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Haiti* M A R G A R E T > toVirip; rn ,4 & ?^js? i§f BR IX.--(Continued.) And her the greatest cow- .•<#• ill'*11," she observed. "But if l&ftHy want to hear the horrible open the door." ,-v .|P» did so. Every one was silent: through the hall came plainly •frlHIgh the rocking of the cradle and tlMI low sound of the mother's song. If. Crowley stood for a moment at lM sdteor; then he shut it, and came back to the fireside loofiSng just a lit­ tle pal*. "I wonder if It Is a hoax," he ob­ served, after a short pause. "That can hardly be. For we all •aw the room the first night we came, and there was no one there, though the cradle rocked all the time. Is it , not horrible to have to live in the loose with it?" "Indeed it Is; and I question If it It light for you to do so: You must sake my uncle go as soon as you can." "I am sure that it is easier said than lone," sighed Mrs. Cowley. *1 know what I would do." observed Karjorle. *4' W, : - "What, my lote?t^-- V "Frighten him." I j "But tike cradle IM-" . ; "Then I would give him something Worse than a cradle. If hearing things Would not scare him, I should be in­ clined to try what seeing things would to." Rose clasped her hands delightedly. "I have it, Cousin Charles. If you ' fend Marjorie will help me, we can • manage it easily." "Howr* failed to do "You must be ghosts." "Waat nonsense you do talk, Rose!" " . laid Catharine. <w': "It is not nonsense. If you or I Undertake to play the part, papa would ' fee through it at once, because he would miss us. But he knows noth­ ing of Charles' return, and he has never seen Marjorie. They would both r make capital ghosts." fV 1 "There is something in it," observed &P; Mr. Cowley. "And if you will leave H? It to us we will make my uncle very willing to go. But you must stow us Out of sight before he comes." £•?», "The turret-chamber is ready, and a t - fire is lit there," said Mrs. CowIey.r . "But that is the room said to be v ' haunted." fe "Oh, never mind! But what knock ^5 Is that?"" ^ "Good gracious! ( It is Mr. Cowley. s Bun, Rose! get your cousins tip into ' the room before we let him in. Here take the cloak or he will be sure to aee it. We will send you up some supper, Charles. Rose shall come; but for mercy's sake, ^>e quick now!" With much suppressed merriment 'fx, . and laughter, the two ghosts were got out of the way, and were safe in the lv turret-room long before Mrs. Macarthy fc had let in her master, and was fuming V Tfr ^ delay.'* the rest of the year, we hear anything more of the cradle." Mrs. Cowley held her peace. Expe­ rience had taught her that argument in a case like this would be of no use. But if in her heart she had harbored any little sweet scruple as to the pro­ priety of the plan by which the young people intended to dislodge her lord and master from the strange home he had chosen, it vanished from that hour and she stood as deeply committed to the ghost scheme as any one among them all. / "Where is Rose?" asked Mr. Cop­ ley, looking up suddenly. Mrs. Cowley blushed up to the eyes. "She--she is upstairs,/! think. t>o you want her?" "Yes; I have brought her a book. As she is so very fond of ghost stories I bought her the most horrible thing I could find in that way. It will serve to pass away her evenings very pleas­ antly this winter." At that moment Rose entered, look­ ing peculiarly well satisfied with her­ self, and everything in general. "A book tor me, papa? Now that to kind." Mr. Cowley grinned to himsfelf over his toddy. "You'll be charmed with it There is a picture on the first page, enough to turn any one's hair white." "I'll look at it directly," said Rose, laying it down upon the table. "But papa, how could you leave us so long alone this evening? That cradle has been rocking so dreadfully all gthe time!" Nothing in the 0 P ^ CHAPTER X. - '• Mrs. Cowley looked exceedingly f •- gnilty when her lord and master en- tered; but he, being full of his own business, did not observe it. He laid ti/. aside his wrappings, called for hot rr - water and the spirit case, and aat Hdown by the fire with an air of a mau , who had earned his repose and meant thoroughly to enjoy it • - "Have you been alarmed in any way since I went, Mrs. C. ?" he asked when his toddy was thoroughly mixed. If ' "No, my dear," she replied briskly; }'J 1 which was a gross fib, as we know, be- ?i" cause the unexpected arrival of her f, nephew and his wife had nearly sent her into a fit of hysterics. But that |^ , was only one of t&e white lies that C are perfectly allowable, and even praiseworthy, when the head of the household is in question. If British inatrons hesitated long over a "tara- there would be little peace, I fear, in many a British home. "Not alarmed, eh!" said Mr. Cowley. ^sipping at his glass. "Well, I'm glad you are getting so brave. I have been /: $o see the agent, and there is no rea- " |Bon why we should not rent the house . for another year. Mr. Vernon will not ! want it, and the agent evidently looks j * * upon it as one of the best speculations <- "'he ever made." |V « "Another year! Mercy preserve «s!" said Mrs. Cowlfey, holding up her |P; '» handB in horror. Jfe "And why not, pray?" was the sharp pM,' reply. "If we go sooner we shall have Mr done no good. People will think we Ft": are frightened away, after all; where- ||^* as if we stay for fifteen -or sixteen $y , months they cannot have the face to ££ hint at such a thing." r;'" Mrs. Cowley groaned. "Besides, I have been talking with V- - the agent about the drains, and he has Riven me leav« to have them set to || rights. A capital dodge that. Isn't it, EL my dear?" Mrs. Cowley only sighed. m "Don't you see? While the men are jj& - ^ w°rk, IH make them take up the Bp floor of that pantry. Depend on it, i;: J- there is nothing there hut rats." "Can rats rock a cradle, Mr Cow- p ley?" asked his better half, severely. dare 8»y they could if they tried." s "And sing?" kt,.-'. * 4°rhere are plenty of singing mice rp\ ,n the world: Perhaps ours belongs to jS,that breed, my dear. However, what •*»> ' I mean to say is this: That the house being old, is in all probability swarm- | >4 ing with the brutes; and that, in some I , of their antics in the pantry, they con- / trive to Imitate the rocking of a cra- die and to make a sound which will pass muster as a human voice. So gfe I'll have the floor up, and we'll put a iF'j stop to their fun at once." ||Q "It was a human voice!" said Mrs. &•Cowley, indignantly. "The idea of trying to explain it in that way! 1 * . never heard of anything so absurd in all my life! Did the agent offer you any refreshment, my dear?"- Mr. Cowley wagged his head good fcumoredly. see what you are driving at; but I was never more sober in my life, lbs. C. And we'll have the floor up tomorrow, an^you shall see If, during "Rats, my dear. world but rats." "I wonder what you would do if you saw a ghost, papa--a real ghost!" "What I told you once before--I would pinch his nose with the tongs." "I should like to set you tried!" "Pah! It is all nonsense, my dear. Ghosts are an exploded theory. For my part, I have BO little faith in them that I would not in the least mind staying here in the old house by my­ self all night long."' As he spoke the hall clock struck twelve, and Rose gave her mother a peculiar glance. "Oh, how dreadful! This is just the time when ghosts go their rounds. Do let us all go to bed or we shall be sure to see one." , "Yes, let us go to bed at once," said Mrs. Cowley, rising from her chair. As a matter of course, their end was gained, for Mr. Cowley was seized with £ 9 fit of obstinacy upon the spot. They knew well that nothing would induce him to stir from the spot till he had finished his gin and water and smoked 'his cigar. "Go to bed, all of you," he said be- nlgnantly. "I'm not afraid to stop here by myself,, and I shall come up before you are fairly asleep." Mrs. Cowley and her two daughters left the room. The bright face of Rose was sparkling with mischief and laughter; and the instant the door shut behind her she caught her moth­ er's hand and whispered joyously, "Mamma, you need be under no con­ cern.! He will not want to stop here long "after tonight. You never saw two such horrible objects as Charles and Marjorie have made of themsleves with my help and Mrs. Macarthy's. Come and see them before you go into hour own room to wait for him. Mrs. Cowley and Catharine followed her into the turret chamber. Though they had been warned to expect a ghastly sight, neither of them could help staring and well-nigh crying out when they saw the figures that stood in the center of the room. One was a nun dressed in the flow­ ing black robes of a Sister of Mercy, with her hands bound tightly together, and clasped above her breast. Her face was white as death--and from the right temple a deep crimson strain ran down toward the chin. The contrast between the pallor of her face and the bright blood stain were ghastly in the extreme. On her left hand stood a stalwart black man, clad in flowing; robes of the purest white. Mrs. Cow­ ley's best dressing gown had been pressed into this service, and about hia swarthy brow was folded a turban, consisting of several yards of Indi muslin, on which she set great store. In his hands he held a rusted dagger, which Rose had hunted up in her ex­ ploring tours through the house. His height seemed almost terrific, a cir­ cumstance soon explained when she showed the false soles and heels he had managed to affix to his boots. His air stern and menacing; and, al­ together the pair were by no means the most pleasant visitants that could be imagined to the gentleman Bitting alone over his toddy in a haunted house. "Shall we do, aunt?" exclaimed Mr. Cowley, as she entered. "Do? You are perfectly dreadful! Who dressed you like that?" "Rose." "And where.on earth could she hare got such dreadful ideas from? You never saw a ghost, child?" "No, mamma; but I have read about them often enough; and papa says book knowledge is not of the slighest Use to us, unless we can apply it to real life. I hope he will be pleased with my application tonight." "You are a saucy girl, Rose," said her mother, still eyeing the appari­ tions with some apprehension. "I wonder, now, what he will say to you? If it waB me, I should go into a fit the moment you opened the door." "My uncle 1B made of sterner stuff. Still, I hope we shall give him a start One don't want to take all this trouble in dressing for nothing." "Shall you go down to him, or let him meet you on the stairs?" asked Catharine. "Oh, we will go down; we shall be seen to much more advantage in a room." "Besides, he has threatened to pinch your noee with the tongs, and he can­ not do it if he is on the staircase when he sees you," added Rose. "That is a consideration," replied Mr. Cowley. "Now, will you ladles be­ take yourselves to bed? It is nearly w£0Miti§i set out upon tt It, aunt; we will up t» you a- very short space time." ' • The ladies retreated. Mrs. Cowley, in order that she might not be sus­ pected of any complicity in the plot, if by any means it should be discov­ ered, undressed and retired to bed as usual. But Rose and Catharine sat down beside their chamber door and waited the result of their operations with great impatience. Meanwhile, Mr. Cowley, sitting over his cigar below, little dreamed how his nearest and dearest were conspir­ ing ruthlessly against his peace or mind. The ghostly cradle was silent at last; his cigar was a fine one, and bis toddy was grateful to the taste. Sitting* here, monarch of all he sur­ veyed, he thought over the events of his visit to the agent, and the promise which he had drawn from him about the drains. "A clever dodge that!" he mused approvingly to himself. "Nothing can be easier than to set the men at work among the pipes in the cellar, and to take them on till they are under the pantry, and be hanged to it! I'll stop that noise or my name isn't Cowley! People shall not have it to say that after laughing at every one else for the belief in ghosts, I went to get frightened at one myself! Ghosts, in­ deed! Suppose there actually is one about the premises; of course, the poor thing cannot rest in his grave till something he's got or omitted to do on earth, has been done for him. Very well! What could be easier than to say to the troubled spirt 'Make yourself quite easy; I will attend to it at once! Don't stay out of your grave a moment longer, for fear that you should take cold, my dear sir?' Of course, any sensible ghost, being addressed in such a sensible manner, would immediately return to his grare and stay there. That' is what I call common sense kind of dealing with the citizens of another world. They would appreciate it--I am sure they would--Oh, Lord, what's that?" He might as well ask the question; for his flow of self-congratulation was suddenly checked by a low, hollow groan outside the door. He listened intently. The groan came again, but louder than before. "There is a noise!--I'm not dream­ ing!" he mused, while his hair stood on his head "like quills upon the fret­ ful porcupine," "What on earth can it be? Mrs. Macarthy walking in her sleep, I suppose!" he said, with trem­ bling lips, and a face white with the fear he was ashamed of, which he could not control. The door swung open--a gigantic black man entered, leading by the hand a bleeding nun. . ITo be continued.}- • Vu ; Je YiLEfdfcAPH ACROSS Heart of Surrey for Line Hh Reached Continent. The telegraph line which Mr. Cecil Rhodes is extending from Cape Town to Cairo is making excellent progress. The line, stretched on short iron poles, has now reached the neighborhood of the Zambesi river, and the surveyors who are selecting the route are far in advance* It has been decided to run the line up the east coast of Lake Tan­ ganyika as far as Ujiji, whence it will ibe carried northeast to the south coast of Lake Victoria Nyanza, then it will be built along the east coast of that lake and into the little known coun­ try west of Lake Rudolf, and finally will sfcirt the western frontier of Abys­ sinia and descend the Nile. Some peo­ ple may wonder how a telegraph wire can be pushed through a barbarous country and be kept in condition for 'business. It is a comparatively simple matter. The scheme for safeguarding the wire is that which Stanley sug­ gested long ago. Native chlefis all along the route are subsidized to keep the wire in proper position. As far as it extends through their territory they must see that the wire is kept off the ground and in its proper* place on the poles. They are well paid for their services if they fulfill their duty, but of course receive nothing if they neg­ lect their charge. It is therefore to their interest to keep the wire in good condition. This system has been found to work well on the Congo and in oth­ er parts of Africa where It has been tried.--New York Sun. 4' CEDING CHILDREN. Pottdtag Railway travel at the rate of 100 miles an hour on a single rail with electricity as the motive promises to be the common method in England in the not remote future. It is now al­ most certain that Manchester and Liv­ erpool are to be connected by rail in this way. Parliament has already part­ ly consented to the experiment. Last year the promoters were beaten in the house by lobyists of the three existing railways between the two cities. This year the innovators are luckier. Safety by the single rail system is secured by constructing the track on a trestle, Why Ha* th* IsO-Ving Cup &hr*e Handle*. The best account of the origin of the loving cup comes from the late Lord Lyons, British Ambassador at Paris. According to his narrative, King Henry of Navarre (who was also Henry IV. of France), while hunting became sep­ arated from his companions, and feel­ ing thirsty, called at a wayside inn for a cup of wine. T h e s e r v i n g maid, on handing it to him as he sat on horseback, neglected to pre­ sent the handle. Some wine was spilled over; and h i s m a j e s t y ' s w h i t e g a u n t ­ lets were soiled. While riding home he bethought him that a two-handled cup would prevent a recurrence of this, so his majesty had a two-handled cup made at the royal potteries and sent it to the inn. On his next visit he called again for wine, when, to his astonishment, the maid (having received instructions from her mistress to be very careful of the king's cup) presented it to him by holding it herself by each of its handles. At once the happy idea struck the king of a cup with three handles, which was promptly acted upon, as his majesty quaintly said, "Surely, out of three handles I shall be able to get one!" Hence the loving cup. Migrating Ireland. The monotonous tale of Ireland's Ma- cllnd in population continues. The new census shows that there are only 4,- 456,546 people in the country now, ot 6.3 per cent less than ten years ago. In 1841 there were 8,173,124 inhabi- and the train is kept from oscillation by the use of side rails, which act as guides. The whole distance between Manchester and Liverpool will be cov­ ered in twenty minutes without a stop by trains which will consist of only two cars constructed on the plan of nonresistance to atmosphere. Each car will have its own motor and will be operated alternately for ten minutes. It Is expected that this line when built will revolutionize the railway system of England. The invention is that of M. Behr, who is successfully operating a similar line in Belgium. tants in the country, the highest num­ ber ever recorded by any census, al­ though the actual high-water mark was probably not reached until a few years later. But In 1851 there was a sud­ den drop to 6, 562,385. In 1861 the number had fallen off to 6,798,967, in 1871 to 5,412,377, in 1881 to 5,174,836, id an* Trjlmfl BOW centos#, the decline in the popula­ tion o^ Ireland does not mean that the Irish race is becoming extinct It means that its center of gravity has fata shifted across tike sea. There are probably twice as many Irishmen in the United States as there are in Ire­ land. While Irish blood flows In and invigorates nearly every race on this continent livery city in Ireland can be matched with a greater population in some city in America. And, on a smaller scale, there are new Inlands In Canada and Australia. It is worth while for English statesmen to con­ sider the question why it is that their little Ireland 1b unhappy and rebellious, while the greater Ireland In America Is contented and loyal. General TorterV General Fitz-John Porter lived to a good old age, dying in his 80th year, but his life would have been not only one of unusual vicissitudes but of un­ usual misfortune had not reparation come to him for harsh discipline and harsher censure. No man holding a leading position in the union army, not even General McClellan. was made the victim of more acrimonious dis- "Prof. Starr Startle* Students According to Professor Frederick Starr, the noted anthropologist of the University of Chicago, a man who parts his hair in the middle displays unmistakable evidence of a degener­ ate instinct in his nature. The profes­ sor made this declaration to his class at the University recently, in a lec­ ture in which he warned the students against latter day fads, such as wear­ ing shirt waists and tattooing their persons. These customs he branded as indica­ tions of the degeneracy of our modern civilization. His remarks caused quite a stir among the young men of his class, several of whom are prominent athletes of the University and comb their hair in the approved football fashion. "Parting the hair in the middle, the new shirtwaist for men and tattooing the person are evidences of the alarm­ ing growing degeneracy of our modern civilization," said the professor in the course of a lecture on tattooing. "No normal'person will indulge in any of these habits. "These things are not criminal in themselves, ' he continued, serenely oblivious to the expressions on the faces of a large part of his audience, "out. if a person parts his hair in the middle, or tattoos his body, or wears one of these new shirt waists it is 2>retty good evidence that there is a degenerate streak in hia nature." Now the students are wondering % XOa* Knotvn to Americans. •L-.'VC v' b j ,V. ' * ̂ v •# y \ •T- Jarantld Like Vegetable* and If Properly Prepared. Sir Henry Thompson sayt; that "few children like that part ol- the meal which consists of meat; but prefer the pudding, the fruit, the vegetables, if well dressed, which unhappily is often the case. Many children manifest great repugnance to meat at first, and are coaxed and even scolded by anxious mothers until the habit of eating Is acquired. I am satisfied that if the children followed their own taste in this matter, the result would be a gain in more ways than one. Certainly if meat did not appear- in the nursery until the children sent for it, It would be rarely seen there, and the young ones would, as a rule, thrive better on milk and eggs, with the varied pro­ duce of the vegetable kingdom. Never allow children to go to bed hungry at night. A slice of bread and butter, a few crackers, a glass of warm milk, and a cup of warm beef tea are bene­ ficial and conducive to restful sleep. All physicians concur that tt is better to go to sleep on a moderately full stomach than an empty one. For this reason a short afternoon nap is ex­ tremely beneficial, especially if th* heaviest meal of the day is eaten at noon. This allowing the processes of digestion to go on quietly is natural and healthy--resting the body and n*, lieving the brain." 1 African War Drain* Auntrmlla. The war in South Africa has drained from Australia more than 10,000 work­ ers; has lessened the inflow of British capital for the development of new mines, and, combined with the re­ markable industrial boom in Europe, has fully stopped emigration to Aus­ tralia. ,, ' * The amateur violinist is continuallj bowing and scraping. • 3. W.. ' -A Admiral Commerell, who died in England the other day, was a British sea fighter, with whom the navy of the United States had some unpleasant ex­ perience during the civil war. He had just won distinction in China and had been decorate^ with the Victoria cross for hazardous service in the Putrid Sea. As Captain "Roberts" he worried the United States in running block­ ades at Wilmington, Mobile and Charleston. He was then a captain of the British navy drawing half-pay while on this "furlough," and if he "Retire* to A>d%>ahce a Friend. That a friend and comrade also might be advanced to the highest rank in the de- pa r t m ent, G e n e r a l Thomas E. Barr, after a few hours' service a s judge advo­ cate general of theUnited States army, retired at his Own request. By this ac­ tion Colonel J. W. Clous was promoted to the vacant post, when he, too, will retire. General Barr would have re­ tired under the age limit next Novem­ ber. Had he continued in the office until that date his friend .Clous might have retired with only the rank of colonel. General Barr has had a most varied career in the army. He served as mili­ tary secretary under four secretaries of war--Ramsey, Lincoln, Endicott and Proctor. He officiated as judge advo- T, Gen. Baft* had not been the cunning daredevil he was he would have been captured a dozen times by the Americans. The admiral was born in 1829, entered the navy in 1842, fought at Parana in 1845- 6, won a medal at Sebastopol and com­ manded the attacks of the Taku forts in 1859. At the end of the civil war in America he returned to his duties in England and was made commander of the Terrible. His last active service was rendered as commander of the Portsmouth station from which he re­ tired in 1891. cate in all the important military totals which have occurred during the last twenty-five years, Including the prose­ cution of Major Reno, Major Throck­ morton, and Captain Carter. General Barr entered the army on February 26, 1865, as major of volunteers in the judge advocate's department He was transferred to the regular army In 1867, and promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1884. In 1895 he was given a commission as colonel. He will leave Chicago in a few days to make his home In New Hampshire. Colonel Clous Is well known in army circles. He was secretary of the Cuban evacuation commission, which held Its sessions in Havana at the cloae of the Spanish-American war. "Old Settler*" qf Jfote. United States Senators Vest, Elkin* and Cockrell are expected to be pres­ ent at an old settlers' picnic which is to be held at Kansas City, Mo., dur­ ing the second week in July. They will all speak and a fiddlers' contest will be another of the attractions which the Old Settlers' society ex^ec^s ttt draw a big crowd. PROF. STARR. whether the professor's opinion Will cause a revolution In the method of wearing the hair on the campus. cussion and, as it afterward turned out, of more unjustifiable punishment than he. Prejudiced critics pursued him with rancor, not hesitating to pronounce him a traitor deserving of death. Jealous army officials joined the hue and cry. Loyal men every­ where for a time believed the charges iaade against him of disobedience to the orders of his superior officer, of purposely delaying the movement of troops, and of using his own judgment In carrying out the orders of General Pope, and many unquestionably be­ lieved that his insubordination and de­ lays were in the interest of the South­ ern army. At last he was brought be­ fore a court-martial which cashiered him and forever debarred him from holding any office of profit or trust un­ der the United States. Considering the inflamed condition of public opinion it Is only Remarkable that he was not Shot for giving aid and comfort to the «nemy. . .For sixteen long years Fitz-John Porter rested under this unjust sen­ tence, but subsequently new testimony was brought forward by his friends which was so convincing that a board of inquiry composed of some of the most eminent soldiers of the army was called to review the whole matter. The result was its declaration that General Porter showed correct military judg­ ment in his actions and that the Charges made by his accusers before the court-martial were not based upon fact. His vindication was complete and the reparation though tardy was a great satisfaction to him. He did not have to die distrusted and in technical disgrace. 'Panic* He*uh from Whatt The assertion that panics result from an undue Inflation of credits and a sudden perception on the part of a number of people that the supply of an indispensable article is inadequate to the demand for it contains truth, but not the whole truth. The real cause of panics is the inflation of prices that taxes the monetary circu­ lation to a tension that immediately makes money the article in demand in­ stead of real commodities. JVotv a JTa-Vorite. Miss Lena Ashwell has c a p t u r ed London b y her acting in the title role o f "M r b. Dane's D e- fense" a t W y ndham's theater, says a London ca­ blegram. The piece has brought her into critical prominence and in nearly every case comments have been enthusiastically In her favor. Miss Ash well's populari­ ty has been established for some time, but "Mrs. Dane's Defense" has added to^it % • ; -- There are too many watchea, ae the manufacturers think, and they pro­ pose to cure this evil by forming a $75 - 000,000 trust, which will turn out only as many watches as people are willtft# to pay good prices for. ||| waa a* •t mtt ™ , HPSIVK. am wmtmwr* SSLl 2Z kSSm bachelor dayacatbd and aaked for tha loan of the he watiM to attend a raoeptfc*. xaad wMOtf be sure to return the pnimnll» The merchant' to refuse and graiitid.riili': frteadt ra- quest Three greeks elapsed tha clothea had not been returned. Ttlt merchant called at his friend's to inquire the cause. His surprise may be imagined when he was told that hia friend had been dead for a week. After expressing hia sorrow he gently broached the subject of hia dress suit "Why, we found the suit in his closet and buried him in it," was the reply. Now Mr. Merchant la- mourning a dear friend and an aspatfe*;; alve suit of clothes. W A Maekamltfa'a Strange Kxperiwaee. Goodland, Kan., June 3.--N. K. Ai^ bertaon, our leading blacksmith hag been a great sufferer from rheumatism. He waa so bad that he could not ale^ for the great pain in his aram and ahoulders. He had been afflicted for yean, but lately he was so mucn worwv that he thought he would have to gilt up his shop altogether. Then a strange thing happened. ^ friend of his recommended a ne# medicine called Dodd's Kidney Pills, aaid to be a cure for Rheumatism. He commenced to use them, and at once began to recover. His pain has all left him, and he Is a well man today, and entirely free from any symj^lom *jt Rheumatism. To say that he |a thankful, 1s puttii|| It very mildly. He is delighted, Dodd's Kidney Pills deserve credit for having cured this very severe and almost hopeless case. W':. From recent reports, there does not seem to be anything that they will not cure, as very bad cases of Brlght's Dia* ease, Diabetes, Dropsy, Rheumatisqb and Heart Trouble, have been cured hgr Dodd's Kidney Pills, even after having been given up by our best doctors. Red Hair. •itK v¥f f ettle, With the exception of'ft 46# ' shades, that red hair is very beautlftfl. Shampoo it frequently and dry in tip sun to bring out its prettiest tints, if '|| you are determined upon darkening ife J# above all things do not oil it; by so doing you will render it hopelessly v ugly. Keep it light and fluffy, and to gradually darken its hue apply daily ^ the following wash: Steep an ounca M of best black tea leaves in a pint <Sf boiling water; let stand until, cold. * ^ Press out the liquor and add two »"* ; " Olie-half ounces of Jamaica rua|*. The Plaaet Venn*. «•' """ ' tmmon.--Venus is the most brilliant of all' the planets. When visible bi^ fore sunrise, ghe was called by the aifr, clents Phosphorus, Lucifer, or ttcft.. Morning Star, and when she shone ife" the evening, after sunset, Hesperui, Vesper, or the Bvening Star. ThJa planet makes a complete revolution around the sun in about 225 days, at the mean rate of twenty-two miles a second. Consequently her year Is equal to about seven and one-half of o^ months. Her diameter is approxt* mately 7,500 miles.--Golden Dap^ ' OwwMt Of Ea«lUh Lanrna#*. During the reign of Queen Elizdi# beth the extension of English con& merce resulted in a remarkable d|& velopment of the English language and by association with foreign tions thousands of words unknoi before in England were brought int|| common use. * What Do the Children Drlnkf Don't give them tea or coffee. HaveyrtB-- tried the new food drink called GRAIN-Of It is delicious and nourishing, and takes the place of coffee. The more Grain-O you giv» the children the more health you distribute through their systems. Grain-O is made of pure grains, and when properly prepared, tastes like the choice grades of coffee, bugL costs about X as much. All grooera ssli 1&r 15c and 25c. May Root Oat Superstition* God forbid that the search truth should be discouraged for fe of the consequences! The consequei ces of truth may be subversive of sj tems of superstition, but they net can be InjuHbus to the rights or we founded expectations of the humaaT race.--Bishop Watson. .. ^ Ave Ton Using Allen's VboMMmw* • It Is the only cure for Swollen* ̂ ^ Smarting, Burning, : Sweating Fee&" Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allenll Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe ' Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. dress Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y.«• . ' Thousands of Tenapefmnee The Church of Scotland Temperancj society in seven years has increase its membership from 32,000 to 72,00(j| and now supports four temperanci evangelists for preventive, rescue anj reform work. MONEY TO LOATf at low rates on farm property. List yonjr f««piM money with me. I pay to 5 per oMrtT interest on sums of flOOandup. Nortlg^t. western farms and city property bongl^^g' sold. References. Elwyn F. Larsoik Real Estate and Loans, Durand, Wis. American-Made Flaring Cards. The flnest playing cards are made 111: , this country, and but for the heavy tax upon them in Europe they wo' completely monopolize that quality and cheapness. ' The Burlington, Cedar Rapids Northern Railway has got out a neat booklet descriptive of the beautiftA summer resorts at Spirit and Okobojt Lakes in Northwestern Iowa. Frea copies will be mailed upon application to Jno. G. Farmer, Assistant General ^V.; Passenger Agent, Cedar Rapids, la. fi'Sl-', i tvi In noting a great demand this seqr son for suburban and farm propert^| the Boston Globe says: "The electrtt, car has done It with lta little trolley!