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I - -- Mistress Rosemary Allyn By MILLICENT C. MANN Copyright, 1904, by LUCAS-LIXCOLN CO. CHAPTER XIV. My Rote. I found that night had fallen during lay talk with his Majesty. I had \ brought with me 110 linkman, and I Immediately set about getting that "ttiost necessary attendant. Not a dif­ ficult task, for numbers of them came dpunoring about me as soon as I set foot outside of Whitehall. There crowds of linkmen oft awaited the belated petitioner at court. My htgh spirits were in ttfe ascend­ ant. I felt fey. Was not'"good for­ tune kissing me? I was apt to halloo before I was out t&f the woods, in other words, to be too sanguine in the affairs of life. •That day I let my gavety be seen; it »n away with me. • - I engaged ail the linkmen, who pre- l Itented themselves for hik-e. ^As' we i^nt down the streets doors were •-•Opened, maids threw lip windows and ' questions were asked as to the. reason for such an illumination--whether it was a wedding or a funeral, or some great man's entrance into town; The men entered into the fun and treaded with a military step, keeping rank, Without .a smile upon their grimy faces. And so we marched along With the solercnit-y befitting a state funeral, which no doubt was the grandest event these fellows had ever been called up to participate in. When I reached the house where Mistress Rosf niary Allyn stayed, I threw a handful, of coins among the i men--it dissipated every trace of solemnity. Such a scampering, push­ ing. and pommeling as ersiied--it was amusing--I could not help laughing till my sides ached. The man who came off victorious, most of the .coins in his brawny fist, was a sturdy fel­ low and worthy of his hire. Him I engaged to attend me. The rest I paid and dismissed. I was told by the lackey upon being idimtted that Mistress Allyn was alone and would.see me. I was ush­ ered at once into her presence. She was lovelier than ever! I thought What could be the beauty of Lady Fel- jton--although the toast of the town-- as compared with Mistress Allyn--as Uken one rose to another: She re­ ceived me none too graciously, but fbat was ever my mistress' way. /'You come in grand state, sir," she Mid. "Could I come to see you in state too grand?" I inquired. ^ «. "Why not come in cap and bells?" jfce asked. "That pah: would not suit my com- Raoul Dwight's remarks. Will you not listen to my love, Rosemary?" I pleaded. "I would wait, sir," she said, "until thaf little paper is no more--women are fickle. Lady Felton may refuse to give you your freedom." "Set your mind at rest on that point," said I. "I have not even seen ner--she may know nothing of the pa­ per--I assure you she wants no such unworthy a lover as I am. She has all London to; choose from." "Who shall say what & .woman wants?" she muttered. Then: '*1 am fastidious enough, sir, to wish to wait until you are free; until that paper is out of your hands into the hands Of the lady mentioned in it--given up .freely by the man who .won it." * "Then shall you wait but twenty minutes, ere I am back again," I cried starting up. ' "Ah. you are in a hurry,";she said. "At last your appetite! is whetted by a desire to see the ffcir Lady Felton," and she sighed. V Men have many pockets in their clothes where they store away numer­ ous lijftte articles of small value or use, i^file women without one manage to secrete and successfully, too. any­ thing they wish among the frills of their bodice. Out of such a hiding place Rosemary took the paper I had lost at Castle Grout and handed it to me. * "You know it is not so^-T would fain, linger," I said, and I looked longingly at her lips. "Still," I straightened myself, "disagreeable things are soon­ er over for being done quickly. Au revoir." I bent over her hand and kissed it although her ruby lips were so near. I was sorely tempted, but I overcame myself and hurried from her presence CHAPTER XV. A Lady Felton. I walked down the street which sep­ arated the fronts of the two estates; Lady Dwight's and Lord Felton's. A narrow alley divided the kitchen gar­ dens in the rear. A few houses faced the intervening streets. It had been dark when I entered the Bow street mansion, it was darker now. My linkman. who rejoiced in the sym­ phonic name of Pat, walked ahead. I hugged the wall and kept my eyes open. We met a dandy coming from or go­ ing to some grand function he was so gorgeously attired and bewigged. His servant accompanied him lighting, the % swallow, hut I trusted that after I had seen Lady Felton she would notify him of her release, and it would pave the way for an easier interview. I rang the knocker of this most pretentions mansion, which I had oft looked at with interest, and wondered whether I should ever have a nearer acquaintance with it or its occupants. A lackey ushered me into a drawing room of magnificent proportions. Then he retired to see if ,milady would re­ ceive me. The lady was capricious and kept me waiting. At first my thoughts dwelling as they did upon my encoun­ ter with Sir Raoul Dwight and my prospective meeting, were not pleasant ones. I had not yet gotten Into the way of thinking of him as a brother; fate had given me a hard rub there, but I should do my level best to ex­ tend to him all the good will I was capable of. How he would receive it --well-- The time dragged whilst my thoughts were with him, jt seemed a« if Lady Felton were keeping me hours, so I turned my attention to more at­ tractive thoughts, sweet Rosemary and her bewitching ways! At last the lackey entered and said I was to fol­ low him. He led me up a flight of stairs I surmised to my lady's bower, and so it proved. The room was dim­ ly lighted with wax candles and the air was heavy with perfume. Lady Felton sat in state at the far end of the boudoir, as became a great lady and great beauty. She held a hand screen before her face. I smiled and thought, milady fears her beauty will overcome me: no doubt she will gradually unfold Its splendor to my profane eyes. She was small, dainty, and most sumptuously attired in a shimmering gown, reckless of the many yards of lace with which it was covered. This I noticed as- I bowed low before her. I expected but a cold! greeting; I got none. So I spoke: "I have to make a most humble apology to you, Lady Felton. and. ask that you will accept of this bit of paper." . . - I held out to her the paper won from her father. "Sir, you are Iftte" in both your apology and in the yielding up of that paper." she said scornfully. I like a woman to "be low-keyed. There was as much difference in the * voices of the two women, the one I loved and the one fortune intended I should marry, as in the scent of two flowers. (To be continued.) A VOICE FROM THE PULPIT. HOW JAPANESE RULE WORKS. "Who Bfeall say what a wo man wants?" she muttered. w J*-5 jfft. '• - jpexfcai,*' I retorted with a shrug. Her eyes twinkled, and I saw the #mples play hide and seek about feer month. •*1 like not brawling In front of the loose," she demurred: Evidently the window facing the street had cot been without its occupant. "I beg your pardon for that," said I. •"The boy will out sometimes in spite at me." I seated myself beside her on the Coach, saying, "With your permis­ sion?" "Mistress Gwyn informs me that JPou have in your keeping a slip of gaper that belongs to me," I said. "And if I say yes?" she questioned. "1 would request it of you," I re­ plied. "Ah! you would make use of it to force the lady?" she asked jealously. "Not so," I answered quickly; "I \ would present it to her with my best ^Wishes, and advise her to give it and kerself at the same time to 'Cousin Iftaoul.'" - I smiled as I mimicked the lady of my heart. She queried softly: "You give her •> to him? Do you not know she is an lieiress, besides being the toast of T-ondon? And that little paper won from »her fortune would hold good?" "I know all that and yet I say, fnay h® be happy," I went on. "It teems I must settle a difficult ques­ tion for him. He hangs with equal amorousness over two roses undecid- . #d which one to pluck, poor fellow!" . | let a little sarcasm ring in my voice. "Now I am not so constructed. I know .toy own sweet rose! She has thorns! f have felt them! But what care I as ,;the give herself Into my keeping, she - inay prick my heart's blood and it |>lease my lady." I looked with de- #ire at Mistress Rosemary Allyn. The color flouted itself in her face. "I understand not your similes," 5 «be murmured. "No?" I questioned. 'Twill put It plainer. In all this garden of beauti­ ful women there is only one I desire --my queen rose--sweet Rosemary .Allyn." "Would you not better, sir, he off with the old- love first?" she asked. "1 think you know the story--love piayed no part In it," I said severely. "The part we men played was not admirable--I assure you I would have returned the paper to Lord Felton that vlffet. bad I SQt been so incensed at way. The usual tussle took place be­ tween the men as soon as they met, each trying to jostle the other from the wall. If the fellows were quar­ relsome their masters were not less so. The fop came at me with his s^ord. He was quick, but I was quicker, and ere 1 had parried his two thrusts I sent his sword spinning. When he felt it leave his hand much against his wish, he lurched forward to regain it, uneffectually, however. In doing so, he slipped upon the slimy street, and came cheek by jowl to an undesired acquaintance with it. Pale blue satin with much solture on knee and sleeve was not a pleasant sight to contemplate, nor' was the derisive hissing of the victorious linkman, a pleasant sound to hear. The man's impotency overpowered him, and he burst out swearing like a buccaneer; swearing alike at his Ser­ vant and at me. From the voice I recognized. "Cous­ in Raoul." Never again "Cousin Raoul." but brother Raoul, I thought bitterly. There was nothing in my possession I would not have parted with cheerfully at that moment not to have had that encounter, and only hoped the light had been too dim for him to see who his antagonist was. I walked off so hurriedTyyln my sur­ prise and wish not to be recognized that no doubt he thought I was run­ ning away. I desired neither an en­ counter with swords to the death, taor yet was 1 reiidy for explanations; and I knew if his sharp eyes detected who had bested him, it must mean one or the other. I did not look back until I was far down the street; then I saw that the light,of,the linkman still flitted as he made sword. It was hardly the time for explana­ tions, and tinder the circumstances I did not think my newly found brother would take kincfty to them. I would call upon his mother to-morrow her fore the hour set for the duel, and re­ quest his presence, when I should tell her and I prayed heaven to give me in the telling a fluent tpngue--the rea­ son why Lord Waters had deserted and then divorced her. How she would take It I let myself not dwelf upon that, only I hoped for my father's sake In the gentle spirit of forgive­ ness. As for Sir Raoul Dwight, he no doubt would find the pill hard to Formosa, Once Island of Pirates, Is Now Progressive Place- "The "taking over" of Formosa hy Japan after the Chinese war has turned an island of pirates and her­ mits into a progressive community with a trade of $11,000,000 in the 'first half of 1904. /. Half this trade is with Japan, an in­ crease of 11- per cent; half with the rest of the world, an increase of 3 per cent. * The imports into Formosa from the United States, as reported by Conspl Fisher, according to the New York World, amounted to $290,734, an in­ crease over those of the same period of 1903 of 13 per cent. The United States furnishes practically all, the flour and 89 per cent of kerosene oil imported into the island. The prin­ cipal items of import from the United States were: Kerosene oil. $184,507; flour. $68,132; engines and machinery, $13,415; ginseng, $10,497; railway ma­ terials, $2,251: iron and steel, $1,754; paraffin wax, $1,429; all other articles, $2,749. / Tombstone, Arizona, Well Named. The people familiar with the history of Tombstone. Ariz., are inclined to believe that there is something in 'a name. Tombstone in 1878 became the center of attraction in Arizona to the pioneer prospectors when the first mines were opened up at that point. The population quickly increased to over 6.000 and it became the center of mining activity in iJie Southwest. The last census gave the population as 400. The mines are worked, out and the population has drifted away to more prosperous camps. Therefore the town has indeed come to merit its name, for it marks the burial spot of many blasted hopes. Many another Western mining town has had the same history, though few have so aptly told it to the world Jfn their titles. the light /of, the linkman about like a wilWftwisp 3 search fW his master's A Perfect Face. In a perfect face every feature should bear a certain fixed proportion to every other feature. Take, for ex­ ample, the relation between the width of the eyes and the width of the face. The width of the face should be equal to five eyes. The distance be­ tween the eyes 3hould be exactly equal to one eye: Another important relation is that between the eyes and the mouth. The width of the eyes should be equal to two-thirds that of the mouth. The nose should be equal in length to the height of the fore­ head, of a regular shape and precisely defined outline. The forehead should be equal in height to the length of the nose and of that part of the face be­ low it. Foreheads are high or low, round or square, flat or convex. A smooth, rounded, slightly convex forehead is ;t,he most beautiful, but the higher, broader and fuller it is, all things be­ ing equal, the greater the capacity andf strength of mind. Rev. Jacob D. Van Doren, of 67 Sixth stretet, Fond Du Lac, Wis., Pres­ byterian clergyman, says: "I had at­ tacks of kidney disor­ ders which kept me in the house for days at a time, unable to do anything. What I suf­ fered can hardly be told. Complications set in. the particulars of which I will be pleased to give In a personal interview to any one who requires information. This I can conscientiously say, Doan's Kidney Pills caused a general improvement in my health. They brought great relief by lessening the pain and correcting the action of the kidney secretions." Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by , all dealers. Price, 50 cents. Foster-Mil- burn Co« Buffalo, N. Y. 7X-- - Honors About Even. ^ Lew Fields, the head of the "It Happehed in Nordland" company, owns a fine collie dog which serves as watchman at hi's home on West Eigh­ ty-third street, New York. The other evening an inebirated neighbor of Mr. Fields, mistaking the comedian's home for his own, was bitten by toe collie on the left leg. The nex!t morn­ ing he wrote: "I demand $1,000 for my Injuries. I may suffer from hydrophobia." , Mr. Fields promptly wrote back: "My dog is worth $1,500. I demand that amount of money from you. My collie is suffering from alcoholism." No suit against Mr. Fields has as yet been instituted in the Supreme Court of New York. ECZEMA FOR TWO YEARS. Little Girl's Awful Suffering With Ter­ rible Skin Humor--Sleepless Nights for Mother--Speedy Cure by Cuticur^. - "My little girl had , been- suffering for two years from eczema,' and dur­ ing that time I could not get a night's sleep, as her ailment was very severe. I had tried so many remedies, deriv­ ing no benefit. I had given up all hope. But as a last resort I was persuade^ to--try Cuticura, and one box of the Ointment and two bottles of the Re­ solvent, together with the Soap, ef­ fected a permanent cure.--Mrs. I. B. Jones, Addington, Ind. T." Oldest Missouri Editor. The oldest editor in Missouri is Lewis Lampkin of the Lees Summit Journal, who has just celebrated his seventy-third birthday. During sixty years of his life he has been in*^he newspaper business. When he first began this kind of work, in 1847, thqpe were not more than a score of news­ paper (r printing establishments in the state.--Chicago Chronicle. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that ibt»i -e Ik at least one dreaded disease tliat gelenee bus betn «Me to cute In all Its stages, and that Is Catarrh. Hall 's Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cure ljuw known t<< t l ie"medical fraternity. Catarrh beliiK a constitutional disease, requires a constitu­ tional treatment. Hall 's Catarrh Cure 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 uren-'tli by butldluji up the constitution and assist­ ing nature In duluK lis work. The proprietors have so much faith In Its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it lull* W cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. CHENKY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by all DruKirists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation, . Not to Be Caught. Willie Bachelor--!,I see a New York woman has ;• st caught a burglar." Bobbie Bachelor--"As you value your freedom, Willie, keep out of the burglar buslncn." Man's Vanity Supreme. When a men is vain his vanity pass- eth that of won en. lie loses all con­ trol over himself. A German claims to have dis­ covered a sure cure for that tired feel­ ing. More likely he will increase it. THE END OF THE GRIP BEACHED AFTER EIGHT YEARS 01 COMPLICATED TROUBLES. & W i l l i n g to Help Him Out. After the doctor had examined the anient and the man's wife wanted to know the nature of the illness the conscientious physician said: "Your husband's condition is such that It will take some time to differ­ entiate the symptoms to arrive at an accurate conception of the malady from which he ts suffering. The treatment must be symptomatic. I must first make a diagnosis." "I hope you can make it of calico," remarked the woman, "for I haven't ft piece of flannel in the house." Euphonious. "I'm clever at mind-reading.*' 4 . "Would you mind reading mln^f*--• Cleveland Plain Dealer? . » X>eafnenft,HlasingSoundsin Head, Stomaeb Disorder, Palpitation pf Hoart and Debility Overcame at Last. Mr. Newman certainly had a very tough time with the grip, and it is no wonder that he thinks that the remedy that cared him can't be beat. His case shows how profouudly grip poisons the system and how obstinately it resists all ordinary effort* to eradicate it. Few cases can l>e worse than Mr. New­ man 's for he had head, heart and stom­ ach troubles combined with great weak­ ness. He recently said : " The attack of grip which I had eight years ago left me in a very bad fix. I became nearly deaf and my head ached continually and was filled -with hissing and roaring sounds. My heart fluttered and had regular runuing-away spells. My stomach was so sore that I could hardly l>ear a touch ou that part of my body. I land a great deal of pain iu the region of hiy liver and the doctor said that organ was enlarged. My kidneys ached so at times that I could hardly stand." " Didn't you give up and go to bed?" he was asked. "No, I simply^wouldn't. My head and my bac|r'aehed dreadfully, but I obstiuatelVydragged myself about, kept ^growing worse and finally ran down to almost nothing." What did you do to get relief?" 1 " First I tried n doctor, but he did me no good. Then I took all kinds of ad­ vertised preparations but nothing proved helpful until I began to use Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. As soon as I got them I knew that I had at last hit the right remedy for my case. The very first box did more for me than anything else I had ever taken. Tj?hey gave me relief right away and in three months they positively cured me. I think I was scarcely ever in better health iu my life than I am at present." Mr. William A. Newman is a well- known Camden county farmer, living at Sagrada, Missouri. His case was a so* vere test for any remedy, but Dr. Wil­ liams' Pink Pills met every requirement. Other remedies merely drive the poison of the grip into hiding, but Dr. Williams' fink- PUls drive it out of the systems. They are sold by every druggist. FAMOUS ATHLETES PAY GLOWING TRIBUTE TO "!T ' PE-RIMM jsisre -n Spraying, ' fe'Sehtly heard A. V. S^ermer- horn tell how some boys sprayed an orchard that came under his ob­ servation. Like most boys they did not appreciate the necessity of great care in the performing of this im­ portant operation. The hose was turned first on this part of the tree and then on that, zigzagging here and circling there, till the work wad -sup­ posed to be finished. Not till the leaf blight made its appearance could the imperfections of the work be seen. Then it was found that the leaves that had received proper treatment were in good shape, while the placJes that had been skipped were very evi­ dent by brown and dead leaves on the trees. These brown and dead leaves made all kinds of fantastic shapes on the trees and more than anything else were a lesson of how to dp and how not to do a thing. It is of little use'to spray at all if the work is not to be carefully' and properly done. It is not safe to leave the work to boys, as they have not the mature judgment required to in­ sure a proper performance of -the work. Men that have made a study of the work of spraying ,are the ones to whom should be intrusted this im­ portant task. It is necessary that the spraying material be of Just the right strength, and that it be applied just to the de­ gree of efficiency. A fine mist should be thrown on the IeaveB and not great drops. This mist application should be continued till the leaves begin tc drip and^ then it should be disco* tlnued. Every leaf and twig should be reached. The work should be done when there is no wind or little wind. A heavy wind causes the loss of much of the spraying liquid. It is afso dif­ ficult in such a condition to get the leaves on the lee side of the trees properly covered, as the leaves on the windward side catch the spray and shelter to some extent the leaves on the other side. Commercial Apple Orcharding. Commercials apple orcharding is a business entirely distinct from ordi­ nary orcharding. The man that is en­ gaged in this* business makes the rais­ ing of apples for market his principal business. He does not have to con­ sider his own likes and dislikes among fruits, but raises the kind and num­ ber of varieties that he thinks will bring him the most money. The man that owns a family orchard raises a large number of varieties, that he may have fresh apples coming on during several months of the summer and fall. The commercial orchardist frants his apples to ripen at about the same time, apd generally he finds it pays him best' to "raise but few va­ rieties. The commercial orchardist must select varieties with good keep­ ing power. The short keeper is of small value to him, as he must sell it within a few weeks of the harvest, while at that time the market may be so glutted that he is compelled to sell at a loss. No man can succeed as a commer­ cial orchardist that does not make a careful study of his business. The soil must be studied to find its adapt­ ability to certain varieties, for some varieties will be a complete failure on one kind of soil that might be suited to some other variety. The family orchard may have one or two varieties that prove failures on that kind of soil, but the loss is not felt. Such a loss with ten thousand trees would be a serious matter. Commercial apple orcharding can only be carried on by a man with considerable capital, as the expendi­ tures are annually large, and there must be many years before a harvest can be expected. The man that has money and experience in apple grow­ ing can probably find no safer busi­ ness than commercial apple growing. Albert Bates, Du Page Co., 111., in Farmers' Review. Save All Fruit. We notice thac a Michigan man advocates the peach growers de­ stroying the peaches that are so ripe they . have to be picked on Saturday, as they arrive In the mar­ kets in a bad condition and have to be sold so low they depress the market He says more money would be made by destroying them. This is perhaps a commercial policy that would com­ mend itself to some, but it is a heart­ less thing to advocate. People will never consider the destruction of hu­ man food a .commendable act. What is the matter with canning or drying the peaches? Veteran Apple Tree. In Grafton county, New Hamp­ shire, at a point one hundred and thirty miles farther north than Cleve­ land, O., says Edith M. Colby in Ohio Farmer, there are some apple trees more than 115 years old, which are still standing and bearing good crops. One of these is 12% feet in circum­ ference one foot above the ground and over 40 feet* in height. This tree was one of 60 carried by the original owner 30 miles on bis back, when he planted his first orchard. Five gen­ erations in direct descent have gath­ ered the fruit from this tree, and it is still healthy and vigorous! Preparing for the Orchard. When a farmer means- to plant an orchard he should prepare it a year or two beforehand. The ground should be planted with some crop that will have to be thoroughly cultivated like corn or potatoes or garden vegetables. Put­ ting the land into small grain would hardly serve the purpose. The plow­ ing, too, should be quite deep to In­ sure uniform drainage throughout the tract to be planted with trees.. The wheat plant was gradually de­ veloped from a wild form, and the de­ velopment has been so great that it is now disputed what the wild form was. If this was the case under poor con­ ditions of manipulation, what may be the case under scientific management As a Spring Tonic to Get the , J •£ , System In Good Shape. I advtse all Athletes who are about to go in training to try a bottlt of Pe-ru-na. --J. W. Glenister. John Glenister, Chamf ton Swimmer and Only Athlete to Successfully Swim Through the Michigan Whirlpool Rafids. PE-RU-NA Renovates, Regulates, Restores a System Depleted by Catarrh. John W. Glenister, of Providence, R. 1.1 champion long distance swimmer of America, has performed notable feats in this country and England. He has used Peruna as a tonic and gives his opinion of it in the following letter: New York. The Peruna Medicine Company, Columbus, Ohio: Gentlemen^-"This spring for the first time I have taken two bottles of Peruna, and, as it has done me a -rgreat deal of good^ 1 feel as if I ought to * say a good word for its worth. "During the springtime for the: last few years, / have taken several kinds of spring tonics, and have never received any benefit what- ever. This year, through the ad- vice of a friend, I have tried Peruna and It has given satisfaction. "I advise all athletes who are about tu go In training to try a bot~ tie, for it certainly gets the system in good shape." Yours truly, JOHN W. GLENISTER, ATHLETES realize the importance of keeping in good bodily trim. The digestion must be good, the cir­ culation perfect, sleep regular and enough of it. If the slightest catarrhal condition of lungs or stomach is allowed to remain, neither digestion nor sleep will be strength-sustaining. Those who lead very active Uvea, like athletes, with good muscular de~ veiopment, find the spring montha especially trying. Athletes everywhere praise Peruna because they, of all men, appreciate the value of a tonic that dispels phys­ ical depression. The vocation of some men may allow them to endure the depressing feelings incident to spring weather, but thm athlete must never allow himself to "under the weather." He must keep in the "pink of condi­ tion" all the time. - t In order to do this he must avail him­ self of a spring tonic upon which he can rely. Therefore athletes are especially friendly toward Peruna. Peruna never falls them. Burglars Dressed as Cooks. Burglars dressed as pastry cooks' assistants and pretending that they had come to prepare a dinner party, drove boldly up in a motor car, and were admitted to a Parisian fiat the other day. The janitor's suspicions being aroused by the strange-looking instruments and tools which he found in the car left in his charge, he sum­ moned the police, and» the thieves, about to decamp, with $10,000 worth of booty, were easily captured. Let Everybody Work And the world would be more happy and contented. Just consider how much pain and trouble results in your body when your liver or stomach stop working. Happily, you can soon set them to work again, cure your pains, and restore yourself to health and contentment, with Dr. Caldwell's (lax­ ative) Syrup Pepsin. Try it. Sold by all druggists at 50c and $1.00. Money back if it fails. Prominent in Many Lines. Capt. George Washington Baird, superintendent of the state, ^war and navy building, Washington:, just placed on the retired list, aside from his excellent war record, is a scientist, writer and inventor of some preten­ sions. For Rent or Sale, Two Ranches of 3,000 Acres Each. Located in Custer county on South Loup river; consists of 500 acres good corn land, 60 alfalfa, 320 meadow and the balance ir pasture; good improve­ ments. Inquire of Victor H. Coffin an, Omaha, Neb. Art Works for Government. Menzel, the famous Berlin painter, just dead at 90, left aside from l>is sketch books about 5,000 drawings in black and colors. These are valued at 1,000,000 marks and the Prussian government has the first bid. - Many Children Are Sickly. Mother Gray 's Sweet Powders for Children, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's Home,New York, Cure Feverishness.Head-r ache, Stomach Troubles, Teething Dis- orderscreak up Colds and Destroy Worms. At ail Druggists' ,25c. Sample mailed FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Party May Visit Australia. Governor General Northcote of the commonwealth ot Australia, it Is said, will invite Secretary of War Taft and party to visit Australia during the party's visit to the Philippines. K you don't get the biggest and beet •t's your own fault. Defiance Starcn Is for sale everywhere and there Is positively nothing to equal It in qual­ ity or quantity. Tricky. The Elephant--Do yo» «ver play cards with the leopard? The Monkey--Not me, I hear he can change his spots. Storekeepers report that the extra | quantity, together with the superior quality of Defiance Starrh makes it : next to impossible to sell anyvother brand. A peculiar method of charging cloth with electricity in order to furnish heat to the wearer, has been Invented by a French engineer. 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. o , Indian Head, N. W. T., Jan. 20th, 1904. Immigration Branch, Department of the Interior, Ottawa, Canada: Am sending you the return of two fields of wheat grown on my home farm yast year. These returns are perfectly accurate, and not over-esti­ mated. I summer-fallow about one-third of my farm every year, and afterward take off two crops and summer-fallow again. The summer-fallow is ploughed twice during the summer, first shal­ low, afterwards deep and no weed al­ lowed to grow. The stubble is left as long as possible when cutting the first crop, and is burned the following Spring, drilled directly afterwards, and harrowed after drilling. This givea much better result than fall-plough­ ing. Field N<f. 1. Quarter-section fal­ lowed 1903, yield 37 bushels per acre. This wheat is netting at present time 8$c per bushel. For 37 bushels, per acre $32.56 Per acre. Cost of summer-fallow­ ing in 1903. $4.20 Seed wheat and seeding. 1.50 Harvesting .$5 Threshing (owner's ma­ chine), 2c per bush... .74 Hauling to elevators at . 2c per bush........... .74 $7.63 Profit after allowing expenses, per aare $24.91 Field No. 2.--Stubble field, 80 acres. Have sold the wheat at 88c per busheL Yield per acre 25 bushels, per acre $2*.<P Cost:-- Per acre. Seed wheat and seeding.$1.50 Cutting, stacking. .65 Threshing (owner's ma­ chine), 2c per bush... .50 Hauling to elevator, 2c per bush. 50 $3.15 Profit after expense $18.85 Profit from one plowing.... $43.78 I am sending you the yield of these two fields which are both in my home farm. I thought they might be inter­ esting reading for you. Had 19,500 bushels of wheat on my different farms, and between 5,000 and 6,000 of oats and barley. I remain. Yours very truly. (Sgd) Alfred Wilson. Agents of the Government of Cana­ da will be pleased to furnish full in­ formation as to rates. Every housekeeper oosid know that if they will buy Defiance Joli Water Starch for laundry use they will save not only time, because IK never sticks to the Iron, but because each package contains 16 oz.--one full pound--while all other Cold Water Starches are put up ln„5^-pound pack* ages, and the price^fs t|* same, 19 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch ts free fr^m all injurious chem­ icals. If your grocer tries to jell yon a 12-oz, package 1. Is because he ha* a stock on hand which he wishfes 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 De­ fiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron stie)» tog. Defiance never sticks. Easy. "Pride is like summer." "Why?" "It goes before a fall." Japanese mothers do not kiss their children, though they-may press their lips to the forehead or cheek of a very young baby. 1 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 eaak- not sell any other starch. Nearly all the young native children were sold for food during a recent se­ vere famine in the Upper Benne gion of northern Nigeria.