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THE 8ANDER8VILLE HERALD.
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Squire Yokum’s White Mare.
By ION CLIFFORD.
If there was one thing that Squire
Eph Yokum valued it was horseflesh.
His farm, wife, daughters, and all
were as nothing in his eyes, said the
neighbors, compared to a thoroughbred
“beasty.” Possibly this was not say
ing much, for the Squire’s farm was
simply a little gingery patch of earth
and rubble tilted at an angle of 45
degrees between heaven and Mo-
don k Valley, Ky.. on Firefly Ridge.
Scoffers declared that when the Squire
planted his corn and potatoes he tied
the seed to the ground to keep It front
falling off into spare. Indeed, the
entire farm had been known to loose
itself from its vertical moorings and
roll down Into Modonk Creek, leaving
the astonished Squire to hitch up an
other plantation to the old place under
Firefly Crag All of which proved the
superiority of a horse to a farm, the
instability of the latter exciting the
Squire's contempt and indignation.
As to his women tolk. "They was—
Jest womcn-folkses," declared the
Squire.
"Hit’s this-a-way," he said. "The
vally of a critter ez accordin’ ter hit's
natchrel biddableness. Some women-
folkses ez powerful contrarious; peest
an’ persuadln’-like one day, but th’
day attar mos' too ornery an' dang’us
fer a man’s kemfort. Now, a hawse,
ef he's what yu call a tael hawse, 'ill
stay jest whar yo’ put him, one day th'
same ez tother.”
Notwithstanding this opinion, the
Squire had shown a commendable im
partiality toward the feminine and
equine portions of his household. In
Ills stable he kept three horses, a
white, a sorrel and a nay, named re
spectively Virgy, Merdy and Jin. In
his house lived his-wife, Jin, and his
two daughters—the elder Merdy, the
younger Virgy.
Some invidious neighbors hinted that
the Squire went to his stables to find
names lor his daughters and his wife.
This the old man denied, declaring it
a reflection on the age of his horses.
Nevertheless, it was beyond the power
of the oldest inhabitant to remember
a time when a Virgy, Merdy and Jin
had not occupied the Yokum stables.
Thus the prehistoric persistency of
these names in the Squire’s family, and
the problem of who was called after
who, puzzled the Modonkites for years,
until it was decided that Mrs. Yokum,
had been called Jin just anyhow, prin
cipally because it happened so, while
the two daughters had been cristened
Merdy and Virgy years before they
were born. This disposed of the ques
tion of equine or feminine precedence
to the satisfaction of everybody.
1 Although the Squire was not an au
thority in matters of jurisprudence,
having never looked within the covers
of a book or signed his name otherwise
than with an X, he was known
throughout the Kentucky mountains
and as lar west as I^exington as a
judge of horses. From the heart of
jthe Bluegrass more than one specula
|tor had sought the old Modonk Valley
farm for advice, or else to make an
offer for the three famous mares. The
Squire welcomed his visitors with
mountaineer hospitality, but in spite
of the most alluring proposals his
mares remained in his stables. In
deed the news that the Yokum farm
had slipped into the creek would not
have created such a ferment of aston
ishment as the announcement of the
sale of Virgy, Merdy and Jin. So great
was Squire Yokum’s pride in these
equine paragons, that he would have
resented as an insult any proposition
for their purchase coming from his
friends. But Len Strader of Lexington
the latest pilgrim to Modonk, was ig
norant of the Squire's sensitiveness on
this subject.
Strader was the agent of a Lexington
racing stable and was commissioned to
• purchase the Yokum mares at any
price. He was a young man, and on the
success of his expedition much of his
future depended. The Lexington stock
needed replenishing before the autumn
races, and the sporting fraternity be
lieved there was a winner in Squire Yo
kum's stables
Strader’s campaign, however, had
proved surprisingly disastrous. A fort
night's mauoeuveres had failed to
shake the Squire's decision regarding
his mares, while the charms of the
youngest daughter of the hSuse of Yo
kum had completely enthralled the
young Lexingtonian whom timidity in
the pretence of women rendered th!
catastrophe more painful than failure
in the horse trade. Virgy, the gill, or
Virgy, the mare, both appeared hope
lessly out of Leu’s reai h. He had been
unable to make a coherent declaration
of his affections to tile girl, neither had
ho excited the father’s interest in hi
employer's proposals. Thus, 'ayond
creating a diversion in the "okum
household, Leu’s scheme to acquire a
horse and a wife proved equally futile
and the unlucky youth decided on
an immediate retreat to Lexington.
When he reached this melancholy so
lution of his troubles Len was idling
along the creek below the Squire’s pre
cipitous farm. Several hundred yards
above him he saw the old man
stretched at full length under an apple
•tree, one of the few that had resisted
the migatory propensities of the place.
A “good-bye” was in order, and with it
Len determined to make a parting of
fer for the mares.
“Yees, they’s all three en th’ corner
lot yander,” answered the Squire to
Len’s inquiries. “Virgy, Merdy, an’
Jin, hitched up ter th’ ole plough an'
Hi’s drivin’ them."
'You don’t mean, Squire, that those
delicate creatures are dragging a
plough over a hill like this?" asked the
istonished horse dealer.
"Why, they Is perty tollerble ch’lce,
reckon,” replied the old man compla
cently. “leastways, th’ neighbors de-
clar' so atfer seeln' we-all drlvln' a
Sunday ter meettn’. Gee! hit’s all vel-
et an' town-flxln's, an' a peert, clip-
pin' pace en them 'casslons, you bet!”
“That may he, Squire, but they
weren’t meant for the plough. You’ll
ruin them. In a few years thoy won’t
be worth their feed.”
The old man listened in amazement,
uttlng himself a “chaw" from a black
slab of tobacco ha drew from his Joans
before venturing an answer.
"Hit do beat all,” he said, turning
the weed around In his mouth, “hit do
beat all, the dlff'unce bet ween you-all en
h’ teown an’ we-all en th’ mountings!
Sech quar notions ez you-all hev 'bout
some things! Neow, Jin hev been a
ploughin' 'mos ever sense I knowed
her, an' hit ain’t spiled th’ ole gvarl
yit, I heckon. Ez for Virgy an' Mer
dy. tliey'H pluAi better off fer a pull
rnss kentry. ’Fears laike they-all 'ud
git dauncy an' triflin’ ef hit warnt fer
jest sech squlmmagln’ once en a way.’’
‘You’ll find out your mistake before
leng, Squire. Such beauties need care
ful watching or they wear out and
lose their value.”
“Wore out! Gee bang! Hit's power-
rough journey along the deepening rur
row. She was breathless after her ins
ertions, and a hot flush kindled n-nd
wavered beneath her smooth brown
skin. A few locks of curling yellow
hair that danced in the breeze strayed
from under her drooping hood. Th<f
spirit of the warm spring morning,
fragrant with the incense of upturned
earth and blossoming hillside, founi
its avatar in this youthful figure bend
ing at the plough.
No such idyl pervaded Jin, the girl’s
mother. That strenuous dame, with
head and shoulders thrust through the
forward yoke of.the plough, viewed her
recumbent lord and master with unre
strained indignation and found vent in
no uncertain manner.
“Hyah, yo’.Squar yokum,” she called,
“what you-all a-doln’ thar. 'Pears laike
they inout be wuk fer a man en this
hyah fahm sotnewhar. Quit yo' triflin’
an’ yarnin’, an feed th' hawgs an’ fotch
en th’ coal fum th’ mountings. I de-
clar’ ter goodness, you-all ’spect yo’
women-folkses ter do all th’ wuk. Git
off'n thar, Squar Yokum, I tole yo’.”
The Squire arose with great solemn
ity, not deigning a reply to this attack
from the female at the plough. Strader
was also on his feet, irresolute whether
to take refuge In flight or to yl’ld to
the fascinations of the girl before him
and stay indefinitely. Then he remem
bered with horror that he had made an
offer to the Squire for his daughter in
the mercenary spirit of a horse dealer.
"I didn't understand, Squire Yokum,’’
he began, “when I made you that prop
osition. I thought—I—”
“You-all ’poais mighty confiscated!
Yo' mean ter say 'at you-all don’ 'posi
tion no mo’ fer nia Virgy? Ve'y well,
Suh. Hit kaint mek no diffunce ter
we-all.”
“You misunderstand me altogether,
ful cur’us whar yo’Rit sech idees. Take Squire," interrupted Len eagerly. “I
THE PACE THAT KILLS IN HOSPITALITY.
SMALL INCOMES UNEQUAL TO STRAIN.
Young Matrons Sacrifice Health and Happi
ness Trying to Rival Wealthy
Entertainers.
£1 y M. W. Mount.
There are few things more delight
ful than to give and receive hospital
ity, and few things more nerve rack
ing than the effort of persons of lim
ited means to entertain on the scale
of the wealthy who can afford the
best talent procurable to furnish a
feast and its accompanying diver
sions.
Jin tha. Yo’ cuddent wore her out
no more'n a mule, I reckon. An’ thar’s
Virgy, at you-all ez sot on. Why, th’
critter ’ud be dawdlin’ an’ sassy ef she
warn’t druv en th’ plough some.”
“I know you are an authority in such
matters, Squirs, but I wouldn’t plough
with them for a gold mine.”
"Young feller,” saiu the old man sol
emnly, “thet thar field ’ill hev ter be
broke up by soma one ef we-all ez ter
hev corn an’ 'taters, an’ thar ain’t
none en this hyar fahm, cep’n Virgy,
Merdy, an’ Jin, ter do hit. Hit ain't
work fer a man ter do; an’ I kain’t
spose yo’d hev me ter hitch tother
Virgy, Merdy an’ Jin ter no ornery
plough, shorely?"
"Not for the world.”
“Yo’ bet them three ’ill never be
brung ter th’ plough, not ef all th’
cohn an' ’taters en Kalntuck was a-
waltln’ fer ’em. They is folkses,
though, en this hyar mounting kentry
at 'ud hitch ’em ter yan plough fust
chanst they'd git, an’ think nawthtn’
ev hit.”
“They would be brutes, then!” de
clared the young man, to which the
Squire nodded approval.
‘Now, sir,” continued Len, “I am
on my way to Lexington, but before
leaving I want to make you a proposi
tion."
“The’ ole 'oman an’ th’ gyarls ’ill be
plum disapp’lnted ter find yo' gone,
Suh. We-all is took a powerful shine
ter you-all. But what ez yo’ ’position?”
Virgy, Merdy, and Jin are ploughing
in the Held yonder with Hi. When
they reach us hero 1 want to take Vir
gy, just as she stands, to Lexington."
“Gee, bang! Virgy?"
“Yes, Sir; Virgy, the white one.”
“The white one?”
“Just as Hi brings her. I would of
fer to take the three, hut I know you
won’t care to part with all of them.
Virgy has caught my fancy, and I offer
you seven thousand dollars, cash down,
for her.”
“Seven thousand dollars fer nia Vir
gy! Gee bang!” exclaimed the Squire,
in an awed whisper, rolling on the
ground in his astonishment and star
ing at Strader as though the latter had
goue mad. Then, with a prolonged fit
of elephantine laughter, a few prelim
inary expletives, and another chaw, the
Squire proceeded to consider Strader’s
offer with as much equanimity as he
could command.
“I kaint say cz I hev ahry thing
ag’in yo’ ’position, Suh, but hit air
powerful pertlkler. So fer 'ez we-all
kin see, you-all is a gen’lman; an’ ef
yo’ air 3ot on havin’ nia Virgy, why,
Suh, yo’ ’position are good.”
“Virgy goes witli me to Lexington?”
“Hit’s this-a-way. If yo’ kin brung
her ter go wi’ you-ali, wall ain’t a goin’
ter say nawlbin’ ag’in hit.”
“You mean that Virgy is skittish and
hard to manage at first?”
Th3 old man laughed long and loud.
“Hit tuk me nigh onter a yeah befo’
1 done broke in ma Jin ter ma ways o’
thinkin’! But hit nrout be ’at Virgy
’ill go wi’ yo’ right neow ef yo’ say so.
Hyah comes Hi a drivln' th’ three on
’em, an’ you-all kin give Virgy yo’ ’po
sition jest ez soon ez you-all see her.”
The two men watched the lumbering
plough rounding the bend of the ridge.
It wa3 hard steering and hard pulling,
but Hi was an expert ploughman, and
Jin in the forward yoke and Virgy and
Merdy in the yokes behind her made
brave headway along the stony, tilted-
field. As they came in rull sight of the
apple tree they stopped, presenting a
spectacle that filled Len Strader, horse-
dealer and lover, with bewilderment.
For there, under the three yokes were
Virgy, Merdy, and Jin—not the three
he had expected to see—not the famous
mares for whose purchase he had an
unlimited commission—but the Virgy,
Merdy and Jin who comprised the “wo
men-folkses” of Squire Yokum’s house
hold.
The picture was a striking one. Virgy.
tall and slender, barefooted, clad in a
loose, white calico, chatting and laugh
ing with her sister who stood next to
her, leaned upon the old yoke against
which ska had been pushing in the
apologize with all my heart for the
blunders I have been making.”
“ Polerglze? I.ook-a-hyah, Suh; ’111
you-all ’splain wha’ fo’ you-all kyars
ter ’poiergize ter we-fal ? Yo’ doan’wan’
taike ma daughter ter Lexington?”
"It isn’t that, Squire, it isn’t that,”
answered Len, getting more hopelessly
entangled. “I would gladly take Virgy
to Lexington—or to the ends of the
earth—if she would go with me. But
the idea of offering seven thousand dol
lars—”
“You-all think ’at the gyarl ez no
wuth seven thousand dollars?”
"She’s worth a million to me,
Squire!" said the young man, vehe
mently. "But the fact is, when I made
you that offer I thought I was bar
gaining for Virgy, your white mare.”
It was the Squire’s turn to be per
plexed, as he realized the series of
misconceptions in which he and Strader
had been involved; and when he
thought of the danger that had men
aced his white mare his eyes rolled and
he scarcely trusted himself to talk
further with Len, fearing that the lat
ter might plan some new strategy to
deplete his beloved stables.
“No, Suh! No, Suh!” he declared
with feeling. “You-all kaint buy that
thar white mar’ fer no ’mount o’
money. You-all kin taike th’ gyarl ter
Lexington fer yo’ wife ’ithout payin’
ahry cent ter me. But I ain’t glvin’ nor
sellin’ th’ mar’ ter no man. No, Suh!
Thet. are shore!”
The Squire’s voice was sufficiently
raised to include Hi and the three “wo
men-folkses” at tne plough as wit
ness to this final decision. It was a try
ing moment for Len, but he rose to the
occasion.
“Do you really mean it, Squire?” he
asked eagerly, extending his hand to
the old man. “I man have your daugh
ter, Virgy?”
“Ef she’ll hev you-all,” he replied
with dignity, drawing his tattered coat
about him and folding his arms. “Thar
she be, an’ you-all kin ax her befo’ yo’
goes ter Lexin’ton ef you kyars ter.
But you-all kaint hev th’ mar, Suh,
nohow.”
There was more than the flush that
comes from physical exercise crimson
ing Virgy’s face and neck as she stood
with drooping head in her place at the
plough. Hi and the other women,
laughing softly to themselves, drew
away from her. Turning her head, she
gave a frightened glance in the direc
tion of the apple tree and again at
her bare feet, shifting uneasily about
in the warm soil. Then, with the agil
ity of a young deer, she sprang over
the plough and fled down the furrow
that stretched away In curving lines
along the hillside damp and cool from
the ploughshare.
“Squire Yokum, with your kind per
mission, Sir, I think I will postpone
my return to Lexington today,” said
Len, his diffidence leaving him for once
as he watched the girl’s disappearing
figure. Then, without waiting for a re
ply, he was off with giant strides, on
the trail, exulting in tne certainty that
this time no maiden wiles or masculine
timidity could prevent that long-de
layed ardent declaration.
He s'ood silently contemplative for
fully five minutes stroking his- b ard.
Then he broke out:
“Gee bang,” said the Squire, watch
ing the impromptu race with an amus
ed chuckle, “Hit do beat all heow thet
thar young feller could ha’ tbowt ’at
I ’ud permission ma white mar’ ter
be hitched up ter thet thar plough
when thar be three women-folkses en
til’ fahm, ’at kin draw hit ’ithout no
trouble nor resk’. An’ him a man ’at
vallies an’ ’spects a hawse too!”
With which observation the old man
prepared to leave the field, his move
ments being somewhat accelerated by
the vindictive scowl that his beloved
Jin directed toward him as she ad
vanced on his retreat under the apple
tree.—New York Times.
Must ancient hospitality cease, or
will modern hostesses consent to of
fer it in a sane and simple fashion?
This is a question which disturbs
many ranks of society.
No better illustration of a false
standard adopted by many in this re
spect could he had than is furnished
this season, when little entertaining
is being done and some have abjured
its pleasures altogether because it
has become a fad to surround it with
an ostentation as expensive as it is
unnecessary to real enjoyment.
Too frequently one hears of mat
rons in the heydey of youth and
strength retiring to sanatoriums for
treatment because they have broken
down under the strain of entertain
ing. Many women have abandoned
homes and gone to live in hotels be
cause they said thoy could not stand
the constant round of dinners and
luncheons expected them. Brides ere
the wane of their honeymoons have
collapsed from the effort to show suit
able hospitality to friends who had
bestowed attentions upon them at the
time of their marriage. The habit of
foreign travel has grown with num
bers of housewives, who claim that
only in this way can they escape the
exhausting duties of a hostess.
Do any of us recall a time when our
grandmothers were laid up with ner
vous prostration after dining their
friends? Do any of us remember
seeing them lose their calmness over
the selection of table equipments and
fret themselves Into headaches and
"nerves” for fear that their table lace,
furbelows and service would not com
pare favorably with those of some
wealthier acquaintance? Least of all,
do any of us recollect seeing those
stately dames offer presents to a
guest after a repast?
were veiled in the right tint and fur
nished sufficient illumination. They
know that some wealthy persons do
not like nor use table lights, bift be
cause they are costly ornaments
these young people imagine they must
have them. For the same reason they
imitate the fad of certain social lead
ers by using some one flo-'er upon
their tables at every luncheon or din
ner in the Beason, generally selecting
the fashionable blossom they can
least afford. A few inexpensive flow
ers prettily nrranged would give
just as charming an effect and prob
ably win the silent approbation of
those in whose honor they were pro
vlded.
As a result of its war with Russia
the area of Japan’s territory was
laised from 180,000 square miles to
283,000 square miles, and her popula
lion iucrttMied by 10,000,000.
Costly Table Coverings.
It never occurred to them to pay
their friends for accepting hospital
ity. It never occurred to them to cov
er their tables with lace instead of
damask. Flowers did not overload
the board, nor were elaborate place
cards considered necessary among
friends. As for ribbons and sashes,
they were relegated to the nursery
hospitality was lavish and constant;
their tables as handsome as fine nap-
ery, china, crystal, cut glass and sil
ver could make them; their own but
lers were in charge of the serving
men; their own cooks in charge of
the kitchen. There were no souven
irs to purchase, no needless adorn
ments to provide. Hence there was
little to worry about or to induce
nervous breakdown after a succes
sion of bouse parties.
An overdressed table is like an ov
erdressed woman—fatiguing to the
eye. Were the modern housewife of
average means to copy the mode of
giving dinners established by her
grandmother she would be able to
afford such chefs and butlers of her
own as to dispense with the neces
sity of turning half her house over to
hired caterers and their assistants.
And should she prefer hired caterers
at least she would not be burdened
with anxiety -lest a lace tablecloth,
worth thousands of dollars and impos
sible to dup'icate, should be injured.
Wealthy New Yorkers have dined
from lace bedspreads wrought by
royal fingers centuries ago, altar
cloths whose wonderful tracery was
designed by great artists of the past
and wall hangings which once lent a
delicate effect of coolness to Italian
palaces tapestried with blue; they
have glimpses between china and
crystal of magnificent embroideries
wrought in colors by artistic Orien
tal fingers and take mental notes as
to whether the work was done in the
Orient or in America, how many
thousands were paid for a rare wall
panel tablecloth of Flemish lace and
whether the hostess often ripped out
its centre and motives for use in
dress trimming.
Sometimes the souvenirs and place
cards of the rich are merely dainty
trifles, imposing no sense of obliga
tion upon the guest for the one, nor
feeling of envy that she has never
obtained anything so charming as the
other. If a well meaning friend men
tions this to a young couple strug
gling along on an income pholly inad
equate to ostentatious entertaining,
they often say, with a sigh, lhat
“rich people can afford to he simple,
and poor people can’t.” So the bride
purchases souvenirs Unit her guests
would perhaps far rather not accept,
and breathes a fervent hope that her
trousseau will last until Doomsday,
since means to replenish it appear as
distant.
Another expense which ninny a
young hostess undertakes is that of
getting such imported vegetables
and fruits as are out of season, and
consequently expensive. Her chef
tells her that he can prepare fine qual
ities of tinned vegetables, so that
they will taste just like the fresh ar
ticle, which costs nearly ten times
as much. The young entertainer,
however, would not dare permit a sub
stitution to which her wealthier sis
ter would be indifferent. She knows
that fashion demands viands out of
season, and she gets them at any
cost. She is also as Insistent about
the selection of expensive fish and
meats and the provision of several
varieties of wines. By the time
she reaches the wine list, her ex
penses have mounted so high that
she errs on the side of variety rather
than of quality, and purchases all the
different kinds she thinks she ought
to serve, leaving it to her guests si
lently—and often impatiently—to real
ize what she should have provided.
Souvenirs and Place Cards.
Many newly married couples to-day
are oppressed with the idea that they
must secure just such costly cover
ings for their tables, and will often
even go into debt and suffer hard
ships in other ways to obtain them,
forgetting that a congenial company,
properly amused and aware that
their hosts have not exceeded their
means in providing accessories to the
appetizing meal served them, will or
should feel at ease and enter into
unstrained enjoyment of one anoth
er’s society with not a thought of the
tablecloth.
The preparation and serving of the
most delectable dinner is a matter of
trifling trouble and cost as compared
to the care and sums expended for
wholly inappropriate table lace,
which many visitors do not respect a
hostess any the more for so using,
and for elaborate decorations and
souvenirs. These young couples sel
dom imagine that the candelabra or
candlesticks and shades which it has
been such a burden to obtain would
not be missed by their guests provid
ed the sidelights or chandelier globes
Simple Pleasures Forgotten.
Art In entertaining has not changed
nor has human nature. The greatest
degree of enjoyment is compatible
with the greatest simplicity in hos
pitality. People today appreciate
well cooked luncheons and dinners,
brilliant conversation and just enough
of floral adornment, and, per
haps, music, to give an aesthetic
touch to things material, just as their
ancestors enjoyed them three and
four score years ago, when conversa
tion wa3 practised as a fine art for
constant use and wit was as neces
sary to a feast as good wine.
Simpler modes of affording amuse
ment to friends, such as an Invitation
for the evening with cards or music,
do not appear to suggest themselves to
many young couples. They are In
spired by the true spirit of friendli
ness which would have a guest break
bread with them, but too often this
shining spirit of the home is clouded
by ostentation, and the straining to
obtain a form of hospitality only jus
tifiable In the rich makes itself un
comfortably felt, while many desir
able acquaintances draw aloof from
those whose methods of entertaining
they are unwilling to copy.—New
York Tribune.
Deaf Telegraph Operator.
Peter A. Foley, the “lightning taker”
of Portland, is the most wonderful
telegraph operator In the world. Fo
ley Is totally deaf, an affliction which
ordinarily would he supposed to make
telegraphy an utter impossibility to
him, but since he became deaf eight
years ago Foley has developed what
might be called a sixth sense and by
touch and sight he can detect the fin
est movements of the instrument and
correctly interpret them. His nervous
system is a part and parcel of tele-
El aphy, and by means of the sense of
touch in his finger tips he takes mes
sages transmitted from the ends of
the continent. He can read a message
by watching the sounder. With his
left foiefinger placed lightly on the
sounder he can by his wonderful
sense of touch take a message as accu
rately as any man in the office.—Ken
nebec Journal.
Exchange ef Presents in Africa.
Frequently one has to deal with
chiefs, in fact in every village tho
traveller will probably be welcomed
by the chief. An interchange of
greetings through an interpreter es
tablishes a good understanding.
An interchange of presents is usu
a f on these occasions and is an al-
n.ost universal custom. Etiquette re-
qtti/es the chief to give a present in
riT.urn. As a rule a chief can only
offer a bunch of bananas, some paw
paws or possibly a goat or two, some
of which may possibly be welcome.
On a special occasion the chief may
offer the traveller a wife, a gift which
he will probably decline with a greal
profusion of thanks.—Engineer.
Is Pe-ru-na Usefu
for Catarrh?
Should a list of the l„g rodlPnt
runa be submitted hr any P
pert, of whatever school or nation ,*
ho would bo obliged to admit witk"
reserve that the medicinal
posing Peruna are of two kin,u p°'
standard and well-tried catarrh -
dies. Second, well-known and „ m
ally acknowledged torn-. ron f*“ e
Thai In one or tho other of tt,,^'®
they have stood the teat of Dlailr ' U
experience by physicians of dig,!
schools. There can bo no di.pute Z
this, whatever. Peruna i. compel
some of the most efficacious and ™
versslly used herbal remedies f or
tarrhal diseases, and for such conditio
of ths human system as require a ton
Each one of the principal in gr ,. dien
of Peruna has a reputation of i„ "
In the cure of some phaso of catarrh
as a tonto medicine.
The faet la, chronic catarrh ts a di
ease which Is very prevalent. Man
thousand people know they h»
chronic catarrh. They have visited,1
tors over and over again, and been tol.
that their ease Is one of chronic catarrh
It may be of the nose, throat, lung
stomach or aome other internal orca
There Is no doubt as te the nature
the disease. The only trouble is th
remedy. This dootor has tried to cur
them. That doctor has tried to pn
scribe for them.
No other household remedy so uni
▼ersally advertised carries upon th
label the principal aetivo constituent*,
showing that Pernna invites the ful
Inspection of the critics.
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CHINESE INDEMITY.
Honorable Treatment at the Hand*
United States.
The House adopted the Joint resoli
tion for a remission of 110,800,000
the Chinese indemnity growing out i
the Boxer troubles of 1900. Even wit
this concession, sufficient remains
pay all claims arising from the u)
rising.
This attitude cannot fall to be ap
predated in China. It will do mot
than a thousand empty speeches
cement friendly relations between ilk
two nations.
The sum required by this countr
,—noticeably smaller than that of th
other nations concerned—was
signed to cover all American losse
arising from the insurrection,
authorities were wise enough
humane enough to eradicate, so fa
as possible all idea of punitive daa
ages—a fact, which has been mad
clear to the Chinese.
Now that it has been found tha
the award of $24,400,000 was far mor
than necessary to meet these claim?
the United States is doing the on!
^right and fair thing to be done unde
Ithe circumstances. It stands out
’sharp contrast to the other powers l
this respect, and it has reason for sat
isfaetlon with itself.
It Is predicted that within a let
years China will become a power
the Orient that will overshadow evei
Japan. Its importance in a comniei
cial sense is evident now We sb»l
treap the reward of our fairness an
friendship when it comes into its owl
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SELF DELUSION
Many Peoplo Deceived by Coffee.
We like to defend our indulgenci
and habits even though wo mar
convinced of their actual harmful
ness.
A man can convince himself tm
whisky Is good for him on a co
morning, of beer on a hot Buromi 1
day—When he wants the wblskr 1
beer.
It’s the same with coffee. Tno
sands of people suffer headache a
nervousness year after year but i
to persuade themselves the cause
not coffee—because they like cone,
“While yet a child I commencf
using coffee and continued it, wr
a Wls. man, “until I wns a reg
coffee fiend. I drank it every ra ., 11
ing and in consequence had a Id n
hoadache nearly every afternoon
“My folks thought It was
coll 1
that ailed me, but I Hked
would not admit It was the e &u
my trouble, so I stuck to code
the headaches stuck to me.
“Finally, the folks stopped
coffee and brought home aom
turn. They made It right (direction
on pkg.) and told me to see ^
difference It would make w. (
head, and during that first * ^
Postum my old affliction J 1 |
bother me once. From tha
thiB we have used nothing bu
In place of coffee—headache fai
thing of the past and tho wh
ily Is In fine health.” ^
“Postum looks good, smell' 8
tastes good, Is good, and
to the whole body.” "There
■on. ” rn Ball
Name given by p ° Bta ™ ° r 0 »4
Creek, Mich. Read, The *
Wellvllle,” In pkga. „ A „,
Ever read the above letter- Tb
one appears from time to ' 11 | lU mal
are aenuine. true, and f u *