•^^F IN A HOTTENTOT'S UkW HORSE THIEVES FOILED BY A BLACt BOY'S CUNNING. Vlio; Wvrr Whilr iind lie Wa4 Only n Hnii i l«>ulU Arrlfan Knllrr, Hut llr Lrfl TUc'.r Kanr« lu Itlrnrh In Ihr <an Mliflc- II' Touk Biirk Tlirlr Plnnilrr lo Ihr Ownrrs. July Hat in the sun. unH|x>akab|,v lone- ly, and fpit depressed beyond measure. (or, although a Holtcntut delights like a li/ard in the warmth of an Africaa day, revelliag in it, yet, he also desires couiiiaoy. So was it with July, for iiis case was unusually grievous. On, tht hill liehind the stage Htahles, newly buried, lay liis father and mother, dead of rholera, and it was a wonder that be himself, who had l)een attacked, was alive. Ho li« was alone in n hu^e world. At intervals, three times a week, came the great galloping stage, with inordinate tumult, blowing of horns, crocking of whtplauhes, snort- ing of horses, and shouting of drivers and prospectors, full of excitement, who were going up country to tlie new- ly foHnd gold fields on' the Witwnter- srand. For five or tenl minute.s thrice weekly July thought that the universe was crowded with bustle and hu.siness, and thereafter he sank into silence and Kolitude. July looked after the relays of horses t^mfiorarlly. His father had done so, bellied hy the boy, but'i since his dealb, a week ago, the superintendent of the company, three hundred niile.s away, bad sent word to July that a new man would he nent to relieve him And then .fuly would l« sent' adrift, where be did not know and nobody cared. Hottentot bo.vs, even if they are as , faithful to feed and water their charges as this, are not articles of val- Die in the 'and, and July's prospects of . employment were not bright So he Bat in the sun, widi a mournful envy of the horses, which were more â- bought of than he. I ft was in the hot afternoon, and the ' only thing stirring was a cloud of dusi in the distance, and from that cloud, louder and shriller aw the stage drew near, came blast after blast of THE GtTARIVS HORN. Rattle and clatter and dash, a shout from the driver, a pridonged series of artistic, but I'frely ornamental flourishes from the great whip, and the roHch 8topi>ed, its horses all foam and flutter. Instantly the driver and the whip were down and unharnessing tba glad team i "Ho, .Tuly! Now, you little black; rascaH All by yourself .still, hey? Well, It's the last time There's a man com- ing up the road to relieve you â€" awhile man, too, leastways, half and half So you'd best be parking up, July, though for me, nigger if yoa be, I'd I'Ooner â- e« your ugly little landmark uf a phi/ than some surly lilnckguard full uf , Cape Smoke all the lime. Horses all rightâ€" u.s, usual, fresh and friskyâ€" as usual. fiood l)Oy, July, lilowed if I ain't sorry to see the last of you There's a cigar (or luck.) Look out tor your reliefâ€" he's a-ilding hi.s own horse." Taroot'tatatool-rala lool-tooraray I The horn blew, a passenger began again, "The Song That Fteacbed My Heart," on a concertina, the horses reared and kickerl and were an undis- eiplined mob for an instvnt and un the next were slretilie.l i:i a taut, fleet line at a spanking canter. Rattle and crash an<l (hitler and a fresh cloud of dust, and July wa.4 once mure alone In the sun, richer by a cigar, which he •moked at once, having hix race's love for the weed. About sundown be cnnic, riding bis own horse, as July expected, but he did not seem a half-breed. He was very red-faced and had red hnir and red eyesâ€" certiiinly nothing even half African alioiit his looks. Hi.^t horse was H fairly good one, and not niucb put out by what July knew, should have been a long journey Acro.ss the |)ommel of the sa<ldle he carried a rifle, and that was all I lie( baggu^^e he brought. Rven ,Tiily niirvelled some-' what at a man coming to live on the hare veldt without a blanket or a "billy" to boil his coffee In Hul a native bos the same awe,' though |ier- hH|>s in a less degree of a white iiiun that a mimkey must have. There- fore HK .MADK OHEKSANCK In a very conciliating and sniil'mg way. "Muru, baas ! Jrdly hot. "Ope may die !" cried July graciimsly, for he prided him.self un his polite English, picked up from drivers and gold prospectors '"V^ou new baps?" "Vea, you durned Utile ugly imp, I'm your new baas, anil the first thing you've got to do is to take, your bluom- in' htiokey out of (bis, d'ye niiniW I've heer<l all aliout you. bust lliing the superintendent say.s to nie, he says, says he, 'You kick that lazy nigger out of that, first thing, Mr. Uoser, he says, "cau.se he's nm (rood.' saya he ' I saya, 'Hupe,' says I. no olteiilol or Kaffir ain't no good, 'I .says, an'- ye ran dejiend on iiic to do the nece.ssary kickin' in n mctliodicnl and artistic manner not, U) tx". beat,'* sdys I, "cause I believe most teenaahushly that the only way to make the natives of this blaHle*l land know their place i.s tokic^k 'nn hard and freijucnt. In purs<Hiance of whicih â€" take that I" . Thereupon the ugly brute, having dismounted, hvi.sted .Tuly round by the Beck and ki 'ked so vicidii.sly that the oy went sprawling through the door- vay into the barn. The cordial smili >f welcome which bad broadened hi' 'iinocent black face liad died away a- .iio while man talked, giving, place to I look of o-xtreme fear,< for even IiIk ite had not l«ou so lonely but that -.18 roughness of outcast civilization ad scratched it. Now, with one lonn â- iinvl of grief an<l dismay/ he picked limsclf up, sore in mind and body, ind fled from the house, until, frori: the shelter of a dislnnt anthcip, he 'ell it safe to watch the fierce newcom- er. Mr. Roser, having carelessly flunK a few Whiterhapel terms of affection after July, aiipeared to dismiss him from his mind, led his. hor.'^e into the •stable, sta.ved there a while, probab- ly examining the stock, and com- ing out again, .s.it down in July's former seat in the suiv and smoked a ipe with patience and apparent con- tent. fcjuddenly there came a distant call, the Australian "coo-ee," from the eldt, and Ro.ser jumped to lii^i feet and sang out "coo-ee," in return .Swiftly loping over the plain came iinother horseman with another rifle, and the two met in quick and eager consuJtution. Says Ro- ser: "It's all right We'd l)est be off. Wheeler can't I)e hero before morning, Imt we'll get a good start I've friirht- ened the young nigger away, and he won't stop running. I l)et, to-nii^ht. There's ONLY TWELVE HORSES though, fit to take, and if we get them into Uechuanaland hy to-morrow night we'll l)e all right There's no hurry, but there's no telling who may pa.ss a-follerin' us, the vile heathen," shout id, Roser, and In a second, they threv them.selves on the saddled horses an'' iave chase. It was a desperate, hea ' long, reckless ride, where- every ste and every second might send horse an 1 rider sma.shing to the ground, l.ul July was worked up to desperation and his pursuers to fury. JULY HAD A GOOf) START, l>ut his horse was no match for lh<: younger 1 easts of the thieves. So after five minutes of the chase, when the black boy found himself losing, he al- most gave up. The herd were keeping together, and, unburdened hy riders, were gaining, but July dropped raii- i ly liehind. Ho heard the crack of a pistol and a bullet whiblled past and it may !» that'mew danger quick- ened his wits, for he suddenly conceiv- ed a sciieme of vengeance. He let the herd go and kept edging off to the right, and as he gall(>:>e(l he began to scream out as if guiding the stam- l>eding horses. In "the darkne.ia the thieves followed the voice, firing once or twice in that dire"tion. Away over July veered, until be was leading the men in' a different direction altogether, and he kept shouting all the time. Suddenly, he was silent, hut pressed hi* horse for- ward eagerly. His eyes, the eyes, of a savage, could see lietter than' a white man's in the night, and- he knew the country well. At la-st he' gave voi'e to a loud shout and then the men were close uikiu him, and doubtless they thought that they had caught up with herd. They poured forth a storm of curses and cmiitied their revolvers at the sound. July shouted again' only fifty yards ahead of them, and then was grimly silent as he pulleiV his wearied THE CURE WAS PERMANENT The Story of a Man Who Suffered the Agonies of a Living Death. MEDICAL EXP2RTS PRONOUNCED HIM INCURABLE AND HB WAS PAID A LARGE DISABILITY CLAIM. The Case Probably the Most Wonderful in the History of Medical Scienceâ€" Brought from Hopeless, Helpless, In activity to Health and Strength l''rom the Meaford. OnL.. Monitor. About two years ago the Monitor pro:-ured an interview with Mr. l{eul)en Fetch, of Griersville, in order to ascertain from his own lips if tlie reports were well founde I that he at- were all but dead, who bad been examined by medical experts, and ".'Unquestionably I do," was the re- ply. Uoctoja ha<l failed, as had also the numerous remedies recommended by my friends. Nothing F took bad the slightest effect upon' me until I be- tributed his most astonishing return to gan the use of Dt. Williams' Pink Pills. health io the use of Dr. Williams' Pink To this wonderful medicine I owe my II. ,1^ i^.r. . .1. . ... ... _.* along the trek; so as spun as dark, an' horse hard away and sheered suddenly that's now, we'll drive 'em off. Are of^ "t right angles, you on?" I On came the thieves, too fast to draw "Sure, I'm on," says the other ' rein, all ignorant of a trap. Raging rogue, ".-n' it's easy as mud, if you ' and swearing and triumphin? in the thought that they had caugbr, up with the stolen herd, they galloped past. Ten, twenty, forty yards, th«re wasi a hor- rible scream, followed by another, a crash, a torrent of cries of agony and howls for help, and all was still July had led them to a line of desert- ed shafts dug by gold prospectors in the days of a rushâ€" the land was dot- ted with such holesâ€" and there wasan end of them, and thei little Hottentot lioy was revenged. The stolen horses, not so fresh as usual, were all hack in' their stable, when the genuine stable master ar- rived, lie was a decent man, and re- a.sk me." It darkened rapidly, and at last was fairly nightâ€" a moonless night. As the twilight died atray July crept near- er the staide, from one ant hill's cov- ering to another. He hud as yet no doubt that the newcomer was his fa- ther's legitimate successor, but he crcjit near for a chance to recover bus worldly |iosse.ssious without l«ing kick- ed. His amazement was vast, there- fore, when from across the trail, he l*held the two men leading out the horses, mount their own and drive the herd quietly off across the veldt, with a cool leisureliness, too, which was dumbfounding, for the villains knew- well that two days, ter would not now arrivei until next thanked and well taken care of by his day. I , employers. Rut the bleaching liones July's mouth was wide 0|>en with sur- of the robl)ers and their horses lie to prise as it dawned upoQi him that the t! is day where they fell in July's company's horses were in the jiosses- txap. siou of a pair of audacious horse tliievea, who would drive them, across the Tran.<ivaal border to dispose of them to Uechuanaland settlers at their lei- sure. The l>oy awoke at oncQ to a fair re- alization of his own part' in the mat- ter. .\o more faithful servant than bis father had the stage company ever Pills for Pale People. The result of the inierview was published In' the Mon- itor under the ilate of Jan. I7th. 1896. Mr. "etch's case was certainly one of the niosl extraordinary in the annals of medicine in Omadaâ€" if not in the world. U>' had been ill fur five years and in that, time he consulted no less than six of the beet physicians he could release from a living deatliv I bava since recommenderl Dr. Williams' Pink Pills to many of my friends, and the verdict is in their favor. Ishall always bless the day I was induced to take them." The above are the chief statements made by Mr. Pctch in> his latest inter- view, and the Monitor may' remark, find, but none could give him the least from a long acquaintance with him, relief. His limlis and bo.ly were puff- ed and bloated to such an extent that he could toot get his clothes un, .ml for Iwo years he had not dressed. He had lost the use of hia limljs entire- ly. His flesh seemed to be dead, and pins could be stuck into various parts of his body without being felt or creat- ing the slightest sensation. He could that we consider his statemeuts, abso- lutely true and reliable. He; has no interest to serve other than a desire to recommend the medicine that has done so much fur him, and we feel sure that if any sufferer will writi^ Mr. Petch, enclosing a stamp for reply, he will endorse all the statements made above. We may further add that Mr. Fetch's ported .Tuly's feat to the company, as no coach would (lass for of course, did the enthusiastic ilrivers, and the new station mas- so that the little heathen Ixiy was HOW TO WEAR rORSET.S. Wear nothing under the corsets hut a silk or lisle-l bread knitted vest. writes a correspondent. Over the vest put on the drawers as smoothly fitted to the hips as possible, all fulness had, and July had lieen trained to look drawn smoothly ho.'k. with the yoke edge below the waist line. NothLug' e'se I'elongs under corsets. With a pair of long silk laces lace in the usual way, but with the draw- ho'ea a little lower than the liell-line. upon a horse thief as the vilest of mankind. He was opjiressed with his onvn unwariness in l^-ing so tricked, and he was terror-stricken at what the company, a thing of unlimited jiower for punishments and rewards, would do to him for his, lack of faith in not Open out the liu-.iings to their utmost defending the sto<k. July ran into stretch, even all the length of lack, the slaldes and found four horses left ,j.^„ ^^ â- Ix.TkiBh towel, double those in poorest condition, Imt one of , , .j ^ â- .^ them, though al.mg in years, an.l *"''' â- h"''* ""** ""'^ '">' ''^^ '''"" Pressed gaunt, was not .so contemptible as the agoinst the breast, so that the towel hasty thieves bad apparently thought bangs doubled over the front of the '*â- i bo.ly, almost to knees. Hook the cor not move ulxmt and if he attempted to remarkable recovery, leaves no doubt gei up would fall anl would have to , of the wonderful curative powers of !» lifted up. He was unable to open ' X)r. Williams' Pink Pills, and it his mouth sufficiently to take solid ! seems reJi.sonible to infer that, tbey food, and had to be fed with a spoon j will do for otb.ors whatj they have like a child. The doctors said his trou- done for himâ€" restore health and vr- ble was spinal sclerosis, and that he tality. could not I ossibly get better. He | pronounced incurable and on the was in fact nothing more or I strength of tlM-ir report was paid a leas than an animatecl corjise, so ' large disability claim, should after- helpless was he. He was a member of vards be cured by Dr. Williams' Pink the Canadian Mutual Life Association, Pills, was looked upon as a marvel, and was under their rules entitled to Many were skeptical; not as to the disability insurance and mude a claim cureâ€" for the fact that he was active- for it. Two doctors, on behalf of ly going alwut proved thisâ€" but th»y the association, were sent to e.\umine did not lielieve it would prove i>erma- him. and they pri>nounced him \ nent. In view of the doubts th'-n ex- incurable and j«nnanently ilisabled. ] pressed the Monitor determined to and in accordance with their report he | wat-h the case closely, and now. near- was paid a disability insurance of j 'y two years after the cure was first $l.ri5O.0fl. itThis was a!)out two years , published, has again interviewed Mr. after his .sickness began. For three] Fetch, with the re-sult that we are in years more he lingered in the condition j a position to .say most emi>hatically above noted, utterly helpless, and a that th's remarkable cure has proved burden to himself and friends. He permanent. was then advi<»eid to try Ur. Willianas' On beinga^jain questioned Mr. Petclt Fink Pills. He did n 't hope that they said:- 'You see thise handsâ€" the skin would help him. but in his sad con- dition he was prepared to grasp at anything that afforded the prosj^ect of even aslight relief. The first change noted Id, his condition after he *iegan the use i>fthei)ills was a disposition to sweat freely. Then life tiegan to re- turn to his hitherto dead bo.ly. and from Ihal time on his progress to- wards rec<»very and activity was steady and certain. The luiblication of the interview, containing the facts almve noted, created unusual Interest, not only in this !.«v<tion. but throughout f: nada. That a man. whose limbs and body is now natural and elastic. Once they were hard and without sensation. You could pierce theui with a pin and I would not feel it and what Is true of my hands is true of the rest of my body, t'erhaps you have- ob.served that I have now even cea«ed to use a cane, and can get al>out my business |)erfectly well. You may say thsre is alisolutely no doubt a.s to n(y cure 1»- ing |>eriiianent. I'sdeed I am in even liett.er health than when I gave yoU the first inteivie\v." "Do you ."itill attribute your cure to the u.s» of Hr Williams' Pink Pills?" asked the Monitor. sets l(K>8ely around the body, with the July jumped bareback on the old horse and proceeded to follow' the , i ' â- i thieves with great cunning, never com- '""'*' "'«'"«• inif within sound nor sight of them, Bi>gm s'ow ly at the very Iwttom to but continually dismounting, and by draw in thel aces. Stop, l)eud forward, listening close to the ground and by pull the bottom of corsets down with the help of an instinct which only a ^„^ ^^^„,^^ ^t the same time pull the veldt-liorn native could have, TnACKING THKM SI'ltELY. Mile after mile through the night, over boulder-strewn strips, and through parks of scrubby trees, now down a ravine, now across a riiige of hil- locks, through grass up lu the horses' on« side, then bellies, and over rocky stream"/ all by the faint light of the' stars, went the herd and the thieves, and, all unsus- pected, little July. .Suddenly the Hottentot came to a halt, and listened, (or a minute puz- zled. After a while, he jirweeded cau- tiously, ieailing his hor.se very, very slowly and cautiously, so that betook more than an hour to go u little way. Then he came out roun<l a low kopje, having fastened his horse anil himself lining crawling like a snake on the ground. The U|iper skirt should not have a Hy the ghostly light Iw* looked into a band, but be f'atly fitte<l to the hips; little hollow and saw that the thieves, a sma'l book on the busk prevents the quite unsuspicions of lieing followed, skirls from riding up in front. V.\- w.'re Blretcho.1 on the ground fast c«l'! for slender figures I advise tlie asleep-after the superriliously confi- "JKler "kirt basted to the tower edge dent manner of too clever people â€" : towel slowly up w ith the other for a space of a few inches, tiien draw a little tighter the liottom of the lacing. BemI forward and draw up the towel while pulling down corsets, first on on th eother. Work the hips into place by twisting to right and left. In tlhis way draw up the towel while tightening the locos from liottotii up. When t'lo towel is drawin out pull the laces taut, lie firmly! eith- er at I ack or crossed ami drawn to t:he front and tied under on i edge of busk. The biu',k openimg must pre- sent a s'encler V-shape, mee>ting at the lot loin. Don't wear a corset cover ex- cept when it is fully bone<l as a blouse while, a [licket rope vva.>< .stretched lie- tween two iron pins driven in the ground and to this the horses, six a side, were fa. tened iiy their hal- ters. of corsets. I ilo not think that few hours ot tight corsets put on in this way can injure a woman if there is no (IragKiinp weight at the same time. I'or ordinary house wear I be- lieve in no corsets nor health waists of any kind. 'Hie body requires to slitter Slowly, slowly, the black boy crept breathe from the pores of the skin among them and they knew his faniil- ' These suggestions to plump women iar smell and toach--hail he not used are given by an artist who has made to sleeii in each one's stall in turn! a study of the subject in her own case. He untied them, and they fell placidly! Why go limping and whining about^ to grazing without a whinny, and the ' ?"«?• corns, when a 2;. cent iKittle of two rogues snored an.l slept through it J** 'T^^iLS?'" f*^"^* T'" 'm'*"'? all .luly hesitated .»cr the two horses , "!*>"» -ive it a trial and you will not the properly of tlm robbers, if a robber ^ may In- said to i ave any property at all. Hut he would not take them. He wunt'.'d onlj lii'S own. Whiler he hesi- tifeil, howoier, one horse playfully bit imutlicr, and lie bitten one kicked and i i led. T'[i fipinnjr Hoser and up the , ;i,l thief, aaakc at once. They ran to.i'ieir horses, tint July was quick. He s..i;'l'« ll,e ncnre t '"" the herd with his 1 c : .. ".n 1 yi'I'p.l,.in t the herd stam- I â- > ol July rushed t<» his hidden horse, mounted him In a twinkling, and went lifter the horses, skilfully rounding them up, even in t)ie darkness, and heading them 'for the trek. Hut the yell and the noise off ttie horses' scam- [ler were sufflcistV^.'^tJi'le for. the thieves. ^ • It's that durne1i''flttle black imp that I ou£ht to have knifed. He's I oen SOLID. Merrill â€" Do you think your cares for met rdttle Johnny â€" I'd rather bet my money on the other young man who calls. Merrittâ€" What makes you think he has a better obanne than I havef I, it tie Johnnyâ€" Ma told me not to go near the luurlor \vhenever he called. WHAT HAPPRNED. Once a friend of mine, agreed that it would lie I'.clpful fo4 each ot ua to tell the other lil.s faults. How di.l it v.i.rk? We haven't s|ioken for nine year*. ace, " for as they are to W paid lo one senior to the emperor high heaven will not lie disjileasel at this displ.'iy of im- Iierial pomp, being really an expression of his filial piety." ECLIPSE OF THE SON IN CHIN*. W i>-nliiK •• «»»«»•"« rrlutM - Sobir. KTrrydny fcurnirnl* lo be WorH. Ediiises of the sun and moonâ€" more esiiei'ially tho^e of the sunâ€" in China are irealexl as a waiuing from heaven that the reigning prince has licen want- ing in wisdom and morality. This is now exemplified by an imperial edict dealing with an eclii«e of the sun which the imiwrial board of astrono- my al Peking has just reported to the throne as aliuul to occur on January. 22. IWIS, which hapjiens to lie the Chin- ese New Year day. The de*Tee in question states that " tor centuries, an eclii«e 6t the sun has l>een ttcceple<l by t he [irinces of p»«.st dynasties as a warning to Ihein- selves from hen-ven to reform their ways and rule righleou.sly. and even in the present dynasty, namely, dnrine the reigns of K'auK Hsi and Ch'ien Lung, A. D. Ifti2-1794. there happene<l ecliiioes of the sun on New Year's day." In view of this and the warnings such an Oi'currence seemed io indicate, (he emperor declares, that, he is "fille I ] |,.ft. hut others can perceive noTliff'eV with great fear" and that he has tried, euce between them. According to the " during his moments of lei.sure lo in- | rate of growth stated, the average wardly question himself as to the er- i time taken for each fingernail toirrriw rors he had committe.1." I'arther. as , ,is full length is aliout tour and a GROWTH OF NAILS TWie en Ihe .li d.llr Flusero Are the H«st Kaplil. fingernails, like hair, grow faster in summer than in winter. The nails of two fingers never grow with the same degree of rapidity. The nail of the middle finger grows with the greatest rapidity and that of the thumb the least. It has been computed that the average growth of the fingernail is 1-32 of an inch per week, or a little more, than an inch and a half per year. The growth, however, depends to a great extent upon the rate ot nutrition, and during .[icno.ls of -sickness or of al'slinence it IS retarded. Authorities differ with regard to the equality of growth on lioth hands, .some holding that the nails of the right hand grow faster than those of the changed to the Ch'ients'iBg throne hall ; nine inches of nail on each finsrer ind -the last named meaning "to clear , on all his fingers and, thumlw an ag. ' I < __.., „ , ifiregate length of seventy-seven " feet The annual «mnquet given to thej aj^ = â€" >-- "' '^^"^ '*""= the iiolitical atmosphere, - --. , .-. ^.., - . nches. cl.insmen of thlf> imperial bouse on thei ^ xy 'ifjg CONCERT day in que.stion is also ordered to be. ^vhy on earth are they enton discontinued for that year, while ev- ^ wi>,nanT I'ing thi.s eryone lielpftging to the court is com- ma nded,, to Win n solier. every day gar- ments while the eclir«e is in evidence instead of tftetforgeous full-dress court rolieri demanded by etiquette on the first day of the .year. The court will then Aasemble in the inner palace.where an altar to,-ri:|>eaven will be erected, facing the oiien air. Iiefore which the emijeror and his full court wilt pros- trate t.h«mselvee" to beseech the mer- cy of high heaven to his chosen |ieo- 1)le." With regard, hOw*.te»', to the cere- moniM to be ohserveid when congratn- latBifiK^the '•lUfireas- dowager, the em- peror commands that the usual eti- quette he oliserved at the TzeniT<e» i,»)- Perhajia they see that she wants pr.io- tice. I, III â- ,ii -- FOR r.VENTY-SEVEN YEARS BAKING POWDER .V,