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'"^?;^r:V->'- : vr »*c,*Vif*% ' "• ^PfgSffiP The Ward of King Canute A Romance of the Danish Conqueit. By 6TT!LfE ft. LIUENCRKNTZ. author of The Thrall oi LM the Lttcfcy. Copyright, 1903, by A. CL McCLURG & GO. &*"'. - ! %< • • If--;' CHAPTER XXVI--Continued. Elfgiva turned quickly. "Yes--Te- boen my nurse. Have you seen her?" "I saw her between cockcrowing and dawn, noble one, when I let down the bars for the cattle to come in to the milking. The herd-boy who drives them said something to her--it seemed to me that he niamed a Dan­ ish name* and said that person was waiting in the wood to speak with her--whereat she set down her pitcher and went up the lane. I have not seen her since." The lady's little White hands beat the air like a frightened child's. "Three candles have burned out since then; it is .certain that evil has be­ fallen her--" She paused to gaze eagerly toward a figure that at this moment appeared, in the low arch of the doorway. "Tata! do you bring me news of her?" ,yr Though she shook her head, Randa- lin's manner was full of suppressed excitement as she advanced. "Not of her, lady, yet tidings, great tidings! •The King has sent--" .. "His Marshal again? I will not see Mm." "Nay,, the Marshal but accompanies the messenger. In truth, lady, it is my belief that the token has accom­ plished its mission. The message Is brought by Thorkel Jarl, as this has not been done before." "Earl Thorkel?" Elfgiva cried. "By the Saints, it can be nothing less than the token!" She dropped down upon the rustic seat that stood under the green canopy of the old apple tree and sat there a long time. After a while, an enchanting smile touched her lips. "Surely, a rose garden Js a fitting place to receive the ambassadors of a lover," she said, and straightened her­ self on her rustic throne, sweeping her draperies into more graceful folds. "Bring them here, ladybird. Candida, fetch hither the lace veil from my bower, and call the other maids as sight, or I shall go mad! Take her away^-take her away!" Shrieking in wildest terror she fled before her, and for a moment the garden seemed given over to a grostesque game of blind-m^n's buff as women and boys scattered with renewed screaming at each approach of the ghastly face. It did not stop until the. two soldiers who had been made keepers of the wretched creature came running out of the house and led her away, Then it "was Thorkel's sardonic voice that brought the Lady of Norths arnpton back to herself. "Now, Is this how you take the sight of your own handiwork? Dne mouthful and no more has she had of the blood of the coiled snake." Stopping where she Was, Elfgiva gazed at him, and with a dawning comprehension came back her inter­ rupted fury. "The coiled snake," she repeated slowly ; and after that, in a rush of words, "Then it was you who enticed her away and mistreated her? But what does it concern you that I sent a snake? Where saw you it? How knew you it had blood?" Without waiting for an answer, she turned up­ on the Marshal, her lids contracted into narrow slits behind which hfer eyes raged like prisoned animals. "It is you who are to blame for this! You who miscarried my message. You have betrayed me, and I tell you--" Hysterical tears broke her voice, but she pieced it together with her temper and Went on telling him all the bitter things she could think of, while he stood before her in the grim silence of one who has long foreseen the disagreeable aspects of his undertaking and made up his mind to endurance. When she stopped for breath, he said steadily, "I declare with truth that you cannot dislike what I have done much more than I, Lady of Northampton. I hope it will be an ex­ cuse with you, as it is a comfort to w purposes this?" she murmured; and rose out of her seat in a kind of ecstasy--then caught at Its back, glooming with doubt. "I cannot believe it--it is too beautiful. Swear that you are not mocking me." "I swear it," he said gravely, but his lips curled a little as he watched her delight bring back her color, her smiles, her every fairy charm. Throwing her arms about Dear- wyn, who chanced to be nearest, she kissed her repeatedly. "Think, mouse --a queen! a queen! It was not for naught that I dreamed an eagle flew over my head. Ah, how I shall cher­ ish the dear little one who has brought me this! I pray you tell me when I am to leave, and who goes with me, and every word of the plan, for I could eat fhero like sweets," "Ulf Jarl will feed your ears later," Thorkel said gruffly. "You will leave for Northampton this afternoon, to get the boy--and to get rid of you be­ fore the Lady of Normandy arrives." The shaft fell pointless as she turned her sparkling face toward her women. "You hear that, my lambs? This afternoon--not one more night in this prison! Randalin, learn what dis­ posal is to be made of yoii, and that quickly. Nobles, if I am not yet enough queen to dismiss you, still am I queen enough to depart without your leave." Chiming the sweet bells of her laughter, she glided away among her excited attendants, the silver mockery reaching them after she had vanished into the house. Randalin awoke to a sense Of be­ wilderment. "It is true that I do opt know where to go, now that this place is upset" • " " ' - The question was repeated in her lover's attitude; but Thorkel Jarl an­ swered it, coming between them and drawing her aside. "I will remedy that," he said. "My men are to fetch you to the Palace so soon as ever your lady has left. The King has a use for you." The rest he spoke into her ear, but its effect was to blanch her cheeks and cause her hands to clasp each other in terror as she started back. 'I cannot!" she cried. "I cannot." 'You must," he said harshly. "Or you will do little credit to the blood that is In you. Do you no longer think your father and brother of any importance?" "They are pitiless to^demand it of me,"' she murmured, and buried her face in her hands. (To be continued.) Take her away! Take her away!" •i,_' a •%, you go, and all the pages you can find. The Tall One always gives me the feeling of a lamb before a wolf." Even had the likeness never -oc­ curred to her before, it would not have been strange if she had thought of it to-day as, followed by the Mar­ shal and preceded by their fair usher, the old warrior came across the grass to the little court under the apple tree. She relapsed into a kind of lamb-like tremor as she invited them to be seated and commanded the at­ tendance of her cup-bearer. When she caught sight of the misery of discom­ fort in Sebert"s frank face, she lost her voice entirely- and waited in utter silence.while they drank their wine. Yet Thorkel's manner was unwont- edly genial when at last he broached his errand. "You lack the eagerness that is to be expected, lady," he said as he gave his mouth a last polish with the, delicate nakpin. "Will it Hot interest you to hear that at last the Palace is ready for a Queen? - Canute is going to give the Angles a 'gift of the elves.' " For an instant, she was betrayed Into believing him, and bent forward, her flushing face transfigured with de­ light. She was starting to speak ; when the Etheling rose abruptly from his seat. "Lord Thorkel," he said angrily, "this cat-play would bring you little thanks from your King, nor will I longer endure it. I pray you to explain without delay that the name oi 'Elf­ giva' is borne also by Emma of Nor- Jllfendy." i He did not address the King's wife •-indeed, he retrained even from look­ ing at her--but he spoke swiftly to the "flark-halred girl who stood beside the ibeat. "Randalin, I beg you to tell your lady that Elfgiva Emma, who is lEthelred's widow and the Lady of Nor- jnaudy, arrives at Dover to-morrow to made Queen of the English." si As all expected, the Lady of North- ' aaipton started up shrieking defiance, • •creaming that it should hot be so, that the King was her husband and the soldiers would support her if the , monks would not, that he was hers, 1 jiers--and more to that effect, until ,i the plunging words ran into each "A other and tears and laughter blotted pout the last semblance of speech. At .'the point where her voice gave out }ter eyes fell on the house-door, and " iter expression changed from rage to < amazement and from amazement to fiprror. Catching Randalin's arm in fear, she began to gasp over and over the name of Teboen the nurse. In the doorway the British woman *ras standing, wagging her head in ~:p time to a silly quavering song that she I'fias Btnging with lips so distorted as f 10 be almost unrecognizable. H6r once florid face was ashen gray, and | mow as she quitted the door post and t came toward them she reeled in her ! walk, stumbling over stones and grop- viag blindly wtth her huge bony hands. | "A devil has possession of her," Elf- ffrfvft ahrl»l|o4> "Talcq her out <4 my ; l . l r * me, thaf instead of fetching you into trouble--" ^Thorkel took the words from his lips, and no longer with sinister de­ liberation but with a ferocity that showed itself in the gathering swift­ ness of his speech. "Trouble--yes! By the Hammer of Thor, I think you deserve to have trouble! Had any of your witches'/ brew done harm to th$ King, I can tell you that you would not have lived much longer. What! Are the plans of men to be upBet by your baby face, and a king­ dom lost because a little fool chooses to play with poison as a child with fire?" "Poison?" she screamed. She had heen facing him with whitening lips, and now the little breath that she had left went from her in a sharp cry. "Not poison; love-phlltres! To win him back! Love-philtres--can you not hear?" "Love-philtres!" The old warrier's voice made the words bite with con­ tempt. "Did the mouthful she swal lowed have that effect upon your woman? Or do you think you planted love in the breasts of the dead scul­ lions? Had you seen their writhings I think you would have called it by another name." He was standing over her now, and she was cowering before him, her shaking hands rising as though to ward oft his eyes. "I meant no harih," she was wailing with stiff lips. "The scroll said not a word that it was hurtful. Do not kill me. I meant no--" The word ended in an inar­ ticulate sound and she swayed back­ ward. The Etheling turned fiercely to the Jarl, "For God's sake, tell her that no one suspects her of seeking his life, and give her his true message, or I will go and hang myself for loathing." "Tell her yourself!" the old Dane snapped. "It is seen that you are as rabbit-hearted as the boy who makes her such an offer. Were I in his place I would have them all drowned for a litter of wauling kittens." The young soldier,- having braved the outburst of hysterics that re­ doubled at his approach, managed to slip a soothing word into the lull. "It is( true, noble one, that for state reasons the King has consented to this union with Emma of Normandy, who will bring him the friendship of Duke Richard besides causing pleas­ ure to the English. But the crown of Denmark is also at his disposal, lady, and this he purposes to bestow upon your son Sven, for whom he has much love. And it is his will and pleasure that you accompany the boy across the sea and, together with the earls of his guardianship, hold the power for him until his hands shall be big enough to grasp It alone. For this he gives you the nane of 'queen' and all the honor you shall desire." It was as though a rainbow had beea set in fc*r sfcewer? eyes. "He PROBLEM OF OLD AGE. Question for Political Economists to Puzzle Over. , What the country shall do with its ex-presidents is not nearly so vital a problem as what it shall do with its old men. According to the new gospel of bus­ iness economics a man is "old" at fifty. That is to say, he can no long: er remain an integral part of the industrial machine. Young men are In demand every­ where. Old men are in demand no­ where. The commercialism of the age feeds upon young ]|>lood and re­ jects everything else. Most of the railroads have placed an age limit upon their pay roll ac­ count. It is a tacit rule that no man over forty-five years of age shall be employed, even at clerical work. One of the great steel companies of the country, employing thousands of men, recently adopted a rule that In certain department's requfring expert knowledge and skill no man over thir­ ty-five years of age should be given employment. Other large industries are following a similar policy. Practically the same thing is true in the professions. Except as a counselor the old lawyer is not in de­ mand. The churches are calling for young ministers, and the schools give preference to young teachers. When a man reaches the age of fifty he Is supposed to have crossed the dead line. It is a strange commentary on our modern civilization that while medi­ cal science is bending every energy to prolong the span of human life-- to people the world with old men-- the tendency of our economic system is to drive them out of business--to make them a charge upon the world, which is said to owe every man a liv­ ing. Here Is a question (Or political economists to digest, if possible, for the benefit of the coming generation: What shall the world do with its ol< men?--Chicago Journal. Too! Great a Resemblance. Bishop Olmsted of Denver Is Inter­ ested in a number of charities, and obtains many generous contributions on their behalf from rich Episcopal­ ians. There is in Denver, however, a mil­ lionaire who will rarely consent to help Bishop Olmsted's pet projects. He is a generous man, and in his own way he assists the poor, but to organ­ ized charity, for some reason, he heartily objects. The bishop often asks him for subscriptions, but these requests are almost invariably re­ fused. Recently the millionaire had his portrait painted. Bishop Olmsted met him the other day and said: "I saw this morning your admirable portrait." * "And did you ask it for a subscrip­ tion?" said the millionaire, smiling. "No," said Bishop Olmsted. "I saw there was no use--It was so like yoa.*'- OFFICIAL VOTC OF THE COUNTRY ON AM- PRSSIPENTIAL CAN?* |J. .JAT M W W H . - r v t * . r The ofecfai vote of the country by states onall presidential' candidate! la 1904, now made public for the first time, with the gain or loss of the Re­ publican and Democratic parties in comparison wtth ;4Jke =vote ot 18GQ, ia given in the following table: 7 > Rep. Dem. Pop, Pro. • > - ' ' * Roose­ Par­ Wat­ Swal­ Soc. Republican... Democratic velt ker. son. * low. Deba. gain. lOSB. tain. loss. Afaijarria ...... 22,472 79,857 6.051 612 KK3 ..... nm -16,516 Arkansas, ..... 46,860 64,434 2,318 993 1,814 2,060 ..... ; 16,708 California ..... 205,226 89,294 • • • • • 7.380 29,535 40,471 35,691 Colorado ...... 134,68? 100,105 824 3,438 4,304 41,615 ~ 22.628 Connecticut .... lll.Oo* 72,909 495 1,506 4,543 8,522 ... 1,088 Delaware ...... 23,714 19,360 , 51 >607 146 1,185 692 Florida ; 8,314 27,046 1,605 6 2.337 895 • •• • 1,214 Georgia ........ 24,003 85,472 22,634 685 197 ... 1,033 tm Idaho 47,783 18,480 353 *013 4,949 20,585 •.. ..:j 10,934 Illinois Indiana A.*.... 632,645 327,606 6,725 37,740 69,225 34,660 . »* M • ••Vi 175,455 Illinois Indiana A.*.... 369,289 274,345 2,444 23,496 12,013 33,226 • • • •e • »> 35,239 Iowa 307,907 149,141 2,207 11,601 14,847 99 • •• •• ^ 67,024 Kansas 210,873 84,800 6,156 7,245 15,494 24,918 . - «. . . ; 77,801 Kentucky >...., 205,277 217,170 2,511 6,609 3,602 ....... 21,574 17,729 Louisiana, ..... 5,205 47,708 ..... 995 f • • <9,028 . t , , 5,963 Maine ......... 64,437 27.630 8*8 1,510 2,106 . \. 9,192 Maryland ..... •108,497 ••109,446 1 3,034 2,247 29,705 12,825 Massachusetts , 257,822 165.746 1.294 4,279 13,591 18,966 Michigan 361,866 134,151 1,159 13,302 8.941 45,597 ..... ..... 77,634 Minnesota 216,651 55,187 2,103 6,253 11,692 26,190 ..... 57,714 Mississippi .... 3,147 53,280 1,424 ..... 392 1,574. Missouri 321,447 295,847 4,226 7,181 13,008 7,356 • *»w , 46,075 Montana*:.;*.'* « 34.392 21,773 1,493 328 5,529 9,019 . 15,373 Nebraska ...... 133.558 51,876 20,508 6.323 7,412 16,723 * 62,137 Nevkda 6,867 3,982 344 925 2,007 iii '""••s.s-iii':'. < 2,894 N. Hampshire.. 54,179 33,905 83 749 1,090 23,<5? iii •-.4 f 1,584 New .Jersey ... 245464 164,566 3,705 6,485 9,587 23,<5? • 9 M. , 242 New York .... 859,533 683,981 7,459 20,787 36,883 37,541 , " . . ... ' ..... North Carolina. 82.442 124,121 819 361 124 60,639 31.631 North Dakota.. 52,595 14,253 163 1,137 2,017 16,704 # . • • • • 6,266 Ohio 600,096 344,674 1,392 19.839 36.260 56,178 130,208 Oregon' 60,455 17,521 783 3,806 7,619 13,929 15,864 Pennsylvania 840,949 337,998 i »»• • •- 33,717 21,863 128,284 s* # • * • . 86,234 Rhode Island ... 41.605 24,839 ...... 768 956 7,821 South Carolina. 2,271 52,863 "" 1 22 "* ..... i,¥o8 6,430, South Dakota .. 72,083 22,002 1,248 2,V«8 3,138 17,547 • • . • •• 17,542 Tennessee .... 105,369 , 131,653 2,491 1,889 1.354 s , • •• 15,825 13,095 Texas 50,308 167,220 8,062 4,244 2,287 79,333 100,203 Utah .......... 62,444- 33,413 ' # 5,767 15,305 • •• • rf r# • ^ . 11,693 Vermont ...... 46,682 9,777 ..... 792 859 4,114 ..... 3,072 Virginia -....... 46,450 •£0,638 S59 1,312 ---218 69,415 • as . / - ' ' 65.442 Washington ... 101,504 28,098 669 3,229 9,975 44,048 • i »••• ..... 16,735 West Virginia.. 132,608 100,850 639 4,604 1,574 12,766. 2,145 Wisconsin ..... 280,164 124,107 ^30 9,770. 28,220 14,298 ..... ,.. 35,178 Wyoming 20,489 8,930 ^30 208 1,077 6,9/2 ..... ..... 1,-368 Total .......7.627,632 5,080,054 114,637 260,303 391,587 732.048 312,249 30,792 1,291,491 •One Republican elector. **Hlghest Democratic elector. With the announcement Of results in Minnesota, North Dakota and Wash­ ington, the official canvass of the votes cast on Nov. 8 for presidential elect-, ors was finally completed. The Asso­ ciated Press was given the tabulated returns, and compiled the above ta­ ble, showing the total received by*i each candidate. Roosevelt's majority over all his rivals reached the record- breaking figures of 1,746,768, and over Mr. Parker the president's plurality was 2,547,578. In 1900 William Mc- Kinley had 467,046 more votes than all other candidates and 859,984 more than William Jennings Bryan. The vote for Mr. Roosevelt was therefore 409,822 mote than for Mr. McKlnley, while Mr. Parker was supported by 1,- 277,772 fewer electors than gave their ballots to Mr. Bryan. The total vote this presidential year was 13,508,496, against 13,968,547 in 1900, a decrease of 460,078 votes. McKinley polled more votes than A Good Lamp. During the winter months when the daylight dims at half-past 4 and long evenings make it necessary often­ times to do sewing or reading at night the house mother must take care to see that the light in the study and family sitting room is good, and so avoid trying the eyes of the members of her family. A good lamp is without doubt the softest light for tired eyes, and when a good lamp is secured it is still more necessary to keep it in go^d order. Not only is the odor of oil most un­ pleasant, but a poorly trimmed wick is a destroyer of a fair light and there is no good reason why either fault should occur. In the first place the care of the lamps should never be left to inex­ perienced workers, and a woman did well recently to give the care of the lamps as a duty for one of her daugh­ ters to perform. In the first place a round wick should never be cut, but the burned edge wiped off with.a rag; and to keep a lamp from smelling, the burner should be taken out about once a month and put into an old saucepan kept for this very purpose and boiled for a while in water containing a lump of washing soda. Some people say it is only necessary to carry out this boiling process once a year, but it really should be done oftener than that to produce satisfac­ tory results. Pumped. In this picker-up of those unconsid­ ered trifles which that master of style, Charles Lamb, delighted to dwell on, I may record one of the quaint say­ ings of a little girl who was recently adopted by a philanthropic lady from an institution for stray bits of infan­ tile humanity thrown from the sea of metropolitan life In which their par­ ents have been wrecked. This tot, who is as pretty as the proverbial picture and wise beyond her years, wae hurrying with-me the other day to catc^ a train; and unconscious that I was taxing the little one beyond her power, I said, with masculine abruptness: :" . > "Walk faster* wfrik faster, or we'll be left!" V "Oh, I can't," was the panting re­ ply; 'Tin all out of air."--Boston Healthy -Cortege Girls. Some ancient men can remember a certain comic, but by no means sim­ ulated, fear and wonder with which they regarded the graduate of the Woman's college. Wise heads rattled like peas in a dried pod and shook ominously. "Female'"education" was desirable, but could the poor weak creatures stand It? Now, when the women's colleges are many and mighty and their graduates numbered by thousands, the folly of those *old fears Is as absurd as most of us are. The college girl, brimming with health, bright with intelligence, pos­ sesses the land. Compared with un­ dergraduate "men," her superior in­ telligence, her lack of that vealiness which is apt to linger long with the trousered collegian, is noticeable. Not only/ does she stick to her books bet­ ter, but her physical training is more uniform and not characterized by ex­ cess.--New York Sun. Active Worker for W. C. T. U. One of the noteworthy characters at the national capital during the ses­ sions of congress is Mrs. Margaret Dye Ellis of Newark, N. J., now in Washington to work for reform legis­ lation now pending" in the senate and house. Mrs. Ellis Is the national su­ perintendent of legislation for the Woman's Christian Temperance union and is well and favorably known in Washington as "the W. C. T. U' lobby­ ist." She wiatches closely every move In congress touching the various re­ form measures which the Woman's Christian Temperance union has at heart and is quick to send out notice to her constituency throughout the na­ tion when their help is needed by pe­ tition or pleas to their national con­ gressmen and senators from each state. Roosevelt In Alabama, Georgia, Ken­ tucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. Roosevelt got more than McKinley in the other thir­ ty-two states. Parker received more votes than Bryan in Delaware, Georgia, Missis­ sippi, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, South Carolina and West Vir­ ginia, while Bryan got more than Parker in the remaining thirty-seven states. Roosevelt carried thirty-two states, against twenty-eight by McKinley, and has 336 electoral votes under the ap­ portionment of 1900. McKinley had 292 under the apportionment of 1880, there having been an addition of 29 by the last apportionment. Parker carried thirteen states, against seventeen by Bryan, and has 140 electoral votes. Bryan had 155 under the old apportionment. Woman and Her Rights. In Shakespeare's time a woman's existence, In the eye of the law, was merged in that of her husband. A man could say to his wife: "She is my goods, my chattels; she is my house, my household stuff, my field, my barn, my horse, my ox, my anything." The very presents which he gave her were still his property. He could beat her. He could deprive her of the guardian­ ship of her children. It was not until the end of the seventeenth century that the law secured to her a right to the separate use of her property and not until the middle of the nineteenth century that .the legislation of Great Britain and America began to recog­ nize and protect her as a person, en­ titled to work and receive wages, to,, dispose of her own earnings, to have an equal share with her husband in the guardianship of their children. Surely it is an immense gain in jus­ tice that a woman should be treated as a human being. This gain is most evident, of course, In those nation^ which are leading the' march of civili­ zation. But we can see traces of it elsewhere. The abolition of child marriage and the practical extinction of the suttee in India, the decline of the cruelly significant fashion of "foot binding" in China, the beginning of the education of girls in Egypt, are hints that even the heathen world is learning to believe that woman may have a claim to justice.--Chicago News. . A Bubble Party. f^or little folks a soap bubble party is always a great success, provided plenty of big gingham aprons are at hand to prevent injury to the best frocks and Sunday-go-to-meeting neck­ ties. At a soap bubble party a bowl of suds and a clap pipe are given to each child, and the contest begins by each child in turn blowing a bubble. The child who blows the largest bub­ ble of all the greatest number of times out of fifteen trials wins the prize. The art of bubble-blowing lies prin­ cipally in blowing steadily and surely, but not too hard, and then gently de­ taching the bubble from the pipe; and toward the end of the trial, as the children grow to understand better how to handle the pipes, beautiful balls of rainbow hue are the result. A plain yellow soap is the best, and a few drops of glycerine added to the suds will add to the brilliancy and Leauty of the prismatic tint. Money for Irish TenanH. '"k;,v The amount of money advanced to Irish tenants for the purchase of their lands under the various acts of parlia­ ment passed since 1886 is, according to a parliamentary paper, - $128,866,- ois. r Borrowed Children Saved Him. Jacob Riis has been telling about some of Theodore Roosevelt's experi­ ences as police commissioner in New York. On one occasion an officer was charged with drunkenness while on duty. He appeared before the -com­ missioner with eleven children, all dressed up for the occasion. When asked what he had to say for him­ self the man replied: "Mr. Roosevelt, these are my children. They have no mother. That's all I have to say, sir." He was sent back to duty with a cau­ tion. Later Mr. Roosevelt learned that the officer was not even mar­ ried, but had borrowed the (Children. But the experience did him good, for he is now a captain and rated as among the most efficient, officers on the force. • Motor Car for War. Aft ^fmnr-plated motor car, OflTPji- ing a quick-firing field gun, is being constructed at the Daimler works In Wiener-Neustadt, Austria. It will be so arranged that it can be fired in all directions, even over the hee.d of the mm " STATES IN LAND DISPUTE. Proposition to Cede Part ofArfreita, to Utah. ; Senator Kearns has Introduced a< bill providing for the annexation to- Utah of all that portion of Arizona north of the Colorado river. The portion of Arizona affected la about 800 square miles in area. It is north of the Grand canyon and on -that account inaccessible to author!- ties of Arizona. It Is said it now forms a haven for criminals and the purpose of the measure is to give Utah criminal jurisdiction over the tract. The people of Arizona, it is de­ clared, are almost unanimously op­ posed. to any measure for annexing to Utah of that portion of Arizona north of the Colorado river. The ter­ ritory at large desired to keep sole control of the canyon country and in' due time develop it. During the contemporaneous ses­ sions of the Arizona and Utah legis­ latures two years ago a commission from the latter was sent to Arizona and laid the project before the Ari­ zona legislature, offering every possi­ ble inducement. Though given a re­ spectful hearing, the Arizona legls-, lature rejected the proposition unani-1 moasly. The subject has not been, agitated since then and there Is no| ground for belief in a change of senti-1 mant .' \ • ! The Colorado canyon in Arizona reaches a depth of more than a mile In many places and is everywhere a deep gorge between walls of rock.' Peace officers from states adjacent to1 Arizona have no authority of law to, make arrests on the "strip" and fugi­ tives from justice in Utah, Colorado a u A b ̂ J--"! p Shaded part of map shows portion of Arizona it is proposed to annex to Utah. and Nevada have made this a rendez­ vous and hiding place for many years The "strip" Is chiefly desert land, sterile and unwatered. It Is valueless for agricultural purposes and so far as known possesses little mineral value. It can be reached only by pass­ ing through Utah or southern Nevada. CHANGE IN RELIGIOUS BELIEF. Astonishing Announcement Made by Dr. Lyman Abbott. Dr. Lyman Abbott, clergyman, law­ yer, author and editor of Outlook, who In a sermon to Harvard students an­ nounced his belief in a religion found­ ed not on the Bible, but on science, and the outreachings of the heart, is njearly 70 years old, and has spent niearly his entire lifetime in the study oif religion and writing of his conclu­ sions. Ordained a Congregational minister In 1860, he has preached In many of the famous pulpits of Ameri­ ca, succeeding Henry Ward Beecher as pastor of Plymouth church, Brook­ lyn, in 1888. He resigned ten years later to devote his energies to liter­ ary work. Among his works are "How to Study the Bible," "Life of Christ," "Evolution of Christianity" and "The Theology of an Evolution­ ist." Library Made to Order. , Senator Stockbridge of Michigan Often told a story of a very rich lum­ berman who came to congress from the lake region and rented the fur­ nished house which belonged to a sen­ ator whose term had recently expired. The house was a palace and was com­ pletely furnished, all except the li­ brary, for the senator had taken his books with him. True to the Instincts of a lifetime of carefulness, the lum­ berman-congressman surveyed the li­ brary, then accurately measured the empty shelves and telegraphed a prominent house in Chicago: "Send me at once 21« running feet of books." That was his idea of furnish­ ing a library. One Item of the Cost. The Port Arthur fleet was said to be worth in money, before the begin­ ning of the war, $150,000,000. It Is probably worth now just what It will bring for old Junk, although It Is pos­ sible that some of the vessels may be raised and put In commission again. But the $150,000,000 that the fleet rep­ resented is all gone, so far as Russia is concerned., And this is but one item in the enormous cost of the great struggle that is being wa$?d in far East--Peoria Journal. ::-i4 I?': V- Coal and Railroads. The IJnited States produces 1,000,- 000 tops of coal a day and of this the railroads consume 400,000 tons, or 40 per cent* A locomotive will consume on the average $5,000 worth of coal a year and for a road having an equipment of 1,000 looomotlves the annual bill for fijel Is about $5,000,000. How the fuel problem will be af­ fected when all the great roads of the country come to be run by electricity MValna to be seen. . ... .. > The Daily Questioi might wefl be--Am I fair to my face? Nature herself often team* the rawer in unmistakable signs a* the cuwerwnrft proph" ving j promiscuous tompt. JOWHWOODto* W00DBIRVS ™ remains unchallenged at the exclutive «lrm aoap. Its ingredients are pure and impart die glow of hrahh while --25 d». a Apply Woodbury's Facial Gneam to chapped and ronjwMd hands; the mult will make yon ̂glad. INITIAL, OFFER. In case your dealer cannot supply you | send us his name and we will send prepaid, ! t o any address for $i.oo the following toilet j requisites, 1 Cake Woodbury's Facial Soap. 1 Tuberr.5 ; Ifecial Cream. 1 " «• , Dpntal Cream. 1 Box vi--' A?-'"' Pace Powder. ' Together with our readable booklet I Beauty's Masque, a careful treatise on the | care of the "outer self." Booklet free on application. THE ANDREW JERGENS CO., CINCINNATI, O. r. - • | c-iM ni it i V* Problem of Courtship. When does courtship ftegin? At the moment when a man first meets his affinity? At the time when he realizes that "the only girl in the world" is his affinity? Or at the time when he determines to let her guess his views on the subject? This delicate question was raised in the English probate and divorce court. The president, Sir Francis Jeune, was compelled to admit that the solution was beyond him. The point was raised in this way. A young man named George White­ head was asking the court to declare that the Scotch marriage between his parents was valid. His mother, Mrs. Whitehead, was called as a witness in support of his case, and gave evidence about her courtship, which began, she said, in the gardens that flank Princes street in Edinburgh. "How long had your husband been courting you when he proposed to you?" asked counsel. Mrs. Whitehead hesitated, finding the query hard to answer, and the president came to her rescue. "Can anyone say, that?" he re­ marked. "I doubt if a man knows him* self when he first begins to cowrt ft. girl." - Found at Last. Keasley, Ark., Dec. 26th.--(Special) --That, a sure cure for Backache would be a priceless boon to the people, and especially the women of America, is admitted by all interested in medical matters, and Mrs. Sue Williams of this place Is certain she has round in Dodd's Kidney Pills ihe long-looked for cure. "I am 38 years old/' Mrs. Williams says, "and I have suffered with the Backache very much for three or four years. I have been treated by good physicians and got no relief, but thanks to Qod, I have found a cure at last and it is Dodd's Kidney Pills. I have taken only one box and It has done me more good than all the doc- tors in three or four years. I want ail sufferers from Backache to know that they can get1" Dodd's Kidney Pills and get well." Backache is one of the first symp­ toms of Kidney Disease. Guard against Bright's Disease or Rheumatism by curing it with Dodd's Kidney Pills. Friend of Long-Dead Writ Thomas Stone McLellan, the oi printer in Maine, the friend and com­ panion of President Pierce, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Longfellow, has Just celebrated his ninety-third birthday. He lives in Brunswick. For ihany years he has been a member of United Lodge of Masons and shortly after his ninetieth birthday took some advanced degrees In the ancient craft. -- . 'J Last of Penn's Descendants. ' Nowton L. Penn, said to be the last lineal descendant of William Penn, has just died in Hartford, Conn. His body will be interred lif the Penn burial grounds. He^was a deep stu­ dent and translated Into English a great quantity of French plays and poems, besides doing , considerable work. No Impression. He--May I print just one kisi 'Ok: your ruby lips? She--No; I don't like your typ% -- | .* . Hundreds of dealers say the extra quantity and superior quality of De­ fiance Starch is fa»t taking place of all other brands. Others say they r not sell any other starch. When you need help (and there come such times to the best of us) go last of all to those whom you have had occasion, to assist $36.00 per M. Lewis' "Single Binder,* straight 5c cipar, costs more than other brands, but this price give* the dealer a fair profit--and the smoker a better cigar. Lewis' Factory, Peoria, 111. w Stimulated by the success of the "coreless apple," some geninus may now get to work and evolve a bonelesa shad. Dealers say that as soon as a tomer tries Defiance Starch tt is possible to sell them any other water starch. It can he used cold a* boiled. Since the Japs carry rrf" stoves, there is no danger of their getting cold feet. J "" " . A GUARANTEED CURK FOR PXUE8. Itching. Blind, Bleeding or Protruding PIIm. Yoa« SragcfM will refuud money If PAZO OINTMKNT alia to cur®ryo;i la ( to U d*y«. SOc. It's fool financiering Cupid teaches