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PUT IN GOOD LIGHT.
One Comforting Thought in the Death
of the Chickens.

4 lady who had recently moved TO
the suburbs was very fond of her first
brood of chickens. Going out one af-
ternoon she left the household in
charge of her eight-year-old boy. Be-
fore her return a thunderstorm came
up. The youngster forgot the chicks
during the storm, and was dismaycd
after it passed to find that half of
them had been drowned. Though
fearing the wrath to come, he thought
best to make a clean breast Of the
calamity, rather than leave it to be
discovered.
Mamma" he said, cOntritcly, when
his mother had returned, mamma, six
of the chickens are dead"
Dead" cried his mother. "Six!
How did they die?"
The boy saw his chance.
Il think think they died happy"
he said.-IIarper's Weekly.
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BAD DREAMS
Frequently Due to Coffee Drinking.

One of the common symptoms of
coffee poisoning is the bad dreams that
spoil what should be restful sleep. A
man who found the reason says:
Formerly was a slave to coffee, I
was like a morphine fiend, could not
sleep at night, would roll and toss in
my bed and when | did get to sleen
was disturbed by dreams and hobgob.
Inns, would wake up with headaches
and feel bad all day, so nervous 7
could not attend to business. My writ
ing looked like bird tracks. I had sour
Delchings from the stomach, indiges.
uon, heartburn and palpitation of the
heart, constipation, irregularity of the
kidneys, etc.
indeed, began to feel had all the
troubles that human flesh couId suffar
but when friend advised me to leave
on coffee felt as if he had insulted
ME. l could not bear the idea il had
such a hold on me and l refused to
DelleVe II the cause.
But it turned out that no advice was
ever given at a more needed time for
nnally consented to try Postum and
WIN the going Of coffee and the com.
lns OF Postum all my troubles have
gone and health has returned. I eat
and sleep we'll now, nerves steadied
down and write fair hand las YOU
can see), can attend to business again
and rejoice that l am free from the
monster coffee"
len days trial Of Postum in place of
coffee will bring sound, restful re.
1reshing sleep. There's a Reason"
Read The Road to Wellville," in pkgs.
Some physicians call it "a little health
classic"
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1--WE did as the Lord directed US"
"Oh, shuchs."
"And then we thought the time had
come to stand up for our rights; that
the Lord meant us to be free and in
dependent"
"Secesh, eh?" Follett was amused
"You handful of Mormons-CnCle Sam
could have licked you with both hands
tied behind him. Why, You crazy tool,
he'd have spit on you and drowned
every last one Of you, old Brigham
Young and ALL Fighting the United
States! A few dozen wOmen-butchers
going to do what the whole South
couldn't! Well, l am DANCED"
He mused over it, and for awhile
neither spoke.
And the nearest you ever got to 1t
was cutting up a lot Of women and
children after you'd cheated the men
into giving up their guns"
The other groaned.
There now, that's right-dOn't you
see that hurts worse than killing?"
But | certainly wish | could have
got those other two that took us OF
into the sage-brush that night. | didn't
guess what for, but the first thing |
knew the other boy was scratching,
and kicking, and hoilering, and like to
have wrggled away, SO the cuss that
was with me ran up to help. Then !
heard little John making a kind Of a
squeally noise in his throat like he
was being choked, and that was all |
wanted. | legged it into the sage
brush. ! heard them swearing and
coming after me, and ran harder, and,
what saved me, | tripped and fell down
and hurt myself, so lay still and they
lost track OF me. | was scared, |
promise you that; but after they got
off a ways | worked in the other di-
reCtion by spells till | got to little
wady, and by sunup they weren't in
sight any longer. When | saw the In.
dians coming along | wasn't a bit
scared. ! knew they weren't Nor
mons"
81 used to pray that you might come
back and kill me-"
Il used to wish | would grow faster
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so | could. l was always laying out
to do it."
But see how I've been punished.
Look at me--I'm so. | ought to be in
my prime. See how I've been burnt
out"
"But look here, Mister, what about
this girl? Do you think you've been
doing right by keeping her here?"
mo, no! it was wrong as great as
the other"
"Why, they're even passing remarks
about her mother, those that don't
know where you got her,-saying it
was some one you never married, be-
cause the book shows your first wife
was this one-handed woman here"
Il know, | know it. | meant to let
her go back at first, but she took hold
of me, and her father and mother were
both dead"
She's got a grandfather and grand.
mother, alive and hearty, back at
"She is all that has kept me alive
these last years"
She's got to 90 back to her people
now. She'll want to bad enough when
she knows about this"
About this? Surely you won't tell
her
Look here now, why not? What do
you expect"
But she loves me--she does-and
she's all I've got. Man, man! don't
pile 1t all on me just at the last"
He was off the bed and on his knees
before Follett.
Don't put it all on me. I've round.
ed up my back to the rest of it, but
keep this off; please, please don't. Let
her always think I'm not bad. Give
me that one thing out of all the
world"
He tried to reach the young mans
hand, but was pushed roughly away.
Don't do that-get up-stop. | tell
you. That amt any way to do. There
now! Lie down again. What do you
want? I'm not going to leave that girl
with you nor with your internal
Church. You understand that"
Yes, yes, / know it. 1t was right
that you should be the one to come
ana take her away. The Lords ven.
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METHOD IN HIS SoLlcIr,,n.
WiIlie's Deep Interest in pI,,.
Health Explained 'R

TIfs gt0r,- -- v-.-- :.
+ha ~,.f,,, - ,,,.,.. '" "eeping Nj
vn,l, T.f,,,,a ..'> The NsI
ol..,,. Ii'. ,i,,. "'SA te,b \
Ta,,ng hn,.nr,,r ,.'. 'a helghN,lI
49, -. I.l. ''.' and VIM
Ta1 hnor os1..5 ,.., , N ne ba
=, 49, ',.,.,. .~, '""Ae any loti,
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FOR SELFISH ENDS.
The Efforts Being Made by the Amer
can Medical Association,

The Political activity of the Ame-
can Medical Association has becor,
so pronounced as to cause commsn
in political circles especially as IL.
the ayOwed purpose Of the Doctors n
the Regular or AIIOuathic school q,
which the Association is chiefly cor.
posed, is to secure the passage of sva
laws as will not only prevent II.
sale of so-Called Patent medicus
but will restrict the practice of mef.
cine and healing to the schools" pov
recognized This in many states WOU3
prevent the growing practice Of o.
teOpathy, and in nearly every stat.
would prevent the healers 'of tbl
Christian Science and mental sceue
belief from practicing those science;
in which the faith OF so many INTEL
gent people is so firmly rooted.
The American Medical Associaiu
has a Committee on Legislation
and the committee has correspO1i.
ents in practically every township
some 10000 correspondents in all
This committee at the last session q
the American Medical Associatm
held in June of this year expressed 4
hope that a larger number Of phy&
clans than heretofore will offer then.
selves as candidates for Congress At
the first opportunity. In its annua
report this Committee said: TO NEE,
the growing demands Of the move
ment, however, particularly if TIE
work of active participation in STATE
legislation is undertaken, a large
clerical force must be employed
This is almost the first time in the
history of the United States that an!
organized class has frankly ayOEa
the purpose of capturing legislatUg
and dominating legislation in thel
own selfish interests.
The American Medical AssOciatuI
has about $4,000 members of WHOM
$1,000 are fully constituted men
bers" and the rest are members be
cause of their affiliatiOn with state o.
local societies. The Association OWI;
real estate in Chicago valued at Sill
1871 and its total assets are s2Sl'
567S9. Its liabilities. at the time o.
the annual report which was made At
the June meeting, amounted to only
S21 900. The excess of assets over
is increasing at the rate o.
about $4,000 year, and the purpose
OF the organization is TO dominate
the field of medicine. and by crushing
all competitions by securing the pas
sage of prohibitive legislation. cOmpe
all of the people of the United Stats
to pay doctors fee every time tR
most simple remedy is needed
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President castro,s Coneeit.

Many stories have been told o.
Cipriano Castro, president of Venezue
la, and of his monumental concet
During the Russo-Japanese war th
fall Of Port Arthur was being e.
planned to him.
"Pshaw!" he exclaimed. With M
Venezuelans | could have taken 1t D
four days"
With a thousand. in one day, YOU
excellency," said the diplomatic req
resentative of a European power,
Castro was so pleased at what wa
intended to be sarcasm that, it is SAD
the diplomat succeeded next day IN Sc
curing satisfaction of a claim that DID
government had been vainly presSlns
for years.
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would have to be a great big man and
a little bit of baby girl with yellow
hair; and now l find you're-say, Mis-
ter, honestly, you're such a poor,
brOkedown, little coot it seems Almost
like a shame to put bullet through
you, in spite of all your doings."
The little man sat up again, with
new animation in his eyes, the same
eager boyishness that he had some.
how kept through a.. his years.
DON'T" he exclaimed, earnestly,
Let me beg you, don't kill me! For
your own sake-not for mine. I'm a
poor, meatless husk. I'll die soon at
best, and I'm already in a hell you
can't make any hotter. Let me do you
this service; let me persuade you not
to kill me. Have you ever killed a
man?"
mo, not yet; I've allowed to a cou-
pie of times, but it's never come just
that way"
You ought to thank God. Don't
ever. You'll be in hell as sure as you
do,-a hell right here that you must
carry inside of you forever-that even
God can't take out of you.
Follett slowly put the revolver into
its holster and sat down on the low
STOOL
Il don't know anything about all this
hell-talk, but | see l cant kill you-
you're such a poor, miserable cuss.
And | thought you were a big, strong
man, handy with a gun and all that,
and like as not I'd have to make a
quick draw on you when the time
come. And now look at you! Why,
Mister, I'm doggoned if l amt almost
sorry for you! You sure have been
getting your observance good and
plenty. Say, what in Gods name did
you all do such a hellish thing for,
anyway
I'VE had been prosecuted, hunted,
and driven, our Prophet murdered, our
women and children butchered, and
another army was on the way"
well, that. was because you were
such an ornery lot, always setting
yourself up against the government
wherever you went, and acting scan
dalous-"
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CHAPTER xxvIIl.-continued. d.

He had been all animation and
eagerness in the telling Of the story
but had now become CuriOuSly silent
and listless; so that, although she was
eager with many questions about
what he had said, she did not ask
them waiting to see if he would not
talk again. But instead of talking, he
stayed silent and presently began to
fidget in his chair At last he said, III
you'll excuse us, Miss Prudence, your
pa and | have got little business mat
ter to talk OVer-tO-night. guess we
can go down here by the corral and
do it."
But she arose quickly and bade him
good night. Il hope ! shall see you to-
morrow" she said
She bent over to kiss her father as
she went in, and when she had done
30, warned him that he must not sit
in the night air.
why your face is actually wet with
a cold sweat. You ought to come in
at once"
After a very little dear. Go to bed
now-and always be a good girl"
and you've grown so hoarse sitting
here"
In a little while,-always be good
girl"
She went in with parting admoni-
ton: Remember your cough-good
night"
When she had gone neither man
stirred for the space of minute, The
little man, huddled in his seat, had
not changed his position; he still sat
with his chair tilted back against the
house, his chin on his breast.
The other had remained standing
where the girl left him, the revolver
in his hand After the minute Of
silence he crossed over and stood in
front of the seated man.
Come" he said, gruftly, where do
you want to go?"
The Rice belt journal., 1907-08-30
CHAPTER Xxx.
Ruel FoIIett's Way of Business.

Ruel FoIlett's Way of Business.
BY the time the women were stirring
that morning, Follett galloped up on
his horse. Prudence saw him from
the doorway as he turned in from the
main road, sitting his saddle with ap.
parent carelessness, his arms loose
from the shoulders, shifting lightly
with the horses motion, as one who
had made the center of gravity his
! slave. 1t was a style Of riding that
would have made a scandal in any
riding school; but it seemed to be well
calculated for the quick halts, sudden
swerves, and acute angles affected by
the yearling steer in his moments Of
excitement.
He dismounted, glowing from his
bath in the icy water of the creek and
from the headlong galIop up from Bell
Wardle's corral.
Good morning, Miss Prudence"
Good morning, Mr. Follett. VIII
you take breakfast with us directly? ?"
Yes, and it cant be too directly
for me. I'm wolfish. Miss Prudence
your pa and me had some talk last
night, and I'm going to bunk in with
you all for awhile, till l get some bust.
ness fixed up"
She smiled with unaffected gladness.
and he noticed that her fresh mornins
color was like that of the little wild
roses he had lately brushed the dew
from along the creek
I'VE shall be glad to have you"
ITS right kind of you; I'm proud to
hear you say So" He had taken of
the saddle with its gay colored Nav.
ago blanket, and the bride of plated
rawhide with its conchos and it's silver
bit. Now he rubbed the back of his
horse where the saddle had been, end.
ing with slap that sent the beast off
with head down and glad heels in ths
air.
CTo BE CoNTINUEDJ
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Puzzled.

The bard from the city had sold SUI
ficient verses to spend week in .
rural boarding house. Waving Oh ln'
swarms of June bugs and mosqul'oeN
the bard sat penning his lines by u'
yellow light of a kerosene lamp.
How ! love this madrigal. D'
unused TO himself
The horny handed farmer, VINO Ss'
greasing his boots, looked up IN sO'.
prise. :,
Gracious" he drawled. "Whe'e'
she?"
Who" asked the astOnished oaTu
why, the gal yeOu just said yeO'
loved"
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lmpudence Of Hoi Polloi.

a noted English artist was standing
at the edge of the road. waiting for his
horse and he was dressed in his
usual peculiar style--mustard-co colored
riding suit, vivid waistcOat and bright
red tie. A man, who had evidently
been reveling, happened to lurch
round the corner of the street. He
stared at the famous artist for min
ute in silence, then he touched his cap
and asked in tone of deep commiser-
alton, Beg pardon, guv'nor, was you
in mournin' for anybody"
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Due Process of Law.

At the time of the famous Eastman
trial in Cambridge, Mass, two Irish
men. standing on street corner, were
overheard discussing the trial. One of
them was trying to enlighten the other
concerning a jury.
"Bedad!' he explained. You're ar.
riSted. Thin if ye gets I'll shmartest
lawyer, yere innicint; but if tn other
man gets tn best lawyer, ye're guilty."
Life.
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VERY BAD FORM OF ECZEMA.
Suffered Three Years-Physicians Did
No Good-PerfectIy Well After
Using Cuticura Remedies.

Il take great pleasure in informing
you that was sufferer of eczema in
q very bad form for the past three
years. | consulted and treated with
a number of physicians in Chicago, but
to no avail. | commenced using the
Cuticura Remedies, consisting of Cuti-
cura Soap, Ointment and Pills, three
months ago, and to-day am perfectly
well, the disease having left me en-
tirely. | cannot recommend the Cuti-
cura Remedies too highly to anyone
suffering with the disease that | have
had. Mrs. Florence +. Atwood, 18
Crilly Place, Chicago, ILL.,, October .,
1905. Witness: i. S. Berger
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No Peace Conference,

Are you going to strike, MAJ"
asked the little boy, as he tremblingly
gazed upon the uplifted shingle.
That's just what I'm going to do"
Cant We arbitrate, ma, before you
strike?"
i am just going to arbitrate," she
said, as the shingle descended and
raised a cloud Of dust from the seat
OF pair of pantaloons-'I am lust
going to arbitrate, my son. and this
shingle is the board of arbitration"
The Rice belt journal., 1907-08-30
CHAPTER xxx.
How the AVeneer euneled His
Vengeance.

vengeance.
At last he stood up, slowly, instead
lily, grasping FOllett by the arm for
support. He spoke almost in Whis.
per.
Come back here first-to talk
then I'll go with you"
He entered the house, the young
man following close, suspicious, mar
rowly watchFuI.
mo fooling now,-feel the end of
that gun in your back" The other
made no reply. Inside the door he
took candle from the box against the
we'll and lighted it.
Don't think I'm trying anything
come here"
They went on, tf-a little bent man
ahead, holding the candle we'll up. His
room was at the far end of the long
house. When they reached it, he
closed the door and fixed the candle
on the table in some Of its own grease
Then he pointed Follett to the one
stool in the little celllike room, and
threw himself face down on the bed.
Follett, still standing, waited for
him to speak After a moments
silence he grew impatient.
Come, come! What would you be
saying If you were talking? l can't
wait here all night"
But the little man on the bed was
still silent, nor did he STIR and after
another wait FoIIett broke out again.
IF you want to talk, talk, ! tell
you. If you don't want to. l can say
all have to say, quick"
Then the other turned himself over
on the bed and half sat up, leaning on
his elbow.
I'm sorry to keep you waiting, but
you see I'm 50 weak'-the strained lit
tie smile came to his face-"and trem-
BILE so, there's so much to think Of
do you hear those women scream
there! did you hear that?-but of
course not. Now-wait just a moment
have you come to kill me?"
You and those two other heIlions
the two that took me and that bow
out that night to bury us"
Did you think of the conse-
Quences?"
i reckon you'd be called paid for
any time any one come cunning for
you. | didn't think there'd he anv ron.
sequences"
Hereafter, mean: to your soul.
What a pity you didn't wait little
longer! Those other two are already
punished"
Don't lie to me now?"
The little smile lighted his face
again.
Il have load of sin on me-but I
don't think I ever did lie to any one-I
guess never was tempted"
"Oh, you've acted lies enough"
You're right-that's so. But I'm
telling you truth now-those two men
had both been in the Meadows that
day and it killed them. One went
crazy and ran off into the desert. They
found his bones. The other shot him.
self a few years ago Those of US
that live are already in hell"
He sat up, now animated for the
moment.
a" in hell right here, / tell you.
I'd have welcomed you, or any other
man that would kill me, any time this
Is years. I'd have gone out to meet
you Do you think l like to hear ths
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women scream? Do you think I'm
not crazed myself by this thing-rlght
back of me here, nOW-craWling, bleed
ing, breathing on me-trylng to come
here in front where | must see 1t!
Don't YOU see God has known how TO
punish me worse than you could, JUST
by keeping me alive and sane? on,
man! YOU don't know how I've longed
for that bullet of yours, right here
through the temples where the cries
sound worst. | didn't dare to do 1t
myself was afraid Id make my pun
ishment worse if | tried to shirk; but
| used to hope you would come as you
said you would ! wonder l didn't
know you at once"
He put his hands to his head and
fell back again on the pillow, with a
little moan.
"Well, it amt strange | didn't know
you. ! was looking for a big man.
You seemed as big as a house to me
that day. ! forgot that Id grown up
and you might be small. When those
fellows got tight up there and let on
like it was you that some folks limited
had took a child and kept it out of
that muss, | couldn't hardly believe it;
and everybody seeming to regard you
50 highly. And | couldn't believe this
big girl was little Prue GirnWay that
| remembered. 1t seemed like you two
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Golf PLAYER Llahtnina,s Victim.

During a thunderstorm near ul's
gov a golf player named George ~.
rie was struck and killed by ligh'n,ns
which ripped off his clothing, incus ~
ing his boots, and extracted all ~.
teeth. 1t made a hole three feet o'V
where he had been standing.
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In Self.Defense,

Gabriel-Say, what did you let 'D-
pestiferous party in for? -
st. Peter (wearily)-He used "
an insurance agent and | either hSu
let him In or be talked to death
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-03-15
FEW KNOW THIS.
Gives Simple Home Prescription and
Directions to Use.

A well-known specialist is authority
that Kidney and Bladder Troubles of
all kinds are in nearly every instance
readily relieved by taking a few doses
of the following simple homemade
mixture:
Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half
ounce; Compound Kargon, one ounce;
Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three
ounces.
The dose is teaspoonful after meals
and at bedtime. These ingredients
can be obtained at any good pharmacy,
and are mixed by shaking well in a
bottle. Victims of Kidney, Bladder
and Urinary diseases of any kind
should not hesitate to make this pre-
scription up and try it. 1t comes high
ly recommended and doesn't cost much
to prepare.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-03-15
CASE OF ECZEMA IN SOUTH.
Suffered Three Years-Hands and Eye
Most Affected-Now Well and 10
Grateful to Cuticura.

MY wife was taken badly with &C.
zema for three years, and she en-
ployed a doctor with no effect at all
until she employed Cuticura Soap
and Ointment One OF her hands
and her left eye were badly affected.
and when she would stop using Gu
ticura Soap and Ointment the eczema
came back, but very slightly; but 1t
did her sight of good. Then we
complied with the instructions in us
ing the entire set of Cuticura RENE
edies and my wife is entirely recov-
cred. She thanks Cuticura very much
and will recommend II highly in our
locality and in every nook and cor
ner OF our parish. God bless you for
the sake OF suffering humanity. !. NJ.
Robert. Metropolis. La, Jan. 5 and
Sept. /, 1906"