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BY MARY DEVEREl/X nrrH ILLUSTRATIONS BY DON C. W/LSON CCopyrygAt, /PQ2, £>y / flftr, SronTt, C4// Prgfih JPaxrttKO CHAPTER XVI. As she looked about her. in the tan gled and shadowy forest, where the night was already coming darkly, a new terror arose within her, and she sought to return by the way she had <x>me, but this was only to find her steps cut off by still denser masses of forest growth. Even as she stood hesitating, there came a faint cry. like that of a child, and a rush of hopeful ness thrilled her at the thought of something human being near in the gloom and oppressive stillness. Then there fell upon her a freezing terror, as she suddenly recalled the slaves telling recently of a panther's voice having been heard at night, near the settlement: and she remembered that they had likened it to the crying of a child. Trembling with fright, she stood, glancing about in terror, wondering which way to turn, when another sound came faintly. It was a sound she had heard before, and one no hearer could ever forget; a short, quick bark, followed by a prolonged howl—the cry of the timber wolf. Gathering her draperies closely, she spjang forward again, all color gone from the dainty little face, now ashen with fear, against which the bushes and low branches beat unmercifully. Again and again the fiendish cry rang out, to be succeeded by another, and then another, as if the first call had summoned a multitude of wolves to the chase. But, for all her dainty fem ininity. she had a man's heart for courage in the face of danger: and. as she still kept on. with clenched hands and panting breath, a small cabin showed in a clearing before her. A new strength came to her at sight of this refuge, and she rushed toward it. to find only an untenanted ruin, with its door fallen from the hinges. But she saw upon the floor a large iron ring, which indicated the entrance to a cellar; and, seizing this, she pulled at it with all her strength. A small section of the floor lifted, creaking cn rusted hinges, and dash ing wildly through dust and cobwebs that rose with it, she plunged into the shallow opening, earth-walled and floored, the dust filling her eyes and nostrils, and half-choking her, as she panted sobbingly for breath. short time before, and realizing that what he had then feared was indeed true, he stood before her speechless, a new agony growing in his pale face. For a moment she met his eyes un flinchingly. Then, dropping her own, turned from him with a shudder, as she said coldly. “I wish to be taken to the house. Captain-” She stopped as if checked at the thought of uttering his name. ‘ In a moment, mademoiselle,” he answered with the cool courtesy he would have shown a stranger. “Your grandpere has been alarmed on your account. He had sent for you to come and bid me adieu: and then, when your absence was discovered, it was quite late.” She said nothing, nor did he. for the space of a full minute. Then, with his face turned to the darkness out side. he resumed: ‘If the day may ever come when you can think of me with less con demnation. remember always what I tell you now. I do not. nor can I ever, blame you. And, if I can ever serve you. you have but to comamnd me, always and forever.” Some of the slaves, who had re turned from the hunt, now sent up a joyous shout at sight of their "lil’ Ma'm'selle” unhurt: and, rising, she smiled upon them as they gathered around her. Two of them, under LaStte's direc tion. made a seat of their interlocked bands, and. bearing her between them, set out for the house, with flaring torches lighting the way. The proclamation of Gov. Claiborne resulted in inducing Count de Caze neau to return to his New Orleans home earlier than usual; and I.afitte’s house in the city was closed, while a trusted negro overseer was left in chars? of the blacksmith shop, with orders to say that his master had gone away upon matters of business. It was to Grande Terre that Pierre had gone, feeling that a time was near at hand for the joining of issues be tween his confreres and the govern ment. and wishing, as always, to share the fortunes of his foster brother. On the western shore of Grande Terre, with several miles of forest lying between it and De Cazeneau's He stood before her, speechless. A few moments later she grew cold with an agony of apprehension, when l she heard the noise of her pursuers’ i fe'et upon the flooring over her head, and their snuffling at the cracks in the cellar door. How long it lasted she | scarcely knew, cramped as she was in the darkness, aching, throbbing— half-swooning, with the dreadful crea ; tures howling and snarling above her > head: how long it was before the bay ing of beagles, faint at first, sounded in her ears. Nearer and nearer came the sound, growing strong and clear; and then | she heard the shouting of voices. This brought a new fear—for might j not these come from those fully as much to be feared as were the wolves? The island, as she knew, was several miles long; and she had always known that it held others besides her grand father's household . She listened tremblingly, a new dread encompassing her as the voices : of the beagles now broke otit close to the cabin. Then there was a rushing | sound, followed by an uproar indicat ing a fierce struggle. At length the combat seemed to surge through the i cabin door, and a voice which she rec ognized as that of black Zebo. one of her grandfather's most trusted slaves, shouted, “Dar goes de last debbil, makin’ for de woods: Shoot him. boys —shoot ebry hide yer can see!" Roselle called to him. but her voice sounded faint and unnatural to her own ears. Then the door was lifted, and the blinding light cf a torch flashed in her face. ‘Take me out; take me home!" she ! cried, raising her arms appealingly, j w hile she sobbed like a terrified child. A man s voice, one she was too be- ; wildered to recognize, answered her. . “Utile Rose—my precious little Island Rose!” A husky, shaking voice murmured ; these words against her car. where ! she felt the pressure of warm lips. ‘ Ah. thank God, I have thee safe j again!" The touch and the words struck ! sharply through her benumbed senses; ! and with a cry of affright, she strug gled to free herself. ‘ What is it?" asked Lafitte. now j speaking firmly and quickly. “Are you hurt, child—are you injured in any way V* “Do not—do not!” the girl com manded, now uncovering her face, and looking up at him with an angry light sparkling in her eyes. “How dare * you? Drawing back a step, Lafitte stared at her in amazement, until suddenly recalling what Nato had told him a house, was the so-called “fort" of the Baratarians. standing upon a grassy eminence dotted with magnificent live oaks, and terminating at a bluff not many feet above the sea. It consisted of a fair-siz**d building and several smaller ones, all of wood, enclosed within a stockade; and a few cannon protected the fleet—now consisting of two brigatines, some small schooners and sloops, and a large number of smaller craft—an chored in the harbor at the rear of the island. Outside the stockade were many huts, constructed of logs, and with thatched roofs, where were always domiciled a small army of Lafitte's retainers, while he—when at Grande Terre—and a few of his sub-leaders had their quarters inside. Shell Island, already mentioned, up one of the almost inaccessible bayous, was his most frequent abode, where he kept about him only a few devoted followers; and here, amid impene trable forests, was conducted the building of vessels. War between the United States and Great Britain had been waging for a year or more; but it had not yet threatened Louisiana, nor had any preparations been made at New Or leans to resist an attack from the enemy. But. in the summer of 1813. occurred the horrible massacre at Fort Mims, in the Mississippi valley, occupied by some two hundred and seventy per sons, many of them women and chil dren. of whom all but seventeen were put to death by the Creeks, one of the tribes which the English had won over for allies. Gov. Claiborne had foreseen this threatened peril, but was powerless to avert it. for his forces were few and scattered, while the Indians seemed in numerable.-and moved with wonderful activity. But the governor did all in his power to restore confidence; and not long afterward Gen, Jackson ut terly destroyed the Creeks at Talla dega. “Mv heart may be telling me wrong fully. Pierre." Jean said, as the two sat talking in their abode at Grande Terre —a cabin outside, but luxurious with in, “but I have a feeling that if I now go to the emperor I may find the op portunity for serving him; and that this may prove to him the love that has never died.” “Perhaps.” answered Pierre, hesi tatingly. “But what is it that makes you think you may be of service to the emperor and France?” “To say truth. I have no idea that is definite; but I feel an irresistible in clinatiou iO go, and see if the oppon* tunity offers.” "If you should find service over there—then what?” "Why,” r'plied Jean, "then you can wind up our matters here, and come over to join me. Why not?” "Why not, indeed? That is assured ly what I would do, if—” and Pierre hesitated-for an instant—"I could.” "And what can prevent?” "In such a case,” Pierre replfed de liberately. "there would be a valuable cargo to come with me, and watchful enemies here to blind. Then possibly, or most probably, by summer or fall, with the English vessels patrolling the waters around us, the safe getting away might not be so easy a matter.” "Summer and fall are not now,” was the oracular declaration; "and by the time they come, it may be that the English will have been made to slink home again, as once before.” "I don't feel at all sure as to that,” Pierre commented, as he rose to cover the embers upon the hearth. Then, turning to Jean, he continued, as though there had been no interrup tion. "I tell thee, lad, that Louisiana has always possessed a great attrac- j tion for Great Britain.” "Grant it.” said Jean, rising and stretching himself. "Then all the more reason why, in case they succeed in ; ; obtaining it, that we should wish to ' i live somewhere else.” "Ah. but I am not saying that they | will rule here!'’ exclaimed Pierre, with ; a showing of anger at thought of the possibility suggested by Jean's words. ' "God forbid!” "Amen to that," said Jean, laughing at the quick change in his foster- I brother's manner and look; and they soon parted for the night. It was a bright morning in May that the "Black Petrel,” with Jean Lafitte j and a picked crew, and bearing a car go of rich merchandise, sailed from Barataria; and Pierre, his heart filled with loneliness and misgivings, sat on the bluff, watching her sails until they melted away on the horizon. (To be continued.) ABOUT THE AGE OF A CROW A Tag Would Indicate That One Lived More Than Twenty Years. A farmer living near Orrville, Ohio, says a correspondent of the Toronto Globe, has just received a much-prized little aluminum plate marked as fol lows: "Return to George McCarren, Orrville. O,” with which an interest ing story is connected. George McCarren. Sr., father of the man who received the little billet of aluminum, was an eccentric naturalist and spent much time in the study of birds and insects. During McCarren's youth, about twenty years ago, he says he remembers being told by his father, the elder McCarren, of a dis pute the latter had with a fellow nat uralist at Akron, Ohio, as to the age to be attained by a common crow, and finally, to settle the matter. McCarren attached an aluminum tag to the crow captured in the fields and sent the bird forth with the plate securely fastened to its neck by wires. The legend on the plate requested the finder to re turn it to McCarren in case anything should happen to the bird. As McCarren. Jr., remembers it, the two men made a bet as to whether the plate would be returned wdthin twen ty years. If the crow were killed or died they counted on the little biilet being found and returned to the ad dress on the plate. If this were not returned they believed it would be suf ficient evidence that the bird would Te still alive. McCarren bet that the plate would not be returned within that time; hence he won the bet. The crow was killed by a farmer boy named Angers in Holmes county last week, and the billet returned to the son of the better, the elder McCarren having died before he could realize the proceeds and the satisfaction of win ning his wager. The little billet is highly prized by the McCarrens as a memento of the father's eccentricity IS AN INTELLIGENT PLANT, How Wild Fig Tree in Mexico Spreads Its Kind. ! Among all the forms of vegetable ufe in the Mexican tropics the wild : fig trees are the most remarkable, I says the Geographic Magazine. Some of them show such apparent intelli ! gence in their readiness to meet emer | gencies that it is difficult not to credit i them with powers of volition. In tropics, where the wild figs flour ! ish. there is a constant struggle for j life among numberless species of ; plants. Certain of the wild figs appear j to have learned this and provide a 1 fruit which is a favorite food for many birds; then an occasional seed is dropped by a bird where it finds ! lodgement in the axil of a palm frond j high in the air. There the seed takes root and is nourished by the little accumuluation of dust and vegetable matter. It sends forth an aerial root, which creeps down the palm, sometimes coiling about the trunk on its way. When this slender, cordlike rootlet reaches the ground it i secures a foothold and becomes the i future trunk of the fig tree. Egg of Captive r.attlesnake. One of a boxful of four rattlesnakes * sent to Fred Kempel from California j three or four days ago laid an egg, ; which is said to be almost without precedent, as snakes in captivity nev er breed. The egg is only a little smaller than a hen's egg. and the small rat tler can be plainly seen curled up in side of the opaque membrane. It is expected to hatch within a day or two. Few naturalists have ever been able to locate the eggs of the rattlesnake, owing to the fact that the snake is exceedingly torpid at the time, and seeks the bottom of its hole, so as not to be prey for the birds, which attack it.—Milwaukee Sentinel. Gotham's Child Labor Evils. Robert Hunter, the wealthy oead worker of the university settlement in New York city, declares that despite the child labor law. and undetected by the labor inspectors, there is one fac tory in wrhich are at work 300 children under 14 years of age. In another factory, he adds, one boy 9 years of age was employed; his sister, at the age of 7, and a younger brother, 4 years old, earning 19 cents a day. In another place a girl of 3 was at work. i Parisian Trotting Gowns. For morning saunters short skirts and long jackets are most popular. And every Parisienne who is a woman of fashion deems it her duty, as well as her pleasure, to walk for an hour in the mornings in the Avenue des Aca cias. and so smart broughams and vic torias are drawn up in a double line near this favorable promenade along which the elegantes love to loiter and meet their friends. Tha only frivolous notes in the build of these tailor suits are the touch of color in the velvet of collars and cuffs and a line of embroidery upon a light velvet waistcoat. 1 wmed surah is having a renais sance. Cashmere is becoming the vogue in Paris. Aurore is the name given a delicate pinkish blue. Bloused jackets look particularly well on small women. All the muffs are ;arge and most of them inclined to flatness. Old rose, shading to a brick red, is a popular shade for a hat. A few are wearing bright green net face veils, with curious effect. The pearl-laced cap of the ill-fated Juliet is again a popular ornament. Women with very plump faces should never wear a thick neck ruche Apple Sauce. Pare and cut into small pieces twelve good-sized tart apples, put them into a sauce pan with half a pint of water, cover and stew them all till tender; add one cup of sugar, press it through a sieve or colander; pour into a glass dish and serve either hot or cold. Apples should never be stewed in rusty tins or iron pots, as they will spoil the appearance of the sauce. Ladies' Costume. Fashion has decided that all smart costumes must be made with waists and skirts to match, and a charming design in plum-colored crepe de chine is here pictured. The full waist is made over a vest of embroidered ba- ' tiste. Graceful fullness is given in front by tucks in the upper part, and the wide shoulder effect is success fully carried out by the shoulder straps that extend irom the neck out over the sleeve. The full puff sleeve is prettily finished by a small turned back cuff. The skirt is one of the latest models and is exceedingly grace ful. The fullness in the upper part is disposed of by small tucks around the hips, although the pattern provides for rows of shirring or for a plain gath ered skirt. It is cut in seven gores, and wide tucks at the lower edge as sist in giving the fashionable flare. All fabrics that are soft and pliable are suited to the mode, such as eta mine, voile, chiffon cloth and liberty satin. The medium size requires three and one-quarter yards of forty- : four inch material for the waist, and six yards of forty-four inch material for the skirt. Cashmere Very Popular. The very latest fabric employed to | build midwinter frocks is cashmere. 1 This material has been, so to speak, put upon the shelf for several years, but its popularity is now reassured. It is one of the most attractive of light weight cloths, it lends itself readily to drapery and it is especially suitable for house gowns. Draped waists and full sleeves are row universally worn, and this sort of light weight mate rial is particularly practical for the purpose. Perhaps the most popular is red, and cashmeres are found m every shade from bright scarlet to the deep est claret or dahlia tones. The pas tel shades are as well modish and chestnut brown is also fashionable. Velvet and siTk braid is the popular j trimming. Velvet is fashionable in ruches and in flat bands the same tone j as the corsage. Another fashionable material is crepe de paris. There is j as well a soft serge that has made its appearance, and it appears in new weaves and designs, and the diagonal serges in fine checks are much used for street costumes. To Offset Gray Fur. The gray furs are apt to prove rather trying to most complexions, and a clever milliner gave this hint anent their adoption for hats and headgear. Where the hat is such that the hair shows between the hat and the face. the color of the hair will often offset the trying effect of the gray fur; but where the hat comes close to the fore head then an underfacing of rose-col ored chiffon, of geranium red velvet, or whatever especial tint in pink or red will prove most complimentary to the wearer is used, with the result that a rosy reflection is cast upon the face, and the hardening result of the fur is entirely overcome. Neck and Hat Sets. With every hat there must go some thing for the neck these days, and the most beautiful creations are planned to go around the throat and to fasten in the front. There are lovely art noveau boas made of ermine and decorated with art noveau buttons, which are set on about six inches apart. And there are dressy things in peacock feathers to match handsome breast ornaments for the hat. It can be taken as a settled thing that neck trimmings must match hat trimmings and that they must be alike no only in one way, but in all ways. The colors, the materials and the general style must match. Perhaps the best hat and neck effects can be obtained with crushed velvet. A hat can be trimmed with a band of the .velvet and The very same material can be used for a four-in hand necktie. It must be about five inches wide and finished up precisely as though it were made of fur. Its ends are trimmed with fringe or with tails. Handsome fluffy neck ruffles are made to match hats and there are ruf fles that are in the most attractive shade? of green to go with Charlotte Corday hats that are made of green velvet with flnticgs of green muslin and green chiffon. To treat paint spots that painters have left on your panes of glass soak in turpentine. If they have been left long enough to be very stubborn scrape the spots with the edge of a penny. It will not scratch as would a knife. Mice have the greatest dislike to the smell of peppermint. A little oil of peppermint sprinkled round their haunts and holes will soon make them look for other quarters and forsake those which have become so disagree able to them. A piece of camphor forms a popular barometer. If the lump of camphor re mains dry when exposed to the air. dry weather is to be expected. If. on the other hand, the gum absorbs mois ture and appears damp, rain may be anticipated. To renovate a black fel; hat brush the hat to remove all dust and then sponge with equal parts of liquid am monia and boiling water. Rub this on the felt thoroughly, then set the hat on the table or some other fiat surface to dry. for if this precaution be not taken the brim is sure to get out of shape. Open Work Belts. Patent leather belts, so glossy and alluring in their dainty shades, have not escaped the fad for open work no tions. some of them showing off very oold designs, through the vacant spaces of which gleams the color of the blouse. In Gray Velvet. A fascinating frock of gray velvet has a skirt that fits the hips perfect ly, and plaits are let in at the bottom to give the fullness desired. At inter vals from below the hips are strips of braid reaching across from one seam to another, and then a space. The r.pxt breadth has the space filled in with the braid. The skirt frees the ground all the way round. The loose fitting jacket has a loose-stitched gir dle bolding it closely to the figure, above which it blouses all the way round. Braid is applied at each side of the back seam and over the shoul der and down the front on each side of a white waistcoat embroidered in black and gray. Full puffed sleeves come below the elbows, and they are caught into deep cuffs of the embroid ery. Theater or Evening Waist. Bodice of ivory colored silk, tucked at the top and draped below the bust ■ 1 he slightly cross ed fronts are bor dered with a fine embroidery of silk cord to match and ornamented at the bottom with ro- k settes of the silk. (| The plastron is Q of lace, also match- ] ing the waist. ® and is ornamented with bows of lilac *ejvei riDoon. me little collar piece and the shoulder straps are composed of narrow bands of the silk, fagoted together. The sleeve is composed of two puffs, fin ished at the elbow with a little frill of the material and a deep frill of lace. Vitality of Wild Mustard Seed. In the Seed Laboratory at Ottawa. Canada, one hundred fresh seeds of Wild Mustard were planted in good soil in a box. and under the most fav orable conditions only thirty-five of them could be induced to grow. The box w as then placed in the open air j for a week with the thermometer be low- zero. When again put in the ger minator, seventeen more of the seeds produced plants. The soil was then allowed to become thoroughly dry and again put out to freeze, after which twelve more of the hundred seeds ger minated. This operation was repeat ed several times, until finally every seed demonstrated that the mother plant had not lived in vain. Lace Robes in Favor. Lace robes are growing more and more into popular favor and they are shown in all varieties, from the ordi nary machine laces such as Lierre and Alencon, to the very costliest hand made varieties, point and duch- j esse and Irish crochet, which lattei varieties, by their costliness, are for ever debarred from the average pur chaser. Iridescent effects in silk are also high in popular favor. They were first j developed in taffetas and louisines, but they are now shown in crepes, eoliennes and voiles. Along with them are displayed iridescent spangled and beaded embroideries. _ Child's Winter Frock. Child's frock of dark green cloth. The skirt is made with box plaits and trimmed with a band of ermine and straps of black braid. The blouse is box-plaited at the top (where it is trimmed with ) straps of braid) to a yoke of black as trakhan bordered with a band of er mine. y The yoke is fin C ished around the \ neck with a little collar of the cloth forming tabs in ui ualuv.uicu with buttons- The vest is of the ma terial braided with black soutache, and over this is a little scalloped waistcoat, ftlso of the material, em broidered with soutache. The sleeves are box-plaited and trimmed with the braid at the top, then are plaited in at the bottom to form cuffs finished at the wrists with bands of astrakhan. The* girdle is of the material or of silk to match. BRIDESMAIDS’ GOWNS The gown at the left is of white voile. The skirt is gathered at the top and trimmed at the bottom with wreaths of mousseline de soie roses, which are united by blue ribbons. The blouse has a yoke of guipure bordered with roses and the bretelles are of the blue ribbon. The short puffed sieeves are finished with bands and knots of the ribbon. The wide, draped girdle is of blue or white silk. The other gown is of white mousseline de soie. 'r>»e full skirt is trimmed at the bot tom with little ruffles of the material, in. two groups, separated by a band of guipure. The blouse is en tirely covered with the ruffles and is finished around the low neck with a band of guipure. All these ruffles are edged with white taffeta, of which the girdle is also made, the latter fin ished on one side with a knot of the siik. The sleeves are each composed of two puffs, separated by a drapery of the mousseline de soie and finished with frills of the same. CONSTANT ACHJNGL Back aches all the time. Spoil* four appetite, wearies the body, wor* ries the mind. Kidneys cause It ail and Doan’s Kidney Pills relieve and cure it. H. B. McCarver. of 201 Cherry St., Portiand, Ore., in spector of freight for the Transcon tinental Co., says: *T used Doan’s Kid ney Pill3 for back ache and other symptoms of kid ney trouble which had annoyed me for months. I think a cola was respon-»— —■ ... ■* Bible for the whole trouble. It seemed to settle in my kidneys. Doan's Kid ney Pills rooted it out. It is several months since I used them, and up to date there has been no recurrence of the trouble.” Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents per boa. Fo» ter-Milbura Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Spanish Bridal Customs. In Spain a bride has no girl ab tendants to stand at the altar with her. but instead a “madrina,” or god mother. Neither does she have a wedding cake or any festive departure after the ceremony. The wedded pair go quietly to their new home, where they remain until the following day, when they start on their honeymoon. Before leaving they pay a formal visit to their respective relatives. Professor's Atrocious Pun. Professor Strunk of the English de partment of Cornell university is a fond papa, a3 well as a desperate pun ster. His favorite form of exercise is trunding a baby carriage along the campus walks. On day while he was so employed a friend hailed him with the query: “Giving your son an air ing, Billy?” “No," replied the profes sor with dignity. “I'm giving my heir a sunning.” Library and Its Contents. A library is like a butcher’s shop? it contains plenty of meat, but it is all raw; no person living can find a meal in it till some good cook comes along and says: “Sir, I can see by your looks that you are hungry; I know your taste: be patient for a moment and you shall be satisfied that you shall have an excellent appetite.’* ■ G. Ellis. HIS EXPERIENCE TEACHES THEM That Dodd's Kidney Pills will cura Bright's Disease. Remarkable case of George J. Barber—Quick recov ery after years of suffering. Estherviile, Iowa. Jan. 23d.— (Spe cial)—The experience of Mr. George J. Barber, a well known citizen of this place, justifies his friends in making the announcement to the world “Bright s Disease can be cured.” Mr. Barber had kidney trouble and it de veloped into Bright's Disease. He treated it with Dodd’s Kidney Pills and to-day he is a well man. In an interview he says: “I can't say too much for Dodd’s Kidney Pills. I had Kidney Disease for fifteen years and though I doctor ed for it with the best doctors here and in Chicago, it developed into Bright’s Disease. Then I started to use Dodd's Kidney Pills and two boxes cured me completely. I think Dodd’s Kidney Pills are the best in ths world.” A remedy that will cure Bright’s Disease will cure any ofher form of Kidney Disease. Dodd's Kidney Pills never fail to cure Bright's Disease. It is very difficult for a man to bo lieve that a girl with golden hair and blue eyes would ever tell a fib.—Balti more American. 10,000 Plants for 16c. This is a remarkable offer the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wi*., makes. r 1 Salzer Seeds have a national reputation as the earliest, hnest, choicest the earth produces. They will send you their big plant and seed tatalog, together WiJ* enough seed to grow 1.000 fine, solid Cabbages, 2.000 rich, juicy Turnips, 2.000 blanching, nutty Celery, 2.000 rich, buttery Lettuce, 1.000 splendid Onions, 1.000 rare, luscious Radishes, 1.000 gloriously brilliant Flcveers. This great offer is made in order to in* duce you to try their warranted seeds for when you once plant them you will grow no others, and ALL FOE BUT 10c POSTARE, providing you will return this not.oe, and if vou will send them 26c in postage, they will add to the above a big package of the earliest Sweet Corn on earth -Salzer'a Fourth of July—fully 10 days earlier than Cory, Peep o’ Day, etc., etc. [W. N. U-] The Y. M. C. A. in England ha3 an army branch called “The Christian Soldiers’ association.” The other day at the eighth annual meeting, in Lon don. 600 delegates from the reglmenu were present Bank of England Trade. On a rough average, 45.000 sover eigns pass over the Bank of England counters every day. A Rare Good Thing. “Am using ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE, and can truly say 1 would not have been without it so long, had I known the relief it would give my aching feet. I think it a rare good i thing for anyone having sore or tired feet — ; Mrs. Matild* Holtwert, Providence. R. L" Sold by all Druggists, 25c. Ask to-day. Obsequious Clerk—“Of course, mad am. I can’t sell you a tail like the on* you have on at the same price.”— Woman’s Home Companion. A GUARANTEED CERE rOR PILES. Itchinir. Blind. Bieedlug vr Pr truiila* P iw. Tot* will refund m'>o«y If PASO Ol.Mlliil tala te care you in i lu U day*. Set. * The best way to avenge ourselvea is not to resemble those who have in jured us.—Amiel. Smokers find Lewis* “Single Binder** straight 5c cigar better quality than most 10c brands. Lewis' Factory, Peoria, I1L It la said that the Turks have no war songs except those they havo translated from other tongues.