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In all the picture there was but one figure crowned with such raven | locks as had distinguished Yridtjof the Bold, and that figure belonged to ft i girl standing directly opposite by the ; mossy curb of the old well, which, ! guarded by a circle of carefully fcend- edj trees, rose like an altar la the center of the Inclosure. Something about her, while It was . entirely strange, was yet so absurdly . familiar. Now she looked up to an­ swer some jesting words, and the man In the passage saw her smile and • shake back her clustering curls with ifc gesture so familiar . . . so familiar. Rothgar's gloating eyes detected light breaking in his victim's face, incredulity, amazement, consternation; and he began to jeer under his breath. "A great joy is this that you see your Fridtjof again! Why do you not go in boldly and rescue him? Does he not look to be in need of your help?" To : stifle his laughter, he muffled his head In his cloak and leaned, shaking, •gainst the wall. ,* flushing a deeper and deeper red, the Lord of Ivarsdale .stared at the smiling maiden. Just so, a hundred ; times, she had lifted her sparkling face toward him, and he--fool that he was! j where had been his eyes? Turning, he forced a laugh between his teeth. "I do not deny you the right to be amused. You speak truly that she ; needs no help from me. I will hinder you no longer." Rothgar leaped forward* to bar the passage, and the mantle, that fell from had let fall a star at her feet. Then her wonder changed to exultation, as she realized that it was not chance but because of her bidding that the man she loved stood'before her. Glory­ ing in his deed, she stook shining sun­ like upon him until the red cloaks of the advancing warriors came between like scarlet clouds. "Who are you?" ."What Is your er­ rand?" "How came you here." she heard themfi demand. "You are an English sjtf!" "Seize him!" "Bind him!" The scarlet cloaks drew together .in­ to a swaying mass; a dozen blades glit­ tered in the sun. With a gasp, she came out of her trance to catch the royal mantle. ' . "Lord King, you promised to give him safety!" The seriousness which had dark­ ened Canute's: face at the intrusion vanished off it as breath-mist oft & mirror. "Is it only your Englishman?" he asked, between a laugh , and a frown. She grudged the time the words took.' "Y6s, yes! Pray be quick as you can!" He did not seem bitten by her haste, but he took a step forward, clanging his gold-bound scabbard against the stone well-curbing to make himself heard. "Unhand the Lord of Ivars­ dale, jny chiefs," he ordered. "We will accept your greeting now, Eng­ lishman, even though you have been hindered in the giving of it," he said politely. Standing there, watching the young noble advance, it seemed to Randalin that there was not room between her heart-beats for her breathing. How soon would he look np and know her? How would his face change when he did? Presently it occurred to her to suspect that he had already recog­ nized her--perhaps from the doorway --and in her rush of relief at the idea of the shock being over, she found '•Win "The man in the passage saw her smile." htk' fa£e showed ho laughter of mouth 'i or eyes. "I have not as yet spoken barm, but it is not sore that I do not mean it," he said. It is not allowed me to take revenge on her for her *: treachery, but I think I need not spare ^ you, a? you got the profit of her false­ ness." The Etheling's sword was out while the other was |till speaking. "By r Saint Mary, do you imagine that I am fearful of you. Never in my life 5; Was I more thirsty tor fighting." But Rothgar pushed the blade aside with his naked palm. "Not here, " where she could come between. Be­ sides, the king wants a thrust at you first. Nor have you yet greeted Ran- : dalin, Frode's daughter." On the verge of an angry retort, Se- k bert paused to regard him, a suspicion ; darting spark-life through his mind. Did the Jotun's words smack of jeal- * ousy? It was true that it needed not - that to explain their bitterness, and < yet-- What more natural than that the king's foster-brother should love the king's ward? If it was so, it was small wonder the girl had said that he would slay her when he discovered her unfaithfulness. Unfaithfulness! Sebert started. Had she not in that very word acknowledged a bond. Not only did he love her, but she must have returned his affections. The .. spark of suspicion flared into, a flame. The young noble's jips curled as he v glanced at the warrior beside him, at the coarse face under the unkempt locks, at the huge body in its trap- * pings of stained gaudiness. Involun­ tarily, fee looked again at the group by the well. She was very winsome tn her smiling, and the graceful nnes of her trailing robes, their delicacy and soft richness, threw about her all the glamour of rank and state. He clenched his hands at the thought of such treasures thrown down for brutal feet to trample on; and his heart grew hot with anger against her, anger and scorn that were almost loathing, that 'She who looked so fine should be so poor,, so-- But he did not finish his thought. for onitsh^els came another, a recollection that stayed his anger ah<l changed his scorn to compunction. However dear Rothgar might have been to her, he could be ..dear no longer, or< she would nevfer have be­ trayed his trust and dared his hate to save Ivarsdale Tower--and its mas­ ter. Meanwhile, the son of Lodbrok had I, been drawing heavily on his scant v stock of patience. Suddenly, he ran out completely. Seizing the Ethel ing by the shoulders, before he could raise > finger in resistance, be thrust him through the open doorway into the garden, a target for every startled gljmcet After which, tie himself striked grimly m to await,him at the city gate. . ' Pl««. f«r "stinAmwnm? tvn^hred | wehch." •Tou ucmii awv uuuk uwi I did - tc willingly, lord. Very roughly has for- tune handled me. The reason I first came into camp-life was that I trusted some one too much, knowing no more of the world than my father's house. And after the bonds were laid on mo, it was not easy to rule matters. The helplessness of a woman is before the eyes of all people--" His words broke through faers: "No more, I beseech you!" His voice wa» broken and unsteady as she had never known it. "Who am I that I should blame you? Do not think me so--se despisable! If unknowingly I have done you any wrong when I owe yoii--" He paused and she guessed that it had swept over him afresh how much he did owe her. Perhaps also how much he had promised to pay? At last he turned and came a step nearer her, courtly and noble as he had always been. "I owe to you every­ thing I have, even life itself," he said, "and I offer them all in payment at the debt. May I ask the king to give you to me for my wife?" In its infinite gentleness, his voice was almost tender^ . For as long as the space between one breath and the next* her spirit leaped up and stretched out its arm to its joy; but she stayed it on the theshold of utterance to look fear­ fully into his face, Whose every shade was open to her as the day. Looking into his eyes, she/knew that ft was ho more than pity. He guessed that she loved him and he pitied her; but he could not forgive her unmaideali- ness, he could not love her. (To be continue*!.) . TREES THAT MAKE Pleasant Sounds Produced by the Ac­ tion of the Wind. As the visitors passed through the botanical gardens, a flutelike whistle made itself heard--a sweet and pleas­ ant sound that rose and feU as the wind rose and fell. ""What is that whistling," the visit­ ors said. The head forester, laughing, an­ swered : "That is our whistling tree playing an obligate in your honor. Come this way, and I'll show it to you.", The tree stood in the sun. The breeze rocked its branches, and a clear chorus, as ofc flutes,' arose. "Well," murmured a man, "this* is almost uncanny." "The tree," said the forester, "comes from the Soudan. You per­ ceive the pods on the branches' ends? Well, it is these pods that do the whistling. They are hollow, and holes, caused by the wind or by in­ sects, perforate them. Thus they are musical instruments--penny whistles. Blown through by the breeze they give forth a flutelike sound." The south wind bent the tree almost to the ground, and the music was shaken forth loud and sweet. "Strange, isn't it?" said the forester, and he added; "The tree doe? well in this climate. It may become popular here. But it would never do to have" it near the house, for on windy nights ft would keep .the folks awake." TOWN IS LIKE A SHIP. CHAPTER XIX. Paid His Lord of Ivarsdale Debt. *, moment, it was to Randalin. Fteto's daughter, as^if the heavens even an impulse of playfulness. Bor­ rowing one of Elfgiva's graces, she swept back her rustling draperies in a ceremonious courtesy before him. Again he bent in his bow of stiff embarrassment; hut he did not meet her glance even then, returning his gaze, soldier-like, to the king. The awkwardness of the pause seemed to afford Canute a kind of mischievous amusement, for all the courtesy in which he veiled it His voice was almost too cheerful as he ad­ dressed the Etheling: "Now as always it can be told about my men that fche7 stretch out their hands to greet strang­ ers," lie said, "but X ask you not to judge all Danish hospitality from this reception. Lord Ivarsdale. Since Frode's daughter has told me who you are, I take it for granted that laey were wrong, and that you came here with no worse intention than to obey her invitation." His glance sharpened a little as he pronounced those last words, and the girl's hands clasped each other more tightly as she perceived the snare in the phrase. If the Etheling should answer unheedingly or obscurely, so that it should not be made quite clear to the king-- y But it appeared that the Etheling was equally afixloug that Canute should not believe him the lover of Frode's daughter. His reply was dis­ tinct to bluntness: "Part of your guess is as wrong as part of it is right, king of the Danes. Certainly 1 came here with no thought of evil toward you, but neither had I any thought soever of the Lady Randalin, of whose existence I was ignorant. I answered the call of Fridtjof Frodes- son, to whom I owe and I pay all the service which lies in my power--as it is likely you know." A while Canute's keen eyes weighed him; then their sky was cleared of the last cloud. The best expression of which his brilliant face was capable was on it as he turned and held out his hand to the girl beside him. "Shall we pledge our friendship anew, Frode's daughter." was all he said; but she knew from his look that he had taken her under his shield for all time to come. For an instant,: as she yielded her trembling fingers to his palm, her groping spirit turned and clung to him, craving his sympathy. It seemed thAt he divined 4he ap­ peal, for with the hand that pressed her he drew her forward a step. "Is it not your wish to speak to the Lord of Ivarsdale yourself and thank him for keeping his troth with Fridtjof?" he said kindly: and without waiting for an answer, moved away and joined a group of those who had been his companions before the interruption.# i At last she stood face to face with tne man she loved, face to face, atyd alone. And still he neither spoke to her nor looked at her! So strange and terrible was it all that it gave her resolution to speak and end it. Her Viking blood could not color her hw Huge Anchor of Stone Is Erected side the Walls of Ping-Yang. Ping-Yang is in the shape of a ship, and the huge anchor of stone is erect­ ed outside the walls. The Coreans have a superstition that if a well should be dug within the city the ship would sink, hence all the water used is carried for a long distance, and the water coolie is one of the sights of this quaint, interesting old place. Not so very long ago the water was carried in picturesque stone jars, but since that enterprising American Concern, the Standard Oil company, has introduced its oil into even the most obscure localities, the jars have been abolished, and the places taken by those ugly modern inventions of tin with the addition of wooden handles. ' Ping-Yang is situated on a hilltop, with a view for miles of the surround­ ing country. At one end Is the sacred grove of Kitza; it is thickly wooded, and has a temple and several monu­ ments dedicated to his memory. Here sacrifices continue to be offered to His spirit. The spot Is kept so ,sacred by both Corean and Chinese that during the Chino-Japanese war In 1894 the defeat of the former is said to have been due to the fact that they allowed no tree to be felled on this ground, thus allowing the Japanese to effect an entrance unperceived. -- Helen Strove Meserve in Harper's Weekly. v iKing Diooa could not color hei butj3£r_Bj£ing .coux^ae her a whisper in wWch toofferhei The Homeless of London. From an investigation made by the medical officer of the London County Council it is estimated that one In every 2,000 of the population of the city of London is homeless. A census of the persons who eonld not pay for a night's lodging In the cheapest of lodging houses and passed the night out of doors in the streets, or under arches, or in the recesses of front doors, or on landings and stair­ cases of tenements where the doors had.been left open, revealed such a number In a certain district that the officer felt justified in making the esti­ mate presented to the council. On the night this investigation was un­ dertaken there were 6,000 vacant beds in the lodging houses.--New York Medical Record. Wanted to See the Work. Dr. Beckwlth, whose bobby It the Atlantic City beach patrol, and who is in personal charge of that large corps of life savers, was visited in bis hospital tent on the *)each by an old Cincinnati friend and his seven-year* old daughter. With great enthusiasm the doctor explained his various meth­ ods of reviving persons dragged from the water. The little girl listened with wondering eyes. When the doo- tor stopped she fairly gasped; "Oh, papa, I wish somebody would get drown-ded!"--New York Times. i&es That She Gave Pois­ on to Her Stepdaughter feut Denies Motive ^ HUSBAND AIDS PROSECUTION Pays Daily Visits to His Wife in Jail and Finally Induces Erring Woman to Write • Statement of the Crime. * » Hartford City, Ind., dispatch; After many weeks bf stout denial in the face of almost absolute proof, Mrs. Rao Krauss Thursday confessed In court here that she administered strych­ nine that killed her stepdaughter, Crystal Krauss, who died in convul­ sions Aug. 2. The confession was a surprise even to the woman's lawyer. After the admission the woman was sentenced to prison for life and was taken at once to the women's prison 'n Indianapolis. A mob at the station hissed Mrs,, Krauss and uttered threat­ ening cries as she boarded a train for prison.' It came out thit the dbnfesslon was drawn from the woman fry her hus­ band, who, with that idea in view, vis­ ited her every day in jail. He was Instructed in his actions JEiy State s Attorney Burns; * ; Woman Admits Her Quilt. An indictment was returned Thurs­ day and the trial was begun at once, In accordance with the prisoner's de­ mand. Late in the afternoon a Jury was secured, and when the usual ques­ tion as to guilt or Innocence was put, Mrs. Krauss replied, calmly, "Guilty." The word startled the court room, as a fight had been expected and the defendant's attorney had consulted with her up to the opening of court as to her defense. At the dramatic moment Mrs. Krauss produced a paper and handed it to Judge Vaughn. It was her confession, written on Oct. 16, tne date, it was found, that she had confessed to her husband. Then she quietly took her seat and listened while the judge read the statement. The jury was charged, and reported. Then Mrs. Krauss, overruling Jfer at­ torney, insisted en immediate sen­ tence and received it. Slayer Acts on Impulse. In the confession there were no de­ tails concerning the tragedy itself, but since the woman has cleared up the matter it is evident that the state's case was without a flaw. The motive had been regarded as jealousy of the girl's popularity or covetousness of Crystal's prospective fortune, but in tfte confession a definite motive is dis­ claimed, the slayer declaring she act­ ed on an impulse. She said in her statement that she did not realize what she was doing, and expressed deep penitence. "I got It into my head that Crystal's father was worried about h'er determinations to keep company with that boy," she said, "and that if I did it his worry would end;" She expressed love for the girl and for her home, and ended with a prayer for divine aid and a dec­ laration that she was ready for any punishment. Girf^Dies Suddenly. Crystal was 18 years old, and her stepmother, who was married to W. R. Krauss, a prominent druggist here, only two months before the murder, is 27. Both women were active in church affairs. Krauss intended to Jeave his fortune of about $20,000 to his daugh­ ter. Crystal and her stepmother ap­ peared to be on the best of terms and often went out together in the same set. The girl died suddenly, after a meal. Mrs. Krauss advanced the suicide the­ ory, recalling that Crystal's father had forbidden her to receive the at­ tentions of James Cronin, a young newspaper man, who is the "boy" re­ ferred to in the confession. Attempts Suicide in'Jall. The bed on which the girl had died was searched thoroughly by the doc­ tors, who found nothing. Mrs. Krauss, however, produced a bottle and two notes Indicating suicide. She said she found them on the bed. These, it was charged, and now it appears truth­ fully, were written by the stepmother. Because of the convulsions the phy­ sicians refused to sign a death cer­ tificate, and a coroner's jury called the case one of suicide. When suspicion began to point strongly toward the older woman a chemical examination of the contents of the dead girl's stom­ ach showed she had been killed with strychnine. Soon it was found that Mrs. Krauss had sent a boy to a drug store to purchase strychnine for her. Mrs. Krauss admitted that she bad twic« attempted suioide in jail. Priest Is Found Dead. South Bend, Ind., dispatch: Rev. P. Johannes, for many years pastor of St. Mary's Catholic church, was found dead in bed. He was one of the best- known priests in northern Indiana. Martin McHugh Dies iii Asylum. Bloomington, III., special: Martin McHugh of this city, whose alleged mistreatment while a patient at the Jacksonville Insane asylum created so much public feeling three years ago, died at the Bartonville asylum. Harmon's Daughter Leaves Husband. Cincinnati, Ohio, disilatch; Mrs. George Heckel, daughter of Judge Judson Harmon, has left her hus­ band, George Heckel, a Well-known business man of Pittsburg, and is at her father's home at his request, ' • Something Just as Good. Justice of the Peace--Now,' little, girl, you are about to tf.ke oath. Do. you know what an oath Is? Little Susie Slumrn--Yes, yeroaner; but maw says them ain't for wimmen folks. But I kin say what maw said wants me to. - • a & Hill Warns the Bulls. New York special: James J. Hill, president of the Northern Securities oompany, was quoted as having said ot the stock market in an interview: "They had better be A little cautious. They may get bumped." Faces Serious Charge. Burlington, Iowa, dispatch: Sidney Smith of Burlington was taken before the federal court at Keokuk and in dieted for sending obscene postal sards through the mail. A GREAT INSTITUTION. It is unusual that a single institution fa b «ily of 3,000 will dvershadow in Im­ portance every other interest, hnt such la the. case witn the American School of Osteopathy, aud 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-day by Dr. Still and his famous School and Infirmary. It is the largest patronized un­ endowed institution of its Kind in the United State's. Dr. Still's awhool enrolls over ?00 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 a.uuu graduates and they are prac­ ticing in every state and territory of the Union. About two-thirds of the states have passed special laws legalizing the science. This school teaches every branoh taught in medical colleges except "dTugs" and osteopathy is substituted for that. So thorough is the .teaching in anatomy that over oil© hundred human bodies are dis­ sected yearly by the students. At the Infirmary, patients from every part of the country and with almost every form of disease atfe constantly under treat­ ment. For the past fifteen years almost every train coming to Kirksville has brought some new sufferer hoping to and re­ lief by the science of Osteopathy. By th« thousands who have left the institution benefited by the treatment, the science has been heralded to the world as a safe and rational method of cure. 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 the worthy poor, who are unable to pay for treatment, are treated every afternoon fey the senior students free of charge. v ; HA^PY WOMEN.1 Remarkable Japanese Prophecy.^ In an interesting article tm The Commmanders at Port Arthur," lc Harper's Weekly, Charles Johnston re­ calls some singular prophecies made by two distinguished Japanese states­ men just before the beginning of the Boxer trouble, in the spring of 1900, which have a curious bearing on pres­ ent conditions in the far east. The first was to the effect that "a Russo- Japanese war, the issue of which can never for one moment be douibtful, must give to Japan Korea, the Liao- tung peninsula, the military ascend­ ancy in Pekin and the possibility of the reformation of China." About the same time, In April, 1900, another dis­ tinguished Japanese statesman said; "Korea must become Japanese. My own opinion is that, unless Japan be given a free hand in Korea, war with Russia is inevitable, but that it will not occur at least within the period of another year. So long as Japan holds the command of* the sea, the prepara­ tions now made by Russia in Man­ churia are indifferent to her. By the occupation of Port Arthur Russia has made herself more vulnerable than she was before. * * * Even now Russia can only be dislodged from Manchuria as the result of a victorious war, * * * There is time enough for us to act flye years hence." Cured Her Rheumatism. Deep Valley, Pa., Oct. 31.--(Spe­ cial.)--There is deep interest in Green county over the cure of the little daughter of I. N. Whipkey of Rheu­ matism. She was a great sufferer for five or six years and nothing seemed to do her any good till she tried Dodd's Kidney Pills. She began to improve almost at once and now she is cured and can run and play as other chil­ dren do. Mr. Whipkey says: "I am Indeed thankful for what Dodd's Kidney Pills have done for my daughter; they saved her from being a cripple perhaps for life." Dodd's Kidney Pills have proved that Rheumatism is one of the results of diseased Kidneys. Rheumatism is caused by Uric Acid in the blood. If the Kidneys are right there, can be no Uric Acid in the blood and cohse- quently no Rheumatism. Dodd's Kid- »ey Pills make the Kidneys right. Bluejackets to Be Proud Of. London is much Impressed by the absolutely new type of Yankee blue- Jackets in her streets, Westminster abbey, the tower, and other places lately. They are sailors from Admiral Jewell's fleet, on shore leave. Hand­ some, tidy, well-set-up fellow going about with Baedekers In their hands looking up the historic "points of in­ terest," they have delighted English­ men by their intelligence and singular us$ of their privileges. I 1 . New frain Service, Chicago to St. Louis. The Chicago & Eastern Illinois rail-' road now runs night and day trains to tfce Exposition City, which repre­ sent the highest type of railroad con­ struction. When you go to the World's Fair be sure your ticket Is made good over tills line; and you will enjoy every mile of the short trip. . Your local ticket agent will gladly make your ticket good this yay If you request It. "The World's Work" covers every­ thing of important contemporaneous interest and achievement with no waste of words. The type Is large, the Illustrations the best that can be produced. A section tells the busy man what are the tendencies in the chief businesses and professions, and without any statistics or dry fact* • Bicarbonate of Soda Mlnsf. i A deposit of millions of |ons of bi­ carbonate of soda, 86 per cent pure, has been discovered in Lake Carissa, thirteen miles from Ollg, Kern coun­ ty, California. A refinery will be es­ tablished there. Ask Your Druggist lor Allen's Foot-Eas* "I tried ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE recent­ ly, and have just bought another supply. It has cured my corns, and the hot, burning and itching sensation in my feet which was almost unbearable, and I would not be with­ out it now.--Mrs. W. J. Walker, Camden, M. J." Sold by all Druggists, 2So. v. t ------------------------ *•., 'je Prisons Are Overcrowded. The two state prisons of California are so much overcrowded that as many as five men are sometimes kept in one cell. There are 2,378 prisoners in 878 cells. Defiance Starch should be In every household, none so good, besides 4 ox. more for 10 cents than any other brand of cold water starch. Mediocre minds ordinarily condemn everything that passes their- compre­ hension.--La Rochefoucauld. Lewis' "Single Binder" straight 6c cigar, made of extra quality tobacco. You say 10s for cigars not so good. Xiiwi* Factory, Peoria. 111. Country Without PoorhovMa. fhere are no pooi-houses J» Asm* in-Bred Ducks. • It Is generally supposed that out­ crossing increases the size of birds. There are certainly some remarkable results from this practice that could be pointed to as proofs of the advan­ tages of occasional out-crosses. It is evident however that many breed­ ers hold to the practice of in-breedlng and believe It to be both safe and prof­ itable. At the Illinois State fair last week the attention of tne writer was called to some exceptionally large Pekin ducks belonging to Mr. F. F. Ambrosius. Some of these birds weighed in excess of 14 pounds. Rela- tlve' -to duck raising Mr. Ambrosius said: Of course you can cross breed and for five or ten years get fairly good results. Smith, the man I bought my stuff of, Imported two dif­ ferent strains about 25 years ago. He has never out-crossed, but has in-bred ever since that time.J Of course he continued to select the best of his birds for breeders. I In-breed, but every year I select the largest, big­ gest-framed ducks for breeders. In that way I have been Increasing the size of the birds, In spite of the fact that In-breeding Is looked upon as a method of decreasing rather than increasing the size. . In selecting for breeders the thing I look out for is the frame of the duck. When that is secured I am sure of getting bigger ducks from year to year. The standard weight of the duck is 8 pounds. We have some six months old that w£lgh 12 pounds. I have some that are only ,5% months old that weigh about 10 pounds each. During the breeding season I make bran a large part of my feed. I also feed middlings, coarse corn meal and beef scraps. To this ration I add vegetables, such as cabbage, carrots, turnips and cut clover. I do not feed this ration according to a fixed sys­ tem, but change the system frequent­ ly. I steam the clover and sometimes I lot It steam all night I cut the clover quite fine and put it into a large pan, piling up the clover. Onto this I pour boiling water and then Invert another pan on top of the first. Sometimes I put the pan on the stove and let the water boll for awhile thus generating more steam. I never feed my ducks any dry feed whatever. You inay feed ten ducks a bushel of dry corn and they will eat it all up in half an hour. It is not natural for the duck to eat dry food; it Grants it wet. I will crush that bushel of corn, ;mAke it Into mush and feed 100 ducks with It I try always to get cheap feed. I buy the cheapest bran . I can get, the cheaper the better. I can raise tur­ nips at 10 cents a bushel, and carrots and cabbages at a correspondingly low cost These are good and cheap feed. I feed my ducks In troughs as I do my hogs. I have their feed alwayB wet but not sloppy. It can be fed dry if the ducks hate a pond or a watering trough near by. A duck will take a mouthful of meal and run to the water for a mouthful of water with which to wash It down, and then eat another mouthful in the $ame way. A duck always soaks its fbod down If It gets the chance. Feeding a lot of dry grain to them is throwing money away. ^ ' " 11 1" ' * Cover for Turkey Nest. . The United States Department of * Agriculture publishes the accompany­ ing illustration of a cover for turkey eggs at hatching time. The tur^y generally stealB her nest away and the eggs are not infrequently stolen or destroyed from not being protected. This cover is suggested and has been tried successfully by some breeders. f , Fattening fbr Market. | FqwIs that are to be marketed should be confined at least two weeks before they are to be disposed of and should be fed a fattening feed. The fowls that are to be kept during the winter should not be given the same kind of feed as these, as there Is no advantage whatever In making them fat. Without a separation of those that are to be fattened from those that are not to be fattened it is impossible to prepare the marketable ones for sale to advantage. The fowls that are being confined and fattened should have, in addition to their food, a large supply of fresh water and grit. It must be remembered that unless the supply of grit is large th$ digestive organs of the birds will soon fall to do the work required of them. While roaming over the farm they were able to secure their own grit, but in cap­ tivity this must be supplied by man. The fancier does not forget this, but the farmer is inclined to because he is not making poultry raising a very large part of the farm operations, and therefore neglects the little things. The amount of water needed by all animals Is large as the organs that convey substance from the stomach to the blood vessels drink instead of eat There 'must be enough water taken la to mako a sort of milk, or the "lae* teal fluid." This is absorbed through the walls of the intestines. Abeut eight times as much water as" of dry matter is required. Therefore the farmer that shuts up his fowls and feeds them on dry corn, giving them water only twice a day Is bringing abotft conditions In the digestive or» gans of the fowls that must be very Injurious to the birds. Certainly un­ der such conditions the birds cannot lay on much fat, and a large propor­ tion of the food must be wasted. Water Bhould be kept before the fowls all the time. Jfc'*...- _»i Cold cash is often warm e»Migh to burn a hole ln the - Wt*,. . .J?*?*, wife of C. B. Pare. c. prom­ inent resi­ dent r* Qias- gow, Ky., says: Vt was s u B e r i n g from v. com­ plication of kidney trou­ bles. Besides a bad back, I had a great deal or trou­ ble with the secre tions, which were exceedingly rarlabll, sometimes excessive and at other times scanty. The color was high, and passages were accompanied with a scalding sensation. Doan's Kidney f, soon 'egulatsd the kidney secre­ tions, making their color normal, and banished the inflammation which caused the scalding sensation. I oan rest well, my back is strong and sound, and I feel much better in every way." For sale by all dealers, price 60 cents per box. FOSTER-MILBURN CO., Buffalo,'N. Y ~ Popular Ex-Governtjr of Mbrifof"*' tex-Gov. Garcelon of Maine, hale and hearty at 91, has been traveling to county fairs this fall and everywhere is received with marks of profound re­ spect and affection. He is still in I active practice, as a physician, driv ? ing about the country, day and night, behind a lively horse. The doctor clings to his old-fashioned two-wheeled chaise, formerly the mark of his pro fesslon. ' "r "*7 i t . 1. ifi « "v livery housekeeper tfnoufi' that if they will buy Defiance Col4 Water Starch for laundry use giey 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 StarGhes 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-o£. package It is because 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 ta large let­ ters and figures "16 ozs." Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iroa sticking. Defiance never sticks. J ----. t Lady Curzon's Illness Costly. It is said that, save in the case of royalty, no expense for medical At­ tendance in England has ever equaled that incident to the illness of Lady Curzon, formerly Miss Mary Leiter of Chicago. .Sir Thomas Barlow, among the, most*eminent physicians in Great Britain, was recalled from abroad and has spent days at a time at Walmer, as have other professional men scarce­ ly leqs celebrated. Pi Important to Motliofar. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a Mfe and euro remedy tor infants and children, and mo that it Bearstha Signature of fit Ite For Over 30 Tears. Sba Kind Yon Barn Always v Richest New England Widow. By the will of her husband, Henry Grinnell Russell, who died ten days ago, Mrs. Russell of Providence, R. I„ becomes the richest widow in New England, a3 the estate is reputed to be worth at least $20,000,000. There m no children. - ....» ' ^ ' Immense Gold Nugget,'"^ One of the largest gold nuggrits ever found In Colorado was recently picked up at the Snowstorm placer, in Park county, between Alma and Fairplay. It weighs 120 ounces and has a market value of $2;000i OXTLY A SKELETON 0K0U0HHTG Sf A STOVE. * Mrs. Doherty has an Extraordinary ~Mb»- perlanoe and Undergoes a Namlmu' ' Change. Mrs* E. Doherty, of No. 115 Ooatat street, Moberly, Mo., is today a picture of robust health, and yet five years ago, she barely escaped death from progressive emaciation. To a reporter she told the following story : - " I n 1 8 9 0 I b e g a n t o h a v e d i s t r e s s i n g attacks of indigestion that continued for two years. My stomach was constantly sore and burned as if it was on fire. It became finally so delicate that it would not retain even plain water. My inability to take food reduoed my weight to ninety- eight pounds, and faintness and dizziness kept me in bed most of the time. I was really starving to death and besides I was extremely nervous. The doctor was perplexed. He gave me tonics which did me no good, and prescribed exeroias which I was too weak to attempt. "Oneway when I was so faint and chilled that I could do nothing but crouch down on the floor by the fire, my father brought me a box of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. I found on trial that they would stay on my stomach un­ like everything else. I really felt better after three -doses aud I kept on nwiwg them. Food began to taste well and to stay down. The pain and the burninjg in the pit of my stomach lessened and at last went away altogether. My weight began to increase until it reached 165 pounds aud my neighbors, who were oouviueed that <•! was wasting to death before, were astonished at tlbe change. I resumed my housework aud have hardly had occasion to call a doctor since. I have recommended Dr. Wil­ liams' Pink Pills to several friends, and I say to the p?ile, thiu ones particularly, If you want to get strong and well take Dr. Williams'Pink Pills for Pale Peopld." These pills cure stomach trouble Iff their tonic action, building «"» the df» gestive organs and enabling them to the work that natnr« intended them to do. They are sold by all dealers, or wQl be sent postpaid on receipt of price, fifty cents a box or six boxes for two dollars and a half, by addressing Dr. Williama Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y. A diet book giving useful information will be sent free ou request