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,v:: CHAPTER XML---Continued. The houra grew older. At the head of the hall the musicians manifested more signs of their inexorable purpose. A sad protesting squeal came from the accoidion. The violins moaned, but were held firm. The worst might be precipitated at any moment But again there was a transfer of the general attention toward the upper end of the halL The door once more opened, and there appeared a little group of three persons, on *?hom there was fixed a regard so steadfast and •o silent that it might well have been •een that they were strangers to all present. Of the three, one was a tall and slender man, who carried him­ self with that ease which, itself uncon­ scious, causes self-consciousness in those still some generations back of It Upon the arm of this gentleman was a lady, also tall, thin, pale, with wide, dark eyes, which now opened with surprise that was more than half shock. Lastly, with head up and eves also wide, like those of a stag which sees some new thing, there came a young woman, whose presence Was such as had never yet been seen in the hotel at Ellisville. Astonished, as they might have been by the spectacle before them, greeted no welcoming hand, ushered to no convenient seat, these three faced the long, half-lit room in the full sense of what might have been called an awk­ ward situation. Yet they did not shuffle or cough, or talk one with an­ other, or smile in anguish, as had others who thus faced the same ordeal. , { The three walked 6lowly, calmly, de­ liberately down into what must have \ been one of the most singular scenes hitherto witnessed in their lives. As 1' they reached the head of the social rank, where sat Mrs. McDermott, the ; wife of the section boss and arbiter elegantiarum for all Ellisville, the gen- ; tleman bowed and spoke some few >, words, though obviously to a total yr: fc"'-; £ofc- Jerry's permission. Thank . ye, Mrs. McDermott, and me arm--so." The sheepish figures of the musi­ cians now leaned together for "a mo­ ment The violins wailed in sad search for the accord, the assistant in­ strument less tentative. All at once the slack shoulders straightened up firmly, confidently, and then, their feet beating in ULison upon the floor, their faces set, stern and relentless, the three musicians fell to the work and reeled off the opening bars. A sigh went up from the assembly. There was a general shuffling of shoes, a wide rustling of calico. Then, slow­ ly, as though going to his doom. Curly arose from out the long ane of the un­ happy upon his side of the room. He crossed the intervening space, his limbs below the knees curiously af­ fected, jerking his feet into half time with the tune. He bowed so low be­ fore the littlest waiter girl that his neck scarf fell forward from his chest and hung before hii& like a shield. "May I hev the honor, Miss Kitty?" he choked out; and as the littlest waiter girl rose and took his arm with a vast air of unconcern, Curly drew a long breath. In his seat Sam writhed, but could not rise. Nora looked straight in front. It was Hank Peterson, who led her fbrth, and who, after the oc­ casion was over, wished he tod not done so, for his wife sat till ffie last upon the row. Seeing this awful thing happen, seeing the hand of Nora laid upon another's arm, Sam sat up as one deeply smitten with a hurt. Then, silently, unobserved in the'confusion, he stole away from the. fateful scene and betook himself to his stable, where he fell violently to carrying one of the horses. "Oh, kick!" he exclaimed, getting speech in these surroundings. "Kick! I deserve it Of all the low-down, d n cowards that ever was borned I stranger--a very stiff and suspicious 1 sure am the worst! But the gall of /li! i "Ned, me boy, Colonel 14 %• : stranger, who was too startled to reply. The ladies bowed to the wife i.; of the section boss and to the others Pi' as they came in turn. Then the three passed on a few seats apart from and |§^, beyond the other occupants of that side of the house. There was now much tension, and the unhappiuess and suspense could have endured but little longer. Again the accordion protested and the fiddle wept The cornet uttered a faint note of woe. Tet once more there was a pause In this time of Joy. , Again the door was pushed open, not timidly, but flung boldly bacK. There stood two figures at the head of the hall and in the place of greatest light. Of these, one waB tall and very thin, but upright as a shaft of pine. He Was clad in dark garments; thus much Inlght be said. His waistcoat sat high and close. At wrist and neck there Showed a touch of white, and a bit of White appeared protruding at the bosom of his coat. His tread was supple and easy as that of a boy of twenty. "Ned, me boy," he whispered to his companion as they entered, "I'm feelin' fine the night; and as for yer- self, ye're fit for the court o' St James at a diplomats' ball." Frahklin, indeed, deserved somewhat of the compliment. Dressed in the full uniform of a captain, he looked the picture ,of the young army officer of the United States. Simply, easily, much as had the little group that im­ mediately preceded himself and friend, Franklin passed on up into the hall, between the batteries which lined the walls. Any emergency brings forward Its own remedy. The times produce the man, each war bringiDg forth its own generals, its heroes, its solvers of great problems. None had chosen Batter- sleigh to the leadership. There had been no election for master of cere­ monies, nor had Battersleigh yet had time to fully realize how desperate was this strait in which these folk had fallen. It appeared to him merely that, himself having arrived, there was naught else to cause delay. At the center of the room he stopped, near by the head of the stern column of womanhood which held the position on the right as one entered the hall. Here Battersleigh paused, making a deep and sweeping bow, and uttered the first open speech which had been heard that evening. "Ladies and gintlemen," he said in tones easily distinguishable at all parts Of the room. "I'm pleased to meet ye •11 this evenin*. Perhaps ye all know Battersleigh, and I hope ye'll all meet me friend Captain Franklin, at me side. We claim the introduction of ! this roof, me good friends, and we wel­ come everybody to the first dance at Ellisville. Ladies, yer very dutiful Servant! It's well ye're lookin', Mrs. McDermott; and Nora, gyurl, sure ye're charmin* the night. Kittle, darl- tn\ how do ye do? Do ye remember Captain Franklin, all of ye? Pipe up, ye naygurs--that's right. Now, thin, all hands, cnoose yer partners ter the gr-rand march, sure, with An' him a mar- & ' • solve this troubling problem of the past. v ' There came a shift in Che music. The air swept from the merry tune lnto'the minor from which the negro is never musically free. Then in'a flash Frank­ lin saw it all. He saw., the picture. His heart stopped! This music, it was the wail of trumpets! These steps, ordered, measured, were those of marching men. These sounds, high, comming­ ling, they were the voices of a day gone swiftly by. These two, this one--this picture--it was not here, but upon the field of wheat and flowers that he saw it now again--that picture of grief so infinitely sad. Franklin saw, and as he gazed, eager, half advancing, indecision and irresolution dropped from him forever. Resolved from out the shadows, where­ in it had never in his most intimate self-searching taken any actual form, he saw the inttge of that unformulated dream which had haunted his sub­ consciousness so long, and which was £ow to haunt him openly and forever. • • • • • • The morning after tbe first official ball In Ellisville dawned upon another world. Ellisville, after the first ball, was by all the rules of the Plains admittedly a town. A sun had set, and a sun had arisen. It was another day. To Edward Franklin the tawdry ho­ tel parlor on the morning after the ball was no mere fpur-square habita­ tion, but a chamber of the stars. Be­ fore him, radiant, was that which he had vaguely sought. This other half of himself, with feet running far to find the missing friend, had sought him out through all the years, through all the miles, through all the spheres! This was fate, and at this thought his heart glowed, his eyes shone, his very stature seemed to increase. He wist not of Nature and her ways of attrac­ tion. He only knew that here was that Other whose hand, pathetically sought, he had hitherto missed in the darkness of the foregone days. Now, thought he. it was all happily con­ cluded, here in this brilliant chamber of delight, this irradiant abode, this' noble hall bedecked with gems and silks and Btars and all the warp and woof of his many, many days of dreams! Mr. and Mrs. Buford had for the time excused themselves by reason of Mrs. Buford'f weariness, and after the easy ways of that time and place the young people found themselves alone. Thus it was that Mary Ellen, with a temporary feeling of helplessness, found herself face to face with the very man whom she at that time cared least to see. (To be continued.) HORSES FOND OF B Sr. that feller Peterson! ried man!" When Sam left the ballroom there remained no person who was able to claim acquaintance with the little group who now sat under the shadow of the swinging lamp at the lower end of the hall, and farthest from the door. The "grand march" was over, and Batter­ sleigh was again walking along the lines in company with his friend Frank'in, before either could have been F&id to have noticed fully these strangers, whom no one seemed to know, and who sat .quite apart and un­ engaged. Battersleigh. master of cer­ emonies by natural right, and com­ fortable gentleman at heart, spied out 'hose three, and needed but a glance tb satisfy himself of their Identity. "Sir," said Battersleigh, approach­ ing and bowing as he addressed the stranger, "I shall make bold to intro­ duce niese!f--Battersleigh of Ellisville, sir, at your service. If I am not mis­ taken. you will be from below, toward the hext town. I bid ye a very good welcome, and we shall all hope to see ye often, sir. We're none too many here yet, and a gintleman and his family are always welcome among gin­ tlemen. Allow me,/sir, to presint me friend Captain Franklin, Captain Ned Franklin of the --th, Illinois in the late unplisantness--Ned, me boy. Colo­ nel--ye'll pardon me not knowin' the name?" "My name is Buford, sir," said the other as he rose. "I am very glad to see you gentlemen, Colonel Batter­ sleigh, Captain Franklin. I was so un­ lucky as to be of the Kentucky troops, sir, In the same unpleasantness. I want to introduce my wife, gentlemen, and my niece, Miss Beauchamp." Franklin really lost a part of what the speaker was saying. He Was gaz­ ing at this form half hidden in the shadow, a figure with hands drooping, with face upturned and Just caught barely by one vagrant ray of light which left the massed shades piled strongly about the heavy hair. There came upon him at that moment, as with a flood-tide of memory, all ^ie vague longing, the restlessness, the incertitude of life which had harried him before he had cchne to this far land, whose swift activity had helped him to forget. Yet even here he had been unsettled, unhappy. He had missed, he had lacked--he ^new not what. The young woman rose, and stopd out a pace or two from the shadows. She turned her face toward Franklin He felt her gaze take in the uniform of blue, felt the stroke of mental dis like for the uniform--a dislike which he knew existed, but which he could not fathom. With a strange, half shivering gesture the girl advanced half a step and laid her head almost upon the shoulder of the elder woman standing thus for one moment, thr arms of the two unconsciously es twined, as 13 sbmetlmes the way with women. Franklin approached rude ness as he looked at this attitude o. the two, still puzzling, etill seeking4o Brewery Nags Insist on Their Share of Firm's Product. "Fully one-half of the horses used by the brewers of Washington," said a fat and ruddy driver of one of the big wagons, "are beer drinkers,' and there are hqrses belonging to our company which will not leave the de­ livery yards until they have had their bucket of beer in the morning and at lunch time. They have acquired a taste for the beverage, and they re­ fuse to do their work until they have been supplied. "Now, I say the horses acquired a taste for beer, but I guess I am wrong about that, for it is my candid opin­ ion that horses naturally love beer. They seem to have the same taste for it that hogs have for 'mash' and 'beer' from the stillhouses. "It is a well-known fact that In run­ ning down and locating illicit stills in the mountain districts the revenue officers are frequently aided in their work by watching the hogs, the razor- backs sniffing the 'mash' for a dis­ tance of two miles. Our horses fatten on beer, and It a noticeable fact that the ones drinking the most beer keep in the best physical condition and can do the most hard driving. "The horses draw the line on stale beer, and one of them will have to be powerful dry in4he throat before he will drink it. But give him a bucket of fresh beer and it will soon disappear, and he will neigh for more. Drivers' helpers and horses are al­ lowed a liberal supply of the fluid by the company, and I would do without »' mugs before I would see my horses go thirsty."--Washington Post is "J. Tricks of the Types. A friend met Whitelaw Reid, the veteran editor of the New York Trib­ une, the other day and said to him: "I see you are on the advisory board of Mw Pulitzer's new college of Jour­ nalism at Columbia university. Do you expect to" put an end to the typo­ graphical error?" "The most we can hope to do," re­ plied Mr. Reld, "is to mitigate its hor- hors. You can't abolish the typo­ graphical error any more than you can original sin. I remember when the prince of Wales visited this coun­ try of writing an editorial cn the subject. I was young anil ambitious, and thought I said some clever things. It began: 'The prince of Wales is making captivating speeches.' The nexts morning I picked up the paper to enjoy reading it in print. I turned to the editorial page, and this met my gaze: 'The price of Nails is making carpenters swear.'" -- Philadelphia Post. Couldn't Forget His Pet Theme. Down in Virginia, says Thomas Nel­ son Page, there was an old darky preacher who had preached about in­ fant baptism mornirg and night until hip congregation couldn't stand it any longer. They told him to preach something else or they'd have to find some one who would. He promised, and the next Sunday announced his text, "Adam, where art thou?" "Dis, bredern, can be divided into fouh heads," began the dominie. "First, every man is somewbar. Sec­ ondly, most men am where they ain't »ot no bus'ness to be. Thirdly, you'll better look out or you'll be gittin' 'here , you'self. Fo'thly, infant, bap­ tism. Now, bredern, I guess We might's well pass by the fust three leads and come immed't'ly to the fo'th» Infant baptism." •iklcer** Home Ballder Corn, So named because 50 acres produced so heavily that its proceeds built a lovely home. See Salzer's catalog. Yielded in 1903 In Ind., 157 bu., Ohio 160 bu., Tenn. 98 bu., and in Mich. 220 bu. per acre; You can beat this record In 1904. WHAT DO TOTT THINK OV TBISB TIKUDS FEIl ACBBf 120 bu. Beardless Barley per acre. 310 bu. Salzer's New Nat. Oats--per A. 80 bu. Salzer Speltz & Macaroni Wheat. 1,000 bu. Pedigree Potatoes per acre. 14 tons of rich Billion Dol. Grass Hay. 60,000 lbs. Victoria Rape for sheep--Acre. 160,000 lbs. Teosinte, the fodder wonder. 64,000 lbs. Salzer's Superior Fodder Corn--rich, Juicy fodder, per A. Now such yields you can have. Mr. Farmer, in 1904, If you will plant Sal- ser's seeds. JUST 8BXD THIS NOTICB ATTD lOo In stamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co., LA Crosse, Wis., and receive. their great catalog and lots of ami samples. (WT N. U.) ' Echo from Klschlrteff. A gentleman was standing in a crowded Broadway car the other day when an acquaintance entered and saluted him with the question: "Are you a Jap or a Russian?" His answer, "Tm a Jap. I hope the Russians will be blown off the earth," was given in &n emphatic voice, without intention loud enough for those about to hear. Near by was seated a Jewish work- ingman. He immediately rose, touched his hat and said, "Please take my seat, sir."--New York Tribune. Cheap Excursions to the; South. On February 16, March 1 and 15, the Kansas*City Southern railway will offer to the public the extremely low rate of $10.00 for the round trip to all points on the Port Arthur Route, in­ cluding Beaumont, Port Arthur, Lakef Charles, Shreveport, Texarkana, Fort Smith, Mena, De Queen and all Inter­ mediate points. The return limit on these tickets will be twenty-one days from date of sale, with stopover privi­ leges at all points Bduth of Kansas City on the going trip. Any informa­ tion desired by the public relative to these cheap excursions will be cheer­ fully furnished upon application to S. Q. Warner, (J. P. and T. A., Kansas City, M9. SHO ST. LOUIS TO CALIFORNIA gfltt •la , THE 1ROX MOUNTAIN ROUTE. These tickets will be on sale daily during March and April, when Pullman Tourist Sleeping Cars will be operated daily between St. Louis, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Particulars from any agent of the company. H. C Town- send, G. P. A T. Agent, St. Louis. It was 100 years ago that the first steam locomotive accident occurred. It was on the trial trip of Trevithlck's first locomotive, and the accident was the tumbling down of the smoke flue, which was a stack of bricks. But you will observe that the word smoke­ stack has nevertheless stayed With the locomotive ever since. The outlook is gloomy for the Ameri­ can boy. With a Brooklyn school teacher's pronouncement in favor of spanking with a rubber hose comes the news that all the shingle mills in Wisconsin are starting up again. You never hear any one complain about 'Defiance Starch." There is none to equal it in quality and quan­ tity, 16 ounces, 10 cents. Try it now and save your money. 1 LOST TIME BY HURRYING- President Hadley of Yale Tells of Ab- sentmlndedness. 'A few years ago I was requested to lecture in an up-State town and agreed to do so," said President Had­ ley of Yale. "The theme was one that had received m^ best thoughts. When I arrived at the station my mind was concentrated upon the prepared ad­ dress. I realized that my train was half an hour late and that I must hurry, but beyond the mere fact of hurrying I did not grasp a detail. "Drive fast!" I Bhouted to the driver of a dingy looking vehicle as I sprang in and banded tov him a two-doller bill. 'Away we went with a plunge. The carriage rolled like a ship in the trough of a sea. Street lights seemed as a torchlight procession moving rap­ idly the other way. Boys shouted, dogs barked and chased us and busi­ ness ceased that people might stand on the sidewalks and gaze at us. Up one street and down another we dashed madly. We took corners on two wheels, grazed telegraph poles and knocked over such movables as barrels and dry goods boxes. 'After half an hour of this bewilder­ ing experience I stuck my head out of the window and shouted 'Are we near­ ly there?' • 'Darned if I know, sir. Where the blazes do you want to go, anyhow?' came the edifying answer." DOCTOR'S COFFEI HOU9C OF 6,000 BIT8 OF WOOD. Toy In • •i'M Commercial Museums. The Russian government will es tablish permanent commercial muae- U J N S I A P § » I S . - - . y f , And His Daughter Matched Him,, • Coffee drinKlne troubled the family of a physician of Grafton, W. Va., who describes the situation briefly: 'Having suffered quite a while from vertigo, palpitation of the heart and many other derangements of the nen vous system and finding no relief from usual methods of treatment, 1 thought to see bow much thei-a was In the Postum argument r gainst cof­ fee. "So I resorted Postum, cutting off the coffee and to my surprise and satisfaction have found entire relief from all my sufferings, proving con­ clusively the baneiul effect of coffee and the way to be ri.4 of it. "I have found Dostum completely takes the place of coffee both in flavor and in taste. Ii is becoming more popular every day with many of our people and Is having great demand here., "My daughter, Mrs. Long, nas been a sufferer for a long time-from at­ tacks of acute indigestiof By thti dismissal of coffee and using Postum in its place she has obtained com­ plete relief. "I have also heard from many oth­ ers who have used your Po»*um' very favorable accounts of its gooa affects,. "I prescribe Postum In place of fee in a great many cases i^d I be­ lieve that upon its merits Postum will come into general use." Name given by Postum Co.. Battle Creek, Mich. Look tor the famous little book Road to WeilvJHe,", j* «ach Made by a Woodworker Connecticut Town. George Wright, a sawyer In the employ of a dock company In Tor- rington, has completed a miniature house, says the Waterbury Republi­ can. It is gothic in etyle, a story and a half in height. There is a porch In front, the roof of which is supported by pillars. On each side of the porch and separate from it are balconies. There are two bow windows. The house is built in imitation of a brick building, and is composed^ of 6,182 pieces of wood, including syca­ more, or California red wood, as It Is called, and mahogany, and fine white paper is used between the bricks to represent mortar. Over the porch at the front of the house Is a small clock. There are windows with lace curtains and shades. In every respect it Is a complete and well-appointed house. It is a very handsome piece of- work aad proves Mr. Wright to possess a large amount of patience. The work has been done * At odd momenta at his home in Torrington. He also hag a number of other pieces of his handiwork, including a picture frame composed of 40,000 pieces of wood, but probably there is nothing that he has done that will quite equal the house in design and workmanship. M A LIFE-SAVING MASK. Ship-Device to Bs of Benefit to wrecked Persons. • German inventor has decided that many persons come to their death through drowning at sea, even though they are able to swim or are prevent­ ed from sinking by the wearing of life belts. He maintains that the deaths are due to the fact that the waves breaking over the wearer force salt water into the mouth and nose, often resulting fatally to the victim. To eliminate this danger he has invented a life-saving mask, preferably made of some elastic material, as, for In­ stance, rubber, shaped to conform to the modeling of the face. In the lower portion of the maBk are open­ ings covered with wire netting to re­ duce the.water pressure, and prevent its ready entrance into the interior of the mask. Short tubes inside cover these orifices, and are provided with a hollow ball-valve adapted to auto­ matically close the orifices against the entrance of water, without re­ stricting the freedom of breathing. A whistle is provided to enable .the wearer to signal when desired. Prince of Monaco's Deep® Sea Many new and Interesting traps are being made to catch the mysteri­ ous inhabitants of the deep. The Prince of Monaco, who devotes all the revenues of the gambling casino to marine exploration, has just intro­ duced several new traps. One is a "Think Quick." The *9mry best way to sycceed In anything is to learn howgto "think quick." ^ One of our most famous American actors started out as a very poor boy. Applying for work In a Chicago store, he was tested by a few questions. Tak­ ing down a box of lace from a shelf, the proprietor asked, "What would you do with this?" The boy replied, tracing with his linger on the did, "Dust . He got the position and it led to tar better things than be dreamed of. Devoted to 8cience at 82. The Intellectual activity of that octogenarian prince of science Lord Kelvin shows no E|lgns of abatement. He recently read before the Royal Society of Edinburgh, of which he is president, his solution of the prob­ lems raised by a "Free Procession of Waves in Deep Water," in continua­ tion of a communication read by him seventeen years ago. He hopes to re­ turn to the subject again, but "at a much shorter interval." ;. -- in - vr , ^ : Convict Editor's Grim Wit. ~ ' The Star of Hope, a paper pub­ lished in Sing Sing prison, is edited by someone who at times shows a grim wit A paragraph in a late issu® makes this announcement: "The Star of Hope seeks to, review books that deal with justl.ee, punishment, villainy and crime--not because it pro­ fesses to bring to the task any degree of critical acumen, but for reasons that will suggest themselves to any alert mind." Product of Mulberry Trees. From a twenty-year-old mulberry tree 218 pounds of leaves «have been picked In a year. Despijte the medical declaration that leprosy can be cured, the old prefer^ ence for not having the malady is un­ shaken. Becoming Hats of Rubber. The gossamer rubber cilk lined ttfr> tomobile hoods are not unbecoming, es­ pecially to the piquant faced woman. These hoods are gathered full in front over the hat and fall long and straight around the face under the chin to back. ' . ; A hat Is also made of this robber which has a bright silk lining. It looks like any other chapeau, and is trimmed with rosettes and frills of the same, sometimes reversed to fjve-tfce needed touch of color. It Is not remarkable to hear that radium has been found in lobsters. Swindlers and confidence men have often found rolls of bills in them also. safe < 9, i: Indispensable ; fferaB achat from bMd tof# . hascnratlYo quaBttos to reach tbd i: PAINS and ACHES of ths human famlfr, and to rf- Kavo and euro thgsn promptly. fflc* 35c* DOCTORS FALL IN LINE. Practicing Physicians recognize the unfailing reliability of Doss's Kidney Pills by Pie. . jcribing them 'for Backache, Kidney, Bladder, and Ur nary Disorders--a tribute was jby no other Proprietary Medicine. Four cases sited from "Notes of Ids Practice,* fe| ^Or. Leland Williamson, ot Yorktown, Ark. FOSTBR-MILBURN CO., Buffalo, N. Y. YORKTOWN, ARK., Mar. 1, 1904. Gentlemen:--I have been engaged in the practice of medicine in thia section for ten years. This is a very sickly climate, on the Bayou Bar­ tholomew, near the Arkansas River. It is particularly malarious and miasmatic; we meet with many and various abnormal conditions of the human family, prominent among the cases in which I have been called upon to prescribe is kidney disease. Many of these disorders manifest themselves by pains in the back, often extending to other parts of the body; sometimes headache is present, caused by uremic or chronic uric acid poisoning, soreness in region of kidneys, cloudy, thickened and foul-smelling urine, discharges of pus or corruption; inflammation of the kidneys, extending to the bladder, is caused by excess of uric acid and decomposition of the urine. Hemorrhage is sometimes met with, caused by high state of inflammation or congestion. There is no class of diseases a doctor is called oftener to treat thao the variety of kidney diseases, in many of which the patient will have chills or rigors, followed by fever, a result of the kidneys failing to elim­ inate the uric acid poison from the system. Stich cases require the kid­ neys restored to their natural functions, then the poison and foreign sub­ stances are removed--shock to the nervous system averted, and natural health restored. ^ 1 have, for some time, been using Doan's Kidney Pills in these many irami-festations and with uniform success, curing most cases. I can 1jpRirther say that even in hopeless cases where they have waited too long, Doan's Kidney Pills afford much relief and prolong life. I can recom­ mend the pills in conditions of excessive or deficient secretion of urine( as also in convalescence from swamp-fever and malarial attacks, aa verified by the following cases in my practice. triangular cage of iron work and l^etr ting. There are holes in the aides opening inward and shaped like cones, getting narrower as you go into the cage. The curious flsfe pushes his way in through this opening and then fs afraid to come cut through the small end. Pockets Inside dragnets are very effective in tangling up t"he fish and holding them. One new trap closes through the action of an elec­ trical current which is broken by the fish.--New York World. 8heep With Long Wool. Capt. Merritt Wright of Larrabee, Me., killed five sheep last week, the wool of which weighed 164 pounds. The largest one had 44 pounds of wool on its pelt. The sheep had been run­ ning wild for three years and had to be shot. A piece of the wool picked up at random was 26 inches long. Good Way to Fatten^ Steers. A Kansas man bought a carloa^ of steers last spring, turned them out to graze all summer, and ihen fed them on corn fcr a month or so before selling them. And he made 25 cents by the transaction. CASE1. Taos. ORKLL, Bear, Ark., ago6QD Pain in back for several weeks, then chills, irregular sometimes, severe rigors followed by fever. Gave good purgative of calomel and padoph, aad Doan's Kidney Pills. After taking four boxes of the pills, patient ttp aad enjoying good health for one of his age. CASE 2. • MRS. SMITH, Tarry, Art., age 2% mother of four children. Had femaw complaint and kidney trouble, m&nk* fest by pain in back and urine irregu­ lar; sometimes very clear, changing to cloudy, and with much sediment oa standing in chamber. Gave local treatment for female complaint and prescribed Doan's Pills; after using •Ix boxes she regards herself as cured. CASE 3. BROWN EABS, Wynne, Ark., aff* 21. Had severe case of malarial hoemataria or swamp fever. Gave necessary liver medicine, calomel and padoph, and morph.-sulph., to re­ lieve pain, and ordered Doaa's Pills for the high state of congestion and inflammation of the kidneys. Re­ covery resulted in two weeks. Pre­ scribed Doan's Kidney Ptils, to b© continued until the kidneys were thoroughly strengthened aad all paitt in back subsided. CASE 4. » ELIJAH ELLIOTT, Tarry, Ark., age 34. Pain in back and legs and headache. Uric-acid poisoning. Pre­ scribed Doan's Kidney Pills. After taking several boxes pain subsided --urine became normal, or natural, and patient able to resume his work. These are a few of the typical cases in which I have used Doan's Kid­ ney Pills. In a great many instances I use tiiem alone with curative results, while with some others indicated remedies are associated. I believe that by the judicious use of Doan's Pills many serious^com­ plications are arrested and many hopeless and incurable cases of Brightta disease prevented. , f I have often found that one box of the pills is all that is required to effect a cure, but in some cases I continue their use until all symptoms are entirely absent and the cure effectual and permanent. Yours truly, A frea trial ot thi» e rfat Kidney and Blad­ der Specific can be obtained by addressing PosterMilburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. The regular sire is SO cents per bo*. If not for sale by your druggist or dealer, will be sent by mail, charges prepaid, on receipt of prica. £r>; . YORKTOWN, Aafc* PILE CURE A Vest Pocket Light. A vest pocket electrie light, weigh­ ing only seven ounces, and measuring less than 3%x2V£ inches, with a thick­ ness of not quite one inch, is the latest novelty offered by dealers In electrical goods. A push button at the side closes the circuit, and the light supplied from two cylindrical dry bat­ teries through a small bulb with de­ flector and bull's-eye lens is 1^44- sufficient for the ordinary purposes o< the house. For tourists and traveler* the Invention should be particularly useful. There are femedies umS reni- •dies on the market for Piles, moat of which are Injurious rather than helpful. J Dr> Caldwell's * (LAXATIVE) Syrup j Pepsin Is guaranteed to cure eny ease of Piles or the money re­ funded, If you follow directions* Is that strong enough? PEPSIN SYRUP CO., MontlcsUo, Hi. W. L. DOUGLAS *3.= &*3 SHOES W. L. Douglas shoes have by taelr e x c e l l e n t s t y l e , easy-fitting* and superior wearing qualities. acliieveiJ v the iargcat sttle of any 6hoes ht tbc ' world. Thoy are just as good as those that cost jan 84 to 85 -- the oiiHtJ difference is the price. 8»!d Everywhere. Look for name and price on bottom. Douglas useo Corona I CoJtsktn, which la «vt*rvwltere oom-etled t* bo the finest Patent I, rttlior yet |>vo.l tioed. Fast Co'or Eyelets us^d. Shoe* by niall.lVii .evtrm. Write for Catalog. W.L.UOBKIBS. Brockton, R Rlpfcns Tabulea utitbe tieat fly*-pepifa medicine ever made. A hundred millions of them bave been sold In the United States In a blugfe yeiir. Constipation, heart­ burn. sick headache, dizziness, bad breath, sore throat, and every Ill- new arising; from a disordered stomach are rellered or cured br WpanH Tabules. One will jrenerally (rive relief within twenty min­ utes The five-cent package Is enough for ordinary occaalona. All druggists iell them. r M A P and Information tttnuliii'; Washington and tbe Great Noith»u«i lurni^hed FREE. R. P. MAYNARD, flta&l Estate and Loans, eiSBtfk^Bldg. Soattio, Wash. MMMMWtlJ Sold l>y .til 1 »ruirj(iMa, or by mail. 35 rpnta. Oluui^ftiouiu AliUife i > K.k; s' :.yir KIDDER'S PASTILLES. 6I0WKLL A CO., MItu 'CAPSICUM VASELINE1 (WT rp JV COLLAPSIBLE TXTBKS) A sul>stitute for and superior to muttard or any other plaster, and will not blister the moat delii ato skin. _ The pain-allaying and curative Qualities of thi# article are wonderful. It will stop the toothache at once, and relieve head* iu-he andsciatk-a. Werecommend itas the best and safest external counterirritant known, also as an external remedy for pains in the chest and stomach and all rheumatic, neuralgic and gouty complaints. A trial will prove what we claim tor it. and it will be found to be Invalu* able in the household. Many people say "it is the best of all your preparations." Price 1# cents at all druggists or other dealers, or by sending this amount to us in postage stamps we will send you a tube by null. No article should be accepted by the public unless the same ca'ties our latv-1. as otherwise it is not genuine. CHES'-rBUOl'OM MFO. CO., 17 State Street, NI;W YORK CITT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED write for 8em 1-TroplcRl Northw6it If tells of mild climates, rich land At low prices, fro at markets, wonderful opportunities. Xt • HEE. CHAS. SOMERS & CO. Saattle, Wash. MMMMMMM