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"With wean* brain and aching heart
I greet another day;
A hasty bite, and I must start
Upon my weary way;
The sun may shine above my head and
soft, sweet winds may blow,
But what are fair, blue skies to n:e?
With tired feet I go ?
To labor where no sunshine falls,
Shut in by cheerless, dingy walls,
Estranged from all but woe.
"The day is done, but what have I
That it has brought to me?
The^ sinking sun may gild the sky?
Why should I stay to see ??
I that am doomed to merely rise and toil
all day and then.
Lie down to troubled sleep awhile and
toil awav again??
Day after (lav the same old round
Until some day the welcome ground
Shall hide my face from men?"
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^ ^ By Frederic
Upon my return to Manila in the
6pring of 1000 from a four months' sojourn
in the Southern Philippines I
was reminded by my friend Feldman
that I had promised, before starting
for the south, to purchase for him a
fine kris, a weapon much in evidence
among the savage tribes of the islands
of Mindanao and Jolo.
I accordingly asked my friend to
drop into my quarters and select a
weapon to bis liking from my store of
200 or more krises. Feldman lost no
^ * time In calling on me, and after some
hesitation, owing to his inability to decide
between a beautiful "suake-kris"
from the Lake Lanao country,*which
had a fine ivory handle, and a Jolo
weapon, the handle of which was covered
with leaf-gold, hammered from
Spanish coins, he selected the former,
as Lake Lanao curios are extremely
Tare. Before Feldman left the room,
however, he spied a peculiar kris with
a plain wooden handle wrapped with
e strong black thread, which was lying
on my writing desk. The blade of this
: weapbn was inlaid with silver, and
the'ctirves at its base began In wide
sweeps at the hilt, and ceased altoge^her
at the centre of the blade, leaving
the point straight for at least a
foot and a half.
"I say, old man," said my friend,
picking up the kris with the plain handle,
"I didn't see this one. It isn't
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very elaborate as to finish, but It certainly
has a sinister look of business
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aoout/ir.-; ii you nave no uujt-cuuu?, *
think I will take it in preference to the
'snake.1 Do you know, I wouldn't
wonde^f-that knife had a history.
Where Aid it come from?"
l^hlpjan was right in his surmise.
The Kris with the plain handle had a
history, and that a pretty exciting one.
The odd thing about it was that no
one knew that history better than myself,
for I saw the keen, cruel knife
><-*" sating its lust for blood one day, and
could give direct testimony to the effect
that it had taken the lives of at
??lea*; five human beings, besides
A' . wounding and maiming as many more.
It was early January in Parang-Parang,
a town on the south coast of
Mindanao, and the day of an event of
P the greatest Interest to the inhabitants.
The company of American soldiers
which had been detailed to garrison
Parang-Parang had arrived in the
morning, and the vertical rays of the
fierce tropical sun at noonday were
heating down as if bent on showing
the newcomers how hot they could
make a day along the seventh parallel
of latitude. The people of the town
n were enjoying their siestas after the
excitement caused by the coming of
the first Americans they had ever seen
?with the exception of Major Brett,
Governor of Cotta-Bato, and myself,
who had visited Parang-Parang a few
weeks before. The landing of the
troops had been effected in the most
satisfactory manner, and the soldiers
were quartered temporarily in the cement
church of the town, as the old
Spanish barracks were in a most un*
sanitary condition.
Parang-Parang bears rather a bad
remitation. As a post of the soldiers
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soon proved wofully in error. The
Moro had been engaged in altercation,
' - true enough, but. as we subsequently
learned he had little thought of seeking
for justice or protection. The
events which had transpired a few moments
before were of such a nature
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of Spain it caused the Dons nearly as
much trouble as all the rest of the
great, unruly, unexplored Island of
Mindanao put .together. Nearly 300
Spanish soldiers were killed in and
about Parang-Parang during the scant
eight years that Spain maintained a
garrison there.
One day I was standing in the main
street of Parang-Parang, unmindful of
the heat, engaged in an earnest endeavor
to induce a big, ugly Moro to
place a price on his kris, the blade of
which was of uncommon
though the knife bor^^[^BBndle
and the sheath w*^l^i^of orna*M9^Bhrtferwas
frequently the case
Moros, the owner of the
r not care to part with it, and
wou* not consider any offer, no matter
how extravagant. In reply to my
question as to why so fine a blade
should be fitted to so plain a handle
?s he answered, in a surly tone, that he
.kept his weapon for use and not for
sale. The remark was one I had heard
frequently before, in reply to similar
questions, but I had good cause to remember
it later in the day.
When the cool of the evening began
to replace the heat of the day the entire
population of Parang-Parang
turned out to see the "Americanos."
The Datto Uttamama Baqui, the chief
among the Moros, who iivea in tne vicinity
of the town, was standing in the
main street, not far from the church
where the Americans were quartered,
surrounded by a large group of liis retainers
and followers.
Suddenly a commotion was noticeable
a few hundred yards up the street.
Attracted by the sound of cries we at
once centred our interest on the stalwart
figure of a man who came running
toward the little group, in the
centre of which stood the Datto and
myself. As the approaching figure
drew near I noticed with surprise that
/it was the fierce-looking, surly Moro
whose plain-handled kris I had endeavored
to purchase from him earlier
t in the day. The weapon, unshathed,
was in his right hand as he ran rapidly
toward us, and we could see blood
upon his sleeve and upper garments.
When the Datto heard the clamor and
saw i^^rnan running toward him
witlr^^Maaked weapon he supposed
that pfe participant, or possibly the
survivor, of some Moro altercation was
'"coming to him, either in search of justice
at Baqui's hands or else protection
from his enemies.
If such was the supposition that the
? _j 1 thi\ r-fisr* ho was
DILERS.
IT.
"The sunbeam play across my way,
The wind blows soft and sweet;
The sky is smiling down to-day,
And I, with dancing feet,
Speed onward to the duties that still
claim my faithful care
And to the pleasures that arise from
faithful service there?
And in my heart I'll bear along
A little of the West Wind's song
For those I love to share.
"My tasks are done?a golden glow
Spreads out across the sky,
And still the sweet wind whispers low,
Still sings the song that I
Have, with a haunting gladness hummed
through all the blissful day,
And all the wojld seems happy as I hurry
on my way
To smiling lins and loving arms?
My path is through a land of charms
Where pleasing fancies play.
? S. E. Kiscr, in Chicago Record-Herald.
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: Coleman. ^
that the Moro knew his part In tbem
deserved little else than death. Moreover,
he knew that It was his fate that
his life should be forfeited should his
townsmen be able to take it before he
escaped from their midst. For the
Moro had the blood of two women of
his family on the kris with the plain
handle, and by the Moro law of an eye
for an eye and a tooth for a tooth his
life was already declared forfeited to
the members of the family of the dead
women.
The commencement of the trouble
and its cause will ever remain unknown?as
is often the case in an
"amok." The Moro became enraged
with his wife for some reason known
only to themselves, and in the heat of
his anger adopted a course not uncom
mon in Moro-lnnd. He attacked liis
spouse with his keen kris, and, driving
her before him to the front part of the
house, finally overtook and killed her.
They were alone in the house at the
time, and as the building was somewhat
isolated several minutes elapsed
before those who heard her screams
arrived on the scene. By that time
her cries had ceased and her troubles
were over. That her struggles must
have been frantic in the extreme was
proved by the condition of the dwelling.
Leaving her mangled form, the Moro
ran towards the stairway at the rear
of the house, and met another woman
of his family as she was ascending the
stairs, attracted by the screams of her
neighbor. By that time the vengeful
blood-lust which filled the maddened
Moro's mind had gained complete control
of him.
Swinging his kris over his head he
cut his second victim from the shoulder-blade
to the waist, leaving her in
her death-agonies where he had struck
her down. By this time half-a-dozen
people were at the foot of the stairway,
but the murderer jumped down
the steps and ran by them so swiftly
that they had no opportunity of learning
the extent of his crime before he
had passed around the corner of the
house and was at some distance from
it In an instant, however, two or
three of his townsmen discovered the
mangled form at the top of the stairway,
and started off on the trail of the
fugitive, crying, 4E1 Moro, el Moro."'?
words whose significance were that
someone had "run amok"?and calling
upon anyone who had the opportunity
to assist in capturing or killing him.
As the Moro, now become a renegade,
passed the first house on his way towards
the centre of the town several
lances were hurled at his retreating
figure, though none of them found
their mark.
Tr m Ifht coom noonllfir thnt flip rpnp
gade should make for the centre of the
town; but that was his shortest route
to the shore of the bay, where he could
obtain a boat and soon place himself
in the hands of a rival Datto on the
opposite shore a few miles distant.
This was no doubt his intention.
As Datto Baqui stepped from out the
crowd about him, and walked toward
the approaching Moro, he put up his
hand' as if to stop him, at the same
time inquiring the cause of the disCur^
bance. In answer, however, tteThalfcrazed
man swung his krie- at full
arm's length around his head, and,
without doubt, had the weapon landed
where the Moro intended, it would
have severed the old chief's head from
his body. But*Uttamama Baqui was a
Moro himself, and won his way to
power in Moro-land as much by the
strength of his good right arm as by
>Ts powers of diplomacy. Although
sixty years of age, Le was still agile,
and the scars of combat, which covered
him from head to toot, were evidence
of his years of experience. He
had learned that to evade a blow was
far better policy than to met it. He
saw the deadily gleam of his assailant's
eye and the evil intent It bore
before the kris was fairly on its way!
By a clever duck of his head he escaped
what seemed for a moment to be
certain death. The weapon fell, but
its razor-edge missed the Datto, cut
well into the neck of the servant following
closely behind him, and added
a third to the list of its victims. Another
stroke of the cruel kris ended
the life of one of the Datto's henchmen
who stood in the path of the murderous
Moro's escape. So suddenly
was the whole affair concluded that
scarcely another weapon was drawn
before the list of deaths to be credited
to the kris with the plain handle had
been swelled to four.
In cutting his way through the
crowd, most of whom iiaa maue a wna
break-away from the affair,-no fewer
than five of his fellow-townsmen were
wounded by the renegade. Incredible
as it may seem, the fleeing Moro
gained the farther edge of the crowd
and obtained a good start, unscathed,
before the Datto's warriors had gathI
ered their scattered wits and given
chase. A shot was fired at the retreating
figure; but the Moros are no
marksmen, and he stood in no danger
from their guns.
It seemed for the moment as though
the man might make good his escape.
Indeed, such might have been the
outcome had not the desire to take
human life been so strong within him.
As he was running down the road he
met an aged and infirm Moro who
happened to be passing, and although
the old man was too weak to prove a
fit antagonist for a mere child, the
murderer ceasca ins nignt long enougn
to bury the kris "with the plain handle
from the crown to chin, straight
through i.q head of the old patriarch
of the village.
The blow that robbed the old man of
his life, however, proved the indirect
means of the assassin's death. Before
the maddened Moro had time
again to raise the dripping blade the
campilans and krises of the avengers
had struck deep into his head, neck,
side and back, and the spark of life
left his mangled body before bo could ;
emit a single groan. :
When I arrived at the depot a nio- I
ment later the kris with the wooden j
handle was lying unnoticed in Jlie long
grass a few yards from the corpse of
Its former owner. I picked it up, and
subsequently obtained the permission
of Datto Baqul to keep it as a souvenir
of the lurid event.
All this went on in the very midst of
the town, and almost within a stone's
throw of the American troops as they
were lounging about their quarters.
When the Moros scattered in every di- j
rection, crying "El Moro. El Moro!" at !
the top of their lungs. Captain Gillen- 1
water, the commander, drew his com- j
pany quickly and quietly into line, not
aware of the nature of the excitement,
but resolved to be prepared to meet
whatever developments might ojisue.
The whole affair was over, however,
In far less time than it has taken to
tell it, and the Americans breathed a i
sigh of relief when they learned that j
the Moro who "ran amok" would run ;
no more.
That Is the story of th? kris with the ]
nr\ b o 1^ I nV? f T'tVt C 1 Itn
n wuru iiuuuiu n mvii uu u iv/t iuo iiiv
prom of my friend Feldman's collection.?The
World Wide Magazine.
A FUNSTON STORY.
The Gallant Knnsan's Kxcitluj; Experl- 1
ence* With a Cowboy.
This is the season for the Funston i
story. Some of the anecdotes told in j
reference to the captor of Aguinaldo
are more or less apocryphal, but until j
the gallant general comes back from
the Philippines to deny them they will j
probably pass unchallenged, which j
has been the case with a yarn that
originated somewhere in the West.
After Funston's brief but exciting \
experience in journalism he became a
conductor on the Santa Fe line, and
in this capacity found himself in al- !
most daily association with various ,
tough things in the cowboy line. One
day a cattle puncher who had imbibed !
more whisky than was good for his \
nerves boarded Funston's train at a i
way station, and immediately began
to make trouble. Refusing to pay his j
fare and shooting holes in the ceiling j
of the car proved to be among his spe- j
ellaties. He was a deal bigger than
Funston, but the latter did not hesitate
to einnhasize his authority by
kicking the fellow's pistol from his
hand and throwing nim off the train. ]
The cowboy grabbed a chunk of bal- j
last and smashed a car window; then
he fled down the track, with Funston i
In hot pursuit, and flinging gravel af- j
ter the fugitive as he ran. Finally the
cowboy got away and his pursuer, j
tired and breathless, returned to his
train. The chase had occupied something
over half an hour and Funstou's ;
train was just so much behindhand at
the end of the run. The divisional su- |
perlntendent made an Inquiry and
Funston explained.
"You did right to fire him," said the
superintendent, "but what did you
chase him for?"
"Because I was mad," replied the
conductor. "You would be mad, too,
If anybody flung a rock through your
window."
"Probably," said the superintendent, |
"but I wouldn't do it again if I were j
you."?Brooklyn Eagle.
Guarding Against the Future.
The young man had married the rich !
man's daughter, and wasn't killing ;
himself with work to support her. j
One day the father Called him to talk
to him.
"Look here," he said emphatically,
"why don't you go to work?"
"I don't have to," the son-in-law replied
with brazen effrontery.
"Well, you will have to."
"Why will I?"
"Because, sir, I can't live always to j
support you."
"But you will leave us something?" :
"Not much, I won't. There won't be {
anything to leave."
"Great jupiter, you don't mean to ;
tell me that you have nothing?"
slie called It."
Fortune in a Mattress.
The police of Levallois-Perret, a suburb
of Paris, were informed some little
time ago of tlie sudden death of an old
woman named Marguerite Blassau,
who had long been regarded as a pauper.
She had been in receipt of outdoor
relief for a number of years, and
had been regularly aided as well by
charitable persons. The police doctor
who inquired into the causes of her
death found some $1000 in bank notes
concealed about her clothing, and
further investigations revealed the existence?stowed
away in the woman's
mattress?of a small fortune, consisting
of bonds to the value of over $20,000,
and a considerable sum in gold.
JLlAdi o auuut n.
The son-in-law devoted himself to
profound thought for several seconds, i
"I have a suggestion to offer," he '
said In a business-Ike manner.
"What is it?" asked the old gent
"Well, I suggest that you take out,
$100,000 life insurance on your- j
self to save wear and tear on ray
mind."?Stray Stories.
A Sharp Lookout on tlic Clerk.
The clerk in charge of a Yorkshire i
(England) postoflice was annoyed by
the conduct of a certain farm laborer
who, by buying stamps on the very j
edge of closing time, frequently put i
him to the trouble of recasting his accounts.
"Are you really obliged to come so j
late with your letters, my man?" lie ,
asked one night, his stock of patience ;
giving out.
"No," answered the laborer. "Both i
these were written and addressed
afore noon to-day."
"Then why didn't you bring them to j
the post straight away?"
"Not me, Mr. Clever," replied the la
borer, thrusting ins tongue mio in*
cheek. "Business is slack here in
t'daytirne, and there's nowt to stop yer
from prisin' open an' readiu' every let- I
ter which comes in; but at a minute j
to 9," with a knowing wink at the
clock, "ye've nobbut a few seconds to
glance at t'envelopes and drop 'em into
a bag afore t'lnail-cnrt calls for 'em. {
I wants to keep temptation from yer
all I can."?Tit-Bits.
"Churchyard I.uck."
"Some of your readers," writes a
clerical correspondent of the Westminster
Gazette, "may be interested to
know that it is not only in Trinidad
that mothers have odd ways of expressing
their feelings about the increase
of their family. Some three or
four years ago, in a village not fifty
miles from Loudon, the wife of a laboring
man had recently presented her
already overburdened lord and master
with another child. A visilor, on hearing
the news, asked: 'Well, Mrs. Jones,
how many does that make?' The answer
was: 'Sixteen, sir, and no churchyard
luck.' I have not had the heart
to inquire whether since then she has
added to the number, or whether she
has at last had 'churchyard luck,' as
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(^ood j^oads f^otesjl
I II
Combined Efforts.
THE strenuous efforts of drivers
and wheelmen in behalf of
improved highways have been
doubled and redoubled since
the appearance of the automobile. The
organized bodies which represent the
three divisions of our citizens prominent
In the use of the roads, namely,
the drivers, the wheelmen and the
chauffeurs, seem determined to wor'i
together vigorously and unceasingly
for the accomplishment of their pur
Ferhaps no better illustration has
been seen of the fraternal feeling existing
among these organizations than
was afforded at a recent meeting in
this city. The event was announced
as a "good reads reunion" and was
conceived by the President of the
Ilond Drivers' Association. Among
those present were conspicuous advocates
of the good roads movement
from various parts of the couutry
who. as cyclists, automobiiists or drivers
of horses, discoursed intelligently
upon the need of better ioads in the
United States. General Miles, who
spoke, emphasized the advantages of
lirst-class highway;: in case of military
conflict. He said:
"The subject of good roads is one
that military men. of course, are interested
In, for it Is one of the vital
questions that the General has to
study as to how he can best manoeuvre
his brigades, corps and armies.
Frequently during the Civil War the
line of march was marked by dead
animals and wrecked wagons, owing
to the wretched condition of the roads
o*v* which the armies had to pass.
On one or two occasions the movements
of the armies were very much
embarrassed, and one campaign had
to be abandoned for It was found
impossible to manoeuvre an army. On
the plains we were compelled to make
the roads as we passed over the country."
Of course, in times of war, as well
as In times of peace, smooth and hard
roads have always been eminently desirable;
but it must be obvious to
every one that the advent of horseless
vehicles, whose utility for military
purposes has been indorsed by distinguished
Generals on both sides of
the Atlantic, lias rendered their construction
a matter of even vital importance.
In the South African war,
where perhaps automobiles have been
put to a more practical military test
than anywhere else, it has been found
that their use not only facilitates
transportation, but that the machines
can carry heavier burdens and necessitates
the attendance of fewer men
than would be required in the case of
wagons drawn by mules or horses. It
has been estimated that, considering
the greater speed of the motor vehicle,
thirty-four of them, each of twentyfive
horse-power, can transport in a
given time as many pounds of provisions
and artillery as 1300 horses.
Besides, the use of the latter would
involve the element of forage, which
must be stored and removed as occasion
demands. In France, experiments
conducted with an automobile
of twenty-seven horse-power have
shown that twenty-four such vehicles
can supply an army corps, or 30,000
men, with 200 rounds of ammunition
per man, over a distance of eighty
"lllfle In +Tr/in + r_f/-ilir linnve- orwl Mn
iu in vuvjivua. uvuiu) uuu vmm
transport heavy guns to corresponding
advantage.
Manifestly, the usefulness of automobiles,
as of bicycles, depends largely
upon the condition of the roads over
which they are to be run. When the
road is right, the possibilities of the
machine are vastly increased. No
one should underestimate the highly
creditable results already achieved by
the good roads workers in many parts
of the country, and notably in New
York State. The cause in which they
are enlisted is one which deserves universal
support.?New York Sun.
Better Bonds.
One of the best signs of progress in
the South is the increasing interest in
road building and road improvement.
It is true that we have much more
talk than performance on this subject,
but there are signs of practical progress
in several Southern States. In
Louisiana there seems to be a good
prospect of much first-class road work
this year.
The principal factor in the movement
is the Illinois Jentral railroad,
one of the most enterprising and liberal
railways in the country.
It has been said that the Illinois
Central has never entered any territory
which it did not benefit and improve.
It has done great things for
the Southern States through which it
passes. Besides giving them admirable
freight and passenger service, it
has settled many thousands of the
best class of immigrants in that section.
The railroads purchased large tracts
of land lying along its lines, which it
cut up into farms and sold on very
easy terms to sturdy and intelligent
farmers from the Northwest. These
new citizens of the South are so well
pleased that they have induced many
others to join them. They have added
much to the value of farm lands in
Mississippi and Louisiana.
Tlic Illinois Central is now doing another
good thing for .the States it has
already benefited so greatly.
It is building at its own expense
! sample stretches of good roads along
i its lines and is distributing much practical
literature on the subject of good
roads. In addition to this it gives low
freight rates on road materials and
in other ways encourages the good
roads movement.
If all the .railroads in the South
! would do as much in this cause as the
: Illinois Central is doing, the result
would be of immense benefit to this
section, as well as the railroads themselves.?Atlanta
Journal.
An ICducHtional Influence.
We need good roads, not only for
haulage and commerce, but as an intellectual
and educative influence to
give us an enlarged intellectual power
. for comprehending the world that is
! about us.
No "Keep OH" the Grass" Sljrns.
"Keep Oft* the Orass" signs are no
longer to be found in Cleveland parks,
or, if they are, they have been overlooked.
According to the Plain Dealer,
Mayor Johnson has ordered them
I
all removed.
"What's the use of having parks that
people may only look at?" said he
yesterday. "If these people whose
business it is to keep the parks green
and pretty can't do it we'll get others
who can. But the people arc going to
walk on the grass if they want to.'*
The straw-plaiting industry of England
gives employment to about oO,OOtf
women and 4UO0 to 5000 men.
TRAINED BY MACHINERY.
Now Way to Teach Elephants Some Old
Tricks.
They are training elephants by mach- i
incry, says the 67. Louis Republican. !
It is something they did not do in the j
olden times; hut, then, people generally i
have changed from the old ways, and j
there is no reason why elephant trainers j
should not do so.
Elephant instructors have devised a ;
new method of imparting wisdom tc 1
their charges. In former years there j
were as many methods as trainers, but .
with the invention of machinery and the
progression of thought a material t
change has been wrought.
At the present time the elephant in
* ?- ? ? ? " ' trt nri>_ !
siruciur goes auum jus ?n m j/4V. ,
ciscly the same manner as does the con- |
tractor of a sky-scraper. If the material j
in hand is to he raised, the very quickest !
and safest way of elevating it is em- 1
ployed. If a ten-ten beam is fitted to a
certain position on the fifth floor, it is |
placed there in the shortest time pos- j
sihle bv the use of a huge crane. If the j
elephant trainer wants an exhibition of i
. . . I
head-balancing or rope-walking he is
enabled by the use of the crane to furnich
a clue of the most effective nature
in a minimum of time.
Dangling at the end of the huge derrick
the elephant is placed in any posi- j
tion desired. Once in this position, his i
education is commenced from that point.
The new method of training is an ex- j
pcrimcnt as yet, but its success is as- j
surcd. at least as far as young elephants
arc concerned. Recently a circus received
a consignment of a dozen or
more baby pachyderms from Ceylon,
Suramtra and India. Their ages ranged
from 8 to 12 years, and their weight be- j
tween 1500 pounds and a ton.
Coming fresh from the jungles of
their native country, the young elephants i
possessed anything but a docile nature.
Rcnrp their training was accomplished
only with difficulty.
The beginner was taken into a ring
in the circus training barns and heavy
harness attached to a strong crane or
derrick placed around the beast's body.
The instructor then gave the command:
"Stand on head and forefeet."
This would be Greek, of course, tc
the pupil, but the meaning of the command
gradually dawns upon the animal's
instinct after being lifted into the
air and tilted forward on his head and
trunk sercval times.
Thus, in due course of time, the
youthful pachyderm is taught successfully
all the acts known to elephantine
wisdom.
Female Bird Rules.
Among several species of the birds of
prey a deference for the female sex is
shown which is not met with in the
great majority of feathered kind, says
| Mr. Frank C. Kirkwood, an ardent student
of the ways of birds and leasts,
lie says:
j "Several years ago it was my fortune
to capture two young eagles of the baldhead
species. When meat was thrown
into the room where they were confined
the male showed plainly how great was
his desire to pounce upon it. but a glance
from his sister was sufficient to keep him
rooted to the perch until she had finished.
When beef or other similar meals
were given them this easy victory for
the fair sex was the rule, but when a
fish was introduced it was only after a
fierce fight that the female succeeded in
reminding her brother of the respect
due her.
' A r\f vnitnor hr^nt-horned owls
1 1 p'Ull VI J WVIIi^ ly. ?.M.
which I at one time had also displayed
this female domination. I fed them prinI
cipally on live rats, and when they were
I turned lcosc in the room, the male rc!
tained a stolid and indifferent pose upon
his perch until the female had satisfied
I her hunger, after which lie would desI
patch what was left. Many other are
[ the instances among the eagles, hawks
j and owls in which the female bird is the
I master of the situation."?Baltimore
' Sun.
I WEEK END EXCURSIONS
i And Summer Excursion Rates of Seaboard
Air Line Railway.
Beginning Saturday, June 8th, and
on every Saturday until August 11th,
the Seauoard Air Line Railway will
sell round trip week end excursion
tickets between Atlanta, Athens and
intermediate points at rate of one fare.
Tickets on sale for noon and afternoon
trains good returning on any train
Monday following. Also on sale daily,
regular summer excursion tickets to
Wilmington, N. C., Cross Hill, S. C.,
Morehcad City, N. C., Old Point Comfort
and Virginia Beach, Va., at greatly
reduced rates, lickets good returning
until October 31st.
ON THE CONTRARY.
"I understand that visionary chap is
regarded as being twenty years ahead of
his time."
"No," answered the grave-looking
citizen, "I am his landlord, and I know
*' ic nlmm six
Dctter man mai. _
months behind time."?Washington Star.
I Piles
You are costive, and i
long congested lumps appear,
ble unless you assist nature in
giving nature a chance to use
quickly and surely remove the
Itmtablet
GUARANTEED TO CUR]
tad breath, bad blood, wind i
headache, Indigestion, afmnlcs.
plexlon and dlzzlnea. When
getting sick. Constipation kills
It Is a starter for the chronic a
afterwards. ]Vo matter what a
?yoa will never get well and be
right. Take onr advice; start <
guarantee to enro or money ref
\
THE COMPLETION.
"I have written an article on 'How to
Live on $2.50 a Week,' he explained to
the editor.
"Well," said the editor, "you had bet- i
ter write the sequel to it."
"I do not up ,c. stand."
"Why, 'How to Get the Two-fifty.'"
?Baltimore American.
Postage to bo Reduced to One Cent.
Tho President who succeeds in getting this j
measure through Congress will hold a high <
Elaco in tho esteem of the people, but no 1
igher, perhaps, than tho csteom in which j
everybody holds Hoi>t)ttn-'s Stomach Bitters, j
This* medicine gots at tho starting point of |
disease by acting on the stomach, helping 1
that organ in its dnty of digesting food. It
euros dyspepsia, indigestion, constipation,
stimulates the kidnoys, and strengthens tho
nerves. Bo snro to try it.
Bananas with purple leaves and seedless
fruit have been introduced into British
conservatories.
For Biliousness,
Torpid Liver, Indigestion, Sick Headache,
Crab Orchard Water is a specific.
Oxford University has voted to do away
with the Sunday afternoon sermons.
Arc Yon Using- Allen's Foot-Ease 1
It is tho only cure for Swollen. Smarting,
Tired, Aching. Hot, Sweating Feet, Corns
and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a
powder to be shaken into the shoes. Cures
while you walk. At all Druggists, and Shoe
Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address, |
Allen S. Olmsted, Lcltoy, N. Y.
Massachusetts uses more postage stamps
per capita of population tnan any other
State in the Union.
FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervousness
after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise free
Dr. R. H. Kline, Ltd., 931 ArchSt., Phila., Pa.
Dunvegan, the famous seat of the Maclcods,
is said to be the oldest inhabited
private house in Scotland.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces inflammation,
allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle.
Even the bee in a bonnet may have a
sting in its tail.
j Fiso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible
medicine for coughs and coids.?N. W. Samuel,
Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900,
In baseball as in cookery the best batter
takes the cake.
S. K. C'oburn, Mgr. Clarie Scott, writes
"I find Hall's Catarrh Cure a valuable remedy."
Druggists sell it, 75c.
Poverty may be no disgrace, but it's
mighty uncomfortable.
I Putnam s Fadeless Dye produces tho fast
cat and brightest colors or any known ayo
stuff. Sold by all druggists.
There are 4000 tons of stone in the pyl
ram ids of Cheops. It could be built ior
! $20,000,000 to-day.
Some men are too lazy to even stand in
their own light.
Ilosy Chocks Follow
i The usn of D1 key's Female Tonic. It Is safe,
' pleasant and reliable It cures the various
diseases peculiar to women. It restores the
glow aud bio m of health.
A reasonable amount of egotism keeps a
| man from brooding too much over his
j neighbor's success.
New Yorkers will invest in a $1,000,000
j winter resort in the Island of Bermuda.
3 A LUXUR
, 9 In our
| Roasting *
I Establish.-. A*
I ments we
| positively / ^
1 do not allow ^5
B the use of
i Eigs, " ^
| Egg Mixtures,
i 0lne
fl Chemicals,
i 9 or similar Watch o
! I substances. r x .
1 LION Just try a
COFFEE , L,u
I is an and you
i absolutely reason of
9 Pure Coffee. LIO
I __ is now v
I homes.
H In every package of LION COF
S fact, no woman, man, boy or girl \
comfort and convenience, and whi<
B the wrappers of our one pound seal
: Cinvrl W
lature is under a constant strain to reliev
itching, painful, bleeding. Then you hav
, removing the cause. CASCARETS m
her healing power. Piles, hemorrhoids,
;m forever. Don't be persuade
i as Atchison v.
3*?f* - "I ajfl
B never foun<!
WW IMW I am on tin
MbBM -e of new man.H
S all bowel trouble*, appendicitis, biliousness,
>n the itoaocb. bloated bowel*, fbul month,
pain* after eating:, llrer troable, eallew eomyour
bowel* (loo t more rejralarly yearare
more people tkos all other dltctue* together,
dlment* and long year* ofiaftrlB* that eon*
11* you, start takfnc CASCAKtTs today, for
i well all the time until yon pat yoar bowel*
with CAtCABXTfl today, under on absolute
andod.
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LVo Hair?\
<:My hair was falling out very
fast and I was greatly alarmed. I H
then tried Ayer's Hair Vigor and |
my hair stopped falling at once."? J
The trouble is your hair does
not have life enough.
Act promptly. Save your
hair. Feed it with Ayer's
Hair Vigor. If the gray
hairs are beginning to
? 1 f T _ T Tl 1
Isiiow, Ayers nair vigor
will restore color every I
time. $1.00 a battle. All dnoUtB. I
If your druggist cannot supply you, I
send us ono dollar and we will express
you a bottle. Be sure and giro the name I
of your nearest express office. Address, I
J. C. A YER CO., Lowell, Mass. I
! fragrant
?070P0NT
a perfect liquid dentifrice for the j
Teeth and Mouth
New SizeSOZODONTLIQUID, 2Sc |)Ps
SOZODONTTOOTH POWDER, 25c J * v
Large LIQUID and POWDER, 75c faV
At all Stores, or by Mail for the price.
HALL& RUCKEL, New York.
AG E NTSW
Brohard Sash Lock and
Brohard Doer Holder
Actirs workers 'everywhere can earn big money,
always a steady demand for our goods. 8ainple
aah lock, with prices, terras, etc., free for Sc stamp
for postage. TnE BROHARD OO.,
"O," Philadelphia, Pa.
"The baieethat made West Point fsmaufc"
MclLHENNY'S TABASCO.
nPODQY new DISCOVERY; give.
XJ IX. I quick relief and cares worst
raxes. UooK of te-t>monials and 10 dnre'treatment
hile You 5
e the condition. This causes a rush of t
e piles. There are many kinds and man;
lake effort easy, regulate and soften the si
fistula, and other rectal troubles yield t
id to experiment with any
dobe. gi.
tared the tortures of Ike
with protruding piles brought on not )
tion with which I was afflicted for r _
,rs. 1 ran across your CASCA- r*
the town of Newell. la., and doV
1 anything to equal them. To-day
?ly freoTrom piles and feel like a ,
C. H. Kxttz, w
Mil Jones St. Siooz City, la erev>
Voman's t-ag Salt. fen'*
! saa/ia fo ?r W tV
>WELS AND LIVER.
fiVASAHTSIO TO CTSKt
CARETS wm ?okJ. JCow Ik l5}**?S??i
dialUr e4l?ln* U *h?w?rli !*{ H'
or beet totlMtlal' We hare
manwte?d to core er mosey
tfeaftWr, k0,NISK?1^L ""
arter nilu one fiOo box* rttorn ? ? *'
Soby naif, or tbe ArngwXmt wbom y?
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UseCERTAIH aS'COBE.;;
w"S' "/ T^IThompton's Eye Watir
A Certain Cure for Sore
MITCHELLS i
I MAKES THE USE OF DRUGS UNNEt
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ivmiuE you When ;
Does
a
ur next advertisement.
b
package of u
N COFFEE lion
will understand the e
' its popularity.
N COFFEE
ised in millions of ufor
LIO
t
FEE you will find a fully illustrated and <
rill fail to find in the list some article whic
ch they may have by simply cutting out a
led packages (which is the only form in wfc
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I I nood not bo endured a day longer If yon dm I i
#1
9 A natural medicinal water - wrnnmii < i
Ap-rient. laxattTo. tonle. A poeiflc for all II
P liver, kidney, atomach and bowel disorders. { I
9 It cure*?Torpid Llrer, BUIotisaee*. Jen- , i
a 41m. Chronic l>t??a?ea of the KUins J
Z llyapepola llmrtkira, Meln M rod or he, <
J l>jr?e?iterr Coa *tt tattoo. 1*1 loo. ( I
OubOreknrd Water 1* the moat efll- { I
caclouoof the natural mineral waters; moat ( i
A convenient to tnke; moot f jos j >
? economical to buy. ^rmPg^ ( ,
P The zonulro io eold hy < I
P all drugirlei* with Crab PMfe * j i
every hottl'e? ^ j !
X CRAB ORCMARD WATER CO., Lootevttla, ffy.
Maisby & Company, j
SO S. 11 road St., Atlanta, Qa.
Engines and Boilers
.. ?... IVatav llrntrra. Sleain PniUM and
Pen berth/ Injector*.
Manufacturers and Dealers in
SAW MXIjIjS,
< orn Mills, Feed Mills,Cotton GinXachlnery
and Grain Separators.
?01.ID and INSERTED Saw*, Saw Teeth and
I oc-ke, Knitrlit's Patent Dojfs, Itlrdaall tew
M 111 and F.nglne Itepalr*. Governors, Grate
Pars and a full line of Mill Supplies. Price '/gSM
end quality of coods guaranteed. Catalogue
tree by mentioning this paper. , .? >5 =,
HYrnrQIV^.
DA SPOON 3
BAKING POWDER 1
IS THE BK8T. TRY IT.
J.D. * R.S.CHRISTIAN CO.. RICBMOff DiTA.
filttSWhIEAll USE7US. |a
M Beat Coach Syrup. Tastes Good. Use H
Mention this Paper
:,Weak ft Inflamed Eyes
pSAlYE
E^SARYJ Price, 25 Cents .B/vgguft. '-<%
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OP ALL. I
MEN PRESSING YOUR SUIT." I ] '?
pressing your suit with the favorite lady,? j|
girl that you think you desire for a wife? I ".
i a place that is quiet, secluded and shady,
that's an important transaction in life. I
abcr, though she may be charming and I .
ice most enchanting, of figure most neat, .
1 she not be well trained it would be I I you
and your lady-love ever should meet I
osing a wife, my dear fellow, the best trick
irst, to consider her womanly gifts, I *
d acquirements-attainments dosensible
mind that all women uplifts.
she know how to cook? Is she able and IK '
t she use LION COFFEE?the purest ol ' M
then she surely will make home attractive I wpleasant
for you with her own loving hands. .
COFFEE, you know, has no coating or
1
liliions of homes is its pnrity known; I
mcrs are always its quality praising? I
ivor and fragrance entirely its own. ' I ' ' *'^v~gsj|
n pound packages, outwardly bearing B
M ,,.r.on.r mil ffiftjist in?irfe; _ |
your future content you are earing I
N COFFEE you'll surely commend to your I
iescriptive list No housekeeper, in jfl
:h will contribute to their happiness, ?
certain number of Lion Heads from I
lich this excellent coffee is sold). H
WOOLSON SPICE CO., TOLEDO, OHIO. B
>leep I
ilood to the rectum, and before X f
cures, but piles are not cura- A
tools, relieving the tension, and X
o the treatment, and CascareU * ?
thing else! (S
25c.,(X50c. |
NEVER SOLD IN BULK. ffl
DRUGGISTS I
year* ? tte ta4 kn af CAS* jK
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