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_ T H E G I R L A T T H E ? H A L F W A Y H O U S E A S T O R Y OF T H E P L A I N S BY K H O t! O H, A I'TH OJRi OF T H B S T O R Y O F T H B C O W B O Y C » $ f r i s k t * 4 , 1 $ 0 S , b * X>. A t » l * t o n C e m f m u y , X t • Y o r k CHAPTER XVI.--Continue?!. Aunt Lucy came over and sat down Vgton a sod heap, resting her cbin upon fear hand and looking fixedly at the girl, whe still stood leaning against the post. "Er--Miss Ma'y Ellen--" she began rj^ain. . /"Yes. What is It, Lucy?" ' "'Does yon know who's jess erbout ttier fines' and likelies' man whut lives tat all these yer pahts erroun' yer?" Mary Ellen stopped tossing bits bread to the chickens. "No, Aunt Lucy," she said. "I hadn't thought about that." "Yes, you has!" cried Aunt Lucy, rising and shaking a bodeful fore­ finger. "Yes you has, an' yes you 4oes! An' you don' 'preshnate him, thass whut Him a wushshippln* you!" Mary Ellen began tossing bread again. "How do you know that?" she asked. "How does I know?--law me, jes listen to thet chile! How does I know? Ain* he done tole mo, an' yo' An' Liz- Eie, an' Majah Buford--an' you? Ain' he done tale you a dozen times? Don' everybody know hit? An' he's a gem- man, too, mo'oveh; he's a gemman! Reckon I knows quality! Yas. sir, Cap'n Frarklin, she shoh'ly am the bestes' man fer a real lady to choosen -- foestes' in all this ver Ian". Uh-huh!" "1 never thought of him--not in that way," said Mary Ellen, not quite able to put an end to this conversation. "Miss Ma'y Ellen," said Aunt Lucy solemnly, "1'se wukked fer you an* yo' fam'ly all my life, an' I hates to say ary woh'd what ain't fitten. But i gotto to tell you, you ain' tellin' the trufe to mo, toe yo" old black mammy, right now. I tells you, an' I knows It, tha' hain't nary gal on earth ever done look at no man, 1 don't care who "All right. Cap," said Sain. "I reck­ on we can fix you up. How far you goin'?" "Well, about twenty-live or thirty miles, perhaps." "Which will bring you," said Sam meditatively, "just about to the Half­ way House. Seein' it's about there you'll be stoppin', I reckon I better give you my new buggy. I sort of keep it, you know, for special 'ca- slons." He disappeared within the barn, whence presently arose sounds of tu­ mult. Tha "span" emerged with one half of its constituent parts walking on its hind legs and lashing out vici­ ously in front. "Well, I don't know about that black," said Franklin critically. "He's a bit bronco, isn't he?" "What, him?" said Sam. "Naw, he's all right You don't suppose I'd run in any wild stock on you, do you? He's been hitched up several times, an' he's plumb gentle. May rare up a little ^t first, but he's all right. Of coursk, you want to have a little style about you. goin' down there." Franklin got into the buggy, while Sam held the head of the "plumb gen­ tle" horse. When cast loose the lat­ ter reared again and came down with his fore feet over the neck yoke. Nim­ bly recovering, he made a gallant at­ tempt to kick in the dashboard. This stirred up his mate to a thought of former days, and the two went away pawing and plunging. "So long!" cried Sam, waving his hand. "Good luck!" Franklin was for a time busy !n keep­ ing his team upon the trail, but soon they settled down into a steady, shuf­ fling trot, to which they held for a mile over the hard prairie road. An hour's drive from the town, and the traveler seemed in a virgin world. A " J • -'fctSK . ' / "No, Aunt Lucy, I hadnt thought about that" P . H:"" ' he wus, 'thout thinkin' 'bout him, an' 'cidin* in her inin', one way er otheh whetheh she like fer to mah'y that ther man er not! If er 'ooman say she do different fom thet, she shoh'ly fergettin' o' the trufe, thass all! Ain' thought o' him! Go 'long!" Aunt Lucy wiped her hand upon her apron violently in the vehemence of her in­ credulity. Mary Ellen's face sobered with a trace of the old melancholy. "Aunt Lucy," *he said, "you mean kindly, I am sure, but you must not talk to me of these things. Don't you remember the old days back home? Can you forget Master Henry, Aunt Lucy--can you forget the days-- utoose days--?" ^ Aunt Lucy rose and went over to Mary Ellen and took her hand be­ tween her own great black ones. "No, I doesn't fergit nothin'. Miss Ma'y EUen," she said, wiping the girl's eyes as though she were still a baby. "I doesn't fergit Mas' Henry, Gord bless him! I doesn't forgit him any mo'n you does. But now listen toe yo' old black mammy, whut knows a heap mo'n you doeB, an' who is a-talkin' toe you because you ain't got no real mam- vmy o' yer own no mo'. Now, I done had fo' husban's, me. Two o' them done died, an' one dlstapeart in the wah, an' one he turn out no 'count Now, you s'pose I kain't love no otheh man?" Mary Ellen could not restrain a smile, but it did not impinge upon the earnestness of the other. "Yas'm, Miss Ma'y Ellen," she con­ tinued, again taking the girl's face between her hands. "Gord, he say, it fcaint good fer man toe be erlone. An' Gord knows, speshul in er lan' like this yer, hit's a heap mo' fitten fer a man toe be erlone then fer a 'ooman. Some wtmmen-folks, they's made fer ' grievin , all there time, fer frettin', an' worr'lii', an' er-mopin' 'roun'. Then, agin, some is made fer lovin'--I don' say fer lovin' mo'n one man to er tJme; fer ther ain't no good 'ooman •ver did thet But some is made fer lovin'. They sech er heap o' no 'count folks in ther wori', hit do seem like a shame when one o' them sort don' love nobody, an' won't let nobody love them!" Mary Ellen was silent. She could not quite say the world to stop the old tervant/e garrulity, and the latter went on. "Whut I does say. Miss Ma y Ellen," she resumed earnestly looking into the girl E faoe as though to carry copvic- tlon with- her speech--"whut I does an' I says hit fer yo' own good, / 14 this: Mas' Henry, he's daid! He's •. daid an' buh'ied, an' fiowehs growin' <iveh bis grave, yeahs 'n yeahs. An' ^ jpu never wuz maliled toe him. An' you wan't nothin' but a gal. Chile, you jdpn't know nothin' 'bout lovin' yit Mow, I says toe you, whut's ther use? & Thass hit Miss Ma y EUen. whut's ther use:?" CHAPTER XVII. m . • "OV. En Voyage. wish, Sam," said Franklin one morning as he stopped at the door .pt the livery barn--"I wish that you . *ould get me up a good team. I'm , thinking of driving over south a little hat In hand, the sir! drew feeck, as though she feared. There was something not easily to be denied in this tall man, his figure still military in its self-respect of car­ riage, with the broad shoulders, the compact trunk, the hard jaw, and the straight blue eye of the man of deeds, xie looked so fit and manly, so clean of heart, and so direct of purpose as he came on now in this forlorn hope that Mary Ellen felt a shiver of self* distrust She stepped back, calling on all the familiar spirits of the past Her heart stopped, resuming at double speed. It seemed as though a thrill of tingling warmth came from some­ where in the air--this time, this day, this hour, this man, so imperative, this new land, this new world Into which she had come from that of her earlier years! She was yet so young! Could there be something unknown, some sweetness yet unsounded? Could there be that rest and content which, strive as she might, were still missing from her life? Could there be this-- and honor? Mary Ellen fled, and in her room sat down staring in a sudden panic. She needed to search out a certain faded picture. It was almost with a sob that she noted the thin shoulders, the unformed jaw, the eye betokening pride rather than vigor, the brow indicative of petulance as much as sternness. Mary Ellen laid the pic­ ture to her cheek, saying again and again that she loved it still. Poor girl, she did not yet know that this was but the maternal love of a woman's heart, pitying, tender and remember­ ing, to be sure, but not that love over which the morning stars sang together at the beginning of the world. (To be continued.) OPINION OF THE EDITOR OF THE 'NEBRASKA FARMER.** IMPORT HAIR BY THE CAR LOAD. band of antelope lined up on, the crest of a ridge and stood staring steadfast­ ly. A gray-winged hawk swept wide and easily along the surface of the earth on its morning hunting trip. Near by the trail hundreds of cheerful prairie dogs barked and jerked their ceaseless salutation. An ancient and untroubled scheme of life lay all around him, appealing in its freshness and its charm. Lifting and shimmering mysterious­ ly in the midday sun, as though tanta­ lizing any chance traveler of that wide land with a prospect alluring, yet im­ possible, the buildings of the Halfway station now loomed large and dark, now sank until they seemed a few broken dots and dashes just visible upon the wide gray plain. Yet soon these seemed to grow closer, and Franklin found himself again at the spot with which he was already so well acquainted that every detail, every low building and gnarled bit of wood, was tabulated surely in his mind. The creak of the windmill pres­ ently came to his ears as a familiar sound, but rasping and irritating on his strong nerves as tho croak of the elder Fate. Buford met him !n the yard, and the two together busied themselves in tak­ ing care of the team, the former apologizing that he still had no ser­ vant for such work. "I'm mighty glad to see you again, captain, for it looked as though you had forsaken us. It cer­ tainly is a comfort to see a gentleman like yourself once in a while. We meet plenty of cowmen and movers, decent folk enough, but they have a lack, sir, they have a lack. I main­ tain, sir, that no gentleman can flour­ ish without that intelligent social in­ tercourse with bis kind which is as much a part of hiB livin', sir, as the eatln' of his daily bread. Now, as I was sayinr about Gen. Lee, sir. I am willing to admit, sir, that the war is over, but I never did admit, and, sir, I contend yet, that Lee was the great­ est general that the world ever saw-- far greater than Grant, who was in command of resources infinitely su­ perior. Now, then--" "Oh, uncle, uncle!" cried a voice behind him. "Have you begun the war over again BO soon? You might at least let Mr. Franklin get into the house." Mary Ellen stood at the door of the dugout, just clear of the front, and upon the second step of the stair, and her hand half shading her eyes. The sun fell upon her brown hair, chang­ ing its chestnut to a ruddy bronze, vital and warm, with a look as though it breathed a fragrance of its own. A little vagrant lock blew down at the temple, and Franklin yearned, as he always did when he saw this small truant, to stroke it back Into its place. The sun and the open air had kissed pink into the cheek underneath the healthy brown, l'he curve of the girl's chin was full and firm. Her tall fig­ ure had all th# grace of a normal being. Her face, sweet and serious, showed the symmetry of perfect and well-balanced faculties. The vision of her standing there caused Franklin to thrill and flush. Unconsciously be drew near to her, too absorbed to notice the one visible token of a pos­ sible success; for, as he approached. Hundred* of Tons Are Imported to Be Made into "Rats." Since the revival of the pompadour style of dressing women's hair and the use of the "rat" there has been a tremendous increase in the importa­ tion of human hair. It is estimated 100 tons of hair, valued at $3,000,000, have been received at this port this year. This doesn't represent one-half the expense the style has entailed upon women, for it has given a decid­ ed impetus to the hairdressing busi­ ness. Three times as many New York women now patronize hairdressers as did a few years ago. With women of fashion the hairdresser is looked upon now as a necessity. In most of the fashionable hair- dressing shops of Fifth avenue and its vicinity comparatively few women are employed. Formerly women did all the work, patrons being reluctant to have their hair dressed by men, but the prejudice soon wore off, and now the well-groomed women seem to think that only the man hairdresser who has studied the business abroad is artistic. The hairdressers say this promises to be a great country for their busi­ ness. The women of America have less hair than the women of Europe. The quality is about the same, but there seems to be something in the climate of the United States or in the habits of the people that is not conducive to women's hair growing as luxuriously as it does abroad. Large as was the value of the hair imported this- year the value of fine toilet articles was far greater. About 8ii per cent of the amber and tortoise shell goods, perfumes, powders and cosmetics used in America are brought from across the water.--New York Press. Mine Drainage Planned. Mine drainage operations in South Staffordshire, England, by which 40,- 000,000 tons of coal may be won from flooded pits, are now contemplated. These mines have been flooded for a quarter of a century. The coal area has been split up into various owner­ ships, and before a drainage commis­ sion came into existence each owner was supposed to pump the water from his own pits. Some of thepv, failed to do this and in the end all of the pits were abandoned. A drainage commis­ sion has obtained power to pump out the pits and has secured a loan of $500,000 to do it with. The project is an extensive and difllcult one, but mining experts declare that it offers no obstacles which modern engineer­ ing resources are unable to conquer. The re-starting of the mines means a iarge access of property to a district that stands in urgent need of it, and the prospect of restoring this long abandoned industry has created great Interest in the neighborhood. Digging Well to Drain a Bog. An ingenious Yankee who lives on the west coast of Florida adopted a novel method to drain a bog on his plantation. He put down a four-inch well in the middle of his bog deep enough to tap the water bearing grav­ el. A nice flow of water was encoun­ tered, which rose in the well nearly to the surface. As soon as tho top of the pipe was pushed down to a level with the bottom of the bog, the water in the pond rushed down into the well and passed off through sub­ terranean channels. In a few hours the bog was drained. The land has since been plowed and Is now a valu­ able truck farm. Scientists declare that wet lands in many sections of the country can be drained by this simple method. Care must be taken not to permit the well to fill up with rubbish, which might impede the ingress of the water. Plenty of Raw Material. "Grandpa," said the children, "tell us another story about the time when you were a young man and traveled with the show." "Well," said Grandfather Dutton, "when I was with Nixon & Kemp's circus, forty or fifty years ago, one of my great acts was to get a boy to put an apple on top of his head and then I would stand ten paces away and shoot a rifle ball through it." "But didn't you sometimes miss the apple and shoot the iboy?" 1 "Not often, but it happened once in a while, of course." "What did you do then?" they asked breathlessly. "Do?" said Grandfather Dutton, shrugging his shoulders. "Why, some­ times I had to wait two or three min­ utes before I could find another boy, but not often. There are always plen< ty of hoys." He Expresses His Approval of Amst* lean Emigration to Canada. During the winter months the head of the family consults with the other members as to the prospects for the future, and doubtless one of the most interesting topics discussed is that of moving to some district where it is possible to more easily secure what io necessary for a comfortable exist­ ence, where it is an easy matter to bccome possessed of sufficient farm laad to assure a competence for the future. This, not only Interests the head of the family, but eveiy indi vidua] member of it Having before me the knowledge where he can secure a home with the expenditure of but little money, it is wjll ,for him to obtain all informa^ tlon possible regarding the product iveness of the land in the corntry tnac he may select For several years past a large , niynber of Americans have ramoved to Western Canada, and as nearly as it can be ascer­ tained almost all of these have ex­ pressed themselves satisfied with the conditions that exist there. During the past summer a number of the ed­ itors of farm papers throughout the United States made a personal visit on a tour of inspection and the re­ ports of these gentlemen prove inter­ esting read&g. Mr. H. E. Heath, ed­ itor of the "Nebraska Farmer," a paper enjoying a wide circulation as well as the confidence of its sub­ scribers,, after giving some idea of the extent of this wonderful country says: "Western Canada is the last un­ occupied and unimproved good agri­ cultural land in America available t>day." He then discusses its possibilities for raising live stock and the advan­ tages it possesses for dairying, farm­ ing and wheat growing, and says, "What has been said about the coun­ try as to the abil.ty of the soil, the yljld of wonderful crops of wheat, is quite justified." To quote further from Mr. Heath, he says, referring to climate: "These people (skeptical ones) do not know or realize that altitude more than latitude makes climates; that largo bodies of water, both fresh and salt, that never freeze over, ex­ ert a wonderful -influence on climate. Another influence on climate, more potent than those named above, which applies more to the Alberta district, is the warm Chinook breeze from the Pacific ocean, which is 600 or 700 miles nearer than Colorado or Wyoming, besides the Rocky Moun­ tain range is not nearly so high nor half so far from the ocean as it is down in the States. "In further considering the climate of the Canadian prairies, we should hot lose sight of the fact of the in­ fluence of the rains; the total aver­ age rainfall for the season is but 13.35 inches for the territories, and 17.34 inches in Manitoba, and that the amounts falling tbetween April 1st and October 1st are respectively 9.39 inches and 12 87 inches or about three- fourtha of the entire rainfall. From the middle of June to the middle of July there are over two hours more daylight in every twenty-four hours' than there is in Nebraska. The main reason why Western Canada wheat grows to such perfection is the effect of solar light, or longer period of sun­ shine it gets each day. This is what makes seeds or grain more perfect, grown In this country than elsewhere. This extraordinary" rapid growth of vegetation under the influence of this long continued sunshine exceeds any­ thing known in lower latitudes. We do not wish it understood that wheat alone is the main product ot this country; it leads in that, yet it is destined to become famous for its cat­ tle, horses and sheep and for its dairy products. We saw more and larger bands of cattle and sheep grazing in Assiniboia and Alberta than we ever saw on the western plains of the United States. One band of cattle numbering 6,000 head were grazing on the rich grass, and sheep without num­ ber." The government of the Dominion of Canada is still using the same ener­ getic efforts which have been used for the past 5 or 6 years to settle up these western prairies, and on application to any Agent of the Canadian Govern­ ment the settler will be able to secure a certificate entitling him to a low rate which will give him the oppor­ tunity of visiting any portion of Can­ ada's grain producing domain. Free to Twenty-five Ladlea. The Defiance Starch Co. will give 25 ladies a round trip ticket to the St. Louis Exposition, to five ladies in each of tho following states: Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Mis­ souri who will send in tho largest number of trade marks cut from a ten-cent, 16-ounco package of Defi­ ance cold water laundry starch. This mieans from your own home, any­ where in the above named states. These trade marks must be mailed to and received by the Defiance Starch Co., Omaha, Nebr., before Sep­ tember 1st, 1904. October and Novem­ ber will be the best months to visit the Exposition. Remember that Defi­ ance Is the only starch put up 16 oz. (afull pound) to the package. You get one-third more starch for the same money than of any other kind, and Defiance never sticks to the iron. The tickets to the Exposition will be sent by registered mail September 5th. Starch for sale by all dealers. Makes Montey and 8pends It. 'Tom" Lawson, the Boston specu­ lator, Is said to\ have been financial backer of a coipalc opera company whose season closed last week in Louisville. If Lawson--banker, brok­ er, yachtsman, horseman, magazine contributor, carnation fancier, etc.--is not spending money on something he is in danger of exploding. His wealth is conceded to be in eight figures, most people putting it at over $20,000,000. Loae Money by Holding Office. As governor general of the Philip­ pines William H. Taft received $15,000 a year salary and $5,000 for expenses. As secretary of war he will receive $8,000 a year. EHhu Root, who has served the government as secretary of war at $8,000 a year for the last four and one-half years, probably could earn anywhere from $50,000 to $100,000 a year inprivai# law prfotiaft. , HAPPY WOMEN. Wouldn't any woman be happy, After years of backache • suffering. D a y 8 o m i s e r y , nights of tw rest. T h e d i s tress of uri nary trou­ bles, , ' She jjbids relief and cure? - \ ' No reason why* Any reader S h ould suffer in the face Ot ^jpvi- dence like this: Mrs. Almlra A. Jackson, of East Front St., Traverse City, Mich., says: "For twenty years I never knew what it was to have good health. Every physician consulted said I had liver trouble, but their medicines did me no good. Just before I began using Doan's Kidney PHls I was almost par­ alyzed. I could hardly stand on my feet because of the numbness and lack of circulation. Hyl a knife been thrust Into my kidneys the pain could not have been more intense. My sleep was disturbed by visions of distorted figures, the kidney secretions were annoyiugly Irregular and I was tor­ tured with thirst and always bloated. I used seven boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills. The bloating subsided until I weighed one hundred pounds less, could sleep like a child and was re­ lieved of the pain and the Irregular­ ity of the kidney action. My circula­ tion is good and I feel better in every way." A FREE TRIAL of this great kid­ ney medicine which cured Mrs. Jack­ son will be mailed on application to any part of the United States. Ad­ dress Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all druggists, price 50 cents per box. Prayer in Human History. A vast historical experience lies be­ hind the practice of prayer. Millions have lived and died In the belief that God does hear and answer the prayers of His people. Men and wom­ en to-day are just as sure that God has heard their prayer as they are of his existence, and this is not a new thing in the history of the world. If it were of no use, men would have dis­ missed it from uie practice. It is not like the phonograph, or wireless tele­ graphy, something belonging to the present generation and to that,alone; the best and noblest of men and wom­ en have fully and earnestly believed in prayer. Anything which nas justi­ fied itself for 20 centuries of through­ out the whole of human history must have value, and it must have value in experience, or the best of mankind would not have indulged in it so long. lOtOOO Plant* for lto, This is a remarkable offer the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., makes. They will send you their big plant and seed catalog, together with enough seed to grow 1,000 fine, solid Cabbages. 2,000 delicious Carrots. 2,000 blanching, nutty Celery. 2,"000 rich, buttery Lettuce, 1,000 splendid Onions. 1,000 rare, IUBCIOUS Radishes. 1,000 gloriously brilliant Flowers. This great offer is made in order to Induce you to try their warranted seeds --for when you once plant them you Will grow no others, and iU FOR BUT 16o POSTIOE, • providing you will return this notice, and if you will send them 20c in post" age, they will add to the above a pack­ age of the famous Berliner Cauliflower, f,W. N. U.) Writer Jests With Lawyers. Anthony Hope Hawkins at a recent Author's club dinner in London, at which Lord Chief Justice Mathew was the principal guest, described the rela­ tion between law and letters as a dumping" relation--falling at law, a man generally going over to literature. Nor is the legal training wholly lost on writers, according to Mr. Hawkins, since through it they sometimes gain a certain "nebulousness, which is con­ sidered a mark of great profundity." $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will lie pleaocd to lewo that there Is at least one dreaded di*ea«c that science ha* been able to euro In all ltn and that It Catarrh. Hall'» Catarrh Cure IK tho only poaltlve cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being H eon.itlttitlonal dl«teat>e, requires a constitu­ tional treatment. Hall's Oatatrh Cure In taken In- tenmlly, actluif illrcctly upon the Mood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and KlvtnK the patient •trenail* by building up the constitution and assist­ ing nature In doinn Its work. Tho proprietors have •o much faith In It* curative powers that tbey offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that It mis to cure, tend for list of testimonials, Addrei-s F. J. CHKNKY & CO., Toledo, O. gold by all Druggista, 75c. Take Hall's Family Fill* for coniflpattoa. Hard Fate of Public Officer. S. C. Carpenter, a former Denver policeman who served with credit for eleven years and lost a leg during an election riot a little over a year ago, has been dismissed from the force and is compelled to resort to beg­ ging to keep body and soul together. Chicago Chronicle. GENERAL BUTLER'S FACE. New Intereat Attaches tp Maine1* Broken Coaat Line at Owl's Head.' Along Maine's broken coast line there is no point more conspicuous tnan Owl's Head, where a new attrac­ tion has been discovered by William P. Norcross, a Rockland business man. Clambering to a seldom frequented part of the government land, he saw outlined against the sky a remarkably clear profile. A few weeks ago a pho­ tographer visited the scene. The re­ sult of his snapshot is seen in the ac­ companying picture. Some who have aeen the photograph have remarked 8ens|ble Housekeepers will have Defiance Starch, not atone because they get one-third more for the same money, but also because of superior quality. In Hard Luotb : "She had a hard time catching a husband, didn't she?" "Yes; and she's having a harder time getting rid of him." "And were you ever engaged before, dearest?" he asked. "Oh, never in earnest," she replied. "Only occasionally, you know, at the Summer resorts and winter resorts." Dealers say that as soon aa a cna tomer tries Defiance Starch it Is im­ possible to sell them any other cold water starch. It can be used cold or boiled. He (at amateur concert)--What do you think of Miss Screecher's voice? She--Oh, I think it's all of what it is cracked up to be. About 5,000 artificial limbs are turned out in England every year. All creameries use butter color. Why not do as they do--use JUNE TINT BUTTER COLOR. The war in the far east seems to have obscured Gen. Was y Oil. Ido not believe l'lso's Cure for Consumption has an equal for coujrhs and colds.--JOHN F BOYBB, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. ifi, 1900. A new counterfeit $100 bill Is in clr- DIUMIGA. . A, upon its striking resemblance to tha late Gen. Benjamin F. Butler. Owl's Head played an important part in the Indian wars. Here was fought the last battle between the In­ dians and whites in that part of Maine. It is an ancient Indian tradi­ tion that all of the savages killed on the neighboring coast were buried on tne Head, and the Smithsonian Insti­ tution sent Louis Francis, an Oldtown Indian, there a few years ago to locate the old cemetery. The rocky acres divulged no secrets, however. ELECTRICITY USEFUL. Even on Coal Dock Where It la Utlli* ed for Motive Power. Even on a coal dock, where saving fuel would seem to be as unnecessary as anywhere on earth, electricity has been adopted as the sole motive pow­ er for tramways, hoiBts, and other machinery. This dock, with one mile of water front and 2,000,000 square feet of area, is at Duluth, Minn. It is owned by the Pioneer Fuel Company, and is said t& be the most perfectly equipped fuel dock in the country. Many other coal yards are planning to adopt electric motors in the same way, for the convenient manner in which they can be distributed offers advantages that overbalance even the consideration of a superabundance of fuel for steam power. The electric drives are used for operating cars and derricks, and the other appliances for loading and unloading the coal, as well as to do all the repairing requir­ ed. In fact, all the work that machin­ ery does in the yard Is done by elec­ tricity. Squats to Write Letter. When an Equadorian woman writes a letter she sits on the floor and uses a squatty tpble like the one in this picture. The table is a rough, bench­ like thing, so simply fashioned that even an amateur carpenter can put it together without difficulty. Temperature of Insects. The temperature of the human body is essentially the same in the tropics and in the polar zones. Insects at rest have a temperature practically the same as that of the surrounding air in ordinary conditions of heat and of humidity. Under usual conditions the temperature of an insect rises with that of the surrounding air, only more slowly. When the air is very moist the insect's temperature may rise more rapidly than that of the air. When the insect begins to move its temperature rises and continues to rise until the motion ceases. Record of Insurance Man. Col. Dickinson of New York in a single year wrote policies for $16,000,- 000--the largest record of insurance ever done in the world In one year by one individual. His operations ex­ tended over the West Indies and South America. DWARF TREE8 OF JAPAN. , Method of Production Is Kept a Pii* ' found Secret. • * ' i^v' There have been a good many r# UJbrs and theories as to how On Jap­ anese dwarf trees are prepared in tho first instance, but this is a seeret which the Japanese keep carefuSy to themselves, and even then it is oal^ known amoug a limited number eC families, vi'ho hand it down from ge*> eration to generation. One account states that a little soil is placed ill half an orange from which the iasido has been removed. In thla soil is placed the seed which it is desire# to grow. As the roots burst througfe the skin of the orange they are cut oH with a sharp knife. The process Is repeated until the roots evinoa m further desire to penetrate. The o«fr> side of the orange is then Tarnished with a secret varnish, and the youn# tree planted in an ornamental pot. » " ^ Saber's BarUest Caaa, ' ^ Another new thing. Can be oat «» times during a season and sproutiO again with lightning rapidity. Next to Salzer's Teoslnte it wlU make moro green fodder than anything else; cheaO as dirt and grows everywhere. Of Salzer's Renovator Grass Mixturdk just the thing for dying out pasturep and meadows, Mr. E. RappoJd. Eatjjt Park, Ga., writes, "I sowed Salzerls Grass Mixture on soil *so poor two me* could not raise a fuss on it,' and i»v forty-one days after sowing I had th» grandest stand of grass in the county Salzer's Grass Mixtures sprout quick­ ly and produce enormously." 100,009 barrels choice Seed Potatoes. ** SAXZEH'8 NEW NATIONAL, OATS. .Here is a winner, a prodigy, a mar­ vel, enormously prolific, strong, healthy, vigorous, producing in thirty states from 150 to 300 bu. per acre. Yo® had best sow a lot of it, Mr. Farmer, in 1904, and In the fall sell it to you* neighbors at $1 a bu. for seed. JUST SEND lOo IN BTAMPS to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., and receive in return their big catalog and lot* of farm seed samples free. (W. N. U.) A Corn Cutter Who Got R<ch. Not so very long ago there lived In London, Eng., a cutter of corns. Ev­ erybody knew nim--old Wolff, the Jew. He did not aspire to the tJUe of chiropodist--simply a cutter of corns |ie. More than a thousand clients paid him their three guineas a year. One of them was an archbishop who, while he submitted a painful corn to the razor, plied his persuasive tongue upon the cutter. Here was a Jew to be converted. "Sir, if you will go on talking, I shall cut you," was the only response of Shyiock. "If I make you bleed, you'll die," was another grim way he had of silencing clients. In his dingy old room, patropized by all the lions of the Stock Exchange, and everybody who was anybody with a corn, he piled up a fortune of over six figures, and was still ooinlng mdney Nup to the date of his death at the age of 84,. Haunted by 8lain 8allors; In connection with the navsl-eon- flicts -now proceeding in the far east it Is interesting to recall that certain islands off the Japanese coast are tra­ ditionally haunted by the ghosts of Japanese slain in naval battles. Bven to-day the Chousen peasant fancies he sees ghostly armies bailing out the sea with bottomless dippers, con­ demned thus to cleanse the oeeaa of the slain of centuries ago. Hundreds of dealers say the extra quantity and superior quality ot Do- fiance Starch is fast taking place of all other brands. Others say they, cannot sell any other stanch. "It is really wonderful that he haa remained wedded toxhis art so long." "Yes, I should think his art would have gotten a divorce long ago." BO-KO BALM. Gives instant relief to paiofot joints, no matter how caused. Cures rheumatism, sprains and bruises. 60cts. Askdswggist. If the Japanese neither kiss nor cuss, what are tneir pleasures? Handy Little Measure. This device, a pocket measure, IH constructed so that it will indicate distances from one-eight of an inch to 25 feet when simply drawn over the surface to be ^measured. The hand traversing the outer dial reads up to twelve Inches, while that on the inner ... nritf' to twenty-five feet. One con­ venient use to which the instrument may be put by machinists is in meas­ uring the surface speed of the work In a lathe. It is only necessary to put the measuring wheel in contact with the revolving surface for a fraction of a minute, when the length of surface For Rheumatism St Jacobs Oil 0 Write us or ask Alabastine dealer for foil particulars and Free sample card of AXtioosKvcve THB SANITARY WALL COATDML Destroys disease germs and vermin. Never rubs or scales. You can apptjr it --mix with cold water. Beautiful effects on walls and in white and delicate tints. NOT a disease - breeding, out-of-date hot-water glue preparation. 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