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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. i. ' & JLLU5TBATIOK5 PAYlVALTERS COPYMCtfrer THE BOBByMCfiR!U.OOtfPAXY SYNOPSIS. I ablo. Hor mint folt lior rigid by hor 6 I side. "I told you," alio murinurod, Lo CoAito ilo Snbron. rRptnin or l'nnih I "that a soldlor's life was a precarious cavalry, takes to bin quarter to rnle liv ,... lintid n mntlierloPH Irlwli terrier pup iiml """; names It I'ltclinuno. Up iim- with th I Miss Redmond throw away nil dls Marquise iVKiicIIriirc ami tm'i t Minn I .,an Julia Itc-.lmoml, Amrrlran helnw. who "'"" , ... nines for him nn llnoll'h hallml that .Mil tnnte, 8lio said 111 n hard MnBors In Ills inopory. Sahnm IB ..nVTi-il i VOCO ..j )(no m You lllUBt liave to AlKlors, but t not allowed to taKO , , . , ., BcrvnntH or iinK. MIm tt iimcml rT. f to i known It and soon It. I love nitn! Ho tako enre of tbe Ook during hi maofr i nlmrncc. but IMtrhotim-. Jiomenh k for hi master, runa away fimn her The Mar qulso plans to marry Julia to th lm dp Tromont. Unknown to Sahron l'lKhoune follows lilm to AlKlerx VK and rrnt r meet and Sabron gctr permlxclon rrom tbe war minister to keep til ln with him Julia writes blm that I'ltchoiim ha run fiway from Iter. He write Jull.i of I'lt cbouno. The Due 1p Tremont firnl the American heiress rnprlctini CHAPTER XII Continued. "My dear Julia," she raid to the beautiful girl, looking nt hor through her lorgnon; "I don't umlei stand you. Every one of your family has married a, tltlo.-'Whavtf hot thought that wo could do bettor with our mono than build up fortunes already ttarted, than in preserving noble races and noblo names. There linn never been n divorce In our family. 1 am a mar quise, your cousin Is a countess, your aunt Is one of the peeresses of Eng land, and ns for. you, my dear Miss Redmond was standing by the piano. Sho had lifted the cover and waa about, to sit down to play She smiled slightly nt her nunt, and seemed in the moment to be the older woman. "There are titles and titles, ma (ante: the only question Is what kind do you value the most?" "Tho highest!" said her aunt with out hesitation, "nnd the Due de Tre mont is undoubtedly one of the most famoUB partis In Kurope." "Ho will then find no difficulty In marrying," said the young girl, "and I do not wish to marry a man 1 do not love." Sho Bat down at the piano and her hnnds touched tho keys. Her aunt, who was doing sonio dainty tapestry, whoso Angora wore creating Bllken flowers and whoso mind was busy with fancies and ambitions very like the work alio created, shrugged her (shoulders. "That seems to be," she said keenly,, "tho only tunc you know, Julia." "It's a pretty song, mn tnnte " "I remember Hint you played nnd sang it the llrst night Sabron cmue to dinner." Tho girl continued to linger among tho chords, "And since then never n dny passes that sometime or "other you do not piny It through " "It has becomes a sort of oralson, inn tnnte." "Sabron," Bald tho marquise, "is n lino young man, my child, but he has nothing but his officer's pay. More over, n soldier's life is a precarious one." Julia Redmond played the song soft ly through. Tho old"butler came In with the eve ning mnll and tho papers The Mar qulso d'EBclignnc, with her embroid ery scissors, oponed Le Temps from Paris and bognn to rend with her usual interest. Sho approached the little lamp on tho.tnblo near her, unfolded tho papor and looked over at hor nleco, nnd after n few moments said with a slightly softened voice- "Julia!" Miss Redmond stopped playing. "Julia!" The girl rose from tho piano stool and stood with her hand on tho Instrument. "My dear Julia!" Madame d'Escll gnuc spread Lo Temps out and put her hand on it. "As I snld to you, my child, tho llfo or a soldier is a pro tarlouB one," "Mn! tnnte," breathed Miss Redmond from whore she stood. "Tell me what tho nows Is from Africa. I think I know what you mean." She could not trust herself to walk ncross tho floor, for Julia Redmond In that moment of suspense found tho room swimming.. "Tlioro has boon nn engagement," eald the mnrqulse gently, for In splto of hor ambitions sho loved her niece. "There has boon an engagement, Julia, nt Dlrbal." Sho lifted the newspaper nnd hold It before hor face and rend: Is becoming my life." As tho mnrqulso looked nt the girl's face and saw her trembling lips and hor wide eye, she ronotinced her am bitions for Julia Redmond. Sho re nounced them with a sigh, but she was a womnn of tho world, nnd more than that, n true woman. Shu remained for a moment In Hllcrtco, holding Julia's hand. Shu had followed the campaign of her husband's cousin, a young man with an Insignificant title whom she had not married. In this moment sho relived again the arrival of the eve ning impors; tho dispatches, hor hus band's news of his cousin. As sho kissed Julie's chocks a moistures IKUscd over her own eyes, which for many years had shod no tenrs. "Courage, my dear," sho Implored 'We will telegraph at once to tho minister of war for news." Tho girl drew a convulslvo breath and turned, nnd leaning both elbows on the piano keys perhaps In the very notes whose music In tho little song had charmed Sabron she burst Into tears. The mnrqulso roso and passed out of the room to send n man with a dispatch to Tarascon. CHAPTER XIII. One Dog's Day. There must bo a real philosophy in nil proverbs. "Every dog hns his dny" Is a significant one. It surely wns for I'ltchouno. Ho had his day. It was n glorious ono. n terrible one, a memor able ono, and he plnycd his llttlo part In it. He awoko at tho grny dawn, springing llko a flash from the foot of Sabron's bud, where ho lay asleep, In response to the sound of tho rovelllo, and Sabron sprnng up nftor him. I'ltchouno in n fow monionts was In tho contor of real disorder. All he knew wns thnt ho followed his master Pltchoune Smelled Him From Head to Foot. There haH been some hard llk-htlng In tho desert, around about Ulrlml The troops commanded by Captnln de Sabron were ,rou,$d by, Urn natives nt noon on Thursday. Thoy"dld not rally and were forped t retreat.. There was n Krcnt loss of llfo among the natives nnd sev eral of tho regiment wcro also killed. There has-been "no late or nuthonlc nuws from Dlrbal, but the last dispatches kIu tlie"lepartment of war to understand that Sabron himself Is among tlio mlsKlnB. Tho Marqulso d'Escllgnnc Blowly put down tho paper, nnd roso quickly, Sho wont to the young girl's side nnd put her arm around hor. Miss Redmond covered her face with hor hands: "Ma tanto, ma tanto!" she mur mured. "My dear Julia," said tho old lady, "there is. nothing more uncertain than newspaper reports, especially those thai come from the African seat of war. Sit down hero, my child." Tho two women sat together on tho long piano stool. Tho marqulso snld: "I followed tho fortunes, my dear, of my husband's cousin through the engagement in Tonkin. I know a llttlo what it waa." Tho girl was Itnmov- FOEMEN MADE MANY VISITS Aged French Couple Kept Track of Number of Tlmea Germans Had Been In Village. Travelers In Franco Just now have to stay at all sorts of queor places for tho night. A correspondent writes to ay that ho was forced to stop for the might at a llttlo vlllago near Reims. "An old Frenchman and his wife, both ocwetefety-yearOf age, gave me a room-IB the" house," he writes, all day long. Tho dog's knowledge did not comprohond tho fact that not only hnd tho nntlvo vlllago, of which his nmstor spoko in. his lottor to Miss. Red mond, boon destroyed, but that Sab ron's regiment Itself was menaced by a concerted and concentrated attack from nn ontlro tribe, led by a fanatic as hottnluded and as fierce as tho Mahdl of Sudanese history. I'ltchouno followed nt jtlio heels of his nmstor's horso. No ono pnld nny attention to him. Heaven knows why ho wns not trampled to death, but ho was not." No ono trod on htm; no horse's hoof hit his llttlo wiry form that managed In tho midst of carnago and doath to keep Itself securo and his hldo whole. Ho sniolt tho gunpowder, ho smelt tho smoko, sniffed at It, threw up his protty head and barked, puffed and panted, yelped and toro about and followed Ho was not con scious of anything but that Snbron was In motion; thnt Snbron, his be loved mnstor, was In notion of somo kind or other and he, a soldier's dog, was In action, too. Ho howled nt fierce dark faces, when ho saw thorn. He snarled nt the bullets thnt whis tled around his enrs nnd, laying his llttlo ears back, ho shook hts black muzzlo In tho very grin of death. Sabron's horso was shot under him, and then Pltchouno saw his master, sprang upon him, and his footings wore not hurt that no attention was paid him, that not even his name wns called, and ns Snbron struggled on, I'ltchouno followed It was Ills day; ho was lighting tho natives; ho wns part of a battle; ho was n soldier's dog! Llttlo by llttlo tho crcnturcs nnd things around him grow fewer, tho smoko denied apd rolled away, thoro wore a fow foot of freedom barked; ti.et. ho was i.ll ugiUti tlcfle t his nmstor's hools and not too soon. Ho did not know tho blow that struck Sabron, but ho saw him fall, and then nnd there en mo Into his cnnlno henrt Borne knowiodgo of tho importnnco of hts dny. Ho hnd raced himself weary. Every bono in his llttlo body ached with fatigue. Snbron lay hts length on the bed of n dried up rlvor, one of those phantom like channels of a desert stream whose courso runs watery only certain times of the year Sabron, wounded in tho nbdomon, lay on his sldo. Pitcliouno studied him from bond to foot, ad dressed himself to his restoration In his own wny He licked his faco nnd hnnds nnd enrs, snt sentinel at the be loved bond where tl.-s fnrnhond was covered with sweat and blood Ho barked feverishly and to his attentive ears there camo no niiBwor whntso ovor, either from tho wounded man In tho bed of tho Afrlcnn river or from the silent plains. Sabron was dcaortod. Ho hnd fallen and not boon missed nnd his regiment, routed by tho Arnbs, had been driven Into retreat Finally tho little dog, who know by Instinct that llfo ro ninlned In hla master's Ifody, set him self at work vigorously to awaken a sign of life. He nttacked Sabron's shoulder ns though It wcro a prey; ho worried him, barked In his car. struck him lightly with his paw, and finally, awakening to dreadful pain, to fever nnd to Isolation, awakening perhaps to the battle for llfo, to tho attentions of his friend, tho spnhl opened his eyes. Snbron's wound wns serious, but his Cody was vigorous, strong nnd healthy, nnd his mind more so. Thcro wns a film over it just now. Ho raised him self with great effort, nnd In a moment realized where ho wns nnd thnt to linger there wns a horrible death. On each sldo of tho river roso an Inclined bank, not very high and thickly grown with mimosa bush. This meant to him that beyond It and probably within easy reach, there would be shade from tho Intcnso and dreadful glare beat ing down upon him, with death In every ray. Ho groaned and Pltchouno's voico answered him. Sabron paid no nttontlon to his dog, did not even call his name. His mind, accustomed to quick decisions and to a matter-of-fact consideration of llfo, Instantly took Its proper courso. Ho must get out of tho river bed or dlo there, rot thero. Whnt thero wns before him to do was so stupendous nn undertaking that It made him almost unconscious of tho pain in his loins. Ho could not stand, could not thoroughly raise himself; but by great nnd painful effort, bleed ing nt every move, he could crawl; he did so, and tho sun beat down upon him. I'ltchouno wnlkod by his aide, whining, talking to him, encouraging him, nnd tho spnhl, nshen pain, his bright grny uniform ripped and stained, nil alone In the desert, with death abovo him and death on every hand, crnwled, dragged, hitched along out of the river to tho bank, chcero'l, on cournged by his llttlo dog. For a drop of wator ho would have given oh, what hnd ho to give? For n llttlo shndo ho would have given about nil ho had to give had been given to his duty In this ongogemont which could never bring him glory, or distinction or any renown. Tho work of a spnhl with a native regiment Is not n very glorious nffnlr. Ho was simply nn otllcer who fell doing his dally work. I'ltchouno barked and cried out to him: "Courngo!" "I shall dlo hero at tho foot of Uio mimosa," Sabron thought; and his hnnds hnrdly had tho courago or strength to grasp tho first bushes by which ho inennt to pull himself up on tho bank. Tho llttlo dog wns closo to him, lenplng, springing nenr him, nnd Snbron did not know how tired and thirsty and exhausted his bravo llttlo compnnlon wns, or thnt perhaps in thnt horolc llttlo body tlioro was ns much of a soldlor's soul as in his own human form. Tho sun was so hot that It seemed to slug lu tho bushes, Us torrid fover struck on his brown, struck on his chest; why did it not kill him? Ho wns not oven delirious, nnd yet the bushes sang dry and crackling. What was their melody? Ho know It. Just ono niolody haunted him always, and now ho know tho words: thoy were a prayer for safety. (TO UK CONTINUED.) As sJ jw. l J-i.xjjWiK AS-fl t5t Tfc "fc. Seiwr CLssS. WJiTt yi wWK3 "f TrFif Kite A. '.t iv 4&u.., MOL?'.-.ttv. JBHHK ' mgmmm- w-mm lx, wii 1 VALUE OF THE "SCRAP HEAP" T Unnamed Kino or the Contincntal Dividc IE latest adJttion to our fam ily of nntior.al playgrounds Is tho Rock Mountain Nntlonal park of Colorado. It Is the thir teenth In number nnd tho fourth In size, embracing 230,000 acres. After a long controversy and hard-fought battle as to the proper boundnrlos, congress hns passed a bill and Presi dent Wilson hns signed It, creating tho park. The state of Colorado re joices and tho people of tho United States, who know anything about tho glory of western mountain peak and valley, rejoice. For all tlmo this beau tiful, lofty region Is dedicated to the people, says James Hamilton Dyrd In Grit. It Is full tlmo that Colorado, truly tho mountain state of America, should bo distinguished with n great national park. Thero are more than a hundred mountain peaks in this great back bono of tho United States which aro abovo 14,000 feet In height, whllo in all tho other states combined thore aro less than a score of mountains of such commanding altitudes, so that it is altogether fitting that the portion of tho great continental divide which traverses Colorado, and where the raindrops from tho descending storm find their way, part of them to tho Atlantic and prtrt of thorn to tho Pa cific, should be set asldo as a national playground. Tho campaign that has been waged during tho past flvo or six years to obtain tho creation of this park was In the hands of Representative E. W. Tnylor of Denver. Mr. Taylor's speech on the floor of the house In favor of tho Rocky Moun tain Natlonnl park would lead one to believe that for .beauty, grandeur nnd absolutely unrivaled magnificence Above the TlriBoi Line Civilization's Peril. America is closer to tho heart of Europe thnn nt any tlmo since Eng lnnd's colonies becamo independent states. To tho most Isolated farm liouso It has been known for n half year thnt wo aro not remoto from tho por tentous ovonts beyond tho Boa; that tho fnto of our brothers over thoro, In some wny which wo do not well discern, involvos us nlso. Wo nro, whothor wo llko It or not, full share holders In tho civilization which Is Im periled. Our cominorco and Industry, our prosperity and well-being, our cul ture and religion, tho foundations of our common humanity, and the Ideals of our common asplratrbns, nro all at stake. Edward T. Dovlno in tho Sur voy. there Is nothing elso In tho United States than Colorado, and especially tho Rocky Mountain park region. How over, excopt as comparisons whero dif ferent portions of tho United States aro concerned are somotlmes dangor ous, It would be difficult to overesti mate tho glory and sublime grandeur of tho Colorado Continental Divide, whilo of this rogion tho now park area is moro than representative. Long's peak, a wondorful feature of tho park, is a. second Mont Blanc roaring its splintered horn 14,255 feet abovo sea level. From Its height the traveler's eyo with a single sweep may tako in through tho clear atmos phero a distance of 300 miles thnt distance to the west, north and south being made up of scores of mountnlns, ton, eleven, twelvo and thirteen thou sand feet in height, dominated by Gray's peak and tho great mass of Pike's penk, both over 14,000 feet in height. Long's peak is 145 feet higher than tho famous Pike's penk, nnd hns been termed "a jowcl sot In tho crest of tho Rockies." Tho Rocky Mountain park region Is no uninhabited wilderness. Even with tho first year of Ub existence It will vlo with tho renowned Yellowstono park In populnr favor, for already Ub boautles are enjoyed annually by thousands of visitors. Last summer 20,250 people visited tho Yellowstone, but at tho same tlmo over 50,00( jwoplc camped and dwelt nmong tin mountains and valleys of the Rockj Mountain park. Of tho new pork, ro glon the moving spirit for the pnsl hnlf-dozcn years hns been a small slight, wiry, mountain-loving mar with a shock of red hair arid a moutb llko a steel trap, Enos A. Mills, the naturalist and writer. In season and out he has fought for the park, stub bornly nnd oven viciously and always confident of ultimate victory In the faco of at times apparently lnsur mountablo difficulties and coutrover sles. Tho Rocky Mountain park will be a money maker for tho state of Colo rado and for the United States. It rivals Switzerland, nnd with tho other national parks It will bo tho means of keeping in America a great deal of good American coin that heretoforo has annually been dropped into the ample pockets of Alplno scenery capi talists. Tho European war will re sult In turning westward during the coming seasons many thousands of tourists, and once they have "seen America first" they will be Inclined to see it first, laBt and all the tlmo. The outbreak of hostilities in Europe last summer and the stranding of thou sands of American travelers In Euro pean countries brought homo to us tho astounding fact that fully $500,000, 000 has been spent abroad every year by sightseers and tourists. The fact that tho Rocky Mountain park Is situated at the gates of Den ver and only 30 hours from Chicago makes it the most accessible of all tho national parka for thoso seeking rest nnd recrcntlon and the splendid outdoor life which the mountains af. ford. Hunting will not bo allowed in this park, ns It Is not In nny of the other national parks, and this protec tion of tho vlld animal life will soon cause tho area to become well stocked with many kinds of our four-footed friends, lending their happy, unmo lested lives. The wild animal life of this great mountain state Is now hunted from valloy to peak and from peak to valloy. The army of sports men which annually invades even the most remote portions of Colorado al lows the deer and the elk and the bear no peace, no respite; they fleo from ono party nnd run foul of nnother fn slllnde of tho high-power, smokelecs guns. Surely they will welcome n ro' uge of a quarter of a million acres In which tho terrifying crack of tho riflt! and the occasional deadly thud of tho bullet will bo no longer heard. The Rocky Mountain park contains many lofty mountain peaks from 10,000 feet in altitude to over 14,000, many profound canyons and grassy valleys, furnishing Ideal camping places, gay with hundreds of species of mountain flowers, glaciers and gla cial lakes, rushing and foaming streams allvo with brisk trout, and wa terfalls and rapids. Of the beauties of this region a glimpse is obtained from a paragraph of Chief Geographer Mar shall's report: "Thoro Is no predominant, command ing national feature in tho park," he states, "such as Is found in tho Crater Lake, tho Yellowstone or the Yosemlte parks, or along tho Grand Canyon ol tho Colorado. Tho region as a whole, however, Is as beautiful as any to be found in tho United States, or, Indeed, In tho world. There is spread before tho eye a gorgeous assemblage ol wonderful mountain sculpture, sur rounded by fantastic nnd ever-changing clouds, suspended In an apparently atomless space. At first view, as one beholds the scenes in awe and amaze ment, the effect Is as of an enormous painting, a vast panorama stretching away for Illimitable distances; gradu ally this Idea of distance disappears, tho magnificent work of naturo seems to draw ncaror and nearer, reduced apparently by an unseen microscope to tho refinement of a delicate cameo Each vlow becomes a refined mlnla ture, framed by another more fasci nating, the whole presenting an im pressive picture, never to be forgotten." "Secondary Metals" Have Added Much to the Wealth of the United States. In 1914 tho valuo of the "secondary metals," oxcluslvo of gold, silver, plat inum, Iron nnd Bteol, recovered In tho United States was $67,039,70G, accord ing to J. P. Dunlop of tho United State geological survey. This is a decrease from 1913 of $15,746,321, tho secondary metals rocoverod in that year being valued nt $72,786,027. Tho term "secondary" does not Im ply thnt theso metals, which nro ro- ( covered from Bcrap metal, sweepings, BKimmings, drosses, otc, aro or inferior quality, but It Is used to distinguish them from, "primary metals," which aro derived from ore. Whllo tho sur voy figures relntlvo to lead, zinc, cop per, aluminum, tin nnd antimony given in this statement cover n largo Hold and form nn ossentlnl addition to tho reports on primary metals, tho Bcopo of tho Inquiry probably reveals less i than ono-half tho extent of tho waste- ! metal trade. Tho valuo of tho old iron and steel reused amounts to mil- I lions of dollars. No bother to get summer meals with these on hand Vienna Style Sausage and Potted Meats Just open and serve. Excellent for tandwehes. Intht on Lilly's at your grocer $. Libby, M9Neill & Libby, Chicago 'Aj I' lliwB ECZEMAS AND RASHES Itching and Burning Soothed by Cutl cura. Trial Free. Tho Soap to cleanso and purify, the Ointment to Bootho and heal. Relief, rest and sloop follow the uso of theso supercroamy emollients and indlpato speedy and completo healment in most cases of young and old, even when tho usual remedies have utterly failed. Samplo each free by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cutlcura, Dopt. XY, Boston. Sold everywhere. Adv. A Sad Case. "Tho first month Chugson had his motor car ho talked of nothing elso." "I see." "He's had It a year now." "Does he still talk about It?" "Only when drinking. He's one of thoso fellows who never unbosoms himself of his trouble unless he's drinking." Illllliiiill'i Test of Judge Welch's Neutrality. Tho man whoso broguo was thick and tho ono whoso broguo was thick er wero arguing th'o question of Inter national courts on a Fifteenth street car. "Thero ain't no international court," ono stoutly nfflrmed. "Shure, thero Is," tho other declared. "I Bee by tho paper that Austria may sue for peaco. Just tell mo how she is going to buo If thero ain't no court to suo in?" Ho of tho minor brogue was stumped for only a minute. "Sho might sue In Cas Welch's court." "Shure, but that would bo a dirty trick on Cas. Somo of tho Irish are for Germany nnd some aro fernlnst ' hor, and he'd have to offend a lot olF the Irish any way he'd decide it" Kansas City Star. Expert in' Silver Linings. Hall "Blythe is a pretty optlmlstlo character, I hear." Wall "I should say so. If be failed in business, ho'd thank heaven he had his health; if he failed in health, he'd thank heaven ho had his business, and If ho failed in both, ho'd say there, was no use having ono without tho other." He Had to Have the Money. "I'vo simply got to have nn increase in salary." "What for? Are you going to get married?"- s "Worso than that, boss. My need Is greater. I've an automobile." Brooklyn Navy Yard. Tho Brooklyn navy yard was estab lished February 23, 1801, when the frrst land, twenty-threo acres, was bought from ono John Jackson for $40, 000. Tho yard now comprises 144 acres, and has a water front of nearly three miles, protected by a sea wall of granlto. Woman's Advantage. "Women undergo greater trials than men." True, fair ono, but no matter whom they have murdered thero's al ways an ncqulttal or a hung jury. Louisville Courier-Journal. Children In Russia. - Russian peasant women have, on an averago, from six to twelve children, of whom about half survive. In tho bright lexicon of youth there may bo no such word as-"can't" but in tho later, revised editions, you'll And it constantly recurring. What has become of the old-fashioned woman who took snuff for weak eyes? Self-Righteous. "Somo people" said Uncle Eben,. "talks about heaven llko It was their own property dnt dey was preparin' to tack a 'No admittance' sign on to." Washington Star. Although Judd Pavey has been mar ried only three weeks, his wife's rela tives already have mobilized. Marriage is a form of speculation In which tho women participate on equal terms with the men. . You can learn all there is to know about a rich man by watching his children. Child Research Work. Miss Elizabeth Moore of St. Louis, who 1b a niomber of tho children's bu reau department of tho government, hns returned to Saginaw, Mich., to contlnuo hor Investigations in regard to tho women of tho lumbor camps and health of tho children. MIsb Julia Lathrop, bend of tho clilldron'a bureau, oidered Miss Mooro to Indianapolis shortly nftor tho holidays to assist In making preparations for a child wolfaro exhibition to bo given In that city. Miss Mooro waB thoro ton dava uround hlui In which ho Btood tind I before returning to hor regular work. "Boforo going to bod tho old, peoplo talked about tho ar. They hnd been living together In this same liouso during tho Franco Gorman war and. said tho old man, it does not seem flvo minutes ago Whllo wo havo been living here,' ho wont on "tho German soldiers during tho two wars havo been blllotod In this houso no fower than twenty-two times. During this war thoy havo been backwards and forwards on three or four occasions.' . "Theso old French peoplo the worn, an looked very Bweot In hor snow- whlto cap actually kopt a Bcoro ol the number of tlmos the Germans had boon through tho vlllago In war times. 'Do you think thoy have now gono for good?' asked tho old man. 'Shnll I over havo to make nnothor mark on tho score?' " Very MuchJJIfferent. "He's different to most traveling men." "In what way?" "He novor claims that ho doesn't break oven on his expense account." Wonderful Rose. Mnny wondorful things nro dono by tbe Chinese, Japanese, and Siamese In raising flowers. Ono of tholr most romnrknblo productions Is known as "tho changeable roso." Tho bloom of this roso Is whlto In tho shade and red In tho sunlight. After dnrk, or when It Is in a dark room, this roso has n pure waxy-whito blossom. When It Ih taken Into tho Bunllght, a wondor ful transformation ocvurs. First tho petals take on a kind of washed or faded blue color, which rapidly cbango to a faint blush or pink. Tho pink color gradually deepoiiB in hue until at last this roso, which was Illy whlto, becomos as red tj tMo reddest peony that ovor bloomoi. Fruit From Tasmania. It has boen oBtlmntod that 400,000 cases of fruit will Uo avallablo for ox port from Tasmania this season. Early shipments havo recently arrived In England. Another War Horror. In "Campaign Sketches of the War With Moxlco," Capt. W, S. Henry, United States army, tells tho story ol a volunteer private's encounter with nntlvo sand In tho country near Ura r.os: "A volunteer who thought ho liaa swallowed lite full share of the horrl ble dust accosted the doctor: "'I sny, doctor, havo you anything that will remove a sand bar?' "No, sir.' '"Well, then, 1 urn a gono sucker I'vo got a sand bar In my innards and everything grounds on it. 1 enn't get nuythlng up or down."' Corn on the Cob the Roasting Ear New Post Offices In China. Chliu last yuur opened 992 now post ntnmt Honeymoon Cake. "How many strawborrlos should l uso?" nskod tho young wlfo of her mothor ns bIio began mnklng hor first shortenko for tho only mun In tho world. "Put In as few as you llko tho first yonr," Bald tho oxporlencod womnn. "He's too much In lovo now to notice tho dlfforence. After you'vo been mar rled a year you'll have to use a lot of thorn." is not more delicious than Post Toasties the toasted sweet of the corn fields I In the growth of corn there is a period when the kernels are plumped out with a vegetable milk, most nutritious. As it slowly ripens this hardens and finally becomes almost flinty. Only this part of the corn is used in making Post Toasties, the husk, germ and all waste being rejected. This nutritious part is cooked, seasoned "just right," rolled and toasted to a crackly golden-brown crispness Post Toasties the Superior Corn Flakes And they cost no more than the ordinary "corn flakes." Insist upon having Pott Toasties. sold by Grocers everywhere. p Y- I 8 rt 1 . I