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Mr.. Edwin R. Trip, the postmaster, at
dangerous experiences which left him in q
helpless state His system was SO much
shattered that it was feared he might never
recover.
In an interview with o reporter Of the
Republican, regarding this experience which
had attracted considerable attention, MIR.
Trip stated:
Gin March, 1892, I was taken with what !
aterward learned was locomotor ataxia, and
was unable to walk, and 1 kept getting
worse until I lost the use of my arms. /
doctored with two skillful doctors but re-
ceived no benefit, and also used a g~alvanic
battery but kept getting worse and the doc
tors told me they could do no more. This
was in May and June, 1892. I gave up all
hope of ever having the use of my limbs
again, and did not expect to live very long:
I was unable to dress or undress myself, and
could not get around the house unless i was
moved in q chair.
"I think it was in June that I read of the
case of o man in Saratoga Co., N. Y, who
was taken very much as myself. He had
taken DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People which contained, in q condensed form,
all the elements necessary to give new life
and richness to the blood and restore shat
tered nerves, and had been cured by their
use.
at learned that the pills were prepared by
the DR.. Williams Medicine Company, Sche-
uectady, N. Y, and only cost 80 cents q box
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replied the unfortunate one, faltering-
ly, 81 think l could raise the money"
go through the train? Not much.
Third-class passengers stay in this car.
You get off at the next station" said
the conductor, in a voice of fierce warn
ing, as he passed on.
In about an hour the conductor came
into the car again and gave the bell
rope a vicious pull. The engine re-
sponded with two short whistles, and
gradually the train slackened its speed
and stopped.
Come, now. you get off here" said
the conductor, roughly; were behind
time already. and you wan to hurry
up about it."
Again the mans lip curled in an ugly
way, but he made no answer, except to
gather up the few paper bundles of
bread and meat on the seat before him.
Then. taking his child in his arms, he
followed the conductor to the platform
and stepped off the train. Before it
was under way again, however, a hui
name brakeman on the last step called
out to him:
"Say, partner, Their amt nothin'
here. This is only a flag station. The
eastbound'll be along in a few hours.
Stop her and board her. The conduc-
tor on that train'll let you on. It's a
id shame to put that kid off in such
a place!"
In truth little about the place indi-
Gated q railway station. There was a
little closed sentry-box-looking affair
beside the track. and fifty yards behind
it the remains of an old dug-out- Not
wen . trail showed where it was that
any human being had visited the spot.
And round was the dreary waste OF
billowy plains and the burning sun
overhead
In the rear of the sentry box its pro-
iecting roof had cast a little shade
and here the man sat down upon the
ground with his child still in his arms
Strange things, for him, came to his
eyes-tears. The little n looked up
at him in a puzzled way, and he hasti-
ly brushed his hand across his ACE
and left a broad smudge of railway
soot upon his cheek. She clapped her
hands and laughed with giee at his
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Fearfu|Expenenee
A POSTMASTER LOSES THE USE OF HIS
LEGS AND ARMS.
Edwin R. Trip, of MiddIefieId Center. Meets with
a Hazardous Encounter Which Renders
Him HELPLESS.
From oe.eoo Republican. oOope, tour. ". 2.

or six bo,es for $3.50 at any druggists, and
sent for two boxes. / used the pills faith
fully and they gave me an appetite. i then
sent for four more boxes, and before 1 had
taken all of them my feet and legs which
had been cold began to get warm
"a" was O member of the Town Board that
summer and had to be carried and put into q
wagon to go to the meetings, and in fact was
helpless, as my neighbors know. In August
I could walk around the house by pushing q
chair. l kept getting better and managed
to move around more, until at election time
that year, / walked with a cane to the polls,
a short distance from my home. ! continued
to take DIR Williams PM Pills for Pale
People until / had taken eighteen boxes L
could then get around, and to-day walk to
the post Office and back, a distance of one
quarter of a mile, three times a day, and
attend to my duties as postmaster.
"In the spring of 1898 / was elected town
clerk. which office I held for three years, 1
had previously been a justice of the peace
for thirty-two years. / am now 20 years OF
age, and have lived in this town for about
~forty-six years. For nearly fifty years 1
worked at the blacksmith's trade. am
able to do work in my garden now, and saw
some of my wood. / consider that my res
~toration to health is due to the use of DIR.
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
EDWIN r. TRIPP."
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
sd day of June, 1897.
HOMER HANNAH. Notary Public.
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funny face.

funny face.
Then thirst came to them-that
awful, torturing, unreasonlng thirst
which the desert alone can give. The
child cried for water, and the father
left her in the seanty shade and stepped
out into he glaring sun. Neither in
the sky nor in the parched ground was
there a drop of moisture, and he knew
it He returned and tried to comfort
her, and hen he sat down again, buried
his face in his hands and tried to
think. The evening was coming on
when he rose to his feet with a new
resolve.
Away far off in the west a thin, al
most imperceptible streak of smoke
told him hat the east-bound train was
approaching. Near the track he found
a dirty shred of a flag hanging TO a
stick, and he placed it in the socket of
the upright post standing in front of
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To The Gold Fields of Alaska.

The Northern Pacific Railway Co..
has arranged to sell through tickets
to the Yukon Mining District, Alaska,
via Seattle and the Steamers of the
North American Trading & Trans
portation Co. Steamers sail from
Seattle on Thursday, June 10th, 1897,
and Tuesday, August 10th, 1897, and
proceed directly to Fort Get There,
on st. Michael's Island ear the
mouth of the Yukon River, touching
only at Ducth Harbor, Unalaska
Island, (AlOutian Chain), en- route;
at Fort Get There change is made to
the Company's River Steamers. which
pass up the Yukon River to Circle
City, Fort Cuhahy and Forty Mile,
thus affording an easy and pleasant
trip. Prospectors and mihers are
advised to take the Dopt sailing
from Seattle on .JUle f6th, SO as to
arrive at the mines in time for a
good seasOL 3 Work.
Rates and .urther information will
H. FURNISHED on application to,
A. ID. EDGAR,
Gen'l Agent. Helena, Mont.
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The earth-almOSt the air was
white with the heat of the summer
sun. All was v~astness. immensely, ST.
leuce, loneliness; above, the fiawless
blue; below, those seemingly illimita-
BILE plains of reddish yellow. streaked
with alkali white, hat SWAN back and
forth before the eyes in parallel lines
until far off they melted into a long,
low stretch of shivering light, the
mocking water mirage at the base of
the mountain range hundreds of miles
away. Encompassed within that hori-
ION there was no thing of life except
within that desultory moving train.
Stocked in the emigrant or third-class
car of the train was a crowd of tired,
miserable and dirty people. They
looked out listlessly at the passing
landscape, or stupidity at each other.
or twisted themselves into all sorts of
uncomfortable positions on the hard
wooden seats in vain efforts to secure
a little sleep. Perhaps the most UNI
prepossessing of them all was a dark
featured, roughly-dressed man. Be-
side him was a very little girl ina blue
dress His lowering, repellant face
had a scowl upon it which suggested
the convict o. the desperado. but he
was neither. The scowl and the un-
conscious sneer about his ugly mouth
were born simply of a long and thor
oughly fruitless struggle with misfor-
tune.
Although pretty, it was easily to be
seen that the little girl was his child.
She was. a momentous factor in a
mighty problem to the man whose arm
was about her and whose knit brow
and troubled face showed how hard it
was he studied it A crazy letter had
come to him across the continent, and
he had left the tenements of New York
to try and reach the golden land of
California He mad started with hardly
sufficient money to take himself and
child more than half the distance, but
he had a confused sort of an idea that
he would in some way reach his desti-
nation. Better it was, at all events.
than to remain in the noisome Hester
street den, where, without work, or
the prospect of any, his little sum of
money would o be gone.
The station to which his scanty
| purse had enabled him to buy a ticket
| for. himself and child had been passed
hours before, and he was wondering
how soon the conductor of the train
would discover the shameless imposi-
ton he was practicing upon the rail-
way company. He had not much
longer to wait, for presently the auto
crat of the train, in a hurried passage
through the car, stopped suddenly be-
fore him and glanced at h check in
his hat.
Hello! Where are you going?"
The man looked up in what was in
tended as a humble, respectful and
piteous appeal, but his lip curled up
over his teeth, like that of a harried
dog. He could not help it. His voice
was mild enough, though, as he said:
II am going TO California, sir, with
my little girl"
The mans looks seemed to i~rritate
the no~t-too-even temper of the railway
officer:
"You are, eh? Well, where's your
ticket for the rest of the way?"
'If you would please let me go
through the train with my little girl, +"
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.Temperance.o

A little schoolgirl in the rural dis
tricts of Georgia was assigned a compo-
sition on Temperance" and the fol-
lowing is the result: Temperance is
more better than whisky. Whisky is
ten cents a drink, and lots of it. My
pa drinks whisky. He has been full
113 times. One night he came home late
and my ma went out and cut some
hickories and'walloPed him good. Then
she ducked his head in a tub of soap
suds and locked him up in the barn
And the next morning my pa said he
reckon he'd swear off."-Atlanta Con-
stitution.
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1t Must
Be Seen

The "New North-w esrern Linn
ted" trains Minneapolis and st.
Paul to Chicago must be seen to
tell their own beauties, and must
be ridden on to be thoroughly en-
joyed and appreciated.
This famous train is the finest
in the world. 1t leaves Mime
apolis every night i'm the year 7:30
p. M; st. Paul STOP. m; arriving
Milwaukee $50 a. M; Chicago
$3.50 a. NJ.
Your home agent will sell you
tickets via this first-class line and
an illustrated folder and further
information will befurnished you,
with pleasure, on application to
T.W. Teasdale, General Passenger
Agent, st. Paul. Mimi.
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ly afraid people would think we didn't
appreciate our old folks to let them
live on among that old rubbish"
The last finishing touches being ac-
complished, h sisters went to their
respective homes, and at nightfall the
two old folks walked into the domicile
that had sheltered them for forty
years the dearest spot on earth to
them-homel
1t had been planned by their know
ing children that they were to enter
the house alone to intensity the sur
prise in store for them, and enjoy
each others delight over the occasion
without witnesses
But they, not knowing this, felt
with the sensitiveness of age q little
hurt, and chung closer together as
dwelling, every step of which was like
hallowed ground to their tired feet.
81 most wonder tn girls amt left q
light a burnin' for us; first time they
forgot" said the old man as he
stumbled over a chair.
"You know, father, Ann Marie's
visitin' them-it makes a difference"
said the mother in gentle, apologize
tones, that were her wont when de-
Tending the children.
Seems right good to be home again
let's set an rest a spell afore we
light up" suggested the old man,
dropping into a handy chair.
But his form had scarcely touched it
before he Strengthened himself out of
it and said testify:
TT don't seem nat'ral. It most
broke my back to set in that cheerl
Mandy, there's something wrong!"
Mandy had been feeling along the
shelf for the candle that year in and
year out stood there like a tallow sem
tinel. and had never failed her in the
darkest night She found it, but not
in its old place; it had beef moved a
hairs breadth to the left and felt
queer to her touch.
Gimme a match, Eben. I want TO
see what like is the can'le. LORD
a-mercy, ook at it, mani
1t certainly was not the same brand
OF candle that for all these years had
been run in the tin mold behind the
pantry door. 1t was a gorgeous
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twisted design in green wax with vel

tWisItu ucSiSu III green "oA WIN JSi
low stripes.
That's the girls doin's, 1 bet," said
the old man, putting on his glasses to
take a better look at the intruder.
'GoshI What a lookiu' candleI"
As it's rays diffused a light through
the room the two old people began to
investigate. They looked around, then
into each others faces, and both fear
and wonderment were expressed in
their startled glances
MANDY" said the old man at last,
we've gone and got into the wrong
housed"
II b'leeve it." answered Mandy,
feebly, but then whereabouts is
ours?"
Lets look at the outside" and the
girls" who were watching at their
own windows, saw a glimmering light
dancing like an ignus fatuus before the
old house, and could discern the un-
wonted spectacle of their father and
mother inspecting the outside of their
home by candle light. 1t struck them
as very funny.
Meanwhile the truth had revealed
itself in part to the old people, and
holding aloft the fiaring wax candle
they tool an inventory of the new fur
n%iture, from the carpet on the floor to
the paintings on the walls 1t was
well the conspirators were not there to
hear them. 1t might have given them
a shock.
Even the pianny's gone" said
Mandy, wringing her hands, 1.-THE dear
old pianny where Ann Maria learned
to play Hang Up the Baby's Stocking
afore she was ten years old! I couldn't
nave bleeved it; and my hit-an'-miss
carpet that ! made with my own hands
and the red tablecloth, the cheer.
fullest thiugi-you could see il for a
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Had Got Hack,
,ctor-Is Mr.. Slowpay in?

Collector-Is MI. Slowpay in?
Landlady-No. sir.
81 called five weeks ago. and you said
he had gone to Long Branch for 9
month Hasn't he got back YETI"
"Yes, sir, he's back"
"Then where is hep"
"In the poorhouse.'-N. Y. Weekly.
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HAS he had any real, practical ex-
perience in the theatrical business?"
asked the manager who was looking for
an assistant.
mo-" replied Mr.. Stormington
Barnes. thoughtfully, 81 can't say he
has. He has been connected with the
profession a long time, but he never,
to my knowledge, was with an attrac-
ton that didn't make money enough to
pay expenses."-Washington Star.
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After the Party,

Mrs. Beeson-George, what makes
you so quiet when you're out in COM
pany? You sit around like a dumb per-
son. Why don't you talk more?
Mr.. Beeson-My dear, l do talk when
I am out alone. Twas quiet this evening
because I thought it wouldn't be just
the thing for one family to monopolize
the conyersation.-Cleveland Leader.
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Prudence.

81 may be overcareful," she said. as
she hid the plated spoons and her curl
ing irons in the bottom of her trunk be
fore she went out shopping. "but ]
Just can't bear to run any risks"
Then she pinned her gold watch to
the outside of her dress by a blue rib
bon and went ACKNOWLEDGING
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This Il Your Opportunity.

This Is Your Opportunity.
On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps,
a generous sample will be mailed of the
most popular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure
fFlv,s Cream Balm) sufficient to Demon
strste the great merits of the remedy.
ELY BROTHERS,
Sc Warren St., New York City.
Raw John Reid. Jr.. Of Great Falls, Mont,
recommended EIy's Cream Balm to me- L
can~ empbasize his statement. 1T Is O posi-
five cure for catarrh if used as directed
Rev. Francis W. Poole, Pastor Centraifres
Church, Helena, Mont
Ely's Cream Balm is the a~cknowiedgeo
cure for catarrh and contains no mS
NOR any injurious drug. Price, oo osn'~
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Laconic Papa.

Gertrude (eagerly)-PaPa, did Mr.
Harper call on you to-day?
Mr.. Millyuns-Yes.
Gertrud@Well, what followed?
Mr.. Millyuns-The ambulance
Cleveland Leader.
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Robson-Hello. old man! Glad I ran
across you. Found a dollar in an old
pair Of pants this morning. and I've
got to celebrate it. Let's go open a bot
tie of champagne.
DobsoH-In a minute. I dropped a
nickel through this grating a few mo-
ments ago. and I've given a boy a quar-
ter to go down and find it.-N. Y. World.
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81 envy the Badgrlys more than any
married people l know."
For what special reason?"
well, he is over III, and she is over
so; but she calls him boy and he calls
her girl detroit Free Press.
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Sad ~i'Icusures.

All picnics disappointment yield.
1t matters lot how far we seek:
The band plays in the other field.
The shade is just across the creek.
Chicago Record,
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Loves Power.

Willy|Say, auntie, what did Uncle
Bob marry you for?
Aunt-Why. for love. of course!
Willy OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES! Love
will make a man do almost anything
won't it, auntie?-Puck.
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Mrs Gazzam-O Tom. l know I shall
get along famously with the lady who
has just moved in next door.
Mr.. Gazzam-What makes you 80 Ger
tain?
Mrs. Gazzam-She rides the same
make of wheel as mine.-Louisville
CourierNJournal.
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SAFE.

Mother-Willie, where are those ap-
Piles gone that were in the cupboard?
Willie-Oh, they're with the ginger
bread hat was in the pantry.-Up-to-
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Mrs. Flatte-This little bit won't last
an hour. Why don't you bring me a
larger piece these hot days?
The Iceman-What's the use? II
would only melt.-N. Y. Journal.
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n.

Papa Gruff Ito Artie. who has been in
the parlor with Amy for a long time)-
Look here, young man, | think you
have seen my daughter long enough.
Artie-Did you want to take tn,
lamp?-Up-to-Date.
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Wall of n Pessimfst.

I never ran to hear a band
Whose dulcet strains were drawing near.
But hat the music always stopped
Just when / got where I could hear.
Chicago Tribune
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Much In Q Name.

sis your new pony fastr'
Eyes; 80 fast that I've named him
What Ma Says"
that's q queer name"
"Yes; but what ma says goes."-Bos-
ton Traveller.
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AllOY,

"Nowthat you and your husband have
kissed and made up. I suppose you are
happy"
Except when I think Of some mean
thing I might have said."-Detroit Jour
| nal.
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stood by Hin.

perhaps he isn't all he might be.
but he stood by me in my hour Of trial.
and"
"What was he, an officer OF the
court?"-Chicago Journal.
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TPuDt.

What sweet satisfaction it is" said
she, ito have q friend you can trust"
"And, o, what a convenience it is"
replied Hardup, Ito have a friend who
will trust you."oolumbus (O) State
journal.
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GalligaskinstThe state geologist of
Kentucky says there is no gold in that
commonwealth.
Skimgullet-But I should think it
would be q fine place for bichloride of
Rold-N. Y. Journal.
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HE POINTED TO THE SMOKE.

the house. Nervously his fingers
fumbled in his pockets until he pro-
duced the stump of a lead pencil.
Picking up a piece of pasteboard, he
wrote upon it in great, rough letters:
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Luat the

KildufI hear that Tenspot is cul-
tivating his garden ~religiously this year.
Mullins-The report is wrong. !
heard him swear while wedding the
other day.-N. Y. World.
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SUBSCRIPTION PRICE:

All postmasters and news agents
are authorized to receive subscrip-
lions.
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A train stopped for him and took him
on board. This they always do when
they kill a man.-San Francisco Argo-
naut.
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AN INCREASE IN HEAT.

Hojack-Does your employer treat
you as warmly now as he did at first?
Tomdik-More so.
Hojack-Indeed? That's good.
Tomdik-Yes. He fired me yesterday.
Up-to-Date.
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Prepared fer EAergeneaes.
Dick-Would you be hurt il / kissed
your
Nelly-There's an accident hospital
close by.-Town Topics.
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To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Clscarets Candy Catharfic. 1Oc or 25c
II c. c. c. fail to cure, druggists refund money
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mile when the door was open and we
was lighted up; and my picters of the
children taken every year of their lives
its worse than robbery. DOM
doubt they mean well. but it's broke
my heart!"
~ near broke my back tryin' to set
in one of them new-fangled cheers"
said the old man, spurning the smart
chair with his foot II do wonder,
Mandy, if they left us anythin' to set
mp"
They've left the clock, said Mandy.
I'm thankful for that! I.declare, father
it seems like an old friend" and hold
ing fathers hand she too long before
the venerable timepiece, regarding it
with loving eyes
1t was hear daylight when the two
old people had seen the last of their
new possessions, and arranged them to
their entire satisfaction. The fancy
candle had burned down to a mound of
green and yellow wax, and been re-
placed by straight, uncompromising
tallow homemade, that shed a serene
light on two old faces that looked very
tired, but wore a conscious expression
Of peace and triumph. And even in
their dreams they smiled.
ITO think of i'll" said Ann Maria.
when she tells the story; latter all our
planning and contriving, when we
went over the next day to see how they
were enjoying their new surroundings,
theyhad put back every article of the old
stuff we moved, rag carpet, photographs
and all, and packed the new things up
in the attic! They wouldn't have 4
new chair nor a ~tablecloth. nor any
thing! Said the things weren't comfort
able. Talk about Ephraim being
joined to idols-father and mother
could give him pointers out of their ex
perience," and she sighed over the de-
generacy of age.-Detroit Free Press.
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TWO IN THE s E

It's
westward across the
dreary plains of
Utah. the overland
train, from a van
tage point in the
sky, looked like a
small n chair
snake crawling over
the earth's surface.