Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 51, Number 1, Jasper, Dubois County, 18 September 1908 — Page 6

All in ihe Day's WorK.

TOLD UV THE The corporal pushed a half-burned log oHd back into the fire with the tew of his boot, then became oracular. , Yes.' he said, "them chaps aa yixt boys have been speakln' about were rool cards enough, but all the same their pluck and coolness wanted one thing ' An what was that. Corporal Carfia. Eskir " asked a nettled voice, ( hole." was the laconic answer. "They were In the roes room afore they showed the qualities. Now to mt thtnkin' the man that walks of his own accord into the trouble, not under orders. but because he thinks his duty lies that waj and because he rather likes the risl -Hell, that n an. 1 take It. t.-.md for ih. Midier at his best " An aw ever known sich a p in then" ' I huv e jrt If I hadn't. I wouldn't have U-en her. tonight Then let . ar ow it wa None or us ar for am duty tonight so there s l( ts (lV Tjl(, As th- pe.tk. r seemed to voice the ?.-n. r wi,h h- corporal nodded a-s.-nr .in. I then jrreH!ed ti empty his r r .md stow n arefullv awa la the vv of hi hiernach. The column. a II ice one. was on the march against .n..,Mir f.,..HKi- w.i., ,f ..n. M - 111. . .11 a.v" v.- ... .MM gle outlaws. ..-id had enteral a w-.Ider-t.s where luxuries, pip- included, we - more tl tri s"tw. and as the cor-p-ra. a inw'erate smoker, he w.s ii aklti .in rhances Then havirp I.... le si. aii'"!i!:cht ! ; Ih1 'he j: huü'l' -ms r-B?an-, folio 'Dfj 'f a lfirei raneed WiMKietJ rise that The rtudcen wa .i'"H to start his storv !!! her' in the misty :. !... r.tu on 'he ljheel ' ;a- thre t.tme the . t if a sni' htiore. in- . i b the m e n crark-M-'f-ir-l Tlicsf h the a. "lis the t r of th - no flash--, tior did r'e But from the th r ' iirection of 'h- :"i-h hi.tdei :-.trruard xuld t-e dltv een as tlw racei for, the spot from which The " in 1 of the firing had cor: For nearly a minute the proujw pathrred round h various fl' - at motionless, alert for the call of 'he bugle Sone such canie. howeTer. and the m-n gradually re!.ixed ino the r former laz tranquility Some prowhng sniper flrinc at the sentries." said the corporal, at length. ; i s notning. Hp was r,nf It wse one sentrv '

dpsperatelv woun le.. and th- corpse ; ndenstand. They had somethinR nr of the sniper rolled into the djheel by , ?ent to . or where waittog for somethe fire of the sentrv's chum In one th,n- nd meantime I was to be made serse. it wh no-hing nothing more s secure as possible till I tell than one of the eteryday Incident In '" . 1 w-nt W ,h thought h- pdier s chapttr of chances, so ' r an'1 ? man -vet llas eTer cal,ed th.it even had the promts h the firm m(' etward.

in, ,rn f fn i im.pt it u n..Mtirn. : -lie whether r would have dwelt lone in their 'houev. The soldier" on serrIce wi.elv he p- clear of reflection. Most of uu toys. I take it. hare heard of the i:u!üiilias. betran the rur- i noral Yes. eil althouch their teeta: country is Shota Singapore, which. 1 the way. the share with th Santhat doesn't prevent scattered Ln-i f them from being found In odd crn. r pretty nearly all oer India. Tl i teer long in one place, whx h is quitt as well for honest folk, f. r h-rever th-y turn up there is .. !.e For the most part they go in f r thving. .wholesale or other", but if a fd-.orable ihance offers of seeurinz a r :z.. and the oh can onh be done w h the helj. murder well. then. . tr irder it Is. In the ordlnarv work of; ir- and in mid blood. the keep out t tf killing if !!. can at all. fear of i c-ri- quinces I -uppos. but if they ' & thir mt i.hev up over anything

vb-- 'hen. It - r nequeiicvi go hang. nl couidn t un.ierstana a woru o: rr.d hev ll r: ..nv thing to get their '? 1 xuesed that what he was cay-1t4i.-into man or woman who . In "as no lfae ort of talk jou hear li.s offended h. m I m telling ou all ' a Sundav school th s v.) that may know jut what "Thev'd ner! passed him. when s rt if pluck Jim Darrell showed them ' one he lat heeied like lightning wh n h" bro-ii-'ht off the bie iiuff I'm to n ake for th rifle i, the bushes.

ci-Uiir.e to spi.ik of For Jun. remember, knew tt- i;ulRu!ias through and thr..i2Eh ' Aif a mit. corporal. I.roke in rne of the lienrs "There s a Jim I-i:re! in tha c rwd av niounted infantrv as Jotr.. d us this afternoon. Is ItYp, it's the same man. said the corporal, qub ti. finishing the sentence Th- M. I.'s are of his reuiment. the Ijorsets. and 1 haen't seen Jim sinct? we parted in h Iuars. two ears ago. But we've com ,onded. of course, and , b . igh duty ha prevented us from ' rceetin?: todav we ll strike hands to-, n - rrow . riium" ; -. and loser than mf Ilut never mind th.. just now; M me gK c n with nay trn. I wab ejimg you ahout the general run of the ;ulKulias. t an I now. to orr.e nearer he pdnt. rr.a !a im i wa won a particular half dozen of h..t tn. tha- I had the i -tie iimin.i t.at maae Jim Larrel utd ire thttf. , It wa ui' in Duarw that beastly e-n tch of t r hauti'ed ci it:tr lying I ,i"r,c the l:ci. of the T-Ma, river. ' Tii-te had 1' !i Mime local ructions. ' r .:ciu a and a niixetl crowd cf ruo.inted fuitr. abou; a hundred s,r ftp. and 'i awn fnm half a doten regiments, had teen sent up to keep tie peace. About the oolv fault the i regular poulatin of the district had) was that the; ould fight among them-1 s h-s on the tightest possible pretext so hat as soon as we got that stopped they quieted down and gnre us little j furtbr trouble. But we speedily dis-' coerd that there was big gang of Guigulias in the neighborhood and wi'h that dlscorery began a hot time. While the rioting had been gfdng on noixtdy had mlndod the t.uiRu.las much, so that they had a heavenly time in the thieving line. V i' w' h threstoration of order, popular j t. n io;. was turned on th" robber- a . i '! doings, and -r -t was th t tilting that our fellows were tse to the work of '.r. n ina up the c nc or drivinR it oet "f d it-"let it was a grv!. i . .to fron tatt to finish Prom,f. fir th. I dPs showed that - i t fishto, and within a weeu. ' 1 1 . fl . . cf our fellw one of tbi-ut w at office" and wunded three time a many l ui ur i.l- w.-'d accountcd for's'.-t-. off the vtitn-'.. and

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thcugh we cow Ul only guess at the nuniber of their wounded we knew that It must bar been heavy. As you kaow. that sort of fighting doesn't make for mildness, aad as it went o our chap grew savage aad bitter not the least like what they'd been In ordinary war when you can knock down or be knock ed down one minute and shake hands with your enemy the west. As for GulMas. they were treacherous savage from the ftrst- aad as the fighting be- " io MC ! they turned deTUs outright, lmriag pluck about the ,v v,rtUi ao5 ihera. They to poisoning the animate, setting flre to th ro"al u wer it w8 "onB lo ,tnrta? " detached scouts. Two of oar lad wt-i aaUed that way. and when we found the bodies afterward and saw " tortured to death I !'n ou ü nude tor tmWit shooting wh.-i.ew r a Uulgnlia came in sight. I was t,D ot thought that the ( is must hare been nabbed through r: -". B I k,D2 ,,ljf one nn day I got nabbed n'U " narrator stopped, staring Into th" re with kiltt. brows. It was apPI, nt ,hat ,h h ""illation of tha- bymishap hau no- lost its power to sans ... . i iiru ur i . n i n u muv on 'Yes. 1 was coppe.. and not more lhaii "' arda fn:n where the column had halted. Th coiintr- though lrU n and hillocky. was clear of june ! if it hadn't been I wouldn't have gen- sii far out so that to this day I c.'i make out where those s.x tlnlg il as came from, 'less they'd s-pnins un out of the earth Anvway. I go: a clmt on the head that knocked me ns-lss. and when I came to mys-elf I a tied hand and foot, and had a :ir rag stuffed in my mouth. The nw.i round nie were about a xily a nature and s'n could make them. a:.d .ts I looke.l a: their demon faces I ade up my r.tnd that my soldier inc was about ir.tr Vhn theyd divided my arms, ii 'wt f my clht and some o hr od Js and ends, such as money. wach. pipe and th like, among them, they h'.d the lot anion'; some hush-s a lit tie wav off. laid down their rifl.-s be-i-ide the bush s. and came back tr wh re 1 war lying At ßrst I houdht the meant murder right off. but when they began to clear tut a sort of retS under a rock shelf. I -san tc Well, when the d got the rcss ! reared, they rolled me Into it. and s-'ared buildirg up looe stones In front Theyd about finished this job. wnen a voice one a inimeei quite near yelled out something. The whole six Jumped like eats ?d r them gasp as they faced round. I managed to get my ee to a chink between two stones ami then I saw Jim Darrel for the first time. ' He was standing on a little mound about fifty yards away rifle at the ready, finger on trigger, and with a ! face on him like it had been car ret 1 '"r f white stone I may tell yoi hat Jim isn't a big chap, but just th1 he seemed somehow to fill the J whole place. Riving you the feeling' bat he had death for a dozen behind I m. men le oegan speaiung acain, but rather slowly, and making every word ring like a hammer striking Iron j I wa Gulgu la bat be was using. " But he hadn't taken three steps before the I .-Met ford f racked and le- came d"n. hit clean through the head. That settled the r-t. as far as fighting w.-nt and in about a minute thev were ot of sight. Jim following them up. ' Well, as you may puess. I wasn't lone a prisoner for when Jim bad landed his lot at th main guard he came lack with a dozen more to get the prisoners' title, and. of course. found and released me. That s the s on so far. but before TOU ran weigh up vou've got to re aiembr one or two things The first te thal .j,,,,, Jlm ,arkl.Ni those six he not j,. in-j, there was a while ian ;,nrw:-re r.ear him: the second te !hat he tackled the Gutgullas of his own accord he needn't have been i,v thm unless M clwsen to at)(1 .hat though he'd a magazine rifle, ly OM roumi n it the one he flred (t 0, - - oh. draw it mild, cor poraj H gospel truth He'd had a fal' among some rocks, and the b'ock c tion f the rifle had got jammed The niaeazine act km wouldn't w.r-, ; t : th cartridge In 'he chamb r wouldn't come out. so that once t was llrMl th rifle was useless And -f knowine that, he tackled th e six and arr;i it off srough pure k How did that stand for a iff' Iiefore anew u'd made ; rapid stet was bard to the darkness, and one of the A. H C ranw into the fitit of the flre forporal t'arfln " Totjmm-.! t'arfln ' Hen and the .paker rose to his f. utn at the homal tent One of the sentries down by the rijheel ws shot an hour ago. He wa mconscloiK till Just before he died d then he ail'-d for you The doc .int t ec oo about him' Hi- tiiini' ' .1 m I 1'rel There was a des) silence round the fire, and In It the corporal looked -lowly round the ring of ronch faces. I! (inn wa chatlv m i's in!lr but to -o n.'ich a ;'n ''.' um-r.! "This wn t t utT h id ,,r: l lhjr ttfadrtviood öoial don't whine, and it could not be helped. It was all in th- dav s w .;k - Tit-lade! j.li a T-: ,:i:h.

ITEMS OF INTEREST. Watchmakers' oil comes from the jawbone of the porpoise In a month a caterpillar will oat food weighing 0,400 t linos the weight at Its body. In Turkey it is unlawful to soize a man's residence for debt, and sutlldont land to support htm Is also ox smpt from seizure. Thore are upward of sevonty speclea of edible seoweeds growing on the coasts of Hawaii, and about forty of these are in common use by the natives. A swallow was conveyed In a cage to London from its home in Chetwyud. It Hew to its houie-noit, a distance of IIS miles, in SO minutes, making the trip at the rate of almost two miles a minute. A lady in Paris, during a violent quarrel with hr husband, hurled a soda-water siphon at him. Ho dodged, aad it missed him: it went through a

window, dropped into a passing motorcab, and exploded like a bomb. The four occupants of the cab wore seriously cut about the face and hands. A strong-minded damsel in Detroit has achieved notoriety by running off with a coachman: deserting him after three weeks to e!oje with a policeman: splitting the tatter's Hp with his own club because he could not supply her with sufficient money for her wants: and then committing forger', for which she is held a prisoner. There are twice as many blind men as blind women. The temper of fine-edged surgical instruments is gradually destroyed by frequent exposure to brilliant li?hf. Since the earthquake and fire at San Francisco 9.S00 buildings have been erected and 4.t'00 others remodeled. The disaster destroyed S,000 buildings. To scare burglars Daniel Reilly. of Mansfield. O.. uses a phonograph. All the house Is wired and when any door Is opened the pbonoeraph shouts: "Get out of here, or I'll fill you with lead!" The ladies of Atlanta have petitioned the managers of the trolley cars In that city to order the conductors not to assist them on and off the cars, stating that this form of politeness is ruinous to shirt-wafers. The iolicemen in Hamburg are instructed to watch the cars sharply, and if they find a car containing a single passenser more than the number allowed by law the conductor is fined marks about 75 cents. A farmer in Youogstown. 0.. while pliying bil' tarda, wagered a dollar that he could put a billiard ball in h:s mouth and close his teeth and lips. He woa the bet. but he had to pav to a doctor for removing the b&IL When a traveler in Baden desires to send a teleRram w-hlle he is on the train be writes the message on a post card, puts on a stamp and drops It into the train letter box. At the next sta tkm the box is emptkd and the message sent. The stingiest man in Tennessee dwells in Gallatin. He married a girl of his town aad they walked around the square for a i.ridal tour. He bought her a nick ! s worth of stick candy for a wedding present, and then suggested that the save the candy for the children. Corncobs are use I for building purposes in Denmark and Norway. The cobs are crushed and pressed into blocks of various stes. Just as brtCKs are molded. These blocks are bound with wire so as to make them hold together. They are tnen soaked in tar to make them water-tight, and are ready for use after this treatment. They are much lighter than bricks, are always dry and make good houses. Secretary Metcalf of the Navy Dparemtn is giving attention to the question of the practicability of using oil instead of coal as fuel for surface torpedo-boats, and interesting experiments will soon be made along this line. It has been estimated by officers that the radius of operation of a torpedo-boat would be Increased at least 20 per cent. If oil were substituted for coal as fuel. A Servian named Merchep has devised what he terras "a boat in a knapsack." for army purposes. The boat is composed of linen, rendered impermeable by a coating of rubber: it is provided with oars, which fold into each other to the size of an ordinary walking-stick, and a cork seat, wh.ch also serves to keep it taut when open. The model can accommodate one person only, but larger ones may be made on the same plan for the conveyance of troops and baggago when crossing rivers. It is rash and dangerous to hold erect a fainting person. Fainting Is caused by a want of blood In the brain, the heart falling to act with sufficient force to send the blood against the laws of gravitation. If. then, you place a person sitting whoe heart has nearl ceased to beat, his brain will fail to receive blood: If rou lay hint down, with the h- ad lower than the heart, blood will run into th J brain by th mem force of gravity. ami. tn tainting in Mifficient quantity, generally. o retor onseiousness. Raid men may dem.- ontfrrr from the far - th tt a)un-ian' hair is not a ig of Mtdiiy or mental strength The Mjr f Samson han given ris to the notion that hiiry men an strong phs'c:lv. while the fact Is hat the Chinese, who are most en durinc f all rac s. are mostly bald As to the supposition that long and thick hair is a ign or token of Intel lectualitv. all antiquity, all madhouses, and all common observation an aRainst it. The easily wheedled Esau was hairy: the mighty Caesar wa. bald. More to Be Desired. That mountain." said the pesslmls tic director of tlto now railroad "sevsms to have blocked our progress effectively." 'Oh! no." replied the chief engineer "Wo Uli have faith In onr ability to t huh el through It." "Huh! It's too bad your faith Isn't of th sort that mores mountains. Catholic Standard and Times. Modern Miracles. 7m Mrs. Potter tells mo hor hair tu had gray In a single night, Jack Nothing remarkable about that. I know a girl whose hair turned yellow in less than an hour. Chlcagc News.

Miss yotighaVs Sais

2 "RVBytUD KIVLIJVG

Some people say that there Is no romance in India. Those people are wrong. Our live hold ns much romance as Is good for us. Sometimes more. Strickland was In the police, nnd people did not understand him; so they said ho was a dutiful sort of a man and passed by on tho other side. Strickland had himself to thank for this. He hohl tho extraordinary theory that a policeman in India should try to know as much about the nntlvos as tho natives themselves. Now in the wholo of Upper India, there Is only one man who can pass for Hindu or Mohammedan, chaniar or faquir, as ho pleases. He Is feared and respect oil by the natives from the Ohor Kathri to tho Janinin Musjld: and he is supposed to have the gift of invisibility nnd executive control over many devils. But what good has this done him with the Government? None in the world. He has never got SIniln for his charge, nnd his name is almost unknown to Englishmen. Strickland was foolish enough to take that man for his model: and, following out his absurd theory, dabbled in unsavory places no respectable man would think of exploring nil among the native riff-raff. He educated himsun in mis peculiar way ror seven years, and people could not appreciate it. He was perpetually "going Fantee" among natives, which, of course, no man with any senso bell res in. He was initiated into the Sat Bhai at Alla habad, when he was on leave; he knew the Lizard-Song of the Snnsis. and the Halll-Hukk dance, which is a religious can-can of a startling kind. When a man knows who dance the Halli-Htikk and how. and when, anil where, he knows something to bo proud of. Ho has gone deeper than the skin. But Strickland was not proud, though he had helped once, at Jagadhrl. at tho Painting of the Death Bull, which no Englishman must ever look upon; had mastered the thleves'-patter of the changars; had taken a Kusafxai horsethief alone near Attock; and had stood under the mimbar-board of a Border mosque and conducted service In a manner of a Sunni Mollah. His crowning achievement was spending eleven days as a faquir In the gardens of Baba Atal at Amritsar. and there picking up tho threads of the great Nlslban Murder Case. But people said. Justly enough: "Why on earth can't Strickland sit in his office and write up his diary, anJ recruit, and keep quiet. Instead of showing up the incapacity of his seniors?" So the Naslban Murder Case did him no good dopartmontally; but after his first feeling of wrath, he returned to his outlandish custom of prying Into natlvo life. By the way, when a man once aculqres a taste for this particular amusement, it abides with him all his days. It is the most fascinating thing in the world Love not excepted. Where other men took ton days to the Hills. Strickland took loave for what he called shikar, put on the disRiiise that appealed to him at the time, stepped down into tho brown crowd, and was swallowed up for a while. He was a quiet, dark young fellow spare, black-eyed and when he was not thinking of something elso. a very Interesting companion. Strickland on Native Progress as he had seen It was worth hearing. Natlvos hated Strickland: but they were afraid of him. He knew too much. When the Youghals came Into the Station. Strickland very gravely, as he did everything fe!l in- love with Miss Youghal; and she. after a while, fell In love with him. because she could not understand him. Then Strickland told the parents; but Mrs. Youghal said she was not going to throw her daughter into the worst paid department In the Empire, and old Youghal said, in so many words, that he mistrusted Strickland's ways and works, and would thank hltn not to speak or write to his daughter any more. "Very well." said Strickland, for he did not wish to make his lady loves life a burden. After one long talk with Miss Youghal he dropped tho business entirely. The Youghals went up to Simla In April. In July Strickland secured three months' leave on urgent private affairs." He locked up his house thou en not a native In the Province wtould wittingly have touched "Kstreekin Sahib s" gear for the world and went down to see a friend of his, an old dyer, at Tarn Tara n. Here all trace of hint was lost, until a sals met me on the Simla Mall with this extraordinary note: "Dear Old Man: Please give bearer a box of cheroots Supers. No. 1, for preference. They are freshest at tho Club. I'll repay when I reappear; but at present I'm out of Society. "Yours. "E. STRICKLAND." I ordered two boxes and handed them over to the sals with my love. That Sals was Strickland, and lie was In old Yougliars employ, attached to Miss Youghal's Arab. The poor follow was suffering for an English smoke, and knew that whatever happened I should hold my tongue till the business was over. I-ator on. Mrs. Youghal, who was wrapped up In her servants, began talking at houses where she called of hor paragon among snises the man who was never too busy to g t up In the morning and pick flowers for the breakfast table, and who blacked actually blacked the hoofs of his horse like a London coachman! The turnout of Miss YouRlinl's Arab was a wonder and a delight. Strickland Dulloo. I mean found his reward In the pretty things that Miss Youghal wild to him when she went out riding. Her parents were pleased to find she had forcotten all her foollshnss for young Strickland, anil said she was a good girl. Strickland vows that the two mouth of his service were the most rigid mental discipline he had ever gone through. Quite apart from the little fact that the wlfo of one of his fellow anises fell In lovo with him and then tried to poison him with arsenic because he would have nothing to do with her. he had to schol himself Into keeping quiet when Miss Youghal went out riding with some men who tried to flirt with her. nnd he was forced to trot behind, carrying the blanket and luaring every word! A No, ho

I hud to ketp hl ti mper when he was slanged in "Hfntuore" porch by a po

liceman espniiilly once when tie was abustd by a Nalk he had himself recruited from User Jang v din go or. worse still, when a young subaltern called him a pig for not making way (iiilcklv enoueli. But the lifo had its compensations Ho obtained Rroat insight Into the ways ami thofis of snlse'S enough he j says to have summarily convicted halt the chatnnr population of the Punjab : if ho had been on business. He he- , came one of the leading players at , knuckle-hunes. which all Jhnupnnis and 1 many salses play while they uro woitjlng outside the Government House or , tho Gaiety Theater of nichts; he t learned to smoke tobacco that was I three-fourths weed: and ho heard I the wisdom of the grizzled .lemndnr of I the Government Hause sulses. Whose Words are valuable. He saw many things which amused him; and he states, on honor, that no man enn appreciate Simla properly, till he Ins seen It from the sals's point of view. He also says that. If ho chose to write nil he saw, his head would he broken In soveral places. Strickland's account of the agony ho endured on wet nights, bearing the music and sening the lights In "Benmore," with his toos tingling for a " uiov i tin ii in iiuw it i .ii 'inuiinvi) is rather amusing. One of these days. Strickland is going to write a little book on his experiences. That book will be worth buying; nnd even moro worth suppressing. Thus he served faithfully, as Jacob served for Hüchel; and his leave was nearly nt an end when tho explosion camo. He had really done his host to keep his temper In the hearing of the filiations I have mentioned; hut he broke down at last. An old and very distinguished general took Miss Youghal for a ride, and began that specially offensive "you'roonlv-a llttlo-glrl" sort of lllrtation most difficult for a j woman to turn aside deftly, and mos' j nii.ddening lo listen to. Miss Youghnl I was slinking with fear at tho things hI said in the hearing of her sals. Düllo i I Strickland stood It ns long as hs j could. Then he caught hold of the gen'oral's bridle, nnd In most fluent ISnv;i lish, invited him to step off and he heaved over the cliff. Next minute. Miss Youghal began crying, and Strickland saw that he lind hopelessly givi n himself away, and everything was over. The general nearly had a lit wh le 'Miss Youghal was sobbing out tho story of the disguise, and the engage ment that wasn't recognized by tho parents. Strickland was furiously angry with himself and more anvry with the general for forcing his hand; so he said nothing, but held the horse's head and prepared to thrash the general as some sort of satisfaction, hut when the general had thoroughly grasped the story, and knew who Strickland was. he began to puff and blow in the saddle, and nearly rolled off with laughing. Ho said Strickland deserved a V. C, if it wero only for putting on a sals's blnnket. Then he called himself name, and vowed that he deserved a thrashing, but he was too old to take It from Strickland. Then he complimented Miss Youghal !on her lover. The scandal of the btislI ... . r i. . ucan ui'tci so ucn mm, iui iiu nun a nice old man. with a weaknew. for flirtations. Then he laughed again, and said that old Youghal was a fool. Strickland let go of the cob's hen!. and suggested that the general had hotter help them, if that was his opinion. Strickland knew Youghal's weakness ;for men with title and letters after j their names nnd high otilcinl position. "Its rather like a forty-minute farce," said the general, "but, begad. I will help. If P.'s only to escapo that tremendous thrashing I deserved. Go along to your home, my sals-policeman, and change into decent kit, and I'll attack Mr. Youghal. Miss Youghnl. may Task you to canter home and wait?" About seven minutes later there was a wild hurroosh at tho club. A sals, with blanket and head-rope, wns asking all the men ho knew: "For Heaven's sake lend mo decent ! clothes!" As the men did not rocogjnlze him. there wero some peculiar scenes before Strickland coull got n .hot hath, with soda In it, in one room, in shirt here, a collar there, u pair of 'trousers elsewhere, nnd so on. Ho j galloped off, with half the club ward- , robe on his back and an utter I stranger's pony under him. to tho house of old Youghnl. The general, arrayed In purple and fine linen, was before him. What the general hod said Strickland never know, but Youghnl received Strickland with moderate civility; nnd Mrs. Youghal, touched by the devotion of the transformed Dulloo, was almost kind. The general beamed and chuckled, and Miss Youghal came in, and, almost before old Youghal knew where he was. the parental consent had been wrenched out, and Strickland had departed with Miss Youghal to tho telegraph office to wire for his kit. The final embarrassment was when an utter stranger attacked him on the Mali, and asked for the stolen pony. So, In the end. Strickland nnd Miss Youghal wero married, on the strict understanding that Strickland should drop his old ways, and stick to departmental routine, which pavs best nnd loads to Simla. Strickland was far too fond of his wife. Just then, to break his word, but It was a nore trial to him, for the streets and the bazars, and tho sounds in them, were full of meaning to Strickland, nnd those called to him to come lwck nnd take up his wanderings and his discoveries. Some day. I will tell you how he broke his promise to help a friend. That was long since, and ho has. by this time, been nearly spoiled for what he would call shikar. He Is forgetting tho slntiR. nnd the boggar's cant, and tho mnrks. and tho signs, and the drift of the undercurrents, which. If n man would master, he must always continue to learn. But he fills In his departmental returns beautifully. Had to Have Them. "This town brnps about its backbone-," criticised the reformer. "Yet I can name forty well known Jolnu that go unmolested." "Well." querlod a rcd-noiotl person In n rear seat, "what good j8 n backbone without plent of Joints'?" Chicago Tribune.

Night Sweats & Cough.

K. W Walton, Condr. S. P. lly 717 Van Nesa St., Ban Antonio, Tox., writes: 'Düring thu summer and fall of 1W2, my annoyance from catarrh reached that stnpo whoro it wan actual misery and developed alarming symptoms, such as a very deep-seated cough, night sweats, and pains In the head and chost. 1 oxperlmonte'd with several ficalled remedies Uioro I finally decided to take a thorough coiufo of Porun.i. "Twoof my friends had gono so far as to inform mo that tho thing for mo to do was to rcolgn tny poMlion and seek a higher, more congenial climate. Every ouu thought I had consumption and I was not expected to live very long. "Having procured somoPeruna, I docided to give it a thorough test mid applied myself assiduously to tho task of taking It, as per instructions, in tho meantime. "Tho effects wero soon apparent, all alarming symptoms disappeared und my general health bocamo fully Osgood as It had over been in my lifo. "I havo resorted to tho uso of Peruna on two or threo occasions slnco that timo to euro myself of bad colds." Art Comes High. "A Now York lady," said a Parisian, "onco venturi-d lo remonstrate with Pnquln hecauso he had charged her $700 for a ball dross. "'Tho matrlal.' she said, 'could ho bought for ?100. and surely the work would bo well paid with $50 more " 'Madumo.' said L'nqttin, with his grandest air, 'go lo your American painter. Sargent, in his little Tlte street studio, and say to him: "Hero Is a yard of canvas, valuo 50 cents, and here are colors, value $1. Paint mo a picture, with thoso colors on this canvas, and 1 will pay you $1 75 What will tho paintor say? He w.M sny, 'Madame, those are no terms f- r an artist." I say more. 1 sa If you think my terms too high, pav mnothing and keep the robe. Art d s not descend to tho littloncss of hag Sling.' " The Best Way to Starve. If one feels hound to under'nlc starvation far a period It is best, a trained physician tells us, to make the process not quite complete by eating a little at the usual intervals of facing absolutely for a comparatively lo ,g time. This makes freak treatment quite harmless. Physiologists find that as the body Is starved fat aM sugar disnp ar first, and tlifii tin minor organs are drawn upon to s ip port tho brain and heart, continti'ng until no more material can be span 1 Exhaustion Is theut very near. Why He Never Spoke. There wns a man In our town, and ho was wondrous wise; ho never spok unto his wife of his mother's cakes nnd pies. Tho secret of his wisdom guess it if you can; but. If you can t, heboid It he was a bachelor man -Pittsburg Post. Doesn't Count. "My dear, 1 have something awful to toll you. That Mr. Parker, with whom you are carrying on such a mad affair. Is a married man!" "Nothing of tho kind. His wife has gono to the country for the summer." Cleveland Leader. Family Pride. "Yos." Miss Wood by was saying, "a first cousin of my aunt Jane's marrle one of the Vander Gllt9 of Now York indeed?" replied Miss Bright. "A first cousin of mine married one of the Joneses of the United States.' Philadelphia Press. Much the Same. This world Is like an apple barrel. And if for a moment you'll stop You will find the big apples and men Always mannge to reach the top. Chicago News. Just So. "The automobile Is rapidly dividing the public Into two classes." "Yes, tho quick or the dead." Puck "THE PALK OIRL." Ilt .Vol Kiiimt Nine Wi Tlio Cnune. In cold weather some people think a cup of hot coffee good to help keepvann. So It Is for n short time but the ding caffeine nets on the henrt to weaken the circulation and the react'on Is to cause more chilliness. There Is n hot, wholesome drink, which n Dak. girl found after a time, makes the blood wann and the heart strong. She snys: "Having lived for five years In N. Dak., I have used considerable coffee owing to the cold climate. As n result I had a dull headache regularly, suf forod from Indigestion, and had no ilfe In nie. "I was known ns 'the pale girl' and people thought I was Just weakly After n time I hnd heart trouble and been me very nervous, never knew what It was to he real well. Took niedUino hut It never seemed to do any good. "Since being married my husband and I both have thought coffee wns harming us nnd we would quit, only to begin again, although we felt It was the same ns poison to us. "Then we got some Postum. Well, the effect was really wonderful. My complexion Is clear now, lieadacho gone, and I have a great deal of energy I hud never known while drinking coffee "I haven't been troubled with Indigestion since using Postum, am not nervous, and ne'e'd no medicine. Wo have n III tie girl and boy who both love Postum and thrive on It and GrniKvNuts." "There's n Benson." Name given by Postum Co., Battle CriH'k, Mich. Bend "The Hoad to Wellvllle." In pkgs. liver read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They arc genuine, true, and full of human Interest