Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 8, Plymouth, Marshall County, 29 November 1906 — Page 3

Madame Midas

Hy Fergus Hume

CHAPTER V. (Continued.) "Pardon him not answering, Madame," äiterosed Vandeloup, "he ha the misfortune to be dumb. "Dumb?" echoed Ma lame, with a glance of commiseration, while' Archie looked startled, and Selina mentally observed that silence was golden. "Yes, he has been so from his birth it least, so he gives me to underhand," iaid Gaston, "but it's more likely the result of an accident, for he can hear though he cannot speak. However, he is ttrong and willing to work ; and I also. If you will kindly give me an opportuaity added he, with a winning smile. "You have not many qualifications," said Madame, shortly, angry with herself for so taking to this young man's suave manner. "Probaly not," retorted Vandeloup. with a cynical smile. "I fancy it will b more a case of charity than anything slse. as we are starving." "Sorely not as bad as that?" observed Mrs. Villiers, in a softer tone. "Why not?" retorted the Frenchman, sarelessly. "We are strangers in a strange land, and, it is hard to obtain employment. My companion Tierre cau work in jour mine, and if you will take me on I san keep your books" with a sudden glance at a file of papers on the table. "Thank you, I keep xuy own books,replied Madame, shortly. "What do you tay to engaging them, .Archie?" "We might give them a try," said Mc Intosh, cautiously. "Ye do need a figgei man, as I told ye, and the other man no work in the claim." "Very well, she said, sharply; "you are engaged, M. Vandeloup, as my clerk, and your companion can work in the mine. As to wages and all that, we will et tie to-morrow, but I think you will 3ad everything satisfactory." "I an sure of that, Madame, returned Vandeloup with a bow. "And now," said Madame Midas, graciously, relaxing somewhat now that busiaeas was over, "you had better hare some rapper. Pierre's face lighted up when he heard this invitation, and Vandeloup bowed politely. "Ton are very kind," he laid, looking .at Mrs. Villler in a friendly manner; Supper is rather a novelty to both of us." Selina meanwhile had gone out, and turned with sonra cold beef and pickles, and a large loaf of bread. These she placed on the table, and then retired to ber seat again, inwardly rebellion at having two tramps at the table, but outwardly calm. Pierre fell upon the victuals before him with the voracity of a starving animal, and ate and drank in such a savage manner that Madame was conscious of a kind of curious repugnance, and even Archie was startled out of his Scotch phlegm. Vandeloup, however, ate very little and ooa finished ; then tilling a glass of water he held It to his lips and bowed again to fladame Midas. "To your health, Madame," he said, lrinking. "We are not absolute barbarians, M. Vandeloup, said Madame, with a smile, aa she arose and held out her hand to the young man; "and nor god night, for I am feeling tired and I will see you tomorrow. Mr. Mcintosh will show you where you are to. sleep." . , Vandeloup took the hand she held out j :o him and pressed it to his lips with a udden gesture. "Madame, he said, passionately, "you are an angel, for to-day you have saved the lives of two men." Madame snatched her hand awr quickly, and a flush of annoyance sproi over her face as he saw how Sol inj and Archie stared. Vandeloup, however, did not wait for her answer, but went out, followed by Pierre. Archie put on his hat and walked out öfter them, while Madame Midas stood looking at Selina with a thoughful expression of coun teat nee. "I don't know if I've doue a right thing, Selina, she said at length; "but as they were starving I could hardly turn them away. "Cast your bread on the waters and it hall come back after many days buttered," said Selina, giving her own version of the text. CHAPTER VI. At the foot of the huge mound of whit? mulloch which marked the site of the Pactolus Mine was a long zinc-roof d building, which was divided into two compartments. In one of these the miners .eft their clothes, and put on rough ct nvas suits before going down, and here also they were searched on coming op in order to see if they had carried away any gold. From ihis room a long, narrow passageway led to the top of the shaft, so that any miner having gold concealed upon him could not throw it away and pick it up afterward, but had to go right into the searching room from the cage, and could not possibly I hide a particle without being found out by thf; searchers. The otler room was the sleeping apartment of such miners as stayed on the premises, for the majority of the men went home to their families when their work was done. There were three shifts of men on the Pactolus during 'the twenty-four hours, and each shift worked eight hours at a time. , When M. Vandeloup awoke next morning at G o'clock the first shift were not yet up, and some of the miners who had to go on at 8 were sleeping heavily in their beds. The sleeping places were berths, ranging along two sides of the room, and divided into upper and lower compartments like those on shipboard. Gaston having roused himself naturally wanted to see where he was, so rubbing his eyes and yawning be leaned on his elbow and took a leisurely survey of his position. v Gaston yawned once or twice, ' then feeling disinclined for any more sleep, he softly put on his clothes, so as not to awake Pierre, who slept in the berth below, and descending from his sleeping place groped his way to the door and went out into tue cool, fragrant morning. There was a chill wind blowing from the bush, bringing with it a faint aromatic odor, and on glancing downwards he saw that the grass was wet with dew. The dawn was burning redly in the east, and the vivid crimson of the sky put him in blind of that sunset under which he had landed with his companion on the Queensland coast. lie was near the mine by this time. and hearing some one calling to him be looked up, and saw Mcintosh. There was a stir in the men's quarters now, and lie could see the door was open and sev eral figures were moving rapidiy about, while a number of others were crossing the fields. The regular beat of the ma chinery still continued, and the smoke twas pouring out thick from the tall red chimney, while the wheels were spinning round in the poppet-heads as the nine lowly disgorged the men who had been working all night. Mcintosh came slowly along with his bands in his pockets and a pusaled look cn his severe face. He could not make up Ids mind whether to like or dislike this Tounr man. but Madam Midas had seem ed so impressed that be had ialf saade up fcis mind to dislike him out ol a spirit of

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bodies, he said to' himself, "a bonny face is all they bother their heads aboot." He looked grimly at the young man as he came briskly forward with a gay smile. "Ye're a very early bird," he said, fondling his frill of white hair, and lookin:; keenly at the tall, slim figure of the Frenchman. "Case of 'must,' ray friend." returned Vaudeloup, coolly ; "it's only rich men can afford to be in bed, not poor fellows like me." "Your no much like other folk," said the suspicious old Scotchman,' with a condemnatory sniff. "Of that I am glad," retorted Vandeloup. with suavity, as he walked beside him to the men's quarters. "What a horrible thing to be the duplicate of half-a-dozen other men. By the way." breaking off into a new subject, "Madame Midas is charming." "Aye, aye," said Archie, jealously, "we know all aboot the French-fangled way o' giving pretty words, and not a scrtp of truth in any o them." (Jaston was about to protest that he said no more than he felt, which was indeed the truth, but Archie impatiently hurried him off to breakfast at the office. They made a hearty meal, and, having had a talk, prepared to go below. First of all. they arrayed themselves in underground garments, which consisted of canvas trousers, heavy boots, blue blouses of a rough woollen material, and a sou'wester each. Thus accoutred, they went along to the foot of the poppet heads, and Archie having opened a door therein, Vandeloup saw the mouth of the shaft yawning dark and gloomy at his feet. As he stood there, gazing at the black hole which seemed to pierce down into the entrails of the earth, he turned round to take one last look at the sun before descending to the nether world. "This is quite a new experience to me," he said, as they stepped into the wet iron cage, which had ascended to receive them in answer to Archie's signal, and now commenced to drop down silently and swiftly into the pitchy darkness. Archie did not reply, for he was too much occupied in lighting his candle to answer. So they went on sliding down noiselessly into the gloom, while the wate j, falling from all parts, of the shaft, kept splashing constantly on the top of the cage and running in little streams over their shoulders. , "It's like a nightmare" thought the Frenchman, with a nervous shudder, as he saw the wet walls gVaming in the faint light of the candle. At last they reached the gtound. and found themselves in the main chamber, from whence the galleries branched off to east and west. Being accustomed to the darkness and knowing every inch of the way, the manager moved forward rapidly, and sometimes Vandeloup lagged so far behind that all he could see of his guide was the candle he carried, shining like a pale yellow titar in the pitchy darkness. At last Mcintosh went into one of the side galleries, and going up an iron ladder fixed to the side of the wall, they came to a second gallery thirty' feet bove the other, and branching off at right angles. "It's liko the catacombs in Home," said Vandeloup to Mcintosh ; "one could easily get lost here." "He might." returned Mcintosh, cautiously, "if he did not know all about the lie of the mine o'er yonder," putting one linger oti the plan and pointing with the other to the right of the tunnel, "we found a twenty-ounce nugget yesterday,'ud one afore that o' twenty-five, and the first face we were at two months ago .o'er there, 'pointing to the left, "there was a big one called the Villiers nugget, which as ye know is Madame's name.' "Oh. yes, I know that," said Vandeloup, much interested ; "do you christen all your nuggets?'" "If they're big enough,' replied Archie. "Then I hope you will fitd a hundreds ounce lump of gold, and call it the Vandeloup," returned the young man, laughing. . "There's -many a true word spoke in jest, laddie," said Archie gravely; "when we get to the Devil's Lead we may fine one o' that size." "Wjat do you mean by leads?" asked Vandeloup, considerably puzzled. Thereupon Archie opened his mouth, and gave the young man a scientific lecture on mining. "My faith," said Vandeloup, carelessly. With a merry laugh, as Archie concluded, "gold is as hard to get in its natural state as in its artificial." "An' harder,' retorted Archie, "for-bye there's no such wicked work about it." "Madame will be rich some day," remarked Vandeloup, as they left the office and walked up toward the house. "Maybe she will," replied the other, cautiously. "Australia's a grand place for the siller, ye know. I'm not very far wrong but what wi' industry and perseverance ye may make a wee bit siller yerself, laddie." "It won't be my fault if I don't," returned M. Vandeloup, gaily: and Madame Midas," he added, mentally, "will be an excellent person to assist me in doing so." CHAPTER VII. Gaston Vandeloup having passed all bis life in cities, found that his existence on the Pactolus claim was likely to be very drary. Day after day he arose in the morning, did his office work, ate his meals, and after a talk with Madame Midas in the evening went to, bed at 10 o'clock. Such Arcadian simplicity as this was not likely to suit the highly cultivated tastes he had acquired in his earlier life. As to the episode of New Caledonia M. Vandeloup dismissed it completely from his mind, for this young man never permitted his thoughts to dwell on disagreeable subject. A whole month had elapsed since Madame had engaged M. Vandeloup and his friend, but as yet the Devil's Lead had not been found. Madame, however, was strung In her belief that it would soon be discovered, for her luck the luck of Madame Midas was getting quite a proverb in Ballarat. ' One bright morning Vandeloup was in the office running up endless columns of figures, and Madame, dressed in her underground garments, was making ready to go below, just having stepped in to see Gaston. "By the way, M. VanÄeloup," she said in English, for it was only in the evenings they spoke French, "I am expecting a young lady this morning, so you can tell her I have gone down the mine," but will be back in an hour if she will wait for me." "Certainly, Madame," said Vandeloup, looking up with his bright smile ; "and the young Lidy's name?" "Kiciy Mf.rcharst" replied Madame, paus'ng moment at the door of the office; "'jhe is the daughter of the Rev. Marix Marchurst a minister at Ballarat. I thin!' you will like her, M. Vandeloup," she Trent on, in a conversational tone; "she Is a charming girl only 17, and extremely pretty." "Then I am sure to like her, returned Gaston, gaily; "I never could resist the hara of a pretty woman. Et wtnt to -work cn the fijarts taln,

when suddenly he heard a high, clear vole singing outside. At. first he thought It was a bird, but no bird could execute such trills and shakes, so by the time the voice arrived at the office door M. Vandeloup came to the conclusion that the owner of the voice was a woman, and that the woman was Miss Kitty Marchurst. He leaned back in his chair and wondered idly if she would knock at the door or enter without ceremony. The latter course was the one adopted by Miss Marchurst, for she threw open the door and stood there blushing and pouting at the embarrassing situation in which she now found herself. "I thought I would find Mrs. Villiers here." she said, in c low, sweet voice, the peculiar timbre of which sent n thrill through Gaston's young blood, as he arose to his feet. Then she looked up and catching his dark eyes fixed on her with a good deal of admiration in them, she looked down and commenced drawing figures on the dusty floor with the tip of a very dainty shoe. "Madame has just gone down the mine," said M. Vandeloup politely, "but she desires me to say that she would be back soon, and that you were to wait here, and I was to entertain you," then, with a grave bow. he placed the only chair in the office at the disposal of his visitor, and loaned up against the mantelpiece in an attitude of unstudied grace. Mis9 Marchurst accepted his offer and took furtive glances at him, while Gaston, whose experience of women was by no means limited, looked at her coolly, in a manner which would have been rude but for the charming smile which quivered upon his lips. (To be continued.) .

I " LUCKY IMMIGRANTS. A London editor ouce asked au American, a man of affairs, what bis country did with the Irish Immigrants who made so much trouble at home and seemed to be content with their lot in the United States. . "How do you work the transforma tion?" he inquired. "Painlessly," replied the American. "and without haste." He took the editor to a public school. where the children showed what proficiency they bad made In several studies. Then he requested the principal to ask all the children of foreign parentage to rise. Four-fifths of them did so. The American turned to the Englishman. "This is what we do with our Irish immigrants; we make them America n. Irish and Geruian immigrants were the' pioneer assimllatora of the American spirit, tut within recent years it has spread to the. Welsh, the Slavs and the Huns, and Increased rapidlyHere, one would say. Is less pliant material ; but In the State of Pennsylvania alone, in the mining regions, there are two or three hundred young men of these nationalities in college. Few, If any, have even well-to-do parents. They are sons of miners. When they arc graduated, they will not And everything decided for them without their troubling about it. They will not be handicapped by Inherited wealth,' uor an ancestral name In an indifferent state of preservation. Life for them will be what they make It. Their outlook Is as bright as that of the Pilgrims when they saw the first day awake and shed its light over the New World. Declaration of Independence. . In an article which he contributes to the North American Review II. Addlngtou liryee presents some "New Light on the Mecklenburg Declaration of Indejendeuee." Mr. Bruce outlines the history of the discussion which has raged for nearly a hundred years over the question whether or no the national declaration of independence was anticipated by the action of an assemblage of North Carolinians. At present the consensus of critical opinion Is adverse to the claims of those who would answer this question in the affirmative. But Mr. Bruce expresses the conviction that. In the light of evidence whic h has recently been unearthed ami which he spreads before the reader, the iossIbllIty of historian.- being compelled to reverse their verdict on this subject would now seem to be uimlnent. After quoting at leugth from the comments of an Interested critic on an ancient record recently discovered in Bethanla, N. C, Mr. Bruce concludes : "Here seems to be n sound chain of reasoning to establish the authenticity, authorship and date of the pamphlet. Once admitting that It was written In 178.'i or thereabouts It must be conceded that the friends of the Mecklenberg declaration have recovered a striking piece of evidence In supiort of their case. Taken together, the GrahamHay wood-Lehman discoveries point unmistakably to recognition of the existence of a Mecklenburg declaration long before 'John McKnlttV letter precipitated the century -old dispute. Historians can no longer afford to treat the problem with the superstition of incredulity. They have now to deal, not with nebulous theories nor with hypotheses sustained by little more than the enthusiasm of local pride and patriotism, but with concrete data which must be accepted or explained awaj Decidedly the time has arrived for a thorough review of all the evidence, new and old, tending to prove or disprove the claim that In North Carolina independence of the authority of Great Brittin was first formally articulated by her children across the seas." Senator lluar'a Favorite. The late Senator Hoar, rather against his will, once found himself at a sort of literary reception. Members of reading clubs, Browning societies and similar earnest folk were thick about him. The Senator bore up well for some time, but was finally forced to seek relief in his famous bunch of keys. About this time a woman of the gusher variety cornered him and began to "talk literature' "Oh, Senator," she chirped, "how I dote on BossettI ! Browning of course I love and In prose Walter Pater, but always I find myself returning to Dante Gabriel Rossettl. Tell me, Senator, who Is your favorite author?" "Bill Nye," came the answer, with a quick twirl of the keys. Boston Herald. Wont Yet. Tom How'a our old friend Dick? Harry Don't speak of him floor te low! Tom What is he dead? Harry Worse than that. Tom Heavens ! What haa happened to him? Harry He's run off with my wife J Translated for Tales from La Vida Galante. When a woman wants to be polite, but cannot honestly admire a frlend'a new tat, ah taya, 'It la Tery ctjlIcV

Xew Vocation tor Women. A new vocation for young women is that of the nursery kindcrgartner. in which the young yoman becomes a resi dent of the family. The salary paid is from ?40 to $J0 in New York, with board, and the kindcrgartner is supiposeu to be a graduate of a school for kindergarten training. The day of the Ignorant nursemaid for children who are able to walk and talk is coming to an end. as it should. Mothers who realize the fact that so much of the child's success in life deiends upon its knowledge of the English language will not dace-the little ones' at an Impressionable age in the care of women who use bad grammar and even slang. After the age of 10 or 12 a child who lias been trained from its infancy In the use of correct English Is not likelj' to suffer, but for the small girl or boy it is all Important that the many hours spent in the company of the nurse be .spent in the company of a woman of refinement of speech and action. Dressmakers who have difficulty in pressing curved seams will find a rolllug pin a good pressing board, if a clean cloth be wrapiied around It. When putting steel or whalebone into a bodice, bend them slightly at the -aist before putting Into casing. You .'vim find the bodice will fit to the figure much better. When putting on a collar make neck of bodice or blouse slightly smaller than baa of collar band, and notch bodice here and there while putting collar on. By so doing you avoid wrinkles. AU shirtwaist sleeves should be fitted with the arms crossed behind the back of the head as well as In other positions. A sleeve that la not the necessary length from the armhole to the elbow can never be a comfortable one ; it will always drag; and In many cases make the back of the blouse draw and wrinkle between the shoulders. Making Beef Tea. Every home nurse is supposed to know how to make beef tea, yet it is surprising how many failures are to be recorded in this apparently simple operation. The fault generally is that too little time Is given to the cooking. The point to be Ironie In mind Is that, as far as jwssible, the whole of the nutriment of the beef Is to be extracted. The best method of doing this Is to proceed as follows: Remove all the fat and skin from one iound of fresh gravy beef, cut it up Into small pieces and put it into a stone jar, with a pint of water and a little salt. Replace the lid of the Jar and let It stand all night. The next morning place the jar In a saucepan of boiling water and let It simmer gently but never boll for five hours. Straiu the fluid through a collander, but Instead of throwing away the residue of the meat, pound It hi a mortar Into a pulp, pass' It through ft wire sieve and add it to the beef tea. Beef tea made according to this recipe contains all the fiber and albumen of the meat, and is therefore much more nutritious than U-ef tea in the form It Is usually given. For wear with these black and white stoles are pretty marabou muffs, with three tails, tipied with white, laid on the top. , Old-fashioned bottlegreen and pucecolored velvets are trimmed with mink or sable for dlrectolre coats to lie worn with cloth skirts of the same shade. A pretty arrangement of the bridal coiffure is to have a nest of little curls right on top, encircled by a wreath of orange blossoms, from which the veil Is draped. Brown furs look exceitflonally well against brown or blue, although mink shows off well against certain shades of pluk and soft green, white, cream and biscuit tints. A short coat, much on the pony order. In beautiful mink skins. Is in the wardrobe of a bride-to-be. The stripes of the fur are so arranged as to form a regular pattern and to this and also to the appliques of embroidered velvet the jacket owes its novelty. A very novel button Is of black velvet set in silver and striped in silver bands, studded with rhlnestones. Another has a latticework of rhlnestones. These' brilliant stones are more used than ever, "and are combined with oxidized silver, gilt mother-of-pearl and smoked pearl In waving stripes, squares, scrolls and circles. Two shades of brown on one suit is a fashlonab combination which Is finding favor. One noted the other day was a brown cheviot, with revers and cuffs of a very light shade, trimmed with braid. The hat to go with this was of brown felt, with a light brown feather, while the brown shoes were worn with light brown spats. The tout ensemble was charming. A nice idea Is the matching of school frock and coat and when these two garments are of rough-finish blue serge the dress worn with white guinipe, and the coat a reefer, an fdeally practical school costume is attained. In dancing frocks for children a suggestion of the empire modes Is seen. In coats the empire style has a decided vogue. . A ribbon jumper makes a dainty addition to a young girl's wardrobe. They Are to be found ready made in novelty

plaid and pompadour ribbons, or la black velvet, which is as pretty as any other over a lingerie or net shirt waist. They are a sort of lattice with halfsleeves and have a charming effect 'on a slim figure. By the aid of a jumper the same material as the jupon which Is composed simply of straps a three piece suit can easily le made with little trouble and expense-.

Suffrage for Women Vetoed. The commute on municipal elections of the charter convention at Chicago voted against equal suffrage, and the women of Chicago will have to make up their minds not to vote very soon. Charles Rosenthal, the chairman of the committee, said that he thought that giving the ballot to women would make them lose "tin liner qualities that men wish so much to preserve." No doubt the ladies would be better pleased If it would be also decided that it is detrimental to their "finer qualities" to require women to pay their taxes every year. Duel of the Sein. Arguments are not real Interesting to women unless they get a chance to cry, nor to men unless they get a chance to get mad. Some women have less trouble training their husbands than they do the honeysuckle vines on the front porch and some have more. One of the times that a man tlioroughly appreciates a wife Is when he has to put his proicrty in her name to keep it from his creditors. The kind of a man a woman really likes Is the oue who will walk further to exchange a spool of thread for her than he will to take a drink. Woman's Magazine. Charm of V?at neaa. There is an exquisite charm about a neatly dressed woman. She does not wear her hair is if it is just about to fall on her shoulders. Her gloves are not ripped at the seams, nor are any BACK Aim FRONT buttons missing from her boots. Her veil does not reveal a hole over her chlu uor does the binding of her skirt show ragged In places. The wellgroomed woman considers that neglect In these little things is full of shanie to womankind. Note the well-dressed, tailor-built woman. Her cloth gowu fits her without a crease and there Is neither speck nor spot on it. Her linen collar and cuffs are snowy white and remain properly fixed in their places. Her gloves do not wrinkle but button smoothly over her wrists; her shoes are dainty and polished. Her bonnet or hat is pinned on straight and her hair is neatness Itself. She is the picture of delicate finish and wholesome order. latroduclnar I'nfanhlonable. The no-Introduction fad. says Harper's Bazar, is carried to such an extent In New York that at a recent luncheon not oue of the ladles present knew the guests of honor whom they had been invited to meet. Being friends of the hostess they were presumed to 1k friends of the guest, but she would much have preferred to have had less taken for . granted and to have been -presented to each of the ladles present. i tiave Good Advice to Coeds. At the Northwestern University the other day Prof. A. W. Patten told the coot's that they should not accept exj tensive bouquets from the young men, nor should they allow the boys to buy candy or take them out in carriages when the weather was good for walking, as by doing these things students spent more money than they could afford. To Help Siek Bablea. The death rate amoug babies Is higher In Germany than in any other country of Europe except Austria and Russia, which seems strange when oue takes Into account the fact that the mothers devote so much of their time to their households. The Empress of Germany has contributed a large sum to help found au institution to be devoted to, the saving of Infant life. Splnntem In Demand. Dignified, mature women and "over 30" are more In demand now than ever before In the business world. Bankers, brokers, lawyers and other employers are beginning to realize that the average girl of 18 is Incompetent to be Intrusted with their confidential business, and the mature woman, is, consequently, asked for when they ire seeking help. How to Meet tbe Expense. An interesting bit of reckoning for the housekeeper nowadays is to count up the ways In which she is saving to make up for the extra expense of living. It costs nearly $300 a year more In one family than It used to a couple

of years ago, owing to the high price of everything. If the income Increases with the expense, of course there Is no necessity for economy; otherwise the head of the family must cut her expenses to equal the income. One family has given up the magazines and get them from the library; a maid Is kept only during the liot months of summer and In the fall, and the work is done by the members of the family to save the expense. There are many expedients, and while it is all hateful, It Is nevertheless necessary and may result in good after all.

Quaint Turban.. J A quaint turban of black beaver,, with a red velvet rosette on one side from which falls a scarlet feather. Mortality of Women. In the European countries the- mor tality rate among women is greater than among men. What precisely creates this condition In civilized environmeuts is discussed by Dr. F. Prenzing In the Atchlv fur Biologie. He states that until 5 years of age the boy dies OF-SATIN EVEHUZd GQ7E3. faster than the girl ; but between 5 and. 1 the girL c-arries it to the other extreme, one of the great factors being tuberculosis. But It is between 13 and 20 that these figures take- on a formidable appearance. It I Immaterial whether the city or country furnishes the data. Anaemia I the scourge; This, high rate- among women Is significant of modern conditions. It goes hand in hand with the entrance' of women Into industry. Dtffereare tn Tmtn. In China the women bind their feet and do other foolish things because- the men desire it, and their chance of marriage would bo next to nothing If their feet were large. In America women do foolish thing, but they set the standard, which the men obediently admire. Whatever his womankind thinks pretty, the American man subscribes to, and it seems that either one or the other must play a foolish part. Two ltleh Shoppers. Miss Helen Gould and Mrs. Russell Sage are often seen shopping in NewYork Cltj and they never would t taken for two of the richest women In the world. They generally walk from shop to shop, enjoying looking at the window displays, and take th same delight In buying as though either or them was not able to give a check forthe entire store and hardly miss the money. rl Novel Scheme. An ingenious way of marking cloth has just come in. The tissue pa(cr pattern Is pasted upon the cloth, which Is then placed In the sewing machine. There Is no thread in the needle. But the paper pattern Is stitched along the line of the design. And when the pattern or design is lifted there Is a handsome pattern all outlined underneath. The little fine needle has marked It out In the prettiest manner possible. ' Why-She Sueeeeiled. Mrs. Itawlcs Iieader thinks that men do not go about It' in the right way to win the regard of their clerk, who are so often In need of sympathy. She says that when she ran a typewriting office in New York she kissed her sixty girl employes morning and evening. She has succeeded and is now not running a typewriting office, but as a million alress is telling less fortunate business people her secret of success. Wllbrlmlna Llngnlit. Queen Wilhelmina of Holland is an excellent linguist, for besides her knowledge of Malay, she speaks French, German and English as fluently as her native Dutch, and she knowa something besides of Italian and Russian.'

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Every schoolboy knows the story of the Monitor and can tell how, built as aja experiment, she made her appearance in Hampton Roads at a critical time in the civil war, saved a fleet from destruction. Inspired a feeling of confidence In our national ability to cope with emergencies and practically revolutionized naval warfare. , Not many are aware that the sole surviving offiaer of that famous craft that Is to say, the only one who, ordered to her before she was launched, remained with her until she ended her brief but glorious career by going to the bottom off Cape- Hatteras live In New York. He Is Capt. Louis N. Stod-der,-United States revenue cutter service, recently retired. Capt Stodder's liair and mustache axe white, but he Is aa active as he was twenty years ago. He Is of erect figure and has the air and voice of a strict disciplinarian, but he has a keen sense of humor and seems to enjoy life thoroughly. Owing to his great modesty,. It Is difficult to get him to talk of- bis experience with and in the Monitor, and it was only after he had been fairly trapped the other day during one of his visits to Capt Nevcomb that he consented to become- reminiscent for a brief space of time and to tell over the career of the "little cheesebox of a raft" which took so great a part in the making of history. I was navigating officer and sailing master on the Monitor," said Capt Stodder,. "having joined her when she was still on the stocks at Rowland's shipyard, Greenpolnt now, I think, the Continental Iron. Works.. I recollect when I went over to see her for the first time I talked with some of the workmen in the yard. 'You had better take a good look at her now,' they said, a you won't see her after she strikes the water. She's bound to go to tbe bottom of the East river and stick there, sure-. But, of course, she did no such thing. They thought she- could never be launched successfully, owlngr to the thirty feet of overhang at the stern, which was likely as she left the ways to bury Itself In the mud. But Ericsson made wooden tanks filled with holes, with just enough buoyancy to hold up her stern when she struck the water,' until the tanks filled, and the launching was successful. "Of course, most people did not be lleve in her. I waa thrown Into contact with Ericsson, who gave me many points about the craft, and I was rather confident she would give an account of herself. "She was rather a hasty job, was tbe Monitor, put together and delivered In approximately ninety days, and presented some defects which might have been remedied had there been more time allowed, for instance, It was. 1m possible to fire both her guns at one time, for the reason that the masses of Iron which closed, over the portholes In the turret after firing drew to the center Instead of to the sides, and,, the two holes being very close together, there was not room between for both covers at one time "The Monitor was- fitted: out at theBrooklyn Navy Yard with, two elevenInch Dahlgrens of the type which composed the batteries of the frigates, constructed only for throwing shells, and In which we had orders to use only fifteen pounds of common black powder for dlcharglng a 103-pound solid shot For the same caliber of gun they now use from 250 to 500 pounds of powder, and the effect of one of our shot might have- been compared. la a way to that of a big: rubber ball thrown, by hand, such little penetrative possibility was there when fired against solid iron. "On her first start from the navy yard the Monitor got only as far as Fulton ferry when her steering gear became disabled and we had to. put back. Our final start was made on March t?, 1S2, under the tow of the tug Seth Low. This was merely to have been a trial trip, as the vessel was not paid for, and the condition of her final acceptance was to- have been that she was to go down to Hampton. Roads, steam up the- Potomac, passing Miccessfully the- Confederate batteries along the shores of that river, ami reach Washington. Lieut JL L. Worden wt In command. "We- arrived; In the mouth of the Chesapeake late In the afternoons of March, 8, and heard firing when we were twenty miles distant from Hampton Roads. This we took to be- the guns of Fortress Monroe at practice, and the powder boat from which we gfft our ammunition could give us no Information. We did not realize what had happened until we got near enough to see the Congress burning. "It was about 7:30 o'clock the next morning when the MerrLmac, which had anchored the night before around Sewell's Point, showed her nose coming out of the Elizabeth river, and after we bsd got a look at her tbe crew was piped to quarters. Everybody was shut In. Lieut Worden was in the square pilot house forwavd, whose peepholes, four narrow silts, one on each side, afforded the only view of what was going on outside the vessel. Lieut. Greene was In command of the t irret, and I had charge of the turret machinery, which was worked by a wheel In ' the turret Itself. In the tower, whose Inside diameter was only twenty feet, were twenty men, headed by the boatswain's mate, ten men to each gun. "When sighted the Merrlmac was amout five miles away, and her crew caught sight of us at the same time we first saw them. We steamed to a position between her and the Minnesota. As the Merrlmac came up she took no uotlce of us, but attempted to pass in order to reach the Minnesota. Then we opened fire with one gun. "She replied to our fire, and then we closed In and fought each other until after noon. Most of the time we were not more than 200 yards apart and through the portholes as we were going to fire I caught glimpses of her crew fcs they loaded their guns. Finding she could not Injure us with her fire, the Merrlmac attempted to run us down, but In doing so she swung right alongside of us. "I had carelessly placed my knee against the wall of the turret while leaning over for something, and when a fbot rtrucit the octsld I vras tzzj

bj the concussion clean over both guna to the floor of the turret They picked me up unconscious and took me below, where it was fully an hour before I came to. "Lieut Worden directed all the firing from the pilot house, through the sight holes which had been made by chipping out beveled spaces between the iron logs of which the little structure waf built Our turret revolved so much we could not tell which was bow or "stern. When a shell exploded outside the pilot house powder was flung through the sight ho'es into the commander's eyes, and this, together with the fact that the ammunition in the turret was all gone, and It waa necessary to get the tower Into a certain position in order to hoist more out of the hold, caused us to withdraw from action. When we were ready to go at It again the Merrlmac was on her way back to Norfolk. "She? came out six weeks later while we were bombarding Sewell's Point and defied the Union fleet which Immediately scattered back for Fortress Monroe, and remained a constant source of menace until President Lincoln and Secretary Stanton came down from Washington in the old revenue cutter Miami, formerly the English yacht Lady Marchand. They went over to Lynn haven bay and spent the auy, and when they came back orders were given that no boats should leave Fortress Monroe except under orders, but that the Monitor must go up to Norfolk. "The officers of the Monitor, soma time before, had Joined In a petition to the President to be allowed to find tha Merrlmac and destroy her, but he had replied that we had only one Monitor and could not risk her. Norfolk, however, had fallen In the meantime, and the Merrlmac, thus without a base, still remained In the Elizabeth river. It was on Mty 9 that we got orders to proceed to Norfolk early the next morning.. The Merrlmac's officers,. It turned out finding that Norfolk was lost, iiad returned to make an effort to pass our fleet and go up the James river to Richmond, and had lightened their craft by turowlnj overboard til ballast, xpare stores and every tiling movable but powder and shot "Just after we had gotten under way we made out the Merrlmac passing Sewell's Point Nearly everybody that could came on deck to watch her. Immediately after we had caught sight of her it seemed as If the whole vessel was suddenly lifted from the water, and, bursting apart scattered In every direction. That waa the end of the Merrlmac We captured two of her midshipmen later In the day and learned that ber commander, finding that, with the westerly wind blowing tha tide would go down so that he would still be unable to get up the Jazne river, had determined to blow her cp. "We lay at Washington until December, I think It was, when we sailed under sealed orders for Hampton Roads. On Dec. 20 the steamboat Rhode Island took us In tow and we got as far as Hatteras. when I left tha vessel In a considerable state of dishabille." "How was thatr "Well, I have seen weather Just as bad In those parts many times since, but It was blowing pretty hard trorn the southwest and the Rhode Island, being a powerful steamship, towed us faster than our engines could keep up with, and the sea beating under our fifteen-foot overhang at the bow, ripped us apart, notwithstanding Cot William F.. Church, who gives another reason for the disaster that overtook us. The Monitor's upper p-irt was- a separate structure from the tower, to which It waa riveted, and the big seas body cutting a towllne?" suggested Capt Newcomb, who "was present at th Interview.. , "Well, that was nothing." was the reply. "You see, I was pretty sure T was going down anyhow, so when Capt Bankhead. who was In command, sang out that he wanted the towllne cut I decided a minute or two wouldn't make much difference, and, picking up a hatchet made my way forward, holdingon to- the- rail,, followed by two men. They were- swept overboard and drowned, but I got up to the bow and began to hack at the line, a thlrteenInch hawser. It was not an easy Job.. . and w hile T was hacking-at It a big sea came over the- bow. It did not wrench me- from my position, but it lifted an 1,800-pound cover from the anchor well and carried It back against the pilot housef "I was on' deck all the time, with nothing on but a flannel shirt and a pair of trousers, and signaled to the Rhode Island that we were sinking and to send boats. The boat that came got some of our men off, but It was flung against the Monitor, scattering the men In the' water, and It was naif an hour before they were all picked up. We were eveutuaüy taken off. all except sixteen, three of whom had drowned before help came, and the other thirteen of whom had taken to the top of the turret, where they could not be reached. That Is alt I guet-s." St. Louis Republic. I)eafaea from CVaaoaadlna:. "-)n of the newspapers," said th Majwr. ''are making light of the complaints of the British soldiers in South Africa, to tbe effect that cannonading, caused them to lose the cense of heartag. This Is no laughing matter. I know a good many mtn who after a battle would lie as deaf as a post for five or six days. On others the effect of cannonading would be to make tha ears extraordinarily sensitive to sound. After the hot work at Shlloh the breaking of a twig sounded to me like the shot of a rifle, and a blow with ac ax in chopping down a tree sounded like the explosion of a bombshell. In all such cases then! was improvement after three or four days, but some med are deaf to this day because of the cannonading at Stone River or Gettysburg. "I remember several cases In which our own field guns fired over our men hugging the ground In front of them. In all the turmoil of battle the uiMi noticed only the difference between Rodman and Parrott and the ordinary brass field pieces In action. Their ears were tuned, as it were, to big sounds, to the sharp, spiteful explosms of tin Rodniau or the Parrott, and to th swish of the enemy's several kinds of shells. They were surprised when th artillery ceased firing to not hear words of command. Looking up, they saw the Captain gesticulating and or-

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