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trously at Bella. AS for her, quite
suddenly she had dropped her mask
OF indifference. Her face was strain
ed and anxious. and there were deep
circles | had not seen before, under
her eyes. And II was Bella who final
ally threw herself into the breach
the family breach.
1T is all my fault, Miss Caruthers,"
she said, stepping between Aunt Sc
lima and myself. Il have been a blind
and wicked woman. and | have almost
wrecked two lives"
Two! What of mine? =.
"You see," she struggled on, against
the CLINT in Aunt Selina's eyes. Il
did not realize how much | cared, I'M
til 1t was too late. l did so many
things that were cruel and wrong
oh. Jim. Jim!!"
She turned and buried her head on
his shoulder and cried: real tears.
l could hardly believe that 1t was
Bella. And Jim put both his arms
looked nauseatingly happy with the
eye he turned to Bella, and scared to
death out OF the one he kept on Aunt
Selma.
She turned on me, as OF course l
knew she would.
That" she said, pointing at Jim
and Bella, that shameful picture, is
duo to your own Indifference. I am
not blind: | have seen how you re-
jected all his loving advances" Bella
drew away from Jim. but he jerked
her back. IF anything in the world
would reconcile me to divorce. 1t is
this unbelievable situation. James,
are you shameless"
But James was and didn't ARE who
knew II. And as there was nothing
else to do. and no one else to do 1t.
l stood very straight against the door
frame. and told the whole miserable
| story from the very beginning. l told
how Dial and Jim had persuaded me-.
and how l had weakened and found 1t
was too late. and how Bella had come
in that night, when she had no bust
ness to come, and had sat down in the
basement kitchen on my hands and
almost turned mt into a raving ma
MAC. As I went on | became fluent:
My sense Of injury grew on me. /
made 1t perfectly clear that hated
them all, and that when people got
divorces they ought to know their
own minds and stay divorced. And at
that q great light broke on Aunt Sc
lima, who hadn't understood until that
minute
In view OF her principles. she might
have been expected to turn on Jim
and Bella, and disinherit them. and
cast them out. ~figuratively. with the
flaming sword Of her tongue. But she
did not! She turned on me In the
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CHAPTER XVIII. (contlnued.)

ITS only JIM" I whispered. IL
don't want to hear any more
But she clutched me firmly, and the
next thing we heard was another
creak, and louder and
Get up! Get up Off your knees
this Instant" Bella was saying frant-
tcally. Some one might come in"
Don't send me away Jim said in
IA smothered voice. Every one in the
house is asleep. and II love you,
dear"
Aunt Selma swallowed hard in the
darkness.
you have no right to make love
TO me-" Bella. "It's-it's highly i'm
proper. under the circumstances"
And then jim: You swallow a
camel and stick at a gnat. Why did
you meet me here. IL you didn't ex-
pect me TO make love to you? I've
stood for a lot. Bella, but this foolish
ness will have to end. Either you
love me-or you don't. I'm desper-
ate" He drew a long. forlorn breath.
Poor old JIM" This was Bella. A
pause. Then-"Let my hand %alone!"
Also Bella.
1T is my hand."-Jim's most IA
tuous tone. There is where you
wore my ring. There's the mark
still" Sounds of Jim kissing Bella's
ring finger. What did you do with
IT? Throw It away?" More sounds.
Aunt Selma crossed the library
swiftly, and again I followed. Bella
was sitting In a low chair by the fire,
Hooking at the logs, in the most ex-
Iquisite negligee Of pink chiffon and
ribbon. Jim was on his knees, star
ing at her adoringly. and holding both
her hands.
I'll tell you a secret" Bella was
Saying, looking as coy as she knew
;how-which was considerable. e.
i still wear It. on a chain around my
neck"
On a chain around her neck! Bella.
who is decolette whenever 1t Is al
ilowable. and more than is proper.
That was the limit of Aunt Selina's
endurance. Still holding me. she
stepped through the doorway and into
the freight. a fearful, figure.
Jim saw her first. He went quite
white and struggled to get up. smiling
70 sickly smile. Bella, after her first
surprise. was superbly Indifferent. She
glanced at us. raised her eyebrows.
and then looked at the clock.
more victims of insomnia!" she
said. wont you come int Jim. pull
Iup . chair by the 1re for your aunt
Aunt Selma opened her mouth
twice, like . nsh. before she could
speak. Then
~James, ! demand that that woman
Joave the housed" she said hoarsely.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-06-15
Swiss to Have National Park.

Switzerland is to have a nationa.
park similar to the Yellowstone Ma
tional park. On the border of Italy, at
the foot of the Piz Quatrevals. is a
section, including the Chuoza valley,
that is rich in botanical and geological
wealth, and that has high altitude.
healthful climate and beautiful seen
cry. 1t is proposed to reserve this for
park purposes, and as the region has
legendary and historic associations
OF great national interest, the people
generally favor the plan.
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"Elexatinor the STAGE.

A man who has for a long time been
a criminal has been paroled so that he
may play the part of a crook in a
drama of the underworld. If the stage
n be elevated" in this way let the
elevating proceed: but the other men,
bers Of the company ought to be
warned against leaving valuables in
their dressing rooms.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-06-15
JAMES BRAID SAYS;

No Athlete can do himself justice if his
feet hurt. Many thousands are using daily,
abroad and in this country. Aliens Foot
Ease, the antiseptic powder to be shaken
into the shoes. All the prominent Golfers
and Tennis Players at Augusta. Pinehurst
and Palm Beach got much satisfaction
from its use this Spring. 1t gives a rest
fulness and a springy feeling that makes
you forget you have feet. Aliens Foot
Ease is the greatest comfort discovery Of
the age and SO easy to use. 1t prevents
soreness, blisters or putting and gives rest
from tired, tender or swollen feet. Seven
teen years before the public, over 10000
testimonials. Don't go on your vacation
without a package of Aliens Foot-Eass.
Sold everywhere. Csc. Don't accept any
substitute. Sample sent FREE. Address,
Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy. n. Y.
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Pen Mar.

Some fellow down Lancaster way
has come out with the explanation as
to how Pen Mar got it's name. 1T is of
Cornish extraction" says the Lancas-
ter man, and he quotes an ancient
rhyme to prove it. The fact is that
Pen Mar is so called because it is on
the Mason Dixon line, with Pennsyl-
vania on one side and Maryland on
the other. the first three letters of
each state name being used to form
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. North Amer
lean.
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Awful Contingency.

What are you girls doing?"
Settling u costumes for the
Shakespeare ball, mother"
Take my advice and wait. They
may dig up something at any moment
to prove there lever was such a per
son, and then where would be your
Rosalind and Celia?"
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most terrible way, and asked me how
| dared to come between husband and
wife, because divorce or no divorce.
whom God hath Joined together. and
so on. And when Jim picked up his
courage in both hands and tried to
interfere, she pushed him back with
one hand while she pointed the other
at me and called me a Jezebel.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-06-15

A trial package of Munyon's Paw Paw
Pills will be sent free TO anyone on re-
quest. Address Professor Munyon, SD 4
Jefferson Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. If you are
in need of medical advice, do not fail to
write Professor Munyon. Your communi-
cation will be treated in strict confidence,
and your case will be diagnosed as care
fully as though you had a personal inter
view.
Munyon's Paw Paw Pills are unlike
all other laxatives or cathartics. They
coax the liver into activity by gentle
methods. They do not scour, they do
not grippe. they do not weaken, but they
do start all the secretions of the liver
and stomach in a way that soon puts
these organs in a healthy condition and
corrects constipation. In my opinion
constipation is responsible for most all
ments. There are 70 feet of human
bowels, which is really a sewer pipe.
When this pipe becomes clogged the
whole system becomes poisoned, caus-
ing biliousness, indigestion and impure
blood, which often produce rheumatism
and kidney ailments. No woman who
suffers with constipation or any liver
ailment can expect to nave a clear
complexion or enjoy good health. II
j had my way / would prohibit the sale
of nine-tenths of the catharties that are
now being sold for the reason that they
soon destroy the lining of the stomach.
setting up serious forms of indigestion,
and SO paralyze the bowels that they re-
fuse to act unless forced by strong
purgatives.
Munyon's Paw Paw Pills are a tonic
to the stomach, liver and nerves. They
invigorate instead Of weaken; they en-
rich the blood instead Of impoverish
it; they enable the stomach to get all
the nourishment from food that is put
into it.
These pills contain no calomel, no
dope; they are soothing, healing and
stimulating. They school the bowels
to act without physic.
Regular size bottle. containing As pills
- cents. Munyon's Laboratory, SD d
Jefferson Sts. Philadelphia.
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Extensive Use Of Potash

Potash enters into the making CT
glass, soap. bleaches. dyes, Photo.
graphic chemicals. medicine. explo-
sives, fertilizer and is used in gold
mining and many other industrial pro
"esses.
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Quite True.

What do you think that madcap
Gladys said when ! persuaded her to
read Dante's Inferno to improve her
taste?"
What was IT,"
THAT 1t was such a pity there were
NO postcards In those days. for pic.
lures of Dante's journey would have
been such hot stuff"
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average yield per acre 6S bushels, the
average value per ,cre 1920.
Crop Comparisons.

average yield per acre 6S bushels, the
average value per icre $500.
Crop Comparisons.
The cereals had an aggregate acre
age of 7,S92,4S2 acres in 1909, as
against 6,211,2O2 acres in 1899, an in
crease of 1851, $50 acres, or q per
cent, as compared to an increase for
the preceding decade Of CTS per cent.
The average value of cereals per acre
in 1909 was $3.50. over twice that OF
hay and forage. Wheat shows the
highest average value per acre of the
cereals; b%uckwheat the lowest. OF
the hay and forage crops alfalfa is
well above the rest in average value
per acre. There are but a small num-
Der of miscellaneous crops, though the
average values per acre of several OF
them are well above those Of the more
usual crops.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-06-15
Matter of. Degrees.

He-"He was a bachelor OF arts. but
she was e master of arts" She--"And
SO they are married now" He-"Yes;
and now he will have to be a doctor of
philosophy to bear the BURDEN
Sphinx.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-06-15
Nature ALWAYS True.

Nature did betray the heart
that loved her; tits her privilege,
through all the years of our life. to
lead from joy to joy.-Wordsworth.
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Merely q Suspicion.

III so many noblemen who come
over here IN broke. how do they
manage to get across the water?"
"Dou't know. I'm sure. but I've
seen walters on board transatlantic
liners who had quite An air."
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-06-15
Immense increase in Oats.

From 1899 to 1909 the acreage in
oats increased from 691 ,167 acres to
1,iS0,075, or 114.1 per cent. During
the past 10 years oats have more than
doubled their acreage and are now
pressing close upon corn for second
place among the cereals. The acreage
in 1889 was 5S0,2S9 acres. The aggre-
gate yield in 1909 was Al ,255, 1863 BUSH
els; the average Yield per acre, %
bushels; the average value per acre,
$1O.SO.
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Corn Makes Big Increase.

From 1899 to 1909 the acreage of
corn increased from 1876, 3S1 acres to
l,975,55S, or Col per cent. Notwith-
standing the enormous gain by oats
during the last decade corn has re-
tanned its position among the cereals,
ranking second in acreage and first in
production. The acreage in 1889 was
753,309. The total yield for 1909 was
53,6l2,O93 bushels, a lead over it's
nearest competitor in production,
wheat, of more than 5000, 900 bushels.
The average yield per acre was 81
bushels; the average value per acre,
1885.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-06-15

The husband Of a nagging woman
is apt to furnish most Of the be-
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d Contradiction,

Occasionally, when a man is getting
down in the world. the police justice
thinks 1t will help him to send him up.
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Decrease in Wheat.

From S,9S4,659 acres in 1899 the
wheat acreage fell off in 1909 to g.
lO4,622 acres, a decrease of 22.1 per
cent. The preceding census showed
an increase; the acreage being in 1889,
~2,259,S46 acres. Although wheat &c
creased in acreage during the past
decade, the aggregate yield increased
for the same period from Al ,SS9, $50
bushels in 1899 to A. 8 SIS bushels
in 1909. The yield of wheat per acre
was reported as 10 bushels; the V lue
per acre, $3.50.
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SOUTH DAKOTA'S
CROP STATISTICS
MOST GRAINS SHOW INCREASE
DECREASE IN WHEAT.
Preliminary Statement Of Thirteenth
Census Results Issued by the
Census Bureau.

Washington, ID. c., June 10, 1211.-
Statistics relative to the leading crops
for the state of South Dakota collect.
ed at the Thirteenth Decennial Cen
sus, April 10, 1910, are contained in an
official statement issued to day by
Acting Census Director Faulkner. IL
is based on tabular summaries pre-
pared under the direction of DR.. lie
Grand Powers. chief statistician for
agriculture in the bureau of the cen
sus. The figures are preliminary and
subject to slight revision later, when
a few other farms, whose returns, now
incomplete, will be included in the
inal tables. 1t is not expected that
these additions will materially modify
the amounts or rates given in the pres
ent statement.
The leading crops in 1909, ranked
in the order of valuation, were:
Wheat, $42,SS1 900: corn, $26, 1856, 900;
oats, $16,03S 900; hay and forage, Sf5,-
100000; barley, s10.S7O, 900; tiaxseed,
S6,933, 900; emmer and spelt, $2,62G,-
600; potatoes, 1857, 900.
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Great Gain in Hay and Forage.

The acreage devoted to hay and
forage in 1909 was 3,429,527 acres. 1t
has been constantly increasing. With
1884 .913 acres in 1889, it rose to 2,2S7.-
S75 in 1899. and again to 3.429,5 27
in 1909. The increase since 1899 has
been 49.9 per cent. The acreage in
1889 was ~1,554,913 acres. The total
yield in 1909 was 3,649,577 tons, the
average yield per acre Loo tons, and
the average value per acre $40.
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Potatoes Increase.

From 1899 to 1909 potatoes in
creased in acreage from 1856 acres
TO 50,203, or 49.6 per cent. The total
yield in 1909 was 3,439, $50 bushels. the
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Emmer and Spelt.

In 1909 there were devoted to the
cultivation OF emmer and spelt 259.-
ga acres, yielding 6.095.6S3 bushels.
valued at $2,626,0 200. The average
yield per acre vas % bushels, and the
average value SOLO. The census bu-
rea has no reports of emmer and spelt
for previous decades.
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Barley Triples Its Acreage.

From 1899 to 1909 the acreage in
barley increased from 299 $40 acres to
1,057 ,533, or 1881 per cent. Since
1889. when $3.50 acres were harvest
ed, this crop has multiplied more than
tenfold. The increase in the decade
from 1889 to 1899 was notable, but
that for the last 10 years has been
even more remarkable. The total
yield in 1909 was 20,325,49S bushels,
the average yield per acre 10 bushels,
the average value per acre $10.25.
Fiaxseed Shows increase.
The area devoted to flaxseed in 1909
vas 507 ,2S6 acres, as compared to 302,-
0l0 acres in 1899, an increase Of 6S
per cent. The acreage in 1889 was
354,951. The total yield in 1909 was A.
649,2S7 bushels, a gain of over 1000. 900
bushels. The average yield per acre
was 8 bushels, and the average value
Der acre $3.50.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-02-25
MAN FROM WEST TOUCHED!
Has Experience on Broadway With
Panhandler, Old TO Game and
Half Drunk.

A broad-shOuldered westerner was
walking down Broadway with q
friend. You could tell the man was
from the far west even if he did not
wear the big-brimmed hat that west
,erners, as q rule, affect A pam
handler, old to the game and half
drunk, spotted him.
Gimme a dime, mister; gimme a
dime" he pleaded hoarsely.
The westerner put his hand in his
pocket and then looked at the beg
gar. The panhandler kept up his
patter and clutched the westerner 50
that the stranger would not get
away. The westerner got a Whit
of the panhandler's breath and then
shook the beggar off. go way" he
commanded. go way" The west
erner looked 80 fierce that the pam
handler skunk away.
Then the westerner stopped.
81 can't go on, RUSSELL" he said.
"That fellow is drunk, but he may
be hungry" The westerner turned
and went back to where the pan
handler was stationed. All the
change he had in his pocket, and it
was considerable, he gave to the beg
gar. Then he rejoined his compan-
ion.
The westerner was Haywood, the
Occur d'Alene man, who was tried
for the murder of Governor Steuen-
enberg Of Idaho.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-02-25
TO KEEP KNIVES Br;cHr
II Care is Net Taken In Storing Them
TLey Easily Become
Rusty.

Every one does not happen 10 pos
sess case of cutlery, but most peo-
pie like to keep a second set OF buives
and forks for special occasiss-s. II
care is not taken In storiks them
tley easily become rusty, and the
ivory Of the handles turns q bad
color
A simple little case, which allows
each knife, big or small, to be kept
separate from its peighbor, con be
easily made at home out of 5road
piece of flannel, serge or green baize.
Cut the cloth about two feet long,
bind the two sides with braid to
match the color of the material and
double one side over lengthways till
the edge reaches to within a few
inches Of the other edge. Machine
stitch up the two siles and bind them
with braid. Then stitch down the
double part at equal distances, allow
ing sufficient space between each row
for inserting a knife. In this way
you can store any number, and you
will find they will keep in perfect con-
dition. The case can be rolled up
and packed away in little space.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-02-25
jagged Rabbit.

Cut into pieces, making four parts Of
the backbone from thighs to shout
ders. Put two tablespoonfuls of but.
ter or pork drippings into a saucepan
and when hot brown the meat in this
adding for flavor a small white onion
or bunch of scallions and a Glove OF
garlic.
Have ready two cupfuls of stock OF
gravy, and when the rabbit is Drowned
put it into a stone jar together with
the gravy, salt and pepper to season,
four cloves, the juice of lemon and
one-half glass of sour wine.
Set jar into a large saucepan and
fill the latter with cold water almost
to the level of the jar containing the
stew, which should be tightly closed.
Bring the water to a boil and simmer
for four hours. Then take up the
meat and place on a hot platter. while
the gravy may be poured into a sauce
pan and put over the fire. Thicker
with a tablespoonful Of butter rolled
in a tablespoonful OF -four and add a
tablespoonful of mushroom catsup
and two glasses of port wine. AS soon
as we'll heated, pour over the meat
and serve with currant jelly and
baked potatoes.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-02-25
BEsETTlNe SIN or WOMAN
Estrsvssance Perhaps the Most Pro
ilfie Cause Of, subtsrfuee and
Embarrassment.

OF all the sins which beset wom-
ankind today in every section Of so
eisty and every degree and every
class, the sin Of extravagance is per-
hsps the most prolific Of subterfuges
and embarrassment.
Economy is every day becoming
more Of an irksome task than the
exercise of a virtue which leads ul-
timately to comfort and peace Of
mind.
These opinions sound very much
like copybook platitudes, but their
primitive familiarity does not make
them any the less true.
In the old days an extravagant
woman became notorious. She Yves
one of few, and she was generally
to be found among those who had
been suddenly pitchforked into
heights Of eminence from a compar-
atlvely low position.
The wardrobe excuses of Joseph
inc form appalling reading, with
their hundreds of sets Of things, and
evidence more than anything the
vulgarity Of the parvenu.
Maria Theresa, on the other hand,
the second wife of Napoleon, con-
Quoted her expenditures on moder-
ate lines, although springing from
one of the most ancient courts OF
Europe.
Extravaganza is not necessarily an
appendange Of rank. 1t is, as a rule,
the outward and visible sign of the
man who has made riches quickly
and who desires that his women folk
should blazon it forth to the world
by running through the whole gamut
of modern pleasures in the most
costly possible way.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-02-25
FATHER OF SO CHILDREN.

Still living, at the advanced ags
of eight-eight years, the father of SO
children and a husband five times,
Charles Joseph Jones, former sea-
man, and at present match sales
man, who lives in Baltimore, pos
.sesses an extraordinary history. Mr..
Jones claims descent from the mar
riage of real Indian chief and an
octoroon.
Known far and wide in the vicin-
ity of his residence, the venerable
patriarch is a character of much
general interest TO his neighbors. OF
his SO children IA sons served in the
southern army during the civil war.
He is the father of both twins and
triplets.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-02-25
LETTERS TO CORVALLIS.

Robert McSwain of David county,
near Mocksville, while riding horse
back recently near Setzer's Hill,
found a sealed bottle containing two
letters dated January IS, 1881.
One of the letters was to Lord
Corvallis, who was then in COM
mand of the British forces, and the
other to another British dignitary.
Robert sent the letters TO a brother
in Salisbury, who in turn forwarded
them to Washington. They were ey-
identity lost or hidden by a British
courier. Winston-Salem correspon-
dence Washington Post.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-02-25
Fish croquettes.

Take enough cold boiled or baked
fish to make two cups, when freed
from bone and skin. Make a cream
sauce from one large cup of milk,
two tablespoons each Of -four and but
ter rubbed together until smooth, and
then stirred into the hot milk. Season
with a saltspoon each OF salt and pep
per and a tablespoon Of minced pars-
ley. When the sauce is thick remove
from the fire and set II aside until
cold. Stir in the fish, form into GRO
quettes. dip in beaten egg, roll in
bread crumbs and fry in deep fat.