Plymouth Tribune, Volume 5, Number 35, Plymouth, Marshall County, 7 June 1906 — Page 3

for The Term ofjfis Natural Life By MARCUS CLARKE

CHAPTER XIX. Continued.) "Well, you see, that is the reason why I am angry with myst-lf for not loving you as I ought. I want you to like the thinks I like, and to love the books and the music and the pictures and the the world I love; and I forget that you are a man, you know, and that I am only a girl; and I forget how nobly you behaved, Maurice, and how unselfishly you risked your life for mine. Why, what Is the matter, dear?" He had put her away from hiin suddenly, and gone to the window, gazing across the sloping garden at the bay below, sleeping in the soft evening light. The schooner which had brought the witnesses from Port Arthur lay off the hore, and the yellow flag at her mast fluttered gently in the cool evening breeze. The sight of this flag appeared to anger, him, for, as his eyes fell on it he uttered an impatient exclamation, and turned round again. Some sudden, desperate whim caused him to exclaim, "Suppose I had not done all you think, would you not love me still?" Her eyes, raised to hU face with anxious tenderness for the pain she had believed herself to have inflicted, fell at this speech. "What a question! I don't know. I suppose I should; yet but what is the use. Ma uric, of supposing? I know yea have done it, and that is enough. How am I say what I might hays done If something else had happened?. Why, you might not have loved me." If there had been for a moment any sentiment of remorse in his selfish heart, the hesitation of her answer went far to dispel it. With the hypocrisy of selfishness which deceives even itself, he laid the little head upon his heart with a sensible glow of virtue. God bless you, darling! You are my rood angeL" The girl sighed. "I will be your, good angel, dsar, if roxi will let me." CHAPTER XX. Rex told Mr. Meekia, who, the next day, did hhn the honor to visit him, that, "under Provide ace, he owed his escape from death to the kind manner in which Captain Frere had spoken of him." "I hope your escape will be a warning to you, my man," said Mr. Meekin. "and that you will endeavor to make the rest of your life an atonement for your early errors." "Indeed I will, sir," said John. Rex, who had taken Mr Meekta's measure rery accurately, "and it is very kind of you to condescend to speak so to a trretch like me. Ah! sir, I wish I had attended to the gospel's teachings when I was younger. I might hare been ?aved from all this." "You m'ght, indeed, poor man; but the Divine Mercy is infinite quite infinite, and will be extended to all of us to you as well as to me." (This with the air of saying, "What do you think of that?") "Remember the penitent thief. Rex the penitent thief." "Indeed I do.'sir." . "I will speak to the authorities about change La your dietary scale," returned Meekia, patronizingly. "In the mean.Ime, just collect together in your mind those particulars of your adventures of which you spoke. Such a remarkable history ought not to be lost." "Thank you kindly, sir. I .will, sir. Ah! I little thought, when I occupied the position of a gentleman, Mr. Meekin, that I should be reduced to this. But it is only just, sir. Good morning, and heaven Lies- you, sir!" said Rex, with his tongue In" his cheek for the benefit of his yard mates; and so Mr. Meekin tripped rracefullv awav. nnrinced that he was laboring most successfully in the vineyard, and that the convict Rex was really a superior perion. "I will send his narrative to the bishop," said he to himself. "It will amuse him. There must be many strange histories here, if one cM but find them out." As the thought passed through his brain his eye fell upon, the "notorious Dawes," who, while waiting for the ichooner to take him back to Port Arthur, had been permitted to amuse himself by breaking stones. A fanciful visitor, seeing the irregularly rising hammers along the line, might Lave likened the shed to the interior of iom vast piano, whose notes an unseen hand was erratically fingering. Rufus Dawes was. seated last of the line. This was the place nearest the watching conftable, and was allotted on that account to the most ill-favored. "Well, Dawes," says Mr. Meekin, measuring with his eye the distance between the prisoner and himself, as one might measure the chain of some ferocious dog. "II iw are you this morninir Dawes?" ' Dawes, scowling, in a parenthesis between the cracking of two stones, was understood to say that he was very well. "I am afraid, Dawes," says Mr MeeUn, reproachfully, "that you have done yourself no good by your outburst in court on Monday. I understand that public opinion is quite incensed against you." Dawes, slowly arranging one large fragment of bluestone in a comfortable Kaaln nf em o 11a f a ....... iiuöiuquis, maue no reply. "I am afraid you lack natien Dawes. You do not repent of your of fenses against the law, I fear." The only answer vouchsafed by the ironed man was a savage blow, which tput the stone Into mdden fragments, and made the clergyman skip a stej: backward. , "You are a hardened ruffian, sir! Do not hear roe speak to you? I came to console you, man. I wanted to give you some good advice" v I beg your pardon, sir. Pray go on." "I was going to say, my good fellow. that you have done yourself a great deal f injury by your ill-advised accusation f Captain Frere, and the tue you made ox Miss v ickers name. A frown, as of pain, contracted the prisoners brows, and he seemed with dlflculty to put a restraint upon his peoch. "1$ there to be no inquiry, Mr. Meekin V U asked, at length. "What I stated was the truth. Are they not going to ask her for her story? They told me that sh was to be asked. Sure ly they will ask her." "I am not, perhaps, at liberty," said Meekin, placidly, unconscious of the ag ony of despair and rage that made the voice of the strong man before him quiver, "to state the intentions of the authorities, but I can tell you that Miss .Vickars will not be asked anything about you. Ttou are tc go back to Port Ar thur on the 24th, and to remain there." A groan burts from Rufus Dawes; a groan so full of torture that even the comfortable Meekin was thrilled Dy tt. "Come," says Meekin, "yon can't com plain. You have broken the law, and on must suffer. Civilized society says you sha'n't do certain things, and if you do them you must suffer the penalty civilized society imposes. You are not wanting In Intelligence, Dawes, more's the pity and you can't deny the justice of that." Rufus Dawes, as if disdaining to an iwer in word, cast his eyes round the yard with a glance that seemed to ask grimly, if civilized society was progress ing quite. In accordance witn justice, when its civilization created such places ma that stone-walled, carbine-guarded prison shed, and filled it with such creataa ti ti.o$ iumaq beftsfcs, doom

ed to spend the best years of their manhood cracking pebbles in it.

Meditating that night in the solitude of his cell, he almost wept to think of the cruel deception that had doubtless been practiced on her. "They have told her that I was dead, in order that she might Jearn to forget me; but she could not do that. I have thought of her so often during these weary years that she must sometimes have thought of me. Five years! She must, be a woman now. My little child a woman! Yet, she is sure to be child-like, sweet and gentle. How she will grieve when she hears of my sufferings! Oh! my darling, my darl ing, you are not dead!" And then, leaking hastily about him in the darkness, as though fearful even there of being sefn, he pulled from out his breast a little packet, and felt it lovingly with his coarse, toil-worn fingers, reverently rais ing it to his lips, and dreaming over it, with a smile on his face, as though it were a sacred talisman that should open to him the doors of freedom. The usual clanking and hammering were prevalent upon the stone jetty at Port Arthur when the schooner bearing the returned convict, Rufus Dawes, ran alongside. He sat with his head bowed down and his hands clasped about his knees, disdaining to look until they roused him. "Hallo, Dawes r says Warder Troke, halting his train of ironed yellow-jackets. So you've come back again! Glad to see yer, Dawes! It seems an age since we had the pleasure of your company. Dawes!" At this pleasantry the train laughed, so that their irons clanked more than ever. They found It often incon venient not to laugh at Mr. Troke's hu mor. "Step down nere, uawes, and let me introduce yer to your hold friends. They'll be glad to see yer, won't yer, boys? Why, bless me, Dawes, we thort we'd lost yer! Wo thort yer'd given us the slip altogether, Dawes. They didn't take care of yer in Hobart Town,-1 expect, eh, boys? We'll look after yer here, Dawes, though. Yon won't bolt any more." "Take care, Mr. Troke," said a warn ing voice, "you're at it again! Let the man alone!" By virtue of an order transmitted from Hobart Town, they had begun to attach the dangerous prisoner to the last man of the gang, riveting the leg irons of the pair by means of an extra link, which could be removed when necessary; but Dawes had given no sign of consciousness. At tne sound or tne friendly tones, however, he looked up, and saw a tall, gaunt man, dressed in a shabby pepper and salt raiment, and wearing a black handkerchief knotted round his throat. lie was a stranger to him. "I beg your pardon, Mr. North," said Troke, sinking at once the bully in the sneak. "I didn t see yer reverence." "A phrson!" thought Dawes, with dis appointment, and dropped his eyes. "I know that, returned Mr. North, coolly. "If you had, you would have been all. butter and honey. Don't you trouble jouself to tell a lie; jit's quite unnecessurj. uai 9 juur uuuie, my man?" Rufus Dawes had intended to scowl. but the tone, sharply authoritative, roused his automatic convict second nature; and he answered, almost despite himself, "Rufus Dswes." "Oh," said Mr. North, eying him with curious air of expectation that had something pitying in it. "This is the man, is it? I thought he was to go to the coal mines." "So he Is," said Troke, "but we hain't a-going to send there for a fortnit, and in the meantime I m to work him on the chain." "Oh," said Mr. North again. "Lead me your knife, Troke." ' And then, before them all. this curious parson took a piece of tobacco out of his ragged pocket, and cut off a "chaw" with Mv. Troke's knife. Ruf is Dawes felt whit he had not felt for three days an interest in something. He stared , at the parson in unaffected astonishment. Mr. North perhaps mistook the meaning of his fixed stare, for he held out the remnant of tobacco to him. The chain-line vibrated at this, and bent forward to enjoy the vicarious delight of feeing another man chew to bacco. Troko grinned with a silent mirth that betofceaei retribution for the favor ed convict ''Here," said Mr. North, holding out the dainty morsel upon which so many eyes were fixed. Rufus Dawes took the tobacco, looked at it hungrily for an instant, and then to the astonishment of everybody flung it away. From convict mouths went out a respectful roar of amazement, and Mr. Troke's eyes snapped with pride of outraged janitorship. "You ungrateful dog!" he cried, raising his stick. Mr. North put up a hand. "That will do, Troke," he said; 4I know your re spect for the cloth. Move the men on again." "Get on!" and Dawes felt his newly riveted cbain tug. It was some time since be had been in a chain gang, and the sudden jerk nearly over balanced him. He caught at hi3 neighbor, and looking up, met a pair of black eyes which gleamed recognition. His neighbor, was John Rex. Mr. North, watching them, was struck by the resemblance the two men bore to each' other. Their height, eyes, hair and complexion were similar. Despite the difference in name, they might be related. , "They might be brothers," thought he. "Poor fellows! I never knew a prisoner refuse tobacco before." And he looked on the ground for the despised portion. But in vain. John Rex, oppressed by no foolish sentiment, had picked it up and put it in his mouth. So Rufus Dawes was relegated to his old life again, and came back to his prison with the hatred of his kind, that his prison had bred in him, increased a hundred-fold. It seemed to him that the sudden awakening had dazed him, that the flood of light so suddenly let In upon his slumbering soul had blinded his eyes, used so long to the sweetly cheating twilight. He was at first unable to apprehend the details of his misery. Ho knew only that his dream-child was alive and shuddered at him; that the only thing he loved and trusted had betrayed him; that all hope of justice and mercy had gone from him forever; that the beauty had gone from earth, the brightness from heaven; and that he was doomed still to live. He went about his work, unbeedfnl of the jests of Troke, ungalled by his irons, unmindful of the groans and laughter about him. His magnificent muscles saved him from the lash, for the amiable Troke tried to break him down in vain. He did not complain, he did not laugh, he did not weep. His "mati Rex tried to converse with him, but did not succeed. In the midst of one of Rex's excellent tales Rufus Dawes would s'zh wearily. '"There's something on that fellow's mind," thought Rex, rone to watch the signs by which the soul Is read, "ne has some secret which weighs upon him." Then Rex came to a conclusion. His mate was plotting an escape, ne him self cherished a notion of that kind, as did Gabbett and Vetch, bat by; common distrust no one ever gave utterance to thoughts of this nature. It would be too dangerous. "E-s would be a good com rade for a rush," thought Rex, and re solved more firmly than ever to ally himself to this dangerous and silent com panion. .One question Dawes had asked which.

Rex had been able to answer, Wao b that North?" "A chaplain. He Is only here for a week or so. There is a new one coming. North goes to Sidney. He is not in favor with the bishop." "Silence there!" cries the overseer. "Do you want me to report yer?" Aicidst such diversions the days rolled on, and Rufus Dawes almost longed for the coal mines. To be seat from the settlement to tbe coal mines, and from the coal mines to the settlement. Was to these unhappy men a "trip." (To t continued.!

PRIVILEGES OF AN ENVOY. Ambassadors Are Exempt From Arrest or From Any L.eral Process. Qtaint etiquette and strange laws are asoclated with the position of ua ambassador of the powers. The mala difference between an ambassador and a minister is rather one of person than of power, since both are accredited plenipotentiaries. The ambassador represents the person of his sovereign; the minister represents the government. The social precedence given to an ambassador is Immediately after the princes of the blood, royal, while a minister only takes rank after a duke. Ambassadors and ministers are accorded precedence, anilng themselves accord.ng to the dates of their appointments, and their wives enjoy the same prlv leges. In Rome a curious bit of ctlqultte obtains. In a "black" house the plenipotentiary accredited to the quirlnal takes precedence of his colleague at the Vatican, while In a "whlti." house the converse rule Is observfd. Aa ambassador cannot be "put up1' and balloted for at a club; he must b invited to Join, and in the leading clubs a 1 'tie empowering the committee to Issue such Invitations 'is generally found. When a sovereign or a member of the royal house deputed by him visits a foreign country the embassy becomes his private residence and the ambassador Is, pro teni officially extinguished. The representatives of foreign powers tnjoy various curious privileges. The embassy or legation is to all Intents and purposes a piece of the country which It represents and its occupants are not amenable to the ordinary laws of the country In which It stands. . An ambassador cannot be sued in fact, he I exempted from all legal process by a statute which was passed to appease the wrath of Peter the Great of Itussla, whose ambassador was actually arrested in London for a iot of $'2o0. Ambassadors are In all countries permitted the free exercise of their religion. They are exempted rom direct taxation, they have special Irtter bags f..r their mails and they par no customs duties on anything they Import This latter privilege Is, however, now subject to limitations, for It was fonrerly much- abused in certain countries where high customs duties obtained. TH1 ALL-PERVADING PHONE. It' Has Tlerome Indispensable for Society and DoiIucm, Tlie "telephone habit" once required by th uso of the Instrument in business ofaces gained unquestionably a tremendous Impetus when womankind discoveied that the instrument Is equally available for social purposes to say notulng of the sweet delight of shopping or the sad necessity of going to market, says Ralph Bergengren in the World To-Day. In New York and Boson Important department r.tores have lately been finding profit la taking telephone orders during" the night and delivering the goods early 'in the moralng. The arrangement is the latest expression of what has beeif called the 'telephone door" of busine. And m nearly every retail Industry In our larger cities there are from one to sev eral employes who might well be called "telephone clerks" and whose special qualification Is a working familiarity with the telephone as a shopping medium. Not only do the large modern hotels carry a telephone Instrument In every room, but department stores are even now Inaugurating a system of tele phones at every counter, thus putting the distant customer in Immediate verbal touch with the clerk with whom he or she Is accustomed to doing business a sy?tem that Includes hundreds of instruments In each department store that employes It In these same cities. and In many smaller ones, grocers call uo their customers by telephone and take the daily order without the ex penditure of time needed for a personal visit The !arge city restaurant does much of Its marketing In the' same fashion and often uses the Instrument at rush hou-s to obtain a given article of food. temporarily exhausted from Its larder. even while the prospective eater is önly beginning the first course of his din ner. And the man of business In Hew York and Boston, as be sits at his hotel table, may order a telephone and trar?act business with the man who Is luncnlng In Chicago. Police departments employ It to capture criminals and railroads are making It an Important part of their signal service. in 1020. Visitor I suppose there is a history connected with that fpak ? Museum Atteiiuint There is, sir; It is one of o lr 'greatest curiosities. That spade was actually used to dig with at Panama. Puck. An Arboreal Observation. 'That supercilious man Is always talking about his family tree." "Yes," answered Miss Cayenne, "I have observed In nature that It Is always the smallest twig that does tho most rustling." Washington Star. Everybody Seel nor the Error. Traveler I hear you have had a great religious revival In this town? Westerner Yes-slree. WThyt even the gamblers had to Jine th' church or loso their customers.- New York Weekly. ' LokIo la the Schoolroom. A Rockland schoolboy's composition on Whlttier, handed In the other day, reached the following conclusion: "lie was never married. He hated slavery." Rockland (Me.) Star. As Lone as It's Broad. A woman Is never happy until she made her husband confess all; and then she Is miserable. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, who formed the new ministry for Great Britain, Is an exceedingly witty Scotchman, whose knowledge of French literature Is wonderful. In figure he Is stout and strongly built, and he often expresses regret that he has not "the gift of gab." All his speeches are prepared with the utmost care. Steady nerves, easy temper, and tremendous self-control enable him to stand up under such an amount of work as would kill most men,

Table and Stove. Both a table and a means of heating foods and water are of the nature of necessities around the sick room and nursery, and It has remained for a woman to combine these features as shown In the accompanying cut There ere a number of novel features about this arrangement The heating is done by a lamp of the ordinary character, such as Is to be found around mot any household. Placed on the floor, the top of the chimney Is allowed to conle just below the table top, and the table being supplied with telescoping legs, ca.i be placed at any desired height Any small utensil flilexl with food or water may be quickly heated by merely placing it on the table over the opening. The hinged extension leaf may be made to answer several purposes. In the first place it Increases the capacity of the table, as shown In the cut Then when the table Is not doing service as a etove the leaf may be turned over the top and will hide tho opening PEETTY

NUESEBY STOVE AND TABLF,

A trio of pretty dresses Is Illustrated In the large group picture, the first two suitable for calling end the third for house or veranda wear. . The left-hand gown Is of batiste in the fashionable pinkish-brown shade with trimming on' skirt and blouse of ecru net overlaid with narrow brown braid. The yoke arrangement Is new and novel, the front box plait running over the yoke and widening out Into a turnover collar. The stock and tiny chemisette are of the gathered net The chic little brown sauceboat hat Is trimmed with pink (English) daisies. , The middle gown Is of plnfc linen In princess design

under which the lamp. Is placed. Dropped at the side It nay be used as a shield to keep the light of the lamp from the eyes of the patient. Needlework Notes. Ono of the new pillow covers In eyelet embroidery makes a dainty gift Handsome towels may be made by adding Insets of linen torchen above the two-Inch hems In plain huckaback. Keep ä tiny vial of powdered slippery elm In j-our work basket and thrust the needle into It occasionally. It helps to make sewing a pleasure. Shadow work (which all the world's doing) may be made a great deal more attractive If French knots are set down the center of each of the wide petals. Make a proper selection of needles. That is, do not attempt to make a coarse needle do fine work, nor a very fine needle carry coarse thread. The rule works both ways wrongly. Artistic Candle Sbade. Three dainty camTle shades were recently made to order by an artist. White crepe paper, tinted the shade of crab apple blossoms, on the lovrer part of the ruffle, which frll over the shade, produced a charming effect On the upper rim of the foundation was laid tin encircling wreath of crab apple blossoms and buds, fashioned from white crape paper, tinted with water colors, the buds being colored pale or deep, to correspond with the flowers. Spring- Tonic. Halve your food, double jour drink ing water, treble your consumption of pure air, quadruple your laughter. Tie mentally active individual requires a grc.t I'.niouut of fruit, nuts occasionally and grains but seldom. Partly mental and physical frv.lt and vegetables, alternately, more nuts and grains than the mentally employed. Thyslcally active persons require grains and vegetables. Plenty of greens should be used. The Installment Craxe. Women are mad on the subject of getting something for nothing. That's why they're so keen over the Installment plan arrangement They don't stop to think that half the time they pay more In the end, nor do they seem to reflect very often that they must pay In the end. There was Mrs. Jones "Installment

Jones," the neighbors, named her. She certainly had the habit bad. First she bought half a dozen of the principal poets on the dollar a week idea, and then she started furnishing the new house with a dollar a week down. The first month it certainly seemed as If her rooms Vrere going. to get filled for nothing. To be sure, .some of the articles were a little tawdry not in the best taste, perhaps but, as Mrs. Jones explained, she had to take that particular color and design because they didn't have any others In hand. "And think of the cheapness of the whole thing, my dear I" she would exclal.ni In accents of honest pride. Well, the second month came around and with it strings of tradespeople whose accounts made money seem scarce rrhen the Installment man came around, and most unreasonably, it seemed, wanted more money. In the end his visits Came to be perpetual horrors, and Mr. Jones In disgust, after finding out the total amount, went to the bank, drew $300 and settled the amount once and for all. He elso threatened . Mrs. Jones with divorce if she didn't select some cheaper form of hobby. About Carpets. To sweep carpets is a fatiguing operation, and much of the dust may be removed, as well as saving wear and tear, by going over the surface wltha damp cloth. Put a teaspoonful of ammonia Into half a pall of warm water, which will freshen the colors and kill

INDOOE AND OUTDOOR STJMHEB everj stray moth. For bedrooms, Kidderminster carpets are suitable, for they are reversible, and as easily washed as a blanket. Graduating: Govrna. Attendance at Church. With the average child. It is entirely possible to present churchgolng as such a privilege that he will desire to go. It will be considered In the light of an honor and a treat Many, many, little ones do look upon It In this way. no matter how sleepy they grow dur ing service. Never mind If they do. Let them slumber peacefully on, and don't stand up during the singing of hymns. Better idllow a little head on jour lap there, than to have a restless child getting Into mischief at home, or staying there yourself to prevent the S mischief. It is sadly surprising how soon the children grow beyond Influencing in the churchgolng habit' these daj-s. If this Is to be established in the Interest of the future welfare of both church and child, the custom must be fixed In n fancy. How many boys and girls over 10 do you hapren to know who began of their own accord to attend church, not having become Christians and taken a decided turn at this age? In the formative period of childhood, while mother's will Is law not to be dissented from or It should be such the gentle exercise of an authority and the way In which the church attendance be mpde alluring will serve to establish a Lablt that should be lifelong. The Idea that a child should be allowed t5 choose or refuse fo go to

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church, according to his own wLlm, and should never go unless he feels exactly like It, does not prevail among the best of the new-fashioned mothers any more than It did among the oldfashioned ones. A child's future turns, to a certain degree, upon that discipline and rightmindedness which recognLses authority. The authority, of course, must not be arbitrary, or unwisely exercised, but it Is the child's safeguard. Julia II. Johnston In the Mother's Magazine.

Cracks In tbe Floor. Cracks in floors around the skirting board or other parts of a room may be neatly and permanently filled by thoroughly soaking newspapers in paste made of a pound of flour, three quarts of water and a tablespoonful of. alum thoroughly boiled and mixed. The mixture will be about as thick as putty and may be forced Into the cracks with a knife. It will harden like papier mache, and the floor will be as smooth as when new. To Clean Curtains. Not only madras, but bobbinet, muslin or Nottingham curtains can be done up by this process: After shaking them free from dust wash gently In warm soapsuds, but do not rub. Rinse, then blue them or dip In weak tea or coffee water If a slightly yellow tint Is desired. Do not Iron the curtains, but Instead turn up a broad hem top and bottom GOWNS.

with Irish lace insertion. The stock extends down on the yoke. The white chip hat Is trimmed with short pink ostrich tips on the brim and underneath It at the left are pink morning glories. The third gown Is of white Persian mull. The skirt is made full with three graduated tucks around the bottom. The blouse has a collar and tiny yoke of val" lace. The middle and side strips of Insertion are of "val," as are the brtelles on the front yoke and the triple ruffles on the short elbow sleeves. A heavy design of Irish lace is set over the bretelles and middle strip of Insertion. A white satin girdle Is worn with this gown.

and run Into each an unpalnted cup tain pole the width of .the material. Stretch the curtain smooth, sprinkle, then hang up in some convenient piaco acd let dry. As the weight of the pole keeps the curtain straight, there will be no need of an iron except to press out the hems when dry. If it hapjns that there are spots on the muslin that have not dried smooth sprinkle and press out with the Iron. One Week's Record. There can be no reasonable complaint that women may not do nowadays anything which they can do well The record of a single week tells of o woman elected collector of taxes; of another winning In competition the appointment a3 sculptor of the fifteen-thousand-lollar bronze doors of tho chapel at Annapoli3 Naval Academy ; of a third who has made a country home self supporting by tbe raising of chickens, rabbits and cats ; and of twe other women who have sent one and a half million roses to market In a year. Surely these achievements represent a wide range of employments From the studio to the hothouse and from the town treasury to the cattery, e variety Is large enough-to suit al .-'tea. Success la any of these directions has not come by accent. It stands for a certain whole-hearted devotion to work, a study of scientific or artistic methods; In short, of a wise grasp of the results of previous experiment, and a courageous Improvement upon them. Not one of the four occupations implies to the thoughtful person of today any of the "unsexing" of the workers on which critics harped so constantly forty years ago. It Is not unlikely that the tax collector drive about her country district with her children In her wagon. Itose-house and chicken yard are natural accompaniments of a real home. The sculptor's work Is exacting, It Is true, In its demaud for personal freedom. But even that may not prevent the artist from being the most beloved of old maid aunts. , .Until women, acquire the habit of disobeying the heart at the. eomniand of the head, they niaj' safely be trusted to work In any way and In any place they wish In this busy world Youth's Companion.

DEEP WATER LIFE.

Ship 3elna- Specially Fitted Oat fer Study of Ocean'i Mysteries. 1 Through the efforts of Prof. Charles L. Edwards, of Trinity College, New Hartford, Conn., there will begin this summer an enterprise unique in the history of university methods. The professor's idea is that of a floating laboratory, and to this end a large two masted schooner is being specially equipped with delicate apparatus PEOF. EDWA.BDS. for USe In the study of marine biology. The advantages of this plan are many. The voyage will cover a coast line of a thousand miles, from Connecticut to the coral Islands of the Bahamas, replete with ever varying life. The climax of possibilities Is reached In the marvel ous tropic luxuriance of life in the Bahaman waters. Here the Gulf of Mexico on the west and the Atlantic cur rents swoop down from the east, bear ing with them the multitudes of marine creatures picked up In the broad sweep of these great rivers of the sea. Variation, that wonderful law ot change which we meet everywhere In nature, and which Is one of the two chief ' factors in evolution, must be studied, if at all, by expert statistical methods, and It Is especially in the study of variation In marine animals and plants that the floating laboratory affers to Investigators advantages not before open to them. Prof. Charles L. Edwards, to whosa fears of study and thought the conception of the enterprise is due, will go aa director. Investigators and students, not only from Trinity College but from any other university, college or Institution of learning, will be Invited, so far as the carrying capacity of the schooner will permit' Each member of the party will pay a share of the mess and the Incidentals and will then be entitled to the freedom of the ship. One of the interesting sides to the work of the floating laboratory will be the, collecting. With dredge, .trawls, tangles and fish net nearly every part of the sea can be reached from top to bottom. The class of fishes forms but a small part of the sea life. There are the crabs and lobsters, the clams and limpets, cuttlefish, sea urchins, sea anemones, Jellyfish, sea squirts or cucumbers, the hydroids, moss animals and lamp shells and the tiny floating "vases," with the untold millions of Individuals In each order and family. The Df study about the Bahama Islands. WHO THE CREOLES ARE. The English. Kqulralent of the Word Is Said to Be Creature. What Is the correct meaning of the term creole? Of course, you know, or at least you think you know. It is a term of peculiarly American slgniflcance and Is in feuch common use among us that, everybody knows what it means to them, but the trouble la that it does not mean the same to ev erybody. , A party' of young men was dlsput Ing in regard to the exact meaning the word "Creole" some few evenings ago and a newspaper man was called upon to give his definition of It He did so and found afterward that quite a diversity of opinion existed among those present but a majority seemed to agree that the term did "not apply particularly to persons of color. It would seem taat there should be a common understanding of the correct meaning of the term in such common use, especially In this section. For the benefit of Its many readers the News prints the definition as given by both Webster and Worcester, either of which should be good authority anywhere in the United States. Here is the defla tion 'according to Webster: Creole, n. (Fr. creole, from Sp. criollo, meaning properly created.) 1. One born in America or the Went In dies of European ancestors. 2. 7- One born within or near the tropics. Note "The term creole negro Is employed In the English West Indies to distinguish the netrroes born there from the Af ricans imported during the time of the slave trade. The application of this term to the colored people has led to an idea common In some parts of the United States, though wholly unfound dd, that It implies an admixture great sr or less of African blood." R. Hilireth. The same according to Worcester: Creole, n. It creolo; Sp. crlollo; Fr. zreole.) A native of Spanish America or the West Indies, born of European parents or descended fro:a European ancestors, as distinguished from a resiJent inhabitant born In Europe, as well is from the offering of mixed blood, as the mulatto, born of a negro mother, and the mestizo, born of an Indian mother. N. B. The Spanish and Portuguce apply the term to the blacks born In their colonies, never to whites. N B. "The word creole means a na-. tlve of -a West Indian colony, whether he be black, white or of the colored aoDulation." Carmlchael. A reference note in Webster says that the Spanish word ,crlolIo,M from which the French jot the word "creole," Is a contraction jf the word "crladlllo," the diminutive af "criado." meaning created. Thus It will be seen that of the two words, French creole and Spanish crlollo, the true English equivalent Is creature. -Pensacola, Fla., Newa. . Mark Twain on A. Ward. Mark Twain's story about Artemus Ward is one of his funniest yarns. One day when Artemus Ward was traveling a man approached him in the train, sat down, and said: "Did you hear the last thing on Hortce Greeley?" "Greeley? Greeley?" said Artemus; "Horace Greeley? Who ts he?" The-man was quiet about five min utes. Pretty soon be said: "George Francis Train Is kicking up a good deal of a row over In England. Do j-ou think they will put him In a bastile?" "Train? Train? George Francis Train?" said Artemus, solemnly. "I never heard of him." This ignorance kept the man quiet fifteen minutes. Then he said: "What do you think about General Grant's chalices for the presidency? Do rou think they will run him?" -Grant? Grant? Hang it man I" said Ward, "you appear to know more strangers than any man I ever saw." The man was furious. lie walked off, out at la&t came back and said : "You confounded Ignoramus, did jou Bver hear of Adam?" Artemus. looked tip and said: ''Adam? What was Lis other name?"

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GIRL AND FATHER JICET. Mj-sterr of Identitr Is Solved an Reunion Takes riace. Miss Bertha Parker, a telephone opera tor at Culver, through the chief of police Ht Indianapolis, aas solved the Aystery surrounding her birth and will go to Indianapolis to make her home with Thomas West, her father, whom he had never before seen. Her father was absent at her birth, and on the dath o her mother the infant was adopted by James B. Parker, a wealthy Kokomo man. who save her his name. On his death Miss Parker was reared by the sisters of Holy Angels academy. Clews to her identity were giv en tne authorities bv Miss l'arter six months ago, resulting in a reunion in Indianapolis between 'the father and daughter. FLOGS- SOX AT COURT ORDER. Evansvllle Mother Lasix es Bor Back Till Dlood Flows. James Wyatt, a negro boy, was given a severe flagging in the corridors of the Evansville police station by his mother upon orders of Police Judge J. G. Winfrey. The whipping was administered with a "cat-o--nine-tails in the presence of Mayor John W. Boehne, Judge Winfrey and several police officials. The boy had pleaded guilty of writing an objectionable letter to a white woman. His mother whipped him unmercifully for five minutes, and blood was flowing from his neck, back and arms. Near the close of the flogging the boy showed fight, and two detectives held hiai while the mother applied the lash. ' WEST BADEN DYNAMITE SCARE. Attempt to BJott I'p BoTrllnar Alley Is Laid tp Discharged Boys. An attempt to blow up the building containing the bowling alleys and billiard room at the West Baden Springs notel caused jo. scare among the guests, who feared a dynamite outrage. The explosion tore a large hole in the floor of the bowling alleys an I scattered window glas? and debris among the guests. It Is believed to have been the work of boys who were recently discharged, as powder waa used and the job bunglingly done. A similar attempt was made two weeks before at French Lick Springs. DECIDE TO I3ITEACII A 3IAYOR. Members of Terre Haute Council Take Action Again! Executive. By a vote of 5 to 4 the Terre Haute tJity Council passed impeachment charges against Edwin J. Bidaman, Mayor of Terre Haute, after a stormy caucus lasting until midnight. The controversy arose from the Mayor's refusal to remove Chief of Police Lints and his safety board. It requires six votes to remove the Mayor. Blow Safe and Rob Pos to f3ce. A daring safe robbery occurred at Dunker Hill postofEce. .Six armed ma committed the robbery. Four watched while two blew th safe and robbed the ftrong boxes. Mrs. Jerome Beebe an J four children who were asleep in rooms adjoining the postoffiee, were aroused, and when they attempted to escape were covered with revolvers. Mrs. W. T. Wilson was shot at when s!w appeared at her window after the explosion. Postmaster Allen states that the robbers got $400 in stamps and $100 in cash. Three Killed by Liftfetnln. Three persons were killed in the "fak electrical storm which swept over Chicago and nearby towns the other day. They are : Louis Steinbach, a farmer n?ar Hammcad; John Micke w, a carpenter at work near Hammond, and Mrs. John Scubka, wife of a foreman for the Standard Oil Company at Whiting. Seeks Evidence ot Bribery. Gov. Ilanly is seeking to force the son-in-law of Oscar A. Baker, the indicted agent of the American Tpbacco Company, to give up letters which, it is ruinoredv will prove that several prominent members of the Legislature accepted bribes. Minor Stats Iten.. Fire in the Consolidated Coal Com pony's store at Hymers. caused a loss ot $120,000, partly insured. Pennsylvania Railroad Company detectives evicted COO striking Italians at Winamac who demanded aa increase of wages. When the Italians received their pay the railroad detectives commenced to drive them from the bcx cars where they were quartered, and the Italians had to pay their railroad fare to Pittsburg. A fire in E. G. Boyd's oil warcroom at English, spread rapidly, d?strojing the following: Boyd's general store, Temple's hardware store, Roberts' drug store, the Crawford county -bank, the postoffiee. Masonic Hall, Joseph Leonard's residence and the Valley Star's office. The los Is estimated at $100.000, with $12,000 insurance. It is believed the fire was of incendiary origin. After nearly two years search to find the man who was making the most dangerous counterfeit half dollar ever manufactured secret service officers arrested William B. Schwartz, a well-known lawyer of Indianapolis, anl an hour later he is said to haw confessed. The molds at his house were given up, and an electric battery and a spurious half dollar were found at his ohlce. Schwartz once had a fine practice, but neglected it to care for a deranged wife, who is now in an asylum. , William Walsh, local manager of the Central Union Telephone Company, committed suicide in Peru. During a fight between negroes in a construction camp uear Ellison, Jack Lafatally f'uot. James Craven and Miss Susie Baldwin of Fairfield, 111., who were sweethearts in youth, were married in Evansville the other day. Years ago, after a quarrel, they separated and married for spite. A year ago Craven's wife died and Mrs. Baldwin recently secured a divorce from her first husband. Spencer county Democrats have named a ticket pledging the candidates to buy no votes. The United Presbyterian general assembly, at Richmond voted to celebrate the semi-centennial of the- denomination two years hence by raising a fund of $2.000,000, to be devoted to various church uses. George Schwartz, aged 2.", and Jake Schwartz, brothers, qnarreled at Troy, Jake drawing a revolver and firing five times. Four bullets took effect. Many rumors re afloat as to tbe caus of the tragedy, but all th? wounded and djing brother would say was: If I d it is my fault, not Jake's." Overcome by smoke while fighting fire 'n the Mdendorf block in Hammond, Z. 1). Ore-n, one of the oldest fireman in that city in point of service, fell frrm a two-story ladder and was so badly crushed that he cannot live. . , . Oi t'ao Pot Craft farm, two miles wct rf Wabash, is a big maple and a big oak tree growing from the same stump, tb? union of the two being within three foe; of the ground. Earh tree prrsprves its entire identity as to bark and foliage, anl apparently is thriving. There is no evi dence of grafting. Dr. R. F. Blount forty years ago noticed the phenomenon, and has watched the dul frowth year by rar- .