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The Ward of King Canute A Romance of the Danish Conquest. By OTTILIE A. L1LJENCRANTZ, author of The Thrall ol Ltef the Lucky. pyripiit. 1V03, by A. G McCLURG & CO. CHAPTER XIV. Judgment of the Iron Voice. Fold by fold, the sun's golden fln- '•*** drew apart the mists that hid the valley. One by. one, the red Severn cliffs were uncovered, and the wooded steeps on which the rival hosts were encamped. It was the hour of the royal duel, when the fate-thread of a nation, beaded with human destinies, lay between the fingers of- two men. What a scattering of the beads if the cord should be cut! Under the elms of the east bank the daughter of Frbde stood and Hrfttched the boats set out; and the hands that hipg at her side opened and shut as though they were gasp­ ing for breath. Turning, she found herself facing a wall of stalwart- bod­ ies, a sea of coarse faces, and dis* Covered, with a sudden tightening of her muscles, that all the eyes which %«re not following the boat were ©entered curiously Upon herself. Before she could take a step the nd&rest warrior thrust out a hand and Cftught her by her black locks. "Stop a little, my Bold One," he said gruff;, ly. "Now that you have a momefit to spare from the high-born folk, it is the wish of us churls to hear some of your newg." A score of heavy voices seconded the demand, and the fall gradually carved into a circle around her. They were good-natured enough--even the grasp on her hair was roughly playful --but her heart seemed to stop in her as a swimmer's might the first instant he lost sight of land and beheld only towering billows looming above him. ; "Take your hands off me, and it •hall be as you wish." The big Swede released her wrist to catch her around the waist and toss her like a bone upon the platter of his shield, which four of them promptly raised between them and bore along, laughing uproariously at her sprawiyig efforts for dignity.^ When they came to a spot along the bank which was open enough to give them an unobstructed view of the Island, they permitted her to scramble down and seat herself upon the grass, where they ringed themselves around her, twenty deep. ' "Now for it! While they are wait- tag for Edmund to land; before there "Wanything to watch," the Scar-Cheek commanded. "Tell what you told Ca­ nute with regard to the English kixig Canute's weapon, playing with the lightness Of a sunbeam, had evaded the stroke of the great flail and touched for an instant the shoulder of its wielder. Had he put a pound more force into the thrust-- A groan crept down the Danish line when the bright blade rose, as lightly as it had fallen, and continued its butterfly dance. It consoled them a little, how­ ever, that no cheer went up from the English--only a low buzz that was half of anger, half of astonishment. Certainly there was no Berserk mad­ ness about the young Danishman; there was hardly even seriousness. Now his bl&le was a fleeing will-o'- the-wisp, keeping just out of reach of Edmund's brand with apparently no thought but of flight. Now, when the Ironside's increasing, vehemence be­ trayed him into an instant's rashness, it was a humming-bird darting into a flower-cup. But it always rose again as daintily as it had alighted. The Danish bank was frantic with excitement. "It is the dance of the Northern Light!" they crleC "Thor has sent him his own sword !,1r The lines of English were wild with anger. "Crush him, the hornet, the wasp! Crush him, Edmund!" they roared. In his exultation the Scar-Cheek rolled himself over and over on the grass, and wound up by thrusting his shaggy head into the lap of the red- cloaked page. "I must do something for joy," be panted; "and--except for your hair--you look near enough like a handsome woman. Do you bend and kiss me every time Canute pricks him." His head fell to the ground with a thump as the child of Frode leaped to her feet. "If you lay finger on me again," she whispered, "I will caress you with this!" and for an instant a knife-blade glittered before the bulging eyes. Snorri rolled back with alacrity and an oath; and after a moment Frode's daughter dropped down again and hid her face in her hands. If the king should be slain and she be left adrift in this foul sea! She might as well have screamed as moaned, for all that they would have noticed. About this time Canute's blade ap­ peared to have become in earnest. Ceasing its airy defense, it took on the aggressive. Before the sudden fury of the onslaught Edmund gJtve back a pace. And either because his you would tell me whether he though? it unwise to kill the Englishman bo* fore the face of his army; or whether he Is in truth struck with love to­ ward him, as the fools seem to be­ lieve?" "Or whether he had reached the ex* act limit of his strength so that he was obliged to save himself by some trick of words?" Uif Jarl suggested. | The Tall One shook his head slow ) ly. "Now, as always, It Is he alone, who can altogether explain his ac­ tions.. It might easily be that in his mad impatience he overhauled his strength, so that he was obliged to stop short to keep within bounds. But I think you will find that there Is still some trick which Is not open to our sight. His man-wit is deepening very fast; I will not be so bold as to say that I can always fathom it." "Perhaps he thinks a short peace would be useful to the host," the Nop* wegian said, and laughed. "Such a truce is as comfortable as a cloak when the weather is .stark, and as easy to get rid of i when the sun comes out" i * By their faces, tho others appeared to agree with him; but before they could express themselves a swimmer rose like a dripping seal out of 'the water at their feet. "Peace and division again!" he cried breathlessly. "And it is the king's will that you get into a boat and come to him at once." The rush of the crowd to the water* side to question the messenger gave Randalin her chance for freedom; and she was not slow in taking it. A moment more, and she was In the very top of the willow tree, clasping her hands and wringing them in alter­ nate thanksgiving and terror. Whatever it bring upon me, I will get back to my woman's clothes," she vowed to herself over and over. Though it become a hindrance to me, though it be the cause of my death, I will be a woman always. Odin forgive me that I thought I had cour­ age enough to be a man!" (To be continued.) A i fSsy not so, when you have brought b »ek the bright blade we mourned as lost!" Which made him so reckless as to agree to this bargain." A shout from the surging mass of English opposite told when the Iron- aide had landed; and as soon as it Wfes seen whom he had chosen to ac­ company him as his witness, a buzz of excitement passed along the Danish line. "Edric! by all tihe gods, Edric Jarl!" -- "Now, for the first time, I believe ttat victory will follow Canute's itword!" Brass Borgar ejaculated. "Since nothing less than the madness betokening death could cause Edmund to continue his trust in the Gainer, It is seen from this that he is a death- fated man." It was little time that the pack gave Iter for revery, however; now it was Ic Jarl of whom they wanted to IS? and shut They are While they are talking about the terms there is nothing to look at; tell us how the Oainer pulled the net wound King Edmund," the rough voices demanded. And again she was obliged to bend her wits to their task. V' But it came at last, the end that fras the beginning. Suddenly a hand £ , . reached around her neck H over her mouth. "Stop! taking their places. Look! • / He need not have added that last If ^ K word; from that moment for many f>,.< thousands of eyes there was but one abject in the world--the strip of rock- k -, ribbed earth and the two figures that lifer * faced each other upon it. •' Now that the royal duelists stood jL ^ , forth together, stripped of cloak and M' fteel shirt, and wearing no other lelm than the golden circlet of their ranH, their inequality was even more glaring than alarmed fancy had paint­ ed it. The crown of Canute's shin- §| |ng locks reached only to the chin of _ the mighty Ironside* and the width of ; | »e8rly two palms was needed on his , shoulders. V, - The young king alone appeared se- "4. jpenely undisturbed. When he had sa- """ *, felted the Ironside with royal courtesy, met his sword as though he were beginning a practicing bout with his -footer-brother. ^ Humped over the earth, with start* "tug eyes and necks stretched to their •ttermost, the Danes were like so r.--boulders. Nor - did Frode's daughter seem to feel that the hand |he Brass Gne had raised himself up- t ' fa was crushing her foot. anger made him reckless or his great bulk was against him, he presently waB forced to draw back another step. Wildest cheers went up from tbe Northmen. It seemed as though they would wade in a body across the river. Only Eric of Norway stamped with uneasiness; and the overhanging brows of Thorkel the Tall were as lowering hoods above his eyes. "Well has he hoarded his strength/' he muttered. "Well has he saved It, yet--yet--" At that moment such a roar went up from Northern throats as might well have startled the wolf's shadow off the face of the sun; for Edmund Iron­ side had retreated a third step, and the Dane's point appeared to lie at the Englishman's heart Then the uproar died somewhere in midair, for in what seemed the very act of thrusting Ca­ nute had leaped backward and low­ ered his blade. So deep was the hush on either side of the river that the whir of a bird's wing sounded as loud as a flight of arrows. Bending for­ ward, with strained ears and starting eyes, the spectators saw that the Northern King was speaking, eager­ ly, with now and then an impulsive gesture, while the English King list­ ened motionless. "Has he got out of his wits?" the Scar-Cheek roared, fairly dancing with impatience. In Randalln's face a flash of memory was struggling with bewilderment "Other weapons than those which dwell in sheaths." Had he meant "the sword of speech," his tongue? With the deliberate grace which characterized his every motion, the Ironside slid his sword back to .its case, and they saw him take a slow step forward and slowly extend his hand. Then they saw Canute spring to meet him, and their palms touch la a long grasp. From the English shore there went up a joyful shout of "Peace!" And a deafening clamor rose in answer from the Danish bank. But what sentiment predominated in that It would be diffi­ cult to say. Blended with rejoicing over their king's safety were cries of bitter disappointment the cries of thirsty men who have seen wine dashed from their lips. In their retreat, the two Northern jarls and the young monarch's foster- father faced each other uncertainly. "Here is mystery!" Eric of Norway j said at last "I should be thankful if Deed of a Hero. The recent opening of tbe Hudson; river tunnel recalls an accident which occurred during its construction and the brave deed of a man who died, that others might live. In the summer of 1880 a leak occur­ red In the main shaft. Twenty-eight workmen In an instant found them­ selves facing certain horrible death. The river was bursting In on them. They saw no escape. But the head of the gang, Peter Woodland, a Dane, who was in a smaller chamber, saw that, if the glass bullseye in Its door were broken the water would be turned into it and most of the men wotild have. time to escape. His own death would be certain and instant He hesitated. He was a young and well-educated man and he had a wife and children. One of the survivors said after­ wards: "I saw his face as he looked at us through the glass. It was ghastly pale. He gave-the order, 'Break the bullseye!' We did it. The majority of the men were saved. Woodland and four others were drowned." . Contraband Tobacco In England. What becomes of the contraband to­ bacco seized by the customs? The early practice was to bury it This senseless waste was suspended for a time by the happy idea of distributing the tobacco among the troopships. That did not last long, and next year we hear of the contraband being smoked in the "Queen's pipe," a huge receptacle which could turn "hun­ dreds of tons into smoke in a few hours." Again the misgivings of the waste troubled the authorities, and they took to regaling the criminal lunatics in certain government asy­ lums. Any tobacco that was left over was ordered for the use of troops sent on foreign service. But that luxury seems to have been cut oil once more, although the criminal lunatics still enjoy their pipes and cigars. One attempt was made to throw the contraband, when it was slightly damaged, on the market but this caused an outcry from the tobacco trade. The whole story is a pleasing tribute to the intelligence which ad* ministers the public service.--Macmil* lan's Magazine. No New Yorkers in New York. "At a social gathering at my house the other evening," said a well known New York physician, "I had as guests eight men, every one of whom is or has been a potent factor in the affairs of this city, in politics, finance, the legal and medical professions, journal' ism and railroad management It came out that not one of them was a native of the city. Not only was none of them a native New Yorker, but with one exception, they were all born in isolated rural hamlets or on backwoods farms. The one exception was born in an incorporated village of 1,000 inhabitants."--New York Sun. • Switched Brides. Before the magistrate of Alipore recently one Modhu Sudan Datt was charged with having murderously as­ saulted Nobogopal Chatterjee, a matchmaker of the locality. The complainant had negotiated the mar-' riage of the accused's son. The bride was shown to the father, and ample marriage gifts were promised. The marriage was celebrated within sed doors, and on the following rnlng the accused found that an ugly girl instead of the one shown to him was the real bride.--Allatabad Pioneer. A Mild uuniion 7h« Soothed. In one of the parlor cars of a train wending its way' to this city a man who looked the typical "sport" was making himself obnoxious and all the other passengers uncomfortable by the continuity and senselessness of his "kicks." He had the porter In every few minutes to complain about something. That was bad enough, but at length he grew profane. It seemed as if any attempt to check the flow of his evil language must lead to a fight A benevolent-looking old man who sat next to him proved, however, that a mild question as well as a mild answer will turn away wrath. Just after the "sport" had In­ dulged himself in another violent out­ burst of profanity the old man be­ stowed upon him a gentle glance through his gold-rimmed spectacles, and with tho utmost gravity drawled out the innocent Inquiry: "Say, my brother, where do you preach to-morrow." A roar of laughter went up from the car, the "sport" himself had. to grin, and the rest of the journey to the city was made in peace and quiet--New York Press, Lesson for Women. Jersey Shora Pa., Sept. Ion Vt/lHAv T> (Sue- done worlds of good for me." That's what Mrs. C. B. Earnest of this place has to say of the Great American Kid­ ney Remedy. "I was laid up sick," Mrs. Earnest continues, "and had not been out of bed for five weeks. Then I began to use Dodd's Kidney Pills and now I am so I can work and go to town with­ out suffering any. I would nqt be without Dodd's Kidney Pills. I hare, good reason to praise them every­ where." Women who suffer should learn., a lesson from this, and that lesson Is, "cure the kidneys with Dodd's Kidney Pills and your suffering will cease." Woman's health depends almost en­ tirely on her kidneys. Dodd's Kidney Pills have never yet failed to make healthy kidneys. Her Brushes Did the Work. Ethel's father is an artist, and he often permits his little daughter to stay in the studio with him and paint. Ethel has some brushes and paint all her own, and she is very fond of playing artist. One t!ay a visitor called at the studio and Ethel eagerly showed him one of the pictures. "Did you paint this?" asked the visitor, in surprise. "Yes, sir," said Ethel. & "Well, well, it is very good Indeed! Are you sure you painted it all your­ self?" "No--no--not all! Papa helped me a little," admitted Ethel, reluctantly. "O!" "But he used my brushes!" tbe lit­ tle girl hastened to add. A Vindictive 8cribe. tat was the matter with the Plaindealer last week?" asked the washing-machine agent. WI picked up a copy over at AllegaSh, and could not make head or tail of a consider­ able portion of it." "Aw!" replied the landlord of the Pettyville tavern. "The editor emptied all the dashes, exclamation points and asterisks he had into the forms, and set 'em all up together to express his opinion of some feller that found six complimentary tickets that he accidentally dropped on the street circus morning and then re­ turned 'em to him by mail two days after the show had gone."--Puck. rye Potato to Keep Tobacco Moist "It Isn't necessary to resort to any device to keep tobacco moist this time of year," said a tobacconist yes* terday; "in fact, there is altogether too much humidity in the atmos­ phere. But the raw potato is a good thing to bear in mind. "During the winter months, when artificial heat has .a tendency to sap the natural moisture from tobacco, the raw potato comes in mighty handy. Place It in the bottom of a jar, put the tobacco on top of It and the result will be most satisfying. The tobacco will then retain ail it* best qualities. I have tried many < periments, but have found none to work so satisfactorily." " - • • • • . < Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy tor infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of b Use For Over SO Years. Tbfl Kind Yoa Have Always Bought Victory. "They say there was a big battle raging In the East yesterday," said Pottering Pete. "I wonder who won it." "We did, by two columns," replied the Western editor. "We had a four- column account of it and our miser­ able contemporary only had two." The Result. "Do you believe that mosquitoes are affected by the use of kerosene in the swamps." "Yes," answered Farmer Corntos- sel. "Kerosene drives more of 'em from their homes an' makes 'em crass­ er an' blood-thirstier than ever." The Curtlss-Williams Co., Rush St. and Mich­ igan Ave., Chicago, have just issued another great catalogue which far surpasses any of their former books for completeness and beauty. The new book contains 38 departments and thous­ ands of illustrations; It is a veritable depart­ ment store and one which every thrifty house­ keeper should have for a guide. They mail the book free to all who ask for it on receipt of ten cents in stamps to show the request is bona fide, which ten cents they rotund in a credit Costly Remedy. "That Jinks is a queer fellow." "How?" "Heard that whisky was good for a rattlesnake's bite, hunted up a rat­ tlesnake, got bit then drank three gallons, and had to pay a doctor $50 to get him sober again!" DAUGHTER OF SOUTHERN GENERAL* WILL, WED HER FATHER'S FRIEND Large Enough. Mrs. Shapelelgh--Dear, have you an envelope? Mr. Shapelelgh--Yes, I have some, but they are rather small. Mrs. Shapelelgh--O, one *of them will do. I only want to put my bath­ ing suit in it In France the other day a floor gave way under the weight of fifty people, but as they had been witnessing a fight between a wildcat ^n^ a pig, no­ body has any reason to feel really sorry for them. "Get thee to a brewery!" It the lat­ est Injunction of medical science to the despairing lockjaw sufferer. When You Buy Starch buy Defiance and get the best/ lt os. Cor 10 cents. Once used, always used. 1 .' '* V? * Not only are the days getting short but some of the rest of us are not so dog-goned flush. Bvery benedict has a mind of his own, but the title Is apt to be clouded. Miss Lucy Lee Hill. Miss Lucy Lee Hill,; daughter of •the famous Gen. Ambrose Powell Hill of Virginia, and herself a loved daugh­ ter of the South, after a few years of standing face to face with the prosaic business world of Chicago, is about to come into her own, like the Prin­ cess in the fairy tale. Her marriage to Gen. James E. Magill, a wealthy planter, of Pulaski, Va., will take her back to her own country, where up in tne Alleghennles she will be mistress of Cleremont, Gen. #Magill's old home. In Chicago she has been examiner for the civil service. Gen. Magill is a division command­ er of the Virginia Confederate Vet­ erans' association, and was a well known officer HT the army of Gen. Lee. - Miss Hill went to Chicago from "her home at Petersburg, Va,, during the World's Fair in 1893 in the capacity of lady commissioner to the world's Fair. Her mother and her sister, Mrs. Russell Hill Hale, then went to Chi­ cago and-Miss Hill took the position In the city hall.* Shortly after this, and upon tLa death of Miss Winnie Davis, Jefferson Davis' daughter, Miss Hill was offer­ ed the title of "paughter of the Con­ federacy," and although she has been EVILS THAT FOLLOW DIVORCE. Truancy and Waywardness of Child­ ren as Shown In Chicago. Divorce is the root of crime and truancy among the juvenile delin­ quents of Chicago. This conclusion has been reached by W. Lester Bo- dine, superintendent of compulsory education, after investigations ex­ tending over a year. Arrests made by the truant officers and court records, Supt. Bodine de­ clares, shows that a great majority of the boys and girls who "go wrong" are the children of divorced parents. By testimony taken in his office and in court, these children have shown, he says, that they first lose respect for their quarelsome parents, and when the parents separate the child has only the influence of one. Supt. Bodine, after collecting sta­ tistics from court records and other spurces, declares that there are 18,000 divorced women In Chicago and near­ ly as many divorced men. major­ ity of these divorced people had child­ ren, he has found. On his estimate of two children for each couple, the num­ ber of children of divorced people in Chicago would be nearly 40,000. The superintendent quotes statistics to show that many of the boys com­ mitted to the parental school, the John Worthy Bchool, the Jail, and other corrective and charity institu­ tions, are half orphans through di­ vorce decrees. The same holds true, he says, of the girls committed to the various industrial schools and institu­ tions for wayward girls. Other statistics collected by Supt. Bodine show, he says, that marriages and births are Increasing and divorces decreasing among the large and grow­ ing foreign-born population, while marriages and births are decreasing and divorces are increasing among the American-born population. Chinaman Has Liberal Ideaa. The 18-year-old daughter of Sir Chentung Liang Cheng, Chinese min­ ister to the United States, is to make her social debut in Washington dur­ ing the coming winter. She will enjoy the distinction of being the first high­ born Chinese girl who has ever form­ ally entered American society. That she Is to be permitted thus to make her bow to the smart world of the na­ tional capital is due to the broad views of her father, who was educated in this country and who is desirous that his children shall profit by an Intimate knowledge of Yankee man­ ners and customs. jfc :i . * uJkjk f'Zk* 1 Jfi lait Chamberlain Not a College Man. It is universally, conceded that Jo­ seph Chamberlain is one of the brainy men of England, wielding a tremen­ dous influence. Yet he is not a gradu­ ate of any university or of any of the large public schools. At the age of 16 he was a full-fledged business man. At 38, so rapidly had his fortune grown, he was able to retire from commercial life and devote himself to the study and practice of politics. Gen. James E. Magill. known by that name throughout the South ever since, at the time she re­ fused the title and wrote the refusal to Mrs. Davis. She is still first with the southern soldiers, however, and has been spon­ sor si their various reunions for four­ teen years. Two years ago, at Dallas, Texas, she was sponsor for the entire Confederacy, and last year at New Orleans she had sixteen maids of honor, selected as the prettiest girls of Virginia. The Third corps, Army of Northern Virginia, of which divis­ ion her father was lieutenant general, has presented Miss Hill with four dia­ mond medals of great value, and they have erected a monument, to her father that is k landmark of the South. The marriage of the general's daughter to the general's friend will take place some time in November at Petersburg, Va., where her father was killed. DUTCH RULE IN JAVA. Health .Calumet makes ^ Slight* digestible h v; Wholesome food. ' • Only one heap­ ing teaspoonful is needed for one quart of flour. Baby's Diagnosis. 8eated on a bench in Central Park, a nurse girl was gently moving to and fro a perambulator In which was a baby of about fifteen months. At the the other end of the bench was a man whose prominent lower Jaw was adorned with a luxuriant beard which parted in the middle and curv­ ed gracefully outward and upward. For several minutes the baby re­ garded the man, and especially the whiskers, with grave attention, while he looked at her with an air of lofty condescension. At length a beatific smile overspread the little one's fea­ tures. Then, with her blue eyes still fixed upon the whiskers, and kicking up her tiny feet In an ecstasy of de­ light, she gurgled: "Bow-wow! Bow-wow!" A wave of color suffused the man's face above the whiskers, and he hitch­ ed uneasily in his seat. It was an awkward situation, and to relieve It the nurse girl patted the baby and saidJ*5Mu "No, dearie, that isn't a doggie." The man remained to h&r no more. --New York Press.' Elaborate System of Etiquette In­ sisted on by Conquerors. The government clerks in Java are probably the best educated civil ser­ vants in the world. They are all Dutch, of course, for Java is owned and governed by Holland, and every mother's son of them is and must by law be a graduate of the University at Delft Special courses are maintained there for those who expect to go out to Java in the government service, and none can gratify the ambition to do so unless he has mastered French, German, English and at least two of the four languages spoken in Java, one of which must be Malay. The higher officials and the Judges must speak three of the native tongues. It is forbidden to a native to speak Dutch, or "high" Javanese, to a supe­ rior, and no superior would think of using anything but "low" Javanese to an Inferior. Servants must always appear before their masters with covered heads. Javanese, except of high rank, may not smoke in the pres­ ence of any European. The Dutch sny that if they did not insist on naihe recognition of their superiority .hey would not be able to attain their au­ thority at all. The ethjuette of rank as Insisted upon among the Javanese themselves is ever more severe thao that imposed by the Dutch upon the natives. * A GREAT INSTITUTION. It is unusual that a single institution in a city of 8,000 people will overshadow In im­ portance every other interest, but such is the case with the American School oi Osteopathy, and A. T. Still Infirmary at Kirksville, Mo. A stranger in Kirksville is immediately impressed with the idea that the town is sustained by this institution, in fact, Kirksville has been made what it is to-da; by Dr. Still and his famous School an Infirmary. It is the largest patronized un­ endowed institution of its Kind in the United States. Dr. Still's school enrolls over 700 students yearly and each student is required to at­ tend four terms of five months each before completing the course of study. There are over 2,000 graduates and they are prac­ ticing m every state and territory of the Union. About two-thirds of the states have passed special laws legalizing the science. This school teaches every branch taught in medical colleges except "drugs" and osteopathy is substituted for that. So thoro^fh is the teaching in anatomy that Dreaded English Critic. Edgar Jepson has the reputation of being the most barbarously honest critic among contemporaneous Eng­ lish writers. His natural aptitude for telling what he considers the truth, no matter what it may cost (the other fellow), has made Mr. Jepson one of the mainstays of the terribly frank Saturday Review. Mr. Jepson is him­ self an author. Coal Dust Cures Tubereuloela. A doctor in the coal mining districts of upper Silesia thinks he has discov­ ered in coal dust a cure for consump­ tion, owing to its drying and disin­ fecting effects on the lung tubercles. He was led to investigation by the fact that consumptive people coming from other regions to the neighbor­ hood of the mines recovered their health. Clvilixatlon in Tibet. A. tow days after the British expe­ dition entered Lhasa, the officers got; up a race meeting outside the cltyl walls and the Tibetans are reported- to have shown much interest in the sport. This appears to be rushing civilization with a vengeance--teach­ ing thi' hermits to bet before teaching them to* booien--Portlan d Oregonian. May Demand Equal Rights. "Asiatics" are excluded by law from White privileges in South Africa and Australia. Some Interest is being taken in the question whether the Japanese after the war will wba>M tamely to these restrictions. 7 over one hundred human bodies are dis­ sected yearly by the students. At the Infirmary, patients from every part ot the country and with almost every form of disease are constantly under treat­ ment. For the past fifteen years almost every train coming to Kirksville has brought some new sufferer hoping to find re­ lief by the science of Osteopathy. By the thousands who have left the institution benefited bv the treatment, the science has been heralded to the world as a safe and ratiuual method of eur-e. Several years ago a free clinic was established in connection with the practice department of the school and this is still in operation. Hundreds of tbe worthy poor, who are unable to pay for treatment, are treated every afternoon by the senior students free of charge. Negro Boy Defines an Oath. In a Jersey City police court a col­ ored boy of 6 years gave this remark­ able definition of an oath, when asked by Magistrate Manning whether he understood its significance: 'The Bible is the sacred Book of God. It contains His word, which is the moral law. When we swear on It we admit His power to punish us for telling an untruth." The Judge said that this explanation was the best he had ever heard from either adult or minor in his quarter 'of , a century's experience in the prac­ tice of law. The boy was forthwith declared a competent witness. He said he was a regular attendant at Sunday, school. Blissful Ignorance. Growells (in cheap restaurant)-- ,Here, waiter, are these mQtton or pork chops? Waiter--Can't youse tell by de taste? Growells--No. • , Walters-Den wot de youse earn., which dey is, huh? y World's Fair Visitors. Persons attending the great Exposition at St. Loula should secure a room close to ; the Fair and in a safe brick building*. Ho­ tel Epworth has all the conv-eniences ot a ^ first-class modern hotel, within four min- < utes' walk Of Convention and Administra- r tlon entrance. Rooms $1.00 per day and up. Meals at reasonable prices. From Union {Station, go to Olive street, take Delrnar Garden car. galrj^ Weat to 6600. Our boys meet all cttfs. The Idea! ; "Madame, will you officiate a| church fair?" " "Dear me, I never did a dishonest ttyng in my life."--Life. i' , -Sensible Housekeepers „ , jy will have Defiance Starch, not alena because they get one-third more for the same money, but also because of (ruperior quality. ' A New York chcphouse managet has fallen heir to |2Q,0000,000. Shi can now afford to est •£ her own ret taurant