Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 2, Plymouth, Marshall County, 18 October 1906 — Page 3

The Trail of the Dead: - THE STRANGE EXPERIENCE OF DR. ROBERT HARLAND By B. ftfTCRER ROBINSON and J. MALCOLM FRÄSER ( Copy r Ith t, 1905. by Joseph B. Bowles)

CHAPTER XVIII. (Continued.) I do not know, how we lived through that first furious hour. Isaac Treherne made no second mistake, but crouched tt the tiller, tricking the succession of great seas that swung upon us out of the throbbing blackness. Stung by passing hailstorms, drenched to the skin, and aching with cold, 1 toiled with a tin pannikin, baling, baling until my back creaked with stiffness and my hands could scarcely feel the handle. Graden and the sailor worked beside me, so that we .managed" to keep th wafer under. Now and again a slit in the rushing dark above us showed me Marnac lying by the steersman's side. Was he alive or dead? I did not know, nor did I stay my labor to make inquiry. The daylight came at last, the Godgiven light for which all poor mariners must pray in their hours of dstger. With it came a lessening of the v.iad and a falling sea. Yet there had been an angry menace in the brilliant color that lit the eastern sky, and I stared eagerly over the muddy green of the harrying surges. Indeed, I was the first to see a steamer's smudge of smoke on the western skyline. "Her be making for we, gentlemen," remarked our steersman, after a long stare at the distant vessel. "Happen her would take 'e aboard, if you be so minded. The weather be blowing np again, and it's a long reach back t) Polleven." "I don't like deserting the ship, Isaac," said Graden; "though, to tell the truth, I don't relish another day In the chops of the Channel." "Balu't. no desartion, sir. Me and Jako cn take her whoam; and, to te'J 'e the truth, her'll ride the lighter for the want of him!" He pointed to where Marnac sat crouching under an oilskin coat. Save for occasional shivers, the old man seemed to be no worse for his handshake with Death. He received the sailor's remark with a benevolent smile. "Doan't 'e go grinning at me, you wicked-minded old toad!" cried Isaac. "'Twas only through special mercies that Providence forgot jou was on board. We'd ha been sunk for zarten, else." Within half an hour we could see the steamer clearly, an ancient tramp of the seas, blufE in the bows, square in the flank, with a coloring of soot anl rusty iron. She answered our signal-; with a melancholy toot and stood towards us. Graden, who had been watchbg her approach at my side, turned and wrlked aft. I have already dropped your rer lver overboard. Professor Marnac," he jaid; but I must trouble you to hand me your pocket-book. Money, you know, is often the most valuable of weapons." The professor obeyed with a gentle cluck of amusement. "I trust, Sir Ilenry, that the notes are not damaged," he said in the low, musical tones with which I was so familiar. "Indeed, I was assured that the case was waterproof." "Now, your loose gold, if you please." "Here it is. Sir Henry, with my watch and chain. Observe that my pockets are now completely empty. Ah, Mr. Harland, forgive me if I did not notice you before. I fear that these nautical adventures will interrupt your coarse of studio. Did you hear whom the university have appointed in my stead? I should be sorry if my students, amongst whom .( always held you to be tie most studious, if not the most able, should be long without a lectrrer like sheep that have lost their shepherd, Mr. Harland." I turned from him with a feeling of nausea. Mad or sane, he had done such deeds as placed him beyond the intercourse of humanity. The steamer was close upon us now, and as she came rolling down the heave of the swell we were hailed from the bridge in a tongue that was strange to me. Before we could reply, a seaman had sprung to the bulwarks and sent the coils of a line spinning over us. This Isaac made fast, allowing a fair space to intervene between his little craft and the rusty metal fabric that towered above us. "Good-bye, Isaac," said Graden, shaking the little Cornishman warmly by the hand. I will see to your check the moment I get to London." "Doan't 'e mention it, zur. I was right proud to take e. Nor do e trouble about we uns. Jake and I will be making Polieren by midrjght at latest please be." CHAPTER XIX. It was an anxious scramble they had to swing out a chair for Marnac but the trawler was as handy ai a row-boat, and at last the three of us stood on the deck of the stranger. A more ill-assorted trio of bedraggled voyagers never ranged in line. But if we were strange to look npon, go were the group of men who confronted us. They were of the degenerate Latin breed, dark, small, uncertain in temper, and dirty by nature and training. Their seafaring dress seemed as ill-suited to them as a sash and a colored cloak would be to a British shellback. ' "Eengleshe?" asked one whom I took to be the mate. "Eengleshe? What ayr "We are Englishmen who were driven out to sea by last night's stprm. If I may .ee the captain, I will explain," aid my cousin. The man grinned his lack of compre hension. Plainly his vocabulary was of the smallest. "These men are Portugese, Sir Hen ry," said Marnac, stepping quickly for ward. "I know their tongue. Allow me to explain the situation." But he got no further. My cousin's long arm shot out, gripping his collar firmly from behind. With a gentle heave, be swung the professor from his feet "ad dropped him behind us. "Please to keep silence. Professor llarna?. Your explanations rr!ght be omen bat biased, said he, with a grim mile. And then turning to the sailors. who had been watching the little scene with evident surprise "Do none of you speak English?" he asked. They seemed to understand the question, for some talk, eked out by much gesticulation, ended in one of their num ber trotting up the ladder to the bridge, where he disappeared Into the wheelhouse. An instant later a long, red-head ed man emerged and came running to wards us. "And share wud Oi not have greeted yer honors before now," he exclaimed in the most strenuous f brogues; "but 'twas me trick at the wheel, and niver a wan of tLcse spalpeens wud relieve me. An what can Oi do fer ye now at all? "What boat la this" The Portugaise ship, San Joseph, fr'm Eaenos Ayres to Hamburg, wid a mixed cargo, and a very mixed crew, orr. If it hadn't been fer a back an wer whin the wine was in me, faith! It's rot In this greasy fiat-ir-ron that Tim

Blake wnd be after serving." "Do yua peak the language, my man?" "Indade an 01 do, soor; an' good raison, seeing that 'tis fower years come Christmas that Oi've been steward on th' yacht ir wan ir tha Portogaise nobility." "That's good new. And now where b the captain?' , "FaitM but 'twu ft iool It ft tlm we

were after havin in the Bay last night, sorr, an' the old man's turned in. The second mate has gone aft, gatherin' his courage in both hands fer to wake him. Indade, sorr, 'tis a r-resolution that wud put the fear iv the Lord Into a better man than him." "Rather a Tartar, eh?" "A strong man. sorr, an' a gool seaman fer a greaser, though his tetiper is most pro-digiouR. But see, here he comes, like a dook out ir a theater. He was indeed a fine figure of a man, fully six feet in height and proportionately broad. His skin was very dark, and his eyes of the deep blackness that I have since observed in Indian races, but very soft and glowing. His hair, which he woro at a greater length than is customary amongst sailors, showed under his cap in glossy curls; and his mustache was twisted back almost to his ears. He bowed to us with a deliberate courtesy, muttering a greeting in his own tongue. He spoke no English, and it was through the medium of Tim Blake that he offered us hospitality. It was no time for explanations, so, guarding Marnac between us, we hurried down to a large cabin where warm garments and sieaming cups of hot coffee andsugar were brought by the worthy Irishwater were brought by the worthy Iriih man, to whose care we had been assigned. Vs far as could be judged, I had not contracted so much as a cold in the head, despite my long exposure. When we had completed our change of clothes, my cousin beckoned me outside the cabin, closing the door on our prisoner. VI have asked Blake to take me to the captain, for it is right that he should know the true position of affairs," he whispered. "While I am gone, you must sit with Marnac. Remember, do not let him out of your sight for a moment." "Very well," I said, and he strode oU down the dark alley of the passageway. When I re-entered the cabin I found Marnac mutSed to the chin, under the blankets of a bunk. He gave me one of his quick, evil glances, that was unpleasantly reminiscent of an aged rat surprised in an Iron gin. I had so great a ho Tor and detestation of the man that bis Mere presence was a source of physical discomfort to me; and when, sitting up amongst his wraps, he commenced to pester me with questions. I could endure it no longer. I retired outside the cabin, seating myself with my back to the door. I was as well there, I argved, as in the interior, and in a position infinitely more satisfactory to myself. The garments they had lent me wfra thick and warm; the dose of brandy had been considerable. I was weary from the toil of a sleepless night. Those are my excuses for the fact that in the course of the next five minutes I fell soundly asleep. It was Graden who woke me, a very angry and exasperated Graden who shook my. senses into with with unnecessary violence. I started up, protesting against his treatment "I thought better of you than this," he said, with his hand still fixed in my collar. "My back was against the door. He could not pass without waking me. What

does it matter?" I grumbled, with every sign of irritation. "I told you to watch him, to stay in side the cabin, and I find you snoring here. No more excuses, please. You know the ability of the man. Let us hope he has not taken advantage of any chances you gave him." He opened the door cautiously, peeped in, and then flung it wide with a great oath. The cabin was empty! Yet there was no doubt as to his manner of escape. In the middle of the flooring there gaped a little hole, with a heavy square of wood lying beside it. On examination we found that this entrance had also been barred by a grating, which now swung downwards on Its hinges, disclosing a wooden ladder, the foot of which was indistinguishable in the gloom below. "He is in the hold!" I cried, "ne is hiding somewhere amongst the cargo! We shall never find him without the help of the crew." Amongst the excellent points in my cousin's character was that of perfect self-controL There was no anger in his voice to remind me of my bluuder when he spoke again. "It's not the hold, Cousin Robert," be said. "This Is the ship'j lazarette, where the food is stored. There are usually two entrances, each similar to this. If he has escaped by the second, it's a bad business. It will mean he has found a friend, for these gratings should be secured. But it may be that he is lurking amongst the pork and biscuits. If so, we ought to find him easily enough. I don't want to bring the crew into this affair if I can help it. It will be enough if the captain knows." "That's the blackest part of the luck. The ship caught it pretty badly last night; they were right in the thick of it. I found the captain on deck superIntending three or four sailors who irere clearing away the wreckage of one of the boats. He was in an amazing temper, and Blake advised me that if I had a favor to ask him, I had best let him cool off a bit. So I dismissed the Irishman and climbed up to the bridge. I should think I'd been there about twenty minutes watching the work, when I saw a sharp-looking lad pop out from the companion and go over to where the captain was standing. They had a fine pow-wow together, looking up at me from time to time. It rather puzzled me, and presently I dropped down the stairs and walked over to where they were. The captain seemed decidedly chilly, and I soon saw by his manner that he was not wanting a talk just then. Whereupon I came below. So kindly light the lamp I see in the bracket yonder, Cousin Robert, and we'll go hunf'.ng again." CHAPTER XX. We descended the ladder, 'Graden going first, and I following with the lamp, the light of which I endeavored to throw over his shoulder. It seems a cowardly thing to confess, writing as I am in the broad daylight, with the bees amongst the flower-beds singing their song through the open window, but though we were two to one, and our quarry an old man, my cousin had twice to rate me for the deliberation of my movements. We peered about amongst the lurking shadows, with the thunder of the seas hammering on the iron sides without. Now and again a heave of the ship would fiend us staggering apart, to bring up amongst unexpected barrels. Perhaps it was the want of sleep that had jangled my nerves, but I knew in my heart that if I were suddenly to catch a sight of those wicked eyes staring out from the gloom before us, I should shriek and run like a hysterical schoolgirl. But Marnac was not there. The grate of the second stairway was closed and locked, and yet he had disappeared. Someone had helped him .at was plain enough. We stood disconsolate amongst the details of the ship's larder. "Well, he's gone right enough," said my cousin. "Hallo! what the deuce Is this?" He took the light from my hand and stooped to examine something at his feet It was ft steel cylinder, about eight feet

In length; a second lay beside It. "Ammonia! So they run a cold tor-, age on board." "How do you know that?" I asked. "My dear cousin, if you can't remember the part that ammonia plays in the manufacture of ice, I shall not attempt to hallo! stop that stop that. I say!" He sprang forward, caught his foot in an empty sack, and fell heavily, extinguishing the lamp. As he did so, 1 saw an arni reach down and draw up the grating through which we had descended. A key clicked in the padlock. Graden was on his feet in an instant, and together we rushed to the foot of the ladder. In the patch of grey daylight above us we could see the face of the captain looking through the bars, and peeping down beside him, with the sweetest dimple of an old man's smile upon his lips, was Professor Marnac! There was a pause, filled with much whispered talk from above. Then the red head of our friend Tim Dlake came thrusting into the picture. He seemed much distressed at the situation. "Faith; but 'tis not Oi that knows fwhat to belaive," said he; "but the skepper here will hare it that yer're a pair iv desprite and revolting characters. Oi am also to tell ye, gintlemen, that ye've the very mischiefs own choice of ut. Eyther ye will let me r-run through yere pockuts wid me practiced hand, upon which ye may come up an make us acquainted wid yere gineral defence, or, if ye refuse, be jabbers! but they'll clap on the hatches an' lave ye in the dark." "Tell the skipper, Blake," said my cousin, "that he has been grossly deceived, for we are law-abiding English gentlemen. Nevertheless, if he will keep to his terma and hear our case out, we consent to being searched." (To be continued.)

IN SERVICE OF THE RICH. Chaplains, Lawyer and Doctors Hired by Owners of Wealth. The growth of enormous fortunes In the United States is bringing back the old English fashion of high-class domestic service. The amelioration of manners hi England has made this fashion less conspicuous that It was when an immortal genius like Jonathan Swift was the domestic chaplain of a mere statesman liko Sir William Temple. Ia that time the domestic chaplain was an upper servant who received less consideration than the modern butler, r.nd the family lawyer was a functionary of hardly more worth nnd dignity. The family doctor, having the power of life and death, may have been treated with more civility, but the trials of tutors and governesses in wealthy families always have been a fruitful topic of pathetic fiction. The fashion Is coming back to the excessive rich of the United States with a complicated difference. Clergymen are no longer members of the domestic circle of the rich men they serve and flatter. The rich men are simply the chief support of the churches over which they preside. But the bread and butter of the clergymen still depends on the favor of the rich men, and the obligation of hardly disguised servility Is as strong as ever. The retirement of the pastor of what is called the Rockeeller church In Now York calls attention to the fact that the richest man In America is the patron of two churches and a great university, whose heads. It Is asserted, have to practice their profession with a constant eye upon his Interest and his whims. The cause of Dr. Johnston's retirement is a mystery. First it was said he was to succetd Dr. Harper. Now it Is tald that some of his timid animadversions upon the arrogance of wealth and the evils of Wall street gambling have given offense In powerful quarters and that he feels that hla work as pastor has been belittled by the disproportionate developments of the Rockefeller Bible class. These rumors have no particular Interest except for the light they throw upon the special relation that Is supposed to exist between a clergyman and his richest parishioners. The high class domestic service of the excessive rich is not confined to the cure of souls. Cases are not uncommon where a lawyer or physician practices his profession for the sole benefit of a wealthy man. In the case of lawyers the personal service is more often disguised under employment by a corporation In which the rich man Is the chief owner. For the family doctor of English tradition we have the general counsel :f a great corporation taking his ordevs from its president. Often the legitimate legal service of a general counsel runs Into every kind of obscure personal service to groat stockholders. When Chauncey Depew was general counsel for the New York Central, he served and touted for the rich Vanderbllt family everywhere from the dinner tabli to the Legislature at Albany. The humiliations of ancient domestic chaplains are recalled by the refusal of one of the Vanderbllt women to receive Mm at her table on the ground that her own butler had no seat there. Prodigal's Reception. The automobile rolled up to the tumbling shanty and a young man with diamonds sparkling over him rushed through the gate. "Dad!" he cried, excitedly, "don't you recognize me? Why, this Is Bill. Don't you remember that ten long years ago you sent me after a plug of tobacco and I ran away? Now I have returned and brought you gold and enough government bonds to build a ca'stle." The old man arose from the broken chair and frowned. "Boy!" "Yes, dad?" "Whar's that plug of tobacco?" ' Womanlike. "What kind of a place Is this?" "Why, it Is a woman's club." "But there is a 4No Admittance Except on Business sign on the door." "That Is for the members." "What kind of business do they attend to?" "Everybody's." In the Beginning. "Yours Is certainly an unusual case," said the lawyer, "and It will be necessary to consult a number of books." "So?" queried the client. "Yes," answered the legal light "and we will begin with your pocketbook." Disappointed. Jack So Katherlne decided to withdraw from the field of literature? Helen Yes, indeed. After she found out the much-talked-of "literary style" had nothing to do with gowns or hats she was disgusted. Mrs. James Brown Potter Is to appear as M.ry Queen of Scots in the play -which she has accepted for her return to the stage. All good thought and good action claim a natural alliance with good cheer.

Don't Be Your Husband's Dornest! Servant. If there Is any advice that younq wives need to take home to their hearts. It is: "Don't let yourself become your husband's domestL servant." There is real need for such advic?. There Is nothing a bride takes such pleasure and pride In, If she Is a normally constituted woman, as the arrangement and conduct of her household affairs. Waiting on her husband, attending to his creature comforts, bearing in mind the wise old adage that the way to a man's heart Is through his stomach, she Is too likely to become engrossed In these matters to the exclusion of others which at the time seem gemote. It is a sorry day in married life when a man awakens to the fact that all that his wife does for him can be done by hired labor; not as painstakingly nor devotedly done, but still done well enough by some one who comes In to work. Many a woman vaunts herself for years on the skill with which she keeps her husband's apparel in order, his home swept and garnished, never thinkingthat she so wears herself out In these smaller things that when he comes home weary with a day's labor he find- her equally tired and so quite unable to brighten his spirits. x Working at such things constantly, all day and every day, they naturally become the wife's thief topic of conversation. She finds her husband engrossed in his business and asserts for herself the same right to be eugrosscd lu what, to her, is the chief business of life. S comes not to be seriously Interested in his affairs; he Is certainly not disposed to take any of the burden of her small domestic labors on shoulders already carrying the weight of providing for their Joint future; and the gulf between them grows too often it comes to be Impassable. . It Is the duty of a wife who wishes to keep her husband Interested In her to, first of all, keep herself Interested lit him. To that end she must put uion the shoulders of others as much of her housekeeping as possible." If she Is to encourage him for the battle of life she must beware of overfatigue as of nny other Illness. Let him find her willing, even anxious, to hear of his struggles and. successes. Are they not her own? Xcneit Calllnsr Codumra. The gown at the left Is of green and white checked voile, or tussor silk. In Empire style, all trimmed with folds and buttons of plain green tussor or taffeta, of which the girdle Is also made. The collar nnd chemisette are of white silk batiste, finely tucked, trimmed with lace Insertion; the yoke Is of lace. The sleeves. are finished at the elbows with turnover cuffs with green silk and frills of batiste or lace.' The other gown Is of silver gray tussor silk. The skirt Is encircled at the bottom with a wide band of beautiful embroidery. The blouse Is of lace ornamented with passementeries, and the bretelles, made at the shoulder, are of the tussor silk bordered with embroidery. The knot Is of liberty, the girdle of taffeta finished at the top wtlh silk of a contrasting color. Physical Culture. It should give a perfectly erect poised figure. A straight, flat back. A broad, deep and capacious chest. Uplifted, flexible and harmonious derelopment of all the muscles. Perfect ease and grace of movement Marked muscular power and endurince. Splendid health. , Bright, sparkling eyes. Perfect digestion. A love of activity. A voice of notable, clear quality and power. Girls Should Know. That the home kitchen, with mother for teacher and a loving, willing daughter for pupil, is the best cooking school on earth. That "the most excellent thing In woman" a low voice can be acquired inly by home practice. ' That true beauty of face Is possible jnly where there Is beauty of soul manifested In a beautiful character. That the girl everybody likes is not affected and never whines, but Is Just her sincere, earnest, helpful self. For Tender Feet. A good bath for tender feet Is composed o; five quarts of hot water, two hundred grams of boric acid and five grains of tanning. The feet should be soaked in this oath for ien minutes. Dry thoroughly. If your feet are sore after a long walk or vigorous exercise massage them with olive oil. They respond to care very quickly. If your feet swell from long standing, dissolve one ounce of alum, two ounces of rock" salt and two ounces borax in the bath Women's Waists Growing; Larger. Reports from many sources say that women's waists are larger than they used to be. Physical culture, we are told, and this seems reasonable, Is re sponsible for the change. Golf, tennis, twteixnlng and almost all of the out-

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door siorts strengthen and develop the muscles of the waist, so that It Is Impossible to get them into as small a space as they once occupied. Some few persons, It is said, object to the new appearan the back takes in consequence, but as all common-sense folk regard it as an indication that women are growing healthier, the old ques tion, "What do you care how you look if you only feel -veil?" Is pertinent and polite. Health end Beauty Hints. Deep breathing will tend to de cease the size of the abdomen. The skin, especially that of the face. ?nouId be treated as the finest china. tenderly and delicately. Before applying a pocltlce cover the skin lightly with glycerin to prevent any particles from adhering. Don't torture your eyes, but humor them, for If ill-treated they revenge themselves by making formidable wrin kles and crow's feet Shoes that are too large sometimes slip and cause the heel to blister. To prevent this fit the heel of the shoe with a piece of velvet. One teaspoonful of glycerine to a tablespoonful of boiling water taken ten minutes before meals Is said to be a certain cure for indigestion. Little Dre Hints. Hats no longer pitch violently over the nose. Reddish brown is a good choice for those who can wear It Fashionable colors are darkening as the autumn comes on. A stunuing coat suit Is of grass linen embroidered in Japan. Watermelon pink has proved one of t'je most iwpular colors of the season. Hand-embroidered white linen shoes are so pretty that they can be wora for evening. The .tendency Is to adopt Oriental materials, as well as trimmings for the summer gown. Pretty belts are of black ribbon, strlied In bright colors and having dull gold buckles. WronK Ways of Savins:. Don't save money by Using cheap soap. You will ruiu your complexion and have to buy cold cream If you do. Sewing In the dusk. Gaslight Is cheaper than oculists' bills. Wearing thin clothing. Flannel Is cheaper and better than medicine. Going without luncheon. You will Injure jour health and digestion If you do. Walking when overtired to avoid car-fares. You save In money but undermine your constitution, says Home Notes. Overworking. Nobody -thanks you. You will be cross and Irritable, arid your husband will wish you were not so zealous. Woman Farmer Does Own Work. Farm help Is so scarce In many localities that women farmers have been obliged to. do their own work. Miss Condell, who has a sixty-five-acre farm within en hour's ride of Chicago, In Illinois, flowed her own land, harvested her tay, hauled It in, took care of a field ol oats and a big fruit and truck garden. Women on School Boards. There are many women on the school boards In Scotland, and it seems a matter of course that they should be elected. In the larger cities they are among the most effective workers on the board. It will be only a question of time before they are. elected on all the school boards In the United States. Colored crepe de chine underwear is considered the height of luxury. Petticoats with silk flounce and Jersey top that fits like a glove are worn under princess gowns. Princess gowns of flowered silk, with lace neck fichus as the only trimming, are worn in the evening. Silver chain purses and bags are exceedingly popular, owing, perhaps, to the vogue for gray dress effects. A blouse matching the coat suit In color and material gives a "whole gown" effect when the coat Is left off. A filmy, smoke-gray veil, trailing off the. hat like a misty smoke wreath, Is the newest accessory to be possessed of. The newer neck ruffs have a bow of wide velvet ribbon at the back, with streamer ends reaching below the waist Much gauze and tulle are to be

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worn, even the earliest furs showing great bunches of tulle caught on by Jeweled ornaments. Veiling the flowers and ribbon trimmings In hats Is quite a feature at present The veiling Is usually the color of the hat itself, or of a tint to harmonize with the foliage. Blue is even more popular than brown, although less noticeably so, because of the peculiar staple position it enjoys, and plaids odd editions of Scotch plaids, rendered even more sober than the soberest of them usually is are in daily requisition. White feltj hats are pretty for autumn. One imported hat has the brim cut to a point back and front with an upstanding green ribbon, veiled in green net around the crown, with green wings on one side. The bandeau beneath is also covered with green loops. A feature of the new black Is that much of it Is embroidered in . heavy serges as well as fine henriettas r.cd silk-and-wool eollennes show silk embroidered figures, rings and dots scattered over the surface at somewhat wide Intervals. Charming voiles are seen with openwork silk . figures that give a very novel touch. mouse of Japanese Silk. It Is now demanded eft shirt waist that It be not only useful but that added Lo Its utilitarian qualities It must carry x style is well. Our model ! a smart little blue lawn with stitching or wnite, very retching when worn with Its blue serge skirt At each side of the center plait, back and front, Is one side plait, while, to help give the popular broad-shouldered tffect, thz fronts have wide box plait quite over to the sleeve seams. A stitched strap buttoned down over this adds a little decorative touch. The sleeves are made with the shirt cuffs but if preferred. maybe cut off Just below the elbows and finished with straight narrow cuffs. The style Is a very attractive and be coming one. Linens, lawns, Japanese silks or mercerized madras are all used for iueu blouses. Linen Hints. When hancimr vour linen to dpr . w - " J U.3C .a - - two lines comparatively close and parallel for your tablecloths and sheets. After the table linen Is thoroughly . A. M dried, remove it irom me line and prea -X - a . pare ro uampen iu a wnisic broom is excellent for the purpose. Table llnon. In order to bring out fl-A. 1 J. 1 A. tho nrigui gioss mat mates it attractive, should be dampened quite con siderably.. Sprinkle the tablecloths freely, being ena tlint tliA KPlvfdr ond nr h.. " " . - - w . vfc U(U1 stitched borders are thoroughly damp. irn nn iiiriiiiv. niiiiinr n p rn i frequently to spread the dampness. To Clean Chamois Leather. Wash in warm soapsuds. Renew the suds when dirty, and finally wring and hang the leather out to dry, occasionally pulling it with the hands during the process to make It soft says Home Chat. The soap left In the leath er prevents It from becoming hard, as It would do if rinsed in clear water. Would Protect German Women. Miss Maria Lydia Winkler, the German authoress, is lu this country as the special agent of the king to estab lish bureaus for the protection cf German immigrant girls. President Roosevelt has promised to co-operate with her In the work, and Miss Helen Gould is said to be much Interested in it Deads. Everything feminine wears beads, and the shops are yet full of dangling strings beseeching buyers. Lovely colorings are shown this year pale, trans lucent rose, yellow, amber, currant red, mauve and jade, as well as the ex quisite pinkish white coral. Lightning Prefers the Men. A curious fact revealed by statist! clans is, says the Sheffield Dally Tele graph, that tlv? number of men killet by lightning In England is nearly four times that of women. Charged with begging, a Halifax man advanced .he excuse that he was "lame through vaccination."

FIRST SIGNAL OF WAR

INCEPTION OF IMPORTANT BRANCH OF SERVICE. n. K. I. Alexander of Confederate Army Tells of Use of Xevr Means of Communication at First Bull Ilun Battle. In September, 1SÄ), the writer was a second lieutenant of engineers, U. S. A., and was on duty with the corps of cadets at West Point as assistant instructor in practical engineering. There, one Sunday morning, I be came acquainted with Dr. Albert J. Myer, assistant surgeon, U. S. A., and learned from him of the system of military signals which he had devised and which he was then under orders to de velop and bring into practical operation. lie had been authorized also to se lect some young officer to assist him in his experiments, and our accidental acquaintance resulted in his making application for me to be relieved from duty at West Point and assigned to duty with him. This was done, and I remained on duty with Surgeon Myer from Oct 3,4 1S59, until March, 18C0. The first three months were spent about New York harbor experimenting and perfecting our apparatus by dally and nightly sig naling between Fort Hamilton, on the Narrows, and Sandy Hook and Naveink Highlands. Then, everything beSIGNALLING ON ing satisfactory, we went tPwashlngton and exhibited the system to the military committees of both Houses, which resulted In the passage of a lawcreating a "signal corps," of which Surgeon A. J, Myer was made the head, with the rank of major. Resls-ns at Outbreak of War. I, at my own request, was returned to duty In my old corps, where I continued to serve until after the secession of Georgia, my native State. On May 1, 1SG1, I resigned, being then on duty at San Francisco, and I returned East via Panama, and i arrived in Richmond on June 1. Confederate armies were' being formed at that time in West Virginia, in the Shenandoah valley, at Manassas Junction, at Yorktown, and at Norfolk. On arrival, I was promoted captain of engineers, and several applications were made for me for different positions, but President DavU had been chairman of the military committee of the Senate when Major Myer and I had appeared before it on a number of occasions exhibiting the military signals, so he refused all applications for me, and, after making me put In operation a little factory for flags, torches, etc., on July 1 I was ordered to take myself and my system of signals to the army of General Beauregard at Manassas Junction. On June 29 General McDowell submitted to the War Department a plan for an advance upon Manassas Junction, to be begun on July 8, which had been accepted. Most fortunately for the Confederates, however, the Federal army, with all Its resources, was not ready to 6tart till July 10. Twenty miles of marching and a preliminary skirmish used up four days more, and only on July 21 was the battle delivered. Installs System of Slgrnals. So on my arrival at Manassas, July 2, 18G1, I really had much more time to install my system of signals than I expected, for "rumors of the foe's advance" now swelled upon nearly every breeze, and I lost no time. .1 had brought with me from Richmond all necessary flags, torches, glasses, etc, and the first thing was to select men. I soon made acquaintances among the officers and got the names of about fifteen bright young privates who might later be promoted as signal officers, and I had them detailed and assigned to me for duty. They were at once put upon a course of instruction and practice. Meanwhile I procured a horse, and between times began an exploration of the country which was to be our theater of action, to find out what facilities it offered to establish lines of signals. The topography was very far from favorable; .the country generally was flat and gently rolling. There were but few large bodies of woods, but very many medium sized ones and very much second growth pine. . Our line of battle had been chosen along the stream of Bull Run, about three miles north of Manassas, and the course or the stream was generally wooded and bordered with small fields and pastures, giving very few open stretches. I was not at all sanguine that I would be able to render any valuable service, but fortunately I had the time to make a thorough search of the whole country, and, as will be seen, one line which I opened up disclosed the-vital secret of the enemy's strategy in time to allow It to be successfully met. About a mile east of the little village of Manassas, on the farm of a Mr. Wllcoxen, I found a high rocky point covered with cedars, but having a good outlook over a valley to the northwest I made this point a central station, and by cleaning It off and by clearing at some other points, I got two straight 6lx mile ranges, northwest to a Wuff over Bull Run valley on our extreme left a short way above the stone bridge (by which the Warrentown pike crossed Bull Run), and the other north to Centervllle, about three miles beyond the run, opposite our center. Another station was found pear the run, opposite our right cester,

and a fourth near our headquarters t3 the village. This was the utmost that the topography permitted and I established them and set the men to practicing by day and by night It Is not necessary for me to refer to the operations preceding the 21st Early that morning McDowell's turning column was approaching Sudley ford, two miles above the Confederate left at stone bridge, and after a very early breakfast Generals Beauregard and Johnston, with their united staffs, started to the front opposite their center. They bad scut order? jo Ewell, on their extreme right to advance and turn the enemy's left, but these orders miscarried la some way and were never received. Consequently there was no action In our center, which was waiting in vain for the right to begin, nnd ample time was allowed McDowell's turning column to complete Iks long march, and to make the fight upon our left ' As the rather large party, with an escort of couriers, moved down the road soon after breakfast, General Beauregard called me to him and directed mo to take a courier and go to my central signal station on the hill near WIlcoxen's house, and remain there In general observation and to send him messages about anything that could be seen. Catches First Signal Flash.

By rare good luck the Wllcoxen hlU had a particularly good outlook be yond the Stone bridge. From It could be reen our signal station on the bluff In Ihe rear of Stone bridge, slx'mllet off, and then beyond that for miles the levtl valley of upper Bull Run, witn its fields, fences, pastures, etc., waj BULL RUN FIELD. foreshortened into one narrow band ol green. I arrive on Wllcoxen bih' about S.a. m. After a careful study oi the whole field with the glass, I flxei the glass upon the Stone bridge st tlon and got fron the operator then some details about the development of the morning. While I was reading the motions of his flag, the sun being low in the east and I looking toward the west, from up in the narrow band of green above the flag the ' falutesi twinkle of light caught my eye. Mj eyes were always remarkably quick and good and I had long training with tht glass. It was but a single flash. Tht color was that of brass and the shai of a horizontal line. It could be but the reflection of the morning un from the side of a brass gun. I brought mj glass very carefully ' to bear exactly, and presently made out a little swam of still fainter glitters, and 1 knew that It wn a column of bright musket barrels and bayonets. It was about 8:43 a. xn and I had discovered McDowell's turning column, the head of which at this hour was Just arriving at Sudley, eight miles away, At once appreciating how much U might mean, I thought It best to glv General Evans, in coiimand at thi Stone bridge, immediate notice, even before sending -word to Beauregard. So I signaled Evans quickly, "Look out for your left; you are turned." General Evans afterward told me that th picket which he had at Sudley, being driven In by the advance guard of tht enemy, had sent a messenger, and the two messengers, one with my warning and one with tie report of the picket; reached him simultaneously. The two repor's from different sources, coming toget'jer, thoroughly Impressed him with the gravity of the situation, and he acted Immediately, and with excel lent Judgment He left four companies of his command to occupy the enemj (Tyler and his three brigades) In hit own front and with the remainder ol his force (six companies of the Fourth South Carol'na and Wheat's Louisiana battalion) he marched to oppose and delay the turning column, at the same time sending word of his movement U Colonel Cocke, next oh his right In his official report Evans wannlj thanks Colonel Robert Wheat (who had been an old filibuster) for sound advice on the field, and I have no doubl but that Wheat was consulted and advised with here. Poor Wheat! h fought as well as he advised. He fell shot through both lungs. He recovered, but at his next fight, Gaines' Mill, eleven months afterward, he fell lead, Ing a charge, and cmld only exclaim, "Bury me on the field, boys. Having sent Evans my brief notice ol his Immediate danger, I wrote a nott to General Beauregard, which I can quote, I believe, verbatim, as it wai framed after my ldfA of what the reports of reconnolterlng officers should be the exact mathematical truth, th whole truth, and nothing but the truth, I kept no copy of It, but Its impression upon my mind was very vivid, and 11 was about aa follows: 'I see a body of troops crossing BuK Run about two miles above the Stone bridge. The head of the oolumn W In the woods on this side; the rear of the column Is In the woods on the other side. About a half mile of Its length is visible In the open between. I can see both Infantry and artillery." When I had written it, it looked verj tame for notice of the great event I took It to be; but 1 gave it to my courier and sent him off at a gallop, with some two and a half miles to go. .Geeral Beauregard, :n his report of the battle, does not mention the receipt of this note, but says generally that I gave him "seasonable and material assistance early lu the day with my system of signals." General Johnston is more explicitChicago Inter Ocean. Galvanized iron la not gxlvgr.'.rrl; t la zlzc-ccavtX 2