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think. He died in that unbroken ring
of defenders clustered about Gen.
Custer on the bluffs of the Little Big
Horn"
Her slight figure trembled so vio-
lently that he held her close within
his arms.
There was a smile upon his face
when we found him. He performed
his full duty. Nadia, and died as be-
came a soldier and gentleman"
''But-but, this cannot be- saw
the published list; his name was not
among them"
The man who fell was Robert
Nolan"
Gently he drew her down to a seat
upon the soft turf of the bank She
looked up at him helplessly, her mind
seemingly dazed, her eyes yet filled
with doubt.
Robert Nolan? My father?"
He bent over toward her, pressing
his lips to her hair and stroking 1t
tenderly with his hand.
Eyes. Nadia. darling; 1t was truly
Robert Hampton Nolan who died in
battle, In the ranks of his old regi-
ment-died as he would have chosen
to die, thank God! completely cleared
of every stain upon his honor Sit
up. little girl. and listen while | tell
you. There is In the story no word
which does not reflect nobility upon
the soldiers daughter"
She uplifted her white face. Tell
me-" she said, simply, "all you know"
He recounted to her slowly, care
fully, the details of that desperate
journey northward, of their providen-
tial meeting on the Little Big Horn,
of the papers left in his charge. OF
Hampton's riding forward with dis
patches, and of his death at Clusters
side. While he spoke, the girl scarce
ly moved; her breath came In sobs
and her hands clasped his.
These are the papers, Nadia. ]
opened the envelope as directed, and
found deeds to certain properties, In.
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came-howling wolves, now certain OF
their prey. On both TANKS of the
short, slender line struck Gall and
Crazy Horse, while like thunderbolt
Crow-King and Rainin-the-Face at
tackled the center. These three storms
converged at the foot of the hill,
crushing the little band of troopers.
With ammunition gone, the helpless
victims could meet that mighty on
rushing torrent only with dubbed
guns, for one instant of desperate
struggle. Shoulder to shoulder, in
ever-contracting circle, officers and
men stood shielding their commander
to the last. Twenty or 30 made a de-
spairing dash, in a vain endeavor to
burst through the red enveloping
lines. only to be tomahawked or shot;
but the most remained, thin strug-
CLING ring, with Custer in its center.
Then came the inevitable end The
red waves surged completely across
the crest, no white man left alive
upon the field. They had fought
good fight; they had kept the faith.
Two days later, having relieved
Reno from his unpleasant predica-
ment in the valley, Terry's and Glib
bonss infantry tramped up the ravine,
and emerged upon the stricken field.
In lines of motionless dead they read
the fearful story; and there they
found that man We know. Lying upon
a bed of emptied cartridge shells, his
body riddled with shot and mutilated
with knives, his clothing torn to rags,
his hands grasped smashed and
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CHAPTER xxxIv.-continued.

Nor was 1t long delayed. Scarcely
had the troopers recovered, refllled
their depleted cartridge belts from
those of their dead comrades, when
the onslaught came. The soldiers
waited their coming. The short,
rown-barrelled carbines cleaned at
the level In the sunlight, and then
belched forth their message of flame
into the very faces of those reckless
horsemen. 1t was not in flesh and
blood to bear such blow. With
screams of rage, the red braves
swerved to left and right, leaving
many a dark, war-bedecked figure ly-
ing dead behind them, and many a
riderless pony skurrying over the
prairie. Exultant over their seeming
ly successful repulse, the men flung
themselves again upon the earth,
their cheers ringing out above the
thud of retreating hoofs.
I'VE can hold them here, boys, until
Reno comes" they shouted to each
other.
The skulking red rifiemen crept
ever closer behind the ridges, driving
their deadly missiles into those ranks
exposed In the open. To the command
OF the bugle they discharged two
roaring volleys from their carbines.
hopeful that the combined sound
might reach the ears OF the tagging
Reno. They were. hopeful yet, al
though one troop had only sergeant
left in command, and the dead bodies
OF their comrades strewed the plain.
II was four o'clock. For two long
hours they had been engaged in cease
less struggle, and now barely a hun
dred men. smoke begrimed, thirsty,
bleeding, half their carbines empty,
they still formed an impenetrable ring
around their chief. The struggle was
over, and they realized the fact.
When that wave of savage horsemen
swept forth again it would be to ride
them down, to crush them under their
horses pounding hoofs.
Like a whirlwind those red demons
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colored and had sediment. When
wished to eat my wife had to raise
me up in bed. Physicians were I'M
able to help me and was going down
fast when / began using Doan's Kid
ney Pills. After a short time / felt
great Improvement and am now as
strong and healthy as a man could be-
l give Doan's Kidney Pills all the
credit for it,"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a box
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
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Ihe Impractleal sIIk Hat.

There are people who would have
you believe that a silk hat is neces-
sary to a business mans attire. and ID
a practical adjunct to his bodily cover
ing; but how can hat that ruffies up
in the first pun Of wind. or looks like
a drowned rat after a shower OF rain.
be said to be Observation-Disclosures.
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twisted carbine, his lips smiling even
in death; was that soldier whom the
Seventh had dlsowned and cast out,
but who had come back to defend its
chief and to die for its honor-Robert
Hampton Nolan.
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complaints for many
years. and cannot
tell what agony l
endured from back
ache. My ii m b s
were swollen twice
natural size and my
sight was weaken
ing. The kidney Sc
cretions were dis
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Heard az the seance.

Medium-And now you can hear
your husband knocking. Do you really
believe it is he?
Widow do, indeed. John was the
biggest knocker in seven states.
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SADLY MISTAKEN.
Hubby (disgustedlyl-The doctor /.

fool.
Wifey-What's the matter, dear?
Hubby-He said l need exercise.
Think Of 1t! Exercise! Exercise for
a man who has looked after his own
furnace all winter. and Is now con-
templating the opening Of the lawn
mower season!
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LYDIA r.. PINKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

For proof of this statement read
the following letters.
Mrs. Barbara Base, of Kingman,
Kansas, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
:" For eight years suffered from the
most severe form of female troubles and
was told that an operation was my only
hope of recovery. wrote Mrs. Pinkham
for advice, and took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and it has saved
my life and made me well woman"
Mrs. Arthur r. House, of Church
Road, Moorestown. n. j., writes:
g feel it is my duty to let people
know what Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound has done for me.
suffered from female troubles, and last
March my physician decided that an
operation was necessary. My husband
objected, and urged me to try Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
and to-day / am well and strong"
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A SURGICAL
OPERATION

If there is any one thing that a
woman breads more than another it
is surgical operation.
We can state without fear of
contradiction that there are hum
dreds, yes, thousands, of operations
performed upon women in our hos
pitfalls which are entirely unneces-
sary and many have been avoided by
The Yale expositor., 1908-04-10

TIE
General Demand
OF the Well-Informed OF the World has
always been for a simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy Of known
value; q laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its COM
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable TO the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its ex-
cellent combination Of Syrup Of Figs and
Elixir Of SIENNA, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits Of the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one Of many reasons why
Syrup Of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA is given
the preference by the well-Informed.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine -manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents
per bottle.
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Assist yourself and heaven will as
sist you.-Latin.
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FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia r. PINK
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, and backache.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Yale expositor., 1908-04-10

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens the gums reduces IN
ammston, says pain, cures wind colo. 2sc bottle
The Yale expositor., 1908-04-10
RAISED FROM A SICK BED.
After Being an Invalid with Kidney
Disorders for Many Years.

John Armstrong, Cloverport, KY.
says: II was an invalid with kidney
The Yale expositor., 1908-04-10
Revised Homestead Regulations

Men and Women We We secure positions Of ever
lars H. J. MAY Co. Dept. r., Pstersburgh. N. Z.
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stop Land SHINING, Go to Farming


If your idea of farming is no high.
er than to own surplus tracts of land
on which you will place troopers to
exhaust what little natural fertility
there is in the soil and produce "dis-
tressed' cotton to sell in competition
with the cotton you and your children
raise, thereby depressing the price and
making it possible for gamblers to
rob you and your wife and children
Of a just compensation for their Ia
Dor, then your idea of real farming
is fifty years behind the times, and
you ought to be ashamed Of yourself
at least three times a day. If you
deliberately put ignorant negro rent.
ers in competition with yourself AMI
your children in the production and
sale of farm products, and then lament
and mourn over the fact that your
boys seek some other employment
away from the farm as they become
of age, you ought to pray for enough
light and wisdom and business sense
to see who is responsible for that
state of things. If you'll get it into
your head that it is fair business sense
to stop trying to buy so much surplus
land and spend your money to i'm
prove the land you cultivate, and then
fight it out on that line, you'll soon
be a great deal better satisfied with
your occupation and can be enabled
eventually to reap the greatest amount
of profit from your labor. Stop land
skinning and go to farming.-Marsh-
vile Home
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Fruit Trees in the Poultry Yard.

The practice of planting fruit trees
in the poultry yards is becoming quite
general among poultrymen and farm
ers. 1t has much to recommend it,
since it is good for both fowle and
trees. The shade during the hot sum.
mer days is a very desirable feature.
The loose soil under the trees (the
top of the ground should always be
kept loose about the trunks) affords
excellent opportunities for exercise
and dust baths, and the insects, which
are certain to be attracted to the trees,
furnish a wholesome change of diet
The destruction of these insects, of
course, works to the benefit of both
trees and hens; while the constant
fertilization and tillage the trees will
receive promote a healthy and vigor-
Gus growth.
The favorite trees for this purpose
seem to be the plum and the pear.
The latter is liked because of its
sturdy upright habit of growth; the
other because the hens answer the
hardest question of the plum grower
how to get rid of the curculio? Ap-
pies, or the larger growing varieties
Of cherries, may be equally satisfac-
tory; and it would seem that the
ounce might be planted to great ad.
vantage In the poultry yard. This
fruit does not ripen until late in the
season, and is generally picked off be-
fore it gets ripe enough to fall, SO
that the problem of what to do with
the hens while the fruit is ripening
Is solved with much less difficulty
than If cherries or plums, apples or
pears were used.
Any one Of the lighter breeds OF
chickens could easily learn to fly into
an ordinary plum or cherry tree, and
would ply havoc while there; while
apples and pears have habit of rip
ening gradually and falling one at a
time. With any of these fruits II
is almost necessity to have another
lot into which the chickens can be
turned during the ripening.
One caution may be given to the
man who thinks Of planting trees in
his poultry runs: Do not plant toe
many trees. Shade is good for chick,
ent in hot weather, but sunshine is 9
necessity. Do not have the trees SO
close together or so arranged that ali
Of the lot lot will be shaded by them
at any time of day. Be sure, especial
ly, to give the early morning sun q
chance to get in. Remember, too, that
the trees are liable to make very
vigorous growth if the soil is at all
suitable.-Farm Journal.
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FIT THE GROCER
Wife Made the Suggestion.

A grocer has excellent opportunity
to, know the effects Of special foods
on his customers. A Cleveland
grocer has a long list of customers
that have been helped in health by
leaving off coffee and using Postum
Food Coffee.
He says, regarding his own expe-
rience: 1.-TWO years ago / had been
drinking coffee, and must say that 1
was almost wrecked in my nerves.
Particularly in the morning / was
SO irritable and upset that could
hardly wait until the coffee was
served, and then / had no appetite for
breakfast, and did not feel like at
tending to my store duties.
Zone day my wife suggested that
inasmuch as / was selling SO much
Postum there must be some merit in
It and suggested that we try it. /
took home a package and she pre-"
pared it according to directions. The
result was a very happy one. My
nervousness gradually disappeared, and
today l am all right. would advise
everyone afflicted in any way With
nervousness or stomach troubles, to
leave OF coffee and use Postum Food
Coffee" There's Reason" Read
"The Road to MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human in.
@1esta
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SEVERE HEMoRRHoIDs
Sores, and Itching Eczema-Doctor
Thought an Operation Necessary
-cuticura's Efficacy Proven.

Il am now 80 years old, and three
years ago / was taken with an at
tack of piles (hemorrhcids), bleeding
and protruding. The doctor said the
only help for me was to go to a
hospital and be operated on. I tried
several remedies for months but did
not get much help. During this time
sores appeared which changed to a
terrible itching eczema. Then l began
to use Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and
Pills, injecting quantity Of Cuticura
Ointment with Cuticura Suppository
Syringe 1t took a month of this
treatment to get me in a fairly healthy
state and then treated myself once
q day for three months and, after that,
once or twice week. The treatments
I tried took lot of money, and it Is
fortunate that I used Cuticura. ]. H.
Henderson, Hopkinton, N. Y, Apr.
26, 1907"
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Farm and Ranch Philosophy.

Keeping scrub stock Is one way to
drive the boy off the farm.
If man blocks off his work we'll
there will be few chips to waste.
Keep track of the nickels and dimes
and you'll have something to run on.
The man who declares that he can,
simply arouse the power that can
the rest is easy.
There's a lot of difference between
living on a farm and being a farmer
The real farmer reads, thinks and
keeps abreast with the spirit of pros.
ress.
Oil costs less than farm machinery.
Save repair bills and new purchases
by using the oil can.
While it's raining don't forget to
put up those shelves in the kitchen
that your wife has wanted all winter.
The man who makes money on the
farm, but denies to his wife and fam
iIy the comforts that ought to be in
the farm home Is q mighty poor farm
er.
What would you think Of a mer.
chant who left his goods exposed to
rain and bad weather Of all sorts?
How about your farm implements?
Rainy days afford fine opportunities
to oil and mend the harness. Wash
ing and oiling harness at the proper
time will almost double its length Of
service.
Telling one lie makes a man liar,
but he usually throws in few extra
for good measure.
A good lawyer frequently puts in
less time and gets better pay than
q poor one; same way with farmer.
A telephone is as essential to the
work Of business farmer as to that
of a business man in city.
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Plant Some Other Crops So As to
Save the Land.

Plant Some Other Crops So As to
Save the Land.
A young farmer in Kansas is the
owner of a quarter section of land
upon which wheat has been grown con-
tinuously for twenty-five years. The
production of this farm has decreased
during the past few years, and the
farmer, knowing nothing of any crop
but wheat, asked the advice of the
Department of Agriculture at Wash
ington, and was told that he had ex-
hausted his farm by the too-long-con-
tinued growing of one crop. There
was the need Of the growing Of some
crop that would put back into the soil
the qualities that the wheat had TAX
en- from it. Even with the best re-
suits from wheat there would be a
greater profit in the farm if greater
Investigation were INDUCED in. The
farm was mapped out with certain
fields in alfalfa, certain in corn fol-
lowed by peas, certain in timothy, and
so on, the proportions being such as
to provide for the given number of cat.
tie and hogs which were known to
being added profit on such a farm. The
exact returns that would be derived
from following these directions were
| twice any sum he had ever produced
on the farm before.
A farmer in Ohio wrote that he had
struggled for twenty-years on an eigh-
| ty-acre farm heavily mortgaged, but
had been unable to reduce his debt
or rise above poverty that made
the bringing up of his family hulnil-
iation because of the lack of advan-
tages he was able to give them. He
asked If there was any hope for him
upon the farm or if he might as well
give up the fight. The department
requested that he make a detailed
report Of his farm and its soils, and
upon this it based plan of farming
which he was recommended to follow
to the letter There was a profit the
first year of $4,000 and the department
believes that ultimately the despised
eighty acres can be made to yield
$4,000 year.-Wm. A. Du Puy, in
The World Today for April.
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VFUCETBs
He was a great inventor.

He was great inventor.
1.-THE thing 1 am working at now,
he began, stroking his thin beard with
thinner hand, will be boon to
every family and will startle the
whole world. In fact, it will put the
alarm clock trust out of business. The
idea Is simply specially prepared tab
let's that help you get up in the morn
ing. For instance, If you want to
arise at five you take five tablets; II
you want to get up at six take six tab
lets; and SO on"
"But how will it affect the alarm
clock trust?"
why, these tablets will cause q
ringing in the ears at exactly the hour
desired
But the little crowd could wait to
hear no more and hurriedly disbanded.
-Harper's Weekly.
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A STAND OFF.
With Some Things in the Indians
Favor.

With Some Things in the IndIan's
Favor.
One time at big North Texas
"getherln'," I saw a big Indian tralN
ing along with nothing heavier to
tote than big red apple, which he
was eating with JUNCTION. Behind him,
and struggling after him was a little
old dried-up squaw, with forty-pounG
(estimated) pappoose strapped upon
her back, and no apple. Sizing up the
outfit, 1 thanked God for American
civilization.
The same afternoon I ran across u
half-starVed white woman in a ram
shackle wagon, to which was hitched
half-starved pair of ewe.necked cat
manned bronchos. Along with the
woman were a half dozen taller.
faced" kids, that had probably never
had all they could cat in their lives.
The layout was located in the broil-
ling sun, in front of suburban saloor
(the worst kind of saloon), and afford
ed a picture Of hard luck rarely to
| be witnessed this side of the land OF
gall and laziness. The poor woman
asked me if I would not go into the
saloon land try to get my husband
to come and go home" describing the
sun-of-a-gun and failing to do him JUS,
tice. He was having a high old time
too drunk to understand what l said
to him. l asked the woman how far
she lived, and she said about nine
miles. advised her to drive home
and leave her missing link, which hor.
rifed her. Said she Couldn't think
of such thing; why, he'd kill me-
AS I left her I revised my vote OF
thanks to the Almighty for our boast.
ed civilization. After all, the woman
was a lot to blame. The action of
the libel upon manhood which she
called my husband" was evidence
that she had started in wrong in per.
hitting him to impose upon her. He
had imbibed the mistaken idea that
the soul and body of that pitiful
wreck he had made belonged to him
While some women are a trifie uuU
advanced" to suit my old-fashioned
ideas, l see and hail the day as near
/ at hand when she shall at least claim
her soul and body as her own, and
against which no man shall dare to
say her nay. - Houston (Tex) South
western Farmer.
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THE HORRORS OF ECZEMA.

Itch! Itch! Itch! Scratch! Scratch!
Scratch! Eczema is maddening. Your
skin is on FIRE, and the more you
scratch the more intense becomes the
agony of it. Stop scratching! 1t will
never relieve you-it cannot cure you
it only makes things worse. Wheth-
er you, your child or a member Of
your family is suffering with eczema
or any skin disease apply LETTELL'S
LIQUID SULPHUR at once. Stops
itching instantly and is a guaranteed
cure for any and all skin diseases.
Send 10c to-day for a large sample
bottle sent postpaid to any address.
Rhuma-Sulphur Company, 407 No. End
St., ST. Louis, Mo.
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erIefs That Die unsnoksn.

Read what the singing women-one
to ten thousand of the suffering wom-
en-tell US, and think of the griefs
that die unspoken! Nature is in
earnest when she makes a woman;
and there are women enough lying in
the next church yard with very COM
monplace blue slate stones at their
head and feet, for whom it was just
as true that "all sounds of life as
sumed one tone of love-" as for Lett
tia Landon, of whom Elizabeth Brown
Ing said it; but she could give words
sto her grief, and they could not
Holmes.
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De oroan's Busted.

In little church in Maryland, not
far from Washington, the motive pow
er for the organ comes from the strong
arm Of an industrious Irishman.
During recent service there the
choir got into trouble and, &c cap the
climax, during the confusion that en-
sued. the organ suddenly stopped.
The situation was not greasly re
lieved when there came floating out
into the auditorium hoarse whisper:
Sing, all youse! Sing like the divil!
De organs busted.-Illustrated Sunday
Magazine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-06-06

Pretty soon the spring sessions Of
the schools will be closed. This makes
it opportunity to study about consoli.
dating a great many of the smaller
schools into larger ones, so that bet
ter houses, better teachers and larger
courses of study may be offered to
the young men and young women OF
the farms. They deserve the best,
and this is the way to do it with the
schools. Make good roads and con-
solidate the schools.