Bloomington Progress, Bloomington, Monroe County, 2 May 1894 — Page 3

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Let's Try Hood's And It Helped Them Both Liver Troubles-Dyspepsia 29 Yeai I. Hood A Co.. LoweTt, Mass.: "Gentlemen My husband and I harj bean taking Hoed'a Sorsaparllla, and I can traly a townmaerpediisbota. My huaoaad Bad Lumbago Rheumatism no that he could not stand np straight, and went around hal! bent over. He bad to have a eane to help himself ont of hla chain. He had taken so much medicine that we were discourted. Bat I read so much about Hood's SarsafcarHto, I said. Let's try it. My husband has tmswored a great deal. Hla back U mneh oetter, and his eyes, which have troubled him a great deal, also seem better: Hood's Ssrssportlla has Sivea him good appetite. I have had Uto HoodVjCures mwmwv wu oycimiM jni UUL BUlCe 1 OST0 been taking Hood's SaisaparUlamj side is better, and I also hae a food appetite. Ky complexion la also much improved. We hare only taken four bottles.and are well pleased with it.' iMnhU mil t T M. . a. muroMM. James Cox, Centerrille, Wis. HOOd'S Pills ire prompt and efficient, yet easy w action, bom oy a ; drunrists. tso. Baiting the Boshes. The way the native of the Ozarks fisbes for base Is decidedly novel. In the early season, when the fish are looking' for spawning beds close to shore, where the bottom is sandy and the water but a few feet deep, the native fisherman comes in his cruda little boat, with a pail ol minnows, a chalk line cut into six or eight feet lengths, a box of cheap hooks and a determination to catch fish without a great deal of exertion. The hooks are placed upon the lines, the latter fastened to overhanging bushes, at a dis tance or twenty-nve to thirty feet apart, baited and let drop into the water without cork or sinker. After fifteen or twenty lines are thus set the native goes away, and not until the next morning does he again appear to gainer up ine nsn ana re bait the lines. In this wav he often sreta as manv fine bass as the average fisherman does in two days' steady angUnin usually some of the very finest and best fish are taken from the baited bushes. Whep, the Girl changed into a oman, the matter of utmost importance to ner is tne regularity with which nature purines i her system. She should 'avoid retention, suDDression. or irregularity. , When nature is balked, the blood becomes poisoned, heart, lungs, and kidneys effected, and you have a wreck of a beautiful life to . mourn. Be advised. LrJia E. Pink. hunts Vtritnhlt Compound is the greatest remedy for irregular, painful, or suspended action ever known. All druggists have it, and thousands of women recommend it, ONE DOCTOR'S EXPERIENCE Rheumatism Run RiotExcruciating Pains Rack the Body DAY AND NIGHT. The Greatest Relief In the Shortest Time Is Secured by Using THE OWER ELECTRIC BELT AND APPLIANCES. Tan wiw ago my wile w att&cke J by arote articular rheiuutiuB. the resnlt of exposure .atar child birtii. Tho aiucJc stated, bat the disease wisjeUbllhxi and tveurred tram t me to time for aeTBi-tvl yean, tthe received the bet treatment all the achoolttotm dicing niIdIunitrih,itUoutmUsrli twLASt. and in September. UfM. I at her to Clifton bprlrnrs Sanitarium, where the rvm .lined Xr treatinent tor six month. About three moaths alter she arrived mere aba bad a violently acute attack of rbeiiK.tiSaii.vbiehctmtraefeU the flex- r mosciesof her I Bib, drawing tbeta almopt to her txxl. Bh nf.i d terribly, be I us unable for month to sleep or ri without auodyucs. Ja t'iLt contrition I brotbt her home, f either day nor night conld she rem-un in one position lortuore t tan ten titan t-a, and X wan forced to choose between her Buffering and the morphine i au.t. In this dilenima I pro cn-edoseot Dr. A. Owm'u Li ec trie Belta. -with it vafi.nu appliance. 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CHAPTEB It THE TEMPLE OP THE DIETY. While these things were happening on tao 80a close by, a very different scene, indeed, was being enacted meanwmle boneath those waving palms, on the island of Boupari. It was strange, to bo euro, as Felix Thurstan had said, that such unspeakable heathen orgies should bo taking place within sight of a passing Christian English steamer. But if ho had known or refloated to what sort of lond he was trying now to atrugglo ashore with Muriel, ho misrht well have doubted whether it wero not botter to let her perish where sho was, in the pure, clear ocean, rather than to submit an English girl to the possibility of undergoing such horriblo rites and ceremonies. For on the island of Boupari it was high foast with tho worshipers of their god that night. Tho sun had turned on tho Tropic of Capricorn at noon, and was making his way northward, toward the Equator once more, and Ms votaries, as was their wont, had come forth to do him honor in due season, and to pay their respects, in the inmost and sacrodest grove on tho island, to his incarnate representative, the living spirit of trees and fruits and vegetation, the very high god, the divine Tu-Kila-Kila! Early in the evening, as soon as the sun's run had disappeared boneath tho ocean, a strange noise boomed forth from tho central shrine of Bourari. Those who hoard it clappod their hands to their ears and ran hastily forward. It was a noiso like distant rumblintr thunder, or the whirl of some groat .English mil or factory, and at iXs sound every woman on tho island threw herselt on the ground prostrato, with her face in the dust, and waited thero reverently till tho audible voice of tho feoa uaa onco mora suosiaoa. sar no woman knew how that sound was nroauceq. cmiy tno grown men, initiated into the mysteries of tho shrine whon they came of ago at tho tattooing cere mony, were aware that the strange, buzzing, whirring noiso was nothing more or less than the cry of the bullroarer. A bull-roarer, as many English school boys know, is morely a piece of oblong wood, pointed at olther end, and fastened by a leather throng at one corner. .But when whirled around the head by practiced priestly hands, it produces a low rumbling noise like the wheels of a distant carriage, grow ing gradually louder ana elearor, irom moment to moment, till at last it waxes itself into a frigntful din, or bursts into perfect peals of imitation thunder. Then it decreases onco more, as grad ually as it rose, becoming fainter and ever fainter, like thunder us it rocedes, till the horriblo bellowing, as of supernatural bulls, dies away in the end, by slow degroes, into low and soit and imperceptible murmurs. But when the savage hoars the dis tant humming of the bull-roarer, at whatever distance, he knows that the mysteries ol his god are in full swing, and he hurries forward in haste, leav ing his work or his ploa?ure, and running, naked as he stands, to take his share in tho worship, lest the anger of neaven snomu burst forth in devouring flames to. consume him. But the women, knowing themselves unworthy to fa?e tho dread Dresenco of tho hicrh god in ms wratn, rusti wildly irom tho spot, and, flinging thorase'vos down at full length, with their mouths to tho dust, wait patiently till the voice of their deity is no longer audible. And as the bull-roarer on Boupari rang out with wild echoes from tho coral caverns in tho central grove that evening, Tu-Kila-Kila, their god, rose slowly from his place, and stood out from nis hut, a deity revealed, before Us reverential worshippers. As he rose, a hushed whisper ran wavelike through the dense throng of ausicy torms mat oent low, iiKe com beneath the wind, beforo him, "Tu-Kila-Kila rises! Ho rises to speak! Hush! for the voice of tho mighty mangod!" The irod. lookinc around him suneiv ciliously with a cynical air of contempt, stood forward with a firm and elastic step before his silent worship pers, tie was a stalwart savage, in tlio very prime of life, tall, lithe, and active. His figure was that of a man well used to command; but his face though handsome, was visibly marked by every external sisro of cruoitv, lust. and extreme blood-thirstiness. Ono might havo said, morely to look at him, he wa3 a boing dobasod by all forms of brutal and hateful self-indulgence. A baleful light burnod in his Keen gray eyes, wis ups wero thict, full, purple, and wistful. My people may look upon mo," ho said, In a strangely affable voice, standing forward and smiling with a curious half-cruel, half-compassionate smile upon bis awo struck followers, "(in every day of the sun's courso but this, none bvo the ministers dedicated to the service of Tu-Kila-Kila dare gazo unhurt upon his sacred. If any other did, tho iight from hfsholy eyes would wither them up, and tho glow of his glorious countenance would scorch them to ashes." Ho raised his two hands, palm outward, in front of him. &o an tno year round," no wont on, 'Tu-Kila-Kila, who loves his people. and sends them the earlier and the later rain in tho wet season, and makes their yam-i and their taro grow, and causes his sun to shine upon them freely all the year round. Tu-Kila-KiUt, your god, sits shut up in his own house among the skeletons of those whom he has killed and eaten, or walks in his walled paddock, where his bread-fruit ripens an 1 his plan tains spring himself, and the ministers that his tribesmen have givon him." At the sound of their mystic deity's voice the savagos, bending lower still till their foreheads touched the ground, repeated in chorus, to the clapping of Hands, iiko some solemn utany "Tu-Kila-Klla speaks true. Our lord is merciful, he sends down his showers upon our crops and fields. He causes his sun to shino brightly over us. Ho makes our pigs ana our slaves bring forth their increase. Tu-Kila-Kila is good. His people praise him." The god took another step forward. the divine mantle of red feathers glowinir in the sunset on his du.sit v shoul ders, and smiled onco more that hate ful gracious smilo or ms. ile was standing near tho open door of his wattled hut, overshadowed by the hugo spreading arms of a gigantic banyantree. Through the opon door of tho hut it was nossiblo to catch lust a pass ing elimDse of an awful sight within. On the beams of the house, and on the boughs of tho troes behind it, human skeletons, half covered with dry flesh, hung in ghastly array, their skulls turned downward. Thov were tho skeletons of tho victim Tu-Kila-Kila, their princo, hod slain and oaten; thoy were the trophies of the cannibal mangod's hateful prowoss. .m-Klia-Klla raised his right hand erect and spoke again. l,I am a groat god," he said, slowly. "1 am very powerful. I make the sun shine, and the yams to grow. 1 am tho spirit of plant-;. Without me thero would bo nothing for you all to oat or drink in Bounarl. if 1 were to row old and die, the tun would-fade away in the heavens oyer Lisiid; '.he l: "ii-.'ru(t trees would

withor and ceaso to boar on earth; all fruits would come to nn end and die at once; all rivers would stop forthwith from running." His worshipers bowed down in acquiescence with awo struek faces. "It is true," thoy answered, in tho same slow sing-song of asrent as bo.'oro. "Tu-Kila-Kila, is tho groatost of gods. Wo owe to him everything. Wo hang upon his favor." Tu-Kila-Kila started back, laaghod, and showed his pearly tooth. They wore beautiful and regular like tho teeth of a tigor, a strong young tiger, "But I need moro sacrifices than all the other gods," ho went on, melodiously, like ono who plays with consummate skill upon some difficult instrument. "I am greedy; I am thirsty; I am a hungry god. You must not stint mo. I claim more human victims than all the othor godB beside. It j-ou want

your crops to grow, and your rivers to run, the liolds to yiold you game, and tho sea flsh this is what I ask; givo mo victims, victims! That is our com naot Tu-Kila-Kila calls vou." The moil bowed down onco moro and repeated humbly. "You shall havo victims as you will, groat god; only give us yam ana taro and bread-fruit, and cause not your bright light, the sun, to grow aarK m nonvon over us. "Cut yourselves," Tu-Kila-Kila cried, in a peremptory voico, clapping his hands thrice. "1 rm thirsty for blood. I want vmr free-will offering.' As ho spoke, every man, as by a sot ritual, took from a little skin wallet at his sido a sharp liaKo t corai-stono, and drawing it deliberately acroBs his breast in a deep rea gasu, caused uie blood to flow out freely over his chest and long grass waist-band. Then, having done so, they nover strove for a mo ment to stancn tne wounu. out ici ino red drops fall as they would on to tho dust at thoir feot,' without seeming ovon conscious at all of the tact tnat they wero flowing. Tu-Kila-Kila smiled once moro, a ghastly solf-satisfied smile of unquestioned power. "It is well," he wonton. "My people love me. They know my strength to withor them up. Thoy rivo mo their blood to drink freely. So will bo meroiful to them. I will make my sun shino and my rain drop from heaven. And instead of taking all. I will choose one victim." no paused, and glanced along thoir line sinrniflcantlv. "Chooso, Tu-Kila-Kila." tho men an swered, without a moment's Hesitation, "Wo are all your moat. Chooso which one von will take of us." Tu-Kiia-Kila walked with a leisurely troad, down tho lines and surveyed the men critically. They wero all drawn up in rows, one behind tho other, according lo tribes and families: and the god walked along oacn row, examining them with a curious and interested eye, as a farmer examines sheep fit tor tho market. Now and then, ho felt a leg or an arm with his finger and thumb, anu hesitated a seeon 1. It was an important matter, this choosing a victim. As he paused, a close obscrvor might havo noted that each man trembled visibly, while tho god's eve was unon him, and looked af ter him askance with a terrified side long gazo as ho passed on to his neighbor. But not one savage -gave ono ovort sign or token of his terror or his reluctance, un tne contrary, as xu-Kila-Kila passed along tho lino with lazy, cruol deliberatencfs. the men kept chanting alo.ia without ono tremor in thoir voicos, "We are all jour meat. Choose which ono you will take of us." On a sudden, Tu-Kila-Kila turned' sharply round, and, darting a rapid clanco toward a row he had already passed several minutes beforo, he exclaimed, with an air of unexpected inanipnt.tnn "Tii-Kila-lf Un. hna fthrtRftn. Ho takes Maloa." The man upon whoso shoulder tho god laid his heavy hand as he spoke. stood forth from the crowd without a moment's hesitation. If anger or four was in his heart at all, it could not bo detected in his voico or his features. Ho bowod his head with seeming satisfaction, and answered humbly, What Tu-Kila-Klla says must need bo done. This is a great honor. Ho is a mighty god. Wo poor men must obey him. We are proud to be taken up and made ono of divinity." ru-Kiia-Kiia raised in nis nana a large 6tono ax of some polished groen material, closely rosembling jade, which lay on a block by t he uoor, and tried its oage witn nis nrgcr, in an ab stracted manner. "Bind him!" ho taid, ly, turning round to his votaries. And tho men, each glad to have escaped his own fate, bound thoir com rade willingly with groen ropes of plantain fibre. Crown him with flowers!" Tu-Kila-Kila said; and a female attendant, absolved from tho terror of tho bullroarer by tho god's command, brought forward a great garland of crimson Hibiscus, which sho flung around the victim's neck ana shoulders. Lay bis head on the sacred stone block of our fathers." Tu-Kila-Kila wont on, in an easy tone of command, waiving his hand gracefully. And the men, moving forward, laid thoir comrade, face downward, on a hugo flat rock oi polishod greenstono, which lay like an altar in front of the hut with the mouldering skeletons. "it is well," Tu-Kilu-Kila murmured onco moro, half aloud, "iouhavo given mo the free-will ofToring. Now for tho trespass! Where is tho womun who dared to approach too near tho temple-homo of tho divine Tu-Kila-Kila? Bring tho criminal forward!" Tho men divided, and made a lano down their middle Thon ono of them, a minister of tho man-god's shrine, led up by tho hand, all trembling and shrinking with supernatural terror in every muscle, a well-formed young girl of eighteen or twenty. Her naked bronze limbs ai-o shapely and lissome: but hor eyos wero swollen and red with tears, and her face stronirlv distortedjwlth awo for the man-god. Whon she stooa at last before Tu-Kila-Kila 's dreaded face, she flung horsolf on tho ground in an agony of fear. un, mercy, great goa: ' sno erica, in a feeble voico, "i havo sinned, I have sinned. Mercy, mercy!" Tu-Kila-Klla smiled as beforo. a smilo of imporial pride. No ray of pity gieamca irom uiose stooi-gray eyes. uooh Tu-Kila-lila show mercy? ho asked, in a mocking voico, "Does ho pardon his suppliants? Does bo forgive trespasses? Is ho not a god, and must not his wrath bo appc ased? Sho, being a woman, ana not a who sealed to Tu-Kila-Kila, has dared to look from afar upon his sacred homo. Sho has spied tho mystorios. Thcreforo sho must dio. My people, bind hor." In a second, without moro ado, whilo tho poor trembling girl writhod and groanod in hor agony beforo thoir eyos, that mob of 'wild savagos, let loose to torture and slay, foil upon her with hideous shouts, and bound her, as thoy had bound thoir comrade bofore, with coarso native ropes of twisted plantain fibre. ".Liny nor noaa on tno stone," xu-Kila-Kila said, grimly. And his votaries oboyod him. "Now light tho saw ot! firo to mako our foast, beforo I slay tho victims," tho god said, in a gloating voice, running his finger again along the edge of his hugo hatchet. As he spoko, two men, holding in thoir hands hollow bamboos with coals of lire concealed within, which thoy kept aglow moanwhilo bv waiving

tnemup and down rapidly In the air,

laid these primitive- matches to tht base of a great pyramidal I'ilo of wood

and palm-ieaves, ready prepared bo forehand in the vard of the temple Tn ii KrpmiH thiwlrv fnnl. entehinc the sparks instantly, bfa: ed uji to heaven with a wild outburst: of Hume. Grca rod tongues of lire licked up the smouldering mass of leaven and twigs and caught at on e at ti e trunks o palm and li-wooj within. A hugli conflagration reddened the sky at once hko iirhtnni"'. TheetUct v as magical The itTow tralislii-'iired tho whole is land for miles. It was. in fact, tho blaze that Felix Thurstan had noted and remarked uritn as he stood that evening on tho silent deck of tho Aus tralusinn. Tu-Kila-Kila gazed at it with horrin childish cleo. "A fine lire! he said gayly. "A firo worthy of a goil. I' will servo me won. iti-ivii.a-ivua wu havo a o-ood oven to roast Ms meal inThen he turned toward tho sea. and nold up his hand once more for silence. As ho did so. an answering light upon its surface attracted his eve for a mo ment's space. It was a bright red light mixed with white and green onos; in point of fact, the Australasian was passing. Tu-Kila-Kila oi tiled toward it solemnly with his plump, brown fore-finger. "See," ho stid, drawing himself up and looking pre leruaturally wiso: "your go:l is great. I am send ing some of this firo across the sea to wlioro my sun has set, lo aid and reinforce it. This is t: keep up tho fire of tho sun, test ever at, any ti no it snouiti lado and laii you. vvinio Tu-iviia-iviia, lives tho sun will burn bright. If Tu Kila-Kila wore to die it wo aid bo nigh forever. " TO HE CONTIXt'EDi TREATMENT OF THE FEET. An Authority DIscufsbs Hot, Ice, ana Splri Hut hi far Tlirtn, A writer in Boots and Hioes has been interviewing a chiropodist on the care of tho feet, and !ias got this information from him concerning the treatment for heated, tired feet after walking or standing He says, truely enough, that authorities differ as to ttie value of tho various foot baths. "Hot water enlarges the feet by drawing the blood to them; when used thoy should be rubbed or exercised before attempting to put on a tight boot Mustard and hot water in a foot bath will euro a nervous headache and in duce sleep. Bunions and corns and callousness are. nature's protections against bad shoe leat her. Two hot foot baths a week and a Ibtlo pedicur ing will remove the cause of much discomfort. A warm bath, with an ounce of sea salt, is aim of, t as restful as a nap. 1 addle in the water until It cools, dry with a rough towel, put on fresh stockings, make a change of shoes, and the person who was 'ready to drop' will than be ready to stand up. But tho Ulcucst relief from fatigue is to nl ungo the loot in icecold water and keep it immersed until thero is a sensation of warmth. Another tonic for the sole is alcohol. It dries the feet nicely after being out in the wet Spirit baths are used by professional dancers, acrobats, and pedestrians to keep the feet in condi tion." The ice-cold footbath 6;ems rather a dangerous remedy to arsons un accustomed to it, and the caution is suggested to experiment w th it in very mild weather. A Snsporstltion About; Yellow. "D d you ever know that actors and circus people have a superstitious dread of anything yellaw?" asked Billy Thompson, a member of the lTofessioo, of the conldor man at tho Lindell last n'ght ' It's true, nevertheless. If a yellow dog should ran across a Held where a circus was erected its tents It would consider it an omen of bad li ck and would at once change its locality. I remember ono incident that oc ureel down In Tennessee a few xears ago that particularly bears out my statement. I was then a member of a travelling variety troupe, and we had been do ing an exceptionally good business, until ono day ono of the boys bought a yellow claruinct. Fruoi that day business began to fall oir, ana finally got so bad that wo were playing to almost em; ty houses. Oi.' course, we all agreed that the new yellow instru ment was the cause of our nara juck. and besought its owner to dispose ol it. He finally sold it to a fellow who was a member of a lo al band in the town, and. Just to shovr you bow misfortune travelled with it, the very night he bought it, while on bis way home with the clarinet under his arm, he fell down and. broke h s leg. After we got the yjllow thing out ot the company business commenced to pick up again. and wedlda good business the. rest of tho season." St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Bread and Ilntter Letters. More than once I have been seri ously troubled because a youug friend has failed to acknowledge to mo her safe arrival at her home after visiting mo, writes the Ladies' Home Journal. The bread and butter letter, " as it is sometimes called, because it is supposed to be an expression of thanks for what bread and butter stands for, should be written within twenty-four hours after arrival at one's destination, to tho hostess whose hospitality ono has been enjoying. It 1; not quite enough for a youug man who has been visiting his college mate to write to him alone: courtesy calls up. on him to send at least a brief note to his friend's mother, or the lady taking her place. You think it is not an easy thing to do, and it H not altogether if you try to make your note unique and different from others, but the simplest way is the best way, and if you have had a pleasant way say so. An agreeable incident of your journey, or a few lines about the circumf tances into which you have gone, will make a letter which your hostess, will enjoy, and she will set you down in her selected list of well-bred young people. Besides that, you will bare the consciousness that you have been thoughtful of another's feelings, and nave not teen guilty of the appearance of ingratitude. The Lmcky Trfrteen. The present l;ueh ssoi' Sutherland, according to a slory whi b is current in Srotland, owes her position to the superstition concerning tho unluckiness of thirteen. One day at tho house of the late Lord llosslyn it was discovered that there were thirteen persons at the dinner table To add to the number Lady Milliceut, a daughter of the house who bad not yet come out. was sent for to join the party, and tho young Marquis of Stafford was so charmed with her that he almost immediately afterward proposed aud was accepted. A single match requires from l-!200th to 1-louth of a grain of phosphorus for its productior., yet the consumption of matches is so large that it is estimated that tho votal of 1,200 tons is less Mian the a mount consumed in Kuroi.eia their manufacture. T.ikiik are some friends who can't bo good to you unless you will let them own you.

Central Asian Do-aorta Mr. W. Woodvillo Kookhill uo. eribes in an entertaining style, in Tho Century his attempt to cross Tb t His picture of a portion of the country ho traversed is not alluring. Life in tho Central Asian deserts is rough Indeed, he says. Nuture is without attraction of any kind; it is bleak and repelling; never a tree Is seen, and scarcely a flower, except for a mouth or two in tho year. Frobably the Arctic regions alone offer a more meaner flora. One see only coarso grass, of bare, gravel-strewn ground of a red. dish tinge. In the most favored valleys, and hear some brackish lakelet, are occasionally seen bunches of long black-baircd yaks, an'.clopes, or wild asses. A stray hare or wolf runs across the trail: a shcldrtfto or eagle (lies slowly off at one's approach. Wero it not for the wild yaks, t'avel across this great plateau would bo Impossible, for dry yakdung Is tho only fuel to be found. Should a murrain destroy the yaks, as recently it destroyed the lyre-horned antelope, traveling, except along two frequented trails, would become unfeasible. Violent winds sweep the country daily, carrying with them dqnso clouds of akallno dust, which parch and crack the skin and blind the eyes. When it is not blowing, it is snowing, bailing, or raining. Bogs, marshes, and sandy wastes cut at short distances by low ranges of

mountains rarely rising abovo tho line of perpetual snow (though, bo It remembered, tho lowest valleys are at a greater elevation abovo tho sea than the summit of Mont Blanc) are the characteristics of the bleak coun try which we had to cross beforo tho inhabited regions of Tibet could be reached. IrfMt HIS FlltOW. "I served all through tho late civil war," remarked Jonas elt of JNasnua. N. H., at the Laclede recently, and I saw a good many narrow escapes from death. Ahout tho closest shave to be ing killed I over saw was this: One day a sick eoldior was lying in a tent with his knapsack for a pillow. He was supnosod to be out of harm's way, but a solid shot camo flying through the air, struck tho knapsack and car ried it clean away. Tho only inconvenience to tho invalid was tho loss of his pillow and tho lotting down of his head. As the knapsack was scarcely thicker than the missile, it might bo called literally a hair-breadth escape." ti. jwouis UiODe-Democrat Tho Emperor anil the Pirate, Alexander tho Great was about to pass sentence of death on a noted pirpto, but previously asKcu him, wny aost tnou trouble tno acasr" 'Why," rejoined the rover boldly, dost thou trouble tho whole world? I, with ono ship, go in quest of solitary adventure and am therefore called pirato. Thou, with a great army, warrest against nations and tnoroioro art called Emperor. Sir, thero is uo difference betwixt us but in tho name and means of doing mischief." Alexander, so tar Irom being dis pleased with tho culprit, was so impressed with the force of his appeal that he dismissed him unpunished. A Coal Oust Motor. It is said that a German officer has invented a motor in which a fine stream of coal-dust is utilized to drive a iston bv explosions in the same manner as tho gas in tho gas-engine. Tho Krupps are now making tho engine in their works at Essen. It has long been known that finely pulvorized coal in suspension in tho air is highly oxplosivo, and it has been held responsible for some of the most frightful colliery disasters, but this is tho first attempt to utilize it in this way. Frozen Theo OB Firo I sVike the application of toa to the small of your back, la Uie sensation produced by the chtU that precedes the f over of malaria. Then comes the roasting stage, when every Tola tbrobs and Is scorched as if with liquid nre. Then yon well nigh dissolve in exhaastinjt perspiration that leaves you as limp as a wet dlab rag, These alternating torments are not remediable permanently with quinine, which is. moreover, a most damaging cumulative poison. Hostctter's Stomach Hitters drives out the foe an t repels its further atUoks. It la the leading niedlolnal safeguard against malaria all over the continents ul North and KouUi Amorica. Guatemala, the Isthmus ot l'unama, Mexico and Australia. It regulates the liver, stomach, bowels and kidneys, enriches the blood, and promotes am elite, sleep and digestion. It is not only a medicine, bat an cflccllTO cordial welcome to the most delicate palate, liheumalio tendenoy la counter. actea oy it. Presidents. Abraham Lincoln undoubtedly was tho tallest President: he was six feet four inches in height. Tho shortest was probably Benjamin Harrison, although Van Buren and John Adams wero very snort men. ino oldest President was William Henry Harrison, who was 68 years and one month old when inaugurated; the youngest was Grant, who was not quite 47 years old. A Foreigner Naturalized. As a general thing a foreigner must live hero five years beforo ho can be naturalised. If a minor come hero under the ago of eighteen, and is here when his fat hor obtains naturalization, ho is naturalizod by that proceeding and votes when he is twenty-one. Bow's Thl.T Ws oSer One Hundred Dollars Howard for an rape of Catarrh that cannot be eared by taking Ball's Catarrh Curs. y. j. uut.;i co.. Props., Toledo. O. We. tho undersigned, have known F. J. Che. rey for tho last fiiteon years, and beUeve him lerfectlv honorable In all business transactions and financially able to carry ont any obligations Wfst Tuvax. Wholesale Drnmrlsts. Toledo. O. Wildiko, Kisks ft IUrvih, Whiilesal Drug. SBts, Toledo, O. all's C atarrh Cnre is taken internally, acting dircolly upon the blood and muoous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Prloe 75a per uotue. bow by au uragglais. Starred Amid Plenty. An old man who for manv vears has boen a beggar on the streets of Auzorro, tYanco, existing on scrars of food which ho begged from door to door. died a few days ago of cold and hunger. in an old trunk in nis miscrabio lodg ings were found bonds to the valuo of more than a million francs, and in tho ollar, covered by heaps of rubbish, moro than 400 bottles of wine of tho vmtago of 1790. Tho old man had In herited tho wine from his family and had lived to the age of 85 years with out opening a single bottle, to California. This Is our sleeping cox rate on the Phil-llps-ltock Island Tourist Exourslons from Chicago loLos Angolos or Ban Francisco, via tho scenic routo and Oeden. You can go with Phillips, tbo best of all oxcursion mnnagers, for ho has each party accompanied by a Btidclnl agent who goon tho entire trip with patrons. Thoeo personally conducted excursions leave Chicago twico a week, Tuesday and Thursday. Wo htivo also a daily tourist oar ssrrico, via our Routliorn route, through the beautiful Indian Territory nnd Fort Worth to Los Angolos and Han Francisco. The tourist car rato via this route, tho snrae. Apply at Rock Island ticket office, 101 Clark street. John Sebastian, Q. 1'. A., C K. I, & P. Iiy Chicago. When eomo men speak to you on tho street, they nod up instead of down. Eaa "Colchoster" othar column. Spading Boot ad. la IrVIFF CANNOT 8EE HOW YOB DO " ITE IT AND PAY fUHBHT. Tabb Ban nr I drawtr wilnit or Mk If 5 TlTr Ulfk Arm 8lanrali macklH tautlr N&lftbad, Bkitl pUu3,fc.pti to llcut fid JtW work: guaiBBtMd tor 10 Iar Wttk A.tfmtl.BobL!oVl4r,ftlf.Tfcr.a4lf VjU. dr BkBUUtfielf-ScUIirt HMdiikudftcemfiUU tt wt Bltrl AttMht,3fcrppil n wktra 10 Dii'i Trial. Ka BiDiiak rt antra J in advance. Tf, 000 Dow tan. VVwId'a fU Mrdal awar Jt4 mckiaa andiudk Recta. 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A Friendly Ant. Tho president of ho 1.: nnesm Society, in a recent lecture delivered in tho gardens of tho Royal I otar ic Socioty, drew attention ' to tho curious and intimate relationship e listing between somo animnU and plants, especially in tropical countries, where tho s'.rujrgle for existence ii so fiorco. Ono plant, known an the buU's-born acacia, of Central America, provides a species of ant not only with foad and drink, in tho shape of tii y cgg-liko bodies upon its leaves anl a sweet liquid contained in special veils on tho stalk, but in addition it furnishes a tonomont for the ant in ' he hollow spines with which ii is armed. In return for theso favors the aut protects tho acacia from its euemlci,. Gladstone's Wonderful I' lyslque. It may bo of historic inportanco to record that about six weeks ago Mr. Gladstone was thorouahlj oxaminod by his medical adviser, wh i found him to bo a wonderfully strong -md aealthy man for his age, with a vigorous heart, a Rood appethe, f ound lungs, muscular limbs, and e, full and deep voice. Ho was altogether full of vivacity and vitality. Mr. (lUJstono informed his medical attendant that ho slept exeollontly, and tha'- in the intervals of work hestillfoundtho greatest cn'oyment in his literary pursuits. London Lancot. A llous." in a Fiet. Let tho mother becomi sick and helpl-'sa, and the hmi o in all in disorder. When both father anl mother are down, you may as well clt ie tbo shutters. Order is brought out t : chaos often very eas ly, and Mr-. Jofcn -Valin, of South But e, Mont., l eb. V., lSf'3, found an oasy way out of her difficulties, as sho writoii thus: "My husband and I took very bal rheumatism 'rom ncvere colds, and my arms wero so lam I could not raue taom to help myrolf. I sent at onco for a bottle of St. JaoobsOiU and beforo the bottle was half empty I could go ah jut my work. Mv husband bocamo to 1 irao ho could n n got out c f bed. Two and a half bottles completely curod him. I will always praiso ii,. JfUiobsCil, and you may u 6 this as yo i see fit." IT is a wise man who km ws his own name when he sees it in tho newspaper list of hotel arrivals. tuition's Consump: Ion Cure 1 1 sola on sursntec. it cures lnt-! ii.-nt Conun,) tion. H is tLs best Cough Cure. i ct-uti, 5D rents aid li&l. ALL China is rejoicing' in the birth of an heir apparent to tho throno. The rest of tho world i:t not sensibly stirrod and jot is not so thoughtless as to omit tho formality of congratulating the royal paronts and olToi Ing Kip Van Winkle's toast to tl:.c bl liking little youngster who is for j ordained to kingly powers. If your nsonist, best and met cylcsmed neighbors had mitten tho fc flowing letters they could bo iio mora wortl y of your confldoncothnn thoy ut,v are, coming, as thoy do. from well Itnown. Inteliiront and trust worthy citizens who, in theft several neighborhoods, enjoy tho fullest confidence and respect of alL Mrs. F. L. Toman, of Mmton. Wexford Co., Mich., wheso portrait he ids this article, writes as follows: "I began biking Dr. Pierce's Favorito Prcscripti 3 about a year ago. For yearn I have suffered with falling and ulceration of tho womb, but to-day, I am enjoying perfect boulth. I took four iMttles of tb) ' Proscription' and tvrt) of Dr. Picrcs'fi Gol.i m Medical Discovery. Every lady sulTerit g from female weakness should try tlio ' Prescription' and ' Golden Media:! Discovery.' 11 Miss Mary J. Tanner, Hcrth Lawrence, Bt. Lawrence Co., N. ST., writes : "I was sick for four rears. For tw j years I could do no work. I had flvo dlT: rent physicians, who pronounced my cjiso a wor or impoverished condition of tbe blod, and uterine trouble. I suffered a great 1 jal with pain in both sides, and much tender! ess on pressing over the womb. I bloated i t times in my bowels and limbs; wos trci.bled with loucorrbea. I could not sleep, uid was troubled with palpitation of tho 1 eart. Suffered a great deal if pain In mv bead, temples, forehead and eyes. I had a troublesome cough, raised u great leal l ad at times experienced a good deal of yi in in my chest and lungs. My voice at times was very weak. I suffered excruciating mon .lily, periodical pains. Since taking coven bottles of Dr. Pierce's Fa vorilo Prescriptioo some time ago, I havo enjoyed better liealtt than I have for more than four years proitously ; in fact, for several months pott I hit re been able to work at sewing. I have g ined in weight thirty-nine pounds dm.-e to dug your medicines ; the soreness and, pu a have disap peared." xur tru-y, Lincoln a3sVA I For iiseisas of the not an experiment FFRINP. Ilwi hv

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Bold that dog that be was a bird dog? Dealer Yes, that is what I said." ''Well, you swindled mo; that dog won't hunt." 'Well, I didn't say ho would hunt, lie's a bird dog. Cook tho birds for him. That's tho way ho likes them best. Sparc Moments. THE EVOLUTION Of medicinal aoents is gradually relegating tho old-tlmo herbs, pills, draughts and vegetable extracts' to tho rear and bringing Into general use the pleasant and effective liquid lnxiitlvo, Syrup of Fige. To got tho truo remedy noo that It is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only. For sale by all leading druggists. You can novor toll tho correct time by looking at a pretty clock. Ugly clocks, like homely girls, aro usually reliable. FOB STRENG THENING AND OLE ARINO THE VOICE, ueo Urowk's UhOKoniAt Tbjches "I havo commended them to frlouds who wore public speakors. and they hovo proved extremely sorviooablo." Sev. Ileum Ward lieecher. Along about 3 o'clock every day, a limn begins to fool as if ho was sit iiciing two steps backward to every atop for ward no tUKOil. "How seraphic!" eirlalmcdayouiiftgeatlcniin es so angelic crest ur, Swept by xuo iicsvoniy eiov ot Ulenn'a Sal en ncr encess was aue to uie pbur Soap. Some kinds of meanness are more unpopular ths.n others. KITS I AHflta topped fr e by Dr. KllreV OmtKcrrt uertonn-. Kant nitT dm day's use. sUfrel ut curea. Traui c (.n't S2.00 trial bolt's froo to Fit cues, fiend to Dr. Kline, 131 Arch St., Phlla., Fa.

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2 9 9 9 0" T!saas,,ss'4SSJl" Mrs. Alex. Robertson . of Half Beck, Mercer Co.. Mo., writes: For twenty years. I suffered with womb diseaso and most of the time I was in, constant pain which rendered life a groat burden, 1 cannot express what I suffered. 1 had cigbt doctors and all the medicine I bad from them failed tbe one after tho other. I was nervous, cold band and feet, palplta tion, headaclie, backache, constipation, leucorrhoa and no appetite, with tjearing-down pains. 1 got so weak I could not walk around. I had to keep my bed, thlnHng I would never get any better. One day my husband got one of your tittle books and read it to me. Ha said there woe nothing doing me any good. I sold I would try Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. I did try it. Aftr the first few weeks my appetite was better ; I was able to sit up in bed. I wrote to the World's Dispensary Medical Association at Buffalo, N. Y.. and described my case ; they sent mo a book on woman's diseases. I read carefully and followed the directions au near as I could and took tbe medicine for two years. With the blessing of God and your medicines, 1 am entirely cured. That was three yean age." Yours truly, " Favorite Prescription " is a positive cure for tho most complicated and obstinate cases of leucorrhea, excessive flowing, painful menstruation, unnatural suppressions, and irregularities, prolapsus, or falling of the womb, weak back, " female weakness," anteverslon, retroversion, bearing-down sensations, chronic congestion, inflammation and ulceration of the womb, inflammation, pain and tenderness in ovaries, accompanied with " Internal heat." Tbe Book (168 pages, Illustrated) referred to above, is sent sealed secure from observation in plain envelops for ton cents in stamps, to pay postage. Write for it. The Book points out the means of successful Home Treatment for all the peculiar weaknesses and distressing diseases incident to women. Address Worlds Dispensary Medical Association, Invalids' Hotel aud Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y. Tea, A GripoleBS Cathartic LIVER and KIDNEYS it is a CURE, used Dy women it rKbvbtN lb burmm if PROMOTES Vir.OR It

DO YOU LIKK TO TttATELf READ THIS ABOUT CALIFORNIA. The WABASH RAILROAD baa placed on salo low rata single and round trip tickots to all principal Pacific coast poiuts, giving a wide choice of route both going and returning, with to extrome return limit of Nine Month Stop-overs are granted at pleasure ou round trip tickots woat of St, Louts end tho Missouri River, and by taking the WAH ASH but one change of cars Is neo essary to reach Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento and Portland, Ore. Remember the WABASH ii the peoplos favorite route and is tbe only line running magnificent free Reclining Chair Cars and Palace Sleepers In all through fast trains to St Louis, Kansas City and Omaha. For Rates, routes, maps, and general Information, call apon or odi ress any of the undermentioned Passenger Agents of the Wabash Syseta, B. G. SUTLER, D. P. A., Detroit, Mloh. F. H. TRISTRAM. C. r. A., Pittsburg, Pa. P. E. DOMBftUBH. P. T. A.. Toledo. Onto. R. 0. THOMPSON P. T. A., Fort Wayne, fnO. J. HALDERkUN, M. P. A Ml Clark St.. Chleesn. UL fl. 0. MAXFIELD. D. P. A., Indianapolis. Ind f. cnAfiULcn u, r. s 1. a., m. unus, sssw . DR. KILMER'S K OO T KIDNEY LIVERS BoUKf Biliousness Headache, foul breath, sour stomach, heartburn, pain in chest, dyspepsia, constipatton. Poor Digestion Distress after eating, pain and bloating In the stomach, shortness of breath, pain in the heart. Loss of Appetite A splendid feeling to-day and a depressed one to-morrow, nothing peeing to taste good, tired, sleepless and all unsrrnng, weakness, debility. Swamp-Hoot builds up quickly a rundown constitution and makes tbe weak strong. At Druggists 50 cent and $1.00 aloe, "Invalid Oolde to Health" free Onesnltalsm Ires. Pa. Kilmer & Co., Binohajtxoh, N. Y. ilCDHII CIIC the famous Parisian foe IICnMflLCnC bleach and complexion beantlflcr. One dollar per route (about a(f tie srsas tf tfmtJar retnetSim). A never-failna-core foraUibpssI bUmtahe. AbmhitclT guaranteed. Sample sows Mo, Tub OcxsuUiXE Co, 21 & Uth tit. Kav Xork (Sty. V 9 9 I 8 Blood

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