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for The Term oNfis Natural Life By MARCUS CLARKE

CHATTER XVI. (Continued.) An hour after sunrise next morning the fraU boat, which was the last hope of these four human beings, drifted with the outgoing current toward the mo'ith of the harbor. When first launched she had come nigh swamping, being overloaded, and it waa found necessary to leave behind a great portion of the dried meat. They made tedious way with their rude oars; a light breeze from the northwest sprung up with the dawn, and, ' hoisting the goat-skin sail, they crept along the ciast. It was resolved that the two men should keep watch and watch; and Frere, for the second time, enforced his authority by giving the first watch to Rufus Dawes. "I am tired," he said. "and shall sleep for a little while." That night the wind fell and they had to take their oars. Rowiag all night, they made but liftle progress, and Rufus Dawes suggested that they should put In to the shore, and wait until the breeze sprung up. But, upon getting under the lee of a long line of basaltic rocks which rose abruptly out of the sea, they found the waves breaking furiously upon a horseshoe reef, six or seven miles in length. There was nothing for it but to coast again. m They coasted for two days, without a sign of a sail, and on the third day a great wind ' broke upon them from the southeast and drove them back thirty miles. The coracle began to leak, and required constant bailing. What was almost as bad. the best part of their water had leaked away also. The position of the four poor creatures was now almost desperate. Mrs. Vickers. indeed, seemed completely prostrated, and it was evident that, unless some . help came, she could not long survive the continued exposure to the weather. The child was in somewhat better case. Rufus Dawes had wrapped her in his woolen shirt, and, unknown to Frere, lad divided with her daily his allowance of meat. She lay in his arms at night, an! In the day crept by his side for shelter and protection., As long as she was near him she felt safe. " They spoke little to each other, but when Rufus Dawes felt the pressure of her tiny hand. In his, or sustained the weight of her head npon his shoulder, he almost forgot the cid that froze him and the .hunger that gnawed him. So two more days passed, and yet no sail! On ih tenth day after their delarture from Macquarie . Ilarbor they tame to the end of their provisions. To dd to their distress, the child was seized with fever. She was hot and cold by turns, and in the intervals of moaning talked deliriously. Rufus Dawes, holding her ia his arms, watched the suffering he was unable to alleviate, with a savage despair at his heart. Was she to die, after all? So another day and night passed, and the eleventh morning saw the boat yet alive, rolling in the trough of the same deserted . sea. The four exiles lay in her almost without breath. All at once Dawes uttered a cry, and seizing the ' heet, put the clumsy craft about. "A sail! a saill" he cried. "Do you not see her?' "There is no sail said Frere. "Ton mock us! , - The boat, no longer following the line of the coast, was running nearly due south, straight into, the great southern ocean. Frere tried to wrest the thong from the hand of the convict, and bring the boat back to her course. "Are you mad, he asked, in fretful terror, "to run us out to .sea?" "Sit down," returned "the other, wJth a menacing gesture, and staring across ' the gray water. "I tell you I. see a aaiir The day had broken, and the dawn, in one long pale streak of sickly saffron, lay low on the left hand. Between this streak of saffron-colored ' light and the bows of the boat gleamed for an instant a white speck. Frere. utterly confounded, looked, with his heart in his mouth, and again did the whi:e speck rlimmer. "Sylvia ! cried Rnfus Dawes. "Sjl.Tia! My darling! You ar saved!" She opened her blue eyes and looked at him, but gave no s.gn of recognition. Delirium, had hold of her, and in the hoar of safety the child had forgotten her preserver. Rufus Dawes, overcome by this last cruel stroke of fortune, sat down in the stern of the boat, with the child In his arms speechless. Frere thought that the chance he had so bng ed for had come.. With - the mother at the point of death. and the child delirious, who could testify to thi hated convict's skillfulness? No one "it Mr. Maurice Frere, and Mr. Maurice Frere, as commandant of convicts, could not but jjive np an "absconder' to justice The ship a brig, with American colors flying caiLe within hail of them. Frere could almost distinguish figures on her deck. He made his way aft to t where Dawes was sitting, unconscious, with the child in his arms, and stirred him roughly with his foot. "Go forward," he said. In tones of command, "and give the child to. me. Ruf us , Dawes raised his head, and, seeing the approaching vessel, awoke to the consciousness of -his duty. With a low laugh, full of unutterable bitterness, he placed the burden he had borne so tenderly in the arms of the lieutenant. The brig was close upon them. Her canvas loomed large and dusky, shadowing the sea. Her we ; decks shone In the morning sunlvrliL-; From her bul: warks peered bejnVri! and eager faces , looking with ait ii-cma: at this boat and its haggard ''uipany, alone on that barren and sfömy ocean. Frere, with Sylvia in his arms, waited for her. - CHAPTER XVIi: "Society In Hobart Town, la this year f grace 1S33, is, my dear lord, composed of very curious elements." So ran passage in tht sparkling letter which the Rev. Mr. Meekin, newly appointed chaplain, and seven days' resident in Van Piemen's Laud, was carrying to the poctoflce. Clad In glossy black, of the most fashionable clerical cut, with dandy ' boots, and gloves of lightest lavender a white sük overcoat hinting that its wearer was not wholly free from sensitiveness to sun and heat the Reverend Meekin tripped daintily to the postofflce, and deposited his letter. Two ladles met ahn as he turned. Mr. Meekin's elegant hat was raised from his intellectual brow and hovered in the air, like some courteous blackbird, for an instant. "Mrs. Jellicoel Mr?. Protherick! My dear leddies. this is an unexpected pleasure! And wher, pray, are you going on this lovely afternooa? To stay in the house is positively sinfuL Ah! what a climate; but the trail of the serpent, my dear Mrs. Protherick the trail of the serpent " And he sighed. "Why, you are going our way," said Mrs. Jellicoe. "We can walk together." "Delighted! I am going to call on Major Vickers." "And I live within a stone's throw," returned Mrs. Protherick. "What a harming little creature his daughter. A sad thing. Quite a romance if it were not so had, you know. Iiis wife, poor Mrs. Vickers!" "Indeed! What of her?" asked Meekin, bestowing a condescending bow on a passer-by. "Is she an invalid?" "She is dead, poor' soul,' returned jolly Urs. Jellicoe, vita a fat sigh. "You on't mean' to say that you havta't ttard the story, Mr, Meekin f ' ' "21j dear leddles, I hare only been In

Hobart Town a wek, and I have not heard the story." "It's about the mutiny, you know, the mutiny at Macquarie Ilarbor. The prisoners took the ship and put Mrs. Vickers and Sylvia ashore somewhere. Captain Frere was, with them; too. The poor things had a dreadful time, and nearly died. Captain Frere made a boat at last, and they were picked up by a ship. Poor Mrs. Vickers only lived a few hours, and little Sylvia she was only twelve years bid then was quite lightheaded. They thought she wouldu't recover She's quite strong now; but her memory's gone. She doesn't remember anything about the three or four weeks they wer ashore at least not distinctly." "It's a great mercy," interrupted Mrs. Protherick, determined 'to keep the post of honor. "Who wants her to remember these horrors? From Captain Frere's account, it was positively awful. A 'bolter' that's what we call an escaped prisoner, Mr. Meekin happened to be left behind, and he found them out, and insisted on sharing the provisions the wretch! Captain Frere was obliged t'. watch him constantly for fear he should murder them. Even In the boat he tried to run them out to sea and escape. He was one of the worst men in the Harbor, they say. But you should hear Captain Frere tU the story." "And where ia he now?" asked Mr. Meekin, with Interest. "Captain Frere V , "No. the prisoner." "Oh, goodness, I don't know at Port Arthur, I think.' I know that he was tried for bolting, and would have been hanged but for Captain Frere's exertions." ; "Dear, dear! a strange story, indeed," said Mr. Meekin. "And so the young lady doesn't know anything about it?" "Only what she's been told, of course, poor dear. She's engaged to Captain Frere." "Really!. To the man who saved her. now charming- quite a romance! Her girlish love clings to her heroic protector. Remarkable and beautiful. Quite the hem! the ivy and oak, dear leddies. Ah, in our fallen nature, what sweet spots I think this is the gate." A' smart convict servant he had been a pickpocket. of note in days gone by left the clergyman to repose In a handsomely furnished drawing room, whose sun blinds revealed a wealth of bright garden flecked with shadows, while he went in search of Miss Vickers. The major was out, his duties as superintendent of convicts rendering such absences necessary; but Miss Vickers was in the garden,and could be called 'n at once. The Reverend Meekin, wiping his heated brow, and pulling down his apotless wristbands, laid himself back on the soft sofa, soothed by the elegant surroundings no less than by the coolness of the atmosphere, ne was disturbed by the sound of voices in the garden; and going outside saw a young girl talking to one of the servants. She turned, ' and Mr. Meekin, bowing his apologies, became conscious that the young lady was about seventeen years of a.?e, that her eyes, were large and soft, htr, hair plentiful and bright, and. that the hand which held the little book she had been' reading was white and email. jliss Vickers, I think. My name is Meekin the Rev. Arthur Meekin." "How do yoa do, Mr. Meekin?" said Sylvia, putting out ono of her small hands, and looking straight at him. vpapa will be in directly." . "His daughter more than compensates for his absence, my dear Miss Vickers." "I don't like flattern Mr. Meekin, so don't use it At least," she added, with a delicious frankness -that seemed born of her very brightness and beauty, "not that sort of flattery." Young girls do like flattery, of course. Don't you think so?" This rapid attack quite disconcerted Mr. Meekin, and he could only bow and smile at the self-possessed young lady. "You, have not been here long, Mr. Meekin," said Sylvia, after a pause. "o, only a week; and I confess I am surprised. A lovely climate, but, as I said just now to Mrs. Jellicoe, the trail of the serpent the trail of the serpent my dear young lady." "If you send all these wretches here, you must expect the trail of the serpent, said Sylvia. "It isn't the fault of the colony. But don't let us talk about this, Mr. Meekin," she added, pushing back a stray curl of golden hair. "Papa wrs that I am not to talk about these things, because they are all done according to the rules of the service, as he caUs It." "An adrotrable notion of papa's," said Meekin, mo ch relieved as the door opened, and Vickers and Frere entered. ' Vickers' hair had grown white, but Frere carried his thirty years as easily as some mea carry two-and-twenty. , "My dear Sylvia," began Vickers, "here's an extraordinary thing!" And then, becoming conscious of the presence of the agitated Meekin. he paused. "You know Mr. Meekin, papa?" said Sylvia. "Mr. Meekin, Captain Frere." ''I have that pleasure," said Vickers. VGlad to see you, sir. Pray sit down." Upon which Mr. Meekin beheld Sylvia unaffect edly kiss both gentlemen; but became strangely awnre that the kiss bestov ed upoa her father was warmer than that which greeted her affianced husband, "Warm weather, Mr. Meekin," said Frere. "Sylvia, my darling, I hope you have not been out In the heat. You have! My dear, I've begged you " "It'i not hot at all," said Sylvia, pettishly. "Nonsense! - I'm ' not made of butter I sha'n't melt. Thank you, dear; you needn't pull the blind down." And then, as though angry with herself for her anger, she added, "You are always thinking of me, Maurice," and gave him her hand affectionately. "It's very oppressive, Captain Frere," said Meekin; "and, 'to a stranger, quite enervating'." "Ay, t) bo sure," repeated Vickers. "I hope Sylvia has not been attacking you with her strange theories, Mr. Meekin V . "Oh, dear, no; inot at all." returned Meekin, feeling that this charming young lady was regarded as a creature who was not to be judged by ordinary rules. "We got on famously, my dear major quite famously." "That's right," sa!d Vickers. "She is Tery plain-spoken, is my little girl, and strangers can't understand her sometimes. Can they. Poppet?Poppet tossed her head saucily. "I don't know," she s.id. "Why shouldn't they? 1 But you were going to say something extraordinary when you came in. What is it, dear?" "Ah," .said Vickers, with grave face. "Yes, a most extraordinary thing. They've caught those villains." "What, you don't mean No, papa!" said Sylvia, turning round with alarmed face. In that little family there were, for conversational purposes, but one set of villains in the world the mutineers of the Osprey. "They've got four of them In the bay at this moment Rev, Barker, Shiers and Lesly. They are on board the Lady Jane. The most extraordinary story I ever heard in my life. The fellows got to China, and passed themselves off as shipwrecked sailors. The merchants in Canton got up a subscription and sent them to London. They were recognizeJ

there by old Pine, who had been surgeon on board the ship they came out in." Sylvia sat down oti the nearest chair.

I with heightened color. "And where are i the others?" "Two were executed in England; the other six have not been taken. These fellows have been 6ent out for trial." "To what are yon alluding, dear sir?" asked Meekin. "The piracy of a conv'ct brig five years ago," repiled Vickers. "The scoundrels put my poor wife and child ashore and left them to starve. If it hadn't been for Frere God bless him! they would have died. They shot the pilot and a soldier and but it's a long story to till now." "I have heard of - it already," said Meekin, "and of your gallant conduct, Captain Frere." "Oh, that's nothing," said Frere, reddening. . " . Sylvia was staring at the strip of sunshine between the veranda and the blind, as though the bright light might enable her to remember something. "What's the matter?" asked Frere; bending over ter. "I was trying to recollect, but I can't, Maurice. It is all confused. I only remember a great shore and a great sea, and two men, one of whom that's you. dear carried me in his arms. Maurice," asked she suddenly, "what became of the other man?" "Poor Bates?"H ' - "No, not Bates. The prisoner. What was his' name?" "Oh. ah the prisoner," said Frere, as if he. too, had forgotten. "Why, you know,' darling, he was seut to Port Arthur." ' "Ah," said Sylvia, with a shudder. "And js he there still V . "I "oelieve so," said Frere, with a frown. . (To be continued.) INDIANA MAGNETIC FIELD. Territory In Which LI shtnl off Playa Queer Prank a. A mysterious magnetic field in, the southwestern part of Lake County Is attracting no little attention among local scientific minds and arousing much Interest, because of queer pranks cut up by lightning In that neighborhood, says the Indianapolis News. The territory, covered by the strange and weird electrical manifestations embraces only a few square miles in West Creek township, and Is located a few miles north of 'the great Kankakee marshes. More havoc Is created annually In this one spot, with a radius of less than two miles, than In any four entire counties in this part of the State.' V . Every, thunderstorm in the vicinity is sure to pass over the spot, wo matter In what direction the wiMi may lie, and its passage is sure to be marked by terrific bursts, of lightning. At night time the displays are at times grand and magnificent, yet terrifying to( the bravest heart and extremely dangerous. Bolt after bolt of molten fire Is shot from heaved to earth, lighting the country up for miles with a dazzling glare of light. So much havoc has been wrought by lightning that some Insurance companies refuse risks In the district, and others' are about, to Impose additional rates to cover the extra, cost. Four large hay-barns within a half mile radius were struck recently and burned, causing a loss of $1,200. Only one of these, that of Henry Brant, Was Insured, and It only for about half its value. The others were uninsured. It has been found impossible to keep a telephone service in operation In the territory, as every storm that passes leaves wrecked lines and blackened and shattered poles as a reminder of the lightning's wrath. Numerous horses and cattle have been killed, and there is not a building or a tall tree that does not bear evidence of the destructive forces Of nature's electrical energy. Three fatalities have occurred in tne last three years, and every Inhabitant of the spot has felt the lightning force to a greater or less degree. It is said that a wireless telegraph would be Inoperative and messages intercepted by the weird forces that seem to lie concealed in the ground. Even in fair weather a telephone system using the ordinary ground wires is useless, and even 'a metallic circuit is operated with difficulty. Many theories are advanced, but the most plausible one seems to be that a larye body of strong magnetic ore crops out near the surface and attracts the electrical forces of the cloudsl Another theory Is that a large body of meteoric ore lies in this neighborhood and Is the attracting medium. Worth Reading. There Is no Index of character s sure as the voice. Disraeli. Never say you know a man till yen have divided an Inheritance with him. Lavater. The manuscript of Swinburne's "First Book of Ballads" has been sold for $1,000. . Newspapers from Denmark to the Russian provinces must In future all go to St Petersburg to pass the censor. At Whakarewarewn, New Zealand, there are geysers, hot' springs, boiling pools, mud volcanoes and hot waterfalls. More than one-fourth of the inhabitants of Newfoundland are engaged in catching and curing fish for a livelihood. , The population of Russia, 110,000,000, is Increasing 1,500,000 annually. The center of the country's cottongrowing is near Jackson, Miss. The growth of the nails is more rapid in children than In adults, and slowest In the aged. It goes on more rapidly In summer than In winter. A deposit of fossilized asbestos was reccMly discovered near Loinpac, Cul. The Indications are that this deposit is nearly 400 feet thick and a quarter of a mile long. The Roman Catholic Bishops of Ireland have Issued a circular to be read in all the chapels of the four provinces, warning the young generation against the evils of emigration. Among the curios preserved in the Bank of England Is a banknote that passed through the Chicago fire. The paper was consumed but the ash held together und the printing Is quite legible. It Is kept carefully under glass. The bank paid the note. An Interesting trial made In England on a farm near Biggleswade shows that fields can be so Illuminated by acetylene gas that harvesting may bo easily carried on at night." In';hls test two mowers, each cutting a six-foot swath, were employed and a field of fifteen acres was mowel in three hours and thirty-five rninutr s. A gasoline traction eugine furnished the power. Knoffi it All. Sunday School Teacher Who Is it that possesses all knowledge? S. S. Pupil My big brother. Ht'i a goph'more. -Cleveland Leadeiv

The Eternal Will. There Is nothing we cannot overcome. Say not evil instinct is inherited, Or that sme trait inborn makes thy whole life forlorn, And calls down punishment that is not merited. Back of thy parents and grandparents lies The great Eternal Will. That, too, is thine Inheritance strong, beautiful, divine; Sure lever of success for one who tries. Pry up thy faults with this great lever Will. Ilowever deeply bedded in propensity. However firmly set, I tell thee firmer still Is that strange power that , comes from truth's immensity ! Thou art a part of that vast world, I say. Its forces lie within thee, stronger far . Than all thy mortal sins and frailties are ; Believe thj-self divine, and watch and pray, There is no noble hight thou canst not climb; All triumphs may be thine In time's futurity, If whatsoe'er thy fault thou dost not faint or halt," But lean upon the staff of God's security, Earth has no claim the soul cannot contest. Know thyself part of that eternal source, And naught can stand before thy spirit's force. The soul's divine Inheritance is best. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The Drotherle Girl. The girl ' without a brother la especially to be pitied. She is the girl who Is never certain of getting the pleasures of life unless she is very attractive. Of course, she has no brother who she Is certain will take her everywhere; she is apt to get a little bit vain, for she hi? no brother to tell her, as only a brother will,, of her faults and mistakes. It is only the somewhat doubtful tact of a brother that announces "I wouldn't walk, up the street with you in that frock." And the girl whose brother says this to her may be certain that he Is only expressing the opinion of other girls' brothers. He may not do It In the most gentle way, but he does tell the tmth, and If yoa ask him Why paying a visit to another girl Is more desirable than to one you know, he will sit down and look at you, and then he will say "Well, you see, it is Just this way. From the time you get there she Is a nice girl, who gives you a pleasant welcome and yet don't gush over you. She is entertaining, and yet she has a fashion of putting down nasty gossip or silly talk among whoever is there. She Is a restful sort of girl, she Is not always wanting to do something that tires you half to death and where the game isn't worth -the candle, and whoa she snys good-by to yon, you feel certain that she is pretty glad you came, and that she will be glad to see you another time; but that she doesn't look upon you as the one and only man in the world." That Is the kind of description that the brotherless girl crn't tet Then she doesn't hear of men that a fellow would rather not have his sister to go with, and she is very apt, poor dear, to make a few little mistakes. Probably i the wisest course for her to pursue !s for her to choose as her most Intimate friend a girl who has a wise brother; then she 'can reap the benefit of his counsel. . Polka dots are back. The figured frock will be worn. Shepherd's plaids are raging fast and furiously. Handkerchief linen Is the favorite grade this year. The "pony" coat is not for the stout, matronly woman. Regular zebra stripes decorate some Df the new dress goods. Ostrich boas are round and fluffy once more after the flat stoles of recent seasons. v Long black kid gloves are about the best stock In trade for the woman who must count her pennies. Crushed strawberry colors have acquired a multitude of followers who might look better in something else. Gilt Is prettily used on summer gowns an occasional r tiny ruffle or gilt lace belrg very coquettish and airy. This only trims the corsage. A white Irish crochet dress with blue Insets and pale mauve roseettes; pale blue feathers In hat; pale mauve parasol is a noticeable combination. Among the novel little boleros springing up are some made of alternating rows of Valenciennes nd heavy lace, and others of velvet and Jet. The best gowns, no matter If of lace, silk or cloth, employ a touch of old gold. It is generally lace, but on lace blouses we see small folds of gold tissue. A fan that would be useful at the opera has a tiny electric lamp set In the handle, making it easy to read the score, though the lights In the house are dim. Summer silks are made after much the same scheme 'as batistes. Any amount of lace and embroidery Is employed, and there are ruffles and puffs witlwut number. A' pair of white lisle hose, delicately embroidered 'over the instep with pale lilacs, are to be worn with white buckskin shoes, with an open-work stropleslgn up the front to show the lilacs. For $3 to $G there ore pretty little sunshades of plain silk In old rose, ecru, Nile, blue, etc., edged with the narrowest frill of vnlenciennes. These have light wood sticks and a chou of colored silk on the handle. The sleeves of nearly all the dresses are short and without lace or anything that depends. So much of batiste ruffllngs and lace volants ha3 been seen In Paris the last three years that people are glad of the change. One Woman' Wny. A Kansas City woman has adopted an ingenious, but not noveli method of freeing her mind, which she, describes

thus: "If the butcher sends me a poor steak and I am angry about It, I don't call him up and scold him. I send the steak back, and then sit down and write a letter, berating him for .his carelessness. When I have written It, I read It ver. I have the rebuke out of me, and I feel better. Next I tear the letter up. The butcher gets his steak back, and knows he was careless. He sends me another one, and Is more careful next time. He didn't need the calling-down, but I needed to get rid of It. Every once In a while I sit down and write notes to people, telling them exactly what I think of them. When I get the things I want to say off my mind the notes are destroyed, and I am relieved. That Is the way I keep people liklag me. I say what I think of them, and have the satisfaction' that comes from saying it, but it never reaches them or anybody else."

We Get What We Give. It U very true that In this world we get, what we give. Take an earnest, simple attitude toward the world, or give a warm, frank greeting, and that attitude and greeting will rarely be rebuffed. Be war;n-hearted and frank, and other natureä will become frank and unaffected with you. We are most of us brought up to SHIRT WAISTS AND hide our feelings; then, by. and by, real sorrows and experiences come to us and teach us love and frankness. And what a blessing it Is, too, to touch the real things ; to meet the real friend in your friend's eye; to share life's big experiences frankly; to follow our quick, honest sympathies without fear; to put away our assumed pride ; to own that we are Just like other people that we love and suffer, and grieve and rejoice, Just as others do ; and so feel our lives in close touch with other lives. Those of us who have not tried It do not guess the sweetness and comfort of IL It is they to whom the simple experiences are dearest- the friendships which need neither effort nor explanation are closest the honest laughter, sincere sorrow and direct sympathy mean most. The friend from whom we, need hide no weakness, and with whom we need falsely assume no strength, then becomes Indeed a companion of the way. Wire mm Social Aid. If Is not always the wife who stands behind her husband's counter or shares his office or labors with blm, shoulder to shoulder, who is the -greatest help to a man. Many women, distinctly feminine and to all appearances hopelessly unbusinesslike, are first aids to their busy husbands, and they seldom or never enter the shops, office or factories over which their husbands rule. These are the women who play the social game entirely in the interest of their husbands. They are business, rather than social climbers, who win by tact and diplomacy where the simple worth or even scientific skill of the husband would fall to bring quick returns. ' ' This la particularly true in small cities where acquintance, influence and social or family staudlng count for rrore than in the larger business centers. A clever woman, blessed with the faculty of saying or doln? the right thing at the right minute, Is like wellworded advertisements bound to win. To Walk Well. Walk slowly. Don't contort Hold your chin up. Wear thin stockings. . ' Don't swing your arms. Hold your shoulders back. Then study your figure. Don't swing your shoulders. - Don't wear tight, short shoes. Let your feet down at right angles. . Don't try to wiggle when you walk. Don't twist yourself in sinuous motions Have your shoes a little too narrow and a little too long. Once In a while have a fresh kid lining pasted In your shoes. Thv little brisk woman, the animated little person mry be "cute," but she Isn't graceful. HldlnK H" Love. It may not be unmaldenly of a girl to love before she Is asked, but It Is certainly unmaldenly of her, to let the fact Ikj susiocted. And did she realize how quickly she drops In tho urn precltitlon of all who know her; she would certainly be more circumspect in her behavior. Unfortunately, some girls do not scruple to do all they can to attract the man upon whom their choice has fallen. Instead of allowing hlai his prerogative of wooing and winning, an infatuated girl will show him only too plainly how very welcome are his attentions. It is not surprising that onlookers pour scathing criticism upon the girl who by her own conduct robs herself of the Joy of being ardently wooed. A diffident lover may keep from pro posing long after be has roused. ft kin-1

dred feeling of love in the girl he thinks of by day and dreams 'of by night, and when a nice girl becomes aware of lier own heart, it is invariably her one thought how to keep the world, and especially the man who has won her love, from guessing her secret A suggestion that she has one is enough to bring a fierce denial, and all the world thinks much of the girl who does not show her love too freely. Mme. PattL the songstress, Is fond ol birds, and recently in New York sh gave $1,000 for a parrot Paris has an artist who decorates "art" stockings, and his charges are from $120 a pair to almost any amount, according to design. Hiss Helen Buck of Manchester, N.' n., who recently graduated from ML Holyoke College, is considered to be SUHMER FEOCKS. the greatest woman athlete In the world. Bret HarteV daughter, Ethel, Is living in London. Her, health is seriously undermined and a number of literary people are to raise a fund for her. Miss Nettle Payne of Butler, Pa., is unique In her profession. . She Is a desk sergeant on the police force, of that city and Is on duty from 7 p. m. until 5 a. m. Queen Helena of Italy Is regarded by her subjects as altogether too frugal. With an Income of $3,000,000 n year she recently appeared In a gown twelve months old. Mrs.- Virginia E. Bland, widow of "Silver Dick" Bland, has become one of the most successful agriculturalists and horticulturists In the country at her place in Lebanon, Mo. . Dr. Anna, Shaw has gone to Oregon to conduct a campaign for woman's suffrage.' -Dr. Shaw is the successor of Miss Anthony as president of the National ! Association of Woman Snffra gists. Mattie M. Marshall, a grandnlece of. former Chief Justice Marshall of the United States Supreme court, Is one of the three woman mall carriers In America. She Is connected with the Granite City (111.) postofflce. Miss Esther Whitman, the strongest woman in New Tork, has married Herman Hyami, a Harlem real estate man, whom she rescued' from drowning three years ago. She is an expert swimmer and can lift a dead 'weight of 000 pounds. Housemaids In livery are the latest innovation in "smart" London houses. One fashionable woman has attired her maids "In neat - skirts, tight-fitting bodices, with natty double-breasted waistcoats of yellow and black, tiny buttons oni either side. Princess Uirditese of Albania, who died recently of heart failure, caused by the devastation created by the earthquake at Scutari, was xl great friend of the poor. Her brother has been a prisoner, for sixteen years at Constantinople, as It Is feared the Albanians might choose him for ruler. Two New Toilette. Gray chiffon broadcloth, with broad panel down front on corselet skirt. Capelike Jacket has flat collar of silk and vest of. lace. Check voile, brown and white, with collar and girdle of brown satin. Skirt laid In plaits over bills, then falling full over feet. A Good Iiea. When you are taking your afternoon nap lie flat on your back and stretch your arms straight up over jour head. This you' will find is a very restful, posltioi

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WOMEN OF THE PHILIPPINES.

Thej- Are Clever In Business and Can Manage Their Own. t The woman of the Philippines holds a position quite unique. The woman Is the business manager and financier of Ihe lamlly, writes a traveler In the Philadelphia Press. Although poor and uneducated she Is accustomed to hold her own and is considered poor spirit ed, indeed, if she fails to manage her affairs with skill. She usually carles Dn a business of her own Independent Df her husband. She Is In the habit also of attending, in company with her husband, the gambling den, the cockpit and also take3 part in political discus sions. She has plenty of spare time, howpver,- as the houses are simple In construction i and easily cared for. The doors are of bamboo and, as the dust tifts "through, require little sweeping. rhere are no windows to polish, no Icebox to keep sweet and clean, no :losets to keep In order. When the beds are rolled up in the morning the work 13 done for the day. There are no preserves to put up and no winter supplies to store away, for marketing Is Jone as Is needed each day, or three times a day. No family lives alone, for there are usually relatives or orphans who share the life and work of ahome, so that there Is little to do and still try to occupy the mind. Wanted a Doctor Handy. A certain country minister was the awner of a swift and spirited horse. On one occasion, whil be waa driving through I he village, he overtook the local physician on foot ? "Jump in, doctor," he said, pulling np. "I've got a horse here that goes pretty well!" The doctor Jumped In and the parson drove off. The horse did go very well, In the sense of srkied, but In a little while It began to behave badly and ended by tipping over the carriage and spilling out both .the occupants. The doctor Jumped to hl3 feet and felt himself all over to see If he was Injured. The parson also got to his feet "Look here I" exclaimed the doctor, "what do you mean 'by Inviting me to rhle behind a horse like that?" "Well, you see," gasped the parson, I always like to have a doctor with me when I drive that animal I" Modern Society. Antimaeuian Were Ada. .'This Is an antimacassar," said an antiquary. "It is a hundred years old and very valuable on account of the juaint designs of Its embroidery. Some äay I shall sell It to a millionaire. Yes, some day this antimacassar will adorn a millionaire's parlor,' figuring there as an antique object of art and that will be as though a spittoon of to-day should figure as an object of art In some aesthetic lady's drawing room In 3000." He laid the antimacassar, a kind of tidy, In a sandalwood box. ' Then he went on: - , "The word's derivation shows the thing's use antl, against ; macassar, hair oil. The antimacassar was spread on chair backs to protect them from the oil In people's hair. Everybody used Rowland's macassar oil on his locks In those days. . The name given to the tidy, or chair shield, was a free advertisement for Rowland as excellent as It was unique." Japs Used Poor Rifles. Dr. Schaefer, of Berlin, speakina Defore the German Surgical Society on his experience during the Russo-Japa-aese war, said that after the battle of Mukden. he examined more than 7,000 wounded Russians. v The percentage of , those dying from rifle bullet wounds was the smallest and a surprisingly large portion of the wounded were fit In a short time for activi service. " Three months after the battle ol Mukden half the wounded of the arm? corps to which DrT Schaefer was attached were cured. The percentage rose in some regiments to 70 per cent The results were so surprising thai a Russian general of division tried t forbid further investigations, sayin, that the world would laugh at th fact that the Japanese had beaten thi Russians while the former were uslnj such a miserable rifle. Improved Sunday - School Methods A bright but Inexperienced younj woman once consented to take chargr of the boy half of a deserted Jnfan; class. On entering the 'room devote to the "Infants," she found this alwayi Irrepressible class amusing Itself b: Jumping from the tops of the steam radiators.' ' X; Fifteen minutes later, when the su perintendent made his rounds, he fount fourteen meek masculine "Infants' seated sedately In a tightly squeeze row before the teacher, every eye fix Inquiringly on the lady's bright coun tenance. "How in the world did you accom pllsh this?" demanded the astonlshe superintendent "Oh," she replied, "I Just piled all 1 couldn't get my arms round In a heaj on the bench, and sat on them until 1 got them Interested in a bear story." . While the Iron Is Hot. A man who has done a great deal oi literary work has found it a most excellent rule to turn .aside. If possible, even in the midst of an absorbing task, for the purpose of looking up at the moment any reference that touches hii curiosity.. At times the curiosity car be satisfied by a moment's reading; H more is required, it is easy to make i note and return to . the matter at leisure; but often it will be found a fatal error to put aside a question without Jotting down some memorandum The time to fix a fact in the memory is when that fact is first Introduced tc the mind and the interest in it la keenest St Nicholas. Another Mile of Boiling-. During a recent Journey to Washington Representative "Tim" Sullivan of New York desired the dusky attend ant in the buffet car to fetch him some poft-bolled eggs. When 'they were brought the New York man at once perceived that the eggs were very much uuderdone. "What time ire we making on this train?" asked he of the attendant "About fifty miles an hour, elr," was the reply. 'Then," quietly observed Sullivan, "if you will boll these eggs another mile they'll be all right" ' ' Students Exempt fro tu Arror Duty. Students at Japanese universities and commercial schools are not obliged to serve In the army. In Germany it has often happened that the universities were closed because all the students and professors had Joined 'the army. . ' Tarenta will say their children are bad, but won't stand it from others.

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Raral Road Work In Illinois. ' Farmers throughout the State have taken up the cause of highway reform, , and ' local leagues are in process of formation under the direction of th3 Illinois highway commission, created at the last session of the general assembly. Rural property owners at first were Inclined to look with suspicion upoa tho commission as a new-fangled thing -that would increase taxes without producing results of direct benefit to the citizens. This feeling has disappeared to a large extent, for the reason that the commission has developed a way to Improve country roads without great expense. The method adopted is the draggln system, used with success in Iowa and, on the almost bottomless mud roads of Missouri. When the farmers are organized Into local groups, co-operative work on the roads will begin.. Heavy pieces of timber, one side made flat, will be dragged over the roads when they are soft' , The timber will be drawn at an angle that will grade the road and make '. crown in the center. This will . cause water to run off rapidly, and will fill up depresslons. Where this process has been used for a year, even, mud roads are found to Improve greatly, and where the work Is done carefully and fre-j quently a mud road resembles a good gravel pike. ' The earth roads are to be temporary affairs, and are to give immediate relief. As time passes the commission expects to build macadam . highways that will last for ages and make all roads available for automobiles. Crushed rock for the, roadways now Is being supplied by 'convict labor at Chester. All the product has been taken and plans are now under way to use more of the State prisoners in this work. Bridge work is being assisted by the commission, and Its usefulness is demonstrated to farmers by estimates and plans for bridges which enable them tc know when contractors are charging too much for work. Sample macadam reads will be constructed near the University of Illinois and Springfield. The members of the commission are Dr. Edmund J. James, Joseph Fulkerson, Lafayette Funk and A. X. Johnson as engineer. Chicago Evening Post GREATEST OF ALL TRUSTS. Back of Telephone Monopoly .Stood Whole Power of Supreme Court. If ever opposition to a trust seemed helpless, It was against the telephone monopoly.' The decision of "the United States Supreme Court sustaining the ' Bell patents, was handed ' down at Washington,' in October, 1SS7, la ac- . tlons brought by the Bell Company for Infringement agednst half a dozen companies operating under the patents of Daniel Drawbaugh and others. This Judgment of the court left the American Bell Company with a" strangle-bold on the telephone business.'. With the trusts In other Industries it was, after , all, purely a matter of money and methods. They had no legal control of the business they dominated. Any man who owned or leased an oil well might go Into the oil business, If he were so minded. The Standard could cripple his markets, through unlawful combination with the railroads, or undersell him with, the consumer; but, before the law, the smallest oil producer of the country wars on a perfect plane of equality with the'oll trust He could not be stopped by injunction from producing or refining olL So it has been with the other Industries. But behind the telephone trust stood the whole power of the United States Supre-Jie Court and. therefore, the whole power of the nation. Under the decision which gave the Bell people the right to do as they pleased with the telephone, no man or company of men could go into the business except as outlaws. The whole , force of the government was at the brck and call of the telephone combination to crush out any semblance of competition. It was almost as serious a matter to make and use telephones without the sanction of the trust as it was. to make and use money without the sanction of the government . . The decision that made this condition possible was a most tragic thins. It meant hundreds of millions of dollars to a small group of men In Boston, and ruin to hundreds who had embarked in the telephone business under one or the other of the Interfering patents. But, of far grave; Importance even than this,? It meant the stifling and monopoly of a public utility that under free competition, would have sated thousands of millions to the people of the United States. Had the verdict of the' court been anything like unanimous, thinking men might reconcile themselves to the incalculable damage done ; but it was only by the slightest tilting of the scales of Justice that the prize fell into the lap of Bell and his associates and the yoke was fastened to the necks of the American people. The court stood four to three. Justices Wajte, Miller, Matthews, and Blatchford found for Bell; Justices Bradley, Field and Harlan held that Bell's patent should be declared void on the evidence. Paul LatKke In Success Magazine. .-. 1 , ' The Little Robert LrOala. If you had lived in Edinburgh fifty years ago you might have met coming out of the first house on Inverleith Teryace, a five-year-old boy In a blue coat trimmed with fur, and a big beaver bonnet You would have noticed noth ing very remarkable about .this .child except that he had a pale, delicate little face, and enormous shining eyes, and that he seemed very fond of his pleas-aut-Iooklng nurse. This little boy was Robert Louis Stevenson, the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stevenson. St Nicholas. . . Prectaelr Locate!. "Where were the Kings of England crowned?" was the question on an examination paper. "On their heads," wrote a boy. In the space left for the answer. Flrst Insurance Company. The first Insurance company was started in 1700. The name of the company was "Amicable," and it was estab- ! llshtd In London. .

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