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THE NEWS IN NEBRASKA.
Union Paciic officers are Making
matters lively for coal thieves at Co-,
mmbus.
A Gage county hog was sold last
week for S 490, a Lincoln man being
the purchaser.
Burglars broke into the home of
Henry Markel at Nebraska City and
secured a valuable gold watch and a
small amount of money.
I. Spencer, colored, languishes to
Jail at Fremont, waiting results of the
district court for attempting to canre
one Wardell Cash, also colored.
A telegram was received at
Sprague that a John Crow of that
place had his legs cut off while steal
ing a ride on a train in Kanaas.
At Kearney William R. Herrick
was sentenced by Judge Hostetter to
three years at hard iabor for commit
ting burglary at Shelton last January.
Scarlet fever was discovered in the
family of Mr. Schroeder, in Pawnee
City. This makes three or four cases
now and going to school at the same
time.
Ed Seeber. employed by a Grand Is
land pump firm, fell eighteen feet
from the tower of a windmill, landing
.squarely on the head. He was uniu
jurwl, howe'.er.
Leo Etting or Graud Island is the;
first foot ball victim for this season'
at that point. Ho received a fracture
of the leg ami will be confined to bis
Led for a month.
Stork on the raug at Sutherland
looks very well and will start the
winter in good shape. The grass has
Irid up in such a way as to retain a
goodly amount t" nutrition. t
The fall session of the district,
court or Hall eounty was lxgun withl
a light docket. There arc four crim
inal case?, but it is expected that all
of the four will plead guilty. ;
Diphtheria lias broken out in Hold-
rege in a mild form since the schools
opened. Only one death has resulted,'
however, and but two cases are now
known, and they have been properly
quarantined.
A joint sale of thoroughbred Short
horn cattle was held at Wayne by A.
II. dark and William Lessenian of
Wane and County Judge Hart of
I'onca. Forty-four head, mostly
onng rattle, were sold. The aver
age prlco per head was about $90.
The docket lor the next term of
district court of Douglas county,
about to open, carries 1.420 cases, as
tmpared with 1.433 for the May
term. Of the total number of cases
on the dcket, 28 are divorce cases,
or more than one-fifth of them. It is
figured that there is enough work in
this line to more than keep one of
the seven judges buy grinding out
lUorces, notwithstanding that many
if the cases are not contested and
the decrees are granted by default.
The following list of delegates has
te-en announced by Governor Mickey
to represent the state at the meeting
Co be held at El Paso. Tex.. Novem
ber 15 to IS: Sam D. Cox. Minatare:
F. V. lleagley. I-exington; W. H.
Wright. Scotts Bluffs; O. W. Gard
ner. Gering; C. II. Meeker, McCook;
J. II. Payne. Omaha; W. H. Fanning.
Crawford; Adna Dobson. Lincoln; E.
F. Seeberger, North Platte; S. E. Sol
omon. Culbertson; Page T. Francis,
Crawford.
Donaker Kid. alias Charlie Ever
ttts, waived preliminary hearing in
the county court at North Platte and
was accordingly lomid over to the
district court lor trial. During the
street fair, which was conducted in;
that city a few weeks ago by the Pat-torson-Bralnerd
company, Donaker,
Kid and his pal committed a series of'
depredations. The boys, both of
whom were in the neighborhood of 20.
3 ears of age, stole a suit of clothes,
afterward hiring a horse and buggy,
which they failed to return.
L. It. Walworth has sold his farm
northwest of Cambridge to a gentle
man from Missouri for $4,000. Mr.
Walsworth offered this same farm
one year ago for $2,000. which shows
how real estate is advancing in that
part of the state.
Monday's receipts of sheep, says a
South Omaha correspondent, rather
over-reached the estimate made by
livt stock dealers at the yards. Over
39,000 sheep were received and yard
ed, breaking the record for heavy re
reipts. November 10, 1903, comes the
closest to the receipts, when 25,000
had were handled.
Thomas Baty sues the South
Omaha stock yards company for
$5,000 for a broken leg. He alleges
that he was employed to take care
of horses, and saddle and deliver
them for the use of the employes of
the company. He avers that on Jan
uary in he was thus delivering the
animal used by Superintendent James
L. Paxlon. when it had an attack of
blind staggers and fell with him. He
contends that he did not know the
animal was subject to these attacks,
but that the company knew it.
Vaughn Foote, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. O. Foote, residing near Wood
River, was kicked in the stomach by
a horse and is in a dangerous condi
tion. ' At Sidney James Connors, aged 24.
pleaded guilty before District Judge
Grimes to grand larceny and was sen
tenced to the penitentiary for eiglH
teen months. At Lodge Pole, July 5,
Atolf Engler. while drunk in a saloon,
was relieved of $170 by Conners, who
fled to Sidney, -where he was arrested
and the money found in his posses
sion. The Nickolls county fair was a
- great success in exhibits and in at
tendance. James Buchanan, residing two
miles west of Sutherland, was the
victim of a serious accident. He was
stacking hay at Fred Pierson's camp
and failed to note that a load was
being hoisted by the stacker in time
to get out of the way. He was struck
n euch a way as to be knocked from
., the stack to the ground, a distance of
1 aearly twenty feet. He was very ser-
;ousIy Injured, but will eventually re-
. covet.
-:. Vhe fashion arbiters in Paris have
"' 'ruled that tall, thm girls are to be
,-e1tyle-this winter The tag
'short, fat oaes never did think mucn
. , of the. Parisian styles, anyway.
- - .
V".Discussing the styles in wedding
viowS.the fashion editor -JJ
: Seething particularlyrilshjamd
. ' sweet In a-Dutch SSSlSS'
-.This looks' like-race dlscrlBittiom.
AS AN AGGRESSOR
RUSSIANS FIGHTING TO REGAIN
LOST POSITIONS.
SITUATION ATJORT ARTHUR
Czar's Forces Unable to Capture Fort
Kouropatkin Russian and Japanese
Forces in Close Contrct in the Vi
cinity of Mukden.
TOKIO The Russians are reiorted
to be desperately endeavoring to re
take their lost positions at Port Ar
thur, including Fort Kouropatkin. in
the hope of restoring the water sup
ply of Port Arthur. They aie said to
have repeatedly assaulted the Japan
ese after shelling from neighboring
forts and batteries.
The Japanese continue to hold the
positions Both sides are said to have
suffered severely. The newly mounted
heavy Japanese guns are said to com
mand the entire harbor. The position
of the remnant of the Russian fleet is
said to be precarious.
Advices from Manchuria are to the
effect that the Japanese and Russian
outposts and scouts continue in close
contact south, southeast and east cf
Mukden. Skirmishes are occurring
daily and an aggregate general action
is expected soon.
It is believed that the general en
gagement will take place near Tie
Pass and that General Kouropatkin is
holding Mukden and ioKitions along
the Hun river merely to temporarily
check the Japanese advance. Snow
has fallen in the mountains east of
Mukden and there has been frost in
the valleys.
Ir is rumored that a Japanese gun
boat struck a mine and sunk south of
the Liao Tung peninsula. A portion of
its crew reached an island and were
rescued. The name of the gun boat is
unknown. The navy department does
not deny the report, but says that the
deiurtmcnt lacks confirmation.
CHE FOO Severe fighting, the
Russians being the aggressors, oc
curred September 28 and 2!t on the
west shore of the Liaoti promontory
near Pigeon bay. according to report
brought by Chinese who left Port Ar
thur September 30. The Russians al
ready apparently aie attempting to
capture the heavy guns which the
Japanese have mounted in that vicin
ity. The Russians were in considerable
force and they made several sorties,
dragging field artillery with them.
They were unsuccessful, however.
RUSSIANSUSE NEW-WEAPONS
Hurt
Huae Bean Cakes Down
on
Heads of the Japs.
CHE FOO Two Japanese torpedo
boat destroyers were observed out
side the harbor of Che Foo Tuesday
night.
A. junk which left Llsoti promon
tory Monday night and which arrived
here Tuesday night reports having
seen one torpedo boat near Che Foo.
Another junk carrying a Russian,
his wife and two children, was
stopped Monday night by a Japanese
vessel, but owing to the great dis
tance the treatment which the Rus
sians received could not be observed.
Chinese say that the battle which
began September 19 continued inter
mittently until September 24.
In defending one fort the Russians
tolled bean cawkes down on the
massed Japanese. These bean cakes
are very heavy and are pressed into
the shape of circular grindstones.
PORT ARTHUR IS HOPEFUL
Believe Fortress Can Hold Out Until
Nxt Year.
VLADIVOSTOK Private reports
from Port Arthur state that the garri
aon there is confident of being able
to hold out until the beginning of
next year.
The report is confirmed of the loss
of the three Japanese torpedo lioats
and the damaging of a Japanese
cruiser by coming in contact with
Russian mines. All is quiet at Vladi
vostok. Grand Duke Alexander Mlchaelo
vitch has telegraphed here, offering
the hospitality of a specially con
structed villa on hi6 estate at Aitodor,
In the Crimea, to officers wounded in
sea fighting. Admiral Skrydloff has
given permission to Lieutenant Dom
brovskl and Midshipman Baron Ad
mtnoff to accept the Invitation, and
they will start for Aitodor shortly.
BUYING WHEAT IN THE WEST.
Eastern Millers Go to Pacific
Coast
for Supply.
SAN FRANCISCO According to
the Examiner, agents of a Chicago
grain house are here buving wheat
for the eastern market. It is said
that 300.000 bushels of wheat have
been bought in Oregon and Washing
ton fo- shipment east and that 8,000,
000 bushels of wheat have also been
purchased in Oregon and Washington,
principally in the latter state, by
eastern buyers for shipment to the
east by rail.
Memorial For Senator Hoar.
WASHINGTON Memorial services
to the late Senator George F. Hoar
of Massachusetts were held Sunday in
All Souls Unitarian church, where
the deceased had been a conspicuous
member since his advent in public life
In Washington. Much feeling was
manifested as Rev. Ulysses B. Pierce,
the pastor read during the services
the closing paragraph of Bryant's
poem on "The Funeral of an Old
Man." Dr. Pierce spoke of the de
ceased senator's valuable services and
his loyalty to party and to friends.
Valuable Horses Burned.
BLAIR W. G. Carling of St. Paul
lost two of his fine horses by fire here
Sunday morning. They were King
Leo. the stallion, valued at $10,000,
and a gelding. Mr. Pickwick. Both ani
mals had been on exhibition at the
Omaha horse show and were, with
others, being shipped back to the Min
nesota capital. They were in a freight
car on train No. IS on the Omaha
road. Besides the horses four show
rigs, sets of gold and silver mounted
harness and blankets were burned,
bringing the total loss far up into the
thousands.
LONDON Alderman John Pound,
chairman of the London General Om
nibus company, limited, was on Thurs
day chosen lord mayor of London for
the ensuing year. He was born in
Leadenhall street, city, in 1829. Ald
erman Pound will succeed Sir James
Thompson Ritchie as lord mayor. He
Is head of the firm of John Pound &
Co., and was elected alderman of Aid
gate ward in 1892. He Is past master
of the Leatehr Sellers' company, past
master of the Fanmakers company
and past master of the Fruiterers'
eoiioy.
URGES CONTRACT MARRIAGES.
GTJ?5T ZzEEMTf
G irge Meredith, who believes that
contract marriages for limited periods
are a possibility of the near future, is
a celebrated English litterateur. His
mother was Irish, his father Welsh,
and he received his education in Ger
many. He was born in 182S, and pub
lished his first volume of poems in
1831. Though he has written several
books, it is practically within twenty
years that Meredith has become fa
mous. Critics have complained severe
ly of his literary style. Many sen
tences have to be read several times
before their meaning becomes clear;
others are unsolvable puzzles; and in
many instances he recognizes no rule
oi grammar or of usage
HARCOURT IS DEAD.
Former Leader of British Liberal
Party Passes Away at Oxford.
1XND0N Sir William Vernon Har
court. 'the finest political gladiator
of his age." died very suddenly Sat
urday at Nuncham Park, near Oxford,
the country seat which he recently in
herited from his nephew. Only his
wife, a daughter of the late John Lo
throp Motley, the historian and form
er American minister to Great Brit
ain, was with him. When Sir William
went to bed last night he seemed
fairly well, though he had been suffer
ing from a light chili, in the morning
when he was called he replied cheer
ily: "In a short time." Iater a ser
vant entered the room and found Sir
William lying dead on his bed. His
son. Lewis Vernon-Harcourt, member
of Parliament lor the Rosendale divi
sion of Lancashire, was hastily sum
moned from london.
Among all classes in the United
Kingdom, regardless of party, the un
expected news caused a sensation and
genuine regret. The somewhat pathe
tic announcement in March last of his
intended retirement had prepared the
public for Sir William's eventual dis
apicarance from the active arena of
political strife, but there had been no
whisper that his stalwart constitu
tion had been radically impaired by
nearly forty years of fierce parlia
mentary strife.
EDITOR GERE IS DEAD.
Founder of the State Journal Suddenly
Passes Away.
LINCOLN. Neb. C. H. Gere, found
er of the State Journal and for more
than fifty "years its editor, died at his
home in this city of neuralgia of the
heart shortly after 7 o'clock Friday
evening.
During the day the condition of the
editor became worse and his physi
cians declared that his condition was
extremely grave. Neuralgia of the
heart was the ailment and it was im-
possible to arouse Mr. Gere to con
sciousness. Early in the week the at
tack came. Not long ago he returned
from a long vacation spent at Spirit
Lake, la., because of ill health. He did
not feel much improved when he re
turned. Monday while sitting at home
he was attacked by the neuralgia and
sank unconscious. Stimulants brought
him out of the stupor and Wednesday
he was able to leave his bed. Thurs
day night he was again overcome. Mr.
Gere was 70 years of age.
The aged editor was known through
out the state as one of its ablest men.
He made himself known and loved in
a large circle in the old days and his
republicanism was widely influential
from the beginning of his residence in
Nebraska. He was born in Gainesville,
N. Y.. February 18. 1838. and moved
westward after the civil war.
No Decision in Wisconsin.
MADISON, Wis. Owing presum
ably to the absence of Chief Justice
Cassady, who is detained at his home
by illness, no decision was handed
down by the supreme court Tuesday
covering the right of the La Follette
or the "stalwart" faction to be repre
sented on the state ticket at the No-
vember election. The court room
was crowded by attorneys and politi
cians anxious to hear the decision
and its postponement was a keen dis
appointment. The condition of the
chief justice was reported as much
Improved.
Gen. Payne Very Low.
WASHINGTON After a bad night
in which his condition continued ex
tremely grave, Postmaster General
Payne had a' sinking spell at 5
o'clock Sunday morning. Dr. Grayson
was at his bedside and rallied the pa
tient, but a sceond spell occurred
about. 7 o'clock which was so severe
that Pr. Grayson summoned Dr. Ma-'
gruder. The two physicians adminis
tered heroic measures for an hour. For
a while it was feared the end was im-'
minent, but the heart finally respond
ed. About 10 o'clock Dr. Osier arrived
from Baltimore.
Building Ships for Russia.
TOULON, FRANCE. The manag
ers of the Societe Forges Et Chant iers
were Interviewed concerning the re
potr that they are to build a number
of cruisers and torpedo boat destroy
ers for the new Russian navy. They
stated that the negotiations on the
subject had made considerable pro
gress, but that it was desirable to
withhold the particulars in order to
avoid possible international entangle
ments. It was admitted that work on
the destroyers actually began Septem
ber 29.
Japs Want to Break Contract.
Rome. Some time ago the Russian
government ordered 100 bullet-proof
breast plates of the type Invented by
Signer Beneditti. The latter recently
started for St. Petersburg to supervise
the manufacture of the breast plates,
but was stopped at Munich by the
Italian firm to which he had sold the
rights to manufacture, and which ob
jected to Signor Beneditti's Interven
tion in the matter, and he returned to
Italy. The firm had undertaken to
supply the Japanese government with
200,000 breast plates.
IN GREAT DISTRESS
VOMITING SPELLS LONG RESIST
ED EVERY EFFORT TO
CHECK.
Mrs. Brooke Became So Weak She
Thinks She Would Have Died But
For Dr. Williams' Pink Pills.
Mrs. Sarah L. Brooks, of No. 45 Lin
coln Park, Chicago, Illinois, gives the
following account of her cure from dis
tressing spells of vomiting:
"For five years ofi and on I was
treated in vain by different doctors
for relief from a stomach trouble
which showed itself in frequent and
trying spells of vomiting. Part of the
dme 1 was able to work, and again 1
would be confined to bed for three or
four days in succession.
"My stomach was at times so deli
cate that it would not retain even
plain water. The spells would some
times occur at intervals of half an
hour, and would leave me so weak
that 1 would be compelled to lie down
between them. 1 would have several
oi them during the night following
a day of such attacks. Finally I be
came so weakened that 1 had to give
up working altogether. I weighed only
ninety-fcur pounds.
"Last January I read about Dr. Wil
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People In
one of the Chicago daily papers and
bought a box and began to use them.
After I had used half a box I found
that I could keep on my stomach the
food I ate. I was encouraged by this
and kept on using the pills for four
months. At the end of that time the
vomiting spells had ceased altogether
and my weight went up to 142 pounds
and is still growing.
"I think 1 surely would have died If
It had not been for Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills, for I sometimes vomited clear
blood, and for three or four days at a
time 1 could not eat a bite of any
thing. One doctor said I had chronic
inflammation of the stomach, and an
other said my difficulty was a cancer,
but none of their medicines did me
any good at all. Finally I concluded
that 1 did not have blood enough to
digest my food, and I began the treat
ment that has cured me. I can eat
anything now, and have strength for
all kinds of work. 1 always keep Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills on hand, and I
recommend them to my friends be
cause I know they cured me."
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills agree with
the most delicate stomachs and
strengthen the digestive organs until
they do their work perfectly. They
are sold by all druggists.
A man may have but one character,
but he has as many reputations as he
has friends and enemies.
LARGEST IRRIGATION ENTER
PRISE IN AMERICA.
The Twin Falls I.and and Water
Company, located on the Snake river,
twenty-four milea south of Shoshone
station, the largest irrigation enter
prise in America, involving -j expen
diture of over two million' dollars and
reclaiming two hundred and seventy
five thousand acres of the richest
valley lands in the state of Idaho, is
now practically completed and will be
delivering water on the lands within
the next sixty to ninety days. The
main canal, sixty-nine miles long, is
eighty feet wide at the bottom, one
hundred and twenty-four feet at the
top -and carries ten feet of water. The
project is being constructed under the
Carey act, and comes under the im
mediate supervision of the Idaho
State Land Board. Last fall the Land
Board authorized the opening of 30,
000 acres of this land to public entry,
and notwithstanding the fact that no
water would be delivered this year,
all of this land has been absorbed.
The State Land Board now authorizes
the opening of an additional 100.000
acres at noon. October 20th, at Twin
Falls City, and a great rush is expect
ed. Mr. Masqueray, chief of designs
of buildings and grounds at the
World's Fair, St. Louis, has designed
a hotel and townsite known as Twin
Falls City, in the heart of these lands,
and a $50,000 hotel is now under con
struction, besides numerous business
blocks and residences. Over $60,000
worth of town lots have been sold
within the past sixty days. The Ore
gon Short Line, at an early date, will
begin the construction of a branch
line from Minidoka through the heart
of these lands to the new town of
Twin Falls City.
It seems to be the general opinion
that charity should begin at some
body else's home.
A GREAT INSTITUTION.
It is uuusual that a single institution in a
city of 8,000 peoole will overshadow In im
portance every other interest, but such is
the case witn the American School of
Osteopathy, and A. T. Still Infirmary at
Kirksville. Mo.
A stranger in Kirksville is immediately
impressed with the idea that the town is
sustained by this institution, in fact,
Kirksville has been made what it is to-day
by Dr. Still and his famous School and
Infirmary: It is the largest patronized un
endowed institution of its Kind in the
United States.
Dr. Still's school enrolls over 700 students
yearly and each student is required to at
tend four terms of five months each before
completing the course of study. There are
over 2.000 graduates and they are prac
ticing in everv state and territory of the
Union. About two-thirds of the states
have passed special laws legalizing the
science.
This school teaches every branch taught
in medical colleges except 'drugs" and
osteopathy is substituted Tor thai. o
thorough is the teaching in anatomy that
over one hundred human bodies are dis
sected yearly bv the students.
At the Infirmary, patients from every
part of the country and with almost every
form of disease are constantly under treat
ment. For the past fifteen years almost
every train coming to Kirksville has
bronght some new sufferer hoping to find re
lief by the science of Osteopathy. By the
thousands who have left the institution
benefited by the treatment, the science has
been heralded to the world as a safe and
rational method of cure. Several years ago
a free clinic was established in connection
with the practice department of the school
and this is still in operation. Hundreds of
the worthy poor, who are unable to pay for
treatment, are treated every afternoon by
the senior students free of charge.
A "hang-dog" look is not always
oorn of conscious guilt; sometimes it
the index of a life of abuse.
THE WORLD'S FAIR ST. LOUIS.
Hotel Epworth. three blocks from the Admin
istration and ComrentioB entrances, is safe,
permanent brick building of over 500 rooms. It
costs no more to stop at Hotel Epworth than at
the temporary staff and frame hotels. Rates
11.00 a day and up. European plan. First-class
dining hall reasonable prices. Every con
venience. Headquarters Farmers National
Congress. Rooms may be reserved. (Delmar
Garden car on OlUe ; Hctel EpwortX 6000
Washington Ave., St. Lculs, Mo.
Not one man in ten tn .usand leaves
nis impiess upon his fellows, which
probably is fortunate for his fellows.
If you don't get the biggest and best
It's your own fault. Defiance Starch
s for sale everywhere and there is
positively nothing to equal it in qual
ity or quantity.
Married life on an average lasts
;wenty-eight years.
Dealers say that as soon as a cus
tomer tries Defiance Starch It is im
possible to sell them any other cold
inter starch. It can be used celd or
belled.
The Ward of
A Romance f the
y 0TTH.1E A. LIUEHCRAWTZ. aether 1 The Tat 1 LMtaeUcky. I
Copyright, 1903, by A.
CHAPTER XIX, Continued.
"I want not that recompense, lord.
I want nothing you have to give.
Little shall you think of the debt,
or think that in helping you. I repaid
you for your hospitality, your "
Her voice broke as the memory of
that time passed over her like bitter
waters, and she was obliged to stand
silent before him, steadying her lip
with her teeth, until the waters had
fallen.
"It was the King who sent for you.
that he might know whether I had
spoken the truth concerning my dis
guise " she said when at last her
voice returned. "Now, by coming,
you have helped me against his an
ger, let that settle all debt between
us. I thank you much and and I bid
you farewell." Again Elfgiva's school
ing came to her mind and she sway
ed before him in a courtesy. She
did not know that her cheeks were
as white as her kerchief, that her
eyes were dark wells of unshed tears.
She knew only that at last he was
bowing, he was turning, in a moment
more he would be gone
But just short of that point he
stopped, and all motion around her
appeared to stop, as a noise down
the corridor plotted out every sound
in the garden, the noise of a great
body of people rousing the echoes
with jubilant shouting.
"The King! The King!" could be
heard again and again, and after it
a burst of deafening cheers that
drowned the rest.
Listening, everyone stood motion
less as the babel came nearer with a
swiftness which spoke much for the
speed of the shouters. Only Randa
lin's little red shoe began to tap the
earth impatiently. What did it mat
ter what they said?
"Hail to Canute of Denmark!" "Hail
to the King of the Danes and "
Again cheers drowned the rest.
The pages, who had sped at the
first alarm like a covey of gray birds,
came panting back, tumbling over one
another in their efforts to impart the
news. Elfgiva caught the nearest and
shook him until his teeth chattered:
and in the lull, the swelling shout
reached them for the first time un
broken: "Honor to the King! Hail
to the King of the Danes and the
Angles!"
From the Lord of Ivarsdale came a
cry, sharp as though a heart-string
had snapped in its utterance, the tie
that for generations bad Dound those
of his blood to the house of Cerdic.
"Edmund?"
The mob of soldiers and servants
that burst through the doorway an
swered his question with exultant
shouts: "Edmund is dead! Edmund
is dead! Long live Canute the King!
King of the Danes and the Angles!"
Unbidden, memory raised before
"You!" he said. "What
Randalin a picture of the English
camp-fire in the glade, with the Eng
lish King standing in its light and
the hooded figure bending from the
shadow behind him, its white taloned
hand resting on his sleeve. If he was
dead, he was dead, and there was no
more to be said. Was the Etheling
always going to stand as though he
were turned to stone? Would he
never
Ah, at last he was moving! As ir
the news had only just reached home
to him. she saw him draw himself
together sharply and stride toward the
door; and she watched feverishly to
see if anyone would think to stop
him. One group he passed and an
otherand another now he was on
the threshold. Now he was out of
She let her suspended breath go
from her in a long sigh. "It Is good
that everyone is too excited to notice
what I do," she said to herself. And
even as she said it she realized that
her limbs were shaking under her
that she was sick unto faintness.
Staggering to a little bench under one
of the old oaks, she sank down upon
it and leaned her head against the
tree trunk and waited.
CHAPTER XX.
A Blood-stained Crown.
"Tata!" That was the pet name
which Elfgiva had given to her Dan
ish attendant because it signified "the
lively one." "Tata! I have looked
everywhere for you!" The pat of
light feet, a swish of silken skirts,
and Dearwyn had thrown herself up
on the bench under the oak tree, her
little dimpled face radiant. Only think
that Elfgiva will be a queen and we
shall all go to London!" As the only
adeauate means of expression
sue
threw her arms around her friend in
a rapturous embrace.
What is the matter with you mat
you are so silent as to your tongue,
when you must needs be shouting in
your heart?" Disengaging herself
gently, she climbed upon the bench
a she chattered. "The messenger
had a leather bag around his neck
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which I think likely contains -mund's
crown and Ah, Tata, look!
look! Thorkel is holding it up!"
Yes, it was Edmund's crown. Again.
a picture of the English camp-fire rose
before her, and she shivered as she
recognized the graceful pearled points
she had last seen upon the Ironside's
stately head. Now Thorkel was set
tg them above the Danish circlet
or. Canute's shining locks, while the
scouts merged into a roar of accla
nation. "But why does he look so strange?"
Rtaualin said suddenly.
And Dearwyn laid a finger on her
King Canute
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lip. "Hush! At last he is going to
speak."
Canute was bending toward the
messenger, holding him with his
glance. "Tell more news, messen
ger." he was saying sternly.. "Tell
about the cause of my royal brother's
death."
The messenger seemed to lose what
little breath his ride on the shoulders
of the crowd had left him. "My er
rand extends no further." he panted,
it is likely that the Earl will send
you more news I am but the first "
His breath gave out in an inarticulate
gasp, and he began to back away.
But the King moved after him.
"Stop " he commanded. "or it may
be that I will cause you to remain
quiet for the rest of time. You must
know what separated his life from his
body. Tell It."
Stammering with terror, the man
fell upon his knees. "Dispenser of
treasures, how should I know? The
babblings of the ignorant durst not be
repeated. Many say that the Ironside
was worn sick with fighting."
"You lie!" Canute roared down up
on him. "You know they say that
Edric murdered him."
At that, the poor fool seemed to
cast to the winds his last shred of
sense. "They do say that the Earl
poisoned him,' he blubbered. "But
none say that you bade him to do it.
No one dares to say that."
"How could they say that?" Randa
lin cried in amazement, while the
King drew back as though the grov
elling figure at his feet were a dog
that had bitten him.
"I bid him do it?" he repeated. All
at once his face was so terribje that
tho man began to crawl backward,
screaming, even before Canute's feand
had reached his hilt.
Before the blade could be drawn.
Rothgar had stepped in front of his
royal foster-brother with a savage
sweep of his handless arm. "Do not
waste your point on the churl. King."
he said in hi bull's voice, 'if yon
want to play this game further, deal
with me. for 1 also believe that you
bade the Gainer murder Edmund."
As though paralyzed by his amaze
ment, Canute's arm dropped by his
side. "You also believe it?"
Little Dearwyn hid her face on the
Danish girl's breast. "Oh. Randalin.
would he do such a deed?" she gasped.
"The while that he seemed so kind
and gentle with i!. Would he do such
horrid wickedness?"
"No!" Randalin cried passoniateiy.
"No!"
But even as she cried it. Thorkel
the Tall dared to lean forward and
give the royal shoulder a rallying slap.
"Amleth himself never played a game
better." he said: "but is it worth while
to continue at it when no Englishmen
are watching?" And his words seem-
do you believe?"
ed to open a door against which the
others were crowding.
"King Canute. I willingly admit my
self the blockhead you called me."
Ulf Jarl hastened to declare in his
good-natured roar. "When I saw you
take your point away from Edmund's
breast, that day. my heart got afraid
that you were obliged to do it to
save yourself. Even after I heard how
you had made a baigain to inherit
after each other. I never suspected
what kind of a plan was in your
mind."
Standing in silent listening. Canute's
gaze traveled from faee to face until
it came to the spot where Elfgiva flut
tered among her women, holding her
exquisite head as if it already wore
a crown. An odd gleam flickered over
his eyes, and he made a step toward
her. "You!" he said. "What do you
believe?"
Pealing her silvery laughter, she
turned toward him, her eyes peeping
at him like bright birds from under
the eaves of her hood. "Lord. I be
lieve that 1 am afraid of you!' she
coquetted. "When I bethink me that
all the time I have been chiding you
for being unambitious for glory, you
have had this in your mind!" Laugh
ing, she stooped and kissed his hand
with the first semblance of respect
which she had ever shown him.
His face was curiously still as he
regarded the beautiful Elfgiva, and
stilly curious, as though he wpre ex
amining some familiar object in a
new light. "You believe then that 1
bad him murdered?" he asked. "And
you find pleasure in believing it?
"Now, it is not murder!" she pro
tested. "When a king kills In war
"But this is not war," he said slow
ly. Lifting one of the jeweled braids
from her shoulder, he played with it
as he studied her. "This is not war.
for I had reconciled myself to him. I
j hail pngnteu falh with Edmund
, bineireusson ami vowed to avenge his
death like a brother.'
Her white forehead drew itself into
a puzzled frown, -rfut you were not
so foolish as to swear it on the holy
ring were you?" When he did not
answer, she raised her shoulders
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lightly. "What should I know about
such matters? Have yon not told me.
many times and oft, that it behooves
a Ionian to shun meddling with great
affairs?"
He gave a short laugh, "And when
were you ever before content to fol
low that advice?" Letting the braid
slip from his fingers, he stood looking
her up and down, his lips curling with
scorn.
Randalin spoke abruptly to her com
panion. "Dearwyn, I can tell vou
something. Elfgiva will never get
the queenshlp over England.'
"What moves you to say that?" the
little English girl asked her, startled.
But Randalin's attention had goae
back to the King, who had tuned
where the son of Lodbrok waited re
garding him over sternly-folded aims.
"Brother." he was saying gravely,
"your opinion is powerful with me
so I will openly tell you that you
are wrong in your belief. Never have
I so much as hinted to yonder peace
nithing a word of harm against Ed
mund Ironside."
From Thorkel the Tall came one of
his rare laughs. a sound like the
grating of a rusty hinge, Rothgar
unfolded his arms to fling them out
in angry rejection.
"This is useful to learn!" he sneer
ed. "Do you think I could not guess
that you had no need to put your
desire into words after you had shown
Edric by your actions that your mind
and his are one. after you had ad
mitted by your bond with him that
you hold the same curious belief about
honor?"
This time it was Randalin who
clutched the English girl. "Oh!" she
gasped.
For Canute's eyes were less like
eyes than holes through which light
was pouring, while his fingers opened
and shut as though he had forgotten
his sword and would leap upon the
scoffer with bare hands.
Thorkel left off laughing to grasp
the Jotun's arm and try to drag him
backwards. "Do you want to drive it
from his mind that he has loved you?
Go hide yourself in Fenrir's mouth!"
(To be continued.)
SWEET PEAS KILL FLIES.
Druggist Makes a Discovery of Value
to the World.
A local druggist has found a new
agent for the destruction of flies that
for activity and effectiveness discounts
anything heretofore offered for that
purpose. And not only is it harmless,
but it is a thing or beauty as well.
After selling annually thousands of
sheets of fly paper of the sticky and
poisoned varieties and a ton more oi
less of Insect powder, the new anti
dote for the pest bids fair to super
sede all previous methods with him
and those of his friends who are in on
the secret.
For several days the druggist, who
is a lover of flowers, has had upon
his front cases bunches of sweet peas
of a variety grown originally in Cali
fornia and but recently cultivated in
this section of the country. Each
morning after opening up the store he
has found collected around the base
of the vessel containing the peas quite
an accumulation of dead flies.
For the first day or so he regarded
the mass of defunct dipterous insects
as an accidental gathering in the
neighborhood of the flowers, but curi
osity prompted him later to watch the
conduct of the few flies left in the
store. It was observed when the peas
were freshly picked that immediately
after their being placed in the vases
those flies in the vicinity swarmed
upon the petals and proceeded to
fasten themselves there. Shortly aft
erward they fell from their positions,
dead.
It is presumed that the odor of the
pea3 attracted them first and that aft
erward they absorbed some poisonous
exudation that the flowers possess and
died in consequence. So far as known
the peas possess no toxic effect upon
the human being. Springfield Journal.
TOLD OF THE SAVIOR.
Beautiful Story That Had Origin in
Persia.
"In Persia." said a traveler, "they
te!I a story of Jesus that is beautiful
enough to be included in the bible. I
heard this story from a youth in Te
heran. I will repeat it to you, word
for word, just as I heard it."
This is the story that the traveler
repeated: "Jesus arrived at a certain
city and sent His disciples forward to
prepare supper, while He himself, in
tent on doing good, walked through
the streets Into tho market-place. And
He saw at the corner of the market
some people gathered together, look
ing at an object on the ground, and He
drew near to see what it might he. It
was a dead dog, with a baiter around
his neck, by which he appeared to
have been dragged through the dirt,
and a viler, a more abject, a more un
clean thing never met the eye of a
man. And those who stood iy looKeu
on with abhorrence.
"'Faugh! said one, stopping his
nose, "it pollutes the air.
"'How long shall the foul beast of
end our sight?' said another.
"Look at his torn hide," taid a
third: 'one could not even cut a shoe
out of it.'
"And his ears. said a fourth, 'all
dragged and bleeding.
"Xo doubt. said a fifth. he has
Iwen hanged Tor stealing.'
"And Jesus heard them, and looking
down on the dead creature. He said:
Pearls are not equal to the whiteness
of his teeth.'
"Then the people turned to Him
with amazement and said among
themselves: 'Who is this? This mum
be Jesus of Nazareth, for only He
could find something to pity and ap
prove, even in a dead dog.' and, be
ing ashamed, they bowed their heads
before him and each went his way."
Fought With Walker.
In the Soldiers' home at Quincy. 11!.,
i.-i an old man who as a boy had a
thrilling career. He is Charles H.
Kirk, who at the age of 14 years went
to Nicaraugua with the Walker expe
dition. With several other boys of
Sacramento. Cal., Kirk joined the ex
pedition in 18S6. They landed at San
Juan, drew guns, and then started on
a long march inland to meet Walker.
They almost pemhed for lack of
water. They soon came upon a ranch
whero Walker had engaged in a fight
tio d&vs previously. Dead bodies
strewed" the ground. The boys killed
mules for rations for ten days. The
Sacramento boy christened their m
panv the "Red Star guards." and
pinned red stars on their hats. For
a ong time they Hred on green ba
naias and slept in adobe houses. This
company attacked St- George, lost sev
eral of its members, and then re
treated. At another place Walker lost
twenty-one men and he killed and
wounded seventy. He later went to
San Juan and surrendered.
Mountain Air to Blame.
A new guest arrived at a New
Hampshire farmhouse where a Bos
ton gentleman happened to be holding
forth on the piazza. The newcomer
was much impressed by the speaker's
fluency.
"I declare," he remarked to the
landlord, "that man has an extensive
vocabulary, hasn't he?"
The landlord was mightily pleased.
"That's so." he said. "That's what
mountain air will do fer a man. lis
ain't been boardin' with me but tm
weeks, and I know he must have let
hi waistband out much a fov
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Chinese Abolish Torture.
Chinas criminal code has been re
vised. The barbarous punishment of
"slicing to pieces" has been abolished,
and It is believed that all torturo will
be abolished soon.
Allen's Foot-East. Wonderful Remedy.
"Have tried ALLEN'S iXXT-EASE, an
find it to be a certain cure, and gives com
fort to one suffering with sore, tender and
swollen feet. I will recommend ALLEN'S
FOOT-EASE to my friends, as it
certainly a wonderful remedy. Mr. N.
H. Guilford, New Orleans, Li."
One-Room Lodging House.
In a police court case at Burnley.
England, it was stated that tho ac
cused man. his wife aud eight children
slept in one bedroom. One of tu? chil
dren said that in the summer they
took in "haymakers as lodgers."
"Where do they sleep?" asked the
magistrate. 'O'u the roof," was the re
ply. Salt Arsenic.
The public aualyist of Maryleboue.
London, has discovered in three oet
of eleven examples of salt arsenic in
the proportion of .0024 grain a pound.
This was twice as much a the ex
perts consider harmless.
Ascend the Gabelhorn.
The Gabelhorn, Canton Valois.
Switzerland, was ascended far the
first time recently by two tourists and
a guide. Many attempts have 1hm?-i
made during the last fifty c.ir.
Doors for Special Occasions.
Many old houses in Holland have a
special door, which i3 never opeuei
save on two occasions when rhere U
a marriage or a death in the trnll
Sur Curs ait Last.
Monticello. Miss.. Oct 3 (Special
Lawrence County is almost ca'.lv iu
receipt of fresh evidence thai a h ire
cure for all Kidney Troubles ba? ml
last been found, and tkat c:re is
Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Among those who hate reus on to
bless the Great American Kidney
Remedy Is Mrs. L. E. Baggttt tf th:
place. Mrs. Daggett had Drucsr.
Dodd's Kidney Pills currd her.
"I was troubled with my l.idnes."
Mrs. Baggett says in recommending
Dodd's Kidney PHls to her f.-iend.
"my urine would hardly p?s. The
doctors said 1 had Dropsy. 1 ht
taken Dodd's Kidney Pills as directed
and am now a well woman."
Dodd's Kidney Pills cure the kid
neys. Cured Kidneys strain all th
impurities out ( th blood. That
means pure blood and a .sou ml ener
getic body. Dodd's Kidnwy Pills ar
the greatest tonic the world has evr
known.
Swift Letter Carrier.
The '-frigate" is th- swiftest of all
sea birds, and in some of the equa
torial isles of the Pacific is used as a
letter carrier. Taken from the u:st
before it can fly. it is band fed on
a fish diet by the natives; and in the
course of a few mouths becomes t-o
tame that if can ! liberated during
the day and will return to its iereh
at sunset.
Occupation for Turkish Women.
From the time of the first Incursion
of the Turks into Europe drawnwork
has been a favorite pursuit amoutc
Turkish women, especially iu th
harem. They ar' said t have
learned it originally from Italian wi
nien who were made captive in the
days when Ottoman galleys ravaged
the Mediterranean.
He is Careful Now.
"You don't say 'down with thtf
trusts!' any more." said the friend.
"No," answered the apreht-nsive
citize. "It doesn't seem t have any
practical effect and I'm afraid some
trust might hear me and retaliate bv
casual"'' remarking 'up with prices.'"
Weather Lere from the Bible.
"When it Is evening, ye say it will
be foul weather, for the sky in red:
and in he morning it will be fun!
weather today; for the sky i Ted
and lowering." Matthew xl.. i-:?.
CAN DRINK TROUBLE.
That's ens way to get it.
Although they won't admit it many
people who suffer from sick headaches
and other alls get them straight from
the coffee they drink and it is easily
proved if they'e not afraid to leave it
to a test as in the case of a lady ia
Concellsville.
"I had been a sufferer from sick
headaches for twenty-five years and
anyone who has ever had a bad sick
headache knows what 1 suffered.
Sometimes three days in the week t
would have to remain In bed, at other
times I couldn't lie down the pals
would be so great. My life was a tor
ture and if I went away from home for
a day I always came back mon dead
than alive.
"One day I was telling a woman my
troubles and she told me she knew
that it was probably coffee caused it.
She said she had been cured by stop
ping coffee and using Postum Food
Coffee and urged me to try this food
driak.
"That's how I came to send out and
get some Postum and from that time
I've never been without it for it suits
my taste and has entirely cured all
of my old troubles. All 1 did was to
leave off the coffee and tea and drink
well-made Postum In Its place. This
change has done me more good tbaa
everything else put together.
"Our house was like a drug store)
for my husband bought everything ht
heard of to help me without doing any
good, but when I began oa the Pos
tum my headaches ceased and the
other troubles quickly disappeared. I
have a friend who had an experience
just like mine and Postum cured her
just as it did me.
"Postum not only cured the hesd
aches, but my general health has beea
Improved, and I am much stronger
than before. I now enjoy delicious
Postum more thsn I ever did coffee."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
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