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The Ward of King Canute A Romance of the Danish Conqtiest. By OTTILIE A. LILJENCRANTZ, author of The Thrall of Lief the Lucky. Co;>vrU:V.t. HOT. by A. C. McCr.rKO & CO. CHAPTER XI--Continued. It was Sebert who brought the drag- pace fuiail v lu a iia.ll, throwing himself upon a stone bench to hold his feead iu his hands. "We cannot drive tit^m off; that needs no further proof. And I do not see how we can hold out til] tfcfc vime that~chance entices them away, when but one meal stands be­ tween us and starvation, and already we are as weak as rabbits. Naught ran profit us save craft." "I think I could manage it for you, ford. They think me your unwilling ;iaptive: you remember what the mes­ senger said about freeing me? If I should go to Rothgar--" his voice Uroke and his^eyes sought his friend's ftyes as though they were wine-cups from which he could drink courage1-- _L '-M I .-should- eft- -to^RoUigaE, lord, I rould declare myself escaped, and he voirtcP beclil?eJj to b,elieye any story I told him.", Sebert W^eS up and caught the']«tl : by • the. -shoulders, then hesitated, • i'^bl8:«fl9i'hd, half fearing to belit-ve. • But, are you sure that your wng-ue will not-trip you? Or, your fa-eo. poor mouse?" ,• The boy seemed to sfather strength from the caressing hands, as Thor from the touch of his magic belt. "As to th$t, I think he is not wise enough to guess the truth. I will tell him that you have thought it revengeful to­ ward him to stnrve your Danish cap­ tive." Pulling the soft curls with a sug­ gestion of his old lightheardtedness, the Etheling laughed wjth him. "You bantling! Who would have dreamed you to that degree artful? I would not have you suffer their anger.,, Are you capable.of so much feigning?" For an instant the boy's eyes were even audacious; and all the hollow- ness of the cheeks could not hide a flashing din^ple. "Oh. my dear lord, 1 am capable of so much more "feigning than you guess!" he answered, daring- • ly. "Nay. have I not been wont to call you elf?" Sebert returned. Then his I voice deepened with feeling. "By the iv soul of my father, Fridtjof, if you bring me out of this snare, me" and mine, I declare with truth that there will be no recompense you can ask at ^ my hands which I shall not be glad • to grant--" He paused in the wonder i of seeing the sparkle in the blue eyes flee away with a flitting light. The page turned from him almost | with a sob. "Pray you, promise me strel laid aside hid harp for his cup, Snorri Scar-Cheek brought his fist dowu hi a mlghiy blow upon the earth. "To hear such words and know one's self doomed to wallow in mast!" A dozen shaggy heads wagged surly acquiescence. But from the figure outstretched upon {he splendid bear­ skin a harsh voice sounded. "Now I see that because you lie in mast,.you have a swine's wit," it said. "Do you want the thrall to stand forth and prove for the hundredth time that their bins must needs be as empty as your head?" \ Into the den the daughter of Frode came on her, difficult mission. It was the Scar-Cheek who offered the first welcomo in a jovial shout. "The ha.wk escaped from the cage! Well done, nhnifnprnni DM rynn. hnttap a waV-PUt wftli your mighty fists?'.' A score of hands were stretched forth to draw the boy into *the circle; a score of horns \yere held for bis refreshment. ' Rothgar "satup on the, gre&t skin with* a gesture of some cordiality. "Bail to you, Fridtjof Frodessou!" he" said.;"Your estfipe is. a thing • that • gladdens me, ,1, did . the thouuht of starving you. and I hope your father Will overlook the unfriend­ liness of it." The Scar-Cheek, who had been scan­ ning her critically wber6 she stood before them, drinking, gave a pitying grunt. "By the crooked horn, boy,, you must have , had naught but ill luck since the time of Scoerstan! No more meat is on you than a raven could eat: and the night I Was in the Eng­ lishman's hall, you had the appear­ ance of having been under a lash. Your guardian spirit must have gone astray." / Though she managed to keep her eyes upon her cup, Randalin could-not inder a wave of burning color from er-rujining her face. Seeing it, Rothgar held up his handless l^frt arm for silence. "You act in a mannerless-way, Snor- ris Gudbrandsson, when you remind a high-spirited youth that he has been disgraced in his mind. Yet do not let that prevent your joy, my Bold One. If it is possible for me to take him alive and bind him, your own hand shall be the one to strike Sebert Os- waldsson his death-blow." The girl's nervousness betrayed her into a burst of hysterical laughter, but her wits were quick enough to turn it to good account. She said with Fridtjof's own petulance, "Your boon ••very man heaved a sigh of relief, straightening in his place like a dog that is pricking hia ears, and there was a pause. A fell look came into the Jotun's face, as he gazed back at theih; .and for a time it seemed that he would either answer with his fist or not at alI7 But at length he began to speak in a voice'as keen and hard as his sword. ,, ' "You know my temper, and that I must have my will. Always I have thought it shame that my kinsman's bskil aliwuld lie in English hands, and now I havq made up my mind to put an end to it. You know that I am in no way greedy for property. When I obtain the victory, you shall have every acre and every stick on it to burn or plunder or keep, as best pleases you." He interrupted himself to bend forward, shading his eyes with his hands. "If I am not much mis­ taken," he said in quite another voice, "yonder is Brass Borgar at last! Yon- der, near those oak-trees." In an instant they had all turned to scan the moon-lit open. And now that they were silent, the thud of hoofs be-" came distinct. Shouting their wel­ come, sortie hurried to heap fresh fuel on the fire, and some ran after - mure ale-skins; while others rubied* forward to meet the messenger and run beside his -horse, riddling with questions. , - ', When the man finally stood before him, Rothgar said sternly, "It is time you were here! Ten days have gone over your head since I sent you* out. You must do one of two things--either tell great tidings or submit to sharp words." 1 The Brass One laughed as he salut­ ed. "I should have been liable to sharp steel had I come sooner, chief. Would you have taken it well if I h^d left without knowing how it went with the battle?" "Battle!" three-sqore mouths cried as with pne voice. ".Who were vic­ torious?" The jnan laughed again. "Should I come to you with a noisy voice and my chin held high, if other than one thing had happened? Honor to the Thunderer, the Raven possessed the field!" Such a. clamor arose as though the wolf-pack had tasted blood. Three times, through the trumpet bt, his hands, Rothgar bawled a command for silence. ' "The battle! "Where was it? And how long since? Yet, before any of these, how goes it with my royal fos­ ter-brothers? Ahd how do his traitors carry sail, Odin's curse upon them! Speak! How fares he?" (To be continued.) 0̂ f*1 [ COREAN PRINZE TO MARKY J : AN AMERICAN SCHOOLGIRL I ; ^ ' " - • ' - J \ ppinor rLTrimA S THE WORLD REVOLVES ii IN "MUTUAL MASSAGE CLUB." FARM YIELD $4,500,000,000. TV inm 'We cannot drive them off; that needs no further proof." 'v nothing!" he said hastily. "If ever I see you again, and you have more to give me than pity-- Nay, I shall lose my courage if I think of that part. Get me out quickly while the heart is firm within me." "Certainly it would be best for you to come to them while they' are in such a state of feasting that their good-humor is keenest and "their witf dullest," Sebert assented. • ^ "It would show no more than friend­ ship if you said that you were sorry to have me go," she told him with quivering lips. "Are you so eager in getting me off that you cannot say you will miss me?" . But the young lord only laughed good-humoredly. "What a child you are! Do you not know those things ' without my telling you? And as for missing you, I am not likely to have time. The first chance you get, you will slip back to me--if you do not, I will come after you and flog you Jnto the bargain; be there no forgetting!" She could not laugh as she wpuld once have done Instead she choked in the cup and pushed it from her. A passionate yearning came over her for one such word, one such look, as he would give the dream-lady when she should come. "I wish I had not thought 6f it! I wish I had not told you!" she sobbed^ tiito the soft muffling. "Onlf^to be near you I thought heaven;- and now the Fates have cheated me even out of that." The Bthellng put his hand under«the bent head to raise it that lje might bear what the lips were saying, and she covered his palm with kisses. Then slipping away, like the elf he had called her, she glided through the narrow space of the' half-open door and was gone, sobbing, put into the night. ^ CHAPTER XII. J* How Fridtjof Cheated the Jotun. fe 1 my sword; I trust my steed; But most I trust myself at nopd.1' Hie fair-haired scald sang exultingly to tfee Danishmen sprawled around the osmp-fire. It was to no graceful love- song that his harp lent its swelling «hords, but to a stern chant of mighty deeds, whose ringing not^s sped through the forest like the bearers of war-arrows, knocking at the door of each sleeping echo until it awoke and carried on the summons. I \ Echoes awoke as well in the breasts 4 those whQ u8tened. When the min­ is like the one Canute has in store for me, I am likely to wait so long for both that I shall have no teeth left to chew them with." The abruptness with which silence fell over the group was startling. Snorri bent forward and plucked her sternly back as she made a move to­ ward the bread., A dozen voices ques­ tioned her. "What do- you mean by that?" . . "Why will It take long?" . . "Are they not short in food?" Krowing that sfce could not achieve unconcern, she kept to her petulance, jerking her cloak away from the hand that detained it. "Should I be apt to blame l im for starving .me if he did it because, no better cheer w.as to be had? Lot me by to the bread." Instead, the rirg narrowed around her; and the chief himself put peremp­ tory questions in hi,s heavy voice. "Has he food? What do you mean? The thrall told us they are wont to keep their provisions in the house we burned.,-- Did he lie?" "I, do not know whether he lied or not," Randalin answered slowly; "but it seems to me great foolishness that you did not take the time into con­ sideration. At the end of the harvest, any English house would be fitted out for weeks of feasting; You came the night the larder was fullest; and they have only spent one meal a day since." Rothgar got upon his feet and tow­ ered over her, his Jotun-frame appear­ ing to swell with irritation. "Tell shortly what you think of their case; can they last one day more*?" " Fridtjof the Bold took refuge in sul- lenness. "They can last two weeks as easily as one. How " much longer are you going to keep me from food?" She was free after that to do any- tbink she liked, for their excitement was so great that they forgot her ex istence. Those whose"fluency was not tampered by their feelings relieved their-,minds by cursing. And the few who were,boldest turned and bearded the son of Lodbrok himself. "How much longer must we endure this?" "Think of the game we are missing!" "There is little need to re­ mind me. J|y naked fists could bat­ ter the stones from their places--" "In a week more, it is possible that England may be won!" "What do you care for. their wretched land; chief?" ' Chief, how much longer must we lie here?" / I When that question was finally ottt, Product, Not Including the Feeding of Stock, Estimated by an Expert. George K. Holmes, chief of the di­ vision cf foreign markets, department of agriculture, says a conservative estimate of the value of the farm products of the county not fed to live stock in 1903, on the basis of the census valuation, places it at $4,500,- OoO.OCO. "In varying fractions, parts of many of these products, not being wanted for national consumption, are con­ veyed to foreign countries, but are stopped at the ports and international boundaries of this country, where of­ ficers of the customs take account of them and make a record vof their values and weight of such of them as are measured and weighed in com­ mercial practice. The values so as­ certained are not farm values, since to the original farm value of the prod­ ucts have been added numerous ^charges and profits which the prod­ ucts must bear in the course of a dis­ tribution that is often intricate in "its business details. "The export value of the exported farm products of this country was $878,4.79,451 in the fiscal year 1903. During the preceding five years, 1898- 1902, the annual average value was $861,037,815, and during the next; pre­ ceding five years, 1893-1897, it was $616,074,047. During the last eleven years the highest value reached was $951,628,331 in the year 1901, chiefly due to cotton." "Maarlfsh" River. The late Maxwell Sommerville of the University of Pennsylvania spent nearly forty years of his life in Ori­ ental travel and study." Prof. Sommerville used sometimes to narrate the strange error that was once made by a French explorer he had known. This explorer had made a journey to Kairwan and had drawn* a ma,p of the country he had passed through. Tffe singular thing about this map was that the name "Maarlfsh" ap­ peared so many times on it. A river would be the "Maarifsh River"; a mountain would be "Mount Maarifsh"; a village, a lake, a valley--each would be called "Maarifsh." When Prof. Sommerville saw the map he laughed. < "Don't you know," he said to the traveler, "what 'maarlfsh1 means in Arabic?" "No," said the other. "What does it mean?" . : - "It means.'Don't know.'"--Pittsburg Dispatch. • ^ Mosaics for Stanford University. Maurizio Camerino, &n artist from Venice, has begun work on several more elaborate mosaic designs on the enterior of the Stanford Memorial church at Stanford university, Cali­ fornia. The new mos&ics will repre­ sent biblical scenes and will be placed over the entire side walls of the organ loft % and the east and west transept wings. At present those walls are sur­ faced with smooth-faced stone, orna­ mented with artistically carved de­ signs, but these will be hewn out and the mosaic work substituted. When the proposed "work Is completed the entire interior wall surface of the edi­ fice will be covered with mosaic. Ihe work will r^ufre eight months, for completion. Formal announcement will soon be made of the engagement of. Prince Penkell Euiwlja Yee, heir apparent to the Corean throne, to Miss Mary But­ tles, a pretty 16-year-old Ohio school girl. The affair has all the elements of a summer romance, the young worn- an having met the prince while she CALLS MAGNATE A "DUDE." Acquaintance Notes Change In Ap­ pearance of James J. Hilt. Since he has been doing business in Wall street James J. Hill, the West­ ern railroad magnate, has "spruced up" a lot as compared with his ap­ pearance of yore. A man from the Pacific coast has this to say: "I saw Jim Hill when- I was in New York a few days ago and he was a dude com­ plete. The last time I had seen him before that he was standing on the rear platform of a very shabby private car, addressing the farmers of the Big Bend country, which, all men should know, is in southwestern Washington. At that time his beard was weedy and long and his hair man­ tled his shoulders, hia garments were shiny black and old. Now I observe his gray beard is clipped close to his jowls, his hair is shorn close to his head, that is, such of it as still re­ mains. His trousers, I notice, are black, new and creased. A white col­ lar encircles his throat and the shirt sleeves in which he toils are immacu­ late." WOULD SHARE HER WEALTH. /Z85. J&C. M&jZZP Mrs. J. R. C. Walker, who inherited $50,000,000 by the death of her father, William Weightman of Philadelphia, is besieged with requests for charity. She has no-heirs. _Tp Preserve Old Capitol. -*-~movement has been started at Colorado Springs, Colo., to preserve the old territorial Capitol building, in that city, which is now occupied by a Chinese laundry. The El . Paso County Historical Society is consider­ ing plans for keeping the old log building intact and suitably marking: fche structure. . Seek to Learn in America. Dr. Punkall, director ofw the Royal Ceramic school at Buntzlau, Prussian Silesia, has started on a journey of observation and study in the United States on behalf of the Prussian min­ istry of commerce. Several directors of German industrial schools and a high official of the ministry will ac­ company Dr. Punkall. The trip is ex­ pected to last two months. Its pur­ pose is to procure knowledge of the conditions that prevail in the indus­ trial schools of America and- other useful institutions, with a view ol imitating them in Prussia. Distinguished Chilian'Here. Vice Admiral Alberto Maldonado of the Chilian navy has arrived in this country to attend the international geographical congress to be held In* Washington the week of Sept. 19. Maldonado l^as had twenty years of active .service, in the navy and has been at the head of the hydrographic department between the parallels 18 and 53 south latitude for over ten years and is at present director of hydrography of the port of Valpar­ aiso. All the plans of hydrography, navigation ftnd geography are made up, at that port. was sojourning at a* Maryland resort. The prince is now living at Salem, Md., where he is studying under a private tutor. This is not the first American attachment of Prince Yee, he having previously been engaged to Miss Clara Bull, a pretty Cincinnati milliner. THE NEED FOR EXERCISE. Increase in Verse Rhyming. A startling increase In occasional verse may be looked for shortly, for a new "Rhyming Dictionary" is on the point Of publication; and the rhyme often suggests the idea. Mr. Borin Lathrop, U?e deviser of the work, is well known in Bristol as a popular and efficient United States consul. But .there are few who know the industry of his leisure, which has resulted in pseudonymous stories in newspapers and in cloth covered novels. His own n a m e i s a Y o r k s h i r e o d & -- m o r e than a century ago. .,1 Golden Opportunity for Those Whl> Possess Inventive Skill. "Wanted, by the millions, the ever- increasing millions, who must lead sedentary lives, an interesting exer­ cise." In these words a writer in the Sat­ urday Evening Post voices the popu­ lar cry for an exercise that shall be more perfectly adapted to the needs of men and women who cannot lead outdoor lives. Such an exercise must be one that does not take up tdo much time, one that is not an end in itself, one that makes the blood circulate and yet does not create a lot of ex­ cess muscular tissue which is useless in one's daily vocation. The increasing popularity of igolf in this country is a gratifying expression of the popular trend toward healthful relaxation. Links are rapidly multi­ plying all over the land. The pas­ time is interesting to most persons, fascinating to many. It takes men and women into the sunshine and the pure air of the country. Equally fas­ cinating to others is lawn tennis, a vigorous game that leaves no muscle or tendon unused, developing alert­ ness, suppleness end strength. But neither of these forms of exer­ cise is available in winter, when ex­ ercise is most needed by those who lead isedentary lives. An effort to take the mental exhilaration and mus­ cular activity of the lawn tennis court into the home during the long winter evenings resulted in the game of "ping pong," but most people agree that it is a poor substitute for the real thing. While the bicycle affords an exer? cise that is of great benefit, taken in moderation, the objection urged against it is that it does not bring the upper part of the body into activity. It is true that it quickens circulation and accelerates respiration, but it pro- tides no exercise for the "trunk" of the body or for the arms. Moreover, wheeling is not a winter pastime. Here is 'a chance for men of invent­ ive skill. There's millions in it, for millions want an "interesting exer­ cise," good in winter as well as in summer. New York Girls Have Organization to Preserve Good Looks. A Chicago girl is said to be respons­ ible for tho organization of several "mutual massage clubs" in New York city. The fad is having quite a vogue there. The girl in question makes the solemn declaration that her Idea is not a business enterprise, but is pure­ ly for the purpose of aiding wrinkled Bisters to have the seams smoothed out of their own faces and to perform the same office for their friends. The energetic Chicagoan is only 22, but is precocious beyond her years. She has studied the art of revivifying mori­ bund cuticle by pressure of the fin­ gers, with the aid of an emolient, since she was 16 years old, and she says her six years' experience has con­ vinced her that a party of, say twenty young women, c$n be helpful to each other, and keep themselves youthful in appearance without expense, fur­ ther than the cost of a few pounds of teft, which will provide sufficient men­ tal exhilaration for a whole year. Then the rubbing process will be no end of fun. WILL DIRECT COREAp AFFAIRS Durham White Stevens Selected for High Position. Durham' White Stevens, counselor of the Japanese legation at the capi­ tal. 'who has been selected to direct the foreign relations of Corea for Ja­ pan, will depart for Corea the latter part of September and will take up his residence in the capital of the country; The Japanese legation at Washington gives out the information that the selection of Mr. Stevens was fully known to the minister before it was announced from Tokio and the selection was not made until after Mr. Stevens had been consulted. Mr. Stevens has been in the service of Kaiser Carries Resentment Far. The marriage of (y©iint Herbert Bis­ marck and Countess Hoyos took place at Vienna and it was on this occasion that the kaiser took a step which has befen described as "one of the falsest steps of his life--a step equivalent to the malevolent boycotting of the Bismarcks." By order of his majesty Count Caprivi, the new chancellor, wrote to Prince Reuss, German am­ bassador at Vienna: "Should the prince (ex-chancellor) or his family make any approach to you, pray con fine yourself to conventional forms of courtesy. This order is also to be observed by the staff of the embassy. I may add that his majesty will take no notice of the wedding." Young Woman's Daring Climb. Miss Clara Webb, a young woman of Portland, Ore., has just made the ascent of Mount Hood alone. She was camping with a party just below the snow line and one day decided to attempt the climb to the peak. She started on the impure of the moment, took no food with her and was near­ ly exhausted when she reached the crest. After resting for a short time she began the descent, and made the perilous trip in safety. The danger of her feat can easily be understood when it is considered that the moun­ tain is over 11,000 feet high. Blue Light a New Anasthetie. Prof. Redard and Prof. Emery of Geneva have discovered a new an­ asthetie for use in dentistry. Experi­ ments to learn the effects of colored lights upon the nerves revealed that blue light is extraordinarily soothing. A patient was put in a dark room and his eyes were exposed to a sixteen- candle blue light for three minutes. This caused him to lose the sense of pain and the tooth was then painless­ ly extracted without the after-effects of ether or chloroform. Long Line. .of. fiu rgomasters. M. Gilet, burgomaster of Ingersheim, Germany, belongs to a family which for 224 years has held that office. First of the line was a French soldier named Dominique Gilet, belonging to Turenne's army. He was* grievously wounded in the battle of Turckheim, fought on Jan. 5, 1675, was cared for by a peasant,of Ingersheim, recovered, settled there, prospered, iriarried the daughter of his life preserver and in 1680 became burgomaster; and the Gilets have been burgomasters of In-' gersheim eyer since. Balloon Experiments. International balloon ascents, both manned and unmanned, were made in November and December, 1903, In$ many European countries (the British islands excepted), and kite observa­ tions were also made at the Blue Hill observatory, in this country. The highest altitudes attained were Trapes (near Paris), 16,000 and 14,800 meters, and Itteville (near Paris), 11,200 and 10,800 meters. At Zurich the balloons reached 13,000 and 17,000 meters. S Durhafm White Stevens. Japan for twenty-two years and his standing is high, he being esteemed ns a man of attainments and sound judgment. * Start Housekeeping Late In Life. / Sixty-three years married and just commencing to keep house is the rec­ ord of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Apger, who have been admitted to the county in­ firmary at Bowling Green, Ohio, where, contrary to the rules of the in­ stitution, they are permitted to jointly occupy a large room and indulge in their limited housekeeping fancies. Mr. Apger is 87 years old and his wife is 83. They boarded when first married, and in the subsequent years dwelt with their children, but have outlived them all, and at last were forced to become a coOnty charge to secure the attention their extreme age demanded. They have a little property, how­ ever, and pay toward their own sup­ port, which relieves them of that feel­ ing of utter dependence. Superintend­ ent Frank Brandeberry of the infirm­ ary takes pleasure in looking after their wants, and in all probability they will end their days at the county farm. Human Beings with Tails. A German traveler claims to have discovered in the forests of Borneo a people who still wear the tail of onr primitive -ancestors. He does not write from hearsay; he has seen the tail, says the London Chronicle. It belonged to a child about six years old, sprung from the tribe of Poenans. As, nobody could Bpeak {he Poenan tongue the youngster could not be questioned, but there was his tail sure enough, not very long, but flexible, hairless, and about the thickness of one's 4ittle finger. The Poenans are reported to be very simple, honest folk, with a child-like system of bar­ ter. They deposit in public places the goods they wish to exchange, and a few days later they find there the equivalents they desire. Nobody dreams of stealing. This is almost as remarkable as the vestige of the an­ cestral tall. ' How Great Novelist Works. "My method of work?" said Jules Verne. "Well, until recently I in­ variably rose at 5 and made a point Of doing three hours of writing before breakfast. The great bulk of my work was alwayB done in this time. My stories have really nearly all been written when most folk are sleeping. I have always been a wide reader, especially of newspapers and period­ icals, and It is my custom whenever t paragraph or article strikes me to cut it out and preserve it for future reference." Make Fight on Consumption. In order to check the ravages of consumption in New York city con­ certed action by the government, b- the medical profession, relief agencies and private citizens is now being un dertaken. A municipal sanitarium^ patients in the early stages of the d ease and a dispensary are required to supplement the provision already made, which is more especially adapt­ ed to advanced, cases. Steps have al­ ready been taken toward meeting these needs. A friend of the hom## A foe of thoTr-» ^ Calumet rowaer Complies with the Pure Food Laws of-all States. 1 . Couldn't Think of Closing Word. A relative of the late Mr. Walter B. brooks tells of a dinner upon one oc­ casion at that gentleman's house when a clerical guest was requested to ask a blessing. The reverend gentleman complied, but once started on his flow of invo­ cation there seemed no indication that he eyer intended to stop. On and on swept the stream of eloquence while the soup turned stone cold and the hostess looked appealingly at her hus­ band. Suddenly Mr. Brooks broke into the blessing with & fervent and final "Afnen." - • The clergyman stopi>&l and with beaming eyes ejaculated, "Oh, thank you, thank you. I could not think of the word amen to save my life."--'Bal­ timore Sun. 1 Every housekeeper *{iould that if they will buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use they will save not only time, because it never sticks to the iron, but because each package contains 16 oz.--one full pound--while all other Cold Water Starches are put up in %-pound pack­ ages, and the price is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chem­ icals. If your grocer tries to sell you a 12-oz. package it is becausb he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large let­ ters and figures "16 dzs." Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron sticking. Defiance never sticks. . Had the Last Laugh. Practical jokes are not ta be en­ couraged, but sometimes tney are really funny. For instance, the driver of a watering cart in New York had a lot of fun wetting down so»»e electric company men who were laying wires in a trench. He passed them several times, and each time they got sprinkled. The next time he came along the electricians had a live wire deftly rigged so that as the funny watering cart man reached the place he got'a shock that hurled him from his seat and elicited a shriek of pain and terror. The electrical experts laughed last. "HuldW' (one of the late publica­ tions of the Bobbs-Merrill Co.) has been designated as "one of the Lord's own people." Here for the first time in literature we have the great-heart­ ed, capable woman of the Texan plains truly depicted. Sunshine at­ tends her; her optimism is unfailing. Hers is the strength and freedom of the plain. The story of the people she helped, out there in the wild cattle country, is exciting, amusing and inspiring. Cure for the Blues. An Atchison girl said goodby t'o her dearest beloved, who was going away to be gone two months. It was a painful ordeal, for with floods, fevers, railroad accidents, and other women, there was no telling if she would ever see him again.. She sobbed till the sound of his foo^jteps had died away, when, feel­ ing that she needed something to sustain her, she went out to the ice box, and ate a plate of cold ham, three pieces of fried chicken, haif a cake, and a piece of blackberry pie, and drank three bottles of ginger ale. Then she went upstairs, slept sound, and next morning felt so well and happy that she found time to write him a letter telling him she was wretched * without him.--Atchison Globe. - Got a Better Job. Former Judge W. J. Wallace of Albany told this story, which was sifted out of part of the evidence in a case presided at by a former colleague wuo recently resigned from the bench: "An Albany tradesman had in his. employ a lad whose mother was a widow in bad circumstances, the con- soquence being that the boy was poOr- ly clad. The tradesman kindly offered to get the boy a new suit of clothes, provided the boy paid him at twenty- five cents a week out of his wages. The first Monday after that arrange­ ment had been made the lad did not go to work as usual, and on his em­ ployer's sehding to inquire the reason, his mother said that he looked so resectable she was trying to get him abetter job."--New York Globe. WHAT'S THE USE To Keep a "Coffee Complexion." A lady says: "Postum has helped my complexion so much- that my fi lends say I am growing young again. My complexion used to be coffee col­ ored. muddy and yellow but it is now clear and rosy as when I was a girl. I was induced to try Postum by- a friend who had suffered just as I had suffered from terrible indigestion, pal- p'tation of the heart and sinking spells. "After I had used Postum a week I was so much better that I was afraid it would not last. But now two yeats have passed and I am a wen woman. I owe it all to leaving eff coffee and drinking Postum in its place. "I^jhad drank coffee all my liff.,- 1 suspected that it was the c^use of lay • rouble, but it was not until I actually quit coffee and starte ! to iry Postam that I became certain; then all my troubles ceased and I am now well and strong again." Name furnished by Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich. There's a reason. Look in each package fer a copynat the famous little lipok. Thd Road to WellvtUe" ' " . ' . V