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HE ean Springs Progress PUBLISHED WEEKLT. ocba Wrings, the "iisti MISSISSIPPI. ISTLING CURE. One of the medical Journal! pubilchei the following prescription: "When the throes or Indigestion and the qualms of dyspepsia are making your life miserable, just purse the Hps and whistle brisk, merry tune. The flrat thing you know the stomach will have lighted Itself, the liver will be working good mid Btrong, the blood will be bound ing through your veins, your brain will be clear arid vigorous, and you will feel twenty years younger." When you think the world is going to the dickens right away, Whistle; V.'hen you look out in the morning, think ing "What a gloomy day!" Whistle; When it seems that everybody wants to try to pull you down, When (t seems that all creation wants to Plague you just for spite, When you see those black spots dancing and your tongue (eels thick and brown, Oh, whistle, whistle, whistle Whistle on with all your might! When you get lo rather doubting that the Lord is overhead. Whistle; Don't you care who hears you go It till your cheeks get hot and red, Whistle! When you think the work you're doing Isn't worth the lime It lakes, When you've got lo thinking nothing that you try will turn out right, When your heart feels like a doughnut and your poor old headpiece aches, Oh, whistle, whistle, whistle Whistle on with all your might. When you hale to hear the children aa they wildly whoop around, Whistle! Don't you worry If your neighbors arenft gladdened by the sound, 1 Whistle! Stick your chest out In the atmosphere and throw your head wuy back. Tucker up your lips and go It till things get to looking bright You can be a locomotive and scare trouble from the track If you whistle, whistle, whistle Whistle on with all your might. H. E. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald. he start, and they all knew the chat Ac- ttr of the horse she rode. What a race It was! Never to her dy ing day will Lulu Robinson forget the danger and horror of that time. Swiftly, surely, steadily, her magnifi cent steed kept her far In advance of her pursuers, but if he should stumble or she should miss her way! On, on tLey flew, her light weight and cheering voice seemed to add swiftness to ths beautiful creature's wonderful speed. Ten miles were passed in this mad flight ere the light of the distant railroad town gleamed before her, and when the sound of hoofs became plainer and more distinct. "Oh, am I to be caught now, and safety so' near?" But no; the hoofs that were ap proaching her came from the little town, and Lula soon found herself surround ed by friends. Then Lula hastily told them of the presence of the notorious band at her uncle's house, of her flight and their pur suit. "You are now safe," they said, "and we will see If they can be captured." And away the little party dashed, their fresh steeds soon overtaking the tired horses of the robbers. Not until The Zoo a Relic of Barbarism A YahKee Girl's Deed "til HAT can possibly cause such YY delay?" mused Lula Robinson, shading her dark earnest eyes with her baud and gazing out into the prairie in the fast deepening twilight. A mere slip of a girl, with a sweet, thoughtful face a little "Yankee school marm," who had come from an eastern st.itc on a visit to her uncle and aunt; and to help eke out her slender income had been teaching in the small school house in the midst of that wide reaching prairie land the few young children of the neighborhood. "They certainly cannot Intend to re main away all night. And a violent storm Is brewing. I can hear the dis tant thunder even now, and these prai rie storms are sometimes terrific. Some thing must have happened to cause such delay. Ah! there Is dust in the west. I hope and pray it may be friends." Lower and lower the black clouds hung; nearer and plainer the roar of thunder drew and the hot, dry air be came -a blast of sand and dust that al most shut out the other cloud of dust id the westward. But at last they were quite near, and Lula perceived them to be three splendidly-mounted plainsmen. The first, a large dark man, lifted his sombrero with a dash that would have done credit to-ft eft dandy, and with a low bow and foreign accent said: "Good evening, little girl. We are just in time to accept your generous hospitality," and with a wicked smile they dashed around to the stables. "They are no honest bordermen, but cruel and dangerous. God protect and help me!" she breathed, her face growing white with terror as she real ized her position. In a few minutes they returned and had just time to close the door ere the storm burst in its awful fury. 'Don't be afraid," said the man who bad first addressed her; "we won't harm u hair of your head, child." for Lula had grown very white, and only at the sound of bis kindly voice did she recover her composure sufficiently to answer his gueslion and place before the hungry party a humble supper of bread and milk and venison. As the storm raged and tore she crept array to her own little room under the eaves, hearing the gruff voices of the men as they smoked their pipes be tween the thunder claps and shriekiugs of the wind. "It's a wonder they haven't been on our track before this." "They couldn't keep on the tracks of Thunderbolt." with a low chuckle. "I say, Don, what about that little business at C . Is there any prospect of a rich haul?" "Yes, we'll try that to-morrow night and " The remainder of the conversation Lula lost, but she had heard enough. The men had spoken in Spanish, and in unguardedly loud tones, supposing, of course, that the girl upstairs could not comprehend a word. Ah! they little realized the little Yankee girl's thirst for knowledge that led her Into the mazes and beauties of modern lan guages. The violence of the storm prevented any further information fom reaching her ears, bjjt pressing her hand upon her heart, she murmured: "Heaven help me! It is Don Simon's band, and they are going Jo C to morrow night to rob and murder. What can I do? What can I do to give the warning? 1 must try, but oh! what a terrible night." Rising from her touch where she had flung herself, she drew on her water proof cloak and crept to the small gar ret window. With trembling fingers she raised the sash and peered out. The rain was still falling with a steady pour, but the violence of the wind had ceased somewhat Lula drew back wilh a shudder, but the voices of the men reached her and gakarenewed courage. Near her hung a rope, which sue hastily seized, and, fas tening it securely, slipped down into the darkness and rain. Reaching the ground without accident she hastily sied away to the stables, where only the robbers' horses were, for her uncle had taken both of his own with him "It Is a fearful risk, but I must run it." she thought, as t he entered the) sta ble and threw her own saddle and brNidle nn the firt horse she found. With a few little loving pats the met tlesome steed yielded to the charm of hrr voice and caresses and permitted her to lead him out and mount him. J Turning in the direction of C . j Lula dashed off. trusting to the wind ?.nd darkness .o conceal her flight Rut I fhe had only gone a short distance whn ! a flash of lightning revealed her swiitly disappearing form to one of the men By MRS. HERMAN J. HALL, Vice-President National Park and Outdoor Art Association. OOLOGICAL garden are relics of barbarism. It i9' not scientific, it is not educational, it is not humane to keep creatures of the animal kingdom caged and then worried and harassed by the stream of curious eyes that gloat over their captivity from day to day. The animals and birds cannot be healthy and natural in their unnatural and restricted quarters. Not only are the poor creatures a menace to each other f roya a health standpoint, but they are the medium of disease com munication to their human visitors. In the zoological gardens at New York there are hundreds of birds dying of tuberculosis and.communicat- ing that dread scourge to the hundreds of men, women and children which flock before the cages daily. What possible good can come of taking the liberty of these crea tures? Removed from their natural environment and subjected to arti ficial conditions, and annoying publicity, from which animals naturally shrink, how can it be expected that visitors to the zoo especially chil dren, are going to obtain a clear and heipful and instructive idea of ani mal life? To be sure it gratifies curiosity, it affords the small boy a chance to plague the monkeys and pelt the bears with something be side peanuts when the attendants are not looking, but it does not in struct, neither docs it develop that kindly sympathy which should exist between man and the lower orders of life. In fact it develops on the other hand a disposition to cruelty on the part of the child. HU3TJHG ?0R EELS. Wlater aport That to Popalar Alva the Coast of Lom Island. A COLLECTION OF MANGERS. One of the Interesting Sights In the New Bavurlan National Mu senna at Nunlch. LULA DASHED OFF. TRUSTING TO THE WIND AND DARKNESS. they were surrounded did they realize they were in the hands of the officers of the law; then there was shooting and violent efforts to escape, but in vain! One man was killed outright and the other wounded severely Don Simon himself. The other member of the band had remained at, the house, but Don Simon suffered the full penalty of his many crimes. Ere he was executed he sent Lula as a present the famous Thunder bolt a token of his high esteem of her bravery. But Lula declined to keep the horse-, and sold him, giving (he money to those whom his master had most, cruelly wronged. Lula is a lovely matron now. but re members with a little thrill of horror the night she fled to give the alarm, mounted on the back of the famous Thunderbolt. N. O. Times-Democrat. ROBBER BEE, DESPOIL HIVES. Orminio UiiIiIn lo Descend 1'pon Their More IntlliNtrloiiH efKhhorn for AVInterN Supply of Honey. To the person who knows nothing about bees they represent the supreme type of industry, says the London Chronicle. But even the bee commu nities are disturbed by those of their own kind who break through ami .steal. Robber bees are always a source ot anxiety to beekeepers, and in the au tumn the marauders seem particular ly active. Having gathered no honey, or, at any rate, an Insufficient supply for themselves, they descend upon a hive kill its industrious occupants and carry off the golden treasure in an astonishingly short space of time. We know of a recent instance in which the attack was developed and the home hies killed in a couple, of hours. Some times a hive will attack neighboring hive. In stub cases the old straw "skip" was better than the modern arrangement, for a knife thrust through 1 lie top would break the comb and set the honey free, at which the thieves would instantly return to seal up their own store. It is not primar ily in then industry that bees are human. BRAIN VERSUS BRAWN. I'lilcnKO Professor Takes Issue with Those Mho Talk About Hare Suicide Ills Mens. Prof. Wilbur Jackson, dean of the school of education, Chicago universi ty, believes that quality of population is more important than quantity, says the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. In a recent address he said: "The highest evolution is in quality, not ouantltv. I am not particularly dis turbed bv the hysteria of our strenu oils friends regarding rare suicide. In the course of evolution I believe that the race has passed beyond the stage of the rabbit and the rat." The good sense of this is in marked contrast to much of the rhetoric on the subject. When the country is new aiid sparsely settled brawn is wanted In large quan tities to fell forests, clear land for agri culture and expel the wild beasts of the wilderness. When the country fills up and the problems of society press for solution brain of good quality is most In request. The problems of civilization are com plicated and intellect of rate quality is needed. If quantity is i:o so much In evidence in families, we have reason to hope that quality is not absent. QUEER MATTED FIR TREE. North lacollnn Has n Ureal atnrnl ( urlosif Treetops n lan Cm Wnlk I pon. One anos- ities I ever saw is Hie njattt d fir trees f North Carolina, i.iidTV K. Ball, of I of the greatest natural Raleigh, in the Washington Star have never fourd a botanist who could explain the phenomena, but there is a grove of fir trees on the side of Mount Mitchell, which, when they attain the height of eight or ten feet, begin to twine their branches and form flat tops. They grow in this way until the tops are perhaps 20 feet in diameter, and these have in some instances com bined with the tops of other like trees, and a person can walk for a considerable distance upein these tops They are undoubtedly a specie qf fir, but wholly unlike the other fir? which are plentiful in that section, ex cep! in appearance of foliage I hare 'aken several scientists opt to see these trees and have not yet found one wfivn bad ever seen or heard of a sim ilar g.-owth. They occupy an area of only a iVw acres, and are found no where else jn the North Carolina mountains. The great charm of the new Bavarian national museum at Munich perhaps lies in the fact that its collections were made first and its building afterward. This method has resulted in unsual harmony and surprises at every turn, writes Emma Ernestine Porter, in "Christmas Mangers" in the Century. The architect has planned arches to be borne by stone columns from early Roman Bavaria, and rooms to be ceiled by genuine panels from the middle ages; he has cut door ways to fit the worn doors at his com mand, and has built a vaulted chapel to hold the wealth of ecclesiastical treas ures. Among the many individual collec tions of the museum, by far the most original is the so-called "Krippen- sammlung," or collection of mangers. To the ears of Protestant America this expresses little or nothing, and seems to be a more appropriate department for a county fair than an art museum. But the Roman Catholic church, in its constant appeals to the eyes and ears of its followers, has, tTirough long cen turies, invented some very beautiful methods of teaching little children, as well as those children of an older growth, the unlettered and the untaught. Thus it is that the holy sepulcher is still built on Good Friday In many foreign churches, while on Christmas eve the story of Holy Night is represented to the eye by a group of little figures gath ered about a manger. Whoever has happened on such a scene at Christmas time in a Catholic church in our own country has doubtless been more impressed with the originality of the method than with any artistic merit in the figures; but in the land of artists across the sea, much skill and beauty have been wrought inlo the little Christ mas mangers. These have been a part of the equipment of churches and mon asteries for centuries, but In times of disestablishment and poverty many of them were scattered abroad. About 1,000 have been gathered into this Schmeder collection at Munich, which represents German, Austrian, Neapoli tan and Sicilian workmanship, and for variety and Interest leaves nothing to be desired. Imagine, if you can, hundreds of lit tle figures dolls, If you choose, but rather miniature men and women, for most of them are carved with a skill which amounts to art. So full of life is every line and feature that one half ex pects to see them move. Some are of wax, but most of wood or bisque; a few are only two or three inches tall, but the majority are from eight to Hi inches. The coloring of the features is lifelike, and the poses of the figures are natural; the costumes are elaborate, and would charm the doll-loving little girl, while the soldiers, clad in full armor, would delight her brother as well. Many of these fascinating figures are displayed in cases which fill several rooms, but the most interesting part of the collection consists of scenes actu ally arranged as they were every Christ mas in the churches and monasteries for which they were made. Great panes of glass are set in the walls of dark ened passages, and behind these are con structed miniature landscapes, the ex treme background formed by painted scenes which seem to carry the eye for miles. The only light comes from above, and is so cleverly arranged that it adds the last touch of reality to the whole. In such settings the little figures are CALIFORNIA'S GOLD HUNTERS. Hed - Shlrted Miners still Roam Among; the Hills In Search of "Color." It is a mistake to suppose that placer mining is a thing of the past in. Cali fornia. Bonanza strikes are of course rare now, but in Lake county, in the cen tral part of California, men still hunt for gold with pick and shovel and pack mule. The red-shlrted miners stilll tread the lonely mountain trails from digging to digging as they did In the days of Bert Harte. says the Chicago In ter Ocean. Many ot these prospectors combine I he business of hunting and trapping with that of gold seeking. In the win ter they locate in some lonely deserted log cabin, many of which were built In the old pioneer days. During the rainy season they hunt the deer, bear, pan thers, wild cats, coyotes, foxes, raccoons and quail with which the mountains abound. To them the game laws are dead letters. The meat they eat them selves, but the skins they dry and cure and sell in the 'spring. With the pro ceeds they buy prtispecting tools and provisions, and then, to use an expres slon coined among these same forest vagabonds, "they hit the trail." All summer they prospect, hunting among the crags and in the old worn water courses for "color." In that part of California there arc many old time pioneers who have mar ried Indian women and settled down to farming. Farming to them means prin cipally hunting and trapping, with a few cows and horses to keep up appear ances. Even to-day there Is a certain amount of lawlessness In those districts, as In the time of the vigilance committees. Not Infrequently obnoxious strangers are treated to primeval justice. This is a country where the tourist seldom goes, and many of the inhabllants have never seen a railroad train. Sometimes a man decides to move his whole family to other parts, and then he loads his goods, his wife and his chil dren into covered wagons like those that are called prairie schooners. Then they move on, day after day, until a suitable- piece of land meets their eyes, and there they squat. There are some families who never live more than a year in one place, as, for example, the man who was asked by a stranger why he was moving: "Wall, ye see," he said, "we struck this place last spring an' there wasn't nobody here but the Riggses over at the flat. But now there's a new family six miles over by the mountain, and an other ten miles down the creek, and the country's getting too thickly populated, and I guess we'll move on." MATERNAL KANGAROOS. Have the Mother Instinct Stronger Developed, lis Is Here Shown. Hunting eels Is the chief winter sport among the dweller In the stretch of country lying back of the sand dunes on the Long island coast. Scores of ponds, none of them larger than a hundred acres, lie scattered through that dis trict. Naturally fresh, they have been made salt by means of channels cut through the confining sand banks which admit the ocean tides. This mingling of the Bait water with the fresh has en hanced the growth and improved the flavor of the shell fish native to the ponds, and made of peculiarly excellent quality the eels which abound therein as In no other waters, fresh or Bait, says the New York Tribune. During the summer time no more ac tive or alert creature dwells In water than the eel, but it Is of thin blood, and when the water begins to chill with the approach of cold weather the eel loses its vim and frisklness and prepares to abandon such uncongenial environ ment. The sand dune pond eel does this by simply burrowing into the muddy bottom of Its summer habitat, with the Intention of lying there dormant until the winter is over, going down to the average depth of a foot, then turning its head upward to the roof of Its winter home, puncturing a hole through it and passing into lethargy with its nose at the ventilating opening thus made. The holes that eels bore in getting down Into the mud anJWhose tbey make for ventilation remairi'fb betray to the eel hunter their hibernating retreats. Like the bear and the raccoon, the eels go into hibernation laden with fat, and, consequently, even in the months of their ravenous feeding were never so fit for the table. When the eels have thus betaken themselves to their winter quarters the sand dune natives, being no longer able to trap o- fish for them, be come eel hunters. In his boat, and equipped with a barbed and many fined spear, the eel hunter passes along the edges and over the shallow places of a pond, where the bottom is within easy sight. The tell tale holes discovered, he plunges the spear vigorously into the mud between them, and almost Invariably draws it out with an eel impaled upon it, wrig gling and squirming, for the contact of the spear seems instantly to awaken tho eel to all its summer time animation. But whether an eel comes up with the spear or does not, the hunter turns his head quickly and glances about the surface of the pond in all directions. This is that he may determine whether he is over a paying eel bed or not. If he Is, he will know It by an Infallible Ign. The spear may not have brought an eel from the mud, but If there are eels buried anywhere near by, the shocli of the spear plunging Into the mud will startle them sufficiently from their lethargy to cause them to instantly eject from their breathing holes jets of air. These rise in bubbles to the sur face. In the language of a sand dune eel hunter, "if it was a bear thus dis turbed from its winter snooze, that breath would be a snort." When the eels send these- bubbles to the surface It Is known among the hunters as "smoking." The current greeting of the sand dune people during the eel-hunting season is: "How do? Heerel whether the eels Is smokin' any this mornin' or not?" By this "smoking" sign the hunter hnowi where to work his spear to atl vantage, and a good smoking bed will frequently yield him dozens and dozens of good, fat eels. When the etiges and shallows of a pond have made their yield to the hunter, he digs new channels In the duneo, or deepens old ones. This drains down the A LAND OFICE BUSINESS. J Public Property la the Tar West Ba la Rapidly Sold at a Low Ft tare. The tremendous activity which is ap parent throughout the western states and tet-itorles In filing upon govern ment laud under the various land laws is statistically confirmed by a pre liminary statement which was made by the commissioner of the general land office, showing the land business done by the government jjptng the fiscal year Just ended. There were 19,742,000 acres of public land passed into private ownership, an increase of about 250,000 acres over the previous year. But the cash receipts were over $10,500,000, an enormous Increase about 70 per cent, over 1902. This, says the Homemaker, Is said to be largely due to the Increase In the purchase of timber land and the commutation in home steads. Both of these laws are continu ally and shamelessly abused. It is generally admitted that the finest remaining govenl'ment timber land In Oregon and Washington worth 20 times the prlcO asked per acre, is being bought in by the big lumber companies in great tracts, notwith standing that the timber law provides that the applicant must be a bona fide purchaser and that he is. buying the land not for himself and the purpose of trans ferring It to some one else. The com mutation clause of the homestead law Is likewise being flagrantly abused, and the result Is that very large areas of land are being commuted, not for the benefit of the settlers, but in behalf of various western Interests which furnish the necessary money to commute. Of these cash receipts of over $10, 000,000 about three-quarters go Into the arid land reclamation fund, which now amounts to fully $15,000,000. This Is available to-day feir national Irrigation work. The surveys by the engineers of the geological survey are progressing in every part of the. west, and It Is prob able that the next half year will see four or five large contracts let. The rapid growth of this irrigation fund would be a matter of congratula tion were it not for the fact that a tre mendous sacrifice of valuable govern ment porperty has been made to realize this money. What the real value of this large acreage of land, passed into private ownership, would be te the nation it is difficult to say, but It is far and away in excess of the pittance received for it a fact asknowledged by every student of the land and water question in the west. Those who are opposed to t lie move ment to repeal the laws tinder which this misappropriation of the public domain is going on urge with much ehemenre that it would never do to cut off this source of revenue to the reclamation fund. In other words, they would con vince the people that after all the prop er method Is to kill the goose that lays the golden egg. PARIS WALKING MAD The Croze for Pedestrlanism Becom ing a Serious Problem. Competitor! In the Races PHI tbc Streets Muu- Classea ot People Enarag-e In Them Some AmualBK Incidents. Paris. Not long ago It was London and now It is Paris that hai gone mad with a walking craze. Even Sunday and holiday the st roeta of this city are overrun with crow" of men and women competitors in a walking race. On a recent Sunday we had three the mldlnettes, or dressmakers' apprentices, the carriers, and the chansonniers, or singers and poets ol the Montmartre cabarets. As each ol them brought together immense crowds of people, I imagine the pre fect of police will soon get tired ol the new Parisian craze. . 1 must say nothing more amusing was ever seen in Paris than the man-he des mldlnettes. Of course, as a sporting event it simply did not ex ist. The whole question was one ol getting well away; those who were favored by the start, if they could walk at all, had the race in hand The 1,600 competitors were drawn up In line across the Place elc la Con corde. The Avenue ties Champs Ely- , ft '"fPf THE DRESSMAKER' RACE. DECLINE IN CHESS. Illxtlnct Ion Futnl to the (.nine Tltnl In Itlsldly Ohaerved In 15iiU'lrtud. London journals are discussing the question, "How Is it that Englishmen are outclassed by foreigners as chess players?" In answer, it is said that the English man's interests in life are of too diversi fied a character, and he eiocs not possess an oriental imagination, says the Lon don Chronicle. However this may be, the number of chess clubs and chess re sorts and the number of chess players In London are salel to be greater than in any other city In the world. As to the oriental imagination it does not go for much nowadays. Gambit openings, like frontal attacks In war, are a thing of the past. The strong ehess player must water and provides hunting grounds I have a mathematical mind, ami there is that were previously out ot reach. This no reason to suppose that Englishmen probing for eels in the muddy bottoms are deficient In this respect, of these odd ponds is not only a winter i The real reason why such illustrious pastime, but an important business with English chess players as Howard Stattn- the sand dune native, for by it he sup plies very largely the New York market with eels at a season when but for this supply that fish would not be much in ton, Shakespearean scholar: Buckle, philosopher of civilization; Bodcn. the artist, and others have no successors is to be found in the fact that the present evidence on the city stalls, and gains j generation of players, unlike the lovers substantial profit from It a profit pro portionately greater than his summer fishing and dredging return him. Be A SUBURBAN JOKER. Watt "its ftood na old." lint He Laid It nn Too Thick at Timea. "I have heard that men folk, in their blindness, deem our does to be lacking in the proper instincts of maternity be cause they have found that a etoe kanga roo, when hunted, will throw away its offspring to save its own skin by has tening its speed. This," says "Old Man Jack," in The Autobiograph of an Aus tralian Kangaroo, in Pearson's, "is sim ply scandalous and foolish. "Men-people are evidently not aware that our youngsters use the mother's pouch almost up to the age of maturity. Would they have our does attempt to fly from dogs and man and horses with so lifelike that one seems to be look- youngsters weighing nearly oO pounds Ing at human beings throttgh reversed in ,,,eir poehes? The thing would be operal glasses, or to be as near the land j impossible. of Lllliput as the thickness of a pane of j "Among us a mother is taught lo glass. loss her youngster tr a place of safety !when she is hartl pressed. If she could At Clnae Ranee. not throw it to a place far safer, in the Sir Samuel Baker once had a thrilling circumstances, than her own pouch, she adventure with an African buffalo bull I would turn at bay with it. and face any which he discovered standing in the , odds. shallows of a small lake. He fired two "In the case of my eiwn mother, when bullets without effect and the animal we were chased, and, as sure as the hunt charged. Sir Samuel had no ammuni tion left. but. luckily, the bull halted to stare at him. "Suddenly a bright thought flashed through my mind," says Baker. became dangerous, she would pause, draw me out of her pouch, throw me carefully into long scrub on her right, then turn sharply to her left, pause "Without taking my eye off the animal ; again till the hounds had seen her. and before me, 1 put a double charge of pow- ; then be off like the wind straightaway der into the right-hand barrel and, tear- j from me." ing on a piece ot my shirt. I took all the money from my pouch, three shil lings in sixpences and two anna pieces. Making them into a rouleau with the piece of rag. I rammed them down the barrel. They were hardly home before the bull sprang forward. The horns Fine ZoolooJeal Collectlona. The zoological collec'iors of the Na tional museum have gr jwn to imm' nse size, rivaling, and in some cases surpass ing, those tf any other museum. Of in sects there are in the government col- were lowered with their points on either I lection nearly l.jOO.i'Ou specimens; of re side of me and the muzzle barely touch- ! cent shells nearly .000,000 specimens; ing his forehead when I pulled the trig- j besides at least MMM specimens of ger and three shillings' worth of small other aquatic Invertebrates, about 2011,- change rattled into his hard head. Down he went and rolled over with 'he suddenly checked momentum of his charge." Not from the Head. Kitty Harry evidently loves me sin cerely. You should have heard him when he told me of his consuming af fection. It was plain enough It came right from the heart Charity I suppose you mean It was so silly it never could have pome from his bead? Bos'on Transcript. who happened to giance out of the win- Her i.ote e,.-orn t old. .tow. I A New York 'ady who told her affi "By Jove, there goes our little girl, ancrd that she loved him for himself and on Thunderbolt, too!" I ajoce now wants hint arrestejjMMM There a;. vm hurrying for tne sta- he f re-J'i to ti- a jjjand swift mouB'ng, bit Lulu bad i lly re no' n'd (or i; mocy I fsm- The Scientific Rebair. Isabel Are you ever rude? Dorothy Oh. yes; one has to be rude n'w and then to teach other peo ple manners. Detroit fYee Press. Can't Hr Traated. Post office orders are not obtainable in Spain, as officials cannot be trusted with CRSll. nn Silver. M-xieo it present yields about one tnird of Ike world's supply of silver. (0 specimens of fishes, more than 60, 000 birds' eggs: MO.OOO specimens of birds, more than 40.000 reptiles and batrathians. and more than 75.000 specimens of mammals. The Feminine War. Boastful Bess Yes, I have a speak ing acquaintance with that young mil lionaire. . . Sarcastic Sue ImfceiT How long have you been working in the tele phone exchange? Chicago Dally News. The unconventional husband is much more of a trial to the conventional wife than the casual, careless world can ever know, says the Detroit Free Press. "It is uphill work trying to be even civilized with a man like Henry to deal with." dismally complained a pretty young matron in a little group of so ciety women who were affectionately abusing their respective husbands. "1 live in the suburbs to please Henry, because he has such countrified tastes likes to see cows go by, hear roosters crow, see sunrises, sunsets, and all that kind of queer doings. Just as sure as I have any extraordinarily fastidi ous guests, Henry contrives to do something horrid. "The other morning, while he was at home, straightening up outdoor things on our place for the winter, I telephoned out from town that Mrs. Lofty and Miss Penelope would come home with me to luncheon. Henry deiesn't like Mis. Ijfty. In fact, she is airy, se-orns everything in America and talks by the hour of everything and everybody on the other side. Still, I think Henry might have behaved himself. He came to the station to meet us, as if he were the coachman, only dressed In his old faded farm overalls, and with hay tied all over the horse's harness and his forelegs tied up in hay. as if he were a rosebush or a hydrant done up to keep from freez ing. It was too ridiculous and I wish you hid seen those two handsomely dressed women riding behind that horse. "Ves. I did have to laugh and I wa vexeel. too. But Henry -said Mrs. Lofty called him 'The Master of Hayseed Grange' one time, and he wanted to act the part. Of course, my husband is as good as gold, hut I do wish he hadn't lien a galloping sense of humor." Aceompllahetl HonkeT. A traveler in central Africa tells of a native hunter of the Wanderobo tribe who was the possessor of a most ac complished donkey, which, with an an telope's horns strapped to its head, its body covered with a skin or painted to -esemble the animal Its master Intended to stalk that (L- was the meant of de of chess of feirmer times, never have an opportunity of playing With the strong est players, most of whom are profes sionals who tlcvote their lives to the game. A national master's tournament has not been held in England for years a meeting such as that lately concluded at Kieff. where Tse higorln has come out first, after a hard struggle with the new master. Bernstein. England, by the bye. is the only country In the world where a distinction fatal lo chess is drawn between amateur itul professional. WIFE BOUGHT AT AUCTION. What Wan lleican nn n Joke Termin ated In the Moat SeritiiiH Manner, W hile some furniture was being sold recently at auction at Orkellyunga. in Sweden, a curious im ielent occurred, re ports a London paper. A young girl lees was so crowded with people that the police could only with difficulty keep a narrow lane up the center for the pedestrians. The result was that when the starting pistol was fired those facing the avenue dashed forward and took the lead, while the girls to right and left of the line had to fall in behind. In fact, a proces sion was formed with ranks five or six deep; those In the rear had no more chance of forcing their way through the solid mass in front of them than they had of flying. But it was intensely amusing to see how seriously the competitors all took the affair. With set'teeth and clenched hands, their eyes glued to the road in front of them, they raced along. I am afraid, If the ordinary rules of heel-and-toe walking were applied to the race, about 90 per rent, or so would be disqualified. Many of them covered the ground at a sort of glid ing run, which was very far removed from walking. But a3 they were all more or less offenders, it did not mat ter much. There is no doubt about the way they got over the ground. By the time the Monde point in the Champs Elysees was reached they were all flushed; and when they got to the Arc de Triomphe they were as red as poppies. As there were ti'l prize:,-, ranging fuom n auita of utjtfruuiz tttrniture and j00 francs down to a packet of pic ture postcards, It was worth tlteii while pressing on. Then there were prizes for categories of all kinds for the youngest girl and the oldest, for the prettiest, for the tallest, for the stoutest and the thinnest. for Savoyards. Auvergnats, Lorrainers. Bretons and a dozen other depart ments; so that everybody could hope tt get something. In an experience 'of Hi years I never saw such crowds in the French capital not even on the AS EVIL IN POODl SHOULD In reference to the in Ing powders Prof. State University of "The deleterious tttMtM the soluble salts of nlUm.. human system, even small quantities, are to need relating; their powder Is dangerous, and gtricted." The effects of th alum baking powq up in a medical "Alum tiken lfllb CHS tarda the digestion of the i "It is an irritAt gblch Inflfil Irritates the stomach-and nestlris nal. 'It is an astringent and tends to con tipate the bow(B, which interfere with digestion. "It renders the albfcmen of the food partially insoluble, and therefore taked away from lis nutritive value. "It Is absorbed InM the blood, which it tends to thicken and coagajate. The free flow ot the blpOB throtie the or gans of the hearc is thus retarded. "Its contlnue(Ljbsqrption Into thi system causes SOTne form! fcf nervoul prostrations and many of those affect Hons of the nerves from which both women and men suffer. "Fourteen grains. of. Blum-ttkye caused the death of achild. Largfcf Cotes havd frequently result eU fftally"!!: the case! of adults. VNo drug so powerful and mattern w2t prPort employed, can safely be us article of food." , WHERE PEACE" REItlNS. Money la Rot Needed and lion or Irregular-It Permitted. The lone: haired irountE n holding an informal debatejSkv they liud agreed that the woW about as corrupt and bad a platen could bo, a grim-fueed man arosl Mnaon iit-JUte. "What vou scorn to want, fr Eaid. "is a place where everyone , U hkI hv law. Jab "That's it!'' chorufievHhe reOrl I "Where smoking ain t allowed a Uunir as drink is unknown.' one need worry about food and and where money does not ex "We do!" v nere everyone lias to go tu Ofl r, andays, and everyone keeps hours?" "That is just what we do want. find such a place!" said a soulitl fellow, speaking for the others. "Well, I've just come from place " "Vou have?" cried the soulful i toll us, tell us, man of wonderful! ence, where it is, that we may 11 h a place cailea prison: sail grim man. FIRST AT T1-:E FINISH. occasion of the arrival ol toe czar. There were at least half a million peo ple between Paris and Nantcrre. All LtlouK the U kilometers of route there were unbroken lines of people; while 20,000 or so on cycles, automobiles, in carriages and on hcrfebacU accompa nied the procession. The race was Ilrlalifa Dlaenao Cnrrda Whitehall, 111., Deo. 7. A cans recornVd in thia place recentlv. sets the theory of many nhysicia Hright's Dtseaea is incurable. Itl case of Mr. Lou Mauley, Whori tl tors told thane oould never recove Alanley tells the story or ins call how lie was cured in this way: ,.r I . . T-... ..)' 1.':J I 1 nt';'.:n using jjirnu s iviuiic four or live years I had Kidney, :!T!il Liver troubles; I was a generafl and at. times 1 would trot down wl back so bad that I could not turn 1 in bed fur three or four davs at "I had several doctors and at Ian- told me I hail llnchts rnsease. 1 could never get well. I eommone use Dodd's Kidney, Pills and I ably to do all inv work and am I I most heartily recommend Doddl ney 1 ills and am very thankful t'urc thev worked in mv case saved my life., ; f! -v,1''' tloctorf- Uad, K'.C up Aceoptnhle na a Juror. A murder ease was on trial, and tic jury was Deing selected. Among the nire was a negro who had t passion listening to socialistic speeches when nl otherwise engaged, aJuch was 'general always. .. I he .iltornoy askeil: "IJo yon:elievc,t capital pumsujnentr "Ves, snh, I does." ' '" f "Do you know what capita! puni'thift. is?" " 't.'oursd I docs." the negro reOlled. "Well, what do you understand capital I'linisiimenr to oer "It means a-gitten eben wid de rich, 1 who are a-rulin obrr de pore. I l.le'be hit's right, an' you cain't make me b'etbe nulnlfl else. "Accepted! iiliocicd the attorney .-4- Philadelphia Public I.-lger. . Do Not lt,liiy. Hut Write Tr-llay.i Tn this Hsne of the oaper (be V i (,'rentpst Jewelry Estahlishnlent, Men! & Jaccard's 'St. Louis), i imounee thev1 send Free to our readers their mngnioo ('jitnlogue eontalnins ii .in. of ill trations with prices of tin.' most bea tbineein the world in v a-w Jewelry, SILverwaret ecaet are the lowest in Auiell fin If you aro going to irialA'iu you would do well to t-f t-i pushed her way through the crowd until I won by Mile. Cheniineile. she was quite close to the auctioneer so close, Indeed, that she somewhat im peded him when he deelred to make ef fusive gestures. Being a man of humor, he resolved to get rid of her. and, there fore, taking her by the arm. he shouted: "Here. now. is an excellent bargain! i The walk ot tne CBBIUOanleN w.rs. however, perhaps the mos' original held yet. For (Mfc of he poets had not only to cover the Hi kilometers be tween Montmartre and Suresnes and back, but he had to compose a poem on a subject to be announced at ihe 'ripping "I'm afraid the Balkers get along very well together." FVtc T don't see why not. They arc w in harmony, you know. Mie thinks urere is nobody in the world who can come up to her husband, and he is certain of iti' Boaton Transcript. At: Old Field Weel. Many .--ing that old field weed, the mullein stalk, never consider tin- trood it i accomplishing in curing lung troubles. It presents in Taylor's Cmj kec Remedv of Sweet tmn and Mllieiu the finest known rc ' roup, colds and cons At druggists, 25c, otlle. A young girl, age 19. very pretty and well moment of the start. The poets start educated! What am 1 offered? Come, led from the Cabaret des Quat'z Alls, we'll start it at 3,000 crowns." I that last fortress of Montmartre wit At once there was hi isk bidding, which ' and humor, the last of the cabarets ! continued until an elderly bachelorfarm- artistiques on the Sacred Hill. M. I ! er offered 10.000 cro ns. The auction- ' Trombert. its genial owner, acted as; j eer tried to get a higher bidder than this. ' starter to the score or so of chanson- but failed, and so lie declared the tanner ' niers wno mien up on me uuateiaiu. I to be the purchaser of the girl. j The subject given out for the poeta, I All those present thought it was a announced just as the competitor good joke, but it was more than that, i went oft, was: "The inconvenience of for a few days later the farmer and the girl were married in the presence of the mayor, and before the ceremony the farmer presented the young woman, who is an orphan, with lO.noo crowns, the exact amount which he was willing to pap for her at auction. having corns on the feet, M. Trom bert gravely adding that the treat ment of the subject might he JJtave or gay. The prize was won by M. de la Fouchardiere RBQlKALO I.KAVKR " i'his i-, where era pax tat eomo to tne m out in the guest's Jester. To l ure a Cold I Take Laxative Hromo Ql draeejtta island money ii It bt generally more pi up con- defeats than to tainnicnls. Carlyle. I am sure Pi-o's Care! saved no" life three rearsl Roberta, Were a a, N Y. .s.-me chronic gtumbler a alsaaograph oa the groij o: igiaanqr. Judge. You can do your dyeeugj wit:i ruinam r.etcie-s irs In brapging ot the seed soil. Judge. eet (film and Mllieiu remedy for ccighs, nsuinption. ., 50c, and fifC a t.ettmu ilnek. Rrroni t.oiii porket. "Gee. nol" exclaimed the pretty i ash The largest mass of gold ever found girl. "I don't want nothin' to do with native is supposed to be a mass found in 1 you. I wouldn't marry jou if you was New South Wales in 172. It Wfighcd the last man on earth Is that plain Ml pounds, was about 0:l'l fine, and was enough English for you?" worth $148,000. It was 57 inches long, i "It is certainly plain enough." said .18 inches wide, and averaged four ir.ches the mortified bookkeeper. "But it isn't in thicknesf, and was found embeded In English." Chicago Tribune. blue slate 2o0 feet below surface. Pockete of gold nearly twice the -alue of this have been found in California, but they contained gangue matter mixed in w ith the gold' to a greater or lets extent. EVERY WALK 11 , A li .icc. a wrtoer aud a half nber DipIonMry. Fr.ir Customer I only wear num twos, but these don't fit me. Shoe Clerk No: they're too large. I'll get you a smaller pair. (To the i slock boy). Get me a pair of fives. N. Y. Mail and Express. Mr. Swinburne, the poet, is the most methodical, even mechanical, nf men. ! luding many an unwary creature into t and ery day at the same hour he falling a victim to the poisoned arrows of the hunter crouching behind his four footed assistant. stint. Diaaaiae-a. The present czar and czarina of Russia have never yet traveled incognito. Food for Praalaalal. Pessimists thrive on disappoint men la. Chicago Daily Newt rarrriss Tfclapa Too Far. "Well, this," said the South Amer ican citizen, "is carrying things too far In our base and servile imitation of Yankee methods " "Whats that?" ' WhMDf urgent and govf.r,rrnt - th( -fl ftk' ' n c forenoon and fl hmts printed for our r aaal in acn leavrs his home at Putney Hill for the same seven-mile walk over Wimbledon common. It 1 largely to this regu lar exercise thai Mr. Swinburne owes the extrtme'y youthful spirits, which to those who know him intimately make him si ch a delightful companion. still Hope for Him. Parson Goodleigh My friend, t should hate to see you In perdition. Bill Applejack Then why don't ou reform, elder, before you git thar? Judge. Harrt to f aiderntaad. Mrs. Stubb John, this paper saya that in some countries the bouses have no doors. Mr. Stubb Goodness, how ran a woman display her temper without Flamming a door? Chicago Daily News. m slrf Cake Wii ""no Thai'a aTi. Little David Ma, can't 1 play makia Tommy "op. why do people have to believe I'm entertaining aajotherittle pav duty on things thev bring from boy? " . Europe? His Ma Yes, dear, of courV. Tommy's Pop Just a matter of LirUe David All riht Gimme some custom, my eon. Philadelphia Record -akeforbim' Cincinnati Bnqnlrer. miles from j Trenton, j Mo., bays "A lerere cold settled in my kid ! neys and de . veloped so quickly that I was obi ied to lav off 1 work on ac : count of the j achingm ray back and sides to walk at all tr ied and all the medicine 1 not the slightest effect tinpej to grow weaker nil taking Doan s Kidney Pills say I was more, than gratified to notice the back , pearing gradually until stopped." Doan's Kidney Pills sold 1 era or by mail on receipt cj ' cents per box. Foster-Mi i Buffalo, P, Y I . mm Foratime I and everv