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-- - «• •• •» * Gone Glimmering-- I ' we die chances of improving the complexion Illinois imkss the aetuitive (kin is catered to in selecting face »oap. Does your W interest others? Make k command attention by mil) The Ward of King Canute A Romance of the Danish Conquest. By OTTILIE A. LILJENCRANTZ, author of The ThraH of Lief the Lucfcy. Copyright, M03. by A. C. McCliUliG & CO. CHAPTER XXVII--Continued. He did not release them immediate­ ly but tightened his grasp as his eyes, grown suddenly keen, searched her face. His voice dropped low. 'Ran- dalln, It is very unlikely that Elfgiva's scratches have brought you to this. Dp you stand fn need of reminding that any man who has angered you has angered me? That my sword lies VBder yonr hand?" Her face seemed to have become glass before him, through which he looked into the innermost chambers of her mind. Terror-stricken, she snatched he hands away to cover it "No, no!" she cried wildly. "I am angry with no one. I have found fault with no one. Draw nosword for me-- only let me go!" ' s Again he turned from her and stood 'looking out at the clouds; but when •t last he spoke, his voice was the gentlest she had ever heard it. "You are wise in this, as in other things, Frode's daughter," he said, "and you shall certainly have your way. Sol­ diers I can trust shall go with you, in esse there be danger from Norman's people, and for women--" Che spoke up eagerly, "There is an old nan at Saint Mildred's, King, who loves me. I think she would come to me until others could be found." "Go then," he granted. "Thorkel •ball see to it that men and horses arte ready when you are." He held out his hand, but when she took it in both of hers and would have saluted it rev­ erently, he would not let her but in­ stead raised her linger to his lips. An odd note was in his voice. "Heavy is It for my tongue to say farewell to yon, Frode's daughter," he said, "for year friendship has N surpassed most Other tilings in pleasantness to me." Frank liking mingled with gratitude pad reverence as she looked up at Mm. "I have got great kindness and favor from you, King Canute; I pray that you will be very happy with your Queen." Perhaps her gaze was not quite oiear as she crossed the room, for she <Ud not see that the door-curtains were moving until she was close upon them, when they were thrust apart to admit the form of Rothgar Lodbroksgon. Stifling a gasp, she shrank behind a tin chair. He did not see her, however, for his eyes were fastened upon the King, vijho had turned back to the window. Beted east aside the splendor of the gish wolf. I tell you, now as hereto­ fore, that it was your treachery which unsheathed a sword between us." "Rothgar my broker--" the veil was rent from the King's face and he had stepped from the dais and seized the other by the shoulders as though he would wrestle bodily with him--"by the Holy Ring, I swear that I have never betrayed you! If you grudge not the land to the Englishman, you have no cause to grudge him anything under Ymer's skull. Can you not un­ derstand--" t But Rothgar's hand had fallen upon the other's breast and pushed him backward so that he was forced to catch at the chair-arm to save himseif from falling. "You undertake too steep a climb when you try to make me believe in your love while before my eyes you give to the man I hate my lands and the woman you had promised me and my place above your men--" His rage choked him so that he was obliged to break off and stand drawing his sword from his sheath and slamming it back with jj, sharp sound. His voice came bacK* in a hoarse roar. "When I reckon up the debt against you, I know that the only thing to wipe it out would be your life. Not taking poison nor underhandedly, but torn out of your deceitful body as we stand face to face. If I could do that it might be that my anger7 would be quenched." Again he drew his blade out--and this time he did not shove it back. His huge body seemed to draw itself together, crouching, as he' leaned forward. "Why do you stand there looking as if you were Odin? Do you think to blunt my weapon with your eyes? Why do you tempt me?" The King had not moved away from the chair against which he had stag­ gered, and the prints of his nails were con its arm- He was as though he had hardened to stone. "To show you that I am stronger than you, though I face you with bare hands," he said. "To show you that you dare not kill me." "Dare not!" Rothgar's laughter was a hideous thing as he cleared at a bound the space between them. His sword was full-drawn now; "Shout for your guards! It may be that they will get here in time." But the King neither gave back nor raised his voice. "I will not," he"said, "nor will I lift hand against you. On your head it shall be to break the blood-oath." Now they were breast to breast. In is*;: if i "On your head it shall be to break the blood-oath." royal guards, wearing over his steel shirt a kirtle of blue that made his • florid face seem redder and gave to his fiery hair a hotter glow. Two senti­ nels carrying shining pikes had fol­ lowed him in, uncertainly, and now one plucked at his arm. But the Jotun shook him off to stride forward, clanking his heels with intentional noisiness upon the stone floor. At the clatter the King looked around, and the tone in which he spoke his friend'B name had in it more passion than all the lover's phrases he had ever paid Elfgiva's ears. At •the same time, he made a sharp sign to the two sentinels. "Get back to your posts," he said. „ In a moment the doors beyond the curtain had closed behind them, and Jlhe two men were alOne save for the '-Jrtrl hiding forgotten in the shadow of Che chair. ' Rothgar laughed jarringly. "What­ ever has been told ahout you, you ive not yet been accounted a coward. Jut I do not see how you know I shall it kill you. I have dreamed of it lot a few times." Something like a veil seemed to fall ,%ver the King's face; from behind it 3ke spoke slowly as he moved away to 4he dais upon which his throne-chair Iftood, abd mounted the steps. "The lame dream has come to me, but Jiever has it occurred to me to seek jroo out to tell you of it." S "No such purpose had I," the Jotun Jfcaid with a touch of surliness. Pulling iji bag from under his belt, he shook jf>ut of It upon the floor a mane of mat- led yellow hair. "If ycai.want to know jny errand, it is to bring you this. -Yesterday it came to my ears that one. 5|>f my men was suspected of having f|ried to give you poison through your ,>rife's British thrall'. I got them be- Sfore me and questioned them, and the v|3car Cheek boasted of having done it. iThis is his hair. If you remember ^anything about the fellow.you under- stand that he was not alive when I *;|ook It from him." iS The King looked immovably at the faycllow mass. "You hate behaved In a *'chieftain-like way and I thank you for i,.^jlt," he said. "But I would have liked better if you had come to me about ;-withe judgment that raised this wall be- •!".-\tween us--" Rothgar's throat gave out a savage ¥"#onnd. "Tempt me not! I am no slug- ness of wounded youth--"12 It he eras that in his place anyone would have believed what he believed, then is this a very hateful world and I want no further part in it." Awhile, the nun's eyes widened and paled as eyes that see a vision, but at last she bowed her head to trace a cross upon her breast. "Not so; it is God's wisdom," she said, "else would the world be so beautiful that we would never hunger after he. ren." Mechanically, Randalin's ha ads fol­ lowed hers through the holy sign; then .she clasped them before her toil wring them in impatient pain. "That is so long to go hungry, Sister! I shall be past my appetite." Dropping down beside the other, her slim young fingers began to imitate the gnarled old ones as they weeded and straight­ ened. "I wonder at it. Sister Wyn- freda, that you do not urge me to creep in with you. A year ago, you wanted it when I wanted it not; but now when I am willing, you hold me off." "is It clear before'your mind that you are willing, my daughters'. the nun asked gently. As she drew her­ self to her feet with the aid of a bush, the cramping of her feeble stiffened muscles contracted her face in mo­ mentary pain, but her eyes were se­ rene as the altar lamps. "It lies upon you to remember, little sister, that those who would serve God around the altar must not go thither only be­ cause the world has mistreated them and they would cast it off to avenge the smart. She who puts on the yoke of Christ must needs do so because it is the thing she would desire of all, were all precious things spread out for her choosing. Can you look into my ,eyes and say that it would be so with you?" Where she knelt before her, the girl suddenly threw her arms around the woman and hid her. face in the faded robes. The frail - hand stroked the dark hair affectionately. . "Think not that I would upbraid you with it, child as dear as my own heart. WhA the Power, that took you from me led you back again, and I read what God's fingers had written on ryour face that before was like a lineless parchment, I could not find it in my mind to wish you otherwise. I felt only shame for the weakness of my faith, and joy past all telling." Under the soothing hand, Randalin's sobs slowly ceased; when at last she raised her wet eyes there was no longer rebellion in them but only youth's measureless despair. "Sister, now as always, I want to do what you would have me--but I am so full of grief! Must I go back to Avalcomb acd begin all over again? It seems to me th$t my life stretches before me no more alluringly than yonder dusty road, that runs straight on, on, over vast ispaces but always empty." (To be continued.) QARE OF A RAZOR. Its Occasional Real/ Need Is the Rest Cure--Steet Gets Tired. "The average man who shaves him­ self doesn't know how to take care of his razor, despite all the advice that has been given to him in the public prints from time to time," says G. A. Helglass, expert barber. "He will get a good razor and use it day after day, then wonder why at the end of a short time It loses -its edge, even though he strops it most carefully. A razor needs brief inter­ vals,; of rest or it will grow dull, no matter what efforts are made to keep it sharp. If you have a good razor and it appears to be losing its edge, just try a rest for it, instead of having it sharpened up again. The chances are that when you put it into use again, at the expiration of three or four days, it will prove as sharp as it It had been carefully honed. her mind, the girl in the shadow flung open the doors and shrieked to the sentinels ;and roused the palace; in her body, she stood spellbound, voiceless, breathless. Still Rothgar did not strike. It was the King who spoke this time also. "Among the sayings of men in Nor­ way," he said coldly, "there is one they tell of a traitor who carried a sword of death against his King, but lacked the boldness to use it before the King's face. So he begged his lord to wrap a cloak around his head that he might get the courage to ask a boon. When that had been done, he stabbed. Do you want me to coyer my eyes?" With a hoarse cry, Roffigar flung his sword back to his sheath, recoiling-- there was even a kind of fear in his manner: "A fool would I be, to set your ghost free to follow me with that look on its face! Keep your life--and instead I will torture every Angle 1 can .get under my grip, for it is they who have turned, a great hero into a nithiiig--may thfcy despise you as you have despised your people for their sakes!" Invoking the curse with a sweep of his handless arm, he strode from the room- ° Randalin did not see when he passed her, for. her eyes were on the King as he stood looking after his foster-brother. "Ah, God, what a terrible world hast Thou made!" she murmured, as she put up her hands to ease the swelling agony in her throat. "No longer will I try to llv.e_in it. I will go to thjp Sisters. and remain with them el- ways." . - Take a Course of Corn Food. There is more than a grain of truth in the statement recently made that in our scramble for new breakfast foods we have failed to appreciate the nour­ ishing, health-giving properties of corn and of corn meal. And the context of the statement mentioned deals in facts when it says that the mush and milk of a few years back produced children of a ruddier hue than those we are ac­ customed to see in these times. Corn meal is possessed of just those proper­ ties that make it a highly suitable winter food. Besides this, it seems an accompaniment the "most natural for pork chops, sausages and such things that we Americans favor for cold weather breakfasts. Let us take, then, a course in corn products. CHAPTER XXVIII. How to Pass Hatteras. The late Senator Vest of Missouri was fond of telling a story regarding a friend of his who was in terrible dread of the ordeal involved in pass­ ing Cape Hatteras. The man was a confirmed victim of seasickness, and while he made many trips on the ocean, he always looked with fear to that period of time when the vessel would be passing the tumultuous sea in and, around Hatteras. Returning from one of his trips, he announced with Joy a cure for the dreaded Hat­ teras period. "What is it?" asked a friend. "Why," was the reply, "when we got within twenty miles of Hatteras I or- dered up three quart bottles of cham­ pagne and sat in my stateroom and drank them One aftef^the other." "Whiat was the effect of that?" ask­ ed the friend. "The effect," replied the other, In astonishment. "Why, there was no effect. When I came to we had pass­ ed Hatteras."--Denver Republican. In Time's Morning. The hot glare of a July sun was on the stones of the Watling street and July winds were driving hosts of bat­ tling dust-clouds along the highway, bi^jt in the herb garden of Saint Mil­ dred's cool shadows lay over the dew- beaded grass and all was restfulness and peace. The voice of the girl who was following Sister Wynfreda from mint clump to parsley bed, from ?fftn- nel to rue, was not much louder than the droning of the bees in the lav­ ender. "If it be true <as you say--" she was $ peaking with the passionate bitter- Dr. Hillis Praises the Wesl. Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis, pastor of Plymouth church, Brooklyn, informed fcis congregation that the good forcei of the country w;ere coming out of the west. "It is a fallacy," he said "that the cities, especially New York are the controlling influences of the nation. The preachers who have a chance and are really doing things are in the west. I don't underrate my work here, but I am only mixing up tonics to get up a spiritual appetite in you who are already fed to the point of gluttony. In the west there is a growing movement of return to patriotism, which will act as a cor­ rective to this part of the country, where men are always talking about England and apelng England and preaching pessimism." » The Forty-fourth general assembly bly of the state of Illinois organized Jan. 4. As usual, the features of *he opening day were In the house. They were a lively discussion over the ap­ pointment of minor employes and the speech by the new speaker, in which he told his fellow-members that he did not intend to be their dictator, but at the same time would preserve his con­ stitutional rights. The pay roll contest was the echo of the one in the Republican caucus. Representative Charles Allen put in a resolution providing for help outside of the statutory provision of ten police- "men at $3 per day, seventeen pages at $1.50, fifteen janitors at $2, a "su­ perintendent of ventilation" at $3, with two assistants at $2.50, i Resolution Is Lost Benjamin Marlon Mitchell of Chi­ cago at once sent In the resolution of the Democratic caucus demanding that all such matters should .be sent to a committee, and Representative McGOorty demanded a rbll call. The Allen resolution received 76 votes to 72 against it, and the speaker, who had voted for it himself, declared It lost under the statute providing for a two-thirds vote for additions to the pay roll. The Democrats voted solidly against the resolution. Then resolutions were passed with­ out a roll call, allowing the clerk to name what assistants he wanted and giving the speaker the same privilege. They were all assistant clerks messen­ gers, or stenographers. The house was late in organizing because Chief Justice Ricks was mixed up in a freight wreck and did not get to Springfield on time. When he did come, however, he established a new rule In administering the oath of office to the'members of both houses. Members Repeat the Oath. Ordinarily the members have been sworn in in the same unceremonious way that 4 witness takes the oath in a justice court. The chief justice, however, had the members repeat the oath after him, a few words at a time, as a congregation responds to the lit­ any in a church service. The house was then organized quickly, Edward D. Shurtleff being elected speaker by a party vote. Some friends of Representative Trautman had sent him a bouquet of flowers and one of them was pinned on Mr. Shurtleff's coat when he took the gavel. Gov. Yates' message was sent to the house and 5,000 copies ordered printed. It was not read. It-was longer than usual, comprising about 12,000 words. Organizing the Senate. The senate organized without a ripple. Senator McKenzie nominated Senator Townsend of Knox as the Republican candidate for president pro tem, and Senator Powers of Cook named Senator Hull of Marion coun­ ty for the Democrats. Townsend was elected by 40 votes to 10. Then the minor offices were duly filled by the same vote, the candidates of the Republican caucus, of course, being elected. The only feature of the ses­ sion was the presence of a hundred union labor men from Decatur who filled the gallery. They had come to see Senator Henson of Macon coun­ ty, their candidate, sworn in. Both houses adjourned till Thurs­ day morning, to hieet in joint session to canvass the vote for state officers at the last election and duly declare in all form of law that Charles S. De- neen and the candidates with him on the Republican state ticket were duly elected. Canvass State Vote. Other than canvassing the vote cast at the last election for state officers, little actual work was accomplished at Thursday's joint session of house and senate. The canvass was made from the returns tabulated in the sec­ retary of state's office. The reading of the official vote fol­ lowed the roll call and at 10:47 o'clock Charles S. Deneen was officially de­ clared elected governor of Illinois for a period of four years, beginning Jan. 9, 1905. The other successful candi­ dates were similarly declared elected, Speaker Shurtleff emphasizing each official act by a sharp tap of the gavel. The joint session dissolved and the house adjourned at 10:55 o'clock. On a motion of Pendarvis of Cook the joint session arose, and a moment later the house adjourned until Mon­ day, Jan. 9. at 11 a. m. Notification Committee. The committee appointed to wait upon the state officers-elect and notify them of their election is: Senators--Ira M. Lish of Saunemin, O. H. Burnett of Marion, and George W. Cunningham of Pekin. Representatives--Frank J. Nichols of Chicago, Wilbur B. McHenry of Ro- chelie, and George W. Witt of Kane. Senate Bill No. 1. Senate bill No. 1 was presented by Senator Anderson of Rockford, and if passed will bring joy to the road com­ missioners throughout the townships Will Do Little Work. Many measures bearing on many subjects are ready to be placed before the two houses as soon as work is well under way, but very little If any work of this character will be per­ formed before the third week of the Legislature. It will be Wednesday before the house will be able to re­ sume work following the changes in the hall incident to the Inaugural cer­ emonies, and adjournment probably will be taken Thursday until ttfe fol­ lowing Monday, Democratic Steering Committee. Democratic members of the house have completed their list of members of the steering committee. Ten of them are from down state and the other five from Cook county. The committee is as follows: Frank D. Comerford, chairman; John P] Mc- Goorty, Richard E. Burke, Anton J. Cermak, M. L. McKinley, J. M. Gray, Douglas Pattison, Thomas Tippit,Wal­ ter I. Manny, John P. Moran, Camp­ bell S. Hearn, C, F. Coleman, John M. Rapp, Paul Finnan, Frank M. Cran- ... dcl4^ of Illinois. It provides for them an increase 'in wages from $1.50 to $2 a day. Chicago Drainage Board. Senator Joseph F. Haas' bill, aimed at present nonpartisan organization of the Chicago drainage board,' was in­ troduced shortly after the state senate convened, becoming senate bill No. 2. The Haas bill has * been published, and is in line with the popular agi­ tation for a change that will make the drainage board less of a close cor­ poration in character. The board con­ sists of nine members. At present the Democratic «and Republican parties limit nominations to five men each, so that the public has opportunity to re­ ject only one of the candidates, and five in one party and four in the other are practically assured election, re­ gardless of merit. With full party tickets, eighteen men will contend for the nine offices, aside from the nomi­ nees of the minor political parties. The bill was referred to the commit­ tee on waterways and drainage. Peorfs Contest Is Filed. The senatorial contest in the eigh­ teenth district over the seat held by Senator George B. Sucher of Peoria found its way into the senate when the protest filed by James D. Putnam was referred to the committee on elec­ tions. Senate President. Senator Leon Townsend of Gales- burg presided for the first time as president. After receiving a com­ munication from the house concurring in the appointment of a Joint commit­ tee to take charge of tie inaugural exercises Monday and in a joint reso­ lution that both bodies shall next con­ vene at 11 o'clock on that day, the members filed into the house to enter Into joint session to canvass the of­ ficial vote at the last election. A resolution was then adopted that when the senate adjourn it be until Monday, Jan. . , Speaker Is Reticent. Before leaving for home Speaker Shurtleff stated that on Monday he ex­ pected to announce his selections on the steering committee and the com­ mittee on rules. A week later, Mr. Vt Shurtleff said, he hoped to be able to announce some of the more important committees of the house, so that these might get down to work before Feb­ ruary, which has been the usual time in past sessions for the announcement of committee selections. Speaker Shurtleff would give no In­ dication of his choice for the steering and rules committees. He said that already he has privately asked a num­ ber of the members with whom he was acquainted before his election as speaker to hand him a list of the com­ mittee assignments they preferred, and that on Monday the same request would be made publicly in the house. The committees that are likely to handle the measures to which the re­ publican party is pledged, such as prl- r'ary law, charter amendment, civil service, and the committee on contin­ gent expenses, will receive the speak­ er's attention after the inaugural. Primary Bill. The primary bill, which" is already in print, promises to be the absorbing one of the season. It Is not believed that the administration can put any primary measure through that does not provide that "the candidate who receives the highest number of votes at the ballot box shall be declared the nominee without the intervention of any convention-city, country or state." The advocates of this provision holdT that the proposal to require a major­ ity of the primary is absurd on its face and destructive of the real pur­ pose of primary agitation--to take nominations out of the hands of bosses and conventions. They claim that any man who can bring the high­ est number of voters to the primary is the fittest man for candidate, and that no convention can select a bet­ ter man. They point to the fact that It Is often the plurality vote, and not the majority vote, that elects at regular * elections. „ Await Report of Committees. Previous to the Joint session both houses held independent sessions, meeting at 10 o'clock. Beyond some routine business and the appointment of a number of committees, little was done at either session, the actual work of the LegflsJature awaiting the reports of the committees on ruleg and ordier of business. v The appointment of the Rev. D. G, Bradford to be chaplain of the house was announced. Wesleyan University Changes. The appointment of Prof. Cliff Guild of Watseka as professor of mathe­ matics at the Illinois Wesleyan univer­ sity at Bloomington is announced. He succeeds the late H. C. Demott. Prof. F. M. Austin of the present faculty was appointed financial agent, a posi­ tion also held by Dr. Demott. To Initiate Big Class. Connersville Lodge of Knights ol C&hjmbus will confer the three de­ grees of the order on a class Mm- betln|: sixty, January 29. ; Cranberry Culture. When the conditions are right cran­ berry culture 1st a paying business. The berries, being firm, are good ship­ pers, and there is little likelihood of loss in transit. Peat bogs are consid­ ered to be best adapted to this busi­ ness. The bog must be drained to about 18 inches below the surface, and pure sand must be spread over it to a depth of several Inches. The cuttings--which should be obtained from plants under cultivation if the best results are desired--are then set out, four In a hill, about a foot apart. Plants yield most abundantly from (he third to the tenth year, and will then average 200 bushels to the acre. When it is known that $2.50 per bushel is a good average price, the profit, after the first cost has been made up, can easily be estimated. The first cost is really the only expense except picking, and this varies accord­ ing to the locality. Cranberry culture might be called a one-man industry since one man can easily handle a ten-acre marsh, except during harvest,, when he secures help from the adja­ cent ranches or from the Indians.-- Emma Seckle Marshall,- in Sunset Magazine. Utilizing Manure. r The advantage to land which Is said to come from keeping live stock on it will be largely neutralized if the win­ ter accumulation of manure is not carefully saved and applied to the fields that need it. And it is to call attention to this fact that, where cir­ cumstances will allow, hauling out ma­ nure directly from the stable to field Is now urged. It has heretofore been stated that the liquid portion of an animal's excrement exceeds the solids In fertilizing value. The records of the Wisconsin station indicate that in cow manure there is .20 lbs. of nitro­ gen excreted daily In* the solid portion and .24 lbs. in the urine. In view of this, a little thought on the subject will convince anyone that to throw the manure out of the stable door and leave It In piles there must be a great waste, by reason of the leaching away of the liquids. They enter the ground In the Immediate vicinity of the pile, and are practically lost; for the earth thus saturated and enriched Is sel­ dom utilized for crop growing, or is carted away and spread as a fertilizer ilsewhere.--Farm, Stock and Home. Independence of the Farmer/ The farmer should feel proud of his profession, as It is one of the most useful and necessary occupations. He does not sit on 4he ragged edge of doubt as to the permanency of his position. He studies the laws of na­ ture and derives maintenance from her bounteous stores. When times are hard and laborers are clamoring for ttork, he has plenty of business to oc­ cupy his time. If the farmer com­ mences with small capital his invest­ ment is sure to increase, for the earth often rewards the husbandman an hundredfold. The proper manage­ ment of small undertakings leads to larger enterprises. The well-tilled farm produces abundantly, and the farmer always has a surplus to sell that mak^s him independent even in strenuous times. The farmer is the foundation of the commercial prosper­ ity of the country.--Barnum's Midland Farmer. Deep and 8hallow Plowing. Deep or shallow plowing is p sub­ ject of perennial discussion and often fierce controversy; some parties there­ to insisting that one style of plowing is the proper thing under all circum­ stances, and the others claiming the opposite. As a matter of fact each side is doubtless right from its view­ point, and wrong from the viewpoints of its opponents. Deep or shallow plowing is good or ill according to con­ ditions of soil, in mechanical structure, in the plant food it contains, the crop to be grown, etc^ In short, the hard and fact rules in farming that are safe to follow at all times are so few that they cut but little figure In good farm management. - New Farm Motive Power, No more slgnifican t change is taking place in American agriculture than the extent to which different kinds of mo­ tive power are taking the place of men and animals. The use of the traction engine and automobile in the place of the horse on the country road, the employment of gasoline, steam, wind and electric power to op­ erate mowers, threshers, plows, feed cutters, corn huskers, and dairy ma­ chinery are illustrations of epoch- making changes that are no*w going on on every modern American farm. On one ranch in California there is $60,000 worth of farm machinery op­ erated by other power than animal or man. Grain fop Seed. "Samples of shrunken Wheat are be­ ing submitted to us by persons resid­ ing in the rust stricken belt, Thesa persons ask whether It will be safe to sow such grain for seed the coming year. It is very proier that they should ask this question and it is ex­ ceedingly Important that it should be answered with intelligent discrimina­ tion. During a trip that we made the third week in August over the wheat growing area In the northern part of the sfate we noticed that some of the wheat was so shrunken that it was not worth cutting. In some localities the stands were fairly good. The va­ riations ran all the way, frtjm |^o. 1 down to wheat that was really unfit to make good food for chickens. We have no doubt whatever but that such grain sown for seed will not give good results. It will be found quite practi­ cable in many instances to so winnovt the shrunken wheat that the very light material will all be blown out of it The best sample obtainable, therefore, from the crop should usually answer for sowing next reason. When love feeds on beauty alone it soon turns up Its toes. JOHN ii. H W00DBUR FflGlftL SOAP. Thk rare combination of healing, cleaning, and nouridung propertie*, combines to malca you wonder what you would do without the face soap.--25 6s. A CAKE. INITIAL OFFER. ' In case your dealer cannot yon send us hia name and we will send prepaid, to any address for Sl.oo. the following toilet requisites. 1 Cake Woodbury's Facial Soap. 1 Tuba " Facial Cream. 1 " M Dental Cream, 1 Box " Face Powder. Togeghfer with our readable booklet Beauty's Masque, a careful treatise on tile care of the "outer self." Booklet free on application. [ T H E A N D R E W J E R G E N S C O n CINCINNATI, O. * HE MILKED A COW. Political Speaker's Triumph Over Skeptical Listener.. John Barrett, United States minis­ ter to Panama, who has been minis­ ter to Slam and Argentina and com­ missioner general for the Louisiana Purchase exposition, had a unique ex­ perience during the late political cam­ paign. While speaking In a new Eng­ land town he made the assertion that he knew well what It was to work on a farm. A young farmer In the crowd, made skeptical by the speaker's faultless Prince Albert coat, Immaculate shirt front, pale-gray trousers and shining tie, shouted out: "You .work on a fafm? Bet yer never milked a cow In your life." "I take your bet," said Barrett; "I will put up $100 against the same amount that I can milk a cow faster than you can." This dare was accepted. The Dem­ ocrats raised a purse of $100 to match Barrett's $100 bill. Two cows were brought around. At the cry of "Ready! Go!" the milk rattled into the bottom of the pails, and Barret's pail was full first, the meeting winding up in a blaze of glory, Especially for Women. Champion, Mich., Jan. 9th.--(Spe­ cial)--A case of especial interest to women is that of Airs. A. Wellatt, wife of a well knqwn photographer here* It is best. igiven in her own words., "I could not sleep, my feet were cold and my limbs cramped," Mrs. Wellat states. "I had an awful bard pain across my kidneys. I had to get u? three or four times In the night. I was very nervous and fearfully des­ pondent. "I had been troubled In this way for five years when I commenced to use Dodd's Kidney Pills, and what they caused to come from my kidneys will-hardly stand description. "By the time i had finished one box of Dodd's Kidney Pills I was cured. Now I can sleep well, my limbs do not cramp, I do not get up In the night and I feel better than I have in years. I owe my health to Dodd's Kidney Pills." Women's ills are caused by pl­ eased Kidneys; that's why Dodd's Kidney Pills always cure them. ^ Cabinet Members on Strike. The latest thing in the way of strikes has been declared by members of the cabinet. They have revolted against a custom which has grown into a nuisance of intolerable propor­ tions. For many years cabinet minis­ ters have written, at the request of editors, from time to time opinions on various topics, usually connected with their departments, reviews of the year, messages of good cheer and con­ gratulation and appreciations of vari­ ous things. The demands, at first few, have become so many and so in­ sistent that many of the secretaries have worked at night to accommodate the editors. This year the demand has been unusually heavy, and after a discussion at a cabinet meeting, led by Secretaries Hay and Shaw, a strike was declared. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smsll and completely derange the whole system when entering tt through the mucous surfaces. 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The Episcopal church, for instance, gained 3 per cent on its membership last year, the|g; Presbyterian church 2% per cent and5|g the Methodist church also made an||; unprecedented gain.--Boston Globe. • Important to Mothers, Kmntne carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, : a safe and sure remedy for Infants and children, «nd see that it Bears th« Signature is Use For Over 30 Years. Xho Kind Ton Sm Ahr*ja Bought Figures continue, to show th%t more boys are born than girls. Other fig­ ures continue to show that this is nec­ essary In order that the supply of men for possible use as soldiers may be kept up.