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rH/T DOVER NEWS.
E. W. Simpson, Editor.
A New Precedent.
K new precedent In Insanity cas^a
has been set by William H. Holm«*s of
Omaha, on trial for the embezzlement
of $700. Although Insanity Is his sola
defense, no alienists have been called,
no one has testiflul to hereditary
taints, and no mention baa been ma M
of brainstorm o' exaggerated ego. Tin
witnesses have all been ordinary citi-
*ens who have met him In everyday
life. Sam Huff, ex sheriff and membor
of the legislature, testifies that he be-
lieves Holmes insane, because he
wants a bath every (lay and Is scrupu-
lous about his dress. George Stryker,
mother ex-sheriff, says that llolmea
would have "a roaring toothache eve-
nings, but would be all right morn-
ings," which, coupled with the fact
that ho turned out his gas In Jail at
S p. m. and went to sleep, though the
rules allowed him to have It going till
S, proved madness conclusively. Tho
only departure from the home-made
brand of evidence was when Holmes'
attorney argued «hat, as all the mas-
ters of music, art, lltreature nnd poll-
tics had been more or less crazy,
Holmes must undoubtedly be so. Ono
telling argument was adduced—the
prisoner ate hroakrast foods! How-
ever, remarks the New York Post, no
one thought to point out the most
conclusive proof of all, namely, that,
If ho had not been Insnne, Holmes
never would have embezzled merely
$700.
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SYNOPSIS.
A dotnrhmont of tin* FHghtMMith In-
fantry from Knrt Bethune inippeil uy
Indians In a narrow gorge. Anions llic"
is a stranger who Introduces lilnis. If hy
thi- nam- of Hampton, also <1 <
post trader, anil Ills .laughter. GMIIs and
a ninjiuitv of the soldiers are killed dur-
iriK " three days' slene. Hampton and
the Klri ..nly em-ape from the Indians.
They full rxhauHtud on the philiiH. a
eompany of the Seventh cavalry Lieut
Brant In command, tlnd ll em. Hampton
and the girl stop at the V.lner
Id, Mrs. DutTy, propi
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talks tin
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ives Glen-
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tool. Miss
Wynknop.
The Man We Envy.
In one of his plays, Ilcrnard Shnw
remarks that "the man with the tooth-
ache thinks everyone happy whose
teeth are sound, and tho poverty-
stricken man makes the same mistake
about the rich man." So It is with
most things. One always feels that
the thing one does not possess, or tho
thing one cannot do, Is the one thing
#*sentlal to happiness. Tho unsuc-
cessful think the successful must be
happy. The Invalids think If they had
health nothing else would matter. The
laboring man thinks If ho only had
leisure he would ba content. But, for-
tunately, happiness Is not the preroga-
tive of any class of people or station
In life. No doubt some are gifted with
* happier and more cheerful tempera-
ment than others, says the New Yotn
Weekly, but one's point of view Is
rejlly largely a matter of habit, and
the thing to do Is to try and get into
a habit of letting one's thoughts dwell
on the pleasant things of life as much \
as possible and forget lis worries as
•oon as may be.
roe per I
flavin s
onfesBton
il Is Murphy
id Icrt. In a
i Unite thrust.
"A nobleman who becomes the hus-
band of an American heiress enter3
Into the marriage with a proper re-
spect for his bride. lie does not crave
the alliance because of the financial
reasons, but because he is dominated
by the overwhelming beauty and fair-
ness of the American girl. He Is car-
ried away by her philosophy, her logic,
her irresistible and fascinating mien,"
says an Austro-Hungarian visitor In
Washington. Be-oo-tlful! But why,
asks the Baltimore American. Is It
that only girls with the largest sort of
fortunes have the peculiar brand of
philosophy, logic and irresistible and
fascinating mien ot appeal to the for-
eign aspirants for American wives?
It is Inspiring to read that the Asso-
ciation of Master Plumbers is animat-
ed by the noble desire to mitigate hu-
man suffering and lessen disease by
Improving the standard of plumbing.
The enthusiasm with which the aver-
ago citizen greets this sentiment gets
somehlng of a jolt, however, with tho
further announcement that by giving
the people sanitary plumbing the or-
ganization will he able to command
prices that will pay its members for
the good work they do. Dear, dear,
and most of us thought we had been
paying enough tc secure that kind of
work all tho time! ,
Even the Arabian Nights contain.?
nothing more gorgeously weird thar
the story which comes from Alabama
concerning one Smith who ran half
a mile to a doctor, his head fastened
to his neck only by a shred of tlesh.
Smith might have toted his top piece
much more easily hud he sawed it
entirely off and carried it in a bag
slung over his shoulder.
A Philadelphia newspaper consigns
Chicago to outer darkness because of
the alleged fact that the Auditorium
theater is to be pulled down. Before
forming its opinions even a Philadel-
phia newspaper should get the facts in
the case.
The Pennsylvania railroad has
served notice on the steel trust to fur-
nish it rails without blowholes. Holes
are endurable in bread and cheese
and lace insertion, but the present rail-
road traffic Is so heavy that It leaves
dents in rails that are spongy.
Mr. Whltaker Is modest. The Eng-
lish fortune he seeks amounts to only
$600,000,000. Few people attempting
to collect a mythical chancery estate
|Would give up a penny of their claims
far such a sum.
lis—the Kid. She sin
er's picture and tells htm what 8h.-
of her tin rentage and life. They dec
she shall live with Mm. Hernil.nl. Niihl
the Kid runs away from Mrs. Il. rn.lon
and rejoins Hampton, lie Indues her I
go buck, and to have nolllllik' more to ".
with him. Hampton plays his lust jfan;
of fjtnlH. 1le luinoun. cm
that 1>«* has quit, uiul tin
enid. Miss I'IumIm- Hl>ei
filenoaWl to tea< h its nr.-
Spell.<r int'i'ls Naithi. I
Hr She hoards ill Mrs. Ii.Tmnni
Nat da and Ueut. Brant attain meet with-
out his knowing who si... Is. She Informs
hint of the eonilntt Bachelor <;luh J"
honor of Miss rtpein « r. Lieut. Brant
in.'. ts Silent Murphy. Custer's scout lie
reports trouble brewing among tin s "V*-
Social difficulties arise at the Bachelor
dub's ball among the admirers of .Miss
Spencer. Lieut. Brant meets Miss Spen-
cer but she is not his acquaintance of the
day before. She tells him of Naijlu and
he at ddentnlly meets her again as he is
returning to the ballroom with a fan rot-
Miss Spencer. Brant accompanies NaKIa
home fr«.m the dance. On 1way she
Informs him as to who sho Is. and that
she Is to meet Hampton. Brant and
Hampton meet. Hampton informs the
lieutenant that his attentions to Nania
must cease, and proclaims an authority
over her Hull Justifies the statement.
Hrant tells Hampton of the presence of
Silent Murphy, and of the fact thai Ucl
Hlavin receives government messages Tor
111 til. Miss Spencer called oil Uol) I lamp-
tun Tells l.ini Of a reil-fac. d stranger
mistaking her for Nul.la. Brant liuer-
. i..„ ■ „ slavln. Finds that he Is an c\-
ln the Seventh cavalry. It was
and Murphy's testimony that
more than ten years before had convicted
Hubert Nolan, then a captain in the Sev-
enth, or the murder of MaJ. Ilrant, Sr.
Hampton attempts to for.
from Slavln. Slavln Insist
lie wants, and Murphy I
scutlle Slavin Is killed hy
Hampton surrenders to buck
marshal. Moli attempts to capture lilni.
Mason anil Ids prisoner escape In a hill
and defend themselves. Mob lights Ire
to burn III. ni out. Brant tells Nalda that
he loves her. She tells him there Is an
Insurmountable harrier between them,
hut that she does not fully understand
It. Brant and his troop rescues Hampton
and Mason from the tires set by the
nioli. Hrant carries the unconscious
gambler through the lines of lire. Hamp-
ton Is taken to the hotel and Nalda comes
to nurse liim. Miss Spencer act eptH the
heart i.ml hand of Hev. Wynlfoop. Ilrant
Is ,micro,I I" take the ll.-l.i- Before lie
goes Nalda tells him silo loves him, but
cannot become Ills wife or offer an ex-
planation. He insists he will return to
her. Hampton goes on the trail of Silent
Murpry. then at Cheyenne, as the one
man who can clear t'apt. Nolan of Un-
charge of murder of MaJ. Brant 15 years
before. Hampton arrives at Cheyenne
after Murphy had left with dispatches
for Custer.
CHAPTER XXVII.—Continued.
The memory of his old plain craft
would not permit any neglect of the
few necessaries for the trip. He
bought without haggling over prices,
but insisted on the best. So it was
four in the afternoon when he finally
struck into the trail leading north-
ward. He rode a mettlesome, half-
broken bronco, a wicked-eyed brute
which required lo be conquered twice
within the first hour of travel; a sec-
ond and more quiet animal trailed be'
hind at the end of a lariat, bearing the
necessary equipment
He had, by persistent questioning,
acquired considerable information, dur
ing that busy hour spent in Cheyenne,
regarding the untracked regions lying
before him, as well as the character
and disposition of ihe man he pur-
sued. Hoth by instinct and training
he was able to comprehend those brief
hints that must prove of vast benefit
in the pathless wilderness.
The night was already dark, but
stars were gleaming brilliantly over-
head. and the trail remained easily
traceable. It became terribly lonely
on that wilderness stretching away
for unknown leagues In every direc
tion, yet Hamilton scarcely noted this,
so watchful was he lest he miss the
trail. To his Judgment, Murphy would
not be likely to ride during the night
until after he had crossed the Fourche.
There was no reason to suspect that
there were any hostile Indians south
of that stream, and probably therefore
the old scout would endeavor to con-
serve his own strength and that of his
horses, for the more perilous travel
beyond.
About midnight, the trail becoming
obscure, the rider made camp, conii
dent he must have already gained
heavily on the man he pursued, lie
lariated lits horses and flinging him-
Belf down on some soft turf, almost
immediately dropped asleep. He was
up again before daylight, and, after
a hasty meal, pressed on. The nature
of the country had changed consider-
ably, becoming more broken, the view
circumscribed by towering cliffs ami
deep ravines.
Late in the afternoon he reined up
his horse and gazed forward into a
broad vailey, bounded with precipi-
tous bluffs. The trail led directly
down toward where a considerable
Btream of water shone silvery In the
sun, half concealed behind a fringe of
willows. And yonder, close in against
those distant willow?, some black dots
were moving. Hampton glued his
anxious eyes to the glass. The leveled
tubes clearly revealed a man on horse-
back. leading another horse. The ani-
mals were walking. There could be lit-
tle doubt that this was Silent Murphy.
Hamilton lariated his tired horses
behind the blufT and returned to the
summit, lying flat upon the ground,
with the field glass at his eyes. The
distant figures passed slowly forward
into the midst of the willows, and for
half an hour the patient watcher
scanned the surface of the stream be-
yond, but there was no sign of at-
tempted passage. The sun sank lower
and finally disappeared behind those
desolate ridges to t lie westward.
Hampton's knowledge of plainscraft
rendered Murphy's actions sufficiently
clear. Tills was the Fourche; beyond
those waters lay the terrible peril of
Indian raiders. Further advance must
be made by swift, secret night riding,
and never-ceasing vigilance. This was
what Murphy had been saving himself
and his horses for. Beyond conjec-
ture, he was resting now within the
shadows of those willows, studying
the opposite shore and making ready
for the dash northward. Hampton be-
lieved he would linger thus for some
time after dark, to see if Indian fires
would afford any guidance. Confident
of Ibis, he passed back to his horses,
rubbed them down with grass, and
then ate his lonely supper, not ventur-
ing to light a fite, certain that Mur-
phy's eyes were scanning every inch
of skyline.
Darkness came rapidly, while Hamp-
ton sat planning again the details of
his night's work. Then, with the two
inlmals trailing cautiously behind, he
felt his slow way on foot down the
deep bluff, Into the dotiser blackness
of tho valley.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
The Haunting of a Crime.
Murphy rested on his back in the
The visitor laughed, llie i/u«h«s
rustling as he pushed toward the
sound of the voice. "It's all right, old
boy. Gave ye quite a scare, I reckon."
Murphy could now dimly perceive
the other advancing through the Inter-
vening willows, and his Colt shot up
to the level. "Stop!—ye take another
—step an' I'll—let drive. Ye tell me
—first—who ye be."
The Invader paused, but he realized
the nervous finger pressing the trigger
and made haste to answer. "It's all
right, I tell ye. I'm one o' Terry's
scouts."
"Ye are? Jlst Ihe same—I've heard
—yer voice—afore."
"Likely 'uough. I saw service in the
Seventh."
Murphy was still a trifle suspicious.
"How'd ye git yere? How'd ye come
ter know—wliar I wus?"
The man laughed again. "Sorter
hurls yer perfessional feellns, don't It,
old feller, to be dropped in on in this
unceremonious way ? But it was dead
easy, old man. Ye see I happened
thro' Cheyenne only a couple o' hours
behind ye, with a bunch o' papers fer
the Yellowstone. The trail's plain
enough out this far, and I loped 'long
at a pretty fair hickory, thet I was
up on the bluff yonder, and saw ye go
into camp yere just afore dark. You
wus a-keepln' yer eyes skinned across
the Fourche, and naturally didn't ex-
pect no callers from them hills be-
hind. The rest wus nuthin', an' here 1
am. It's a darn sight pleasanter ter
hev company travelin', ter my notiou.
Now kin 1 cum oil?"
Murplij reluctantly lowered his Colt,
every movement betraying annoyance.
"I reckon. But I'd—a damn sight-
rather risk it—alone."
The stranger came forward without
further hesitation. The night was fat-
too dark to reveal features, but to
Murphy's strained vision the new-
comer appeared somewhat slender in
build, and of good height.
"Whar'd—ye say ye—wus bound?"
"Mouth o' the Powder. We kin ride
tergether fer a night or two."
"Ye kin—do as ye—please, but—I
ain't a liuntin'—no company,—an' I'm
a'—goin' 'cross now."
lie advanced a few strides toward
his horses. Then suddenly he gave
vent to a smothered cry, so startling
as to cause the stranger to spring
hastily after him.
"Oh! My God! Oh! Look there!"
"What is it, man?"
"There! there! The picture! Don't
you see?"
"Naw: I don't see nuthin'. Ye ain't
clous, yet holding \>is voice to a Judl
clous whisper. It vas he who led the
way down the bank, the four horses
slowly splashing through the shallow
water to the northern shore. Before
tfiem stretched a broad plain, the sur-
face rocky and uneven, the aorthern
stars obscured by ridges of higher
land. Murphy promptly gave his
horse the spur, never once glancing
behind, while the other imitated his
example, holding his animal well in
check, being apparently the better
mounted.
They rode silently. The way be-
an interesting
CHEMICAL EXPERIMENT
"Hampton Glued His Anxious Eyes to the Glass."
midst of a thicket of willows, wide I gone cracked, hev ye?
awake, yet not quite ready to ford the J ture?"
Whose pic-
Fourche and plunge into the dense
shadows shrouding the northern shore.
Crouched behind a log, he had so far
yielded unto temptation as to light his
pipe.
Murphy had been amid just such
unpleasant environments many times
before, and the experience had grown
somewhat prosaic. Kven Indian-scout-
ing degenerates into a commonplace
at last. So Murphy puffed contentedly
at his old pipe.
But suddenly there was the faint
crackle of a branch to his left, and
one hand instantly closed over his pipe
bowl, the other grasping the heavy re-
volver at ills hip. There came a p'aln,
undisguised rustling in the grass,
some prowling coyote, probably; then
his tense muscles immediately re-
laxed, and he cursed himself for being
so startled, yet he continued to grasp
the "45" in his right ha*d, his eyes
alert.
"Murphy!"
That single word, hurled thus unex
"It's there!—O Lord!—it's there!
My God! can't ye see?—An' it's his
face—all a-gleamin' with green flames
—Holy Mary—an' I ain't seen it—
afore in—15 year!"
lie seemed suddenly to collapse, and
the stranger permitted him to drop
limp to the earth.
"Darn if 1 kin see anytliln', old
man, but I'll scout 'round thar a bit,
jest ter ease yer mind, an' see what I
kin skeer up."
He had hardly taken a half dozen
steps before Murphy called after him:
"Don't—don't go an' leave me—it's
not there now—thet's queer!"
The other returned and stood gazing
down upon his huddled figure. "You're
a fine scout! afeard o' spooks. Do ye
take these yere turns often? Ker If
ye do, I reckon as how I'd sooner be
ridin' alone."
Murphy struggled to his feet and
gripped the other's arm. "Never lied
nuthin' like it—afore. But—but it was
thar—all creepy—an' green—ain't seen
pectedly out of the black night, startled thet face—in 15 year.'
him more than would a volley of rifles.
He sprang half erect, then as swiftly
crouched behind a willow, utterly un-
able to articulate. For the instant his
very blood ran cold; he appeared to
shrivel up.
"Oh, come, Murphy; speak up, man;
I know you're In here."
That terror of the unknown Instant-
ly vanished. This was the temlllar
language of the world, and, however
the fellow came to be there, It was
assuredly a man who spoke.
"Who—the hell—are ye?" be blurt-
ed out.
Any Child Can Do It—The Result l
Almost Like Magic—Useful, Too.
Anything In the nature of a chem-
ical experiment is always Interesting:
and usually educative. Here is a sim-
ple experiment which any child cau.
perform and which is instructive in a
very practical way: Get a bit of White-
Lead about the size of a pea. a piece
of charcoal, a common candle in a.
candlestick, and a blow-pipe. Scoop-
came more broken and rough as they j out a utile hollow in the charcoal to-
advanced, causing them to exercise k0!^ the White Lead, then light the
greater caution. Flying clouds ob- camjie, take the charcoal and lead la
scured the stars, yet through the rifts | one hand and the blow-pipe in the-
they caught fleeting glimpses suffi-
cient to hold them to their course.
And the encroaching hills swept in
closer upon either hand, leaving them
groping their way between as in a
pocket, yet ever advancing north.
Finally they attained to the steep
hank of a considerable stream, found
the water of sufficient depth to compel
swimming, and crept up the opposite
shore dripping and miserable, yet with
ammunition dry. Murphy stood swear-
ing dlsjolntedly, wiping the blood from
a wound in his forehead where the
jagged edge of a rock had broken the
skin, but suddenly stopped with a
quick intake of breath that left him
panting. The other man crept toward
him, leading his horse.
"What is it now?" he asked, gruffly.
"Hev' ye got 'em agin?"
The dazed old scout stared, point-
ing directly across the other's shoul-
der, his arm shaking desperately.
"It's thar!—an' It's his face! Oh,
God!—I know It—15 year."
The man glanced backward into the
pitch darkness, but without moving
his body.
"There's nuthin* out there, 'less it's
a firefly," he insisted, in a tone of con-
tempt. "You're plum Murphy;
the night's got on yer nerves. What
is it ye think ye see?"
"His face, I tell ye! Don't I know?
It's all green and ghastly, with snaky
flames playin' about it! But I know;
15 years, an' I ain't fergot."
He sank down feebly—sank until he
was on his knees, his head craned for-
ward. The man watchlni touched the
miserable, hunched-up figure compas-
sionately, and it shook beneath his
hand, endeavoring to shrink away.
"My God! was thet you? I thought
it was him a-reachin' fer me. Here,
let me take yer hand. Oh. Lord! An'
can't ye see? It's just there beyond
them hftrses—all green, crawlin', dev-
ilish—but it's bim."
"Who?"
"Brant! Brant—15 year!"
"Brant? Fifteen years? Do you
mean Maj. Brant, the one Nolan killed
over at Bethune?"
"He—he didn't—"
The old man heaved forward, his
head rocking from side to side; then
suddenly he toppled over on his face,
gasping for breath. His companion
caught him and ripped open the heavy
flannel shirt. Then he strode savage-
ly across in front of his shrinking horse,
tore down the flaring picture, and
hastily thrust it into his pocket, the
light of the phosphorous with which it
had been rubbed being reflected for a
moment on his features.
. "A dirty, miserable, low-down trick,"
he muttered. "Poor old devil! Yet
I've got to do it for the little girl."
He stumbled back through the dark-
ness, his hat filled with water, and
dashed it into Murphy's face. "Come
on, Murphy! There's one good thing
'bout spooks; they don't hang 'round
fer long at a time. Likely es not this
'un is gone by now. Brace up, man,
for you an' I have got ter get out o'
here afore mornin'."
Then Murphy grasped his arm and
drew himself slowly to his feet.
"Don't see nuthin' now, do ye?"
"No. Where's my—horse?"
The other silently reached him the
loose rein, marking as he did so the
quick, nervous peering this way and
that, the starting at the slightest
sound.
"Did ye say, Murphy, as how it
wasn't Nolan after all who plugged
the major?"
"I'm damned—if I did. Who—else
was it?"
"Why, I dunno. Sorter blamed odd
though, tliet ghost should be a-haunt-
in' ye. Darn if it ain't creepy 'nough
ter make a feller believe most any-
thin'."
Murphy drew himself up heavily
into his saddle. Then all at once he
shoved the muzzle of a "45" Into the
other's face. "Ye say nuther word—
'bout thet, an' I'll make—a ghost outer
ye—blame lively. Now, ye sliet up—ii
ye ride with me."
They moved forward at a walk and
reached a higher level, across which
the night wind swept, bearing a touch
of cold in its breath as though coming
from the snow-capped mountains tc
the west. There was renewed life in
this invigorating air and Murphy
spurred forward, liis companion press-
ing steadily after.
When the first signs of returning
oay appeared in the east, the two lefl
their horses in a narrow canyon, and
crept to the summit of a ridge. Below
lay the broad valley of the Powder
Then Murphy turned his head and
looked hack Into the other's face.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
other, with the large end of the blow-
pipe between the lips; blow the flame-
of the candle steadily against the bit
of White Lead on the charcoal and ir
the White Lead is pure it will pres-
ently resolve itself into little shining
globules of metallic lead, under the
Intense heat of the blow pipe, leaving
no residue.
If. however, the White Lead Is adul-
terated In the slightest degree, it wilt
not wholly change Into lead. So, it
will be seen, that this experiment is-
not only an entertaining chemical
demonstration, but also of practical
use In tho home. White Lead is the
most Important Ingredient of paint.
It should be bought pure and unadul-
terated and mixed with pure llnseeil,
oil. That Is the best paint. The
above easy experiment enables any-
one to know whether the paint is the
kind which will wear or not.
The National Lead Company guar-
antee that white lead taken from a.
package bearing their "Dutch Boy
Painter" trade-mark will prove abso-
lutely pure under the blow-pipe test;
and to encourage people to make the-
test and prove Ihe purity of paint be-
fore using it, they will send free a.
blow-pipe and a valuable booklet on
paint to anyone writing them asking
for Test Equipment. Address Na-
tional Lead Company, Woodbridge
Building, New York City.
BUT WAS IT THE SAME MELON?
Paper Carried by Darky Amounted*
Almost to Perpetual Permit.
"A negro just loves a watermelon,"
said Representative Johnson of South
Carolina. "Strange, too, that when a
policeman sees a negro with a melon
at an unreasonable hour he has it
right down that the darky has stolen
that watermelon. I heard a story about
a policeman who met a negro in the
early hours of the morning, and he
had a big melon on his shoulder.
"'I see you have a melon there?'
" 'Yes, sah,' answered the darky.
Tse got er melon; but I'se fixed fer
you, sah,' and pulling out a paper he-
handed it to the officer, who read:
'This bearer of this is O. K. He paid
me ten cents for the melon, and he
Is a pillar in the church. James
Elder.'
" 'You are fixed,' said the officer.
"'Dat's what I 'lowed,' answered the
negro, and he moved on."—Washing-
ton Herald.
How Her Life Was Saved When Bit-
ten By a Large Gnake.
How few people there are who are
not afraid of snakes. Not long ago a
harmless little garter snake fell oa
the wheel of an automobile which was
being driven by a woman. The woman,
promptly fainted and the car, left to
its own resources, ran into a stone-
wall and caused a serious accident.
The bite of a poisonous snake needs
prompt attention. Mrs. K. M. Fishel,
Route No. 1, Box 40, Dillsburg, Pa.,
tells how she saved her life when bit-
ten by a large snake.
"On August 29, 1906, I was bitten
on the hand twice by a large copper-
head snake. Being a distance from
any medical aid, as a last resort I
used Sloan's Liniment, and to my as-
tonishment found it killed all pain and.
was the means of saving my life. I
am the mother of four children and
am never without your Liniment"
Mother's Modest Demands.
Lawyers will take almost ?ny case„.
and Chicago lawyers, it seems, wili
take anything. A Chicago woman put.
her son in a children's home there,
and is now bringing suit because they
cut off the boy's curls. "Every curl
was worth $1,000 to me," she says,
"and they gave him a bath, too,
against my wishes. He Is a delicate"
child and bathing makes him sick. I
haven't given him a bath since a year
ago Christmas." Sho will ask $15,000
because of the curls and bath.
WELL.
"What face?"
"A—a fellow I knew-—once. He—
he's dead."
The other grunted disdainfully. "Bad
luck ter see them sort," he volun-
teered, solemnly. "Blame glad It
warn't me es see it, an' I don't know
as I keer much light now 'bout keep-
In' company with ye fer very long.
However, I reckon If either of us cal-
culates on doin' much rldln' ternlght,
we better stop foolin' with ghosts, an'
go ter saddlin' up."
Tliey made rapid work of it, the
One Use for Catalogues.
The American consul at Nankin ut-
ters a caution to his fellow country-
men, who spend lavishly on illustrated
catalogues on thick paper, handsome-
ly bound, which appear to be highly
prized by the Chinese at Nankin,
where the supply is at times unequal
to the demand. As the English lan
guage is not yet a general accomplish-
ment among the citizens, the consul
made inquiries and discovered that
the leaves of the catalogues were be
newcomer proving somewhat loqua ing ussi as Inside soles for shoes.
1
Huh! Your mother takes in wash-
In'."
"You didn't suppose she'd leave It
hanging out forever did you?"
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
t y local applications, an they carm.it reach the d!
eased portion of the ear. There b only oue way to*
cure clearness, aud tliat Is by constitutional retnedlei.
Deafness Is caused by an inflamed condition of the--
mucous lining of the Lustacblan Tube- When tbl
tubo is Inflamed y u have a rumbling sound or lin-
perf ct hearing, and when it Is entirely cloned Deaf-
ne-s Is the result, and unless the Inflammation can be*
taken out and th!s tube resto red 10 lis normal condi-
tion, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine case*
out of ten are caur.cd by Catarrh, which 1>* nothing,
but an Inflamed pondltl n of the nine-.us surfaces.
We will give Our Hundred Dollars for any case of
Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured
by iiall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHKNKY & CO., Toledo,
How some women do enjoy taking
a whack at Bome other woman's rep-
utation !
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