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THE MAID WAS NO FOOL
—
Gentlemanly Intruder with Thievish
Intention Compliments the One
Who Foiled Him.
Thieves, if the adage may be trtfsted.
have a fine senes of humor. This is the
story of one who was enough of the
fine gentleman to recognize ability and
admire It, even when its possessor had j
foiled hi3 best laid plans for generous
loot.
One afternoon a few days ago the mi*
tress of one of the most beautiful of th# I
new houses along Riverside drive went
out in her carriage, with the information
that she should not return for several
hours at least. About four o’clock the
bell rang, and the maid went to ths
door. Opening it, she found, smiling in
a polite and friendly manner, a tall, dis
tinguished looking and well dressed man,
who lequested the privilege of seeing
Mrs. Blank for a moment on business of
Importance.
“Mrs. Blank has gone out and left no
word as to when she will come back,"
said the maid.
“Has she been gone long?” inquired
the polished stranger.
“About two hours,” said the maid.
“Unfortunate,” murmured th*
stranger, in a vexed voice. “It is so im
portant. May I come in and wait for s
short time? She may return."
The maid led the way into the recep
tion hall and bade the elegant stranger
be seated. He settled himself comforta
bly, and looked around with critical in
tentness. Bric-a-brac, objects of art,
rare bronzes ornamented the tables and
the mantels. The maid sat at a respect
ful distance, with her profile severely
Aiittlneit hv n. wlnilnw. Fifteen minutes
passed. The stranger stirred uneasily
in his deep chair. He spoke:
“I beg pardon, but I think It will hard
ly be possible for me to wait longer. I
shall therefore leave a message for your
mistress. Would you mind providing
me with paper and pencil?”
The maid bowed respectfully and ;
touched an electric button. The polite
stranger watched her with interest. An- i
other maid appeared.
“Annette, this gentleman desires to
leave a note for madam. Will you please
get paper and pencil from the study?”
She returned to her polite attitude
near the window. Her profile was re
markably well defined. The pencil and
paper were brought and handed to the
polite stranger. He did not begin writ
ing at once. He paused, as if in thought
Then he looked long and keenly at the
silhoutte of the maid against the win
dow, and wrote briefly. The note was
inclosed in the envelope and sealed. He
rose to his feet, and with a profound bow
handed it to the respectful and attentive
maid.
“Kindly give this to your mistress.
No, it will not be necessary to leave my
card. She will understand perfectly?"
He bowed and was gone. The maid
watched him until his smooth silk hst
disappeared from view.
A few minutes later her mistress re
turned, and the maid handed her ths
note. “A gentleman left it, madam,
asking that I should give it <o you im
mediately you returned.”
Her mistress handled it curiously, ob
served the address with some doubt and
opened the envelope. She read care
fully twice and then looked inquiringly
at the maid, “What does this mean,
Mary?” she asited. “Here, read it” j
Mary took the note and read it She |
imiled slightly as she handed it back.
“He means, madam, that be did not
snjoy his stay, I think.”
The note read:
“Mra. Blank.—Dear Madam: A complete
stranger takes the liberty of informing
you of what you are probably already
aware, and with great pleasure attests to
the valuable fact that your maid is’no foot
“Her profound admirer,
“A FRIEND OF RAFFLES.”
u«nh ur dki i ion i Nuuro.
Xt la Reported That Officers Are Very
Much Dissatisfied with Their
Uniforms.
But, fur some inscrutable reason, out,
soldiers appear to think their uniform!
is a badge of shame, or, at least, oi
servitude, says the London Truth. Any !
•elf-respecting officer, so far as I can j
see, would rather die at the head of a;
forlorn hope than go to a theater o: j
restaurant or a private ball fuil of reg-;
mentals. A noncommissioned officer
irho sees a brother warrior privileged
to walk down the street in plain clothes
turns sick with envy. No soldier oi
any rank seems to consider that uni
form can enhance his attractions ta
the female eye, and the only way la
which I have ever heard of its being
used for this purpose is by the humble,
Impecunious private, who charges a fe
male admirer so much an hour—two
pence, I believe, the usual fee—-tor
walking out in company with him.
What makes this the more strange is
that it is entirely peculiar to the Brit
ish army. In every foreign country
soldiers—and officers most erf all—seem
to be extremely proud of themselves
therein The effect of smart military
uniforms in brightening up a crowd,'
whether out of doors or at any evening
assemblage, Is undeniable. As a mere
matter of aesthetics most people will j
agree that it would be a decided iin- !
provement if uniforms were worn in j
England as they are on the continent, j
And from the merely professional point
of view [ cannot help thinking that It |
would be of advantage to the army if
soldiers of all ranks were expected to
take more pride In the king's livery,!
and not encouraged so much as they
now are to consider it a privilege to
appear as civilians.
Pnsumonia Sills Thousands.
During the months from November to
April one-flfth of all deaths in the largo
cities of the United States are from
pneumonia, while but one-ninth art i
V«a consumption.
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BERRIES FOR MARKET.
|< Para to Raise Then, Provided the
Crop la Disposed Of In the Rlgkl
War and Place.
Having been asked, by a farmer sub
scriber, If it will pay to grow berries
for market, in reply I will say “yes”—
if the business is managed right, a.nd
the crop disposed of in the right way
and place. A good many of our
towns are not properly supplied with
berries; what they get if any, are
second class—the overflow or refuse
from the cities, where the market la
often glutted. The commission men
send circulars out before the berries
are ripe, giving prices of berries shipped
from the south, inducing many home
growers to ship By the time their ber
ries get ripe the demand is supplied,
prices drop, and the berries being a per
ishable product, have to be sold for
what they will bring.
My advice is to grow berries for local
market towns that are not well supplied.
Such places can be found in the west;
land can be bought for less than half
that close to large cities, pickers are
cheap, and, as a rule, more reliable.
Berries that get too ripe on account of
rain, and which will not do to ship, can
be sold in the home market; all the
rough handling of the railroad men,
shipping expenses, commissions, etc.,
are saved, also crates and boxes. Then
when consumers get fresh, wholesome,
home grown berries, they often get twice
as many, and the growers in the local
market often can regulate the price.
It is a mistake to plant too large an
acreage. We have to pay two cents a
quart for pickers; one cent for straw
berries and blackberries and one and
one-half to two cents for raspberries.
The pickers can make good wages, x
have had boys and girls under 16 years
old make a dollar a day. I, 18 years
ago, sold as high as $40 worth of straw
berries in a day. I remember selling
five dollars worth of raspberries from
one picking off one row the length of ten
acres. Blackberries, 12 or more years
ago, were not profitable, as so many
grew wild; but of late years, growing
blackberries has become more profitable
—Jacob Faith, in Midland Farmer.
PROTECTION FOR PLANTS.
4 Simple System Which Will Pap foi
Itself in the Coarse of a
Single Week.
Market gardeners, and even the mak
er of a kitchen garden, feel the need of
•ome wholesale means of protecting
newly set plants from the drying effects
of sun or air. A cloudy day Is usually
taken for transplanting, but the sun
may come out with scorching heat at
any moment, and much harm be done be
unahaded plants. Make a reel, as shown
In the accompanying-Illustration, and a
lot of wire supports, using No. 12 wire
Maks the reel roller and the wire sup
ports about a foot wide.
Now buy a lot of cheap cotton cloth
PROTECTOR IN OPERATION.
a yard wide, and as long as the rows of
plants over which it is to be used. The
cloth can be -divided into three strips,
each strip being tacked at one end to a
reel, aad ait the other end bs a 15-lnch
rod of wood. Stick the aidea of the reel
into the earth at one end of the row with
wire supports at intervals along the row,
and pull the cloth along over the plants,
fastening the end at the laM wire sup
port, as shown In the cut. Occasional ly
slip a wire support down over the cloth
to keep the latter from blowing off the
wire supports below it. Wind up the
cloth on the reel when the plants no
longer need cover. — Orange Judd
Farmer.
Tie Rlykt War of Pranlir
Set a green hand to pruning trees,
where limbs of any size are to bo re
moved, and the chances are tan to one
that he will commence on the iffcper
side of the limb and saw It off, sawing
through until, by Its own weight, it fallB,
tearing down the bark and wood, inflict
ing an ugly wound which it may require
years to heal, and which, if not carefully
protected from the weather, will cause
such decay as to destroy the tree. To
prevent injury to the tree, saw ofle
fourth or one-third through on the under
aide, and then saw on the upper side, or,
with very large limbs, to have them sup
ported by a crotched pole, held by an as
sistant. below.—N. T. Tribune-Farmer.
Itartlas Eul y V sure tables.
Select a warm, sunny placs, dig a
trench four feet deep, fill with horse ma
nure well packed down and made moist,
put on six inches fins soil, cover with
sash and let stand a few days. Thwn
plant sweet potatoes, cabbage, tomatoes
and celery. If the bed is big enough, cut
choice Irish potatoes to one eye, fill
small pasteboard boxes with soil and
plant one in each When soil Is warm
enough they can easily be transplanted.
Cover the bed with heavy straw matting
and boards in cold storms. The back
part of the bed should be raised so ths
sash slopes to the south to catch the ray*
of the sun and carry off rain.—M. Peet,
In Farm and Home.
The milker should wash hls hands
thoroughly with soap and water Just
before milking. Under no conditions
should ths hands 1m wst during the
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A Serious
Mistake.
It is a serious thing to neglect
your heart.
The moment you detect any
weakness or irregularity, such
as short breath after exercise,
palpitation, fluttering, weak or
hungry spells, pain in breast,
side or shoulder, or uneasiness
when lying on left side, you
should take Dr. Miles’ Heart
Cure; it rarely ever fails to
relieve all these symptoms.
If not promptly restored,
chronic heart disease soon de
velops, and then it only remains
for some sudden strain to com
pletely exhaust the heart.
Thousands of hopeless cases
j have been cured, and if you do
not try it, it will be the great
est mistake of your life.
“When I began taking Dr. Miles’
Remedies I was in a very bad condi
tion. I had stomach trouble, with
severe distress after eating. My heart
i hurt me, and I had shortness of
breath, palpitation. My pulse was
irregular, and my feet, ankles and
hands were swollen. Every month
at regular periods I had severe pain.
1 wrote Dr. Miles’ Medical Co., and
they advised me to take Dr. Miles’
Restorative Nervine and Heart Cure.
I soon noticed an improvement, and I
continued the medicine until I was
completely cured. 1 feel like a dif
ferent person. In fact I have not felt
so well for 20 years.”
MRS. ALEXANDER WIT,SON.
3000 Egrace St., Richmond, Va.
Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure is sold by
your druggist, who will guarantee that
the first bottle will benefit. If It fails
he will refund your money.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
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FARMERS
DRAYMEN
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MISS STELLA MAYHEW
IN “THE SHOW GIRL.”
B. C. Whitney’s splendid pro
duction of “The Show Girl,”
which will be seen at the New
port opera house on March 20, is
just the kind of an attraction to
go to if you want to be irresist
ably divorced from dull care and
MISS STELLA MAYHEW.
worry and to spend an evening
in laughter and enjoyment.
There is a wealth of music, color
and beauty and everything goes
with a dash and sparkle. The
| comedy abounds with^clever spe
! cialtiqs introduced by the various
i members of the company. The
chorus, con aining thirty pretty
and bewitching dancing and sing
ing girls, will be seen and heard
to advantage. The scenery and
electrical effects are all new and
the costumes are magnificent.
For cleaning, pressing and re
pair work take your clothes to T.
: W. Shaver’s shop on Second
street, recently purchased of
, Mortensen Bros. All work care
j fully and promptly attended to.
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NOTICE OF ADMINISTRA
TOR’S SALE.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned as
ancillary administrator of the estate of Isaac
Scott deceased, will offer for sale at public auction
to the highest bidder on a credit until October 15,
1905, at the front door of the Courthouse in New
port, Jackson county, Arkansas, between the
hours of ten o’clock in the forenoon and three
o’clock in the afternoon, on
SATURDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF MARCH 1905
all the lands belonging to the estate of Isaac Scott
deceased, lying in Jackson County, Arkansas, to
wit: The s e 1-4 of the s e 1-4 of sec. 12, the n w
1-4 of the n e 1-4 of sec. 13, all in Township 12
north range 3 west; also thirty acres off the north
side of lot 2 of the n w 1-4 and ten acres off north
side of the e 1-2 of lot 3 and the w 1-2 of lot 3 all
in the n w 1-4 of section 7 yind the w 1-2 of lot 3 of
the s w 1-4 of sec. 7» all in Township 12 north
range 2 west.
Said sale being made by virtue of the order of
the Probate Court of Jackson County, Arkansas.
Purchasers will be required to give note with
approved security and a lien to be retained upon
the land to secure the payment thereof.
Possession will be given January 1st, 1906.
Given this 16th day of February, 1905.
J. R. COX,
Ancillary Administrator of the estate of Isaac
Scott, deceased. •
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
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To the Creditors of the Merrill-Sellmeyer Lumber
Company:
You are hereby notified to present your claims
Against the Merrill-Sellmeyer Lumber Company
of Corning, Ark., within ninety days for the pur
pose of sharing in the assets of such corporation.
Please verify the claim and^file with me or the so
licitors. Respectfully,
W. W. TOLER,
Re :eiver of Merrill-Sellmeyer Lumber Company,
Knohel, Ark.
JONES & JEFFERY, Solicitors.
40w4 Newport, Ark.
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The Crack Barber, keeps
a neat and busy little
shop. Upper end of Front
street. Expert tonsorial
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work pleases.
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