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ot CHAPTER XXI. (Continued.) "80 you have been a rich woman. Pauline," he said, turning to her kindly, lie did not know yet how far this estrangement had been intentional on her part, and he would give her the benefit of the doubt. "I, too, hare fallen on prosperous times. Now, what are you coin to do? Shall I see you home? Or hill I call oa you to-morrow, when you .will be quieter and calmer? Or will you come and look at my little place now?" Then, for the first time, Pauline raised her head; and again Jack saw the expression of the carred timers heads as she answered her husband. "I wijl not accompany you anywhere; wouhI sooner klil myself for I hate youT' The shocked clergyman would hare spoken; but Telling stopped bLn courteously but firmly. "Yon must pardon me: but this is my affair, as you must acknowledge, and mine only." Then turning to the raging woman, he went on: "In those circumstances farther discussion would be useless;" and only Jack, who was watching him closely, guessed what wonderful e r-control he was -letting to keep himself from exposing and upbraiding the woman to whom he spoke. -I will gire you the address cf my solicitor, and all future communications must be made through him." He wrote the address on a leaf of his pocketbook. tore it out. and placed it on the table beside her. "And cab?" remn-may 1 oa to your She rose and drew herself up defiantly, and then swept from the vestry; and i tiling followed her in polite attendP returned In a few seconds. - now, Mr. Dornton," he said, "if you will faror me with your company. I tioos." t0 receive exPIana' After wishing the clergyman "Good .morning the two men jumped into the cab which brought Pelling from the station and drove to a hotel. They talked on Indifferent subjects until they were in possession of a private room, and the ws iter had finally retired, after receiving orders for luncheon in half an hour. Then Pelling turned to Jack and began: "It seems to me that you and I are rated to cross each other's paths, Mr .Dornton. I have heard you spoken of pretty often lately by a Mr. Mallett, a .particular friend of mine." "Indeed:'" said Jack, uncomfortably, .not reLshmg this sudden and intentional Introduction of the Malletts' name; for since his conversation with Lord Summers, Jack felt less proud than ever of his own share ia the rupture with . EtheL He thought, too. that Mr. Pelling would not have heard much to his credit from that source. "I see what you are thinking," Telling obrerved; "but you are wrong. Mr. Mallett has spoken of you to me only as a promising man la your profession. The other matter that is in your mind I took the liberty of finding out for myself. Now, I have a proposition to make to yox" I CHAPTER XXII. Pelling paused and looked attentively at the young man. He knew there was not mach generosity in giving Ethel up, as he could not marry her himself during the lifetime of his wife, and, havyitrutjr u. u-ue manliness, ne ciu not mean to make any show of the misera-

.tie pain tuat was gnawing at his heart; but he felt he should like to know what ? sort of man this was whose path he Intended to smooth for him as far as lay in his power; and. while he thought of this, the memory of Ethel's face, pained

, and sorrowtui as fce saw it when she I made to him her confession of love for f this Dornton came suddenly before him, ? and he knew that the greatest kindness he could do her would be to restore her lover. Presently he said, abruptly: "You have nearly broken Ethel's heart." Jack flushed furiously, and half rose

xo seep caim. "I asked you to be patient with me." he reminded Jack. "My motive should excuse me to you. The pith of the whole matter is this was the engagement be- ; tween you and Ethel broken off in con- ! sequence of your infatuation for my wife, or had you ceased to care for her before you met Pauline? As man to man. I ask you for a truthful answer." "I can't for the life of me understand I by what right," began Jack, hotly. f "For heaven's sake, don't waste time In splitting straws when so much is at stake!" Pelling said, impetuously. "You can't understand my right to interfere? P I will explain. I love Ethel Mallett as I never loved, never shall love, never be1 lieved It possible to love; and until this I morning I had the hope of making her 1 my wife some day, when she had had time to forget you. I think my love for !- her gires me the right to do what I can to secure her happiness; and I believe her : happiness rests with you. I can't have '? her myself, or I do not think I could ) be unselfish enough to give her up. I ' ( might, but I don't think it. Now to rei ' torn to our point was your infatuation V for my wife the only cause of the estrczgement between you two?" Jack was greatly impressed, as he un- . 'derstocd now why Pelling spoke with so

"... much effort, and he felt touched by his ) devotion. Added to this was the feeling of shame that had oppressed him : ever since his talk with Lord Summers. '"Come you needn't mind confessing i your weakness to me." Pelling went oa, . encouragingly. "Bless you. man. I know how Pauline can twist any man round her finger if she likes to try! . I sup- ' ee she was smitten with you. and spread her nets to snare you, and you, - not seeing the snare, fonad yourself ' enamored of her without knowing how . It happened. And I dare say. If the i I truth were known, when the first mad 'burst was over, and you thought out things quietly, you would have given a ' good deal never to have seen her at all. and wished you had behaved differently . to Miss Mallett i ; Jack Jumped up. his face beaming.

1 i and wrang reumg s nana. "I could not say it myself, but that t la really just how it has been with me. 'rt I am not good at expressing my feelings: but I know yon are behaving rery well j to me much better than I deserve and . I thank you. And now what do you wish V xne to do 7 I "Go right away for a few months. Write to me now and again, and I vill I take care that Miss Mallett hears whatI ever Is likely to be of nse to you. Give I her time to forget the indignity you have ' put on her and her love. I shall be j ion hand In the character of a btnevolent i 1 patriarch, and the moment I fcee signs - 'favorable to our plot I will bring about 1 a mreting. The rest will lie with your'aclf." "How can I thank you?" I "Yon owe me no thanks. Relieve your ) miad on that point What I am doing I I do cut of my sincere wish for Miss I Mallett'a happiness. If you really think you owe me anything pay it ia kindness to your wife after yon are married. TTere b. luncheon. We will talk by and by ct your Immediate plans. Ji t ' Whea they had finished luncheon, and Txds had left, Pelling laid dorm ca the

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hard horsehair sofa, with his hands under his head, gazing steadfastly at the ceiling; and it was nn until the evening, when the waiter cau'e to light the gas, that he was roused fom his deep reverie. He then pulled himself together, called for his bill, and having settled it, went out into, the wretched night. When Pauline left her husband at the church door 'she knew that her scheming had been futile, and that she could never again show her face at Mailingford; but it was not that which caused her the agony of mind she was suffering. She had lost Jack. The one pure, unselfish cup of joy she had longed to taste had been snatched from her lips at the moment of raising. She was stunned with despair. She paced - nd down the platform at Charing C station, watching for Babette and concocting plans for obtaining what ready money she could before the grand denouement came. She knew her jewels must be worth at least five thousand pounds, and, though some of them were heirlooms, and others bad been bought with money obtained by her dishonesty, she would not scruple to apply them to her personal use. Then she would draw at once two thousand from her bankers. She would go and do this personally lest they might scruple to pay so large a sum on a check. And so she laid her miserable plans, refusing to listen for one moment to the prompting of her better nature, which would even now suggest her return to the husband whose only sin had been his poverty. CHAPTER XXIII. Notwithstanding all Pelling's efforts, the story soon got into the newspapers, and, it being the dull season, was seized upon with avidity by the gossip purveyors. It was "dished" and "redished" day after day, with numberless distortions, exaggerations and additions. One society journal had it that the beautiful Miss M of M Park, in Exbridgeshire, had attempted to poison her husband, to whom she had ben secretly married only a month or two, in order to become the wife of a celebrated R. A., with whom she had fallen deeply in love; while another declared that the husband presented himself at the altar with pistols, and. dragging his would-be successor outside the sacred edifice, insisted upon a duel there and then, and wounded him dangerously in the shoulder, and that the unfortunate man now lay in a most critical condition, while the husband had carried off his reluctant bride, a veritable prisoner, on board his yacht, for a twelvemonth's cruise in the Pacific. At last Pelling, annoyed beyond measure at these absurd stories, decided to lay bare the truth. With the assistance of his lawyer, he drew up a concise statement of the real facts, giving his own and Tauline's name in full, but suppressing J.ick's. He carefully conveyed the Idea that Pauline believed him to be dead, and rave the circumstance to her chang of name as sufiicient to account for his no'c having discovered her existence since his return from Africa. This 1 sent to two of the daily newspapers, and, thus divested of all mystery, the story lest its charm, and no longer afforded any interest. Pelling sent one of these newspapers, with his own letter specially distinguished, to Ethel by post, and the next morning he called in Buckingham street to make matters clearer. Ethel's frank candor once more overcame the difficulties of the situation; she stood at the top of the stairs with her hands outstretched and her face bright with friendly interest. "I have been longing to se you," she began, warmly, as they entered the room; "we have both so much that is wonderful to tell each other!" She looked at him steadfastly as he stood ia the light from the window, and what she saw in his face quickened her pulse with a sudden pity, but she would not give way to the impulse that urged her to console him. She went on, a little hurriedly at first: "I can see that your pleasant news is in some way mixed up with painful thoughts; so, as mine is altogether pleasant, I shall speak first. To begin papa came home last night, and he has brought the most wonderful news; it Is like a fairy tale! I don't suppose you know yet that your wife is my cosin?" Captain Pelling started at the words "I knew you'would be greatly pleased. My father is not really Mr. Mallett his true name is Sir Geoffrey Mailing, and he is your wife's uncle. In some extraordinary way, which papa will explain, the whole of the Mallingford property comes to him in the event of Pauline's marrying under twenty-five without her guardian's consent; so, you see, we are going to be very great people. I believe my mother was not so well born as papa, and the late baronet was so angry when he heard of the -narriage that he disinherited papa, who at oace changed his name and worked hard t keep his wife. I hope you are not angry with us because we are going to take away your wife's wealth. Of course that is only nonsense! I know you are not angry; I've heard you say often how glad you would have been to share what you have with her." Ethel paused. Pelling did not speak, and she felt a little anxious. She had unintentionally stumbled upon the subject: but she knew it conld not be avoided between them, so she screwed up her courage and went on: "Perhaps I should not say what I am going to say; but no real harm can come from straigbtforwardnes. We have been such good friends In the past that we need not stay to pick and choose our words to each other, need we? I want to congratulate you on the recovery of your wife; but there is something in your face that checks me. Will you tell me all about It?" "I cant tell you all about It" he aadL "I only know that my wife refused to have anything to do with me, and that she is now In Paris." "If I were you I should go to Paris, too." "I suppose I ought In fact, I know I ought and I have tried to make up my mind to ro; but I cannot" For an Instant he dropped his head upon his hand, and a great rush of pity set Ethel's heart beating oddly. He pulled himself together with an impatient exclamation. "What a bore yon must think me!" he said, quickly. "Let us drop the subject If I ever find you can help me in any way, I will come ao you at once. As things are now, the less said the better. And so you are to possess the wealth which Pauline has forfeited? I am very glad very, very glad on all accounts but one." "And that isT' "It will make Dorntoa's task harder." The blood rushi d over Ethel's face in a quick flush, and it left again as quickly. "I don't know what you mean," she said. . "I mean that Dornton was beguiled by my unhappy wife into doing as he did, that he was not master of his own actions, and that he would give a very great deal to be assured of your entirw forgiveness. He has loved you all through bis mad folly. H told me so himself oa thi jtj diy cf the wedding, before

Its) esMiId Lave known acrthing of the chasca la your worldly affairs; so, wheä yoa think of him in the future, you must not believe he was governed by mercenary considerations. Thank you for yoar kind defense of him," she responded, rising as her father entered the room. "I will remember to do as yoa say;" and she turned gayly to the door. "And now let me introduce you to Sir Geoffrey Mailing of Mallingford Park." A few weeks later Ethel and her father were settled at Mallingford. All the necessary legal formalities had been gone through, and the county families had. called upon Sir Geoffrey and his daughter. Lord Summers had suggested that the baronet should have a public reception; but Sir Geoffrey had sternly and emphatically opposed any such demonstration. So father and daughter had come down and been met at the railway station by the family carriage, and had gone quietly to their respective rooms, after shaking hands with a few of the old servants whom Sir Geoffrey remembered in his brother's time, and had eaten their first dinner at Mallingford as if they had but just returned from a short visit. (To ud continued.)

COTTON COMES FROM CUBA. Great Possibilities of the Island in This Direction. The Cuban steamship Paloma, which has arrived from Carüenaa and Matanzast Cuba, brought four bales of cotton of seventy-five pounds each, says the New York Post They are samples of the second crop of cotton raised on the island. Two years ago, when the price of cotton soared, attempts were made In various parts of Cuba to start cotton growing on a scale large enougä to be competitive. Although not entirely successful, the results have been rather gratifying than otherwise. It has been demonstrated, by experience, it Is said, that cotton of the fineft quality long staple sea island that brings from 23 to 25 cents a pound and yields something over 500 pounds an acre, can be grown in any part of the island of Cuba or the Isle of Pines, particularly the latter place. On the other hand, however, the boll weevil, the cotton plant's deadly foe, is found in practically every district where cotton is grown and has effectually prevented the crop from assuming any considerable proportions. An article in the Cuba Keview and Bulletin suggested a remedy for this trouble. Cuba has one distinct advantage over the South, it was pointed out, in that during a part of the year there it is impossible for the weevil to work. During the rainy season, which comprises the months of July and August September and October, the heavy rains and extreme heat koep the weevil from damaging the plants, so that if the crop were planted by the first of July instead of in April, as !a the Southern States, by the time the boll weevil begins to work, in November, there would be a good crop on the producing plants. It is estimated that by this method of raising cotton the yield should be, of the long or short staple, from one to one r.nd one-half bales to the acre. Of course, for the succeeding four months the dry season the weevil would have full sway, but with one crop already matured the planters would uot be so badly off. Until some method of getting around the weevil has been tried and found successful, though, it will be impossible to get men to invest large sums of money in the business, according tr, the paper quoted, especially while there are much safer sugar and tobacco enterprises to embark in. Nevertheless, the possibilities in cotton growing, as Indeed in everything else in Cuba, are declared to be enormous, as the fluffy bolls can be raised anywhere in an area the size of the State f Pennsylvania. Population or the Philippines. The density of population in the Philippines is 07 per square mile. The inhabitants are usually found on or near the coast except in the Island of Luzon, where about half the people live in the two rich valleys in the Interior. Only one-seve2th of the civilized population live inland, but the wild peoples are confined almost entirely to the Interior. In the archipelago there are 13,400 barrios or villages, with an average population of 500 inhabitants. The average size of the barrio varies widely in different provinces. A number of adjacent bar rios form a pueblo or municipal unit, and thus there is practically no rural population. Three-fifths of the population live In villages of less than 1,000 inhabitants and 4 per cent in towns of over 5,000. There are four towns with a population exceeding 10,000 each, and 35 with a population exceeding 5,000. Manila is the only incorporated city in the islands, and its Inhabitants number 219,928. He Lasted Well. They were in the family portrait sec tion of the. gallery, and it. seemed to Miss Golightly that her English visitoj was deeply impressed. "Yes, ti'iese are all my ancestors,' she said, proudly. "Now this is my great-great-grandfather, when he was a young man, of course. Isn't he handsome? My grandfather used to tell my mother that his grandfather that's, this one was a splendid-looking man as long as he lived, and as popular with women as with men because ha was such a hero. "Brave? I guess he was! Why, bj never fought in a battle that he didn't lose an arm or a leg or something from being right In front of everybody! lie was in twenty-three engagements:" Progress. "How are you coming on with your new system of weather prediction?" "Well answered the prophet cheerily; "I can always get the kind of weather all right, but I haven't quite succeeded in hitting the dates exactly." Washington Star. He Waited No Longer. "You may refuse me now," said the persistent suitor, "but I can wait. AJ1 things come to him who waits " "Yes," replied the dear girl, "and I guess the first thing will be father; I hear him on the stairs." Philadelphia Ledger. Bored There. "Didn't you used to board with us up to Mrs. Gadfly's?" asked the thinnecked man. "Yes," replied Brightman, curtly. "Why, don't you board there still?" "Because I was." Philadelphia Press. ' Said at the Breakfast Table. "Explorers say there's something awful in the silence of the polar re gions." "Well, why don't they take their wives along?" Atlanta Constitution, Fork Tonsrned. . Hlgsby Miss Cutting says she was ' Dora with a silver spoon In her moita. Dlgsby She's mistaken. It wasn't a tpoca; it w&s a fcrkl

Miafres and Servant. A woman should insist upon being mistress of her own kitchen, but, unless she possesses self-control, patience and tact she is really Just as unfit to manage her servants as a child. It is J a very true saying that a man or woman who has not learned to control self is not fit to control others. If a woman cannot go into her kitchen without losing her patience or losing her temper, she would do better to stay out of it. Fault must be found, but with servants, as with children, it should .be in a quiet, dignified way, and a proper time should be chosen Tor it. A woman who does not know any better than to take a time when a girl is particularly busy, or has some special piece of work she is trying to get through, such as washing. Ironing, or getting dinner, will never be likely to have good service. If she scolds or nags she at once lowers herself to the level of her servant and loses the respect which every mistress of a house should strive to deserve from those about her. Hatband the Master. Most married women imagine that they are mistresses in their own houses, but that, it appears, unless they actually hold the deed to the property, is a delusion. "It should be distinctly understood." said Judge Swartz, of Norristown, Pa., in a recent case, "that the husband is master of his own house. The wife has no right to invite or admit her mother or any one else to the house against her husband's will." The judge was good enough to add that the wife might go to see her mother whenever she wished, provided she did not go so often as to neglect her duty to her husband and her home, but he did not say that a man must see that the kindling wood was chopped and the wat?r pails full before he indulged in a visit to his father. Novel Walking Soft. Originality is the keynote of this chic costume, which is very chic for walking wear. Smoke gray English serge is the material used, the skirt being circular In design, with several inverted box plaits at the front and a trimming of stitched bands around the bottom. The waistline of the loose Jacket is suggested by a band of the same material stitched down closely, and there are trimmings of black braid, which make an effective finish for the collar and sleeves. On True I'oll tenes. The secret of all good manners Is unselfishness. Those who live a life of service for their fellow-men have no trouble about their manners. Women must themselves set the example of courtesy to each other if they wish men to treat them courteously. The specious arguments, "It is healthful," "Doctor's orders," and k indeed excuses employed by followers of fads to Justify their bad habits and manners are too transparent to have any weight with sensible people. Tnie politeness springs from a kindly heart. The polish that is acquired from education is but a veneer, and cannot well stand the wear and tear of life. No amount of education in courtesy, either at home or in school, will enable the average person to bear patiently the unjust criticism or the disagreeable remark. Only the patience of a kindly spirit can do that. Xip to the Ilonteulfe. Chloride of lime and water will remove ink stains from silver if well rubbed on the stains and then washed off at once, the silver being then polished as ordinarily. The solution for the purpose is four ounces of chloride of lime to one and a half pints of water. This may be bottled and kept ready for use. Wicker furniture which has been varnished will not take enamel until tbe varnish has been washed off with boiling water in which there is a littk washing soda. After it dries, rub It thoroughly with a piece of flannel dipped in turpentine, and after this has been aired for twenty-four hours rub with sandpaper, after which the wicker may be either painted or dyed satisfactorily. To Keep Girl Contented. How to keep, one's daughters contented at home is a problem which troubles many a father. One father has solved it by hiring his daughter as his housekeeper, thereby training her for the care of her own home when she marries, and at the same time relieving his wife of' many cares. Another father has employed his daughter as a Durse to care for her invalid mother. Of course in families where there is little money it would hardly be practicable to do such things, but fortunately the problem of the occupa-

tion for young women between the time they leave school and the time they marry does not trouble the families of moderate means so much as It perplexes the well-to-do. Youth's Companion.

Watteau plaits have been received by some famous dressmakers to give a long back line to bodice and skirt frocks, but while this idea is in its successful development picturesque and charming, it needs skillful handling. A charming model of this sort was black velvet, with its Watteau plait held down as far as the girdle top by flat little bows of black satin, whose centers were marked by little buckles, emanated from a celebrated Parisian establishment and was eminently successful. But only a maker of talent and a wearer of graceful figure could, make the most of its possibilities. Velvet is luore and more a royal favorite, used for everything from negligee and street dress to full evening toilet. Plum velvet walking suits with circular skirts and bolero trimmed in handsome applique embroidery, are plentiful as blackberries in June. And, by the way, there need be no hesitation about investing in a bolero If the long coat, basqurd coat or earaco is not becoming, for the invincible bolero is asserting itself as confidently as ever, even though it is not so new as its rivals. The short empire coat, though seen less often than the long empire coat, is distinctly jaunty if well made, and Is iossible with a walking skirt, while tbe long empire coat is absurd in such company. A popular actress, noted for her smart gowns, was seen recently in a rann a violet broadcloth, whose plaited skirt cleared the ground by three indies. The coat was a short empire model and the only trimming of both skirt and coat consisted of velvet matching the cloth and sot under cut-out lozenges being framed in very narrow stitched bands of cloth. A white moire waistcoat embroidered in shades of violet slightly letveen the coat fronts. Health nntl Heauly Hint. Fresh vegetables are used for keeping the blood pure. Cold feet cause indigestions, liver troubles and other ills, and should be carefully guarded against. Underdone beef and mutton are not unwholesome, but underdone veal or pork is very unwholesome indeed, nnd often causes illness. An escape of gas into one's bedroom is injurious to health, even though it be a very slight one. It is frequently an unsuspected cause of sore throat and headache. Anything over and above the quantity of nourishment required to replace the waste which is constantly going on in the body is not only unnecessary, but is apt to do harm. Overeating is as mischievous as undoreatiug perhaps more so. Jenron DnvU' .Widow. Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of the President of the Confederacy, still keeps her residence in New York, al though she goes south during the winter months. Mrs. Davis is now SI years old and very feeble, although not ail1 i 11 1 TT o r n 1 il stead, IJeauvoir, mrs. Davis. is now tlie home of Confederate veterans, and when Mrs. Davis makes a sojourn in the South it is usually with friends. While in New York she lives in a quiet uptown apartment hotel and keeps only one servant. She is far from rich. To Remove Stalna. Iodine stains: Wash with alcohol, then rinse in soapy water. Scorch stains: Wet the scorched place, rul with soap, and bleach in the sun. Soot stains: Rub the spots with dry meal before sending the clothes to the wash. Grass stains: Saturate the spot thoroughly with kerosene, then put in the washtub. Blood stains: Soak In cold salt water, then wash In warm water with plenty of soap; afterward boil. Mildew: Soak in a weak solution of lime for several hours, then wash with cold water and soap. Ink stains: Soak in sour milk; if a dark stain remains rinse in a weak solution of chloride of lime. Verdigris: Salt and vinegar will MODES OF S7

remove the worst spots of verdigris on brass or copper; wash off with soap and water, and polish with a whiting wet with alcohol. Grease spots: Hot water and soap generally remove these. If fixed by long standing, use ether, chloroform, or naphtha. All three of these must be used away from either fire or artificial light.

Fashion Notes. Willow plumes are soft and graceful. All the new waists have their collars attached. The jeweled muff chains are beautiful this year. 4 Easter brides are already planning their trousseaux. Knots of bright orange velvet trim a rich ermine set. The florist has lovely conceits in the way of flower baskets. White millinery is highly approved for all dress-up occasions. All manner of quaint old brooches are used to pin up the veil. And, by the way, some of the veils worn would make you gasp. The little feather toques in pale colors are wonderfully becoming. Lovely tinted linings are an important feature of most garments. Silver embroidery is especially lovely against lavender or old rose. Just a strap of velvet ribbon does for a sleeve in the evening gown. The violet girl is wearing a huge bunch of purple beauties on her bosom. The high-topped combs worn this winter give a courtly aspect to coiffures. Those little traveling jewel cases of chamois and ribbon are handy possessions. Parisian Gown. A new Parisian gown of black velvet over an underdress of rich lace. For nn KnRned Ciirl. A little while ago each girl friends of an engaged girl gave her a teacup. This gift is not so popular now as a contribution of lingerie for her trans seau. A hand-made underwaist or nightgown is a favored present, and girls are finding out that it is no more trouble to make these dainty, things than to embroider a centerpiece. They are sensible gifts, and as indicative of a return to tine needlework, after a long period when girls have been taught everything but sewing, their advent is to be welcomed. Hnppy Mother Happy Child. The happiest children are those who have happy mothers. The young life which grows up in the shadow of a discontented, repining, and gloomy mother is like a plant unwatered by kindly dews. It is apt to be dwarfed and stunted. Even when things are crooked and temptations to be harsh come, let the mother, for her sons' and daughters' sake, try to be happy. How to Secure a Good Complexion. Those who desire a good complexion should exercise as much as possible, ruassage the face twice a week, using a good cold cream, and every other night use a good astringent. Diluted lemon juice is the best astringent that can be used. Let it remain on the face over night. This keeps the pores from becoming enlarged. TitnilMhed Silver. One of the simplest means of cleaning silver that has become blackened by gas or time is to mix a teaspoonful of ammonia with a cup of water and ufe a little of this liquid to form a paste with whitening. Polish the article with the paste, using a soft chamois to apply It and another to polish. A Substitute for Cfaamoln. Old pieces of velveteen should, after they have served their original purpose, be saved for polishing cloths. Tbey will answer the purpose of wash leather for plate cleaning, etc., perfectly and save buying anything fresh. Wash the velveteen cloths as often as needed In soapy water and hang out to dry. THE MONTH. it ,.W

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THE FIELD OP BATTLE

INCIDENTS AND ANECDOTES OF THE WAR. The Veterans of the Rebellion Tell of Whistling Bullets, Bricht Bayonet, Burstina; Bombs, Bloody Battles, Camp Fire, Festive Buss, Etc, Etc. "I have often wondered, said the Major, "what became of the unreasonable and wantonly brutal officers of the old volunteer army. I do not mean the petulant, noisy, or swearing officers who were good fighters, but the martinets and coarse-grained men who were gratuitously abusive, and uniformly severe or merciless in the administration of punishment The volunteers admired rather than disliked a good disciplinarian, and they did not resent the explosive language of a hard fighter, but they swore vengeance on the officers who took advantage of shoulder straps to treat men in the ranks contemptuously or brutally. "There were not many officers of this kind, but nearly every regiment had one or more. Some were lightheaded martinets, some were born ruffians, and some were influenced by inordinate vanity or petty resentment to persecution of their own men. They aped the regular officers in cultivating aloofness, but they had nothing of the regular officer's soldierly quality or his disposition to care for his men. The regular punished severely In the Interest of discipline, whereas the ruffian or the incompetent in shoulder straps punished in the ßpirlt of vengeance or resentment, and failed utterly in discipline and in care of his men. A few of these officers probably were shot by their owu men during the war, and most of them at the close of the war. If repeated declarations of their own men meant anything, were under sentence of death. "But I never heard of one of them Oeing shot after the close of the war by a man who served under him. Scores of them were beaten in fist fights by men they had abused, and several in my field of observation found it advisable to leave their old home neighborhoods and settle in distant States, but not in a single case was the oath of a private to kill his captain or lieutenant carried out Those seeking revenge for humiliation or injury found other means of satisfying that revenge. In one case an unpopular officer sought admission to the regular army some years after the war. Hy that time one of his old noncommissioned officers had been elected to Congress. "He told his story to Garfield, Butler and others, and the applicant was ruled out In another case an officer who had been brutal toward the more intelligent men in his company sought a nomination for sheriff and made an active canvass. The president of the convention was one of his old sergeants. Several of his old privates were delegates. He was snowed under in the interest of Frivate Jack, and he knew why. In still another case an officer given to abuse of his men sought an appointment at the hands of the governor. He met with a rebuff that took him out of the State." "The average volunteer officer," said the Sergeant, "captain, colonel, or general, had too much rather than too little of the milk of human kindness. Bluff and gruff and a rigid disciplinarian he might be and yet win the respect, if not the affection, of his soldiers. And in all such cases the men in the ranks won at least the respect of their officers. The relations of such officers and soldiers after the war were worth study. We had in our regiment from the first a preemptory sort of a Captain of military training. His ambition was to beat the raw material of his company into shape, to drill the regiment into form, and, sternly persistent he succeeded. "In the last year of the war he was promoted to colonel of one of the new' regiments and we lost sight of him. Two years after the war I was visiting a Western penitentiary with a legislative committee. When the guard was formed for our inspection I saw in the ranks the old drill master of our regiment, the Captain of our crack company. I looked for some sign of recognition, but there was none, and I made no advances. But I went that night to our old division General and told him of my discovery. He thought I must be mistaken, but he would investigate. "In two days the General sent for the warden of the prison and asked him if he didn't need a captain for his guards. The warden said he did, but added that he could not find a trustworthy man to take charge. The General replied that he bad among his guards one of the most capable and most trustworthy officers in the old volunteer army. Why not appoint him to the captaincy without explanation? He warned the warden that the Colonel was a proud and sensitive man, and no questions should be asked as to how he came to be a prison guard. "Meantime our committee paid a visit to the warden and made practically the same recommendation. I had told the story to all the old soldiers in the Legislature, and they went Into action. The Colonel was made captain of the guard, was later made chief of police through the influence of his old company, and the officers of the division. As he told me later, the boys did the work and he accepted promotion after promotion, with no questions asked. Some years later I was with this officer in the city, when we passed an old staff officer of our division General." He shook hands with us, saluted in his old dignified way, and passed an. The Colonel said to me at once: The Major is in trouble. I know the signs. We must help him as you fellows helped me when luck was running against me. "We discovered that the old fellow was In absolute want and was too proud to let any of his old army friends know the truth. In three days he received an unexpected offer of lucrative employment and accepted the position. He never admitted that he had been close to starvation, but when I visited him In his last sickness he told his family the story of how his old boys had helped him, and that the Colonel and myself had been leaders In the conspiracy. In the army he was one of the most lovable men I knew, and yet he could be as remote as the Arctic Ocean when occasion required." Chicago Inter-Ocean. Renult of Careleaaneai. A soldier had been wounded in the face. A man asked him in which battle he had been injured. "In the last battle of Bull Run," he replied. "But how conld yoa get hit in the faco at Bull Eutr ".Well, glr," fald

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run a mile ox two I got careless ana looked back." Dull Uniform Dm Lee. "General Robert E. Les was th first man who discovered that ail armies were Improperly cniformed observed a well-known army officer; "and he was so strongly convinced that he was right that he abolished the blue uniforms worn by the cadet at West Foint and substituted gray; which has been worn ever since In lt place. General Lee was in command of the military academy at West Point some years before the Civil War, and It was here he put his ideas and reforms into operation. He was, according to the records, the firs: officer in any army who favored Inconspicuous uniforms. "The khakis, drab and blue, which are universally used by the armle of the world to-day as camprign uniforms, are the direct results of his original thought and consideration. Other officers may have thought along the same lines with him, but he was the first to start the reform. Of course he met with violent opposition, for soldier people as a rule are in favoi of as much display as possible, but ha never let up. The first organization that adopted his suggestion was ths famous Seventh Regiment of New York City, and which has worn gray ever since, followed soon by the equally famous Fifth Regiment ot Baltimore, Maryland's National (iuard. Others soon fell into line. "Only recently, in studying over the reports on this subject on file in the War Department at Washington, I ran across the reports of the then Major Lee. His only fault la the matter, like those of all pioneers, waa that he was fifty years ahead of his times, which always has been and X presume always will be an unpardonable sin. In these reports Major Ie not only urged the abolition of conspicuous uniforms for campaigns, but he went even further in recommending that arms, accoutrements, cannon and all the things used ia the business of war should be without polish or glisten. "His idea has been universally adopted by all the armies of tho world, and to-day it would be a violation of all rules for a soldier In a campaign to have anything abon! him, even to a button on his clothing, which has even the slightest polish or even susceptible of polish. For play soldiers and dress parade fancy colors, polish and glisten will do well enough, but for campaigns it is a thing of the past Had the armies of Europe discovered this years befor they did their lists of killed and wounded would have been considerably less than what they were. "Nine-tenths of the people of the North and the South think that gray had some connection with the South on its own account, never dreaming that gray was first worn in the North by the cadets at West Foint whero it is still used as a dress uniform, and by the leading military organizations of the North, notably In New York; and Boston. General Lee when called upon to organize the army of theSouth put into practical operation the Ideas he had formed long before hehad even dreamed of the Civil War. This explains also the reason why he was less strict In having the soldiers of the Confederate army wear their pretty clothes during the war. He had found out by his study and observation that the less show and display meant the less casualties and besought the latter. The campaign uniform of to-day the world over is his ideal and he did all he could to carry it into effect." New Orleans Times-Democrat. Artlllerr lB Street FMffhttnaT. "The street fighting in Moscow," said the Major, "struck me at first as peculiar, in that artillery was used against rioters. But as I went back over the experiences in the Civil War, I recalled several cases in which w used artillery In street fighting. One of these cases, strangely enough, was in Boston. On the night of July 15, 1SC3, Inflamed by reports of the riot in New York, a mob attempted to capture the armory of the Eleventh battery, on Cooper street "Preparations had been made to meet such an attack, and v-hen the rioters, attempting to carry the building by storm, had forced the entrance a gun loaded with canister was fired almost in their faces, and with terrible effect. Even then the rioters held together until a company of regular cavalry charged, when they ran like sheep. "In New York, where the riots extended over four days, there were at first no troops to meet the mob, and shameful excesses shocked the nation. But when the regulars, militia, and police were organized for resistance the rioters at different points dispersed under rifle fire. They rallied at other points, to be again dispersed, but on thv. morning of July 17 the cavalryrode over the field of disturbance and found no rioters. "The mob leaders were killed or captured. There were comparatively few casualties among the troops, but over a thousand persons were killed before the mobs were subdued. The fighting was mainly in the streets and there was little sniping from the houses. Property to the value of $2.000,000 was wantonly destroyed by the rioters, who held the largest city on the American continent in a state of war for four days." JOSH BILLINGS' PHILOSOPHY. Next to a conshience void ov offense, give me a pair ov eazy boots. Hunting for happiness iz like hunting for hens' eggs under the barn ; haff the time they are addled after you har found them. Here iz the grate difference between a fool and a wize man the fool Iz known most bl otheis, the wize man bl himself. Thare Iz only one kind ov person who iz fit to liv in solitude, and It Ix the one who iz capable ov adorning enny poslshun In soslety. If I was going into the hermit blzzness, I would go into the heart ov a grate city, rather than Into the heart, ov a mountain. A grate city Iz a grate solitude. The man who robs the wldder and the orphan ov their patrimony Iz simply a villain; but he who undertakes to disturb the religious faith ov others Iz a fiend. It la the surprizes ov life that add most to our plezzure. One man iz surprized with a legacy from a rich uncle,! another that the old speckled hen nai: just cum off from her nest with 22j chickens.