Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 46, Plymouth, Marshall County, 22 August 1907 — Page 3

FEMMOaE COOPER

A STORY OF CHAPTER XV. (Continued.) Further conversation was interrupted by Miss Peyton, who, advancing, acquainted them that they had been invited to grace the nuptials of her eldest niece and Colonel WeHmcr. The gentlemen bowed ; and the good aunt, with an inherent love of propriety, went on to add that the acquaintance was of an old date, and the attachment by no means a sudden thing. Miss Peyton retired with dignity to usher the intended bride into the presence of the company. Sarah, blushing with a variety of emotions, followed her aunt to the drawing room. , Wellmere sprang to receive the hand she extended toward hijn, and, for the first time, -the English colonel appeared fully conscious of the important part that he was to act In the approaching ceremony. Hitherto his air had been abstracted, and his macrtr uneasy : but everything, excepting the i-rrtainty of his bliss, seemed to vanish at the blaza of loveliness that now burst on his sight. All arose from their seats, and the reverend gentleman had already opened the sacred volume, when the absence of Frances was noticed. Miss Peyton withdrew in search of her youngest niece, whom she found in her own apartment, and in tears. " "Come, my love, the ceremony waits but for us," said the aunt, affectionately entwining her am in that of her niece. "Is he can he be worthy of her?" "Can he be otherwise?" returned Miss Peyton; is he not a gentleman? a gallant soldier, though an unfortunate one? and certainly, my love, one who appears every way qualified to make any woman hapFrances had given vent to her feelings, and, with an effort, she collected sufficient resolution to venture to join the party below. But tor relieve the embarrassment of this delay, the clergyman had put sundry questions to the bridegroom; one of which was by no means answered to his satisfaction. Wellmere was compelled to acknowledge that he was unprovided with a ring; and to perform the marriage ceremony without one, fie jüivine pronounced to be canonically impossible. His appeal to Mr. Wharton, for the propriety of .this decision, was answered affirmatively. "If a plain ring, that once belonged to a sister of my own, might be admitted to this honor," suggested the surgeon, "I have one that cculd be easily produced from my quarters at the Corners, and I doubt not it would fit the finger for which it is desired." A glance of Miss Peyton's eye recalled Colonel Wellmere to a sense of bis diitj, And springing from his chair, he assured the surgeon that in no way could he confer & greater obligation on himself than by bending for that very ring. The operator bowed a little haughtily, and withdrew to fulfill his promise, by dispatching a messenger on the errand. The aunt suffered him to retire, but followed and tendered the services of Caesar instead of those of Sitgreave's man, who had volunteered for thi3 duty. j CHAPTER XVI. The situation of the party ia Mr. Wharton's dwelling was sufficiently awkward during Caesar's absence. Tha bride and bridegroom are immemorially priv ileged to be dull, and but few of their friends seemed disposed to dishonor their txample. The English colonel exhibited a proper portion of uneasiness at this unexpected interruption of his felicity and j he sat with a varying countenance by the side of Sarah. In the midst of this embarrassing silence. Dr. Sitgreaves addressed himself to Miss Feyton, by whose side he had contrived to procure a chair. "Marriage, madam, is pronounced to be honorable in the sight of God and man ; ind it may .be said to be reduced, in tüe present age, to the laws of nature and reason. The ancients, in sanctioning , polygamy, lost sight of the provisions of nature, and condemned thousands to misery ; but with the increase of science have grown the wise ordinances of society, which ordain that man should be the husbrjid of but one woman." Wellmere glanced a fierce expression of disgust at the surgeon, while Miss Peyton, with a slight hesitation, as if fearful of touching on forbidden subjects, x replied: s I had thought, sir, that we were indebted to the Christian religion for our morals on this subject." "True, madam, it is somewhere provided in the prescriptions of the apostles, that the sexes should henceforth be on an equality n this particular. Eut in what degree could polygamy affect holiness of life? It was probably a wise arrangement of Paul, who . was much of a scholar, and probably had requent conferences on this important subject with Luke, whom' we all know to have been bred to the practice et medicine " There is no telling how far the discursive fancy of Sitgreaves might have led him on this subject, had he not been interrupted. But Lawtoc, who had been a close though silent observer of all that passed, profited by the hint to ask, abruptly : "Pray, Cc'onel Wellmere. in what manner is bigamy punished in England? The bridegroom started, and his lip bl ached. Recovering himself, however, the instant, he answered, with a suavity that became so happy a man : "Ieath ! as such an offense merits," he said. "Death and dissection," continued the operator; "it is seldom that the law loses sight of eventual utility in a malefactor. Bigamy, in a man, is a heinous offense." Wellmere, as if unable to listen with any degree of patience to so ill-timed a dialogue, spring from his seat, and paced the floor in disorder. Pitying his situation, the reverend gentleman, who was patiently awaiting the retnrn of Capsar, changed the discourse, and a few minutes brought the black himself. The ring was handed to Dr. Sitgreaves. A transient look of melancholy clouded the brow of the surgeon, as he etood a moment and gazed silently on the bauble, while he soliloquized as follows: "Poor Anna ! gay as innocence and youth could make thee was thy heart, when this cincture was formed to grace thy nuptials ; but ere the hour had come. Cod had taken thee to himself. Tears have passed, my sister, but never have I forgotten the companion of my infancy ! He advanced to Sarah, and, unconscious of observation, placing the ring on her finger, continued: "She for whom it was Intended ha3 long been in her grave, and the youth who bestowed the gift soon followed br sainted spirit ; take it, madam, and God grant that it may be an instrument in making you as happy as you deserve r Sarah felt a chill at h;r heart as this burst of feeling escaped the surgeon ; but Wellmere offering his hand, she was led before the divine, and the ceremony began. The ring had been left, from inadvertency and the agitation of the moment, on the finger where Sitgreaves had placed it, and the clergyman was about to proceed, when a figure gliding into the midst of the party, at once put a stop to the ceremony. It was the peddler. His look was bitter and ironical, while a ßn- . ger, raised toward the dicine, seemed to forbid the ceremony to go any further. "Can Coicnel Wellmere waste the precious moments here, when his wife has crossed the ocean to meet him? The nights are Ions, and the moon bright a .few hours wilJ take him to the city." Aghast at the suddenness of tais ex-

THE REVOLUTION

traordinary address, Wellmere for the moment lost the command of his faculties. To Sarah the countenance of Birch, expressive as it was, produced no terror; but the instant she recovered from the surprise of his interruption, she turned her anxious gaze on the features of the man to whom she had just pledged her troth. They afforded the most terrible confirmation of all that the peddler affirmed; the room whirled round, acd sho fell lifeless into the arms of her aunt. The confusion enabled the peddler to retreat with a rapidity that would have baffled pursuit, had any, been attempted, and Wellmere stood with every eye fixed on him, in ominous silence. " 'Tis false !" he cried, striking his forehead. "I have ever denied her claim ; nor will the laws of my country compel me to acknowledge it." '"Hut what will conscience and the laws of Sod do?" asked Lawton. 'Tis well, sir," said Wellmere. haughtily, and retreating toward the door ; "my situation protects you now; but a time may come " t lie had reached the entry, when a slight tap on his shoulder caused him to turn his head; it was Captain Lawton, who beckoned him to follow. The state of Weilmres mind was such that he would gladly have gone anywhere to avoid the gaze of horror and detestation that glared from every eye he met. They reached the stables before the trooper, spoke, when he cried aloud: "Bring out Roanoke !" His man appeared with the steed caparisoned for his master. Lawton, coolly throwir the bridle on the neck of the animal, ook his pistols from the holsters and continued: "Here are weapons that have seen good service before to-day. These were the pistols of my father. Colore! Wellmere; he used them with credit i i the wars with France, and gave them tc 'lie to fight the battles of my country with. . Ia what better way can I serve her than ia exterminating a wretch who would have deceived one of her fairest daughters?" ; "This injurious treatment shall meet with its reward," cried the other, seizing the offered weapon ; "the blood lie on the head of him who sought it !" "Amen ! but hold a moment, sir. Yon are now free, and the passports of Wash ington are in your pocket; I give you the fire: if I fall, there Is a steed that will outstrip pursuit ; and I would advise you IT WAS THE PEBDLEB. to retreat without much delay, for even Archibald Sitgreaves would fight in such a cause nor will the guard above be very apt to give quarter." "Are you ready?" asked Wellmere, gnashing his teeth with rage. "Sfand forward, Tom, with the lights fire !" - Wellmere fired, and the bullion flew from the epaulette of the trooper. "Now the turn is mine," said Lawton, deliberately levelling a pistol. "And mine!" shouted a voice, as the weapon was struck "from his band. " 'Tis the mad Virginian! fall on, my boys, and take him ; this is a prize not hoped fori" CDTAPTER XVII. Unarmed and surprised as he was, Lawton'a presence of mind did not dssert him; he felt that 'he was in the hands of those from whom he was to expect no ir.ercy ; and, as four of the Skinners fell upon him at once, he used his gigantic strength to the utmost. Three of the band grasped !aim by te neck and arms, with on intent to clog his efforts, (and pinion hira with ropes. The struggle was short but terrific; the most dreadful imprecations were uttered by the Skinners, who in vain called on more of their band, who were gazing on the combat in nerveless horror, to assist. A difficulty of breathing, from one of the combatants, was heard, accompanied by the stifled moanings of a strangled man ; and directly one of the group arose on his feet, shaking himself free from the xs-ild gra?p of the others. Both Wellmere and the servant of Lawton had fled. The figure that stood. erect sprang into the saddle of the unheeded charger; sparks of fire, issuing from the avnied feet of the horse, gave a momentary light by which the captain was eil dashing like the wind toward the highway. "He's off!" cried the leader, hoarse with . rage and exhaustion ; "fire ! bring him down fire, or you'll be too late." The order was obeyed, and one moment of suspense followed, in the valn hope of hearing the huge frame of Lawton tumbling from his steed. A freshening of the wind wafted the tread of a horse down the valley, which, by its speed, gave assurance of a rider governing Us motion. "What is to be done with this lump of earth?" cried one, pushing the body that yet lay insensible where it had been hurled by the arm of Lawton ; "a little rubbing would bring him to." "Let him lie," said the leader, fiercely ; "had he been half a man, that dragooning rascal would have been in my power ; enter the house, 'I say, and fire the chambers. We can't go amiss .here there is plate and money enough to make ycu all gentlemen and revenge, too." Wellmere availed himself of the opportunity, and,' stealing from the stables with his own charger, he was able to gain the highway unnoticed. He r de toward New York, sting with the reflection of his own baseless, and harassed with the apprehension of meeting with an enraged woman, that he had married during his late visit to Kngland, but whose claims he had r?so!vd never willingly to admit. In the tumult and agitation of the moment, the retreat of Lawton and Wellmere was but little noticed ; the condition of Mr. Wharton demanded the care and consolation of both the surgeon and the divine. The report of the firearms first roused the family to the sense of a new danger, and but a moment elapsed before the leader, and one more of the gang entered the room. "Surrender ! you servants of King George" shouted the leader, presenting his musket to the breast of Sitgreaves, "or I will let a little tory blood from your veins." "Gently gently, my friend, said the surgeon; "you are doubtless more expert

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in inflicting wounds than in healing them. i am a noa-combatant. The articles of capitulation must be arranged with Captain John Lawton; though yielding, I believe, is not a subject on which you will find him particularly complying." The fellow had by this time taken such a survey of the group as convinced him that little danger was to be apprehended from resistance, and eager to seize his share of the plunder, he dropped his musket, and was soon busy, with the assistance of his men, in arranging divers articles of plate in bags. ' The cottage now presented a singular spectacle the ladies were gathered around Sarah. Mr. Wharton sat in a state of perfect imbecility. Singleton was lying on a sofa, shaking with debility; while the surgeon was administering restoratives and looking at the dressings with a coolness that mocked the tumult. Ca?sar and the attendant of Captain Singleton had retreated to the wood in the rear of the cottage, and Katy Ilaynes was flying about the building, forming a bandle of valuables, from which, with the most scrupulous honesty, she rejected every article that was not really and truly her own. Led on by Lawton, the men from the Four Corners followed, destitute alike of fear and reflection. Whether it was a party of the refugees, or a detachment from the royal army, that they were to assail, they were profoudly ignorant ; but they knew that the officer in advance was distinguished for courage and personal prowess. On arriving, near the gates of the Locusts, the trooper halted his party, and turning to Ilollister, said : "Stand you here, and guard the horses; if anything attempt to pass, stop it, or cut it down, and " The flames at this moment burst through the dormer window and cedar roof of the cottage. "On!" shouted the trooper, "on! give quarter when you have done justice I" (To be continued.)

GOOD PLACE FOR LAZY EOYS. Ronttne at Wt Point Laata from O A. M. Till lO at Alfflit. In nearly every case the boy who wishes to go to West Point must put in a year or two of especially strenuous study In order to Le able to pass the entrance examination, writes II. Irving Hancock, In St. Nicholas. That is nothing compared with what Is before hhu in case he succeeds In entering the academy. West Point Is the worst possible place for a lazy or stupid boy. lie is aroused at 0 oelock la the morning, lias a stated number of minutes In which to wash and dress himself, a few more minutes in which to aid bis room mate in setting the little apartment to rights. Let the boy who wishes to go to West Point gaze around his room at homo and see how it looks. Then let him understand that at the academy a scrap of paper on the floor or any other untidiness will bring about a punishment that affects his standing In his class. As quickly as he can possibly get his room tidy the bugle sounds to call him to breakfast. That over, he marches to recitation, Tfce schoolmasters at West Point, who are all army officers, are looked upon as being the most strict In the country. No cadet is allowed to make the excuse that be has not beeu able to prepare his lesson. He must be prepared for all that bis Instructors require of bim. Nor can be hope to escape unnoticed, for each class is divided into sections of about eight young men each, and the recitations last from an hour to an hour and a half each. Between 8 a. m. and 1 p. in. the time is evenly divided between study and recitation. At 1 o'clock the battalion of cadets marches to the mess hall for dinner, after which a few minutes are allowed for "recreation." At 2 o'clock studies and Tecltations are resumed until 4 o'clock. This Is followed by an hour and twenty minutes of dri'l, after which comes dress parade. Scon after this Is finished, at G:CO, the young men eiarch to supper. From 7 to 10 they spend the time In tbelr rooms in cadet barracks at hard study. At 10 o'clock "taps" sounds, and immediately every young man must bave bis lights out and bo in bed. During the twenty-four hours he has eight hours of sleep, with sixteen hours of -tudy, recitation, drill, the time allowed for meals and eighty minutes devoted to "recreation." A boy who likes ease and Indolent comfort would do better to stay away from West Point. Soldiers who can endure hard mental and bodily work are wanted there. When Saturday comes around the cadet has his afternoon and evening to devote to his own pleasure, unless he is backward In bis studies or has broken some of the regulations. How Shoes Are Made. Fifty years ago the farmers of Xew England made their own shoes, but since the Introduction of machinery the home-made article has vanished. A factory employs on an average two hundred to three hundred people, who can turn' out two thousand to twenty-five hundred pairs of shoes a tlay. No single operator makes a complete shoe. One cuts out the soles, another the uppers, and another the heels. One cperator will make the buttonholes, another the hems, and another sews on the buttons, each one using a separate machine. A buttonhole machine will make about five thousand boles a day, and It Is calculated that each pair of shoe: passes through more than fifty hands before It is ready to wear. IVovellMs and llayvrlslits. The reason which, far more than any other, prevents novelists from writing good plays is that to produce a drama which will act is many times harder than to write readable novels. As a rule, novelists appear to think that playgoers are mere children. They construct their plays upon nursery lines. In words of one syllable, as it were. The cleverness, the observation, the humor, which they put Into their novels, they leave on one side or else It goes for nothing because they do not know how to make use of It. Worlu, London. Well Shaken. "And you never get seasick?" said the young woman in the steamer chair. "Never!" replied the young man who was lerning against the lifeboat "Stnnge! You must have been shaken so oliten you bave become used to tr I should say so. I was shaken by six girls in one year." No Vacation for lllru. "My husband and I haven't been apart for a week altogether during the past sixteen years." "I have often wondered why he had such a weary, discouraged look," replied her candid friend. Chicago Rec-ord-IIerald. The best soil for roses Is two-third's loam and one-third manure. This soil should be at least eighteen Inches deep. Printed musical notes were first used In 1473.

The Woman Worker. Women, Instead of saying. "A man wa do it, so why not I ?" should choose rather some work that he should not be doing, and by her ceellence wrest such employment from ill-suited bands for we have to face the shame that the making of gowin, the trimming of dainty hats and other pre-eminently femin' h work Is too frequently performed by members of the other sex, and thli while theiv sisters become gardeners, motor-drivers, and what not. That a woman is a conscientious worker is everywhere admitted, but her great fault is that she rarely aims at, and consequently seldom reaches, perfection. Generally, she has In the background the thought that her work is but tcmIiorary, since she will presently marry; or else she falls into the fatal error of supposing that being a woman "allowances" will be made for her shortcomings. They will not. Her work, like his, must stand or fall on its own merits. In Delns PhotoKrapfard. "There is a tremendous amount of Ignorance on the subjeet of colors. Very frequently woman wears a gowu of a certain color, yellow, for instance. expecting it to take l'ght when it takes dark, and is consequently disapioInled in the result," says a photographer in the 2ev York Sun. "White Is always effective and takes beautifully, espe cially for dark background effects. But light blue, j. ink or cream are preferable even to white, for the reason that while they take light there is more detail acd more character in the picture. "If ioss!ble, soft, clinging effects are to be preferred to any material that presents a stiff appearance, and starchy effects should be tabooed entirely. "Nowadays nearly every photograph er has on b-nd lengths of soft, clinging material for drapery purposes when bi3 subjects present themselves with sou;e absolutely imiwssible frock, and when he can effect the substitution without hurting their feelings." Teach the Boy.' To be thoughtful of your-comfort. To be chivalrous to his sisters. To pick up acd put away his own playthings. " To put hi clothing In its proper rlace. To air his bed and leave his room tidy In the mornings. To sew on a button and make himself indeiendent in such little matten. To find bis own thing3 and look after himself. I To hate a lie or meanness of any kind; to abhor debt; to scorn trickery or cowardice. To look upon work not as a bugbear, but as the highest privilege of a man and the best means to' happiness. Woman Today. Women have more self-control than their great-grandmothers had. I fancy I hear some champion declare apropos of my statement that they cry less over novels and at the theaters than they used to do. Well, perhaps that Is so. Perhaps with more self-control has come less sentiment. It may.be ever so much easier to the present generation to stay the ready tear, because the tear js not so ready as it used to be, and therefore much more easy to stay. But all the same, the lack of sentiment evinced by the daughters of this generation Is not a pleasaut sign of the times. Slip to Wear Under Princras Govrna. mm To wear a princess frock of sheer material it i? necessary to bave a wellfitting slip, with the undcrbodiee and skirt cut in one to gain the prcir effect. The sketch shows a combination corset-cover nnd skirt nule of nainsook, trimmed with lace. The garment fastens down the back with tiny pearl buttons. What Ther Kueh It en aire. Girls of Indiana formed a society called the Young Ladies' Protective Assoelat'on. In wWIch they declare for men who bave bank accounts of ?2,000 at least and life insurance to that nmount. The men have since organized the Men's Precaution Club, in which they want to know what they are to get for their $2,ono in the way of good housekeepers. A wife requiring this amount must not object to smoking any plac e In the house, must le a good cook and must not care for cats. Style t t Tlnlr Counl. A fashion writer says that, It is liot the woman but her hair that counts, and declares that she has seen the most unpromising homely woman completely transformed by means of a stylish or becoming manner of wearing the hair. It should always be kept In the best possible condition, and should le shaniIooed at least once In three weeks, alt4iough u:my women are required to give the hair this cleansing treatment much oftener. College V. Matrimony. Dr. Stanley HüU has again repeated his assertion made some time ago that the tendency of a college education is to cause fewer women to marry. Ills statistics are taken from Smith, Wellesley and Vassar colleges, the facts having

been secured from the secretaries of the classes. The "report showed that ten years after graduation one-half of the women were unmarried and that twenty-five years after three-quarters of the men from the principal colleges were unmarried. The individual colleges did not object to the respective reports, and Dr. Hall contends the facts must be true.

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It would be absurd to advise not to let the baby's grandmothers and aunts hold and play with it, and I do not believe In such sweeping extremes. But I lo say positively that they should hold him very little and that their loving baby talk to him should be low and quiet, so as not to excite. Instead

COLLECTION OF MODISH SUNSHADES.

, The up-to-date sunshades are a mass of hand embroidery, whether they be of linen or silk. The two on the left of the cu tare white linen embroidered In self tone; those on the left are white silk embroidered in delicat shades and the one on top bas a black lace center over white silk with plain black silk border.

of taking the baby in' their arms, persuade them to let him stay on the bed and play with him there. The child is so much more comfortable braced with some pillows, the little feet left full to kick, than when he is being held tight in anus. He does not quickly become tired in this way, and when fatigue does come it Is a muscular, healthy one and not that of the nerves, caused somewhat by the nervous condition of the one who has been holding bim. All conversation before a baby, even when playing with him, should be quiet, and there should be no noises, for small children are very susceptible to loud sounds, and the start-of some at the sudden banging of a door or an unexpected noise is pathetic, because of the nervous condition it indicates, says Mrs. Hood, In the New York Evening Telegram. When a baby shows by this that it is of nervous disposition the mother should make every effort to keep It quiet, and by that I mean to keep excitement from it. The, effort should be to soothe, that the Infant may not develop a highly-strung child. Marriajre a Failure. He did all the courting before marri.".ge. He never talked over bis affairs with his wife. He thought of bis wife only as a cheap bousekeeier. He never dreamed that a wife deserved praise or compliments. He thought his wife had a very easy time. , He married an ideal, and was disappointed to find it had flaws. He paid no attention to his personal appearance after marriage. He treated his wife as be would not have dared to treat another woman. Homo Oliat. Teachers Must Obey Law. The Interior Department has given women teachers notice that If they take up claims In the West they must obey the homestead lav. and live on them. This came alout through a decision in favor of a Minnesota teacher which was const med wrongly, and has given rise to the opinion that teachers are exempt from ordinary rules. Tllay Cnnae Arrlclentn. This Is the time of year when a women wearing a thin dress Is In terror when she is in public, locause of the absurd custom of lighting cigars with matches and throwing the match away, even if it is still half lighted. There do not seem to be many accidents from this cause, but a little observation will s!nv how careless many men are In regard to the matter. Women Should Heat. L'very women should have at least a slu.rt time in the day in which she rests, and It should be a regular time, fche Kbould lose her eyes, withdraw her thought from everything mil realty rest. Fifteen or twenty minutes of such absolute rest every day counts fr a great deal. ; Heroine. A girl who can smile when obliged, irt the middle of the season, to take to to her bed with an attack of measles is a veritable heroine. So is the woman who manages to control her expression when a careless passer-by spills a cup of tea over her best frock. Ulack and White. To Freshen Flovfera. It always seems so distressing to see beautiful eut flowers wither and fade, and to revive Cowers that are not actually dead try my plan. Cut a tiny piece from each stem and place the

stems In a large glass, or, even better, jar of cold water; then submerge the jar In a bucket of cold water, allowing the entire bunch to be almost covered. Put all In a dark place, cover with a newspaper to exclude the air ; let them remain thus overnight; in thp morning they will be as fresh as new, even to the glistening "dew drops." Hoses and carnations respond better than other flowers treated in this manner, but so far I have not found any way to freshen violets satisfactorily. It might not be amiss to add that wilted r'"en vegetables, such as spinach. letruCe and celery, are to be freshened by the sanie means, and may be kept for days, changing the water every morning, of course. However, we all know that the fresher all vegetables the better they are.

Prasrance Ia Fathlonable. There are fashions In perfumes as much as in anything else, and just now jessamine is said to be very luuch used. The wise woman will Invent a perfume of her own, mixing scents "vrith orris root until she gets what she likes, and then she will keep It, no mattei what the fashion may be. But young girls who have not yet decided must pass through a period when they are trying them all, with very evident results, which no doubt accounts for the ery insistent state of perfume In which some of them seem to abide. Natural-colored suede gloves are the rage in Paris and have quite superseded black and white for all occasions. For a dressy house frock or tea gown a wash satin proves very satisfactory and so doe3 velveteen ; the quality does not show so much indoors. A new notion is the brightening of the dark tailored coat with collar and cuffs of gay Scotch plaid. These sets are to be had ready-made, prettily shaped and finished. The new plaids and stripes allow of much originality in the making up. Very curious and beautiful effects are gained by tucking to eliminate or bring out the pattern of the material. For everyday wear there Is a . tendency to return to the little English walking hat of soft felt, simply trimmed with folds of ribbon around the long, narrow crown, and stiff wings, or a rosette on one side holding up the rim. Very charming things are done with black ribbon velvet in the way ot suspender or peasant strapSj or "harnesses," as they are popularly calle'd. . Jet or enameled buttons are effectively used on these, as are also' rhinestone buckles. Many of the light fabrics for oven-' ing, such as voile, crepe and grenadine In pale yellows, pinks and white, bave either a satin crepe or narrow satin check over them. Such gowns need very little trimming except perhaps some good lace. Both pique arid duck are to constitute the smart little coat and skirt suits, suitable for Informal occasions and braiding In line soutache is the newest ornamentation. An occasional inserting of a heavy lace, such as Irish crochet and crochet lace buttons, contributes toward the general effect. Curative Effect ot Salt. The curative effects of salt have never been shown as they should be. Sore and Inflamed eyes are relieved by bathing with salt water. .Sore throat yields to a gargle of the same. Constipation can be cured by the persistent use of half a teaspoonful of salt In a glass of water taken just before going to bed. j Shirtwaist Tack. Tucked shirtwaists arc much more satisfactory In appearance .and lit If the tucking is done before the waist is cut out. Tuck a long strip for the two fronts; in this way they are sure to be alike without so much tiresome Take Thimble Oft. The temptation to keep one's thimble on when not in use should be resisted. The constant pressure will partially change the shape of the, end of the finger, and the heating and consequent moisture will soften the nail. On the ' Sofa. "You are a brick," he did aver, And drew her to his side. "I am a pressed brick, as it were The witty girl replied. -Washington Herald, u.-

SOLDIERS OF rORTUHE

Cannot Keniat Temptation toKUl Fei low aien When War Is Declared. The phenomena of men voluntarily giving their services to any belligerents that will accept them are curious from ethical viewpoints. Men are supposed to fight because they have grievances whether the contest be at long or short range. The love of fighting purely for tbe sake of fighting is Innate ia some human creatures. ' Warfare becomes to such men a trade as legitimate as wielding an axe against the trees of tbe forests. Tbe character of tbe soldier of fortune, or "free lance," is one that pervades history. Since the beginning of man mercenaries have had mention. The desire for embroilment Isn't confined to any nationality or race. Cooraienta tors upon the recent death in this city of Colonel J. Y. F. Blake exposed their Ignorance of history when they asesrted that tbe Irish furnished the most notable examples. The Swiss always bave been the free lances af Europe. We know about the Hessians in the American Revolution. In the wars of the sixteenth century thousands of soldiers of fortune fought now under one and now under aupther of opposing banners. .Sir Walter Scott, In his delightful study of Captain Dugald Dalgtty, in the "Legend of Montrose," permanently fixed the type of the soldier of fortune In Englisfy literature. The keen sarcasm of Cervant js. In that greatest of 'all lampoons, "Don Quixote," -could not discourage or ridicule the soldier of fortune sufficiently to render his race extinct He continued to be born, to grow up, and to go to war with no other purpose than to make trouble for hLmself and others,. Men of this type love danger, purely for its own sake. They seek the happy .chance of shard blows. Generally specimens of fidelity to their employer, Individual or national, they are indifferent to the political or moral aspects of the conflict In which they take such active parts. We have had many examples of these adventurous spirits. Sam Houston was a Virginian by birth, but be couldn't Jkep out of the fight for Texas free dom from Mexico. William Walker, tbr Nlcaraguan' filibuster, was a Tennes seean, and had been a Journalist In California; he cared nothing for the people of the Central American State. General Ryan, well known to all "working newspaper men of this metropolis in the early seventies, disliked tbe Cubans almost as much as he loved libertythe freedom of a fight He was captured on tbe Virgin I us, stood against a wall at Santiago and shot to death. But I am sure be died happy! Hobart Pacha Colnmanded the Turkish navy during the war with Russia In 1877 and 1878. He was an English naval officer until he took that Job. Speaking of Russia, one marvels at the . disclosures that a little research gives regarding the part Britons of two generations ago played in her naval battles. Englishmen, as officers of Russian war vessels, and as commanders of troops afield, did more than native genius to extend and consolidate the power of the Czar by land or. sea! Englishmen appear to have been äs fond of the campaign of hard knocks as the Irish. Wasn't it Charles Darwin who asserted that human nature has constant tendency to revert to the primitive type? Does this explain why the savage love of combat revives Individuals from time to time? I was living in London when the revolt against the Turks broke out In Herzegovina and sjeard to Servla, and among my small circle of acquaintances were several mild, scholarly, humade and amiable men, as known to their associates, who hurried off to the mountain fastnesses to kill men, much as they might have gone down to Devonshire for a week'send pheasant shooting. Guerrilla warfare was the last imaginable kind of life one would have. supposed such men to have desired ; but they went mad at the prospect of taking human life, ol spilling Ihuman gore. Brooklyn Eagle. Au Exemplified. A learned professor was dining with the Diltzs, and the table was set with the best ware that Mrs. Diltz's chinacloset afforded. The guest was par ticularly interested in the display, r.nd admired it greatly. Picking up th plate In front of bim, and noting tie stamp of the manufacturer on the bottom of It, he remarked: "I presume you know that china, oi the art of making it, was discovered by accident?" Just then there was heard in th kitchen, where the maid was busily al work, a loud crash. "Yes," answered Mrs. Diltz. with a pained smile, "and most of It Is broken in the same way." Head Line and Copy. A St Louis business man while re cently in an Arkansas town found himself badly in need of a hair-cut After various and complicated Instructions from the clerk of the hotel as to the whereabouts of the barber ehop, the man managed to find the place. When he entered the shop the only person to be seen was an elderly man leisurely reading a nevrspaper. To his look of Inquiry the St Louis man announced the purpose of his visit "Hair-cut?" asked the barber. "Cert'ny, sir! Here, Johnny," he yelled to a ixy on the step outside, "run over to Mr. Blank an' ask him, ef he's done editing vthe paper, to send over my shears I" Man and III Drei. The well dressed man wears clothes that no one ever notices; at business, except In the very warmest weather, usually dark. No one ever notices clear liueu, while linen soiled ever so slight ly is very conspicuous. No one evei. notices a hat unless it is of ultra shape, dirty or shabby. No one ever notices shoes unless they are loud or need blacking or are run down at the heels or shabby. No one ever notices clear finger nails, while those needing attention are always conspicuous. The mat should not be lost sight of by the con spleuousness of his clothes, cither froir being overdressed or shabbily dressed Batten's Wedge. Nearly every farmer living close to. a town at some time thinks of getting rich by laying out a buryingground. ' If a woman doesn't marry well, all the experience teaches ber Is the Idea she will do better the next time she tries It Love at first sight Is easy, but few people can stand the test of a long-drawn-out acquaintance. Marriage Is responsible for the destruction of many happy delusions.

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Philip, Mr Klnc. ixwk at me with thy large brown eye, Philip, my King! flound whom the enshadowing purple lie Df babyhood's royal dignities. Lay on my neck thy tiny band With love's invisible scepter laden I am thine Esther, fto command Till thou shalt ünd a queen-haixü-i 1 maiden, Philip, my King! j Dh, the day when thou goest a-wooinj, Philip, my King! SYhen those beautiful lips 'gin suing, nd some g ntle heart's bars undoing. Thou do.it enter, love-crowned, and therely Sittest love glorified. Rule kindly. Tenderly over thy kingdom fair; For we that love, ah! we love bo blind Thilip, my King! p from, thy sweet mouth up to thy brow. LPhilip, my King ! The spirit that there lies sleeping now May rise like a giant and make men bow As to one Heaven-chosen among hi peers. My Sau. than thy brethren taller and fairer, Let me behold thee in future years! Yet thy head nedeth a circlet rarer, Philip, my King! t cV wreath, not of gold, bat palm. One day. Thilip, my King! . riion, too, must tread, as we trod, a way Thorny aad cruel and cold and gray; t Rebels within thee and foes without Will EDatch at thy crown. But march on glorious, Martyr, yet monarch, till angal hont. As thou sitt'st at the feet of God 1 victorious, Philip, my King! Dinah Maria Mulock Craik. SLEEP AXD DEATH. Neither Pain Xor Conirlooino 4 the Instant of Rlther. The phenomenon called sleep may be summed up In the following propositions, says a writer in tbe Cosmopolitan : First Sleep is temporary death of the functions of the sensitive system, due to exhaustion by fat'ue. Secondly This death is temporary because the vital system continues to perform Its functions during sleep and restores he sensitive organs to their normal condition. For our purpose death may be considered under the three heads, natural death, sudden death and death from disease. Natural death Is death from old age. It differs from natural sleep only In degree. ( The gradual loss of sensibility by the sensitive organs w-hich precedes sleep aow take place In the vital system, and all the organs pass into permanent sleep together. There can be no pa la preceding or at the moment of passing Into temporary sleep. Sudden death may be defined as death due to a sudden Injury -from without or within the body sufficient to destroy at once all irritability of botli the sensitive and vital systems. It requires no argument to prove that a person who Is suddenly stricken dead can suffer no pain. The element of time must be present in order to suffer physical pain, and In the sudden death of a person the element of time is absent We come now to consider the third and by far the most frequent form of death, namely, death from disease. As soon as disease Is established dying begins, which is but a more rapid than natural ceasing of all sensibilities, accompanied with more or less suffering, according to the cause which produces it This dying and suffering, jailed disease, must terminate either in so-called death, which is insensibility to It, or in recovery, which is removal ot the cause of it But In any event thrf suffering has been endured, no matter whether the final termination is death or recovery. No one Is conscious of or can recall the moment he passes from waking Into- natural or temporary leep. Nor shall we, by a "supreme agony" or in any other way, be conscious of passing Into permanent sleep. Being born and dying ere the two most important physiological events ia thie life history of our bodies and we shall know no more about , the latter event at the time it occurs than we did about the former. A Meal, of Locuat. In the West Indies the negroes eat freely of the big grub found In p.lm trees. The fat white. morsel, which they call "grugru," is not cooked or salted. The aborigines vof Australia live almost entirely on a butterfly known as the bugong. The fiies ap-. pear in batches on the rocks, and tbe natives smother them with smoke from fires built below. It is said that a Hottentot, with an appetite made ßharp by the simple life, can devour 300 fat locusts at a sitting and feel better satisfied than if he had paid $3 for a ten course dinner. The Arabs dry the ! custs and pulverize them Into flour for bieadmaking purposes. The Moon make a stew of them, and after tolling In water for a few minutes they are eaten with salt pepper and vinegar. The locusts found in Central Africa are enormous, and the native negroes ?ut them In two and fry them In fat ind find them not only appet'zlng, but aourlshing. A flight of these big lojusts is a matter of tribal thanksglv ug. Snakes wltii Two Head. I have lately been assured by more than one of my friends that they have oen In northern India snakes with two beads I. e., without a tail, but with a second and perfectly formed head in the place where the tall ought to be. Tbey assure me that there are specimens in northern India museums ana that these freaks of nature are frequently found by the natives. The rider Is added that the natives declare that each head lives and performs active rcrvice for sir months in the year in turn. The snakes are paid to grow to about threefeet In length. I myself have killed a 'small snake with two beads, but these were both at the same end of the reptile, a very different matter, which is, I believe, a well known freak and in the same category with two headed calves. Pioneer. Some of the linea coals men wear make a hunting coat look like a tailormade article by comparison. You soon become very tired of the good person who "takes an Interest" la . The broken heart cuts so little figure in the death rate.

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