The WnlkFr liana.
A very Ingenious contrivance fof
foretelling the weather It the old-fash-toned
"weather house," largely mad
In Switzerland. It la arranged In auch
"ray that two figures act In response
to the twisting of a piece of catgut
The ranterlal, supported by a wire, con
trola the movements of a little plat
form, on either end of which la placed
model. Excessive moisture In the air
tanses the catgut to twist and turn the
platform round, o that the man
emerges from one of the dors In the
front of the house. Reverse conditions
of the atmosphere bring about the con
traction of the cntgut. and the pint
form swings back, thus bringing the
figure of the woman Into prominence
at her particular door. The making of
a weather house Is quite an easy matter.
ONE KIDNEY GONE.
Rat Carrd After Iloctora Said There
Was No Hop.
Sylvanii O. Verrill, Mllford, Me.,
says: "Five yenrs ago a bad Injury
paralyzed me ana
affected my kid
neys. My back
hurt me terribly.
and the urine was
badly disordered.
Doctors said my
right kidney was
practically dead.
They said I could
never walk again.
I read of Doau's Kidney Tills and be
gan using them. One box made me
stronger and freer from pain. I kept
on using them, and In three months
was able to get out on crutches, and
the kidneys were nctlng better. I Im
proved rapidly, discarded the crutches
and to the wonder of my friends was
soon completely cured."
Sold by ull dealers. fiO cents a box.
Foster-Mllburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
England spends $40,000,000 per year
for eggs and poultry fur one-half of which
he is dependent on foreigners.
: Aunt Diana :
The Sunshine
of the Family
The Latest Fad.
Anna D. Adams Theatrical Beauty Fut
ile. 10,000 prizes to those who solve it.
Amuses young and old. Send 2Cc to-day.
Room 212. ) State street, Chicago.
It Is estimntfd that ll.'I.OOO persons la
New York City make tbeir living by
their wits, which means the lack of wit la
ethers.
Omly Ol( "BROHO QUININB"
Tbtt is LA.XATIV1 BROMO QHININE. Look
for tbs ilf nature et 9. W. GROVB. Used ths
World ever U Cure a Cold la Ono Day. 26s.
'Ion t'ualloni.
Mayrac You refused that handsome
young lawyer? Why, I thought yon liked
him.
Maybelle I did, but when he proposed
to me he put It in the form of a hypo
thetical question 400 words long.
Priority.
The wagons of "the greatest show
on earth" passed up the avenue at
daybreak. Their Incessant rumble
oon awakened ten-year-old BUUe and
his five-year-old brother Itohert. Their
mother feigned sleep at the two white
robed figures crept past her bed Into
the ball on the way to Investigate.
Robert struggled manfully with the un
accustomed tusk of putting on his
clothes. "Walt for me, Blllie," bis
mother heard him beg. "You'll get
ahead of me." .
"Get mother to heip you," counseled
BUUe, who was having troubles of his
own.
Mother started to the rescue and
then paused as she heard the voice of
tier yonr.sir, guarded, but anxious and
Insistent :
"You as her, Billle. You've known
her longer than I have." Everybody's.
Oct of Order.
Champ Clark loves to tell of how in
the heat of a debate Congressman John
on of Indiana called an Illinois repre
sentative a Jackass. The expression
waa unparliamentary, and In retraction
Johnson said :
"While I withdraw the unfortunate
word, Mr. Speaker, I must Insist that
the gentleman from Illinois Is out of
order."
. "Haw am I out of orderT" yelled the
nan from Illinois.
"Probably a veterinary surgeon could
tell yon," answered Johnson, and that
waa parliamentary enough to stay on
the record. Success Magazine.
! Practical Demonstration.
Teacher As to those old superstitions
ws have been talking about, they ars all
exploded. Nobody believes now, for In
stance, that it brings bad luck te walk
under a - ladder.
Shaggy Haired l'upil I do, ma'am. I
walked under a ladder once, and It fell
on me.
NO MEDICINE,
Bat a Chana of Pood Gave Relief.
Many persons are learning that
drugs are not the thing to rebuild
worn-out nerves, but proper food Is
required.
There Is a certain element In the
cereals, wheat, barley, etc., which Is
grown there by nature for food to
brain and nerve tissue. This Is tbo
CHATTER XIV.
Missis's feelings were decidedly mixed
fchen Roger related at ths breakfast tabfe
the whole story of the previous night.
Alison was a little surprised by ths
ittentlon slis recslved. Her pale cheeks
ind heavy eyes secured s good deal of
netting. Mr. Merle queiitloned her anx
iously whether she hod caught cold Miss
Leigh fairly overflowed with tender in
quiries; Roger waited on her jealously,
ind Iludel sst staring st her, to ths ob
vious nezloct of bis breakfast. Missis
hrnrgeil her shoulders a little over the
s-liolo affair. Alison had done vsry little
sfter all, but they wers all making such
fuss over It. She was doubly vexed
a-bsn Miss Ilardwick csme In, full of en
thusiasm for that dear, clever Alison. She
had met Roger, and he bad stopped end
given her and Anna a full account. Mis
sis had to listen to more euiogiunis,
though Alison modestly disclaimed all
praise. Miss Ilardwick quite frightened
hsr when shs assured her ths whole thing
would bs soon sil over the town.
"You will be a nine days' wonder, my
dear," shs said, graciously. 'Teople will
stare at you when you walk through the
Jtreete. Fsncy locking the wretoh In 1
t was quits horrible snd romantic. I
must run home and tell mamma and An
thony all about it."
All this wss rather a trial to Alison.
rerhsps the greatest pleasure the day
afforded was when Roger showed her a
letter he had written to Aunt Diana.
Oh, you foolish boy," ulie said, coloring
with gratification as she read the glow
ing sentences, written straight from Ro
ger's warm heart. But the tears were
very near the surface too. There was a
little space left, and she wrote hurriedly
across it, when Roger had left the room
moment : "Dnnt believe ell Roger
says, dear Aunt. I)i. I never felt more
frightened in my life; heroines are not
made of such cowardly stuff; they do not
act in a panic. They all make a great
deal too much ol it."
Alison would have been quite happy
during the next few days except for the
depressing effect of Mlssie's Ill-humor
Missis was plainly suffering from a bad
attack of Jealousy. Missis sought con
olation In Eva's flatteries. Her visits
to Maplewood were now of dally occur
rence. Alison once ventured to remon
ft rate.
"I do not think pspa would be quite
pleased, Mabel, If he knew you were so
much in Captain Harpsr's company, she
id, very gently.
"Captain Harper, Indeed!" returned
Mlssle, hsughtily. "You need not trouble
yourself, Alison. My visits ars not to
him."
"No, dear, of course not," replied Ali
son, in a pleading tone. "But, all the
same, you are going every day to Maple
wood, and that throws you necessarily
Into his company. Miss Ilardwick can
not well banish her cousin from the
room; and, Mabel, I do feel that It is not
quite honorable to papa. He trusts us to
carry out his expressed wishes, and In
this you are setting them sside."
I wish you would mind your own busi
ness. Alison, she said, angrily. lou
have no right to lecture me because you
are the eldest. Eva ssys I am quite Justi
fied In ssserting myself. I hope I know
my duty without your always pointing
It out to me, snd you may leavs papa to
me. We have always understood escb
other perfectly and there la never any
thing wrong between us unless you choose
'j go snd tell tales."
"Mabel how csn you be so disagree
able?" began Alisou, hotly. But she
cooled down on remembering Aunt Diana's
advice -"Never get warm over an arau-
snent, Allie. When you begin to feel angry
it la time to hold your tongue." And Ali
son held hers.
She would have been a little comforted
If she had known how III at ease Missie
really was. Her high completion and
cross speech only proved that the arrow
had gone home. She knew In her secreet
heart that she was behaving dishonor
ably. Her father trusted her, and she
wss betraying his trust. The very next
day shs had planned to Join Eva and her
cousin In a pleasure excursion, though
she knew It was an act of tacit disobedi
ence, bnt self-ill only fains strength by
Indulgence.
Alison's vsgue uneasiness that led to
her speaking was changed Into positive
alarm when Roger came Into her room
that night. He waa In evening dress,
having Just returned from sn esrly par-
ty. Alison was wsiting up for him. She
bad put off her dress, changing it for s
dainty pink dressing gown. She looked
up brightly at him se he entered.
"Allie," be said, sitting down hv her.
"I am so bothered sbout something I
have heard to-night. Did you know that
Mabel was going down to Durham with
Miss Ilardwick and Captain Harper to
morrow T
"Why, not" she said, starting a little.
"What place did yon say, deart"
"Durbans. It is about twenty miles
"Vsry wetl," she sighed. But shs lay
swake a long time revolving what word
she would use.
Alison awoke with a strance opprs-
No. bo." and she gave a quick gulp,
and the color csme bsck to her lips. The
sparrows were twittering slepily In the
lev. "And one of tliem shall not fall
sion upon her a seiine of dilliculty, that-, on the ground without your Father,"
made the daylight sem ! bright, hie scmed to come into ber mind, like the
hecsme nervously conscious that she might ! bidden flash of s sunbeam out of a pass-
fail. What if her severity were of no ing cloud. lie was In the Divine hands
avail, and Mi-sie should persist in going?
She wss s little later thsn usual in going
down. Roger had already hnd his break
fast and lmd gone to the mill, and the
meal was half over before she suggested
that I'oppie should knock st Msbel's door.
"Oh, 1 forgot," returned I'oppie, In a
stricken voire, laying down Iter slice of
bread and jam; "Mlssle came Into my
room before I was dressed, and told me
to tell you she would not want any
breakfast she was going to have It at
Maplewood. She looked so smart. Alison.
In her new blue dress. It was rather
funny of her to put it on for breakfast."
"Miss I-elgh, will you come Into the
school room a moment, if you have fin
ished?" said Aliaon, quietly; but the gov
erness noticed that she looked rather pale,
and rose at once, but she wss even more
shocked than Alison when shs heard the
whole story.
"My dear, your pspa will never for
give us If ws do not prevent It," she said,
very solemnly. "You none of yon knew
how particular he Is; and this will seem
dreadful to him. You must go to Maple
wood yourself, A)lison, and speak to Mrs.
Ilardwick. She Is ths only one who can
do anything. Anna can go In Mabel's
place, but you must Insist on bringing
Msbel home. I will not answer for the
consequences If this affair comes to your
fsther's ears," continued the governess,
moved to tears at this fresh Instance of
Missis's self-will.
Alison thought this such good advice
that she put on her hat at once and
walked over to Maplewood. It was not a
pleasant errand, shs felt, and she hardly
knew what she wonld say to Mrs. Hard
wick. She only knew she would refuse
to return without Misie, even if she had
to brave the obnoxious Captain Harper
himself. But her face fell when she en
tered the morning room and found Mrs.
Ilardwick and Anna alone; the others
had Just driven from the duor. Seeing
that her visit was useless Alison returned
home. Roger met her st the gate with
the news that Mr. Merle had returned.
"1 have not seen him yet, Allie; I have
only just come across from the mill," he
continued. "Would you like me to tell
him, dear, or do you think you can do it
better?"
"We will go together," returned Ali
son, uneasily. "1 am so afraid that he
will put himself out, and then you will
know what to sny," And Roger acquiesc
ed.
They found Mr. Merle In his study,
looking somewhat fagged and weary, but
he held out his band with a smile, as
though he were pleased to see them after
. his brief absence,
"Where is Tussle?" he asked; "she Is
generslly the first to welcome me." And
he looked round ss thongh he were disap
pointed.
"Dear papa,' returned Alison, bravely,
"I am afraid you will be vexed about
something. We have none of us seen
Mabel this morning; she brnakfasted at
Maplewood. Roger met Anna at the
Meredith's last night, snd she told him
that Mabel had promised to join IOva and
her cousin in an excursion to Durbans,
I went over to speak to Mrs. Ilardwick
and bring Mabel back, but they had al
ready started."
"What!' thundered Mr. Merle, and the
blackness of his brow was dreadful to
Alison, "do you dare to tell me that Ma
bel haa gone over to Durbans in that
man's company, when I forbade apy In
tercourse with him?" ',
"Captain Harper Is driving them In his
dog-cart," rejoined Roger, coming to his
sister's relief. "It seems a very silly af
fair, and I begged her to stop ft; it is no
fault of hers or of mine, father. Missie
she must remember that. As Roger went
down to open the gstes she compelled
hersi-lf to return to the house.
"Sarah, there has been an accident."
she heard hersolf say, only her voice did
not seem to belong to her. "Send Kliia
to the idiool room, to keep Miss Topple
out of the way, and you and Nanny be
In readiness for what is wsnled. Hot
water I sujrriose theV will want that,
end I don't know what besides." And
here her voice suddenly failed, for wheels
were evidently coming up the graveled
worp. The next few minutes were sim
ply horribls to Alison. Ths two doctors
snd Roter. and seme man from the rail
way, were all helping In removing her
father's Inanimste figure from the vehicle.
Alison recognized the family practitioner.
Dr. Greenwood, but the other was a
stranger. There wss notning to no; ner
father's room was In readiness, and Roger
wss there to show them the way. She
could only lean against the wall as they.
passed with a fleeting consciousness that
her father's eyes were still closed, snd
rhat there was something terrible In ths
Inert, heavy droop of the limbs. "Very
gently," she heard Dr. Greenwood say.
"Yes. I know the room; that Is ths door,
Cameron." And then It closed after them,
and she felt some one grip her arm.
Help me upstairs, Alison," said Mis-
sie, hoarsely, one usa cripi wui i ..
fly nnalded, and now stood oy Alison s
side In the dark hall. Alison had almost
forgotten her In that moment's agony;
hut whan Roger had said sorely she was
not much hurt, yet there she wss clinging
to her slster,wlth a white, stony face.
"Lean on me, dear!" exclaimed Alison,
passing her arm tenderly round her but
to ber alarm Missie uttered a sharp cry
of pain.
"No, don't touch me, not that side; I
will hold your arm. I want to be In my
own room If I can only get there." And
leaning heavily on Alison's shoulder, she
tolled slowly up the staircase, her falnt
ness and difficulty evidently Increasing at
every stop, but her slrong will support
ing her until they rcsched the threshold,
and then she suddenly tottered, and if
Alison had not caught her In her arms,
she would have fallen. Alison dared not
ITALY HAS AN APPAXLESQ XICOBD OF EARTHQUAKE!
'
Of all geographical sections, the southern part of the Tenlnsula of Italy,
tie Island of Sicily and the smaller Islands north of the latter have suf
fered most heavily through earthquakes ntul volcanic disturbances. Following
la a partial list of disasters due to these muses since the Christian era, with
estimated loss of life:
A. D. 70 Tompell and Herculancuni destroyed by eruption of Mount
Vesuvius; numlier killed unknown.
1137 Catania destroyed by earthquakes l.'.OOO killed.
118(V Calabria shaken by quake; towns overwhelmed by sea.
14M, Dec. 5-e epics overturned; 40,0K killed.
1C28, July ,10 Naples and thirty villages shaken ; 70,000 killed.
JCW, March 27 Calr.brla devastated; 10,000 killed.
1G72, April 14 Rinfinl shaken; 1.00 killed.
JCI3, fcoptenibor All Sicily devastated ; fifty-four cities and .100 vlllngei
destroyed; Catania, With 18,000 population, wiped out; 100,000 killed.
1703, Feb. 2 Aqulla overturned ; 5,000 killed.
1700, Nov. 3 In the Abruzzl repented shocks; 15,000 killed.
172(1, Sept. 1 Talcrmo shaken; 0,000 killed.
1732, Nov. 20 Naples partly destroyed; 2,000 killed.
17S.1, Feb. 4 Messina and other towns shaken; 50,000 killed.
170-1, June Torre del Greco burled by Vesuvius; 2,000 killed.
JV, Jnly 20 Frosolone, near Naples, destroyed; 0,000 killed.
1819--Severn! 6hocks at Talernio, Rome, Genoa; 1,000 killed.
18.15, April 20 Coscnza nnd villages destroyed; 1,000 killed.
1851, Aug. 14 Southern Italy shaken: Melft burled; 14,000 killed.
1857, Dec. 16 Cnlabrln mid towns about Naples shaken; 10,000 killed.
(In seventy-five yoars, between 1783 nnd 1857, the Kingdom of Nnples,
with an overage population of 0.000,000, lost 110,006 by earthqunkes.)
1801, May 8 Tcnigln shaken ; 2,000 killed.
1805, July 18 MaecbJn, In Sicily, shaken; 100 killed.
3881. March 15 Southern Italy and Isle of Ischla shaken; 200 killed.
18S3, Aug. 3 Isle of Ischla shaken; 1,003 killed.
1S03 Several shocks on Islsud of Stremboll ; 500 killed.
1905, Sept. 8 Calabria devastated; 1,000 killed.
Sir Kdward Creasy's famous volume,
The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the
World," which appeared in 1851, has
iven extended by the luM'ticn of eight
new battles and published In a revised
edition. All the new events are treated
by trained historians. The story of
Sedau Is told by the commander of the
German forces.
"There has never been a time In the
call loudly for assistance, for they were hintory ot lue rending of manuscripts,
close to ter father's room ; but she was (he makln o( bcol8 the pubUcntlon of
young and strong, and she Just managed
to drag Mlssle to a cnair anu sunimuu
one of the frightened servants, when
MiKsis revived.
"I am so bruised all over," she said,
with a sort of sob. "I did not want them
to know; they had to look after papa;
bnt I am afraid my arm is broken."
(To he continued.)
NITROQ LYCEHUtf CAN LEAKED.
So Dowepn Shot Ilia Waaon aa Well
a the Oil Well.
An explosion near Oleopolla tha oth
er day caused the residents to turn out
to look for the remains of the oil-well
shooter they supposed hnd been blown
up by tha nitroglycerin he was han
dling, says a Franklin (Ta.) dispatch
to the Nw York Sun. Investigation
showed that William Bowers, a shooter
from Rouaevllle, hnd gone to shoot n
well on tha Trax lease with fifty quarts
magazines," according to tha Bookman,
when the newcomer with something to
say was as eagerly welcomed as ho Is
to-day, "and also," continues the writer,
"w da not believe that thara has ever
been a time when the standard haa
!een so high."
"The Trlnce and the Pauper," Mark
Twain's ever popular story, which has
been dramatized and acted much, Is
now to be made Into an operetta. A
favorite diminutive actress will play
tho little boy's part, and the music
writers are skillful Interpreters who
hope to make another "Hansel und
Crete!" favorite out of this dainty bit
of child romance.
James Oliver Curwood, the author of
'The Courage of Captain Plum," Is an
enthusiastic hunter of big game and he
says his best Ideas come to him when
ho is on the trail or uie Dear or me
moose. When ho is ready to begin
work on n new book he takes his rifle.
and their brother were having an ex
citing and vigorous game, but as soon
as the general entered the room tha
nelsa stopped and Alyosha gravely re
turned his visitor's salute.
"Go," ha said, turning to his sisters.
who obeyed In double-quick time. Then
he conversed gravely with his guest.
A friend who waa with the Queen
of England when she met the little
grand duke at Revnl says that almost
the first thing tho Queen said to hlin
was :
"Do you always look so grave?"
He ran off nnd hid among his sisters.
but the Queen made him laugh by
starting a game of hide and seek.
The Czar does not wnnt his onlv son
to grow up too fast nor to lie too sol
emn nor to be burdened too much with
Imperial cares. He has given orders
that no petition is to be sent to tho
czarevitch until he Is twelve years old.
Yet he permitted hlm to receive several
deputations on his birthday, one or
which represented the Teterhof branch
of the extreme reactionary union of
the Russian people, commonly known
a tha "black hundred," the members
Of which presented the diminutive
grand duke with a magnificent Icon of
his patron saint.
of nitroglycerin and hnd discovered that
on of tho cans had sprung n leak nnd
part of tha contents had seeped Into tho camping outfit and guides and buries
bottom of his wagon. himself In the wilderness. "And I
After shooting the well Bowers re- fight It out In the bush It it taes a
moved his horsea to aarety ana tnen whole season," ne says, ana aon i re
attached a fuse to the remaining can turn to civilization until I've ot suy
and blew a $200 wagon to atoms, it
was the only thing to do under the clr-
slipped out of the house while they were ctiinstancea.
at breakfast, snd though Alison started
off to Maplewood as soon as she could
she was Just too late."
"No, it is not your fault." returned
Mr. Merle, gloomily. "Mabel must hear
the brunt of ber own disobedience. Miss
Ilardwick shall never enter this house
again."
"Would you like me to take an early
afternoon train to Durbans? interrupt-
Kxamlned under a mlcroHcope, nltro-
glycerin has tho nppearance of a mass
of round globules, and these globules
niiiy be safely Bhaken In the can so
long as one of them does not burst.
When one does buret the entire load
Is sure to go off, taking ahooter, wagon
and all.
linking cans have probably been the
MILLIONS OF BIRDS IN A FLOCK.
A Soerlea Which a Specialist Says
Haa Been Almost Wiped Out.
The ornithologist, Wilson, estimated
a flock of passenger pigeons which lie
once observed to contain over 2,000,000,-
000 of birds. But the great Audubon's
graphic account of the Incredible num
bers, flight and volant methods of flocks
he noted In 1813 in Kentucky Is one of
the most striking pictures of bird liter
ature. Outing says. After counting 10:1
different' flocks In something less than
one and a- half hours and noting their
increase In density and number, lie
gave up any thought of even a wild
approximation.
"I traveled on," he says, "and still
met more the further I proceeded. Tho
air was literally filled with pigeons.
The light of noondny was obscured ns
by an eclipse nnd the dung fell in irnots
not unlike melting flakes of snow, nnd
the continual buzz of wings had a ten
dency to tun my senses to repose.
Not a single bird alighted,
for not a nut or acorn was that year
to bo seen in the neighborhood. They
ed Roger, who had already conceived this I rause ot more nitroglycerin explosions
plan, "and when I could join them;'there
is a vacant seat In the dog cart.
"Look out a train In the time table,"
ha said, suddenly ; "I will go myself, Rog
er. Mabel shall not return in the dog
cart ; I shall bring her back by train."
than nny other thing, and the anootere
tiso every precaution to prevent leaking
and Jarring. The wagons are apeclnlly
built for the trade. They are unea
with cushlotiB, In which each man alts
snugly, and the springs are made espe
cially to take np tho Jar and concus
sions that muat be met
Bowers must have driven for miles
with death threatening ulm at every
CHAPTER XV.
Alison passed an anxious and solitary
afternoon, and as she sat alone at her
needle work she could not divest her mind
of all sorts of gloomy anticipations. She
know her father to be a man of strong
passions; she dreaded the effects of his
i1lanln..ill. nn TKnl 1 T I U .an,.Uv irnillfl
h. Lmn. with tost ire. hot .till the so familiar to the oil-country shooter
wslght of his anger would lie crushing. Through tha presence of mind of an-
plot"
Now that the "book war" In Kugland
Is ended the leading comoaiania
peacefully bringing out together a
cheap edition of the very book over
which most bitter conflict wss iouSui
-"Queen Victoria's betters." inasmucn
is the roval author Is dead and the
rovnl holder of the copyright. King Ed
mr.i r Enaland, Is not In need of
large book royalties, the new cheap consequently flew so high that different
tdithw will no douot ne ry P"i'u.'. trlala to reach them with a apital
axpit. with the peoplo who mveaieu n plfle promi nPfrrCrual. I
the expensive first edition. cannot describe to you the extreme
Laty Randolph Churchill a answer in beauty of their aerial evolutions when
Memara Shaw'a curt note written In a hawk chanced to press upon the rear
reply to an Invitation to a luncheon f the flock. At once, like a torrent
party ! a food lustration of the writ- tna with a noise like thunder, they
cr'a keen and ready wit. To this In- rushed Into a compact mass, pressing
vltatlon Mr. Shaw answereu: curiam- upon each other toward the center.
it not- what have I done to provoke i tne8e almost solid masses they dart-
such an attack upon my well-known I forward In undulating and angular
Whereupon Lay Kauuoiyu if Mines, descended and swept close over
Alison's tender heart was full of .com
punction and pity for poor Mimic.
Toward evening she seated herself un
der the lime trees within view of the
gate. Poppis bad come home from her
walk, and was playing about the lawn.
Now and then Popple claimed her atten
tion. The time passed unheeded, "and she
woks up with a start to the conviction
that it was nearly eight, and the early
haMtt"
lreai g J ..... nnthlnff of your habits; , MrTh with Ineoneelvnhlo vplnnlti-
turn of the whe n. jiou. or ma pa. not Dad your man- Uounted perpendicularly so as to re!
danger, ana his life was only saved , tel.arn Mr. Shaw Bembi- a vast column, and when hlzh
by one or ttjoso pram, ot -- exculnie himself wheeling nd twiattn. with.
wrote ... " . . I
on the trronnd that he did not eat tne j tntlr contracted lines, which then
unfortunate dead animals nnd things, resembled the coils of a gigantic ser-
i- in interesting to lean fiom Basil pent" For three days, he tells us.
Tn7nr'a new book, "The Horse In His- these flocks continued to pass In undi
ne h. a- i nr." t"hat the number of horses In mlnlshed numbers. Yet as a species
kins.
from hers. There are woods there where uluran twilight was creeping over the he wel, ,nlendlng to explode all three
people go for picnics. I meant to have
taken yon and Mabel one day, only we
should have gone by train. Mlaa Anna
was at the Merediths', and she told me
all about It Quite Innocently. It seems
that Captain Harper bas sent for his dog
phosphate of potash, of which Grape- I cart and he means to drive them over
""- ... , at once. A shell la about eight feet
do lais, ana mey nan nm srnvea, anu i - . . , i,-nwl
v. .TJj v. k r i Ion and four Inches In circumference,
-.li. pnnt. hurrt.it. rn into and to the ppper end of it a handle of
- ......
the house, as It wss bedtime and her copper wire is soiuerea. a
supper was waiting In ths school room, J passing over n pulley at tho top of the
and ths little girl had hardly left ber derrick It fastened to tne sneii wiu
Nuts food contains a large proportion. They ars to have dinner and tea at the bfor th" U,ch of ,h r,t w r,w1 a hook and In this way the glycerin Is
In making this food all the food ele
ments In the two cereals, wheat and
barley, are retained. That la why so
many heretofore nervous and run-down
people find In Grape-Nuts a true nerve
and brain food
"I can say that Grape-Nuts food has
dona much for me as a nerve renewer,
writes a Wis. bride:
"A few years ago, before my mar
riage, I was a bookkeeper In a large
firm. I became so nervous toward tbo
end of each week that It seemed I
must give up my position, which I could
not afford to do.
"Mother purchased some Grape-Nuts
and wa found it not only delicious, but
I noticed from day to dry that I was
Improving until I finally realized I was
not nervous any more,
"I have recommended It to friends
as a brain and nerve food, never hav
ing found Its equal. I owe much to
Grape-Nuts, as it saved me from a
nervous collapse, and enabled ma to
retain toy ptmltlou."
Name given by Post tun Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well
vllle," in pkgs. 'There's a Reason."
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time
They are genuine, true and full f
Castle Inn ; so they mean to be away the ?ia 10 "' moment itoger came rap- lritft tne hole.
whole day." '7 . it Several etra yarda of the Band line
"Oh. Roger I what shall w. dot" ex- . ??"a. " . ",.B . " .". were mn Into the hole with tie ex-
cn s.ui uui u w - 1 ,. .v,, v-v- rn,,M ha
other ehootr. Joseph Schultz. the Uvea
of five men were saved recently when
nt Rena a well was shot with sixty
quarts or nn-ijo. r".,...a Trin,iom of Great Britain this incredible multitude has been ruth
. . a-Aa natiA inrlfM I Tilt I J I lltu I
net noor -ij"- : creased last year by 12,312. The an- lessly almost extirpated by netting nnd
jioyninan. oviii-r oi iiiw c. , v-i t,.f
. t.- xto timr feels convinced tJiit so
Stead. M. MCiFonn.u n...ik-au. -- , , thm ,. XwlP hrA,n rrnnn.
years nem-i.- - i - -
Fnclnnd will be race horses and hunt-1 hogs were fatted on slaughtered pig-
ere so lapldly Is im tor traction spread- eons. In New York City squabs have
Inc. le also tells us that Libyan woni-1 been sold by the barrel at less price
-n rode istrlri'J In the reventeentn cen- than potatoes.
tury B. C. The list aiinsioo to wager
In" on horse races occurs In the "Iliad,"
hen "a caldron, or tripod," vas atak-
i ..n the winner and an in.iplr was
annotnted "to decide whose steeds are
first."
Schultz had lowered three sheila Into
A DIGNIFIED LITTLE BOY.
rlalmnl Allann "If nana wra nnlw n... I lrT
Bo right to deceive him In this way, and ' L, , ... rer-rsed and the line
I should certainly got him to put a stop ""' . ,. u i . "li
- i k. .in k. i...... I "Don't be frightened, Allie." he said, started upward.
aw . wu-wi uut u vr w iij wiii uui tw livs lite
A Kindly CrIMe.
Brahms, the composer, was noted for
his kindliness, but, writes George
HenBchel In "Personal Recollections of
Johannes Brahms," he sometimes ut
tered a good-natured sarcasm to which
the roguish twinkle In his eyes corre-
BIKinded. A would-be composer hnd
asked Brahms to be allowed to play
to him from the uiMiuscrlpt his latest
Didn't Move ta Western
Canada Sooner.
Mr. Austin was n man who had
ever had any previous experience In,
farming, but Western Canada had al-'
lurements, and he profited. He got a
low rate certificate from a Canadian
Government agent, and then moved.
What be says Is interesting.
Ranfurly, Alberta, May 10, 190S.
J. N. Grlevo, Erq., Spokane, Wash.:
Dear Sir After a dozen or more
years of unsuccessful effort in the
mercantile burliness In western Wash
ington, In August, T.X)3, decided to
come to Alberta with a gentleman
who was shipping two enrs of . live
stock to Edmonton. I assisted this
man wUh the stock over 100 miles out
In the Birch Lake country, enst of Ed
monton. Indeed, how surprised, how
favorably everything compared with
my dream of what I wanted to see in
a new country.
Had never had any experience In
i a rin Ing, but I was immediately con
verted Into a farmer. And from that
moment I have prospered. Selecting;
n homestead near Birch Lake, I re
turned for wife and ihree small chil
dren and freighted out from Edmonton.
In March, following year, we shoveled
a spot clear of snow and pitched our
tent and commenced operations. At
that time we had no neighbors. Four
years have passed. The locality Is
well settled; two miles from railway
station, with churches and schools, tel-
anfinna art1 nonil Sao 1 n rku-itu nrwl 1 1 vtics
H;iiuu ci it u uwu luau u-v.vuiuiuvii itvti,.
We are enjoying the privileges
granted to any rural district in Wash
ington. The Birch Lake country Is no
exception. This great transformation
Is rapidly going on In every district In
western Canada.
I estimate that every quarter section
In every direction Is capnble of pro
ducing a comfortable living for a fam
ily of ten forever. After paying for
two horses and a cow had just $10 to
go on. Did my first ploughing In my
life; was very awkward In my work.
but nature was glad I came and abun
dantly paid me for my efforts. Our
cattle have Increased to about fifty
head, which was very profitable on
account of the abundance of forage.
To farm was compelled to buy about
$400 worth of farm machinery on time,
and the payments fell due last fall, and
you may wonder how I expected to
pay for them when we had such a bad
year. Twas a little bad for western
Canada or for a Mlssourlan. But Is
not 35 or 40 bushels oats a pretty good
yield per acre In many States? Then
the price of grain went out of sight,
so when I had said my crop I found
I was able to make my payments nice
ly; besides, we had lots of feed. No
one has any business raising cattle
without growing grain, or vice versa.
Aa to the winters, did not feed my cat
tle, excepting the calves, a fork of
hay until In March. Have found the
wlntera much more pleasant than we
did In western Washington. This la
strange and hard to explain, but 'tis
true neverthelesa ; at 40 degrees below
cero we have more comfort than you
would at 20 degrees above, so still and
dry, wth bright, sunny days. My wife
aays that the only regret she has Is
that we did not come here ten years
ago, as we would now certainly have
been In a position to retire from hard
work. Most women soon become satis
fled as neighbors begin to come round
them. Have OS acres in crop this year.
besides 2 acres potatoes, which have
always brought me a fair price. W
find a ready market for everything we
produce. To the poor man here Is a
. i ..1.11.1. - i m -1' , K . .
cuauce iu esiuuueu yuurseii. iu mi:
rich man here Is a chance to bay land
for $10 to $15 per acre which will pro
duce more crops than n half dozen
acres of your $50 to $75 per acre land.
And If not very much mistaken, this
year will prove an eye, opener to those
who are a little skeptical. The trouble
with me la that I have so much to say
so favorable to Alberta 'tis hard to be
brief. Respectfully,
(Signed) P. S. AUSTIN.
A Look Ahead,
la due process of time the battleship.
had reached the utmost limit of its de-
Teleasaest.
Likewise the manufacturers of deadly
sxplesires had perfected machines capa
ble ef blowing a wkele fleet out ot water
at any imaginable distance.
In great haste the powers summoned a
conference.
"What's the use of carrying tkls thing
soy farther r they said. War bas be
come se appalling and expensive that we
can'c afford to Indulge in it aay more."
Seeing that the Jig was up they reluc
tantly Inaugurated tke era of universal
peace. Chicago Tribune.
Unaccountable Mistake,
All was quiet in the sleeping oar.
Suddenly the passenger in lower No.
T parted the curtains, thrust out a weath
er beaten face, and hailed the sable func
tieoery who was tiptoeing pan.
"Say," he grumbled, "where's tke pil
lars far this bunk?"
"There are your pillows, sub," said
tke aerter.
"Them things!" exclaimed tie passen
ger, oauisn my ispiiguis i i moogoi
tbesa was the life preservers 1" Chicago
Tribune.
nntit to-morrow
"He may possibly come by an earlier
train, he told me so as we walked to the
station. It will depend on how long busi
ness will detain him. Of course ws should
tell him, Allie; ths thing Is beyond a
Joke. Fancy that fellow having the au
dacity te propose such a thing. I wish I
knew what I could do about It, Allie,
but father's absence obliges me to be In
the office. I must be la ths yard early,
too. I shall not even be able
to Missis."
"I will tell ber what you say, and
then, et coarse, she will be oblige! to give
It op," returned Alison, not relishing her
; task at all, but counting, nevertheless, en
an 'easy victory. Mlssle had put aerseit
so completely In the wrong that ho choice
but submission was left to her. Roger,
who knew Missie perfectly, was not so
sanguine.
"Tell her that If she toes I shall cer
tainly Inform father, and then he will
put a stop to her visits te Maplewood,
and tell her, too, that I am perfectly
In a quick, nervous voice, that certainly I gohultz was guiding the line aa It
did not reassure her, neither did the ,m-ro-rl from the well with one hand
touch of his cold, damp hand. "I have Rna nold,)f tne engine lever with the
come nrst to prepare you ; De as nrave
as you can, for your help Is wanted."
"Semethlng dreadful has happened.
Oh, Roger, be quick."
"I have no time to tell you much," he
returned, still more hurriedly. "They
came back, by train oh, why did he not
send mer there waa an accident I wss
other when he made the discovery that
the hook had not been detached and
the torpedo or shell was being dragged
to the surface. There was only one
thing to do.
Bchults shut off the engine, and as
th tornedo emerged from tie hole he
to apeak I down at tbs station and saw them come tabbed It and hung on for dear Ufa.
lt ,PmT V.b0th,hu,t52.t.,,aV' 1 m The engine came to a etop before the
".r:' J?. 7sT ' ' torpedo waa drawn entirely inrougn
but father Is the worst. . . . ...,h f the
Oh, Roger r and Alison's figure sway- "nu J,,
ed for a moment on his arm until he I nve men.
made her sit down, for the sudden shook Bchulta calmly reaojusiea xue cup.
bad turned ber lips white. She could lowered the torpedo into tne wen ana
not say more at that moment. 1 successfully exploded all three sneus.
"We do not know yet," he half whis-1 onrt in the afternoon shot a well
While ne I sarevltch MUes to nomp
II. Is Impressed by His Hnnk.
It Is told In St. Petersburg by tluse composition, a violin concerto. Brahms
who ouirht to know that when tne rour- p,,,,,,, to hear it, and seated hlm
ven r-ol d eza rev Itch said his prayers the ieiir the pHno, The man played
other evening he ended them hy loea- Mft worij wjtn enthusiasm and force.
lug his nurae calmly in me eye aim when he finished, Brahms got up
shouting - Hurrah for G6d!
I approached the piano, tok a sheet of
The nurse was, naturally, somewhat tle uniuuscript between Ills thumb nnd
overcome and very gravely tried to ,uddie finger, and, ruhblng it between
make the future Czar understand that.
while lie undoubtedly meant well, what
he had suld was not proper.
"Why not?" asked the 'uture Czar.
People 'hurrah' when father goes out.
and God is much greater than father."
"Just think of the extraordinary in-
theiu. exclaimed: I say, where iln
von buy your music paper? First
rate."
Another time Mr. lleiiKibel accoiu-
punhM Brahms to the house of Mr. X
"You have no Idea, tleelured Mrs
X.. "how bard n worker X. Is. I am
telllgence of the child." remarked the I j,roud and happy to have at last pre
pared: "there are two doctors with him,
and they are bringing him home. He
had a blew, and was Insensible, but they
ran not tell yet; there is no wound.
There. I hear taeaa coming, Allie; pull
dUgusted at her conduct. I ass afraid I ourselves BU vl
at Sage Run for McOollum & Co.
Inside of twelve years New York
prom' to be the largest city on the
earth. It l now growing more than
six tUnee aa last Loudon.
court lady who first told of the lncl
dent, "lie actually understands that
God is greater than the Czar.
Noliodv loves a good romp mora than
Alyosha (that Is the pet name of th
czarevitch) but he understands mat
his exalted rank Imposes duties.
k freneral was sent to the lmiiorlal
n.,rerv recently ty the Czar, wno In accord with the eternal fltneaa of
i,i, tn iu i.r.onre.1 to the he r things, ttie forger enouia use a suesj
w ipu " - " I "
apparent The four grand duchesses pen In his business.
vailed uMn hiin to go for a walk with
our daughter every day for two hours.
thus keeping hlm nt least two hours u
ilnv from composing. '
"All. that's g'MHl. very good." said
Brahms, Instantly, looking aa Innocent
as a new-born bnlw.
I Headache
Can be etired only by
a remedy that will
remove the cause.
The oftener you
stop it with head
ache powders or pills
the quicker it will
return.
Generally, head
ache comes from a
disturbed stoniaeh
or irregular bowels,
and almost invariably
I Lane's Family i
Medicine
(called also Lane's Tea)
a tonic laxative, will cure head
ache in short ork-r by regulating1
the bowels and reinvigorating the
stomach.
It Is a great natural herb blood
medicine and the favorite laxa
tive of old and young.
At drusisU', 2tc. and 50c,
kunta Interest.
feu muat do il Aiua." i
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