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THE MISSES B J,

leaving the performers stranded. The
plucky girls returned to their homes
in California, and, after. few days
rest, determined to try their fortunes
in the gold region of the far north.
Their reputation as vaudeville artists
had preceded them to Dawson City,
and they found the managers of the
aters more than ready to give them
engagements. =
The Misses Browning say they made
very good terms with. the managers,
but believed that fortune would come
quicker by mining. Consequently they
saved what they could from their sal
aries. started few claims and pros.
pected on their own account. The two
girls worked. with pick and shovel, and,
aas the claims turned out well, they soon
hired men to do the rougher part OF
the work. - ~ -
1T was hard work at frst,''' say the
fair miners, ''but we did the best we
could and came out all right. We have
two claims, Nos. 0 and 10 on Bonanza
creek. We have another claim on Ell
Dorado creek, from which we scarcely
ever got less than 20 cents to the pan,
and last New Years day we picked q
big, shining nugget out of the frozen
ground. We have another good claim
on Sulphur creek, and just before we
left Dawson we sold a quarter interest
in claim on Dominion creek for snug
little sum. -
:: 1.-Two years in Dawson City is an
awfully long, lonesome time, and after
we had washed out the dumps from our
claims and banked the clean-ups we
thought it best to take q trip back to
civilization. Before we left we sent
two men down into the ,Tanana coun.
try prospecting. Good. reports have
come from that district, and we have a
chance of striking something profitable
there.
! eve came out by way of St.. Michael
and went over to Nome. That camp is
disgrace. About all we could hear
of was murder, suicide and disease, and
we were glad to- get away from it.
While there, however, we took up a
claim on Anvil creek, in the Golovin bay
district, and staked some Dawson
friends to take care of it for us.
"After all that think we have earned
a holiday. We came to San Francisco
to, return some kindnesses to our
friends in the city, who cared for M
before we started in the world for our
selves. AS soon as that is done to- the
satisfaction of all, and the money we
have brought out is safely invested
We, will start out to see the country on
the other side of the Atlantic"
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CsL! ~ 4 'lAlp


Two San Francisco girls. who went
50 the Kondike two years ago, have
returned to their native city with . bag
OF gold and are preparing u make I,
Elurop ean voyage
SIS Misses Dottie and Gracie Browning,
sitter being eraduate rom the public
schools, studied for the stage. Both
were possessed Of fine voices, and grand
opera was The goal Of their amb ition.
Oracle Browning secured : position
with the Bostonians, but Just after
the contract 9 death occurred ii the
family, and she gave up the position.
About 9 year later the two sisters went
together in vaudeville, touring eastern
circuits under different managers. 81
While playing with company in
Darenpo rt, Ia, the manager took the
funds Of the company and decamped,
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starched embroidery, no thick seams
to cut the soft flesh, no shoes, no
stockings on the little chubby feet;
the ''little colties go bare, bare, BARE"
and kick to their hearts content.
Mrs. Robinson says, too, that chill
dren nave been deformed and crippled
for life by being held in wrong posi-
tions when they were little. The
baby's head must never hang down,
nor must the weight of the body be
allowed to come upon the delicate
muscles of the stomach and bowels.
The&little head and back must be sup
ported, and the hips should rest firm
" in nurses hand. It is good plan,
however, to consult the baby's own
taste in this matter Of position. The
little girl in our picture, for instance,
is never more happy than when laid
over. her nurses shoulder and held
there with strong gentle hands. But
another baby might not agree with
her at all. .>>>~E' y .2'" y - FL :.
A small Chicago maiden, who visited
the Mothers and Babies, hospital in
New York, this summer, has come
back to her family Of dolls with new
ideas. She allows no one to hold
them except in proper fashion; she
puts on their. clothes over their feet;
makes a pretense Of bathing them
twice daily, and talks great deal
about pasteurizing milk and boiled:
q water. It sounds amusing, now, but,
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TALK ABOUT MONKEYS.
Search for the so-Called @aIissins
Link" to BE Resumed By an Old
~ ~ German Scientist. ].

Prof. Ernst Hackel, the great Ger
man naturalist of the University Of
Jena, is going to make once more the
long journey to the Celebes and Java.
There he will spend next winter study
ing the fossils Of apes that became ex-
tinct thousands OF years ago. He hopes
to be able to show that this ape is the
famous missing link in nature be-
tween monkeys and human beings.
Ever since Darwin wrote 1.-THE Descent
OF Man, :" men of science have been in
terested in tracing every step in the
order of creations of animal life from
the sponge to man. There has always
been gap between the highest order
OF monkey, which is the chimpanzee,
and the lowest form Of human beings
1t is believed by Prof. Hacked that there
was once creature that was more like
man than any now living, and that the
petrified remains of it have been found
in the East Indies. :
This is long journey for an old man
to take, and it may end the life of the
German naturalist, who is near 70 years
Of age; but men of science, says the
Little Chronicle, are always ready to
face hardships and dangers in their
search for truth. Only few years ago
Mr.. Walter Savage Lander penetrated
the land Of the Grand Llama on the
tablesand of Thibet only to be tortured
and nearly blinded by the inhabitants.
Mr.. r. L. Garner, the naturalist, who
claims to have discovered that monkeys
have language, once lived in a steel
cage in the heart of West Africa for
three months in order to study the
gorilla in its kingdom. In those wild
so.itudes this giant ape is sole mon
arch, and no other animal disputes his
right to rule.
Mr.. Garner says that the call of a
gorilla family chief can undoubtedly
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simplify IS ayerted s. ~ I pp:, llns g.
your Uncle Hiram.
8 80 noke tAans & sths'
way AZ 1loated dSer le ,,fospS ckiss.
breaking up g happys Il shallia tenth
families. Hiram Lampson,, SIs said to
him. solemnly, It's play ting On the ten-
derest emotions Of mother bears that
you are proposing. using s the.
mother love 81 unwary wildcats sto
draw them into captivity ou may
prosper il your ungodly 9heme for.
|awhile but end 4stS will reach
ont and srs a ious IN heck and
Bss , ala IA ,nd ell.eho.en
words III warning ttarn Hisstn from III,
evil says7 Not : bit. ithin three
days shs had his trap Axed. Then hs
climbed nearby tref. sort Of hid il
the bfanchess and sent out cry hike
= baby bsar that has BEEN caught in
r. trap TherS's 10 denying Hiram had
talent fl his uns4ne tihs CT Way, for that
ealss WIS the mosr Notwithstanding
thing lever Heard. And before Hiram
had repeated y half e4ozen times q
big she bear can't cfsshing through
the bushes. liked over where the
DOOR was and then stopped. Hiram
gave smother call, which seemed to
come from fhS corn rsof the pen. In
rushed the sold near.Hlram pulled .
string, and n 81 down 10y fellSthe door OF the
pen HIRAM elm BED down from the
ttes @ pleased and happy as It he had
done something to be proud OF. s.sss
" It's only rescuings that old bear
from the wild woods and hills hessaid,
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DEATH AND m DEATH

d /, ~
We cit in the cleaning together.
The wife, true and faithful, and /.
And rest, while LIES long day 10 enA1n9.
81 And slowly nights shadows dravgnigh. s@
We rest while We wait for the boatlaan
The river that washes the Homeland'o
Unspeakably beautiful shore. NJ IS
We talk. as We cit here together.
OF all that our hearts have held deaf
Through all Of our pilgrimage journey: SIS
And often we listen to hear $S3f q
Dear voices, attuned by Loves fingers,
Speak out of the shadowypast. ss II.
Oh! sweet were their words when Arst
T. uttered, - ""' s$6 MsS.s 3
And sweet win they be to the last. Il
We look at the road we have travelled.
And talk Of the sorrow and care $50 s.
Tha came to us oft In the Journey. sy4
OF burdens God gave W to bear: "a
Yet see that nfe's sunshine and gladness
Have far, far exceeded it, pain: kslSs 81
And what we oft thought tosbs losses
Have led unto infinite gain. IS . ss +
We speak of our love for each other.
Love fervent, abiding, and true, Z. u
That ever has lightened our sorrows, Il -
And blessed US the whole journey
through. E&4 $sT#%s e
I tell the dear wife that love her 81 NJ Ok
Far more than I did long ago. 3aS4
When We promised thenceforward to travel
Together throughweal and through woe.
And smiles that love only can kindle &3 sa
Light UP her dear features straightway; 8
For women prize lover-like husbands II As III
Long after their hair has grown gray. .
So we sit in the cleaning together.
Old lovers with hand clasped in hand,
And peacefully wait Tor the boatman
To bear US away to that Land T 4
Toward which we 20 long have been faring,
Where joys everlasting abide. 4&1S - +
God grant, when He comes He may take us
Together across the chill tide. &%
Emily Stuart Lawrence. In N. Y. Wit
ness.
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Corrected, ana Yet

I'm your first edition. said the
judges henchman. you say: Judge
Booz, Throughout yesterdays session
of court, was as drunk as it was posi-
BILE for him to be- He was sober, and
want you to correct it, ~ =
"All right" replied the editor of the
Evening Wasp well change it
in our next edition. You're welcome,
Good-day, sir. (Pause). Mr.. Copi-
kutter, strike out drunk and insert
sober in that paragraph '---P hiladel-
phia Press. i. .:St e :%ss.l
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Happy LIIrLE. BABIES.


One g the pref tiest and most CONF
4orting sights in New x ork city dur
Ing the hot weather is to be seen III
the Mothers and Babies' hospital, 1t
Lexing avenue and Fifty-second
street, where from so to IS little ba-
bies are being taken care Of accord
Ing to the Golden Rule. At any rate,
swhet her they would put. IL that way
! a ~ the hospital or not, It seems to :
visitor that Do unto baby as you
would be done by Is the true secret
sof their success. s 5: .4s.5 B. D s.;
Mr.. Lucy Robinson, the head nurse
ct the hospital, says there are Just
three Important points in the care Of
the baby food, dress and handling.
81 IN the first place, II the baby is
being fed from 9 bottle, tie milk
given # should always be pasteurized
s and 'and that word means, as we have
explained before, that the milk should
be put through a purifying process
] which was originated by man named
Pasteur. Every two hours between
three in the morning and. nine Z :, at
night the baby should have it's milk.
but during the night it should have
nothing except a drink Of cold water,
now and then. She says few people
seem to realize that babies get thirs-
ty, just like anyone else, and that,
unless they have plenty of water,
they are sure to: be rfeverish and fret
ful. II must be water that has been
boiled, though, and the bottles that
hold the baby's milk must be boiled,
too. after each using, SO that any pos
sible, germ Of disease will be de-
stroyed. Then the little ones mouth
should be washed out with water that
has boracic acid in it. every two
hours; there must be two baths day
In luke warm water, and the. baby
must not founder about nor get
frightened, but be carefully held in
the water q few moments, and then
wrapped in 9 soft, feeey blanket and
pattedEnot rubbed until the blanket
has taken up all the moisture. Next,
q nice powdering, all over, with corn
starch, and then some comfortable,
plain garments put on over the feet
never over the head to bother baby
and get 1t to crying. No sstifay
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Orisan Of ssDixie.s Land.n:

The original song, :Dixie's: Esnd, !"
was composed in 1889 by Daniel EN-
nett as a ''walk-around'' for BrEant's
minstrels. Mr.. Emmett frequently
heard the performers in circus make
the remark: 81 wish I was inDixie,"
as soon as the northern climate be-
gansto be too severe:for the tent life
which they followed. This expression
suggested the song: "Dixie's Land
It made hit at once in New York,
and was speedily carried to an parts
of the uniongb numerous bands of
wandering MINISTRIES. In .theaafN OF
1860 Mrs. John. Wood sang it in New
Orleans in the burlesque of ss'Poca-
hontas," and before week hadpassed
the whole city had taken itsnp.- A
New Orleans publisher saw possibili-
ties in the music, and without,s the au-
.thority Of the composer had the air
harmonized and rearranged, issuing it
with words embodying the strong
southern feeling then existing iisNew
Orleans.-Ladies' Home Journal:
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DOG FEEDS AgFR1END,

stranger. In kennel lay . mother
dog. with a family Of little puppies.
The visitor took out roll :. in his
mouth, pushed it into the kennel, took
up his basket again and came home.
The trick was SO captivating that the
dog was not interfered with. He con-
tinued his attentions to his friend I'M
til she could leave her puppies long
enough to, go after food for herself,
and since then he has brought home
l3 rolls. :'S$$s=sz
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STORY OF TWO BOYS.
One Succeeded In Everything He Un.
dertoolk, the Other Remained
Poor All HE Life.

Of two boys with the same advantages
and equally good training, one will
succeed in life, while the other, with
out being bad, "never amounts to any,
thing" as the saying goes. Perhaps
the following anecdote will explain
something of the disparity in results:
A nurseryman left home for q few
days on business thip.. II: was rainy
weather, and not season for sales, but
a customer did arrive from distance
tied up his horse, and went into the
Kitchen, where two boys were crack
ing nuts. fss '~@ :
.7'sIs Mr.. Barnes at home>? PSI he asked.
NO." said Jo, the eldest, hammering
at nut. -,
when will he be back?" --'
"Dunno. Mebbe not for week."
The youngest boy, Jim, promptly
jumped up and followed the ifritated
stranger out of doors.
tThe men are not here,' he said, in a
bright and courteous manner, 'but I
can show you the stock" ~
The stranger was conci!iated, and
followed Jim through the nursery, ex-
aiming the trees. and left his order.
"You have sold the largest bill of
the season, JIM" said his father, great
~ pleased, on his return. :.
"A few years afterward these two
boys were left by the fathers death
with but 5000 apiece. Joe bought an
acre or two near home, and, although
he worked hard, he is S till . poor, dis
contented man. ~t e
Jim bought an emigrant's: ticket to
Colorado, hired out as cattle driver
for a couple of years, and with his
wages, bought land. at a dollar and
quarter an acre, built himself house
and married. To-day his herds are NUM-
bered by the thousand. hissland has
been cut up, in town lots, and he>is one
ct the wealthy men of the Centennial
II might have done like sJim," said
Joe, resentfully, IF I'd only thought in
time. There's as good stun in me as
him." - -
Joe was right: Re had the 5 sasmtstuf,
in him, but it was. not Developed The
quick, wide-awake II energy which
causes boy to act promptly and bold.
" an emergency il pGrtly natural,
but it can be inculcated ~ parents. and
it is worth more than nygift st ma
ture.-Golden Days.
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/ Almost Suicidal.

Pendennis--1s dyeings the hair e. as
dangerous as the doctors would make
out? a >sss%.s@ s#'.e !, .s 5zs.s
I Warrington Certainly; you may
take my word for it, Only last spring
an uncle OF mine dyed his hair, and.
IN three weeks. he was married to q
widow with four children! Tit Bits. i
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butcher 81 yVassialh ickon. Pa ha..
=, u little dog that 4 g cleyers 80 isE
sent every morning to the bakeris.
with &. 8 basket Tor : dozen ron The
baker Always |Rivesss ~ but there
acam 4 e day when The dltog only broughtI
home u. Next day md the next 81
continued to be : roll short. Tho,
baker declared that he had never sr..Y
placed less than Il in the basket. e
.was determined to- watch the dog.
5It got its basket filed at the bakers.
and then set out for home IN . round
about way. It sntered the yard Of :
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HAVING AN ARGUMENT WITH HIRAM.
ing around, as ifthey suspected that
pen Of yours wasn't entirely charita-
BILE institution Ss%zESs,> III
But Hiram declared he wouldn't
stop while he was fairly coming money.
The next day he started after bear.
Sure enough, as soon as he gave the
bear cub cry, down from the hills came
a big bear. But instead of going into
the pen, the bear kept nosing about as
if she suspected something was wrong.
About a minute later she spied Hiram.
You could fairly Hear her brains work.
ing, she was thinking so hard. Being
an old and experienced bear, it didn't
take her long to figure out that the
bear cub cry had come from Hiram.
Talk about an angry beaz.g She start
ed up the tree with the air Of i bear
who was determined to give at least one
person q lesson on the evil of triAing
with the affections Of respectable
mother bears. Hiram. didn't wait for
explanations, but hunted for 4 higher
limb. Pretty soon he found one which
would hold him, being light man,
but wasn't strong enough for an ex.-:
tra-sized angry bear. For a minute
Hiram seemed safe, though far from
happy. The bear was puzzled, but gave
every indication Of being wiling Is
wait, for Hiram as long. .aSs he found
it. convenient to stay at the end Of
that limb. i sEs .5s &g -. - ~ ,. ss ~.
"'Just then a@big wildcat, evidently
female, came looping, along Mrs.
Bear slid down from t Atree, wadd died
over to the Wildcat, aH0sa mansdidn,t
need to besanaexpert ID Wild aniIaaI ma
ture to see that an impromptusmoth-
ers' congress was in session. Mrs.
Bear evidently explained to MRS. Wild
cat the manner in which Hiram was
trying to play. Oh their affections.
Then the old bear planted ,hsIsen at
the foot sof the tree and waitedsde vel
opments, while the wildcat went up
the tree with the evident intention Of
having an argument with Hiram. II.
- Is !AndfSit was piain.that Hiram was
shout to collide lFitl the real thing.
The branch he was on was plenty
strong enough forsthe wildcaty and
she wasn't wasting any time..%H Hiram
waited until the wildcat was within
q couple OF feet Of him. Then. lie let
out = yell, slid on; his branch and came
crashing to the ground. For Tear hs
might be lonely the wildcat came with
him, leaping on his shoulders, and do
Ing her best with her claw stos keep
him from citing blas@. n II @
x' Mrs. Bear was waiting Us for the
couple, but, alt though / hadn t approved
81 Hiram scheme dsIfdn " Il, Il hin,
TO furnish asmeal for. q Justly enrsged
Emother bear. So / fred my gun. Z
didn't hurt the bear, but she took alarnnaa
and ahufled OF ii Slelu4t liant soyt OF
way. TIC vll s. Hiraa i
leaving sHifam 8 ID dehed and Das:
tered man. hut was ne ashames IN
hls aplan for betraying the af1ect1pn
lot Sondding bears and Wildcats? Not
. BIZ. ss3ss n 4
4, rlsns ~ 4 I il risht, he .n.fled
lbetrsen Iii 81 ms, 3 hut who wSbild
have guessed ] would run up ag1fnst
q Pike County Bear and Wildcat IS,
|teetiisslssXcla 4ioa s. 81. Sun. i u q
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/ E,Aa.,i.,IllIll.

8 8 cthsl s. the hind of ) girl Who
never g I a !. Is. eay q any other
woman. So. asss
81 sssi rilliant hut Asnely.
s1' s q
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with his political friends. il The pri-.
yate hung around as though he would
like to. have 9 little more, talk. and
finally the captain turned to him with
i show Of cordislity. and asked 81 few;
.stereotyped questions, winding up
with How lis the world using you?
What arg you doing now 2, Tie mem-
Der Of sthe Old company looked up sur.
sprised, realized at 5onces that he had
not been recognized, and said with q
SMILE S,' ,, T ain l trying tp be governor Of
..That reminds me- nj said the maior,
"of a story they used TO tell 81 old
Gov. Tod, Of war times. There
was, : private in, one Of the Ohio regi-,
,ments who exhibited great courage
and dashsat the battle sc Corinth. AS
the lines came to&closes quarters the
confederate color, bearer was !. shot
dead and fell with the flag under
him. Aryoung man in the union regi-
s,ment .sprang forward, tore the flag
from the confederate,s hands, stained
as it was with the dead mans blood,
:andsstarted back Is his own regiment.
He was the mark at once for q hun
dred rifles,44and before he reached his
own, line fell fat on the captured con-.
federate flag. ''s sa5.s s',..' i,
E There was a stormy, furious fight
about him, but he held on to the flag,
and, although he had three serious
wounds, he carried back the ,colors
stained with the blood OF the confed-
crate color bearer and himself. 4 The
newspapers got hold of the story, en-
ilarged upon the incident; and made a
touching appeal for the sorely wound
ed man, who was slowly dying in a
hospital Gov. Tod read the reports,
and, moved by fine spirit of friendli-
ness toward the private soldier, sent
the dying private commission as q
captain. This fact was also enlarged
upon by the newspapers as. an in
stance of prompt recognition. Of. gal
lantry on the field. r.. .T,.z f;as5ss;.z
!; !: ''ln the course, of months the man,
whose case had been regarded as,hope-
less, recovered-or recovered sufficient
ly. to be sent home on a furlongh.T He
still had the governors commission
and his note of warm: congratulation,
and it occurred to him that it would be
only right to call upon Gov. Tod and
thank him for his kindness and for the
commission, which had up to this time
been Of no ben eft to him in the matter
Of service or pay: -, =. ~ %. Z.
:. 3 "He went into the executive office,
believing in his heart that the gov
ernor would in some way recognize
him. His case was So exceptional that
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trfSFs 1,aIl...,,,tl uIII>.,'selI.,nE1,

veteran who wsY boa ting OF his
5proWess during the civil. war VA vas
1 tn 81. sof tie enemy lid
.iou AN any Io, mahttyj ala i
I'LL q repeated the veteran slostly.I
'atge1I, don s know IilI1 !, exxsflY NOW mary
Nut I'kiltef - Is 81 81 u II q fiey.
I'd ~ ~ Z le;lisA Tfibnne. sS