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Ihc M M t t I t t 1 1 1 1 I 1 t 1 1 1 I 1 t M f t ! I CHAPTER XXIV. It was Sir Geoffrey' first dinner party, and Ethel felt just a little nervous as she receive;! the guests. Captain Peliing was watching her in the pause of his chat with Bertha Collins. He caught her eye presently and smiled at her reassuringly, for she had confided to him her dread of the awful occasion. "You are an old friend of theirs, are you not?" Bertha was saying to the captain. "We all think Miss Mailing quite charming. I took to her from the first; but, do you know, she is Lot easy to get on with. Of course she is all one could wish as a hostess; but it is impossible to gush with her. She has a way of sifting all one say and showing up anything that is absurd without certainly in the least intending to give offense. Yon would hirdly believe it, I dare say, but I have adopted the habit of trying to talk seriously when she is listening." "I think that is the greatest compliment you could pay her. Will you adopt the same practice with mer" "I should not dare," she replied, with mock gravity. "If I were to get a reputation for seriousness I should probably die an old maid. Men always prefer frivolous talkers for their wives. There is the dinner belL Are you to take m: down?" Later in the evening Miss Collins dropped into a quiet corner and discussed the things with the utmost freedom with an intimate friend whom she had not seen since the end of the season. She was describing the breaking up of the party when Pauline's intended marriage had been discovered. "Now tell me could there be anything more ridiculous than her running away from her own house and marrying, or trying to marry, a man secretly, when there was no oie to prevent her doing it openly? My dev. you should have seen our faces when Mrs. Seftou read us the note she had left behind, as we dropped in, one aftr another, to luncheon! At first everybody looked very surprised, and then the absurdity of the whole proceeding struck us. Why could he not have been married properly? No one could have objected to her marry ing that good-looking artist if she chose to do so." "Was she very much 'gone' oi him?" "Awfully! It must have been a terrible blow to her when her husband turned up." "Rather! Isa't it odd, his being here;" "I don't think so. He was very good to Sir Geoffrey when he was in less fluent circumstances, I believe." "Things seem a bit mixed. From what I could make out, fie had believed himself a widower, just as she had thought herself a widow, until they met in the church. Don't you think it probable that, while he was under the impression that his wife was dead, he may have had a liking for Miss Mailing?" "I believe you are right," Bertha replied, energetically, "for I saw him looking at her before dinner with his heart in his eyes." "It is certainly very strange that he hould have fallen i:i love with the girl who was being kept out of her right position by his own wife.' It looks like the finger of Fate, doesn't it though which way the finger is pointing I can't eee." As the guest, one after another, took their departure, Ethel felt her burden lightening. Her first party had been an unqualified success, but she was none the less glad to have it over. Lord Summers stayed behind, talking earnestly with Sir CeofFrey. "I admit I was disappointed when I heard that she h?d taken the family jewels with her," he said, in allusion to Pauline. "I'm afraid she has inherited some of her father's want of principle. The Luftons were never particularly distinguished for honesty. What do you mean to do about it, Geoffrey?'' "Nothing openly. I am in communication with her waiting maid, who had promised to let me know if there is any idea on Pauline's part of selling them, and I shall, unknown to her, become the purchaser.". "An excellent Idea and a very generous one. By the bye. as things have turned out, how fortunate it is that the engagement between onr charming Kthel and young Dornton was " He stopped suddenly as Ethel and Pelling came back from bidding farewell to Miss Collins. They both caught the drift of his words, and Ethel glanced at Felling's face; but it was calmly unconscious. Thinking this a good opening to talk of Jack, he said: "If you are not too tired, I want to show you a delightful style of title page that I came across thjp morning. I thought you might elaborate the idea for for your 'Centrai Africa.' It Is on this table somewhere." "I am afraid my share of 'Central Africa will not be anything to be proud of," he replied with a smile. That is nonsense, and you know It, Captain Felling! I have made up iav mind that your sketches are to be the principal attraction of the book. It is really unkind of you to make light of your work after all our interest in it!" "That is just it," he returned, laugh Ingly. I have become so accustomed to working in company that I find I can't move a step by myself." lou would not be onended at any thing I should say for your good? "Go en," he said, and waited with knitted brows for what she had to say Ethel, in her short life, had often had unpleasant tasks to perform, but never one so unpleasant as this. "Out of your own mouth shall you be judged." she began, smiling at him to hide the trembling of her lips. "You say you have become so used to working In company that you cannot move a step by yourself: but I say you must take the one needful step by yourself that will secure you good company to work in for the rest of your life. Go to Paris at once, seek out your wife, and give her the protection of your presence. She will yield. You must not judge her by her words when you last met. You had her at a cruel disadvantage. Think what an awful shock your sudden appearance must have been to her! It is very, very hard for me to say this to you, after all your kindness to us in the past; but you will not misjudge my motive. I am speaking for your good. By and by, when you are quite happy with each other, you will be thankful to me for sending you away in this abrupt manner." "You wish me to go at once?" he asked. "That is a very cruei way to put it." she answered, gently. "You know I do not wish you to go at ail. True friends are not so plentiful that one can afford to play battledore and shuttlecock with them for one's own pleasure. For your own good, Captain Pelling, I advise your going at once." "You are one of the best women that ver lived," he exclaimed, "and I am proud to have had'yoo. for a friend! I Ought to have known my presence would give you pain, and refused Sir Geoffrey's Invitation. Don't speak until I're finished," he went on. hurriedly, holding op his hand to check any interrptionu "I chall follow your advice to the letter. 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f ? t 1 t ! I ! t t T I t t I t I 1 t 1 ! I 1 1 the honor of receiving Sir Geoffrey and Miss Mailing at the Wigwam." For once Ethel looked at him with her eyes brimming with tears; but she did not dare make an attempt to "speak. He took her hand in his, and held it close as he finished. "You must make some plausible excuse to Sir Geoffrey for my abrupt departure in the morning: or. better still. I will wire from town. I shall write to you from Paris, if I may. And now, hpfrtrA T iiv n.l-n;rSt T mncr fir vnu this letter. I received it two davs azo from Dornton. I know it will nlea vou. 4Ie and I correspond regularly; so I shall keeD von posted un in his movements. Good-by, my true, honest little friend." Sh s.ir na tu Uft hr .Min. Jarf letter in her hand, hearing his voice very faintly in the distance as he excused himself with the plea of fatigue to her father, and wondering how it had happened that this interview, which she had brought about for the sole purpose of hearing news of Jack, had ended in so sudden a determination on the captain's part to seek his wife. She knew his re solve was the result of her advice, and she hoped devoutly that good might come of it. And Telling mounted the wide stairs very slowly, deep in thought as he went. "She is quite right, as she is always. It is the only thing to do; and I never saw it myself. My place is undoubtedly by my wife's side." CHAPTER XXV. i ten you your presence nere is an unwarrantable intrusion! K you do not leave my apartment of your own free will, I shall be compelled to have you ejected!" It was the third day since Felling left Ethel, and this wa his wife's greeting! He had had a long battle with himself; but duty had ben triumphant, and his mind once made up he was not to be discouraged by a few bitter words. "That is not necessary. Of course I will leave you; btt you will not refuse tu answer me cne or two questions first?" Ask jour questions then. and. if I choose to answer them, I will. If I don't choose, I will not. But, for heaven's sake, get over them quickly!" "Will you tell me something of our child. Pauline?" he asked. She sprung up Avith a look of desperatb fright on her face. "How dare you come here to browbeat me like this?" she exclaimed, vehemently; and then she'sank back on the couch again. But, after a pause, she said quietly enough: "You have touched my one weak point. Of course you have to hear what there is to tell. My baby was born a weakly little thing. I had hard work to keep body and soul together .a those first days after my father's leuth. I knew from the first she could not live long. She died rhen she was ihrce months old." "I wish she had lived." "Why do you wish such a mad thing as that?" "Because, if it had not been for see ing her grave, I should have gone on searching for you until I found you." "Ah! And if yoc had found me then. f you had come to Mallingford quietly and said. Pauline, you are my wife; come With me; do yon know what I would have done? I would have killed you! I would kill you even now, if your death would undo any of the harm you have worked me! But it U all over, and the next thing you will hear is that I J have killed myself!" "Why do you hate me so bitterly, Pauline?" he asked; and he studied her uttrntivcly while she answered:

"Because you have been by evil Jarus UIUilu- uut 1S uunwicu UJ genius ever since I became your wife, channels cut through it by the action If I had uot married you. my life might of the sea and is so uneven that walkhave been as happy and pleasant as ing is difficult. other women's lives are. No sooner did I To kill the time on the rock when know that I was my uncle's heiress than not 0lBcianv engaged the keepers try iny happiness was destroyed by hearing kin(3 Qf handicraft work tnat I was to inherit only on the condi- fi , . , , tion that I did not marry without my Just now" write Principal keepguardian's consent. Thanks to you. this er, "I am finishing an inlaid table that condition was already broken; and my has taken up my spare time these last s'x years of possession have been em- three winters. It consists of over bittered by the certainty in my own s.000 pieces of wood and of fifteen diffmind that you were alive somewhere erent kinds, and Is all hand done. I and would surely find ne some day , d mt, photography In the and deprire me of all that I had risked , ,,

so much to obtain.' Pelling sighed heavily and took up his hat. "You will let me come and see you again?" "Why? You do not care for me in tne least. ny snoum you wise so mucn . -w 1 i a A l irouDie 10 De civu 10 mer v r. . f v f f Ata.

like or shortcomings on your part alters of Mull twenty-five miles away. Life that fact. We have been very unfortu- Is montonous, even at the shore Stanate in the past. I can see you are un- tion, as the lighthouse families are the

happy; and. in an indirect way, I am the cause of your unhappmess. I would give a great deal to make things brighter for you. if you wonia let me." She was touched by the earnestness of his manner and tone. You are very gool, she said; and I am sorry I behaved so badly to you." Sfca ctl eit.nt fnr a f.w mAmnt4 Felling watching her quietly; while they so stood the clock on the mantelpiece struck 12. "You mast go now," she told him hurriedly. "I have an appointment to ride with some friends. Come again at this time to-morrow." play of affection, but passed down the stair. He met Babette half way down. "With whom does your mistress ride to-dav?" he asked. "With the Baroness de Belette" a woman well known for the pertinacity with which she had clung to the extreme edge of respectable society for the last five years. "They have a wager as to who will ride the greatest distance on a horse belonging to Monsieur Crevln which has always refused to carry a lady.' Telling went on with a little unacknowledged anxiety in his heart. lie would go back and try to dissuade Pauline from this mad freak, but that he knew it would be useless; and any show of authority on his part just now might perhaps undo the littl good h believed he had accomplished. He drove straight back to the hotel, and sat with his chin resting on his hands at the little table In the window of his room. He was in a strange state of mingled hope and dread. He did not know what he wished; he only knew that he meant to do what he conceived to be his duty; the rest he must leave in higher bands. While thus musing over the past, he was brought back to the present by the sight of his wife cantering by in company with several others; and, following them, he noticed a fidgety chestnut horse, with a side-saddle on, which was being led by a groom. PaulinS looked up and bowed gravely; he returned the greeting. How handsome she looked! How well she sat her horse! How proud he might have been of her if she had never allowed the love of riches to crowd the womanliness out of her heart! He leaned forward and watched her as far as he could see from the window. - An hour lat?r Pelling was stooping over his wife's poor crushed body in on of the little chatlets in the Bois de Boulogne. She had been thrown and trampled ca, tad yrti dyis of literal tp:

orrhage. Her rotee was rery law, and her words came slowly, with many

pauses. "It is heaven's justice! After yon had gone this morning I made up my mind to do as you wished. I thought I would try to love you you were so good and we should be happy together. I had no right to be happy after my wickedness, and heaven has settled It!" "My poor mistaken girl!" "Yes, that is true. I've been mis taken all my life. No one ever tried to make me good. I was always left to servants when I was a child. Heaven is just, and the great Judge will re member my great temptations. Will you kiss me just once, Alec? Say you forgive me it will make my mind easier." In spite of his efforts not to disturb her last moments by any show of feel ing, a large tear dropped upon her face. She looked at him wonderingly, and put up her finger to his cheek. For me," she said very softly "you cry for me. I do not deserv to have one mourner at my death bed. I have done evil to every one but Jack. Give him my No, I will not leave mes sages; they might bring a curse Another spasm seizej ner; ana, wnen t had passed, tbe nue o deatn was creeping over her face. It was all finished now, anu tne strong young uie mat had been so misused had come to an end. Felling took out a card and left it with the people of the house, and then went straightway to see that all the necessary arrangements were made for the interment of her who had once been very dear to him. He wrote a short let ter to Sir Geoffrey that night. It ran: "Dear Sir Geoffrey Your niece, my wife, was killed by a fall from her horse to-day. e were reconciled at the last. Tell your daughter I can never express my gratitude to her for sending me here; it will always be a source of thankfulness in my heart. The family jewels are intact, Babette tells me, and they will be sent by special courier. When the funeral is over, I think I shall join; Dornton in Italy, and toward the spring we may work our way homeward iu company. Ask Miss Ethel to keep us ever green in her memory. I've set my heart on seeing our young friend Jack a Itoyal Academician before many years. With his talent, he wants only a little judicious pushing, and I mean to devote my time to pushing him. "Always your sincere friend, "ALEXANDER FELLING." Ethel was greatly affected by this let ter, and she went about with a very sober face for some weeks, until the preparations for Christmas absorbed her, and left her no time for thinking of handsome young artists or anything else. But, even in the midst of the excitement of Christmastlde, there was always a craving in her heart, a dreary sense of emptiness, which grew and grew until she was compelled, with many blushes. to admit its presence, and to acknowl edge to herself that only one person in all the world could fill the void. iTo be continued.) LONELIEST SPOT IN BRITAIN. How Time Is Spent in the Skerryvore lighthouse in Spell of Six Weeks. The Skerryvore lighthouse Is one of the loneliest places in the British Islands. It is the chief rock of a reef which lies ten miles southwest of Tireo and twenty-four miles west of lona. Previous to 1!44 a ship was lost there annually for forty years. The lighthouse was begun In 1S38 and took six years to complete, the cost being SG,977. It will always be interesting, if only for the fact that it was erected by Robert Louis Stevenson's uncle, lan, who followed the metbcxl adopt ed by his father, Robert, in the Bell Mcrhthouse. The Skerrvvore lighthouse u 13SU feet high; it is 42 feet in diana- . ' , . ... bafe ?nd lb feCt ft thatop. Tl1 u whl is a revolving one, can be seen at ;i distance of 1SV3 iiautical miles. The tower is built 011 a rock which is about 13 feet above hih-warer mark. This is the largest roek above water of hoQ chahl . . .... -a . . JA , , , . summer time. AS U wouiu ue annual, impoiuie lur A f A. t 3 1 S II II human belngs to reside continuously I on a place like this, the peepers are suDDosed to be on duty for six weeks, -hen thev eet a fortnight ashore. The I " " " shore statIoilf where their families re1 , . . , . , . side. Is In Earraid. on the southwest only inhabitants. Explains Confusion at BabeL "Anions ignorant rersons." said prank e. Wallis, secretary of the I . uifw... 1 t ,,, vaTO. x-r I A. . ....... . .. . 13 " a""" USeieSS Uiat a DUUUer 13 euuUfcU Ul an architect for all practical purposes. I I attended a session of court not long aco when an architectural case was being heard. A young architect was ,mt on the stand. and. after he had h, testimony, the lawyer for f. ... . ' . . him. The questions ran like this: " 'You are a builder, I believe? "'No, an architect.' "'Builder or architect architect or builder, it Is much the same thing. isn't itr " 'No, not at all. "'What Is the difference?' "The young man explained vhattho difference was, and the lawyer, with a sneer, said: " 'Oh, very welL That will do. And now, after your very ingeiious dls Unction without a difference, perhaps yon can Inform the court who was thq architect of the Tower of Babel?' There was none,' he answered, and hence the confusion " Proverb Comet Out. Allies You remember Saplelgh, who went west a couple of years ago and married an heiress, don't you? Giles Yes. What cf him ? jjles, I understand his wife got a divorce from him recently. Giles I'm not surprised to hear it. Miles Why? Giles Because a fool and his money are soon parted, you know. Unlucky Thirteenth. Mrs. Biggs Mrs. Divorcee tells me she has just declined an offer of mar riage. Mrs. Diggs Indeed r She has al ready had twelve husbands. I wonder why she declined another. Mrs. Biggs I think she's supersti tious. Trouble Afoot. Tue Two-Step They are all after my scalp. The Waltz Well, you're the fellow who crowded me out Clavelind Fliln.

Growing; Old. Old, do you say? What is it to be old? What metes and bounds define our life's freehold? When shall we slacken pace or reef the sail? Not while the strength is ours to breast the ale. Not till our limbs shall totter on the brink Of the grave's gulf, where soon enough we sink. A temperate youth to age shall sweetly glide, And faith and courage waft us down the tide. The soul that's wedded unto love and truth Shall five and flourish in immor I youth. J. -A. Torrey.

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ABl When bathing a baby there are three very important things to remember. First of all, the water must be the right temperature, and always the same. Test It by putting the elbows in the hand Is not a safe guide. The second thing to see is that the room be quite warm and free from draughts, and in the third place, never bathe a child just after it has been fed, as there Is always danger of convulsions if be is plunged Into hot water with a full stomach. A Novel Scheme. A woman In London has hit upon a novel scheme in establishing a school for training young women In household management and making them proficient In home duties. She advertises for the daughters of professional men, whom she takes Into her family circle and provides each with a sum approximating $1,200, the average yearly salary of young men of their class and the men they are likely to marry. With this sum they nre expected to cover the living expenses of two persons for a year rent, taxes of all kinds, food, clothing and sundries, and to do It to the best advantage Is the EMPIRE EVENING aim of every pupil. Weekly price lists are studied carefully and periodical trips to market are insisted upon. The sirls are taught to cut and make most of their clothes, to cook toothsome dishes and make home attractive. The Girl's Den. To girls who work or who are try ing to Improve themselves In any way a ''Jen" Is a necessity. This is a place where work may be left about with out fear of interruption. The mother of the family should couslder the "den" as the property of her daugh ters, and only visit it at their urgent invitation. It Is well for the different members of a family to keep some place to themselves; for the mother's boudoir to be a sacred place to which the husband and children feel it an honor tobe admitted: for the daughter's room to be a sweet, homely place where the whole family, if the girls wish it, may assemble when the day's work is done. Fur Kvenlnjcr Coat. Among the smart set In Paris many women are appearing In sealskin coats in the evening. These are made Just like a man's coat in straight tailor fashion and are very "chic." They are worn when the dress is rather in formal, usually for the theater. Their

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popularity is due to their comfortable warmth, which is not always found In other evening, coats. The rdce will prevent these garments from becoming In the slightest degree common, but there nre plenty of American women who can Indulge in this fancy. Fashion Kotes. The rage for beads runs merrily on. Fompadour ribbon garters are pretty. Every other hat is loaded with plumes. Handbags of tapestry are among the prettiest seen. Belt buckles have mounted the front by several inches. Dows of plaited tulle are again worn under the chin. The newest veil trails off at the back in loops and bows. The green hat and the gray gown get along well together. Coats of caracul fur dyed the color of the gown are a novelty. A dainty stock of white silk has for-get-me-uots painted on it. Embroider your gold belt in colors If you wish it to be distinctive. White gloves are going aDd pale yellows and grays are taking their place. Uar pins set with red or blue stones are newer than the rhinestone bars. Elbow sleeves are prevalent on the first frocks shown for spring and summer wear. A cloak of gold net-lined with ermine Is one of the magnificences for the opera. There is a lovely frock of white cacbemlre embroidered with colored butterflies. The most charming little theater head-dresses are made out of gold and silver lace. The popularity of gray, so marked in every sort of costume, has held chinchilla which threatened to go out firmly in favor. Holeros of fur are wonderfully popular. Hut for that matter every length coat comes under the head of popularity this winter. To Krame Photon. A photograph taken by a good artist in these days is something more than a mere likeness. It has picturesque qualities which make it a thing of leauty as well as a reproduction of a GOWNS OF GAUZE. CREPE. LACE loved one's face. It is a portrait strongly expressing individuality, and an artistic picture. In one. For photographs like this the ordinary orna mental frame Is not In the least fav ored. Instead, they are framed In dull brown woods, without mounts, exactly as reproductions of famous paintings are done. The effect is extremely good, and the portrait Itself rather than the frame, is thus given the prom inence it ought to have. Health and Deantr Hint. Pimples are often induced by tight lacing and overeating. A teaspoonful of table salt in a glassful of cold water, taken immediately on arising, is one of the best known and simplest of remedies for constipation. A powder that will clean the hair and help to keep it light Is made of four ounces of cornstarch, one-quarter of an ounce of powdered orris root and two drops of oil of rhodium. After mixing sift three times, forcing through the lumps. Lemons are excellent for curing colds or allaying feverishness. Their citrie acid supplies the blood with a cooling agent, making this fruit a febrifuge. Oranges act in the same way, but with slightly less strength. Tomatoes are among the fruits rich in iotash, especially good for the blood and with a marked action on digestive operations. They provide alkaline matter for the bile and are wholesome for people who suffer from jaundice or sick headaches. Foreeaxt of the FahIoii. The fashions of 1!0G are bringing buck some very pretty things. They are bringing one back in reality to the fashions of 18iO and of all the styles ever invented nothing ever approached the 1S00 for !eauty and grace. In 100G there will be a new brown; it is the brown called smoke brown and to say that It is becoming speaks very faintly for its dull, but very attractive beauty. It is charming with cherry red and it goes well with all the blues. Smoked brown is to be very popular. Beautiful shoes will claim much attention and here one has a wide latitude. Shoes do not cost a great deal of money and they add much to one's attractiveness. A handsome pair of boots will brighten up any gown. The bootmakers say that women of moderate circumstances own upward of a dozen pairs of boots; while fashionable women count them by the hundred.

The idea is to have two pairs of boots with every skirt, yes, and three pairs. A pretty pair of glazed leather boots had tops of smoke brown cloth buttoned with little gold buttons. Well-dressed women are being taught to have gloves and gaiter tops with every gown, and they are profiting by the teaching. They are matching their gloves to their gowns, and also thei? gaiter tops and their umbrellas and their corsage bouquets.

Dainty Shirt Waist Dealern. This pretty shirt waist can be made with little expense and has the advantage of being exceedingly smart. Simple French flannel is the material used and the trimming is of silk vegetable braid stitched on perfectly flat. The braid outlines a Dutch yoke in which is embroidered a pretty pattern. The fullness of the sleeves stops at the elbows and stltchings of braid outline the cuffs. She lfas Earned Half n. Million. When Flora Davis was 12 years of age she started a little millinery business in Shelbyville, Ind., attending school morning and trimmings hats AND HOUSSEUNE. waiting on customers afternoons. At 19 she was at the head of the largest business In the city. A few years ago she purchased one of the largest blocks In Shelbyville and she was enlarged It twice. To-day she Is worth half a million dollars. Recently she was married to Harry Carson, a broker and real estate dealer, who will be her business manager. Award from Hero Fund. The Carnegie hero fund commission has awarded the sura of $2,500 to Miss Maude Titus of Newark, N. J., who had 5 1 nror!nn1r roitAi'viul the Carnegie medal for saving from drowning her teacher. Miss Laura V. Keifsnyder in Cas- . 00 Bay, Maine, last July. Miss Titus Is the sixteen-year-old daughter of Dr. William Titus of kALut nix. Newark. She was granted the medal Od. 1 last and twelve days later her father died, leaving the family In but moderate circumstances. Miss Iteifsnyder went -personally before the hero commission and pleaded for the girl, asking that she be sent through school. This was decided on and the money nwnrdetl to her to finish her education. GIOTen. The vogue of the Suede glove seems decidedly on the wane, glace being much preferred, though both are worn. For the long evening glove glace is the newest ?ud most elegant. Pure white gloves are less popular than they have been. Pearl gray, fawn, champagne, "old lace' tints and other slight deviations from pure white are preferred. And this in face of the fact that white furs were never so much worn as at present. About Color. Colors, like flowers, have a meaning of their own. White signifies purity, faith, joy and life; red, the ruby, typifies fire, love and royalty; blue, the sapphire, expresses heaven, truth, constancy and fidelity; yellow represents the sun, marriage and faithfulness; green is the coloi of hope and victory ; violet Is the hue of passion and suffering; purple and scarlet are for holy things and black is the attendant of despair, earthliness, mourning and death. Haiti devotes almost one-sixth of its revenues to free schools.

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Yonnor Spanlnh KInir I to Marry Enu. of Battenberg-. Spain is rejoicing at the announcement that King Alfonso will wed Princess Ena of Battenberg in April. The "boy ; king's" subjects and ministers have long I wished to see him married, but the youth- ' ful, lively, and somewhat eccentric monarch has shown a great deal of reluctance to assume the bonds of matrimony, and when he did turn his attention to the task of finding a queen for Spain he proved very difficult to please. Princesses . of various royal houses of Europe have been reported as having won the young king's heart, but the reports proved not well founded. During his recent visit in England King Alfonso displayed great admiration for Princess Peatrice, King Edward's niece, and it was ; heralded far and wide that the pretty English princess would become queen of Spain. This proved another error, for Alfonso returned to Spain, still heart whole and fancy free. When he met Trincess Ena of Battenberg, however, the young monarch capitulated at once to her charms. He paid ardent court to her and won her consent to share his throne. The young king is the godchild of Pojh? Leo XIII. and the Infanta Isabel. His name is Alfonso Leon Francisco Pascual. He was not of a rugged constitution, a fact which has given much uneasiness in Spain, but he has been carefully trained and has developed into an athletic young man. The queen regent, Dona Maria Cristina, relinquished the reins of government on her son's accession to the throne. A plan is on foot to organize a national union of blacksmith helpers. The helpers were formerly attached to the journeymen's union. Charles Dold of Chicago, international president of the Piano and Organ Workers' Union, will establish headquarters in Boston for a two months' New England organizing campaign. Last soason was an unprecedentedly busy one in the trade, it is stated, and the indications for 1IXHJ are. that it will be even busier. In all of the larger cities throughout the country the active Socialist organizations held meetings and formed street parades in observance of the first anniversary of "bloody Sunday," the day on which Russian workmen who marched the Czar's palace with a peaceful protest were shot down and trampled by the soldiery. Pesides ' showing sympathy for the Russian Socialists, the speakers generally voiced the demand for the Socialist era in the United States. The much-maligned chorus girls became a really effective factor in organized labor when they went on strike at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York for a raise of $5 a week in pay. For four nights Director Heinrich Conried had to make what shift he could to make up for the loss of the chorus. He then granted the demand for more wages for six performances a week, together with the stipulation that the chorus people shall receive additional pay for extra performances. A convention of delegates of the boilermakers and iron shipbuilders lodges of New England was held in Boston to dis cuss international taxation. The Grand Lodge has suggested a $1 assessment on every member for a committee on revision of constitution, and hns also doubled the per capita tax. The Massachusetts lodges two years ago led a possible secession movement because of excessive taxation, but the matter was satisfactorily adjusted at that time. The situation now is even worse, many of the members say. and they flatly declare that the regular per capita tax is ample for all grand lodge needs if it is properly r;:dled and expended. By referendum vote of the United Mine Workers of America, in convention ut Indianapolis, John Mitchell was re-el ?cted president and Messrs. Lewis and Wilson were re-elected vice president and secretary. During the consideration of the scale committee's report Lewis charged Mitchell with secret and dilatory methods in the anthracite field. The convention appeared to support Lewis by pledging aid to the anthracite miners in demanding an eight-hour day and recognition of the union. The report of the scale committee demands a general advance of 12Vi per pent over the present scale, an eighthour day, a uniform outside day wage scale, and that no boy under 10 years of age shall be employed in or around the mines. The convention favored letting convicts build the nation's roads. The weavers' unions have decided to form a national union. The matter has been under discussion several years. The weavers' unions are now attached to the United Textile Workers International as locals. The spinners have retained their national form of organization and are affiliated with the general international body in that way, and have preserved their splendid benefit system and perfect organization in that manner, as well as presenting all matters as one solid substantial union. The weavers' national Organization will be on similar lines. It is said that yme of the international officers of the textile workers have expressed disfavor with the idea, but the weavers reply that they have no intention of hurting or withdrawing from the U. T. WM and simply desire to establish a proven good system for the weavers' branch cf the business and for the weavers protection. After conferences lasting more than two months, the Brotherhood of Carpenters of San Francisco have made an agreement with "the Master Carpenters' Association affecting 12,000 men, by which wages will be increased from $4.50 to $4.80 a day on July 1. The garment workerj have defeated the proposition to increase the per capita tax to the general office. Hereafter the officers of the United Garment Workers will be a general president, general secretary, general treasurer, general auditor and three trustees. Eleven members will constitute the grand executive board. This and That. The President has asked Secretary ol the Treasury Shaw to retain his place in the cabinet until March 4, 1007, and Mr. Shaw has promised to do so. The State of Montana brought suit against the Swift, Armour and Hammond packing interests to enforce the collection of $(k,000, alleged to be due as oleomar garine license fees. William Hodger was almost instantly killed and Charles McGuire was fatally injured by a large iron girder falling on them at the McKees Rocks plant of the Schoen Pressed Steel Car Compauj, Pittsburg. ' The case against Charles Iv. Lehrberg of St. Louis, Mo., charged with forging the name of the Interstate Life Assur ance Company in Cincinnati, Ohio, was nolle prossed. Charles Daniel, general manager of the Atlanta (Ga.) News, has obtained a temporary injunction restraining John Temple Graves, the paper's editor, from "boosting Ins senatorial candidacy. State Senator Ernest A. Ackerman ol riainfield, N. J., who owns one of th larrest private collections of stamps iE the United States, is the first American to make an entry for the international exhibition to be held from May 23 tc Jon 1 in Horticultural Hal!, London.

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BRIEF COMPILATION OF ANA NEWS. INDIWhat Oar Neighbors Are Doln Matters of General and Iocal Intri est Marriages and Deaths AccI dents and Crimes Personal Pointerai About Indianians. Brief State Items. Austin Bosworth, an aged recluse, living: south of Richmond, was found frozen to death. Ju:n Jarvis, aged 45 years, was killed at Peru ty a train on the L ike Erie & Western railroad. Solomon Knapf, 3 years old, fell from a. toy wagon into the river near Huntington and was drowned. Joseph Eacock of Lafayette, a lawyer and church worker, was found guilty of conspiracy to blackmail. Menzo Deafendorf, near Salem, was caught by a falling tree while cutting timber, and terribly crushed. Fire at Staunton destroyed the residence and barber shop owned by Charles Koyd. Loss $1,500, with 5800 insurance. Mrs. W. R. Scott, two miles south of Wabash, hanged herself with a telescope strap. Domestio troubles were the cause. Alonzo Terry, 24 years old, convicted of bigamy at Newcastle, was committed to prison under the indeterminate sentence act. Bedford was in darkness the other night on account of the explosion of a boiler at the electrio light plant. No one was in jured. Miss Ruth Vöries, a well known young lady of Lebanon, was killed by a passenger train on the Big Four railroad at that place. Muncie is threatened with a milk famine. The supply is so short that the pasteurized milk firms have canceled nearly all their orders. While blasting stumps with dynamic in Harrison township, near Evansville, George Kevelee vas perhaps fatally injured by a premature explosion. Edward J. Perkins was instantly killed by an electric shock received while repairing the electric wiring in the home of exRepresentative Jernigan at Mishawaka. Audell, the 15-year-old son of Dr. Cha. C. Copeland of Madistn,dicd from injuries sustained by falling when a girl playmate pulled the chair away when be was about to seat himself. Mrs. Hannah Miller, 8) years old, of Logansport, while trying to extinguish a burning lamp, was terribly burned, and may die. Iter left hand will require amputation if she lives. Invitations have been extended to all f e large educational institutions iu Ohio and Indiana to join in a peace conference to be held at Richmond in April. Many leading men of the country are endorsing the movement. Morton Justice, aged 35, of Reed's station, driving a two-horse wagon, wa. caught on the Lake Erie fc Western track, at Buckle's crossing, by a passing train, and instantly killed. Both horses wero also killed. Arthur Swain, said to be the black sheep of a good family, while en route from Fort. Wayne to the reformatory at Jeffersonville to serve from two to fourteen years for burglary, ate matches in the hope of ending his life. Rassen gers on a fast tlyin train near Spades saw a man brat another to death with an ax. They rejorted what they had seen, and the body of .Toe Crawcll, robUnl, was found. Mike Danis has Ihvu arrested on suspicion. Flames partially destroyed a student rooming house in West Lafayette, driing a dozen Purdue men, clad in pajamas, from me building, and destroying their clothing, books, etc. The lire started from a defective furnace. Blaine Long, aged RJ, a member of a highly respectable family in West Lafayette, was sentenced to the reformatory for attempting to kill his brother with a hatchet. He is a professional tramp and has refused to live at home. The body of Mrs. Francis A. Dodge. TO years old, was found in Lktle Pine creek, two miles west of Montmorenci. The water in the creek where the body was found is shallow. There was no mark ujoii the lody to indicate foul play. William BnnkmtJer, 45 years old, was removed to the county jail at Evansville, while temporarily insane, and watching Iiis opportunity, he committed suicide by severing the arteries in both wrists, using the crystal of his watch as a knife, lie was a wealthy farmer. A thief stole an overcoat and $4) from the home of George Dugan at New Albany and then entered the home of CharlesPfeffer, a block away, where be exchanged Dugan's overcoat for one that Cited him better. While in the Pfeffer homo ho overlooked a pocketbook containing 5). Wesley and Albert Williams, brothers, of Boonville, charged respectively with murder and assault with intent to kill, were sent to the reformatory at Jeffersonville for safe keeping. Albert shot and fatally wounded the marshal of Boonville. Wesley killed James Leigh of Boonville, in a quarrel which grew out of a lawsuit. An unsuccessful attempt wsu made to burn the Hospital for the Insane at Julietta, in which over 200 patients are confined. One of them escaped from a guard and set tire to an organ. He then returned to his couch to watch the result of his work. The organ was consumed and the flames rapidly spreading when some of the attendants appeared. While they fought the fire others hurried the patients into their clothing and lined them up for a hasty exit, but the lire was subdued with a small loss to the property. When Mrs. Joseph Frederick of Washington, returned home from a grocery she found her 3-year-old daughter lying ujku the floor wrapped in flames and the carpet ablaze. The child's dress had caught fire from a cook stove. She died w ithin an hour. A cab, a top buggy and a street car met in a collision at Lafayette, resulting in the serious injury of Thomas Quinn, a cab driver, who was thrown from the box, and caught beneath the wreckage, and the demolition of cab and buggy. John M. Boggs, a well known West Lafayette man, was thrown from the seat and hurt. Miss Louisa Young. 75 years old, of Princeton, while carrying live coals on a shovel from one stove to another, caught her clothing on fire and was terribly burned. Recovery doubtful. Robert Bryant and Thomas Fardell,both of Lawrenceburg, met at a dance and quarreled. Drink had causec their enmity and hey agreed drink should make them friends or kill them. They decided to fight a duel, with whiskey as the weapon. It was fought in an adjoining saloon, in tho presence of a crowd. At the forty-tifth glass Bryant fell unconscious. Fardell collapsed after he had beeu declared tho victor. Physicians say the men may die. Fair Warning. Said the wife of a gallant old oldier: "You know that I don't like to seoldier; But if you ever again mention I married your pension, I'll bust your old head now Pre toldier!" Lif. A Real Genius. Jigsmith That fellow Piker i certainly a clever. Ingenious chap, isn't he? Browning Why, I never heard of his doing anything remarkable. Jigsmith That's just it. He manage in some way to get along without doi&s anything.