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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1903-5-7, Page 3• ww vew,awwwwwwWtire TI -i E t -i UNTE R HUNTED µ • !Disk Anneeley sed 1 were eempel I rttlindl, reurrd levee, and contcm- at the foot of Moyle Lake lu the pietist we, etbleutly somewhat puz- belkirk 1louatale" beetle the trail sled by ley behavior. which lead+ front Fort Hteule, ILII- ' 1f you will lot me alone," I said, lob Columbia, .Lu 1luunurs Berry. In a hole° tliut diet opt seem at all Wales. We called ouvtielvus. nue leg- like my own, "III let you alone -'t all» were, licensed mlueru; but The saute dropped u0 Its fore legit Leek repeat moist of Iter time on the again tend, apparently nut liking my bl'0WI of her track, anti 1 devoted appearance, moved of( to the right. newt of the time to the hunting Keeping at about the same dletanee, of blue gruueet 411.1 btuck-tilled It nettle a eumplete circuit about me, dee+• and us It did 1)u I neared arouud One morning 1 buckled ou & cart- with It. Then it ndruuced agree is rklge belt. took my Winchester tripe! foes fust. ' s11 uck off through the woods to Just as t war preparing to fire It the foot-hllbt. They rove veer steep stopped, IlCted Ile cruel, pointed snout for about rix bemired feet to is level In tho air, gave a curious whlatling • plateau, where, et ter it weary bereave turned etre walkeddultber- ehwb 1 sleeted myself fur a w,- utt4y away. I watched It without tensace breathing space. moving 1111 tiro drlvlug snow hid It The snow, -oiliest muuntalh look• from my rivet. Zheu, with Inteurr � ea as far away Al ever, but fur relent, I uncooked sty rifle and row.(she next two haunt the ascent was to my feet. imore gradual and the walklug bet- Uuco mute 1 started fur vamp ami ter. title rearohlug upward toward ooatiuuetl ut abreak pace for twenty rho wow. 1 angered a dismal belt wluutea or ro, until 1 reached a. flat }ru of dart -green spruce. Hero, be- below tho snow line covered with ',cath a great uterhanglug root. I stunted. dead ',pewee. On reaching lined the re',tlug place of a griz- tete further side of title flat I (outlet 'sly bear -a big one. judging by the the gruuud• to bo riling preelpltouoly ;are of the footprint& Al 1 cue- In my course. Piety could moan only trtnpinttxl them and took into curt- ono thing -I had been walking la is rekkeruleua the !!silt calibre of my wrong direction and was lost I rifle. I longed for Diok and the Up to Nett moment my proceedings camp fire. had beets rush, but now I determined to art widely for once. and accord- Ittgly made up my mini to camp where 1 one rather than run the sial- of going still further astray. Near ut 11und 1 dlsoovertd a clump of green eprucit scrub at the foot of a big rook. In front war is ridge of ground which effectually screened mo from the wind. Here 1 rerulvot to rate. 'Ilea thought of a. night alone In the mountains alarmed me little. I had come safely through such nights before, lett I txpeeteel to be both sleepless And uncomfortable. Ile- wemt►eritig the grizzly, 1 determined to collect is good supply of wood, tied in this wort I spent tho remain. leg two hours' of daylight. Finally 1 gathered Deno armfuls of spruce b,bglis for my bed, lighted my fere. and in a siert time haul a blue grouMo that I heel killed earlier in the they roasting before It. ikv the time my supper was finish- ed the snow had ceased to fall. Dir- ectly orrrhoad was a patch of blue, well one star twinkling frostily. alrndnolly tho-tduo widened. and by tern ocluiek. as nearly as I mould guess, tete sky wan clear. Am f wits mated with my back propped ngatnut the root of a fallen tree In front of the fire, Its warm gime. together with tete fatigue of my walk. began to toll on mo. M) fiend nodded forward on my chest, and 1 full lett. a sound and dreom- ierr strep. now I1002 1 .I.- jt 1 do not know, but 1 awoke vt an a feeling of oer- Vouereehis. SThe night w -au./ calm and exqul- citely beautiful The snow-capped summit I haul, canoed during the Clay gleamed itku "liver. In tete soft moonlight. Apper•ently there was peeling to accuu.he for tey nervous dread. Then I turned and glanced at the top of the ridge.• 'There. in that white wonder• of moon -Mg -et clear- ly silhouetted &getout the mklnlgbt . y. stood the grizzlybtgriegflvwn upon me. 1 Mloetal In hope Of searingt, but oft remained motionle+a picked up a lighted 'Wick, whlrlcd It round 1n the air, and trees It toward the bear. Tho effect wits ea alarming that I bastlly caught up guy rifle and prepared for the works. for the great 'brute begun. Mutely to descend the ridge at a louvre, shambling walk. ' When within twenty tetras or se of niy aro It turned. as it hail done on the preceding afternoon, evil circled round It. 'Then, climbing once more tO the summit of the ride It deliberately ttberat 1 laydown. g. 7 Fortunately 1 had enough' wood to keep up it goof fire. And an the mo.en wits on the wane, 1 wouki have the benefit fit of Itstl i ht till 1 g the son rote, Never San 4 forget that night -how that grim senti- nel kept watch on tbn rklge-top: how at every movement of mluelt would rube Ito head the better to observe my- entlono. Too fast my fuel seemed to de- co ease. and when but a dozen sticks remained the moon began to pale. next. a long, narrow shaft of light Illumined the eastern sky. gradu- ally deepening tial wileninge i lei al the remaluing ',ticks upon the fire. etirrui It up for the Inst thee, rented myself, with my rifle resting across my kneels, and waited for what might Dime. .Tutt are the Met sticks buenai uwny, the glore.me'sahn arose Ina filmy caper. Oa a fallen log a rod squirrel leaped, and catching we - den eight of nae, Hod away ehriek- Ing. Then kilently the Oriel mon- ester on the ridge areae, stretched itself, nee with a htirrkl snarl, came down the elope toward me. There .cath a log ev,ii0kl44 W1tttle re' front of mo. I pushed It aside with the toe of my moccasin, lest It might Interfere with my sight. At tho foot of the elope the grizzly wowed and tenni! n pate' to avoid n root, thus eeposing its I ft side. it wee my ol,portunliy. Weil my dhows The day, witloh la the early morn- ing had been clear. w•ua new 'reeves -1. and a raw, northeasterly ;elute carrying a sleety rule, stir- red mournfully the brave -his of the t.Prucc tops 1 wily glad to emerge: ye the open muuretalnskle agate,. .,eel begin the final ascent. At Inlet. after crossing a canon. 1 reached the mountain -top, which tree covered ee+eral feet deepwltlh .•uuw, ante commanded a magnifi- cent view of the surrounklug coun- ter..v. eivo thousand feet below mo lay Moyle. Lake. To the northeast ley vin rugged pills of the Rockies Le- pel.' the parklike valley of the Kootenay; to the south and west, the wlkt anti broken cuuutry of the teal River; to the north.. peak tuweting above peak to Deter -nee Ing ridges of the Selkirk*. The meow waa hard enough to bear neo, and creasing tt I found the !real tracks of two caribou Their trail ledd from one point of rook to anoth- er, where the gales had blown the snow away and almost exposed the tempting lichen. At theme places they had &stopped to feed, and had scraped the ruck bare with their t',Irp hoofs'. 1 surmised that they were not more than a few hundred yards d.r- iant, and at ono' determined to hunt 'nem. By way of preparation 1 ate els bannock and bacon, and then 1 euttced with some uDoashneia the' appearance of the sky. A heavy hank of black cloud was drifting down from the northeast, obscuring ieek after peak. Tho sleet was rap- dly changing to snow. The wind laud increased and struck through my, Jam(;i clothes. 1 bad gone hardly h quarter of a mile when tls' storm burst over me In blinding snow and a half gals of wind, In fve minut.s the trucks I was following were completely ob- literated, and 1 could we but a few Dards before me. Now •1 wwhtd to return to camp ago quickly. ad possible. I started at a britt walk toward whore I im- agined it tobe. If my 'Ours' was COI.- rect. half an hour rhoild bring ate to too elope which I ascended In tee mortemg. On key way I crossed Borne broken ground which 1 did not remember to !wife .seen while coming; bu t sup- posing I had not noticed in the kern interest of the hunt, I proceeded without mlagiving until I reached n elope wheat 1 believed to be theune I had climbed early In the day. Down 1 went rapidly, half adding, belt .walking. On the Is•ight* my cloth- ing had been°'an lutufflclent proteo- tiun against a northeast snowstorm, but my quick ek courew dOvn t lII war putting me Into a glow. Suddenly I was brought to an entrming halt bye • dark nlj'xet some thirty yards dis- tant. I steppe) and • cooked my, efts. With queer, umr , r g do snarl the thing reared like a great, rvll- lueking phantom in the ewtrl of show it stood re+•ealed-a btg and ugly grizzly. And I was on the bare mountainside, armed with a Ilght calibre rifle I For the mince of ton treenail we seeel awing earth other, the grizzly moving Ito head *lowly from rieo to side, and frequently uttering that (peer, Wood -curdling snarl which Paled In a sort of quernlou. whine. nen It dropped to its forelegs and elewly advanced. I head Only three enrtrldges to me rifle and I knew that .1x would not. kill the animal unlors by extraordin- ary luck. Drawing mnveral more from sty belt, i hastily attempted to push them Into the magazine. The fleet o ne ytmmed, and then the full !horror of my position came upon me. They were too hog for my ride ; they were Dirks: I had carelessly taken las •It In reletnt,. for my own. run was hope•!'*s-there wee rot tree to eight. I dropped oh e ns k , and resting my elbow on It for al thenal etendlneo., waited. There s a little hummoek of snow -within hlrty feet of me, and to that I dote teed to allow the boor to ndrance before I flro.L When within it few yard of It the grizzly As a Spring Medicine there Are ?aro deafens Why There Is No Treatment so Thoroughly Satlsfactory and Lastingly Beneficial as Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. The ofa Influenced mrhtt b f1 :n health or d:entss only through to -o charneer-tho blood and the wryest . liurLng the winter the blood be- come; thin and watery becauro or the artificial life we are compelled to level !Moore -the nrtIflotnl food, the breathing of !mimes air, the. lack p01 nee�xpertse, and title 1. why meta bloalsbuildre aid DIt eere restoratito use ve to the spring. 1 Ibr two reassume Dr. Cheeses /eerie Prod le the moat satisfactory Benne Ohnilolne that you nen peewee/ oh - tale. In the first plana It' Ir dentis Tretativea emit essougJ' 1)e that when taken regulnrl It ensuproper entlryn or the beengem" webs. Sernndly, 1t forms new ted corpora' In the - blood, or in other tt'orde, makM the tlOod flesh, red, and Ilfer.tlJRnlnlne. Three/It the medllum of the Mooed stk1 nervosa Dr. Chase's Nerve Fond loflneneee every nook and norner of 4>4ttys, ailing Pott rfgott to 4,0 as .ia4 4 +alf�5t".�� meting 011 toy knees I took a careful aim, is little behind the stiouhder, nod fleet. V.tth a muffled growl the bear rose, trvatiug the ulr .with Its fore feet. Teen le (ell escrow the root upon Its back and rolled completely over twine. !tiring, It tore up the mors wlt.t Its fore pews, eurwtw+rl, bit the empty air. aril mime at me again. teem It haat ualvulced ten (ret or au, It reared up on ops heel loge. I ilred a voiceful thee, and over It !oiled again, only, however to rise lastaut- ly and charge more furiously. Now I hail but one cartridge lett, and I determined :tot to use It till the brute wise upon mo. So I ruse to my feet rued waited for the end. Sly lips and mouth grew dry as dust ; but fortunately lu that sup;reino moment my need sur etewdy sed ley eye clear. Whoa within ten feet of me, and Just as I esas raising my rifle for the last time, We bear ruekleuly stopped, wavered a moment, *sank down upon It. sldo with a deep, sobbing mous. and, straightening IW groat, nutlet. lay still. - Thon a queer, weak feeling came over me, 1 sniffed the morning air with thunktulneee, and the suulight filled i my heart. With thereto toguele me I recalled Ivy 0001'110, and etagg -rigid Into camp at about 11 o'clock, unxk+r the great weight of the bear,ikln. Dick lay, ns usual. prone upon lite bei k, it placid etpresrion on lilr face, sleeping the Bleep of the unemployed. I awak- ened Jahn with a gentle kick and told him my story. "Then it was the (Ist Blot that really did the Wariness?' be Bald. "IOC I replied. "It went clean through its heart." -Youth's Com- panlou. HEART DISEASE A Trouble Mach More Common Than V Generally -Supposed A bcaltlty person does not feel the heart ut ell. 1f the heart makes It - elf felt It )s a cure sign of 111010 one of the many phases of heart trouble. bone of the itywptoms of heart trou- ble are rhortuees of breath, trembling of the trendy. violent throbbing or fluttering of the heart, sharp sevums of poen, oppresrlon on the chert, dizzluerr and clammy sweating, Irre- gular pulse, aid the alarming palpl- tution that Ls often fait most to the head or at the wrists. Of course peo- ple suffering, from heart trouble leav'en't all these symptoms, but If You hare any bf theta► it le a rlgn+of W art trouble rind ellould not be neg- lected for a moment. I Most of tee troubles affecting the heart are causal by auuemia, estl- gevtlon or uervourtresr, all when any of these causes lie at tbe soot of the trwblo it can be surely cure( by the use of Dr. Williams' fink Pillai, You mustn't trifle with com- mon medtelnes, and above all you shouldn't further weaken your heart by using Purgatives. You must cure your heart defeaas° through the blood with Dr. Williams' Pink !'Ills. You can easily see why thin Is the only way to save yourself. The heart drives your blood to all parts of the body. Every drop of your blood flows through your heart. 1f your blood is thin or impure your heart is bound to be weak 'bad diseased ; If your blood Is pure. rich and healthy, It will naturally make your heart sound and strong., Dr. Wil- liams' leak fells actually make ne'w, rich. rod blood. And that uew, rich, reit Wood strengthens your stomach, stimulates. your liver, soothes your t►erver, and drives out of your eye - tem -att-ths dtaorderr that helped to disturb your heart.. This has been proved In thousands of cases. Here le a case In point. Mr. ;Atklnrd role, Ht. Pacome. Que., says 1 "For nearly three years I was greatly tit bled wither weak heart, and In cons nt foar (pat my end eoukt cc•me any time the least ezertlort wouhl o rcome me ; my heart woukl palpitate olently, and I would some- times have„a.fechng of suffocation. I war under the care of a doctor, but aid not get relief, and eventunlnly my condition -heeler. efo bad that I had to dlecorallaue.work. While at my worst It neighh i 'advised ,mc to try Dr. Williams' Pi Pills. I d14 no and they temple' wn eel wonders in m case 1 u sett only lea down y hers Yellen l wnr able to return to my work, strong and health and I have not klnnce had any Ngo the old trouble.' e.' o Ns wowed again impress ext tilse who are ailing that they must get the genuine Milo with thio. full name, "Dr. Williams' I'Ink Fells for Palo People" on the wrapper around every hoz. Sold by ell dealers or by mail nt 50 cente it box or six boles for t3.G0 by writing to the Pr. Williams 'Medicine CO., Brockville, Ont. • ' vital organa, Bush al the heart, )targe, elomaele Byre and kidneys, art1 tattering meinR their regeeir nal hcnithMl net Ion. 'nee greet food cure .harp net up the appetite, makes the dugrtlnn. gt,o 1. and actually nettle new, firm fleet nee tls.un to the body, 410 you can prove by weighing yourself while uwtng le. l - Liquid mielfeltxes niways have it ,stimnlattnet effect, due to the prrs- once of alcohol. There Is none of 111).. In confr'ctlnn with i)r, (1are'rr Nerve rood, anti for Vile renoou n'ny bene- fit you feel 1. la.ting, and you 01111 bo certain that with each doge your Mond Is (,setting rlahcr and your "reran Is bring huilt np. 1 ' Dr. Chnee's Nerve Fond, 50 tante a bot, e bane for $-.C.0, nt nil drafter., or i ulmano:on, !tries k Co , 'Ilrxrmto. To protect. yon AprnInst Imitations*. tin entire!! n0,1 sllrni- tnrn of Pr. .1. W. ('have, the Intone recipe book author, are o1) every box, ., ; ! ADAM'S WOES. Now We Learn That - ile Wes the First Dempcpl lc. Dyspepsia, that curse bf hdman- lty, should be abolished. Too long It has been allowed to work havoc among the people. The time has come to call a halt. All good men and true should come to the aid of humanity tend stamp out the dreadful disoAse. W'hlekey has s4Jaln Its thousands, kerosene Its term of (lieu sa nein, auCeientail ls;s - their millions, but dyspepsia has made several uncomfortable. IL 4i the most persistent, the moot eensperateng and tete mord dis- agreeable nllmenl that the human flcelu le air to, and It Is bele to sev- eral yery mallet amyl/ante. It not only, makes, you feel unhappy, bel puts you In a frame of mend n with whom • to make ovary one ► you some In contact i!.,crnble. It la not a pain. it Is not an &011e. it W simply the most eonsnmmato torture ever levitated. The early his- tory of the diir-•tse la wrapped In Im- penetrable mystery. but tt IN thought It started In the garden of Eden. Ere. not having it mother to teach her how to cook, ted Adam phew and 'ter w and thingo that were not fit for hew digestive appnrntes. Very soon be experienced all the tortures of the damned, and from that day to tale, an It is averred by 00111e, there Ilan been dyspepsia In the etre!. In the feud, there to it legend, how. ever, that dyspepsia Is a direct im- portation frotn the euperhtsated hereafter. . Thev ratty that one time the 11.1 wild left off 'bailee and the chief torment, tlysih-i1Niia, neapee fleet Into the world. hint'.e that time hell has not berm itself, and the arch fiend hew weight in wain for a tor- ture to tn.kr eta place. There hi, then, a rernpxennating t.hongltt that thi...I wh•t have dye. p•pcl a In then life will find nothing worse on the other side. Alter one has JNI thin di.rnw' all other Ca- lamities' lona nn rosy en a sun - get In a elirap ehromo. Nothing Mien won .!bout Thl. "I we that n western humorist has dented the .dory that he to engngrd to a (emelt ter of ono of the wralthl- eet New hark ramified," "he nlwnyl n p1Infnl duly to :eve le deny n .tory of that kind.' "You !tet it Ie. The young women hat n million or so In her oma Dame." •-(,'leveliP.l Pbilu Dealer. SUFFERED FOR SIX YEARS DoJd'e Kidney Pills Cured Mrs. Huffman of Napanee And Now She Kee ommends Them to other Young Lader or Married Women. ha,psnee, Ont., April 2T.-((ipe1lak•1 -That Dodd's; Kidney reels are one of the greatest Iu►ou. ever conferred 011 suffering womankind Is the ex- perience of Mre. John C. Huffman, of tills place. For the benefit of her rester women she has gess% the fol• lowing etatemeut for publication : 1 have been troubled for about sex years With Kidney Disease, and the pale was so great I eouyl not attend It. I could not entertain any companyt "Ono ttlgtit schen I was feeling miserable, I read tomo wonderful cures by Dotdd's Kidney Pills, and I doct.+led to try them. The first box brought an Improvement, and by the time I bast taken rex boxes I tzar completely curet I can reoommond Dixie's Kidney Mlle to any person ,suffering Irons Kklney Disease. and I make this statement hoping It Will help othelf' ycung ladles or married women." Jura Huffman b only one of many women who have proved that many female complaints are the result of dlrordered Kidneys. and nre as inch easily curable by using Dotkl'B Kidney Pills well sod thoroueily. Titers moot bo It$ tlw_oopules 10 love that blend eoefldeuoe, deft complete abandon, tv1hldi can only bo burn of tho sweet Iutbht to constantly ecu each °thee and to utnlerataud each other bet- ter and better every day. Willi ouch love you oatbravo all etude - cites, for If a.capoe, It vanishes at the moat violent stormy. - Blnsure, serious tee is never love at first right. Weise ono look and tho first one, too, blahs a man and a, woman, you may bo sure that one sleglo word will soon bo sufficient to unbind them. Lasting lovo mimes slowly, progressively! Heart 'lone has never been particularly weocre. ful 1)1110414 111 partmerrlop with filak metier and wise egonrollor that lit called Relearn. No love le placed on a. solid basis wheels Is not governed by rearms as well as by the heart. A BLESS/NCI TO CHILDREN Strong words, but truthful. and the experience of a mother who heather- ouglily testae the vnb.o Of Baby's Own Tablets. Giving hie experience site the use of thee tuedlclue, Mee, tiex)rge. nerdy, of Fourche. N. H.. wr.top: "1 have newel Bnby's Own Ttattluts, and find them a blehaing to elullree. nail 1 ata not ealittfled with- out a box lei the hone., at all Unice." Tease Tablets cure all the minor troubles of bahyl:ood and childhood. 'racy are pruwpt, and effective In their aptlo . awl aro guaranteed to 000taln no opiate Or harmful drug. They always du good -they eaauot passably do hast. Good -naturae boalthy chlltren are found in all homes where Baby's Own Tablets axe used. You can get theme Tablets from any drujgiet, or by mail at 23 °Meta a box by writing direct to the Dr. Williams' etteli_•1ae Co., DreeeVel14', Oat. - We, all of us, :,ave heard of peo- ple failing madly In love at first sight, then, especially. No doubt there are men who are excedingly s iteeptible, passionate, artistic uud ardeut natures who may take a vio- lent fancy for u woman ell ;teeing iter for the prat time; but 1 decline to Dull such a fancy levo, and woe to the woman who neuritis' such a roan, for there le no guarantee for her that he will not many times again take anal vtuleut fancies for other women; Indeed, there is ev- ery probability that he well. I Would always advise a woman, or at all events alw'ay's wish her to marry, a lover and admirer of tier sex, but a man who madly faille to love with women est /trot eight, never. There is no rteuellness In teat man. no solidity, no reliability, no possible fldeltty In limn. IW is er- ratic and unmanly. 11 a may be a good poet, a talented artist, every good aotor, but certululy 'he well never lie a good husband, not even a decent one. There are women who are proud to any that they inspired ardent love at fleet right. They should not bit proud of It, for It is only the love of a reflecting, lofty man shat should make a Wine/lie proud. Iden may feel Immediate admiration for a woman. eine presence of certain beau-• tlful women j iavo felt ready to fall into ecstasies of admiration, as I Have 1u the presence of Niagara Falls, eeeilviue 1)u eruption, the Venus of Milo, o: any other grand masterpiece o4 nature and art ; but [ have never felt that I could, or must. right away In11.lnr0 them to marry me or let me Ole at their feet. To fall In love at first eight is a great proof of weakness of she mind, of utter absent a of self -c n - trot, and of wretched unmanliness. I believe I may affirm, althuut fear of contradiction, that love at first sight has never proved to be love of long on lkw eau aroduratiim.agine that it eolld v b+ the continuation m u affection a, of a. caprice -felt for a perste° whom you had never aeon before and of whose character yell are absolutely. ignorant? In certain cameo affec- dote may follow n flea Im resslon, �. p but only when she can leve'o as much anemic'''. by her merit as she could produce a good Impression by her charms. Only In tbls vaso can ipve become sincere and profound. �a form at once a charming impress- aims mpres-aims of a woman isnot to pall madly 1* ll6Yo th lice. I1otv1mwiucic preferable Is that love gradually Increneing through tho bet- ter knowledge of the beloved one! It le no loner an ephemeral fancy, but a wad ffection. In order to lovo well and Erely you must know Mrs. Tupman, a prominent lady of Richmond, Va., a great sufferer with woman's troubles, tells how she was cured. "For some years I suffered with backache, severe bearing -down pains, leucorrhma, and falling of the womb. I tried many remedies, but nothing gave any positive relief. "I cotnmenecd taking Lydia E. Pinkhanee Vegetable Compound in June, 1901. When I had taken the first half bottle, I felt a vast improve- ment, and have now taken ten bottles with the re,nit that I feel like a new When i commenced taking R the Vegetable Compound I felt all worn out and was fast approaching complete nervous collapse. 1 weighed only 9. reminds. Now i weigh leole pounds and tem improving every day. I gladly testify to the benefit.. re- ceived." - Mae .%C. Teensm, 423 Went 30th qt., Richmond, Va.- •soeo fnHeff If ..!revel of .bout ,tits prove" rrnweione.a cermet Mfr hen a me411cine ham been nuc- eem.ful In morn than a million came., 1. It Pettier+ to yourself to enc without trying It, "i do not believe It would help me?" Surely you cannot wish to re- main weak and .Ick. Mr.. i'Inkhnm, whore addreae I. Lynn, Miele. W111 answer cheer- fully and vvltboll enaf nal letters addre..ed to her by oiek women. Ferhnpa Nhe hag Junithe knowl- edge that will help your cage - try her to -day- it coots nothing. For Conundrum Lovers. Buffalo Lawmen Isl. Were the M-r's tarn came he set - the coal' ivlal pundits to answer hem• this: Whitt Ie. It that ham two eyes d seer not, four legs and rune not, a yet man jump 1).t high as the W'ardtuhgaou Munumtet Y Obvtou4y "a dcttul eat.' ;hon ire man who menu to know al . ye points out tho weak link to the el In, amid the proponent cruahos him w It the query. "Keil. how high can tilmonument jump"' Tills jeu d'esprtt likely to have a groat run in the .lplomatic Corps next winter.' Pirh the M -r will Wart a rcrap.buuk agar at the social cxigencks of the coni campaign at the nntlma. capital. If h1. army of friends hero will gladly coutrlb- ppto thereto. Ilene .lea mot art yet thole° specimen with wide aro cheerfully start the subhcrip . "What le the ttlfforcnce beerrea girl riding up a 1,111 aml 4 yogng n.a giving a young lady a deg ? Ono le taking a gallop up, and one Is glvleg n gal a imp. You see It -lent half ball whoa you stop and think It out, A purely local Nk in disease is eunt4 by w.n -.r'. a snit.. ramie. But where the 101100.1 le loaded with Impurity. an to welt Rheum, %Vex, en's Syrup n1.0 should bused. L. SOME FACTS ABOUT How many 01 you know anything about Hae planets? I am sure most of yea -know very little, except their names, aver yet the "select is a most Interr.ting one. The bigness of the plauotr It err) o1 the moist interest- ing thinge ateret them: Hero urn a few faits shout Jupiter: Jupiter 1r filo fifth planet from the sun, and revolves around it at a mean dletaticu 01 4t43.0JO,00J miles. Its year Is almost twelve of our yen rm. or exactly 11 yenta, 10 months and 17,Iays. That le to say, it takes it that long to mato n- aroundcomplete re- volution around tho sun. Its (llnmeter Is 148.0(0) mile& Ill/ volume le about 1,800 times h- the cart no wonder n 1)r 1t Ire hat 1)N t t, called "our big planetary brother.' .ltes day Is a little less than ten hours .In k'ngth. it MOWN ou 11. orbit at the rate of r ,net. ( Dight miles a second. It is 8110.00iet 000 miles from us when it ahs1 the earth are on the same side of the sun. Its light le soteetlmcs so brilliant that It coats a shadow. A man wclghing 200 pounds here would weigh 50J pound, on Jupiter. A web of 1)k til a res long as trout the 'atilt to the moon would fall short of encircling the great pinoet. It le flattened at the poke and bulges at the equator, mw•ing to the speed of its rotary motlon,,a11.1 If It rotat- ed it little (actor, It enuld not keep itself tagotber, Out would buret and bo reread out on the Mees like a coat of paint. Its .lay. aro so abort, on account of the rapidity of its rotation, that its year contains 10,435 of them. •Ae its axle 1! vertical, It has no seasons like ours, the most of Its surface enjoying perpetual spring. The clouds In Ito thick atmosphere take the form or. Immense belts, on which. spots all»i•ar►--ttt p s_a)lil' spots being plainly visible through a telrstope. The atmosplwre over the equator moves tarter than that north or routb of It, produeing the effect of a violent sIud constantly blowing over Its equatorlal sone at a velocity of 250 miles an hour. Jupiter has five ninon.. Three of them are much larger Chan our moon, and one Is larger theft the planet Mercury, hating a [theater of tkUpt miles. The nearest is .1L2,000 mitre from the planet. and the farthest ie 1,189,000 tulles distant. Tito moots travel oyer thrlr otbtts with varying speed. It Ie probable that they are Inhabited. as they have nn ntmnq- phere, and some of the, requlremonto or ,n.talning lite. It groins to be a world In process of formation-ocot- ing In pr, paration for the race tltatt may, teethe" uteri., occupy It, It has born tenet that Jupiter reprc- serate to -morrow, the earth, to -day, tine the moon, youterday. Jr n men route titan.' on the moon nearest to Jupiter, the meet/tele Tormented would he nagnifleent be- yond words. emitter would preterit it luminous tll.k more than 11,000 rim^. the .Ize of our moon : while the apctaele would be dlvereiCled by the other four worldm tnoving remind In their orbits, and all oomptratively close to the °bearver. These moon.' have a variety of color; two are one 1. yellow, and one Is re+t1!' arrpttr- ter apino like a top In the centre, thn moons rush around IL, and the whole prorrenion emcees through the *kleal at the rate of 500 miles a minute. Ort the dlorinenrn of n11 thlspnw- er. ak111 end utnbllity, I. but enter- ing the vestibule of aotronomtf. THE PLANET JUPITER. T REALLY COSTS LESS than Japan tea, because It Rocs so much further 11 LADA0 Ceylon CREE'N Tat.* for strength, fl.:vor and purity is superior to the finest Japan tea grown. Is Is as far ahead of Japan tca as "SALADA" black tea Is ahead Of all other black teas. Load packets only. 25c and 40c por Ib. By all grocers. 111'W 'IOW elle 'ZIP' -11W"' e'Wr ""4111P"`WW01190.11r 'VW elleilr'lltr" -PPPERS " TELEPHONE i.� AND NOW THEY WORK. levertt•.s FL,h. tbtrstry Cobbler --Why, tour rever- aloe, your sermon to -'Lay wan nil agnlnet clenching. • Prost -You and I are old, mo II didn't toneh no, Cobbler -Ah ! hat yeti ser ulnnclng Waukee shoes out, "Of all the strnncu occppittons, tl.e etraagest le that of ts:epitome tapper.' sell an old cmpluyee of t•L& telephone company the other day to a reporter of the Chicago 1n - ter -Ocean.. "There aren't ten mens in Chkeigo who know what a te1.•- pLoce tapper W, but there aro hea- dred.s of persons who terve come to grief through her work. `Tits tapper t, a win who is blral by the telephone onmi•anV. Ills bee/noes 1e. to tap the wirer on party 114100 Pt hotels, ante inch pl4Oe4. to toe If the telephone -Ir being ureal by persons who aro not careful of whet they o.ly. Osten the oemtpiny receives rutuptulote that telephone were say unp1111(8ble things that are unavoidably etcncwaid. The company 111 t4 to do away with this Bort of petro0age. hence the tap- per. "Thee tapper nw.t be a man of lnfDilto patience. I have known them to tit for twenty Lours at it etre telt welting for. n .•!goal. When a c =- plaint le amen tett rho wrong kind of tnik Lc circulating on it party lin", tho tapper goers to•one of the tourist. generally the home of the oompinln- ant, and tapI the wird. Tele is i',ontr meth a specially constructed In- termne'nt, wheel.h'te a reeler and It traue'ritter, just as &leer any tele - peon°. It le fa.tcne•,l to a regular yil.one. and then the tapper ells Nick with tho receiver clamped to Iii car. to await a dull. elle taken notes on every co0ver- ec.tluo Lo healer, sal aw,•times he meet repeat els v14(11 day after day., u rule. 1.0 doer nut have to walt sty Lanes, b e:luso the persons" who tar tho telephone recklessly' are nt tee tutrntnent about as ofte9 as ti.ey ti tial time . - "Not long ago n complaint was - made b it man ou at party line. He met that a very ,disgusting ts coorhlp was being carried ou over the w e, and thet hie wife r rn . (IOWA sue! daught , ul 1 nut taco Im n the wire wi rent hearing some- thing they "hurt 1 not hear. "The tapper rte sent out to In- vrrtigate. lin rlgg up Ids tnetru- nhent and rat down to watt. All afternoon .he stuck to hie post, hearing only the ltd . given to the butcher, the'grocer r the coal man, Finally. In the evening, shortly before teener, the 1 eri ng titres times. The tapper (. • ked at his notebook and learned til' t the call was for the It ems of it ell - known family. 8.)oo the click ae heard as a reeciter came from t •e hook: and a young womaaet vol called out, 'Bohol' - "'Is this Miss -- ?" irked a was- cultno soler, "Toru„" went the avower over the party line, 'Le this you ?' asked the yuuug wsenauI, culling tho man by name. You one, eitn tapper haul learned therein it minute who were the guilty parties. Ito remained at the receiver r nl heard a conver- sation o v1) -satton that -1 woke not- repeat. -He let the couple finish their oonver- Natlon, and then returned to the complaint office. Next day no,tice ♦- a o+ w thee w served the people who was se. P 1 in the homer seethe party bnetlat the telephone must not be used as Lt had beer in tbn, past. Tho young woman proteeitei that sit,- had not talked over the telephone In a week, but when no't'es on the eon- vereatlon were ■hewn to her. she arose anal indignantly swept from the room. Some Laughable Experiences. "Tho tapper often meets with - laughable 'experiences. One of them was sent int' to lnvertlgato the ensu where a man was In the habit of swearing a great 'heal when us - Ing the telephone. After p, long watt without hearing hem, emoday, 1s, left. truing back thb next day, he woo More successful. Ile had hardly taken 0p hew watch when the bell rang. pre, roan ho was af- tor ware calling another man. "The maim were at auto, It seemed, and began quarreling and s vearlog at retch other. Tho talk *moo !Became feritmt* "'III not Mand for your way of de- ltic, o-Ing, and 111 take a punch at you the first time I ere you. 'Bald ova of the mem, with a liberal 'supply of oaths,. "'If you do, your wife won't know you when you go home; the other re- tortorh enudelvelitg. a few smelting t'plthets between the other words. 'Tho verbal duct grew hotter. The tapper had the venae of one of the meet, but the other Ito 411.1 not know. But he fleetly got it. Teo rnnt•erast- tlon kept on until One called the other some kind of n Isar. . "'I'll whip you for that, or my nnmo lem't. yelled the 'unknown, and the tapper lute completed hie dsaln. No complaints have dace been nude by persons on that line. Teo tapper'w work pet n.n ou1 to the dhr agreeable ermverrattone. 'Of couroe, It 'very teem happens that the teepee walts sheets for hla parties', tett Ito hear@ enough of the private affairs of people to f111 A dozen P1,rh notebooks ns be 'antes. "Ono of the men wee on a ?Inn not lone ago when the bell rang, and a young woman answered tbe 'phone. T•Ikeil of Champagne. "'How's your tied to-day,&wariet' salted It young span who lead the other end of the leve. "'Big as it balloon. I could ,near ohamp.ngne corks popping nll night long. No more of the bubbles for me mane the answer. 'I've been feel!ag badly all din too. I can (asto that chop rtlo7 yet. What did spear mother rayl' "'ale, nut much of anythingt kept out of sight. I'vo got to go to an old club meeting to -night, and I'd rather take a whipping. "At this wlnt In the convexrsatloe the click of it rest•lver was heard on, the lino. `Watch tett,' wail the Toting mar; warningly, 'somebody, is cutting In. Good -byre( "A tapper was Bent down to one of rho leg hotels on Michigan avenue not lottg ago. The hotel management said that guests had oomplalned of overhearing dbtaetefel talk over the wires. The tapper rigged up hes In- strument at the switchboard and wetted. I don't know how Ito got the right parties, lett ho heard ons very lively little conversation. 'A drop at tho awltohboard felt, Indicating that a guest In a certain room wits calling. In a refined voice, an elderly man meted for a number, wltloh I have thee learned Ile that of a 'phone W a Drexel boulevard homy Is this Mrs. ho -ami -so - Asked the man. 'Yes,' mine tihe answer. "'How about a viae little dinner. to -night downtown e was the next aura t eon. 'All right; answered the women, lett Nay, this Is the last one. 11? son is coming Homo from Yale Tu- ttle vacation In a few days, and my husband is coming on from New Yore with him. You meet not call me up under any elroumstanees after that, I'll be down at 5.30 this evening, bat well have to alornlon our little ilio. ncrs. It's Roo had, but you knom when the eat comes home tete mouse must keep bebten.' "Tho tapper knows perfectly well wheat Ie going oil about town, and could tell many rotortee. Ito is a close- moutlsoa fellow, troweier, and knows it' le heft to keep mall. If the people who tie telepho,,es knew they are tolling their stories to n tapper as well as to the person at the other reel of the line they world be more careful. "Tappers t.hemaelves say that dead Wren and telephone tappers telt no tales, but the latter keeps a roe cot of what he learns and la the -record are the names Of IMMO people who are supposed by their blends tt be of goody-goody sort. "It's a peculiar kind of work. a1) :any rate, and one of which the pnMld If DOWN nothing." • • In Perfect Aocord. Bono erars ago there came to ea A erlcan city n. dellghtfut (terna:tn. Ile 100 Blitz, who Intended to wap - himself by giving lessons la hie n. tive tongue„ When ho h to been 1)i o several months. and h:a41 eeegrnd moderate number of po peer, bo w, t one day to the mother! of -one of m, and, to•ficr groat eurprleq a1) I for her daughter's hand In tnarr; "Det. my 41o. \sir," saki Atha "cot daughter ha fort R w no ono." 1 The setter smiled upon her to at expansive genorneitY. "Mo. too 1" at)d ho reateeurinely. - "And although we are not riellai wo have thus far been 'able to glee her eve r comfort. bete lee Indeed< used to luxury." "11.'e, too!" Inas the smtllng roe joinder. i "Mt. Derr von Blitz. Mio will metre en nblo to manage nffalra." "Ifo, too I" rejoined the Infer. "And I fell obliged to tell yotle that my daughter hag a very high temper." "Me, tool Me, too I" ' l,at was enough. Tho mother re- tired from the contort, and the pro- fessor won hie snit. Men Who !love the World. The world ma? bo divided Int( two classes. The first is composed d the great mass of men without' r-ambtttonr; -wtthemt- etrvnte principles, without either the nest or power . to Mak out things ford, themselves. They are content tesi lire, as It weto, from hand to mottle -In so far as they are virtuous, do - Ing their duties; in se far as they' are vicious, needing them, with M' Inquiry Into the deeper reasons ea things, awl the fundamrntal diffe . enco bt twren '.lime and "Ice. Tb! second clans is a eompiarativeli' small one, though !t1) Duette cannot be defined with any great eine}' nit... It cements of men with made and wills so active that ILcy .save; not take things thus quietly. Tiers aro two qu0.tlontr, one of whlcl$t they wilt- ask. and very often tooter of them.. What meaning can bs' wrung int of life.? and how can we ourselves wtln3 int this meaning 111 These are the turn who, In a greeter or less degree. approach the Wahl or sanctity, of heroism, or of gentle. These are tbo salt of the earth, the little leaven, hid In a barrel or neral Thew are tbo Panle of the world. and the Voltaire., also the Loyola' and tho Bentham'. ere Thatg ifted minority whom 7 1117 wh men'. blind Instincts aro ronrerted Into clear goveruln,t plendpi's spews In action by example, by wham the world le taught and elven the world follows. -W. II. Matlock. Never Put Off till To- morrow What You Can Do To•dey. A factory -woven fence will cost the farmer from 40e to 65c per rod. The owner Of a SELKIRK' FENCE MACHINE builds a better fence on the posts at a cost of 25o to 35e per day, Writ. f. r n r:du;,,qu. end DO IT TODAY. Cr.t.HIRH FF_NCiC CO., We11•nd, Clot. f