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."•"v. I if- m»m BETTY'S PRINCESS 1 r.,. By TEMPLE BAILEY Ctojt^0«,I0M,by!nwnpZ6.Boae!/ The Martha Washington was an hour behind time. On the pier at 014 JBay was piled a waiting cargo—coopjs tf restless chickens watermelons tWhose dark green rinds proclaimed their inner luscloasness, barrels of veg etables and a disconsolate calf in a crate, which gave forth occasional complaining moans, protests against the strangeness of its position and its separation from its kind. Betty sympathized with the calf. 'She, too, was lonely. The only other visible occupant of the pier was Pink Johnson. Pink was crabbing, and Betf ty wondered if it would be beneath the dignity of her position as a traveler If she went over and watched him un til the boat came. On ordinary occa sions she and Pink visited freely, but Pink had recognized an extraordinary event and with true negro Instinct bad kept his distance. Before Betty decided, however, there appeared just above the horizon a faint streak of smoke, then a dark body, (which, growing larger, proved to be the Martha Washington. She came along slowly, throwing up a crest of ,white water in front of her and leav ing behind a broad road of dancing, foam tipped waves. As she steamed up to the wharf many hands were ready to receive the lines thrown to hold her fast, for ne groes of various ages and sizes rolled out from behind boxes and barrels, while from the ox carts on the shore descended lazy drivers, who lounged down to get the small stores which the Iboat would bring. Pink Johnson was cm his feet, wind ling up his crab line. threw the 'chicken head which bad served for (bait back into the water. 1 "Hit certfn'y do seem a pity to warfe [good holds," was his reflection, "but jTze got to be*p Mis' Betty Ma*shall 'on to dat boat, sedn* she aln* got no White folks datfU do bit" went over and picked1 up Betty's satchel and hmchbox. "To waw*m fo* 6e eon% wasn* toft, (Mis* Betty be questioned. "Oh, yes. Pink. Grandfather-eouldn^ come. Some gentlemen called, and he ibad to stay to talk ovev business." fc~ Perhaps the "cunT" might have hadwas the grace to blush over the excuse he had given bad he heard the trustful (words, but as he was at the moment engaged in compounding mint Juleps for four "gentlemen" who bad dropped In to discuss the merits of the new horse which was to be entered for the iPImlico races it is not likely that thoughts of lonely little Betty weighed him down. But Betty was not unhappy. This was the first great event of her life. How it had come about she hardly fenew, but "Cousin Mary Marshall" (was to be married, and Aunt Leila, Betty's dead mother's favorite sister, had written that the little girl was to come to the wedding. 80 Dilsey, Betty's mammy, had packed Betty's simple white dresses and had promised to take good care of grandfather, and, with a kiss, Betty had started away in the old surrey. [Upon her arrival at the wharf she had sent Calvin, the driver, home at once, that he might wait on the colonel's guests. Hence it happened that Pink Johnson was the only person to bid KMiS9 Betty Marshall of the "Hall" goodby when she started on her first trip from Old Bay7 I To the man and woman, passengers from a famous watering place down the bay, who leaned over the rail lazily watching the loading and unloading of freight, the Martha Washington ap peared merely an old tub of a boat, but in Betty's eyes it was glorified. Betty knew every one on board, from Captain Warfield to the stewardess, Ifor, while Captain Warfield was a Maryland man and the Marshalls were [Virginians, still the captain's mother had married Colonel Marshall's third cottehv &n$ if that JU?es jjot vamBtttnto iklnstoip nothing does, at least in the opinion of these clannish and warm hearted southerners. As for the stew ardess, she talked of Diisey. and. Cal iV±n in a tone which bespoke familiari ty, while the unqualified respect with (which she asked after Colonel Marshall showed the marks of certain pickanin ny days, when the colonel was "Marse Bob." It was supper time before Betty fin ished exploring the boat Betty had a place of honor near the eaptain, and she answered his questions and told him the news of her little, community 'In the charming fashion and uncon sciousness of self which are the Inher itance of the well born child of the -south. The princess watehed the eager, *weet face from the other side of the {table, She was not really a princess, jbut that was the name Betty had giv jen her when first she came on deck. |She was tall and fair, and there was Something about her gown which was (different from anything Betty had lever seen. It was straight and plain and dark, but there,was a dash of ibrigbt color In her silk blouse, and jBetty, thought It besutifuL I The gentleman with her Betty called the prince. was very hand some, but he looked tired, at least his eyes did. The princess looked tired, (too, or perhaps bored would he a better mora, but Betty had not yet added to pier vocabulary some woads which the dreary experiences of .matnrer life make necessary. *'~H Lifthea they all went upstairs and out 'fiJiJM ar$WH ate The Famous SAMPLE YIELDS OF WHEAT FROM OUR LANDS NAME Bosh ACT'S W. R. Motherwell J. R. Dinnin J. Stneek J. Strong ..I Wm. Clements.... R. Johnston Jas. Reonolds.... In Keil.„ J. E Pearee T. R. Brown C. E. Cnllnm R. Alexander. Geo. Hyde T. Livingston J. Glenn. G. Lane P. W. Seymour.. H. Dorrell.... A. Moffat .... H. O.Miller-.. John Rooatt.. A. Kindred. T.E.Jackson .. 40 40 75 55 OHt DON'T WAIT fort he a a BUY NOW. on fleet, It was growing dark, and the captain left Betty to her own devices BO she went aft and leaned over the rail, watching the flashes of phospho rescence in the foaming wake of the steamer, which seemed reflections of the stars above. Betty called them the mermaids' lamps. She was banging breathless over the-rail, her euris damp with the spray and forgetful of the chilliness of the evening—for was not Wavaletta walking through the halls beneath the waves, carrying high above her head the lamp which was to light her lover, the Knight of the Foamy Crest, to the cavern of that monster, the Crab of the Deep?—when she felt a soft wrap folded about her and the pressure of arms that were withdrawn reluctantly. "Oh, thank you!" said Betty. "But would you mind waiting just a minute until I finish with Wavaletta Presently she turned to the princess and told her all about it and that she was sure the knight would conquer theOrabof the Deep. "And then what will happen?* asked the princess. 7, ..., ,-.. "Then the knight marry Wava letta." "Andtben *:r-ui----'-: "Oh, they will Hve happy futever afterward," said little Betty. ^,.^ All of which goes to show that Betty not a worldly wise little woman and that she stffl believed in love and many other things which it pleases the world to call old fashioned, while many a woman with an ache in her heart wishes that the old fashion might be come a new fashion and that she might have some of the sweetness of the ro mance and roses of her grandmother. Now, the princess was wiser than lit tle Betty, and she knew that in the great world there are other things than love and that to have money is a very great thing and to have name and fame is greater and that to have a coronet on one's note paper is the greatest of alL So for a brag time the princess was sQent, and Betty thought she must be counting the stars, so steadily did she look up into the heavens. But the princess was thinking of a girl who had believed in fairy tales— once. And now this girl had been mar ried three weeks, and she had married not her prince, her knight but a title, an estate, a fine bouse and a position in society. For the first time she loathed it alL In the quiet night beneath the stars, in ttejCreshj, sweet presence of a tittle child, there came to her a longing for something beyond that at which she had grasped. Suddenly Betty spoke. "There comes the prince."' Then she laughed a lit tle. "You see, I made a fairy tale about JPOU too." The woman turned and looked alt the man coming up the steps. Yes, he was good to look upon, and he was good, and he loved her.. She had not thought of it -before. You' see, there had been the title and the estate. He stood there for a moment with the light fro^x the saloon "window Bhin iug rull upon him, then eame. toward them in the darkness and stood behind the princess' chair, tan, straight. Indif ferent. The princess rose and stood beside htm. There was a tight her eyes, but'the moon was* hidden, and :be could not. see her face. The rdght was not dark to her, but gjoxiou&--gloi&fus- ia the light of a new lesntva. 1A/F AlA/iM Per Acre Si 48 49 45 40X 45 45 50 54 38 47 43 47 50 44 47 48 50 50 45 47 45 50 1248 1200 1960 4500 1620 3600 1350 5000 810 5016 1880 2U8 705 9000 32000 3760 2160 600 500 1800 1880 3375 2750 24 25 40 100 40 80 30 100 15 132 40 49 15 180 500 80 45 12 10 E I A 4 yiaw~. 'This is -Betty M»ra»mii[ otto*"' she said, "and you-must thank her for en tertaining me while you were away. She has been telling me a "fairy tale. Would you like to hear itr* "If you- wish." "Well, a prince loved a princess— Isnt that it, Bettyr' "Yes," said Betty, "and the princess loved the prince.0 '"?A£ }'$ The man laughed--* *&tle WtteHy. •That was only in a fairy tale,'*, he said, The princess protested. "No, no lis ten, Otto. The princess did not know her1 heart at first, but afterward, after lwardH— "Oh, you are telling it all wrong!" cried a mystified little voice. But no one listened. »,i "Afterward, she found mat 4oWwa the only thing in the world, and so"— Her voice faltered. "And so?" questioned the indifferent Tha princess finished' breathlessly. lived happy forever a&er 5 Her hand rested on his now, and In the unusual action and in the gladness of her voice he felt that «ome ?Mpg* had eomVto her". Then the moon came oat end be saw ^mm^mmmmatmmmmmesim- •"f-^i-i-awBaBitaH Further information, Maps and Price Lists furnished on application. WHEN YOU BUY LAND YOU WANT THE BEST. W a It and are selling It at LOW PRICE8 and EASY TERMS. S & Land will DOUBLE and TREBLE IN PRICE. her face, and slowly over ms own* there crept a dawning comprehension, and when little Betty went sleepily to bed to be coddled by the stewardess and told tales of "When yo* ma was a girl" she left on deck two people whom fate had willed should be brought to gether by the faith of a little child in the sweetness and beauty of life. Seasonable Remedy. A poor woman, understanding that Oliver Goldsmith was a physician and hearing of his great humanity, so licited him by letter to send her some thing for her husband, who had lost his appetite and was reduced to a most melancholy state.. The good na tured poet waited on her instantly, and after some discourse with his patient found him sinking with uMmeea and poverty. The doctor told the honest pair that they would hear from him in an hour, when he would send them some pills which he believed would prove efficacious. Immediately went home and put ten guineas into a chip box with Hie following label: must be used as necessities require be patient and of good heart" sent his servant with this prescription to the comfort leas mourners, who found ft contained a remedy superior to anything Galen or bis disciples odmld ever administer. C1m»gQ of W ••Change of work is often real rest," says a writer in Ainslee's. "Every one ought to have an avocation as weH as a vocation and cultivate an amateur Interest in some form of exercise, game or culture very remote from his line of brea4wfaining activity. Perhaps no tire is so acute as that which is very partial and involves certain muscles, movements and brain centers, leaving others perhaps overrested. By exercis ing the latter and, as it were, equaliz ing the area of fatigue or making it more synmietrically distributed many of the best effects of rest are secured. Many of even the diseases of exhaus tion are because energy of one part or our psycho-physio organism JB over drawn while that of other parts is overrested. This may make even sleep Partial and haunted by the •specters of the night. Every one who works with his muscles should carefully reserve sorne fraction of the day for reading and Intellectual work. W are prone to forget that this is just as Important as for literary men to take exercise. It is really amazing what one can do with only a fragment of a day and of their total strength if it is systemat ically used in one direction. Those who seek recreation in mere amuse ments of a frivolous nature are wast ing precious $m and capacity.*' A "Witty Conductor. The street car conductor with a tal ent for repartee of the neat and pol ished order ia rare, and note should be made of him when found. A dissatis fied passenger found one out in the neighborhood: of Bronx-park, last week when two women mVa had berar trying to get to the zoological ahow com plained of the difficulty they, had had in eliciting any information about its wjiereabouts. "Yea, madam," the dissatisfied-man— e*£tranger to tliein—chimed m. _"X Can Helpful A provincial clergyman during his sermon caught sight of a member of his congregation wearing a very wor ried look. Suddenly the man's face brightened, and during the remainder of the service his appearance beto kened a perfect freedom from care. "I am pleased to think, William," re marked the clergyman after the serv ice, "that my worcte helped you some what this morning. I noticed during my discourse that your face lit up and the sunshine of smiles chased the clouds of worry away. Now, what portion of my sermon appealed ,so strongly-to you, eh?,.*'?y,J' t~v\'y' "To tell the truth, sir," replied. Wil liam, "I wasn't payin' so much atten tion to your preachin' as I ought to hev done. I was balanchi' up the week's cash in my mind and found myself two atfd three $ehee short I worried and ^rrieji^,.a^ou|jEhat money, but couldn't fit if in nohow^ I happened to catch a word or two of what you said about the preparations that man made for his prodigal son, and hi'came into my-mind Hfcaavaaa£fi bf.lighjtnto^ that I'd spent twpjand, three pence .for & new horse whip give my boy-Jim a thunderin* good hidin'. If 8 wojoderful, as you say, sir, what a help a chance word may be. Good morntn% Produces 35 to 50 Bushels of WHEAT and IS to 23 Bushels of FLAX i*$*Z* TO THE ACRE, OTHER CROPS IN PROPORTION.-yf\^ 0VER Mmmt \mf 1 I I A A +iitU I A «ITR«nil sir.M—London '000,000 ACRES of the BEST of these LANDS, I I I AH Personally Selected, Rich Virgin Prairie, RICH BLACK THIS IS A GKEAT OPPORTUNITY FOR E FARMER. It it a chance to buy the best pra :ie landin the -world to get a. home for yourself and. your sons. It is a country which only waits the farmer with his plow to pi oduce crops that 'will astonish the world. Why try to make money on land that costs yon forty xr fifty dollars per acre, whet ron can buy more productive laud at one-eighth the cost? Why try to farm among1 stumps and stones, on roueh land and in a ^iu districts? Here awaiting the settler is a rich, virgin prairie, very similar to the great plains of Illinois, Iowa and Southern Minnesota of 25 years ago. This great "Sleeping Empire" of Western Canada has awak ened, Settlers are now rushing to this great district and inlk few years it will be the prosperous home of the incoming millions. Itands in our district will make, a large advance in the next year. Now is your chance to get good land cheap. a 8 a W»-»M*»*J-» a aw anfin summer with more hours of sunshine to mature crops than in the states south of the boundary, and no bot winds, while the winters are no colder thauin the Northwestern states. In the matter of FUEI*. both wood and coal can be had at reasonable prices. Timber belts skirt the river banks and the shores of the lakes, and coal is found in many parts of the district The prairies are.covered with the most nutritive GRASSES which keep stock in good condition the year round. Cattle go to market in prime order without any"dthef feeding. In the matter of transportation this entire section of country is easily accessible by magnificent railway systems to the world's markets. milder than in the Red River Valley and latitudes further East. It is pleas- Tbrougta Coaches Between New Ulnr and $t. Paul and Minneapolis via the North-Western Line area new feature of the popular service furnished by that Company. These coaches are run on the trains which leave Minneapolis 3:80 p.m. "St. PaulD:05p. m. and arrive at St. Paul 7:35 and Minneapolis «:10 a. m. They leaye New Ulm, at 4:10 a. m. and arrive from St. Paul and Minne apolis at 12:28 a. m. This equipment in addition to the Pullman Standard Sleeping Cars between Redfield and the "Twiu Cities," via Brookings. For de tailed information apply to agents Chic ago & North-Western Ii'y\T 40H For the Thirty-Sixth OAK Encampment at Washington, C, Oct. 6-n, the Minneapolis & St. Louis will sell round trip tickets on Oct. 2 to 5, inclusive, *t greatly reduced ratrB» with goiog limit up to noon of Oct. 15 and return limit November^," Stop-over al lowed" each way. Splendid opportunity to see the National Capital and its beau tiful environs. For furthur information consult your nearest & St. ticaet Go To Washington D. C. By taking advantage of the very low rate of $25.55 from New Ulm offered bv the M. & St. L. R. R. for the thirty-sixth annual G. A. R. encampment you have stop over privilege on this route going and returning. Final limit Nov. 3rd. Ticiets on sale Oct. 2 to 5th inclusive. See your local ticket Agt. and and arrange to go over the M. & St. L. R. R. What Shall We Have for Desert? This question arises in the family every day. Let us answer it today. Try f^C^f Jell^O, a deliciotu^-tfttd healthful dessert. Pre pared in t^ro minutes. No boiling no baking add boiling water and set to cool flavors: Leinon, Oranse, .Raspberry and Strawberry. Get a package at your groc cers today. lOcts. 48 W A N S A trustworthy gentleman-or lady in each county to manage business for an old established house of solid fi nancial standing. -A straight, bona fide weekly salary ofyl&OO paid by check each Wednesday with all expenses direct from headquarters. Money advanced for ex. penses. Manger, MO Caxton Bldg., Chica go. S O General Offices, St PAUL,4 1 2 0 3 $ 2 6 0 t30T-S3.00 13O2-S3.O0 Pullman Tourist SleepingiGar Excursions to San Franciscoand LosAngeles, Via the North-Western Line. The week ly excursions in Pullman Tourist Sleep ing Oars through from St. Paul and Minneapolis to Los Angeles without change afford excellent facilities for traveling to the Pacific coast in an inex pensive but thoroughly comfortable man ner. These cars leave the "Twin Cities" every Tuesday morning, stopping at Mankato 12:55 p. m., Alton 5:35 p. m., 8ioux City 7:15 p.m.,Onawa8:20p. m., arriving Omaha 10:25 p. m. the same day. Oakland Pier (San Francisco) 3:42 p. m. Friday, and Los Angeles 1:00 p. m. Saturday. Convenient connection is also made at Omaha daily with through Pullman Drawing-room and Tourist Sleeping Cars to the Pacific coast. Similar return service, leaving Los Angeles Tues day, San Francisco Wednesdays and ar riving at the "Twin Cities'' on Saturdays. For reduced rate excursion tickets and full information apply to agents Chicago & North-Western R'y. 40 You Get Three for One Sold by jewelers only. Write for catalogue showing other designs. ARNOLD B. CLOVER CO., North Attleboro. Mass.. and Chicaga W. C.HAUBRICH, MEW ULM, MINN. WHOLESALER AND RETAILER. WRITE,ME FOR CATALOG GIYING WHOLESALE PRICES. ii .• Very Low Rates to Sen--Francisco and Los Angeles. The North-Westeru Line will sell Ex cursion tickete September J39, 30 and October 1, with extreme return limit unr til November 15, inslusive, on account of Meeting N W. A. at Monterey. Stop over privileges. Variable routee, Pull man Drawing Room and Tourist Sleep ing cars, world-renowed scenery. Apply to agents Chicago North-Western R'y. A NEW FAST TRAIN Between St. Louis and Kansas City and OKLAHOMA CITY. WICHITA. QENISON, SHERMAN, DALLAS, TORT WORTH And principal points in Texas sad the South west. This train is new thronghoat and is made up of the finest equipment, provided with efeetrio lights and all other modern traveling oonveaienoes. It Tonsvia our now oompleted Red River Division. Every appliance known to modem ear handing and railroading has been employed la. the make-np of this aarvioe, mcOodrng CafeObservation Cars, ander the management of Fred. Harvey. Full information as to rates and all details ol a trip via this new route will be ohserfnny fnnnhed, upon application, by any repre* .entattveofihe p? J- OFWESTSBVUNSM ft tr*\ Marvelous Yields on He ladki lead Experiment Hna. The followinffyields were madejGftst yea?r*t theDomiaiott Experiment Farm. 'J yields ranged from62 to 67 bushels totbeaere. BABJOSI-30 varieties tested days to nurture, 88 to 93 yields ranged fromS9to6SbuBhelesto N tlieac^ yields ranged from 130 to 147 bushels tofheacel. JPJCAS-57 it 1 days A 103 .t 118 yields rangrd from 58 tote *«»|10iff»1»j.»«Mir^ O CORN-3» T«uSetite tastedT platted la Ha and cut in September height from W to 138 inches yields ranged from 34 to 36 tons^taiheacre. MANGELS—25 varieties tested ni«"*M in May and ptttt igOctober yields ranged from ~9£3 to 1,023 bush, per acre. TUBMIPS—29 varieties'tested:jdaftted in-Ma* and pilled in October yields ranged from 1455 to 1 3 8 bush, to the acre. CABBOTS—20 vanties tested yields ranged from 413 to 429 bushels to the acre. POTATOES—89 varieties tested planted in May and gathered in October yields ranged from 591 to 646 bushels to the acre. The test plots wert all uniform in size, and the yields were not the result of luck ot chance, but of intelligent cultivation. These experiments show the possibility of the* Saskatchewan soil under cultivation. *&• Life In the Northwest.i where life is worth living. in great variety and land will never he as low pneed again as it is now. For farmiDg, fruit raising and grazing no portion of our country equals it. Irrigation makes the farmer independent where irrigation is practiced and the finest irrigable parts of our country are in Montana and Washing- ton. The towns and cities are all growing rapidly in the Northwest. Let me know what you want and we will try to help you. There are all sorts of places and kinds of land in the Northwestern States through which the Northern Pacific rune. Don't wait until to late to go. Low Settlei's Rates are in effect during September and Ortober. Write to me where you want to go and I will tell you what it will cost. CHAS, S* FEE, General Pass. Agent, St. Paul, Minn Stops the Cough and works off the Cold. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day. No Cure, no pay. Price 25 cents. NO. i- Ltd when you bviy locket bearing this A I I O stamp they last three times as long* and are equal to solid gold in appearance. If you have any idea of changing your location-Go INTO THE NORTHWEST— It is the coming empire of this country. Climate and elevation are found WAIT OU ARE convinced that you can do better for yourself and your family in the state of Washington. Why do you hesitate NOW is the best time to go—you may never have such a chance again. Good land is being rapidly taken up. You do not need much money to get a start. Read in our Bulletins what others have done. You can do as well. SETTLERS' LO W RATES Will be in effect during Spring of 1901. Ask your Ticket Agent for the dates and fuU,information. The railway that takes yon to the finest lands in Wonderful Wash ington, "The ever-green state," in comfortable cars, fast time, and at LOW RATES, is the Great Northern Ry. Chicago to Seattle, St Pan! or Minneapolis to Seattle, $30.00 $25.00 Equally low Ratesfromother points. Great Northern By. Tieketf *v «\. On Sale February 13, 18, 86 Man* 5, 18. 19, SO, and April 2,0, It, tt, 80,1001. WriteT«4ky—Oont Wait Till T»-«ofrow—to MAX BASS ru ^iCen. Im.Afft.,tao& ClarkSt~ »sCHICAGO, 111. F.'l.WHtTNEY, •-*-•, 6. P.A T.A., ST. PAUL, Mnot. ih