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hurt to her arm. Do you know, my child.
that 1t Is wickedness that makes Us fearf
And her wickedness has made her so
afraid of rs fairies that my very presence
Is killing her. Her arm would have healed
had she succeeded in getting out Of my
sight. Once before a fairy withered her
entire body. but she managed to hide In
q cave, dark and hidden, where the fairy
could not go. For 1t Is very difficult for
US fairies TO go into dark places. We love
the light of sun or moon or stars. But
let's see how the old witch Is progress
ing" And the fairy stopped to earth and
touched the hideous creature that was
rolling and screaming on the ground. As
she did this the witch looked up and saw
her bending above. With one last yell
of terror the wicked old thing buried her
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remaining in the living room with the fam
lily. Don't forget your Sunday school
lesson" warned Mrs. Moore as the girls
started up stairs after supper. Shall
Harry join you. and all three study II
together?
Yes. Mamma, replied Mamie And when
Harry Joined them in Beatrice's room
he was let into a secret. And he had to
sit and con the lesson aloud that the
girls might learn il from him. for they
were too busy with piece OF work to
look inside a lesson leaf.
1t was 10 O'Clock at night when Harry,
Beatrice and Mamie crept stealthily from
the house and met John Handy at the
gate John had the old work horses
hitched to the big wagon. As the three
children, ladened with great loads Of
things, climbed into the wagon. John
said: These horses couldn't run IL their
lives depended on it." To the church
they drove, and John, who was janitor
of the church, unlocked the door and
helped to carry in a TOAD Of soft rattling
things. For over an hour the four
worked, for John had been added to the
army. He had provided a step-ladder.
and did all the high work" himself.
On Easter Sunday morning 1t was a sur
prised and happy congregation that sat In a
DeautlIully ouOrueu CuufCn SNeA thS wiz
dows were festoons Of real leaves with
pink and red paper flowers caught In with
them. John had furnished the leaves
from rose bushes and peach trees. On
the altar stood vases Of tall Easter
lilies done so perfectly that even Mr..
James thought them real till his arm hap
pened to touch one. And Oh top the little
organ were other vases Of lilies, and in
each window blossomed more flowers,
some sweet peas and some roses. And
everywhere were leaves, green and
fresh, to give to the paper works Of art
} all the appearance of being genuine.
After the services Mr.. James. smiling,
came to Mrs. Moore, and holding her
hand. began TO thank her for the beauti-
full way in which she had fulfilled his
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dead. She's been doing so much harm
to the mountain folk and has bliehted go
many of the gardens. And-bless the
little fairy, / say. Oh. yes, the Easter
lilies, Here Is a basketful of them for
the dear little Rose. And here Is a hou-
quet for your good mother. Run along,
for they'll be waiting anxiously fer you.
Keep in the down-grade path to the left
till you reach the main road
And David, basket and bouquet in arms,
ran home as fast as he could. and on
Easter eve. when he took the lilies to
Rose he told her about his experiences
with the witch AMI the fairy And after
he had quite finished Rose, laughing for
she was recovering from her illness very
rapidly and would be up On Easter Sun
day.. said:
''Oh. wouldn't you have looked funny
hopping about like toad? And to think
that your own dear mother might have
swept you from the yard!"
"Or. wouldn't ! have sounded funnier
hooting from a tree as an owlf" laughed
David. "But-bless the sand fairy-I am
neither an owl nor q toad, but plain David
Brown"
And the best boy in the village. say
l." spoke up Roses mother, who had been
a listener to David's story.
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Thomas and Mrs. Davis. MSs Davis
maid had just finished fixing her mis-:
tress' plants, aId John had arranged them
in the back of the carriage when the
horses had taken sudden fright at
paper which blew across the road in
front Of them.
After the horses had gone about half
mile they suddenly decided 10 stop, and
drew up in front OF the little wooden
church. They were so accustomed to
stopping at the church that It is possible
they did SO now through force OF habit.
When John at last came up TO them they
had Quieted down. and allowed him to
arrange the harness, which had become a
bit out Of fix, and In response to his
guiding hand they trotted back to the
Davis farmhouse.
II proved that no harm had been done
TO either horses or carriage; but the pot
ted plants were strung along the road in
a dead. mangled mass. Mrs. Moore
thought Ii all over, then said: II do
hate to tell dear young Mr.. James that
we'll have no floral decorations for EnSfer.
He is so earnest, and is SO anxious to
have everything pass of In q lovely way
On Easter. He is doing so riuch to build
up the church, to arouse the interest of
the young folks"
Yes, 1t is a pity we had to have this
stroke Of bad luck to our plants" agreed
Mrs. Davis. And IT will be impossible
to get any other flowers for tomorrow.
The Kings-fve miles away-have some
house plants, but not enough to make any
show. | guess we'll have to do without
floral decoration this Easter
During the whole time Of excitement
Beatrice had not said a word. First, she
had thought of young Mr.. James disap-
pointment of the morrow when he should
walk into the church and find 1t I'M
adorned. Then she thought of something
else. But she took no one save Mamie
into her confidence.
All that day Beatrice and Mamie kept
close to the formers room, only issuing
forth for meals. In the evening after
supper they made some excuse for not
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Beneath a rosebush
1t hunted about,
Soon found straw nest,
Then again hurried out.
Away it did run
To its home in the wood,
Then jumped into bed,
AS good rabbit should.
Next morning the folks
From the farmhouse came out
In front yard and back yard
They rummaged about.
Pretty soon Baby Minnie
Found an Easter Egg, gay!
In the nest meath the rosebush
The pretty thing lay.
"Oh, the little White Rabbit
Has been here!' she cried,
"And a beautiful egg
In this nest it did hide!"
And Papa and Mamma,
With wide-open eyes,
Said, We'll, we'll, dear Baby,
It's your Easter surprise
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3 OurPuZZle Corner E
CHARADE.

My first is something
We all like to hear
Each day in the week,
Each week in the year.
Ny second is frail
And will easily tear.
But if made firm and strong
For long time will wear.
My two Joined together
The world travels round;
In England and China
1t is sure TO be found.
CURTAILINGs.
l. TripIy curtaiI a hundred years and
get n penny.
.. Triply curtaiI to make an offer OF
marriage and get a support.
8. Triply curtail that which parent
Las over his children and get writer OF
books.
4. Doubly curtail the name of holy
day and get one of the four points OF the
compass.
.rNSWERS TO LAST WEEKS PUZZLES.
ADDITIONS-1. b added to o,cl makes
L0rI q added to lock makes CLOCK.
= c aided to limb makes climb. 4. odd-
I'd to table makes stable.
CHARADE-Butter-fp.
ZTGZAG PUZZLE - Giraffe. Cross
irords l. Gold 2. File. 8. Fort 4. Flea. D.
Soft. 6. Altar. Z. Eril.
REBUS-Cherry /. Can. 2. Hot. 3.
Eat. 4. Rocks. .. Run. 0. Yacht.
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OutchHouseDomes

TN few Of the affairs Of life does the
American display such lack of orig
J irality IS In the choice Of name for
his house. Often enough 1t would seem
that he does not choose a name at all,
but meekly accepts the designation an
unimaginative representative Of the city
government places above his door
number.
In Holland they do this thing much
better. Many of the Dutch bestow names
on their homes. Here are a few OF the
examples. translated: Our Contentment."
"Joy and Peace" Leisure and Happi-
ness" MY Desire Is Satisfied" Friends
and Quiet" My Wife And T. and "Not
So Bad" To say the least. any one Of
these would seem to indicate the genuine
ser timent of the householder more than
can possibly be expressed by the numbers
given American homes.
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ceived many other orders for portraits,
and had 1t not been for the breaking out
of the war, would have had more than
he could possibly have done In several
years. But war is a selfish monster and
will not divide time with art. Money
and interest and time were devoted by
the people to this great strife with Great
Britain. And like Copley, Stuart decided
to leave the country till the clouds Of
war bad blown away. One biographer
says that Stuart sailed from Boston har-
Dor on the last ship flying the Union
Jack. At any rate. he was in London
before the first open hostility in the
Colonies. And there he had a bitter
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GILBERT STUART,

age0
fight against starvation. living In cold
and dingy attics. and eventually finding
employment as organist in a little church
at q small salary. but sufficient to keep
the wolf from the door.
Later, and through the friendship of
West, Stuart became very successful
while in London. painting the portraits
Of royalty and nobility. He remained
abroad till 1892, when he returned to
America for the purpose of painting the
portrait Of George Washington. His IN
finished portrait Of Washington Is the
most celebrated Of the three Washington
portraits BY bis brush, and he made
many copies of II for different 'art gal.
leries and museums. Perhaps of all the
noted American artists. Stuart's career
was at the same time the most brilliant
and the most checkered. He was now
at the heights. again In the depths, debts
hanging over and pursuing him. II II
said that he was good at borrowing but
bad at paying back. But every great
man has his fauit-nnderA And all agree
that Gilbert Stuart was q great genipA
ana that be never prostitutsd his art for
moneys sake.
Gilbert Stuart died In Boston July q.
1873 H left wtfs and iarDe fantly
of children.
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thing which / use IN mahi"s NJ"
" ers, for l may want 10 use them
while in fhe country.
So smoke Beatrice Thomas TO her
mother. Both Mrs. Thomas aad beatrice
were packing a trunk ard n traveilES
bag preparatory to Beatrice's trip TO the
country. where she would spend Easter
week with her cousins. Harry and Mamie
Moore. Mrs. Thomas had come across
box of paper flower materials In drawer
and had asked whether or no: Beatrice
would want them in her trunk.
You know, Mamie might want to learn
how to make paper flowers, beatrice
went on, packing her best winter frock In
the trunk tray. she has always admired
my paper flowers so much-declared my
roses were So natural that one might he
led into thinking them reaI were they
perfumed with White Rose. So / shall
teach her how TO make flowers while
am there"
II think you make most wonderful
sweet peas" observed Mrs Thomas. "And
the Easter lilies you made last week for
that little sick boy down In that tene-
ment house were just fine. as natural as
II they had been grown In q real garden"
Then, the packing being done, the sub
ject of paper flowers was changed TO
other things.
Beatrice arrived at the home of her
relatives two days before Easter Sunday.
As she unpacked her trunk In the pretty
spare bedroom her cousin Mamie lent her
Mamie. picking up the huge box Of
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wish regarding the floral decorations.
Don't thank me-" smiled Mrs. Moore.
Those mischievous girls stole march on
me-worked half the night last night.
and they are TO be thanked for this sur.
prise"
And Beatrice and Mamie. trying to hide
behind bunch Of tall Easter lilies on
top the organ. were corned BY half .
dozen Of the young folks. led By Mr..
James. aud forced to confess.
Then all went to Mr.. Moors'e home for
dinnert who're most deiightsul tims was
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n, yes, Mamma, please put 1t all In
! the tissue paper-wire and every
thing which / use in making How
ers, for l may want 10 use them
while in the country"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-06-23

thousands of acres of wheat In this
county yielded AZ bushels to the acre
and many fields cut 35 bushels and
better.
You can figure it for yourself He
has $4,000 acres in wheat this year
and it was planted Win less cost than
any other wheat in the state. His
traction plows tore up the earth, har-
rowed it and seeded it, all in one op-
Grafton, at the rate of one hundred
acres a day. 1t cost him $4,000 when
the 10000 acres were in. If he
should happen to get an average of Is
bushels to the acre-he won't, because
the weather won the bet this year-but
If he had won and the average yield
was Is bushels to the acre, that
would be 425,O00 bushels.
Now, take your pencil again: 1885,
900 bushels of wheat at, we'll say, 81
a bushel; that's $425,0OO; enough
profit there for some carloads of pat
ent leather shoes and trips to the sea
shore and around the world
Fike sat scrooched down in his Of
A1NO SAACAA Ill CAlo w VII LuS Ol1C1 UCyJ
an old SLOUGH hat pulled down over
his eyes, his muddy boots up on his
desk, and he looked through the win
dow at the drizzling rain.
"Pity that rain didn't come last fall,
jim" said one of his neighbors.
"Y-a-a-s," Fike drawled. "But it
didn't. It's a gamble" he said.
We've struck five poor years In
bad year we get six or seven bushels
to the acre and barely pull out. In
good year it's easy to cut Is to 35
bushels here. In that kind of a year,
with the rains coming right, raising
wheat in this country is like shooting
fish in a barrel. That's the kind of
year I've been figurin' on getting.
Ter to go chase himself But it's been
a scrap. I've been increasin my acre
age faster than I've been gettin'
wheat. A fair year with, say, fifteen
thousand acres in, would make me
better than 100000 clear profit, and
ringer, that's what am waitin' for,
a ringer, I'll clean up a good quarter
of a million in one crop, and if several
| good crops follow one after another,
as they have done in times past, and
as they surely will again, you can put
my name with the other millionaires'
in the Who's Who in America book.
| that book with the red covers and
gold letters on the back. James N.
| Fike, millionaire wheat king Of Kan"
sas.' how'll that look hey?"
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BETS IT WILL RAIN
Kansas Farmer Stakes $50, 900
on the Weather.
Has Tried 1t Five Times and Hes
Out SIPS, 0oo-If He Ever
Wins He'll Be
Rich.

Colby, Kan.--"Jim" Fike is trying to
get rich betting against the weather.
Last August he staked $4,000 on the
chance that it would rain within
three months. If it had rained, as he
bet it would, he would have made
quarter Of million and got his $780,,
900 back, too. But it didn't rain. The
weather is fre#Sish thing out on this
high plateau, ann Fike will be mighty
thankful If the 10000 is returned to
him so he can have it to take another
flyer against the weather this year.
Ffke calls his method of fortune hunt
ing Gambling against the weather"
He has been at 1t now for five years
and has never won.
But" he says, ''I'll make the big
killing one of these years, just as
sures shootin', and when / do I'll put
on patent leather shoes and go to the
seashore"
Fike has staked $175,000 in five
years on the chance that there would
be enough rain and seasonable weather
to give him bumper crop of wheat.
y
wrong, either it didn't rain enough to
start the wheat right, or 1t didn't
freeze enough to give 1t good stand,
or the high winds blew most of it out
of the ground, or the drought hindered
it from maturing; but there was
enough of crop in the worst of the
five years to return him nearly all he
had ventured, and in several of the
years he made profit of mere $780,
600 or So
The thing he is after Is crop that
will average twenty-five or thirty-five
bushels of wheat to the acre. If ever
he gets that he may go to the seashore
sure enough, or to any old place. And
it is a sure thing that he will get it If
he stays with the game, for in 1903
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lIITIE Observation-Disclosures

pure gold encrusted with Jewels. There
are about three hundred diamonds in the
crown, and about three hundred pearls be-
SIDES quantity Of other precious stones. The
great South African diamond, the Culllnan
which was cut into two parts, is now the one
part, called the Star of Africa, in the Kings
Sceptre, the lesser part being set into the
crown beneath the Black Prince Ruby, stone
said to have been worn in the Black Princes
helmet at Crecy and Poictiers. There u.s.
moreover, the huge oblong sapphire placed in
the crown in 1920 by the Prince Regent. Also
the two pear-shaped pearls which were worn
as earrings by Queen Elizabeth on her corona
ton in 1858, and were added to the Crown by
King Edwards special order
After the Coronation in the language of
the Rubric, "the people with loud and repeat
ed shouts, cry: God save the King and i'm
mediately the Peers put their Coronets;
and the Kings of Arms their Crowns; the
Trumpets sounding the Drums beating the
Great Guns of the Tower and the guns in the
Park being shot off,
When the reclamation ceases the Arch
bishop pronounces the Exhortation and then
presents the Bible to the King, saying: Our
Gracious King we present you with this Book
the most valuable thing that this world af-
fords. Here is Wisdom This is the Royal
The Archbishop now pronounces the Bene
dicton and the King goes into the Theatre
where are all the Great Officers of State the
two Bishops his Supporters, the Noblemen
carrying the Swords the Sword of State the
Pointed Sword of Spiritual Justice the Point
ed Sword of Temporal Justice and the Cur
tana, the bluntended Sword of Mercy
The King being then enthroned and the Elk
hortation beginning, Stand firm and hold
fast" having been said, the King delivers the
Sceptre with the Cross and the Scep&re with
the Dove to those noblemen who bear them
and receives the Homage, first of the Bishops,
after which the Archbishop kisses him on the
left cheek. After which come those of the
Blood Royal to do the same and after that
the Senior of each degree do likewise the
Senior of the Dukes, of the Marquesses the
Earls the Viscounts and the Barons Then
the Princesses pay Homage and after them
the Peeresses.
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or precious stones are to be set or used in the
coronets or counterfeit pearls instead of silver
balls.
The Cap of crimson velvet and fur once
worn by peers in Parliament is the sign of
their right to the peerage, the metal crowns
showing the degree of the wearer-thus:
A Baron's Coronet has on the rim six silver
balls set at equal distances
A Viscount's Coronet has sixteen silver
balls.
An Earls Coronet has eight silver balls
raised on points, with gold strawberry leaves
between the points.
A Marques Coronet has four gold straw
berry leaves and four silver balls alternately.
A Dukes Coronet has eight gold strawberry
leaves.
THE PEERESSES
For all: mantle of crimson velvet, with
a Cape furred with miniver pure, and pow
dered with rows of ermine.
For Baroness: The Mantle to be edged
round with miniver pure two inches in
breadth, and the train to be three feet on the
ground. The Cape to have two rows of ermine
For Viscountess: The edge of the Mantle
as before; the train to be yard and a quarter
on the ground
For Countess: The edging of fur to be
three inches in breadth, and the train a yard
and half
For a Warehouses: The edging to be four
inches in breadth, and the train yard and
three-quarters.
For Duchess: The edging to be five
inches broad, and the train two yards on the
ground. Their dress consists of Kirtle OF
crimson velvet bordered all round, with a mar
row edging of miniver scalloped in front, plain
otherwise. The Kirtle opens from the waist
and widens gradually down to the ground. II
NAV also be gathered back in three festooEs
each tied back. with bow of tnsel.
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The Queen in Coronation Regal
pearls in coronets will be found in the orders
for the Coronation. Youths, for example, must
wear a costume of black velvet with knicker
bockers, black silk stockings, shoes with steel
buckles and glengarry cap of black velvet.
For the King many things must be prepared
The crown must be altered, the mantle and
Supertunca fitted, sceptres, swords, girdles,
spurs must all be got in readiness.
The King arrives. He must wear klrtle,
or surcoat of crimson velvet with a large
mantle and hood of the same, furred with
ermine and bordered with rich gold lace. This
is worn over the white underdress and white
stockings of the Garter Robes. On his head
he wears the Cap of State of purple velvet
turned up with ermine. The mantle, of huge
proportions is held up by number of pages
who wore on the last occasion modified
Georgian coat with big cuffs, ruffles at the
wrist lace cravats, shoulder-knots and swords.
From the moment of the Kings entrance to
his exit the solemn process of dressing and
undressing him in garments symbolical of
various virtues goes on.
After he has been Recognized King and
Amounted. the Cap of State, the Mantle and
the Surcoat are removed. For this amounting
an Ampulla and a Spoon for the OIL of gold,
have been provided, has also Pail of
cloth of gold embroidered with eagles and held
over the Kings head by four silver supports,
these being held by four Knights of the Gar
ter in their robes. After this amounting the
Pail is delivered back to the Lord Chamber
lain, and is by him redelivered to the Groom
of the Robes.
The robes worn by the Knights pf the Gar
ter are of particular interest. Originally the
full dress consisted of a tunic mantle and
capuchor of blue wooden cloth, all these pow
dered with garters in gold. the mantle having
one larger than the rest to enclose shield
with the cross of ST. George. This larger gar
ter and shield still remain In the time of
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the Queen likewise. After which they pass 10
the West door of the Abbey, their MaJestles
wearing their crowns, the King bearing In MS
right hand the Sceptre with the Cross, ana IN
his left the Orb and the Queen bearing IN ner
right hanr her Sceptre with the Cross, ana IN
her left the Ivory Rod with the Dove
glowing glorious and moving spectacie
which words cannot convey. The blaze anu
sparkle of colors and jewels, the sea OF GRIM
son velvet and white ermine like wave-crests.
The huge Standards of England, Ireland and
Scotland and the Standard of the Union; the
Embroidered Cushions for the Crowns ana
Rings; the knights of the Orders in full dress;
the HeraIds with their Tabards and their fan
tastic titles, Unicorn Pursuivant, PortculllB
and Rouge Dragon Pursuivants, and the Kings
of Arms, Garter Lyon, Clarenceux. Ulster ana
Norroy, a host of quaint and curious names
and Offices
Nor is this all No detail but is carefully
arranged as, for example, this list of what the
Peers and Peeresses must wear whereby their
rank is shown.
THE PEERS
For all: mantle of crimson velvet edged
with mniver. The cape furred with min1ver
pure, and powdered with bars or rows of er-
mine de-, narrow pieces of Black fur accord
ing to their degree. The use of this fur, mini
yer, or vair for persons of high degree, is of
very ancient origin, dating from the time in
the Middle Ages when persons OF all ranks
wore hoods of some kind of skins One could
tell in the fourteenth century who were
knights or mobiles at tournament by the min
liver Of their hoods. Sable, erD1ine, vair and
girls were reserved for the use of the kings
and mobiles; other ranks wore squirrel and
lamb, peasants wore badger and cat skins.
The cape worn today on the Peers mantle il
the remains of this custom.
Barons wear two of ermine.
Viscounts wear two rows and half.
Ears wear three rows.
Marquesses wear three rows and half.
Dukes wear four lows
These Robes are worn over full Court
dress, Uniform Re gimentals
Their Coronets are to be of silver gilt; the
Caps of crimson velvet turned up with ermine,
with gold tasse. on the top and no jewels