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CHAPTER II.-Continued. )
"Who's afraid ? " she said , and laugh-
ed again.
"I'll be back in a moment , " he said ,
and he went up stairs , returning pres-
ently , carrying a small basket -filled
with keys.
"These are yours , my daughter , " he
said , and waved his hand with a little
touch of manner.
"Oh , so rriany ! " SHe poured the keys :
upon the table. There were half a
hundred of them , of many kinds and
sizes ; and they were all tagged with
little bits of ivory , on which their sev
eral uses were written clearly in ink.
"Y ur mother was very methodical-
very painstaking- "
He shook his head and turned to the
fire , as though to hide anw shor of
feeling.
Zelda was turning the keys over in
her hand , and she did not look at him.
A mist had come into her eyes. She
remembered the dark woman who had
been so gentle and patient with her
childhood. They used to walk t geth-
er in the old pasture ; and they carried
their books to a seat that had been
built under a great beech where her
mother read the quaint tales and old
ballads that were her delight. These
were the only happy memories she
had kept of her mother = the times un
der the beech , with which her father
was not associated.
"I'm sure it's your time to go to be . ] ,
father. You mustn't let me break in
on your ways. " Zelda walked over to
him and put her hands on his shoul-
ders. "I want to be very good to you ,
father ; and I know we'll live here very
happily. ! You won't mind me much-
when you get used to me ! "
She touched his forehead with her
lips.
lips."Thank
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"Thank you , thank you"-and
was a helpless note in his voice.
She turned away from him quickly ,
restored the keys to the basket and
ran with it to her room. '
The next morning she was down to
his 7 o'clock breakfast in the cold , for
bidding dining-room. She was very
gay and made him talk a great deal to
her. He had been up for an hour ' at
work in the barn , where he cared for
his own horse. He carried the morn-
ing newspaper to the table , as he had
done for years.
"This will never do , father ! You
must talk to me and help me to learn
the American breakfast habit. I'll be
lonesome if you read at the table. "
His thoughts seemed far away ; he
had long been out of practice in the
amenities and graces , and the morning
had brought him once more face to
face with this change in his life. The
place across the table had been empty
for so many years that he resented the
appearance there of this slender dark
girl , pouring his coffee with an ease
that puzzled and even touched him.
There had been another girl like her ,
in the long ago , and this was her
child. The resemblance between moth-
er and daughter was so marked that
he grew uneasy as he pondered it ; he. .
made a pretense of holding up his
newspaper to shut out the girl , and
when he dropped it Zelda was waiting .
for him , her elbows on the table , her :
hands clasped under her chin.
"Oh , pardon me ! " he exclaimed , ris
ing hastily.
As she helped him into his overcoat
her hand touched a hammer he car-
ried in his pocket with a miscellaneous
assortment of nails , for- use in repair-
ing the small properties he owned in
many parts of town , and she drew the
implement forth and inspected it at
arm's length.
"Why , father ! What on earth is
this ? " ,
The nails jingled , and she made a
dive into the pocket and drew forth a
handful.
"Why : , you've forgotten to empty
your pockets ! You mustn't go about
with this hardware in your clothes. "
He reached for the things , a little
shamefacedly.
"You don't understand. I need them
to make trifling repairs , you know. "
He smiled and she put the things back
into his pockets , still laughing at him.
"I must go about with you. I can
carry the hammer. Maybe : you will let
me drive a nail once in a while , if I
am good. "
He drew out a faded silk handker-
chief and began twisting it about his
throat , but Zelda took it from him and
adjusted it carefully under his coat
collar ; and she brushed his old brown
derby hat with a whisk broom that
lay on the hall table.
He suffered her ministrations with-
his patient smile , into which he tried
to throw something of a'look of pride ;
and when she had set . the hat square-
ly on his head , she drew back and re-
garded him critically and then kissed
him on the cheek.
"Now be sure to come home to
luncheon always. You didn't come
yesterday and it was lonely. I must ;
get Polly to show me the way to the
grocery. I don't intend to let her be
the boss. I'm sure she's been abusing
you all these years. "
"Oh , in time you will come to it.
Polly will lo very well , . and you
oughtn't to be bothered with such
things. I-I usually buy the groceries
myself. One of my tenants is a gro-
cer and-and-he does a little better
for me ! "
"Oh , to be sure. You must do It in
your own way , father. " There was a
note of disappointment in her voice ,
an * he would have liked to concede
something to , her , but he did not know
how.
She roamed idly about the house ,
going finally to the kitchen , where the
colored woman told her that orders
for the remaining meals of the day
had been given by her father. Polly
viewed Zelda with admiration , but she
did not ask zidvicp , and Zenda contin
uod her wanderings , going finally to
the attic with the key-basket. ?
The place was pitch dark whes she
threw open the door , and as there was
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and brought several old candlesticks
from the parlor. The attic was a great
low room extending over the whole
of the house. It was unplastered. Box-
es and barrels abounded. Bunches of
herbs , long dried , and garden tools
hung here and there ; in a corner an
old saddle was suspended by one stir-
rup. Pieces of furniture covered with
cloths were- distributed under the
eaves , their draperies heavy with dust ,
and the light of the candles gave them
a spectral appearance.
There were several trunks of her
mother's clothing and Zelda peered in-
to these bravely. Her mother had ar
. ranged them thus shortly before her
death. The girl was touched by their
nice order ; they were folded many
times in tissue paper and were sweet
with lavender. One flat packet had
been crowded into the top , and the lid
had crushed it , so that the paper ,
wrapping had fallen aside. It held a
small address-book , bound in red leath-
er ; and Zelda ran the leaves through
her fingers , noting the names -of per-
sons who were her mother's friends.
"Margaret : Dameron" was written on
one of the fly leaves. The -book had
been intended as a register of visits ,
begun at the threshold of her married
life ; but , from appearances , it had
been abandoned soon as an address
book. At the back , where the ink was
fresher and of a different kind , some
of the pages were filled. The girl car-
ried the book close to the shrouded
table where her candles stood and
opened it.
"This is to you , Julia or Rodney.
They have told me to-day that I am
going to die ; but I have known it for
a long time. The end is nearer than
they think it is ; and I am going to set
down here an appeal that I can not
bring myself to make to either of you
directly. It is about Zelda. I think
she will be like us. God grant it may
be so. I know what I hope her future
may be ; but I dare not plan it. My
own - you know that I planned my
own.I I : * * Save her , as you tried .
to save me from myself , if it should
be necessary. She is very dear and
gentle ; but she has our pride. I can i
see it growing day by day. They say
that we Merriams are hard and proud :
but she will never be hard. Do for
her what you would have done for me.
Do not let him kill the sweetness and
gentleness in her. Keep her away
from him if you can ; but do not let
her know what I have suffered from
him. I have arranged for him to care
for the property I have to leave her ,
so that she may never feel that I did
not trust him. He will surely guard
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Perhaps I was unjust to him ; it may
have been my fault ; but if she can re-
spect or love him I wish it to be so. "
Zelda -read on. There were only ; , a'
few pages of this appeal , but the
words sank into her consciousness
with the weight of lead. She was to
be saved from her father , if need be ,
by her aunt and uncle ; but she must
not know what this dead woman , her
mother , had suffered at his hands.
There was the heart ache of years in
the lines ; they had not been written to
her , but fate had brought them under
her 'eyes. She closed the book , clasp-
ing it in her hands , and stared into the
dark area beyond the candlelight. Her
mind was busily reconstructing the life
of her mother , of whom she knew so
little. The book that she held , with
its pitiful plea for her own security
and happiness , opened a new world ro
her ; her mother's words brought the
past before her vividly and sent her
thoughts into the future with a fierce
haste of transition.
This was her home-coming and this
was home ! She forgot for the moment
that she had' friends anywhere ; she
felt herself a stranger in her native
city , in the house where she was born.
Her heart went out to her mother ,
across a distance that was vaster than
any gulf of time , for there was added
the greater void that sympathy and
love would have filled if mother and
child might have touched hands to-
day.
day.Her
Her fingers came upon the broken ,
wrapper that had fallen from the lit-
tle book. She lifted it to the light and
read :
. "Private. For brother Rodney or
sister Julia. "
CHAPTER III.
The front door-bell rang-it was nn
old-fashioned contrivp * xce , on a wire ,
and pealed censoriously-and Zelda
thrust the book back into. the trunk
and ran to the second-floor landing to
listen. , Polly , the colored maid-of-all-
work , admitted Mrs. Forrest warily.
"Good morning , Aunt Julia ! Wel-
come to your ancestral home ! Come
on up ! " Zelda called from the top of
the stairs. I
"What on earth are you doing , Zee ? "
demanded Mrs. Forrest , gathering up
her skirts and beginnfng the ascent.
"I'm cleaning house a little. "
"My dear Zee , this will never do ! "
And Mrs. Forrest , having reached the
second floor , surveyed her niece with
disapprove 1.
"Do you mean the clothes ? " asked
Zelda , putting her hand to her turban.
"I flattered myself that I looked rath-
er well. I'm exploring the garret. I'm
not really doing anything but poke :
about ; and it's great fun , raking in
the dust of the past-a very remote
past , too- ! ,
"This is a horrible hole , Zee. You
must go right down. " Mrs. Forrest
was staring about frowningly.
A trunk stood within the ' arc of the
candle's flame. It was filled with old
papers and letters , and Zelda flung
up the lid to pique her aunt's curiosity.
"You must burn all these old things.
Your grandfather never destroyed any-
thing , and your mother kept all he left.
Old letters ought never to be kept ;
they're dangerous. I'm about settled
myself. I came in to see how you're
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"I'm going to see what I can do with
this old furniture. "
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new. I never had any patience with
this Idea of gathering up old rubbish
just because It's old. And then there's
the microbe theory ; it sounds reason-
able and there's probably a good deal
in it. "
"Horrors ! The ' garret's probably
full. Perhaps there are some in those
love-letters. " Zelda laughpd ; .her
mirth was seemingly spontaneous , and
bubbled up irrelevantly.
"If there's anything of mine up here ,
for heaven's sake burn it right away.
And now clean yourself up and come
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out with me. You must show yourself
or people won't know you're in town.
And come home to luncheon with me
afterward. "
"I'd like to , Aunt Julia , but I really
mustn't. Father comes home to lunch-
eon. "
"Oh , he does , does he ? Well , he has
had a good many meals alone and the
shock wouldn't kill him. "
"He's perfectly splendid ! He's just
as kind and thoughtful as can be. I
didn't know that anybody's father
could be so nice. "
Mrs. Forrest rose and swept the gar-
ret disapprovingly with her lorgnette ;
and there may have been an excess of
disapproval that was meant for some
thing else. Julia Forrest was a wom-
an without sentiment , for there are
such in the world. The lumber-room
did not interest her , and she was anx-
ious to „ et out into the sunlight. She
was too indolent by nature to have
much curiosity : she was not a woman
who spent all her rainy days poring
over lavender-scented trifles and weep-
ing over old letters. She .was born in
this old house , and she had played as
a girl in the wooded pasture that once
lay east of it. Her father's fields were
now forty-foot lots , through which
streets had been cut , and the houses
that had been built up thickly all
about were of a formal urban type.
Tke Merriam homestead was to Julia
Forrest merely an old , shabby and un
comfortable house , whose plumbing
was doubtless highly unsanitary. She
had been married there ; her father
and mother had died there ; but the
place meant nothing to her beyond the
fact that it was now her niece's home.
It occurred to her that she ought to
see Zelda's room , to be sure the girl
was comfortable ; but Zelda did not in-
vite her in when they reached the sec-
ond floor.
"The letters were beautiful ; they !
wrote lovely letters in those days , "
Zelda persisted ironically : "I wish I
could have some half as nice. "
"Do get your things , Zee ; it's fine
outdoors and the outing will do you
good. "
"I'm very sorry , but I can't go this
morning. I have a lot to do. I'll be
freer after a little. _
"You're foolish , very foolish. When
shall I see you , then ? "
"I'll be along late in the afternoon
some time. "
"And then stop to inner-It "
"Very sorry ; but father will expect
me. It doesn't seem quite kind te for-
sake him-when he's so nice to me. "
"I suppose not , but bring him along.
We're all an unsociable lot. They say
the Marriams and their connections
are queer-I don't like the word. Your
uncle and I want you to raise the fal
len reputation of the family. Do be
conventional , whatever you do. "
"Oh , I shall be that-commonplace
even. "
"Don't come down in those clothes ! "
Mrs. : Forrest was descending the stairs.
"All right , Aunt Julia. Good-by ! "
When the front door had closed , Zel-
da sat down on the stairs and laughed
softly to herself.
"Oh , Polly , " she called.
The black woman shuffled slowly in-
to the hall and ' looked up gravely at
the girl.
"Polly , I wish to see the footman
the moment he returns to the house.
And the butler's work is very unsatis-
factory ; I shall have to let him go.
And please say to the cook that theru
will be pie for dinner until further no-
tice-apple-pie with cheese. And the
peasants-they will be received by My
Majesty on the lawn at 5 as usual , and
largess will be distributed. Will you
execute these commissions at once ,
Polly ? Stand . not on the order of your
going _ " She laughed down at the
amazed colored woman and then ran
swiftly up stairs.
She did not pause until she reached
the candle-lighted table in the garret
'and knelt befere it , with her face
against her mother's little book , and
sobbed as though her heart would
break.
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Lioomi.s' : Face Agrnfn.
Hank Johnson had long enjoyed ; the
distinction of being the homeliest
man in Canyonville , so it was some-
what of a shock to him when Steve
Billings came ' into the Toyfist's Re-
treat and announced : "Boys , there's
a homelier man than Hank over at the
depot. Feller by the name of Charles
Battel Loomis that gives lectures. "
Without a word Hank started , across
the road ; and was gone some time.
"Waal , " Steve said when Hank re
turned , "d'ye give up ? "
"Heck ! " Hank replied with supreme
disgust. "He's a professional. " - : Suc
cess Magazine. :
Enfugh as Good as a Feast.
What real good does an addition to
a fortune already sufficient procure ?
Not any. Could the great man by
having his fortune increased increase
also his appetite , then precedence
might be attended with real amuse-
ment.-Goldsmith.
An Honest Horse , Trade.
"I'll nave you arrested for making
false representations. I bought , that
horse of you only because you told
me he had a record. "
"Very true , but the record is a bad
one. You didn't ask me what kind
of a record he had. "
George Reucker , who worked Ilia ]
way to America as a coal shifter and
accumulated a large fortune in the ho
tel business in Brooklyn , died at his
beautiful villa , in his native place ,
Brenkensen , Germany.
Every failure teaches a -man some
thing , if he will learn.-Charles Dick
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R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review Of
Chicago trade says :
"The smallest comparative gain of
this year appears in the bank clear-
ings , and high trading defaults con-
tinue to affect credits. These features
In part may be attributed to special
causes of a temporary nature , there
being no clear evidence of a reaction
In business aside from that due to the
unseasonable weather , which has hin-
dered operations to some extent re
cently. '
"A more favorable development is
seen in an increasing distribution of
lecessaries and crude materials , indi
cating that the purchasing power has
not diminished , although the discount
rate remains discouraging to extended
enterprise.
"Railroad plans indicate that im
provements through the coming finan-
cial year will be extensive and the
successful flotation of bonds under
aegotiation wsill provide for much in-
vestment in extensions , trackage , pow-
er and rolling stock.
"The wholesale markets : for general
merchandise were strengthened by a
satisfactory attendance of visiting
merchants , and the buying compared
favorably with this time last year in
dry goods , clothing , boots and shoes ,
furniture , men's furnishings and food
products.
"Bank clearings , $273,398,740 , exceed
those of the corresponding week in
1909 by 0.6 per cent , and compare
with $227,430,132 in 1908.
"Failures reported in the Chicago
district numbered 31 , as against 36
last week , 24 in 1909 and 28 in 1908.
Those with liabilities over $5,000 num-
bered 8 , as against 16 last week , 10 , in
1909 and 7 in 1908. "
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NEW YORK.
Trade reports , except in the North
west and on the North Pacific coast ,
are of little gain in activity , and , in-
deed , in some lines , such as textile
manufacturing , quiet or further cur-
tailment is still the subject of discus-
sion. Some lines of industry , it is true ,
are still active , prominent in these
being the building trades , with hard-
ware and other kindred lines. There
is still evidence , however , that antici-
pations as to spring trade were keyed
too high. Collections are little , if any ,
better than fair.
Business failures for the week end
ing with May 19 were 225 , as against
216 last week , 219 in the like week
of 1909 , 284 In 1908 , 165 in 1907 , and
170 in 1906. Busines failures in Can-
ada for the week . . numbered ( ' nineteen ,
which compares with twenty-four for
last week and twenty-five in the corre-
sponding we'ek of last year. - Brad *
street's Report.
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Chicago-Cattle , common to prime ,
$4.00 to $8.75 ; hogs , prime heavy , $7.00
to $9.80 ; sheep , fair to choice , $4.50
to $5.80 ; wheat , No. 2 , $1.09 to $1.10 ;
corn , No. 2 , 59c to 60c ; oats , standard ,
40c to 42c ; rye , No. 2 , 76c to 77c ; hay ,
timothy , $9.00 to $15.50 ; prairie , $8.00
to $14.50 ; butter , choice creamery , 24c
to 27c ; eggs , fresh , 17c to 20c ; pota-
toes , new , per bushel , 90c to $1.20.
Indianapolis-Cattle , shipping , $3.00
to $8.00 ; hogs , good to choice heavy ,
$7.00 to $9:70 ; sheep , good to choice ,
$3.00 to $3.50 ; wheat , No. 2 , $1.03 to
$1.04 ; corn , No. 2 , white , 62c to 63c ;
oats , No. 2 white , 41c to , 42c.
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St. Louis - Cattle , $4.00 to $8.50 ;
hogs , $7.00 to $9.75 ; sheep , $4.50 to
$6.25 ; wheat , No. 2 , $1.11 to $1.14 ;
corn , No.2 , 60c to 61c ; oats , No.2 ,
37c to 3Sc ; rye , No. 2 , 79c to SOc.
Cincinnati-Cattle , $4.00 " to $7.50 ;
hogs , $7.00 to $9.75 ; sheep , $3.00 to
$5.50 ; wheat , No.2 , $1.16 'to $1.18 ;
corn , No. 2 mixed , 63c to 65c ; oats ,
No. 2 mixed , 43c to 44c ; rye , No.2 ,
82c to 84c.
Detroit-Cattle , $4.00 to $7.00 ; fiogs ,
$7.00 to $9.70 ; sheep , 3.50 to $5.00 ;
wheat , No. 2 , $1.10 to $1.11 ; corn , No.
3 yellow , 64c to 65c ; oats , standard ,
43c to 45c ; rye , No. 1 , SOc to 82c.
l\Iilwaukee-Wheat , No. 2 northern ,
$1.05 to $1.07 ; corn , No. 3 , 59c to 60c ;
oats , standard , 39c to 40c ; rye ; , No. 1 ,
7Sc to 79c ; barley standard , 65c to
67c ; pork , mess $23.00.
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New York Cattle , $4.00 to $9.00 :
hogs , $7.00 to $10.00 ; sheep , $4.00 to
$6.00 ; wheat , No. 2 red , $1.08 to $1.09 ;
corn , No. 2 , 65c to 67c ; oats , natural ,
white , 45c to 47c ; butter , creamery ,
25c to 28c ; eggs , western , ISc to 21c.
Buffalo - Cattle , choice shipping
steers , $4.00 to $ S.60 ; hogs , fair to
choice , $7.00 to $10.35 ; sheep , common
to good mixed , $4.00 to $7.50 ; lambs ,
fair to choice , $6.00 to $8.90.
Toledo-Wheat , No. 2 , mixed , $1.09
to $1.10 ; corn , No. 2 mixed , 59c to
60c ; oats , No. 2 mixed , 41c to 42c ;
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rye , No.2 , 78c to 79c ; clover seed ,
$6.00.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES : .
The large Buckwood Brewery located
in the center of Winnipeg Man. , was
destroyed by fire ; loss , $100,000. , .
The National Meat : Cutters' AssocIa-
tion formally organized in convention
In Louisville. Over 100 delegates were
present.
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MUNYON'S ; !
W-PAW PILLS " 1
The best Stomacb
and Liver PiUs known
and a positive and :
speedy cure for Con-
stipation , Indigestion ,
Jaundice , Biliousness ,
Sour Stomach , Head-
, , ache , and , all ailments
' arising from a dIsor-
dered stomach or slug-
yiaa liver. They con-
tain in concentrated
form all the virtues and values of Mun-
yon's Paw-Paw Tonic and are made
from the Juice of the Paw-Paw fruit.
I unhesitatingly recommend th'jse. pills
as being the best laxative and cathartic
ever compounded. Send us a postal or
of
letter requesting a free package
Munyon's Celebrated Paw - J'aw Laxa-
tive Pills , and we will mail same freo
of charge. MUNYON'S : HOMOEO-
PATHIC HOME REMEDY CO. , 53d .
and Jefferson Sts. . Philadelphia. .
FloTvcrs at Funerals. Jy
The custom of having flowers at fu . . . .
nerals is very ancient. The Greeks
centuries before the Christian era ,
crowned the dead body with flowers
and also placed flowers on the tomb.
The Romans decked the funeral couch
-with leaves and flowers and spread
flowers , wreaths and fillets on ttie
tomb of friends. Most of our funeral
customs are derived : from the Romans
such as dressing in black , walking 01
riding in procession , raising a mound
over the graves , etc. , and among the
rest is that of using flowers at ft >
nerals.
DANGER SIGNALS.
Sick kidneys give unmistakable sig
. Too frequent or
nals of distress.
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Euery
Picture
Tells , o
Story
scanty urinary pas
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sages , backache ,
headache and dizzy
spells tell of disor-
dered kidneys. Neg-
lect of these warn-
ings may prove fatal.
Begin using Doan's
Kidney Pills. They
cure sick kidneys.
Mrs. H. R. Peebles ,
39 N. Walnut St. ,
Akron , 0. , says : "I -
had such severe pains
in the small of my
back that I thought I would die.
Headaches and dizzy spells clung to
me and the kidney action was irregu-
lar. My feet and ankles were sd bad-
ij j swollen I could not wear my shoes.t
The doctor told me I had Bright's dis- \
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ease , but his medicine failed to help 't. -
me. Doan's Kidney Pills quickly re . : ; .
lieved me and ere long I was cured. "
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co. , Buffalo N. Y.
FloTrer.s IJlooii in Darlincs : ,
After two years of experimenting
with nearly every spring flower of this ,
section of the country , Dr. Marion Mac '
kenzie of the department of biology at
Temple University has established the
fact ttiat every kind will blossom as !
quickly and as beautifully in the dark-
ness as in the light , says the Phila-
delphia North American. ,
The experiments were conducted . iu J.
the greenhouses of the botanical gar- t. ;
den at the University of Pennsylvania / g ,
and extended over two years. The /
flowering plants were studied compar /
atively under conditions of high and
low temperature , in the darkness and
in the sunlight.
Among the varieties that flowered in-
the darkness were the violet , ' aU va-
rieties of the maple and poplar trees ,
the wild azalea , sassafras , the jack-in-
the-pulpit and the skunk cabbage. The
observation that darkness does not re
tard the blossoming ; was so generally
true that Dr. Mackenzie thinks it jus-
tifiable to state as a result of her ex-
perimental work that all flowers of our
climate will bloom under these re
markably unnatural conditions. , '
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It was a matter of some surprise to
Dr. Mackenzie that the skunk cabbage ,
thought by even the most admiring
naturalists to be a worthless perennial
plant , burst forth into a rich bloom
when brought indoors. The flowers ,
too , noted the experimenter , are more
gorgeous than those of many plants
that the housewives of to-day are hai
boring in their homes.
FEED : CHILDREN
On Properly Selected Food-It Pays .
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Big Dividend - '
If-parents will give just a little in-
telligent thought to the feeding of
their children the difference in the
health of the little folks will pay , >
many times over , for the small trou- .
ble.
ble.A
A mother writes saying : "Our chil-
dren are all so much better and
stronger than they ever were be for e ' I
we made a change in the character of
&e food. We have quit using pota-
toes three times a day with coffee }
and so much meat. 1
"Now we give the little folks some
fruit , either fresh , stewed , or canned ,
some Grape-Nuts with cream , occa-
sionally some soft boiled eggs , and
some Postum for breakfast and
sup-
per. Then for
dinner they have some
meat and vegetables.
"It would be hard to realize the
change in the children , they have
grown so sturdy and strong , and we }
attribute this change to the food ele-
ments that , I understand , exist in
Grape-Nuts and Postum. 1
"A short time ago my baby was
teething and had a great deal of stom-
ach and bowel '
trouble. Nothing seem-
ed to agree with him until I tried
Grape-Nuts softened and mixed with
rich milk and he improved rapidly ,
and got sturdy and well. "
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Read "The Road to Wellville I
found in pkgs. "There's a Reason. "
Ever read the above letter ? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine , true and full ol
mman interest.