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Blood IU "F IT was rapidly growing dusk on the wide prairie, and the stars were Just beginning to show like glitter­ ing diamond points. Just the sugges­ tion of the autumn was in the cool Bight air. The stillness as Jim and Miss Waring drove along over the si­ lent plain was broken now and then by a sharp, startling rattle, a sound once heard never to be forgotten, the danger signal of the deadly rattle­ snake coiled up in the long, brown grass. "Hit appears to me," Jim was say­ ing, "that that air wind don't bode any ipood to the settlers 'round these parts." '!Why so, Jimr • "Guess you hain't ever ben on one! of our Dakoty perairies afore. Miss Waring, or you wouldn't have asked such a question. There's two things out liyar that's more feared than the Old Nick himself--one on 'em's a perai- Tie fire and another's a perarle with the wind a-blowin' a forty-mile-an-hour gale," They rode on again in silence. Agnes Waring had come from the far great City to visit her brother on his Western ranch. Jim, the man-of-all-work. was driving lier out from the station, fifteen miles from the ranch. "By the long-horned spoons!" said Jim suddenly, rising in his seat and stopping the horses with a tremendous jerk, "look over there, will you? Thar's bizness for us, sure's you're a foot high! Git up there?" he yelled to the horses, and, giving one of them a sting­ ing blow with his whip, they sprang Into a run. Across the level plain shone a light, the light at the ranch head­ quarters nearly a mile away. To the left of it a dull, reddish glow had come dp and, now and then, at the horizon lin^ where the darker part of the sky was lost in the prairie, sharp flames were darting up. "Don't be skeered," Jim ejaculated, as lie whipped the hdrses into a yet more furious pace; "there ain't no dan­ ger--leastwise for us." Alice was a self-possessed city girl with a generous stock of old-fashioned common sense; but she was startled at Jim's actions and her face had grown pale. "Everything's all right," said Jim, as reassuring as he ebuld under the cir­ cumstances; "don't you be skeered." He had seized the reins between his firm, strong teeth, and now with one hand, now with the other, now with both, he was whipping the horses into still greater speed. "Hate--ter--lick a team--like this"--as the wagon bounced and tumbled and rattled along; "hate ter do hit--but hit--can't be helped-- when there's life--depends--on It," A few moments more and the horses dashed up to the big ranch headquar­ ters house. Jim threw the lines to the ground and seizing Alice by the waist, Jumped out with her. "Sorry to be so imperllte, but there ain't any time to wait--kin you ride hossback?" Barely waiting for an affirmative an­ swer from the girl, who was passion­ ately fond of riding, and who modestly owned the gold medal for superior horsewomanship in her city riding club, Jim ran to the barn, flung a man's saddle on a beautiful horse, and before Alice had time to recover from her sur­ prise at this novel introduction to her brother's establishment, the horse was before her. "You say you kin ride; wa'al here's the best chance to show hit you ever kad in your life. Thar's the best hoss in MeLeod County--racin' blood for five generations; there ain't nothin' but a perairie fire kin ketch him. Jump ltlm, Miss Waring, ride straight toward the fire yonder; tliar ain't no danger stow till you git ter Miile Crick. Jest Over the crick a quarter of a mile or so thar's a Russian woman an' her six Weeks* old baby. She's all alone, for I saw her husband in town when we left. They hain't backfired an inch, and you've got to git the woman and her baby over the crick. See? I'd go myself, but the wind Is shifted and this hull ranch'U be in danger afore long. You'll pass your brother and a parcel o' men backfirin' along the line; don't stop for any explanations, but ride fer the crick an' ride as if Old Harry was on yer track! You been't afeerd, be you?" The blood had come back to the pale cheeks. "You say there's little danger of my losing my life, Jim?" "Not a bit--ef you otily git that wfrman across the crick in time; but don't wait--jump quick, fer the Lord's sake, or you'll be too late. With a rude toss he threw her into •addle as if she had been a child, and banded her the reins. As he did so he thrusra short, cruel rawhide into her band. ' "Don't hh him' with that unless you bave to--he's never been licked in his fife; but lie can outrun a cyclone. Ef you have ter hit him give it to him red- hot!" It is long, sometimes, before a horse , and its rider become acquainted with ene another; but it seemed but a few seconds to Alice before she and the jpoble animal were old friends. Jim was tfjSht, Prince Hal could run; and after tbe first few tremendous jumps and •lice had steadied herself in the saddle the thrilling excitement stirred her l»lood like an intoxicant, and she real­ ised that Jim had told the truth; It promised to be the race of her life. ~ "Je-ho-sn-phat!" exclaimed a man 5bo was plowing a fire furrow along ie edge of the ranch where the men > were at work. "Mr. Waring, look, will you! Look at Prince Hal!" \ - Mr. Waring bad not more than time v to look up before he saw his choicest ••• .amount pass by him like the wind, a jglri with hair flying behind her on his back, the horse going at a pace that not v';V hi" fastest Kentucky ancestor ever ptatched. £ On the horse went as !f he, too, knew the life-savlftg mission of the hour. £ > •flTbc foam came from lils-teeth, and his I1*- .'Jlanks were white. Alice leaved for- • ;< "prard in the saddle, as she urged him • ; and stroked his neck. could see & low house silhouetted against a great red bank of flame. The fire was coming, Already she could feel the intense heat. A leap and a bound; they were over the stream and on again with still swifter flight. It was a matter of seconds now until the low sod bouse was reached. In front of It was the Russian peasant woman, frantically trying to fave some of her household goods by* dragging them with one hand further from the course of the fire, while in one arm she clutch­ ed the baby, around which she had thrown a wet shawl to protect it from the heat.* "Why didn't you run 7' cried Alice, as she jumped from the horse; "don't you see, the fire is almost on you? You can't save your things; run for the creek! Run, I say, or you'll be burned to death!" Alice caught the child from the woman's arms and sprang up into the saddle a§J>est she could. The woman stood as if stupefied, the red glow from the coming flames lighting up her stolid face. The fire was coming on faster now; they could hear the roar and Crackle as it swept through the long, man-high grass of the swale beyond the fence. "Quick! quick, I say! no, you can't run fast enough now to get to the creek; jump behind me, quick! quick! or we shall all be burned. I can't leave you here to die!" The woman's stolid nature was aroused at last by the animal fear of danger, and while the heat grew more intense every minute, she clambered up behind Alice. Prinoe Hal's face was toward tbe Are. He had not moved since he reached the spot; he seemed like some beautiful statue, his body motionless, his ears sharp erect, his nostrils dis­ tended; the awful fascination of the fire was upon him. Alice pulled at the bit to turn him. He paid no attention. She spoke sharply, but he only moved uneasily; he would not stir from tbe spot. Swift­ er than an electric $hock came the thought to her mind that horses in burning buildings Would stay and die in the flames before th6y would be led out. It would be impossible to reach the creek on foot; in half a minute PATE Of AN INDIAN MURDERER. OIMC Capital Pvaisfcment Astral • Primitive Mexican Tribe, Speaking of primitive law among the Mexican Indians brings to mind a most curious case that was told me some years ago In the State of Oaxaca by an old Zapoteca. chief who had become a convert to Christianity. He said that a long while ago an American botanist was traveling through the mountains of Oaxaca studying the rare and beau- tlmul flora of that region. He had with him a mozo from another part of the country. He carried several gold pieces sewed 1n the lining of his jacket. The mozo became aware of that fact, and one day when the botanist got down o«n his knees to drink at a little spring, tbe mozo cut his head off with a machete, took the gold pieces and fled to the h?$h- er Sierras. No<t long after the body was found by some Zapoteca Indians, who had seen the botanist tn former days studying the flowers and plants near their vil­ lage. They knew that he was a harm­ less and good man, because be loved flowers. All Mexican Indians love flow­ ers. So they took the body to the chief and told him what they bad seen and found. "What!" he said, "shall the kind stranger with tbe white face, who loved flowers and sought not our goods, nor insulted our women, come to such a dog's death among us and not be aveng­ ed?" He then dispatched four swift Indian runners in different directions, with or­ ders not to return without the murder­ er. After a week's time they returned, bearing the malefactor, bound, in their midst. A council of old men was called. The case was examined. The guilt of the mozo was proved, as he still bad with him the strange pieces of gold. Then the old chief gave the sentence. It was speedily performed. They led the trembling murderer to the center of the little plaza. There four green stakes were driven in the ground. The murderer was stripped naked and stretched by the wrists and feet in the air among the four stakes, to which he was lashed. Then the Indians made a great heap of unslaked lime under the wretched man's body, and when the heap touched his breast and sides they poured water over it until the scalding steam of the burning lime had cooked all the flesh from the bones. Then they took the bones and threw them into a hole in the mountain side. And so was the stain of the murdered man's blood covered and vengeance was wrought by the Indians in behalf of "the white stranger who was good and loved flow­ ers."--Mexico Two Republics. OITA LIKE-SAVING MISSIOX. more> the- flames would be on them. Snatqbing the wet shawl from the baby with one hppd, and. swinging the child back ward,to its. mother with the other, she threw ..the shawl over the horse's head. With the sight of the fire shut out he quivered, turned as the bit gave him a Sharp twist, and, just as the flames were leaping over the sheds hard by the house, he sprang away. It was a race for life now--for three lives; for ihe wind had increased to a gale, and there Is nothing more terrible in this world than such a relentless ocean of flame as was rolling over the grass-grown plain. Alice thought of Jim's parting ad­ vice: "He's never been licked in his life; but if you have ter, give it to him red- hot!" With a sharp cry, urging the horse on under his heavy burden, she struck him with all her strength on the quiv­ ering flank, not once, but many times. He jumped as if stung by a rattlesnake, and seizing the bit In his teeth, sprang away as if shot from some mighty cata­ pult. v Alice had lost all control of him now. She could neither guide nor check nor urge him. The blood of a noble ances­ try, the blood of a racer was on fire In his veins. Down the short hill, over the brook, up the further side, on over the plain like some wild spirit of the night" he ran. A cheer that you could have heard a mile, and that, mayhap, was heard clear up to the stars of heaven, rang out as Prince Hal, white with foam, flew by the crowd of men. "Wa'al, ef you ain't the pluckiest gal!" said Jim, as he helped Alice from the saddle; "an' you ain't agoin' ter faint, nuther; I kin tell it by your eye. Didn't I tell you he could outrun a cyclone? But there had ter be some body a-top o' him who knew how ter ride."--Independent. LAW AS INTERPRETED. Preference of usurious debts is held, in Illller vs. Ellis (Miss.), 41 L. R. A. 707, to make an assignment for the benefit of creditors void. This is a subject on which there are not many authorities and these are not agreed, but their effect is shown In a note to ihis case. A revocation of the license of a for­ eign insurance company because of its failure to pay the license fees required for former years during which It had done business in the State is sustained in Travelers' Ins. Co. vs. Fricke (Wis.), 41 L. R. A. 557, as the failure to com­ ply with the law is a present, existing failure. The constitutional right of minor children to. the rents and profits of a homestead during minority and to an estate in fee after the widow's death is held, in Merrill vs. Harris (Ark.), 41 L. R. A. 714, not to be violated by a sale of the property under an order of the Probate court for the benefit of the children. A Bible containing names and dates of birth of members of the family is held, in Supreme council of tbe Golden Star Fraternity vs. Conklin (N. J.), 41 L. R. A. 449, to be inadmissible as evi­ dence of the age of a person, when there is no proof when or by whom the entries were made, or of the wiper's knowledge of the facts, or that thlUker- sons named therein had ever acknowl­ edged the authenticity of the record. The rule that a presumption of Neg­ ligence does not arias from the fact of an injury is applied in Benedick vs. Potts (Md.), 41 R. R. A. 478, where a person on a mimic railway was on a car when it entered a tunnel but was not on it when it emerged and was found unconscious In the tunnel, while other persons passed through safely, and there was no defect in or abnormal condition affecting the means of trans­ portation. I ' tf DON'T GOSSIP. "s not pleasant to mention one's mistakes of a serious nature. What­ ever men may say to their wives at home, it is not often that a man will mention his wife's faults and fallings away from home. It is quite different with most wives, however. When they get together they chatter as freely as children, and talk of their husband's faults (re#l or imagined), and those who hear it often tell It to others In an exaggerated form. After a while the husband 'finds that be Is being talked about In the neighborhood as if be were worse than a brute. If he is a sensitive man and occupying a social position where a good name is every­ thing, he will trace these stories to his wife. After that he may continue to provide well and treat her kindly, but that tender, soothing affection which has always been such a comfort to the wife will be shocked out of place In spite of himself. If you value your husband's first love and your own hap­ piness, speak well of him at all times. Give people to understand that In your estimation be is but little lower than tbe angels. There Is no mistake on earth so bad as for husband and wife to trifle with each other. Danced Thirty-six Miles. Mrs. Veronica ltevollnski, a Polish bride, of Helmetta, N. J., danced thir­ ty-six miles at her wedding, and at the end of the dancing in the morning was able to prepare her husband's break- r fast. In accordance with Polish eti­ quette, she was to dance with every man present. It was a contract; by count there were 117, and each was a stayer. But she took partner after partner. An lEgg Trick. Mr. Wardner exhibited a paper in which was an article on the Klondlker and a portrait showing a Frenchy look­ ing man with a big diamond in bis shirt front, swell cut of clothes and a stove­ pipe hat ^jie prince "of Wales would have bwl^mwpl torw^*rv Mr. Wardner laughed as he'looked'at the picture again and related some anecdotes of "Swiftwater Bill," thfc man who had struck "$5,000'tb the square foot on bed-rock:* "BUI" had." the second best claim on the Yukon, and was so self Important on his return that he kept a private secretary through whom the reportpr* ha<1 to interview him. He married tbe sister Of Gussie La More, a vaudeville dancer w^p danced in a tent in Dawson. "SvNfWater Bill" paid her attention, but got inad at the dancer and married her sister. The dancer was very'fond of eggs while in Dawson, and after their quarrel "Bill" bought up every egg there was In the place, pay ing $1 apiece for them to the number of about 400, and then ate his meals near her so as to enjoy her annoyance at not being able to hare her egg orders filled. While he was eating his fill of eggs In a tantalizing way she had to be content with bacon at $25 an order.-- Milwaukee Sentinel. SK A moment more and they were at the «welt, a sballpw stream. Beyond, Alice Afghan Slaves. Afghan slaves have not, as a rule, tbe position that the Anti-Slavery Society Is formed to combat. There is nothing pitiable In their condition. Afghan women are usually indolent and use­ less, except as the mothers of children whom they absolutely neglect. It Is the slaves who manage everything, Generally in a rich house there is one chief slave, a sort of housekeeper, rath er a grand person, whom it is always wise to conciliate if you intend having many dealings with that establishment In summer she is always dressed in purest white; In winter, velvets and brocades are not beyond her reach. She is generally an elderly person, with considerable Influence and a good deal of authority. Then there is another who is a sort of maid to the lady of the house; she is another person that it is not wise to quarrel with; she is always very much in evidence. She It is who prepares everything for her mistress' toilet, as also for her master's. It is the wife' special.duty and privilege, however, when the things are being prepared, to wait upon her husband when he dressing, to pour the water over his hands and feet during his religious washings, and to spread his prayer carpet. < A Simple Turn. He felt that she had encouraged blip and when she refused him he indig­ nantly Inquired If she didn't think she •jad played biirf a very mean trick. "Not at all," she answered cheerily; 'only a little sllght-of-hand." Nutrition in Qjrsters. A quart of oysters contain, on the average, about the same quantity of nutritive substance as a quart of milk or a pound of very lean beef. MBS. VKKONIC'A KEVOM98KI. so surprisingly to the fashions In types," said an observant clubman. "For example. If )>lump, fluffy blondes are popular, they immediately blossom everywhere, and the willowy brunette is seldom seen. What becomes of her, I wonder, and howdoesthe 'blonde be­ come plump and fluffy merely to suit popular caprice? At present they tell me that the tall, stately damsel of tbe Gibson model is again in vogue, and I certainly do see an extraordinary num­ ber of young women of that class- lithe, dark, haughty young women, with swan necks. It's surely very mysterious. I can't spring any theory to fit It." "Oh, it's not so awfully mys­ terious," laughed a lady who knows a thing or two. "To begin with, a skill­ ful dressmaker can come near doing what she pleases with her clients. She can make them stout or thin, high- chested or long-waisted, willowy or substantial, and by a careful selection of fabrics can easily udd or subtract twenty pounds t£ one's weight. Every­ body knows this in a general way, but few realize how closely a real artist can make the average woman approxi­ mate to a favorite type. The Gibson girl Isn't very difficult to imitate--a few strong vertical lines in the trimming of her gown will make any woman look tall who is not absolutely dumpy, and hair dressed low on each side of the face completes the effect. Why, it's really no trick at all." 8heSeta Good Kxarap|e. , Some one has said that our children desire to begin where we leave off. Consequently, if they can procure the elegances of life in no other way, they will secure them on the credit system. For it is a fact that the poor pay far higher for the accommodations they re­ ceive than do the rich for theirs. The usual outcome of this kind of house­ keeping is that the debtor falls behind in his payments, is annoyed by duns, borrows a trifle from a friend to ward off the evil day, and at last abandons hope, losing furniture and all that has been paid as interest and principal. In happy contrast was the course adopted by a bright-eyed wife. Before her marriage her intended requested her to select a carpet, and he would buy It oh trust, but that she stoutly refused, and assured him that the bare floor was good enough for her until he could afford to pay for what he pur­ chased. This little woman has made .a good business man of her husband. Thing* that Injure the Voice. Regular habits keep the whole physi­ cal make-up in good order, and have of necessity a great influence on the voice. Much use of the voice imme­ diately after eating, sleeping or bath­ ing is to be avoided; in fact, at any time when tbe flow of blood is greatly accelerated or any special set of mus­ cles are actively at work Is not wise. The very frequent use of smelling salts Is not beneficial. Lemons, to clear the voice before reading or singing, should be replaced by the beaten white of an egg sweetened a little. Plenty of rest, food and air should keep our throats In order. Slight sore throat is helped by a little sulphur blown dowji. But the throat is too delicate for much home doctoring. Go to a physician who knows all about it if any unusual cold settles there.--Woman's Home (Com­ panion. Girls, Get a "Job." Some writer has recently put forth the Idea that women who enter the business world have a fine opportunity to marry. This observer goes on to say that in a business office a woman sees a man at his slncerest, learns a great deal about bis faults and foibles, his moods and susceptibilities, and all that sort of thing, and asserts that if a woman marries a man after knowings him in this way, and does not know how to deal with him and what to ex­ pect from him, she must be very stupid. Continuing the subject the argument Is brought up that, so far as can be recalled, no divorces have been Bought by men who have married their typewriters. Added to all this Is the fact that a woman in business has a great chance for meeting meflC A Wife's Duty. GTrls wlio marry with the foolish idea that it is their husband's duty to sup­ port them in comparative Idleness are making a serious mistake. It is a wife's duty to work and build up a home by prudence and industry in home man­ agement, as much as it is her husband's to work outside and to provide money. It is only a person of great wealth who can afford to hire a refined person to take her place as housekeeper. Only a comparative lazy woman can resign her place of housekeeper to an ordinary maid servant, and her family must suffer because of it. The loss of the mother as the power at the helm is one of the greatest evils that can befall a family. An energetic woman will let no other cause but physical incapacity keep her from attending to her highest duties--those upon which the comfort and health of her family depend. In Place of the Hat Pin. A newly patented little article of great Interest to woman was recently placed in the market by an enterpris­ ing Vienna firm. The little appliance does away altogether with that curse of fine hats and bonnets, the hatpin. Numerous devices have been invented to supersede the hatpin, but none here­ tofore seemed to replace that necessary evil. The new appliance, however, seems to come up to all the require­ ments of a cheap, yet solid and reliable, hat fastener. It consists of two small side combs attached to the nether side of the brim at either side of the head and sliding within narrow holders. K&sine the Baby. Don't let everybody kiss the baby! S*>me people seem to think they have a perfect right to kiss every child they take a notion to. In the first place many diseases are carried by kissing, so on that score It is best to be careful. And in tbe second place babies have preferences as well as grown people. We would not like to be compelled to kiss everybody who took a fancy to kiss us; and neither do they. Still there is nothing like "mother's kiss." If baby falls and hurts himself he runs to mamma so th^t she may kiss the place and make It;well. If he Is tired and fretful, to be taken up ih mother's arms and fondled and caressed will make the little heart glad. Oh! mothers, be gentle and tender to the babies. After a man sees k himself he always wonders what drew such a fool crowd.' sues. A certain amouiit of ignorance is nec­ essary to the enjoyment of our exl»t- TO SUPI'I.AXT THE HAT TVS. A PERILOUS SWIM. Heroic Fsat of a British Officer in Africa. While our soldiers and sailors were advancing tbe flag, last summer, a deed as brave as any of theirs was done by a map of kindred race In far-off Sierre Leone. This thrilling Incident of the native uprising is described by a correspondent of the London Standard. At Rotofunk, a mission station some fifty-five miles from the coast, four of the white missionaries had been liter­ ally hucked to pieces by the natives. It wds said, however, that Mrs. Kane, the wife of the superintendent of the mis­ sion, had succeeded )n escaping Into the bush.. •: " " • With the hope of rescuing her, a force was dispatched from Freetown, with orders to push through to Roto­ funk without delay. On arriving at the Ribbi River, however, the force found that the natives had collected at Ma- bang, a town on the opposite bank, and had withdrawn all canoes and boats. As the river is over one hundred and fifty yards broad and six fathoms deep, a serious obstacle presented itself. The only officer who knew this part of the country was Lieut. W. R. How­ ell, of the First Glamorgan Volunteei Artillery, a member of an old Cornish family, who had raised a force of vol­ unteers at the commencement of the rising. He appealed for volunteers to swim across the river and bring back as many canoes as possible, but there was no response, as not only would the swimmers be exposed to theifull fire of the enemy, but the river wjM known to swarm with alligators. At length Lieutenant Howell, In spite of the protestations of his fellow-offi­ cers, resolved to make the attempt him­ self. The enemy, evidently seeing what he was about to do, assembled in force on the opposite bank, but were driven back some distance and kept at bay by the firing of the British volun­ teers over Lieutenant Howell's head. When the lieutenant had just reached mid-stream and was in the full current, he was seen to swing round rapidly on his back; his leg had been seized by an alligator. It was only ' by swinging sharply round that he succeeded in freeing himself, but even so his thigh had been torn and lacerated ln a «hoek- ing manner. Notwithstanding this injury and the work of tbe enemy's guns, the gallant officer continued his perilous journey, and. at length reached the opposite bank, only to find that bis errand was fruitless, as all the boats and canoes had been destroyed. For more than half an hour he con­ tinued his search, but finding the en- ,emy again pressing him, and feeling !weak from loss of blood, he was com­ pelled to take to the river again, and got back in safety. When the combs are pushed upward the hat will sit as firmly as if held by two pins. The cost of these combs is trifling, and .since they are almost in­ visible when in use they have become very popular in a very short time. How Our Women Change. . "I have never been able to under- fttand bow women manage to eonforaa Baby's Crib. It was a practical young mother who first utilized a/champagne basket for baby's crib, but the idea has spread until champagne-basket babies are nothing out of the ordinary. Some of the baskets are mounted on low rock­ ers, others, where the mothers have ideas that rocking is unhygienic, have none. In this case the basket is easily lifted from "pillar to post" when the duties of the mother lead her all about the house and no nurse is provided for baby. One dainty basket crib noticed lately was painted with white enamel paint, lined with tufted white silk, and where the name of the champagne, in straggling black letters, had once adorned the side of the basket, they had roughly sketched in gold the baby's name. Feminine Personals. White House etiquette permits that Mrs. McKlnley hold Informal recep­ tions on Saturday afternoons. The President Is not in evidence at the pleasant gatherings, nor do the cabinet women assist, as at more stately func tlons. Mrs. Sarah Tyson Rorer, the famous expert in cookery, has taken a house in one of Philadelphia's poor quarters and will make of It a model working man's home, her design being to dem­ onstrate the possibilities of housekeep­ ing on the average wages of an artisan. Mrs. Rorer's income from lectures and other sources Is About $10,000 yearly. A Deserted Mansion. Just across the river from St. Mi­ chael's Is one of the most fertile farms In Talbot County, Md. Some years ago a Mr. Oliver came to this country from England and purchased this large es­ tate and began farming. Here he lived for many years. He enlarged tbe house and filled its rooms with the finest fur­ niture and pictures. Mr. Oliver was an eccentric man, yet very popular with the neighboring farmers. But one day Mr. Oliver suddenly disappeared, lock­ ing the doors of his house and leaving his property in charge of the tenant. Mr. Oliver was last heard from in Vir­ ginia. Everything in his Talbot home Is just as it was kept by Mi*. Oliver years ago. The supper table was left standing in the middle of the floor, not a plate nor any of the food Staving been removed. Even the rubber boots which Mr. Oliver had Worn on the day of his departure are left sitting on the floor, and not a piece of the furniture has been removed from its original place. The interior of the house is just as it was when the old bachelor resided there, save for the thick coating of dust. He left no instructions with his tenant for the disposition of his prop­ erty, nor has any relative ever come forward to prove his claim to posses­ sion. The house Is a massive structure of bricks said to* have been imported from Engl.-ind. If lb said that Mr. Oil ver Is still living in Virginia, and that he is aware of all that fs going on at his farmi Tlo^al Wedding Cake. Royal wedding cakes are never sent aut until they have matured at least six months. The actual baking process lasts from five to seven hours. So great Is the demand for cake on the occasion of a royal wedding that the makers have always a stock of more than 2,000 pounds in the seasoning room. What Broke It Up. . For several years tbe little town of Bloomsburg boasted a brass band, which held together with vefy little financial encouragement from tbe citi­ zens or anybody else. At the close of a presidential cam­ paign, however, in which it had -en- ^yed a season of more than usual suc­ cess, it suddenly dropped from public view, without any visible cause. "What broke up your band?" in­ quired a leading citizen of Bloomsburg, several weeks afterward. "Wbll, itf*was thlli *xray, f>t answered tbe young man who had acted as lead­ er. "We found, when we held our last meeting, that we had ten dollars cash in the treasury. That was the most we had ever had, and as it was just one dollar apiece the boys insisted on leak­ ing a division of the money, it was done, and I have never been able to get the boys together again. Our band," be added, regretfully, "copldn't , stand prosperity." : 1 £ V i •V V ^ " - ^ v Tbe Boudoir of tbe Czarina. The boudoir of the Czarina at Osarv skoye Selo is said to be a spacious apartment, very light and very sparse­ ly curtained. Masses of tropical ver­ dure divide the room into several cozy apartments and give It a very plctur- eqgue appear nee. JJae 4§do of uihe Wall is formed jftmost enttr&ly of 'pho­ tographs. Aii ea*el in ong of the'win­ dow recesses and a grand pla^o In an­ other lestify to Czarina's -artistic tastes; several 'of fief own water colors hang on th'6 walls and!' she is in the habit of singing to the Czar tbe folk songs of his own country. Try Grain-Of Try Orain-Ot Ask your Grocer to-day to show yoa a packageof GRAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The chil­ dren may drink it without injury as well as the adult. Ail who try it, like it. GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pars grains, and the most delicate stomach re­ ceives it without distress. Vt the price of coffee. 15c. and 25 cts. per package. Bold by all grocers. The Earth's Deepest Hole. The deepest hole In the earth is near Ketscliau, Germany. 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