Plymouth Tribune, Volume 5, Number 45, Plymouth, Marshall County, 16 August 1906 — Page 3

The Trail of the Dead:

THE STRANGE EXPERIENCE Of DR. ROBERT HARLAND

By B. f LETCHER RODINSON (Copyright, 1905. by CHAPTER III. In two strides my consia was oq the teep aaJ narrow stairs. Tor a man it hii age and size he mounted them vith a iarprising activity. Indeed, when I gained the lauding he wa3 already ttanding at the door of the room. He leid up his hand with a warning gesture. I stepped cp to him softly and peeped over his shoulder. By the side of an old sofa placed jgainst the wall of a room, half bedrhainber, Laif study. Professor Marnac crouched on his hands and knees. A '.amp stood on the lloor at his elbow. He vas working with feve-isb. haste, yet rith a certain method, moving the lamp nward a his examination of the section tit by its immediate rays was completed. It was an odd sight, this silver-haired 5gare that crept about, peeping and peering, like some species of elderly ape. So absorbed was he that it was nigh on & minute before, with a swift sideways turn of the head, he caught sight of our faces in the doorway and rose to his feet. "I caa find no trace of it." said he, moothing back his hair with a sigh. "It is excessively annoying. Of what, may I ask, sir?' I queried. Of my signet ring, Mr. Harland. A. valued possession which I would not lose for fifty pounds." "Pray let me assist you, said I, stepping forward and raising the lamp, which the professor had replaced on the table. "No, no, Mr. Ilarland. Enough has been done; in the presence of death we mast forget Bach trivialities. Besides. although it was on my finger when I entered the , house, h may have beeii ropped in the hal) or on the stairs. I do not doubt that Hans will find it." The professor spoke in so resolute a fashion that politeness did not demand that I should press the matter. My coosin had already passed behind a "great screen of stamped leather that cut off the- bed from the rest of the apartment. Marnac had stepped after him, and I. though at a slower pace, followed them. To be henest, the events cf the evening had disturbed me not a little. I had grown suspicious, oneasy; and this annoyed me in that I was without reasonable cause for such a frame of mind. Granted that the . professor had displayed oddities of demeanor, yet he was notoriously an eccentric And if my cousin hau become taciturn, if his politeness rang insincerely, the death of his old friend "Stand back, Herr professor! stand back, I say!" It was Graden's voice, stern and decisive. I sprang to the corner of the screen .nd peered into the darkened ak'-rve beyond. Upon his death-bed pillows the calm and simple face of poor Von Stockmar gleamed like a mask carved in whitP caartle. But neither of the two men who confronted each other across .the body looked upon it. Graden, a grim and resolute figure, stood holding a common wooden match-box in his huge hand3. He had opened it carelessly, for cheap sulphur matches were scattered on the sheet before him. Marnac's face I could not ee, but in the pose of his back and shoulders there was something feline something suggestive of an animal about to spring. For a second or tw the three of us stood in silence. . y ro.isin was the first to break it. Pray do not let us detain you. Professor Marnac," said he. "Should we chance upon your ring, believe me, it will be safe.'. The . professor straightened himself with a little gesture of submission and stepped back into the lamplight. His hand was on the latch, when he turned upon 03 for we had followed him with a face deformed with the most malignant fury. "Au revoir, my friends," he cried. "I wish you a pleasant evening." And then a fit of laughter took him smothered, diaoolical merriment that broke out in oily chuckles like Water gurgling from a bottle. The door closed upon it. We- stood listening as it grew fainter, fainter, until it died away in silenco on the lower stairs. "Turn the key. Cousin Robert But qo; after him. lad, and bolt him oot of the house. He'll be burning it down, else." Graden was inexplicable; but I ran to obey. As I reached the halL I heard the clang of the street door and the squeaking of the bolts as Hans shot them behind the departing visitor. When I re-entered the room I found the screen pushed back against the wall, and my c-iusin, in his shirt-sleeves, leaning over the bed. He barked at me over his shoulder to sit down and keep quiet, and I humbly obeyed him. Once rr twice he turned to the lamp which he had at his elbow, and I caught a glimpse of a magnifying glass. Presently he rose, and, carrying the, lamp in his hand, commenced a circuit of the room, lingering now and again to examine some object. At the dressing-table he paused for several minutes, using the magnifying glass repeatedly. But shortly afterwards he threw himself into a cbair beside me with the air of a man whose work Is done. ' -It's no t- respect to our little nermann that I mean," said he, pulling out a big briar, "but smoke I must." He sat there putHng for a minute or two, his head sunk forward, his eyes on the floor. I watched him expectantly, "It's a great gift, Is observation," he began. "It makes just the difference between mediocrity and success in gamehunters and novel-writers, in painters of pictures and explorers of the unknown lands, where a man has never a map to help him. And this same trick of observation has given me some very remarkable results this evening; and how remarkable you will realize when I set thena out in proper order. You've a logical head. Cousin Robert, and I want you to give me your fullest attention. Contradict me if I overstate the case. "Fact the first: That a certain celebrated scientist. Rudolf lilarnac, had an ill feeling a very ill and evil feelinz towards a certain brother-professor, one Hermann Von atockmar. Fact the evond: That Von Stockmar died suddenly." "Of a natural cause, as certified by a competent physician," I added ouickly. "Exactly. Fact the third: Marnac, who cofsiders you a deserter to the Stockmar camp as, indeed, I gather from your own story appears in your rooms to inform you of the su.lien death of hi enemy. Now, why g'iould he do that?" "He is nn eccentric. A saiden whim, perhaps. We were ver7 intimate once, you must remember. Though htrdly bo novr, Urn his -manner of regarding you when he first announced himself thij evening." "lie might hiYe caught what tre were saying. Listeners hear no good of themselves, but that does not tend to Improve their tempera." "Well, let that pass. It brings us to fact number four: He tells a deliberate lie." "A l.e! But when?" "The man was worth stuping. When I first saw him this evening, I ran my -eye orer him. I especially noticed his land their suppleness, their delicate -colcj, their long" prehenYJe fingers. I

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do not doubt that lie is very proud of them. lie wore no ring it is not the custom of those who deal with germs to so adorn themselves. What was he looking for so anxiously in this room, if it were not a ring? ny did he leave us in the hall that he might conduct this search before our presence disturbed him?' "I cannot suggest an explanation; but really. Cousin (Jraden, you seem to be weaving a most unnecessary tangle. I cannot imagine what result you expect to obtain. 'A conviction for murder. CHAPTER IV. I stared at him in the most profound amazement. Yes, murder. Cousin Robert; as deliberate and cold-blooded a doing to death of an innocent man as has ever befouled a corner or God's fair world." lie rose from s chair and plowed heivily up and down the room. The veins started in his forehead; his huge hands knotted themselves tensely. "Listen. This afternoon a man lay asleep on that couch in the corner. We know the manner of man a keen investigator, an indefatigable worker, an honest fighter; but one who had never done in all his life a mean or Ignoble action. There comes a creak upon the stairs, the door is opened softly, a head peers in. He the murderer enters the room. lie knew the custom of the house in this warm September weather: the doors open, the old servant asleep, the master taking his regular siesta. How far Is he a criminal, how far a lunatic? Is this act premeditated, or the suddet tempting of opportunity? Who can say? It is enough that in his diseased imagination he has come to regard the sleeper as an enemy who maliciously set himself to destroy his theories and to bring ridicule on the laborious work of years. His desire for revenge is concentrated on the man before him. Hcw the 'thin?' came into his possession I cannot guess, though that should be a point easily discovered. He himself may have obtained it from Africa, or it may have come into his hands by chance, as the chief of the Entomological Museum. But he has it safe enough shut up in the tin box which fell from his pocket in your rooms. The spring of the lid was detective, you may remember; it is that same defective spring that will hang him. "He stands over there, listening and watching. There Is no sound; the sleeper will not wake. He opens the case upon the dressing-table and lifts tte 'thing with tweezers for every hair of it has its poison. With scissors he cuts off some sccre of hairs, catching them in the crease of a folded sheet of notepaper. He replaces it in the case and closes the lid. Like an ugly shadow he flits across to the couch, kneels by its side, and one, two, three times blows the hairs from the creased paper across the intake of the sleeper's breath. He turns, snatches up the case from the table, and is gone. In five hours Professor Von Stockmar Is dead of inflammation of the lungs. There is not a doctor In all Germany who would challenge that diagnosis. In nine hours Professor Rudolf Marnac is accused by me, Henry Graden, of murder." . "Rut this deadly 'thing'!' I cried, with a sinking horror at my heart. "This beast, reptil6, insect what is it? Where is it now?" For answer he thrust his Grgers Into hh pocket and drew out the same wooden match-box that I had) seen him with by the bedside of the dead man. He slid It half open and tapped it sideways on the table uader the lamp. A rouud, fluffy ball rolled out and lay motionless. Suddenly a little black head protruded, a score of tiny feet paddled into motion, and across the table there crept a hairy caterpillar a loathsome, disreputable objf, for across its back lay a ragged riärl where the hairs had been shorn away, "D yon recognize the species?" In V faint-hearted way I leaned across to gr.sp it, but with a sudden motion he brushed my hand aside. "I see yon do not," said he grimly. "It is common enough in South Africa." With the end of a match he carefully pushed the insect back into the box, and replaced it in his pocket. "The luck was against Marnac," he continued. "Not for one moment do I suggest that otherwise I should have suspected the truth. To begin with, the defective spring of the case allowed the caterpillar to escape while he was bending over poor Hermann. After he had done his awful work he slipped it back hastily into his pocket. He never realized what had occurred until, upon accidentally pulliig it out with his handkerchief in your lodgings, he found it empty. It was for that reason he searched so anxlonsly. What became of it did not matter so long as it was not found in this room; though, as a matter of fact, there was very small danger even then of it affording a clue. "And now we come to a stroke of abominable luck, of which Marnac has every right to complain. I found the caterpillar on the sheet of the bed, where it had crawled in its wanderings. But that was not the worst of it. for I happened to be the one man in all Heidelberg who knew of its peculiar properties; who knew that its hairs are slightly poisoned, sufficient indeed to raise a nasty rash on the hand; who knew that the old-time Hottentots employed it for removing their enemies by blowing the hairs into their lungs. I took out a match-box, emptied it, and collected the caterpillar. I was . closing the box when I looked up and saw Marnac watching me with a shocking expression, which could hardly have distorted the face of a perfectly sane man, however provoked. Nearly every murderer has a screw loose somewhere; but, in my opinion, Marnac is in an unusually bad way. It may tarn out more of an asylum than a gallows business, after all." "But the details of the scene you picture: how did you obtain them?" "I am a quick thinker, and the events of the evening began to arrange themselves in a sort of sequence, crowned by the discovery of the caterpillar. The inference to be gathered from them was obvious, I examined the nos'rlls of the dead rran, and found four of the caterpillar rairs caught therein. On the dressing-tat le lay an ordinary pair of nail Bcissorj. Two hairs were jammed where the bLides met. On the creased sheet of paper, which I found behind the couch. there was no sign; but the use to which it had been put was plain. From Hans I knew the custom of the house: the sleep after the midday meal, the opca doors, the opportunity. Is the matter plain to you?" "What are you going to do?'' It tvas all that I could say. "Nothing to-night. To appear at a G?rmun police-station at this hour with u:h an extraordinary story would be for two foreigners, at least the height of absurdity. Besides, there Is no hurry: M.irnac won't budge. lie' 11 sit It out, never fear." One o'clock clanged out from the steeples as I bade good-night to Graden at the door of my lodgings. He had already secured a room In a neighboring hotel. "JJave you a lock on your bed-roo.v doorr' said hA- . .

"1 believe so." "Well, use it to-night. We've an ngly cus' r to deal with; and the worst of it h uat, unless I am much mistaken, he knows how much we know." I watched him as he rolled away, a gigantic figure In the moonlight, waving the thick stick he carried. Never had my stairs seemed so uncomfortably dark, never had they creaked behind me so mysteriously. It was with a sigh of relief that I gained my room and by a quick glance assured myself that I was alone. It seemed that I had only just droppedoff into dreamland for, indeed, sleep , had been hard to woo that night when

a knocking at my door brought me from my bed. I unlocked and opened it. Cousin Graden filled the foreground. "I didn't think he'd throw up the sponge," said he. "But he has, none the less. Marnac has bolted!" "And you?" -I shall follow." So commenced those strange wanderings which I shall entitle "The Trail of the Dead." (To be continued.) t BOUND TO WIN. I There lives la a New Hampshire town a young man who is bound to make his mark In his local world if not In any wider sphere. Such cases of persistence and courage are seldom recorded. The story of his courtship is repeated with great Joy by the older men of the town. "Set out to marry Emma Wilson, and done It," said one of these men to a sojourner in the town who had remarked on the attractive personality of the uncouth Martin Soule's bride. "I reckon he proposed to her upwards of twenty-five times before he got her. Every picnic and social most he used to tole her off Into a corner, and they'd come back with her cheeks pinker than usual and his Jaw longer and more set than ever. "Well, sir, she's n real musician, that girl Is. She can tear the piano all to pieces playing, and works the organ, too, aud sings like an angel. Martin don't know a pedal from a pitch-pipe, and he's got a voice like a nutnieg-, grater. Seemed as if his lack o' music would be bis undoing even if nothing else was, but It proved different "lie bought hlni a cornet, and he took it ovt to Wilson's Corner every night, nla or shine, and practiced. He had no knowledge, but he had breath, nnl folks said the results could be heard over on the marsh road, two miles off. There wa'n't a mite o shame to that feller. When Emma reasoned with him, he said If she'd have him he'd quit the cornet, but otherwise he'd got to have somo relief to his feelings, and that Instrument let 'em out the most of anything he'd found. "He was on his own land a meadow piece he bought a-purpose, folks said and there wa'n't any preventing of him. And I expect Emma saw qualities in him from that very performance that seemed kind of desirab". Her father's as weak as water, always was, and his women-folks could turn and twist him, poor tool I "Anyway, she took blm, after he'd played that cornet right through the September line-storm, and they appear to be . real pleased with each other. He's set out to be rep'sentatlve next term. Nobody'd given a thought to him till he spoke of It; but I guess on the whole we shall let him go. We'd kind of like to see. what he'll do with the state legislature when he gets hi hand In.' Youth's Companion. Thoughts Do Much Harm. We should be appalled If we could see pass before us, In vivid panorama, the wrecks caused In a lifetime by cruel thought A step here, a thrust there, a malicious sarcasm, bitter Irony, ungenerous criticism, a Jealous, envious, or revengeful thoughthatred and anger are all going out constantly from many a mind on deadly missions. Servants have actually been made dishonest by other persons perpetually holding the suspicion that they were dishonest This thought suggests dls honesty to the suspected perhaps for the first time, and being constantly held, takes root and grows, and bears the fruits of theft The old proverb, "If ycu have the name, you might as well have the game," Is put Into action many times. It Is simply cruel to hold a suspicions thought of another until you have positive proof. That other person's mind Is sacred; you have no right to Invade It with your miserable thoughts and pictures of suspicion. Many people scatter fear thoughts, doubt thoughts, failure thoughts wherever they go; and these take rojt In minds that might otherwise be free from them and, therefore,- happy, confident nd successful. Swms Magazine. What Father Thought. A New York teacher of instrumental music was one day telling the father of a pupil, a lad of 10 years, of the progress made by the boy in bis studies. "I think he Is Improving a great deal, said the professor. "He will certainly learn to play the piano." "Is that so?' asked the father mucb gratified. "I didn't know whether he was really improving or whether I was merely . getting used to It" Harper's Weekly. Narrow Escape. "I can cure you, I believe," said the young doctor, "but you must drink no coffee' "I never do drink coffee," Interrupted the patient "E-r, don't interrupt me. As I was J saying, you must drink no coffee but purest Mocha, lou must arms a little of that every morning." Philadelphia Press. One Sort of Illrd. "I don't like Mr. Slyniaa," said the athletic girl "I think he's sarcastic" "Why so?" asked her friend. "You know I pride myself on ray healthy appetite. Well, last night at dinner he remarked to me that he never knew any one with an appetite so bird-like." "I shouldn't call that 'sarcasm, but 'hyperbole.' He was probably thinking of an ostrich." Philadelphia Press. A. I)ep One. "Senator Slye advise all young mea to be honest" "Well?" "But he's an old grafter." "Just so. And he wants to reduce competition ta bis line," PWIadelpbla Bulletin. Ample Cauae. "But then, he had good grounds for divorcing his wife." "Is that SO?" yes. Indeed. Her complexion didn't match the color of his new auto," Juds.

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The Indolent Wife. The world In general deals harshly with the man who allows his talenta and energies to go to waste. To shirk his responsibIlltie3 or to develop laziness and a disinclination to work are sonsldered unpardonable failings. But these same faults In a woman are indulgently overlooked. Instead of calling It laziness It is politely termed "lack Df strength." Household cares which at one time made women Irritable on accasii -n, for which they apologized and tried to make amends, now bring on an attack of "nervousness," which Is treated with the respect due to a. legitimate ailment. A rest is prescribed which soon grows Into a habit and by and by the most simple task takes on herculean proportions. There are thousands of wives who, to ase a homely phrase, "don't earn their salt" To begin with, they deny their husbands even the comfort of an occailonal unburdening of business worries and take no Interest in the affairs which form so Important and serious n part of their lives. They are ready to share the profits and pleasures that remit from their husband's efrbrts, but plead a headache at the mention of the stern realities of living. They feel that their position entitles them to all with nothing in return. Many who are not naturally blessed with domestic accomplishments refuse to cultivate them on the plea that they would be forced Into service. "Just as sure äs I begin doing my jwn housework I'll have to keep it up," they say. This feeling is death to the partnerihlp idea. There can be no true spirit of equality where mistrust and resentment exist In their eyes household cares become drudgery and everything Is sacrificed In order to escape it Husbands who can 111 afford it are forced to employ servants through the unwillingness of their wives to do their share In the day's work. If help Is unobtainable they sit with folded bands and bemoan their lot Instead of taking hold f things, glad to prove their own worth and capabilities, their chief concern is how to minimize the work. They decide to go out for their meals, as cooking demands tor. much of their tlmj and energy. The husband who has rashed off after a hurried breakfast and experienced the clatter and bustle of a downtown funcheon looks forward to a quiet undisturbed dinner at his own table, but the F?lflsh and indolent wife äecrees otherwise. Cooking means work before and after the meal, and in her perverted mind that fact takes precedence over all other considerations. Gradually even the management of the house becomes Irksome and it is left to the care of disinterested persons, which soon results la debt and ultimately in misery. Home and Its omnipresent duties are exchanged for the care-free attractions of the club or society and absence salves the wounded conscience. She forgets that In neglecting these things she Is relinquishing Just so much of her claims to partnership and Is dally forfeiting her right to accept of her husband's efforts. Is it any wonder that In time her title Is the only hold upon which to base that claim? Victoria Barton, In Chicago Chronicle. Glared ItnUIna. This Is a Russian sweet. Take two large or three smaller perfect branches of malaga raisins, pour hot water on them to soften ten minutes; wipe and lay aside. Peel four or five sharp, sweet, best apples, cut them Into six or eight sections according to size and lay them In a neat fashion close together In a sightly baking dish, about one and one-half Inches high ; add a quarter of a cup of Cold water. Over this sprinkle, a handful of bro.'n sugar, but no spices and no butter. Put In a brisk oven for twenty minutes and then cover with the apple Juice or brown sugar and water. Dalntr Summer Hat. This is" truly a linen Leason and one's entire costume, from phoes to hat,. Including parasol and handbag, may be made from the same piece of material. There is a charming hat with mushroom crown of embroidered Unit y kT'I An nn.1 K-L plain material with an artistic arrangement of pink satin ribbon encircling the crown and crossing the brim at left side, continuing to a mass of loops which are fastened underneath and rest on the hair. riald Effect In Millinery. Sailors with short front brims narrowing to the vanishing point come In soft smoke-gray straw, to which a plaid ribbon is toned of mixed maize aiul white. There is piled In mountainous loops at the back above n bandeau of filmy gray tulie. A plaid ostrich feather Is one of the new fancies, the plaid Just faintly being Indicated when the feather Is la repose. These are .mounted on hats In which there Is a repetition of the pla"ld in the brim. Old Velveteen. Old pieces of velveteen should, after they have served their original purpose, be saved for polishing cloths. They will answer the purpose of wash leather for plate cleaning, etc., perfectly, and save buying anything fresh. Wash the velveteen cloths as often as needed in soapy water and hang out to dry. "Landlne" Ulm. Monday Be pretty smile once. Tuesday Be prettier frown nt him. , Wednesday Be pensive sigh once. Thursday Laugh at him. Trlday Confess your love for him. Saturday Be "out" Sunday Accept him. Exchange. Dangerous Device. There were some cunning devices in TOgu'e among the belles of the old world for f Ivlng expression to the eye. The most reckless of tbem -Here wont to place a single drop of that deadly poison, prusslc acid. In the bottom of a wineglass and hold It against the eye for two or three seconds, or, more rashly still, they would take a mall quan-tltjr-a piece not larger than a grain ok tlce--of an ointment containing that

mortal drug, atropia, and rub It on the brow. Each of these was supposed to give clearness nnd brilliancy, expand the pupil and impart a fascinating fullness and mellowness to tüe eye. Certain slightly pungent and volatile perfumes, such as oil of thyme, were occasional worn on the handkerchief, causing the eye to glitter and sparkle. The eye was made to appear large, full and almond shaped by the use of a fine pencil dipped in antlmonlal sulphur or Egyptian black, rubbed upon the lids along the angle.

Vs 'S ' A Eollennes make the prettiest of extra dresses and the mercerized eollennes are best liked of all. That new trick of fashion leaving ostrich feathers uncurled Is a boon to the women who have had to taboo feathers because the curl would come out Do not Indulge in a hat combining the so-called French blue and vleux rose shades; no matter how deftly blended these tints never harmonize, being too pronounced to tone in together. Some of the new dimities show bands almost like tapes, which serve in place of the clusters of the cords that usually characterize them. Often the tapelike bands cross and recross until 4 pretty little lattice work Is built up, over which flowers climb. The new belts, although created In Paris, are very Scotch in effect, and of the extreme smartness. Marfe as thy are of brilliant plaid silks edged with wide bands of white kid. and having white kid buckles, they are very effective with both dark and light gowns. Hatless maidens no longer are seen on the golf links or tenuis courts; Instead, lingerie hats of various hues and materials are worn, and In some cases are supplemented by veils so heavy that a close Inspection Is necessary In order to recognize the wearer. Smocking, as a form of decorative arrangement, steadily grows in favor. It is eminently suited to the soft, pliable stuffs that are now so much In vogue, and when It is done by experts the effect Is exceedingly beautiful and smart Tho smocking thread may be the color of the material or of c contrasting tone. , ' Th new net veils, which are wonderfuljy soft and silky, soon lose their shape when made to conform to some of the latest and most eccentric ir'lllnery, and the only possible solution of the difficulty Is to be In possession of a large variety of veils. Black and white mixtures are first In favor nt present as well as pale gray and white, some of the new makes with aarrow lace borders another revival of an old fashion being essentially becoming. You have often heard it said that the hand that rocks tte cradle Is the hand that rules the world. The new science boldly declares that the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that spoils the world. Rabies shouldn't be rocked. Yes, It ruthlessly sweeps aside things about which cluster our most snared memories, does this new science; but It has rewards tot offer that more than compensate for the things It takes away. It saves the lives of thousands of Innocents. It emancipates the mother from a thralldcm that frequently wrecks her nervous system and brings her to a premature old age. It transforms the peevish, whining baby into a little creature all smiles and sunshine. Out of the baby It forms a child all sweetness nnd charm. In the child. It inculcates habits of self-reliance that will stand him. In good stead when he grows up to encounter the battle of life. Will you not get In Hue with the modern lias, all you mothers? appeals

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Ii im rf a a ai a writer in the Outing Magazine. Give the baby i chance a chance to grow up healthy and strong, a chance to de1 velop his own Individuality, which is his most precious gift 'from- God and with which you have not a shadow of right to interfere. A Girl's Girl. Whenever you hear a girl called by this title try to know her, If you do not do so already. She is sure to be nice In the best sense of the word. In nine cases out of ten you will find her true and sympathetic, always ready to listen to confidences, and above all ready to keep them as such. She Is always doing a kind act for some one, and thought for herself comes nowhere In her calculations. Such a girl Is always popular with her friends and you will hear golden opinions of her on all sides. There may be nothing specially about her to attract notice; It seems to be Just an Individual charm in her nature that stamps her with this engaging characteristic She Is generally frank and honest in expressing her opinion, and her friends may be sure It Is a genuine one. She Is at once unaffected and simple and ready to show an Interest In all her friends' undertakings. If you cannot count among your friends a girl who earns this title, try to find one, and when you find her, congratulate yourself upon your success. IVovel Blouse. This novel blouse Is suitable either for separate skirt or for entire gingham or muslin frock. Tucked bodice, with flat collar or open work laid over plain foundation the color of the pattern of frock material. For Hardwood Floors. Half a gallon of boiled Unseed oil heated In an old Iron saucepan until almost at the boiling point when applied to an oiled hardwood floor with a clean brush will prove to be ah excellent cleanser. Three coats should be put on the first time and then one coat every six months to keep the floor In a good condition. Such a floor is excellent la a kitchen, as It only requires wiping with a dam; cloth once a week, The Stair Carpet. When buying a stair carpet get an extra yard or so and turn in u piece at the top and bottom of each flight of stairs. This extra length will enable you to shift the carpet sometimes higher, sometimes lower, and so It will be worn evenly throughout Its whole length. If this precaution be neglected the carpet at the edges of the stairs will be frayed out while the untrodden part remains fresh and new-looking. Shlnlnsr Clothes. A black coat which has seen much service invariably acquires an undesirably shiny appearance. To remove this rub it well with a piece of flannel which has been moistened with spirits of turpentine. After carefully going over the garment hang it out In the air for some time till the 6mell of turpentine has passed from It An Injcraln Filling;. An Ingrain filling Is the most practical covering for the edges of floors where the floor Itself Is too bad to be left exposed. If It is possible to stain the edges of the floor It Is both moro satisfactory and less expensive In the end. "Women's Wasted. Knerjty. The flow of energy in many a talented w-oman has been dammed back, says the Sunday School Chronicle, by Ignorant prejudice, and has, therefore, run to waste In the Jungle of gossip and perineal tittle-tattle.

THE FELLAH'S YOKEMATE. Some Occupations of the Egyptian Girl and Woman. ner lot has Improved vastly since those dark days of superstition when, in order to propitiate Serapis, the deity who presided over the waters of Father Nile, she was liable to be given as a sacrifice to the flood- custom which was until quite recently commemorated at the annual cutting of the Khaleeg at Cairo by the erection of an earthen "bride, which was swallowed up by the rushing waters, says the Fortnightly Review. Albeit the fellow's lines have never been cast in pleasant places very early in her existence does her round of drudgery begin, for while still a tiny child she is allotted a variety of tasks. In the clover season one sees peasant baby girls posted as sentinels'over the horses and cattle tethered In the vividly green berseem fields; mere children, placed in authority near a harshly creaking water wheel, follow with toddling steps the wiry little donkey or gaunt, ugly buffalo harnessed to a wooden prop which Is attached to the cogged wheel of the sakeeyeh. The little mites by voice and whip urge the weary blindfolded beasts to keep Jogging along, in the worn circular track, that the slowly revolving earthenware pots cease not to pour the fertilizing water Into the trough. The same little maidens, their hair generally plaited and the wisps and braids decked with coins, are often seen tending small serds of goats. At times, too, they are sent to forage for rare windfalls of firewood (rare, because la the delta wood of any sort Is scarce), which. If they find, they carry homeward across the fields on their heads, the strings of beads and glass bracelets on their fat little necks and arms glistening in the bright sunshine; while those who dwell In woodless provinces are employed to collect manure, which, mixed with chopped straw, is pounded Into round cakes and when dried in the sun forms the staple native fuel called "gelleh." Active little maidens carry diminutive hods or baskets of mortar or bricks when building operations are In progress, or are set to destroy caterpillars at seasons when these pests threaten destructloa to the maize or other crops. . Should their village be within easy distance of a railway, girls of tender age are sent to hawk'goolahs c cold water, hard-boiled eggs or fresh dates, figs or oranges, up and down the countryside stations: and these bright clamoring, smiling, pearly : teethed maidens are pleasantly familiar little figures to all travelers throughout the Delta. The bigger girls In time of iwheat harvest will Join with the older 'women la field labor, which Is very fatiguing, as In many districts not only do they pluck and bind the corn, but afterward carry the sheaves to the threshing place. Not Infrequently a bevy of women laborers who have the leisure will proceed at harvest time from village to village, and so add a few more shillings to the modest family chest. Few Egyptian village scenes appeal more forcibly to the cultivated taste ot artistic sense than that of the village maiden fetching water from the rlvei or the well. The lithe, elastic, welldeveloped figure of the peasant damsel seems singularly noble In Its homely simplicity, draped In Its loose dark blue garment, the beautifully molded earthenware pitcher poised upon her shapely head. Her long' veil of coarse crepe, 11 Is true, is half drawn to conceal her face from prying eyes, or, when she wears no veil and often, owing to the exigencies of field labor, the burko (face veil) is dispensed with Its office is performed by gathering a fold of her head covering Into a corner of her mouth. Yet the very poor are not always punctilious about keeping thelt faces hidden from strangers, and so sometimes one sees the Indigo or green-;lsh-blue tattoo designs on the forehead ;or below the under lip. On reaching the river, where her shadow seenv to kiss the ripples, the modern Rebekab tucks the skirts of her raiment between her knees, enters the water to cleanse nd fill her water Jar (balass), and ;then, with a last feminine touch of adjustment to the folds of her dress, she raises the heavy burden Into position and bears It away, spilling nothing of its limpid contents. She never loses her balance, having made a practice from early childhood of carrying all burdens on her head and having thus acquired a naturally upright carriage and statuesque gait

Red or Green. It Is well known that the poet Whittler was color blind, and unable to distinguish red -from green. lie once bought for himself a necktie whl:h he supposed to be of a modest and suitable olive tint, and wore it once. He never wore it again, for his friends soon made him aware that It offended against the traditional quietness of costume enjoined alike by the habits the Friends and by his own taste. The tie was of flaming scarlet On another occasion, when he found a little girl In distress on account of & new gown, made over from her elder sister's, which was not becoming to her coloring and complexion, he tried 'to console her. . "I wouldn't mind what a rude boy says about It, Mary," he said, kindly. 'Thee looks very well indeed in Itlike an oread, Mary, dressed -all ' In green." Unfortunately, Mary was not dressed In green. She was red-haired, ond her dress was red; that was the trouble. Once, on a day la mid-March, when out walking with a Friend, and deeply engaged in conversation, M:; Whlttler approached too near for safety to a place where blasting was going on. The danger signal was "shown, but neither Friend noticed it, until a workman, violently waving his arms and shouting, leaped before them and warned them back. "I didn't see the flag at all," said Mr. Whittler's companion. "I saw It rejoined the poet, with a twinkle In his eye, 'but I thought it was In honor of St Patrick thee knows my defect I can't tell Erin from explosions, except by the harp !" Masculine nivl Feminine. Dumley I see they're making quite a social lion of you, but it dogsn't seem to hurt you. - Springer No; my wife and I are still happy. Dumley And your wife how does she like being a soclal-er lolness? Philadelphia Press. ills Criticism, 'Did he really tell you I had a cas of stage fright?" asked the amateur actress. "No," replied the dearest friend, "h said you were." rhlldelphi Press. If you ever say "Thank you" to a reporter, be careful, or the. shock will kill hint

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The town authorities cannot haul sand all over the district from a sand pit located within the road limits. They must first secure the permission of the owner. A party has no right to put "advertising signs on t'ences and buildings without first obtaining the owner's consent Thia also applies to trees, telelimits. It is the duty of the administrator of an estate to give Information -to the heirs and to answer all reasonable questions. If the administrator refuses ' to do this, .ask the Probate Judge of the county, or his clerk, for the Information desired, or consult some good attorney. J. a D. Polk Co., Minn. "Can I recover damages from my divorced hus band for Injuries Inflicted by him upon me ueiore.tne aivorce. Ans. o. a married woman cannot either before or after a divorce maintain a civil action against her husband for a personal wrong committed by him against her during the marriage. C- M. S., Maine, Minn. "An old marnetl couple, having no children and no relatives, own personal and real property. If neither makes a will will th3 survivor Inherit the property'? Ans. Yes. In your State, where there are no children and no will ii made, the law gives all the property of a marri-sd couple to tha survivor. Of course, th3 estate of the dead spouse must bo probated, and this Involves bo me troubla and expense. , . ' "A butrier maintains a slaughter house in a filthy condition in tha vicinity of my land. What can I do to havo the place cleaned up and kept clean?" Ans. A slaughter house such as yea. describe is a nuisance, and would probably be'' abated by tha health authorities upon complaint to them. Or if your property Is Injuriously affected or your enjoyment lessened, you can maintain a personal action to have tfca nuisance abated, and to recover damages lor the discomfort you have suffered. "Two slöughs, one about ten acres in extend and the other about forty, are located on the land of different owners. A natural depression or waterway drains the smaller slough in part into the larger; can the owner of the Iir.d deepen this natural waterway so as to wholly drain the smaller slcush Into tte larger?" Ans. The only limitation In regard to draining land in this situation, is that one must so drain his property as not to unnecessarily orfcunreasonably Injure the property of his neighbor. With this limitation he can always deepen a natural waterway, and get rid of surface water as best. ha can. A man made a will ot all his property. Afterwards he married and later died without children and without havitg made any other will What part of the property. If any, cow Lcler.-j ta the wife, If there are no children? Ans. The It w gives the wife in thij case the homestead absolutely, and cz third of all the other real estate '-cZ her husband. But In this case the wife must refuse. to f.ccept the provls'cns cf the will and lislst upon tLa pre.:; leu made for her under the statute. Within six months after the time tLa wIU la filed for probate, she must file her written refuscj to ttccept In th Prcbati Court '.. v , NEXT AFTCn THE CUCZN. Dvroness llardett-Contta a Host Ior nie nigeet or ikintr i.rr-rc. Ing Edward, when Prince of Wales, 6l re ald of the Baroness Burd.itCoutts, who lately celebrated her T-d birthday, "She. Is, after my mother. th3 most remarkable woman In the kingdom." Ills words become still more true as the long li'e drawä to Its gracious close. :f Her grandfather VMr. Thomas Coatts, was an eccentric nian and set the finally an example of peculiar marriages. For his first wife he chose uis brother's housemaid, and for his second a beautiful airess. Both marriages were happy ones, and On his death he left his immense fortune to his second wife. She had no children by Ulm or by her second husband, ihe Duke of St Albans ; and on her death Ehe pas:don her great wealth' to her step-granddaughter, Angela Georgina, wher? sweetness and ability had won the regard of the sensible ducbe-ss. The girl had not been brought up as an heiress, and her plain Christina education stood her In good stead la her sudilen change of circumstance. When she found herself In a day tts richest woman in England, she threv7 herself not Into gaiety and display, but Into Intelligent charity v She built rnd, endowed St Stcphpu's Chuich in London, and put under Its wi.e care primary and technical schools, workshops, lecture courses, and Instruction In cooking and housekeeping years !efore others recognized those needs. A list of her charities would cover almost every effort or the Improvement of nieiv women and children. She has endowed bIshoi.Tlcs. built model lodging houses and markets, planted and opened London churchyards as recreation gtounds, sent a whole village full of poverty-stricken . jwople from Scotland to Australia, endowed a reformatory for women, endowed a geological scholarship at Oxford, built up the Irish fisheries aud other industries, besides giving wise - personal aid to thousands of the needy and suffering. She proved herself her grandfather's own child by makins In 1SS1 a mar-' riaije which set all Knslan-i nirog. She whs then t7 years old. and flu married an American gentleman of The marriage seems to have leon a rjinantic Mie on ln)th sides. IIc1.-h1 made her aoiuaintance in tho course of adminisleriu "the Turkish relief fund, and after their luirriage he devoted himself to the liable charities cf her devising., lie has been a moniln-r of Parliament finw.lSST, and is a man whose opinion tnimiands resjec't there and elsewhere. The whole long life of tho baroness has leen one of wise and xuiselflsa devotlon to pod" works, anj a constant testimony to the glorious possibilities In the hands of a rich woman who Is" filled with the true ChrUtian spirit anil finds it more blesseil t. gl re than to ;ret. j What the world Is really looking for, necordiujj to 'the women's version, Is some man who will hand conscience money over to his wife. When a wile admits she lias a suspicion, how all the other women fcecvus Interested! -