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A STORY OFT HE PLAINS
PY K. HOl'GII, At'THOR OH T1IK STORY Ol' TUB COWIIOY
Cttltrithttd, 1903, by V. Attttttn & Camany, A'en Ycrk
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CHAPTER XV Continued.
In the swift current of humanity
then streaming up anil down the cattle
rango, the reputation of the Halfway
House was carried far and near: and
for fifty miles east and west, for flvo
hundred miles north and south, tho
beauty of the girl at the Halfway
House was matter of general story.
About her there grew a saga of the
cow range, and sho was spokon of with
awo from tho Brazos to tho Blue.
Many n rudo cowman made long pil
grimage to verify rumors he had
heard of tho personal beauty, the per
sonal sweetness of nature, tho personal.
Kindness or heart, and yet tho personal
-reserve and dignity of this now god
dess, whoso like was not to be found
iu all the wldo realms of the range.
For each of those rude, silent, awk
ward rango riders, who stammered in
nil speech except to men or horses,
and who stumbled In all locomotion but
ithat of tho saddle, Mary Ellon had a
'kind spot In her soul, never ceasing
'to wonder as sho did at the customs
and traditions of their life. Pain thoy
know not, fear they had not, and duty
was their only god. They told her,
simply as children, of deeds which
mow caused a shudder, now set ting
hlng the full blood of onthuslasm, and
opened up unconsciously to her view
'a rude field of knight-errantry, whose
(principles sat strangely close with tho
host traditions of her own earllerVand
nd time. They were knights-errant,
and "Tor all on the Elllsvllle trail there
was but one lady.
Ab for Edward Franklin himself, he
could not In his moments of wildest
egotism assign himself to a place any
hotter than that accorded each mem
jber of the clans who rallied about this
Southern lady transplanted to the
iWestern plains. Repulsed In his first
unskilled, Impetuous advance; hurt,
tstung, cut to tho quick as much at his
own clumsiness and failure to mako
himself understood as at the actual
"I am still a Southerne
rebuff received, Franklin none the less
in time recovered sufficient equanimity
to seek to avail himself of such advan
tages as still remained; and he re
solved grimly that he would persist un
til at least he had been accepted as
something better than a blundering
boor. Under Major Buford's invita
tion he called now and again at the
Halfway Ranch and tho major was
glad each time to see him. Mrs. Bu
ford also received Franklin with pleas
ure, and Mary Ellen certainly always
with politeness. Yet, fatal sign, Mary
Ellen never ran for her mirror when
ahe knew that Franklin was coming.
Of lovers Mary Ellen would hear of
none, and this was Franklin's sole con
solation. Yet all day as he labored
there was present In his subconscious
ness the personality of this proud and
sweet-faced girl. Her name was
spelled largo upon tho sky, was voiced
by all tho birds. It was indeed her
face that looked up from the printed
page. Ho dared not hope, and yet
shrunk from the thought that he must
not, knowing what lethargy must else
Ingulf his soul. Ho heard so clearly
tho sweet, imperious summons which
Is the second command put upon ani
mate nature: First to prevail, to
live; second, to love, to survive. As
tree whispers unto tree, as flower
yearns to flower, so came tho mandate
to his being in that undying speech
that knows no change from the .begin
ning to the end of time.
Against this overwhelming desire of
an impetuous lovo thero was raised but
one barrier the enduring resistance of
a woman's will, silent, not strenuous,
UDprotesting, but unchanged. To all
his renewed pleadings tho girl simply
said that she had ,no heart to give,
that her hope of happiness lay burled
on the field of Loulsburg, in tho far
off land that she had known In young
er and less troubled days. Leaving
that land, orphaned, penniless, her llfo
crushed down at the very portal of
womanhood, her friends scattered, her
family broken and destroyed, her
whole world overturned, sho had left
also all hopo of a later happiness.
There remained to her onlyjtho mem
ory of a past, the honor that sho
prized, the traditions which sho must
maintain. She was "unreconstruct
ed," as she admitted bitterly. More
over, so she said, even could it lie In
her heart ever to prove unfaithful to
her lover who had died upon tho field
of duty, never could it happen that sho
would care for one of those who had
murdered him, who had murdered her
happiness, who bad ruined her home,
destroyed her people, and banished
her In this far wandering from tho
land that bore her.
"Providence did not bring mo hero
to marry you," sho said to Franklin
keenly, "but to tell you that I would
never marry you never, not even
though I loved you, as I do not. I am
still a Southerner, am .still a 'rebel.'
Moreover, I have learned my lesson. I
shall never love again." '
Poor medicine- as It is, work was'
ever tho best salve known for a hurt
ing heart. Franklin betook him to his
dally work, and ho saw success attend
his labors. Ho felt growing in his
heart the stubbornness of the man of
property, tho landholdlng man, tho
man who oven unconsciously plans a
home, resolved to cling to that which
he has taken of tho earth's surface for
his own. Ho know that this perforvid
time could not endure, know that the
sweep of American civilization must
occupy all this land as It had all the
lands from the Alleghcnles to the
plains. He foresaw in this crude new
region the sceno of a great material
activity, a vast industrial develop
ment. It needed no great foresight
to realize that all this land, now ho
wild and cheap, could not long remain
wild and cheap, but must follow tho
history of values as it had been writ
ten up to the edge of that time and
place.
Of law business of an actual sort
thero was next to none at Elllsvllle, all
the transactions being in wild lands
and wild cattle, but, roj did all attor
neys of tho time, Franklin became
broker before ho grew to be profes
sional man. Fortunate in securing the
handling of the railroad lands, he sold
block after block of wild land to the
pushing men who came out to the
"front" in search of farms and cattle
ranches. His own profits he Invested
again in land. Thus ho early found
himself making much more than a live-
m still a rebel!"
Ilhood and laying the foundation of
later fortune. Long since ho had
"proved up" his claim and moved Into
town permanently, having office and
residence in the great depot hotel
which was tho citadel of tho forces of
law and order, of progress and civiliza
tion in that land.
The railroad company which found
ed Elllsvllle had within Its board of di
rectors a so-called "Land and Improve
ment Company." which latter company
naturally had tho first knowledge of
the proposed location of the dljTerent
towns along the advancing line.Vhen
tho sale of town lots was thrown open
to tho public, it was always discovered
that the Land and Improvement Com
pany had already secured tho bet of
the property in what was to be tho
business poitlon of the town. In the
case of Elllsvllle, this inner corpora
tion knew that thero was to be lo
cated here a railroad division point,
where ultimately thero would bo car
shops and a long pay roll of employes.
Such a town was Buro to prosper much
moro than one depending solely upon
agriculture for Us suppoit. as was to
bo tho later history of many or most
of these far Western towns. Franklin,
given a hint by a friendly official, in
vested us he was able in town prop
erty In tho village of Elllsvllle, In
which truly it required the eye of faith
to see any prospect of great enhance
ment. Betimes he became owner of
a quarter-section of land here and
there, in course of commissions on
scales. He was careful to take only
such land as he hud personally seen
and thought fit for farming, and always
ho secured land as near to the railroad
as was possible. Thus he was in tho
ranks of those foreseeing men who
quietly and rapidly wore malting plans
which were later to placo them among
thoso high In the control of affairs.
Everywhere was shown tho Anglo
Saxon lovo of land. Each man had
his quarter-section or more. Even
Nora, tho waitress at tho hotel, had
"filed on a quarter," and once in per
haps a month or so would "reside"
there overnight, a few faint furrows in
the soli (dono by her devoted ndmlror,
Sam) passing as those logal "Improve
ments" which should later give hor
title to a portion or tho earth. Tho
land was passing into severalty, com
ing into tho hands of tho people who
had subdued it, who had driven out
those who onco had been its occu
pants. The Indians were now cleared
away, not only about Elllsvllle. but far
to the north and west. The skin-hunters
had wiped out the last of the great
herds of tho ouffalo. The face of Nn
turo was changing. The tremondous
drnmn of the West was going on in nil
Its giant nctlon. This torrent of rudo
life, against which tln hands of tho
lnw wero still so weak and unavailing,
had set for It In the wnys of things a
limit for its Hood and a time for its
receding.
The West was a noble country, and
It asked of each man what nobility
thoro waB In his soul. Franklin began
to grow. As he looked beyond the day
of cattle and foresaw the time of tho
plough, so nlso ho gazed far forward
Into tho avenues of his own life, now
opening more clearly before him, Ho
rapidly forecast the possibilities of thi
profession which ho had chosen, and
with grim self-confidence felt them
well within his power. Beyond Unit,
then, ho asked himself, in ills curious
solf-qucatlouing manner, what was
there to be? Wherein was ho to gain
that calmness and that satisfaction
which ought to attend each human
soul, and entitle it to the words "Woll
done?" Odd enough were some of
these solf-searchlngs which went on
betimes In the llttlo ofllco of this
plainsman lawyer; and strangest of all
to Franklin's mind was tho feeling
that, as his heart had not yet gained
that which was its right, neither had
his hand yet fallen upon that which
It was to do.
Franklin rebelled from the technical
sido of the law, not so much by reason
of Its dry difficulty as through scorn of
Its admitted weakness, its Inability to
do more than compromise; through
contempt of 11b pretended beneficence3
and Its frequent inefficiency and harm
fulness. In the law he saw plainly the
lash of the taskmaster, driving all
those yoked together in the horrid
compact of society, a master Inexor
able, stone-faced, cruel. In It lie found
no comprehension, seeing that it re
garded humanity either as a herd of
slaves or a pack of wolvos, and not
as brethren laboring, suffering, per
forming a common destiny, yielding to
a common fate. He saw In the law
no actual recognition of the Individual,
hut only the acknowledgment of tho
social body. Thus, set down In a day
miraculously cloar, placed among
strong characters who had never yet
yielded up their souls, witnessing that
time which knew the last blaze of the
spirit of men absolutely free, Franklin
felt his own soul leap Into a prayer
for the continuance of thnt day. See
ing then that this might not be, ho foil
sometimes to the dreaming of how
he might some day, if blessed by the
pitying and understanding spirit of
things, bring out these types, per
petuate these times, and so at last set
them lovingly boforo a world which
might at least wonder, though It did
not understand. Such were his vagua
dreams, unformulated; but, happily,
meantime ho was not content merelj
to dream.
(To bo continued.)
PARIS SLEUTHS WERE SLY.
Convinced Russia's Emperor That
They Were Awake and Active.
The Paris correspondent of London
Truth tolls this story of the manner
In which tho Russian government test
ed the efficiency of the French detec
tive police when tho czar was about
to visit Paris. The chief of the Rus
sian police went secretly to tho
French capital, with orders to He
quietly by In a hotel and only to re
port himself at tho embassy after a
stay of a week. But he had'not been
three hours in Paris before the 'lire
feet of police learned of his arrival
from a French detective. At St. Pe
tersburg they thought this a satisfac
tory result, and the Imperial pair
ventured to go to Paris and drive
down the Champs Elysees without
cavalry around their carriage.
A similar test applied In Rome had
different consequences. Tho head of
the Russian police remained thero for
a whole week without his arrival be
ing suspected. On the evening of the
stxth day he called on Count Nelidoff
to report himself, to tho great aston
ishment of that ambassador. They
both agreed that If the Roman police
had not scented out the head of tho
greatest police force In tho world they
could not bo depended upon to know
much about the goings on of anarch
Ists and nihilists. Thin is alleged to
be tho true roason why the czar de
clined to trust himself In the king of
Italy's dominions.
Pharaoh's Treasures.
While studying in the British Mu
seum a papyrus which was published
4,000 year before Christ, an Egyptol
ogist recently found a clear and con
cise account of the treasures which
the anc.ent sovereigns of Egypt burled
in vurlous parts of tho Libyan desert,
and now an expedition is being
formed in London for the purpose of
searching lor this wealth. The nec
essary funds have .already been se
cured and In a short tlmo a few
skilled explorers will start for tho
desert, where tho technical work will
bo prosecuted under the supervision
of Mossrs. Lake and Currio, two Eng
lish engineers. The writer of the
ancient papyrus Bays that the Phar
aohs hid an immense quantity of gold
and precious 'stonos in tho region
which is known by tho name of the
"Valloy"of Kings." and there tho first
excavations will be made. Tho task
will not be oasy since tho country to
he searched extends over 40.00C
square loagues.
Miniature Typewriter.
Tho smallest typewriter over manu
factured was made in America four
teen years ago. It was four inches
by throe inches and weighed four and
n half ounces.
Trades Unions Grow.
Unionism in the United States
has grown in nine years from 900,000
to 2,000,000.
LIVE $WK
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Some Feeding Points.
Iu an Oklahoma bulletin wo find tho
following conclusions on tho value of
various substances for feeding: Whcro
corn can bo raisod with reasonable
certainty of n good crop it will be
found tho best fattening food. Its
fodder and stover nro also vnluablo
foods, although the long tlmo nftor
ripening before winter feeding begins
causes moro loss In tho shock and
inurh moro to the standing stalks than
In moro northern statos. An tho ker
nols become vory hard when thorough
ly dried, grinding tho corn Id a help;
soaking Is n fair substitute for this.
Whore hogs follow cattle thoro is llt
tlo loss when cither car or shelled
corn Is fed. Kafir corn is a healthful,
.palatablo and nutritious food, but its
feeding value is somewhat loss than
thnt of corn. As shown both by feed
lot trials and by digestion experi
ments there Is a great loss In feeding
this grain unthrashed to cattle In
somo cases of sixty per coiit but hogs
will utllizo most of this waste, Thero
is llttlo difference in tho wasto wheth
er tho grain Is fed unthrashod or
thrashed. In some cases, at least, tho
loss Is- greater when soaked grain Is
fed than when It Is fed dry. In somo
trials steers fed Kafir meal made bet
ter gains for a long tlmo than did
those fod corn meal, but this was not
true In any extended poriod. Hogs
digest tho unground grain hotter than
do cattle. In general hogs huvo mado
gains from four-fifths to five-sixths as
great when fed on Kafir as when fed
corn. Shcop ecem to digest Kafir bet
ter than any other class of farm ani
mals. Kafir atovor apparently has
practically tho same feeding value as
corn stover and often Is in better con
dition. Running tho entire stalk
through a thrashing machine puts tho
tovcr In oxcellont condition. Alfalfa
Is the best hay for cither horses, cat
t' or Bhcop and is a help to hoga dur
ing winter.
Live Stock Husbandry.
Ono of tho Important foundation
stones of ngricultiiro Is live stock hus
bandry. By many this is bollovod to
be tho most profitable branch of farm
Inn. Somo practice, tho feeding of nil
they grow to live stock raised on their
farni3. Certain it Ib that tho nation
that tries to farm without llvo stock
iur-s tho chance of impoverishing its
lands. This has sent moro than ono
nation Into decay. Still, to raise llvo
stock successfully one must havo a
good brain and lack laziness. Thoro
are some farmers that hold to grain
growing because thoy havo to work
only a few months 6ut of tho yenr
and havo the balance of tho time in
which to rest. Such men are blamed
soiiotlmes becauso thoy do not go In
to 3tockralslng in addition to grain
raising. Tho probability Is that if
they did go into tho raising of stock
thiy would neglect it and so lose
money. By bad methods It is easy
to lose money rapidly in stock-rnlaing.
Every man that is willing to study his
work nnd has had experience In tho
general work of farming can go into
tho business of .breeding and feeding
farm animals with good chances of
buccoss; hut before taking such a step
the full cost should be counted.
The Unbalanced Ration.
The fact should not bo overlooked
that there are cases whcro tho bal
anced ration is not the most economi
cal. This will bo Influe'ncrd by tho
relative market price of feeds and tho
animals that aro to bo fed. For In
stance if corn Is very cheap tho feed
er will not bo Justified in paying high
prlcea for mill stuff to feed in very
largo quantities to fnttening steers,
unless it bo for tho finishing poriod.
Tho carbohydrates that ho would
wasto aro too cheap in 15 cent corn to
justify him In buying high priced pro
tein to save them. But generally, feed
containing enough protein at a rea
sonable prlco can ho had on the farm
nt a price that will jubtlfy an approxi
mate balanced ration in tho ninjority
of coses. Besides tho Iobb of food
nutrients, thoro nro detrimental results
caused by an unbalanced ration. Grow
ing stock are stunted; dairy cows aro
dried up, in breeding stock tho animal
system is weakened, etc. For such
cases as these the balanced ration will
pay even if it Is necessary to purchase
such feeds as oil meal, etc., that aro
generally considered high priced. F.
C. Burtls.
The Present Stock Feeder.
Thero was a tlmo when tho feeding
of livo stock could bo carried on in an
Ignorant and haphazard way and yet
afford the feeder a profit. That was
in tho days when land was cheap and
thero was little market for grain,
chiefly because it could not bo hauled
to where It was needed. Thnt day has
passed, and both land and grain aro
in demand and showing a strong ten
dency to rise still higher. Tho hap
hazard feeder long ago went out of tho
business on account of non-success.
Tho successful stock feeder of the
present day Is ablo to discriminate
betweon good and poor animals and to
tell the difference between good and
poor feeds. Ho Is able to sit down and
combine a ration that will glvo tho
best possible results. He no longer
bolioves tnat ono kind of hay In worth
as much as anothor kind. And how
came he to know theso things? Uv
tnklng hood to the work dono by tho
scientist In tho analysis of tho differ
ent feeds. Tho first-class feeder of
cattle no longor believes that timothy
hay is tho very best hay for beef mak
ing. Ho has learned that clover and
alfalfa far exceed it in value.
Value of Style In Fruit.
Benjamin Nowlinll, a Chicago fruit
commission merchnnt, In n papor con
tributed to tho last session of tho
Illinois stnto horticulturists, said: .
Quality pays; stylo pays Btlll bet
ter; and both togother best of all. You
growers know this, hut probably wo
dcnlora renllzo It even moro fully.
For Instance, recently wo rotolvcd n
carload of apples most of which sold
nt $9 per barrol, but in that car were
Aomo thnt Bold at $1.50 per barrol.
Both were called No. 1, but tho $9 ap
ples woro high in. flavor and color,
and porfoct as to ahapo, put up In an
attractive package nnd finely packed.
Tho $1.50 apples woro sound, but wero
dull nnd uninviting in color, of poor
flavor and put up In n alovenly look
ing packngo and wero poorly packed.
Wo sold Scckol pears nt $8 and $2
per barrel this fall on tho samo day,
and wo got full prlco on both. It was
quality and stylo that mado tho differ
ence. Not onco, but mnny timoa wo
havo sold Jonathans, sound and fresh
ly rocolvod tho samo day nt $2 and
$10 per barrol. In fnct, this very
thing Ib ono of tho chief annoynncos
of our trade. Few shlppors reallzo the
value of Just a llttlo of Naturo'B tint
Ing on tho skin of nn appto or how
alight a dtffcronco In this lino will
mean a dlffcronco of from GO conts to
$1.00 per barrel in tho price.
"You Bay you sold John Jonos ap
ples at $15 straight and for mlno you
got only $4, both packed by tho samo
man on tho samo day, tho orchards
within a mile of each othor. How Ib
this?" What n hopoleBs task to roply
to such a question 1 "My apples woro
Just as good as his, Just aa largo, Just
as smooth, Just as carefully packed,
with Just ns good cooperage." All
this is true, my friend, but thoy wero
worth $1.00 per barrel less In our mar
ket Just tho same and aro harder to
sell at tho difference. And why? It
Is excellence Bet oft by stylo. That is
why tho fruit from sunny valleys of
tho far west outsells tho best selec
tions of tho middle west. It may not
have moro intrinsic merit, but it has
Btyle.
Quality pays. Choose your varieties
wisely; take pains with your orchard
treatment. Study tho market needs;
but above all cultlvato stylo in fruit
packing and package, and when to
this stylo you add qunlity, you havo a
combination that will sell your fruit
at prices that will often surprlso you.
Forest Regeneration.
Tho object of forestry Ib to utllizo
to tho fullest posslblo extent tho prod
uct of forest land, nnd nt tho samo
tlmo to maintain tho conditions which
render forests beneficial, says a re
port of tho Jtli oilo Island station.
Utilizing tho timber is as much a part
of forest management as Ib inducing
tho growth of trees and protecting
them during their growth. Tho Im
portant consideration of how to ro
placo tho trees when cut is known as
forest regeneration. Two methods nro
available, the artificial and tho natur
al. Artificial regeneration may bo by
means of seeds sown nnd covered by
hand or by mcanB of planting trees.
Both thoso methods aro too expensive
to bo used except whore no others
will succeed. Manifestly on the open
prairies they aro tho only methods'
avallablo when forestB are to bo start
ed on land where no trees now grow.
Natural regeneration is tho moro com
mon method, and tho ono moro practi
cable under normal forest conditions.
It may bo by means of shoots or by
means of seeds. The former utilizes
tho vigorous shootB which spring up
when most broad-leaved trees aro cut
Tho resulting growth is known in for
est literaturo as coppice. The meUiod
cannot bo used with conifers, and not
all broad-leaved trees can bo depended
upon to send up satisfactory shoots.
Such shoots mako a moio rapid
growth in their earlier years than
bccdling trees, but thoy generally at
tain their best development within
thirty years nnd are not suitable for
tho production of largo, long-lived
trees. Coppico growth, therefore, la
udaptcd only to short rotations and
the production of such classes of tim
ber as basket material, firewood,
fenco posts, telegraph polos, hop
polos, etc. In tho regeneration of for
ests by seeds nature iu again ready to
help, for sho contrives many ways In
which seeds are scattered that they
may find placos to grow. Tho wind is
ever ready to carry them, and natur
ally the trees which become most
widely scattered are thoso bearing
light seeds with some kind of append
ago enabling them to be easily carried
by tho wind.
The English "Crab."
A recent report of the Virginia sta
tion saya: "This variety is only a
small form of tho common apple. Tree
hardy but a slow grower; upright,
forming a roundish head. Trunk meas
ures 13', Inches at base and about 11
ijjchcs at head. Planted In 1891 Thus
for has not shown susceptibility to
disease. First bloom noted in 1S95,
and treos bore a small crop that year.
Small crops produced again in 1897,
1899 and 1901. At uo time has this
variety borne a heavy crop. Fruit
larger than ordinory crabs, dull red
In color and of oxcollont quality for
eating out of hand. This Is a winter
variety and will keep till January if
storage conditions aro favorable. It
has value for amateurs, but wo do not
recommend it for general planting.
A woman will alwaya boll ovor If her
husband will refrain from getting hot
when sho begins to roast him.
Tin Ore In tha Transvaal.
It is reported from Johannesburg
that n now nnd unexpected Bourco of
woalth has boeu discovered In the tor
riloiy of tho late Boer republic. Near
tho oaBtern border of tho Transvaal,
on tho ledge of tho lofty South African
plutoau, three vnluublo lodes of tin
oro hnvo been found, and tho doposlti
nr npparontly bo extensive that pr
dictions aro heard that tho now colony
may prove to bo as rich In tin and cop
per ns It Ib already known to bo In
gold.
No chromoB or cheap premiums,
but n bettor quality and one-third
Inoro of Dcflanco Starch for the samo
prlco of other starches.
American Apples In Germany.
Last year witnessed a groat n
croaso In tho imports of Amoricnn nn
pies Into Germany. For tho first
olght months of 1903 the ImportB
woro 3.9G motrlc tons of 2,201 pounds
each, against 214 tons nnd 543 tonn
during the ernie months In 1902 and
1901. Of American drlod fruit, baked
nnd simply presorvod, the Gorman Im
ports for tho samo period wero 25.2CI
tons, against 11,981 nnd 12,000 tons,
respectively, In 1902 and 1901.
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES color
Silk, Wool and Cotton at ono boiling.
Fatal British Climate and Cooking.
The cllmato of England kills halt
tho oppulatlon, according to London
Truth, tho cooking kills tho rest.
Throughout tho world, wherever thero
Ib tho aim or a spring, thero arc Eng
llsh men and women endeavoring to
repair their constitutions. The medi
cine bill of tho English people to
gether with its accompanying ex
penses Is sufficiently largo to support
a sucond-rnto powor and does mainly
support many largo and small towns
on the Continent and elsewhere.
Tlio TVondorful Croim Bopnmtor.
Docs its work In thirty minutes and
leaves Ibsb than 1 per cent butter fat.
'Jho price is ridiculously low, accord
ing to size, $2.75 to JG.00 each, and
when you have one you would not part
therewith for fifty times Its coat.
JfST 8EX1J THIS UOTICB
with Be stamps for postage to the John
A. Salzor Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., ami
got their big catalog, fully describing
this remnrkahlo Cream Separator, ami
hundreds of other toots and farm seeds
used by the farmer. (W. N. U.)
The easiest way to outwit a liar iu
to tell the truth.
Qtory of n Missionary.
A capital story has boon told by
nn American missionary who has just
nrrlved in London from Korea. The
difficulty Iu learning tho language of
that country Ib Increased enormously
owing to the largo number of words
which, with a Blight Inflection of the
voice, nro used over and over again
with nn entirely different meaning.
Tho missionary in question wn3
preceding to somo nntivos, and assur
ing them thnt unless they repented
thoy would go to a placo of punish
ment. Amazement rather than terror
was written on tho faces of his orl
cntnl listeners. Why on earth, If
thoy rejected, his advice and refusod
to repent, Bhould they be dispatched
to the local postolllcc! On another
occasion a lecture was delivered, in
tho courso of which a beautiful moral
was being drawn from the gay ca
reer of the tiny butterfly which was
suddenly cut short In tho clutches or
tho spider. Tho smile, however, fell
somewhat short of Its Intended mean
ing, an It was not until tho laughter
hnd subsided that tho lecturer be
camo awnre that tho victim which
had been floundering amid the dainty
Bllken threads of tho web was a
donkey, which In tho Korean language,
't appears, is synonymous with butter
fly. Even the slllc-covcrod umbrella has
its ups and downs.
DIDN'T DELIEVE
Thnt Coffee Was the Real Trouble.
Somo people flounder nround and
tako everything that's recommended
to them but finally find out that cof
fco is the real cause of their troubles.
An Oregon man says:
"For 25 years I was troubled with
my stomach. I was a steady coffeo
drinker but- didn't suspoct that na
tho causo. I doctored with good doc
tors and got no help, then I tool:
almost anything which someone elso
had been cured with but to no good. I
was very bad labt summer and could
not work at times.
"On December 2, 1902, I was taken
so bad the Doctor said I could not livo
over twenty-four hours at tho most
nnd I made all preparations to do. I
could hardly eat anything, everything
dlstressea me on;! I was weak and sick
all over. When In that condition cof
fee was abandoned and I w.is put on
Postum, tho change in my feelings
cane quickly after the drink that was
IKiIsonlng me W2 removed.
"Tho pain and sicS:ins fell away
from me and I began to get well day
by day so I stuck to It until now I am
well and strong again, can eat heartily
with no headache, heart trouble or tha
awful sickness of the old coffee days.
I drink all I wish of Postum without
any harm and enjoy it immensely.
"This seoms like a wonderfully
strong story but I would refer you to
tho First National Bank, The Trust
Ranking Co., or any merchant of
Grant's Pass. Ore., In regard to xny
.standing and I will send a sworn state
ment of this if you wish. You can
nlso use my name." Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Still thoro are many who persistent
ly fool thomsolvos by Baying "Coffee
don't hurt me," a ten days' trial of
Postum in its place will tell the truth
and many times save life.
"Thero's a reason."
Ixok for tho little book "The Road
to Wellvlllo" In each package.