sound. With a scream the victim straightened and fell forward. The horrid spectacle was over. ner In which he could get the hM§ tanned except through his own efforta, set about to do this work for him» self, ignorant of the extent of his task, and relying upon Curly for ad> vice as to the procedure. "Ton might git Juan to tan you all one or two," said Curly. "He kin tan ez good es ary. Injun ever was." "But, by the way, Curly," said Franklin, "how is Juan this morning? We havent heard from him for a day or two." "Oh, him?" said Curly. "Why, he's all right He's just been layin* 'round a little, like a dog that's been cut up some in a wolf fight, but he's all right now. Shoulder's about well, an' fer the knife-cut, it never did amount to nothin' much. You can't hurt a Greaser much, not noways such a big one as Juan. But didn't he git action in that little difficulty o' his'n? You could a-broke the whole Cheyenne tribe, if you could a-got a-bettin' with 'em before that fight", "Odds was a hundred to one against us, shure," said Batterslelgh, seating himself in the doorway of the shack. "Ye may call the big boy loco, or what- iver ye like, but it's grateful we may be to him. An' tell me, If ye can, why didnt the haythins pile in an' polish us all off. after their chief lost his number?" "Them Cheyennes was plenty hot at us fer comln' in on their huntin' grounds," said Curly, "an' they shore had it in fer us. I don't think It was what their chief said to them that kep' them back from jumpin' us, ater the fight was over. It's a blame sight more likely that they got a sort o' notion in their heads that Juan was bad medicine. If they get it in their minds that a man is loco, an' per­ fected by spirits, an' that sort o' thing, they won't fight him, fer fear o' get- tin' the worst of it That's about why we got out of there, I reckin." "I'm sorry for them," said Franklin, thoughtfully. "Just think, we are tak­ ing away from these people everything In the world they had. They were happy as we are--happier, perhaps-- and they had their little ambitions, the same as we have ours. We are Irlving them away from their old country, all over the West, until it Is hard to see where they can get a toot- hold to call their own. We drive them and fight them and kill them, and then--well, then we forget them." "You're a funny sort o' feller, Cap." said Curly, "but if you're goin' to tan that hide you'd better finish peggin' it out, an* git to work on it" (To be continued.) GOOD FOR THE CROPS. CHAPTER XII. 1 What the Hand Had to Do. In this wide, new world of the West there were but few artificial needs, and the differentiation of industries was alike Impossible and undesired. Each man was his own cook, his own tailor, his own mechanic in the simple ways demanded by the surroundings about him. Each man was as good as his neighbor, for his neighbor as well as himself perforce practiced a half- dozen crafts and suffered therefrom neither in his own esteem nor that of those about him. The Specialists of trade, of artisanship, of art, were not yet demanded in this environment where each man In truth "took care of himself," and had small dependence upon others. In all the arts of making one's self comfortable in a womanless and hence a homeless land both Franklin ano Batterslelgh, experienced campaigners as they were, found themselves much aided by the counsel of Curly, the sel- reliant native of the soil who was Franklin's first acquaintance In that land. It was Curly who helped them with their houses and In their house­ hold supplies. It was he told them now and then of a new region where the crop of bones was not yet fully gathered. It was he who showed them how to care for the little number of animals which they had begun to gatb er about them; and who. in short gave to them full knowledge of best ways of exacting a subsls form the laid which they had Invaded One morning Franklin, thinking to have an additional buffalo robe for the coming winter, and knowing no man- jf the' stetfee Electricity Works Two New Miracles for Farmers. Literary Digest reports two new wonders that can be accomplished by electricity. It appears that a Munich engineer has discovered that if a cur­ rent of electricity is sent through the ground it will drive out all the worms and Insects that are hiding In the earth. If the current is strong it will kill them. The discovery was made by acci­ dent The engineer, Hugo Helberger, was allowing the electric current to run into the ground when he noticed scores of worms coming hurry-scurry out of the earth, as if they were being chased. On looking more closely at the ground he noticed that hundreds of smaller worms and insects were running for their lives away from the deadly current The other discovery has been made also by a German, an electrician of Darmstadt Impossible as It may seem, he has succeeded in transform­ ing air into fertilizing material. By means of a large electric "sparking machine" he mixes the nitrogen from the air with a substance made of lime and carbon. So it is n&w possible to send an electric qurrent through the soil and free the roots of plants from the worms, snails, beetles and other In­ sects that are Injurious to the plants. It is also possible to feed plants, vege­ tables, grain, etc., with food tl^at is obtained from the air. Both these miracles are accom­ plished by the same power that causes the lightning which has always been the farmer's terror. The electrio current, which used to be known to the farmer only as an enemy, may now be used to free his land from in­ sect pests and to enrich the soil. Watches Slower at Night. You know that the vital energies are at lower ebb at night than In the daytime," said an old watchmaker. 'Would you believe that some watches --especially the cheaper ones--are similarly affected? "You know a good watchmaker al­ ways wants several days In whieh to regulate a timepiece. That Is because the only way to regulate It properly Is to compare It with a chronometer at the same hour every day. Otherwise the variations in the speed of the watch will baffle his efforts. > "The man to whom I was apprentic­ ed told me this, and l thought the idea absurd. We were working late one night, and he called my attention to a lot of watches we had regulated and ready to deliver. It was near mid­ night and every watch was slow, "fhe better timepieces had lagged behind some seconds. The cheaper watches were a minute or more out of the way. Next morning every one of the lot was exactly right "The fact Is you can regulate a watch to make exactly twenty-four hours a day, but you can't persuade It to make just sixty minutes in each of the twenty-four hours. Why this is no one can tell."--New York Times. Quite Different "Did papa have any money when you married him?" "No, dear." "How did you come to make such a sorry blunder?" "You mustn't call it a blnnder, child. You know your father has plenty of. money now. Besides, I would do the same thing again." "Then why are you making such a fuss because I want to marry a poor young man?" "Arabella, if you can't talk sense, >n't talk at all!"--Chicago Tribune. FRAUDS IN A BALE OF HAY* don') Moribund English Parish. The parish council of Topcraft, in Norfolk, Eng., has the notable dis­ tinction of not having Incurred any ex> pendlture whatever during the past year. Frauds in Watch Cases. According to an article in tho Cincinnati Commercial, a fifty-one pound stone was recently found in that city secreted in a bale of hay of eighty pounds. This is not as bad as finding a lump of lead of noarly one-half the weight of the solid gold watch case secreted in the cen­ ter of the case. Gold watch cases are sold by weight, and no one can see where this lead is se­ creted until the springs of the case are takon out and the lead will be found se­ creted behind them. These cases are made by companies who profess to be honest but furnish the means to the dishonest to rob the public. It is not pleasant for anyone to find that he has lugged a lump of lead in his watoh case. Another trick the makers of spurious solid pold watch rases is to stamp the case "U. S. Assay." The United States does not Btamp any article made out of gold and silver except coin, and the fakir, by usihg this stamp, wants to make the publia believe that the government had something to do with the stamping or guaranteeing the fineness of watch cases. Another trick of the watch fakir is to advertise a watch described as a solid gold filled watch with a twenty or twenty-five year guarantee. These watches are gen­ erally sent C. O. D-, and if the purchaser has paid for the watch he finds that the Company which guaranteed the watch to wear is not in existence. The Dueber-Hampden Watch Company of Canton, Ohio, who are constantly ex­ posing these frauds, will furnish the names of the manufacturers who are in' this questionable business. Russians in Manchuria. At nearly all the larger railroad stations in Manchuria Russian settle­ ments have made their appearance. Besides railroad offices and houses for employes, there are also many private buildings. There Is one impediment for the expansion of these settle­ ments, for no regular sales of lots are yet arranged for. It is said, however, that there will be a regular auction sale of lots organized next year. In the meantime, private persons are al­ lowed to occupy lots temporarily. SO Bo. Ksoaronl Wheat Par A* Introduced by the U. S. Dept. of Agft It is a tremendous cropper, yielding in good land 80 bu. per acre, and on dry, arid lands, such as are found in Mont., Idaho, the Dakotas, Colo., etc., it will yield from 40 to 60 bu. This Wheat and Speltz and Hanna Barley and Bromus Inermis and Billion Dollar Grass, makes it possible to grow and fatten hogs and cattle wherever soil is found. JU8T SEND 10c AXD THIS NOTICB to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., and they will send you free a sample of this Wheat and other farm seeds, together with their great catalog, alone worth $100.00 to any wide-awake farmer. (W. N. U.) Training Japanese Soldiers. The Japanese soldier is taught ta breathe properly, with as much care as if he were a professional tenor, and at the least sign of palpitation of the heart he Is ordered to cease his ex­ ercises and lie on his back to recover. In course of time his heart and lungs become so strengthened that no amount of exertion Injuriously affects them. DR. COFFEE Olseovera Mild Remedies That Reators eight to Blind People. Dr. W. O. Coffee, a noted oculist, 880 Good Block, Des Moines, Iowa, bas discovered mild medicines that people can use in their eyes at home and cure Cataracts, Scums, Granulated Lids, Ulcers on tho Eyes, Weak Sore Eyes and any kind of eye trouble. Dr. Coffee has Just printed 50,000 of hla famous 80-pape book on Eye Diseases and wants to send a copy free to every reader of thia paper. This book tells how to care for the eyes and prevent blindness and how his mild treat­ ment cures all diseases at home at small ex­ pense. Write Dr. Coffee to-day (or bis book. Don't wait to go blind. American Machines Bring Wealth. The largest shoe factory in France uses only American machinery. The growth of this manufactory is phe­ nomenal. Before the Paris exposition of 1900 this factory was a very small one, employing only French mach inery. Since then it has increased un­ til It is now the largest In the repub­ lic. FARMERS ORGANIZE. What promises to become a most power* ful factor in the produce markets and from which farmers will reap immense benefit, took life in theorganizationof the Farmers' Grain and Live Stock Commission Co., at Chicago, Il\ This Company will handle shipments of grain and stock at all the pri­ mary markets, will have feeding stations for stock, and will operate elevators, etc. The project has a strong backing from in­ fluential farmers and business men and will no doubt receive universal endorsement^ To Open Up Coal Mines. The Saxon government, now that it has been found necessary to discon­ tinue the Freiberg mineral mines with­ in the next ten years, Intends to open up, Immediately, brown coal mines near Leisnig, which in 1904, it is es­ timated, will have an output of 104,- 000 metric tons. Insist on Getting It. Some grocers say they don't keep Dfr fiance Starch. This is because they have a stock on hand of other brands containing only 12 07.. in a package, which they won't be able to sell first, because Defiance con­ tains 16 oz. for the same money. Do you want 16 oz. instead of 12 ox. for same money? Then buy Defiance Starch. Requires no cooking. Mental worry, too. Is a frequent cause of gastric troubles; Indigestion ascribed to the pie-man may be due to the postman; bills lead up to pills, and sometimes to bullets, says Felix L. Oswald in a recent article on "Dys­ pepsia Puzzles," In a recent issue of "What to Bat." To Wash China Silk Dresses. China silk dresses may bo quite success­ fully washed. Remove Ml spots with ben­ zine. Then wash in warm soapsuds, rub­ bing between the hands, rinse through several waters. Use Ivory Soap and do not rub the soap on the dress. Wring as dry as possible, wrap in a sheet or clean cotton cloth and, when partially dry. iron. ELEANOR R. PARKER. Georgia's Vagrancy Law. Georgia's new vagrancy law makes It lawful to put to work on the high­ ways any adult who cannot show he has regular employment As a result of the enforcement of this law the highways of that state are being put in the finest condition. The Best Results In 8tarchlng can be obtained only by using Defiance Starch, besides getting 4 oz. mone for same money--no cooking required. "Can we live on fifty cents a dayf* asks an eastern sheet We can, but we won't so long as we can help It. Corea Is described as the "sore thumb of the Orient" Just now Pfm seems to be the sorehead. Do Your Clothes Look Yellowt Then use Defiance Starch, it will them white--16 oa. for 10 cents. Coates Kinney, the Cincinnati poet, Is dead, but his poem, "The Rain oa the Root" will live. > MUtT KEEP FATHER'S PROMI1 Russian Qlrl Forced to Marrry Mm Chosen for Her. Tatyana Yassipova, an unusually handsome Kirghiz girl of seventeen, presented herself, a few days ago, be­ fore the presiding Judge at the District court in Astrakhan with the following prayer: As an infant of 5 years she had been betrothed by her father to the ten- year-old son of a neighbor, the father acting according to Kirghiz custom. The young man now claims his bride, and although the latter loves another young tribesman she is held by both parent and bridegroom to her Infantile betrothal. The weeping girl prayed the judge to extend to her the right of Russian law to choose her own hus­ band. After a careful reference to the code the judge ruled that as the Russia law gave the fullest freedom of re­ ligious and moral rites and customs *•> the non-orthodox subjects of the czar, the father's power was paramount, and the disconsolate girl's appeal was re­ fused. WOMEN NOW RAI8E MICE. Seem to Have Overcome Their Con> stitutional Aversion. Two exhibitions of fancy mice with­ in the last ten days--once at Chelten­ ham, the other at Walthamstow-- have brought to light the fact that mouse breeding as a hobby and even as a means of making money (for rare specimens are literally worth more A Pair of Valuable "Black and White Even Marked" Mice. than their weight in gold) has taken strong hold of a large number of per­ sons, especially of the female sex, in all parts of the country. 11 There Is at present no available in­ formation as to how the ladies have conquered the constitutional aversion to the tiny rodents, but the fact re­ mains that even in the most fashion­ able circles ladies are the possessors of valuable moueeries and have suc­ ceeded in evolving some beautiful specimens of the house tribe.--English Exchange. Mortgage Many Years Old. There was left for record a few days ago at' the city clerk's ofBce in Providence a discharge of the «aort> gage- given by John Newell of Taw* tucket, Mass., to the Farmers a»** Me­ chanics' bank of the village c_ Paw- tucket, town of North Providence, R. L, dated June 2, 1829. Warning to Ardent Wooers. A young man who, after a call on a Caribou, Me., young woman one evening lately, fell asleep on the way home and awoke to find that his horse had carried him several miles on a strange road, is getting lots of advice about the dangers of sitting up too late. Worlds Cotton Spindles. The number of cotton spindles In the principal countries of the world Is as follows: Great Britain, 47,000,- 000; continent of Europe, 34,000,000; United States, north, 16,000,000; Unit­ ed States, south, 7,000,000; East In­ dies, 5,000,000; Japan, 1,500,000. 8tone Saved Warship. The British warship Bellelsle struck on the Labrador coast on Sept 22, 1835, and when she was docked at Portsmouth a month later It was found Chat the stone here figured had plugged a leak and saved her and her crew. The stone has just been recov­ ered from a' little-used storehouse at Portsmouth, and has beea placed in a prominent position near Admiralty House. Lasting Abodea In Kano. Gen. Sir Frederick Lugard says of Kano, recently conquered by the Brifr ish: "Kano alone among the citiea of Africa which I have seen, with the exception of Katsena, Is worthy of the name of city, for its houses are of solid mud with flat roofs impervi­ ous to fire and lasting through the centuries, instead of the beehive- shaped huts of the populous towns of the south. Traces of Moorish archi­ tecture are visible everywhere. I took up my quarters in the small hall of audience in the mud palace of the sultan of Kano, a room twenty-five feet square, eighteen feet high, decor­ ated with quaint shapes and designs in black, white, pale green and yellow --the latter formed of micaceous sand, which glistens like gold. The dome- shaped roof is supported by twenty arches, all of mud but admirably fashioned." New Zealand's Old Age Penetone. New Zealand pays out $1,000,000 fa old age pensions. A person must be 56 years old, a resident for twenty- five years, a clean record--that Is, never has been convicted of crime-- and his yearly income must not ex­ ceed $250 and his capital not more than $1,500, nor must he have de­ prived himself of property in order to qualify himself for a penaloa. then receives $90 per year. A Professional Nurse Tells Her Ex­ perience With Doan'a Kidney Pills. Montague, Mass. Foster-MUburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. 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I have no backache and no cramps now and I feel like a new person. My nerves are better and I know my blood Is purer. Words cannot express my thanks to you for what Doan's Kidney Pills have done for me. In my work as professional nurse 1 have a chance to recommend them; and they did me so much good that I will do so on every possible occasion. HATTIE BRIGHAM, Nurse. Doan's Kidney Pills are sold at 50 cents per box. Address Foster- Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., for a free trial box. Auto Maker Fights Speed Limit. As the result of proceedings taken by R. Moffat Ford, a well-known auto- mobillst and manufacturer, four driv­ ers of electric street cars on the out­ skirts of London were fined 40 shill­ ings ($9.72) each, with court costs, for exceeding their legal speed limit of ten miles an hour. Anyone ever having been under the "spell" cast by the environment of California's many attractions, will find most interesting and instructive the series of articles now appearing in "The Craftsman," by George Wharton James, on "The Influence of the 'Mis­ sion Style' Upon the Civic and Do­ mestic Architecture of Modern Cali­ fornia." They contain much valuable historical information on the subject of California missions. Lovers of Dickens will welcome a recent publication from the L. C. Page Co., Boston, "Dickens' London," by Francis Miltoun, as it not only presents a truthful and correct account of the sights and scenes of London connect­ ed with the life of the great novelist, but compares the London Dickens knew to the metropolis of to-day, showing many interesting changes. Josh Billings, Jr. Some people seem to think It's first- class excuse for thair sins when they can tell you of other folks that are just az bad, but a man that ain't had ennything to eat for two days never gits much comfort out of rememberin' that other men may be just as hungry az he lz. Wlggle-Sticb IACNDRY BLUB Won't spill, break, freeze nor spot clothes. Costs 10 cents and equals 20 cents worth of any other bluing. If your grocer does not keep it send 10c for sample to The Laundry Blue Co., 14 Michigan Street, Chicago. Advice. Don't throw away the ladder by which you climbed; use It for kindling wood.--Smart Set Defiance Starch should be in every household, none so good, besides 4 oz. more for 10 cents than any other brand of cold water starch. Correspondents declare that every man is his own Alfred Austin in Ja­ pan. No wonder Russia hesitate8. bu>ps tue Cough and Works Off the Cold Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Frfc»2Sc. 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B A D B R E A T H Don't disgust your friends any longer. Your foul breath either comes from undigest­ ed and fermenting food In the stomach, or from a feverish condition, the result of Con­ stipation. Dr. Caldwell's (LAXATIVE) Syrup Pepsin sweetens sour stomachs, cures Indigestion and Consti­ pation. PEPSIN SYRUP CO., Monticello, IIL JI^/^/^GiysnAway T . . . number of con­ s u m e r s b uying ALABASTIN E and Bending us before October 15, 1904, the closest estimates on the popular vote for tho next President. Write us or ask s dealer In Alabaatlne for the easy condi­ tions Imposed lu this contest, wlilch is open to alL A L A B A S T I N E Is the only sanitary wall coating. Any* one can apply it. Mix with cola water. Not a disease-breeding, out-of-date, hoe- water, glue kalsoinine. Sample Catil Free, Mention tktt paper. ALABAST1NB CO., drand Rapids, Micb. •r 105 Water St., New York City. 4H 4% m •• CDCC Gmr SFSCIILO*1 «1 "J allECPr. 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