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The Ward of King Canute A Romance of the Dar.ish Conquest. By 0TTILIE A. LILJENCRANTZ, author of Thfl Thrall of Lief the Lucky. j Copyright, 1903. by A. C. McCLURO & CO. i i 1 CHAPTER XV. What th« Red Cloak Kid. Ifc the vault overhead blue had deepened into purple, and all the sil­ ver star-lamps had been hung otit, their flames trembling unceasingly in the playing winds. By the scft light, the Jotun, who was striding across the Danish camp, saw a graceful boy­ ish form leave the circle around the King's fire and join a group of mount­ ed men waiting on the river bank, some fifty yards away. "Ho there, Fridtjof!" he roared wrathfully. , The figure turned, and he had a ;: fleeting glimpse of a hand waved in ~ mocking farewell. Then the boy sprang into the saddle of a horse that one of the warriors was holding, and the whole band moved forward ^ at a swinging p&ce. 1 "If you had waited a little, you ? * would be less light on your feet,", the . Jotun growled as he strode on, strik- | s iag bis heels savagely upon- the frosty g r c u n d . r .: "Where is the King?" he demanded, as soon as he had reached the ring ||<' 'J. of nobles sipping mead around the tjlf royal fire. Eric of Norway nodded ps toward the wattled hut beneath the silken banner. fe "In there; and I will give you this * chain off my necjc if you can guess what he is doing." .. "It is likely that he is busy with ^ messengers," Rothgar said with an * accent of vexation. "I had hoped to reach him before he finished drink­ ing, but there was a brawl among my men which--" jj J. "He is playing chess," Eric said pj;;;:dryly. . "Chess!" ... I. ?., r , The Norwegian nod led as he swal- % {k •• lowed. "Heard you ever anything to ||f^ equal that? He has the appearance of !•>;?* 1 your manners, partner, that you do hot praise my foresight?" "King," Rothgar said gravely, "is the truce going to last long enough to make it worth while to fetch those trinkets here?" 1 His laughter vanishing, the King came to earth in both senses of the phrase. "Now I do not know what you mean by that," he said, "fou were with me on the island. You heard what was said. You henrd that we made peace together to last the whole of our lives. Did you not hear that?" Rothgar kicked a stone out of his way with impatient emphasis. "Oh, yes, I heard it. I heard also how you said that you would rather have the Englishman's friendship than his kingdom." The eyebrows had drawn down in­ to a frown rose ironically. "There is room in your breast for more sense, Rothgar, my brother, if you think, be­ cause I am forced into one lie, that I never speak the truth," he said. "We will not talk of it further. What are the words you have waiting for my ears-?" ' : \ ' . The Jotun's sudden frown quite eclipsed his eyes. "Now it becomes clear in my mind What you have sent your black-haired falcon down the wind after--to carry your order to Northampton?", "Certainly it is," Canute assented. "But why is your voice so bitter when you speak of him?" "Because I have just found out that he is a fox," Rothgar bellowed. "Be­ cause it has been borne in upon me that he has played me a foul trick, by which I lost property that was al­ ready under my hands." "It is not possible!" Canute ejacu­ lated. "He looks to be as truthful *as Balder." Rothgar uttered- his favorite Before the sudden fury of the onslau ght, Edmund gave back a pace. f" a boy who has been released from a lesson. Whether he is mad, or be­ witched, or feigning like Amleth, it Is not easy to tell." "I do not think it is any of these," Rothgar said slowly, "1 think it is because he likes it so well that he has got peace In which to amuse him­ self. Sooner would he hunt than fight, any day; and I have often seen him express pleasure in this manner." The Norwegian plunged again into the general discussion; and the son of Lodbrok stood listening discon­ tentedly, while he kept a sharp watch of the low-browed entrance. Presently his patience was reward­ ed. Within the hut there arose all at once a duet of voices, half angrily accusing, half laughingly protesting. Then the chessboard came flying through the doorway, followed by a handful of chessmen and the person of the big gbod-natured Jarl, still ut­ tering his laughing protests. And finally Canute himself stood under the lintel, storming through his laughter. "Blockhead, that you cannot keep your thoughts on what you are doing! . One might expect as good a game from the tumbler's dog. You de­ serve--" "To lose the honor of playing with the King," the Jotun broke in, mak­ ing a long step forward. "Be so good as to allQw me to take his place, lord. I have some words for your ear which are worth a hearing." " "Rothgar!" the King exclaimed with great cordiality, and stepped . from the doorway to meet him. "Wil­ lingly do I make the change, for I | t have been wishing to speak with you •C this last hour. I have thought of a \ fine plan for to-morrow's sport." Laying his arm boy-fashion across jmj his foster-brother's shoulders, he l"' * swung him around toward the river. "But we will not go in there to do *$•'. •' our talking. We will walk along the ' shore. To-night I feel as though I could walk to the rainbow bridge." |.-t , . As they strolled beside the moonlit water, the son of Lodbrok listened In secret amazement to the string of plans that unfolded itself--hunts and horse races, swimming matches and v fishing trips. j§? / "But where Will you get the fishing '* tackle, lord? And the hawks and the -%f j hounds for all this?" he ventured presently. « i - T h e y w e r e s o m e l i t t l e d i s t a n c e u p the bank now, where trees screened « them from the camp-fires. Suddenly the young King made a leaping grab V,t , at a bough overhead and hung by it, " looking down at his companion with [glf the face of a mischievous boy. V "How joyfully you will take my ah- swer! I have sent to Northampton j#-"-. fofr them. And I have bidden Elfgiva accompany them, with all her follow­ ing of maids and lap-dogs and beard­ less boys." - As his foster-brother stood gazing at him in speechless dismay, he asAlicioiUtly. . «#• -'I1 sv grunt. "Never did I hear that Loke had crooked eyes or a tusk, and black hair grows on both of them. I tell you, I know it for certain. I have just been to find the English serf who became my man after Brent­ ford; and he has told me what he says he tried to tell the night before we left Ivarsdale, but no one would listen to him without pounding him --that the servant-maid, frho in­ formed him concerning the provision house, spoke also of a Danish page her lord had, whom he treated with such great love that it was commonly said he was bewitched. And before that, when the brat was telling8you how the Englishman had saved him from Norman's sword, it occurred to me that he talked more as a woman talks of her lover than as a man speaks of his foe." "May the gallows take my body!" the King breathed. And he sat down upon a grassy hummock as sudden­ ly as though a rock had been thrown at him that knocked the legs from under him. Meanwhile the son of Lodbrok strode to and fro, declaiming wrath­ fully. "There is not an honest bone in the imp's body," he wound up. "It is certainly my belief that he was in league with the Englishman; and his freedom was the reward he got for drawing me off." "Certainly you are a very shrewd man," Canute murmured. But some­ thing in his voice did not staid firm; his foster-brother darted him a keen glance. His suspicions were well founded. Canute's face was crim­ son with laughter; he was biting his lips frantically to hold back his mirth. The temper of the son of Lod­ brok left him in one inarticulate snarl. Turning on his heel, he would have stalked away if the king had not made him the most peremptory of gestures. . "No, wait! Wait, good brother! J will show you whether I offend you Intentionally or not! It is--it is-- the--the Jest--r--" Again he became unintelligible. V, Rothgar Bt^ed, but it was to glower over his folded arms. "Because his womanish face has caught your ffttfey, you will neither blame "him yourself nor allow others to make a fuss----" "That Is where you are wrong," the King interrupted, with as much gravity as he could command. "When Fridtjof Frodesson comes again into your presence, I give you leave to take whatever revenge you like, and I prom.se that I will not lift finger to hinder you from it." "And not hold it against me?" Rothgar demanded incredulously, 'And not hold it against you," Ca-, nute agreed. "Will you wager a finger-ring against my knife that your mind will not change wheto niy ward stands again before you?" The Jotun smiled grimly. "The wager shall be as you have made it; and may I lack strength ^f 1 do not deal with mm " He paused, blink in# like a startled owl, as his royal foster-brother leaped to his feet and fronted him with shouts of laughter. "You dolt, yoti!" Canute cried. "Do you not see it yet? FYode's child fc a woman!" Rothgar's jaw dropped and his bulging eyes seemed in danger df fol­ lowing. "What!" he gasped; and then his voice rose to a roar. "And the Englishman is her lover?" "You are wiser than I expected," the King laughed. Stamping with rage, the Jotun ham­ mered his huge fist upon a tree-trunk until bark flew in every direction. "King, I will give you every ring off my hand if you will give me leave to strangle her!" "You remind me that I will take one of your rings now," Canute said, reaching out and opening the mallet* like fist that he might make hlir choice. Then, as he fitted on his prise and held It critically to the light, he added with more sympathy: "I will arrange for you a more profit- able revenge than that. I will make a condition with Edmund that the Etheling's odal shall not be included in the land which is peace-holy, and that to ravage it shall not be looked upon as breaking the truce. Then can you betake yourself thither and sit down with your following, and have no one but yourself to blame if you fail a second time. Only"--he thrust his knuckles suddenly between, the other's ribs--"only, before we get serious over it, do at least give one laugh. Though she be Ran herself, the maiden has played an excellent Joke upon you." "I do not see how you make out that it is all upon me," Rothgar said sulkily. "You did not have, the ap­ pearance of choking much on her stories." > The King seemed all at once to re­ cover his dignity. "I will not deny' that," he said gravely; "and have I not said that I expect to be angry about it presently? That she should dare to offer her King that lying story about her sister's death •" His face flushed as though he were remembering his emotion on receiv­ ing that same story; and his foster- brother's observation did not tend to mollify him. 1 "And not only to offer It" the son of Lodbrok chuckled, "but to cram it down his throat and make him swal­ low it." Canute's sheels also began to ring with ominous sharpness upon the frosty ground. "She must be Ran herself! Oh, you need not be afraid that I shall not get overbearing enough after I am started! Now, as I am a king, I will punish her in a way that she will like less than strangling! I tell you, her luck is great that she is not here to-night." (To be continued.) « A WOMAN OF RESOURCE. Spite of Actress Had Her Way in " Managerial Rules. A story is going the rounds about how a prominent actress satisfied her post-season thirst while playing in a special production after her winter's engagement was over. The young artist is very well known to theater­ goers, and for this reason her name will be omitted. A special production in which she appeared m4de it necessary for her to wear high topped cavalry boots as a part of her costume. During the we*5k which the show ran the weather happened to be quite warm. The management of the theater supplied the actors with ice water, but prohib­ ited any. of the members of the cast from taking stronger refreshments into the place. This actress is quite resourceful, and soon hit upon a scheme that was most ingenious. She was stopping at a hotel within a square of the the­ ater, and this enabled her to wd& out her plan successfully. One night she went "to the theater as usual, but after making up gave a great imitation of being horrified when she discoveerd that the caval­ ry boots had been left at the hotel. Summoning one of the attaches of the theater,, she sent him after the boots, with instructions to bring them to her just as he found them. Her instructions were carried out, and after bestowing a greatful smile on the messenger he was allowed to de­ part, after depositing the boots in her dressing rooms. As soon as the door was closed be­ hind him the actress extracted from the depths of either boot, where she had placed them before leaving th« hotel, a large, cool bottle of beer. On "Classes" and Their Money. "That man who Just went out," re­ marked the observant man, "is * butcher." "He is," replied the storekeeper, "You know him, probably?" "Never set eyes on him before."* "Then how did y«u know that he was a butcher?" asked the store­ keeper. "Simply by the way he carries his money. I noticed that when lie paid for his purchases he took a crumpled wad of bank notes out of his trous­ ers pocket. Butchers always carry their money that way. So do bakers and grocers, but I knew he was neither of them, and therefore con­ cluded that he was a butcher." The assemlbed citizens who sat round looked admiringly at the ob­ servant Btranger and asked Tor more information on the way different people carried their money. "Bankers carry their money in nice new notes laid out at full length in a morocco pocketbook," he went on. "Brokers always fold their notes twice. Young merchants carry their money in their vest pocket, while sports carry theirs in their trousers pocket. Farmers and drovers carry their cash in their inside pockets." "And where," asked one of the men, "where does an average man like me, who does not belong to any of the classes, named, carry his money?" "In his wife's pocket," replied the observant man. Care for Invialids From 8tuma. Thirty^seven of the sick and crip­ pled children from New York's slums are being cared for by the deaconesses in the Invalid Children's Home at Ver- bank.*. M0:, THOUGHT SHE WOULD DIE. 8. W. Marine, of Colorado Began to Fear the Worst. Kidney Pills Saved Her. Mrs. Sarah Marine, of 428 St Urafci St, Colorado Springs, Colo., President of the Glen Eyrie Club, writes: "I suffered for three years with se­ vere backache., The doctors told me my kidneys were a f f e c t e d a n d pre serf bed medicines for me, but I found it was only a waste of time and money to take them, and began to fear that 1 would never get welL A friend ad­ vised me to try Doan's Kidney Pills. Within a week after 1 began using them I was id muc6 better that 1 decided to keep up the treatment, and when 1 had used a little over two boxes I was entirely well. I have now enjoyed the best of health for more than four months, and words can but podrly ex* press my gratitude." . For sale hy all dealers. Price J50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co.; Buffalo. N . Y . • • • • • • : ; A Mixed Menu.' ' Alfred Henry Lewis and former Sheriff Thompson Dunn were lunch­ ing in a New York restaurant owned by a German named Haan. Looking over the bill of fare, Mr. Dunn read ajoud: "Filet de boeuf, aux cnampig- non, a la Haan! How's that for a mixture? Dutch restaurant keeper, French name for Food; Irish accent. Truly cosmopolitan, eh?" "Yes," replied Mr. -Lewis; "regular verbal, succotash."--Success. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there Is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure In all Its stages, and that la Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitu­ tional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Ciire Is taken In­ ternally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assist­ ing nature In doing Its work. The proprietors have so much faith In Its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that It fall* M cure. Send for list of testimonials, Address F. J. CHENKY A, CO., Toledo, 0. Sold by all Crugglsts, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pill* for constlpatloa. Adopt English Words. The English word 'bus has been adopted by the Parisians, as they have the word "lunch." In a recent play one of the characters says: "Ou luncherait en famille." Now the Paris­ ians will "be saying "Je vats busser." "Hall," "garden party" and many other English words are uSed by French writers without quotation marks. .. The Cnrttss-WMliams Co., Rnsh St. sMUOMi- lgan Ave., Chicago, have just issued another great catalogue which far surpasses atiy of their former books for completeness aad 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 refund in a credit certificate. New York Police Trials a Farce. Commissioner McAdoo of New York has made up his mind the police trials are a farce and he will ask for legis­ lation to prevent men dismissed on serious charges from being reinstated by decisions of higher courts based on technicalities. World's Fair Visitors. Persons attending the great Exposition at St. Louis should secure a room close to the Fair and in a safe brick building-. Ho­ tel Epworth has all the conveniences of a first-class modern hotel, within four min­ utes' walk of Convention and Administra­ tion entrance. Rates $1.00 per day and up for lodging. Meals at reasonable prices. From Union Station, go to Olive street, take Delmnr Oarden car. going west to 6€OOL Our boys meet all cars. Like Father Like 8on. Little Fred--Say, dad, Mr. Maries said I was a chip off the old block. His Father--How did he come to Siay that, my. son? Little Fred--I asked him to lend me a quarter. Many Children Are 8iekly. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children* used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's Home, New York, cure Summer Complaint, Feverishness,Headache,Stomach Troubles, Teething Disorders and Destroy Worms. At all Druggists', 25c. Sample mailed FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Reason for It. "What on earth possessed you to bite Miss Ethel's beau last evening?" asked the house cat. "Well," replied the buHdog, "I heard her telling him be was nice enough to eat." ; Dairy Cows Pay." Leading dairym&h declare that O0Vi pay better than any other kind of farm live stock, for the reason that the money is coming in every day. This is apparent to every one that has con­ sidered the dairy cotr In comparison with the steer. "The cow pays better but requires more constant attention, which is the great point against her and will continue to be unless some way is found of extracting her milk by machinery. The price for the beef steer comes In but once and that a long time after the original Invest­ ment has been made, while the profits from the dairy cow come in continual­ ly and sometimes she pays for her­ self in a single year. Under' some conditions a good dairy cow will pay for herself twice over Is a year. That they will continue to pay well is evi­ denced by the fewness of the men that go into dairying. In other kinds of commercial effort the fact of profit Is enough to draw men into the busi­ ness until the trade is crowded. Not po with the dairy cow. The farmer does not like to be confined to his farm and will forego the prdflts for the sake of a more enjoyable life. No pne will find fault with him for this; t>ut the fact remains that the profits In the' business are assured. Espe­ cially is this the case with farmers living near cities or towns where they can deliver the milk themselves and get six or seven cents a quart for It. Frozen Milk in Europe. In Europe a good many experiments Hre being made with frozen milk. Up to the present time the matter of shipping frozen milk has created the most interest in Germany, where the practice has been inaugurated of freez­ ing milk in bottles. The men that have made a scientific study of the process say that the rapidity of cooling regulates to a considerable extent the preservation of the milk. The freezing is evidently not so complete that changes do not go on, for the observ­ ers say that the milk can be brought back to its original consistency only if it is kept a few days or weeks at most. Where it Is kept for months insoluble compounds are formed that do not redissolve. • The French have paid little attention to this matter, probably because the French people do not as a rule use ice extensively. Any­ one can see the advantages of frozen milk if it can be handled perfectly. It will doubtless Be found that the de­ mands on the transportation com­ panies will be a considerable offset to the advantages of the cold. It would take only it "very short time in uniced cars in summer to change the frozen mass in the bottles into a liquid, and the freezing reduces the keeping qual­ ity of milk, if we may trust popular belief find apparent experience. Dry Parchment Paper. The use of parchment paper has be­ come quite common with makers of butter whether on the farm or in the creamery. As a usual thing it has been advised to not only wet the parchment paper but to soak It for hours or even days in strong brine. It has been implicitly believed that this would prevent its becoming a means of spreading °molds which so often become detrimental to the keep­ ing qtiallty of butter. A professor In Belgium has been making some ex­ periments to determine whether the soaking really does help the parch­ ment paper to keep the mold away. Butter was wrapped in dry parchment paper and in wet parchment paper. For six or seven days there was no difference in the keeping quality of the butter, but after that the butter wrapped in moist paper took on a dis­ agreeable smell and in time became rancid. The butter wrapped in dry parchment paper kept eight days long­ er than the butter wrapped In moist paper. The report of the experiment does not, however, say whether the paper had been moistened in strong •Tine or antiseptic solution or wheth- «r unsterilized water was used. If the latter was the case the experiment Ma little or no value. Education. "Some men gets a heap o' educa­ tion," Said Uncle Eben, "de same as some people get a fine collection o' bait without catchin* any fish."--Wash­ ington. Star. Don't you know that I5eflai*e© Btareh besides being absolutely superior to any other, ia put up 16 ounces in pack­ age and sells at same price as 12- eunce packages of other kinds? Also When You Pay a Bill. Every time you pay a compliment you increase the number of your friends.--Somerville Journal. Lewis' Single Binder " straight 5o Cigar. Price to dealers $36.00 per M. They cost some more than other brands, but no mora •han a good 5c cigar should cost. Lewis' Factory, Peoria, 111. Not a base ball umpire has been killed this season. Have the masses lost all interest in. the national game? Dealers say that as soon as a cus­ tomer tries Defiance Starch It is im­ possible to sell them any other cold water starch. It can be used cold or boiled. •' Census returns show that fire out of every 1,000 married men quit. The number of lockouts is not given. Fiso's Cure for Consumption Is sn infalltM* medicine for coughs and colds.--N, W. £UMW* Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17,1800. The sweetest thing In life is the un­ clouded welcome of a wife.--Willis. Murine Eye Remedy cures sore eyes, makes weak eyes strong. All druggists, 60a Men who Jump at' conclusions gel- lon land oa faets. , ̂ Formaldehyde Test. M. Eury (in Bui. Soc. Pharm., 1904) recommends a new reaction- for detect­ ing the presence of formaldehyde in milk. Place 5 c. c. of milk In a test tube, add 5 c. c. of a 60 per cent solu­ tion of sulphuric acid, and 5 drops of fc 1 per cent solution of perchloride of iron. Shake well and heat to boiling. If formaldehyde is present a violet coloration soon manifests itself and lasts for 5 or 6 minutes. By thi^ process the presence of 1 mg. of for­ maldehyde in a liter of milk may be detected. This reaction may also be applied to any food stuff for detection of this preservative. The substance Is distilled and the substances that go over are mixed with a little milk or casein together with the acid and iron salt as above. Under the same condi­ tions salicylic and benzoic acid do not give the same reaction.--N. T. Produce Review. Profit in Fattening Poultry. lite farmer that raises poultry should understand the science of fat- tenlng fowls, so that he may get the benefit of the possibilities in the frame of the chick, instead of the mid­ dle man that buys 'of him with the purpose of fattening for the final mar­ ket. A good many men are now go­ ing through the country buying up half-grown birds for the purpose of fattening them. The men that do this realize that the farmer has taken all the risk with the chicks. He has lost many during the first tnonth after the chicks were out of the eggs and while they were getting feathers, and he has lost others later from lice and predatory animals. By the time the packer or middle man gets hold of them they have passed the danger stage and he can take the birds, and in less than a month greatly Increase their weight. It is not wise for a farmer to let go of half-grown birds Uuical lis can get a good price for them. In the value of fruit % LARGEST IRRIGATION ENTER* PRISE IN AMERICA. The Twin Falls Land and Wi Company, located on the Snake river, twenty-four miles south of Shoshone station, the largest irrigation entQi^ prise in America, involving an expen­ diture of over two million dollars and reclaiming two hundred and seventy five thousand acres of the richest valley lands In the state of Idaho, is now practically completed and will be delivering water on the lands within thft next slirtv tn tu- « WW/ «• A 419 main canal, sixty-nine miles long, is eighty feet wide at the bottom, one hundred and twenty-four feet at the top and carries ten feet of water. The project is being constructed under the Carey act, and comes under t'ie im­ mediate supervision of the Idaho Stat j Land Board. Last fall the Land Board authorized the opening of 30,- 000 acres of this land to public entry, and notwithstanding the fact that no water would be delivered this year, all of this land has been absorbed. The State Land Board now authorizes the opening of an additional 100,000 acres at noon, October 20th, at Twin Falls City, and a great rush is expecV ed. Mr. Masqueray, chief of desiges of buildings and grounds at the World's Fair, St. Louis, has designeu a hotel and towhsite known as Twin Falls City, in the heart of these lands, and a $50,000 hotel is now under con­ struction, besides numerous business blocks and residences. Over $60,000 worth of town lots have been sold within the past sixty days. The Ore­ gon Short Line, at an early date, will begin the construction ojt a ^ranch line from Minidoka through the heart of these lands to the new town of Twin Falls City. Every housekeeper jnould know that if tjiej- will buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use they will save not only time, because it never sticks to the iron, bfat 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 cent?. 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 because he has a stoqjk 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 ozs." Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the Iron sticking. Defiance never sticks. Funny Boy.\ see; 'N. B.' means 'take no­ tice,' doesn't it, pa?" remarked. the bright little boy. < "Yes, my son; now, what are you driving at?" "And when the servant girl is N. G. that means for m^mma to 'give notice,' doesn't it?" THE WORLD'S FAIR--ST. LOUISA Hotel Epworth. three blocks from the Admin­ istration and Convention entrances, is a safe, permanent brick building of over 500 rooms. It costs no more to stop at Hotel Epworth than at the temporary staff and frame hotels. Kates li.00 a day and up. European plan. First-class [lining hall--reasonable prices. Every con­ venience. Headquarters Farmers National Congress. Booms may be reserved. (Delmar Harden car on Olive ; Hctel Epworth, 0000 Washington Ave., St. Lcuis, Mo Wind in Wires a telegraph operator pulled -» his horse. "Hark!" he said. The wind in the roi forth a shrill sound; a note and sad. "Do you hear that?" the man asked. "That is the sign of a violent storm. Whenever you hear it, look out for weather troubles--a snow squall in the winter; a terrible downpour, with a thunder and lightning accompani­ ment, in the summer. "The sound of the wind in the wires makes a good barometer. I have used it as a barometer for two years, and it hasn't failed me once. A scientist from Germany told me about it He said that the variations in this sound were due to the expansion and con­ traction of the wires that changing at* mospheric conditions caused. t "A deep or bass sound of consider- able strength means showery weather within twenty-four hours. A shriH sound, as I said before, means violent storms. A mild hum means continued clear. , . "Now, we'll drive onto•• *'Olt up thar!" A wife should frequent hey own home and not those of her neighbors. ywiiiwciiwii For Cupboard Corner Straight, stront. surs.lstha bast | houMhoid raraady for Rheumatism Neuralgia Sprains Lumbago Bruises Backache Soreness Sciatica Stiffness Prfc«, 25c. sad 50«el - BLINDNESS AND DEAFNESS CURED AT HOME If 7011 have waak eyes, ftdllaa Bl.ht. gr&nulateU lids, leumi omr tha eyes or sore itm of any kind, catarrh or deafness, write full4*. Bcrlptton of your case and a tflS' Tiresome. "See here!" cried the bill collector, "this bill I've been bringing here so sften is getting worn out, and so is my patience." "Gee whiz! man," replied the debt­ or, "so is your welcome, if you only knew it." ARE YOU GOING TO 8T. LOUIS? The Hamilton Hotel Is located but a few blocks from World's Fair. It is fireproof and moderate In charges. Good rooms with bath, $2.00 per day and up. European plan. Breakfast 60c. Write for Booklet. Address F. Williamson, manager. Only Single Men Know. First Man--No, sir; I don't pretend to know anything about women. Second Man--Indeed! How long have you been married? ^ Hundreds of dealers say the extra quantity and superior quality of De­ fiance Starch Is fast taking place of all other brands. Others say they can­ not sell any other starch. Liberty Is always represented as a female, but It is difficult for some married men to understand why. catarrh or deafneaa, write fullt gcrtptton of your case an<T treatment will be sent you FREE OF CHARGE. 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