Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 23, Plymouth, Marshall County, 14 March 1907 — Page 3

TIE CHABITY (MEL By EFFSE A. ROWLANDS

CHAPTER IV (Continued.) lie immediately sent the. girl to a Parisian school, and then he set about trying to force his way into the rank of the upper trn. Iiis -nonc-y. hi political views, and his power, -is determined by the fact of hi beim; i large employer of labor, and, therefore, of controlling a large percentage of votes brought about an acquaintance, and then a friendship, with Sir Edwin Gaseoigne, an impecunious but most aristocratic baronet. Ry Sir Edwin's aid. Mr Fraser was returned in the Conservative tose, and hin step plantet on the ßrst rung of the ladder. lie was a decidedly clever man, and although tco mean and niggardly to be altogether popular, he was not long in finding cme frienda. Among those, however, could net be classed Constance Gasooigne, t?:r Edward's recond and only surviving daughter. Miss Gascoigne was a very beautiful girl, but he had won the reputation of having a bitter and unkind tongue. Every one knew that Constance Gasoigne did not share in her father's infatuation for Mr. Fräser, and yet she electrified the whole social world by suddenly bvoining his wife. There was the nine days' gossip, and then the Fräser marriage became a thing of the. past, although there were some of Constance's women friends who till discussed the subject. "There has been something mysteriou about the girl for the last two years!" cried Mrs. Fanfare, the biggest scandalmonger of the time, "and I for one al--vays thought that young Frank Anstruther's sudden death had a great deal to do with it. Constance was madly in love with him, poor girl ! Well. se has done very well in one sense. This Eraser man is rolling In money positively rolling, my dear!" In a vague, yet uncertain, way Sheila felt that it was only through her stepmother's popularity and unJoubted social position that she was received and welcomed as the friend of the county families around the neighborhool, and possessed the entree of the ?est houses in London when they stayed there for the season; and, bearing this ia mind, it wai only natural she should be very careful to keep on good terms ith one who was so very indispensable to her. Deep down in the girl's shallow pretense of a Leart there lurked a rankling jealousy for the delicate, aristocratic, still beautiful woman who had been her father's wife. Sheila had never quite understood Constance Fräser, and she wa3 just a little bit afraid of her; she knew how bitter the sweet refined voice could r'ng sometimes, and how contemptuously the pale lips could curve when occasion mer ited it. She felt vaguely ihat Mrs. Fräser knew her at her exact worth; and yet the young stepmother had never, by word or sign, been anything lut kiad and affectionately considerat to thy girl whose guardian she wai Sheila turned away from the mirror with a frown, and throving herself on her lace-trimmed pillow, again 'rok up her letters. The frown vanishsd as she read the wann and pressing invitations from two or three of the best houses around to luncheon, dinner, tea, and the like. "Bah ! I am a fool ! she bald to herself, and she laughed shortly. I was only half awake just cow, and what if this girl is pretty, how does that a Sect at? I am Miss Fräser, of Dirgiewood. and heiress to a good hunid. thousand pounds. I don't think I reed trouble nay head about a servant maid's face I" She read through the rest of her letters, and theu rang her bell sharply. "Why doesn't the girl come back? I must jet up, or Jack will be off before I have half dressed ! The bell rang; sharply In the corridor outside, but Audrey neither understood nor heeded its purpose. She was very frightened, and very full of pity at that particular moment. She niJ gone direct, as Miss Fräser had comma need her, to Mrs. Eraser's room; she knew it, because Bircham had pointed it out to her the evening before; he had knocke! gently, and on receiving an answer, she had gone timidly In. The Toom was large, airy and pretty; It was hung with dainty chintz, and was, compared to Sheila's magnificent apartment, Imple beyond description ; yet Audrey felt, in a sudden and indescribable way. that she liked it much better; it was so fresh and c!nty looking, and there was plenty of room to move about A fire -was burning brightly, and a large bowl of daffodils and tulips made a tpot of color in the window. A woman, in a white mob cap and large apron, was just placing a tray by the bedside, and Audrey, raising her eyes very nervously, saw a delicate, lovely face lying on the pillow. "Who is it, Marshall?" Inquired Mrs. Fräser in a low, but singularly sweet voice. "If you please, I I am come from Miss Eraser." -4 Audrey stammered out the message as easily .s she could. She was not exactly frigntened. and yet her heart was fluttering, for she felt rather than saw that Mrs. Eraser's eyes were fixed upon her. Marshall was replying in a brisk yet respectful way when her misrress stopped her. She stretched out a fragile hand, white as snow, toward the girl. "Who are yon?" she asked in eager, hurried tones. "Where do jou come from? Come nearer! Come close! I want to see your face. I " f "If you please, ma'am. th' is Miss - Fraser's new maid as Mrs. Thorngate 'as got for her," said Marshall. Mrs. Fräser had pushed herself up In bed; her deep blue eyes were f inning like tars, and a rush of color had come into ber white cheeks. Involuntarily Audrey had drawn nearer, and had net her small, work-stained fingers into 'jose other delicate ones. Mrs. Fräser pusned the girl round with her face to the light, paused for an innant, and then gave one broken, aobbisrg fry: -Merciful heavens! It in It is n She struggled with her ore-it b, stretched out her two hands as though to some aoseen yet precious protector, and then gave an inarticulate moan and dropped back, on her pillow insensible. Audrey, trembling in every limb, hastened to obey Marshall, as she directed her to bring some eau-de-cologne and salts from the Urge chintz-hung dressing table ; she did aot know why, but the sight of Mrs. Fraser's death-lüe face pained her beyond deicription. Marshall evidently was not unused to this sign of weakness In her mistress. "She'd one cf her bad nights." Audrey beard her mutter; "poor lamb! I knew It when I first saw her this morning. Poor Miss Constance ! Poor, pretty Miss Constance V She whisked away a tear while she rubbed some of the scent acros the pale brow, and held the salts to the delicate nostrils. "I've been with her erer since she were a child," she said, huskily, to Aa Irey, who stood with her hands tightly clasped together; "and she'll never be nothing to me but Miss Constance, poor dear ! "Is is she always ilir Why was It Chat Audrey could not control her voice? Marshall nodded her head, and just then the bell pealed through the corridor Again, and Mrs. Fraser opened her thickly fringed eyes with a start and looked CJankly aronnd her. Marshall motioned (Audrey away. Audrey reluctantly withdrew her gaze from that sweet, suffering face, and with the memory of those deeptrioa eyes clinging to her, she returned t ttr mistress' room.

"Another fainting fit?" observed Sheila, impatiently. "Dear me, now tiresome! I suppose she won't be able to go to the Glaston hunt ball to-night. Marse, you seem to me inclined to dawdle. I can't have lazy people about me. Bircham, my white serge tea gown. I suppose the breakfast gong has sounded?" "Yes, miss, ten minutes ago; and I met his lordship a-goia' down as I come np. You'll just have tnae to run into Mrs. Fraser's room and " "I shall have nothing of the kind," retorted Sheila stamping her foot impatiently, as Audrey's cold Cngers moved slowly in their task of buttoning her dainty shoe straps. "You must go in and tell Mrs. Fraser I will ree her after breakfast. Bircham, this girl is simply n clumsy fool ! If you can't teach her to mana.? better than this she must go !" Audrey's eyes were blinded with hot tears. She was doing her very best, but Sheila had no pity for her awkwardness, and could willingly have kicked her for looking so beautiful. CHAPTER V. "7hat time do we start?" Sheila Fraser aked Lord John, as breakfast drew to as end. Sh was not alone with the young man; an elderly lady, a oor relative of her mother's, was present. Had Sheila been left to her own inclinations, this quiet, grim, and undoubtedly middle-class Mrs. Watson would never have been .given a place in her borne; but Constance Fraser had spoken no direct and to the point on this subject that her stepdaughter had given in, aud offered in as gracious a manner as she could the post of housekeeper to this impoverished connection. "Do you seriously think of going today V he laughed, turning to the girl, who looked very fresh and pretty in her picturesquely draped white serge gown. "Why not?" demanded Shsila, "Remember the ball" "Oh. the ball!" with an 'tj laugh. "My dear Lord John, I could follow the hounds for a week at a time, and then dance through two balls." "Sheila has excellent health," Mrs. Watson remarked, monotonois!y. Sheila rose abruptly. Hot slow their friendship advanced. He wis perfectly

aware that it was his mother's most earnest desire to see Sheila Erasar his wife, but he was equally well aware that he bad no such desire himself. He was in .no hurry to be married, and ha certainly would never marry for money. All this, however, he kept 10 himself, and although he was so intimate with the heiress of Dinlewood. he had never hr I word or deed given either Sheila or any one eise reason to suppose that he held any deper feeling fo the (tri than that of an ordinary friend. La-er Sheila had soma dinner In her room, having ascertained that Mrs. Fraser would be well enough to accompany her to the ball ; and when the Mme came she arrayed herself in her majxiIScent diamonds, and even gave "the charity girl" a smile, as Audrey, overcome with the brilliant spectacle, put tier hands together, and exclaimed aloud with delighted admiration. "Let Maxse sit up for me. Bircham," she ordered, and then she swept away and joined Mrs. Fraser's tall, elegant figure in the hall below. "My mistress ought not to have gone out to-night! It is enough to kill her!" exclaimed Marshall in indignation. "If I had my way. I'd have told' Miss Fraser pretty plain what I think of her, dragging a poor, sick, suffering creature out a cold night like this, and al! for her selfishness! It's heartless, that's what I call it!" Bircham made no reply, although she overheard this speech; but Audrey felt her heart beating with sympathy, too. How fragile and ill Mrs. Fraier looked ! Surely Miss Fraser could not have known how weak she was! "Now, keep up the fire, and you may go to sleep, if you like," Bircham said. "See that Miss Sheila's slippers are warm, and everything out that she wants. They'll ring the bell when they come, but I don't expect they'll te home till quite morning." Aurrey glanced at the clock and sighed wearily; she sat down timid'y on one of the richly covered chairs, and dictated to herself that she must not and should not go to sleep. Needless to say, before half an hour had gone, soothed by ihe warmth, the luxurious cushions at her back, and lulled by the silvery ticking of the clock, fclie was fast asleep, dreaming of Jean. Al! at once she was awakened, a bell went pealing through the dient house. She started from her cozy nok and rubbe'' her eyes. Nearly half pat-- twelve! They were home early. She stood at attention, and went to open the door for Miss Fraser. There seemed to be some little confusion, and thn Audrey heard a frank, determined voice. "I tell yoa I'm going to carry you upstairs. I will not leave you till I see you safe in your room." There was some murmured protest, and then Audrey perceived Jack Glendurwood, coming along as easily as possible, carrying Mrs. Fraser's slight form iu his arms. He saw he girl in an instant. "Which is the room?" he asked, quick (o read and appreciate the sjmpathy In her great blue eyes. She led the way and opened the door. Marshall was dozing by ta Gre. "What is it?" she cried, starting up hurriedly; then, as she grasped the situation, "Ah, Miss Constance, I knew how It would be; you weren't fit for it, my lamb ! Bring her here, my lord. I'm right thankful to you for carrying her up; she's as weak as an infant, that's wha! shA Is." "Don't believe her, Jack," said Constance Fraser in ber sweet, feeble voice. She was lying back in a great wide chair, looking inexpressibly beautiful, though as white as a ghost. In her long, black velvet dress, with th rich Valenciennes lace about the neck. Jack Glendurwood folded his arms and iooked down at her gravely. "Promise to go to bed at once, he said. "I shall not leave intll I hear jou are at rest." "At rest r A falut, bitter milt flickered across the pale lips, and then Mrs. Eraser stretched ont her hand. "Goodnight, my friend. Heaven blr-ss you and thank you for your lovrng care of me. I I am not worth it. Jack, dear; I am not worth itM For answer he bent down and kissed the white hand, and then Mrs. Fraser caught sight of Audrey standing behind. "It was no dream ! It was no myth ! Como to me, child I Ah, do not be frightened ; I will not harm you. I will only kiss you, and gaze Into your face." Jack Glendurwood had turned with a start, and made way for Audrey to pass him. She move slowly across to that black-robed form and knelt down. She was not frightened, only awed and ttrangely stirred. "Lift up yotr eyes. Ah V as Audrey obeyed her. "Child! Child! Who are you? What are -"on, with your face that comes np from the past?" She bent forward and touched the girl's brow with her lips; she clung to the girl's hands and a moan escaped her. Suddenly she released her hold, and her head dropped on her breast. "Take her away, my lord !" cried Marshall, bending over her mistress. "Ci

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&yn nothing but talk of this child's face all day. It's only weakness, I fear. Poor Mit' Constance!" "Cr me," said Jack to Audrey, very gentlj. As one in a dream she rose to her feet and followed him out of the room, and then, when she wis outside, she burst into a flood of irrepressible, rerous tears, leaning against the wall. e.Tess of any cn or anything but the strange, wild tumul1. and pain in her breast. Jack stood by in silence, bt as her sobs d;ed away he put his hnd gently on her shoulder. "Poor cl-'.ld ! Poor little child !" Ttien. as she l.la-d her tear-stained, eloquent loTchuer to his face, he drew both her hand in his. "Don't cry, child!" he said, quickly, "I I hate to sec you cry. Yo:'. sem very lonely ; you are Strang here. Come; shall we trike a bargain? You let me help you yesterday, you must let me help you again. Shall we be fri?nds?" "Friends, my lord?" she faltered. "Yon and I! Oh, it cannot De! I em only a servant, a charity girl, and ycu " "Are henceforth the friend of that charity girl," was his answer, and with that he bfnt and kissed her hands as he had just kissed Constance Fraser's and, with a tender smile and gentle "good-night" wen- slowly down the stairs and out of the house. (To be continued.)

NATION OF SALT EATERS. A Barrel . n Year Is Consumed for Every Three Person. The United States consumes 20.S72, TOO barrels of salt annually, or a bar rel for every three persons In the land. Last year It went abroad for only 1.151.133 barrels. In 1SS0 C3.3 per cent of the salt used. In our country was of home production. Last year 95.7 per cent of the product consumed was produced wLhin the borders of this country. In 1SS0 the consumption In this country was only 0.2S4.2G3 barrels. Thus we see that the people of the United States are using annually throe times as much salt as they used twenty-six years ago. Ouly 5,f5l.OOO barrel were produced in this country In 1S80, and the consumers were forced to go abroad for 3,427,030 barrels. Last year the total production at home was 23,9CG,122 barrels. The chief salt-producing States arc Michigan and New York. Statistics recently gathered y the government show that the combined output of these two States amounts to more than twothirds of the total production of the i United States. No attempt has ever been made to ascertain what per cent of the salt consumed in the United States Is used for r::llnary purposes The annual output Is consumed In tne industries of meat-packing, fish curing, dairying and the like. The clilorination of gold ores demands a large quantity, and jneat quantities of salfln the form of brine are used Iu the manufacture of soda ash. caustic soda and other salts. Salt Is cheap. The average price for 1903 was a little over 23 cents a barrel, which Is lower than that reported In any previous year. Dry salt, of course, brings a higher price than brine. The average price for dry salt last year was 31.51. cents a barrel. Beneath Ills Dlsnlty. It is a curious thing, says the Dundee Advertiser, that the officials of Dublin castle have always been considered by the Treasury Department as most extravagant In coal. As the resuit of an investigation recently held, the following amusiüg notice has been circulated among the various otaya In the castle: "Notice In order to obviate the waste of coal, it Is . requested thai fires should not be made up after 2 p. m. unless the room Is likely to 1 occupied after 5 p. m. Where offices are closed at 2 o'clock on Saturday fires should not be made up after 1oa those days." Some years ago the treasury sent over one of Its highest officials to Inquire into the extraordinary consump tion of coal In the castle. When he called oa the under secretary and told Ihe object of his visit, that functionary said nothing, but rans the bell for the care taker. "Mary,". said he to the domestic, "this gentleman has called about the coals," and then walked out of tho room. liuffalo Courier. Honest Toil. Tho late Patrick A. Collins, who was mayor of Boston, once told a committee of women about a missionary campaign that developed an amusing situation. In this movement every participant was to contribute a dollar that she had herself earned by hard work. The night of the collection of the dollars came, and various and droll were the stories of earning mo&cy. One woman had Fbampixjed hair, another had baked doughnuts, another had secured newspaper subscriptions, and so on. The chairman turned tu a handsome woman In the front row. "Now, madam. It is your tura," he said. "How did you earn your dollar?" "I got It from my biviband," she answered. "Oh!" said he. "From your husband? There was no hard work about that" The woman smiled faintly. "You don't know my husband," she 6ald. Cost the Same. Meddergi ass Well, Silas, I reckon ez heow yew an yore wife had a right deown good time up t the city. Corntassel Good time nawth'n. Drat It all, they J 1st skin yew alve up thar. Medd er grass Tew don't mean t iell me yew met any uv them gjeen goods men? Oorntassel Naw; but th ole woman met some dry goods men. Perfectly Proper. Lola Mrs. Newed. has a peculiar way of speaking of her hsuband. Grace Indeed I Lola Yes; she refers to him as her landed property. Grace Well, she landed him, all right, didn't she? Sore to Jump. Cunner Always Jump out of bed or time, eh? Have ycu a good alarm clock? Guyer Oh, I have something better than that I have an automobile horn by my bed that toots by compressed air at a certain hour and then I Jump five feet Such Irovlnsf Friends. Mildred I wonder If the cot knows I have money? Helen Was he attentive to you? Mildred Very. Helen Then he evidently knows. Strenuous Job. "Has young Dudelelgh any occupation?" asked the dear girl's mother. "Indeed he has," replied tfca d, g "He's raising a mustache.'

"What .Make the Lady. The real lady must not be merely a person in silks and furs, with a full purse and a proud gait She must bo a ffood woman a woman with a tender heart And so we come to the most generally received present-day view of the word ; as meaning a cultured, refined and truly resicetablc woman. Of course, the majority of women do not think it essential that they should be all this before they are constituted ladies. P.ut, with all deference to them, they, as Interested parties, ought not to have a vote in the matter. The appeal ought rather to be the more competent judjres among mankind; and these demand culture, refinement, and absolute respectability in the lady. "What!" I fancy I hear some one exclaim, "is not the wife or widow of a millionaire necessarily a lady?" Not necessarily, I am sorry to say. She aiay bo received very obsequiously by bank managers and other persons 'who are disposed to estimate people by the amount of money they possess. But, at the same time, she may be a very Ignorant, boorish and hard-hearted person. As such, she cannot le recokned a lady by those whose opinion In the matter is worth having. There are, Iwwever it m:y as well be related quite as many noble and lovable women in the world as there are noble-hearted and lovable ladies. A good woman recommends herself quite as much ns a good lady. There Is. Indeed, something about the word "woman" which touches the core of a man's personality more effectively than the word "lady." The appeal to his sympathies Is more direct. Three fur the Klaneee. If you want to help the man you arc going to marry to be strong and true, show him that you believe he has every good quality. You will, raise his own self-respect and bring him to the level you tell him he occupies. Don't make the mistake of thinking It Is all going to be paradise. You are going to marry a man who will come home tired, cross and fagged, and he won't find relief for all his trials in a caress and a few tender words, as he did before his marriage, when they were more of a novelty. He would rather have his dinner, though he may not confess it. When lie has been fed and comforted, however, lie will be ready for this tenderness, and the fact that he did 'not feel demonstrative when his stnaiach was empty will be no sign that he is not still In love. Believe In the man you take as your life's partner; be gentle with him; don't contradict him when he Is tired; let him think he is having his own way In his own house; feed him with what he likes and laugh at his jokes. Herein lies the secret of a happy home. Woman's Life. Smart Street Frock. A .er Curart Cover. A pretty little fancy with the girls is the pompadour ribbon corset cover found among the lingerie and which is worn under sheer blouses. It Is fashioned of two strips of wide ribbon sewed together lengthwise and cut in three pieces two for the fronts and one for the back and Joined under the arms with fagoting. The shoulder straps are en a de of lace Insertiou, beading and narrow edging. The waist Is finished ,.th batiste beading threaded with ribbon. White silk petticoats with flowered Bilk flounces are sold along with these gay covers and are Intended for use with lingerie dresses, so many of which are being pressed into service for evening wear. Do You Want to Be Pretty? Then, If you are employed In an cSice or factory, try to make It a point to open the widows and thoroughly air the room two or three times a day. Stand straight hold your shoulders back, and give yourself a chance to be a healthy woman. Don't be afraid of water. Drink plenty of It and take as many baths as you can. Learn a few physical culture exercises and practice thcoa night and morning, says Woman's Life. This may all sound rather uninteresting to you. but if you follow these few suggestions you will be healthier, happier and better-looking. The Wlfe'a Influence. Every married woman, no matter how limited her life may seem, no matter how shut up she may be in the nurjory or the kitchen, has a means of coutact with the great world In the mf n who goes out into It has a means of Influence on it through him. Seen or unseen, it Is there. The man who Is happy in his home carries the atmosphere of it with him he is himself more In touch with others because of it In this day and age so madwomen are seeking scope for their pow

Jan la arts and professions and busl-

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1. Hat of fine straw in one of the new "apricot" shades, trimmed with a plaited scarf of silk a little darker than the straw. IL Suit of black and white check, with a box-plaited skirt trimmed with bias folds of the material. Coat has a vest of white pique, and the collar and cuffs have black and white braid, silver buttons and insets of plaited orangs silk. Vest buttons are f orange colored glass.

ness careers, there are some who realize that in their marriage there 13 the very widest scope women who put the enthusiasm, the brain power, the artistic perception, the clear-sishted effort Into their profession ns wives and mothers, mistresses of households. These are the women who use their brains and their souls to love with, as well as their hearts, and who wield an extraordinary far-reaching power, all the greater because that power Is the last thing they are thinking of, or seek to attain. That Intangible thing that we call the Spirit of the Hoaie walks abroad with every member of it The "nice" children In school gravitate instantly toward the children of that household, gravitate toward the house itself because there Is something there that they need. Mary Stewart Cutting, in Harper's Bazar. .MnklnR of a Charmlnjc Woman. Of course, the foundation of the greatest of all charms lies in that unselfishness which animates the face as well as the heart. As politeness Itself consists in little generosities, so no woman who sinks self In the giving of pleasure to others can escape its reward and not be herself Intrinsically charming. But all women are not untlflsh, and history shows us many who. though Innately badx yet, through mind rather than heart, have sent their names down to us as examples of charming women. But they were miscalled, and what seemed charm was only fascination In them, which Is an inborn quality, though Improved by brain and use. We have all known very unselfish women, who were mentally dense as mud, and much of whose unselfishness went for naught thereby; but American women are seldom lacking in that mother wit that can assimilate what they see of good. In others; and, given that self-education, there are uiany little things that can go far toward the making of charm. To aspire te be a charming woman of the world may not be a very high ambition, but It is better than to aim at nothing, and a little thought mental generosity can air much in the making of what will pass as a charming woman. "An Old Beau." in the Delineator. Glimpses of Styles. Handkerchiefs finely striped In soft delicate colorings are among the prettiest shown. Long ribbon streamers appear In combination with floating gauze scarfs on new French hats. rettlcoats with silk flounce and Jersey top that fit like a glove are worn under princess gowns. Some of the new passementeries are composed of beads, the designs being worked out In Dresden colors. Princess lace combines with renaissance in a most satisfactory manner for yoke and trimmings of rarlous kinds. Klbow Sleeve Is Passlnar. There Is every indication that the reign of the elbow sleeve Is drawing to a close. The sleeves on the new gowns are short, but come well below the elbow, and the close-fitting cuff of tucked chiffon and lace lengthens them still more. It has entirely lost any smart effect, except In some elaborate gown with which elbow sleeves are appropriate. For midsummer and In the thin fabrics the fashion will revive to a certain extert, but fortunately. Its popularity has proved its .own undoing, and ere long It will be numbered as a past fashion. The Nevr Shirt Waist. The shops are showing a charming little shirt-waist model eminently suited to the younger girls of the family, as well as the "grown-ups." This Is plain or tucked as desired, but the distinguishing feature lies in the treatment of the front plait and tne turn

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back cuffjä. These are edged with a knife-plaited frill about one Inch in width. Most of the large shops carry a complete line of, the rufflings made by aa English manufacturer that are pretty and dainty as can be and save a great deal of time and trouble, as they are all provided with a draw string in the upper edge. Ignore the Annoyance. Did you ever notice how a trouble or a discomfort grows when you talk of it? However little it may be In Itself, Just put it in words, and observe to what proportions it swells. You may want to impress people with the fact that you really have got something to w-rry over. But what is the use? It dies not endear you to others. It is, on the contrary, much more likely to make your company less agreeable even to those who love you. And by much expatiating In It you grow to believe your trouble a great deal more formidable than It actually Is. If things really do worry and annoy you, at least don't allow theoi to get a firmer hold by giving them voice. This Is the time for your communication to Iw "yea" and "nay." Resolutely close ycur lips. Ignore the annoyances entirely, so far as speech goes. And you will presently be surprised to find them melted away. ff Theory of Sleep. Sir William (lowers has recently develoed a new theory of sleep. According to his explanation, the suspension of consciousness in sleep is probably due to a "break and make" action among the brain -elK The activity of the brain is considered to bo due to nerve cells, from which spring nrve cords that go on dividing and subdividing, until they terminate in little knobs. Formerly it was believed that the nerve cells of the brain were in permanent connection by means of their terminals; but now it aiears that these are only In Opposition and capable of being separated. The hypothesis Is that during sleep such separation takes? place, and the fact that narcotic sulstances are capable of Inducing sleep is held to support this view. How to Keep a. Husband. This Is providing he keeps you. All this arranged, it Is up to you. First, don't resent absent-mlndednes. Because he forgets to kiss you is no sign he no longer loves. Feed him well, and be gentle when he comes home fagged out If he returns much harassed dont begin operations by testy contradictions. And, above all. laugh at his Jokes. What matter It If they are of the vintage of your great-grandfather's almanac? You can manage It with a little effort Practice Deep Ilreathlnic. To practice deep breathing, draw In the air slowly, easily and fully. When you have filled all your lungs, without straining, hold your breath in for a few seconds, then slowly and steadily breathe out through the nose, and keep your lungs empty for a few seconds before another Inspiration. The muscles of the body which the will does not directly control, like the heart and respiratory organs, work rhythmically. To Land Him In a Week. Monday Bo pretty; smile once. Tuesday Be prettier; frown at him. Wednesday Be pensive; sigh once, Thursday Laugh at him. Friday Confess your "regard" for him. Saturday Be "out." Sunday Name the wedding day. Delineator. The real worker lores his work and to It will sacrifice any pleasure.

WORK OF CONGRESS.

TWO BILLION MARK ALMOST REACHED BY 59TH BODY. More Money Appropriated than at Any Prevlons Sessions Important Work Accomplifihed Includes Mach that Is of Interest. Washlnjton correspondence: With a record of gigantic undertakings to its credit, congress has closed the work of the session, which ended formally at noon on March 4. Here are some of the mile-posts of this, the short session of the Fifty-ninth Congress: Convened Dec. 3. Nine million words uttered on floor, embalmed in 5,000 pages of Congressional Record. Billion dollars appropriated for the coming fiscal year. Two big battleships authorized. Campaign contributions from corporations prohibited. Exclusion of Japanese coolies provided for. Government given right of appeal in criminal cases. Investigation of child and woman labor ordered. Salaries of cabinet members. Vice President, Speaker, Senators and Representatives raised. Million dollars loaned to Jamestown exposition. Appropriation made for Alaska-Yukon exposition. Biver and harbor bill, carry ,ng $.S3,000,000, passed. General service pensions provided for. Hours of labor bill for railroad employes fixed. Reorganization of artillery corps arranged. Salaries of postoffice clerks and carriers increased. Pay to railroads for carrying mail reduced by $4,000,000. Free seed distribution continued. Ambassadors, ministers' and consuls' salaries increased. General immigration restricted. Senator Smoot allowed to retain his seat Santo Domingo treaty ratified. Algeciras treaty ratified. Ship tubsidy bill passed by the House, after being shorn of all its most important features. The House refused to subsidize steamer lines from the Facific coast to the Orient and from the gulf ports to the isthmus of Panama. Some of the President's recommendations that were pigeonholea follow : Anti-injunction bill. Incorporation publicity. Additional liability for employers. Inheritance and income tax. Conservation of coal and oil lands . Philippine tariff reduction. Naturalization of Japanese. Citizenship for Porto Iticans. Reorganization of governmental system in Alaska. Statute to enforce treaty rights. Kevision of laws for protection of seals. Reform spelling, also advocated by the President, was knocked out. The session of Congress closed has been one of the most important in the history of the government In the amount of business handled in the three months that the national Legislature has been at work. Crowded into this short space of time has been the tremendous task of framing the great supply bills of the government and the other acts carrying expenditures aggregating about $1,000,000,000. the largest amount ever appropriated by any session of Congress in the history of the government But in addition to this work of caring for the budgets of the various departments much far reaching legislation has been enacted that will be of vast importance to the business interests of the country. The grand total appropriated for both sessions is nearly $1,000,000,000. How Money Was Distrlbated. The appropriations made at the session just closed are as follows: Agriculture $ Army Diplomatic and consular. . . District of Columbia Fortifications Indian '. Legislative, executive and judicial Military academy Navy Pension Postoffice Rivers and harbors Sundry civil Deficiencies Lighthouse Miscellaneous Permanent appropriations. 8.S02.00O 78, ."35,000 3.035.000 10,72.".000 14. 1,000 32,000,000 1,047.(00 90.OOS.000 140,000,000 210.000,000 S7,oia.ooo 112,000,000 11,000.000 2.030.000 5.000.0U0 141,000,000 Total $ CK0,3S3,000 Appropriations made at first session SSO.000,000 Total for Congress. . .$1,S40,000,000 From a spectacular standpoint the Investigation in the P.rownsivile affair has attracted the most attention, involving as it has the race question. The war scare over the action of San Francisco in barring Japanese pupils from the while schools of the city also caused a lively flurry on Capitol hill. Its final solution by an amendment to the Immigration bill excluding Japanese coolies gave the Tacific coast folk something they have wanted far more than the exclusion of Japanese school children and they conceded that point The passage of the Immigration bill will have a lasting effect on the social and economic conditions of the country. Directly affecting the business interests of the country perhaps the most important measure passed at this session la the currency bill, which will in a greater measure prevent the congestion of money in the vaults of the federal government On the other hand the hours of service bill will be of the most vital benefit to the great army of railway employes and safeguard the traveling public In forcing the railroads to etop the practice of overworking men engaged in the operation of trains beyond the point of endurance and safety. Prosperity March Seen. There have also oeen a large number of special acts passed for the construction of bridges and water-power projects, which again emphasizes the onward progress of prosperity. Most of the bridge bills deal with the extensions of the railroad systems of the country and indicate the efforts the carriers are making to catch up with the traffic. There has been a distinctive policy followed in the appropriations of public moneys and many of the departmental budgets carry Important legislation affecting the laws that come under the rcsiectlve branches of the executive power. In the river and harbor bill the policy is established on the part of th government to clean up the project now under ay and upon which vast eums of money have been spent in the past twenty-five years, but w hich have been useless because of their incomplete condition.

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31 ran area Unacted. First Session Railroad rate. Pure food. Meat inspection. Oklahoma statehood. Non-immunity act Employers' liability. Denatured alcohol. Consular reform. $000.000,000 budget. Second S;sion Currency reform. Limiting railroad men's hours. Japanese excluded. Immigration restriction. Santo Domingo treat . Denatured alcohoL Government appeal. Raises salaries. Stops conoration campaign funds. Brownsville investigation. Smoot seated in Senate. $1,000,000,000 budget Mfatnrr Killed. Ship subsidy. Anti-injunction. Anti-child labor. Copyright reform. Philippine tarff. General tariff revision. Publicity campaign expenses. Insurance regulation. "Original package' bill. As affecting the relations of thla government wifli foreign countries, tho ratification of the Santo Domingo treaty by the Senate is noteworthy. It again affirms the national policy of the Monroe Doctrine, and it Is believed will accomplish the end of bringing tranquillity to the island and avoid further trouble with foreign nations in their efforts to collect the debts of Santo Domingo. While there has been much criticism of the chairman of this great commit tee for his failure to recognize the taportanee of meritorious projects. It la believed that in the end the benefit of an aggressive policy In pushing every project that is undertaken will In tlmf prove a benefit to the very undertakings that he refused to sanction. Ail the harbor projects of the Atlantic seaboard that are now under way will bv completed. This promises to be true of the great lakes and the gulf and Pacific ports as well. A start has been made for a comprehensive plan of establishing a great water way connecting the great lakes with the gulf of Mexico, of which the Chicago drainago canal Is the first important link. The demand for an appttprition for the actual prosecution of that work was so insistent at this session that it is a foregone conclusion that it will not be denied at the next gathering of Congress. In the meantime the government engineers will survey the complete route, and furnish Congress with complete data on which to act Of the great appropriation bills, carrying imiortant genoral legislation that will leave Its impress on commerce and industry, the agricultural budget Is perhaps the most Iniiortant This act carries provisions broadening the scope of the pure food law, addi to the plan by providing for the inspection of grain, and in other waj-s furnishes increased safeguards against frauds and adulterations in food products. In the postoffice bill the carriers clerks ami rural carriers are cared for by Increase In salaries, and a considerable cut has been made In the cost of thJ railway mail service. That the present Congress has been forced Into a liberal policy In dealing with goxernment appropriations there can be no doubt The fedoral government is gradually acquiring more of the functions that have been exercised by the States, and the pressure for more funds with which to carry od this work has been irresistible. Chairman Tawuey of the committee on appropriations sounded a warning that the country was facing a large deficit for 1008, but It had little effect in keeping down the lid on Uncle Sam's strong box. The present surplus for 1007 is close to the $10,000,000 mark, and may go over $50,000.000 before June 30 next Rut even with this and the expected increase in the revenues for I00S over 1007 many members of Congress believe there will 1 a deficit next year. A part of the appropriations carried In the bills this session will be reimbursable to the treasury,1 among this class being the fundi for the Panama canal, for which bonds are to be Issued. There Is no apprehension felt however, even because of this threatened deficit, for It is confidently expected that even if one develops It will be easily met, and readjustments of expenditures end income will again put the balance on the right side of the ledger. Kanlbars Amwfr Knropatkln. The publication of Gen. Kuropatkin's historj' of the Russo-Japanese war, which was confiscated by the government aQd in which charges of cowardice, incompetence and disobedience were hurled at Russian OiBcials of the highest rank, has called forth an answer from Gen. Kaulbars, governor of Odessa. The book had placed upon Kaulbars the entire resn--sibility for the great Russian defeat when Mukden was captured, and for the defeats ut Sandepu and the Sha river. On the contrary, Kaulbars says that the defeat at the Sha river was chiefly due to Kuropatkin's removing his reserves. Kaulbars saya that the real causes of Ru sia's defeat were lack of patriotism and the revolutionary id .-as with which the reserves were imbued, together with the activity of the Chinese bandits in obstructing the railroad. Kuropatkin's history is in three bulky volumes, and the whole story is one -of unpreparcdness, disorganization and cross purposes. In summing up the causes of Russia's defeat Kuropatkin mentions the preponderance of Japanese forces, their better preparedness, their youth, lighter equipment and mountain artillery, their patriotism, their capable ofiicers and the insufficient warlike spirit of our own troops in consequence of the total obscurity surrounding the objects and causes of the war." Ice Tr t Rvldfar Goat. Attorney General Jackson of New Tork charged that the evidence on which the proceedings against Mie American Ice Company had been bej.tin by his predecessor had been stolen from the Attorney General's office. Jackson's request for permission to examine the ice trust! books again wc refused. In the Scott Circuit Court at Georgetown, Ky., Judge R. L. Stout decided that he could not conscientiously try the case of Caleb Towers, charged with the assassination of Senator William Goebcl in 1900, because he had been connected with the trial of James Howard on the same charge. Mr. Collier, the American minister ia Madrid, gave a banquet to the member of the diplomatic corps in honor of Senor Itamou Pica y Millet, the new Spanks minister to the United States. It pays to adTcrtise in this pzper, j