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I Dcs a LiT Nioocr Baby. & Don a H'l nlKger baby, crcepta' on tie cabin flu'; Mammy say be des de sweetee baby she ever know; "Dea a HI nigger baby!" Dut what all . de white folks fuy , Wen he roll his bis eye at 'm; but, blena God! he come ter may. :lca a H'l nipper baby not luk dem de impels hrlng; 'Ka'xe hla face so black I reckon hit would nmut u angd'a whip! Tut his mammy, klpwln' or him cz sho tek him t r lu r brea', Fay the impels unllln' at lihn e fhe rockln' him ttr res'. Vea n H'l nUpor baby. T'lnk we gwlr.e tcr M-n" him b.uk. 'Ka'zc his lialr Is short en kinky, en de Fkln cr hlrn Is black? Ain't he put de worl' ter'llve In. wld de lipht r pun en star? Who will lone hl.s u'run f'uin roun' us? Only 111m d.U nit 'uin dar! IJIess him! Il l ulpercr baby, creepln on de cabin Ho"; 1 fo rich, wld him Ur love me. I ferplts dat I Is po; l.ota on lots er purty babies whar de happy white folks Is, Dut dcy's none In all creation trot a face dat shine luk' hi! Atlanta Constitution. Helen's Hostility. BY AD. II. GIBSON. (Copyright. 1101: Hy Dally Story Tub. Co.) "len Gilman was a successful young ranchworaan on Bear Creek In Nebraska. Five years ago she had come to the state and Invested her earnings as teacher In cattle, preempt ing an excellent piece of land. Her fine health and a good head for busi ness had enabled her to attain a suc cess beyond her most sanguine expec tations. "I'd be perfectly happy now," fh3 Eald to htr sister, a girl of 16, who lived with her, "if I could have held that claim until you were of age. And to think a man should get it, and worst of all that man, Eilery Chuso, the son cf the lawyer who caused cur father to lose his property in Michi gan by finding some Haw in the deed. It's an outrage! None of the neigh boring ranchmen would touch that land as long as I kept my tattle graz ing there, and now that young nun must come here and gobble uff the claim right from under my very nose' "Well, Helen, we could hardly expect that so fine a claim would remain un taken till the law would let me hold it," said Lottie. "For my part I'm not sorry that Ellery Chase has taken it. He's eo handsome and pleasant. Then he's not to blame for what his father did." "No, but I object to his takin" the land," answered Helen. "One thing ure, he'll net find me a sociable neigh bor." Lottie laughed. "There's no need nursing your dis appointment about the claim," she said, "for I Intend to be mistress of it tome day." "Why, Lottie Gilman, what do you mean?" demanded her sister. "I'll marry Ellery Chase and get the claim after all," she returned in her teasing tones. A few days after this dialogue be tween the sisters, Ellery Chase ren dered the young ranchwoman a service by finding and returning to her herd some "strays" which she had thought were hopelessly lost. Helen Gilman was riding along on her pony, inspect ing some of her tattle, when Ellery drove up the strays and in a straight forward way explained how and where he had found them. "Very kind in you, Mr. Chase," she tald in icy tones. "How much do I owe you for this service?" "Nothing, Miss Gilman," he replied. "It gives me real pleasure to serve ill Alter a little hesitancy, Lottie told hlnv you, and whenever I can do you a neighborly turn don't hesitate to ask me. "Thank you," she said, even more coldly than before, and she rode away toward her house. "A Nova Zembla Icicle would be urm compared with her reception," he said, with a whistle. "Jove! She makes a beautiful figure on that pony, and what perfect health she pos sesses!" That very evening he happened to meet Lottie at the postofflce, and as he rode back with her he asked her why her sister was so cool toward him. After a little hesitancy, with her char acteristic frankness, Lottie told him. And so," he commented with a smile, "your sister has a double grudge against me: I took the claim your sister had In view for you, and I hap pen to be the son of a lawyer who won a case against your father, when we were all children. Well, it is strange, Isn't it? But I'm going to remove Miss Oilman's prejudices If I have to deed you the claim and perish In the attempt." i "On, you sba't glr up the claim' cried Lcttle quickly. "You got It fairly, and I don't care two straws for it. It has always been Helen's ambi tion to have me turn ranchwomau, too, so we could live' old-maid cattle queens on adjoining claims." Ellery Chase laughed merrily, but he mentally decided to break up this "old maid scheme," as he called It, more effectually than he had already. But he soon discovered that it was not so easy to overcome the ranchwoman's prejudices, and often he returned from the arena of his efforts feeling almost hopelessly vanquished by Helen Gil man's coolness. But he went on being pleasant and attentive to her when ever they met. Lottler and Ellery had grown to be the best of friends, but month3 went by making Helen no friendlier thnn at first. One day Helen bet out to transact some business that tcok her across the Tlatte River. She started to cross the stream by an o'.d ford not often used. Her pony had traversed only a few feet when she realized that the animal was making no progress. He was merely lifting one foot after another, and withdrawing It with a peculiar sucking sound. "Quicksand!" she said, with a Jittle apprehension. "I never heard thero wa any at this ford." She urged her pony forward, and the "Whizz! Then a Ftrong lariat settled down over h?r shoulders." animal, with a terrified saort. tried to obey her, but succeeded only in mak ing a wild struggle that almost un seated his rider. Realizing the danger of her position Helen attempted to turn her pony Lack to the shore, but the creature's efforts to do this merely served to sink him further in the yielding, slimy mass that seemed to rise up to enfold them. With increasing apprehension Helen felt hec heroic little pony sinking deeper and deeper in the treacherous quicksand. Little bubb'.es cf water be gan to appear over tho surface of the sand, and before she knew it the pony had sunk to Its sides in tho shiny sub stance. Despairing of being able to extricate the unlmal, the now terri fied woman lifted herself in the saddle and called for heip. At-last the clatter of a horse's feet to:d her that some one was coming. Whizz! Then a strong lariat set tled down over her shoulders, and El lery Chase "s voice called to her. "Keep ccol, Miss Gilman. Siip the lariat down under jour arms." She did r.s h commanded, and slow ly but safely she was lifted from tho saddle and drawn across the quivering sand. Then her nerves gave way and she fainted. "Miss Gilman," said Ellery, about a week after the rescue from the quick sand. "I am going away." "Why?" she asked with a startled look. "I cannot stand it to live near you and not be more to you than I am,' he answered. "Stay then," she Bald, holding out her hands to him, with the light of love in her eyes. "And so I am to have the claim after all," laughs Lottie; "I suppose I must be satisfied, but Helen carries off the better part of the bargain. But I'm glad hostilities have ceased and El lery is to be my brother." LONDON FOG'S COST. Such an Atmospherle Obscuration Con la a Pretty 1'enny. A London fog is an expensive visi tation, says the London Chronicle. A day of it, counting the day at eight hours, is estimated to coat anything from $30,000 to $100,000 in hard cash. No small proportion of this goes to the gas and electric light companies, which have to supply about a third more power than usual. But there are also the railways. Fog signaling Is expen sive. At Clapham Junction alone uQ has been spent by a single railway company during a day's fog in extra pay to the platelayers. When tho red light cannot be seen at a distance of 100 yards the platelayers become fog signalers, and for this they are paid a shilling a day in addition to their regular wages, and fourpence per hour overtime, provided the overtime does not run into a second shilling. Fog signals, like the cuckoo, are more frequently heard than seen, and, like a number of things, such as babies, cats, and crickets, make an amount of noise altogether out of proportion to their size. The largest of those in use is scarcely bigger than a crown piece and is a quarter of an inch in depth. The little tin box contains a teafplonful of gun powdeT and three percussion caps and is fitted to the rail by a lead rib bon. They come from Birmingham mostly, and they cost exactly a penny apiece. A hundred and fifty thousand or so are purchased by a big railway company in the year, and there aro not many left over at the end of It. Professor Young estimates that train running from the earth to the sun at forty miles an hour would take about 265 years for the trip, and the fare would be about 230,000. . FOR THE DOY'S ROOM, He Should Keep Krerytblafi- Within It lu Order. Undoubtedly the parents of every boy feel an intense and earnest Inter est in having that boy make a success of his life. Just as surely do most mothers think that the boy's room doe not require near the pretty furnishings that the daughter's does, and that boys aro careless and boys are rough, with the result that the boy's room is often the one that, Is put oft with the least expense and the least and lar i effort. Naturally boys do not caro for the "pretty" things as girls do; but the things that are lovely to them they do care for greatly. Boys do not want the fussy dainties that a girl enjoys, but they know when they are well treated, when loving care regarding their especial tastes is shown. They like chiefly to be let alone, to play in their own way; no nagging lor harm less noise, freedom to take their boy friends to their room. The wise par ents took to give their boys a room more attractive than the street corners, or the neighbor's barn, where they can congregate and experiment or plan or entertain themselves. The early years, prcbably from 5 to 13, are the import ant ones in a boy's life. If the mother and 6lster desire refined boys, they will give them refined surroundings; net necessarily silk cushions and lace curtains In their rooms, but harmoni ous colors and loving thought of what the boy likes. lxt the boys choose their own pictures; they will probably be very different from what you would select. Boys will take delight In framing the pictures, with your help in the expense help them arrange their collections. Give them a good writing table. Give them as good a light as any in the house. With such liberty and Interest and help, your boy will bring his companions to his home, and he will ipend many hours in his room, probably hours of real industry, which keep him frorn.temptntlona and give him reliance on his own powers. The boys should be as carefully taught hab its of neatness and tare for their room as their sisters r.re. After the room has been properly cleaned In the morn ing they should be held responsible for it3 order all day. 'HUnRYCIDE" KILLS. How Trust Affect InulvKIual Lives in r York. The conditions of life In the businesj world are more precarious and more hopeless today than at any time in the past three decades. This Is the state ment of John P. Mowbray In- "The Making of a Country Home'" in Every body's Magazine. The conditions of personal merit and fidelity to an em ployer have enlarged in our time. So long as our employers were individuals who trained and appreciated special fit ness in their employes, and kept their eyes on fidelity, smartness and honesty we felt safe. It was to their interest to advance us. But all that is chang ing, passing into corporate irresponsi bility and abstract bossship. Look at our friend Warner. He was with a big firm ten years. He knew every pulse of their business and managed his department like clockwork. Ho was a twenty-four-hundred-a-yea." man. But the firm joined a trust, gave over the personal supervision of their business to the new brand of overseers and the first thing they did was to bh p Warner and put a fifteehhundred-dcl-lar-a-year man in his place. Do you know what happened to Warner? "Why, he was your friend who was killed, wasn't he?" "He committed what the reckle?s fellows in the Astor House rotunda call 'hurryclde.' War ner tried to Jump for an electric car, and those fellows have a ghastly humor which attributes such an act to a man who was overdrawn his accounts, or has played the tape-line too rashly. But the fact Is, Warner suffered a kind of moral paralytic stroke. He couldn't realize that ten years of scrupulous pelf-sacrificing attention to another man's business could end in that way. It bothered him, and. it doesn't do for the average man to get bothered when on Broadway at the rush hour. If he takes his mind off the brink for a mo ment, he is gone. Poor Warner was probably thinking of his children, and the electric destroyer" struck him on the left side." Ppccle of mind Creature. Naturalists declare that there are 17i species of blind creatures known to science, but many hundreds of species of blind cave insects have been dis covered In recent years. They are mostly white, either from lack of tin stimulus of light or from bleaching of the skin. Some species have small eyes, and some have none. There are, no doubt, many more species still to be discovered, as nearly every descrlp tion of fish found in the sea at great depths, where the light cannot pene trate, is quite blind. To make up for the lack of sight they are provided with feelers most delicately construct ed. Blind Insects, as well as fish are found In the Mammoth Cave of Ken tucky, and in fact, blind creatures are common in all situations not otherwl3 hostile to the existence of animal life where light is absent The want of sight in these creatures is believed to be the direct effect of the absence of the stimulus of light, for in most casc3 rudimentary eyes are found, proving the fact of degeneration. New Ycrk Weekly. l)utl of i:kiiuo Wive. When a Smith Sound Eskimo chooa. m a wife he apparently has regard only to housewifely qualities. She must be able to do the cooking and to sew, and to chew hides. This last Is a sine qua non. Furs are the only pos. slble dress, and of these they must have an abundance, else they will per ish with cold. AFTER THE IIP CONES CATAMUL L1KK A TERRIBLE CYCLONE grip bacillus has passed over our coun try, from the Atlantic to the Pa cific, leaving behind it a dark cloud of anguish and despair. Catarrh follows grip as effect follows cause. A multitude of catarrh victims will spring up in the trail of the awful epi demic of grip that ha3 Just passed over our fair country. The hope to these people is Peruna. Most people know thl3 already. Everyone who has had the least touch of grip, should not fall to take a course of treatment with Peruna. Peruna eradicates every vestige of the disease and leaves the system in a normal condition. Hon. Joseph B. Crowley, Congress man from Illinois, wiltes from the Na tional. Hotel, Washington, 1). C., as follows: "After giving Peruna a fair trial I can cheerfully recommend ycur remedy to anyone suffering with coughs, colds, la grippe and ull catarrhal com plaints." J. B. Crowley. Hon. George H. White, Congressman from North Carolina, writes: "I am mere than satisfied with re raLt, and find it to be an excellent i ' 1" Y 'IllfllP mm - of all their friends and relatives. There's only one certain way of keeping clean inside so as to prevent disease and that is to take CASCARETS. Perfect disinfectant and bowel strengthened. All diseases are JOc 25c 50c. all Druggists. 11 bowl tronbl. louintu, bad breath, IBI I U E louaiKM, bad breath, bad blood, wind BllillJllPIIL.IUl9 ur' on the Btoiuaeh, bloated bowels, foal palna after eating, liver trouble, mmUow romplexlon and dlszlueee. When your bowele don't move regu larly you aro equina kick. Constipation kills more people than all other diseases together. It Is a tarter Tor the chronle aliments and long years of suffering that corae afterwards. No matter what alls you, start taking CAROARFTS to-day, for you will never get well and be well all the ttme until you put your bowels right Take our advleef start with CA&CARICTS to-day, under an absolute guar antee to cure or money refunded, uf tt Curet Toldi. Coughs. Sore Throat. Croup. In fluenza, Whooping Cougi. Bronchitis and Atthma. A certah cure lor ( onaumptlon In first itaget. and aura relief In advanced alaget. Use at nee. You will aeo tha excellent effect, after taking the first dos. told by daalera every, hare. Urge bottled 15 cants and 60 cants. remedy for the grip and catarrh. I have used it in my family, and they all Join me in recommending it as an excellent remedy." George H. White. Hon. J. P. Megrew, Superintendent U. S. Capital Police Force, of Wash ington, I). C, saya: "Having suffered from the grip, I was advised by a friend to use your Peruna. I also used it for my catarrh, and I can now cheerfully recommend your remedy to anyone who is suffer ing from the grip and catarrh." J. P. Megrcw. Miss Anna Russell, Past Worthy Counselor, Loyal Mystic Legion, 2J3 Endicott Bldg., St. Paul, Minn., writer: "For years I have unfortunately, found my system in a peculiarly recep tive condition for catirrh when I was exposed in any way' to Inclement weather. At those times I would ba severely afflicted with la grippe and it3 unpleasant conseqjence3. "Nov for the past year and a half I have used Peruna In such eases and have found that it not only cures mo quickly, but it also cleanses my blood and renders me less liable to catch cold. It is the finest preventative cf colds that I know of and a very su perior tonic." Anna Russell. DP begins in the bowels. It's the unclean places that breed infectious epidemics, and it's the unclean body unclean in sidethat "catches" the disease. A person whose stomach and bowels are kept clean and whose liver is live ly, and blood pure, is safe against yel low fever, or any other of the dread ful diseases that desolate our beautiful land. Some of the cleanest people outside are filthiest inside, ana they are the ones who not only "catch'! the infections, but endanger the lives PREVENTED appnd!ettl, bll bad blood, wind er rfna4. O r, Aadrrui bTEKUNU TONIC V (Trftftf) TrTCIte never u vVnj uu SOLD IN BULK. I AlinHnHITPPn TO CTTRKi re-j-- jr I alBtlr mtt.l. th This la nkMltt. pr..f .f air, k.t, trlitl, ml rlaale airMiiMi, svaa ra aro net aatl., after ! SOe box. relera ta miwd & baa a ad tea eaipty k,i ta a. ay Mall, ar Ik. ararrl.t fraa wh.a yaa aareaaaea It, aa act yanr aaaaey a a a. rar batai bezca. Take ear ariTlce-ae natter wbat aft yaw atari to day. Health wlH qnUklr fallow ana yaa will blaaa the a ay rnu firat ad ik. 'riu: A K KTB. Hook fWn by mall. W. L. DOUGLAS TS3 d S3.50 SHOES The real worth of W. I- DoucU XOO and 9XM shoes compared with other make U 84.00 to H.I.OO. Ocr 4.0OOIlt Kdire Line cannot Im equalled at any prlro. We make and sell more S.l.O'.i and .1.50 shoes than any other two manufaeturertlr the Till! It i: A HO mortW.L. IV,n,l fU, ft and AltKTIIK than anrathrrmak.lab.cauM I II I: V Urlor fhmilii krrpthcmiw. ct on dralrr nrlti.lv, aal In rarh town. Take nn tiHatltiitet In.i.t nti having W, L. Itoiiflaa ihor.wi'n Bam. and prlr atamnd on bottom. It ynur aralar wlil not ft thrm fi-r ou, .red dirert to factory, cnrloalnR rtr. anj le. ltra lor carriairr. Put. kind of leather, air, and width, plaia or eap to. Ihtr ahor will rrh you anywh.i. H'rife for call.e fKn-ring arv Spring t'ylrt. We nae I'aat Color V. I,. Ilnuilai Mho C., Kyelete la ail oar shoes. Jlrocktm, Man, When answering Ad, p'ease mer.Uon this paper GC3IEAP FARMS DO YOU VAI1T A HOME? 100,000 ACRES a'AVSiaV33 nd sold on 1'inir lime aud eaay iay tnenta. a llttm e-ach rear, fome and ae or wrtle.TIIK TIU'M AN Mos4 HTATK HANK. Mntlar Center, Mich., vr 1h t Truman Mots Eitato.Crotswell.Sanilac Co., Mich, Miss Alice Dressier, 1313 North Bry ant Ave., Minneapolis. Minn., writes: "Last spring I suffered from la. grippe and was partially cured, but tho bad after-effects remained through the summer, and somehow I did not get strong es I wes before. In the fall I caught a cold after getting my foet wet and attending a lecture in a coli hall, and I suffered a relapse. An un pleasant catarrh of the head an4 throat followed, and as I waa In a weak c-ondition physically previous to this, it took but little to break ma down completely. "One of my co'.l?ge friend3 who wan visiting me, asked me to try Peruna, and I did so and found it all and more) than I had expected. It not only euro;! me of the catarrh, but restored me to perfect health, built up the entire sys tem, and brought a happy feeling oZ buoyancy which I had not known fo years." Miss Alice Dressier. If you do not derive prompt and aat isfactory results from the use of Pe runa, write at once to Dr. Hartraan, giving a full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you LU valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, (X. ATM BY r " merit, m.nA ear te.tlwealol. We hsr. rlt m4 will CAkCAHLTt ttb.olaf.lr lr,U U r bay today. I . five UK3EDT CO., NEW lOB. or CHIUWO, S,K: United States. ii i" ir mlj II :''. Tour SOUTHERN FARMS. Southern Farrna Improved and unim proved, at from $. to SIS per acre In Vlr KlMa, North nnl South Carolina. Oeorgla. Alabama. Mlrrlslpil, Tennessee and Ken tucky. Descriptive readlnar matter ami map eei'.t free upon application to J. K. oltn. Aent. 1... & 1. Dept., Foutheru Hallway. 22T Dearborn Rt., Chicago, 111., or M. v. KlcharJ. Land and Iiulustrt.il Agent. Southern Kallway.WaahlrtRton.D.C W.N.U. DETROIT NO. lOtOO. f. If Ctf