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About Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 26, 1907)
"etfvre.1 11 y li.i l i-.i c'.i !!. . Tho lKnit.-.vl'o o' t.-diy would nl- ' fl'ost welcome woium ; t tin' pnlis, even f she has tin - p.-,Mi li leaning that ' way. If n:."'.i n r.mU brln? j shout tlii reform l.!::f.'i lit In nn lu- ttecord. The vrnman r.srrrr.pist was ml J rousing the Coirt' C!i inibcnnaids' Union. "You wotnt n nh;u'.d nil bavo a vote!" She exclalme 1. "Wouldn't wt have to live In one place for t'.irre months?" asked a seek r for Infoi-iiiatlnn. It was not until thrn that the npltn lor fully realized with what she had : to contend. CbiiiKe In Cotton Uraning, , Flut cultivation of cotton, as Intro dueed by tho Arkansas experiment sta jtlon. Is finding favor with the lint grower of that state over the old method of hill tillage, the advantage (belng In the saving of labor and eoon totny of Beod, and, It Is declared, a better iyleld. Under old practice, says Southwest jMngazInc, the soil was thrown tip In a furrow and the seed sown continuously Un a drill. Later the plants were thin jtted to a single stand by hoeing the entire surface of the cotton row and icuttlng away nineteen of every twenty istalks. ' Flat cultivation consists of thorough ly preparing the seed bed and planting 'the cotton In checks eighteen to twenty 'our. Inches apart In a drill, to enable cultivation In both directions, a method that will naturally lessen tho work of the chopper and save a greater part of Abe seed. HI Idea. Mrs. Joe Kerr I seo the London "Ladles' World has discovered that suc cessful people are usually quite devoid of humor. ' Mr. Joe Kerr now ldltlc! Why, a person who Is devoid of humor can't possibly be a success 1 YonkersStatca- ituoMblt Inrentloa. "What da you call that queer looklnj j-MTangenient?" "That's what we call the 'housekeep er's friend.' It's a family Ice box, caps 'tie of being converted at a raoraent'i -notice Into a coal bin." '" a TP St. Tifcn' TfciMs an Fm PtiiMn r I I I'immirall('an4b Ita.kliM iUr 'SimllMMtr Bn-t for lrrSSlrUl bnHI sn4 fffMlla. 4iU.il. M. KL1.NU U Mt knk SH, rnli4ln. Wm , Lrav Iter Alone, That's All. "It" atrange what some" women vwnnt" vxl. J. C. Grcenman, humane i agent, said yesterday afternoon, to a ., Kansas City Star man. "Did you ever : notice that most women who come to . my otllce to complain that their hus bands have left them merely want -those husbands to 'let them alone'?" Just about that time a woman walk- ed Into the office. She wan accom panied by several children. "la tbls Col. Greenman?" she asked. "WelL my husband has left me," she -ald, "Of course, I don't mind that, because he never was any good. All I want la for him to stay away from me. I can mako a living for myself." "But, madam, if he's left you .what" , "And 'he never bought anything for the children, lie spends all his money tor whisky. Hut all I want la for him to" "Why are you complaining If be baa left your "Well, I'm afraid . he'll come back. 4 don't want hltu back. All I" .."Perhaps he'll stay away, then." "Well, he'd better not If be does Til get out a warrant for him charg ing htm w ith wife desertion. Yea, air, hafe what I'll do." . "But I thought that you" "All I want Is for that man to leave one alone." The colonel took the woman's name nd address. lie promised to Investi gate. MEAT OB CEREALS. JL daeatlo ol latereat to All Careful Persona. Arguments on food are Interesting Many persons adopt a vegetarian diet on the ground that they do not like to eel that life bus been taken to feed them, nor do they funcy the thought of eating dead nieat On the other hand, too great con (sumption of partly cooked, starchy oats and wheat or white bread, pastry, etc., producer serious bowel troubles, be causa the bowel digestive organs (where starch Is digested), are over taxed and the food ferments, producing U3, ami microbes generate in the de- -ayud food, frequently bringing on perl loultia and appendicitis-. Starchy food Is ubxolutely essential So the human body. IU best form Is n'uwa In the food "(jru'ie-Nuta," where the starch Is clian;ed Into n form of ssignr during tins process of Its nianu X iciur?. In this way. the required food 1 presented to the syrttriu In a piv-dl m- trd :orm cud U liiin;c.liatc!y made Judo Wood n:rJ i lime, without taxing the digestive organs. A raainrkible ivi'.ilt in lourlsiiiii'.'iit li ohtiiic.1; t!i' person usln' CJr.iiio .NiiU gains iul:'4l.v In jihysleal and !)ial m'.i'engrlu Why In mental? Ile- t'ye to.jil contains tlellcate par ni'sin til l'ii':x;i.Mi.' oi i'oiubii ooiaiui1 ;f:-jiu t'.ie er;ilns. unJ tliU unites wrltb t.'.D a!l;u:ce:i of till food and the com hi H-it'.:t U w:i:it ntiture uws to rebuild -v.-urn li:: !:i tho brain. This Is a r-i. "I :!- I'.ict t!i it tau bo easily proven ty tea days' use" of Urape-Xuta. "fliere's a Jtearon." Read The Hood THE CMAK1TY MEL By EFFIE A. R0VLAND3 CJIAPTHIt XII. (Continued.) Next, dny, about lunch time, the conn tes her children and attnndantu, arrived, with much clatter and Importance. Slinlla by nccldcnt, of course was Jimt coming down tho stairs a Lady Iales wster wss ssretiding them. Thsre was a mntiinl start, and then a cordial greeting, tfhoila was looking won tltrfnlly pretty in her Inm seBlKkin man tle, her ruddy, golden hair making a bit of bright color henentb her neat lint' to match. Lady Daleswater was pleased to approve of her probable future siitur-ln-ln w "You h"re, IIs Frnner!" she exclaim ed. "This is quite s delightful surprise 1 pictumd you In Mountberry, enjoying yourself." "I wns compi-lled to come to Lorni on huslneM mntters, and," fsheila addnd, with a tiny sigh thnt did not escape Lady I'alcswater's keen ears, "Mountberry' l not particularly lively Just now." "Can you give me any news of my hrother U he really so dangerously hnrt? Mamma Is such an alarmist, yon know." Rheila asMlmed a sad, anxious loot, although In reality she was not aware exactly how Jack was at that particu lar moment, and had never been very much frightened even at the verdict of the Loudon doctors. "I am afraid he Is very 111," she said In a low voice. Lady Palei water did not seem much Impressed, "I hope yon are not returning home Immediately? No? Oh, that Is delight ful, and still more delightful that you shculd be staying here. You must come In and dine with tne to-night. Mrs. Fra set Is with you?" Sheila explained that her chaperons was her cousin, Mrs. Watson. "We shall remain In London for a little while," she said, "and I hope to see a great deal of you. Ferhap I may be able to prevail on you to come down to Daloswater House when I go bsck there. It will be very dull, my dear Sheila; but " But "my dear Sheila" would have glad ly welcomed months of dullness to get such an Invitation as thlfirVIIcr spirits rose brilliantly, and she law herself out to please Lady Dals-ater. , Three days latwr the Karl of Dales water arrived in I"mh3oti, and Immedi ately, at bis wife's Instigation, went down to Mountberry to seo how matters were, and th v?ry same afternoon, as Sheila sat yawning over a novel by the fire, the door opened and Beverley Hoch fort was announced. She started up eag erly to greet him ' "Where have you been? I thought you were never coming back," she declared. . "h have been busy," he said. "I hnvo rit been wasting time, I assure you. You wondpr what took mo out of London? WqJl, I will tell you. I went down to soot's test moments of Roderick Ans trutber. Yes, It sounds curious, doesn't It? But Fate for some strange reason brought this man to our retue just when we needed hira." "How can he help us?" asked Sheila, Incredulously, although her face was flushing with excitement. "More espe cially If, as I understand you to Infer. h9 Is now dead." "You shall see, " Miss Fraser. Ans ttuther met me out In Africa ; be then went under another name. I always liked the man, there was something grim yet wonderful about htm. When he found I wns coming to Knglnnd he gave me a packet of papers to bring to ' his law yers; before delivering them I took the precaution of sounding thfue la-.vyeis first, . and as easily as possible I soon discovered my companion's real name. Needless to say, I did not deliver the papers, more especially when I found that Anstruther was In Kngland, and supposed to be dying he had evidently found his end coming, and rushed over to see Mrs. Fraser be tor he died, I nt onee traveled off to seek him, and, of course, had to tell a few dozen lies or so to explain why I had done so. Fortu nately, the man was too 111 to protest or question much; all he asked, all he wanted, was to see Constance Fraser, and confess the truth of his treachery toward her and his brother." "And you call this helping us, Mr. nochfort?" "As Roderick Is dead, and did not con fess to Mrs. Fraser, I certainly do. To please him I drew up a sort of written statement, to which he managed to scrawl his name Just at the very last. Here Is the document. Shall I tell you what It contains, Miss Fraser?" Sheila nodded her head. "This Is the last dying confession of Roderick Anstruther, in which he owns to having separated his brother from his wife for sheer malice, In which he also confesses thst his brother's child did reajly die, and that the girl now living Is the offspring of a secret marriage be tween himself and some country woman." "And she is that really?" Sheila asked. "No, certainly not. Audrey, according to ber uncle's dying confession, Is the child of Frank and Constance Anstruther. You forget, I am reading what I wrote, not what Roderick Anstruther told me to Tlte." "Well?" the girl said after this, as her brow cleared. "This document then goes on to wilt the whole of the dead man's fortune and possessions to this aforesaid child of bis on one condition, via., that she be come my wife before six mouths elapse; If she refuses, she Is to be plsc;t once more in ths Female Orphan Ai. lnm till some definite and equally disagreeable abode is found for her. You will see that I have been very careful and very explicit. Miss Fraser. I have left noth ing undone that can possibly help us." "You forget, shs may always refuse," Fhella said, gloomily, "This is not what I had expected." "I am not so nervous of failure," Bev erley returned. "Audrey will be a rich woman if she becomes my wife, and her lot will not bo an euviuMo one if she retimes. "There ts Mrs. Fraser to be faced." "Mrs. Fraser will cesso to have any guardianship over the girl when this doc ument Is read. "Who will be bcr guardian?" asked Mi.'ila. i nm icii tne one sole and entire guardian of Miss Audrey Anstruther. To deceive bin was easy, to explain to tne lawyers a trifle more difficult ; but it was soon done. When you peruse this paper carefully you will s o that the rea sun Roderick Anstruther reiwsot such trust in me is because a few years ao I savej his lift) at the risk of my own. and because we were firm and never part ej friends out la Africa together. I give 1 fUifeeU JU ra4U tot ctaee two lies, Miss Fraser; they come In si neatly, and thy carry the day, you see." Pheils looked at him quietly. She was much Impressed, jc,t not quite satisfied. "As you Invented so quickly and easily, why did you not put in some clause about her being forbidden to lfiarry any one but you?" she asked. "The I line was so brief; at any mo ment the lawyers might hnve come down. Considering all tilings, I hive worked wonders. Remember, I am her sole and entire jrnnrdiah, and I, for my part, do not fefir success." They were suddenly Interrupted by a sharp knork at the door, the handle wns turned, ami Lady Iilcsn,it-r swept In. Her face was very white, her lips com pressed and pale; In her hand was crumpled a telegram. Sheila ran to meet her quickly. "I)enr Lady Ilnlesvvnter, what is the matti-r?" she cried. "This is from my husband. My broth er John has disgraced himself and his family. Instead of lying at the point of death, he has married your stepmoth er's supposed daughter. He has tied himself and his honorable name for life to a wretched charity gtrl !" ciiArTnn xm. If site lived to bo a hundred years, Audrey would never forget that scene. Her mother had come back from Cralg Innds deeply moved and agitated ; and the girl's great, sorrowful eyes had asked the question her frozen lips could not frame. Constance Fraser had drawn the slen der form to her arms without a word at first. Words, Indeed, were not rosy. It was a strange thing that had happened; her brain reeled every now and then as It nil came back to her. Constance Fra ser kissed the sweet, quivering. Hps. "Jack wants you; he wants you to stay with him always. Do you under stand me, my darling?" "tie wants me to nurse him?" Au drey said simply, her every limb quiver ing with eagerness to be gons. "To nurse, comfort and love himt" The mother's hand stroked back the soft locks. "Audrey, he has asked me to give you to blm, as his wife." A flood of color burned on each pale cheek, and then the girl paled ashen white again. "As his wife?" she repeated, slowly; and then, more quickly, "Does be want me bow?" "As soon as every arrangemnt can be made, my own dearest. Does tills fright en you, Audrey?" "No." she said, almost Inaudibly. "If he wishes It, that Is right. I am glndl" Then, catching suddenly at the two slen der hands held out to her, "Mother, can I see him soon?" "You shall go to htm to-morrow, my darling. It will not do to excite him too much. The marriage ceremony will take place to-morrow, we hope. You, too, must rest and take enre of yourself, my lily flower, my darling." Audrey, sat down as In a stupor. She did not half realize what was going to happen; she only knew that In a few short hours sho would see him again, her Wro, her beloved ; that was Joy enough to daze her ; she could not grasp the full ness of it all at once. It was his hand that clasped hers, and yet how changed. Audrey could not seo the pale, weak, clear face for the mist of tears that rose before her eyes. The girl suffered a great shock at sight of him sho loved lying prostrate on his pillow, barely able to speak or to smile. The duchess hnd kissed Audrey tenderly, "She is lovely I Perfectly beautiful!" she had said to Constance Fraser. "No wonder my poor boy loves her so deep ly." Mr. Thorngate read the service, and Mrs. Thorngate stood with the others round the bed. Dr. Sentence was close at hand; be watched his patient narrowly. Certainly It almost looked as If the small flicker of life must suddenly go out. The pulse was very weak, tho heart's action uneven, yet the doctor knew that If humnn will would carry a much-desired point. Lord John Clendurwood would, with the latest breath, speak the words that made Au drey his wife. In whispers, weak iu voice, strong In purpose, John Ulendurwood spoke his marriage vowS. Audrey repeated the words she was bid to utter in a dim, mechanical fashion. She woke for an instant aa her lover'a feeble hand tried to push the rlns over the little finger, but after that she was conscious of nothing save that the face before her grew paler and paler, his hands weaker In their hold. As the rector pronounced the benediction, the duchess gave a cry. "ne Is gone! HeU'ead! My Jack 1 My boy!" The brisk, kind-hearted little doctor read the conditions in a moment. "We must not have you fainting, too, Lady John," be said, sharply. "Come, hold the bottle to your husband's nose, and pass yonr band slowly across bis brow. I expect you to help me, you know. A great deal depends on yon now. It Is passing. Complete and utter exhaus tion. Now, Lady John, I want you to kneel down, so that your hasband can see you the first thing he opens bis eyes." Audrey obeyed him Instantly. The faintest flicker of life was visible In the drawn, white face. "Bend down and kiss him," command ed Dr. Sentence. A flush spread over the girl's beautlfu. face. She did not hesitate ; stooping, she pressed her fresh, sweet lips to those dry, parched ones. A low cry escaped the sick man. "Audrey, it is you no dream my own darling" Dr. Sentence nodded his head again, and then he lifted Audrey from her knees, ''Now, Lady John," he said, authori tatively, "your duty !s not nearly ended; you are to sit here aud watch your hus band. Don't let him speak, only now and then moisten his lips with a little of this liquid. Let him see you aud know you are here, j You will be the bent doctor for blm, after all." So saying, Dr. Sentance moved out of the room, and beckoned Mrs. Thorngate to follow him. - "Will?" sho asked, breathlessly, onee cutsld". "1 do nt say for certain, but my be lief U be will live," was tho doctor's reply. CIIAl'TER XIV. AH through the nUlit and 1st Into the following day, Audrey sst liks a statue beside her husband's bed. Toward e onlng bs bad suuk into a deep, silent s "t will be Ida salvstlsn." dl.ir.M Dr. Pentnticp to the duchess und Cniutnnce I i-.isei, ns they sat t'isetlinr ill p'HT Lord I v' rue's room. "No.hiiii; could be bet ter." "D!i, Dr. Ser.ten-el Then there Is really some hope?" cried tho poor moth er, her haagrrd face' lig'ifing up Into something like lu former self. Two days later h Karl ef Dalcs-wnu-r came down to Mountberry nnex peciedly. Ha wns a plain, weak. Inor dinately conceited man. who was Tilled entirely by his wife, and he h"ld forth on 'the Impropriety of this terrible mar rinjte In a manner worthy of hie wife herself. "Now that you are quite finished, George," ssld the dncbeso coldly, "I thfnk the best thing you can do Is to return to Ixndnn and Gladys as soon ns possible." "A in I to understand that you turn me nut''" lis asked furiously. "Do you forget who I cm''" "I think It Is I who should ask that question, Iord Daleswater," the duchess replied, renrin? her 'head with dignity. "You hnve addressed mo in a manner which I ' would never tolerate from my ne.irest nnd dearest. You have been pleased to pass censure on my actions, and vilify a young nnd lovely young girl who Is my son's wife, an I n gainst whom neither you nor any one els; can launch a single objection save that she has hnd nn unhappy childhood, and that she is poor. My daughter Gladys should con gratulate herself on the result of her schooling ; f you are an apt pupil, my lord." "Your grace will pleace to understand that from to-day nil intercourse between yourself nnd my wife Is nt an end," the little mnn went on, getting quite Insolent In his nnger. The duchess mnde no sign while her son-in-law ran on In his Infuriated nnd Insolent manner, but rs tho door opened and he came to an abrupt end, shj turned on him. "Tho carriage is jrendy, Lord Dales water; you have really no time to lose." Lord Daleswnter's brows turned purple with suppressed fury; rage, insults runhed to his lips ; bjit somehow the sight of the tall, commanding woman, regal in bearing and dignity, and the quick sense that she had conquered him, carried the moment without a word or sign ; he turn ed and strode out of the room. (To be continued.) BLUE FLOWERS, OF THE ANDES. Host Pretty Girls Sell the Dloaaoma to Mountain TravIera. Some of the smaller of the railroad towns of Chill are well worth braving a trip by the slow train to see. There la one I remember lu particular, situ ated near the summit of the divide be tween the vnlleya of the Mabocbo and Llni Llal, where 'the grent mountain blue flowers nnd the little Andean deer are brought down. The strangely beautiful blue flower of the Cordillera blossoms only for a few weelxs in the spring, at which time It Is gathered high tip at the snow line by the lithesome village maidens and brought down to tbe train to sell. The petals, blue ns the shy, are ns delicate, soft nnd plinblo ns the pnim of n fine kid glove, nnd resist tearing almost as strongly. . If a petal is twisted and wrung between the fingers It exudes a drop of liquid possessing a most power ful and penetrating, but thoroughly pleasing odor. This Julee is ns strong ns n flavoring extract, and a drop of it will give a perceptible taste to a gallon of water, from which arises a practice in witchery by the wily mountain maids. ' They wnlttntll you are finishing your brenkfcmt, when one slips up to your side and holds a big bunch of flowers for you to bury your face In by way of sampling, while nnother exe cutes a flank movement ou your unpro tected slilo nnd drops sotno bruised IM'tnla Into jour coffee. When your face conies out of the flowers and you begin to sip your coffee, they both laugh and clap their hands and toll you not to be angry, as it Is only a "costumbre del pueblo" a custom of the village. Of course, you are not angry ; nnd If you ore not pretty mean, you are sure to buy blue flowers from then on till train time nt prices as lofty ns their habitat This blue flow er craze doesn't hold you long, but while it lusts it would be cheaper to be an orchid fancier. It is much chenper. In fact, far more satisfactory In the long run, to buy deer than blue flowers; the deer you can ship In the baggage car, w hile the blue flowers require personal attention. And even If you do enter Valparaiso with the deer In your arms your friends will not ask you If you were drugged Into buying It., That'a the trouble with tho blue flowers every one knows where you got them, and from whom you got them. They don't know how much It cost you to get them, except that It was a lot more than they are worth. Los Angeloa Times. . Pathetic Plea Not Loat. Governor Folk once told of a lawyet In Arkansas who wns defending a young man of malodorous record. Ig norlng the record, however, the coun sel proceeded to draw a harrowing pic ture of the white-haired, aged fathei in St Louis, awaiting anxiously the return of the prodigal aon to spend the Christmas holidays with him. "Have you tho boarts," declaimed th lnwyer to the Jury, "to deprive the poor old man of this happiness?" Tho Jury, however, found the nrts. oner guilty. Before nasslna sentence. the Judge called for the prisoner's Jail record and after a careful examination of tho same he blandly observed : "I And that this prisoner has som five previous convictions against him. Nevertheless, t am happy to state that the learned counsel's upjeal will not tvuiuln unanswered, for I shall com mlt the prisoner to the Little Rock Jail, v.heri", at the present moment, his aged parent Is serving a term of ten years, o that father and son will be enabled to pass tho ensuing Chrlstiuaatlde un der one roof." WtllluK Victim. Mayiue I made an election bet wltb Jack, nnd I won. F.dytli Did he pay up? Mayuie Yes, Indeed He paid dou ble. Edyth Foolish boy! Maynie OU, I dou't know. We bet kisses. Machine Made. "What do political machines main facture, pa?" LEGAL UTF0IIJIATI02I. The Inst Minnesota legislature re-en-acted tho "r.pite fence" law which wns repealed by the V.Xd Revised Laws. It provides that "nny fence or other (stnu'ture maliciously erected or main tained for the .irpoe of nnnoylng the owners or o em-ants of adjoining preperty shiil l.e deemed n private ti u I ja nee," etc. The last .Minnesota legislature pro vided fcr niing n lic:i upon horses, etc., for ahoi'ing. within six months after such shoeing. It d-jes not seem that such a lien would be of much benefit to the blacl:sii-!th as l must begin ictimi to forciose the lieu within the next nix i:'ont!w. Tho coct of enforcing the lieu would be more than Its amount in most cases. A lio;iic-;i :i(I of SO acres (on which the owner lives) Is exempt from sale on execution nnd nmy be mortgaged or fold tree from nny Judgment recov ered wblle same was a homestead. As to a government h unestead, the U. S. homestead law provides that "no land acquired under the provisions of the homestead act shall In nny even be come liable t the satisfaction of any debt coGtrncted prior to the Issuing of the patent therefor." "1 hired out to u man to work on a farm and I worked six months at $22 per mouth. lie paid me $20 nnd 1 sued liiin and got Judgment, but now find that he does not own the furm or any of the property, but that his wife owns the farm nnd that he was working for her. Cnn I collect pay from her?" Ana. Yes, If you did not know that the husband wns uctlng ns agent lor bis wife until after you got your Judg ment Of course If you knew that the husband wns acting as agent nnd not for himself when you sued him, yon elected to hold him Instead of her, and cannot now change. "Can a single person who b5s not lived on his claim steady, has had to be off to earn a living, but who lived on It the last eight months, when he comes to make final proof, If it Is not satisfactory, can he prove up by pay ing $1.25 per acre, or what would he have to do?" Ans. He would better consult a local lawyer to whom he can state all the facts. We should think he could not commute at $1.23 per acre, but it Is possible he could. If any one should contest such n claim he would probably be successful. SNAKE FIGHTERS IN INDIA. . Great Loss of lilSe Caused by Theae Polsououa Reptiles. Last year the number of men, wom en and children who met a terrible death In India from the bite of poison ous snakes amounted to 25,837. Be sides this there were about 4,500 killed by wild animals chiefly tigers; to say nothing about 00,000 cattle. Every conceivable niensure has been taken to 'mitigate this appalling nnuunl destruc tion, but with little avail. The venomous snakes of India, most destructive of life may be placed In tho following order: First of all cor es the deadly cobra, responsible for near ly nine-tenths of the fatalities, and then the krnlt kuppur, Russell's viper, the bamndryns, and Itajsamp. The water snakes kill a good many, ns we shall see, but they are compara tively rare. A regulur organized war fare Is waged upon- India's myriads of reptiles, nnd In each district a regular bead tax Is paid upon each cobra and other snakes killed. Last year the number of snakes de stroyed was 702,221, for which rewards amounting to nearly 50,000 rupees were paid. The greatest destruction of life appears to have been In Bengal, where 11,131 peoplo were killed and nearly 1,000 cattle. In this province alone 55, 054 poisonous snakes were destroyed. The olllcluls charged with this curl ous work were scattered over the whole vast area, from the Himalayas to southern Madras, Including Bombay provinces, the Northwest provinces and Oudh, tho Punjah, Central provinces, Burma, Assam, Hyderabad and others." Technical World Magazine. He Wae Too Sore. Herbert Parsons, president of tbe New York County Republican Commit tee, was talking lu Albany against self confidence In politics. "To win," he said, "a man should never be sure of winning. Confidence and boasting, to my mind, always Im ply defeat I'll tell you a story. "A man came shooting from a brightly lighted window one night and landed with a crasb on the sidewalk. " 'It's ail right,' be said to tbe crowd that bad gathered, as be stiffly rose. That'a my club, the Eighth Precinct I'm a Smith mnn, and there's ten Jones men In there. I'm going back to them. You stay here and count tnem as they come out of that window.' "He limped back into tbe club. There was a great uproar. Then a figure crashed through the window and struck the sidewalk with a grunt ' "That's one.' said the crowd. "'No.' said the Ugure. rising. 'Don't start counting yet It's me again.'" Don't Know It All. "What do you study at school, my little man?" "1 uu studying the history of France, sir." ' "Indeed. Whut can you tell ma about Charlemagne?" "Oh. sir, we have only got as far as Adam and Eve." Paris Journal. Perfectly Proper. "I'd like to have your check for thtit midnight supper I served at your house last month." said the caterer. "You'll have to wait," replied the victim, "until 1 git uiy dxtors bill for curing me of Indigestion. I pro pose to deduct that froai y.uir bill." I'liilailcipliia l'rcs. Ills lru;ier I'lcce. - 'iliac lawyer, i uw.are, in a reg-, lar Khurk." "Well, I should nay, I.;? Lelongs more to the fee-lli'.e s'l.-clcs." Baltimore AmerU-an. No, Alo;uo. a ni..n who kills tlm Isn't necessarily buy. uu: he Is lust at ! ""'" vrawtaswvmanrwwwMWMnnl The Adopted child. Lady. Why wonldst thou leave me, Oh, gentle child? Tby home on the mountain Is bleak and wild, A straw-roofed cabin with lowly wall; Mine is a fair and a pillared hall, Vbere many an image of rnnrble gleams, And the sunshine of pictures forever streams. Boy. Oh, green is the turf where my brothers play, Through the long, bright hours of the summer day ; They find the red cupmoss where they climb. And they chase the bee o'or the scented thyme, And the rocks where the heathflower blooms they know; Lady, kind lady, oh, let me go! Lady. Content thee, boy, In my bower to dwell. Here are ssveet sounds which thou lovest well, Flutes on the air in the stilly noon, Harps which the wandering breezes tune, And the silvery wood note of many a bird, 1ioso voice was ne'er in thy mountains heard. Boy. My mother sings, nt the twilight's fall, A song of the lidla. far more sweet than all; She sings it undr our own green tree To the bn'oe half slumbering on her knee; I dreamed Inxt night of that music low Lady, kind lady, oh, let me go! Lady. Thy mother hath gone from her cares to rest. She hath taken the babe on ber quiet breast ; Tbou wouldst meet her footstep, my boy, no more, Nor hear her song at the cabin door; Come thou with me to tbe vineyards nigh And we'll pluck tbe grapes of the richest dye. Boy. Is my mother gone from her home away? But I know that my brothers are there at play. I know they are gathering tbe foxglove's bell. Or the long fern leaves by tbe sparkling well. Oh, they launch their boats where the bright streams flow. Lady, kind lady, oh, let me go! Lady. Fair child, thy brothers are wanderers - now, They sport no- more on the mountain's brow ; They have left the fern by the spring's . green side, And the streams where the fairy barks were tried ; Be thou at peace in thy brighter lot. For thy cabin home is a lonely spot. Boy. Aro they gone, all gone from the sunny1 bill? But the bird and tbe blue fly rove o'or It still, And the red deer bound in thoir gladness free. And the heath is bent by the singing bee, And the waters leap and tbe fresh winds kind lady, ob, let me go! Felicia I lemons. FRANKLIN'S KITE. The PhlloMopher'a Famous Experi ment aa Described by lllmaelf. The famous kite experiment Is de scribed by Franklin in a letter dated Oct 19, 1752: "Make a small cross of light sticks of cedar, tbe arms so long as to reach to tho four corners of a -large, thin silk handkerchief when ex tended. Tie the corners of the hand kerchief to the extremities of the cross, so you have the body of a kite, wblch, being properly accommodated with a tall, loop and string, will rise In the air liko those made of paper, but be ing made of silk is better fitted to bear tho wet and wind of a thunder gust without tearing. To the top of the up right stick of the cross is to be fixed a very sharp pointed wlro rising a foot or more above tho wood. To the end of the twine next the hand is to be tied a silk ribbon, and where tbe silk aud twlue Join a key may be fastened. Tbls kite is to be raised when a thun der gust appears to be coming on, and tbe person who holds the string must stand within a door or window or un der some cover so that tbe silk ribbon may cot be wet and care must be tak en that the twine does not touch the frame of the door or window. As soon as the thunderclouds come over the kite the pointed wire will draw the electric fire from them and tbe kite, with all tbe twine, will be electrified and stand out every way and be at tracted by an approaching finger. And when the rain bns wet the kite and twine you will find the electric fire stream out plentifully from the key oa the approach of your knuckle." "Mamma'a" Wisdom. A beautiful girl and her mother were discussing the eternal marriage ques tion, "Well, there's Charles Adams," mur mured the mother, thoughtfully, after a long pause. "Charles Adams!" sneered the girl. "He Is old, he is ugly, he Is mean, be is a coward. Charles Adams! Why, he has nothing, nothing lu the world to recommend him except his wealth." "You forget his heart disease," said the mother softly. Washington Post llomaure and Iteallty. "Itend that romantic story from France of a marriage broken up by suspicion that the bride had a cloven hoof?" "No. But I know somo unromantle stories of marriages broken up by the certainty that the man had a cloven breath.," Philadelphia Ledger. Should Label Them. "The cave men inado pictures of an. mals now extinct." 'That's nothing; ivy daughter who has studied art abroad makes pictured of animals which never existed." Houston Post. Present a small boy w ith a watc md he'll have the time of bis life. Lateness of Sprlaa; Orerrome by fit" eellent fJroerlna; Hammer Season. Once more the farmers of Western Cntinda rest at ense and grow rich while they slumber. Their season of anxiety Is over. For a time It looked ns though tho bnckwnrd season was for onco going to pcevent the western coun try from maintaining Its pre-eminent; position as lender of the grain growing! countries of the world. The uniiPtinl lateness of the spring, coupled with the rapid advance in the price of food stuffs, gave the pessimists some reason for their gloomy forebodings nnd among even the optimistic Westerners Imbued, as they usually are, with a spirit of buoyancy nnd -hope, there commenced to glimmer n fenr thnt per haps this year their sanguine expec tations were not to be realized. On May day, when a large proportion of wheat has usually been sown, there was this year very little seeding done. Finally, however, winter, which had tarried so late in the lap of spring In all pnrts of the Continent vanished be fore tbe vertical rays of the sun, nnd the hurry aud bustle of spring work commenced on the western prairies. By the 20th of May 85 per cent of Uie spring wheat was sown nnd the fall wheat In the districts devote! to its cultivation was covering the fields with a mantle of green. Wheat sowing fin ished on May 30th, nnd by June 10th, the coarser grains were also in the ground. Tho heavy snowfall during the winter left the ground In excellent shnpe when once seeding operations commenced, and from the time weather condition's permitted the commence ment of work until planting was com pleted, the farmers were a busy class.. The area In wheat is not much larger than Inst year but oats, barley and flax are much In excesij of past records, the fanners deeming It wiser on account of the lateness of the season to put in a heavier proportion of the coarser grains. From the most reliable reports to band it appears that the acreage as -compared with 1900 will show an in crease of 12 per cent in oats, 19 per cent in barley and 13 per cent In flax. Around Okotoks, High River, Nan- ton, Claresholm and other winter wheat centers. If the present weather conditions continue, the winter wheat will be In bend by the middle of July. The backward weather in the early part of May allowed the newly-sown grain to get a firm root In the ground and now, with an abundance ol mois ture nnd warm weather, the grywth Is' remarkable. All danger of Injury from, droughts Is practically over, as the green, crop covers the ground, retaining thej moisture required for Its growth, nnd preventing the too rnpid evaporation; which might otherwise take place. Crops In Western Canada mature In! one hundred days of good weather, audi as the weather coiulitlons have been' ideal since seeding, and with spring! wheat now from H to 18 Inches above! the ground, a full average crop is con-; fldently expected. ' In addition to the cheering prospects) of this year's yield the farmers are to be congratulated on the fact that theyi still have in their poxsesslon five mil lion bushels of wheat from last year's' . crop which they are now disposing of at high prices. ' The splendid yield of 90.000,000 bush-' els of wheat raised in 1900 In the three' provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan nnd Alberta, together with the almost' certain assurance that this year will see a considerable Increase, Is, ns iu the past, calling the attention of the work! to the "Last Best West" and thousands from United States and the agricultural districts of Europe are each month se"iirlng free grnnt lands or purchasing ins In the land which has proved itself peerless nmong grain growing countries of tho world. Papa Waa Absent Minded. A young bridegroom after the wed ding was ail over and the bride's old father bad gone off to the club began to search anxiously among the wed ding gifts. "What are you looking for, dear?" aid the bride. "That $2,500 check of your father's," be said anxiously. "1 don't see It any where." "Poor papa Is no absent minded," uld the bride. "He lit his cigar with It" San Francisco Argonaut Keeping; Up Appearances. The tall man in the suit of faded black went Into the Iir:t class restaurant and seated himself ata table in a far corner. Lingering there a minute or two he rose stiffly and went to th? cashier's desk. "If a gentleman can't be waited on promptly in this place," be said, with a frown, "there are plenty of other places." Then he strolled leisurely out pick , ing his teeth, and presently wended his way unobtrusively to the 5-ceut lunch counter around the ci.rnpr. AWFUL EFFECT OF ECZEMA. Covered frith Yellow Sorea Grew Worse Parents DlnriiDrscedCa. Hear a Drove Sori-s Away. "Our little girl, one year and a half old, was taken with eczema or that was what tho doctor called It. We took her to three doctors, but this time she was nothing but a yellow, gr.-enisb sore. , One morning we discovered a little yel low pimple on one of li.-r eyes. Iioctor No. 3 said that we iiad better take her to some eye specialist, since It was an uhvr. So we went to Oswego to Ductor No. i, and bu said the eyesight was gone. Wt? were near'y discouraged, but I thought we would try the Cuth-ura j Treatment so 1 purchased a set of Cuti cura Remedies, which st me If 1. and lu three days of tl inciter, who had been sick about ellit months, showed great Improvement, and in one wvk all sores had disapj wared. Of course it could not restore the eyesight, but If we had us"d ("utlcura In time 1 a in con fident that It would have saved the eye. Mrs. Frank Abbott. It. F. I). No. 9, Fisl Un, Oswego Co., N. Y., Aug. IT, 190d." I'liole "'A man umy smile nnd smile, and ! villalu Rtd!,' quoted Fuel.. Allen Sparks; "but I've known crojked Uien thst could keep their faces Jut as straight as anybody else." Mrs. wias ow Sooihiat srrop tor ctmirsa lesthuii; aaiieiisUa iuu. ruux- iuomu-