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--V CH AFTER XXIV.- Continued.) He turned aside, and reaalned silent for some seconds. When m xt he spoke It was in altered tones. "Ti ll me what you want? I it money?" "Money!" she cried. "Money from you! Look here," and 6he tore open a lady's reticule that lay upon the table; "there are the two hundred dollars you sent me enclosed in your farewell letter; look what I do with them!" And she tore them icto shreds. "Here are the presents you gave me; see what I do with them!" And she took out some trinkets, and crushed them beneath her feet "Now will you ask me if it is money I want of you?" Her face was something awful to look upon in its deathly pallor, and convuj sive quivering, and those glaring eyes. That man, with aJl his Iron will, quailed before her. "What do you want, then? " "Respect, and I will hav tt Let me refresh your memory. You jound me in a traveling show. I vas a mere child then, possessed ot a ttange power over certain minds a power that ? an ambitious, unscrupulous chemcrr like yourself, might one ay provf Inveluable. You saw no way to U' "me tt the time, but you were loth to lose sl?St of so admirable an insticvmirtit. "Ton wormed yourself Into my confldezftl. and got from me that I eas dlsccrtented with a mode of life T'hich grv me tut a bare living, and fijed the pockets of my employer. I was vaia Jf t"le attertion of a fine gentleman I wtD had been brought up in a sack alter. You toll my father that if jje liked to go to Bur? St. Edmund's you wouTJ help to set him up in business that you would recommend him custom, as yol possessed some influence in the neighborhood." v "Ilave you ever had reason to repent taking my counsel?" "My father nit upon a more easy end profitable trade than shoemaking," she "Had we depended upon your promises, we might have starved. You thought no more of them, and years elapsed after our parting at Spalding before I ever heard anything of you again. One day we met in the streets of Ilury. Although years had elapsed, we recognized each ether instantly. You expressed great delight at the meeting, which certainly was not feigned, as it gave into your hands the exact tool you required, to fashion one of the most diabolical schemes that was ever hatched in human brains. But before you dared to propose it to me it was necessary to make me your slave. When yon last saw me I was an ungainly looking, ugly girl; now I was a well-grown woman, with good looks enough to have secured several offers of advantageous marriage. But I was proud, ambitious; tbe life I led, and all its associations, wer hateful to me I longed to be free u them all. and I waited and waited. Yen, with your fiendish cunning, divined my secret; professed love for me. Blinded by ambition and vanity, I believed you believed that you. the fice gentleman, would marry me. But at that time you simply lied, to serve youi own purpose. You were very cautious, tco you bound me down to breathe no word of your ?crets to my father. You said, once in his povrc", you would lever be free f mm ht xtni-tinna "Silence!" thundeed Ibewell. springing to his feet. "Well, enough of that tar the present. After the girl's flight, you left Bury, and I did :iot see yoti again for a long, long time. At last, y-m returned. So you have git her into rour clutch again. What is it to be this time murder or marriage? How my heart leaped! (ipuld it be Clara of whom sLe was speaking? The portrait I had sen in his lamesake's cottage the likeness to her forgotten until that momen flashed upm me with the force of conviction. Oh. uow eagerly, how breathlessly. I listen! now! "How dare yen speak suet words to me in the presence of a-stronger?" he cried. "You are venomous enugh to endeavor to establish such a change against mej" "I believe yol to be capalle of any crime, John Rod well," she ans rered, disdainfully; "although you woull give the preference to taat which compromised you least. "Suppose I adc.it that I intend to marry her. what thsn?" he dematled, boldly. "You will seek to thwart me?" "I keep my intentions to myelf. But I had forgotten; perhaps jot. are not aware you have a rival?" she srid. mockingly. "You vould not imajrine Mr. Carston in the character of gay deceiver; yet. I nu assure you Jiat, during a short abseaace from his loiing wife, he was raakipj violent love to Miss Clara as a smgrle gentleman, and not unsuccessfully, X believe. This is no yibject to Jest i-pon, he said, haughtily. "Do you mean to say that this fellow has dared " He advanced menacingly towards me; but. weak as I was, I rose up, and confronted him. I felt no fear ol him, although I was tuo agitated to fak too overwhelmed If the thoughts of my worse than powerless position. He panned; Oien. with a lcx of supreme scorn, h turned upon his aeel and addressed Juditi.' "Such an objt.;t is too contemptible to- excite linger, L'owever. I presume thav for the future ou will restrain in hit a auch roving fopensities. more esprially after the ccfidence you have chos-?n to repose in hjn this "ening. Now let me understa&1. Do we part friendt or foes?" "1 pledge ntyself to nothing either way. For years you used me as i tool. "Now we have the reverse of the rcedal ; you are utterly within my power, and I will use that power to minister solely to my own interest, or caprice, j the case may be, without oue thought o you. Yon should have remembered that those who love intensely, hate intensaly.He regarded her for a mrment with a Jisconcerted look, which shf- met h one of determination. He tried to lauh off the effect of her words, bu! the laugh was a woful failure. "What a fool I must be to stand listening to the words of a wad woman!" he cried. lie was ,'eaving the room when she railed to hija. "Where are you going? If you are gMng to her room. I have the key. I will accompany you." lie looked more aghast than ever; then he broke out into strong anathemas against Montgomery, against whom he vowed the most deadly vengeance. 'Montgomery has served me well, and I dare you to harm him in any way," the said, in the same tone of calm superiority. "Do so, John Rodwell. and before two hoars your cncla shall know ell that I can tell hira. Do net fall Into a passioa. You have fallen izto tr-p, zziSci will never 'tf et ct cf rr It ttatiug yourself against ?s trs!" cztf.rrc3 and lauded i'ccrzfz'ly.

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triumph was completei Presently they left the room together, Judith double locking the door behind her. I saw no more of Judith or Mr. Rodwell. As soon as they were gone I crawled back to bed, utterly prostrated both mentally and bodily. Soon' afterwards the nurse returned, and after giving me my medicine, and some beef tea, wrapped herself up in a blanket, and putting the key of the -door under her head, as was her custom, lay down upon the sofa to take her night's repose. CHAPTER XXV. Hour after hour I lay tossing about in a sleepless, mental agony. Clara was undoubtedly in the same house with me, exposed to heaven knows what sufferings and persecutions; and yet, for any hope of seeing or succoring her, I might as well have been hundreds of miles away. At last, unable. to lie there any longer, I rose and dressed myself. A fire was still smoldering in the huge grate, and a night light was burning upon the tabie. The nurse, by her hard, regular breathing, seemed to be in a deep sleep, and I moved about cautiously. Her face was turned to the oyen side of the sofa. I crept behind it and inserted my trembling hand beneath the pillow, feeling further and further until my fingers touched a hard substance it was the ward key. Little by little I drew it away she still sleeping profoundly fitted it noiselessly in the lock, turned it, and the next moment found myself in a large, dark hall, at the foot of an immensely, wide staircase. I closed the door softly behind me. A long window, that stretched upwards from the first landing, admitted sufficient light to guide me, and, with a noiseless step, I crept up the stairs. At the top of the first flight was a long corridor, on each side of which, as far as I could see, for the further end was lost in obscurity, was a line of doors. Xow came my difficulty; the slightest error would not only defeat my present object, but consign me to a stricter surveillance than ever, and perhaps bring about Clara's removal to some spot to which I could obtain no clue. . Suppose, by chance, that I should go to Judith's chamber door? I shuddered at the thoughtI stood for some moments at the head of the corridor, irresolute what to do, listening eagerly for the slightest sound that might guide me. But the silence was deathlike. Down the corridor I moved noiselessly. Through the crevices of the third door came faint streaks of light and faint muffled sounds, either moans or a low, monotonous singing the walls and joors were so thick, that it was difficult to distinguish which. I listened more eagerly, until I fancied I could distinguish Clara's voice. I paused for a moment, and then, with my heart beating in my throat, tapped gently. Breathlessly I waited for several seconds. No answer. Then I tapped a . second time a little louder. A sound of moving, and then a soft, tremulous voice, that, thrilled my very soul, asked faintly, "Who is there?" I could doubt no longer. The key was in the lock outside.' I tried it turned it opened the door met her whom I sought heard a low cry of astonishment, and my darling was in my arms. At that moment I fancied that I heard a sound like the click of a lock in the corridor. I suddenly turned, disengaged myself from her arms, and looked out. All seemed precisely as I had left it no light, no object, no sound; it must have been fancy.. I gently drew the key from the outside, and, reversing it, locked the door from within. We were alone no one could surprise us now. To her eager questions, how had I discovered her, I scarcely knew what to arswer; for, the first excitement of our meeting over, I repented that I had ever sought it. Could I have freed her from her enemies then, and then only, would it have been justifiable? As it was, I was feeding my own hopeless passion, and engaging more and more closely the affections of a simple-hearted girl, beneath the very roof that sheltered the implacable woman who claimed as her husband. Oh, all this was weak, criminally weak; and I felt it so, and yet I had not the courage to end it honestly. After a while I asked her what happened upon the fatal night that we lost her how she came to be separated from us. She told me that a rush of people had suddenly impelled her forward, and that by the time she could turn her head to look round, she fouud that she had been :arried out of sight of Mrs. Wilson. At that moment a young man. evidently the same who had delivered Montgomery's message to me, touched her upon the shoulder, and said that I was waiting for her in a cab a little way down the street. "He was hurrying me along all the time he was speaking," she went on; "and I was too bewildered by my situation to offer the lightest resistance. There was a long line of cabs and carriages; the one he pointed, out as ours was the last of all. and stood up an unfrequented side street. He opened the door and pushed me in; at the same moment a strange man jumped in past me, the deer was slammed, the windows raised, and the horses were off ct full speed, before I could recover my breath." From her description, I discovered that this man who aeccmpanied hex was Montgomery. "I am such a poor, nerveless creature so utterly destitute of all presence of mind that I coald only crouch in a corner and sob with terror. After a drive, which seemed to her excited fancy to endure for hours, they stopped before a tall iron gate, which. ,v after a time,. wa,s opened from within. They drove over a long, winding walk, at the end of which was a large, gloomy looking house, before which the vehicle stopped. Then, assisted by Montgomery, she was suffered " to alight, 'A female servant conducted her to the apartment in which I found her. "She was very kind to me,' Clara went on. "and assured me over and over again that no harm would be done to me that I was among friends, and whatever I liked to ask for, I should have, but that she could not permit me to leave that room. But no entreaty could wring from her who her employer was. I have been here now nearly a fortnight everything I have expressed a wish for has been giveg me, and I was growing quite reconciled to my position, for I can be content in any place where I am treated kindly; but this evening, just as I was watching the great red sun sink behind the trees, I heard my door open, and upon locking round I sarr " Che buried her face in her hands, seemingly unable to proceed. I knew perfectly r?ell when the hr.d e:c3, al-thoc-h 1 asked the cystica. "Thcrj tcrribla eyes." tha czzi7ZTti, til1 :j Izi tc!:3 O a v.l::;:?.

By the-ul'J of word I had heard spoken a few hours befov,4 1 began to nnderitand It all now, tut only dimly. I asked her what she r&eant. "Ah, I have never told you! shet said, with a shudder. ' "I will tell you now, that von may understand my fsf.rful position, and that you may take me awav from it." She knelt down at my feet, and nestled close to me as she told her story, speaking in a subdued voice. "I was brought up by a dear, kind grandfather, the only friend I ever knew; for my father, who wax an officer, died in India, when I was very young, and my" mother followed him withiu less than a year. She was my grandfather's youngest and favorite daughter; and, after her death, he seemed to have transferred all his affection to me. for he literally doted upon me. I had a cousin who was much much older than myself, but, like myself, an orphan. I never liked bim or, I should rather say, I was always frightened of him; yet everybody called him handsome, especially all the women. Until my mother brought me home, a little girl, from India, he vas the favorite nephew, and was supposed to be the heir to all his grandfather's wealth. John Rodwell hated me, and showed it, too, and that turned the old gentleman against him. When I was about thirteen, grandfather made a fresh will; and as ht. was never content to have me a moment from his side, it was dictated to the lawyer In my presence. In it I was named heiress t( all he possessed, with the exception of an annuity to John, and the former will, by which John would have inherited all his wealth, was destroyed. I was very much troubled when I heard this; and I told grandfather how much happie 1 should be if he would let things remain as they were, as I was certain Cocain John would know better what to do with the money than I should. "Well, in some way or other Cousin John found ont tTaa a new will had been made, and that I was present at the time. Once or twice he put some questions to me In au off-hand kind of manner as to its contents; but mindfal of the strict injunctions I had received, I was very cautious, and finding that he could elicit nothing from me, he gave up the attempt. But he became a 'more frequent visitor to us. He also took great pains to ingratinte himself into grandfather's good graces, and uot unsuccessfully. To b contlnued.1 '

COW LIKED THE SMOKE. Bot She Refused tf Give Usual Supply of Milk. Alfred James, of the University of Vinginia, was a disturbing element in farm life one day last week, says the Baltimore Sun, He went out to Reisterstown to visit a friend. He found the young man In the barn about to begin tha day's mi king. His friend is a civil eng.nesv, but is spending the summer at his country home, in Baltimore county, and delights in the simple occupations of the farm. One of his hobbies is milking the cows, and he was about- to begin on a very ladylike old brindle when Mr. James climbed the fence and called out to him. Mr. R., the gentleman of bucolic tastes, came to meet him, and the two shook hands and chatted for a few minutes. "Excuse me, old man," he said to Mr. James, "while I milk the cow." "Go ahead," the latter replied. -'I'd like to watch you do iL" Thereupon Mr. R. put his stool In place, arranged his legs as long-limbed milkmen have to do and proceeded. Mr. James walked to the. cow's bead and. gently stroked her neck, saying appropriate and endearing things the while. He had his pipe In his band nnd held It under the. cow's nose. " She sniffed, looked abouL sniffed again and loked about, and then sniffed. She seemed to like it Mr. James began to laugh, but in a few minutes Mr. R. got up in disgust He said a a few things about the cow and complained that the "blooming old thing won't let down a drop of . milk." He then kicked her In the ribs, drove her into her stall and turned the job of m'.lklng over to on- of the farm hands as he went off with his guest. The cow was so delighted with the odor of the smoke that she forgot all about giving milk as usual. Mr. James thought It was a great Joke on a suitable occasion. But tbe fa mlest part of the joke didn't seem to appeal to him so much the morning following the incident when at breakfast coffee had to be drunk without cream, as It did the afternoon before. TO NUMBER UMBRELLAS London Paper Suggest Way to Recover Lost One. There is much pathos In the story of the year's sum of lost umbrellas, says the London Eipress. Few, indeed, are the citizens from whom at one timr or another a well-tried companion fu many a storm has not been trken to swell the great total of the missing. Most men are sensitive where their umbrellas are concerned and the saddest fact of all to them Is that there is no melons of restoring the lost, strayed or stolen articles to their owners. Insurance Is a remedy that suggests itself. lint or. Inquiry an Express representative found that there is not a single insurance office in London that makes a specialty of. making provision for the loss of umbrellas. 'Dogs, cats, babies and bicycles can be insured. Several companies make themselves responsible for keys and season tickets. It is even possible to Insure against the risk of forgery, but against the umbrella thief there Is no protection. Ti the manager of an Insurance company the Express representative ventured-to suggest a bureau where ah umbrella might be numbered like a bunch of keys, and where the finder would be rewarded."' Tt has been tried," was the reply; "The firm gave it up in despair. "The amount of the premium, docs not encourage customers. A shilling a year insures' a key ring, but umbrellas are so liable to loss that the premium would be almost equal to Ü13 actual value of the umbrella. "The numbering of ail umbrellas ip g central registry at the lost property oCce would be sufficient protection against accidental misappropriation. The owner could then be found simply by consulting the register."

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When Baby Prays When baby by her crib at Dight Enfolds her little hands to prayDear little hands to soft and white I listen while th sweet lips say: "Now I 'ay me duwn to s'eep, I p'ay the Lord my soul to teep;" And, listening, years are backward rolled Th past is as a tale untold. And standing by my mother mildDear mother, with your hair of white Again I am a little, child And say again, as yesternight: "If I s'oold die before I wate, Ip'ay the Lord my soul to tat;' And half it seems in baby's plea The olden faith comes back to me. Au, me! I know my faith is but A phantom of the long ago; , Yet, when my babe, with eyelids shut. Repeats the words I used to know: "Now I 'ay me down to s'eep, I p'ay tbe Lord my soul to teep," Some way, som way, the world-doubts öe; The old, sweet faith comes back to me. An Englishman's Wife. In England a man's wife Is In reality hJi partner; and whether or not the two are in harmony with each other in affection, In all material things they recognize that their fortunes are irrevocably bound together; that the Interests of both are quite identical, and that each has just as strong a motive for making things go weD as has the other, since they share equally the labor and the reward of labor. They may have their prirate disagreements; but they front the world together. Tha wife takes the keenest interest in the most minute details of everything that affects her husband's welfare. She knows his income to a penny. She manages her household as a chancellor of the exchequer manages the nation's outlay, so that the annual budget shall not only avoid a deficit and bhall accurately balance, but so that it shall show a surplus. She will practice a rigid economy if necessary and in doing so she will feel that she is merely carrying out her share of the marriage contract It is the man'3 part to make money; it is her part to help bim save it She plans nothing for herself apart from him; she cannot think cf him ia anything apart from her. If he is in political life, she enters into his ambitions with intelligence and zeal. She will write his letters for him and entertain his constituents; she will study the bluebooks and teach herself to understand the public questions with which he has to deal, so that she may discuss them with him, and follow his career Intelligently. She belongs to him, in fact as he belongs to her. There is not much display of sentiment in an Unglish household after the first year of married life Las ended; but there is the bond of a common Interest which grows stronger every day and every year, and which gives to man and wife a unity of purpose and of feeling that' will beyond comparison outlast the cobweb tissues of emotionalism. Alnslee's Magazine. To Prevent Taking Cold. The little folks often catch cold because their sleeping room grows cold before morning. A little knit wool cap is a good thing for the head in inch cases. A child may catch cold in winter by standing at the window for a leng time. There are draughts abowt windows that will give stronger and older ones colds. A light wrap thrown about the toddler who likes to look out the window will prevent all the mischief. When taking the baby out In his coach for an airing on a cold day place a hot water bottle under the blanket in the bottom of the coach. Let the children able to run about romp and play outdoors In cold weather. But do not take them for long slow walks. If a child has been exposed to a cold, six t eight drops of spirits of campbor on a lump of sugar or In a little water, given as soon as he gets home, will often prevent the cold from developing. Rich greasy diet and a badly ventilated sleeping room will give a child constant colds. People with even slight catarrhal affections should conscientiously refrain from, kissing children on the mouth, and this applies more rigidly to the mother than anyone else, because she is the one who kisses the child the jaosfand will most readily impart the contagion if ehe' has any about her. Hinte from a Shrewd Matron. "My dear," Paid a shrewd matron to a newly niarried young wchian,' "it is bad to lot a man know bow little you can live on. "If in a time of financial distress you cut your household expenses' to the very last limit to help him, you will find that thereafter be will always expect you to get along on that minimum amount upon which you manage.l. to squeeze through in that emergency. , "I don't know, but men seem to have aa idea somehow, that you can get along on nothing, and if you should manage in some way to furnish a good table on money utterly inadequate for t3 purpose, it wouldn't surprise him tt all. In fact he never would give it a thought; fcr men cccn to have an Ida that women can do with nothing. "Don't fcrct tit, zz it ü CZcult ty recover ground yi-'.Ici in Luiinc;, c:cI, cr c'JLir rclzZLzzn vrith lzjlilj, cd it t3 11 ctts

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COSTUMES FOR

1. A charming bcudoir.gown of the finest pale green nun'i TeiHng has the round yoke and shoulder capes bound with exquisite Japanese embroidery edged with gold braid. 2. A tea-Jacket of pompadour silk a pink geranium pattern on a creamy ground has the lapels, sleeve flounces and directoire skirted bodice edged with a narrow plaited ruffle of pink taffeta. 3. For small dinners, a dotted Spanish net over taffeta Is most appropriate. The one in the sketch has a three-tier skirt each flounce bordered flith lace. 4. Another dinner gown of pompadour silk, the little coat effect lengthened in the back into a long train. The vest and skirt proper and the under puffs of the sleeves are of cream chiffon, with rich lace flounces tacked here and there with rosettes of velvet to correspond with the colors of the silk.

husband with regard to your household expenses. And so, my dear, use some discretion about these. "If your husband is in real distress, why, then, of course, you will sink every otter consideration in your desire to help him. But if he is in comfortable circumstances in life It is better not to let him know how cheaply you can run the house, if you can avoid It" Thing to Be Banished. Here are a few things that must be banished from a room with pretensions to taste: Papered ceilings; pale, characterless colors; the insipid pinks and blues, violets and greens, that the calciminers are addicted to; Nottingham lace curtains; drapes, tidies, etc.; meaningless bows of ribbon tied on various objects; frilled or flounced lamp shades; plush sets; stationary rockers; folding beds; over-mantels; plush "rames; sofa cushions adorned with Gibson girls or other pictures. You may already be burdened with one of these things and be unable to discard, it In that case try to live down the crime, but do not add to it Last Christmas day Clarissa showed me with a grimace a present from an old family friend. It was a small plaster bust of the worthy man, a fat person with side whiskers. He had had his bust modeled and a large number of them cast for Christmas presents to his friends. : "And mother says we must keep that object on our drawing room mantel, or good Mr. Worthy's feelings will be hurt," observed my young lady, disdainfully. The next time I called the bust had vanished, and I inquired about it "Hush!" said Clarissa, glancing around. ''Has mother gone upstairs? Well, then, I gave Hilma a quarter to break it accidentally when she dusted." That is one way of getting rid of things. The rilgrlm. Why Girls Should Ran. If girls would turn their attention to running, they would find it the most exhilarating pastime in the world, as well as one of the most healthful, says an authority in athletics. Besides adding roses to the cheeks and inches to the lungs, running is the .stout woman's best resource. Let her take a brisk run dally, beginning with a few yards, and getting up to a mile, or thereabouts, and she will not need to resort to a starvation diet Fresh air Is one of the Important factors of the sport It is fresh air that gives a girl bewitching color In , her cheeks, and purifies every drop of blood in her body. After a little practice, a girl can run half a mile without stopping. Then let her pause for a two-minute rest before doing the next half mile. Run briskly, but not at top speed. Needlework Notes. . Warm and pretty dressing sacks are knitted of soft worsted and bound .with silk. ' Use your odd bits of flowered silk and. lace for a theater bodice to be worn with a white skirt Ilandwork is welii simulated by motifs in embroidered cloth applied with contrasting materials. Dainty corset covers or petticoat bo-; dices, as they are now termed, have as their sole ornament a row of feather stitching at every seam, a colored ribbon running through the casings at the top and at the waist If one knows how to use knitting needles, a knitted veil will .make a most acceptable gift for some baby. These are made about fourteen inches long by ten wide. An open pattern is choson and silk or fine wool , which comes for the purpose, is employed. Tcd Ooci to Es Thrown Away, lie 5fter the prcpcil) But I'm afraid I .'.'am not cood enough for yon, 8t3 Of czitz2 yea era net. Dut jzi era tzo czzl to t2 tlr-77a c.zj en CZ7 ell:? cU. CLlziz

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EES Short jackets have almost disappeared. In . veils the latest thing is edged with fur. Smart afternoon gowns have the long skirt Amber is very fashionable in jewelry this winter. Unlined skirts are becoming more and more popular. Haids have not had such "a vogue for many winters. Panama cloth is popular for the semi-dressy tailor suit Those soft and graceful scarfs of liberty silk are "in" again. . Bright and fetching are the " new blouses of tartan plaid silk. Irish point and panne velvet combine in a few handsome gowns. Both marabout and ostrich feathers are used as trimmings on coats. Castor cloth of a pretty beaver tint makes a smart street costume. Tanne velvet is used for some modish stocks, exploited in all colors. New walking boots have an nnnsually deep vamp of patent leather. . Wheel rosettes of lace, ribbon or velvet are a frequent hat decoration. Gowns of white cloth are to be worn this winter even more than last The velvet coat much harmonize in color with the cloth skirt worn with it One of the fashionable things is a kid Jacket matching the skirt in color. For ball gowns both the round short skirt and the long close one are to be worn. Tbe polonaise, little more than a legend to this generation, has reappeared. A bunch of chestnuts and halfopened burrs make a fallish trimming for one hat The Lady Curzon coiffure with tiara ornament is the approved hairdressing of the winter. The butterfly bow or wisp of tulle Is too pretty a neck finish over to go quite out of style. Broad girdles of silver and gold ribbon fit aptly Into the general elegance of all things sartorial. Many smart women have abandoned hats and bonnets for theater wear because of the inconvenience of having to ' remove and hold an unnecessary burden. Young Girl's Coat. Celt cf tin covert cloth, Ctzll t7zz.z:zl, vrith p!x tlccva czl r!::i d;? czzz; tzizizizl .VJi tzzlz cl c" -.

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Edwin Entwistle, Who Was Fireman on the First Passenger Train. Edwin Entwistle, the man who acted as fireman that epoch marking day In 1S29. when the famous Rocket left Manchester foi Liverpool drawing the first passenger train in the world, Is still alive, and occupies a humble cottage in East f9 m r, . Des Moines, Iowa Although he wai . ijrv.f'VH only 1G at the time, the aged man yei has a vivid recollection of that thrilling event EDWIN ENTW1STLE. The Rocket was the invention oi George Stephenson, whose activities in that line had been stimulated by a premium of 500 pounds for the besl locomotive, offered by the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. It was by no means the first of Its kind, but wai the first to be used in a regular passenger service. In its trials in 1S23 it won the prize, attaining a maximum speed of 29 miles an hour, and maintaining an average speed of 15 milei throughout. This was a most extnior dinary performance, when it is considered Jthat one of the first engine! built at' the Newcastle Works when the Rocket was made only beat a stag3 coach by 100 yards in a race. "I don't remember the time w made," says Mr. Entwistle In speaking about the trip. "The Rocket pulled five coaches. They were small affairs and looked much like stage coaches on wheels. Each coach contained threi seats, each accommodating three people, making nine to a coach. People rode on the tops, however, and hung on the sides of the coaches, so that In all 75 persons rode that day. Thousands of persons were lined up along the railroad track on both s!des to witness the strange performance." The road was formally opened foi travel In 1S30 with eight Stephenson locomotives as its motive power. After operating the Rocket 30 months young Entwistle found himself almost a nervous wreck and refused to serve any longer. DO MEN KNOW WOMEN ? To What Extent the Sexes Are Able ta Understand One Another. Edward Bennett has some witty reflections in his "The Tassing Hour" notes in the English Illustrated Magazine. He says: , . "Solomon, the wisest of men, declared woman to be an enigma. He appears to have studied the sex In batches and to have struck an average. He had scarcely time to study the Individual. But many an honest Darby who possessed a heart has understood more than one Joan. If it is possible ito lay down a general principle in such a matter, I should say that where men have failed to understand women it was owing to want of heart and that where women have not understood men, it was due to want of intelligence." As a matter of fact, it is only Id rare moments of self-r.basenient and devotion to another that anybody cares to admit he or she is understood. "'You don't understand me one little bit' Is often the last despairing cry of a woman's injured pride to the man who is revealing tr her the fact that he knows every'Jnlnjr, even that this cry is a patent insincerity. And the man who laments that a woman cannot see how strong is his devotion, that she perverts and twists all his assurances intp tomething quite foreign to their original meaning, will admit some day that she understood him only too well, that his was a nature which required opposition to stir it Into activity, and what was mistaken In the business was that he iiiniself was so easily comprehended." When a man says that the motives of a certain woman are unintelligible to him, the explanation often is that she has wounded his pride by showing him too plainly that she understands him, and acts accordingly. "In other words, her intelligence prompts her to act differently from what Is 'expected of the average woman in similar circumstances, and thi3 exhibition of intelligence is labeled by the man as Incomprehensible. It Is his nasty pride which is at fault all the time. And this applies just as much In the case of a woman as in that of a man. Men and 'women have been deliberately throwing dust in one another's eye for centuries, and the wonderful thing: Is that they understand each other so well." Run nine: at Automobile. If the owner of an automobile ia going to drive the machine and take care of It himself he could not spend a few days' time any better than at the factory where the 'car was built getting a good general Idea of its construetion and the relative position and actions of the- various parts. If this cannot be done, he must needs familiarize himself with the workings of the car as best be may frosa the literature that he can secure, keeping in mind the Idea that the best thing to do is to let well enough alone, and not try to dissect any of the parts until the engine kicks up and really needs attention. Many 'cars are put out of commis-sion-'by the derangement of adjustments by their owners in an attempt to see how the thing Is put together.' Never worry but that you will know soon enough when any adjustment goes wrong. Having practiced sufficiently to have" become adept In the stopping, starting and steering of the car, the owner is fady for the road and for bis touring e 'perience. Country Life In America. Output of Diamonds. Louis Tas, one of the best-known diamond brokers, estimates the output of the De Beers mines annually at 510,000,000 anl of other mines at C4.500.000. Add to this the cost of later, the profits of the syndicates, etc, and he thinks that the annual output cf diamonds Is worth about When a thing is particularly eccjtc pccpla lzj it i3 the best thins in tla wcrld to czL "Cut nothlr.j L Lett:? t:a rrirj cLIclirn; iU tl 3 El;t7 cf rprin chickens.