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The foemen fled in the night,
And Kain-in-the-Face in his flight,
Uplifted high in air
As ghastly trophy bore
The brave heart that beat no more
Of the White Chief with yellow hair.
LONGFELLOW,
By
fm
V Custer" of whi
I Well, in Coloi
Mt book. "Blnnket
JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN
HE foregoing verse Is actually by
Longfellow, though you may doubt
It. Incidentally, it is worse history
than- It is verse.
Also in many books you will find
the portrait of a good-looking In'
dian in savage finery and under it
this caption, "Rain-in-the-Face. thy
Ogallala Sioux who killed General
vhich more later.
olonel Shields' recent
Indians Of the
Northwest," (Vechtea Waring
company. New York) Is a chapter in which Rain-ln-the-Face
tells how he ran 300 miles on snow
shoes In a blizzard in three days by far the most
remarkable run in all history.
Ugh, what a discussion that chapter has raised
all oyer the West! For the West will never ;et
through talking about Custer and the battle of
Little Big Horn River, June 25, 187C.
Now, of course, anyone who has ever traveled
(on snowshoes and has been In a South Dakota
blizzard lias n positive opinion as to the truth of
the Indian's story. Incidentally the world's record
for a hundred mile' run is 13 :20 30. However, the
story of Raln-ln-the-Face serves a double purpose:
It makes Interesting reading and it has brought
out nome reliable facts concerning the legend that
the Sioux chief boasted that he would kill Custer
and eat his heart and actually did carry out his
boast. '
According to the story told to Colonel Shields
by the Sioux In December, 1873 or 1874, while
quartered with a portion of his tribe at the Stand
ing Rock ngency, nbout 75 miles south of Bls
marck, Raln-in-the-Faee got into an altercation
with four white-men and killed two of them in
self-defense, as he claimed. He was captured, tak
en to the agency, and thrown Into jail, "a tem
porary, unfinished log structure without a floor."
There were six or eight inches of snow on the
ground that had blown in through the openings In
the walls, and the prisoner's "only means of keep
ing from freezing was to keep walking constantly
about the room." This cruelty to Indians was prac
ticed on the orders of General Custer then in com
mand at Fort" Lincoln, near Bismarck. General
Custer ordered that "if alive, Rain-in-the-Face
should be thrown into jail and punished as severe
ly as possible, pending the time when the court
martial could be convened and the culprit dis
posed of in a legal way. And this meant, of course,
that he would be, hung or shot." When this order
was read to the p'risoner, "Raln-in-the-Face swore
vengeance on General Custer as the author of his
sufferings. He swore that if he ever got out he
would kill Custer In a hand-to-hand fight, If pos
sible, and If not, then at longer range; that he
would cut his heart out and carry It away as a
trophy."
Some time before th Custer massacre, Raln-In-the-Faee
escaped from his prison with the as
sistance of two friends, who "handed him a pair
of snow-hoes and a blanket In which a piece of
dried buffalo meat was rolled." The buffalo meat
fell out as he adjusted the blanket, and so he
started out "into the desprt, in the midst of a
bowling blizzard, at nightfall,1 with only ono
blanket, without a mouthful of food, without a
weapon of any kind, when the temperature was
probably forty degrees below zero and the wind
was blowing thirty miles an hour." "He told me
the story of his1 great run and I will tell It to
you In his own words as nearly as I can recall
them," repoits Colonel Shields:
"I asked him, through an1 interpreter, 'Where
did" you go when yon escaped from the jail at
Standing Rock?' He said:
" 'I went to the camp of my friends, at the base
of Woody mountain, in Canada.'
" 'How fur Is that?' I asked.
" 'Three hundred miles as the crow flies.
" 'How long did It take you to make the run?
' 'Three days' and -nights.'
"I)o you mean to tell me that a man can run
a hundred miles In twenty-four hours, on snow
' fhoes, and unother hundred In the next twenty
four, anil another hundred In the next?'
"We said, 'I did It.'
" 'How often did you sleep on the way?'
" 'I didn't sleep at all. I knew I dared not sleep.
1 dared not even sit down to rest, for If I had,
umler the terrible fatigue and hunger and strain
from which I suffered, I would have lost conscious
ness, a stupor would have overtaken me, and I
would have frozen solid In half an hour. I was
fleeing from the persecution, the wrongs, the out
rages Inflicted on me and my people by the white
,wen. I was going to my friends and had deter
mined to reach them. I knew the only way I could
do that was to keep going. I ran most of the way.
Occasionally I would slow down to a walk to re
cover my breath and recuperate my strength a
little; then I would forge ahead again.'
"'What did you eat on the way?' I asked. He
said :
" 'Browse. When I would cross a dry coulee I
would break off a handful of brush, willows or
box-elder, and eat it as I ran across the next pla
teau, maybe ten miles, or twenty miles, or thirty
miles. Then when I crossed another "coulee 1
would break off more and eat that as I ran.
, " 'After running two days and nights and the
greater part of the third day, late in the after
noon the wind lulled, the snow cleared from the
air for a few minutes, and I saw the dim outline
of Woody mountain towering away into the sky.
That gave me new hope, new courage. I knew
the camp was not more than twenty miles
away, and I knew I should reach it. I put on a
new burst of speed, and after running a few miles
more' the wind lulled again, the air cleared, and
I saw the outline of the great blue forest that sur
rounds the base of the mountain ; and I saw three
little columns of blue smoke curling up among
the trees.' "
The Indian told Colonel Shields, with equally
substantial detail, how he found his friends, how
they welcomed him, how 'he collapsed in their
arms, and knew nothing for two days and nights.
D. F. Berry, official photographer and scout with
Custer's forces, was at Fort Lincoln during the
time Rain-in-the-Face was in jail there. He give
this "plain, unvarnished account" in the Wisconsin
Times:
"In 1S74, the Seventh United States cavalry was
out scouting along the Yellowstoie. Dr. Hol
zlnger and a trader by the name of Baliran
stopped to pick up some ni(s agates while tna
command moved on. A little later the horses
owned by the two men came up to the command
riderless. The scouting party started back to see
what happened to Holzinger and Baliran and dis
covered they had been shot. They scouted around
to see who had killed them but there was no trace
of Indian or white man to be found.
"The next summer the Sious Indians were hold
ing a big war dance at SttinVag Sock and be-
1 tween the dances some of the warriors would get
up in the center of the circle and relate some of
the brave deeds of the band. A handsome young
chief stepped into the circle and told the Indians
how be "had killed two men on the Yellowstone,
shooting both. When he had finished he received
great applause from the Indians. This Indian was
Chief Rain-in-the-Face.
"Charles Reynolds, General Custer's famous
scout, was present watching the dancers and heard
the chief tell how he bad killed the two men. The
next day he returned to Fort Lincoln, the army
post, located near Bismarck, on the west bank of
the Missouri river. Reynolds told General Custer
how he had heard Chief Rain-in-the-Face relate
his deed. On the next ration day, General Custer
sent his brother, Capt. Tom Custer, and 100 sol
filers of the Seventh cavalry, together with some
officers, to Standing Rook, to arrest the Indian
chief for the killing of the two men.
"Captain Custer discovered Chief Rain-in-the-Face
in the traders' store' and with some soldiers
grabbed the chief, wrested his rifle from him and
ordered him to mount a horse. The party headed
for Fort Lincoln, and upon their arrival there
Chief Rain-in-the-Face was placed in the guard
house to await trial for murder in the spring term
, of the United States court.
"Two men who had been caught stealing oats
and other grain from the government at Lincoln
were also In the same guard-house awaiting trial
at Fargo. Friends of the two grain thieves cut a
hole in the guard-house to effect their escape and
when the second was leaving he motioned to
Chief Rain-in-the-Face to come. They made their
escape soon after taps had blown and all lights
were then out at the post.
"Raln-ln-the-Face started towards- Standing
Rock, keeping away from the trail and traveling
by night. When he reached his old camp the In
dians started him for the hills for fear the soldiers
would come and get him. A ' small party accom
panied him and they later became known as Rene
gade Sioux. Their band increased until their num
ber ran up In the thousands. The next time Rain-in-the-Face
met Captain Custer was June 25, 1876,
on the Little Big Horn river, iri Custer's fight
Contrary to reports Chief Rain-in-the-Face did not
, hate General Custer, but liked him and his wife.
They often talked with him while he was In the
guara-house. However, the chief did hate the
general's brother and sought vengeance against
him. '
"At one time I asked the chief if he had seen
Captain Custer and he remarked that he had
looked for mnd had found him. The Indians told
me that the chief had mutilated the captain after
the big" battle. Tom Custer's heart was not cut
out as the reports have it. General Benteen stated
In a letter to me that he would make an affidavit
to that effect. General Benteen and Doctor Porter
were the two men. who identified him. Captain
Custer's body was horribly mutilated."
"There was no blizzard the night Rain-in-the-Face
made his escape," Mr. Barry declares fur
ther. "I hesitate tio comment, knowing Mr. Shields
very well, but historians will grab such stuff as
this and pass it on as authentic.
Doane Robinson, secretary and superintendent
of the department of history of the State 6t South
Dakota, writes to the Literary Digest:
"When Rain-in-the-Faee lay dying at his home
on Grand river, South Dakota, he was constantly
attended by Miss Mary C. Collins, the very notable
missionary, who was a doctor of medicine as well
as of souls. He professed great remorse for the
sins of his life, particularly his sins of mendacity,
and confessed that it had been a great satisfaction
in his sinful career to invent whoppers for the
edification of the whites.
"1. There is no record that Raln-ln-the-Face
killed two men at Standing Rock agency in 1S73-4.
The offense which -got him in had with the mili
tary was the killing ,of Holzinger, the veterina
rian, and Baliran, the sutler of General D.. S. Stan
ley's expedition to the Yellowstone. This occurred
on August 4, 1873.
"2. The next winter Rain-in-the-Face appeared
at Standing Rock agency and boasted of the mur
ders he had committed. Word was sent to Fort
A. Lincoln, and Captain Tom Custer, brother of
General George A., went down to Standing Rock
to apprehend the culprit. He found him trading
In the sutler's store, and slipping up behind him
threw a blanket over the Indian's head and leap
ing upon hiin soon had him securely bound and
took him a prisoner to Fort A. Lincoln. Whatever
vengeance Rain-ln-the-Faee was harboring at this
time was against Captain Tom and not against the
general.
"3. Rain-in-the-Face escaped from the prison.
am not informed of bis whereabouts during his
freedom ; he may have taken himself to AVoody
Mountain. If so, it was not nearly 'three hun
dred miles as the crow flies.'
"4. Rain-in-the-Face took no part in the Battle
of the Little Big Horn, on June 25, 1876. He was
away during the entire day, but returned that
evening.
"5. The body of General Custer was not muti
lated, nor was that of Captain Tom, whose heart
Raln-in-the-Face had vowed to eat. If he ate any
body's heart that night. It was not that' of either
Custer."
AnARY GRAHAA BONNER.
. COPTHQHT tt VtVUtN NtVVftt UNrC ,
HISTORIC CATS.
"Me-ow, meow, me-otv," said the
first cat.
"Me-ow, me-ow, me-ow," said the
second cat.
"Me-ow, me-ow, me-ow," said the
third cat.
"Me-ow, me-ow, me-ow," said the
fourth cat.
"I feel so historic," said the first cat,
and it is a pleasant feeling to have.
t makes me feel so interesting and
so noble."
"I'm sure I must feel historic, too,"
said the second cat, "for 1 feel very
much interested and as though I were
a very noble cat.
"But I would like you to explain to
me what historic means," the second
cat added.
"I'd like that word explained, too,"
said the third cat.
'Meow, me-ow, pray explain it to
us, said the fourth cat.
"I'd think you'd all know the mean
ing of that word," said the first cat.
"It doesn't tell us what It means
for us to have you say that," the
second cat remarked.
"It doesn't help us in the least," said
the third cat.
"We hope you'll give us more of
an explanation than that," said the
tourth cat.
"Oh, yes, I will," said the first cat.
Well, when I say that I feel historic
I mean that I - feel as though I
belonged to history.
"Now, to belong to history is differ
ent from belonging to a person.
"When on belongs to history one
may belong to a person, too, but that
isn't ail.
"History is the story of important
things that have happened, and I
should add that history is the true
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WAS NO SLAVE TO SUPERSTITION
Mr. Callahan, of Course, Had Hit Be
liefs, but He Was Not Too
Firmly Bound.
There had been a number of oc
casions on which Mr. Callahan had re
gretted his too prompt offers of neigh
borly service, and had grown wary.
He hesitated now and looked thoughtful.
-
"Was It tomorrow noon ye were
askln' me about?" he inquired of Mrs.
Kell. with an eye on a pile of rub
tlsh In his neighbor's yard. "Well,
now, I'm not sure if I'll be comin
home or where I'll be. 'Tis a Friday,
ye mind, an' that's called an unlucky
day by most, an' I niver like to lay
me plans too firm, an' so "
"Ye can take your eyes off that
hape o' rubbish," interrupted Mrs.
Kelly, tartly. "Mike'll be home to
morrow an' he can cart It away. 'Twas
because he'd be home I was planning
a grand corn beef and cabbage dinner,
an' as ye've been so handy but if
ye've anny fears "
"Don't spake of tlilm," and Mr. Cal
lahan swept off his hat in a gallant
bow. "I'll cast thim from me it's a
poor tiling to be givin' up to supersti
tious, Mrs. Kelly, annyway. At what
toiuie would ye loike me to be here,
rain or shine?" Philadelphia. Ledger.
Boy's Heart in This Essay.
From a schoolboy's essay on soap:
"Soap is a kind of stuff made in cakes
what you can't eat. It smells good
and tastes orful. Soap always tastes
worst when you get it in your eye.
Father says Eskimose don't never use
soup; I wish I was an Eskimose."
Mind Reading.
She "What are you thinking
about?" He "Just what you're think
ing about." She "If you do I'll
scream."
REACHES AWAY BACK.
A hald-headed society man tells this
one on himself. He whs at a lawn
party and a matron who thought he
wm too busy talking to a pretty girl
to notice what she was saying re
marked In n low voice to . another
mutroti. "What a nice face Mr. Blank
1lH."
Just then he happened to remove IiU
lint for a moment and he beard the
the reply. "Yes, ond how much there
' Boston Transcript.
LIVING MEMORIAL TO SOLDIERS
A living memorial, distinctive and
majestic, arid different from any other
that has been dedicated since the
Worhf war, was unveiled recently
In Yosemlte National park, says
Popular Mechanics Magazine In an
illustrated article. It Is a tablet of
bronze set at the base of one of Cali
fornia's famous big trees. This giant
of the forest, towering above the or
dinary timber that surrounds it, stands
henceforth as "a memorial to the un
known dead" who gave their lives In
the great war. A peculiarly fitting
ceremony marked the unveiling of this
tablet. Water from the crystal-clear
stream of the Merced that flows
through the park was sprinkled upon
the tree and the tablet, to symbolize
the purity of the devotion of the men
who died In the war and whose names
remain unrecorded. The rock at the
foot of the tree on which the tablet
was placed was taken as a symbol of
the permanence and strength of the
principles for which the men fought,
and the tree, which it is hiqied will
live through generations, was cited as
emblematic of the living and growing
gratitude of the nation for the su
preme sacrifice made by its sons in
the war.
"I'll Tell You."
story of all important things that have
happened. All Important events and
all important people are in history.
"Now, I'm not exactly in history, but
at the same time I feel historic";
"How do you do that?" asked the
second cat.
"Pray, how do you do that, me-ow,
me-ow, me-ow I I'd like to know," said
the third cat.
"Tell us how you can feel historic
and yet not be in history," said the
fourth cat.
"Ah, yes. Til tell you," said the first
cat. "You see we belong to those who
take care of this place. Now, this
place was once the place owned by
Gen. George Washington.
"This place is called Mount Vernon,
and , in that beautiful white house
there lived the Father of His Country,
as he was called.
"He owned this red brick barn, and
this' coach house, this icehouse and
the kitchen house. He owned the lit
tle schoolhouse and the other little
white buildings about.
"People come here to see all these
houses, and they look with admiration
at the things he Used to own. They
feel Impressed as they look at every
thing about here. Everything is so
peaceful and quiet and lovely . and
everyone loves to come here.
"The banks which lead down .to the
river are so pretty, and the trees are
so lovely. '
"The river itself Is wonderful, and
the whole place is as beautiful as it
can be.
"And we belong to the place, for we
belong to the people who are taking
care of it so that visitors may come
and see where George Washington
lived.
"I'm sitting on his stage coach step,
all curled up and about to have a sun
bath.
"You, Second Cat, are soon to go to
your favorite place on the side porch
off the kitchen I know that is where
you nap.
"You, Third Cat, will go, before long,
to your favorite spot In the old red
barn.
"And you, Fourth Cat. will go to
the steps at the back of the house
where you like It so.
"Yes, though we aren't In history,
we can feel historic, for we sit and
dream and live around the historic
home of the Father of His Country!"
CupyrighL, lyl. Western Newspaper Union.
The patter of rain qn a cottage roof
Is a sound that I love full well
Arid I love the break of an autumn
day
And the woodland's leafy smell.
I love the turn of a pasture lane
Where the asters mimic the mist;
And I love the orchard fruit that
glows
To a blush where the sun has kissed.
INVITING CELERY DISHES.
At this season of the year when
celery is grown in so many gardens,
it may be a frequent
dish in many forms and
combinations. As soup
there is none more popu
lar than:
fii!iJ Cream of Celery Soup.
XUKe IWO CUpLUlS Ui.
minced celery cooked In
a pint of water until ten
der, put through a puree
strainer, adding the
liouor in which it was
cooked. Scald one quart of milk with
a slice of onion, remove the onion and
add two tablespoonfuls of butter and
two of flour cooked together; cook
all together until the flour has been
well cooked, then season and serve
very hot.
Celery may be found present In
the best salads, adding flavor, bulk
and vegetable acids, so wholesome for
the body.
Cream cheese mixed with finely
minced celery served on lettuce with
French dressing is another good one.
Luncheon Dish. Take two cupfuls
of cooked celery, put a layer in a but
tered baking dish, add a layer of thick
white sauce, then a sprinkling of
cheese and another layer of celery;
finish with a layer of white sauce and
cover with buttered crumbs. Bake un
til the crumbs are brown.
Celery Fritters. Take stalks of cel
ery three inches long, cook until ten
der, drain, dip in batter and fry in
deep fat.
Celery served crisp and white as a
fresh vegetable is one of its attrac
tive and most popular ways of serv
ing. The short tender stalks stuffed
with highly seasoned cream cheese
may be served as a relish.
Fringed celery makes a very pretty
garnish to use on a salad. Cut the
celery into two and one-half-inch
lengths and slit up to within a quar
ter of an Inch at both ends, drop Into
acidulated water and let stand to
curl. Drain dry and use around the
edge of a platter or salad bowl with
radish (tulips in between each piece of
celery.
Keep the Children Well !
During these days many children are complaining of head
ache, feverishness, stomach troubles, and irregular bowels.
If mothers only knew what
MOTHER GRAY'S
SWEET POWDERS
for CHILDREN
Will do for children no family would ever be
without them. These powders are so
easy and pleasant to take and so ef
fective in their action that for over
30 years mothers have used them
and told others about them. Sold by
Druggists everywhere.
Do Nol Accept Any Substilale for
H.UiUtK CRAY'S
. SWEET POWDERS.
ttil Elavil f
t ,, .... . ,,.,..11 Xufed
Use SAPOLSO
For Every Room in the House
In trie fo'cien SAPOUO cleans pots, pans,
oilcloth and cutlery; in. the bathroom
SAPOLIO cleans porcelain, marble, tiling
the wash basin and bathtub; in the
hallway SAPOLIO cleans painted 'wood
work, doors, sills and concrete or stone
floors. See that the
name SAPOLIO is
on every package.
ENOCH MORGAN'S
SONS CO.
Sol Manufacturers
New York U. S. A.
Shining-up Days Are Here, Use
STOVE POLISH
mni its Shine Is Wonderful
Save the cod pons for kitchen aprons. Martin & Martin, Mfrs.,Chieag
When He Got Kerchief.
Roy had been to Sunday school, and
as his mother was taking off his suit
she noticed a handkerchief in his
pocket which did not belong to him
and said : "Roy, where did you get
this handkerchief 7"
"Why, I don't know, mamma," said
the little boy. "Somebody must have
put it in my pocket when I was praying."
There Is a ' future philosopher in
the schoolboy who wonders why "th
boy stood on the burnini: deck."
Where Knife Might Be.
"Oh, dear!" sighed Kdward, "I wish
I had another pocket."
"You have several now," rejoined his
mother. "Why do you want another?"
"I've looked through all of them for
my knife," explained Kdward, "but
couldn't find It. If I had another
pocket that's where it might be."
The buds may blow ana the fruit may
grow.
And the autumn leaves drop crisp and
sere;
But whether tile sun, or the rain or
the snow.
There is ever a song somewhere, my
dear.
James Whitcomb Riley.
HAVE A CUP OF TEA?
A weR-made cup of tea is refresh!
and delightful, but a poor one ts
worse than a dose of
bad medicine. The mak
ing of tea is a very
simple process. Pot
should be hot, water
boiling and tea meas
ured, then when' the
three come together let
them stand just long
enough to draw out the
flavor of the tea. Tea that is boiled
makes a beverage astringent and un
wholesome, i
Without doubt the quality of the
water used In teamaking has much to
do with the quality of the tea.
In some English homes they go quite
a distance to get certain spring water
which Is so desirable for tea. These
spring waters add to the tonic value
of the tea.
With a sweet, clean pot rinsed in
boiling water before the tea Is added,
using a teaspoonful of tea to a cupful
of boiling water, let It steep or draw
three to five minutes and the result Is
an excellent cup of tea. Make tea
fresh. Do not serve It after standing
half an hour.
The Russian tea, as we know It, Is
served with a slice of lemon, but as a
matter of fact, their national drink Is
served with a spoonful of jam dropped
right into the cup.
Wild thyme and verbena are used
in some countries and in Persia they
like their tea very sweet with the Juice
of the lime especially prepared for It.
In parts of India garlic is used in tea,
a combination which would not appeal
to an American.
We are a peculiar people In regard
to the use of cream in tea, as it is
said that In no country Is it used as
generally. Cream In tea makes the
cup of tea as much better than milk
as does cream In a cup of coffee..
There are many accessories with tea
which we have acquired from time to
time the slices of lemon with a few
cloves ; cubes of sugar used to grate
over an orange to absorb the essential
oil Is liked and popular; preserved
pineapple or small dice, of the fresh
fruit are both enjoyed.
The components of tea which make
Its quality are theln, tannin and an es
sential oil. The theln Is the alkaloid'
Identical with caffeine in coffee which
relieves the tired and nervous condi
tion. Tannin Is the constituent which
gives strength and it Is increased by
standing.
Seekers of Trouble.
In spite of the large number of un
settled questions before the world the
type of mentality Is still In evidence
that regards itself as doing the public
a favor by digging up more problems.
Washington Star.
So Have We..
"Isn't It rather difficult for "one to
buy the clothes he ought during these
hard times?"
"No, I don't think so. I have a suit
for every day in tre week."
"Is that so?"
"Why, yes; this is It, the one I
have on."
Cuticura Soothes Baby Rashes
That Itch and burn with hot baths
of Cuticura Soap followed by gentle
anointings of Cuticura Ointment.
Nothing better, purer, sweeter, espe
cially if a little of the fragrant Cuti
cura Talcum is dusted on at the fin
ish. 25c each everywhere. Advertisement.
SMALL GIRL GOT HER WISH
Character Told by the Eye.
All men of genius are said to have
clear, slow-moving, bright eyes. This
is the eye which indicates mental abil
ity of some kind.
Making It Cooler.
It was a very hot day and little Eva,
having noticed her father looking at
the thermometer, asked him about it.
"When it's away up," he replied,
"the weather is hot and when It's away
down it's cool." When he went to con
sult it again It bad disappeared.
"Why," Eva explained, "I taak zat
fermometer way down In ze cellar so
it would det tooler."
Two Heads Are Better.
Where are two heads better than
one? In a barrel.
Punch Came From East Indies.
Punch, It Is said, came from the
East Indies, and the name is claimed
to be derived from the Sanskrit word
meaning "live," on account of its five
ingredients rum, tea, sugar, lemons
and hot water.
Shrewd Buyer.
Old I.ndy Your steaks are pretty
dear.
Rutcher Yes, madam, I know,
steaks are pretty high today.
Old Lady Well, then, give me one
of yesterday's.
Handy Mother.
Mother What I Novel
again, Mary?
Daughter Well, darling
there Is nothing for me to
reading
mother,
do. You
do everything about the house, don't
Little One Took a Good Deal for
Granted, but as It Turned Out,
She Was Justified.
My new young man took me to call
on his sister, who was married. I
wanted to make a good Impression, so
dressed In my best dress and was on
my best behavior.
Two brothers dropped In, and I over
heard them say they "wanted to give
Fred's girl the once over."
A four-year-old niece administered
the finishing touch when she asked, In
a voice that could be heard in the
kitchen, "When you and Uncle Fred
get married, may I be your flower
girl?"
. The brother grinned, brother-in-law
in the kitfhen howled, while I turned
a most unbecoming red.
The youngster thought she)d waited
long enough f for an answer, so she
said, "May I?"
I managed to say 'yes, and two years
later we were, and she was. -Chicago
Tribune.
Firm Stand Needed.
Toung Wife My husband likes your
cooking, Delia, but he wants to know
If you can make your toast a trifle
thinner.
Delia Tell him no, ma'am, from
both of us; why, if we'd be givin' In
to him now. In six months they'd be
no llvin' with him. Life.
Worth Considering.
Mr. Knosit In the Orient the
tlves still pack their wine around In
goatskins.
Mr. Wetmore Now that's a good
Idea. They're unbreakable. And I
know what it means to drop a quart
bottle of bourbon.
There was no grief among the
swine because pearls were not cast
before them.
If a man Is a "cheerful cuss" It
doesn't matter much unless he Is
helpful.
Made It Plural.
Frank, whose father Is bald, caused
much merriment by asking his mother,
whq was entertaining friends, "Moth
er, was daddy bald " headed when we
married him?"
Red Cross Ball Blue should be tised
In every home. It makes clothes white
as snow and never injures the fabric.
All good grocers. Advertisement.
DADDY WOEFUL BACK NUMBER
How Is It Possible for Young America
i to Look Up to a Father
Like This?
Dad was forty-five, well dressed,
evidently all business. Son was fif
teen or sixteen. Both were standing
up on an East Tenth street ear.
"Son, this fellow Ruths Babe
Ruths you call him Is he the mascot
for the team?"
"No, dad," replied the lad with an
embarrassed grim, "he's heavy hitter
for the Yankees. ' What made you
think he was a mascot?
"Why, Babe, you know. Babe, I
thought he was a little fellow. And
what Is It you say, 'Yank'?" . '..
"No, dad, Yanks, Yanks." Then, af
ter a moment, disgusted: "Say, dad,
didn't you ever hear of John Me
Graw?" "McGraws, McGraws.- No, I can't
remember that name."
The lad was visibly perturbed, anil,
getting closer to dad, he whispered :
"Say, dad, when we get home I'll
slip It to you who some of these birds
are so you will know next time."
dlanapolis News.
, Choice of Evils.
For a long time a beggar occupied
a position In the street with a "blind"
placard on his breast. One day the
benevolent Mrs. Holmstierna finds him
with the word "dumb" on bis money
box. She looks at him In surprise
ond says:
"How is this? Have you recovered
from your blindness?"
"Not exactly, but I got too many
trouser buttons." Kansas City Star.
Sustenance of the Young Kangaroo.
Young kangaroos, while living in the
maternal pouch, do not suck milk from
the mother's breast, but It Is pumped
down their throats by the action oC
the muscles of the mother.
Letter to the Dean.
"My son will be unable to attend
school today, as be has just shaved
himself for the first time." North
western Cauldron.
Uncle Eben's Idea.
"De man dat puts on airs over de
common people," said Uncle Eben, "in
sittln' In the mos' dangerous kind of
a draft."
The Key to Success Is Work -There
Is no Substitute for It!
In order to do your beat work, you must be
healthy. You must sleep soundly at night, your
nerves must be strong, steady and under perfect
control. , 1 f
If you are accustomed to drinking tea or
coffee with your meals or between meals, you
may be loading yourself with a very great handi
cap. Your nervous system may be stimulated
beyond what is natural for you.
For tea and coffee contain thein and caffeine.
These are drugs as any doctor can tell you.
They are known to irritate the nervous system
by their action and to cause restlessness and
insomnia, which prevent the proper recuperation
of the vital forces.
If you want to be at your best, capable of
doing the very best work that lies in you, why
not stop drinking tea and coffee? Drink Postum,
the rich, satisfying beverage made from scienti
fically roasted cereals.
Postum contains absolutely no drugs of
any kind, but in flavor tastes much like rich
coffee. It helps nerve and brain structure by
letting you get sound restful sleep. . '
Postum comes in two forms: Instant Postum (In tins)
made instantly in the cup by the addition of boiling water.
Postum Cereal (in packages of larger bulk, for those who
prefer to make the drink while the meal is being prepared)
made by boiling for 20 minutes.
Ask your grocer for Postum. Sold everywhere.
Postum for Health
"There's a Reason"