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Show LET JERUSALEM CORN ALONE. study or bul circulation frnni tiny cnuM ami tbo-- a hysteric for excitable friinii' Uvea make who tlieir auhjrcbt if nut their own. the simplii?! a remedy h a I'lip of strong dandelion rotten ihrrM times a day, muda from thu riMils, fre.-- h as jwih!e. not the dried stuff sold as dandelion, which is half breud miniiis and the other half any ago with the life roasted out. THE DIAMOND DRUMMER. VERY EXCEPHE MUST BE TIONAL SALESMAN. A Farmers Htork Worth hnmtiler or a He Muit .Nut lie Hriflklni Mom He Koine-tlmIlia a (iuard. "A thoroughly cniiixUiiit and thor- SHE WAS "BUSINESS. oughly equiicd diamond sulcsiuuu, ays a leading iinNii'U'r of the vnliuible atom's to the Jewelers Weekly, is almost as rare and valuable as the diamond itself. 1 will auy freely V you now that if I could And it wdeMiinn who Ailed all the n'qiiiri'nii'nt of the position I would gladly my him a alary of flrt.OOt) or f l.i.tlot) per year, lint it ia diflleiilt to find a aulesioaii who has not some d rawtwek or fuiilL Them is a man in my miml now who ia a most ruluablo salesman, is MtHMwsd of a thorough knowledge of diamond, uml his only fault is the fact that ho will get drunk. Now if Ibis man was strictly solier lie' rouhi Hild several thousand dol lit i yearly to liis salary. As It is lie draws a large alary and the house which employs him would worry if they thought them whs any danger of losing him. You can appreciate tin: danger of employto drink ns ing a man who is mldii-a diamond wtlesmxn at onec. You see we are foreed hy the nature of our tHMNe-to giro siieli u sulesiiiuu when lie gee out a val'iuh'io lot of ginxls to ell. We can't sell goods like oilier lr. blw Had a Trmli'r la Her Woman's Heart. A rickety old wagou, druwn pair of lean old nude. came around tlio corner of the freight house. A little old woman was holding tho lilies children and three or four were iM'hind lnr. Hoe-uJonisalcini she called to tho off mule, wlio shied at a freight car, uml with u twitch aial a yank and a cut she wheel. tl the team umund and bucked up to the platform. """bars the express feller?" she "bill as she juuied out uml came along crucking her whip. "Oil. you ait: the chap? Wall, the old man's thur in the wagon. 1 want to ship him up to Krln." 1 don't we him." replied liio agent, as he lii'ik.-- into ilie wagon, "Hi! 'mi's in tin coffin thnr? I'm going up witli it to Krin. How much Fm-lln- g p. I j i i JKHph'. It is imiuissiMo to sell diamonds by Diamonds am. mil manuwimple. factured; they lire, f mud. and when a ilia n go's hold of a atone of rulin' it is iniMi.wio'.c Tor him to say to n custoini'r. we have a stix'k of stones of wliieli this I" is a fa'.r sample, Unit we can supply to i now Wlieii the wag.ui hail gone she He sell must el stin-rat tin; s" pa y. you. us uml explained: one. turned to Tin luiyir must exiiininc em-"Old weal olT party sudden, mail II eiii'c we are forced to giro the limn a i mid liail to move lively, lie 'mi Ive large uni valuable stork of goods whim w auled to lie liuricil ill holin', uml 1 he goes out to visit our customers. Now. wouldn't disappoint him." anyone would naturally hesitate Indore Your hiisKiail?" 1 asked. lie give n mini who is uddidcil to Snrtill. I.ived together iilgli on to drink n stock of goods worth fit mi you all ure thirty years. The firm who amnxiMl I'.n.iMki to fUMSMi. that I don't cry and take on. to wiioin I refer the employs but bar's lieups to see to. and it all lliuroughly realizes tin' danger and mi falls on me. Only half un hour afore doei lor salesman himself. He knows and I've got twenty things his own value, and he also knows his tlie train,ulNiut." to think own habits. We voted lmr full of "business." but Ill order to protort him when in but wo hail to goes out with a stock of gniMlsu mini is rather ent to accompany him. This man. change oi.r mind about that, .shesiul-- I mid us wo walked who lias untiling else in ihn world to ilcn ly disapiK-uivtbo cot ton bail's piled high on do. Hlways w niches thu salesman mid takes ch ix of the stoek when lie gets th' pliitforin we heard a grieving mid drunk. lie receives a salary of 1.200 sobbing mid then a voice of lmiientii-- a Iriod nt : year and lias all of liis(;.xiKnfs paid. Jim. old man. it s tlm Lord s Uh. Of course this mun is really no value but I cant abide it. I m u holdin except as a guard over tho suhwaffln. will, and you can lit onoo sen the ostimnto UP unil Ivyin to bo brave, but uty old laiing drowndod out liy tears phii-eby tlie firm on the salesman's heart's which the eyes won't shed! Im value. till 1 git buck home wlmr I "One of tho greatest dangers to a diamond importing house is that a kin slop down and hov It out with my trusted sale imin will fall in with an sorrow! ' And two minutes luterslie was standtinsci'iipidoiis woman, or will at the ticket window und saying: ing of addicted to the liabit gnmbling. Reckon those, klverud kyars never Suppose a mini becomes a gambler and suffer looses heavier Ilian ho can do bo on time, but I wunt no fussin' aflord. Ho gets in a tight, place. Like around in this disc or noinolxxly 'll get 11 aint got but two days to put every gambler, he feels sura his luck sihhI. him through and git lock home. D will soon turn. He knows lie has New York Sun. or f'.Vi.lHN) worth of good with him. on which lio cun at once realize . nailer of Color ready iiioney at a pawn simp. How many men feel railed unmi-lto- w "lie never doubts the turn of the iimuy vaiuly r lx awe cards his way. He sells or pledges To iwfnt tlie tnwu glory reil bis goials. Any of his regular customTo get riil of the blurs. ers will buy from him mid will never iisM'ct anything if ho offers a bargain, kwpemri lie lniis done that often before for the F.lyslmn is as far as to Bake of trade. Hu loses tho money and The very nearest ruoin. bis dclin'iui'iicy is soon revenloil. Then If in that room a friend await conics arrest, prosecution anil convicFecilitv or ilisuu. tion. As I mill whim 1 began, good IVliat fortitude the soul contains diamond sidesmen are. inra, and 1 could That it ran so endure nniiic now several men who have lieen Tlie Hiveiit of a is lining foot found short, but whom tlieir employers Thu I'ls'idng of a door. ; j i I form the com head. The kernel is hurd when perfectly dry, and cun not be fed tu stoek without soinu kind of preparation such as soaking or crush- ing and mixing with other feed. It makes a flour that can hardly lie told mm rius Hour, audicun 1st used fur a variety uf pnrjMisos in cooking, but is not fit for use in pastry, bread or cake ' ' buking. It is planted in hills and about as close as common corn, requires just as much working of the soil und dues not mature well unless well wutered, in fact, requires just as much moisturo to produce a full crop as does any other cereal. At least that is the testimony of thoso farmers who lutve given it a trial. It has never been mist'd in large quantities thut is, no no lurge acri'iigu has ever betn planted by individual fanners, as there is no demand for it because of the limited uses to which it can be put, and because even for feed for animule it must be p re Hired. One Kansas farmer who gave it a thorough triul said he norei would cumber the ground with it agaiiv os it wus a costly experiment. f'.O.-OO- ie frnil-vciiile- Hunihlr Arrve Tonic, Dnadclion is the coming iterrino for woiicr.. Moiv Ilian one cxpri'irnccil physician tells of iis um in cusim of nervous (li'iiression and melanchnly almost suicidal. Hysteria with Indigestreat id by tion arc most succe-sfull- y dandelion alone, using a strong decor- lion of the roots. For school girls grow ing green and black from over--1 A FEMALE BEAUTY. It Ilia Had Iff of lluunr. The face of I'lvston It. Dnh. senator from Kaunas not handsome at lx'st, is )itlid by siiiiiIIhix, says the New York Telegram. Said a tiinn the other day who knows him: "Knelt one of these Muallxix pits on Ilumb's face is a medal of honor. In the early days of Kansas. Emporia wus n booming town and Mr. Lluiub w:is nil iuqaH'un-io- u printer. He gathered money together. however, to hUiiI a little week- ly newspaper in tlio town and wo UllillR f:il.ly Wl.u wilh it nnd liail ), most rilLd debt. Thero ran n j rumor through the new town one dnv j lhnt ( Hl tminp i,aip H.n suddenly milieu with tlio sinallM'X and tlie WH (llMIll ,ilng,.r of spreading. The t tho enibrvi rinil, meant mill numieipulity, and so the friendless anil slrieketi linn wus liun'h'd oat oil the prairies, fur from the eity. uml left there in a log enMii to do the best h Tin to. was no om could f'r himself. to euro for him. nnd of course, it was u wrestle with death. In si dingy, editorinl and printing oflici Ilvstou It. 1iuuib heaisl tlie story, lb closed tlio place, started out to tlie log house whore tin1 sick limn lay. unil foi weeks liiirsisl him nr.d ean'il for liim until lie W'mh saved fivm di'iith. Then he lny down himself, stricken by iln disi'aso: but hearts liail grown lenderei in the Kansas towns mid kindly to him until lie. too, war ! neoes-ilntin- j nn-oth- or j I w ; I d, hard-hearte- PinlNl, : Ix-s- l i Profrawlunal j d 1 One of the foremost women artists of York is cnipluiiic in insisting that are nisilcst. a majority of studio-model- s clever women. She says the ordinary priee pnid is $1 a morning, or thirty- and one-lial-f rants an tiour. )os- fifteen minute. lag thirty mill g II is tivipendously trying work, ronsiilonililo training to inako a subjivt avuiliible for un artist's purFivitiness of form ami feature poses. aiv strong miuninendations to favor, but women of heroic mold witli I'lwime-tcrisiand marked fares, an- - prized also c beauties, and are often alilo to eoiniiiiiml very high rail's. A an of the pcMFiibility of tho pinfes-t-io'-i. siie told of two little Italian laiys. brol1iei,b. who support a funiily of nine Iiieinhoi's solely with money earni'il in this way. They are charmingly linml-oni- e ciiiips, with lustrous southern eyes. They sit for pictures of acolytes, boy princes, etc. N isily und surely do the young foreigners make a living, that with the abandon eomiuon to their rare, both areiits have resigned lulior, and with five other children subsist upon the studio prolits of tlieir two eldest sons. From the 111 list ruled American. . - Kit-ko- epl-tlir.- 'e j om'-riNi- hand-minister- saved. TnillilulurMi. Is it nut a little odd that oopU' r lnelin'J to exiHs't more from tlioii rhihlivn tiinn they eoneide to iheii own duty? If all fathers ami nintlu i wore truthful, the result might not lx: to extirpate the race of liars, for liar? must have originated and may well originate again, but it would surely diminish them. When these children of careless parents come to grief, then: is tho inevitable talk of ingratitude. Cukes and nlo do not bind a son te di'ii-ncor a daughter to purity. It j i that subtle something which subsist in ninteriial care and fatherly lore. Is Not Always Found Among tlio Itif ArDtiHtAtfc Mlic hot-hou- H from plane to pluce; they truveix'd stnvt after street, hut in vain. Anil mi u dreary Fehmary night, when the snow wus turning to discolored slush mi the pavements and a disiiiul fog hung over the streets. Marina looked suilly up into her friend's face. "Tho soles of my shix-- are worn In holes. Juliet, said six. "My fret are sonking wet. and my head aches, and I dont think I esu go out any more. Its of no use. 1 think heaven lias forgotten us. Juliet, stronger and more courageous, brewed her friend a cup of weak tea. and produced 1 wo soda crackers from the cupboard. "Eat and drink. Marian, and you will feel better, said she. "I have heard of a woman who w tints a book-- , kisqa-- r hi her business, and 1 must go there ut mice, this very evening, le- -' fore any one else lias u chance to crowd me out." "You won't gtt the place. Juliet. "How do you know?" cheerily. I don't know 1L I feel It. "Well, youll see. Kul and drink. I say, ilcnr. Ikin't sit so inmirnfully there." When you are gone. Juliet." Rut when Juliet was gone, Marian rose mid put the soda crackers back into the ctiplm.'iiil. "She thought I didn't know they "Juliet were the two last." said six'. was always a hearty cuter. She is not so good at starving as I am. Rut ills' end's eoiiio at last!" Site look from the mantel u little vial of dark liquid, lalx'led "laiuduniim" a few (Juliet hud had (.IVll u;;0i am 111( llSd a little of it), (l)'d "I n the hitler draught. Surely this would be a dose strong enough to silemie all the pimgs and woes of a dozen fxxir souls! "Will it Ini painful?" she asked herself. nestling down among the pillows of her bed. "licciiuse I have not much strength to endure. Heaven lx1 No. it was not painful. thanked for that! A sweet drowsiness, like the breath of poppies, orersjicad her being and with n prayer on her lips, Marian driftnl into slumber. the Didn't I tHl yon it whh always darkest before daylight? Wake up, Marian wake mid rejoice witfi mo!" Through n sort of cloud, Marian saw Juliet's radiant face. Sho struggled into h sitting posture, and tried whut hud passed. Was it tru"? or was it only a dream? "Who do you think the wmtmn wns who wanted a Why, my mother's dearest neluxil friend! Shu knew my name ut once, and she says she should have known me anywhere from my restinildaneo to mother. She is in thu perfumery business oh. such a nice big store! and she manages it "They have sent buck my poor little nil herself. And I um to be book-kee. . ... sereens , , unsold, ,) said she, ; a 4- market for that sort of thing is over- have a good place there, we can )ay away. Marian, dear! And stocked. Mrs. lopovcr now. and live like "Oh, Marhin! And you worked so good again; and I've brought hard at them!" with a quick burst of Christians home such a nice little atippcr of cold sympathy. und hot potatoes, and a The more fool I! To tell you the roast chicken, of smoking coffee. A real truth. Juliet, said Marian, with a pitcher Marian. Rouse up, dear, and forced smile, I begin to think that the treat it." enjoy market for everything is overstocked A faint sad smile flickered into Malife included." face. Juliet threw both of her arms around rian's Had all the sunshine come, now that (he slight young figure. it was too late? And yet how good thu "Darling, you're tired anil discour- little feust looked how deliciously slic. said feel better You'll aged, fragrant was the coffee! nflor dinner. With a feeble gesture, she pointed hi Rut Juliet, thero is no dinner." the little vial un the mantel. Juliet Juliet threw oxn the cu pbomil doors would know what site meant. and gave one exhausted glance around cried tho girt where is all its empty shelves. Thero were tho m.v"Why. medicine ? I got the bottle cough s. two china plates, tho two china saue-or- filled only for I knew that I the neat knives and forks, the kept you yenterdny, iiwnko roughing at night nine-eetlx; pepper Mrs. loovci' gave mo some oat of tho pewter spoons, and salts hut Hint was all. children's bottle. She's such a kind I'll go out and buy something," old woman. Lniidumun? Oh, ye, said she. cheerfully "a neck of mut- know that's whnttlio luhel says, hut e ton to boil up for soup, - an tlie vial tipped over long ngo, and all beef." of corned the laudanum leaked nut! Never mind, You can't make bricks without dear we cun easily get more now. straw, said Marian, sadly, nor btiy We are not beggars any longer. Here, without money. At lesist sit u. Drink this hot coHuo before it soup-mcI've never been ublc to do it." has time to chill. And cat tho chicken Is tlio money all gone. Marian?" and taste this dear little teen' glass All but five dirty copper cents, Of current jelly. You see I'm getting Juliet." extravagant, but we have been starved Juliet clicked her tongue softly so long!' What a coward I have been!" said against the roof her mouth. "Mr. I'opevcr will trust us for a Marian, to herself. "Oh, thunk Hod few of yesterday's rolls or a 'loaf of that Hi' saved me from my own rnsli stole bread. " six; suggesbil, cheer- will saved nx; to begin life nnew saved me for m w strength and liow! fully. said Miss Milman, Oil. 1 never, never will abandon myNo. Juliet "We ure already too self to resolutely. again, no matter how much in Min. loxivers debt. I will dark tlx; future ask no more favors from her And Juliet never knew liow neat Must we starve?" resentfully do- - Marian hail emun to tiic solution of nil ma tided Juliet I would rather starve Hum sink into tho quicksands of debt, Marian grimly answer d. Juliet's check flashed; shu bit lxir tore-memb- lmok-keepc- r? p- clsu: Origin of .tlcriiixld stories. Tho dugong.a specie of whale found abundunliy in thu waters of both tho great ocean, lmt especially off the coast of Australia in the Pacific, is believed to liuvo furnished tlio slender basis iixin which all mermaids and mermen stories have Ix'ea founded. Its average length is from eight to twenty feeL It has a hand much resembling that of the human x'cii.uiid breuthos by means of lungs. It fix'd upon submarine scawivds. and when wounded makes a noise liko a mad bull. Jxmg hair in tho female sjxH'ics and hair and in the mulo add to tho resemblance of tlio head and deck. Tho flesh of tliis specie of a hale is fur food, and is said to have tlio flavor of bacon, mutton or . accoriliug to the part of thu lx lv fit un which the meat is taken. New Orleans Picayune. at ds ! 1 1 il .1 Crsukj- Idea. Wo bell: ye in tuxing every - j on a late passage from liomiiny to Aden a large Ilsh foulid tho stem of tho vessel, tin engines of which hud to be topH(l and tlio distinction could reversed iVliilo this was being lx; cleared. done tlio fish, which wns rupKiscd tc lx' a huxkiifg shark, wasmeasurdl. nm' found to lx' forty fiet long nnd iilxmt seven feet broixl. Japanese Flirts. j man it. Tax fully up to liis ability to r him for all i!i: properly lio lias, or all tlie common sense lie lixsn't, for all tho luxuries lie enjoys, and for all he don't h. enjoy, suys1ho(ierriiaiitown (I nimbi in g is one of thu luxuries which only farmers can fully appreciate; fig has s) many tiling to grumble nlsuit. und to grumble at. and make St such ail iiuHirlnut item of his social standing. anil tlx a il is so annoying to his ijattle. liogs, liens, family and neigh-)xr- s. that hu can well afford to pay. And wo liiqx; to six' tlio day when grumbler will xiy nil thu taxes required to run the government, to pay o.T tlio na'iouul debt, to support themselves, tlieir liei and forever. There are enough of them to do it all easily. Teb-piqi- seamer Assam, nawirls that e man. "And the second bottle will causa though every rough spot to diMiix-:ir- , it would Ixi safer for you to tuke a third. Three bottle for a $1 .25 or 30 eon I for a single bottle. 1 wur Isxik a here, you old rcprolat;! Whut un you driving at?' exclaimed the (Mitient ns hu stood up. "I am selling a bhxxl purifier, made of roots anil lierlis. It's a little early, perhaps, but I want to got tho start of tin; buckwheat Herat eliers. Are you a drinking mail?" "Do you mean to insult mo to my face, sir? Why, I'll punch your head for a cent !" Wouldn't do no goixl. mist or. Here's tlio only genuine bhxxl purifier in market, and Inst year I sold 7.UD0 bottles of It. It invigorates the liver, tones up tho bhxxl. anil if 1 can't cure thut nose of yours I dont want a cent. Ill purify you. you old assassin! shouted tin; man; and lie was xxling off his ovcivotit to do it when the depot policeman cnnio up and tol.l tlio old man he must go out. "And not sell a bottle of my Minx purifier in this crowd?" He asked. Como, out yon go." And you don't want a lxrttle for yourself? You've got a jundieo look, nud this 'ere stuff will knix'k tlio jandico into a (ix'ked hut in just live doses. He was in out uml told not to reenter tho dcxt, but he skxxl at tho door and said to the jxilieeman through tlio glass window: "All right officer, all right. If the people don't wont my blood purifier they needn't have it. Its tho season if purity, lmt I never go agin the law; and if there' n rampage of billiuus fever next spring don't say I wasn't around with my puiinycca at regular price. rad-piec- s K 1 nt six-la- Inst energy, suddenly appeared in tho waiting room of the Erie deHt across tin; river, and us ho approached a inan who was wuiting for a wustorn train ha pulled a bottle of liquid from un old sulclicl in his hand and said: My friend, you are looking yaller about the eyes, which Is a sure sign bad stale. Olio your blood is ill bottle of my bhxxl purifier will restore you to health and vigor. Don't want it, sir! was tho curt reply. All right, mister, all right. If a feller wants to keep on looking yaller ulsmt thu eyes when a pannyiva is ut lsing liand, that's liis own business, lwut thu middlo of April youll ) oa your back with a snll of billiou fever, but you newln't lay it up agin nm." The next person upprouehud was n icrere ltNiklng woman, alMUt S') yeai's if age, who was prolml'ly nn old muid. Them yuller stnsiks at tho corner f your mouth Uenotu a toiqiid liver, liii'uin, said the max n lie gave tho xittle a snake. "Simthin' right here o improve your looks fifty per cent, in wo wicks." Sir! she demnnded in ley tone. Only fifty cents a lmtMo, ma'aiu, '.ml made right iu my own house, from .erbs and roots gathered by my own luiitd. Jiir-- t opened the spring campaign. and the price in only fifty emits bottle. "(in uwny, sir!" slm commanded, loudly. I)on't want miv. eli?" No, sir!" All right, liindnui all right. Torpid liver may Ik; u goixl tiling to luivo don't think so. iilxmt tlio house, lmt Here's your jxinnycea. uml if you don't want it I can't compel you to buy it." Tin; third person was a man with a marked redness of spolh on liis fan'. ncwsiupcr alien preached and said: "Uno Isill le will euro that nose, or money refunded. Whut! What's that?" demandud at it qwtioningly. (4 IT DIDNT WORK. Had s Blood ruriOor, but Ciutuioers. A dilapidated looking old man, who was chewing sassafras root w ilh groat liojx' it isn't very wrong," she inur-iu i vd; but but it must Im so hard to dio hy inches! Harder still to go to the ixxii'liousc on Rlaekwells Island! Uh, no. I could not endure that! And removing the cork, she drank mon purse wus exhausted, and Mrs. Pojiover's nccount become larger than ever for the rent of the back bedroom, with its hedoous green wall paper nnd its dispiriting outlook over the tin roofs and smoky chimney stuck. "Marion, said Juliet, "whut are wo to do?" She hud came in, tired nnd weary, nftdrY! lMij? day's ut the old business of looking for employment. Marian sat gazing sorrowfully ut a clumsy parcel that lny on the tuble lx- - All nirul beauty does not consist of and stout ankles. nnl anus freckled You will find in quiet farm homes, types of benuty that would cast into shade, complete, obscure, the l life. And our plants of the city's rural types. Ixnmd to fade in artificial sun and heat, would be lieralod us types of native beauty, when no kind few would dnro to enll attention hi tlieir worth hi their native surroundings. I am no stickler for soots or sections. Uenuty can bo found among tho crowded tenements of lower New York thut will vie in each nnd every distinction with that of Fifth avenue, lleauty rati be found in tlio old hills of Now Hampshire that cun put to flight tlie Ix'llo of t'liicago. Memphis, famous for its many queen of would hide it head were tin: really beautiful women from its rural parts railed forth. You will never print tlio fa Cl's of American tyxs of ualive liiiiiii-t- y until tlio owners of llieso sa:iu! faii-find fame in tho social world, lea: n half a dozen different tongues, und make two lands, separated lv a wide e pans! of water, fall down anil worship tlicm. To bo tho Mi'll quivn of tho few is rut to queen of the many. Tlu-i-n iv huiiilriHls, tliuu.-anof admirers who admire tlie rural ix'iiuty where' 1st n privilegixl score may scarce approa.-!Hi's. .lie precincts of tlie social beauty. "Thero ia a pawnbroker's on Sixth Avenue. said she. ,, Anu I have got Lew Wjillarsx IIIii'IiiiihII.ih, iuy mother's old gnrnot ring anil a which my father (jen. Low Wallaiu' says that a h re- mosaic senrf-pi- n tire of mustiml uml garlic upp'.icil to brought from Florence when lie was a the Miles of the feet will cure rheunia-tisi- n sea captain. Ill go and see whnt I in one night. Ho is a can do. sobli'd llut a jmwnbroker!" mighty giK'il doctor or lie has a sariple Oh. Juliet, what are we of veiy xor rheunmtios. ami it will K Marian. Inqior for him to stick to lkm H.ir .vi.i coming to?" No worse than many another lias let Hie regular doctors alter. I tu , Clu'cr up. oilier thing. eoino to, said Juliet. Marhin! KeinenilM'r that It' always Mrrlr Salt!. daylight. darkest just And site kissed tlio pule girl mid fro'n i... Is't ll sometimes step went cheerfully out. Smooth nml flowery paths jn which Tho giuiiet ring nml tlio mosaic senrf- are permitted to walk in order view tho toilsome nuireh ot our f.'',liW4 pin kojit them for a week. Still they seeking for work still the same through the thorny desert. National I wns returned. For every answer old Weekly. fm-c- s vacant place there was ut least a score of spplicanU. They sought s divi)-pointim'i- it. s bare forgiven and offered anollier rliance si.nner lluin loso tlieir nerval's. If we could sell goods by sample all tliis would In' changed, but we cunnot ami lienee wo are forcetl to take the risks. As a result, you will find that as soi ii ns possible most iinortcrs of diamonds give n sidesman as soon .T' they possibly can an interest his salnry, so iis to business In'sid-.offer an U'lditioiinl induccmi'iit to him to Is.1 honest." . s to pay?" They went to tin; ofliiv mid arranged matters, and I In; eotllu was lukcii from the wagon mid ji'ac-'- on n truck. Tlnii the woman returned to tile wagon ami said to tho eldest ivy: Now you Kuhc. you drive slow and and tho rest don't worry them of yon all behave yourselves. I'euio down fur nm Wednesday. ami bring a jag of co'ii to w!l with yon. s Kalsa It Wasta Toll aa4 Cuuibor tho Soil. Who d'-a- low-heail- d I So you've been luunccd ?" said Mrs. There is a cereal variously called Topovor. Marian Mil mini winced ut the InRice corn," Egyptian eora" and 1harouh's corn.'' "Rice corn" is tho elegant word; hut she understixid most appropriate, us tho kernel hours a enough of the llqsiver style of dialect strong rcnomhliuico to a lurge sized to know that no huriu was Intended. Mro. Topover did not gauge lior pliras-eolog-y grain of rice. A pretty fidry story is related uf it as by "Webster's Unabridged, Egyptian coni," that it ia the corn of but ehe whs a good soul, nevertheless. "Yea, she uusweivd mrekly, "1'vo liiblo days, such as Joseph brought from Iharuoh and fud to his famished been discharged. Mrs. IoK)ver was stout and short, jiooplo in excliunge for their heritage of docks and herds, and that a fow years with no visible waist, a black lace cap on the side of her brad and tier fret go when the tombs of one of the 1haraohs was opened a few grains of thrust in earix-- t sUpX'rs. Miss Milman was slight and gracetills wonderful corn were found in tho sarcophagus and on being planted grow ful, with ruddy brown liair and pleadand multiplied at a marvelous rale, ing hazel eyes, nnd looked every inch though planted on the edge of a desert the lady in her shabby mourning. Pity, ain't it?" said Mra. loHver. and seldom revived with water. It was at once decided that this was tho coni "ThU time o year, too!" that grow away down in Kgypt land Ye," sighed Miirinn: "but I um when Moses wus ordeii'd to relouse tho not the only sufferer. Thirty other children of Israel from bondage under girl have gone, loo. Kusiness is so lhamoh, anil if it was thut same corn dull after the holidays. Mr. Meredith wheu tho that succored Joscihs eleven brethren says we shall la and Uieir fumilios. it must Is' just the state of trade warrants it. liut I tiling for a sandy soil und dry climate. haven't much hoH!. A pretty story, hut not autlicieiitly "Andwluityo goiu' to ilo nuw?" evidence asked Mrs. Ilqxivcr. hocked up with divium-ntni'Marian drew a long to niako it hNtorieul. I don't know?'1 said she, piteously. Just wIumi or wlieru "rice corn" did Just then thu door oH!iied, unit a originate is not known. It bus lx'ii us a kind of curiosraised by blooming young girl cainu in, with a ity for twenty yen is uml is heard of satchel in her hand. I this Mrs. 1iqiuvers?" said she. from all over tlie Unit'd Slates. FannDoes Miss Milinuu Oh, Murium you ers in Kansas who have hem'll of its wonderful fertility in dry cliimi'cs have dear thing, i'vu found you at last! Oh, Is'cii raising it witli indifferent success how glad I mn to see you!" Miirhin gave a little gasp. for tin lust fifteen years. Those forin-or- s "Juliet Powers!" Bhu cried. who plant it hoping to realize "Yes, its me!" 1)1111111x1 Juliet. "I largely from it. am ilismied to It will not grow without got tired of teaching school down in were rain or moisture tiny better than any Holbrook Hollow, and the trust.-.so exai'ting. and tlie children so dix-aother ei'ivul. The stalk when growing looks a lit- fill, thut 1 made up my mind to ininc tle like common corn, but tho plant to you and see if 1 couldn't get soinething does not grow over four feet and that to do in thu city." Well. Idirlaiv!" said Min. IujKiver. is exceedingly tall for it and the leavra am narrower. The heads comes one Here's Miss Milman herself just lieen on tin end of each stalk erect and not throwed oat o' lmsiiicss. I'd liko to unlike tlie wed of sorghum, only that kimwr how she's to help anybody else?" Marian gavo the good soul un apthe seed ball is shout licit in given. As the corn matures, the stalk on which pealing glance. "1 will do tlio t I can. said she. until is tlio corn head to sunguine-natured Juliet. aniiplc-facttAnd the tlio lieiul hangs downward. When young imintry lass, nestled corn is ripe tlie head is snapp'd off, und tlie corn put in a dry place until it close iqi to her. I kwH you would help mo, said cun )hi threshed. The corn beads are know all uboul tho oblong in sliuiN'. and vary ill size from she, "because you a regulation liuss ball to marbles. city. And oil, Marian, dear, I'm so The kernels of com are about twice as tired und to hungry. And thus Mariun Milman bncainc largo us plump grains of wheat, and look liko grains of rice in color and charged with tho resxmsibility of besides herself. And tlie days texture. Each kernel is encased in a loose slieutho of husk that just covers wont by. and ait nations were harder it. and hundreds of these tiny husks than ever to obtain, and the little com- hui-ilo- lie Often ('arrlria ! MARIAN. Ms-i- gn Tin clergymen who follow Tnlnmgc in declaring that "flirtation is dumna lion" would In' h:iip.v hi Japan, when flirtation is a penal offense. Rut i1 would puzzle them to tell tho Japn-wernose women what to do with I'tIi fans. Capo Uod Item. s 11s Didn't Hrst, dcX'rudo of tlio olden mining sort day luirdly led a of existence, if he did take Ufa Tlio dolce-far-nicn- easily. $t. Joseph News. 1 |