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By M1LLICENT C. MANN Copyright, 1004, by LUCAS-LINCOLN CO. <jb<v ' CHAPTER XX--Continued. ** 'Cease at once,' I commanded. •Would you add insult to injury? What is your love to me!' 'Have a care, Rosemary,' he cried. 'Do not drive a man to extremes. Quentin Waters has bewitched you 'with his dark foreign face--and he had grace, I will acknowledge; but am I alto­ gether without charm?' 'Leave, Oh, leave me,* I begged. 'I am wearied with Jrou all.' '1 will molest you no more, if you will but promise to think of me,' he pleaded. "Oh, Rosemary, listen to my love.* He stretched out bis arms to draw me to his breast. 'I will intercede with Lord Felton; you shall not leave town if you care to stay--only love me a little.' *• 'You listened,' 1 cried; *1 am find­ ing out some of the characteristics Of nay cousin to-night--I hate you--and if Quentin Waters is dead, I shall be his bride in heaven.' 'So you said be­ fore to-night,' he retorted. I saw that lie was holding his temper in check. 'You liked me well enough before this Upstart came to town--you shall like --nay, more than like me again when time shall have healed the wound. Adieu, my eoz; I hope you will find your sojourn in France to your taste.' •Fairly well, if I do not see the face of my Cousin Raoul DWight,' I returned. That you will have to put up with to some extent,' he observed, 'since Lord Felton has asked me to attend him.' I had no words to say to this, and 1 motioned him from my presence. " 'I have almost finished,' at this point the lady said, and her voice broke like a harp that had' hut one string. 'Here is the locket and the paper is Inside of it Tell Mister Waters, if you find him alive, what I have told you, since it is impossible for me to meet him. If dead, place it upon his breast and whisper to him that it has lain upon my heart all the time.' fflhe had ended and there were nothing, his bark was ever worse than his bite, witness what he did for "pretty Alice Lynson" and her daft mate. He sent them on to Bristol es­ corted by Torraine and Pat, when he had need of them both. He also paid their passage in a vessel soon to sail for the States, and heartened their trip with a well-filled purse. "The house on Bow Street is closed, you say, Gil?" I asked, "and also Lady Felton's. You are sure the servants left in charge know nothing of their whereabouts?" "As sure as I am that my mother's bones lie in St. Swithin's church yard," he said grimly. "My lord," he added after a pause, "do you thins you will be able to travel by the end of the week,' so . w6 c*n '^c^'Ijbng Haut?** . , ; „ "There is no need to hasten now, Gil," I replied. "Lord Waters has been laid been laid to rest a week agone at least. I did not see. his face, calm, I hope, in death; after his life's restless wave of turbulency may he sleep well. Ah! me! my errand into London as far as my father's message is concerned was of little avail. Lady Dwight has left town; God knows when I shall see her again!" "Since she has waited so many years, a longer wait will not matter," said he with the patience of an older man. "It matters much for my peace of mind," I returned. "If she should die--and she is not a young woman-- without my father's message--let me not think of it," I cried petulantly. "To the dead all things are known, they say," he said. "I lingered too long over my own affairs," I continued. "My punishment is this: My lady mourns me dead, and I know not where she bides." "You should thank God fasting that she is out of this pest-ridden place," I Gil jerked out, seeing me so down in f the mouth. *'Leave, eh, leave hue,* I begged. 'I am weary with you a(f*"V do you mean?" I quickly fv:. tears in her eyes as she gave the locket into my broad palm. Then she left me, nor would she let me See her bome, saying that her maid awaited her at the corner. I took the precau­ tion to follow her, however, and saw that she reached her home safely." Gil had finished, and I saw that he was well satisfied with himself that Ire had done his task so well. He sanded me the locket. I took it me­ chanically. My proiid lady had done penance, indeed, in confessing all this to Gil, so that it should be repeated to me. I looked at the bare back, where the mirror had been--that could soon be fixed and then Rosemary should wear it among the frills of her gown whenever she chose. While idly fing­ ering it, I pressed the spring, which was Uninjured. The thin gold flew out, and instinctively my hand opened to (catch the paper as it fell. It clutched emptiness. Then I turned the locket this way and that, up and down, while I looked for what was not • CHAPTER xxi. X ,. We Lean* London, Beset by tht O Plague. "And you say you stitched the locket in your jerkin pocket," I re­ peated in a weak voice. Gil replied, as he had many times before: "Yes, and I never took off the jerkin either night ot day, until I saw you." His deep voice trembled in his de­ sire to render its tones soft, and he spoke as a person would humoring one who had passed through the shadow of death. We had been going over the same thing again and again, for I made him repeat, not once, but many times, what Lady Felton had said to him when She delivered the locket into his bands, hoping thereby to find a clue to the missing paper. And each day after talking, for very weakness, I would fall asleep. In the long hours of my delirium, so Gil told me, I talked and raved of nothing but Rosemary and the lost locket. Oft I started up after lying with wide open sightless eyes crying out: "She is innocent, I swear to God, she is innocent; look at her face; could deceit dwell there?" Again I was before the King crying out: "She is Innocent, your Majesty, I swear It. Imprison me, but let one m sweet go." 'So time dragged on until at last I regained consciousness, only to repeat ten asleep from sheer weakness, Ihe is innoent--innocent." How wearying it was to him*, poor Oil! those long hours in which I raved, for he blamed himself greatly that he had not waited until 1 was stronger before he had told me about the locktet or given it to me, and also restrained himself when speaking of Lady Felton. I forgave him that, in­ deed I never referred to It, bis hu- tflllty was so sincere. I knew him enough to know that he meant "What asked. "The plague!" he replied "Ah! that is the reason for this exodus from town at the height of the season," I said. "Forty more to-day, they tell me," he said carelessly. "St. Olaves* Church yard begins to be full and they are dumping the bodies into the town ditch. But what is more to us, the fools think you have it and I cannot get one of them to come nigh the place." -f "Is Mistress IfeH Owyn still in town?" I asked. "I must see her before we leave and find out what she knows regarding Lady Felton." "No/' he replied, "she has gone to Richmond. And she knows little. I sent Torraine while you were yet un­ conscious to ask her where Lady Fel­ ton had gone. He found her on the eve of flitting. She told him that she had seen Lady Felton, and ^hat, al­ though tearful at her enforced de- i parture and fearful of your fate, she vet held herself brave and ready for anything. She herself did not know where her father's destination was, but thought it might be France--per­ haps a convent there, if she was not complaisant concerning the marriage with her Cousin Raoul Dwight." God's blood!"1 I cried; "then to France I will go." "As you will," he replied patiently. But why not on the way stop at Long Haut?" Nostalgia was upon Gil and, I will confess it, upon me also. Long Haut, where the fall flowers would be bending their heads before the strong breezes from, the sea, where the Manor House covered with ivy would look like a picture. ' '-Yes, I replied, "I would visit the chapel at home and rest my eyes upon the spot where my father lies," It took us no longer to leave Lon­ don than it had Long Haut. But this time instead of the quick men, one was worn with vigils, and the other sick, whom all shunned for fear the plague had laid her clammy fingers on him. We skirted the town, especially the plague-stricken spots in it. We heard the crier cry, "Bring out your dead," a gruesome sound. But more grue­ some was the sight of his cart piled high with corpses on the way to dump them Into St. Olave's church yard. Let us hasten out of that city of fearsome sights; grim with Its hor­ rors, putrid with its smells and hasten to the clean, pure atmosphere of Long Haut. The only thing that enlivened us on the journey were the remarks upon the open country made by that cock­ ney, Pat the linkman, who had uever been outside of London. We reached Long Haut in the even­ ing. The sun setting In brilliancy --where were sunsets more brilliant than In that south country?--threw Its light upon the windows of the huts, and the village looked aflame How pleasantly the smells of the sea tame to our nostrils, after the close breath of the town! How good its earthy smell! How good the smell of the hay in the fields! We reached the hall and passed into the kitchen. Before the fire, crooning over it, sat old Nance, the same as ever, with perhaps a few more wrink­ les added. She did not even start upon seeing us. "I was but now dreaming you were here, dear lord," she said as She hob­ bled toward me. I took her withered shape In my arms and gave her a sounding kiss upon her brown cheeks. " 'Tis half killed they have you In that pesky hole," she muttered. "Sit ye down while I see to your bed and give you something decent to eat," and she mothered me like I were a babe. I laughed for joy" It being home again. m: CHAPTER XXIf. ray, Sp/ How Comes Lovel*N' I was up early the next morning. Ah! Us Gil said, there was nothing llkie tliis air fresh from the sea to put new life into one. At once I was strengthened. My blood ran quicker through my veins. All lassitude fell from me, and I longed to do out­ rageous things, even as a boy escaped from restraint might. > I left Gil snoring in his bed, sleep­ ing the sleep a man feels he Is en­ titled to after having spent days and nights of vigil with an exacting pa­ tient, now that he has brought him safe home. I did justice to the bowl of porridge and home-brewed ale Nance set be­ fore me, and in spite of her protests that I was not strong enough went to the chapel. I looked about me. How still it was in that house of prayer and how familiar, save my father's seat draped in black and that newly- carved stone resting upon all that re­ mained of him whose name I bore. Candles burned upon the altar, while through the stained memorial win­ dow the light softly fell. I thought of the dead resting beneath those flag­ stones--life has so much to give to some, so little to others--how would it be with me? I account every man responsible for what his life is-- Whether he make dr mar it, But mostly I thought of the newly buried, and while I said a prayer for the peace of his soul, I vowed that never should my feet rest until I had found Lady Dwight and delivered my fath­ er's message. After that was done, I should seek the lady of my heart, and by all the laws of nature she should be mine, though all the igprld should say me nay. I went down the bridle path and took the short cut through the woods, which led past Castle Drout--Castle Drout that In the distance and the gray mist of the early morn looked .^fairy's house. , ' (To be continued.) •W.i 0|d T|me Pishing. Years ago the writer was Invited to accompany two or three friends to fish for pickerel at night in a rather shallow millpond, located in a Mas­ sachusetts town. A fiat-bottomed boat was used, and an iron rod about four feet long was attached to the bow of the boat In a perpendicular posi­ tion. On the upper end of the rod was placed an iron receptacle containing a flre. "Pitch pine knots" were used, which burn for a long .time and sup­ ply a sufficient amount of light to en­ able the man at the bow of the boat to see the bottom of the pond. A spear with four or five barbed prongs was used, the boat being gently pro­ pelled by one of the party. The man at the bow with spear in readiness k^pt a sharp lookout. When a pick­ erel was seen a quick thrust was made with the spear. The man had prac­ tically a sure thing of it, the pickerel having little chance to escape fipm the unsportsmanlike procedure.--L. Spencer in Recreation. Considerate Barry. Little Barry, aged 6, and Mr. Ruise of much maturer years, had been great chums; so, when the latter died, Barry's parents decided to keep him in ignorance of his loss. A few days after the funeral, how­ ever, Barry's parents took him along to pay a visit to the bereaved widow, but before entering the house the youngster was admonished to refrain from mentioning "Bud's" name--for such was Barry's nickname for his friend. Shortly after the formal greetings had been exchanged the tearful widow produced a tintype of her late lament­ ed husband; then, affectionately em­ bracing the lad and pointing to Bud's picture, she asked. "Who is that, Bar­ ry?" to which the obedient child,, in a sympathetic whisper, replied, *T11 tell you to-iporrow." Ticket for a Cow. ! While I was station agent on the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad, a few years ago, a Portu- geese and companion came to the ticket window one day, and the spokesman, Antone Rose by name, called for a "teeket to Fall Reev." I sold him the required "teeket" but he still seemed to have something bothering him, and shortly came to the window again, and said something which sounded like "two." Thinking his friend wanted to go to "Fall Reev," I naturally thought he wanted the second "teeket," and forthwith sold him one. It transpired he had an able-bodied cow outride awaiting shipment to Fall River, ard what he really said was "coo,", instead of "two." I had sold him a ticket for the transport tatlon of a cow.--Boston Herald. Muck Lands. Millions of acres of muck land still make up the aggregate of our farming lands, and in most cases the muck lands are not being utilized. In some swamps the muck graduates slowly into peat, and of course the peat is of little value except for burning. Some of the peat bogs of the United States comprise thousands of acres each. The states known to contain the largest aggregate of muck lands are Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michi­ gan, Minnesota. Iowa and Fl$Hda. In these states the aggregate <ff muck lands runs from 1,000 to 5,000 square miles. Even in the state where the aggregate is only 1,000 square miles the acreage is thus 640,000. This will give some conception of the magni­ tude of the factor comprised in the term "muck land." To-day about 30 of the experiment stations in this country are devoting more or less attention to the manage­ ment of muck lands. Muck lands have been formed by the partial decay of water plants, but these same plaats have been prevented from completely decaying by the water that has cov­ ered them. Had the air had a chance to get at them it would long ago have completed the decay, and the manurial elements contained in the plants would have helped to feed new plants. When drainage has been ap­ plied to all our muck lands the decay processes of nature will be facilitated, and it is possible that the time will come when muck lands and peat lands will be unknown.--Adolphus Perry, Black Hawk Co., Ia., in Farmers' Re- >!«*• 1 m- * ' ^Krof:'^ This Is a disease that Is widely prev­ alent. It is confined to the leaves and the green stems and begins to ap­ pear at about the time the tubers be- gif^l^orm. It •Jfi-; ; ty'.tj-- ... AJtiSi., jJf. Two Mottoes. John Kendrick Bangs was Invited to dine at the New York Yacht club, and of the event the Sun tells this story. The medallion and motto of the Yale club just across the street at­ tracted Mr. Bangs' attention. "That's very nice," he said. "That gives an air to that building that at­ tracts me, Lux et Veritas. Why don't you yacht club chaps put a motto on your own door?" "Possibly because we don't happen to have one," answered the host. "Nonsense." said Mr. Bangs. "If the Yale club can use Lux et Veritas, why can't you fellows use Ducks et demltasse? It's quite as appropriate earlier if the plants seem to be grow­ ing slowly. It is first ftotlced on the leaves by the formation of grayish brown spots, which soon become hard and brittle. The disease progresses slowly, the spots gradually becoming larger, especially along the edges of the leaflets. At the end of ten days or two weeks half of the leaf surface may be brown, withered and brittle, while the rest is of a yellowish green color. The tubers stop growing al­ most as soon as the leaves are at­ tacked. Spray with Bordeaux mixture as soon as the first signs of the disease are seen. This is made by dissolving pounds of copper sulphate and 4 pounds of fresh lime in 50 gallons of water. The addition of S ounces of Paris green will destroy potato bugs at the sjune time. .Battle with Weeds. I have always considered the battle with weeds the principal one for the farmer to fight on his artfble land. The more he fights weeds the more is the ground kept stirred and tfce soil water saved for the crop. In the cul­ tivation necessary for the destruction of weeds he is at the same time gain­ ing a double advantage over the con­ ditions that would grow worthless plants in the place of valuable ones. An old farmer looked over my fence one day and said to me, *1 regard you as a pretty good farmer, but I have noticed that there Is one crop that you never seem to be able to grow successfully." I asked him what it was, and he replied, "the weed crop." I was glad to find out that I had won the reputation of being unable to grow a weed crop. I really believe it is easier to keep down all weeds than to keep down most of them. If all of them are kept down there is a feeling that the crop of whatever is being grown has ail the possible ad­ vantage that can be given to* K,'-- Amos Dibble. Clinton Co., IU. Tapping a 8wiss Lake. Swiss engineers are figuring out the process by which " Lake Slls is to be tapped, and the water used for driving machinery. It is planned to have the lake idle during the summer season, so that It can fill with water; but in the fall it will be allowed to send its waters down the chute with 50,000 horse power, jfThe Coming Dry Time. dry time in summer may be made one of the most useful times of the year. Then is when the fields may be ex­ amined to find out where are the springy places. When the whole land is wet one is likely to be deceived as to what are the wettest places, but not in the dry time of summer. This la the time of digging ditches for drains, and for this work there is no other suitable time except the dry time of summer. A milk buyer Inclined to be sar- castic says, "We don't see much sun­ shine in some of the cow stables, be­ cause the owners are afraid they will see how dirty the stables are and so . want to keep dark about it." WHYE- INFER - Q PAILS TIFICIAL Y THE CAUS FRE- llhimfnants of the Past, One and All, •oft Flame Cannot Hurt the Eyes. Chicago, June 20.--No one can gb Into our schools or meet a group of children on the street without noticing bow large a number of them wear spectacles. The propor­ tion seems to increase yearly, and there are many more who ought to wear glasses. The experience of one teacher might be duplicated by the score. She knew Alice was inatten-; tlve and she thought she was unusual-, ly stupid. She said eo to the principal and sent a note to the mother, re­ questing that the child be helped at home if she* wished her to keep up with her class. One day after a black­ board explanation, the teacher called upon the child and found that she had not seen what had been written. She was kept after school and by dint of much sympathetic questioning Miss C. found that Alice had never been able to see what was put on the board and that her head had ached sp often and so hard that she frequently failed to hear what was said. Such a condition may be caused by lack of proper food, but in our Ameri­ can homes it is usually due to the poor quality of the artificial light. The yellow, insufficient light of the ordi­ nary kerosene lamp, with its smoky chimney, is about as bad for the eyes as can be imagined. The flickering light from a coal gas jet is but little better, and even the electric light, brilliant as It usually is, has an un­ steadiness due to variations |n power, and a glare peculiarly trying to the delicate nerves of sight. The compar­ atively new illuminant acetylene gas produces as nearly perfect an artificial light as has yet been found. It gives a- clear white, unwavering light, very brilliant yet perfectly soft, and so nearly like the rays of the sun that even colors appear as in daylight. Fortunately, acetylene is very easily and cheaply produced, and the simple apparatus necessary can be purchased and installed in any home at a very moderate cost, and the acetylene can be piped to convenient points in the house where a li§ht is needed. It is then lighted and extinguished andased exactly like common city gas. Acetylene is rapidly coming ftlto common use in homes, churches, schools and institutions of all kinds, and it is reasonable to expect that as its use in the home increases, there will be fewer defective eyes, particu­ larly among children. Poor eyesight and the many ills resulting therefrom will undoubtedly be much reduced by the use of this new illuminant. RAILWAY RATE LEGISLATION* At the biennial convention of the Order of Railway Conductors recent­ ly held at Portland, Oregon, resolu­ tions were unanimously adopted voic­ ing their sentiments as to the effect of proposed railway rate legislation on the 1,300,000- railroad employes, whom they in part represented. These resolutions "indorse the attitude of President Roosevelt in condemning secret rebates and other illegalities, and commend the attitude of the heads of American Railways, who, with practical unanimity, have joined with the president on this question," They then respectfully point out to Congress the "lnadvisabllity of legis­ lation vesting in the hands of a com­ mission power over railway rates, now lower by far In the United States than in any other country," because such regulation would "result In litigation and confusion and in­ evitably tend to an enforced reduc­ tion in rates. Irrespective of the ques­ tion of the ability of the railroads to stand the reduction, especially in view jf the increased cost of their supplies and materials." They further protest­ ed against such power being given to the present Inter-State Commission because "the proposed legislation is not in harmony with our idea of American jurisprudence, inasmuch as it contemplates that a single body shall have the right to investigate, Indict, try, condemn and then enforce its decisions at the cost of the car­ riers, pending appeal, which is mani­ festly inequitable." •The conductors base their demand for Only such legislation If any, as, would "secure and insure justice and equity and preserve equal rights to all parties concerned," on the ground that the low cost of transportation "is the result of the efficiency of American railway management and operation which have built up the country through constant Improvement and development of territory, while at the same time recognition has been given to the value of intelligence among em­ ployes in contrast to foreign methods, where high freight rates and lowest wages to employes obtain." In pressing their claim against leg­ islation adverse to their Interests, they point out the fact that* "the freight rates of this country average only two per cent of the cost of arti­ cles to the consumer, thus making the freight rate so insignificant a factor in the selling price that numerous standard articles are sold at the same price in all parts of the country." Ryan's Rise to High Position. Thomas F. Ryan, who is now head of the Equitable, was born in Vir­ ginia fifty four years ago. At the age of about 25 he went to*New York from Baltimore and entered a banking and brokerage house. The late William C. Whitney took him up as manager of his street railroad consolidations, and that was Mr. Ryan's first entrance in groat affairs. President Hears Complaints in Regard to Treatment Merchants. UPPER CLASSES ARE HAMPERED Immigration Officials Assert Thai Coolies Have No Trouble in Pro* curing Certificates Entitling Their ..:.;|o Enter the'United States. tV'ashington dispatch: Roosevelt is manifesting a deep in­ terest in the statements made to .him by a delegation of the American Asi­ atic association concerning the diffi­ culties which hitherto have been , ex­ perienced by Chinese merchants, stu­ dents, travelers and literary men in gaining admission to this country. The complaints of the Chinese gov- renment about the alleged humiliation to which members of these classes of Chinese are subjected upon their ar­ rival in the United States, together with the thf-eats of the commercial guides of China to retaliate by boy­ cotting American made goods,, have aroused the business men of this country to protest against what they have regarded as unreasonable dis­ crimination of the enforcement of the Chinese exclusion laws. President Urges Discretion. In a letter to Secretary Metcalf of the Department of Commerce and La­ bor the president directs him tp see that the immigration officers exercise discretion in the enforcement of the exclusion law, to the end that the rela­ tions of this government with China, may continue to be cordial. It is pointed out that great difficulty: Is experienced by the Immigration of­ ficials in executing the law, because of the many bogus certificates which are presented by Chinese. It is a well understood fact that for a considera­ tion a Chinese coolie may procure in •China a certificate that he is a mer­ chant or a t raveler or a member of another of the exempt class. On its face the certificate entitles him to ad- mlssion to the United States. So many frauds have been discovered in the matter of these certificates that the immigration officials examine all <?f them most carefully. * '•*? Metcalf Favors Supervision, v ^ The fact accounts for the trouble experienced by genuine merchants and travelers when they arrive at United States ports. Thus far no feas­ ible plan has been worked out to rem­ edy the trouble, of which the Chinese complain. Secretary Metcalf Is in fa­ vor of congressional legislation on the subject, providing for a rigid super­ vision of the issuance of certificates in China, the idea being to hold abso­ lutely responsible for the accuracy of the statements contained in the cer­ tificates the officials who Issue tben». MISSOURI RAILROADS FIGHT MAXIMUM RATES Contention Js Made That Commis­ sion's Tariff Schedule Would Mean Confiscation of Property. '* •» ' Kansas City, Mo., dispatch: Judge Smith McPherson of Red Oak, Iowa, in the United States district court here, issued a temporary injunction re­ straining the railway and warehouse commissioners of Missouri and the at­ torney general of the state from en­ forcing the maximum freight ra*e law, which went into effect June 16, and against three Kansas City shippers, preventing the latter from claiming penalties under the law. The injunc­ tion jvas granted at the request of eighteen railways doing business in Missouri. The roads brought suit agninst the state officials on the ground that1 the rates provided in the new law are pro­ hibitive and would amount to the con­ fiscation of their property. The Suit against the three shippers is Intended to cover the shippers of the state as a class. The order of the court is made re­ turnable June 26, when the railroads will seek to have it made permanent. At that time District Judge J. F. Phil­ ips will hear the ease with fudge Phorson. "* • |5--.-":|j LA FOLLETTE NAMES BOARD MEN Notifies Senate of Selections for Rail- 1: road Rate Commission. :' :v : '• MadisOn, Wis;, dispatch: Qoti Xai toilette sent a message to the senate Friday naming Prof. ri. H. Meyer of the University of Wisconsin, commis- siorer of labor and industries, Halford' Erickson and Second Assistant Tax Commissioner Nils P. Haugen as members of the railroad rate com­ mission of Wisconsin, created by the rate bill which has Just become a law. Meyer's term is for four years, Erlck- son's six and Haugen'a eight years. Dancing Masters Cannot Agra# Columbus. Ohio, special: The fight between the International and the American Dancing Masters* associa­ tions became more bitter than ever and there will probably be no consol­ idation of the two organizations. _ Alleged Counterfeiter Is Ames|iHl| Los Angeles, Cal., special: United States Eecret service officers have ar­ rested Perry Burnett Duncan, who is wanted In Paducah, Ky., for counter­ feiting. Duncan admits his identity. Insist on Getting It. .. \*ir- Some grocers say they don't keep .Defiance Starch. This is because the) have a Stock on hand of other brands containing only 12 oz in a package, which they won't be able to sell first, because Defiance contains 16 oz. for the same money. Do you want It ox. Instead of 11 os. for same money? Then buy Defianoa Starch. Requires no cooking'. A London doctor announces that one will never want to drink if <me will sit on a dish of apples. m» 4riaklag should now stop. / ' Death of Cincinnati Banker. Covington, Ky., dispatch: Jonathan D. Hearne, for many' years one of the leading bankers of Cincinnati and one of the most widely known Methodists In that part •( the country, died at his home In Covington. K Swindler Dupes Helen Gould. New York dispatch: It has been discovered that Helen Gould is among the dupes of "Willoughby Middleton," anxiously sought by mimy people for swindling. ' p- miwr*' • •» - "t-s v. - • ALL DONE OUT/ ^ Veteran Joshua Heller, of 706 South Walnut Street, Urbana, 111., says: "In the fall of 1S99 after taking Doan'a Kidney Pills I told the readers of this paper that they had relieved me of kid­ ney trouble, dis­ posed of a lame back with pain across my loins and beneat'j the shoul­ der blades. During the interval which has elapsed I have had occasion to re­ sort to Doan's Kid- ne/ Pills when I no.iced warnings of an attack. On each and evjry occasion the results ob­ tained were Just as satisfactory as when the pillg were first brought to my notice. I just as emphatically en­ dorse the preparation to-day as | did Over two years ago." Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. proprietors. For sale by all druggists, price 50 <wnts per box. Ear trumpet Canes. :• The passlftg of the old-fashioned ear trumpet would seem to be at hand. Enterprise and progress recently de­ veloped an acoustic walking stick. Only upon close examination does the metal crcok disclose its dual utility. The ingenuity of the artisan is re­ flected in the production of this clev­ erly deceptive auricular evolution,' By posing the handle beside the head the average deaf' man's hearing may be vastly improved. Beneath the handle is an ear tube, adjustable to right or left. Situated between the handle and the ear, when in use this trumpet in almost perfectly concealed. By remmi * the cap nt the tip of the handle the appliance is made ready for service. , AGONY OF SORE HANDS. - ; • S"-;- ' Cracked and Peeled--Water and Heat Caused Intense Pain--Could Do No Housework--Grateful , . rCuticura. >*?•> « m cracked and were so sore it was impossible for me to do my housework. If I put them in water I was in agony for hours; and if I tried to cook, the heat caused in- tensa pain. I consulted two doctors, but their prescriptions were utterly useless. And now after using one cake of Cuticura Soap and one box of Cuti- pura Ointment my hands are entirely well, and I am very grateful. (Signed) Mrs. Minnie Drew, 18 Dana -SL; Roa- bury, Mass." Rockefeller Ousts Saloon. I John Melin, who owns a little hotel kdJoining the country estate of John D. Rockefeller at Tarrytown, N. Y., has. advertised his place for sale; It is believed that since Mr. Rockefeller has bought up th3 little village where the saloon is Melin's business has been ruined. Several years ago Mr. Rockefeller endeavored to buy the hotel, as he did cot want liquors sold in the vicinity of his place. Mr. Melin refused to part with his hotel. Now Mr. Rockefeller is going to wipe out the village of Briggsville anfi trans- #rnyy$o an artificial lake •|:. ; "..V •' : • . , } Picture Game. ' . ; : Four children mark out a "plfcfuH frame" by standing at the four cor­ ners of what would be an oblong space; a fifth makes the "picture,' while the others declare what this shall be and sit about to view it, doing their best to make the child In the frame laugh. The one who is making 'the picture stays in the frame, posing as the others direct until she finally ilaughs, when the player whose sugges­ tion has trapped her takes her place The frame changes as often as the jpilcture child does. AH of the chil­ dren's suggestions will take simple poses, such as "a lame duck," "a fat child," and these the picture child can easily impersonate by limping and ^quacking for the first and by puffins out her cheeks for the second. • FOOD IN SERMONS. Feed the Dominie Right and the ter mons are Brilliant. • conscientious, hard-working an< eminently successful clergymai writes: "I am glad to bear testimonj to the pleasure and increased meas ure of efficiency and health that haw come to me from adopting Grape-Nutt food as one of my articles of diet. "For several years 1 was much d's tressed during the early part of eacfi day by indigestion. My breakfast usually consisting of oatmeal, milk and eggs, seemed to turn sour and failed to digest. After dinner the headache and other symptoms follow­ ing the breakfast would wear away only to return, however, next morn ing- "Having heard of Grape-Nuts food I finally concluded to give it a fail trial. * I quit the use of oatmeal and eggs, and made my breakfasts oi Grape-Nuts, cream, toast and Postum. The result was surprising in improv­ ed health and total absence of the distress that had, for so long a time, followed the morning meal. My diges­ tion became once more satisfactory, the headaches ceased, and the old feeling of energy retijped. Since that time, four years ago,' I have clwiys had Grape-Nuts food on my breakfast table.' "I was delighted to find also, that whereas before I began to use Grape- Nuts food I was quite nervous and be­ came easily wearied in the work of preparing sermons and in study, a marked improvement in this respect resulted from the chanfee in my diet. I am convinced that Grape-Nuts food produced this result and helped me to a sturdy condition of mental and physical strength. « "I have known of several persons who were formerly troubled as I was, snd who have been helped as I have been, by- the use of Grape-Nuts food, on my recommendation, among whom may be mentioned the Rev. ---- now a missionary to China." Name given by Postum Company, Battle Creek, Mich. _ _ "There's a reason." . Read the little book, "The RoaA It4 WWtlyille," In each pkg. * . . . » .--ras