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A CAPTURE. jrjrjt post had gone on the bogle at fort Saskatchewan, and the major was tuDtr on the porch of his quarters, ???cu??iu?? w*tu adjutant the details fa practice march arranged the fol ijffjng week for B troop. The hard blue . tho sky changed to purple, then to f^fl ?ra.v' an(* Saturn appeared low r,ffD cn the western horizon. Over tin? Ieye' stretches of the prairie the ?M wind blew softly, rustling the ?ello?" grass. It was peculiarly soothing ?jljje two oflicers. smoking in lazy con tinent utter an arduous day in the lujjng August sun. They paused in Seircliat. ?D<1 their thoughts drifted MOtln r lauds. They wiw faces, thc pen are faces of women and the laughing ?jes of little children, while they watch pj the stars come out, one by one, in lie deepening dusk. They remembered {bit those same stars shone over the bornes which sheltered those women and ldren ; they seemed like sentinel eyes ?ping tireless vigil over those loved separated from them by long gaes of bill and plain and by the issitudes of a soldier's calling, and ir hearts warmed to their friendly inkling. At length the major's vagrant ..aghts reverted to the matter in hand, thirty miles will do for the first day, ' resowed. "Thai will take yon into Beaver bills, where there's good ping, now the cool nights keep the down. How's regimental No. 142?" All right again, sir," eaid the ad tint "Slight attack of influenza, the lerinary surgeon said it was. He'll' ' The door of the guardhouse across the ?src opposite swung open, and a ie rang out shrilly on theqniet night The two officers sprang to their t A shot went off. followed by an er and another. Forms flitted back forth through the bars of light ich streamed across tho parade nd from the barrack windows. The ?cr of the day hurried np. touched bat and said- . "I have to report, sir, that the pris McCorkle and Milligan have over ered the guard and escaped." The major muttered something not record, took three strides up the porch two back, and then rapidly deliver bis orders Detail Kay and Hatherton to scout th toward Blindman's river ; they'll bably work round to that vicinity, er or later. Send Smith and Ed ik north to the Athabasca landing Murphy and Kraus east as far as die lake. Fontaine and Christianeon take the north bank of the Sas chewan as far as Lac Ste. Anne. " Venty minutes later the four de pnlled out of Fort Saskatchewan i blind search for as choice a pair of legs as might have been found any e within 100 miles, p to the winter before, some of the atcbewan fellows had cultivated idea that they knew a little abont game of poker, bnt after Cracker s-baptized William McCorkle-had t among them for a month they been driven stubbornly to the con ion that somehow they had made or of judgment A little earlier, y had been a flower, a night, ing cere?a, from the professional ibler'a point of view, but the bloom v?orn off; it had become too slow etaid. and Crackerbox had heard of Saskatchewan game and moved h. He thought there might be a ?table opening for him inere, and he correct. His operations at the green e bad been quite satisfactory to ?elf, and necessarily anything but factory to any one else, ill, the game went on, and Cracker continued to pull down his jackpots complacent regularity, until one t things happened. It had been his of coursa He was discovered with nines in his hand, and as three held among the other players the board, Craekerbcx w?s called explanations, which he gave-at int c f a six shooter. They carried onnded man home and Cracker the guardhouse. Ho had done edntyon the Woodpile and round tchen sink under the eye of an pathetic eentry and, while he t say so. thought it was no sort enpation for a gentlemanly pro gambler. He had been u wait feelings of deep distrust the re of the next stage, which carry him to the territorial pen ?events while the sick man lin Perhaps they would even show deference to his cloth and sen ess there as to put Jftim on the Ile with absconding bank officers er low violators of the law 1 The .made his nostrils cur J. "But &s he said to himself on the night escape, '?we have changed all The stage wonld depart without AgenM .ST HEDI ir bel?? ?jgan. the other fugitive, was a er, and Milligan was in trouble, notera now and then are apt to i had been the chief instrument j ttntiny that had occurred in B I three months before and was a year at hard labor in the ouse for his zeal in a canse which fa promptly frowned down. ?n the morning on the third the escape two cavalrymen across the prairie toward a [log shack beside the trail which Calgary with Saskatchewan, '?tnpping place for travelers and boase in 20 miles. ? tL11 8tir0 8*?P ttt Bonnet's and td Sergeant Kay. "We'd best too close. " They drew aside iff of poplars ?nd fastened their jong the trees. "Now," con phe sergeant, "take a walk to > and come in below the win |foe back of tht shack. That the . stacks will give you all you require; mind, you don't *rselt I'll shy ronni by the |?et to th? front door. When it d your gun on^ 'em from the dennet's two men were bresk * a rough pine table. . From the Ja which they ate it might inferred that- it was long had tasted toed. Scotti" said the smaller of a youngish,- compact ?elloT * a carefully pointed, narrow (?etache/panging for a minute J* set a* second heaping plato of I toe table. "This is great 1 It a all B troop to chase ino "Elegant," assented his companion, with a mouthful of steak. "Shtill. I'm not siskin to seo any av th' clan.. Ut's good riddance, anyways ye take nt, an I hope ther's as many nioiles betnno na as there is heboind ns." The door creaked a trifle on ita wood en hinges. Crackerhox looked ronnd qnickly. Sergeant Kay stood in tho doorway with a leveled revolver in his hand. "I'll trouble you, McCorkle, " ho said easily. "Oaka-quick now ! You know thc formula. " The gambler's hands went up. Mil ligan raised his at the Hame instant. His eyes were engaged at tho window before him. " 'Bout face!" Milligan came round mechanically in ohedience to the sharp word of command. "Tnt! tut I" Kay went on protestingly, "you needn't strike your dukes, Milligan. Keep 'em np, keep 'em up. They look first rate as they are. Hatherton, walk ronnd here -I'll do the honors while you're com ing and fit these new cuffs on the gen tlemen. I want to see how they look. Cutest thing in the market; lots of starch in 'em and polished to make a Chinese lanndry ashamed of itself. We haven't had a chance to try 'em on a real eligible candidate before." He bowed with mock deference to the gambler. Crackerhox smiled amiably in return. "I'm right glad to see you, sergeant, " . he said. "Seems just like home again. Funny how things tarn out, ain't it? I was just wonderin if yon wouldn't happen along - and here you arel Well, all's fair in love and war-and a fox chase. Some fools in my shoes would probably see things-ropes, beams and hornpipes. I don't Life's too-short to waste in speculation over what probably -;7ou?dn'? occur. Play your game out and keep on lookin happy. That's good, clean philosophy for a man. And if you , do poss out before the rest of the play ers, why yon're only aband ahead, and they'll be hot in your moccasin tracks to the sweet by-by. We only just hit the ranch an hour before yon, and seein we was here first we can't do less than make you welcome You wouldn't have grudged ns a hearty reception, I know, if it bad happened the other way ronnd." Crackerbox laughed. "We was right hungry. Mr. Bennet, here, was so good as to fix ns np a real enjoy* able meal, an we've just wolfed it."' And. as the handcuffs went on : "And them bracelets t Ain't they charmin 1 Snch finish ! Do you know, sergeant, as soon us I'm ont o' this I'm a-goin to get me a pair, gold-miniature, you know-same pattern, to bang on my watch chain as a souvenir. What's wrcng. Milligan? You don't look pleas ed." The big Irishman glowered under bia thick, red eyebrows. "I suppose this is another twelvemont' for me." he growled. Crackerbox burst into a lond laugh. "Don't be downhearted, me eon," he returned. "They can't give me too much of a good thing. I'll ask them to let me have it. " \ "Well. Mr. McCorkle." said Kay, "now yon're wearing government jewelry we can be more sociable. I guess,you haven't finished your break fast yet. It's ahead of anything yon're likely to get between this and the fort, which the same is 00 miles, so you'd best make the most of it. Jump in. And nince yon'ra so hospitable, if Mr. Bennett will be good enough to fry a little more steak, we'll eat with yon. I gu eas yon know better than to make any breaks," he added, significantly looking from one prisoner to the other. "Too bnsy to think of it," returned Crackerbox, sitting down to the table again. * 'Kind of a tough proposition, this, sergeant," he added a moment later after an ineffectual attempt to cut his meat, "tryin to handle a meal with'your wrists sawin one against the other, like cattle in a yoke." Kay glanced at Hatherton. "Help him put, won't you?" he said. "Mr. Bennett will do the same for the other man, I'la sure. '" '.'Ob, I can't allow thatl" protested the gambler. "I'll manage." He seized the meat in his fists and tore it between bis teeth, like a dog. "Here, quit thatl" exclaimed Kay. "You're a hnman at least, not an ani mal." He took ont his keys and un locked one handcuff. "There, I'll let you eat decently and not like a pagan if you'll promise not to try.to escape.'* A sudden brightness flashed into the gambler's eyes, bnt there was nothing of it left in the look he turned on Kay as he replied with a bland smile: "Sure thing. I'd promise anything under the circumstances. That's easy. I say, ser geant, yon're real obliging. I'll see that you're mentioned in orders." "See that you keep your promise, that'll be sufficient," said Kay, shortly, unlocking a handcuff of the other man. Crackerbox laughed provokingly. "Now, sergeant, I like your jokes. Yon two loaded down with deadly weapons, and ns" Sergeant Kay was naturally a kind man. Also he dearly loved a game ol poker, and, therefore, perhaps unsus pected by himself, nurtured a secret ad miration for thia cool desperado, whe looked on life as a game of chance, anc took good or ill luck indifferently, as il came, with impert jrbable good humor. Bnt perhaps it was hardly discreet ix the sergeant ta allow his amiable dispo sition to influence him to the extent cl freeing his prisoner's hands Daring the- meal the talk drifted tc poker. Kay. knew enough about thc game to have lost most of bis pay for a year before. He was is tereeted is Crack erbox's professional skill, and when thc gambler pushed back his chair after fin ishing his coffee and remarked: "Just let me show you how that's done, ser geant, before you put the bracelets or again," and walked over to another ta ble on which lay a pack of cards, Knj did not demur, bnt followed-be might learn something which would help him retrieve his losses, or perhaps even dc better than that. Hatherton was interested, too, anc stood beside the sergeant. Milligan wai at i ll eating. Account for it as yon may, they appeared to have forgotten him perhaps because he bad once been a tel low of B troop, with a blank defanltei sheet. Bennet apparently knew all hi wanted to about poker. Ho bnstlec aronnri bssgisgiioiiu dishes and pans The noise enabled Milligan to slip uj behind the troopers unobserved. "You see," said Crackerbox, picking np tho thread of his story again, "then was $1.500 in the pot, and they'd al dronoed out except Wat Batty and me ifiiiaiii?i?i^ i mi in i tool: tue deck m my ie? turua' -a wa? supremely interesting-"like thin, and 'Cards?' says I. 'I want oue,' says Bat. I gave it to him. -I'm takin three, myself.' says I, while ho looked at his hand; and I took 'em. They were good ones, and they came right out o' the deck here, just like that See?" "Hands upi" It was Milligan who spoke. The two troopers faced about and each looked into tho unfriendly muzzle of his own revolver, which Mil ligan had deftly extracted from its holster us he leaned over its possessor's shoulder. "Get them np, nowl Quick!" he re peated. Crackerbox laughed hi? exasperating laugh. "Yes, I would if I was in your place, sergeant," he remarked. "Ev erything has been real pleasant so far between ns this mornin, and wo wouldn't like to have any misunder stands now we're, about partin from you. Oblige na Did yon notice how that game came ont? Funny how it goes, ain't it? Luck with you one min ute and the next it's with the other feller. I didn't know you understood the sign language no well, Milligan. You tumbled handier than a tailed steer. Yon must have belonged to the Invincibles before you left the ould connthry. What was yonr number?" Bennet looked on stoically, while, with some difficulty, Crackerbox re moved the handcuffs and replaced them on the wrisu of bis late captors. In ac complishing this the gambler hit upon what he regarded as a neat arrange ment He stord Kay and Hot her ton back to back at, ' ^'vidod a pair of the cuffs between them on dither Bide, se curely linking them together. Bennet did not propose to vick his health in any attempt to uphold the dignity o? the law. Why should he? From an abstract point of view it seems rather a peculiar fact that there should so seldom be ap parent any strong general antipathy to ward the man who has done nothing worse than shoot another man openly. It is only the wretch who lays unright eous hands upon a woman-the Bill Sikeses of this world-who find all doors of hope, of hnman forgiveness and forbearance ehut against them. "You've been real hospitable, Mr. Bennet, and J just hate to put you ont any, bnt there are times, you under stand, when a man has to burn all his crossed bridges, and this looks to me like one of the times. It's quite a ways to where we're going, and I guess you won't hold it against us if we rope you up with the others. " They bound Kay's and Hatherton's ankles, and Crackerbox walked Bennet to hiB bunk in the corner and tied him on it hand and foot. Then, as he stood with his back to the others, he pulled a bill out of the silk handkerchief about his neck, winked and held it np so that the host could see tho "50" printed on the corner and then pushed it into Ben net 0 waistcoat pocket. Milligan then went to the corral and turned out Ben net's stock and brought the troop horse., .'rom the bluff. "Well.solong, sergeant," said Crack erbox as he stood beside Kay's saddle. "We'd be glad to spend another half hour in your company, but you under stand we've no time to waste in social entertainment We thank you for a real pleasant mawnin and for bringin down these bosses for our use. My foet was piumb playin ont, bnt I reckon we'll get on now. If yon look real hard, boys, you'll find the keys of them cuffs in the grass not more'n 100 yards from here,, and, Bennet, your hosses won't stray so far bnt what you'll be able to pick 'em np tomorrer. Good day, ser geant. If you ever come down my way, look me up. I won't forget your consid eration. I won't, honest. " He sprang into the saddle and clat tered off, bnt at 100 yards he stopped and drawled over his shoulder: "And, oh, I say, sahgeant, remem beh me to the majah and tell him I said, with my compliments, he wa'n't to fo'get tc mention yon in o'dells!" Then tne outlaws spurred across tbs prairie in the direction cf that line be yond which lay another government, driving Bennet's loose horses before them, and that was the last the two troopers saw that day of Crackerbox and Milligan. In after years I sat often of an even ing over Scotch with Kay, when he no longer wore government clothes or nursed an ambition to shine at poker, bnt had married a "girl" and settled down to raising cattle and a family. He spoke of many things, but he never told ma what his feelings were as he lay through that hot August afternoon on the floor at Bennet's, counting the slow hours, until a traveler came along near dusk and released him, and I nev er asked. There are snbjects which may not be touched upon even between friends.-Bl?asdell Cameron in Argon? ant Where Women Are Slaves, In no other country perhaps is wom an's lot so hard as in Tibet, "the for bidden land," where civilization has .lever penetrated. Women are forced to do all the menial labor, are treated worse than beasts and have absolutely no amusements. They are constantly kept shut np in their dark cavelike homes, seldom being allowed to appear in public or to visit f rienda At 14 a girl is married to some man who is willing to pay ber parents a small quantity of food or clothing by way of dowry. The marriage ceremony is simple. The girl's father ties a rope about bis daughter's neck and drags her to her future husband's shvde. Tho maa pays what is considered a fair sum in food or clothing, and she is henceforth his wife. Sbe Won't Leave. Mra Blinam-Tho Dobsons at last have a girl they hope to keep. Mrs. Grimp-Absurd I Where is such a girl to be found? "She was born to them yesterday.'' Philadelphia North American. CASTOR I A For Infanta and Children. The Kind Yon Hara Always Bought Signature of t?a&?f%C?^?i4 - It is folly and sin to .condemn thcr men for offences of which you ?elf ara,oft MARTYRS TO CUSTOM. Queer Th in KU We r>o by Instinct I Ilatlter Than Henson. Why does u dog walk round in a lit tle circlo heforo lying down? Because his ancestor? had to beat out a lude in tlie grass or the snow to make a com fortable bed. Wiiy does he lay ins nose on the paws? Because his ancestor* had to keep their noses clear of tho dust or snow, says the Philadelphia Inquirer. Why does a cat wash herself so careful ly ? Because her ancestors had to 1H> clean, or their prey would smell them und escape. Instances might ko cited by thousands of ancient habits preserved by animals long after they have ceased to be useful. Now, man does exactly tho Hame thing, without knowing it preserves innumerable habits for cen turies after they have ceased to have any meaning. Man as a street building animal is guided by instinct far more than by Tens?n. A builder ia accustomed to bouses with windows all over. Suppose he puts np a corner house, where win dows are needed only on the front. Still he makes imitation windows on the sido wall, with lintel, ledge and sills, and in some cases actually paints sashes and curtains inside the frame. No mat ter bow hideous the result, he is accus tomed to windows on every wall, re gardless of cost. Posts are planted at street corners to keep vehicles o fi the pavement. Old cannon were often used as being both nsefnl and ornamental-ships' guns sunk to the trunnions and a round shot lodged in the muzzle to keep out refuse. The supply fell short, bnt as cannon were popular they were mads on put ?pose for cerner posta. Look at a corner post now, and you will see that it is shaped and banded like an old gun, with a half ball on top in memory of the round shot in the muzzle. Look at any iron railing. The poets are shaped like spears, shaft and tip, in memory of some ancient, forgot ten usage of weapons. Spears were used for the fencing of tiltyards in the tour* naments of the middle ages. On gateposts you will frequently find a stone ball. Who would ever suppose that the balls on the gateposts were the heads of the family enemies? It was once the custom to stick your enemy's gory head as a trophy on the gntepost. On the gates of towns were stuck tho beads of traitors, criminals and other offensive persons. In old London, for instance, the bridge gate and Temple Bar were always decorated with ghastly relics of the kind, and the memory of the custom survives on the gateposts of modern suburban villas. On tho buck of a man's coat there are two buttons, because our ancestors needed them as rests for their sword belts. Now that women wear an imi tation of men's coats, they have the buttons, too, yet it never enters their heads that they are only useful for the sword belt. And tho modern dress for sword play has no tail butcons. When railways first came into use, Toad coaches were mounted on flanged wheels and hauled along the track by the locomotive. Look at any English railway compartment today, and you will see that it is molded and painted in imitation of a stagecoach. Its seats, shape, windows, doors and hatzacks are imitations of tbs ?orgoti?*n mail car riage. The hairdresser's shop has a painted pole in front. That pole was the sign of the old barber surgeon and meant "bloodletting done here." How would a modern surgeon like such a sign in front of his house? Nearly every carpet has a flower pattern, because in the days before carpets the floors were usu ally strewn with rushes, interspersed on state occasions with living flowers. At the head or foot of every business letter you Will see the address of the person to whom it is written, because in the days before envelopes came into use the sheet of the letter was folded up, sealed and addressed to its destination. On the flap of the envelope yon will often see a stamped mark in. imitation of a seal, because long after envelopes were invented people distrusted the gnm and still used wax for security. . Animals have innumerable useless habits, but for every one of these we men have 100 almost unaccountable whims. The Modern Boy. 'The following quaint, but lifelike, description of the modern American schoolboy, given by the Rev. Sydney Strong, will find an echo in the heart of every mother who is the proud pos sessor of jnat such a boy : My idea of a boy : He is half angel and half animal. He is wide awake all night camping out, but falls asleep in chnrch. He is superstitions, giving a dandelion three paffs to see if his mother wants him. He carries a lucky stone in bis pocket. He cares warts by burying the dish rag. Burned cork, feathers, pins and father'e barn make a whole day's show. He stones the degs, bnt will work for hours over a dog that limps with a broken leg to the back door. No kinder heart ever cared for a motherless lamb. He disturbs family worship, but who makes ns think more of heaven when he kneels and prays? He is half angel and half animal. . Then She Wept. "It's nnfortnnate in work like mine to have tender feelings," eaid the hos pital nurse, "but there are times when I simply can't help crying. I spoke to one of the doctors about ii cn co and asked him if he thought there was any great harm in my going into the linen room to weep. 'No, ' he replied, 'not if ?ou weep sterilized tears.'"-New "erk Sun._ The Dirty Work. Kidder-He does the dirty work for the city administration. Goode--Horrible I Kidder-Yes; he has charge of the street cleaning bnrean.-Philadelphia North American. -i i ? ? - Near Kokomo, Indiana, Robert Parker, a farmer, 68 years old, while assisting in butchering hogs, slipped on the wet, greasy platform and fell head first into a barrel of ?c-lding water, sinking down to the hips. Be fore he could bo rescued his flesh was literally cooked and he died in a few minutes. . -- Ho who is truly good is truly great, though he be but the humblest hewer of wood and drawer of water. - - ? -- ? ? ?? ? . ?. THE MAN WHO GROWLED. Ho cursed ht> luck from day to day, His neighbor'* furtum? matta him frown; Ho know t Ii?? futes worn ?ill in league. To hold him hack ami keep him down. Ho curned bocnnso Ii? lost his job. Ho whined hocansc. his ehild fell ill, Ho cunio und wont und slouched around And kept on Kliding down tho hill. Ono day his uncle died anti left Him half tho fortuno he'd amassed, And people thought tho man who urowled Hud cause, to crude a smile at last. But when they t umo to shake his hand The mun lot many a murmur fall, And Mit around and growled because His uncle hadn't loft him all. -S. K. Kiter in Cleveland Leader. Bria lui io V tiuni:, Brigham Young waa a fine, tail, well developed figure, a trillo too stunt, ^cr imps ; afresh, ruddy complexion, almost befitting a young girl; keen niuo eyes, not telling too much of what went on behind them; a full month, u singular ly magnetic manner, a voice hurd und cold iu its formal speech, but low and impressive when UHed confidentially ; al together a uian of mark anywhere and ono whose wonderful influence over tho minds and purses of men and the hearts and principles of women could be much more fully credited after au hour's con versation than before. Glancing at Joseph Smif "a portrait, we ventured the criticism hat it did not show any great amount of strength, intelligence or culture. Mr. Young ad mitted the criticism and said that Smith was not a man of great character nat ural! Nit that ho was inspired by Qod as a p.opbet and spoke at times not from himself, but by inspiration. He was not a man of edncation, but received snch enlightenment from the Holy Spirit that he needed nothing more to fit him for the work aa a leader. "And this ia my own case," pursued Mr. Young, quite ni in ply. "My father waa a fron tiersman, unlearned and obliged to straggle for his children's . food day by day, with uo time to think of their edncation. All that I have acquired is by my own exertions and by the grace of Qod, who sometimes chooses the weak things of earth to manifest his glory." - Frank Leslie's Populux Monthly. _ The Skylark. Need I eay a word about the skylark and its wholly joyous Bong? It inspired one of Jeremy Taylor's most beautiful and best known passages-tho lark rid ing from his bed of grass and soaring upward, singing as he rises and hoping to get to heaven and climb above thc clouds; singing "as if it had learned mnsic from an angel ns he passed some times through the air about his minis tering hero below." And it inspired, too, one of tbe finest odes in tho Eng lish language, Shelley's finest work, his "supreme ode. " But, as maybe snid of another ode, it is "not in tnne with the bird's song and the feeling it does and ought to awaken. Tho rapture with which the strain springs np at first diet; down before tho close into Shelley'd ever haunting melancholy." Like Keats* "Ode to the Nightin gale." it ia no key to the bird's song. It does not teach ns anything of the thought and feeling which inspire that quivering, ascending embodiment of joyousness, that pilgrim of the sky, hiding itself in the glorious light of the summier heavens. The- skylark may be heard as early as January-I heard it this year in November-aa may also the rarer wood lark, whose song, uttered from trees or when flying, we recognize from its likeness to that of the skylark, though it lacks much of its rush and spirit and baste.-Gentleman's Maga zine. Clnbs and Gambling. Gambling ia prohibited in every large club in New York city, and in most of them the members who live in the club boupe find that it is unwise to give poker parties in their rooms. One of the charter members of a club which now numbers more th?n a thousand mem bers said last week that this club was started by a lot of men who played poker regularly for high stakes. ' 'Poker for high stakes ia still played in thin city," he said, "but not by the aame class of men that etarted this club. I have sat in when men at the table lost $15,000 or $20,000 in a night, and ort the whole it was a very costly amuse ment for me, much as I enjoyed it. "The men in that little coterie who played poker were either wealthy men themselves who could afford it or the sons of wealthy men, and from the lat ter I received a good many I O U's, which I still have. Themen who played were supposed to bo gentlemen. When tho clnb waa organized, we played there, and other members did not criti cise ns. That sort of gambling does not exist in any decent club in New York n 'W. It worked out its own end in this ciub. Men who conld not afford to lose lost heavily. Several disagreeable club scandals came of it, and the game was stopped. That sort of play ia now left for the professional gambler, and the clubs are free from it"-New York Sun. _ The Dread of Snakes. "The dread* of snakes is a mysterious human trait," said a New Orleans phy sician, "and bas perplexed psychologists" not a little. The great majority of snakes are perfectly harmless, bnt the average man is vastly moro afraid of them than he would be of some danger ous wild beast. I use tho word 'afraid' for its convenience rather than its ac curacy, because tho sentiment in point is not fear, as we commonly uso the term, and has nothing to do with cour age per se. It is a sort of instinctive horror and loathing, and, by the way, is more common in men than in wom en, the impression to the contrary not withstanding. According to the accept ed theory, it is a survival from the time when serpents were among the most formidable enemies of onr man monkey ancestors. The danger has disappeared, but the dread still lives, all the more terrible becanse it has grown vagne and formless.-New Orleans Times Democrat - The belief that Friday is a day of bad luck arose from varied reasons. (Jue superstition is that it was on Fri day that Adam and Eve ate the fa.!?! apple, and then it is agreed that Christ was crucified on Friday. It is believed to bo bad luck to cut the finger nails on Friday, and manicurists say their business is lightest on that day. - "Is she really so jealous about him?'' "Man, she won't even allow him to stag 'Annio Laurie.' " MEANING OF INDIAN NAMES. I'lvturenqne In Themaelvoa and Ia Their Nlfrnllle ance. Tho most of cur Indian names of riv ers, lakes, mountains, etc., have be come so altered and disguised by tho English spelling of them that it is very diflicult to recover their original forms and to bo quite suro of tho meaning that was attached to them by tho In diana lu all of thoso cases in which their significance can bo clearly made out they are found to bo simply de scriptive words, as, indeed, all names wero originally, the object being named from some notable feature of it, and we aro perfectly safe as a rule in rejecting as fanciful all of those poetical mean ings which have been attained to many of our Indian names. For example, tho name Winuipiscogee has been said to mean "Smile of thoGreat Spirit." Yet this is one of tho easiest names to de cipher. It is puro Algonquin-Win nipe-s-au-keo - and means simply "Beautiful Lake Place. " Winnipeg bas i about the sa no menning-"At the Beautiful Lake. " Winnipegoes is a di minutivo of this name and means "Lit tle Winnipeg. " Tho word miche, "great," enters into several other Indian names. Missi-ouri ia tho "Great Muddy," Michi-gan is tho "Great Sea. " Michi-lo-mackinac now shortened into Mackinac or Mack inaw-is tho "Great Turtle," a name given to tho island probably because of its resemblance to a turtle. Connecticut means "Long River,' according to Roger Williams, the first part of it being tho Indian work guni. j "long. " Wisconsin, called by Father Joliet Misconaing, is said to mean "Turbulent River. " Ohio is an Iroquois namo and was translated by tho French Bello Ri viere, "Beautiful River. " Massachusetts appears originally to have been Mos-wetuset The lust part of this name meana "hill. " Tho mean ing of "mos" is not so certain. Some have rendered tho name "Arrowhead Hill," and have supposed it to have been given originally to a certain hill on ono sido of the islands in Boston har bor. Roger Williams, however, an ex cellent authority, says that the name means "Bine Hills, " and it is worthy of note that there is a rango of hills not fur from Boston which still bears thia name Passamaqnoddy means "Place Full of Bears. " from mawka, a bear. Thia word entert* into tho name of a town in . Pennsylvania, Mauch Chunk, which means "Bear Hill. " Piscataqua is tho "Many Deer Place," fromattuck, adeer. ThoSchoo dic lakes, in Maine, aro the "Trout , Lakes"-Detroit Free Press. The Chlncao Watter. I The chief glory of an average Chinese inn is tho waiter. This indispensable functionary is tho guardian of all 3'onr interests for tho timo being, and when I you are not looking he dives into secrets ' and matters of your own that seem to amuse and enlighten him to your in convenience and annoyance. Like his confreres in other and more enlightened countries he hardly ever ' separates himself from tho inevitable napkin, but his badge of waitership id a very practical article with him. . With it in summer he mops his damp brow or bare shoulders, while in win ter, wrapped about his head, it protects him from rain and wind. I The Chinese waiter's napkin is put to all kinds of uses besides thoso just mentioned. It is used as a dishcloth, a mop with which to wipe the floor, a cloth for cleaning and wiping down ta bles and a duster. j But Chinese landlords are very rea ' sonable in their charges, which in a measure compensates for tho unpleas antness of living in their inns. - Afc Mount Vernon, N. Y., Thom as Manning, after an illness of two weeks, apparently died. For 28 hours his family believed he was dead. He heard the professional comments of the undertaker, and only regained the use of his faculties ? when that person was about to prepare him for burial. _ TRY IT Women suffer ing from female troubles and weakness, and from irregular or painful men ses, ought not to lose hope if doctors cannot help them. Phy sicians are so busy with other diseases that they do not un derstand fully the peculiar ail ments and the delicate organism of woman. What the sufferer ought to do is to give a fair trial to BRADFiELD'S FeanaBa Regulator which is the true cure provided by Nature for all female troubles. It is the formula of a physician of thc highest standing, who devoted his whole lifo to the study of the dis tinct ailments peculiar to our moth ers, wives and daughters. It is made of soothing, healing, strengthening herbs and vegetables, which have been provided by a kindly Nature to cure irregularity in the menses. Leu corrhcea, Falling of the Womb, Nerv ousness, Headache and Backache. In fairness to herself and to Brad? field's Female Regulator, every suffering woman ought to give it a trial. A large $i bottle will do a wonderful amount of good. Sold by druggists. 6 Send for m nicely llluttrated free book on the tubject. The Bradfield Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga? Notice of Final Settlement. THE unaersigned, Administrator? of the Estate of J. C. William?, deceased, herebv give notice that thev will on the ?2nd "day of April, 189??, 'apply to the Judge of Probate for Auderson County, ti. C., for a Final Settlement of *aid Es tate, and a discharge from their office as Administrator?. A. N. CAMPBELL, A. B. SHIRLEY, O. P. WILLIAMS, Administrators. March 22,1899 COLOR and ilavor o? fruits, size, quality and ap pearance of vegetables, weight and plumpness of grain, are all produced by Potash. Potash, properly combined with Phos phoric Acid and Nitrogen, and liberally applied, will improve every soil and increase yield and quality of any crop. Writ-.- ami ??ct Free our pamphlets, which t?-ll how tx !>uy and use fertilizers with greatest economy and profit. QERriAN KALI WORKS, oj Nassau St., New York, He Pleads For Religion. CONCORD, N. H., April (J.-In kia proclamation setting apart April 13ns fast day in this State, Governor Hol lins makes some sensational assertions. After referring to the origin of the day he says : Tho decline of the Christian religion, particularly in our rural communities, ia a marked feature of the times, and steps should be taken to remedy it. Nu matter what our belief may be in reli gious matters^every good citizen known that when the restraining influences ol' religion are withdrawn from a commu nity its decay-moral, mental andti nancial-is swift and sure. To me this is one of the strongest evidences of the fundamental truth of Christianity. I suggest, that ns far as possible, on fast day union meetings be held, mudo up of all shades of belief, inchiding all wht) aro interested in tho welfare of our State, and that in your prayer? and other devotions and in your mutual counsels you remember and consider the problem of tho condition of religio;] in the rural communities. There aro towns where no church bell sends forth its solemn call from January to Janu ary. There, are villages where children grow to manhood unchristened. There tire communities where the dead aro laitl away without the benizon of the name of Christ, and where marriages are solemnized only by justices of tho peace. This does not augur well for the ?u- ? ture. Von can afford to devote ono ?lay in tho year to your fellow men, to work and thought and prayer for your children and your children's children. -Chicago Ti mes-Herald. NOTICE. NOW is the time to have your Buggy lie varnished, Repainted, and new Axle Points fitted on. We have the best Wagon Skeins on the market. All kinds of Fifth Wheels and Bashes. Heaaquai tel? for Carriage, Buggy and Wagon Repairs. PAUL E. STEPHENS. Notice of Final Settlement. l inc undersigned, Executors of the Estate of David Sadler, deceased, hereby give notice that tbev will on the 24th day of April, 1890, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County, S. C., for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from their omeo as Executors. J. A. GRAY, A. 8. SADLER, March 22,1899* Executors. SO YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS ^TRSSggggS-3*'* D?UIGNS ' rrr?^ COPYRIGHTS &c. 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