Plymouth Tribune, Volume 5, Number 27, Plymouth, Marshall County, 12 April 1906 — Page 3

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By MARCUS CHAPTER XII. "The old dodge," said Frere again. "Of course, I couldn't let him go; but I took him out of the chain gang, and put him oa the Osprey. Yon saw her in the dock a you came in. lie worked for some time very well, and then tried to bolt again." "The old trick. IIa; ha! don't I know It 7 says Mr. Frere. "Well, we caught him and gave him fifty. The.: he was sent to the chain gang, cutting timber. Then we pat him into the boats, but he quarreled with the coxswain, ' and then we took him back to the timber rafts. About sir weeks ago ha made another attempttogether with Gabbett, the man who nearly killed you but his leg was chafed with the irons, and we took him. Gabbett and three more, however, got way." Just then some one came up the garden path and saluted. "What is it. Troke?" "Prisoner given himself up, sir. Gabbett. He came back to-night. He's down at the sheds. You can see. him at once, gentlemen, if you like." It was not far to the, sheds, and after a few minutes' walk through the wooden palisades they reached a Ions tone building, two stories high, from "which lssed a horrible growling pierced with shrilly screamed songs. At the sound of the musket butts clashing oh the pine wood flagging, the noises ceased, and a silence mere sinister than sound fell on the place. Passing betwwu two rows of warders. the two nQcers reached a sort of anteroom to the jail, containing a pine-log stretcher, on which a mass of something was lying. Oa a roughly made Stool, by the side of this stretcher sat a man In the gray dress of "good conduct" prisoners. This man held between his knees a basin containing gruel and was apparently endeavoring to feed the mass oa the pine logs. "Gabbettr The intelligent Troke, considerably alive to the wishes of his superior officer, dragged the mass into a sitting posture, and awoke it. Gabbett for it was he passed one great hand over his face, and. leaning exactly in the position in which Troke had placed him. scowled, bewildered, at his visitors. t "Well, Gabbett." says VIckers, "you've come back again, you see. When will you learn sense, eh? Where are your mates T "Dead." says Gabbett. "Why don't you eat your gruel?" "I haTe eaten it Ain't yer got nuffln better nor that to flog a man on? Ugh! yer a mean lot! Wot'a it to be this time, major? Fifty?' "A nice specimen!" said Yickers. with a hopeless smile. "What can one do with such a fellow ?" "I'd flog his soul out of his body," aid Frere, "if ht spoke to me like that" . The giant raised his great head and looked at the speaker, but did not recognize him. He saw only & strange face a visitor, perhaps. "You may flog, and welcome, master," said he, "if yon'll give me a fig o' tibbacky." Frere laughed. The brutal indifference of the rejoinder suited his hmor, and, with a glance at Yickers, he took a small piece cf 'cavendish from the pocket of his pea jacket, and gave to the recaptured convict. Gabbett snatched It 4i3 a cur snatches at a bone, and thrust it whole into his mouth. "How rrany mates had he?" asked Maurice, watching the champing jaws as one looks ct a strauge animal, and asking the cuestion as though a "mate" was something a convict was born with like a moie, for instance. Three, sir." "Three, eh? Weil, give him thirty lashes, Yickers." ' 'And if I ha had three more," growled Gabbett, mumbling at his tobacco, "you wouldn't ha had the chance." As he sat there gloomily chewing, he was a spectacle to shudder at Not so much on account of his natural hideousress. increased a thousandfold by the tattered and filthy rags which barely covered him. Not so much on account of his unshaven jaws, his hare-lip, his torn and bleeding . feet his haggard cheeks, and Iiis huge, wasted frr.me. Not only because, looking at the animal, as -he crouched, with one foot curled round the other, and one hairy arm pendent between his kiees, he was so horribly auhuman, that cue shuddered to think that tender womer. and fair children must, of necessity, . confess to fellowship of kind with such a monster. But also because, in his slavering mouth, his slcwly grinding" jaws, his restless fingers.' and his bloodshot, wandering eyes, there lurked a hint of some terror taore awful than the terror of starvation a memory of a tragedy played out in the gloomy depths of that forest which had vomited him forth again nd the shadow of this unknown orror, clinging to him, repelled, as though he bore about with him the reek of the shambles. "Come." said Yickers, "let us go back. I shall hare to flog , him again, I supl pose. - Oh, this place! No wonder they call it 'Hell' Gates " "Halloo! what's that red light there?" "Dawes' fire on Grummet Rock." ays Yickers, going in; "the man I told yoa about." - Two or thre mornings after the arrival of the Ladybird, the solitary prisoner of the Grummet Rock noticed mysterious movements along the shore of the island settlement The building of a pier, or breakwater, running from the western point of the settlement, was discontinued; and all hands appeared to be occupied with the newly built Osprey, which was lying on the slips. Parties of soldiers also daily left the Ladybird, and assisted at the mysterious work in progress. A fortnight after this, about the 15th of December, he observed another curious fact. All the boats on the island put off one morning to the opposite side of the harbor, and In the course of the day a great smoke arose along the side of the hills. The next day the same was'- repeated; and on the fourth day the boats returned, towing behind them t huge raft This raft, made fast to the side of the Ladybird, proved to be composed of planka, beams and joists, all of which were duly hoisted up and towed in the hold of the brig. ThU et Rnfus Dawes thinking. Could It possibly be that the timber cutting was to be abandoned, and that the government had hit upon some other method of utilizing its convict labor? He had hevrn timber and built boats, and tanned hides and made shoes. Was it possible that some new trade was to be initiated? Before he hac settled this point to his satisfaction, he was startled by another boat expedition. Three boats' crews ,went down the bay, and returned, after day's absence, with an addition to their number in the shape of four strangers 'and a quantity ot stores and fanning Implements. Rnfus Dawes, catching tight of these last, cam to' the conclusion that the boats had been to Philip Island, where the "garden" was established, and had taken off the gardeners and garden produce. Rnfus Dawes decided that the Lady-bird had brought a jiew commandment his sight, trained by his half-savage life, had already distinguished Mr. Maurice Frere and that these mysteries were "Improvements" tpndsr th new rule. When he arrived ct Cis point of reasoning, another cour CMUJWfcs i rr$ ft J? been

His Natural Life CLARKE correct, followed as a natural cousequence. Lieutenant Frere would be a more severe commandment than Major Yickers. Now, severity had already reached its height, so far as he was concerned; so the unhappy man took a final resolution he would kL". himself. Ignorant that the sights aid sounds about him were symptoms of the final abandonment of the settlement, and that the Lady-bird was sent down . to bring away the prisoners, Rufus Dawes decided upon getting rid of that burden of life which pressed upon him so heavily. For six years he had hewed wood and drawn water; for six years he had hoped against hope; for six years he had lived in the valley of the shadow of death. He dared not recapitulate to himself what he had suffered. Indeed, his senses were deadened and dulled by torture. lie cared to remember only one hint that he was a prisoner for life. In vain had been his first dream of freedom, ne had done his best by good conduct, to win release; but the villainy of Yetch and Rex had deprived him of the fruit of his labor. Instead of gaining credit by his exposure of the plot on board the Malabar, he was himself deemed guilty and condemned, in spite of his asset-rations of Innocence. The knowledge of his "treachery," while it gained for him no credit with the authorities, procured for him the detestation and ill-will of the monsters among whom he found himself. On his arrival at Heirs Gates he was a marked man, a pariah among those beings who were pariahs to all the world besides. In the meantime, the settlement was in a fever of excitement In-less than three weeks from the announcement made by Yickers, all had been got ready. The commandant had finally arranged with Frere as to his course of action. He himself would accompany the Ladybird with the main body. His wife and 'daughter wer9 to remain until the sailing of the Osprey, which Mr. Frere was to bring: np as soon as possible.- "I will leave you a corporal's guard, and ten prisoners as a crew," Yickers said. "You can work her easily with that nsmber." To which Frere had replied that he could do with fire prisoners if necessary, for he knew how to get doable work oat of the lazy dogs.t Near Philip's Island, on the north side of the harbor, is situated Coal Head. where a party had been lately at work. This party, hastily withdrawn by Yickers to assist In the business of devastation, had left behind it some tools and timber, and at the' eleventh hour a boat's crew was sent to bring away the debris. The tools were duly collected, and the pine logs worth twenty-five shillings apiece in Hobart Town duly rafted end chained. The timber was secured,. and thy convicts, towing It after them, pulled for the ship just as the sun sunk. In the general relaxation of discipline and haste the raft had not been made with as much care as usual, and the stron? current against which the boat was 'laboring assisted the negligence of the convicts. The logs began to loosen, and though the onward motion of the boat kept the chain taut when the rowers slackened their exertions the mass parted, and Mr. Troke, hooking himself on to the side of the Lady-bird, saw a huge log slip out from its fellows, and disappear int the darkness. Gazing after it with an indignant and disgusted stare, as though it had been a refractory prisoner who merited two-days "solitary," he thought he beard a cry from the direction in which it had been borne. He would have paused to listen, but all his attention was needed to save the timber, and to prevent the boat from being swamped by the struggling mass. at her stern. The cry had proceeded from Rufus Dawes. From his solitary rock he had watched the boat pass him and make for the Lady-bird in-channel, and he had decided that the moment when the gathering gloom swallowed her up should be the moment when he would plunge Into the turge below him. The heavily laboring boat grew dimmer and dimmer, as each tug of the oars took her further from him. Presently, only the figure of Mr. Troke in the stern sheets was visible; than that also disappeared, and as the nose of the timber raft rose on the swell of the next wave, Rufus Dawes flung himself into the sea. He was heavily irored, and he sunk like a stone. He' had resolved not to' attempt to swim, and for the first moment kept his arms raised above his head In order to sink the quicker. But as the short sharp agony of suffocation caught. him, and the shock of the icy water dispelled the mvutal intoxication rndcr which he was laboring, he desperately struck out, and despite the weight of his irons, gained the surface 'for an instant - As he did so, all bewildered, and with the one savage instinct of self--preservation predominant over all other thoughts, he became conscious of a Laj; black mass surging upon him out of the darkness. An instant's "buffet with the current, an ineffectual attempt to dive beneath it, a horrible sense that the weight at bis feet was dragging him down and the huge log, loosened from the raft was upon him, crushing him beneath its rough and ragged sides. The log passed completely over him, thrusting hin beneath the water, but his hand, scraphig along the splintered side, came in contact with the loop of hide rope that yet hung round the mass, and he clutched it with the tenacity of a deathgrip. In another instant he got his head above water, and, making good his hold, twisted himself, by a violent effort, across the log. For a moment he saw the lights from the stern. windows of the anchored vessels low, in the distance; Grummet Rock disappeared on his left; then, exhausted, breathless, and bruised, he closed his eyes, and the drifting log bore hint swiftly and silently away Into the darkness. At daylight the next morning, Mr. Troke, landing on the prison rock, found it deserted. The prisoner's cap was lying on the edge of the little cliff, but the prisoner himself had disappeared. Pulling back to the Lady-bird, the Intelligent Troke pondered on the circumstance, and In delivering his report to Yickers mentlonsd the strange cry he had heard the night before. "It's my belief, sir, that he was trying to swim the bay," he said. "He must ha' gone to the bottom anyhow, for be couldn't swim five yards with them irons." Vickers, busily engaged In getting under way, accepted this very natural supposition without question. The prisoner had met his death either by his own act or by accident. It was either a suicide or attempt to escape, and the former conduct of Rufus Dawes rendered the latter explanation a more probable one. Iu any case, he was dead. As Mr. Troke rightly surmised, no man could swim the lay in irons; and when the Lady-bird, an hour later, passed the Grummet Rock, all on board her believed that the corpse of Its late occupant was lying beneath the waves that seethed at Its base. k The drifting log that had so strangely served as a means of saving Rufus Dawes swam with the current that was running out of the bay. For some time the burden that it bore was an insensible one. Exhausted with his desperat struggle for life, the convict lay alcng the rough bark of this heavensent raft without motion, almost without breath. At length a volent shock awoke hin to consciousness, and he perceived that the log had become stranded on a t andy point, the extremity of which was "lost In darkness. Painfully raising himI s! from his uncomfortable postur he

staggered to his feet, and, crawling a few paces up the beach, flung himself upon the ground and slept When he woke up it was past midday, and the sun poured its full rays upon him. His clothes were dry In all places, save the side on which he had been lying, and he rose to his feet refreshed by his long sleep. He scarcely comprehended, as yet, his true position. He had escaped, It was true, tut not for long. He was versed In the history of escapes, and knew that a man alone on that barren coast was face to face with starvation or recapture. Glancing up at the sun, he wondered, indeed, how it was that he had been free so long. Then the coal sheds caught his eye, and he understood that they were untenanted. This astonished him, and he began to tremble with vague apprehension. Entering, he looked around, expecting every moment to see some lurking constable or armed soldier. Suddenly his glance fell upon the loaves which lay in the corner where the departing convicts had flung them the night before. At such a moment, this discovery seemed like a direct revelation from heaven. He would not have been surprised had they disappeared. Had he lived in another age, he would have looked round for the angel who had brought them. (To be continued.)

A JOURNEYMAN BARBER. Tills Tonsortallst Slakes Good Income Every Morning. There's at least one barber In Washington who doesn't have to keep his ears turned to the word "next," sa.Ts the New York Post This barber doesn't work In a shop. nor has he any establishment of his own. He's a peripatetic barber, and he averages something like $8 or $10 for four hours work a day, wears diamonds, and Is a perpetual mystery and a source of puzzled envy to the barbers with whom he formerly -worked In hotel barber shops. ' . He Is literally a Journeyman barber. He carries the tools of his trade around with him, suspended in a case from the handle bars of a bicycle, and he might eaRlly be taken, to see him on his rounds, for a rising young surgeon. . He shaves men In their rooms men who are 'not quite able to have valets, but who are wllllrg ti dig up a halt dollar every day for the sake of making their initial appearance about noon, shaven, shorn, done up, and groomedlooking. A considerable number of his customers are army, and navy officers living at clubs, but he has also a clientele of luxurious civilians. He starts out on his rounds at 8 o'clock In the morning, and by 10 o'clock ho has shaven about ten men as they recline In their cozy beds. When he finds his earlier customers asleep ome of them are prominent government officials, who report at their, offices at about 10 o'clock in the morning he does not wake them up, but goes ahead and lathers and shaves them, and he says that plenty of his customers don't wake up at all while they're being shaved. He says that in the course of a couple of weeks' practice any man may easily learn how to remain In the land of Nod while being shaved. When he finishes with his earlier patrons he glides around among his customers who dawdle In their rooms In dressing gowns until about noon. He has a regular hour for each patron and always sticks to schedule time, keeping none waiting. He gets half a dollar for a shave and $1 for a haircut. Those of his patrons who want hair-cuts notify him a couple of days in advance, so that he can arrange his schedule. By 1 o'clock In the afternoon this businesslike raior-wielder has done all his day's work, and then you'll see him, a picture of grooming and a sort of glass of himself, strolling on F street any fine afternoon, "staking the girls to a treat." . A Belated Sense of Humor. The tall gentleman with the sandy side whiskers leaned across the druggist's counter. "Can you oblige me .with a lawst year's almanac?" he asked. "I guess so," the obliging druggist replied. Then he rummaged around and finally found what the in: wanted. "Thanks," said the stranger in a relieved tone. "And may I ask," the Crugglst began in his polite way, "why you want a last year's almanac?" "The explanation Is simple." replied the stranger. ("There Is a Joke In last year's almanac that I meant to laugh at this year and now I find that I've quite forgotten the point. Good day." The druggist stared after his patron. "Do you know that man?" he asked a bystander. "I only know that he's English," the bystander' replied. Cleveland Plain Dealer. , Rattled. Miss Deery's mother came Into the room rather suddenly, and Mr. Spoonelgh endeavored to cover his embarrassment' "Ae I was Just saying," he began in a formally conversational tone. "Why, no you weren't, George!" interrupted Miss Deery, hastily. "You were speaking of football don't you remember?" Cleveland Leader. Unwelcome Content. "I see you carry a heavy stock of eggs," remarked the caller. "Is there anything in eggs." "Well," replied the truthful grocer, "there was something In the consignment that came in last week." "Indeed I What?" "Chickens." At Bacon Bridge. Drummer Why are all the natives of this village out this morning? Uncle Silas Wby, by heck, they heard an automobile with one of those new callihope whistles coming down the road and thought a circus parado was on the way. One Woman' Wlsdo.jt. "But," queried the visitor, "what was your object In puttlns a stove in this room when, it is s'.eam-heäted?" "Oh," replied the hoitess. "I did that so the baby wouldn't catch cold if.it accidentally touches the steam pipes." After the HrrakdowK ' Prudent Pa Yes, my son, every lad should let the word "push" be his watchword. Modern Son I agree with you, pa. He may some day grow up and own an automobile. In a Jfntahell. Teas Count Brokelelgh seems to be paying Miss Mona Toburn marked Attention, i Jess Yes, dollar-marked attention. Philadelphia Press. "Seeing Gotham." Gunner So j.ou went to New York on pleasure beut, eh? Did you get bent? Guyer Worse than bent; X 'got brol.

How Women Defy Age. It is not true the woman growing old must not wear black. It is that she must oot wear all black. There are no powders or cosmetics that have the power to help the skin like a contrast This is one word that the woman who begins to fade wants to hae written at the top of her dress calendar. It is not necessary to give up the all black hat, but let her wear It with the white or .nearly white dress or suit. A gala, let her wear the white lace hat or the small dress hat with bright foliage and flowers with her black gown. To the sallow brunette the combination of navy blue cloth with cream trimmings has been a rejuvenator always and worth whole battalions of beautlflers. To the same type the palest of pale grays with black hat and black trimmings and white chiffons is a safe screen behind which to hide complexionel defects. It is the same with brilliant red worn in small quantities with cream and mode colors, where all red would tarn the sallow complexion coppery. There seems to be a kind of power like that of the ventriloquist which distracts attention from all defects In such combinations ; or perhaps It Is the "mixed light" of the two colors which, thrown together on the personal color scheme, "puts it out" entirely. It Is this principle which has made for the universal becomingness and long staying of the white blouse worn under the dark winter coat suit It is one which can also be carried far better Into evening gowns. Here, even with the decolletage, all black Is not safe where there are health defects. and consequently bad ones of color also. To such a complexion the black net gown made over white lace or chiffon is a salvation, while' all white laces or silks are better relieved with i touch of Jet Jewelry, turquoises or brilliant red flowers. A Tip-Tilted" Toque. Flower-trimmed hats are again fashionable this year, but there 13 a new way of wearing them a coquettish way. Empire and Directoire modes do not go well with puritanical millinery, so the newest millinery designs are built to emphasize the general effect of the gowns with which they are worn. This little toqfj has a crown of corded chiffon finished with a double brim of pink silk roses. There is no touch of green about the hat, the rlbJonat the back being long, full loops of deep rose vel vet v The matter of Lair dressing enters largely into the question of stylish headgear, too, the new season's models calling for more or less elaborate coiffures. Both the high and low coiffure Is modish, but those who can wear the latter becomingly seem to prefer It With small hats, bowever, the high headdress is more effective. Parted hair Is also worn by women to whom It Is becoming, but no woman of . taste will let her devotion to fashion carry her beyond the pol.it of an attractive coiffure.' Hair ornaments are unusually pretty this year, and the new combs, barettes, etc, show striking departures from the old conventional lines. Coqnetry Causes Consumption. Having made tuberculosis his special study, a physician says that the feminine tailor suit is largely responsible for the Increase In this disease U3 well as in rheumatic troubles during recent years. Since the trig coat and skirt have supplanted common-sense ulsters for street wear, he explains the majority of women are never properly clothed. In winter they wear suits of almost the same weight as In summer wlth perhaps, the addition of an Interlining and a fur scarf. The most becoming waist to combine with the tailor suit Is one of sheer white fabric suited to the tropics, and this appears in warm weather and cold alike. Flannels are tabooed because their bulk Interferes with the trim line essential to smartness In present-day apparel. ' A silk skirt and a few garments of cobwebby texture supplant the substantial underwear of preceding decades. When you add to these facts, lie says, the vogue Introduced by the short walking skirt low shoes and openwork stockings for outdoor wear all the year round the ever-growing percentages of lung troubles and rheumatic complaints Is not to be wondered at Green II ose. A writer In the Cornhlll Magazine says of green roes: "I am bound to admit that they meet with very little admiration. The general verdict being more curious than beautiful. To botanists It is extremely valuable, bowever, because it Is one of tue best proofs we have that all parts of a plant above the root are modifications of the same thing, and in the green rose every part may be called a leaf. It Is a variety of the common China rose, came to England about 1S33, and Is quit hardy." lK Carpet Weaving. In order to attain the best results, In weaving ' rag carpets, however, some care should be shown In the selection and assortment of materials used. It is really ver. little trouble to do this and the striking effects In simple patterns more than repays one. In all of them fast color Is a most desirable quality, and Indeed, for truly good work, a necessity. It has been found but two of the colors which are upon ordinary sale to be even reasonably fast, and those are a good deep ced, and the ordinary orange. The latter will 'rur." when dipped In water;

In fact It, will give out dye to such good purpose that the water In which It has been steeped Is sometimes used to dye cotton rugs, as It gives a very good and quite fast lemon yellow. It follows, then, that in weaving rugs (which must be washable) with orange warp, the warp most be steeped In warm water before using. It can be used in that state, or it can be set with alum, or it can be dipped In a thin Indigo dye and made into a good and fast green. The only recourse of the domestic weaver who wishes to establish her rugs as of the very best make Is to dye her own wraps, and this is not only an easy but a most Interesting process.

Chenille fringe Is noted on many white street gowns. . 0 , Smooth satin crowns as a feature are marked on many of the spring hats. Braces of materials to tnatch the skirt are worn with the corslet skirt over the lingerie blouae. Leather certainly has become a fad in Paris this season. To one tailor suit with braid or velvet there are a hundred trimmed with leather. There are many fashionable shades at the moment, but none are in way so pretty or so popular as the different tones of pink and old rose. Some very smart women use velveteen for their vests. While the effect is rich, It Is not dainty, and Is "almost too much of a good thing." The girdle is part of every costume and must be considered when one is considering the rest. There are all kinds of boas at i all kinds of slippers. For morning wear smart little toque9 of fine straw or erin are trimmtd with a single stiff wing in front or to one side and a bunch of ribbon loops at the back. The plainer the short skirt the smarter it is thought to be. Rovrs of machine stitching are always a ;jood finish in the plaids, checks or mixed cheviots. ' " ' : To those who can wear pink, brown Is sure to be becoming, and there are no smarter costumes this season than the rose plnk gowns worn with brown caracul Jackets. A soft gray walking hat Is turned up on the left with a huge, gray bird, whose bigness is almost grotesque. Most of the hats seem to be quite overcome by their trimmings. Vests of soft red lalnage dotted with black or white are very popular for coatees that are worn balf-oprn. The vest Is tlght-flttlr and often for convenience Is made with sleeves. Embroidered sleeves add one more rich touch to some of the new blouses. The design of the front Is repeated, in a smaller way, upon the back, and broken up and scattered all over 'the sleeves. ' There is little difference in the clothcH ordered for matron or maid. Light colors and the most elaborate of materials and models are chosen for women with gray hair quite as often as by young girls. The smaller the waist the more tight fitting 'the effect of coat or waist the smarter the costume is thought and the end and aim of fjvery woman, be she debutante or grndmother, is to look youthful, especially as regards her figure. Modish Tailored Coat. There is no dimloitlon of the popularity of satin-faced cloths, for, though they are not destined to be used so universally for sprltg gowns for geueral .wear, they are in great demand for the smart tailord coats. The design sketched here Is one of the newest Ideas from Paris, slnwlng the way In which strapping Is raployed for a front trimming. Brtlds of all kinds figure prominently In the. decoration of spring wraps, most oi which are short, or hip length. This coat Is built of finely striped face doth with collar and cuff trimmings of heavy silk moire, which In turn Is bowd with elegant silk braid. Accoinpaiylng it is a hat of dark brown satin clip draped around the crown with a fo'd of satin, and trimmed with a shaded brown coque's plume. , I Sympathy end j Marriage Does love follow sympathy? Summed up In these words Is a troublesome problem which recently confronted a girl whose charms had made her popular with both male nn female friends. A man asked ber to b his wife. She liked him very much,! more than any other man she ktiew, ti fact, and there was a great bond of uympathtlc feeling between them. For tlcy had much In common. . But of real; true love, such as she understood should exist between

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two people who proposed to enter the bonds of matrimony, ue had none for the man who had proposed to her. Should she marry him In the hope that love would follow? To a certain extent sympathy Is akin to love, but the former only develops Into the latter when nothing interrupts the interrurse of the two people concerned. " But there Is, in the first place, always the great danger that after a girl has been married to a man she merely likes and sympathizes with, she may meet with one for whom all such minor feelings are swallowed up In the great factor love. Even suuposing, however, that no other man appears on the scene. If a true census was taken it would probably be found that the majority of women are disappointed In some way with regard to the men they marry. But love helps them to forgive faults, to regard them with a' kindly mind, and think more of their husbands' virtues. 1 A girl who marries a man simply because she sympathizes with his troubles and trials, his ambitions and ideals, receives a severe shock when she finds after marriage that there are several flaws In the man w'hom she liked to regard somewhat in the light of a paragon. She may find that his disposition and character Is such that he deserves blame rather than sympathy, because he has not realized thoe ambitions he is &o fond of talking about No, sympathy Is not a sufficient motive' for marriage, and more especially when that sympathy Is aroused by the shortcomings of a man whom a girl thinks she could reform of bad ways by marrying him. -' .' '

- Health and Deanty Hints. Avoid foods that disagree with you. Do not wash the food down wltb liquids. ' Do not eat when fatigued or when overheated. . Avoid an excess of sugar, sweets and starchy food. Do not bathe the body for at least an hour after meals. A little parsley eaten immediately after onions will remove the odor from the breath. The Juice of lemon is excellent as a gargle for sore throat, but must not be swallowed. Apples are particularly wholesome for "gouty" people and those with ä sluggish liyer. v Don't use 6oap on the face oftener than-once a day. .' Night is the best time for a thorough cleansing. Make a. paste of fresh butter and pulverized resin, spread it on a linen rag and apply to sprains; It will fre quently effect a cure. " ' All Albania mourns the loss of the Princess Ulrditse. Miss Maggie J. Walz, of Calumet, Mich., Is editing the only Finnish, pub lication for women In this country. Mrs. Bellamy Storer, whose husband has been retired from his position as ambassador to Austria, is the origin ator.of the famous Itookwood pottery. Empress Haruko or Japan Is .50 years of age and Js. two years the senior of her husband, and accredited with being. one of the most beautiful women in Japan. Although 8J years old. Miss Serepta Grath of East Brook, Delaware county, N. Y., is a hustllug traveling saleswoman for a Philadelphia house and draws a fancy salary. , Queen Alexandra has In all fifteen ladies In personal attendance upon her, the first being mistress of the robes, then the ladles of the bedchamber, and maids of honor. The, new queen of Norway Is said to be a great admirer of Charles Dickens and to have read "Christmas Carol" so often that she can recite It from beginning to end. Baroness Rosen and the wife "of Japanese Minister Takahlra are close personal friends, but of necessity must keep apart until the peace negotiations are dispensed with. . The Grand Duchess Olga of Russia Is known as "The Princess of Peace." She Is the Czar's youngest sister, Is 24 years of age, and was married four years ago to Prince Peter, Duke of Oldenburg. Mrs. W. E. Morgan of Missouri is boss of one of the richest zinc mines in the state. The employes call her the "sunbonnet boss," and they are said to like her and work well under her direction. Mrs. Richard II. Savage is the owner of the famous painting, "Sheridan's Ride," and values it at $5,000. A bill has been Introduced into the senate for Its purchase, to be hung In the corridor of the capltol. Gov. Guild of Massachusetts has appointed Miss Marie Rose Collins, a daughter of the former mayor of Boston, as state prison commissioner. She has given the subject of prison work much attention. Mme. de Rargy ling the unique distinction of having received the highest price for one cup of tea ever recorded. She presided at, a Purls charity bazaar and every one who wished to Join her at the festive -board was required to procure 30 shillings. Women GrenteM Behind the Throne. Some sage ouce said that he was always glad when a woÄan ruled his country, for he knew then that men would have something to say In its government But when a king sat on the throne a woman's finger directed the affairs of state. Dirt on l'nriillurr, Always wipe furniture with a cloth wrung out of lukewarm water to which a little vinegar has been . added, and let It dry before applying the polish. The vinegar and water will remove the dirt, and U wood will take a better polish,

SOLDIERS AT HOME.

THEY TELL SOME INTERESTING ANECDOTES OF THE WAR. How the Boys of Both Armies Whlled Away Life in Camp Foraging Ex perience, Tiresome Marches Thrilling Scene on the Battlefield. "There are some fellows," said the Major, "who wculd have us believe that American soldiers In the Philippines or In Kansas or Arizona are besotted, brutal creatures given to needless cruelty in battle and having no respect for the rights or tho lives of those fighting against them. Now, as 00 per cent of the soldiers in the regular army are native born, they probably represent fairly well the average "American of this day, as the volunteer army of the Civil War represented the average American of that day. "I never, In all my army experience, saw a downright merciless or brutal act in skirmish or battle. I have seen men fight with the fury of demons. I have seen rr en carried away by the frenzy of battle do Idiotic and unaccountable things, but whethjr they were moved by passion or crazy with excitement or stolid in the fa?e of danger, I never saw one of our men commit an act of wanton cruelty. There . were coarse men and men of low instincts In all the companies, probably, but as a rule It was the high spirited, decent fellows who were on the firing line. VI remember that on the third day at Stone River our brigade charged at a full run on a rebel regiment advancing on us at & run. The crash as the two lines came together was a fearful thing. For five or ten minutes there was the wild" confusion of striking, thrusting, pushing, and pulling, xt fighting at close range, the men on both sides yielding to the fury of the moment But the second line , of the Confederates broke and our colonel, beating his way into the melee, swung our own line to the rear of the fighters and shouted: Qult your hair pulling there. Ask the Johnnies to surrender.' .. "The Johnnies surrendered, throwing down their guns and taking off their cartridge boxes with cheerful accept--ance of the situation. , Our own men, winded by the tussle, contemplated the proceedings in silence, a grin of, good humor gradually supplanting the look of extreme passion on their faces. An Id fashioned fellow assisted one of the rebs in untangling his belt, and sociably said, 'By gum, I am tuckered out I feel Just about as I did when my plow team ran off and dragged me across a ten-acre field. To which fhe rebel responded, I knew there would be something doing when we started. The colonel banked on scarin' you 'uns, but I was bettln even that you 'uns wouldn't scare. "On the first day of heavy fighting at Stone River one of our men, who la now a preacher out In Kansas, was slightly wounded, and, while In a dazed condition, . he was taken possession of by a wandering reb. The latter double qui eked his dazed prisoner across the field, to his own elation, and indulged n a good many uncomplimentary remarks. The rapid motion, however, cleared the prisoner's mind, and, pretending to be in great fear of the bayonet behind him, he increased his speed. "This was agreeable to the rebel, who experienced all the delights of the chase. Suddenly the prisoner veered to one side and, as his guard stumbied forward, Jumped on him from behind. In two minutes our man had the reb's gun and was chasing the fellow back toward our lines at the point of the bayonet. They were a tired pair when they came within hailing distance. Both were dirty and bloody, bet they were huifgry also, and in a few minutes were eating hardtack and drinking coffee and badgering each other about the inlldents of their unusual adventure." "That reminds me," said the Capitata, "of the day the 202d Regiment New York State Volunteers, landed in Cuba to do police duty. Just after the Spanish-American war. When the transport bearing a battalion of the regiment commanded by Major Frank E. Wood arrived In Havana the wharf at which she landed was crowded with Spaniards, Cubans, and negroes. The Colonel of the regiment was aboard, and by his instructlrns Major Wood ordered the people cleared off the wharf, which was surrounded by a high" fence with several gates.' "A squad was sent ashore ' and the wharf was soon cleared of all but one man, who kept edging around and dodging the blue coats. His mustache was waxed up at the ends and he carried himself haughtily and a long sword dangled about his feet , As he refused the sergeant's personal order to vamoose, the latter called two husky fellows, who took him by the nape of the neck and the seat of the trousers and deposited him none too gently on all fours in the street very anpry and very much tangled up with ;iis sword, i "An hour later he returned with an interpreter nd demanded aa audience with the Colonel. Presently the latter called Major Wood and said : , 'What have you been doing to this man?' The Major replied that the man had refused to leave the wharf, ani that two of the boys had escorted him to the gate. 'Use any violence?' asked the Colonel. 'Why, he held back some, was the reply. Well,' the Colonel concluded, 'I guess you had better let him stay on the wharf if he wants to. He's the chief of police.' ' Chicago Inter Ocean. General Sherman nt Vlcksbnrar. At a meeting of Ransom Post G. A. R., St Louis, Joseph W. McLellan was initiated a member of the post and, In accordance with the usual custom, he signalized his admission into tho order by dropping into a reminiscent speech, which turned upon the Ylcksburg campaign of 1SC3. Mr. McLellan related, in a graphic way, how he was on. board one of the old boats that ran the fearful gauntlet of the rebel batteries in that idark and bloody night of 03. The craft in which he had defied the guns on the height had been diot to pieces and hardly enough timber md leen left to support the erew. r.ie survivors were floating down the current and the lookout striving to pierce the dense clouds of smoke that bad settled down over the river, and iscertaln their situation. Suddenly In the darkness (directly in front) loomed up a small object, upon which the half-wrecked transport was bearing iown. The crew gave the shout of warning that, they were disabled and :ould scarcely steer their course. Then the cry came back: "Who are you?" "Captain Woodworth with a transport," was the response. "Are you all right?" waa the second

question rrom tfie little boat thi.t bobbed up and down In the veil of smoka. "Aje, aye; who are you?" the crew called out Then their ears were charmed wHfj the reply, "General Sherman," and they knew the second officer of their army was on the scene of danger. "Yes, gentlemen," Mr. McLellan concluded, "General Sherman was out la that frail craft with the hope of picking up the survivors. He kept Jtfs boat under the bushes until he saw a vessel coming down, when he made for It out into the very middle of the stream, where he was liable to be run down at any moment. lie had every trau.port's appearance timed, and w'as growing apprehensive of our safety because of oni being behind the appointed time." When the spr Aker finished, the army boys were surprised to hear General Sherman say: "Yes, that Is a fact; I remember it now very distinctly. I th.ink the gentleman for reminding ma of the incident

A Conquered Conqueror. Over the fence of his Missouri dooryard Private Humphrey Digges, late of the 'Steenth Missouri Volunteers, held review of the passing World. Officially he was waiting to hall tb butcher.. The butcher was due at 10 o'clock that morning, and having received froc headquarters orders ta hail him. Private Digges had arisen at 6 and taken his station on post t3 the exclusion of all other and less welcome forms of physical effort. From this post he saluted a passing bicyclist, "Halt and light off, youns manr he said, cheerfully. "It's too fine a day to be traveling so fast" ' The young man, nothing loath, leaned his -wheel against a fence and entered Into conversation. "The way you come in,' said Private Digges, "reminds me of the way I marched into Vlcksburg forty odd year ago. Ever in Vlcksburg, young man? No? . Well, sir, when I went down there with Sherman I was the only man in the corps who (wrat through Chickasaw bottoms and up th hills. Got so excited going ahead, X didn't know the army had retreated, and I was Just going to snatch the Confederate flag ofifn their fort up there when I noticed the firing had stopped, and looking round, I see I was all alone in a mob of Johnnies. "WelL sir, I hated to come away then but I did It I did it and lived to be gladof it, for when I went baci Into the rear of Vlcksburg later, with Grant nd the general says, 'Is there anybody in the army who knows what the rebel forts looks like Inside? I says, 'I do, general, and he says, 'Bully for you, Digges V And so I wen! In and told Pemberton what I had told .Grant about his forts, and Ternberton saw it wa'n't any more use, and he surrendered. "Grant said if he liad an army lik me he'd 'a, licked tne whole Confederacy in two weeks. -"Come right In, stranger, and clay a while. Stay tvro or three days. Just wait till I go in end get the old woman. This is my third wife I got now, and she's the widow of a Confederate v? teran. Better not say anything about the late unpleasantness, for 6he's a mite touchy." Trivate Digges ambled Into tb house tc acquaint his wife with the fact that there wps company fordinner. The young man at the gate heard suddenly sherp and fast explosions like the report of a rapid-fire gun, Cod soon out from tie doorway emerged Private Digges In full retreat, followed by his Confederate helpmate. . "No, sir! No, sir! I can't have it) I can't have it!" she spluttered. "I'm sorry to turn you away, young maA, but I can't help it. - I've got to cook. I've - got to clean house. I have to go to the barn and feed the horses. I have to ' milk the cows. I have to run after the hens. I havfe to get the eggs. I have to look after every Last bob and tagger on this fr,vm rtlle that hulkis, no-'count 'postte of lLerty sets there by the gate watcbing-for the butcher. I'm sorry to tun you away, young man, but I can't 'Jo for any extra." Private Digges leaned over the gate again confidential y. "I reckon we'll have to allow that what she says goes this time, stranger," he said, sadly. "Yee, the c!J woman well, when Grant said tlTat about me - and a few others licking the hull Confederate aray, he hadn't met up with some of the Southern women folks at that time.' a a ja t The Colonel- of an Alabama regiment wbich served through the rebellion, says some one In the Grand Army Sentinel, was famous for havia,'; everything done in military style. Once, while n?ld o3cer ot the day, going on his tour of inspection, he came upon a seutinel sitting on the ground with h!a gun entirely taken to pieces. The following dialogue then took place: Colonel Don't you know that a sentinel while on duty should always keep on his feet? . Sentinel (without looking up) That's the way we used to do when the war began, but that's outlawed long ago. ' Colonel (beginning to doubt if thi man was really on duty)- Are you the sentinel here? fentlnei Well, I'm a sort of sentinel. , Colonel Well, I'm a sort of officer cf the day. Sentinel Well, if you'll hold on till I sort of git uy gun together I'll give you a sort of a eute. An Australian paper relates that at some amateur theatricals in Victoria two people among the spectators, whenever the heroine was kissed, kissed each other loudly, and with ostentation, It turned out that the man in the audience was the husband of the heroine, lie disapproved her theatrical tastes, and with the help of an amiable friend took this way of reproving them. David Klump, a San Francisco machinist who could not control Lis appetite for drink, received from the little daughter of tiie people at whose house he lived the following note:, "Dave Klump, you are a very bad bey, and I wish you would stop drinking, t'lease to satisfy me. Marr-ne- OTarv JCJ rell." Klump read the note and killed himself. A man whose will has Just "been proved In England left all his property to his daughter, on condition "that she shall pay to Mr. - the sum of threepence halfpenny for the purchase of a hempen cord or halter for" the use of his dear wife." "I trust" be "adds, "that she may make use of it without delay." " 'Tis hard to school the heart to be. In spite of injury and envy, c-cr-ous SÜIL Ellison,