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THy Fergus CHAPTER XV. (Continued.) Slivers was just goin;r out to seek him ft'hen the door of his office was violently wu.ng lopen, and a tall, raw-boned female ntered in a bonnet placed askew on her rouh hair. This lady banged on Slivers' table a hule umbrella and demanded shere Villiers was. "I don't know," snapped Slivers vitiously, "how should I?" "Don't sneer at me, you wooden-legged tionater." cried the virago, with another bang of the umbrella, which raised such l cloud of dust that it nearly made Slivers neeze his head of. "lie ain't been home U night, and you're been leading him bito bad habits, you cork-armed libertine." "Ilasn't been home all night, eh?" said Slivers, sitting up quickly, while Billy retired to the fireplace and tried to conceal himself up the chimney. "May I isk who you are? "You may," said the angry lady, fold-In-her arms and holding the umbrella in uch an awkward manner that she nearly poked Slivers' remaining eye out. "I'm bis landlady, Matilda Cheedle is my name, and I don't care who knows it." "It's not a pretty name," snarled Slivers. "Neither are you. What do you mean hy banging into my office like an Insane giraffe?" this in allusion to Mrs. Cheedle's height. "Oh, go on ! go on !" said that lady defiantly. "I've heard it all before; I'm used to it; but here I sit until you tell tne where my lodger is;" and suiting the action to the word, Mrs. Cheedle sat down in a chair with such a bang that IHII7 gave a screech of alarm and said, "Picklea '." "111 have a look round, 'and if I see him I'll swnd him home," said Olivers, to intimate the interview was at end Very well, mind you do," said the widow, risicg. "Send I.im at once and 1 11 speak to him. And perhaps," with a bashful glance, "you wouldn't mind seeing me up the street a short way, as 1 m alone and unprotected." "Stuff!" retorted Slivers, ungraciously, "there's plenty of light, and you are big eDousrh to look after yourself. At this Mrs. Cheedle snorted loudly like a war horse, and flounced out of the office in a rage, after informing Slivers in n leud voice that he was a selQsb, cork-eyed little viper. When she had gone Slivers locked up his oßce and sallied forth to find the miss ing Vill.ers, but though he went all over town to that gentleman s favorite haunts. he could see nothing of him; and on niak lng Inquiries heard that he had not been een in Ballarat all day. This ras so contrary to Villiers' gen eral habits that Slivers became suspicious and as he walked home thinking over the subject he came to the conclusion there was something up. "If." said Slivers, pausing on the pave ment and addresing a street lamp, "he -doesn't turn up to-morrow I'll have a look for him again. If that don't do I'll tell the police, and I shouldn't wotder.' went on Slivers, musingly. "I shouldn't wonder if they called on Madame Midas CHAPTER XVI.Slivers was puzzled over Villiers disappearance, so he determined to go in search of evidence against Madame Midas, though f- r what reason he wanted evi dence against her no one but himself knew. The reason he had for turning detective was simply this: It soon became known that Madame Midaa had been robbed by her husband of the famous nugcet, and great was the indignation of -everyone against Mr. liners. Slivers waylaid Barty and asked him to drop into his of5ce with a view of finding out from him all the events of that night. "It's very kind of yon to ome and talk to an" old chap like me," said Slivers, in as amiable a tone as he could com mand. -You're such a jay young fel low." Barty acknowledged modestly that he was gay, but that he owed certain duties to society, and had to be mildly social "And so handsome!" croaked Slivers, winking with his one eye at Billy, who sat on the table. "Oh, hes all there, ain't he. Billy?" Billy, however, did not agree to this. and merely observed "Pickles," In a dis believing manner. Bariy felt mtber overcome by this praise, and blushed in a modest way, but felt that he could not return tue compliment with any degree of truth, as Slivers was not handsome, neither was he all there. Slivers, who had thns gained the good - will of the young man by flattery, plunged into the subject of Villiers disappearance. "I wonder what's become of Villiers," he said, artfullj. Tm sure I don't know," said Barty in a languid, used-up sort of voice. "I baven't seen him since ladt Monday week." "Where did you leave him on that night?" asked Slivers. "At the corner of Start and Lydiard streets, early in the morning, about 2 o'clock, I think." "And you never saw him after that?" "Not a sight of him," replied Barty; "but. I say. why all this thusness?" "I'll tell you after you have answered my questions," retorted Slivers, rudely, "but I'm not asking out of curiosity tt business." "Well, go on; I'll answer.' "Who else was with yoa and Villiers on that nicht?" asked Slivers in a magisterial kind of manner. A French fellow called Vandeloup." "Vandeloup!" echoed Slivers in surprise; "oh, indeed! what was he doing?" "Enjoying himself," replied Barty, coolly; "he came into the theater and Villiers introduced him to me; then Mr. Wopples asked us all to supper." "What time did Vandeloup leave?" asked Slivers. "He stayed all night in town." "Oh!" ejaculated Slivers in an excited manner, drumming on the table with his fingers. "Where did he stay? "At the Wattle Tree Hotel." Slivers mentally made a note of this, an' determined to go there and find out .t what time Vandeloup had come home on the night in question, for this suspicious old man had now got it into his bead that Vandeloup was in some way responsible for Villiers disappearance. "Where did Villiers say he was join when he left you?" he asked. "Straight home." "Humph! Well, he Jdn't go home at II. What's become of him? Men don't disappear in this mysterious way withput some reason. He's been murdered!" "I say!" ejaculated Barty, jumping up from his caair in alarm ; you re going too Ux, old chap." "I'm going further," retorted Slivers. Using from his chair and stumping up end down the room; Tm going to u:d oat who did it, and then I'll grind her to powder; 111 twist her neck off, curse tr.M "Is It A woman?" asked Barty, who now began to think of making a retreat, for Slivers, with his one eye blazing, and bis cork arm swinging rapidly to and fro, was not a pleasant object to contemplate. That's what I want to find out," re

S Hume plied Slivers, sulkily, going back to hi chair. "Well," said Barty, going to the door, "I'm late for my engagement ; ta. ta, old chap, I hope you'll drop on the he or she you're looking for; but you're quite wrong. Villiers has bolted with the nugget, and that's a fact, sir." and with an airy wave of his hand Barty went out, leaving Slivers in anything but a pleasant temper. "Bah ! you peacock," cried this wicked old man, banging his wooden log against the table, "you eyeglass idiot you brainless puppy I'm wrong, am I? We'll see about that. I've found out all I want from you. and I'll track her down, and put her in jail, and hang her hang her till she's as dead as a door nail." Having given vent to this pleasant sentiment. Slivers put on his hat, and, taking his stick, walked out of his office, but not before Billy saw his intention and climbed up to his accustomed place on the old man's shoulder. CHAPTER XVII. It was some time before Mrs. Villiers recovered from the shock caused by her eneounf-er with her husband. The blow he had struck her on the side of the head turned out to be more serious than was at first anticipated, and Selina deemed it advisable that a doctor should be called in. So ATchie went to Ballarat, and returned to the Pactolus with Dr. GollIpec, who soon verified the adage that appearances are deceptive by bringing Madame Midas back to health in a wonderfully short space of time. She was now convalescent, nd, seated in the armchair by the window, looked dreamily at the landscape. She jras thinking of her husband,' and in what manner he would annoy her next; hut she half thought that having got the rugget he would now leave her alone. One result of Madame's illness was that M. Vandeloup had met Dr. Gollipeck, and the two, though apparently dissimilar in both character and appearance, had been attracted to one another by a liking which they had in common. This was the study of toxicology, a science at which the eccentric old man had spent a lifetime. lie found Vandeloup a congenial spirit, for the young Frenchman had a wonderful liking for the uncanny subject: but there was a difference in the aims of both men, Gollipeck being drawn to the study of poisons from a pure love of the subject, whereas Vandeloup wanted to find out the secrets of toxicology for his own ends. Wearied of the dull routine of the office work, Vandeloup was taking a walk in the meadows which surrounded the Pactolus, when he saw Dr. Gollipeck shuffling along the dusty white road from the railway station. "Good-day, Monsieur le Medecin," said Vandeloup, gaily, as he came up to the old man. "How goes the great work?" "Capitally." returned the doctor, with a complacent smile; "just finished Catherine de Medici' wonderful woman, sir quite a mistress of the art of poisoning." "Humph !" returned Vandeloup, thoughtfully, "I do not agree with you there; it was her so-ca!led astrologer, Uuggieri, who prepared all her potions, Catherine certainly had the power, but Uuggieri possessed the science a very fair division of labor for getting rid of people, I must say but what have you got there?" nodding towards a large book which Gollipeck carried under his arm. "For you," answered the other, taking the book slowly from under his arm a work on toxicology." "Thank you," said Vandeloup, taking the heavy volume and looking at the title. "French. I see ! I'm sure it will be pleas ant reading." When he- was gone the mocking smile so habitual to Vandeloup's countenance faded away, and his face assumed t a thoughtful expression. He opened the book and turned over the leaves rapidly. but without finding what he was in search of. With an uneasy laugh he shut the volume with a sr.ap and put it under his arm again. "He's an enigma," he thought, referring to the doctor; "but he can't suspect anything. The case may be In this book, but I doubt if even this man with the barbarous name can connect Gaston Van dtdoup of Ballarat with Octave Braulard of Paris. His face reassumed its usual gay look, And he walked into the house and founJ Madame Midas seated in her arm chair near the window looking pale and ill. while Archie was walking up and down in an excited maner, and talking volubly in broad Scotch. As to Dr. Gollipeck, that eccentric Individual was standing In front of the fire in an abstracted manner. Selina was in another room getting drink for Madame, and as Vandeloup en tered she came back with it. "Good day, Madame," said the Frenchnan, advancing to the table, and putting his hat and the book down on it. "How are you to-day?" "Better, much better, thank you," said Madame, with a faint smile; "the doctor asures me I shall be quite well in a week." "With perfect rest and quiet, of course, interposed Gollipeck, sitting down. "Which Madame does not seem likely to get,' observed Vandeloup, dryly, with a glance at Mcintosh, who was still pac ing up and down the room with an ex pression of wrath on. his severe face. "Gu, ay," said that gentleman, stop ping in front of Vandeloup, with a fine expression of scorn. "Do you know what a the matter wi' me?" "Not being in your confidence," replied Gaston, smoothly, "I can hardly say that I do." "It's just that Peter o' yours," said Archie, with a snort; "a poor wicked un baptized child o' Satan." "Archie!" interposed Madame, with some severity. "Your pardon's begged, mem," said Ar chie, sourly turning to her, "but as for that Peter body, the saints keep me hand '"m itching to give him ane on the head. uon I think o' him." "What's he been doing?" asked Vandelonp, coolly. "I am quite prepared to bear anything about him In his present state." "It's just this," burst forth Archie, wrathfully. "I went into the town to the hotel, to tell the body he must come back to the mine, and I find him not in a fit state f. if a Christian to speak to." "The-efore," interposed Vandeloup, In his evu voice, without lifting his eyes, "it wivi a pity you did speak to him." "I went to the room," went on Archie, excitedly, without paying any attention .0 Vandeloup's remark, "an he flew on me wi' a dirk. I had the sense to bang the door to and turn the key in the lock. Do you call that conduct for a civilized body?" "The fact is, M. Vandeloup," said MadI ame, quietly, "Archie is so annoyed at this conduct that he does not want Lemaire to come back to work." "I should just think so," cried M?Intoh. "Fancy an imp of Beelzebub like him In the bowels o' the earth. It makes my blood run coli when I think o the bloodthirsty pagan." To Vandeloup this Information was not unpleasant. He was anxious to get riTof Pierre, who was such an Incubus, and now saw that he could send him away

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him. But as he was a diplomat'c young man he did not allow his satisfaction to appear ca his face. "Aren't you rather hard on him?" he said; "he will be all right soon." "I tell ye I'll not have him back," said Archie, firmly; "he's one o' those foreign bodies full of revolutions an confusion o' tongues, and I'd not feel safe in the mine if I knew he was down below wi his dirk." "I really think he ought to go," said Madame, looking rather anxiously at Vandeloup, "unless, M. Vandeloup, you do not want to part with him." "Oh, I don't want him," said Vandeloup, hastily; "as I told you, he was only one of the sailors on board the ship I was wrecked 'in, and he followed me up here because I was the only friend he had, but now he has got money or, at least, hi wages must come to a good amount." "Forty pounds," interposed Archie. "So 1 think the best thing he can do is to go to Melbourne, and see if he can get back to Frante." "And you. M. Vandeloup?" asked Dr. Gollipeck, who had been listening to the young Frenchman's remarks with great interest : "do you not wish to go to France?" Vandeloup rose coolly from his chair, and, picking up his book and hat, turned to the doctor. "My dear monsieur," he said, leaning up against the wall in a graceful manner, "I left France to see the world, so until I have seen it I don't think it would be worth while to return." (To be continued.)

HAD SNAKE ABOUT HIS NECK. Sleeper In .Tent orrowljr F.ncaped SnfToentlon by Heptlle. F. E. Feve, an employe of the Northern Electric, had a most thrilling experience with a snake recently, and one that he will not forget iu a Lurry, says the Orovllle correspondent of the Sacramento Union. Feve occupies a tent made of gunnysacks, In the western portion of the town. One night he retired as usual, only to be awakered by a feeling that he was ix.-ing strangled. He attempted to cry out, but so tightly was bis throat bound that hi could make no sound and was forced to lie there, gasping for every breath. As he became fully awake he realized that something must be done or he would be strangled. He grabbed frantically at his throat and his hand slipped over the scales of a huge snake; which had coiled Itself around his neck. He frantically pulled the colls loose, the reptile resisting biin and biting him in the cheek. II is companion had awakened in the meanwhile and came to Feve's rescue. The two pulled the snake away, and threw it to the floor, where It glided away while the men attended to' Feve's wound. Luckily they realized that the bite would not be serious as they saw that the reptile was a gopher snake. A Good Sale. A well-known public accountant was talking about good and bad "Business Systems." . During bis discourse he told this story of a system used in one of the nearby summer resorts: "One day a man came Into this stors and bought some silk and told the clerk to charge It. The clerk forgot to ask whom It -was to be charged to, and when the purchaser went out he asked his proprietor what to do about It The proprietor, not wanting to lose the money, the bill amounting to $10, told the salesman to charge it to each person who had an account there. Tboss who didn't buy It will kick and be who did will no doubt pay for It,' he said. "A mouth later the proprietor asked the 'bookkeeper : "'Did you find out who got that silk about a month ago?' "'No, sir, I did not, was the reply, but seven different customers have paid for If" Knrw He XV mm a Speaker. There Is related an anecdote of former Speaker I teed of the House of Itopresentatives, which Is almost good enough to be true. He had visited a barber shop In Washington for a shave. After the negro barber bad scraped his chin, he began to cast about for further work, or for a chance to sell hair tonics. "Hair purty thin, sub," he said, fingering the two or three stray locks that fringed Mr. Heed's bald pate. "Been that waj long, sua?" "I was born that way," replied Reed. "Afterward I enjoyed a brief period of hirsute efflorescence, but It did not endure. The barber gasped and said no more. Later some one told Tilm he had shaved the Speaker. ".Speakah!" he exclaimed. "Don't I know dat? I should say he was speakah, sure r.uf I" a Womau'i Opportunity. Meeting a negro, a certain Southern gentleman asked him how he was get ting on. The negro assumed a troubled look and replied: "Oh, so far's pliysicality goes, I'm all right; hut I sure do. have ma trou bles wlf ma wife." "Well, Sim. I'm sorry to hear that What seems to be the matter?" "She's thinks money grows en trees, I reckon. All de time she keeps pes ferin' me foh pinch o change. If It iln't 11 dollah It's a half or a quarter she wants." . "What on earth does she do with the money?" "I dunno. Ain't nevah give her none yet" x Life Hunarer. The shadowy woods stretch wide and cool and brown. Green lie the fields before my careless feet ; But oh, I Jong to wander up and down The tangled stream of some grim city street ; . To drain once more the cup of crowded life. To watch the failure and the falling crown. To read the laughter and the tears of strife, To weave the tatters into things complete, And ali'my lonely past and future drown In those dark waves of life that round me beat. Smart Set. Fanny Performance. Redd Your wife's red In the face. Greene Yes, she's been laughing all the afternoon. "Laughing all the afternoon?" "Yes, she's been out watching me play golf." Yonkers Statesman. lie AV a Commuter. "So you live In the Hub, eh?" queried the Chicago hotel clerk. -Well, not exactly," replied the man who had registered from Doston. "I live In one of the hubbubs." Ills Sole Object. "Really," exclaimed Mr. Chellus, "I wonder if you realize what sort of an object you make, dangling around after Miss Mllyuns In that way." MSure," replied Mr. Getthare, "jbiect matrimony." Philadelphia Prem,

The Girl Who Sniilc. The wind was east, and the chimney " smoked. And the old brown house seemed drear-, For nobody smiled and nobody joked. The young folks grumbled, the old folks croaked. They had come home chilled and weary. Then opened the door and a girl came in ; Oh, fche was homely very ; Her nose was pug, and her cheek was thin, There wasn't a dimple from brow to chin. But her smile was bright and cheery. She spoke not a word of the cold or damp, Nor yet of the gloom about her. But she mended the fire and lighted the lamp. And she put on the place a different stamp From that it had without her. They forgot that the house was a dull old place And smoky from base to rafter, And gloom departed from every face As they felt the charm of her mirthful grace And the cheer of her happy laughter. Oh. give me the girl that will smile and sing. And make all glad together ! To be plain or fair is a lesser thing. But a kind, unselfish heart can bring Good cheer in the darkest weather. Woman's Life. 'Health and neantr Hlnta. Castor oil applied to warts regularly at night for a while will dry them up. Soda will cause the balr to fall out If used too plentifully In the wash water. Fifteen minutes relaxation and rest every day will help keep away that worn look. Dried fig, dipped In milk, toasted and then applied to a gumboil will bring quick relief. Vinegar rubbed Into badly chapped hands and allowed to dry will alleviate the stinging pain almost Instantly. Twenty-four hours before shampooing saturate the scalp with warm olive oil. Careful grooming every night with a brush will encourage the hair to he good. The moment pimples and cold sores appear on the face take a dose of citrate of magnesia, which will cool the blood and put the system in better condition. Don't use peroxide on the hair. You will surely regret It To keep blonde hair golden. shamioo with six or seven eggs, adding juice of a lemon and one teaspoonful of salts of tartar to the last rinsing water. Kupport for Flower. Amateur gardeners and floriculturists will find the flower supporter Illustrated below of Interest The In ventor, an Indiana florist, designed It for maintaining carnations and other flowers In nn upright position during the period of their growth or at any time. It Is made up of a cnrlrui et tr-rrn. 23 tal rings, adjust able on a standard flowed supportT. In the center. The rings can be formed either iln,r;ly or in pairs, the latter being preferable, as It gives extended use of the support The rings can also be made of different sizes, and the support utilized for either large or small plants. The supporter Is constructed entirely of wire, bent and twisted In the shape required. The standard Is Inserted In the soil of the flower bed, with the flowers on rich side. The rings can be adjusted Jn different positions of elevation on the standard, according to the height of the flowers. The Popular Wainnn. If you are a woman and wish to bC popular with women, never tell them the truth. Tell them something pleasant They will think you are charmlDg and will desire to meet you again. The woman who hides her Intelligence under guileless questions will find herself admired and sought by men, but despised and avoided by women. A woman who Is popular with men Is rarely liked by women. She is generally a clever actress and her slsterwomen see through her. When a woman finds all else fails lu her efforts to attract and hold a man she appeals to his strength. Unless he Is strong, that generally fetches him. As long as men have faults women will condone them; .nd as long as women condone them, men will have faults and longer. A nan does. not admire a brilliant and witty woman unless he I more brilliant and can match her tvlt and go her one better. If she Is brilliant and witty and beautiful, more men will admire her If she hides her talents behind her beauty. If she Is merely beautiful, all men will admire her. Only one woman in 100 Insures her life. Ellen Terry Is passionately fond of cats. Fattl sleeps with a silk scarf about her neck. Sara Ilernhardt has a huge bed 15 feet long. Ilrldes In Australia are pelted with rose leaves. In Africa wives are. sold for two packets of hair pins. A woman's brain declines in weight after the age of 30. Hottentot women cut off a finger Joint when they remarry. Drunkenness Is rare, smoking com mon, among Japanese women. In Mohammedan countries women are not admitted beyond the doorways of mosques. There has been a slump In the Zulu matrimonial market Wives, who for-

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I'ink crepe embroidered" in gold thread. merly cost $10, are now to be had as low as $3.r3. A Kansas woman says she Is reconciled to her husband's hay fever because it amuses the baby. , For more than nlnety-thre years Mi's. Beatty Itrookes has lived In the same cottage at Edgefold, Worsley, near Manchester, England. - Under a new law In Norway every would-be bride must exhibit a certificate that she knows how to cook. In Norway a dyspeptic Is regarded as a natural curiasity. A woman has been arrested In Paris carrying In her arms a 4-year-old child which had been trained to snatch watches and scarfpns as It3 mother carried It through tne crowd. Mrs. i:ilza Grldley, mother of the man who commanded the Olympia at the battle of -Manila, Is almost SO, yet she holds a most responsible position In the general land office at Washington. ' Mrs. Agnes Lewis of England has received the degrro of D. D. In recognition of her labors In deciphering seme ancient manuscripts of the Dible which were discovered lu a monastery at Mount Sinai. She !s a Presbyterian and Is the most famous woman Dlble scholar In the world. Pocket In Malts. If there was ever a time when the niüff was a mere toy, likely to be forgotten and mislaid unless fastened around the neck with a chain. It Is no longer. At least If mislaid, Its owner Is likely to lose a good deal more than the mere muff, for so practical has this article now become th.it it !s fitted with a voluminous pocket hidden in Its furry depths. In this pocket Is stowed about all that a woman needs for a day's Journey, making it possible to do away with the necessity of carrying a hand bag. but certainly making it a terribly precarious matter to lose one's muff. A New Order of Servant. In New York women living In flats have been trying the exierlinent ' of the "half-day maid. These maids work four hours one place and may go home or work a number of hours In another place. Such a roald worklirg in the morning washes the dishes of the night before, gets things ready fo dinner or does anything else asked of her. She charges $4 and goes home promptly, staying for no meals, and the room that she might hav occupied under the old order Is for the use of the family. Modern Lmundry Kills Germa. It Is a fact, though one hates to admit It, that the modern laundry sends out clothes as clean ami germfree as It Is possible to make them. The garments In the process of washing are thoroughly sterilized and rendered germproof; nor Is there any possibility of vermin coming In contact with them. Laundry work done at home Is not always as satisfactory from a hygienic point of view. If the big laundries would only find some wvay to wash and Iron the clothes without tearing them to pieces the result would be Ideal. Itemedy for Red Noae. A too red nose 1 usually the result of a wrong diet Try leaving off rich foods for awhile. Bathe the parts twice dally with a' lotion of a drain of muriate of ammonia, half a dram of tannic acid, two ounces glycerin and three ounces rowwater. At night staurate a bit of absorbent cotton with this and bind On the nose. See that there Is no constriction of your clothing and that you do not have cold feet and ankles, as these fr-oquently cause such a condition. Woman Who Succeeded. The mind that learns the secret of successful speculation Is mt confined to men it would seem, as one woman, Mrs. Iiebecca Warren, went to California In the early days, and, speculating in land, made $17,000 In fifteen years. She was the first orange grower to ship oranges iu cars out of California. She is now Iking In Norway, Me. Will Give U New Girl. The girl of 1007 must first of all have repose. She has broad shoulders and she must he tall, hut above all she must have repose and she will be different fiom any of the types with which artists have surfeited us during the last few years. We wait with Impatience for a new girl, for the artists have certainly done the old one to death.

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NET WAIST. .mm Waist of white plain net over taffeta in pale mauve, shirred, with princess lace yoke, which Is bordered with a shaped lilac velvet band, surmounted by a band of the taffeta dotted with large velvet coin dots. Shirred elbow sleeves with standing cuff of the velvet and princess lace frills. Girl Men Like. They love silent charmers. Talking to men is a waste of time. Mankind is capable of talking enough himself. It Is said they will not balk at an Imperfect mouth If the teeth be perfect . They adore girls who go In for physical culture, but retain a sylph-llke waist. They like them plump because these plump girls are thought to be Invariably good-natured. Men like sweetly sentimental charmers who can listen to good-nights "until It be to-morrow." It is whispered, too, that these same men like In addition to all these virtues and beauties, girls with money. No wonder there are so many bachelors. Why Women Cry. It will be interest 1 112 to woiriri ti? know that we don't cry because we' are sorry, but are sorry because w'c? cry. This Is what a learned Massa chusetts professor tells us and he 11 lustrates by saying that an automobile goes along without noise until It comes to a steep place, and then it bezina to puff and blow because it can't eet over it. We might say, he says, if we were of the old school that It does not advance because It makis so much noise, all of which seems slightly confusing. Women Not Popular. Women are not getting what they want in Colorado, It seems, In the way of official recognition, at least Four women ran for the house of representatives recently, three of them on the Democratic ticket, and one on th? Socialist All were defeated by decided majorities. Pueblo Is the only county outside of Denver that has furnished any women legislators for Colorado. Girl Fatrlota In Rnaala. The facility with which the Russian girl sacrifices her outward appearance to her inward convictions has always amazed me, says a writer In the Rosary Magazine. When she feels herself slightly exalted on political questions off goes her hair, with less apparent concern or scruple than the farmer shows when be cuts off the tansled mane of some old nag. Pocket Have Arrived. It will be Interesting to women to know that the new tailor-made gowns have pockets real pockets and that there are many of them. They are not for use, however, and are simply patches sewed on the bust, the hips and other parts of the dress, not big enough to hold a thing unless one's 5-cent fa. Sweeping the Carpet. After sweeping a room go over the carpet with either a sponge or old flannel as they neither leave lint that has been moistened well with ammonia and water. Use a full tablespoonful tit a quart of warm water. Canada produces $1,230,000 worth f asbestos a year.

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A Lonff-Cberlahed English Custom I Disappearing-. In recent years, on more than one occasion, the Queen and other royal ladles have attended the theater in high-necked and semi-high dresses. The fashion Introduced at once seized the modistlc mind, and the "restaurant" gown was the Immediate prod uct. The comfort and utility of this dress appealed alike to rich women and those of limited means, with the result that frequently it is worn for theafers and smart concerts in lieu of the very decollete frock that is now the mods for evening wear. In every fashionable trousseau the high-necked evening frock has an important place. Made usually of lace, muslin, or chiffon, it has a delightfully dainty appearance, that U more girl ish and pretty than frocks of silk and satin. For summer wear at restaurant or theater there is a coolness In the appearance of these lace and muslin fabrics that it is impossible to obtain in the richer materials used for more elaborate gowns. The advent of the transparent yoke and elbow sleeves has helped toward the popularity of the high-necked gown, as they add a graceful prettlness which makes the frock sufficiently dressy for quiet evening functions and at the same time not too conspicuous to wear without a coat or wrap on hot nights. Their economy is apparent In these days of costly dress and still costlier upkeep, a gown of sufficient pretensions and yet of some simplicity, that will serve a dual purpose, Is likely o be a popular and long-lived mode. TRAP TOE MOSQUITOES. The picture Illustrates a clever apparatus for getting rid of mosquitoes' recently Invented by Maurice Chaulln. a Frenchman. An incandescent light TRAP FOB MOSQUITOES. is hung between two rings which are connected with tiny vertical and paral lel wires. These wires are charged with enough electricity to kill any mosquito that comes against them. The bright light attracts the Insects and swarms of them are slain. 1 SWISS ARMY COSTS LITTLE, Syatem Bavea People Million Give Some Freedom. and The Swiss army Is one of the most remarkable of her political Institutions It Is the Ideal toward which the com mon people of every European country, weighed down with taxation to suplrt huge standing armies, turn with longing and hope. The Swiss system of militia save? millions of money to the taxpayers and gives years of freedom from mill tary service to the soldiers. Practically all Swiss serve from the age of 20 to 50 In the militia and reserves. The raw recruits go into schools, the Infantry for forty-five days, the cavalry for eighty days. . After this the cavalry serves sixteen days each year and the infantry, and artillery - fourteen days every other year. The reserves serve only five or six days every four years. The officers, of course, are carefully trained In good schools for a period of years. This short service would De insufficient were It not preceded and supplemented by military training for boys In school and rifle practice every year by practically all Swiss citizens. Target shooting is the national sport, and In accordance with the laws a place for target practice must be supplied by every town In the country. As an encouragement prizes of all sorts' are offered by the national government' This little Switzerland, with a population of less than 3,000,000 people, has; an army of 337,000 of the most martialsoldiers of Europe armed, equipped and ready to take the field at a moment's notice,. Spelllnir Reform. With tragic a" if the love-lorn heir Once chased the chaste Louise: She'. Quickly guessed her guest was there To1 please her with bis pleas. Now at Aer side he kneeling sighed, Iiis sigh of wof ul si w ; "Oh, hear me here, for lo, most low I rise before Jonr eyes. "This soul Is sole thine own, Louise Twill never wean, I ween, The love that I for aye shall feel. Though mean may b. its mien." "You know I cannot tell you no, The maid made answer true ; "I love you aught as sure I ought To you 'tis due I do!" "Since you are won, oh, fairest one, The marriage rite is right The chapel aisle I'll lead you up This night," exclaimed the knight New Orleans Picayune. niieovrageincnt. "Why don't you try to elevate the stage?" asked the sincere friend. "I have tried," answered Mr. Stormlngton Barnes. "But when I mil on educational plays there aren't enough people in the house to make it worth while. And even those who come seem to wish they had stayed at home." Washington Star. . Tvro Guesses. "How did his lecture go?" "Very well. He Introduced soma quotations that I couldn't recognize, but I gathered from his manner that they were by either Shakspeare or himself." Cleveland Iialn Dealer. After the Football Game. "Your side won, I suppose." I hie I believe they did. I know I'm hie celebrating something, and I hie think that's what It Is I" New York Times. """BasMaaaMaMaBaaaaa, Passive. II yearned to sit In Congress, And so we rushed him through, So, there he sits and, really, it'a The only thing heil do. -Philadelphia Press. When a girl who works down town blooms out on Monday In a new shirt waist it is a dead fiVr wajrj th has

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0LD favorite; "They tell of a young man who lost his mind npon the death of the girl ha loved, and who suddenly disappeared from his friends and was never afterward heard of. As he had frequently said in bis ravings that the girl he loved was not dead, but gone to the Dismal swamp, it is supposed that he had wandered into tbat dreary wilderness and either starred to death or been lost in some of its dreadful morasses." Anon. "They made her a grave too cold tni damp for i soul so warm and true; And she's gone to the lake of the Ditmal Swamp, Where all night long, by a fire-fly Iftmjv She paddles her white canoe. And her fire-fly lamp I soon shall aee. And her paddle I soon shall hear; Long and loving our life shall be, An I'll hide the maid in a cypress tre. When the footstep of death is oearF Away to the Dismal Swamp he speed ; His path was rugged and oore; Through tangled juniper, beds of reed. Through many a fen, where the serpent feeds, And man never trod before. And when on the earth be sank to sleep. If slumber hi eyelids knew, lie lay where the deadly vine doth w&y Its venomous tejr and nightly steep. The flesh with blistering dew! And near him th she-wolf stirred in th brake, And the coppersnake breathed In hit ear, Till he starting cried from his drea awake, "Oh! when shall I see the dusty lake. And the white canoe of my dear?" lie saw the lake and a meteor bright Quick over its surface played "Welcome!" he said; "my dear oee'a light :- And the dim shore echoed from many a night The name of the death-cold maid. Till he hollowed a boat of the birchen bark. Which carried him off from shore . Far he followed the meteor spark ; The wind was high and the clouds wert dark. And the boat returned no more. But oft from the Indian hunter's camp This lover and maid so true Are seen at the hour of midnight daep To cross the lake by a fire-fly lamp. And paddle their white canoe. Thomas Moore. A statutory agent of, a foreign corporation to receive servlee of summon Is held in Bennett vs. Supreme tent, K. of M. (Wash.), 2LH.A. (N. S.) SS9, to have no power to admit or waive service where It Las not been properly made. Reformation of a policy Is held. In Aetna Insurance Company vs. Branson (Texas), 2 L. It. A. (N. S.) 543, cot to be necessary where, without tb knowledge of the insured. It located the property In a building older than that designated by him. Mandamus Is held, in State ex reL Wyman, P. & Co. vs. Spokane County Superior Court (Wash.), 2 L. R, A. (N. S.) 5G8, to be the proper remedy to prevent a court having exclusive Jurisdiction to hear and determine a proceeding from ordering a chaoge of venue. '. The exhibition, by one seeking damages for personal Injuries, of the Injured portion of his person to the Jury Is held, in Houston & T. C. TL IL company vs. Anglin (Tex. , 2 h H A. (N. S.) SS0, to waive his right to object to the court's requiring him to exhibit it for examination by defendant's witnesses. The lien of a mortgage on the property of an assignor is held. In McDaniel vs. Osborn (Ind.), 2 L. It. A. (N. S.) 615, not to be displaced by a statute providing tbat all debts due for labor shall, when the debtor's property passes Into the hands of an assignee, ' be paid in foil before paying any other except legitimate costs and expenses. Horses, wagons and harness of a livery stable keeper are held In Everett Produce Co. vs. Smith (Wash.), 2 L. IL A. (N. S.) S31. not to be withla a statute requiring the purchaser "anj ftoek of goods, wares or merchandise In .bulk" to ti.ke a statement under oath of the creditors of the eellcr. The question of statutory requirements on 6le of stock of gooOj in bulk is Its subject of a note to ilils case: The "Printer Devil. Why is the printer's errand boy called the "printer's devil?" A writer at the end of the seventeenth century explained It thus: "These boys in a pristing house commonly black and dawh themselves ; when the workmen do Jocosely call them devils; and someüiacs spirits and sometimes flies." It Is related, however, that Aldo Manuzlo. tea great Venetian printer of the fifteenth century, had a black slave boy, who was popularly supposed to have cecra from below. Accordingly he published a notice : "I, Aldo Manuzlo, printer to th Doge, have this day made public exposure of the printer's devil. All who think hu Is not flesh and blood may come and pinch him." Wkat't la a Nasser Boy Here's yer bill for repalrirr yer furniture. Smith Is the bill receipted? Bov Naw. y lobster! It'a de chslra wot's reseated. Toledo Blade. Apropos. "Diamonds are going up, I nottce. 'Yes, that's why I called. "Eh? I don't understand." "I want to borrow a twenty to keep aay wife's from going up," Some showmen put out expensive lithographs that make fun of the show. The advertising Is damaging Instead Df helpful. Do you do advertising that Iocs you harm Instead of good? l'p to Date. Teacher Willie, what Is the Cuhaa national air? Willie The Stars and Stripes Forever." Detroit Free Press.

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