Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 32, Plymouth, Marshall County, 16 May 1907 — Page 3

TfflE CfflÄffilTY (MIL By EFF1E A. ROWLANDS

I CII APT ER XXI. ! Naturally when Jack. Glemlurwood came home from Beignton the truth about iSheila came out. i "I happened to call at Dinglewood for a moment. I -wanted to speak to Twist about that horse he said he would buy, land found the fair Sheila with that Fairifaz girl and her Lancelot all ready to tart off for a ride. They proposed accompanying me, and I agreed, though I could have done very well without them. Audrey laughed as he related the results of the ride, and Jean's gray eyes slowed with triumph. "I wish I had told him what that odious woman said," she observed to lAudrey, when they were alone in the drawing room ; "he ought to know of her insolence. "It would only vex him, and I don't really mind, Audrey answered, though he had been much hurt for the moment, "besides, it Is all so vulgar and disagreeable. Why should we trouble about it?" On the last day of October Willie IFuUerton came down to Craiglands, rreacly to Audrey's delight, f "Now, Jean, I want you to be very nice to him; he is a dear boy," she declared. j "The dear bo? being a good five years older than your ladyship," laughed Jean; jbut she found it a very easy task to be toiee to Willie Fullerton. i Ills open admiration for Audrey won Jier heart, and she felt that before long this pleasant young Englishman and herBelf would be good friends. To begin with, they both cordially detested Mrs. Fairfax and her aiughter, and that was a very good foundation to commence upon. The week following Mr. Fullerton's jarrival was, to Jean Thwait's thinking, the pleasantest that had come since she pad left Broadborough. i To Audrey, it was quietly happy : the Dinglewood folk gave her a little breathMng space; Sheila and Lady Daleswater paving gone up to town to arrange about Jthe masked ball, and she had her Jack nearly all to herself, for Jean and Willie ÖTullerton fraternized warmly, and were (much together. Audrey's letters to her knother that week unconsciously betrayed the feeling of her heart. She wrote free(ly, joyously, not in the strained fashion fthat had seemed to hang about her of Bate, and Constance Fräser, away alone, earing her great sufferings with Courtage and patience, rejoiced as she read. S Alas! How little did she think those fitters were the last happy ones Audrey would write for many a long, weary day. Jack, too. tired out with perpetual excitement and worry, basked in the sunshine of his girl wife's love, and reveled hn the gladness her presence gave him. Two days before the masked ball Sheila 'and Lady Daleswater returned to Dinglewood, and drove over to Craiglands to discuss all the arrangements with the Glendurwoods. They found the four fcroung people out in the grounds playing lawn tennis. "I have come to ask Lady John what he Is going to wear at the ball. Oh. I know it is a great secret, but I will bettray it to no one," Sheila said to Jack, as they walked away, and then she tried jto catch his eye as she gave a very palpable sigh. Audrey good-naturedly offered to show fcer gown and domino t both Sheila and (Lady Daleswater. Jean Thwait had been -carefully excluded from the invitations. "Lovely ! Beautiful ! Exquisite !" tried Sheüa. as Murray unfolded the jsheeny satins and held them forth for pnspection. And this is your domino, ILady John?" "Black and silver. It was Jack's idea. Isn't it pretty? Look at the design over the Shoulders." I "I wish you would put It on; I should Hike to see it so much," Sheila next observed. Lady Dileswater had not vouchsafed to come up and see the finery, she was in far too bad a temper. ' "An artist from London Is coming Jdown to s'ietch us all. He arrives to;day. I think he had better begin at once. I wish you would allow hirj to . sketch yours. Lady John." . "I shall be delighted," Audrey said, cordially. "Shall he come here or must I so to him?" ! Sheila's cheeks were quite rosy. "Oh, there is no need to trouble you. Just send Murray over with it. She snight drive back with us if you can ' rpare her." Audrey, only too glad to find Sheila speaking so pleasantly, agreed at once, and so, when the Dia;lewood carriage drove away, Lady Johs maid rode in Bt, carefully guarding the box containing ithe black and silver domino. Audrey meant to have told Jean about this, but all ideas went out of her head as the carriage disappeared, and they rushed to finish tHeir game. "I aay, baby, here's a bore," Jack Qlendurwood said, as he entered Craiglands fit dinner time on the evening of Sheila's ball. "I can't go with you to-night, after all." "Oh, Jack r Audrey clasped her hands In despair. "I am disappointed. I don't think I hall go, then. What is the matterr "Benson has telegraphed me he must see me at once on important business ; something gone wrong with the election, I suppose. Ill get back as quickly as possible, and come on to you if I can." "Your dress looks so lovely. You iwould make such an exquisite Black Brunswicker, Jack." "Well," laughed Jack, kissing her, "I .will try and get into my fine togs; at lleast, if I cannot manage the Black Brunswicker, I will don my gray domino. JToa will be able to pick me out, won't you, fairy, even though X am masked?" "And you me?" Audrey added. "Don't forget to look for the black and silver, Jack." Dinner was hurriedly eaten, and Jean was much grieved for Audrey's sake that Lord John could not accompany her. lAfter Jack had driven away, the two girls mounted op to Audrey's pretty bedroom. "You must be my maid to-night, Jean," she said, as they sat before the fire for K few momenta. . "Why, where is Murray?" "On, she was very rude and I was obliged to' send her away," Audrey answered, a shade falling on her face. "There have been a great many complaints about her downstairs." "I hope you told Lord John, Audrey," he said. "No? My dearest, believe me, Foa are wrong this perpetual attacking of yon. Believe me, if It were once known that your husband had put his foot down, you would find Dinglewood House would learn how to behave itself." "But, Jean, dear, what has Dinglewood House to do with Murray' insolence?" Audrey asked, quietly. "More than you imagine, Audrey." j Audrey was silent for a moment. "Jean," she said, looking up with tears In her eyes, "why Is it that they they are so crrl? What have I ever done to jßheila Frastr or Lady Daleswater that they should hate me so?" "You have offended Lady Daleswater bj your beauty and aristocratic bearing; you have made an enemy of Sheila Fräser because you have robbed her of the man she mant to marry."

"Jean!" Audrey turned pale. "Is this true?" "Ask any one about the place, and you will find it is ; but why sh mid it distress you? Remember the tine it takes to make your complexion ; and how will your ladyship have your hair dressed tonight?" Audrey smiled at Jean's grave mimicry of Murray's voice. "Now let us go down, the carriage is at the door, and Mr. Fullerton will be tired of waiting." She followed the black and silver domino down the stairs, and then gave a great start as Willie sauntered out of the smoking room in his ordinary evening dress. "Why are you so late? Have you been sleeping?" Jean demanded severely. Willie colored and stammered out an excuse. "If you will forgive me, I have such i headache, I " "Yoa want to stay at home? Certainly. Jean. look well after him. Goodnight, darling ; good-night, Mr. Fullerton : you really do look alarmingly ill," and so, laughing, Audrey drove away. Jean stood gazing out after the carriage. Willie had never seen her look like that before, and it puzzled him. "I say. Miss Jhwait, you .are not vexed I did not go, are you? I I am

Jean turned to him hurriedly. "Not vexed, Mr. Fullerton. but sorry. I should like yon to have been with her to-night. I hardly know why I say this, but I have a presentiment that something is going to happen, and tint Audrey will find sorrow, not pleasure, at Sheila Fraser's masked ball." CHAPTER XXII. A huge ballroom had been erected on the lawn, with light, wooden walls, and one cone shaped roof; the floor was parquet, and as smooth as ice ; a smart military band was to provide music; supper was served in another temporary . room, and the drawing room, hall and conservatory were turned into a lounge and promenade. Audrey felt quite bewildered as she found herself in this throng of variously colored forms, all with the black lace or silk covering over their faces. She wished vaguely she h3d not come, then that she had Jack with her, or Willie Fullerton. Suddenly Audrey became aware that two people were talking close to her and that they were speaking of her. "They call her a beauty I" one woman's voice said. Audrey could recognize neither of the two. "A small, insignificant thing like lhat, with her black hair and staring white face! Jack Glendnrwood did the worst day's work he will ever do when he married her! What can a low born and bred girl like that know about social duties?" "And yet they say she was a great success in town." "They say of course they say so. Well, ask Gladys Daleswater and you will hear the truth." "Ah. it was a sad mistake ! Such a nice fellow, too; heshouId have married Sheila." "I can't make out why on earth he didn't ! This charity girl business seems to me to have been very well arranged by Mrs. Fräser. Why, everybody knows he has always been in love with Sheila. They are together now. I just caught sight of them as we came along, his tall gray domino beside her pale-blue one. I expect he tells her all his troubles. Sheila is so fond of him. They ought to have been man and wife, and would have been, too, but for that pasty-faced, upstart creature!" Audrey's limbs seemed frozen, her heart a lump of ice. What was this she had heard? What horrible nightmare had come over her! So this was what was said ! . "Sheila and Jack !" Again r.nd again the phrase rang in her ears. "Sheila and Jack !' They had always loved ; they loved now; and she she, Audrey, the low-born, low-bred charity girl she stood between them. A moan broke from her burning lips; she held one hand pressed close over the other so tightly as almost to tear the gloves she wore. Iler brain was on fire ; her head reeled. She sat so quiet she might have been a figure of marble, not human flesh and blood. Not even in that one moment of actual peril on board the Mona had she felt as she, did now. She was stranded before she had sailed beyond the suntipped waves of youth and youth's sweet dreaming3. Suddenly she awoke with a start. A voice was calling shrilly in her ear, and a hand was placed on her shoulder, i "Lady John I know it is you by your domino what are you doing all alone? Isn't it fun? Aren't you enjoying yourself? I never was at anything so lovely in all my life. Don't you know me? I am Alice Fairfax. It is such fun being disgaised like this. But you must not sit here all alone. Lord John is enjoying himself immensely. I met him walking in the garden with Sheila ju3t now. You see, I know all the dominoes, and can pick people out quite easily." "You you are sure my husband is here. Miss Fairfax?" "Yes. He has been dancing with Sheila. They are out in the garden. Do you want him? Shall I go and find him; or why not come with me, I know just where they are." Audrey's' simple, loving heart was ablaze With jealousy. So he had come, and had gone to Sheila first without looking for her? What if those cruel tongues had spoken true, that already he was repenting his bargain, and turning again to Sheila, the girl he had always loved. "I think I will go with you. Miss Fairfax," she said, hurriedly. She would see for herself. "Come this way, then," Alice Fairfax went out through the window. "Lift up your skirts, Lady John ; I am afraid the paths are not too dry." "Tucj went down here," Alice Fairfax sMd, as they passed onward to a more rBmote corner; "but I don't see them ow. What a nuisance ! I thought we should have been sure of catching them up. Ah, there is Mr. Devereux. I will ask him if he has seen them. You go straight on. Lady John, I will overtake you." The girl darted away as she spoke, and Audrey wandered on alone, obeying her mechanically. "When I find Jack he shall take me home," she said to herself, very slowly. She longed to be gone, to be away from this horrible ball, with its laughter and fierce gayety, and venomous tongues, hidden behind every mask. Deep in her agitated thoughts, Audrey had hurried on unconsciously. She left the ball room behind her. She had followed along the path in svhich Miss Fairfax had set her first. She scarcely realized that she war alone, she had no desire for the girl's companionship. All at once she came to a standstill. What forms were those just before her, half hidden by a rustic garden house? Her eyes were blinded for an instant, then she saw quite clearly. That was Sheila Fraser's face; she had taien off her mask, and the far-away lights shone on it, and touched the red gold of her hair with a shimmering glory; and that

tall, sirong figure in the gray domino 1 Ah. did she not know that only too well?" With sickening pain Audrey noted the attitude of those two; how Sheila's white hands were clinging to the man's strong ones; an.l then, as though to confirm the truth, to allow of no remaining doubt, Audrey saw the girl's head, with its wealth of ruddy gold hair, rest against the man's breast. She caught the murmur of a man's voice, and then the answer that Sheila gave, clear and shrill as a 'bell, "Oh, Jack ! Jack ! my darling !" and then, with a cry of despair, she turned and sped away on, on, unheeding, unconscious, till suddenly her strength went and she stumbled against something :c some one, and she knew no more. (To be continued.)

Harnesftlns Up 1be 11111m. To compel the Sierra Nevada not merely to stand aside for trains but actually to pull them for bkn over the 5,000-foot elevation of Emigrant pass is Mr. Harrimaa's purpose and lie has fashioned the bridle, bit and traces to harness the mountain streams for the work. It Is a story 'rom real life of real coaches to carry everybody who goes that way a more wonderful story, when details are told, than the tale of the Pumpkin coach with its white-rat horses that bore Cinderella to the ball In our childhood fairy bools and our childhood drearus. Now millions upon millions of Investment In the huge first cost of such an enterprise spells economy for a great railroad and how America's cleverest minds and best trained talents are employed in the task are not the least interesting features of the tale and the methods by which the silent prime mover la it all works toward as tremendous ends are uncovered sufficiently to stir the reader to enthusiasm. The great fight of transcontinental road3 to cornet trafilc, the struggle of the giants of the railway world to cut a mile from natural distance and a minute from running time and their marvelous taming and breaking in of nature's wild powers to override nature's most formidable obstacles are all typified in this great feat This advance story of the enterprise is remarkable for Its picture not only of what Harrlman Is to-day, but of what he will be to-morrow in the railway world and makes food for thought as well as entertaining reading. Technical World. Simple Pleasures. The stage-coach driver, wlto had pointed out many things of interest to his solitary passenger, flicked his whip toward a sign at the foot of a short, sleep driveway. "Happy Brook Farm up there, you see," said he, genially. "Stock farm?" Inquired the traveler. "Well, yes," said the driver, ruminatively, "yes, I cal'late that's what 'tis. They keep three cows an make butter. Folks don't hanker much for It after the first try, but I don't know as that's either here or there." "Where's the brook?" nsked the traveler, craning his neck. 44 Well, now, the brook Is off a quarter of a mile or so," and the driver looked apologetically a this fare, "but I cal'late when you name r. place you can't get everything cut and dried Just as you want It An if you'd seen that whole family and the outlying relations looking at that sign when they first got It up, I guess you wouldn't bavCi felt to carp and criticise. "If ever there was a set o folks well pleased with themselves, then they were." ' Went to the Riebt Place. An American whose business frequently takes him to London tells of an amusing conversation between the driver and conductor of a public 'bus In that city. The 'buz was fairly crowded, so tie American climbed to the top, where, shortly after taking his seat, he observed a per: n in peculiar garb, with a red turban, 'x'here was a I.;aden sky overhead and i slow, drizzling rain, such weather as is the rule rather than the exception in tho Lritish metropolis. As the conduc" r came to ths? top the red-turbaned person, evidently an Indian Tarsee, got down. "Wot sort of a chap Is that?" asked the driver of the conductor. "I fancies thit 'e's one of them fillers that worships tte sun." 'Worship! th? sun, eh!" repeated the driver, with a fhiver. "Then I suppose he comes over 'ere to 'ave a rest" -Success Magazine. Economy, The country grocer was Issuing Instructions to his new assistant, a lad of 9 years. "It's only by looking closely after the trifles," said the proprietor, "that a profit can be made in these days of close competition." "Yesslr," came from the boy. "For example," continued the grocer, "when you pick the flies out of the sugar don't throw them awy. Put them among tho currants." Evening Wisconsin. Drawing: the Line. The Cook Ol'm aftber fcivin yez notice thot Ol'm goln f lave, ma'am. The Mistress Why, what's the trouble, Jane? Are you dissatisfied with ycur work or your wages? The Cook No, ma'am, me work's azy an' me wages Is a plinty, but 0111 not sthand fer so many av thlm dudes acallln on yer daughter. The Mistress But they do not Interfere with you, do they? The Cook No, ma'am. But orm afraid payple will be afther thlnkln some av thlm Is a-callln on me, ma'am. Sore of It. Tourist Wasn't there a great battle fought about here? Village Dame Ah, I do mind It when I were a gell, I do. They was Tourist But my good woman, thai was nearly COO years ago! Village Dame (unabashed) Dear, dear ! How time do fly ! Punch. The New Danxrr. "I heard that Deacon Thompson had a narrow escape from being hit on the bead by a meteor." "Meteor! Nothing of the sort II was a piece of slag that some fool aeronaut was using for ballast" Cleveland Plain Dealer. Painful Sccgestlon. Chaplelgh I was aw out , latt lawst night, and the aw wesult was I had a head on me this mawning, doncher know. Miss Caustlquc Well, if I were you I'd stay out late every night Queen Margherita of Italy has the finest collection of pearls in the world. She Is a great automobile enthusiast and can drive her own machine. Taking all the year round, the coldest hour of the twenty-four is 5 o'clock In the morning.

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Spool Holder. Dressmakers, tailors and others who do a great deal of sewing will be Interested in the spool holder shown In the Illustration. A resident of Honolulu Is responsible for the invention. As a rule, dressmakers are in the habit of continually losing their spool of cotton. Generally the spool Is placed on a nearby table, ijt easy beach. where it tan be readily knocked off and lost This simple little spool holder was designed especially to guard against such accidents. It is made of wire bent to shape, the upier edge formed into a pin, with a co-operating hook, by which It can be most conveniently reached. The spool of cotton being used Is slipped over the lower rod, where it is firmly held, the rod being made of spring wire. As each needleful of thread is used another Is quickly procured without the necessity of reaching to the table for the spool or hunting it on the floor. 'Vomen In Proverb. In answer to a question as to the standing of a woman in the estimation of the various peoples of the earth, a German paper says: "The fair sex plays an unenviable part in many lands, as you may see by the well known adages. The Spaniard says: 'Women and mules will do our bidding more readily when we stroke than when we strike them;' 'Woman's tears are worth much aiyl cost little;' The fox is sly, but a woman who loves is more so.' The Arab says: 'Man's leauty is his soul woman's soul is her beauty;' 'Ask your wife's advice and then follow your own judgment' In India they say: The coquette is like a shadow; follow it and it flees, fly from It and it will follow.' In China woman is looked down upon, and one of the oldest adages says: 'The tongue of a woman is a dagger which Is never allowed to grow rusty; 'The soul of a woman Is like quicksilver and her heart Is like wax.' To the question, 'What Is woman?' the Turk answers, 'A prisoner; the Persian 'A slave; the Servian, 'A' servant ;' the Bulgarian, 4 A companion;' the Greek, 4 A queen.' It will surprise most people to know that even the Frenchman is unkind to woman in ids adages. Thus, he says: 'Women and fools never forgive;' 'Woman laughs when she can and weeps when she pleases; 'What the devil cannot accomplish, woman can;' The good women are in the church yard.' " French Model Hat. A very picturesque and effective hat is depicted in the accompanying picture. Pale blue Neapolitan was used for the model hat, the brim of which was turned down all around. The crown was encircled by a wreath of pale yellow lilacs and green grapes, the grapes being arranged to fall about the brim. A bow of violet velvet caught the brim up from the face at the left side of the front Mother a a Cham. I never like the word "chum," but that Is' the right word for the mother who Is companionable with her daughter. The sweetest thing In life Is the love of a mother, but how many girls are denied this because of something which keeps them apart from the mother love and confidence. It seems Impossible that any woman should not crave the love and affection of a daughter, accepting it as the most gracious gift ever bestowed In her life; but t le re are some mothers really and truly selfish with their daughters, frequently jealous, and ofttlmes very indifferent to all their Interests. This is surely the irony of fate. Last winter a certain joung girl left home because she and lier mother could not agree. The girl actually had to pay for the fuel burned when she entertained friends In the evening. The mother charged her for washing any clothing, In fact, she met with a boarding house mistress instead of a mother. Girls love to be petted, to have the sympathy of those of broader minds and experience, and they turn as naturally to the mother as a flower does to the warm sunshine. Deny a girl these surroundings and her nature reaches out for them from some other source. The girl who cannot sit down on a little ottoman at her mother's knee and tell her her school perplexities, read her her love letters and win her confidence, is robbed of the sweetest Joy of girlhood. Vsiicallant Uncle Sam. Primping among the women employes of the government printing ofSee must cease. An official order has been Issued removing all mirrors from the big building. In times past many of the floors had forty to fifty mirrors upon tha walls in convenient reach of women employes whon ready to go to lunch or to leave for the day. Each mirror belonged to a particular beauty or to a congenial group, and the utmost harmony prevailed. "Now," complain the girls, "there Is but one large mirror left and that in the main dressing room. It Is Imiossible for a hundred or more women to gather around one mirror at one time and get any satisfaction out of the proceeding. Consequently, we have to dash on our hats, guess at whero our faces need washing most and saunter out on the street perfect frights." "Thö wo.tien waste too much time la

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fixing their hair and arranging their hats," i3 said to be the reasoning of the department officials.

"Wo wr ste no time belonging to the government and should certainly have the right to look decent," is the way tho women see It. Social Sway of Woman. "Male ascendency is as real and at least as strong in America as in nt-y European country short of Turkey. Tho social sway of woman is due to a different valuation of society by the American man from that of European countries. What Henry James and other critics affirm, that the American man is a business man, a politician and a clubman, but leaves society largely to his wife and daughter, is quite true, but what apparently they fail to recognize is the characteristic mental attitude of the male American toward this social life," says a writer in London. "His extravagant wife and daughters, with their receptions, diamonds, trips to Europe and sprightly talks on books -and art, are to him primarily a big entertainment, an expensive, elaborate show, which he can afford to keep up and likes to pay for. The average successful male American would no more think of competing with his wife in the display of social arts and graces than the Londoner who v sits Maskelyne & Devant's would think of vying with the mystery men there, but his real coutrol of the social order Is not less deeply rooted on that account "So far as fiction holds tho mirror up to American nature ft exhibits quite a significant paucity of sex emotion in Its more spontaneous, mastering flow. Possibly the conquering American woman owes much of her triumph in circles to this touch of inner chill. That she owes anything to intellectual superiority over the male of her kind cannot be conceded, for no such superiority exists. "She reads more and talks more, because that belongs to her decorative function. The thought of America owes little to her, though she has long enjoyed more ample opportunities for education than the other sex. Her contribution toward serious literature, art and science is small, almost negligible. Almost all the best brain work in America, even in fields where women are most occupied, is done by men." jieaun ana uenoir Hint. If the nose Is shiny use borax water or wash it with rornmeal Instead' of soap. For hoarseness beat up the white of an egg, flavor with lemon and sugar and take some occasionally. Hay, sprinkled with a little chloride of lime and left for an hour in a closed room will remove the smell of new paint . . There can be no health without ex ercise and a system of exercise should bo practiced that will bring In play all the muscles of the body. For feet that perspire too freely put a tablespoonful of vinegar in the foot b.ith ; the soles of the feet may also be rubbed with spirits of camphor. For a corn or bunion paint over every day with the following solution : Collodion, one-half ounce; sodium borate, cme-half dram; extract cannabis, onehalf scruple. , An air cushion or hot water bag, partly fiUed with air, placed under pil lows In the go-cart will prevent the jarring of the baby's spine, of which the doctors complain of in tCe use of go-carts. Warlike Ensllahvvomen. Saddening is the picture of the Twent eth Century w oman that a magistrate in a Loudon jwlice court ha3 Just drawn. As he sees the women of to-day they are almost as warlike as a peace congress. "Woman nature is undergoing considerable modifications," he says. "The gentleness, the spirit of dependence and the 'sweet unreason ableness that used to distinguish the sex are giving place to a love of advertisement and a taste for unseemly scenes of rowdyism ami violence. The doves are charging into eagles. Even the hatpin designed for innocent purposes Is becoming lu the hands of women as much a weapon of damage as the stiletto. These changes In the na'.ure of women are forced upon my attention In court." But remember, that is in England. Perish tho thought that Uucie Sam's daughters are traveling the same path ! ; About Moving Books. One of tho most Irksome tasks of moving is the packing of books. They are heavy, hard to pack, and the bindings are easily marred. The best way, In case there is a number to be removed, is to provide the requisite number of soap or shoe boxes, line them with newspapers and pack the books In them, filling crevices with crumpled paper. Spread papers on top, and box covers need not be put on. Label each box In case there are several bookcases, and they will be the more easily restored to their proper positions. For part of the Joy of having books Is to ho able to put one's hand on the wanted one at will. ÄE5 Filet lace rules this season as Irish lace did two seasons ago. The square mesh Is the thing. Collar and cuff facings are the exclusive point In motor coat modes and the demand for hand embroidery Is found even here. Some sandals, like slippers, are fastened with as many as five strips across the ankle. The buttons for these are very large. The capelike bolero Is one of the popular fancies for spring. Many of these pelerine effects are seen, some of them detachable. The long drooping shoulder and the kimono sleeve ara seen in most of the new models. When combined with the

pinafore waist they are quite charming. Plaid broadcloths are growing mora

popular even than when they first appeared In the autumn, and are very effective In lighter combinations for summer wear. Crochet buttons of silk and linen are extremely smart and are to be had in all colorings. Buttons of tortoise and other shells, enriched with gold cr mock jewels, are fetching. Directoire coats are much seen, both iu plain and striped effects. In cloth suits seen recently the lines of the jacket ran perpendicularly, while those ou the skirt were diagonal. The expression of the figure is car ried to a fashionable perfection when the waist is small and the shoulders wide, and to obtain that result all smart gowns are fashioned. Plain voiles and those In Tekln or striped patterns constitute a majority of the more pretentious costumes seen, and narrow black and white stripes are most favored. These are made up over white linings, as are almost all vollec of whatever color, and are elaborated ia many ways. A Snrpllce Corset Cover. Pretty lingerie will' tempt the most economical woman into extravagances that she has not really Intended, If she 13 not fortified with a good supply, of dainty pieces already on hand. These can be made up at odd moments. If she will take care to pick up pieces of cambric and bits of lace and embroidery .whenever they are found at entic ing prices. In this way, one does not feel the time or money spent This sur pllce style is a pretty variation of , the blouse corset covers for wearing with thin waists. A set of narrow tucks trims the back, but the fronts are plain gathered at the bottom to a basque portion which Is set on. The neck. sdes of the fronts, and the arms-eyes are finlshd with an edge of embroidery or lace. It is an unusually pretty deA.Frenh Air Queen. Queen Victoria, of Spain, must be congratulated upon her persistence ia the English belief in the virtues of fresh air, and condoled with upon the difficulties she finds In putting the sound principle Into practice. No few er than sixteen of her ladies were In capable of attending upon her the other day, in consequence of chills caught from windows opened by her majesty's orders. Imagination may have assisted; the case of a short-s'ghted old gentleman who caught cold from a shut window, s'mply because the expanse of clean glass looked more like no window at 11 than the dlamondpaned affairs he had been used to, is historic. In time the continent may be educated up to this elementary point ia hygiene, but, as every one knows who has taken part in one of those perennial quarrels about the open window In an European train or hotel, it will be a long, stern fight Kammer Treatment for For. Furs that are not likely to be wanted until the autumn should be stowed away far from tho machinations of the marauding moth, and to the end that safety may be secured boxes made of camphor wood are being sold. Moths are creatures of well-defined likes and dislikes, and a detestation of certain scents is one of their characteristics. Naphtha crystals are anathema to them, but the odor is also disagreeable to human nostrils, an objection scarcely to le applied to camphor wood. A still more certain retreat from the moth pest is the frozen atmosphere of the ice rooms iu which the great furriers store their customers' peltry, after beating It well to remove every atom of dust, a process that should be applied to every square inch of any kind of fur that is to be put by for the summer. To Teach Girls How to Shop. The coming woman will be an expert shopper if an experiment which Is to be tried in the elementary schools of Birmingham, England, proves a success. Once a week the girl pupils of the cookery departments who are over 11 years old will be taken for a round of the markets by a cooker instructress. The girls will be taught which articles to buy and which to avoid, which are the most economical anj which the most adaptable to certain dishes. Don't Ther Marry? The cry that girls of the present day do not marry is, of course, only partially founded on fact Still, If It were strictly true, no one ought to be surprised or indignant Whatever a girl's own views may be on the subject, she is met In every direction by skillfully organized opposition. Every one Is in league to destroy her beliefs, and at length she herself becomes a practiced scoffer, then when tho man who ought to marry her wines along ho simply joins in the joke. New Aid to Dressmaking. Dressmakers will be glad to know that some one has Invented a spool holder which may be attached to the dress and keens the spool from being alwavs just where It cannot be found. The trouble will probably be that when one wants to sew the spool holder will be invisible. Gloves for the Garden. ' Gloves that will take the place of rubber gloves when working In the garden or washing dishes are made by dipping old gloves Into hot linseed oil, which renders them waterproof.

SOLDIERS' STORIES.

ENTERTAINING REMINISCENCES OF THE WAR. Graphic Account of Stirring Scenes Witnessed on the Battlefield and in Camp Veterans of the Rebellion Hecite Experiences of Thrilling Nature. Gen. Charles II. Howard, in his talk at the Appomattox celebration of Columbia Post, told of ina:iy traits and characteristics of General Grant with whom the speaker served In the Army of the Tennessee. While testifying to tho well-known reserve In speech of General Grant, his former associate said that the great general was by no means an unsocial man. "General Grant was thoughtful of the comfort and the feelings of the officers and men with whom he was in contact," said General Howard. "He was not, of course, loquacious, nor was lie silent and uncommunicative. lie talked well and Intelligently, and took his associates Into his confidence as much as was desirable or wise, for one in his position. In battle he was a study In the cool and sane conduct of the situation. "At the battle of Lookout mountain I was carrying orders between him and my division, and I was struck with the perfect appreciation he had of the real state of affairs in every part of the field, a field which stretched, remember, over miles of country. He never forgot when I gave him news, just how the part of the movements I reported had stood an hour, or two hours, before. "The whole progress of the engagement was clearly In his mind, from its beginning to the moment, and you may be sure It was well outlined also as to the succeeding hours and events of tho battle. "Grant was never profane in his speech. In all of my associating with him and I was closely associated with him I never heard him use an oath, or swear at all. His repugnance to vulgarity in language is well known. He would not endure it in his presence. Ills regard for others was strong, and he was a patient man, but there was a limit to his patience. That limit was reached, and he quickly showed it when any one began wagging & loose or profane tongue in his presence. "Although Grant was of direct simple speech and manners, careless In his dress and never a stickler for etiquette, he had a natural and quiet dignity which was felt by all with whom he came in contact, ne never had to assert himself. What he was showed too well.' -Chicago Journal. The Reveille. (April, 1SG1.) I Hark! I hear the tramp of Oousands, And of armed men the hum; Lo, a nation's hosts have gathered Round the quick alarming drumSaying, "Come, Freemen, come! Ere your heritage be wasted, 6aid the , quick alarming drum. "Let me of my heart take counsel; War is not of life the sum ; Who shall stay and reap the harvest When the autumn days shall come? But the drum ; Echoed, "Come! Death shall reap the braver harvest," said the solemn-sounding drum. t "But when won the coming battle, What of profit springs therefrom? What if conquest subjugation, Even greater ills become?" But the drum Answered, "Come! You must do the sum to prove it,, said the Yankee-answering drum. t "What if, mid the cannon's thunder. Whistling thot and bursting bomb, When my brothers fall around me. Should my heart grow cold and numb?" But the drum Answered "Come! , Better there in death united than in life a recreant come !" Thus they answered hoping, fearing. Some in faith, and doubting some. Till a triumph-voice proclaiming, Said, "My chosen people, come!" Then the drum, Lo, was dumb; ' ' For the great heart of the nation, throbbing, answered, "Lord, we come!" Bret Harte. How Captain Won Ills Commission. First Sergeant F. W. Judge of Company K, Setenty-ninth Regiment of New York Volunteers, known as "The Highlanders'" performed a thrilling net of bravery during the assault on Fort Saunders, Tenn. The rebels, under Gen. Longstreet, assaulted the fort with a viewr to the capture of Knoxville. The garrison of the fort consisted of the Seventy-ninth New York Volunteers and Benjamin's battery. Longitreet's force was vastly superior, and! :he assault was made with vigor and tetenninatlon. The rebels had passed ill the obstructions and obstacles In tront of the fort were showering shot ind shell Into the fortifications, and tor a Federal to show his head meant i perfect storm of bullets. A, rebel color-bearer, followed by about fifty men of the color guard, had crossed the ditch in front of the fort and planted his colors on the side of the works. The rebel yell rang out Sergeant Judge saw the waving emblem of the enemy, heard the shout of triumph, and his blood boiled with rage. Springing up from bis position, where he had been comparatively protected while firing his piece, he leaped upon the parapet and running along where the flag had been planted, while shot and shell split the air around him. he seized the color and returned with It In safety to the fort A mighty cheer went up from his comrades, many of whom embraced him In their admiration of his courage and the exuberance of their Joy over his safety. It was not long after that the heroic young sergeant received his commission as a captain. The Responsible Party After Lee had taken Harper's Ferry, the President determined to fix the responsibility for the loss of the Important position. Halleck was summoned, but did not know where the blame lay. "Very well," said Lincoln, "I'll ask General Schenck." The latter could throw no light upon the question. Milroy was the next to enter a plea of "not guilty." Hooker made a very emphatic disclaimer jr all responBibility. Thea the President assembledthe four generals in his room, and said to them: "Gentlemen, Harpers Ferry was surrendered, and none of you. It seems, was responsible. I am very anxious to discover the man who is." After striding across the room several times, the President suddenly threw up his bowed head and exclaimed: "I have It; I know who Is responsible."

Who, Mr. President who Is it?" asked!

the distinguished quartette. "Gentlex men," said the President with a meaiH Ing twinkle in his eye, "General Lee Lr the man." . "You Wait!' "Kin you write a letter?" drawled whining voice from a bed in one of th wards of a Confederate hospital one day in 18G2. The speaker was an upcountry Georgian, lean, yellow, atten uated, with whispy strands of hair hanging o i high, thin cheek-bones He put oui a hand to detain the passing matron, says the author of "Hospital T-ifp" nnrl life nüilo u-eri !ilr c i a "Why do you not let the nurse cut your nails?" she asked. "Because I aren't got any spoon, and I use them instead." "Will yoa let me have your hair cut, then? You can't get well with all that dirty hair hanging about your eyes and ears." "No, I can't git my hair iit kase a how I promised my ir-innny that I would let it grow tillfue war be over. It'a unlucky to cut It" 'Then I can't write any letter for you. Do what I wish you to and I will then oblige you." The hair was promptly sacrificed, and the matron brought her portfolio and sat down to write. The sold'er dictated enough to fill all four pages of a sheet to his mother, and the matron folded and addressed it. Tten the aoldier gazed about cautiously, to be eure there were no listeners "Are you married?" ho queried. In a low tone. "I am not; at least I am a widow, she replied. He rose slightly In bed. A faint cole fluttered In his cheek, and he stretched out a bony talon and touched her ana. "You wait!" he whispered mysteriously. The First Man Killed. Southern papers cliim that the trA life lost in the late war for the Cnioa was at Fort Sumter after the surrender of the fort, and was a Federal soldier killed by the bursting of a cannon. They also claim that private Henry Lawson Wyatt, Co. A., First N. C was the first rebel soldier killed, and that he lost his life at the battle of Big Bethel, Va., June 10, 1S61. Wyatt was one of the first soldiers to enlist, and was killed fifty-four days after he was mustered into service in the "Edscomb Guards," which afterwards became Co. A, First N. C He was burled near the foot of the Cornwallls monument Yorktown, Va. Ia the rath of War. It is one of the possibilities, and even a probability, that the effect cf the recent service pension law will be to take out of the soldiers homes xnasy old soldiers whose pensions, Increaesd under the new provisions, will enable them to live at home, or with their relations. If this prove to be the case. It frill make room for other veterans, those who need the refuge provided for disabled veterans, but who, thus far, have been crowded out So good will cosa all round from the new pension law. NEW TYPE OF LETTUCH Government Wisard Increases ls of the Prodnet One-third. rar laincu uranu napius lettuce eis been Improved by Dr. Beverly T. Galloway, chief of the bureau of plant Industry, Department of Agriculture, Washington. This achievement place Dr. Galloway In the wizard class, says the Grand Rapid cprrespondent of the Dctrt Free Tress. The Grand Rapids lettuce, such as has been grown under glass in the Furniture City for many years. Is very hardy, not at all subject to disease, beautiful crimped leaves and does not grow in the form oü a hoad. T'his is demanded by the western market which objects to head lettuce. But lu the East tlw head lettuce is a favorite. The Golden Queen, as It Lj commonly called, Is notable for the whiteness of it innr-r leaves and for Its tenderness. i : To Improve these two varieties Dr.' Galloway started to crossbreed and to select the bes-t seeds. This is the fourth year of his work and he has now reached the point where he can see that his ideal has been practically attained. The new Grand Itapids lettuce will be one-third larger than the old variety. Its Inner leaves will be whiter and the entire plant will be more tender. It will stl'l remain an open-leaf plant but will have just the slightest tendency to form a tiny head at the center. The demand of the East for a head lettuce will be met in a successor to the Golden Queen. This Las inherited from the old Grand Rapids strain a better constitution so that it will not be susceptible to disease. Moreover, It will also Inherit from the sam source the crimped leaves, which are the pride of the Michigan lettuce. As Clean as m Whistle. Any one who has witnessed the rassufacture of a rustic whistle can be at no loss for the origin of the saying. "As clean as a whistle." A piece cf young ash about four Inches long and the thickness of a finger is hammered all over with the handle of a knife until the bark is disengaged from the wood and capable of being drawn off. A nof.ch and a cut or two having been made in the stick, the cuticle lr replaced, and the Instrument is empleted. When stripped of Its cover 'jig the white wood, with Its colorless sap, preLondon Answers. A Hardship. Favored Walter I'm go in' to leave here when my week Js up. Regular Guest Eh! You get good pay, don't you? "Yes, 'bout the same's everywhere. "And tips besides? "a good many." "Then what's the matter?" 'They don't allow no time for goin out to meals. I have to eat here." London Mail. . The First Thought. "What would be your first thought If you were to strike oil or In some other way becoina suddenly wealthy?" "Well, I suppose, like all the rest of 'em, my first thought would be concernin' the hortest and quickest way to New York." Chicago Record-IIer-ald. "Get the Hook!' t Gunner Oid you hear the celebrated basso sing "Rocked In the Cridla of the Deep?" Guy er Yes, and I thought It waa pretty fishy. Gunner Fishy? How so?" Guyer Why, wasn't it a deep-sea bas? j