The Wibaux pioneer. [volume], February 11, 1909, Image 6

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AWFUL GRAVEL ATTACKS
Cured by Doan's Kidney Pills After
Years of Suffering.
F. A. Rlppy, Depot Are., Gallatin,
Venn., says: "Fifteen years ago kid*
ney disease attacked
me. The pain in my
back was so agoniz
ing I finally had to
give up work. Then
came terrible attacks
of gravel with acute
pain and passages of
blood. In all I
passed 25 stones,
some as large as a
bean. Nine years of this ran me down
to a state of continual weakness, and
I thought I never would be better un
til I began using Doan's Kidney Pills.
The improvement was rapid, and
Since using four boxes I am cured and
have never had any return of the
trouble."
Sold by all dealers. 50 'cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Swell.
"Hello, Jimmy, where'd yuh get th'
false face?"
"Aw, go on, 'tain't a false face—it's
tnumps."
His Deficiency.
A certain Chicago merchant died,
Heaving to his only son the conduct of
an extensive business, and great
doubt was expressed in some quar
ters whether the young man possess
ed the ability to carry out the father's
policies.
"Well," said one kindly disposed
friend, "for my part, I think Harry is
' very bright and capable. I'm sure he
will succeed."
"Perhaps you're right," said another
friend. "Henry is undoubtedly a
clever fellow; but take it from me,
old man, he hasn't got the head to
fill his father's shoes."
TO REFOREST MAINE.
A plan for the reforestation of the
State of Maine has been submitted to
the governor by B. C. Jordon of Al
fred. Mr. Jordon offers to give the
state $1,000 on condition that once in
eighteen years five prizes shall be
.awarded for the five best lots of young
forest growth.
These lots are to consist of not less
than ten acres, accurately surveyed
and plotted, the majority of the trees
to be not less than ten nor more than
thirty feet high, and not less than ten
nor more than thirty years old when
the prizes are awarded. The varieties
of trees to be grown are specified and
cover a long list from white pine to
elm.
Mr. Jordon believes that the incen
tlve afforded by such prizes would do
much to bring about better forestry
conditions. Maine has many thou
sands of acres of waste land, now al
most worthless, but naturally well
adapted to timber growth, and which
by a small expense for care and for
est cultivation could be made easily
worth in fifty years $100 an acre.
In this way the state. Instead of be
ing of the poorest in the Union might
be made one of the richest. Fifty
years is a large part of one person's
life, but a very small part of the life
of a state. Mr. Jordon himself set
out from ten to fifteen thousand trees
last summer, and states that he hopes
to Bet out many thousands every year
as long as he lives.
DIDN'T KNOW
Coffee Was the Cause.
Many daily habits, particularly of
eating and drinking, are formed by fol
lowing our elders.
In this way ill health is often fas
tened upon children. A Ga. lady says:
"I had been allowed to drink coffee
ever since I could remember, but even
as a child I had a weak stomach,
which frequently refused to retain
food.
"The taste of coffee was in my
mouth all the time and was, as I found
out later, the cause of the stomach re
belling against food.
"I now sea that it was only from fol
lowing the example of my elders that
I formed and continued the miserable
habit of drinking coffee. My digestion
remained poor, nerves unstrung, fre
quent headache, and yet I did not sus
pect the true cause.
"Another trouble was a bad, muddy
.complexion for which I spent time and
money for creams, massaging, etc.,
without any results.
"After I was married I was asked to
try Postum, and would you believe it,
I, an old coffee toper, took to Postum
from the very first. We made it right
—according to directions on the pkg.,
end it had a most delicate flavor, and I
tit once quit coffee, with the happiest
results.
"I now have a perfectly clear, smooth
flcin, fine digestion and haven't had a
headache in over two years."
"There's a Reason."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, "The Road to Well.
viU Q ." in pkgs.
rnul the above letter? A new
one srnienr .1 from time to time. They
»•-<• lue, true, and full of human
Intercut.
THE LITTLE
TIN BOX
By JAMES FRANCIS DWYER
(Copyright, by 'Shortstory Pub. Co.)
Morgan, foreman of the Hudson
Gerard Construction Company, swing
ing on a narrow plank 400 feet above
the sidewalk, whistled a lively tune as
he glanced around at the unclothed
ribs of the giant sky-scraper he was
throwing heavenwards. Far below,
human ants looked up through the
clear air at the gaunt skeleton, their
white, upturned faces, round and fea
tureless, reminding the foreman of
full-blown flowers on bulky stalks.
The watchers attracted Morgan. Sit
ting down on the plank, with legs
dangling In space, he stared into the
stone-walled caiiyon up and down
which the human current flowed un
ceasing. The peculiar, weird expec
tancy which seemed to chain the lit
tle groups watching the aerial work
ers interested him. He had never
looked at the crowds before, but some
absurd analytical kink had just mani
fested itself in his mind, and he grat
ified it. He tried to understand the
fascination which held men motion
less hour after hour until their aching
necks rebelled at the torture. Un
consciously, a hate of the crowd well
ed up within the foreman. He felt
that they were waiting for something
to happen.
The foreman started to reason
quietly to himself. "There's no fas
cination in seeing men work," he mur
mured, "so it's the fascination of see
ing men in danger. Increase the dan
ger, and you increase the spine-tickles
that keep those loafers peeping up
wards. Where does it end? I hon
estly believe that a percentage of
those dough-faced galoots stand for
hours on the chance of seeing one of
us do a toboggan slide through the
ether. That's all they're waiting for,
hang 'em."
In some peculiar manner the ex
pressed conclusion pulled into his
conscious mind the image of Johnson,
who was known on the job as "Ger
ard's Pet." Morgan sat wondering a
moment, then laughed queerly. From
the pocket of his jacket he took a
small tin box about two inches square
and sniffed at its contents.
"If Johnson has been chewing this
stuff long I guess he'll give those sun
gapers a sensation one of these days,"
f
—3
Again He Stared Down Into the Tre
mendous Abyss.
he muttered. "Old Gerard's Pet, eh?
Nerves on the blink! Carries his little
box of nerve dope around with him!
The foxy Johnson! What does he
want up in the clouds?"
Again he stared down into the tre
mendous abyss as if he expected an
answer to his question to drift up with
the faint, ghastly sounds of the heavy
traffic. He noticed that the little
groups were increasing, and he looked
lor a reason. There was nothing un
usual happening,
Presently Morgan laughed uneasily.
"Hang 'em," he cried, "I believe
they're watching me. They are, sure.
I'm in it! 'Gerard's Pet' watching me
o:i top and the crowd watching me be
low ! "
He shook his fist at the spectators,
stood up on the plank and climbed
cautiously along it.
"Watching me," he muttered, "the
buzzards! They're hungry for a
tragedy. If they watch Johnson—
Johnson minus his little, tin box_
they might get a run. At any rate I'm
going to watch him now. He must
have lost that at lunch time, and if
he's been chewing it regular I guess
the loss of it will begin to upset his
grit before the day is out."
Crawling carefully along the nar
row bridge, he climbed into the cob
web of steel beams arnj looked back
a. the crowd from a position of com
parative safety.
"The dough-faced loafers," he mur
mured, "it's funny I never thought till
to-day what kept 'em watching and
watching."
Wondering how he overlooked this
powerful incentive to the morbid mind,
he stepped cautiously along the brink
of shadowy abysses that lay between
the tremendous girders, and as he
walked he muttered continually:
" 'Gerard's Pet', eh? Put up to watch
me, and has to chew a morsel of opi
um to keep his nerve up. Guess he's
craving a pick-me-up now."
At- the southern end of the gigantic
frame, which towered, black and ugly,
over the surrounding buildings, he
stopped and peered around. Johnson
was standing upon a great triangle ol
steel, directing half a dozen men who
were climbing along the iron threads
where the wind, after lulling them with
occasional moments of calm, attacked
them with fierce, strong gusts in their
moments of unpreparedness.
Morgan stepped out on the triangle
and stood near "The Pet," but John
son gave no indication that he was
aw'are of his presence. The foreman's
animus was ill-conceled and the other
was a hyper-sensitive person. The
hammers clanged ceaselessly and the
skeleton thrilled under the blows..
Johnson was a slight, nervous man,
with shifty eyes. Morgan's contemp
tuous silence irritated him. Johnson
moistened his lips and stammered vio
lently as he moved the men along.
"The Pet's" left hand strayed upwards
but when it had reached his pocket it
was suddenly jerked back to his side.
Three times the hand tried to forage
in the pocket, and three times it was
jerked away. Johnson's mind was cer
tain that the tin box was lost, but
Johnson's nerves, tautened by the
presence of the silent foreman, urged
the twitching fingers to continue the
search.
Presently Morgan laughed and John
son looked at him inquiringly.
"I was just thinking of those Infer
nal watchers down there on the side
walk," explained the foreman. "I never
knew till to-day what keeps 'em
there."
"And what does keep them there?'
asked Johnson.
"Why, they're waiting to see one of
us flop," replied the discoverer, "just
hanging 'round thinking one of us will
lose his nerve and take a header."
Johnson wrinkled his face into a
sickly smile and again moistened his
dry lips. Morgan had timed his visit
well.
"I don't think that is the reason,"
he stammered, "they're interested in
the work."
The foreman laughed contemptu
ously. "I know 'em," he cried, "I've
been studying them to-day."
Again the foraging hand crept up
ward, and again it was jerked swiftly
back. Its owner made an attempt tc
change the subject.
"Farley sent down a note about that
iron," he spluttered, "he wants you—"
"Look," interrupted Morgan, "just
look how they're lining up down there.
What for, I would like to know?
There's nothing particular doing—
what are they staring at?"
Johnson didn't look. He stared out
across the bay.
"Not there," snapped the foreman.
"Right beneath you, man. Down un
der your feet. They're cursed ghouls."
"The Pst" moved back a few inches
from the extreme apex of the triangle.
He turned his face to Morgan and the
gray eyes of the student of crowds
noted his livid cheeks.
"Move along," muttered Johnson,
"I'm going in."
Morgan didn't move. "Crowd un
nerve you?" he sneered.
"No," snapped "the Pet."
"What's up, then?"
"Nothing."
"I thought your nerves were going
back on you," grinned the foreman.
Johnson s left hand was foraging
blindly in his jacket pocket.
"You think too much," he stam
mered. "Move a little."
"Just oblige me by going 'round the
other way," murmured Morgan. "I've
got my eye on a batch of hungry buz
zards down there and I don't want to
lose sight of them."
Johnson turned towards the apex
and moved a few paces cautiously.
i k;:cw a man." remarked the fore
man, critically eyem-, the other,
"whose nerves went on the blink at
this game. He took to drugs."'
"Yes," muttered Johnson, half turn
ing to look at the speaker.
"Yes," repeated Morgan, "he took
to opium, or some stuff like it, and
the crowd got a sensation one day. He
forgot his box or lost it or some
thing—"
"The Pet" wheeled swiftly. "You
hound," he snarled. "You—yon took
it."
The foreman grinned. "Don't upset
yourself," he murmured, "Your nerves
are rocky, sure."
"Give it up," shrieked Johnson.
"Give it up!"
Morgan took the little tin box from
his pocket and tossed it towards the
other. They were but a few feet apart
but at that moment a sudden gust of
wind whirled up and the box was
swept to the left of the narrow bridge.
Johnson tried to keep his arm at his
side, but the effort was beyond him.
It leapt out after the bit of tin, which
flashed in the sunlight, and losing his
balance, he sprawled forward along
the girder. Morgan tried to backstep
quickly, but Johnson's right arm
swung like a band of iron around his
ankles and, locked together, they fol
lowed the little tin box.
No Rest for the Weary.
Mrs. Coopah—"^h se e youah Lillie
ain't lookin' very pert t'night, yet she
bin dancin' ev'ry dance."
Mrs. Hooley—"Ah know; it don't
signify nothin' if she's dancin' every
dance. Lillie's got one o' dem new
hip-hipless corsets on an' she Just
can't sit down."—Puck.
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ure to his inability to start at the
top.
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Beauty may he only skin deep, but
ft has more value than most other
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We feci sorry for soma people be
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