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Show 1 I ...m.ii an i i isissii iiMiniia " Jacf(al, & f Thtte Aaiatts Abound g j UT-- srzr ,- S la Portloni ol Ail I Hyena sgL Co. : oad North amc. i : Any attempt at writing blc graphics of the Jsckal and his boon companions, ths hyena and ths vulture, would undoubtedly un-doubtedly result In th production of a sort of animal Nawgsto Calendar, fo-all fo-all three are gluttons, ttltvts, and of very unpleasant personal habits. Hut U they do not appeal to ths naturalist with an Imagination, It Is rather iJd that ths statistician has not oven a romance about them. Their doma'n embraces Persia, Arabia, Uabyljnli, Syria, Egypt, a part of Asia ttlnor and the whols of North Africa, and moH formidable columns of figures ml-ht be gathered concerning their work In th Interests of hygiene. In Africa, stter the vultures have don their "day turn," ths Jackals snd hyenas come out To appreciate th work don by theso sgents of the Afrlcsn commission commis-sion of public htghwsys, says Filbert Dumontell In "Us Fsavi Chiffoniers," Chiffon-iers," ws msy taks a glance st a typical typi-cal African village at nightfall, and th urns by early morning light Th European traveler aproachlog such a vlllag for th first tlrat, and visaing visa-ing It from afar, is delighted with ths seen. The little huts, lying In shadow btneslh th huge forest trees, look cool and Inviting, and seem to promise the tired traveler a comfortabt night rest. Approach, however, quickly disenchants dis-enchants him. The strsggllng areas between th huts are reeking with all manner of filth and abomination, If the traveler enter a hut. It I merely to find that he has escaped from stenches In the outer air to worse ones '. Inside. He passes ths night ss bt j he can, his ears constantly assailed by ths groans, growls, howlln;s and eaap- pings of wild bessts. At early dswn j ho goes out and finds every pirtlcl of offensive matter gone, with all the ef j fiuvla of tho night before. In the , oases of the desert soon as night falls, the human ear Is assailed by a rj deep and peculiar grating sound, that j comes from the surrounding hot, bar , ren sands outslds the range of vision. j It swells and grows as It comes near- i er, and soon the light of ths camp-fire j shows dimly, horrid shapes by th hundreds, and sometimes thouanda, OT sooted outslds the srea of brightness, M gnashing their teeth nnd licking their M chops In anticipation of the time when M sleep shall overcome the travelers. W They r.re hyenas, fesrful to look upon, m but rarely dangerous to man. If then jn Is a settlement on ths ossls they ortr- jg run Its streets and alleys In search ol Hj garbage. At the first stght of dawn, M which Is followed almost Immediately m by the rising of the sun, tbsy dlssp fl pesr, but In the meantime they have accomplished their mission. Th Til M lag garbage heap, piled no mattsl how blch with the debris of a day ID dead doy or cats or fowls, somstlmel if a dead donkey, all ths scrsplngs an I fl gnrbago of the town has vanished M 9 completely ns ths beasts that havl Hj cleaned It up. Not a bit of sqnlrrej I bone, not ths wing of a locust or I M dead graishoppsr remains! Touthl H Companion. M GRY FOR MELP. Result of a Prompt Reply. Two Letters from Mrs. Watson, Published Pub-lished by Special Permission. For Women's Eyes Only. . Maroh 1C, 1805. a To MRS. HNKUAJi", Lyxx, 3Ias.i A " Drun Madam: I nro suffering from inflammation of ths ovaries and womb, mul liavo been for eighteen month. I have a continual jaln and soreness in my back mid side. I am only free from pain when lying down, or sitting in nn easy chair. When I stand I suffer with eovcro pin in my sido nnd back. I bs lievo my troubles ucro caused by ovor work and lifting soino years ago- "I.lfa is a drag to mo, and I sometimes fed llko Riving up ever being n woll woman j havo tiecomo careless and unconcerned about everything. I am in bed now. 1 havo had sorcral doctors, but thoy did mo but littlo good. "Lydla I., l'inkham'a Vcgotablo Compound lias boon recommended to mo by a friend, and I havo mado up my mind to glvo it a fair trial. " I writo this letter with tho hopo of hearing from you In regard to my caso." Jlns. S. J. Watson, Hampton, Yo. November 27, 1809, "Deaii Mrts. PiNKiustt I feel it my duty to acknowledge to you tho liencllt that your advico and Lydla 12. Pinkuam'a Vegetable Compound havo dono for mo. "I had licen suffering with fcraalo troubles for some time, could walk but a short distance, had tcrnblo bearing down pains in lower part of my bowels, backache, nnd pain in ovary. 1 usod your medicine for four months and was so much better that X could walk thrco times tho distanco that I could boforo. "I am to-day in bottor health than I havo been for moro than two years, and 1 know it is all duo to Lydia 12. l'inkham's Vegetable" Compound. " I recommend your ndTico nnd mcdlcino to all women who suffer." Mm. S. J. Watson, Hampton, Vn, This is positivo proof that Mrs. Tinkham is moro competent to adviso sick women than any other person. Writo her. It costs you nothing. lP Ann JtlVAItt.-r.l..t.il.iUlllhlh.Nlloml('ltTllnof l.ynn. SWOO, Vnllllll hlh wn U vaM lu any rtonhoean Ondtuit lh -bova iMllmnnial Utt.re 7a. II II III art not gtoutua, or wtra iubll-bd b.fora ubulntDif ilia wrliar'i.icl.l par-VUUUU par-VUUUU minion. l.YUIA U 1'LSKIIAM IIEUIC1.NK. CO. |