The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-21

HouHCdln, just little way from MIR.
Sunfsh. A flash of light, a tug at
the line. a rush and then a sweep OF
the pole and Mr.. Sunfish was doing ac-
rObatics on the shelving sands of the
slough.
1t wasn't long before the chums had
nice string Of beauties gilled on q
forked sprig of willow, and safely
anchored to the sunken log.
Then off to the marsh, each armed
with a stout club with which to rap
elusive frogs on the head. 1t was hit
and miss-and miss oftener than hit.
When half-a-dozen fat fellows were
bagged, back to camp by the sunken
log Build a bonfire. dress the frogs,
water, drop in the frogs, salt the whole
with gunpowder, and put it on the fire
to stew.
Those used to be feasts fit for the
gods, especially If a neighboring 1armer
had thoughtfully cultivated a water
melon patch that would provide des-
sert.
Then in the fall the chums would
"go a nutting" in the big woods and
camp out over night. They'd start at
noon and by shutdown would have all
the nuts they could carry. After a
blackbird stew, cooked in a tomato
can over an open fire, they'd prepare
for the night. A big bonfire was
built. Two touches, one on either side
Of the fire, were made from twigs and
boughs of maple and hemlock. The
freight fiickered through the big trees
and transformed stumps and logs a
rod away into grotesque grizzly bears
and crouching catamounts.
And then the chums played Indian
Scouts. There wasn't an Indian within
a thousand miles, but they. made be-
lieve that these woods, within hearing
of the church bells and factory whis>
ties, fairly swarmed with blood-thirsty
red men. And they really believed
themselves daring heroes taking des-
perate chances. While one slept, the
other sat on the stump of a tree, well
out of the freight so that he could
pierce the surrounding darkness, and
watched for Indians. Thus for an
hour or more this trusty sentinel would
sit statue-like on a stump, with gun
across his knee, and peer into the
night. Then, when the stars told him
his time was up, he'd waken his chum
and take his turn at sleep, or, as he
put it, at pounding his ear"
At last, as daylight came on, the
fire would seem to get low and there'd
he a Chill and damp in the air that
made the chums yearn for home and
hot coffee. And so, having been heroes
for a whole night, they'd shoulder
their harvest of nuts and in the early
morning twilight trudge homeward
through the swishing wet grass, just
as the all-night places up in the sky
were putting out their lights.
And then the chums went to college
together and were partners in bust
ness and lived neighbors.
And now one is gone before, and the
other stands with uncovered head be-
side the grave of his chum.
Life is story of happy "chumhood"
and sad partings. The old chums of
thousands Of sincere mourners might
today be alive and well if they had
only taken as good care Of their health
in manhood as their mothers took Of
it when they were boys. In boyhood
days when chums got home wet and
tired from an excursion into the woods
mother not only fed them. but if there
was little cough or cold she promptly
dosed them. She didn't let them try
the experiment of wearing out q
cold.' She knew better.
Seven out Of every ten Of the
.'chums' who die before their time, die
Of that dread destroyer, consumption
that foster-child of neglect. There is
no necessity for these deaths. There's
a sure and speedy remedy at hand
1t is DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery. 1t cures SO per cent Of all
cases Of consumption. 1t corrects all
arrangements of the digestive organs
1t gets a move" on the liver. 1t
causes the fe-giving elements of the
food to be properly assimilated 1t
braces up. 1t builds up. 1t drives out
impurities It clears the lungs and lets
the vivifying oxygen of the air pene-
trate every lung cell. 1t Is the great
blood-maker and flesh-builder. 1t Is
not only an almost unfaillng cure for
consumption and allied diseases like
asthma. bronchitis, catarrh. throat
troubles, weak lungs and bleeding from
lungs, but is also a marvellous remedy
for all wasting diseases and diseases