Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 26, Plymouth, Marshall County, 4 April 1907 — Page 3

TIE CiÄCISTY GIRL By EFF1E A. ROWLANDS

CHAPTER VIII. (Continued.) When Frack was gone, at first she 'Mt as if she must rush madly after no, but she restrained herself; and fort ielj she jot her father's permissiot . return to her aunt, and try to cheer the poor woman up. Roderick was back at bcr home, and proved a courteous and kind friend to his brother's wife. lie besought her not to speak to her father about the marriage, urging all sorts ot reasons for the delay. Roderick also advised her not to confide in his mothei ; and, bearing in mind Frank's wishes, she did all the young man advised. So the days went by. Four month. were spent; the time was drawing near for her father's annual winter visit to the Riviera, and Constance felt she ought to accorcitany him. when suddenly the current of her life was changed by two events, the first of which brought the color to her cheeks and the thrill to her heart, the second of which plunged the girl's sonl into the deepest, darkest misery a woman can ever know. Just a the letter in which she had written, in timid, gentle words, the maternal hopes she might assure herself of, a blow fell upon her which all but crushed out her life, as it successfully broke her heart. One day a woman presented herself at Lady Anstrither's house nd asked to see Miss Gascoigne. Marshall, vho guarded and shielded her joung mistress by every means in her power, would have refused this woman admittance, but Constance took the matter into her own hands, and a jieetlng followed. When Marshall -went in -to look after the girl, thinking she had given the stranger enongh of her time, she found Constance standing before the fire, her face ashen white, - her " eyes staring and expressionless, like the eyes of the dead. "Marshall,- she said, with tones that were husky with emotion, "Marshall, I I have been deceived. I am not Frank's (wife!" "Not Mr. Frank's wife! Oh, come, iMiss Constance, you are altogether wrong! Why, didn't I see you a-stand-jln before the altar with, my own eyes, and didn't I hear you swear to belong o each other " Constance put out an Icy-cold hand. "Dear, true friend. she whispered, between he- pallid lips, and then she tok up a pie" of paper and gave it to Marshall. "Read that, and you will see I am not wan-" übe said, with a wintry smile. The Uedding you assisted at was only a farce. Here is the certificate of Frank .Anstruther's first marriage, ay, first and only one. for that woman who he. just 'left me is his lawful, legal wife." "I will net bdieve it! I will not believe It!" So cried Marshall over and over again, while the poor girl crouched down by the fire and rocked herself to and fro. asking herself in a wild, mad way. what was to become of her. -Mr. Roderick will put this straight," was Marshall's verdict, and for a brief tims a fi.tme of hope sprung up in the wretched creature's breast; but alas! it oon died down and was crushed out forever. Rooerick took the matter up immediately. He southt out every clew, followed the troth up to the bitter end, and, 'lastly and sorrowfully, had to own his brother a liar and a villain. Constance seemed turned to stone. She hed no tears, she made no moan ; she bore b'rsdf with a pride that was someth'n marvelous. "What ws to become of her? What of her child? The question haunted her day and night. Fortunately, her aunt's health became o bad, she was permitted to stay buried in the country house, without further motestation from her father, who went off to (Monte Carlo and enjoyed himself, doubly .fre from his daughter's presence. Letters arrived from Frank by every mail, but they were tossed into the re unread. I leave you to communicate with yoar brother, the girl had said in her one and only Interview with Roderick, snd the hot blood of triumph had surged into his veins. How well his evil, jealous plan had worked! Better than he could have hoped or dreamed. Frank was miles way: be told not stand forth and refute the horrible lies. Constance, bound up In pride and misery, refused to do a she should have done, write to him direct, and so learn the real truth. His two puppets worked at his will and hastened his revenge. F.evenge on the brother he had always hated; revenge on the woman he had loved in a wild, unreasoning, passionate way. and who had shrunk from his very friendship in a manner that had chilled him to the heart. It was a cruel, wicked, unmanly act the act rather of a demon than that of a man. As day after day went by, the time approached for the birth of Constance's nameless child. She had made no plans, arranged nothing. Roderick did everything. He it was who guarded the girl In her mother's house, where, with no one about her bot Marshall, not even a whisper of her condition caught the wind; he surrounded her with every comfort! every care, but he never saw her, and she sent him no thanks. The day her child was born, Marshall came to him; she Lid no liking for Roderick in fact, so great was her anger and hatred toward poor Frank she could scarcely bring herself to address e.ny one connected with Lim; but there was noth ing else to do, and even fcke old woman, in common justice, admitted that Roderick was acting with more than a brother's love to the unfortunate girL "She refuses to see the child, Marshall said, "and when I urge her, all she says is, 'Let it die! Let it die!' We can't do that, you know, sir. What are .we to do?" ', Roderick had already foreseen this contingency and was prepared. "The child must be removed. I know a woman who will take it and be thankful for the money. The mother will never ask for it, never wish to see it." And thus, despite Marshall's longing to keep the helpltss, hapless child, was the matter arranged. Constance never asked after her baby, and when she was told by her faithful maid what had been doie with it, she made no sign, either by word or look. The doctor who attended hei had been taken into confidence by Roderick, and he pitied the poor young mother from the bottom of his heart, for he saw that a blow had been struck which could never be healed. Constance was scarcely convalescent before she received a visit from her father, who was in a state of much perturbation. "Knew how it would be," be said, when he first sow the girl's white face. "Boxed op here with a dying old woman enough to kill yon in reality. And who could hive put this into the papers? Anstruther rays it must have been some officious person in ihe village who thought you were i'?, and most needs kill you." Constance took the newspaper from her father's l:nd, and read the announcement of 1-t r own death in a short paragraph. .She- wife silent for a moment, not thn, as ehe banded it back, she said, w'th a faint smile: "It is a .ity you have to contradict It, fa I her." "Kb ! What nonsense ! Now, Con, I shan't let you stop here any longer. I never saw such, a change In any girl! Pack up j car trunk at once and come

away ! Why, you look forty ! Ilrw little did poor Constance think, as si journeyed to London with her fath?4 that at that very time Frank Anstruther was reading the account of her death, not only in a newspaper, but in a loving, tenderly indited letter from h's brother Roderick, who bad hit on this idea of separating Frank from his wife as biing the best. If he had hinted at nnyxhir.g else, Frank would have rushed back to England at once, but with Constance dead and buried, what was there to bring him back? Roderick's shrewdness was verified; Frank never came home. And when the London season was at its height, and Constance Oascoigne was winning fresh laurels for her beauty and wit, the news Arrived of an outbreak of fever in Burmnh. and Frank Anstruther's name wa among the dead. They called him a hero they sent home accounts of his courage self-sacrifice, and bravery, and Constance'; heart turned with a despairing, yearning agony to the man she had loved fr well, and she longed to be buried with him, shut out of the world forever. She saw Roderick as little as she could. It was from bis lips that she learned of her child's death ; the woman who had taken it had reported always how delicate it wa and the end, always expected, had come at last. Then it was that Roderick spoke; that he showed himself in his colors. He pleaded for her love; he told her how he Lad adored her ever since their childhood's days; how he had given place to Frank against his longing, and entreated her to forget all and become his wift. When he left her that day Roderick knew his plan had failed ; come what might, Constance would never be his wife. To lend aid toJhis final coup he had lied to her about her child. He knew that it lived, although if neglect and poverty could have killed it the poor little thing had its share. Stung to the quick with the bitter words that came from Constance's lips at his offering of love, he determined she should never be told the truth. He had one interview with the woman who had charge of the child, and after giving her a large sum of money and sworn her to secrecy, he went out of England, and was lost to the world that knew him forever. He had lived for one thing only during the space of four years, and when he knew he had lost his triumph, he cast the dust off his shoes and vanished. Then came the time of George Fraser's wooing, the miserable hopeless time when Constance learned that her hand was the price of silence over her father's dishonor and dishonesty. The rest we know up to the day that Audrey came to D;nglewood as maid to Sheila Fräser.

CHAPTER IX. "And you are my mother? They were the only words Audrey could utter. Sbe was bewildered, amazed; her heirt was beating with a nervous excitement in which pride and joy m-ingled largely. She felt as though she were in some sort of dream, or waking trance; every now and then she passed her hand over her eyes as though to clear away the confusion that existed. ' She ,was kneeling beside Constance Fraser's slender figure, the pretty, white hands were clasping hers, the soft, musical voice was ringing in her ears. And his was her mother! She Audrey Maxe the waif and stray, the nameless nobody, she was this dtlicate aristocrat's child! "You are my child, my darling. My own, my very own!" Audrey gave a little cry and nestled close to her new-found mother. "It is too beautiful, too beautiful 'to be real!" was all she could ssy; and then, as she felt the soft, tender lips pressed to her brow and cheeks, she began to wake from her dream. TeIl me, tell me how it all happened, how you found that I was not dead. "It was your face that first seemed to whisper hope," Mrs. Fräser replied. "When you came in that morning it was as though Frank stood before me again. You have his very eyes; the expression in them is exactly what lived in his. I began to wonder, to dream. I was not happy till I had learned your history. Now you know why I have had so many long chats with dear Mrs. Thorngate. I determined to confide in her; I knew I could trust her, as, indeed, that has been proved. At once she took matters into her own hands. She communicated with her husband, who made every Investigation about you, my darling, and discovered, thank heaven ! that when you were pteccd in the home through the influence o Sir Henry Bulstrode. certain things belonging to the woman supposed to be your mother were deposited in the care of the matron. Miss Irons. I examined these few poor things an old satchel, a Bible, a bundle of old letters; and in the satchel, hidden away in the lining, we discovered the certificate of your birth, together with the last letter Roderick must have written to the woman before she died. Oh, my darling! my darling!" she cried, holding Audrey pressed close to her. "How can I ever describe the exquisite joy that came to me when I knew what heaven had sent me? I seemed to live again to grow, a? I once was, strong and full of courage. Kiss rae, my child, my baby! Kiss me, and let me hear you say you have forgiven me for my cruel desertion of you !" "Forgiven you! Oh. my poor, dear, street, new mother, don't say such a thing! When I remember how you must h-e suffered, how cruel that wicked mal has been to hide me from you all the? years, I feel almost mad. That eventful night ended in more excitement, for the report spread to the house of the discovery of Jack Glendurwood, insensible and horribly wounded, and In he tumult that ensued Sheila worked off ome of her violent feelings. She broke in abruptly upon the lengthened conference betwen Audrey and her mother, and blurted out the news without any warning; bet her eyes glistened gladly as sbe saw the color leave Audrey's face am1 Lps, and heard the moan that came fron the sorrow-stricken heart. Constance Fräser turned pale, too, but the sight of her child's face gave her courage. As though he had read it in large letters, she knew the truth then. "It may not be so bad. Sheila, These things are always exaggerated," she said, as she put her hands tenderly on Audrey's shoulders. "It seems to me Incredible that Jack should have been attacked like this. Surely such wan can have no enemies." "He has ben robbed of all the jewelry snd money he had onthnt will be a dew," Sheila said, apparently with indifference, but watching Audreykeenly as she spoke. AH at once she seemed to realize that things were not so had for her. This sudden illness of Lord John's might, after all, prove a good friend to her. At any rate, it would separate him from Audrey, and that was a great deal. She noticed with ho keenest pleasure th? anguish that had dawned on the young girl's face. Siie must not let her step-mother notice her hatred of the girl that had stepped in between her and her happness. "But I am forgetting," she said, in a frank, vleant manner. "I have to offer all sorts of congratulations to you, mamma. Why, it Is like a fairy story. And so this pretty little girl is to be my siattrV She had come us to th slender

drawn-ap figure. "We must be good friends, you and I, Audrey," she said, güblly. "Let u- seal that bargain with

l a kiss." Constant Fraser's delicate face flushed. This was not what she had expected ; her generous, noble heart was deeply touch-d ami she trembled visibly. "Tank you. dear Sheila, was all she said, but she gave the girl a look of unutterable gratitude. "You have always been kind to me. I I should lik1 to think you and my Audrey were friends." Shuila stood silent for a moment, then, laughing softly, she pressed her lips to Audrey's cheek. "There! It is done!" she said. "And now for the latest news of poor Jack. Audrew had stood motionless all through this little scene; but her mother's hand felt the tremble that ran through the young frame. She fathomed f nly too well all that her child was suffering. As the door closed on Sheila, and they were alone once more, she wrapped her arms round the slight figure. "My darling!" she said, in tones of the c!?epest tenderness. Audrey gave a little cry, and turning, clung to her new-found comforter and protector. "Oh. mother, mother !" she whispered, brokenly; "and I I love him sol What shall I do if he dies?" Then, with those loving nrmi still about her, she wept out the story of her simple love. It was an old and a new story; and though her heart was torn with anguish at this calamity that had befallen her beloved, the girl's sorrow was inexpressibly soothed by the remembrance that the heart she leaned on now beat only for her, and would be hers henceforth and to the end. (To be continued.) TO END PLANT DISEASE. Scientist Establishes Hospital In North Dakota College. A writer in the World To-Day has called attentiou to an Important work in the interests of farmers and fruitgrowers, which Is being carried on at the North Dakota Agricultural College, in the direction of eliminating the diseases of plants and trees and so successful has Prof. IL L. Bolley become In eradicating the Ills to which vegetation is heir that be Is called by the western agriculturists the head physician of the vegetable kingdom, says the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Prof. Bolley conducts what he calls a plant hospital in connection with the college. At this hospital are found all sorts and conditions of sick and unhealthy trees and plants. A large area of ground Is set apart for the remedial operations, under the Immediate supervision of the head physician, who has a corps of assistants who might not inappropriately be classed as trained vegetable nurses. A portion of the ground is used for experiments on soil that has been affected by flax "smut" or other parasite and various healing processes are tried experimentally, but practically. Wheat rust U another of the evils which Prof. Bolley Is striving to mitigate. If not entirely eradicate. Just now he Is testing the theory that the carberry plant is the progenitor of wheat rust, and he seems to have established the correctness of the theory. He has recommended the use of a dilution of formaldehyde as a bath for seed wheat, and It Is estimated that the Introduction of the process has saved the farmers of the northwest millions of dollars. He has already worked out a process of administering formaldehyde to fruit trees as a constitutional remedy for apple blight, with marked success. The Dakota vegetable physician Is a firm believer In the ability of some plants of a given species to withstand the attacks of plant diseases, and hi; Investigations along this line are of interest, lie collects grain, plants and seeds from all quarters of the earth and sprays them with cultures of the different kinds of disease to which they are supposed to be subject Such plants a9 survive this drastic process arc carefully segregated and their seeds submitted to a similar exposure. Nececessarily, his process Is slow, but Prof. Bolley haa met with sufficient encouragement to warrant continued experiment The work done at the Dakota Agricultural College Is one which would seem to be worthy of emulation In other states and managers of eastern agricultural experiment stations are watching it with Interest Broke Up Ills Dreams. Stubb Great Scott, man, what ti lue matter with you? Penn I-I fell over a cella door last night Stubb But you look as though you had been clubbed. Cellar doors don't club people. Penn Yes, but there was a polio man sleeping ou the cellar door. Sure to Tumble. Gussie But, deah hoy, If the rich man refused to give you the hand of his daughter I don't see why you should persist in giving him tips on the races? Reggy Sb, I want him to go as broke as I am and then perhaps when ve are on the same level he won't have such a strong objection. Sure Thing-. Gunner And you say that tall man Is playing for the heart of the beautiful Boston heiress. What chance has he? Why, she has a heart of ice. Guyer Oh, he'll capture her all right He Is an official of the Ice trust Easy Cnoagh. Growells I cer.alnly do have the worst of buck. Howells Well, you caa change all that. Growells How? Howells Make the best of It Philadelphia Press. WUdom of Experience. "They say," remarked the mere man, "that 'because' Is a woman's reason and It Is about all the reason she has.' "Yes," rejoined the pretty widow, "it's about all the .reason she has for marrying a man." A Success. "Snarlsby says It's his ambition tobe a groat discoverer." "He is already. Tie can find more fault than any one in the community." Detroit Free Press. Often So. He Marriage Is a pottery. She You mean a letters', don't you? He No, I mean a potLery a place for making family jar. .Ami Hide Her Illu!ie. Little Willie Say, pa. what is a limelight used in a theater for? Pa To show up the whitewash on the Soubrette, my son. Circumstances are beyond the con trol of man, but his conduct la in his Lowii power. Beaumont

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the surface. Underwear should be reduced to the minimum. The patterns of the dress are selected to give a slender effect to the body. Striped materials are preferred. Tu nellae a Coat. The business of rellnlng a coat, which Is so often necessary at this time of the year, can be very simply achieved In the following manner: First remove half the oid lining to use as a pattern by which to cut out the new one, leaving the other half stitched to the coat to act as guide. The next process is to unplrk the piece of lining which haa been detached. Lay It flat on the new material and cut round the pattern, leaving enough for turnings. Sew up the seams, .leaving the nrm seam open. Lay the new lining over one side of the coat and baste It Into position, unpicking the remaining half by degrees, and basting the new In Its place, says Woman's Life. The bottom, front and neck must now be neatly hemmed,' and the arinholes and under-arm seams sewed up. Any material which is over should be gathered or neatly plaited Into these twe seams. Lastly, the linings of the sleeves must be sewn up and, stitched In. Tip for Gaeatm. Don't, if you are able to play or sing, make your hostess waste a quarter of an hour pressing you to do so. Don't, when you are leaving, forget any of your possessions. It is tiresome to have to send such things on by post Don't keep reiterating how much you enjoyed yourself at the Browns when you were staying there last month. Don't begin a book and ask If you may take it home to finish. Your hostess may not want to lend It, but It will be difficult for her to refuse. If she suggests your taking It that is quite another matter. Train the Girl. To be self-reliant To handle money and keep accounts. To value independence without losing lovableuess. To take care of herself without losing faith in her fellows. To understand social conventions and use them for her own protection. Never to let friendship Infringe upon self-respect Never to sign papers without knowing what they are about Not to cling with her eyes shut Always to stand erect and look things squarely In the face. Iteiuemher Thla. The tragic ending of a case, which was related to the papers some months ago, of the bridegroom who was struck at the base of the brain Iy the heel of an old shoe developed a tumor and died within a year, should serve as a reproof to those who consider that a marriage license to their friend gives them a license to do things they would not think of doing under any other circumstances. TLe Judiie Kinhnrrnftned. Miss Hilda Smith, of Denver, recently nerved on a Jury, and the judge in addressing the Jury began, "CSentlemeu of the Jury." Then he bethought himself and added "and lady of the jury." The lady served on divorce cases and voted to give divorces to two men applying fr thoui, which shows how unprejuditvd a woman can Le. T:Ue Time In I) retain sc. Never let it ! your boast that you can dress in live minutes. No woman who has any r"-jurt for her nppt-ar-a nee or her clothes will attempt to dress In even double that time. It is as true in dressing as in anything else that where there is the more haste

ffl ä?ws 'ß-m ' u i x i I ! j r there is the less siv?ed. It Is particularly trying for a womAi to dress In a hurry. She gets flurried, and In her attempt to fasten her brooch the pin sticks into her finger, says an exchange. She gets cross over this, and then everything goes wrong. Buttoms come off shoes, or laws break, gloves and veil are not to found until boxes and drawers have leen turned upside down, and then the missing articles have been found on the drossln? table. When she does at last get ready she is conscious of appearing at her worst being hot and angry with herself and everybody else. War of the Sexes. Such duty as the subject owes the prince, Kveu such a woaian oweth to her husband ; And when him is forward, peevish, sullen, sour. And not obedient to his honest will. What is she but a foul contending rebel And graceless traitor to her loving lord? I am ashamed that women are so simple To offer war where they should kneel for peace, Or seek for rule, supremacy and sway. When they are bound to serve, love and obey. Taming of the Shrew. . Hot-Water Core. An acute attack of croup will be usually relieved In ten minutes If a towel or strip of flannel folded lengthwise and dipped into hot water, then slightly wrung out, be placed around the neck of the sufferer and covered so as to retain the heat. The same placed over the seat of pain will In most cases quickly give relief to ueuralgia and toochache, and laid over the stomach acts like magic In attacks of colicWoman's Life. To Clean Draaa. Brass teakettles, or, In fact, any article of brass, with the exception of Benares ware, can easily be cleaned In the following way: First wash the brass well In suds made of equal parts of ammonia and water with soap. This will remove all dirt from the article, leave It free from grease and give It a t emipollsh. Then an extra polish may be put on with a good brass polish. If the brass looks hopelessly tarnished any good powder that Is used for cleaning silver or brass. If moistened with Tinegar and applied vigorously, will remove the tarnish and leave a shiny surface. "Divinely Thln., To shine in the new gowns one must bo svelte, or assume this virtue, even though one have It not Our fiction writers, It would seem, are responsible for keeping the said Ideals alive. One can not help thinking It Is plays and fiction, and not fashion, that has inspired the craze for slenderness Just now obsessing our elegantes, and that novelists and dramatists alike are responsible for the "willowy type of woman for whom all the latest sownä seem designed, for we hear that In Paris no other Ideal is accepted. It is not enough to be "divinely tall," you must be "divinely thin" to wear with fitting grace the gowns prescribed by La Mode; and It Is the slender woman alone who can wear and look well In the long, clinging garments which accentuate her Inches and attenuate her contours. Smart Spring Frock. Bride Should Kion That "no credit" is a very safe motto for a young couple to live up to. That necessities should be selected before fancy articles. That a small sum should be put aside regularly with which a home may be purchased. That good cooking and a tidy home, combined with a sweet temper, go far toward persuading a, husband that marriage Is not a failure. Correct l"ootvear. Low ties cr pumps of white buckskin are the correct footwear to accompany the white serge frock, and white hose, line and plain or embroidered in white, are worn open work hose being ruled out. Occasionally the riblion ties of the low shoes are In color to match a gay parasol of revere lines, but the white ties; are preferable. To Amuse ''hlldren. However soon children tire of playing with toy?, they always find endless amusement In making new playthings

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for themselves. The 'abricat.oii of pa per dolls out of colored fashion plates Is a work which will easily serve to pass away a wet afternoon in the nursery. The figures should be cut neatly round, pasted on to cardboard, and this in turn cut out so as to stiffen the fig ures, says Woman's Life. The anus and legs can be made to move If these are divided in the first Instance, mount ed separately ou cardboard, and attach ed to tho dolls by means of small paper fasteners, the heads being treated in like manner. ÄXi3l 1 fteS. rlT 1 1 yv All the skirts of thin material show a little fullness at the waist line. A little touch of black velvet somewhere -about the gown is a distinctive note Just now. Valenciennes, torchon and several other fashionable laces are now Imitated In gold and silver thread. Brightest peacock blue appears now and then, crude in Its garishness and out of harmony with Its surroundings. Another pretty touch is a black velvet buckle catching down a corsage bow of white tulle or a stock bow of soft satin ribbon. . The old-time serpentine skirt weighted with Jetted Insertions and trimmings Is one of the graceful revivals .for slender figures. Next to white, pale shades, with a very light shrimp pink as one of the leaders, are extensively used at thu southern resorts. Feather toques, composed of two large wings and some tail feathers mounted on a small velvet frame, are finding favor In Paris for matinee wear. If an ' embroidered band, could be worked In around the armhoie of the new waist, one of the most Insistent ideas of the hour would be carried out One-piece frocks are to lead in thla fabrics this year. The handwork and Insertions on the new white batistes and ruoussellnes are exquisite iu workmanship. The little "Jumper" waist is to be duplicated In linen next summer and girls who do fancy work are busily embroidering themselves dainty examples of this mode. In Paris not a few modish women have been displaying bare, ungloved hands and arms in opera and theater boxes.j They wore many Jeweled rings and bracelets. Black taffeta skirts are most effec tively trimmed with graduated bands of velvet ribbon around the tottom aud on voile skirts an equally good effect is obtained with taffeta band. A Nevr Kind of Dimer. A woman in Washington recently gave a dinner In New York In which there was "nothing slain. No bones. No resistance." In fact, there was neither meat nor cooked food, and it was declared a very successful dinner. The first course was oyster In grape-fruit shells. There were nuts, gun-cooked corn, cheese, eggs, cherry tarts, sher bets, ice creams, fruits in abundance. and that was all. Women and Cheerfulness. Men will not put up with melancholy In women, says the London Spectator, It la as natural to a woman to adorn herself with cheerfulness as with oriiainento. If she cares at all for the impression she creates she will no more be melancholy than she will be slovenly. What We 3Iot Expect. A New York paper gives the startling Information that the Lydia Languish type Is coming in, and declares that sha may be seen In all her glory at the theaters any night It la asserted that man fraternizes with the athletic girl, but gives his soul's devotion to the Lydias. Will Get Pension. The wives of ex-senators will be interested In the discussion that arose la the United States , Senate over the granting of a pension to the widow of Senator Ilawley. Mrs. John A. Logan draws a pension of $2,000 a year and Mrs. Sheridan $2,500. The pension was voted to Mrs. Ilawley finally. How to Choose a Hat. A milliner says that a vulgar woman wears a loud, obtrusive hat. and a morbid woman adorns her head with funeral like hats. No doubt there Is a happy medium, but the wise woman will disguise her personality, If she Is Inclined to either extreme, when she chooses her Easter bonnet. A Sign of the Tliuea. The pendant earring Is now very much worn, and pearls are not the only stone, either, although they are still the most iopular. No doubt before the summer Is begun there will be a return of the old-fashioned long earrings, as all the signs seem to point that way. Mck-Ucd Victories. If you are an Invalid do your best to iret well, but If that is Impossible strive for the unselfishness and serenity that are the best iossossions of health. There are no sublimer victories than some that are wori on sick bed. Phillips Brooks. A Vejyetarlitn'a Proposal. An English vegetarian propyl to a woman, whereupon she delivered her self of the following scathing words: "(Jo along with you! What? Be flesh of your tlesh. and you a-Iiving on cal-ba-n;? io and marry a grass widow!" White Klichen Floors. A white kitchen floor is obtained only by the use of cold water and common soap. Hot water and washing iowdcrs tend to make It yellow. Garble for Toiikilltls. Put a few drops of spirits of myrrh r half a glas of water, and gargle the throat often.

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Dainty Drea AeeenMorlen. Nothing will add to, or detract from. the appearance of any coat more than the collar and cuffs. If these are shabby or ill-shaped they will spoil an otherwise well-looking garment, while new ones, cut in the prevailing mode, will PATTERN' NO, ONE SIZE. freshen up a garment most remarkably. It is not always easy to cut a coat collar to fit iKTfectly without a good pattern and the fit Is the most essential part. With a good pattern, however, any seamstress can manage it without difficulty. Here are three pretty styles, novel and original In design, any one of which will make an attractive finish for a coat, either of the same material as the jacket, or of 6ilk or velvet, edged with braid. These are also excellent designs for those charming little linen sets that are so much wora during the summer on both cottoi. and woolen coats. The above pattern will be mailed to your address on receipt of 10 cents. Send all orders to the Pattern Department of this paper. Be sure to give both the number and size of pattern wanted, and write very plainly. For convenience, write your order on th-J following coupon: Order Coupon. No. 1744. SIZE NAME ADDRESS . Handy Dath Rohe. One of the most convenient garments a boy can have is one of these long, loose robes. They are usually made of heavy Turkish toweling, which comes It; different colors and designs for this rATTEBX NO. 1743. puriose and can be readily laundered. They are cut after the very simplest design three pieces only in the body. The front Is fastened with frogs and a heavy cord tied around the waist, the ends of which terminate In tassels. Wide turn:back collar and cuffs finish the neck and sleeves, and the big pocket is a handy place for stowing away a handkerchief, or any other small article essential to the owner's comfort. Such a robe is most convenient to slip On over a suit of pajamas, especially If the boy's room is at some distance from the bath room, or if be wishes to leunge about his own room before retiring. The above pattern will be mailed to your address on receipt of 10 cents. Send all orders to the Pattern Department of this paper. Be sure to give both the number and size of pattern wanted, and write very plainly. For convenience, write your order on the following coupon: Order Coupon. No. 1743. --7 SIZE NAME ADDRESS Things to Think About. Paris eats 37,000 horses a year. Ballooning Is an excellent remedy for anemia. Canada produces annually 90,000 tons of cheese. In Bilbao the ringing of church bells U prohibited by law. The Chinese have a perfume made of water lilies that costs $8 a drop. St. Petersburg holds the highest death rate among the world's capitals. German locomotive engineers receive a gold medal and $000 for every ten yearsof service without accident. iT.fteen otticers of the German army are at present studying Japanese In the Berlin Seminary for Oriental languages. It Is said that there are no fewer than 11,000 rooms In the Vatican In Rome, and many of them never receive sunlight. The strangest flag under which men ever fought is that of the Macedonian Insurgents. It Is red on one side and black on the other. Luke E. Wright, ambassador to Japan, was a Confederate soldier and has the record of loing the only Confederate veteran wlwm a KepuMican administration appointed to high diplomatic place. Ex-Vice President Levi P. Morton, now in his SOd year, seemingly never has so much as contemplated retirement from active business life. 11c spends the greater part of each week in his ofilco in New York, where a president of the Morton Trurc Company he direct the financial policy ol that institution,

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1312 Suppression of the Order of Knights Templar by a papal decree. 1421 French defeated British at battle of Anjou. 1Ü4D Thomas Seymour. lord hih admiral of Kngland, attainted aud lx beaded. lt7S- Ypres, in Iielgium, surrendered to the French after a siege of seven, days. ' 1752 First issue of The Halifax Cla" zette, first npwsiaier printed in . Cans la. 1705 Th British Ftamp act became law. 1701 British under Corn wall is took Bangilore, India, by storm. 17J Princess of Furstenherg killed at the battle of Stockache. 1801 Paul, Czar of Russia, assassinated.... Sir Ralph Abercromby mortally wounded at battle of Alexandria. 1S07 Alexandria taken by the British under Eraser. 1S10 Bonaparte issued a genera! amnesty to prisoners of 6tate in France. 1815 Sloop of war Hornet captured . British warship Penguin o5 Cape of Good Hope. 1S20 Commodore Stephen Decatnr mortally wounded in duel with Commodore James Barrow. .. .Jesuits banished from Russia by decree of Csar Alexander. 1831 Austrian troops entered Bologna and subdued Italian revolution. 1834 First issue of the 'New Yorker." by Horace Greeley and two associates. 1830 Col. Fannin. Texas soldier, surntidered to the Mexicans with 500 men. who were massacred one week later. 1S38 Sir George Arthur look office as lieutenant governor of upper Canada. ....Sir Francis Bond Head resigned office as lieutenant governor of upper Canada. 1841 Duke of Clarence defeated and killed by the Earl of Buchan. 1S47 Bombardment of Vera Cruz. Mexico, began by American ships. 1840 Chirles Albert, King of Sardinia, abdicated in favor of his son. 1SÖ2 4;Uncle Tom's Cabin.' by Harriet Beecher Stowe, iublUhed in book form. 1550 The Arabs defeated at Hasheon.. Unsuccessful attempt at revolution made in San Domingo. .. .Ramon Pinto, eminent Cuban lawyer, garrotted at Havana for conspiracy against the government. 1SG2 Battle of Winchester. 1S03 John Morgan, with 4,000 men, dfeatcd near Miltop, Tenn by troops under Col. Hall. 1SG4 Battle of Henderson. 1SC5 Fort S ted man taken by the Confederates and retaken by the Union troops. 1S77 John D. Lee, convicted of complicity in the Mountain Meadow massacre, executed. 1551 Opera house st Nice burned, sixtytwo lives lost. 1552 Edmunds law, aimed at Mormoaisn in Utah, passed. 1553 Chinese troops attacked the capital of Tonquin, in French .ossession. 1501 Prince Napoleon buried at Turia. 1502 Col. Barnaby crossed English channel in a baüoon.... Staadard Oil trust dissolved. 1803 Mayor of Moscow assassinated. 1S05 Manitoba defied the Dominion gov--ernment to enforce its order to rfrtore to Roman Catholics the separate schools. 1897 Christian and Turks fought near Malaxa, Crete. .. .Fleets of the powers began the blockade of Crete. 180S Ten lives lost in hotel fire at Butte, Mont. .Forty-eight seal hunters perished on ice floe off Bay 4v Verde, X. F. 1S90 Mrs. Place electrocuted at Sing Sin for the murder of her stepdaughter.... France and England signed agreement on Nile boundary question. 1S90 Great cyclone In South Carolina. 1900 Cauadian troops arrived at Cape Town to engage in war with the Boers. 1901 Eighteen people killed in tornado at Birmingham, Ala. 1903 Irish land bill introduced into the British House of Commons. .. .Mississippi river at New Orleans reached height of 19.8 feet. Safety tu a Submarine. Judging from an article in the Paris Nature, translated for the Literary Digest, life in a submarine vessel is not' a particularly hazardous occupation. Referring to the recent catastrophes of tlie Farfadet and the Lutin, the public mind has been tilled with apprehensions about the extreme danger of submarine navigation. This writer points out that a few grains of sand in the thread of the screw of the headpiece of the Farfadet had prevented it from closing tightly, and that in the case of the Lutin a pebble prevented the closing of the valve for replenishing the water ballast. Both of these accidents were easily preventable, and the writer contends that theje were the only two serious catastrophes suffered by the French subma rine flotilla ia the course of 40,000 dives made since it was organized. A recent British device for escape from sunken submarines is a detachable boat, the deck of which lies flush with the back of the vessel. It enn be released by a single turn of a screw, after which it automatically rises to the surface, where it will float indefinitely, with plenty of air to sustain life until the men can be picked up. At the same time a flat buoy remains fastened to t;ie submarine, thus marking the josiiion of the wreck. Another recent safety device is a hollow ball, which.-when automatically released, floats to the surface and permits telephonic communication with the Mibnierpnl vessel. Doe Hot 11 ii k Kill -Microbe. An article- by a French savant, translated for the Literary Digest, and published in a recent ivsue of that magazine, takes issue with the commonly held ntion that boiling is an cflTec-tive method of sterilization. This writer claims that simply heating water o the boiling jint dv- not insure the destruction of all living organisms. To make sure of this result the fluid acted ujon should Ix subjected to a hih degree .f heat under pressure in vessels sp.t-iatly designed lor the purpose. 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