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SYNOPSIS. The story is told by Nicholas Trist. His chief. Senator John Calhoun, offered the portfolio of secretary of state in Tyler's cabinet, is told by Dr. Ward that his time Is short. Calhoun declares that he is not ready to die, and if he accepts Tyler's of- rer It means that Texas and OreKon must be added to the Union. He plans to learn the intentions of England with regard to Mexico through Baroness Von Ritz. secret spy and reputed mistress of the English ambassador. Pakenham. Nicholas is sent to bring ths baroness to Calhoun's apart­ ments and misses a meeting with his sweetheart. Elizabeth Churchill. While searching for the baroness' house a car­ riage rittshfes up aDd Nicholas is invited to CHAPTER IV.--Continued. "Tour name!" she again demanded I told her -the first one that cam© to my Hps--1 do not remember what I did not deceive her for a moment. "Of course that Is not your name," she said; "because it does not fit you. You have me still at disadvantage." "And me, m&dam ? You are taking me miles out'of my way. How can I help you? Do you perhaps wish to hunt mushrooms in the Georgetown woods when morning comes? 1 wish that I might join you, but 1 fear--" "You mock me." she retorted. "Very good Let me tell you it was not your personal charm which attracted me when I saw you on the pavement! 'Twas because you were the only man in sight." I bowed my thanks. For a moment nothing was beard save the steady patter of hoofs on the ragged pave­ ment. At length she went on. "I am alone. I have been followed. I was followed when 1 called to you-- by another carriage. I asked help of the first gentleman I saw, having heard that Americans are all gentlemen." "True." said 1; "1 do not blame you. Neither do I blame the occupant of the other carriage for following you." "I pray you. leave aside such clat­ ter!" she exclaimred. "Very well, then, madam. Perhaps the best way is for us to be more straightforward. If I cannot be of service 1 beg you to let me descend, for 1 have business which 1 must ex­ ecute to-night." She dismissed this with an Impa­ tient gesture, and continued. •Spe, I am alone," she said. "Come with me. Show me my way--I will pay--I will pay anything in reason." Actually I saw her fumble at her purse, and the hot blood flew to my forehead. "What you ask of me, madam, is impossible," said I, with what cour­ tesy I could summon. "You oblige me now to tell my real name. I have told you that I am an American gen­ tleman--Mr. Nicholas Trist We of this country do not offer our services to ladies for the sake of pay. But do not be troubled over any mistake --it is nothing. Now, you have per­ haps had some little adventure in which you do not wish to be discover­ ed. In any case, you ask me to shake off that carriage which follows us. If that is all. madam, it very easily can be arranged." "Hasten, then," she said. "1 leave it to you. 1 was sure you knew the city." I turned and gazed back through the rear, window of the carriage. True, there was another vehicle following us. We wtere by this time nearly at the end of Washington's limited pave­ ments It would be simple after that. I leaned out and gave our driver some brief orders. We led our chase across the valley creeks on up the George­ town bills, and soon as possible abandoned the last of the pavement and took to the turf, where the sound of our wheels was dulled. Rapidly as we could we passed on up the hill, our going, which was all of earth or soft turf, now well wetted by the rain. When at last we reached a point near the summit of the hill I stopped to listen. Hearing.nothing, I told the driver to pull down the hill by the side street, and to drive slowly. When we finally catne into our main street again at the foot of the Georgetown hills, not far from the little creek which divided that settlement from the main city. I could hear nowhere any sound of our pursuer. "Madam," said, turning to her. "I think we may safely say we are alone. What, now, is your wish?" "Home!" she said. "And where is home?" She looked at me keenly for a time, as though to read some thought which perhaps she saw suggested either in the tone of my voice or in some glimpse she might have caught of my features as light afforded. For the moment she made no answer. "Is it here?' suddenly 1 asked her, presenting to her inspection the sealed missive which I bore. "I cannot see; it is quite dark," she said hurriedly I "Pardon me, then--" I fumbled for J my case of lucifers, and made a faint light by which 6he might read. She I pursed her lips and shook her head. "1 do not recognize the address." said she, smiling, as she turned to­ ward me "Is it at this door on M street, as vou go beyond this other street?" 1 asked ber 'Come--think!" Then I thought 1 saw the flush deepen on her face, even as the match flickered and failed. I leaned out of the door and called to the negro driver. "Home, now, boy--and drive fast!" Site made no protest. one not precisely shabby, but by no means fashionable. There was a sin­ gle lamp stationed at the mouth of the narrow little street. As we advanced. 1 could see outlined upon our right, just beyond a narrow pavement of brick, a low and not more than semi- respectable house, or rather, row of houses; tenements for the middle class or poor, I might have said. The neigh­ borhood, 1 knew from my acquaintance with the city, was respectable enough, yet it was remote, and occupied by none of any station. Certainly it was not to be considered fit residence for a woman such as this who sat beside me I admit 1 was puzsled. "This will do," she said softly, at length. The driver already bad pulled up. So. then, 1 thought, she had been here before. But why? Could this indeed be her residence? Was this indeed the covert embassy of Eng­ land? There was no escape from the situ­ ation as it lay before me. 'I had no time to ponder. My duty was here. This was my message: here was she for whom it was intended; and this was the place which ! was to hsva sought alone. I needed only to re­ member that my business was not with Helena von Rits the woman, beautiful, fascinating, perhaps danger­ ous as they said of her, but with the Baroness von Ritz, in the belief of my chief the ally and something more than ally of Pakenham, in charge of England's fortunes on this continent. 1 descended at the edge of the nar­ row pavement, and was about to hand her out at the step, but as l glanced down I saw that the rain had left a puddle of mud between the carriage and the walk. 'Pardon, madam," I said; "allow me to make a light for you--the foot­ ing is bad." 1 lighted another lucifer. just as she the for her summoning me to "Sir," she said, even as her haad reached up to the door knocker; "1 admit you have acted as a gentleman should. ! do not what your may be, but I doubt sot it is for me. Since you have this much claim on my hospitality, even at this hour, 1 think I must ask you to step within. There may be some answer needed." "Madam." said 1. "there is an an­ swer needed. 1 am to take back that answer. I knew that this message is to the Baroness von Ritz. I gueas it to be important; and 1 know you are the Baroness von Rita." "Well, then," said she, pulling about her half-clad shoulders the light wrap she wore; "let me be as free with you. if 1 have missed one shoe, I have not lost it wholly. 1 lost the slipper in a way not quite planned on the progratei. It hurt my foot 1 sought to adjust it behind a curtain. My gentleman of Mexico was in wine. I fled, leaving my escort, and he fol­ lowed. I called to you You know the rest 1 am glad you are less in wine, and are more a gentleman " "I do not yet know my answer. "Come!" she said; and at once knocked upon the door. I shall not Boon forget the surprise which awaited me when at last the door swung open suddenly at the hand of a wrinkled and brown old serving woman--not one of our colored wom­ en, but of some darlfc foreign race. The faintest trace of surprise showed on the old woman's lace, but she stepped back and swung the door wide, standing submissively, waiting for orders. We stood now facing what ought to have been a narrow and dingy little room in a low row of dingy buildings, each of two stories and so shallow in 1 L "And Where Is Your Home?" CHAPTER V. . One of the Women in the Case. There i* a woman at the beginning of •11 great things.--I-amarUne. A quarter of an hour later, we slowed down on a rough brick pave­ ment, »hich led toward what then wasian outlying portion of the town-- hesitated at the step. She made as though to put out her right foot, and withdrew it. Again she shifted, and extended her left foot. I faintly saw proof that nature had carried out her scheme of symmetry, and had not al­ lowed wrist and arm to forswear themselves! I saw also that this foot was clad in the daintiest of white slip­ pers, suitable enough as part of her ball costume, as I doubted not was this she wore. She took my hand without hesitation, and rested her weight upon the step--an adorable ankle now more frankly revealed. The briefness of the lucifers was merciful or merciless, as you like. "A wide step, madam; be careful," 1 suggested. But still she hesitated. A laugh, half of annoyance, half of amusement, broke from her lips. As the light flickered down, she made as though to take the step; then, as luck would have It, a bit of her loose drap^gp^whicb was made in the wide- skirted and much-hooped fashion of the time, caught at the hinge of the carriage door. It was a chance glance, knd not intent on my part, but I saw that her other foot was stockinged, but not Bhod! "1 beg madam's pardon." I said gravely, looking aside, "but she has perhaps not noticed that her other slipper is lost in the carriage.* "Nonsense!" she said. "Allow me your hand across to the walk, please. It is lost yes." "But lost--where?" I began. "In the other carriage!" she ex­ claimed. and laughed freely. Half hopping, she was across the walk, through the narrow gate, and up at the door before I could either offer an arm or ask for an explana­ tion. Some whim, however, seized her; some feeling thaMjy^1 fairness she ought to tell me now^ixt at least of extent as perhaps not to offer space to more than a half dozen rooms. In­ stead of what should have been, how­ ever, there was a wide hall--wide as each building would have been from front to back, but longer than a half dozen of them would have been! I did not know then, what 1 learned later, that the partitions throughout this entire row bad been removed, the material serving to fill up one of the houses at the farthest extremity of the row. There was thus offered a long and narrow room, or series of rooms, which now I saw beyond pos­ sibility of doubt constituted the resi­ dence of this strange woman whom chance had sent me to address; and whom still stranger chance had thrown in contact with me even before my er­ rand was begun! She stood looking at me. a smile flitting over her features, her stock­ inged foot extended, toe down, serving to balance her on her high-heeled sin­ gle shoe. "Pardon, sir," she said, hesitating, as she held the sealed epistle in her hand. "You know me--perhaps you follow me--1 do not know. Tell me, are you a spy of that man Paken­ ham?" Her word3 apd her tone startled me. 1 had supposed her bound to Sir Richard by ties of a certain sort. Her bluntnes3 and independence puzzled me as much as her splendid beauty enraptured me. I tried to forget both. "Madam, 1 am spy of no man, unless I am such at order of my chief, John Calhoun of the United States senate-- perhaps, if madam pleases, soon of Mr. Tyler's cabinet." > In answer, she turned, hobbled to a tiny marquetry table, and tossed the note down upon it, unopened. I waited patiently, looking about me meantime 1 discovered that the windows were barred with narrow slats of iron with­ in, although covered with heavy dra­ peries of amber silk. There was a dou­ ble sheet of iron covering the door by which we had entered. "Your cage, aiadam?" i inquired. "1 do not uUuue Engiana for making it so secret and strong! If so lovely a prisoner were mine. 1 6hould double the bars." The swift answer to my presumption came in the flush of her cheek and ber bitten lip. She caught up the key from the table, and half motioned me to the door. But now { smiled in turn and pointed to the unopened note on the table "You will pardon me, madam. I went on. "Surely It is no disgrace to represent either England or Amer ica. They aire not at war. Why should we be?" We gazed steadily at each other The old servant had disappeared when at length her mistress chose to pick up my unregarded document De liberately she broke the seal and read. An instant later, her anger gone, she was laughing gaily "See" said she. bubbling over with her mirth; "I pick up a stranger, who should say good-by at my curb; my apartments are forced; and I his lfc what this stranger asks: that I shall go with him, to-night, alone, and other­ wise unattended, to see a man. per­ haps high in your government, but a stranger to me, at his own rooms-- alone! Oh. la! la! Surely these Americans hold me high!' "Assuredly we do, madam," I an­ swered. "Will it please you to go in your own carriage, or shall 1 return with oue for you?" She put he . ..ahds behind her back, holding in them the opened message from my chief. "1 am tired. 1 am bored Your impudence amuses me; and your errand is not your fault. Come, sit down. You have been good to me. Before you go. I shall have some refreshments brought for you " I felt a sudden call upon my re­ sources as I found myself In this sin­ gular situation. Here, indeed, more easily reached than 1 had dared hope, was the woman in the case. But only half of my errand, the easier half, was done (TO BE CONTINUED.) Chinese Respect for Newspapers. Two years ago the Peking "G:i7.ette" celebrated its millenary. Originally it appeared at intervals and in a very rudimentary form. To-day it is mod era, its diurnal publication being three editions. Great changes have been made In fifty years, and since the Boxer rebellion the number and boldness of the newspapers have in­ creased. There are seven different styles of writing, viz., the ancient, the literary, the flowery, the common, the "demi-vulgaire," the familiar and the epistolary. The papers for the people are printed in the common style and some have adopted the new alphabet sanctioned by the government. Great­ er reverence is shown to the press in China than in other countries. Old papers are never put to base uses; they are collected and burned In the pagodas. The Chinaman believes that profanation of newspapers is followed by blindness. Hint to Eyeglass Wearers. "Did you ever notice," queried an optician, "that nearly every person who wears rimless eyeglasses, when polishing the lenses with a handker­ chief, holds the glasses by the nose piece, thus putting all the strain of the rubbing upon the screws which at­ tach the glass to the metal. Of course this tends to loosen the glass and wear the thread upon the tiny screw. This in turn causes the lenses to wab­ ble, resulting In great discomfort to the wearer. It's strange how little in­ telligence intelligent people display in simple matters." "Why don't you opticians, when you sell a pair of glasses caution the pur­ chaser," he was asked. "Because," replied the man of trade, "If we did we would rob ourselves of much profitable work in repairing." And he winked wisely. Sense of Oirection in Animals. The remarkable faculty which cats, dogs, pigeons and other animals pos sess of returning In a straight line to a point of departure has awakened much curiosity on the part of natural lsts. Some refer It to instinct, some to Intelligence similar to man. some to an internal mechanism which makes the animal simply automata, but none of these attempted explana tions does anything toward solving the mystery. One of our ablest mod ern scientific writers supposes that when an animal is carried to a great distance in a basket Its fright makes it very attentive to the different odors which it encounters upon the way, and that the return of these odors. In In verse Order, furnishes the needful guide. Blood Transfusion. There Is nothing more dramatic In surgery than a transfusion of blood-- to see the patient take on the rosy hue of health, to waken out of his leth­ argy, show an Immediate live inter est in his surroundings, and actually recover under the eye of the operator. In adults we must not permit the amount transfused to equal the normal, for fear of suddenly overtaxing the heart, but In the case of young chil­ dren who have had severe hem­ orrhages there may be complete re covery without a period of con vales cence, so that at the termination of the operation the patient Is well. In Flg-Leaf Days. First Prehistoric--Where did Adam get such an awful grouch? Second Ditto--He's kicking because his spring clothes don't make him look as broad shouldered as the fellows In the advertisements---Puck- SEASON'S HEADWEAR INCLINE TOWARD COQUETTISH. Flexible Hats of Velvet, Felt or Bea­ ver Which Are Worn to Reach the Eyebrows Are Very Pop­ ular. In the headwear provided for our choice this season, a constantly grow­ ing tendency to soft, bonnet-like shapes, has developed; some lovely, coquettish looking modeis. There are any number of flexible hats of velvet, felt or heaver, and these are supple­ mented by others in which fur is intro­ duced. They set down over the head, and many are worn to reach the eye- Consists of a Square Composed of Crochet Rings, With Oil Silk Lining. This is quite a practical as well as a decorative bag for holding a wet sponge or washing glove. It consists of a square composed of crochet rings, with oil silk lining. The bag may be made in any size according to the size and number of the rings. You must procure a num­ ber of celluloid rings such as are used for drawing up bags, and work over them in double crochet. "Oso- silklc" of a color to correspond with the toilet set should be used for the crochet, and the rings must be close­ ly covered with double crochet, work­ ing four plcots of six chain stitches at equal distances. The rings are then joined together with a needle and cot­ ton, or they may be joined together SEPARATE COAT IS REVIVED Is An Absolute Essential Now Owing to Popularity of One-Piece Dress. One of the garments which the one piece dress has greatly revived, is the separate coat. Nowadays a woman has so many little house and street dresses that a long separate coat Is an absolute essential. For daily wear these coats are most serviceable when made of tweed or heavy shorn serge, but for dress wear broadcloth or velvets are the correct textures. The smart shops are showing many elegant coats beautifully braided for afternoon or informal evening wear. They are fitting accompaniments to lovely gowns a>*d help complete the to'let. Embroidering on Lace. We have grown quite used to seeing allover embroidery worked over in part of the pattern In colored em­ broidery, but the lace treated in the same way is somewhat new. Such leaves and stems, placed against a black velvet crown, Is perfect Such a hat is a treasure and can be worn with anything In the way of gowns. It is comfortable as well as beautiful. There is no telling what will coma of this liking for the flexible hat A pretty poke-bonnet effect of bea­ ver, is shown here. It is trimmed with a drapery of velvet This hat Is designed for street wear and will stand any amount of it. Where the hat is designed for business and must see daily service, silk is better than velvet as a drapery. Either may be removed and renovated and replaced on the shape. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. MATCHED SCAR? AND MUFF brows. As the season advances we may expect to see little bonnets of fur, or if not entirely of fur, then of velvet and fur. or beaver cloth and fur. One of t^ie prettiest shapes Is a cap of velvet with plaited velvet edge, trimmed •ftith a novelty band in tar­ nished brass effect. The band is fin­ ished with an ornament made of the same material. Another small black velvet cap, whose crown is simply a puff of velvet, is finished with a plaited ruffle, very narrow, of shallow box plaits about the face A wreath of metallic foliage set with little tight silk roses, is an unforgettable finish. These wreaths show little roses of folded lustrous silk, and metal cloth, In several soft colors. Old blue, rose pink and dark red, roses set sparing­ ly about a long wreath of metallic A CONVENIENT SPONGE BAG From Paris Comes Idea for Set That Is Less Expensive Than One of Fur. Straight from Paris comes the Idea of a matched set that is less expen­ sive than one entirely of fur, and yet from the points of utility and beauty is equally successful. A broad band of black and white striped vel­ vet forms the body of the scarf. The central portion is cut to fit the shoul­ ders with a cape-like perfection, and the ends taper to graceful points, from which hangs deep fringe. An inner hand of black fur is used to outline the entire stole, which Is possibly three yards long. This fur is applied just inside the edge, and a quilling of satin or mousseline soft­ ens the outer line. With this there comes a muff, large, supple and flat. Striped velvet forms the central band, on each side of which is the fur, and broader puf­ fing of velvet makes the assurance of ?ize doubly sure. Quillings outline he openings at the sides. Any idea can be carried out along these lines. Indeed, there is no ex­ cuse for old-fashioned sets being kept in camphorated inactivity. Bring them out and make them join forces with velvet or silk. The scarf and muff to match are too- good to be missed! SfekHeaJ 5=-Ii PiU -SfMii! SauD QcQoiziS autfiMM Signatures RAWFUEi THE ELDEST FUR HOUSE !H JtMEfflCJt JOSEPHULLMANNl 1 18-20-22 West 20th Street, New Ysttr Branch EstabUsSssicsts SAMS NAHM at LEIPZIG!, LONDON, I'AKIS, Germany England Ftn« Baym* and Belling; representative# In *li t»-.; portam Fiir Markets of the Wofid. dulifi&utte#' , t each ankle be«t restuts are ofctaJss!. sa-/* 03 to pay highest for* at all times. Onr Raw Fur Quota Mean, Will be sent to any address References: Mercantile Agency <>v I'snit, Biggest Profit! ftre farmr-r^ prr!n<1 feed. Get m ThaOornlsolttjTlr.'.l* ^ ftilfit, beat an1 Ovonnd Durr '\) bom not bum i \ c » m , haar KwOorn !> it : ' -.of I and hard com--and at t, hMt mil No cloppintr. imi tiurr w polishdoe® it. Corn Belt Mm even d i»! t on. Lathe centered burr* eren BTinding. Let us t&U Corn bolt Ml i t ca 20 Day* Free Trial tmtBaMTiini'Di Metallic Embroidery. The very newest in the ever-popular scarf is quite capable of being made up at home. It is a scarf of metal tissue net--usually gold or silver-- embroidered with a wavy border of narrow braid and an inner and more complicated pattern of beads, all in exactly the same tone. How beauti­ ful this would be worked out, say, in copper, or in iridescent net, can eas­ ily be imagined. It is work that 1s charming to do, and is remarkably at­ tractive when it is done. Never was there an effect of so much opulence for so little time and trouble! when working the plcots, but they must be carefully joined so as to lie quite flat and to form a square, the spaces between the rings to be fille in with long spider-web stitches, sue as are used in filling in lace work. A square of silk of another color 1 the service is next pinked at the edgi and lined with another square of o silk, also pinked, is placed lnsid crochet square, and both are sewn tc gether by a few stitches; lengths < ribbon are passed through the fov corners and are joined together In bow at the top; silk pompoias further ornament the lower part. Rich awl Costly Purs fOSTLY FTR3 ca it* CCSNTSY. Ship their, tc < ru* MAKK&r and RIGHT FGK By shipping DIRECT to us you receive fr-; ter PRICES 1 than you have < »e sell lUreU to fioaaafw;* tuxers of HIGH GRADE FURS. A trial shipment will CONVINCE yoo, A specialty arranged pries list fun jr*w Territory v.1.1! b; nisi!??? •T""1 ""'?>•<-«* w* pay all expressaee, charge do commie tions, and remit promptly. LEOPOLD GASSNER FUR CO, ;U: Bad BLOOD • "Before I began using Cascareta I had a bad complexion, pimples on my face, and my food was not digested as it should have been.* Now I am entirely weH>«nd^">;, the pimples have all disappeared from my •' face. I can truthfully i are just as advertised; i two boxes of tliem." Clarence R. Griffin, Sheridan, IndL Two Hints. Always first shrink the wool to be used for darning purposes by holding the skein in the steam from a boiling kettle. Otherwise the wool would shrink and make a hole larger than the original one. If vegetables are cooked In a steam­ er over hot water (as you would cook a pudding), and sprinkled with salt when nearly done, then served in a •ery hot tureen, they will be found •ery much better, and also much more nutritious, than when boiled In the ordinary way. 50c. Never sold stamped CCC. MORE EGG )i hu,vt' iteorand a gn»t «ec*ee~ how to make 100 heoa lay HO «fg* a day la winter; faiiura tmjx-viifaie: Hair Nets. Flair nets do not as a rule improve \ the appearance, and they certainly give an elderly appearance to the ! wearer. They must be put on with i great care, and It is better to reserve i them for outdoor wear and for windy weather. X prove it by sending my FREE TRIAL; you don'* have to pmy till your htm lay. Bend for it TODAY to L. Alley, Box 5. New Madrid, Ho. MAKEMORE MONEY Than you ever dreamed possible decorating china, burnt-wood, metal, pillow-tops, etc., in colors from photographs Men success­ ful as women. Learned at once; no talent required. Takes lika wildfire everywhere. Seud stamp quick for praticulars. C. Sf.TAI.UNCE COMPANY, EIkhait,ta<L DEFIANCE ST«RCH-rT^ --other starches only 12 ounces--«ima prie« and "DEFIANCE" IS SUPERIOR QUALITY. heal r.i i l For Stamps and Envelopes. A new article to be worn on the silver chatelaine is a stamp moistener. It is a silver tube, two inches long, which holds an ounce of water. A fight cover fits over one end of tht> tube, in which are small punctures through which the drops of water pass. laces as Imitation clunv and Irish gain immeasurably in effectiveness and ap­ parent value when a part of the mo- ; tifs is worked over In loose silk stitch­ es in some decided but rather dark color to harmonize with the costume. : Separate low lace collars lose all pos­ sibility of cheapness when adorned in this way. Simply three or four rows of motifs, perhaps each in one of the ; colors of peasant embroidery, dark red, green, blue and brown, on coffee or cream-colored lace, makes an im­ provement which is really wonderful, i A few long-and-short stitches on | wheels or diamonds or some other mo* j tif are all that is needed. i lrrlfrtktv<l. To see ts to buy. Write for 1011 list, «te. Square deal to ai'. AH kind of ref erences. Karly buyer jrets cream. U WlimiU), iorqtt, •<»«. HOME IN ALABAMA A limited amount of rery too land ;it iSi titri J.:a is offered for sale by ttio own-.-r to dsi.iraHUs- •etUars. Tbe land produced crops tills year wortk over WOO an acre. Write for fuli InforcaauoaBOW* a* tbera 1 s not much of UUa land offered. H. K. Mil.NEK Hawthorn, AAa yj£-.fjVs • •<?f! I h: •: Frca Homesteads for AH roads ruutun* through !t In eTery direction, lot can obtain l»nd jiiUiln a few utiles <>- a at fUA per acre by Sou:b African i»crlv. Yields :kla fall , oats. 60--75 bushels to tfae »crv, whmt S6--8H fcor free literature, tuaps ami ftiil Icforiuayois.wrtse teMat S. S.t'j Bau4 at trafe, rrtM* Mwfc. excellent tract at the sacrifice price 11 $'.£• i 160 acres with good huyroTcments at $(*> per acre. It*)acres utilmpicved at. ye: bargains- Write us today. Suite tfen Klenune, Iowa. Hher da!Ki.» pO Jir TO THE WHEAT AND CORN B2XT of Kuiuai Good land at bed-roclt prlcea. W» To Clean a Black Skirt. It is possible to clean a black skirt with very little trouble. Lay it flat on a clean table. Remove all grease 8pots with brown paper and a hot iron, then with a sponge dipped in strong coffee rub over the entire dress, paying special attention to the front and edge of the skirt After the whole of the skirt has been sponged and while it is still damp Iron on tha wrong side until perfectly dry. can make term to suit. Write for Sartre ' Improved 1«U acres 'aproved f liWv'T«dM,*9Q? hJ) acrea impravedlMiiO; unproved ilMiif; acre* improved CM.tfW. Wits# XX C. Crvibby, Beiiuoiit, iuuieu*. lie wlii jv«i about facta. Write owner Jor oompiete iafo alatlon. Ibis and o'-iicr larula Cbeyenne, NVyo. H. Wade, aU , piwntj of » awr. 1 home, 1 ml. te) irxid Uve tow i:. kwv< I Gmj, Wt Mala iu. Aabta^ala, O&iu. -k-- ^3 WHUT