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1? --v- - v - - - l W 1 i I Strategy- . "Mr lad." said, the stern, Darent as rv fce picked up. the jloas white shingle. cms is going to.nurt me sore man it does you." ,;, T "-- ' The bad boy grinned. v . "It certainly "will, pop. If you ain't keerful;" he chuckled; '"I've got a dy namite cap in my back trousers pock et" And after pa. bad vanished 'around the barn at a Lou Dillon clip the bad boy removed a turnip from his pocket, winked at the barnyard rooster and started on a fishing expedition. i Debt. Debt does not seem to worry any one at the present day. The average man borrows your money, spends it and forgets it. He is quite as happy in debt as out. If ho can very conveni ently pay, he may pay; but if to pay requires him to shorten his traces a little bit, or incommodes him in the slightest degree, 'lie Avill never wipe out his obligation. There used to be a debtors' prison. It was a noble in stitution' until captured by the vilest grafters, and had to be abolished on the score of humanity. X. Y. Press. Kimono Arrangement. A woman who w:is trying on ar elaborately embroidered kimono for the edification of her dearest friend was surprised and disconcerted to hear a cry of horror as she emerged from her drcssing-rccm wrapped In the silken folds of the garment. "Why, my dear." explained tho friend, who had recently returned from at- trip to Japan, "you gave me 'the most awful shock I've had in a Ipng time. Don't you see you've got the right side of that thing fastened over the left?" "Well, what of it?" asked the other "What of it?" echoed the visitor. "Why, just this: In the country where these garments constitute the conven tional female dress thoie is but one occasion upon which they may be drancd in Hie way you have yours." "And that?" "That" in a tone of deep solemnity "is when the wearer is lying in her coffin. At all other times the kimono is arranged with the left side over the right like American men's coats, you know, and just the opposite of "Hearing" of "Deaf Mutes." Contrary to the general belief, near ly all deaf people, according to a for eign scientific magazine, can hear some sound, but, unlike the normal ear. the deaf ear hears only very deep sounds. It happens that some of the lower animals hear only dgcp sounds; this is to be concluded from the fact that they do nor seem to notice any other. The spider is of this class: since it does not posse'ss hearing organs, it must get the sound by a proedss akin to touch. If this be the fact, could not deaf-mutes develop the power to "hear" more than they have heard up to the present time, asks the writer in the above magazine. Death and Tired Legs. Alpine climbing, long walking tours and similar fatiguing recreations may bo suitable enough for those who keep in training all the year round but are disastrous for those whose ordinary exercise consists of a short daily walk. I have often thought that the reason of the many mountaineering acci dents which we read of lies in the in ability of the muscles of the legs to retain that steadiness and firmness which climbing demands and which are soon lost in the absence of strenu ous practice or in those who have never followed the sport seriously. Cassell's Magazine. Omaha Directory NN Dish Washing or anvwashine (X is EASY J if you use SWIFT'S PRIDE WASHING POWDER Ifost all dealers sell it. Ask yours to get it Cor you if he hasn't it already. IVORY POLISH For Furniture and fiano good FO'R Ajvywooiy "LEANS and polishes, removes stains and restores the finish. Can not injure the wood in any way. Guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction. Absolutely the best furniture polish on the market. 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Tenia, AwuingH, etc. Largest west of Chicago. -Write for prices and estimated Before bajrin-. Cor. Itth and Harney 8ts. Do You Drink Coffee Wfcy pat tk c.-v. tank, bittrr-flarntvd coffea la yoarataaaart kM pari GERMAN-AMERICAN GOPFIieoRiiamani uautaaaaTiscir. Y i is a: eaa caste. xw v pimi S&L will WMMWMWWVMWWWMMWNWWWMMMMWWMWMWM SYNOPSIS. i Burton'H. Barnes, a wealthy American touring Corsica, rescui-s the young Eng lish lieutenant. Edward Gerard Anstruth er. and, -his Corsican bride, Marina, daughter of the Paolis. from the mur derous vendetta, understanding that his teward is to be the hand of the girl he loves. Enid Anstruther. sister of the Eng lish lieutenant. The four fly from AJac cio to Marseilles on board the French steamer Constant! ne. The vendetta pur sues and as the quartet are about to board the train for London at Marseilles. Marina is handed a mysterious note which causes her to collapse and necessi tates a postponement of the journey. Barnes and Enid are married. Soon after their wedding Barnes' brida dis appears. Barnes discovers- she has been kidnaped and taken to Corsica. The groom secures a fishing vessel and is about to start in pursuit of his bride's captors when he hears a scream from the villa and rushes back to hear that Anstruther's wife. Marina, is also miss ing. Barnes is compelled to depart for Corsica without "delay, and so he leaves the search for Marina to her husband while he goes to hunt for Enid. Just be fore Barnes' boat lands on Corsica's shore Marina is discovered hiding In a. corner of the vessel. She explains her action by saying she has come to help Barnes rescue his wife from thfe Corsi cans. Barnes and Marina have unusual adventures In their search for Enid. In seeking shelter from a storm the couple enter a hermitage and there to their amazement they discover Tomasso. the foster father of Marina. Tomasso learns that Marina's husband did not kill her brother. Many wrongs are righted. Barnes is surprised in the hermitage by Rochinl and Komano. the two detested bandits, wjio have been searching for him to murder him for his money. The bandits attempt to take away Marina. Barnes darts out the door. The bandits start to pursue, but as they reach the door both aro laid low by Barnes revolver. Anstru ther arrives to find Marina and learns that she has been lured away by the telegram, which hud been sent by another without his knowledge. The two start in search of Marina. Barnes and Edwin take different roads in their search. Edwin is trapped in a tower where he is made prisoner. In endeavoring to escape he opens a trap door whore he finds Emory, the detec tive, who had been imprisoned there pre viously. In another secret chamber To masso is found imprisoned. Edwin in climbing down a wall sees upon the porti co of a farm house Marina and Count Danella sitting and talking together. Barns arrives and finds the bridge swung preventing his crossing over. He hears the voire of Marina crying for mercy. Ho examines his revolver. CHAPTER XVII. Continued. Hastily he selects a spot with a good line of sight and stands waiting wait ing for the chance; for intervening vines trouble him, and the foliage of a great orange tree, standing alone In the garden and midway between the house and the turret, jumbles the light, which is only the faint sheen of the rising moon. Slightly before this. Marina had been sitting on the long veranda of the Corsican farmhouse, the highted lamps placing some tinges of ruby in her dark brown hair and giving color to the light costume that enhances her loveliness. Quietly entering from the house. Cipriano Danella, costumed in the old time, romantic Corsican garb, gazes upon the exquisite girl outlined by the light costume. The eagerness of his glance draws Mrs. Anstruther's eyes to him. She looks up and says: "Ah, Count Cipri ano, it was very noble of you, who I had feared would hate me, to rescue me from the 'Lucchese." At your ad vice, I have rested here, but to-morrow, notwithstanding the romantic serenade you have provided for me, 1 must go on to Bastia." "Oh, yes, to Bastia." murmurs the count softly, and stepping nearer, says suavely, though there is a weird sug gestion in his voice that somewhat dis quiets the lady: "We are alone here in my old farmhouse, only old Martha, the cook. who. far awav. will snore till dawn, and my nephew. Count Enrico." "I haven't seen him," remarks the girl uneasily. "Parbleu, you did once, the gentle man with the scar upon his face, the one who delivered the letter that caused your nerves to jump in the Marseilles railroad station. Even now )is name seems to have an ill effect upon you," for Marina has started up, and the fluttering of her light skirts shows" her limbs are trembling. "Mia Madre. was he the man?" she ( shudders. "And was it you who penned it?" Then some divination entering her mind, she implores pathetically: "Holy Virgin, no harm has come to Edwin? Have I not kept the cruel pact? Have I not deserted my dear husband? It. was the promise cf that awful letter that no evil should come to Edwin if I left his arms." "Ah, but you intended to return to them, bella mia," smiles the gentle man. The young wife, scarcely heeds the Insinuation of the subtle Italian term, but stammers confused: "Why do you think that?" "Ma foi. you were journeying to Bas tia to meet your husband, lured there by a telegram I directed to be sent to you from that place." whispers the count significantly. "The telegram was false? Edwin is not in Corsica? Edwin is safe? Madre j di Dio, I thank thee!" Marina's voice rings with a hope that produces a su preme joy in Cipriano's occult mind. This lady upon whom he has set his fervid heart, is courage personified as regards her own safety, but the great love she bears this Englishman makes her timid for him. 'Tis Danella s plan to use for its own destruction this gen erous and mighty love. I "That's what I wish to discuss with you," he observes quietly, gazing upon a face to which each wave of passion ; adds such loveliness that he cannot restrain the monstrous proposition on his tongue. It breaks forth. "My poor brother loved you, but you gave him death," he whispers passionately. "I love you, but, per Baccho, you -will not give me death but love!" "Love? Impossible?" Marina' starts from him wildly; then scorn coming to her eyes and voice, remarks haughti ly: "You are speaking to a wedded wire. Monsieur." " ' "Not legally wedded. I have hopes. My brother, 'poor Musso, perchance by his lips In private gave his consent to your nuptials, but of that I have no proof. There is no written document. You are still a child but 20 accord ing to the French law, you cannot wed without the consent of your guardian for several years. Anstruther. in his careless English way, thought not of it; you were too eager for his wooing to note the omission. By my poor brother's death, his authority as your guardian passes to me." "Pish! I was wedded in Musso's very presence." answers the girl, proudly; then cries: "I am Edwin Gerard An struther's wife, by the church and by my love." " 'Tis a pity; you compel me to make you his widow." "Edwin's widow?" At that awful word, Marina shudders and sinks over come into a chair. "Listen to me!" Cipriano's voice is deep with menace, yet soft with pas sion. "On the further cliff down the coast are quarries of dazzling-hued green Orezza marble that is taken from this island to deck palaces." ."Orezza marble, what has that to do with Edwin's life?" half scoffs the girl. "But it may have something to do with his death," observes Danella. "For the blasting of the rock is used much dynamite. I have robbed the quarries and have mined the base of yonder turret with the explosive. In it are three men: one, old Tomasso, whose knife entered my brother's heart; the other, an American detec tive who has placed his Yankee nose into this vendetta, unfortunately fori himself. Emory is in that turret. You 'Edwin, My Husband will give something for these men's lives?" "For Emory and dear old Tomasso? Certainly anything in reason." The lovely eyes are filled with a strange alarm. "Ah, but it must not be in reason it nnist be in a passion as exalted as my own for you. When I direct my nephew, who is bound to me not only by ties of blood, but of gratitude, and who is inuamed against you all by his oath of vendetta for the murdered Musso, he will light the fuse leading to the mine, and puff! that tower, with every man who's in it, goes into the air!" "Murderer!" shudders Marina, who has listened astounded. "Ah, you have sympathy for these poor fellows! That is well; I shall love ou more for your tender heart," continues Cipriano softly. "But the law!" half screams the lady. "Pah in Corsica in a vendetta. Besides, the blown-up tower will be thought but another outrage of the rioting 'Lucchese.' Oh, this is no worse than dagger thrusts or blows from bullets which always come in a blood feud. And in that mined turret." Ci priano's voice is low but terrible, "there is another man, who following the cyclamen flowers yon dropped in the road and a few more we added to lead him into that fatal tower " "Edwin!" Marina's limbs hardly up hold her. "The man you foolishly call hus band." The finger of the suave wooer points to the turret's upper floor. Then the game is en! Her eyes following his gesture, a shuddering cry, low, broken, despair ing yet full of tenderest love, issues from the girl's lips that have now be come white as death itself: "Edwin, my husband my flowers brought you to this following for love ot me " "He is caught like a rat In my trap!" smiles the count. "Not without warning, wretch!" She would spring from the veranda and. run over to the base of the tower and call up to the man whose face she sees outlined against the rilla:? of the upper window, thrc t U - hnst iron TaaalaaHaKaaaTRaaaaaaaaaaaaaaRaRRaaiii' J NBBMM1 i-tfl '5? iwa' j& mPJ& Ev "' ubV -Ja N My bars .he is struggling to force his way But Cipriano's strong hand clutches her white arm; he pulls her back into the seat and commands: "Not until you've heard my words, which may save his life!" "His life? Tell me!". . "I have explained you are not legal ly this man's spouse," Cipriano's voice is trembling with desire. "Become mine! I had purposed in Nice to give you a very cruel death for what, you had to do with my brother's killing, but whenI saw your beauties, and knew that the little child I had once seen had grown into a Venus, but no marble one, to myself I said: 'Corpo di Baccho, 'tis in the blood of the Danel las to love this woman. I am enamored of her as wildly as poor dead Mussc. 'Tis a medieval idea; instead of slay ing her, I'll have revenge in winning her against herself, the wife also against the husband." "Not against Edwin! You have no cause of hate against him." "Vendettas are caused by love as well as hate! He dares to call you wife. Each moment my eye rests upon you increases thy sweetness to me. You are Corsican so am I no for eigner should stand between us." "Holy Virgin, you expect me to love you?'-' stammers the girl. To this he answers with Machiavel lian subtlety: "Of course not now, but that i may come in time. At pres ent you love Edwin! Because of this devoted love to save this gentleman you adore you give yourself to me." At his hideous mathematics the girl utters a cry of horror. "If you would save the life of this Englishman whom I should dispatch by my oath of the vendetta, at once your kisses. "Would Edwin wish to live, his wife untrue? Monster!" Marina's face blazes with shame. "Oh, no, not monster; simply a man who has gone crazy for thee. Understand, if you are mine, the man in that tower lives. To-night on the vessel that is anchored here, I'll bear you away to some far distant isle of Greece." "My husband would follow us for ever!" "Not if he knew you were faithless! Flowers Brought You to This!" I 'Tis not their English way. A woman who is dishonored is no more to them than a tainted orange." "Dishonored in his eyes? Never!" cries the girl. "I'd sooner you killed him sooner you killed me, much! I'm in your power; I'm alone here, help less in your hands. Kill me. Let my darling go." As Davclla has clutched her, the old neck fastenings of the ancient gown have given way; she plucks its laces further apart over her dazzling bosom and begs: "Bury your stiletto here, but spare my husband." Her pose only makes her the more alluring to his devouring eyes. "What, kill the being I adore!" shudders Cipriano. "I have no stiletto and I have taken care no knife is near your desperate hands, my lady. Be sides, I'll never let ycu go. If you will not leave your husband as his wife, leave him as his widow-" "Here. Enrico!" he calls. The young cavalier with the scar above his eyebrow comes onto the veranda and says: "My uncle, I honor thee, you have decided to give this woman death?" (TO BE CONTINUED.) A Strange Seed Pod. The antirrhinum, or snapdragon, Is one of the old-fashioned garden, flow ers known by everyone. Although it is a visitor from southern Europe it has been here so long that it has become naturalized. When we say "lion's mouth." "frog's mouth." "calf's mouth," "rabbit's mouth," we mean i snapdragon, all these names being suggested by its grotesque, maskilke corolla. But there is something still more grotesque if we will wait till the seed time and gather the .dried brown skeleton of the seed pod. 'Look ?t them sideways, under a bright lamplight if possible, and you will find they have quite a resemblance to a rhinoceros. Remove the calyx and the little horns on the nose, and look at them from the front, and they have a still more striking resemblance to human skulls, and by turning them about you get all sorts of queer ex-, fressions on the grinning mouth. ' - I J THE 0jHf---ppP "-- V k''''. klpj . NMpRBpjiRflHSaf' y- c? BW vs t NNt bw''JpbY "fj H N v yfM 'aatatatatatataafF i afaffaffaffaffaffMv H II -f-W Jr ? 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That this calamity is averted year by year '"is only in a limited sense the outcome of man's activities. True, he prepares the soil and watches long and patiently for the harvest. But with the actual la bor of birth he has no concern. Na ture alone holds the key and wo can only stand and marvel as we behold the door of life revolving upon its hinges. Probably most people imagine that wheat grows in a haphazard manner. This, however, is not at all the case. Germination proceeds along a prede termined course one event succeed ing another with unswerving preci sion and at the present moment ger mination is taking place over thou sands of acres. Sach's experiments tend to show that wheat begins to grow below five degrees centigrade; say at about 40 degrees Fahrenheit. The first sign of life within the grain is the splitting of the outer skin which covers the embryo i. e.. the slight pruuiiiiuuuu ui uiiu cnu ui iiiu tuuu. i Milked on Their BEAUTIFY THE HOME GROUNDS The amateur who wishes to obtain the greatest possible pleasure from the flowers he can grow should study the characteristics of each kind he chooses and see that each serves a purpose. Should he love fragrance, he will find nicotiana affinis, with its abundant star-shaped white flowers, delightful in its perfume a a sum mer's evening. It is an exce "ent plant for a border, planted in front of taller growing shrubs. He should study color effects in laying out his flower beds. For a bed where a mass of yellow is desired, golden California poppy is useful. It must be sown where it is to bloom as it does not transplant well. For side and back fences, clumps of single and double hollyhocks are good, planted in masses. A flower which grows al most as high as a hollyhock is rud beckia golden glow, which produces a wealth of golden flowers good for cutting.- In a backyard garden it is a good plan to devote the space in front of one fence to dahlias and cosmos for these are sure to please the most fas tidious flower1 lover. If there hap pens to be a sunny exposure in the garden, plant a few pompon chrysan themums, which are so hardy. They - - A. - tla!J ilj'RRRNMFrMlZrlL ' - ,,- v " v '" s?zT, " ft t ' -v RMaMafflaVRMaaaaaaaattaiRBlPmHaa :Ls7i.,A mmKmi&imrrmr ir r - unsr m 11 iirrTHRRnnmRMMTi fliw n i kfaEnaBBKS.' xxl-fiiJSSS ME. -- l SCONQ DAY fSXTH DAY The sheath which envelops the radicle, or young root, is now seen to appear; and not long afterwards the plumule, or young shoot, commences its jour ney towards the source of light, while the radicle burrows into the ground. A day later the latter wjll have lengthened considerably, and delicate root-hairs will have made their ap pearance. These take from the soil both moisture and certain chemical elements: and the root is gifted with a mysterious power of selecting from the soil exactly what it needs as food, rejecting all else. In this manner, and by means of the carbonic acid gas absorbed by the plumule, the tiny plant begins to elaborate food for itself; so that, when the supply of nourishment contained in the grain gives out. the young organism has already become self-supporting. As the days pass, two pairs of adventitious roots are pro duced to lighten the labors of the pri mary root. Then the first folial leaf be gins to unfurl. But ere it is fully expand ed, a fifth adventitious root is pro- duced: so that, when the birth of the wheat becomes an accomplished fact, and when the first folial leaf is fully expanded, the tiny plant already pos sesses a system of six roots. Naturally the baby wheat plant sel dom develops in the symmetrical man ner shown in the photographs reproduced. It grows among par ticles of soil varying in size from grains of sand to large stones. Thus, in a few days, it usually con trives to twist itself into a confused tangle below the surface of the soil. A careful examination, however, will show that it has not departed in the smallest detail from the principle of growth which the pictures portray. Own Pastures mwjtt-d&l&,& to- 3 i:jtiJi4cZ:i will give effective display of tiny flow ers in the autumn. The ilrtimniondi phlox are exceedingly pretty low grow ing annuals, very showy in mass. They last but a few weeks in bloom in a warm and exposed situation. Of the dahlias, the cactus and decor ative forms are becoming more and more popular every year. They should be planted if possible so their late blossoms, in August. September and even later, will help make thj garden bright after many other flowers have ceased blooming. Feed Young Chicks. I sive plenty f clean water and plenty of feed, as I keen the grain boxes full all the time, says a Kansas woman. I don't feed any kind of mush to growing chicks when they have outdoor run. Corn chop, table scraps and a little wheat now and then constitutes their feed, and I don't believe it is possible for young chicks to grow any faster or do any better than mine have done this season. The Ducks. Ducks, if reasonably cared for, ought to begin laying well this month aad continue until July. The ducks and geese are profitable on the farm. Think of these good feather beds the ducks and geese supply feathers for. Good Digestion. Good digestion means good health. Both can be ac quired by goad regular care. WOMEN'S KIDNEYS. Arm tha Saurca f Meat f Waman'a r ' Skknaw. Mrs. Rebecca Mock; 1795 E. Rich Street. ColambaW, Ohio, writea: "I be lieve I would still.be a victim of kidney troubles but for Doan's Kdiney Pills. for when I started ' using them I was in constant pain 'with my back, and no other remedy had been of any use. The kidney secre tions were Irregular, and I was nerv ous and lacked energy. But-Doan'3 Kidney Pills gave me prompt relief and continued use cured me.'.' Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Poster-Mllbum Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Pants for the Orphans. Thcro is a praiseworthy custom In some families of sending all the "pants" that the boys have gone through, wholly or in part, to the asy lum for orphans, and. as the orphans never mind a hole more or less, they are glad to get the garments. In one of these families a few days ago oc curred a little incident bearing on this laudable custom.. Fred was engaged in that extremely fascinating, but rather dangerous, sport of sliding down the banisters. "What are you doing there. Fred?" asked mamma. "Making pants for the poor little orphans." answered Fred. Easy Victory for Pat. - An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotchman were one day arguing as to which of the three countries pos sessed the fastest trains. Said the Englishman. "Well. I've. ' been in one of our trains and the tele graph poles have been like a hedge." "I've seen the milestones appear like tombstones." said the ScoL "Be jabers." said Pat, "I was one ? day in a train in my country and we ' passed a field of carrots, a field of turnips, a field of parsley, one .of onions and then a pond of water, and we were going so fast that I jLhough; it was broth!" BABVS ITCHING HUMOR. Nothing Would Help Him Mother Al most in Despair Owes Quick Cure to Cuticura. "Several months ago, my little boy began to break out with itching sores.. I doctored him, but as soon as I got them healed up in one place they would break out in another. I was almost in despair. I could not get anything that would help him. Then I began to use Cuticura Soap and Cuti cura Ointment, and after using them three times, the sores commenced to heal. He is now well, and not a scar is left on his body. They have never returned nor left him with bad blood, as one would think. Cuticura Reme dies are the best I have ever, tried, and I shall highly recommend them to any one who is suffering likewise. Mrs. William Geeding. 102 Washing ton St.-, Attica, Ind., July 22. 1907." A Dreadful Secret. Wife Have you any secrets you 4 keep from me. dearest? Husband Ncne. darling. Wife Then I am determined I will ". have none from you. either. Husband Have you secrets, then? Wife Only one. and I am resolved .. to make a clean breast of it. Husband (hoarsely) Go on! Wife For several days I have had a secret a secret longing for a new dress, with hat to match, for my birth day. That fetched him. Tatler. HOW TO TEST LINSEED OIL There is nothing that will make " paint go wrong on the house more . quickly than poor oil. It Is as bad in its way as adulterations in the whife ; lead. Petroleum oil cheapeners may ' be detected by placing a drop of the oil on a black painted surface. If one see3 the characteristic iridescence or play '" of colors which kerosene exhibits, it ; is evidence of adulteration. Corn and flsh oil can be detected by the smell. Adulteration in white lead can best -be discovered by the use of a blow pipe, which National Lead Company ". will send with instructions free to anyone interested in paint. Address, National Lead Company. Woodbridge Building. New York. After you know some people well you are apt to regret the politeness you wasted on them. Garfield Tea is a natural laxative it rcz ulates the digestion, purifies the blood, clean.e the sy&tem, clears the complexion, brightens the eyes and bring9 the glow of splendid Health! Some men are 'so afraid of doing wrong that they don't do anything. 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