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If there is one thing more than
another which gratifies us, it is the
great volume of hearty thanks which
come from grateful parents for the
cures lIood’s Sarsaparilla has effected
upon their children. The agony of
despair turns to unspeakable joy as
mothers and fathers see dreadful sores
and eruptions gradually yield to the
potent purifying power of this great
medicine, and bright boys and girls
given perfect health. toad this:
“When my baby was four weeks old,
scrofulous eczema broke out on his body.
He became literally covered with
so: res
When six months old the breaking out
healed on his body, but his head, face and
arms were a. terrible sight. I passed many
sleepless nights holding his little hands
to keep him from scratching his face. I
cannot tell what he suflered with the sores.
One doctor attended him a. year without
avail. No one thought he would ever get
well. He was almost a year old when I
commenced to give him I'Iood’s Sarsapa—
rilla. He soon grew so much better that
C u r 0
I was able to rest at night. Gradually the
sores on his head and arms healed, the
burning and itching ceased, and he slept
better. In 2 months he looked like an-
other child, gained strength, was cured.
I recommend all persons afflicted with
eczema or any skin disease to take Hood’s
Sarsaparilla. I feel assured that it will
do wonders for others. I cannot praise
it too highly for what it has done for my
. 1.
(1' mm little sufferer. t is hard to believe
11-; is the same child, he is now such a
1.1;, hearty, fat boy, a very picture of
ii .11 "11. If more 1100.111. would giv e Hood’s
.811. sa £1arilla to their children, there would
not be so many poor, delicate little ones. ”
MRS. C. BAILEY, Box 91, MeVey-
town, 1 e1 nsyl1 true
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A VALUABLE~ CLAIM.
BY WILL LISENBEE.
Buck Simmons walked behind the
huge prairie-breaking plow, watching,
with evident satisfaction, the choco-
late colored ribbons of earth which the
plow 11 as turning over. The tw o3' okes
of oxen that drew the plow 11 are show -
ing no inclination to hurry through
life, which disposition was in perfect
harmony with Buck‘s own feelings on
the subject. He. did not believe in phys-
ical precipitation in connection with
common labor. To be in a hurry seemed
to him to be a species 'of folly that was
totally inexcusable.
011 reaching the end nearest the cabin
he brought the team to a halt, and, al-
lowing the cattle to graze on the lux—
uriant grass, seated himself 011 the
beam of the plow and lighted his pipe.
“There ain’t much better land than
this in these parts,” he mused, “an’ as
Ie1'11'ate1m1elons,it can’t be beat this
side uv the Rockies.”
-1 cov ered 11' 1 "on, drawn by a pair of
shabby sorrel mules, came to a halt in
the road close by, and a. bu shy-bearded
man got out.
“My name’s Billings—Zeke Billings,”
he said, as he came up to the spot where
Buc { was seated. “I’m looking for a
claim to buy. Can you direct. me to
where I can find a. good one. which I
could purchase. at a realsonablc figure ?”
“Ye couldn’t ’a’ struck it better if
ye‘d ’a-’ searched for a week,” replied
Buck, removing his pipe from his mouth
and blowing a. cloud of smoke from his
bearded lips.
“That‘s fortunate," responded the
stranger. “Then I may infer that you
can give me the desired information?”
“Ye‘ vc sed it.”
“11111111: you.
near here ‘3"
“ ’Bout six inches from where ye’re
standing.”
“Ah, I see.
sale?”
"It can be bought."
“How much land is in your claim?
-\ full 1p: azter section?"
“Ye ve Std it.’
“Is the land good?”
“’1 111111. Id be a— plowin pore land?
What do 39.111119 me fe.‘.‘r Must think
I‘m powerful fond 111' 110111!”
‘\0 oil ensc, l 11.:s111e 301.1,"1'911110111
3iliings. "What advantages does your
:laiin possess besides that1111'11t.1011c11‘.”’
“ ‘Tain‘t more '1111 four miles ter wa-
er.”
“Why, do you call four miles from
vai'cr close?"
"Ye would if ye‘d hauled it 26 miles
31' one season.”
.. "But. I wouldn‘t live in such a coun-
i'y as that. A 1111111 wouldn’t get any-
liing but water— —hauling done.”
“Thar warn't am 1111110 else for do
1111111”
"Didn‘t you raise any crops?"
“Nai'y crop.”
“What made you stay in such a. coun-
trv?”
"Couldn't git away."
“What made you go there?"
“Tcr git a claim.”
“Why, what on earth could you want
11 11:11 a claim in a place like that?”
“A man s got ter meek a 1i1' in’. ”
“Make a 111 ing? How did 3 on expect
to make a living in adesert where noth-
ing would grow?"
“Sell my claim.”
“How did you happen to find abuy-
99!
Is the land in question
Your own claim is for
01.
“It allus rained oncet a year; then
we hus’led te'r sell out ’fore the ground
dried. That was our bizy time.”
“What do you suppose a. man 11 ould
think of you for selling him such a
claim?”
‘ I never stayed ter see.”
“I suppose not. What did the man
that bought your claim do when he
found out what kind of a place he had
got into?"
“Lived thar till the next rain."
“What, then ‘
“He sold out ter another fellcr. The
11 est is a great edicator. A fellcr can t
5133' h3"ai long an beatenderfOot. Ye ’11
say so ’fore 11, re hyar a. year. Now,
1111s 3' ere. claim 11v mine—”
“To be sum—ave 11 c1e talking about
30111 claim. I can see that the land is
very good, and I suppose water could
be got. by sinking a well. I like the lay
of this piece of land, and if your price
is reasonable, I might strike a. bargain
with you.” ,
“Ye‘ \e sed it. ”
“ll but 11 011111 3 on call a fair price for
3 our claim?” .
“’Boutii' thousan dollars.”
“A thousarzl dollars! Why, man, I
can get as goo.’ ;. claim as can be found
in the conniy i':::' ”7'00. Remember you
can give no deco, but only quit your
claim.”
“I likewise known all that; but this
yore ain’t no common claim. Say $500 ?”
“No. Two fifty is the most I can
give.”
“Then the claim‘s yourn.”
“Very well. I will come back in a
1‘;’e11 days and ha1e the papers fixed
up.”
“That seems fair-like; but I puts it
like this: Yc’ re a stranger for me, an’
mebby ye comes back, an‘ mebby ye
don‘t. If I holds-this yore claim for
ye, ye pays me now $25 in hand, the
rest for be paid in three days, when
ye gits the claim.”
The stranger took out a book, and,
writing "the desired documents, gave
them to Buck to sign, while he count-
ed out the required sum of money.
When the amount had been paid and
the papers signed, Billings said:
“That fixes the matter all right. I
will come back in three days and pay
the rest of the money and take pos-
session of the claim.”
He was about to retrace his steps
.to his wagon when Buck stOpped him
with a wave of his hand.
“As I war jist sayin’,” he said, “this
yere is no common claim; but their aire
tellers that would try for meek out
like this—they wouldn’t have the claim
as a gift.”
“Why, what do they say is the matter
with it?” askedBillings, growing in-
terested. ‘
“ "I ain‘t hardly worth repeatin’,”
went on Buck, in'a careless tone. “I
puts it that it is jealousy uv them, see-
in’ I’ve got the best claim in the set-
tlement. If you seed one uv t1 em fel-
lers it’s likely he’d say that thar can’t
be no» water got on' this yere claim.
He’d say that the well-borer war hyar
an’ bored about 600 feet 1111’ got no wa-
ter. That would be a. lie, ’cause he only
bored 400 feet, but I’ll allus-believe
, he’d ’a’ got. water if he’d ’a’ bored deep
enough. Then some object for the
claim ’cause they says I’ve settled on
a school section, which ain’t open for
settlement, an’ that I’ll haf ter git 01f
soon as a school board is organized.
But how the Sam Iiill do they know
who the school boards goin’ tc-r be,
an’ how can they tell what they’re
goin" for do ,’for.e- they're elected?
Some people doc-s meek me have. that
tired feclin’!”
“Why, if that is the case,” broke in
Billings, “I don’t know 115—"
,“I ain’t through yit," put in Buck.
“Let me tell ye all the onery skuniks’
aire doin’ tcr ruin the report: shun uv
this ycrc claim. Some puts it that it
is too close tor the line 11v the Injun
territory, an’ that the road agents 1111’
robbers w 111d kill a teller off as fast
as he could come hyar, an’ that sich
\‘ivshus invirunments would be the
sp‘ilin’ uv the society 111' the neigh—
borhood; but thar hain’t been but two
men killed on. this yore claim since I
come here. which is full six months
ago, an’ them war both strangers who
war campin’ in the road hyar, an’ never
a-standin’ g'ard none. “'hatever else
could sich chumps expect?”
“That is horrible!” ' said Billings,
with a shiver “As I were going to say,
in t rat case——”
“I aim ’t through yit," continued Duck.
“I’s Tin honest man, an’ b'lievcs in tell-
in‘ the whole story which them slan-
dcrers airc so fond uv exaggeratin’.
Sonic puts it that the snaiks'on this
ycrc claim is its greatest drawback,
1111’ tor hear ’cm talk ye’d think that
a fellcr couldn‘t stay hyar 15 minneis
without bein’ s11'allcred by them; but
wait. 1.111 I Tells ye the true facts. Now.
these ycre snaiks aire perty bad, ’li‘ss
ye know how tor take ’cm. A fellcr
must. wear high boots an’ keep his eyes
1101 vol 1.1 Then I wears e1 111151.. 31-: in suit
11111111 my othci clothes, which hassnvcd
1.13 1.9113 mine an 011(1). how, 111111 “'1'. .s
lluggy Jones, who lived over thar on
the next claim. He comes over tcr see
me one day, ’lowin he ain't. ai‘cnrcd
of no sunfk livin’. IIc warn‘t the man
tcr liaicn for no reason; he comes
11-11'1-3111'in‘ of them. 1011' dude gaiters.
1111’
with one 111' them snaiks.
slobbers ’i'ound 11‘ little, takes :1 fit, try-
in’ tr 1' kill everybody, then curls up 2111’
dies dcailer ’211'1 Mose-s. ’Twarn’t 1113'
fault, secin' as how he had been warned:
but some folks will be fools. Uv course,
accidents will sometimes happen, even
with “10 most. ke-crl'ul. Thar’s my wife,
Mandy, now. You couldn’t
l-zeci'i'ulcr woman ‘an her, but it all
happened like this: One night one 111'
them dad blamed snaiks gits 1111' hides
itself in the bed, an’ the first thing
we knows Mandy is bit. It warn“. 11c:-
fault, fer who'd think uv wearin’ snail:
pertccters in the bed? Well, she pumps
:1 gnllun 111' my best whisky down her
throat, an’ it kinder ncwtcralizes that
yere pizen, so instead uv dyin’ she only
has some fits. Mandy ain‘t no slouch
in a. skirmosh, an’ when them fits comes
on ye‘d be safe in "lowin’ that I had
my hands full. She gits the corn-knife,
’lowgin’ that everybody is after her, an’
out she goes, slashin’ at everything,
dangerus like. It’s about daylight by
this time, an’ she meets Sol Miller, who
is out early lookin’ fer his mules. She
mecks for him, an’ ‘fore he giis 011 tar
what she‘s drivin’ at, she has sliced oif
one 01' his years, an’ he only ’scapes'by
bein’ one ov the best- runners in the
settlement. She next slashes the head
u1 my best dog off, an’ after she had
sliced tint tail off one uv my bosses, I
finally ropes her. She gets quiet like
back on her——"
“That is enough,” interrupted the
stranger. “I wouldn’tlive on this claim
for all the land in the county. Give me
back my money, and we will call the
trade 01f.”
“No, we don’t,” replied Buck. “I reck-
on the contract don’t say nothin’ about
givin’ the money back. If ye want the
if not the 2'5 is mine. That‘s the con-
tract. ”
He was inteir upted by a shriek which
issued f1 om the cabin, and the next mo-
ment- the figure of a woman emerged
from the door and came running wildly
across the prairie, flourishing a. corn
knife about her head.
“Blame my cats, that’s Mandy havin’
one 11v them fits!” cried Buck. “Look
out for yerself .in’ team, < 4"
I runs fer a iope!”
But Billings did not wait to listen.
\Vith one I ound 11c “as in his wagon,
(11:11 a lizomcnt later had lashed the
mules into a gallOp and was disappear-
ing down the trail in a cloud of dust.
Buck darted-around the cabin, the
woman in hot pursuit, and this was
kept up till the stranger was well out
of sight. Then the two 11 cut into the
house.‘ , .
“I reckon he’s gone for good,” said
Mandy, laying the corn knife on the
table. _
“Ye've sed it. That snaik story fixed
him. It allus does.”
“How much did you get out of this
bargain?” asked the wife.
“Twenty-five. That’s the fourth this
week. A hundred a week ain’t so bad.
I reckon. I’ll knock off work for the
(la), 7’
And he sat down and began to ex-
amine the money he had recei1ed, as-
suring himself that it was genuine
“I’ll tell ye,1 Mandy’, he said, “a' fel-
ler can ’t be too keerful' 111 dealing 11 ith
them casteln sharpers. They are allus
up ter some. swin’lin tricks Ier beat
I honest people.”-—-N. Y. Ledger.
find :1 1
after awhile, but them bfits 11111 come
manger, while
115v 1111' 1 N u
the first thirg he knows he’s bir'
W111, 111" ‘
claim, pay the rest an’ it‘s,yourn; but ‘
‘ bonds of the territory.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
—It is a common belief in the rural
districts of all countries that when
hogs carry straw or sticks in their
mouths rain will soon follow.
——The night-blooming jeSsamine
shows no special charm through the
day, but at the approach of evening its
little candle-shaped flowers present
a picture of singular beauty, while they
fill the whole air'with their fragrance.
-——In parts of Austria and Italy there
is a superstition that the human saliva
is a cure for blindness. The idea
probably originated in the miraculous
healing of a blind man recorded 1n one
of the gospels.
—In many nations it has been be-
lieved that an individual bitten by a dog
may cure himself by placing three of
the dog’s hairs on the wound. The
idea is expressed in the English prov-
erb: “The hair of the dog' is good for
the bite. ”
——Kedesh,thecity of Naphtali,where ‘
Baral—z and Deborah assembled the tribes
of Israel, has been sought for by M. E.
Gautier and not found. Two spots in
the valley of the Orontes were supposed
to be the place, a tumulus on a spur of
Mount Lebanon, near the Lake of
I-Ioms, and an island in the lake. Ex-
cavations were made in both, with the
conclusion that neither is Kedesh. But
on the island a series of interesting
buildings, one above the other, was
found, beginning with the Byzantine
period and going back through the
Graeco-Phoenician to the bronze and
stone ages.
——There have been many capitals of
the United States. The seatof govern-
ment was removed to Washington 11:1
1800; the first session of congress held
there commenced on November 17. The
previous seats of government were as
follows, the dates being those of the
opening of sessions of congress: Phil-
adelphia, May 10, 1775; Baltimore, De-
cember 20, 1776; Philadelphia, March 4,
1777; Lancaster, Pa., September 27, 1777;
York, Pa-., September 30, 1777; Phila-
delphia, July 2, 1778; Princeton, N.
J., June 20, 1783; Annapolis, Md, No-
vember 26, 1783; Trenton, N. J ., Novem-
her 1, 1784; New York, January 11,
1785, where the constitutional govern-
ment was organized in 1789, and Phil—
adélphia, December 6,1790.
—The ordinance of 1787 11 s the cel-
ebrated ordinance and articles of com-
pact as framed by the congress of the
American confederacy. By the adop-
tion of this measure July 13,1787, a
basis we as established for the govern-
ment of the vast northwestern territouy.
The articles of the compact provided
for religious freedom, the benefits of
the writ of habeas corpus, trial by
jury, etc.; for the encouragement of
schools; for just treatment of the Ina
dians, and by the sixth and last article
forbade any “slavery or involuntary
servitude, except for crime,” within the
Arthur St.
Clair was elected for congress, October
5. 1787, as the first governor of the
Northwestern territory.
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