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By EFFBE A. CHAPTER XXIV. The Gicndnrwood carriage -was standins where Jack had ordered it to remain .when he arrived. Jack had thrown himjeelf back in his corner and had folded lis arms across his breast; Audrey sat bolt upright, her two cold little bands "clinched tight together, her teeth set so that the sobs that rose :o her throat should not escap her lips. Who shall attempt to describe the "state of those two hearts," both wounded to the very quick, both heavy with that 'de-.jp sorrow that cocie. when one has tx'en deceived where on? loves best? "Why did they take me to him? Why was I married to hira? I would sooner jhave died than have listened to what those women said to-night, and know that he has never, r.ever loved me, said Audrey to herself, passionately. And so my happiness is over, ran Jack's troubled thoughts. "Well, it has not lasted lon. Fool fool that I have jbeen, to believe that any woman could ,be the angel I have pictured her to be, and that she should love him him, above 'all other men! I feel as though his very life's blood will not give me satis.faetion." They reached the gates of Craiglands jtt last ; a few minutes drive through the well-kept avenue, and then the door. Jack got out, and then forcin himself by an almost superhuman elort to appear natural before the servants, turned to assist her. Audrey put her cold hand in Iiis as she stepped out of the brougham. II low little dii either of them think that jthey would not clasp, or even touch, (hands again for many a weary day. , The fragrance and warmth of her bedroozn seemed to choke Audrey. Hastily jflingirg off her domino, she passed to the IwinJow and pushed it open, and then i stood by it. the sound of her own heart 'beating in her ears like a sledge hammer. Would Jack come? She waited several .moment? If he had come to her then she would have done that which would lve put natters straight at once, for the ! agony in her breast was urging her to jspeak out to ask him why he had deceived iter, why he had married her? The hot (blood rushed to her cheeks again and again, as she recalled tne remarks those jtwo women had made, and realized how Icruelly the world judged her already. Five, ten, fifteen, twenty minutes went 'by, and Audrey still stood waiting for 'the sound of her husband's footsteps on jtLe stairs and the passage outside, i Iler happiness was ended ; Jack no ,longer loved her indeed, had never loved her. She was his wife, that was true, and jit must be her lot to bear with the difficulties as with the joys that fell to her 'as hi wife. ; "Still," the child thought sorrowfilly to herself, "he has acted wrongly ; he has been cruel to Sheila, to himself, to me. I am glad he did not come in just now, ,'yes, glad, for it shows that he is tired of jdeeeit and hpyocrisy, and and I cannot 'bear to think that the nature I thonght jso honest should only prove false. What Iwas it that those women said? The worst day's work Jack Glendurwood did when he married me.' People should be .careful how they speak out the truth." (Her lips quivered, but her face flamed I with proud color. The worst day's jwork for Jack," she repeated slowly, "and I I am the one who has brought that to Slim. I I who would lay down my life jfor him. Why did I ever meet him? Why did I ever leave home? Why did not i heaven let me die before all this sorrow came upon him through me? Jack! My Idarling I My darling V J Her hot, tearless eyes stared into the ire, as if to seek some solution of this gainful problem there. In her loving gen'erosity 'Audrey made all excuses for her jbusband now. She no longer blamed ; he iwas still to her the dearest creature on earth ; and yet so great was the agony at thought of his deceit that, had he held out ihia arms to her and called her tenderly by jaame, she would -lave turned from him lend stood aloof. j CHAPTER XXV. Jean Thwait was lying in a delicious 'doze, half waking, half sleeping, on the morning following the Dinglewood masked jball, when a sharp tap at the door, followed by Audrey's rapid entrance, arousjed her completely. "What is it, darling? Something has happened?" she cried, hurriedly, j " "Jean, can you pack up a few things and come with me at once?" Audrey spoke faintly, her face was deathly white, lebe shook in every limb ; then before Jean icould answer, she went on swiftly, "My .Toother is very 111. She has telegraphed jfor me. Ferhaps even now I may be too 'late; she may be dead. I have ordered jth carriage to be here ia aii hour, can yon be ready?" ; "Yea," replitl Jean, briefly. It needed jno words to tell her that more was the Imatter than this telegram from Germany. Audrey had never spoken like this jto her before, had never looked as she looked row. Audrey made no Inquiries about Jack, Although she knew she must acquaint him with her journey before she started. Jean -found plenty to do in the time allotted to her, but she was wonderfully quick, and ,ras in her hat and coat when she went 'to the door to open it in answer to a harp summons. It was Jack, also fully attired in outdoor costume, with a railrway rug over his arm. ' "Good morning, Miss Thwait,", he said, Imrriediy. "Please forgive me for this unceremonious Intrusion, but I wanted to speak to yoa before I leave." "Are yoa not going with ns?" she asked in surprise. It was Jack's turn to show asfonishcnent "Where are yoa going?" he asked huskyj. Jean in three words, explained what bad happened, and then she knew something -was -v-cfj wrong, indeed, by the expression on Jack's face. "Poor Constance !" sh heard him mutter under hij breath; then he gave a quick sigh. X hope things may not be so bad. Miss Thwait. It is quite impossible for me to get to Cronstadt yet." "Does Audrey know you are not going "with n?" "I have not seen her this morning," was the answer, given with much ' evident pain. Jean clasped her hands suddenly. Then Jier worst fears were realized, and something more had, indeed, happened ; something, too, very terrible, to work such a change as this. "Lord John," she said, involuntarily, you must please forgive me, but is your business so important that you are compiled to attend to it rather than accompany your wife on such a journey as Ithisr "Miss Thwait," he said as well as he could speak, "the business I am going on pouches that which is dearer to me than

fjife my honor ! I am sure that you at least would not wish me to neglect anything with which that is concerned." f "I will answer for Auirey as for myself," Jean said, hurriedly, "if jour honor (s concerned. Lord John, no other reason As needed ; but is there nothing I can do?" I "Give thi3 letter to Audrey, Miss jrhwait," his voice quivered as he spoke bis wife's name. "It is a sacred trust, tone that I would not give to every one ; but. I know yoa are her friend, yoa will (comprehend and sympathize with what I lam going to do." ' "Stay, Lord John ; you must hear me !"

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ROWLANDS Jean's gray eyes were full of tears. "I love Audrey better than anything on earth. I do not ask to know the reason, but I see, ala? ! only too well, that something has arisen between her and you. I ask you now, and it is my love for her that urges the question, will you not see her yourself before you start on this journey? will you not smooth away the quarrel? She is in trouble will you not take her to your arms?" "It is impossible,", he said quickly, but with such determination in his voice as made Jean shudder, and sent a thrill of exquisite torture through Audrey's aching heart, as she, at that moment, opened thu door in time to catch Jean's last words and' her husband's reply. r.y and by, when they were spoedin; to Dover, Jean and Willie Fullerton who, when he found Jack did not join them, insisted on going in a corner talking earnestly, Audrey drew oat her husband's letter. "Audrey In future, after the events of last night, it will be impossible for us to live together. This, I take it. will be as much your wish as mine. To continue to lia as we have been doing would be a mockery of marriage, a disgrace to our race, a dishonor to our name. This, then, is what I propose to do. There shall be no divorce ; the pride and honor of the Ilarborough family protest against such a course. After all, yo'i are very young, a mere child; you may have erred through ignorance, but be that so or not, from hencefo-th you can never be my wife in aught but name. My wife must be above suspicion pure, sweet, true not a girl who, before scarcely six months of her marriagj have gone, encourages a man for whfm she openly expresses horror and ronten pt. "As for Ueverlej Roch fort, before many hours are over unions he be a cur, which I take him to be he will have answered to me for his own part in this affair. Audrey. I am trying to write kindly ; I am trying to remember your youth and the many disadvantages that have been yours since the first, and you if you have justice and honesty ia your heart you will recognize that I am not treating you harshly. Your future is my care. Thk morning I have made my will. I leave you all the money I possess, together with Minster, in Blankshire, the property my father has just settled tpon me. Whether I live or die, I wish you to make yourihome at Minster. I should like to think Mis? Thwait was with you. Your money will be transmitted through my lawyers. I intend to start at once on a tour of the world, giving the condition of my health as a reason for thus relinquishing my parliamentary career. I shall be absent, perhaps, two years, and I leave it in your hands t judge whether at the end of that time j our conduct has been such as to permit me to occupy the same house as yourself, and appear before the world in my prjper position as your husband. "JOHN GLENDURWOOD." When Dover was reached a telegram was brought to Jean. "For Lady John Glendurwood," the waiter said, inquiringly. "Is that right, ma dame?" 1 "Quite right." . Jean nesitated only a moment, and tore It open. She gave a little sound of sorrow as she read. ,It was from Marshall poor, faithful Marshall and ran thus: "Mrs. Fräser died ti ls morning. Her last wish was that you should not travel here, but that she should be carried home and buried in England. I, therefore, beg your ladyship to obey this wish. I have telegraphed for my poor mistress' lawyers. "SUSAN MARSHALL." Toor little Audrey ! Robbed already of the mother she had longed for so much, loved so dearly, and possessed so short a while! CHAPTER XXVI. There was nothing to do. Audrey fell into a sickness that threatened serious consequences. Jean sent at once for Lord Glendurwood and Fullerton, and he came in hot haste from a vain search for Ieverley Rochfört. There was nothing to be done but wait. Audrey had fallen into a stupor. Iler dear mother was buried without the presence of her beloved child. For three days and nights Jean sat beside Audrey's bed, watching and dreading for the moment when that fair, frailface should grow even whiter, the faint, low breathing even fainter. Three long, weary days these were; but if shj found them terrible, how much more so did the one who had nothing to do put to pace to and fro in the wet, leafless garden, his hungry eyes fixed always on the low, square window which hid his darling from his view?! The doctors forbade Jack Glendurwood from entering his wife's sick room. He had crept in for a few moments the night he arrived no argument or threat could keep him out; and as he had bent over the girl's silent form, calling to her in his agony to speak to him, she had opened her eyes, and at sight of him she had given one little scream, and then had relapsed Into unconsciousness. In which condition she had remained for three days and nights. When reason returned Audrey was better, and Jean sought out Jack and told the good news. "And may I see her when?" he asked, eagerly. "When may I see her? My darling! My darling!" "The doctor will tell you. Perhaps tonight !" As Jean sat by Audrey's bedside that evening, resting back wearily in the chair, now that all extreme anxiety was gone, a small, sweet voice came from the pillow, and she was alert at once. "Jean," she said, after a little pause, "is Ja is my husband here?" "Yes, darling; he has been here nearly all the time. Do you want to see him?" "No, no, no ! I will not see him, Jean. If you love me, send him away! I hall go mad if he is here ! Promise I Promise ! Yoa must ; you shall !" "It shall be as you wish, my dearest," Jean said, softly. "You can trust me?" "Yea trust yoa always," she murmured, and In a few seconds she was asleep. Con&'Ance Fräser bad been brought over to England and laid bestJe her mother In an old-fashioned country churchyard. It had been a limple funeral enough, though flowers had come from far and near. High and low, rich and poor, one and all, had a sorrowful thought for the sweet, gentle woman, who had merited a better sojourn on earth. Sheila was left to herself and her not very agreeable reflections. The masked ball had cost her an enormous sum. Lady Daleswater had never offered to take her away with her; she had absolutely no notion of what had happened to Jack and Audrey. Beverley Rochfort never mad? the least sign, and to crown all, Murray, the whilom 'maid at Craiglands, and her much too clever accomplice, took matters into her own hands and bolted one night with all the available jewelry and lace she could lay her hands upon. Enraged beyond all expression at the loss of her property, Sheila at once put the matter into the hands of the police, and, in fact, was far more interested in this affdrir than she was at the death of her stepmother. But a more disagreeable cendition of things than this awaited Sheila when the report of Audrey's disappearance spread to Mountberry. She was fairly frightened ; Ignorant of what might really

happen, she conjured up all sorts of evil that would be visited upon her when the whole truth was given to the world, as it most probably would be. She eagerly searched for Roch fort, to force him to exonerate hor from blame in the mischief they had brought about, but like a coward he was hiding from its consequences. Then one d.iy she had a frantic visit from Ali.e Fairfax, who was in great and terrible fear lest something would happen to h-r. She had seen Willie Fullerton, wh. had boldly stated that it was Lord John's intention to sift out the whole gossip that had been spread about his wife, and clear away much that he could not understand. "And if so, we shall be ruined, Sheila,1 sobbed Alice Fairfax; "but, anyhow, I shall tell the truth, and say you askeo me . to do " "You dare to turn on me !" Sheila flashed, furiously, white with anger, and then she would have proceeded to further ebullitions of wrath had not the door of her room been opened at this moment and Mr. Fullerton announced by the waiter. A glance a, the two flushed faces would have satisfied Willie as tc their guilt, if he had not, at that moment, reposing in his pocket, a complete confession signed by Murray, whom Dawson, the detective, had easily found this had ben done at Jean's suggestion and who, discovering that her chance of a brilliant career on Sheila's jewels was briefly cut short, eased her conscience and her spite by disclosing the whole plot. Willie's interview with Sheila Was short and to the point; and when 'je left the room he carried with him her signature and a few words at the bottom of Murray's confession testifying that all the maid had written was true. (To be continued.) ;

HS REBUFFED THE COLLECTOR. Soared Ulm So that He Forgot la Present II! Dill. "Quick ! See that fellow?" exclaimed the bill v)llector to a Kansas City Star man. "That burly-looking guy Coming out of the barber shop. He's a cross between a coyote and a grizzly bear; good at setting away, you know, and a bad man when he's cornered. He runs a rt of miscellaneous business in east botto.us. I know him well very well. His name's Spregg. "He got us In for a small amount and the boss told zne to try my luck. So I irooched out there for several days and had long heart-to-heart talks with a diminutive office boy, but the boss of the dump never came near. The kid said he was out collecting his bad bills. "Well, for the first few days," continue tb? collector, T didn't mind my slum werk In the east bottoms, but when you keep a thing up forever, and still nothing lu sight, it i3 quite vexing, you know. The oflice boy informed me that Mr. Spregg wasn't having much luck with his collections. Encouraging, wasn't It? "But jerseveranco always counts, you know, and I finally caught my man. I was pretty sore by this time, and decided to unload on him. The oflice kid opened the boss door and gave säe a gentle push. My victim was squatted on a cracker box, mumbling up a column of figures his bad bills, I guess. His back looked me In the face one of those square, mean-looking backs. "Oh, I was going to say a lot of things, but I didn't get the chance, for just then Mr. Spregg reached hi his desk and pulled out a horse pistol, and then he hitched arousd on his box and glared at me. He didn't point the pistol at me he just monkeyed with the trigger. " 'Are you the fool collector from Brown & Co? he Inquired, casually. "'Er could you please direct me to Helm's park?' was all I said." 'The Strangling FIff." Visitors to Mexico and other tropical countries often have their attention called to "the strangling fig" a tree that commences Its growth as an epiphyte (that. Is, Oce form of plant life that grows perched on another) far up on the trunk or among the branches of another tree, usually on a palmetto or some of the kinds of palms. The roots of the strangling tree extend downward around the host tree to the ground, gradually Joining together, making a tube-like mass of roots sometimes as much as six feet or more In diameter. When the attacked tree Is t palm, death to It is caused not so much by the binding around the trunk as by shading out its branches by the attacking tree. When the attacked tree Is an exogen (that Is, one with wood and bark) tho attacking roots bind so tightly as to cause a stoppage of the flow of sap. As the sap of a tree is really its food (changed by the leaves so that It can be used) and the flow of the food Is thu3 stopped, the attacked tree Is really "starved" to death. So death to the attacked tree Is caused cither by smotherlrg or by starvation or by. both. The peculiar manner in which the flattened roots extend down and around the tree, give them the appearance of some thick, slow-flowing material running down the tree. St Nicholas. There Are Others. "Mrs. Snooper is the most gossipy woman I know. She can't keep a secret" "Is that so?" "Yes; she told me a lot of thlng3 In confidence yesterday that she promised different people she wouldn't tell." "She didn't, really?" "Yes, she did. Want to hear tlura?" Cleveland Plain Dealer. Pally Qualified. "So you're After the Job, eh?" tald the milkman who had advertised for a helper. "Yes, sir," replied the young man. "Well, what experience have yoa had?" "Why, I've pumped the organ down to our church fur year." Philadelphia Press. Abnent Minded. Stranger (with sultcass) Can you advise me, sir, as to the nearest route to the leading hotel? Tho Native Btralxht ahead three blocks. Two dollirs, please. Stranger Ehl Native Beg pardon. Force of habit My card. I'm Dr. Pellet Cleveland Plain Dealer. Uftnallr tbe Cae. "Say, pa," said Tommy, looking up from his paper, "what does 'obvious reasons' mean?" "Usually, my son," replied pa, "It means reasons that the writer Is too lazy or too Ignorant to explain." Philadelphia Tress. Convenient. "So you have three pairs of glasses, professor?" "Yes one pair to read with, another for near-sightedness, and a third pair to lookJor the other two with I" Fliegend Blatter.

WlwMw The Plain CJlrl. Flaln girl??, knowing ones say, make the lest wives. This is one of those broad generalizations which are a little more than half-truths, but are not whole truths. A better way to phrase the rule would be to say that a jdain girl is more likely than a pretty girl to make a very satisfactory wift for a man of Intelligence. Jool looks are more often a girl's misfortune than her fortune. A pretty girl soon tinds out that she can attract men; and usually she takes a delight in manifesting her powers. The vice grows upon her and occupies much of her thoughts. Her mind, under the Influence, is disposed to clothes and frivolity. She spends her hours before the mirror instead of before her books. Men pour silly flatteries into her eager ears. She is not aware that men' make compliments for sport and think nothing of such pretty perjuries. Admirers make light of her faults or transmute them into merits. Schooled in adulation, it is small wonder that the pretty girl iu so many cases becomes conceited, silly, vain, and, in a general way, llgjitheadcd. On the other hand, the plain girl Is driven to make herself attractive for more enduring qualities. She must make accomplishments, intelligence, knowledge, take the place of beauty. She develops in her character moral strength. She makes the most of her mental gifts. She learns to know things and to do things, i When a man marries a girl merely for her pretty face and ligure he Is sure to tire of lyr unless she has' mental and moral charms to .support her physical charms. When a man has Ihmmi married five years he hardly knows whether his wife is pretty or plain. He knows only whether she Is dear to him or not. And the qualities that endure and endear are the interior qualities: fidelity. Intelligence, true companlonableiicss moral rectitude, good sense. San Francisco Ilulletih. A Woman's "Walk. Walking badly is a defect commonly seen. Let any trie who doubts It look from a window that commands' a view of a public thoroughfare, and note how few of the women who pass by hold themselves well or move gracefully. Imagine the scene is a stage, and regard .people critically, as if they were actors or actresses. At once their method of wobbling, or slouching, or striding, or hobbling, or dragging will show up in a way that would be ridiculous on the stage, where a good walk is the first thing cultivated. Many women walk like woruout cart horses, making a labor of every step, without ease, grace or lightness. The general fault of bad walkers is that they rest on the heel longer than on any other part of the foot That this Is a very common defect can be seen by looking at the snapshot photographs reproduced In the papers, most of which depict some one resting firmly on his heel and showing the whole sole of his foot to the observer. The toe should strike tl o ground first The wearing of high heels accounts in a measure for tbe fact that women so often put down th heer first White Moll Frack. The idea of Inserting a little sheer material in some delicate color into an all-white gown is among the season's novelties, the model Illustrated showing an excellent design for one of these lingerie frocks. Inch-wide Valenciennes insertion was used, with edging to match, the yoke being of thin all over Valenciennes. The Inset bands on the bodice, sleeves and skirt were of very sheer mull. In a delicate, pale pink eoltc. The bodice and skirt were joined together Iu prlneesse eflect by rows of the Valenciennca Insertion. ' A Queatlen of Marrlagre Propoaal. Replying to the question, "Should women propose marriage?" a certain great man says : "Why, you are centuries too late In asking that question. Women have always proposed and always will proIose. "The most splendid thing on earth Is a good woman, and when, with all her attractiveness, she makes up her mind that it would bo well for her to be the wife of some good man, and that it would be equally well for him, she captures him as easily as a regiment captures one corporal. It docs not make any difference whether her tongue proposes or not. Her eyes propose, her smile proposes, her whole beaming nature proposes. "Until a man gets from a woman a proposition of that kind he had better not make a proposition of his own, unless he wants to be made to feel ridiculous all his lifetime," Adjusting the Veil. The adjustment of the veil Is quite other than formerly. Now that the weight of the hat Is all toward t'back and downward drooping, It gives a contrary line If we continue to draw the tulle tightly under the chin and up over the back of the head to knot at the crown. Instead, the veil must be drawn across the front of the hat and downward, knotting at the base of the

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brain. The lower edge of the veil In front comes 'just to the base of the chin and hangs straight from the hat and quite away from the profile, not shooting out, but not touching the face. This lifts easily and tucks over tho hat brim when tea hour conies around. Tbins: to Lnrn. j Learn to laugh. A good laugh is better thau ; edlcine. ' Learn to attend strictly to your own business a very important point Learn to tell a story. A well-told story is as welcome as a sunbeam In a sick-room. Learn the art of saying kind and encouraging things, especially to the ycung. Learn to avoid all ill-natured remarks and everything calculated to create friction. Learn to keep your troubles to yourself. The world' is too busy to care for your Ills and sorrows. Learn to stop grumbling. If you cannot see any good In the world, keep the bad to yourself. "Would 1'rnnton Mothers. Pensions for mothers from Uncle Sam a sliding scale, a wording to the number of children, whether the women are rich, or poor Is the plan of Prof. Charles Zuebliu, of the University of Chicago, to-rop race suicide. No premium will be given, however, for the thirteenth child. Too many children he considers as bad as not enough. Just how the pension Is to be paid, or who is to pay it, Prof. Zueblin did not make clear. "I thin.1; we shall be driven to pension moth?rhood, unless somehow some other great change takes place In the economic status of the wife and meiner," he said. DKt for the Sick. The most trying time for a sick person Is between the hours of 1 and 4 a. in. Vitality becomes diminished, and the strength should, therefore, be fortified, as far as possible, and with some strengthening food, such as soup, or egg, or milk, about midnight, says Woman's Life. Meals should be made to look as tempting as possible, and the tray should be taken away as soon as the repast Is finished. To leave untasted food by a iersons bedside In the hope that It may be eaten later on is simply enough to disgust the patient with fuod altogether. Says Marriage 1 Serious. Mrs. Catherine Waugh McCuIIoch has been granted a license as a justice of the peace by Gov. Deneen, of Illinois, and is now ready for work. She says that any couple who comes before her to be married will find It Is no Joking matter. She expects to treat the subject very seriously, and If she finds the girl has not given sufficient thought to tbe matter or i.cs not confided in her mother, she will try to persuade her to defer tho marriage until she Is more certain of her own feeling In the matter. "I want no marrying In haste, and repent at leisure begun in my court," she said. One Secret She Kept. It was the same old story of a man who refused to tell his wife the outcome of a business transaction in which, uaturallj', she took a deep Interest. "No," be sneered, "I won't tell y, If I did, you'd repeat It You women can never keep a secret." "John," said the woman, quietly, "have I ever told, you the secret about the solitaire engagement ring you gave me eighteen years ago being paste?" TlMiits. l'olleewomei for Belfflnm. The idea of creating a police force of women Is taking shape In Belgium, especially In the city of Ghent The police chief Is to begin with the appointment of twelve women between the ages of 40 and 50. They must be unmarried or childless widows, and will be attached to the administrative or preventive sections of the department It is 'believed that women have special gifts for this work. Thft Fashionable Apron. Every woman who wishes to do quite the up-to-date thing must be very particular nowadays to put on her aprcn when she sits down to sew or helps with the church fair or has a chafingdish supper. The apron Is very fashionable again. A very attractive apron for sewing, made of fine whitn lawn, had a pocket

all along the bottom of the front, with a central piece extending up the front to the bolt The central piece kept the pocket from sagging, which It would have done when work was put Inside of It, If It were not for this sunport Another most attractive apron noticed at a French shop was In princess effect, the apron being tucked down the front from below the bust line to the hips. The apron was, of course, in one piece. It was made quite long, and had suspenders over the shoulders. It was most becoming to the figure. "Would Honor Ills Dleraory. Mrs. John A. Logan will give tne war trophies and souvenirs of her hus band to the State of Illinois, and this will Include the stained glass windows and the painted panels of the memorial room in her Washington residence. Mrs. Logan has always sought in every way possible to keep alive the memory of her husband, and one of the finest of the equestrian statues in WasDing tou was bought with subscriptions which she solicited. . "Where "Women Propose. Detween the mountains of India and Persia is a powcrf ul tribe, among whom the women choose their own husbands. When a single woman desires to wed, all she has to do is to seud liar servant to pin a handkerchief on tho hat of the man she has set her fancy on, and, unless he can show he is too poor to purchase her at the price her father demands, he is obliged to marry her, says Home Note. Mrs. Fairbanks a Scholar. Mrs. Fairbanks Is a very scholarly woman, and if she has any fad at .ill it is for the collection of beautiful books, and she has an especially line collection of works of the French revolution. She leaves the details of her household to her well-trained servants and never bothers in the least about her dresses, which are still made for ber In Indianapolis. When Trylnff On a Hat. In buying a hat It should always be tried on before a mirror that shows the whole figure, so that the general effect may be seen. This rule would spoil many a sale at the milliner's and save the feeling of bitter disappointment so often experienced when the creation that seemed so fascinating in the shop is tried on at home. Bine in Favor. The women and there are many of them who feel that nothing quite takes the place of a blue silk; either plain or figured, will be glad to know that blues of every description, from Indigo to electric, with a wide range of blue with a leaning toward gray, delft tones, Japanese blue and a rich, bright navy, called matelot, will be among the choice shades of the year. Value of Cheerfulnes. If you wish to possess bright eyes be animated and choerfuL An excellent health rule for bright eyes and a clear skin Is to take the juice of a lemon in a glass of water with a dash of salt added every morning before breakfast. This acts on the liver, which has more to do with goo! looks than people imagine. Hints for Wire. There are two ways of looking at a husband, says Health. One is to make up your mind that he has no faults and to consider him a piece of perfection. The other Is to recognize his faults and to make up your mind to love him In spite of them. Moth Preventive. For a moth preventive and exterminator steep In about eight ounces of strong alcohol for about four days o.e ounce of gum camphor and one shell of red pepper; strain and sprinkle the clothes or furs and "roll in sheets. , Renevrinjc Black Lace. Iilack lace can bo freshened to look like new by washing In water into which has been put a little ammonia, then rinsed in strong coffee. Fruit Stain. Fruit stains may be removed by pouring boiling water over the article, then washing. Ink Stains. Soak Ink stains in soul milk, and should attain remain rinse In a weak solution of chloride of lime.

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CHRIST CALMS VOYAGE OF LIFE. By Rev. C. Q. Wright And they that were in the boat wor shiped Him. Matt. xlv. 33. It was on board a yacht at sea that Jesus was first worshiped as a divine being, and the worshipers on this occasion were seafaring men. He was fond of the sea and of boats end of the men who "go down to the sea in ships." In fact, it appears pos sible that His trade was that of boat carpenter Instead of house carpenter, and doubtless He had a thorough knowledge of sailing craft sailing and sailor men; and we know that He preached and taught from the decks afloat. Now Jesus is still going to sea cruising and voyaging with us who go seeking pleasure, or duty, or bus'.ness la "great waters." Dut we, like these disciples of old, are prone to leave Him behind when we sail. Jonah was not the first nor the last man who went out to sea to escape the presence of the Lord and to get away from duty and opportunity. It is a very common mistake, and most of us have made It at some time In our lives and may be about to fall into the same error again this season. In this story of the sea and seagoing men tbe first important fact we come upon is that of their recognition of Jesus In this new situation new only to them. To these discipes it was a discovery. Though gold is gold and Its precious threads extend throughout the surface of the earth, yet each new outcropping when found is called a discovery by the prospector. So truth has to be recognized over and over again In different situations, and new outcropplngs and tho infinite character and face of God must be discovered over and over again In every age. In every life, and in all the changing scenes and situations of history. The sea has aspects all Its own, and life afloat is uniQue and set with peculiar features and surrounded with an atmosphere of romance and unreality which tends to mislead us and to distort our views of things, of1 people and selves. But, In fact, in all essential features nnd phases ife and things and people are identical with those ashora; and so is our dear Lord the' same In all places and situations, so that He fits the sea' and ships as perfectly and helpfully and blessedly as He does the home and church ashore and Is Master of the "great deep" as of all situations. What a picture of our life voyage Is this scene' on the Sea of Galilee. Separation from our Lord; darkness, contrary winds and whelming seas of heart storms and brain tempests and of. crowding affairs; the spirit of adventure, ever prone to take rlsk3, sailing close to the wind and rushing Into temptation and danger; doubting "Ifs thrust before our finest opportunities, and superstitious alarms and groundless terrors at new manifestations and the Divine presence. It was not till their. terror "was allayed that they came about and suffered nim to approach their craft In Jchn's account we learn that It was Dot till after Ue had made himself known and said to them, "It Is I, be not afraid," that they were willing to receive Him Into the boat This was the second Important fact accomplished when they received Him abroad, but the greatest thing that happened there that night was this: They that were In the boat worshiped Him, saying: "Of a truth thou art the Son of God." Haste to get Him on board, O seafarer, and serve and worship Ilim on deck as cordially and loyally as at home or church ashore. lie brings happiness with Him. near His call, "Be of good cheer. It Is I." WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED? By Henry F. Cope. "Sirs, what must I do to be saved? relleve on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved." Acts xvl.. 30-31. The answer that satisfied that particular man at that particular time may not satisfy every man to-day. At any rate, when the honest Inquirer comes with such a question and receives an answer in the same terms. It is likely to him to seem like no answer at all; he turns away with a puzzled look, as If Instead of helping him out of his difficulties the answer had but increased them. The man who asks this question In any verbal form whatsoever means certain definite things by It Ignoring theological definitions of salvation, he seeks to find freedom from certain habits; he would wipe out a tormenting, haunting past; he would prepare for a better future. lie Is not shaking with apprehension of a yawning pit; he Is filled with loathing at an unsatisfactory life. With the true man, to be saved Is something other than being taken Just as he Is and lifted to some sheltered spot where he may be protected from the consequences of his own evil-doings. He desires a change In character rather than In condition; he would turn life from Its briers and tangles, Its passions and sorrows to some way that Is lifted clear above the fear, follies, und failures of the past He Is not worried about doctrines or opinions; he Is not fearing punishment for intellectual vagaries or credal shortcomings. So if you answer his deep questionings with a demand that he accept certain doctrines, that he force himself to faith In certain facts about even the greatest of the sons of men, your remedy seems unrelated to his disease; he turns away empty and unhelped. And yet the answer that satisfied men long ago has in It all men need today. But It contains more than we realize. It means something more by far than the formal Intellectual acqui escence with certain historical statements. No man ever solved the prob lems of his life or found firm places for his feet by seeking his way through any Intellectual propositions. But if we can but see the significance of that life lived long ago; If we can but receive Its wonderfu message, then we find life, we overcome the past, and enter upon our own salvation. It is not words about Jesus that save meu; It Is taking him and all his life as the word, the message, about God and man, about tho way of life, and the truth of all things, that leads the life out into full glory and freedom. Here was a life, lived on the plane

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rows and assaults, yet marveously clear, uninterruptedly in touc'j with. heaven, revealing supernatural source of spiritual strength, touched with thefeeling of our infirmities, but showing tho possibility of overcoming them, by yet closer touch vith the Infinite. Here was a life that ever turned Its face to the Father of all ; a life that looked up and lived up. Sin Is lirlng down, missing, and falling away from, the mark of man's possibilities. Salva tion Is living up, growing, going forward, reaching toward the mark. Catch, the trend of that life, look on life with, his eyes, turn In the direction he faces. In other words, believe that he is right and set yourself with him. Here was a life that ever believed In the possibilities of better things. Jesus 'had faith In the possibility of good ness; he believed la virtue, honor, truth. He may not have seen much of these things in others; but he believed there could be more, and be looked oa the virtues as things not unattainabe for himself. A man Indeed Is lost whea he has ceased to believe In the possibil ity of goodnes for himself or In bl fellows. Nor was this all ; here was a life in the beauty of harmony and helpfulness with all other men. He was hated by the breeders of diseonten and prejudice?, because he was by his own life teaching men to live together as brothers. Ills was not only a face turned toward a Father In heaven; It was a tender face and a helping hand turned toward all his felows. To believe on Jesus Christ may have little to do with questions of history cr of philology; It has to do with seeing In him and In his life the best Interpretation of life, the secret of our living, the message for our own manhood; with seeing life through his eyes, setting the face in the direction that he lived, seeing God and man as he saw them, fiadirg In him our teacher, following him as our master In the art of living. SOUL CULTURE. , By Rev. John S. Heisler. Text: "Grow in grace, and In the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" II. Peter Hi. IS. We are expected to cultivate every part of our being. Physical culture and. mental culture must aways claim our attention. But above every other kind, of culture Is soul culture, as the soul is the supreme part of our being. After God made man's body out of the dust of tbe ground he breathed Into bim thebreath of life and he became a living; soul. It was God's own pature wbici He breathed Into him, thus making hin a partaker of the divine nature. But this divine üature was lost la the transgression, and now it is necessary that God shall do for fallen nsaa what He did for the first man. to breathe into his dead soul the life cf God. Here Is the doctrine of regeneration or the new birth, whea we are bom of God, which consists In righteousness and true holiness. Here is the foundation of soul culture. And here we call attention to the provisions which God has made for our advancement in the knowledge and love of God. First, we have the holy script tures which are able to make us wis? unto salvation. This Book is a lamp to our feet and a light to our path.' Here is set forth every duty which vrci owt . to God and men, and If any exl-j gen arises In our lives not directly pointed out In the letter, our SavloS points out a great principle which nia always govern us. He furnishes with his brief summary of Cod's lavr; "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God withj all thy heart, mind, soul and strenthj nnd thy neighbor as thyself." In thl3 Is fulfilled all the law and the prophets Some things in the. scriptures are noi easily understood, but everything whicJ relates to practical life is as clear. a a sunbeam. Short Meter 5ermons. Modesty multiplies merit There Is no sanctity without service The thoughtless never are harmless Large sorrows come from little slna The heart Is bankrupt whea It ha no love to spare. Lazy folks lose a lot of energy telh Ing how busy they are. It takes a brave man to be willlnj to be called a coward. The weariest people are those wbt are running from duty. You never taste the wine of life untE some of its fruits are crushed. It's a great pity that the people wfc Invent troubles do not patent them. In the temple of a great and good lift almost all the bricks are small. Conscience never makes cowards oi us until we turn our backs on it Many a man goes back by being- to anxious about putting up a good fr,i It is better to have to regret manj a loss than to earn the profit of n morse. The greatest sin Is not the making of a mistake, but the being satisfied with it The religion -Jiat lays emphasis oa views often Is remarkably short on vl tality. True religion deals with men as la tne sight of God and with God as la the sight of men. There is only one way to happiness a ad that is found by looking for chances to help other folk. IZ you are waiting for a golden harp before your life begins, the heavenly song you are likely to sing is not at alL Wortkv Reading. Envy Is the sorrow of fools German. ' Habit Is ten times nature. Wellington. The eyes of the great are dim. Turkish. A prudent haste is w isdom's leisure. Italian. II13 falling leaned to virtue's side. Goldsmith. What Is long spoken of happens at last Dutch. Guilty men still Judge others like them. M assi nger. 'Tis only happiness can keep tu young. Blackwood's. lie teaches me to be good that does me good.- -Thompson. Habit If not resisted soon becomes necessity. St Augustine, Madrids trouoie is uie soiano, a summer wind from the southeast II Is exceedingly hot and Is accompanied by blinding, choking clouds of dust; so that, notwithstanding a temperature of 105 or 110 degrees, all wlndowi must be closed,