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Show CAMP LICKSKILLET There may have been an on'rler houn' than Ole Bluey, but I would have to have proof before believin' It That ugly blue animal ought never been allowed to be born Into thia yere unfeel-Iworld, because he didn't have the sense that any fishworm ought to have; an' what was worse, h's pore master, which the same was me. had to suffer for his ignorance. Long Bill Burke an' me was campln out on the Moharvey Desert serveral years ago. We'd hit ag'in tough luclr at Randsburg, and was doln' the long hike down to Kramer to Investigate some little excitements we'd beard about In that vicinity. Now crossin' the desert ain't no picnic excursion. You have to tlgger mighty close or youll decorate the desert with a choice assortment of bones which onoe belonged to myseif. Me an' Long Bill Burke bad calculated about bow much water an' provlsloas was goln' to be necessary, an' we'd have pulled through all right; but about half way across to Kramer tho jackass snagged ag'in' a yucca spine an' went dead lame. So we had to crawl along, as it were; an' on the evenia of the day I'm flgurta' on tell-iabout we went into camp with notbin' to eat but a bank o' bacon an' a pot o' coffee. That gone we hadn't a and crumb ner a drop of water Kramer was nigh onto a day's travel ahead of us. "This yere is tough luck. Bill!" says I. "You've named it all right," says BflL "But we 11 just boil that pot o' coffee and pour it in our canteen so'a to have it to drink on the march tomorrow. We'll fry tho bacon, too; an' u economizin' right down to the limit, I deems we pulls through some little hungry an' thirsty, but all there." So after we stakes out the burro an' gets him started to gnawln' grease-woowe gets out the bacon an slices It up ready for the pan, puts the ooffve In tbG pot, and empties In the last-droof our precious water. Then we goes rompln' around huntin' chunks of petrified yucca to cook It by. Wood's scarce in them wastes, and you has to bunt mighty assiduous before you finds enough to cook a pot of coffee. We're returnln to camp plump tired ut, when Bill remarks to me that he could eat a bulldog 6tuffod with car-pfLack. "And I'm that thirsty," says I, "that I could drink soapsuds an' never bat an eye." Just then we censes into camp an' looks around for our bacon. They ain't none to be seen, an' there Ole Bluey sat with a happy smile on his face, and wagyln' bis tail a heap furious as be welcomed us back to camp with our armloads cf wood which we was to cook our Lacon with an there wasn't any Lian left! I 'low I've hear eonsiderable profanity in my time, from first to last but the article Long Bill Burke dishes tp for this yere special occasion shore excels anything I've ever listened to before, I keeps silent and bears Lim plump through to the end; and when be rt r and wipes his fevered brow I basn t anything to add. Ole Bluey listens with a lxk of dcutt on bis face; and be searches first tne face an' then the other to see what it's about He don't seem to get a lias cn it at all; but after a while be port o' gets a notion that we've feelln unfriendly to him about so tried In', sod he scoots out In the dark to keep the burro company. Cut we btillds the fire far the even-in- 's are chilly on the desert and then we discusses Ole Blueys futuse a heap grave and serious. "Of course we slays him," say Long n' self-respectl-n n' d, p et Bill!" I yells, "we're saved!" For a moment I thinks Bill 6hore means to go loco. But after awhile be tears out into the dark after some mere wood, I picks up the canteen and runs and over to a braklsh little sink-holafter work In' a good while manages to get a few drops of the greenish watev. It'd make a sort of flapjack, anyway, even though it was too alkali to drink. Then I goes back to the fire and meets Long Bill Just comla' in with another load of wood. We both stops simultaneously and busts into long, loud, and heartfelt cuss hi,' which wells up from the bottom of our souls and Cows like water. Fer there was that jackass busy chawln' the string that 'd been on the little meal bagl The coffee pot war upset! The meal bag was gone We takes a stick of wood aplce, and chases the burro away out Into the bresh. But the faithful beast dont go away none. Neither does Oie Bluey. And all night they takes turns thoir woes and their to me the while silent stars, wrongs an' Long Burke digs up some grease-wooroots and astonishes our pore suf ferin' stomachs with the same, roasted to a nasty, slzzlln", black wad. Along about midnight just when I'm thlnkin' maybe I'll get asleep after all. Long BUI Burke raises up sudden an' paws at my blankets to wake mo up. "Sam,"' he says, "I names it 'Camp e, dod-durne- d d LickPkillet!"' They ain't no answer. Away out In the desert pore Ole Bluey is fightin' with a coyote. The jackass is wander-In- ' around the camp with tears in his eyes an' an occasional skreaky 6lgh. An' that's how Camp Lickskillet got its name. Lowell Otus Reese, la The Argonaut First Hints for St touls. Don't try to carry your change in your change pocket or your bills la your wallet; hire a porter to trundle a barrel and another to make freauent trirs to the bank. If you feel the necessity of arguing that Chicago. Buffalo, et al., bad great er expositions, first get beyond the state line: It Is unsafe to do so within hearing of hotel keepers and souvenir venders. There Is no special building for of family trees or escutcheons, nor will St Louis society be distin guishable by special badges; you ars supposed to exercise natural discern ment LORE OF AUSTRALIAN TOTEM. WHY HOT WEATHER MAKES WOMEN NERUOUS Spirit of the Ancestor Associated With the Stick That He Carried. An interesting report of the investi Suggestions by Dr. Hartman How ta Combat ths Nervous Depression Incident to Warm Weather. gations by Frof. Baldwin Spencer into the Queetion of "totemism" in Australia Is given in a Melbourne paper. Various myths. It seems, exist as to the the origin of the totem. The aborigines believe that In what they call th dream times there lived beings, half animal, half plant w'hich were transformed Into human beings, and wandered about making the natural features of the country. Each ancestor carried a stick, and with that stick the epirit of the ancestor is associated. Each place where an ancestor has wandered is believed so have a spirit, such, for instance, as an emu spirit a kangaroo spirit ad so forth; and each child born In that rartlcular place is. say, an emu child or a kangaroo child, and so on. Thus it is that each child has its totem. As to the ceremonial, if a woman or a child seelt, the eyes are put out or death Inflicted. The professor was initiated by one group, and was thus perTh'i mitted to see the ceremonies. With Initiators bedaubed themselves ochre, down, and their own blood, and, after going through a grotesque dance, related to the novices the doings of the ancestors. The aborigines believe that reincarnation is continually going on, bo that many living people are accepted as se.incarnations of some celebrity. As to the religious or magleal aspect every person believes he has influence over the animal or plant after which he is called, even to the extent of causing It to increase. As a rule, the totem U of edible, and in the great majority food supply, cases the totem is the wherefore the power of Increasing ths totem Is of importance. The aboriginal rarely eats his own totem, but ho has do objection to giving it to others to eat St James Gazette. Nervousness Is very common among women. This condition is due to anaemic nerve centers. The nerve centers are the reservoir icr nerve vitality. These centers become bloodless for the want of proper nutrition. This condition is especially noticable during the warm season. Every summer an army of invalids are produced as a direct result of weak nervous systems. This could easily be overcome by tbo use of Peruna. Peruna strikes at the root of the trouble by correcting the digestion. Perfect digestion furnishes increased nutrition for the nerve renters. Perfectly digested food gives these reservoirs of life a vitality which creates strong, steady nerves, and a '.Ms manner fortifies and nourishes . lire. irt-vou- 1 out-lock- - h, soul-propert- ncCiith." BlancivGney. Mi Blanche Grey. Oue reason why Peruna has uuod P"M:unent us In so many hone A Well Known Canadian Lady Sends that it contains no narcotic of any Letter of Endorsement to Miss Mary Burns. 23 Spring OarJen i ..d. Peruna is perfectly haauess U Koad. Halifax, N. S.. writes: "Ilivinj on be used any length ot time without do used Peruna for indigestion and stom- acquiring a drug habit Peruna It is results. ach trouble and to build up a broken not produce temporary Us effect down system with the very best re- permanent in It has no bad effect upon the system, sults, I am pleased to state my experience with this excellent medicine. I aud gradually eliminates catarrh r?y had been troubled with stomacn trou- removing the cause of catarrh. There ble and poor digestion for some years, are a multitude of homes where Peruand although I tried many remedies na has been used off and on for twenty and dieting, nothing seemed to restore years. Such a thing could not be 1 In Peruna. until used health my possible If Peruna contained any drugs three months 1 had entirely recoveret of a narcotic nature. my health and strength." Mary Burna. Contains no Narcotics. Pe-ru-i- ' Remember that la International vola- puk moving the head rapidly from right to left spells 'no." If a Dahomlan princess or a Tahitlan Queen falls to understand and wants to rub noses. follow this movement by turnlnsr ycur waistcoat pocket Inside cut It is synonymous with "no go," "no biz," bettor run." The Fisheries exhibit docs not In clude baked LluciEh nor the Aviary quail cn toast If you get lost on the grounds, take the nearest trolley back to your hotel. Don't fill your trunk with breakfast food cor carry a Sibley tent St Loul3 hotelkccpera are proverbial philanthropises, and, besides, sign painters have been busy for months creating an extra supply of family palaces and Ideal retreats. Ex position does not necrssitl y mean ruin? kiv-ii- ik st LWi ' Does ft pay an acorn to become an, oak? Does It pay to escape becoming a rich Ignoramus? Docs it pay to fit oneself for a stu nerlor Dosltlon? Does it pay to get a glimpse of tha Does it pay the chrysalis to unfold tnto the butterfly? Does it pay to learn to make life a glory Instead of a grind? Does !t pay to open a little wider the floor of a narrow life? Docs ft pay to add power to the lens of the microscope or the telescope? Does It pay to know how to take ths dry. dreary drudgery out of lite? Does it pay to taste the exhilaration of feeling one's powers unfoWT Docs it pay a rosebud to epen its the petals arid fling out its beauty to world? Docs It pay to pusN one's horizon , further otrt In order to get a wider a clearer vision? Do.it pay to learn bow to center thorj;rrt with power, now to marshal one's mental forces effectively? Does it pay to acquire power to get out cf life high and noble pleasures which wealth cannot rurchase? Docs H ray to acquire a character-wealtwhich no disa wreck or can aster or misfortunes Miss Blanche Crey, a prominent young Trim., ii a nwlety woman of Mt'mphlt. reeent from 174 Alabama street n wiius. "To a society woman whose fiJioe u otien taxrd to tlio utmost Horn lack ot list and Irregular meal. Iknow of nothing which is ot so muci benefit as Ptruna. I took it a tew felt my strength iitoiittirt a!o when way uml it soon made itself mam-teme new strength and in giving Pe-ru-n- New Process of Detlnning. 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The location of the hatch ry t oa the ea.'t side of the Frisco depot. Just opposite the big spring, an J will occupy fna tin scrap lias recently been devised ty an English inveutor. The process is ol some tbeotetical interest and differs from those hitherto proposed, in so much as the separation is 'jrcugbt about without the aid or acid or alkalies and depends chuCy upon vuitac action, aided by atmospheric action. Coke is crushed to a coarse powder and saturated with a strong solutio.lcf common salt, any excess of Solution above that required to saturate tai coke being drained off, as t is Ir.iporU ant for the success of the opera.oa that the air should be able to penetrate readily throughout the tuajs. The tera? to be stirred is covered with this moistened coke powder. It need not evea be contained in any vessel or receptacle, as a mass of coke and scrap can be formed Into a hcjp on ths ground. The action commences very rapidly and Is often complete In a few hour&. To avoid patches of uuvtrirpcf material cn the surfare cf the srra?. it in well to cause the he.ip to 'lebhak- n from time to time, so t'.lat the whole the tin surface of tile ?crap is Lrr.i.iKht liita contact with the coV. When the Hack surface of the cr?p how that the separation ta cocirlrt4 the trass is washed wKh a jot of war, when it ;s found that the tin is washed l have expert advics twenty acres. The eovernnvr.t has out. In the form of an oxTJ, probably Id-- al nvd appropriated the purchase and builJin? in the fotLi cl hydrate;! tinr.ic oxid. Special time clocks, registering when and training, to have high of money, as well as arranln? for th wh'uh lom.a a wiiue, milky prccipitats visiters enter and leave "the Tike," can up to one In the most crltlral years I'.OOC annual payrc-lIs a in the water, fr rq which It can te Co. location The be rented, or you can be sent through life? it to settle an! Sjl ly aKuw-Does It pay to make lifelong friend- very fleMrable one. bein? cl.se to the tmder bond. and will much and fi'.terift? town, it off. No tin S peodepot "T.;ent)y all t 'Before starting, make a tour of the ships with bright ambitious young f the of this the in attractiven"s already 'u::.j will occupy high iciut;n is chloride. Th-Broadway store. It will familiarize ple, many of whoa I coke can be on the bnnr-iri"ittlocated town little ued over places later on? you with the exhibits you will see. south foothills of the Ozark cn over acam. t l as Does it pay to Imnc-sitlon- . l e Hammer and chisel, to accommodate souvenir collectors, are supplied free of charge Please spare the flag staffs. If In difficulties with the guards or tradespeople, display a copy of the St Dill. Lou J Social Register. It will nave I for was bcre'" says I, hungry, wholesome effect and I yearnln far revenge, "But 3H1," Visitors In frock coats showing a says I, "theys nothln to eat betweea leralency to attitudinize In front of one yere an' Kramer; so let's let the dura of the Sate buildings, should be treatcoyote live ti:l we get good and ready ed with decorum. They are probably ta cbaw him end then hell be fresh delegates to the Democratic convenmeat a whole lot!" tion. Long Bill cogitated plenty deep. The editor of this publication is not That's a good Idee," says he, "an we In need of Exposition poems Town lets bim live till dinner Topics. Then we spreads out our blankets and tries to go to bed. But that awful At the coming Republican national gnawln' simply won't let us. We'rt convention a prominent Okahloma will be United States Marshal shore hungry and no mistake. I goes over to the pack after awhtl Ulir Fossett ''bo has been a hunter and starts rummagin In an aimless of outlaws for about thirty of his 33 sort cf a way, hopin' to pick out a years. He knows the biding place and dried prune that'd sort of escaped us, renderous of every bad man in Oklawhen suddenly t runs on to a pint of homa and Indian Territories. corn meal which we'd tied up In ths The successful farmer has no trouheel of the little meal bag and forgot ble in making a raise. tfrl dee-Iga- fe Does It pay to bom familiar with all the Vssons that history and fdenes can teecJi as how to make life healthy and sucevsrful? Does It pay o become an enlightened cltfsra. able t5 see through tha sophistries of political claptrap and vote Intelligently on public matters? Does It pay to change a bar of rough pig Iron Into hairsprings for watches, thus fncreaslng Its worth to mere than fifty times the value of its weight ta gold? Does It pay to experience the Joy of to opea up whole conof tinents possibilities la one's nature, which might otherwise remain undiscovered? Does It pay the sculptor to rail out from the rough block the statue that sleeps In the marble, and which shail tell the story of heroism and greatness to unborn generations? June Success. s the trap ix.g not bec'.rae but tea when tb.i dry. ojes l the t ta is oone the washing out oxide muM U deferred utt:i tff,c:e-a- t tin ii cott-- i r.ed in l!; heap to rr.iKe it wrth vvhile i' cUan up. It is cay ta 8' iarale the ro ijtfi coke powder from Arkansas. the stripped scrap ty means of a screen, and when this is done the toks "The one, sure. safe. ervicaMe re- may te allowed to fail Into unstripped' munerative quality In every pursuit la scrap, cbe trlrped scrap left on the that of attention. It win grow in the '..crecn being then well washed with s poorest soil, and in Its own time will water jet, as a large amount of tin exbud. bloom, and bear the golden fruit adheres to the surface. ile of Pararse." Dickens The process was worked out for the separation tl t:n from town scrap, sufl To keep a horse In the best condition iz?. constant care needs tt be exercised In as empty tins of all sorts and After well washing, these tao te frailthe skin clean and free from keeping scurf and dust. If the pors cf the k!n ly brought into contact with the cc.k powder, both itside and out, and a are closed, a lar quantity of wit matter Is retained which In ffct Is as fairly complete teparation cf the tin nnbealthfu I as If the bowels were obtained at a very cheap rate. Metal closed, and the wastes of ffce system In Industry. this war were retained and absorbed. The United States now mere Bills Seeing Is believing, Isn't It? on war account s of endel The value of an article cannot al- pensions years ago than Franca Gills "So they say; but how about ways be Judg?d by the price placed on thirty-cinp?nus in tappcrt cf her arudr. It m.crobes?" mountains, where Is located the largeM an i nw?t s beautiful rting In tn? wcrld. to th South hiull avail themselves of the crprtnnttv and top off at Mammoth Eprlnit mi tbe'r way itg or coming back from honi-?king in 1 Home-seeker- ? self-discover- itr r7 e |