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The Minister's Wife
By MRS. ShENRY WOOD
CHAPTnit II. (Continue.!.)
Till evening was but another of those
Mr, Uaumgarten sometimes spent t
Avon House feeding the flume of her Ill
starred passion. Hit manner to women
was naturally temler, aud to Orace, with
her fascinations unconsciously brousht to
bear upon him, dangerously warm. That
he never for one moment had outstepped
the bounds of friendly Intercourse Grace
attributed entirely to the self-restraint
Imposed by his Inferior position; but she
did not doubt he loved her In secret.
While at dinner he told them, Jokingly,
ns he had told Edith, that the parish
wanted him to marry. Lady Avon re
marked. In answer, that he could not do
better; parsons and doctors should al
ways be married men.
"Yes that's very right, very true," he
returned in the same jesting tone. "Hut
suppose they have nothing to marry
upon?"
"Hut you have something, Sir. Haum
garten." "Yes, I have two hundred a year; and
no residence.
'The rectory Is rather bad. I believe."
"Had I Well, Lady Avon, you should
we It."
"Mr. Dane ought not to have allowed
It to get Into that state." she remarked,
and the subject dropped.
After dinner Mr. Haunignrten stood on
the lawn with Grace, watching the glorias
of the setting sun. Lady Avon. Indoors,
was beginning to do; they knew better
than to disturb her: this after-dinner
sleep, which sometimes did not last more
than ten minutes, was of great moment to
ber, the doctor said.
Mr. Hamngarteu bad held out his arm
to Lady Grace In courtesy as they be
gan to pace the paths, and she took it.
They came to a halt near the entrance
gate, both gazing at the beautiful sky,
their hands partially shading their eyes
from the blaze of sunset, when a little
man dressed la black with a white neck
tie was seen approaching.
"Why, here comet Moor"" exclaimed
Grace.
He was the clerk at. the Great Whitton
church. Limping up to the gate, for he
was lame with rheumatism, be stood
there and looked at Mr. Haumgarten, as
if his business lay with blm. But Grace
withdrawing her arm from her compan
ion, was first at the gate.
"I beg pardon, my lady, I thought it
right to come up and inform the countess
of the sad news and I'm glad I did, see
ing you here, sir. Mr. Chester It gone,
my iauy.
"Gone!" exclaimed Grace. "Gone
where?"
"He Is dead, my lady he Is dead. sir.
Departed to that bourne whence no trav
eler returns," continued the clerk, wish
ing to be religiously impressive and be
lieving he was quoting from Scripture.
"Surely It cannot be J" said Mr. Daum
gar ten.
"Ay. but It Is, sir. more' the pity.
And frightfully sudden. After getting
home from afternoon service, he said he
felt uncommonly tired, be couldn't think
why, and that he'd not have his tea till
later In the evening. He went up to his
room and sat down in the easy chair there
and dropped asleep. A sweet, tranquil
sleep It was, to ail appearance, and Mrs.
Chester shut the door and left him. Hut
after an hour or two, when she sent up
to say be bad better wake up for bis
tea, they found him dead. The poor old
lady Is quite beside herself with the sud
denness, and the maids be running about
all sixes and sevens."
"I will go down with you at once,
Moore," said Mr. Haumgarten.
"Hut you will come back and tell us
and tell us how Mrs. Chester Is?" said
Lady Grace, aa he was passing through
the gate.
"Yes, certainly, If you wish It." he
answered, walking away with so fleet a
tep that the clerk with difficulty kept up
with him.
"I fancy it must have been on his mind,
sir," said he; "not direct, perhaps, but
some Inkling like of what was about to
happen. This afternoon, when I'd took
off bis surplice In the vestry I went and
put things to rights a bit In the church,
and when I got back Into the vestry to
lock up, I was surprised to see the rector
still there, sitting opposite the outer door,
which stood open to the churchyard.
Don't you feel well.slr?' said I. 'Ob, yes,
I'm well,' he answered, 'but I'm tired.
We mutt all all get to feel tired when
the end of our life Is at hand, Moore, and
mine has been a long one,' 'Yes, it has,
air, aqd a happy one, too,' I said, 'thank
God.' With that he roue up from bis chair,
and lifted his hands towards Heaven,
looking up at the blue sky. Thanks be
to my merciful God,' he repeated, sol
emnly, In a hushed sort of tone. 'For
that, and alt the other blessings of my
past life on earth, thanks bo unto Him!'
With that, be took bis hat and stick and
walked out to the churchyard," concluded
the clerk, "leaving me a bit dazed as
'twere, for I bad never beard him talk
like that before; he was not the sort 'o
roan to do It."
Within an hour Mr. Haumgarten was
back at Avon House. Lady Grace was
still lingering In the garden, In the sum
mer twilight. He told her In a hushed
voice all ho had to tell; of the general
state of things at the rectory, of poor Mrs.
Chester's sad distress.
"Mamma Is expecting you," said Grace.
"I broke the news to her but she wants
to bear more particulars."
They went Into the drawing-room by
the open doors of the window. Mr. Haum
garten gavo tho best account be could to
Lady Avon ; and then drank a cup of tea,
standing. Still asking questions, Grace I
passed out again with him to the open 1
ammmm
a.
B3HMBHBH
miaan
air, and strolled by his side along the
smooth, broad path which led to the en
trance gate. When they reached it he
held out his hand to bid her good evening.
The opal sky was clear and beautiful ; a
large star shone In it.
"Great Whitton Is In my brother's gift,"
she whispered, as her hand rested tn his;
"I wish he would give It to you."
A flush rose to the young clergyman's
face. To exchango Little Whitton for
Great Whitton had now and then made
one of the flighty dreams of hl ambition
but never really cherished.
"Do not mock me with pleasant vis
ions. Lady Grace. I can havo no posib
ble Interest with Lord Avon."
"Tl oil can marry then," she said, softly.
In reference to the conversation at dinner,
"and set the parish grumblers at defi
ance" "Marry? Yes, I should I hope do
no," was his reply. Ills voice was soft
as her own; his speech hesitating; he
wa thinking of rMlth Dane.
Hut how was Lady Grace to divine
that? She, alas! gave altogether a dif
ferent interpretation to the words: and
her heart bent with a tender throbbing,
and her lips parted with love and hope.
and she gated after him until he disap
peared in the shadows of the sweet sum
nic. night.
CHAITKH III.
The Countess of Avon, persuaded Into
it by her daughter badgered a promise
from her son that he would bestow the
living of Great Whitton upon the Ilev.
Kyle Haumgarten.
The Karl did not give an Immediate
consent; in fact, he demurred to give It
at all; and sundry letters passed to and
fro between Avon House and I'aris for
his lordship happened Just then to have
taken a run over to the Trench capital.
Great Whitton was too good a thing to be
thrown away upon young Haumgarten,
who was nobody, he told his mother, and
be should like to give It to Klllotsen ; but
Lad Avon, for peace's sake at home,
urged her petition strongly, and the Karl
at length granted it and gave the prom
ise. The morning the letter arrived contain
ing the promise, and also the Information
that his lordship was back at his house
In London, Lady Avon was feeling un
usually HI. Her head was aching vio
lently, and she bade her maid put the let
ter aside; she would open It later. This
she did In tho afternoon when she was
sitting up in ber dressing room and she
then told Grace of the arrival of the un
expected promise.
"Oh, let me see It!" exclaimed Grace.
In her incautious excitement, holding out
her hand for the letter.
She read It hungrily, with flushing
cheeks and trembling fingers. Lady Avon
could but note this. It somewhat puz
zled her.
"Grace," she said, "I cannot think why
you should be so eager. What does It sig
nify to you who gets the living whether
Mr. Haumgarten or another?"
In the evening, when Grace was saun
tering UstleMly in the rocky walk, won
dering whether any one would call that
night or not, she saw him. He was com
ing along the path from the rectory. The
old rector bad been burled some days
now "I have been sitting with Mrs.
Chester, and thought I would Just ask, In
pasting, how Lady Avon is," be remark
ed, swinging through the gate, as If he
would offer ar. apology for calling. "The
last time I was here she seemed so very
poorly."
"She Is not any better, I am sorry to
say; to-day she has not come downstairs
at all," replied Grace, meeting bis offered
hand. "What will you give me for some
news I can tell you?" she resumed, stand
ing before him In the full blow of her
beauty, her band not yet withdrawn from
blm.
He bent his sweet smile upon her, his
deep, dark eyes speaking the admiration
that he might not utter. Kyle Haum
garten was no more Insensible to tin
charms of a fascinating and beautiful girl
than are other men despite his love for
Kdltb Dane. She was awaiting an an
swer. "What may I give?" he said. ".Volh
ing that I oould give would be of value
to you."
"How do you know that, Mr. Haumgar
ten r
With a burning blush, for she had spok
en unguardedly, Grace laughed merrily,
stepped a few steps backward, and drew
a letter from her pocket.
"It Is one that came to mamma this
morning, and it has a secret In it. What
will you give me to read you Just one
little sentence?"
Mr. Haumgarten, but that Edith and
his calling were in theway, would have
said a shower of kisses; It Is possible that
he might In splto of both, had ho dared.
Whether his looks betrayed hlrn cannot
be known. Lady Grace, blushing still,
took refuge in the letter. Folding It ao
that only the signature was visible, she
hcIJ It out to blm. He read the name,
"Henry."
"Is It from Lord Avon?" he said,
with hesitation.
"It is from Lord Avon, He does not
sign himself in any other way to us,
'Your affectionate son, Henry,' it always
runs to mamma; and It Is no unmean
ing phrase; he Is very fond of ber. Hut
now for the secret. Listen."
Mr. Haumgarten, suspecting nothing,
llitcned with a smile.
"I have been duuned with applications
since I got home," read Grace, aloud,
from Lord Avon's letter, "some of them
from personal friends; but as you and
Grace make so great a point of It, mother,
1 promise you that Mr, Daumgarten shall
have Great Whitton." In reading aha
had left out tho words "ami Grow." Shs
closed the letter, and then stole a glance
at his face. It had turned pale to seri
ousness. "I da not quite understand," he said
"No? It means that you are appointed
to Great Whitton."
"How can I ever sufficiently thank
Lord Avon?" he breathed forth.
"Now, Is not the knowing that worth
somethlug?" laughed she.
"Oh, Lady Grace! It Is worth far
more than anything I have to give In re
turn. Hut It is not a Jest, Is It? Can
It be really true?"
"A Jest! Is that likely? You will be
publicly appointed In a d.iy or two. and
will, of course, hear from my brother. I
am not acquainted, myself, with the for
mal routine of these things. Mamma Is
rejoicing; she would rather have you here
tlian any one."
"Lady Avon Is too kind," he murmured,
abstractedly.
''And what do you think mamma said?
Shall I tell you? 'Mr. Haiimgarten can
marry now.' Those were her words."
Grace soke with sweet sauclness. se
cure In the fact that he could not divine
her feeling for him although she believ
ed In his low for her. Ills answer sur
prised her.
"Yes, 1 can marry now," he assented.
still half lost in his own thoughts. "I
shall do so soon. I have only waited
untH some preferment should Justify It."
"You are a bold man, Mr. Haumgarten,
to make so sure of the lady's consent.
Have you asked her?"
"No; where was the use. until I could
speak to some purpose? Hut she has de
tected my wishes, I am sure of that; and
there Is no coquetry In Kdlth,"
"Kdlth?" almost shrieked tally Grace.
"I beg your pardon ; I shall not fall."
"What hate you done? You have hurt
yourself!"
They had been walking close to the min
iature rocks, and she had seemed to stum
ble over a projecting corner. "I gave my
ankle a twist. The pain was sharp," sho
moaned.
"I'ray lean on me. Lady Grace; pray
let me aupjwt you ; you are as white ns
death."
He wound his arms gently round her,
and laid her pallid face upon his shoul
der; he thought she was going to faint.
For one single moment she yielded to th
fascination of the beloved resting place.
Oh! that It could lie hers forever! She
shivered, raised her head, and drew away
from him.
"Thank you." she said, faintly; "the
anguish has parsed. I must go Indoors
now."
Mr. Haumgarten held out his arm, but
she did not take It, walking alone with
rapid steps toward the house. At the en-tr-nce
of the glass door she turned to him.
"I will wish you good evening now."
He held out his hand, but she did not
appear to see It. She ran In. and he
turned away to depart, thinking she must
be In great pain.
Lady Grace shut herself In the drawing
room. For a few moments she ruthrd
about like one possessed. In her torrent
of anger. Then she sat down to her writ
ing desk and dashed off a blotted and
hasty note to Lord Avon which would
just save the post.
"Give the living to any one you please,
ilnlf"' "Tie lUumgBrlMi! ; h?,tIons It Is evident that tho fanner must
stow It where you will, but not to him. I, . . ... , , ..
-n.,. . ,.n- ..i. ... ...m i- ... Jlw content with producing tho row inn-
Jliere are reasons why he would le ut'
terly unfit for It. Explanations when wo
meet."
During this, Mr. Haumgarten was hast
ening home, the great news surging In
his brain. Kdltb was at the gate, but not
looking for him, of course; merely en
Joying the air of the summer's night.
That's ubat she said she was doing when
ht came up. He caught her by the waist
and drew her between the trees and be
gan to kiss ber. She cried out, and gazed
at him in wonder.
"Kdlth, do you think I am mad? I be
lieve I am mad with Joy, for the time
has come that I may ask you to be my
wife!"
"Your wife," she stammered, for In
truth that prospect had seemvd farther
off than heaven.
He drew her tn him again In the plentt
tilde of his emotion. Her heart beat wild
ly against his, and he laid her face ujxin
his breast, more fondly than he had laid
another's not long before.
"You know how I have loved you; you
must have seen it, though I would not
speak; but I could not marry while my
Income was so small. It would not have
been right, Kdlth."
"If you think ho no."
"Hut, oh, my dearest, I may speak
now. Will you be my wife?"
"Hut what has happened?" she asked.
"Ah, what! Promotion has come to
me, my dear one, I am presented to tho
living of Great Whitton."
"Of Great Whitton, Kyle?"
"It Is quite sure. Lord Avon's mother
asked him to give It to me, It seems, and
he generously compiled. Kdlth, will you
reject me, now I havo Great Whitton?"
She hid her face. She felt him lovlngiy
stroking her hair. '"I would not have
rejected you when you had but Little
Whitton, Kyle."
"Yours Is not the first fair face which
his been there this night, Kdlth," ho said
In a laughing whisper, "I had Lady
Grare's there but an hour ago."
A shiver seemed to dart through her
heart. Her Jealousy of Lady Grace, had
been almost as powerful as her love for
Mr. Haumgarten,
"Grace said, In a Joking kind of way,
that her mother hud remarked I could
marry, now I had Great Whitton. So I
told Grace that I should do so ono word
leads to another, you know, Kdlth, and
that I had only waited for preferment
to marry you, my best love A. I wa,
speaking sue manageu somenow to twist : : ... .
her ankle. The pain must have been in-1 "lUro of a peck of rnrbonato of llmu
tcnie, for sho turned as white as death, ' "'"l ''iishel of clean, dry dirt. If n
and I had to hold her to me. Hut I did dngIo animal Is Infested with lice, the
not pay myself for my trouble a I am others will soon he In tho samo comll
doing now with kisses. Kdlth, my wboU . tlon unless remedies aro used an pro
love Is yours." I vcntlvea,
(To b continued.)
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l-nrm ltoaKllllnM; Outfit.
An nil runner who kill tlielr own
hogi know, tho old way of butchering
Is very Inconvenient and tiresome. Tlio
following arrangement, Illustrated In
tho QiieeuMandor, makes the labor com
paratively winy. Tin" top piece Is l!fi
Inches, nnd 11! feet long. Tin' mortices
for the MipHrlH to tit In nn made llvo
Inches) from Un ends of piece, nnd arc
oinvlmlf Inch deep, -! Inches wide nt
bottom, by 1 Inches nt top, thus only
one IhiU Is needed to hold thorn to
gether nt top. Tlu upright mipportH
n n -x-H, nnd seven foot long; erosi
piece. Uix'-Vj, nnd ut otio end tills
should be Wilted on upright plows,
down low enough so Hint bench "III sot
over It. The lever la .lix'J nt staple,
nnd shaved down to lJi ut end. Stn
plea made of five-sixteenths Inch rod
Iron, nnd long enough to clinch. Clevis
IH.VKK IOU IIA.MJIKO TIIC 1 1 IK),
where chain Is fastened Is inndo of
thrce-clghth Inch Iron. Tho end of the
lever Is Iron, i'2 bent, ns shown for
gnmbrel stick to rest on, whllu lifting
pig to tho tolo hoiks, which nre mudo
largo enough to slip back nnd forth
easily oil tiiMr piece. Hods onc-hilf
Inch, bent to hold gnmbrel stick. A
Irook not shown In cut made of one
linlf Inch Iron, attache to It nnd pro
vides n fulcrum for tho lever A for
dipping hog In tho barrel nnd raising
en re am to tho gnmbrel hooks. Hench,
10x1 V, Inches, 'JO Inches high, 8 feet
long. Hnrrcl to bo not In tho ground
one-qunrter Its length.
So I'roflt In I'sris Almliol.
Tho Department of Agriculture,
through Dr. II. W. Wiley, chlof of tho
bureau of chemistry, has undertaken
to educate tlwi farmers regarding tho
manufacturu of dennturcd alcohol. Two
bulletins on the subject have been Is
sued From Dr. Wiley's dlscurslon of tho
subject tho conclusion Is reached that
tho mnnufiicturu of alcohol tin n very
small scale Is not likely to prove prof
itable, nnd hccniiMo of revenue rcguln
1 id.ijid
Tho bulletin on tlio subject of
sources nnd manufacture says:
'The prluclpHl uses of Industrial al
cohol are Illumination, bottling, motive
power nnd tho innuufncturu of lacquer,
varnishes, smokeless jxiwdcr, medicinal
nnd pharmaceutical preparations, vino
gur and ether. When Industrial alco
hol Is made nt n price, nt which It can
eomjH'to with Mtrnleum and gnsollno,
It iloubtless will Ihj preferred for the
purposes nltovo mentioned, bcciiuso of
Its greater safety nnd more pleasant
odor. Under tho present conditions it
Is not probable that Industrial nlcoliol
can ho offered ii"n the market at much
less than -10 cunts a gallon of IKS per
cent strength."
Dr. Wiley expresses tlio belief, how
over, that by paying attention to un-
used sources of rnw material nnd with
Improved metltods of manufacturing
nnd denaturing this price can bo di
minished. ainsenar In Mlaoaurl.
According to thoMlssourl oxix-rlnioiit
stntion bulletin, tho cultivation of gin.
song for the Chlncso market has be
como an ImjHittuiit Industry In that
Stnte, notwithstanding the fact tlmt It
takes tiro or six yearn to mature ii crop.
While tho crop Is exceptionally valu
able, the cultivation of ginseng hna
been found to possess disadvantages
the same ns most other cultivated
crops. It nppearH that several fungus
diseases have broken out In the gin
seng plantations, some of which urn
extremely serious in id Infectious, largo
areas often being destroyed In a Min
gle week. Ilowevor, the pnrtleular or
gnnlsniH causing tho damage have been
recognized nnd met hods for keeping tho
diseases under control hnvo now been
worked out.
Cnllle Lire,
Llco on cattle Indicate lack of atten
tion nnd loor feed. Grease of any
kind will destroy llco on cattle, but
groaso Hhould not ho used If It can bo
avoided. First wash tho animal with
kerosene emulsion, and follow with
.tfii(i. ii'fitnr vlimi .!. ul.l.. f.. .,
m " A oSili iw
PWllT . r n YlTnTl
iv v nil i i.i ii n v ,i
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Onion (IroHlnic.
Tho period between lillllnu frost In
Montana Is placed at UHI tit l- days,
while tho tlmo required fur onion In
mature from seeding Ih l.'W tn JW
days, nnd If onions iiro not thoroughly
rlpo their keeping quality l Injured,
according to n rejwrl prepared by It.
W. Fisher, of tho MimtHiin Station.
Tho experiments nre recorded In dolall
for ouch year, and yields glon by Iwlh
nietlimls of culture.
Generally HpoHMnB. the yields from
transplanted onions More from M to
J00 per wilt larger llinn fiom seed
wiwn In tho Held, where there, was but
little or no Incniiso In cost of lalor.
Tho transplanting Insures nu even crop,
tho maturity of tho crop and the kep
Ing quality of the onions. l'rl I'Mker
gave the largest average yield of the
nineteen varieties grown, and was one
of the (tost kccor, tlioiigh net usually
advertised ns a winter union. The seed
ling bulbs of tills Mirlety. however,
kept jsHirly because the growing sea
son was net long cnttigh to properly
mature them. The use of well-rotted
manure Increased the yield of both
Held sown and transplanted onions.
Suggestions nre Included for making
hotbeds.
Thr Oiitt.it lss"t
The onion maggot and cabbage mag
got can only Ihi distinguished by an
expert, as they are very nearly alike.
The maggot Is tho larva of n small lly
There Is no known "sure" remedy that
can ho applied. Sprinkling powdered
sulphur around the plants Is a partial
remedy, hut It doe not nlwnys bring
relief. Making n small hole near cm-h
onion nnd otirliig Into each hole half n
teiisiMMiiiful of bisulphide of carbon,
covering the holes with earth. Is claim
iil to Ihi n remedy, hut such method Is
expensive and lalsirloiis. Liquid inn
mire applied to tho plants Is claimed
to h n remedy. Tho Is-st prcmitlvn
Is to grow the onions on land tint has
not before produced a crop, but of
courso such can not bo done until next
season. This change of location of the
onion patch Is the only partial solution
of the maggot problem.
nmtimtnm l'iir Sup ports.
For fence (tests or supports that will
not rot off or bnstk off, for picket or
nine. wire, take two boards 2x0, cms
nt the top so as to leave a crotch for
top wire. Fasten together with H pen
ny tin I Is. Put n crossplfcn In tho mid
die for middle wires to rest on and
fasten with staple nnd a rmasptcw nt
bottom for bottom wires tn ret on and
fasten with staple. Then anchor with
a small stake on each side to prevent
ai'mniTA run rtxiz.
wind from tipping over, nnd you have
ii good sist for plrket fence. Nail or
wire sst to the stake. This make nu
excellent it for rehiring an old
picket fence. Farm Progress.
Milk Cows.
Tlio Hollanders evidently breed nnd
feed for milk first of all. That they
succeed Is proved by the large milk
yields of their cows. That large milk
How, seemingly regardless of butter-fat
percentage, pays them Is proved by
tlielr prosix-rlty. Tho dairyman hero
thinks It iicccMAry to pay small prices
for dairy cows that annually yield
from .'1,000 to 4,000 (snunts of milk.
What the financial result to him Is, tho
wretched records show only too plain
ly. He Is tho worst-paid farmer In tho
land. What could ho not do If, Instead
of breeding, buying, feeding and milk
ing cheap cows, ho were to breed, feed
nnd milk cows of the 1I.&00 to 1I..MK)
pound class? The Frlcslaudcrs ami
other Hollanders, with their gigantic
cows, make money on milk produwd
on soil that costs from K00 to J'J.IKX)
an aero or rents nt from $.'0 to f'JOO.
1'olnCs In I'm n I ii if.
In pruning tho trees all steins half
nn Inch or more In diameter should bo
covered with somo waterproof sub
stance, llko grafting wax or shellac of
the consistency of cream. Tho Uirk
and outer wood will thus lw preserved,
nnd the wound will In a senson or so
lw covered with now bnrk. If this pre
caution bo not taken the end of the
branch mny decay from exjiosuro to
wind, rain, heat nnd cold.
The KuK-Kntlnir n.
Some ono wants to know how to keep
hens from entlng their eggs. Having
had somo experience along that line, I
offer II fow suggestions: A deen nosl
box, In which there Is only room for
tho hen's) liody, so that sho cannot nut
nt tho egga when ou thn nest, and too
deep for her to reach tho eggs when
standing on tho edgo of It, Is a good
tiling. Tho best nest box I havo used
Ih 11 Inches square and 18 Inches deep,
covered with n fl-lnch door or opening
nt tho top of one sldo.
. i" $lfw&.
Rheumatism
Il one of the roimtltutloiial disrate, It
jmsnlfests Itself In local aches and pains, -Inltamcd
joints and stiff mnsrle, but It
cannot be cured by local applications,
Il requires constitutional treatment, and
the bett Is a course of the great blood purl1
lying and Ionic modlrluu
Hood's Sarsaparilla
which tiriitrallres the aridity of the blood
slid builds up Hie whole system,
In iisusl liquid form or hi rhocolatrd
tablelikliownasQnrantnbn. lUOdosrsll,
I'lirln
Allen,
"I suppose there Is such a person o
the f.Mlklller." hiiimhI t'nele Allea
Sparks, "but he Ihis either r''red from
business sr he's helplessly behind ou his
oidsrs."
TEN YEAHS OF PAIN.
Unabln To Do Even Housework Ho
canto of Kidney Trouble.
Mrs. Margaret r'tnmeilch, of Clinton
Ht Napoleon, 0 aytj "For fllteen
rears I wt a gloat siiderer Irom kidney
ttouiiirs, .My iisck
pained ma terribly.
Kvsry turn or niova
rallied sharp shoot
ing pains. My syo
sight was poor, dark
iKts appeared lm
forn ma, and I had
ditty spells. For
ten yrsrs I could
not do housework, and fur two years
did not gel out ol thn bonis. Tim kid
ney itcietlnns virre Irregular, and
doctors re not helping inn, Ibrn'i
Kidney I'llli brought mn quick rollol,
and Anally cured me. They saved my
life."
Hold by all dealers, f0 cent a box,
Fo.ter-Mllb-jrn Co,, llufJalo, N. Y.
African llnnln.
The native food of the Malunda
country, In seulhern Africa, comprises
manioc, and tlmt alone. It Is a plant
particularly adapted to wet, marshy
soil, says the author of "In Hemotest
llarntsolaiid." It takes two years to
nrrlve at maturity, snd while growing
requires tery little attention.
The rout when full grown I about
the site, and ha very much the ap
pearance of a German sausage, al
though at limes it grows much larger.
One shrub has several roots, and the
extraction of two or three In no wny
Impairs tho growth of the remainder.
When newly dug It tastes like a
chestnut, and the digestion of the pro
verbial ostrich can alone assimilate It
raw; hut when soaked In water for n
few days until partly dccouiood,
dried nn the roofs of the huts and
atauicd. It forms n delightfully white
soft meal, far whiter and (Hirer thin
the best flour. Then It Is beaten Into
a thick paste and eaten with n little
flavoring, coiiiiimiI of a locust or a
caterpillar which tho natives seek In
decayed trwa.
Another way of rating this native
luxury Is by baking the roots, after
soaking them, and eating It as you
would a banana. Taken as a whole, If
forms the best all the year round na
tive food; but I should advise all In
tending consumers to abstain from any
other food for threw or four days l
foru giving It a prolonged trial
InloMrs,
Saxony, Austria, France, and Den
mark show the largest percentage of
iiilcldo annually. In Saxony thirty
Hio In every one hundred thousand peo
ple living are suicides. In Austria tho
rata Is a little over twenty-one. In
Denmark It It almost twenty-six, nnd
In France twenty-three. The United
Ktates, Itussla, Ireland and Spain have
Ilia lowest rates of suicides.
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3.50&$3.00 Shoes
UCST IN THE WOM.D
rY.LOo'JlnS4GiltEdg9ir,
tinnoiCieqiuinaiHuiipt
IU0E8 yOR KVKliyUODV AT ALL I'll I CM.
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imys' biiims, tl
Is bo to S.I.M).
loll
tl. SB. womsn's bdom. foo to fl.P".
fry W. l Dmitflits W.iiiirn's, M ! ami
Auiiiidraii hums, I J bo losi.uo.
Jlillilrii'sliiir for Ijl", III suit wesr
they irt nllinr makes.
If I could take you Into mv largo
factories at Brockton, Mass., nnd how
vou liou carefully W.I.. DnitelnssllOd
arc inndo, you would then understand
why they hold tlielr slmpc, tit better,
wear longer! nnd nro of greater value
than any other make.
Whsrsvcr you live, you can obtain W. U
Douulss slioss, tils nsinssnil prlc Is stsnipcu
on IIis Ixillotn, which protscls youagslnit nllfi
prlcss snj Infsrlor slioss, Tn no tuhill'
tutm. Atk your dlr lor W.L.lougll'
and Insist upon having thsni. , . ..
fait Ctlor fuli viif thii will net wtar trails.
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