Plymouth Tribune, Volume 7, Number 22, Plymouth, Marshall County, 5 March 1908 — Page 3

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CHAPTER VIII. (Continued.) The players played; the dancers danced ; the guests thronged in. Stately Colonel Wycherly pulled his iron-gray mustache, and smiled his supercilious smile, half-contcaiptuous. half-condescending: ; and Mrs. Wycherly sat superb in black velvet and oriental pearls, watching the dancers, her black eyes flashing fire, her thin Ups smiling, her proud nostrils dilating. Arthur Calthorpe hung over Ella. "Mamma will not let me -waltz," said the heiress. "Then will you excuse ras if I mn way? rejoined the heir. "See thrre is Miss Fritchard, the lady principal of St. Martha's Collie, with thirteen of her pupils and teachers, and some of them are deplorably shy." "Go, go I" cried Ella; "one of them has nothing deplorable nt all about her I mean that stately creature who has chosen to wear a dress of black lace over a pale-primrose s? ;.rt. She is covered up close to the threat; she wears no ornament but a gold 'necklace and eres; she Is like a Spanish princess; she i very handsome." Five minutes afterward, Arthur Calthorpe, heir to the earlJom of Beryl, was whirling round in the waltz witb Leila Leigh, undeMeacber at St. Martha's College for Ladies. The blond, blue-eyed young man, the stately, dark-eyed girl, looked into one another's faces and read volumes; but it might be that those Vollmes wer? In an unknown tongue. They paused, panting, in a little anteroom a costly gora of a chamber, where light refreshments were laid out daintily on an Inlaid table. Arthur was handing Leila a jelly, wt?n there entered a woman. She was young, no: more than twenty. She wore black a plain dress, made high to th throa. with linen collar and cufTs. Iler Ilghtbrown hair was disordered and rough. Her face was neither pretty nor plain, and her blue eyes were sinister and cruel. Her complexion was fair naturally, but Its pallor at that moment was surely unnatural. Arthur Calthorpe droiri thc jelly he was handing to Leila; 'lie glass was shivered. "I must speak to you ! she said Imperiously "at once out there in the Laurel Walk I" And without a word of apology, Arthur Cal thorp- drew the curtains from before a. French window and passed into the garden. Leila Leigh sat there, indignant, silent, wonderng, and waiting. Arthur did not return. After a while she re-entered the ball reom. The night wore on heavily for her. Iler interest in the ball was suspended while Arthur was absent. Presently she saw him standing in a doorway. She started, looked cgain. Arthur, and not Arthur; like and unlike. The same height, figure, build, complexion, but different eyes, different mouth, different expression. This young man was talking to her own brother, Lionel Leigh, who soon crossed the room and spoke to Leila. "Leila, that gentleman is Mr. Calthorpe's twin brother. He has been away for two or three years, and now he wishes to speak to his brother. Wcre is he? Me was seen with you last. Leila rose up and led the wajr toward the little ante-room. Iler brother went with her. He whom we hav known as Dick Barrlngton followed, aai there was a birfi of recognition among seme of the guests. "He wert through that window," said Lciia. Lionel opened the window, and Arthur's twin brother passed out into the Karden. It was a frosty night, with bright, blinking stars, keen, piercing air. Leila wrar-ped her head and neck in her opera cloak, walked swiftly along the gravel path, slipped, and fell. Then she returned hastily to the anteroom, passed into the blaze of light and uttered a shriek which brought the guests thronging into the little chamber. Her satin skirt, satin shoes, and fair "hands were stained with that deep-red stain which tells of the ebbing of a human life. Then it was remembered that Arthur had been missed for Fome hours. The little anteroom filled so full that the guests surged out into the frosty laurel path. Leila lay back, fainting; hut there wa? one face amid the throng which burned Itself terribly, mysteriously, and so it seemed without reason, into the consciousness of Leila Leigh the banshtj, white, fearful face of Mrs. Wycherly. Lionel Leigh, towering above the had of the crowd, came on toward where bis sister Lay on the little couch. He Fit down near her and took her hand into his. "What has happened, Lionel? "Mr. Calthorpe is hurt." "How? By whom? Where is he? "They have carried him round to the other side of the houi. He is in one of the drawing rooms, and there are three doctors at the ball. I am going to send Dr. Dundas; the other two are with him." "Is be much hurt?" "Frightfully. I should say he must shuddered. She closed her eyes, and wondered In a dreary way wbat use her youth and her beauty would be to her now. No word of love bad passed the lips of the earl's heir. He had written her two little notes, and begged her acceptance of two splendid Douquets ; he had taken oXf his hat when he met her in the laues; and now to-night he had waltzed with her, and looked at her with eyes which spoke volumes. "Tell me how it happened?' she said. "I went out through that French window with Dick Harrington. I thought he bad gone to the Laurel Walk, perhaps yon said he had gone out that way. We walke'1 to the end. and Harrington shouted, ca-Sed him 'Flitter!' which was his nickname when they were boys and there was no answer. Th-n Harrington ran down the shrubbery walk. 'I know every inch of the place,' h- said. I came back toward the house, stumbled against something in the path, found it was a man, dragged it toward a lighted window, and saw "wt It was Mr. Calthorpe, quite nenseless, and with the blood streaming from a wound at the back of bis head." "That Harrington?" criod Leila, "or thi worn-in in black." "What woman?" "A young woman who came into th room, and beckoned him out a horrible looking creature, sly and cruel, rather pretty, so far as fair skin and blonde tresses go." "I carried him round to the drawing room, and went in to find the doctors, and then you ran out and slipped on hte gravel, where it was wet with the poor fellow's blood, and came in here and screamed. Lionel hurried off and sought Dr. Dundas in every hall, room and corridor ; but, amid all the eager, talking crowd, which as yet showed no signs of clearing Reryl Court of its clamor and excited presence, no trace or sign of the doctor; neither could he see Mrs. Wycherly, nor the colonel, nor Ella, in the throng. He had not exchanged a word with MLjs Wycherly during the evening. The colonel's daughter had be n beset with partners in her own sphere, and Lionel Leigh had stood aside, feeling that for him this gay and brilliant bali was but A pageant, of which he was merely a spectator, Elia had given him one smile. Lionel was in a misanthropic mood that night.

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He dashed into the yellow drawing room. Was Dr. Dundas there? No. On a couch lay Arthur Calthorpe, white as death, but with open eyes, in which gleamed consciousness. Dr. Tufton was bathing the wound at the back of his head. Dr. Richards was feeling his pulse. The crowd had been banished from this room. There were only a few visitors present, chiefly young men, friends of the earl's heir, one or two ladies, three servants, the poor old earl crouching in an armchair, and suffering tortures from mingled gout and grief. "I cannot find Dr. Dundas,' said Lionel to the earl respectfully. "Very, selfish to go o3! at a time like this!" cried the earl, striking his ivory headed cane on the carpet. "I suppose that woman that Mrs. Wycherly has nerves which must not be upset by the sight of blood. Dundas is clever. Our poor boy can't last till morning, Tufton thinks." Then Lionel heard murmurs of detectives having been telegraphed for, and he left the rooiai and resolved to leave the house. Very angry he felt very much outraged; but with whom or by whom he could not tell. Passing down a long, lighted corridor, he saw approaching him a slight, rounded form draped in white late, and with rubies sparkling ou the nck and arms. It was Ella Wycherly, in the costly dress an 1 jewels which she despised. Under a lamp, held by a marble goddess, she paused and looked at Lionel. "What has happened, Mr. Leigh?" In his delight at meeting her, in all the excitement of a love, rapturous end passionate as his, the tutor forgot the tragedy, forgot that rumor popularly associated the names of Mr. Calthorpe and Miss Wycherly, he answered : "Mr. Calthorpe has ben wounded in the head by somebody unknown, and his life is in danger." Ella turned white, then put her hands before her eyes. I I I knew nothing of it ! she said vehemently. "I have been watching the whist players, and listening to the band. Mamma said I must not dance any more. Miss Worthington was with me. . All at once mamma came into the room and called her away; they told me not to come out until they returned. I waited and waited. I had nobody to speak to, for all my partners ha3 been kept away by Miss Worthington; then other people came in and whispered, and the whist players went out, and I Vran out here; and now I shall be lectured, scolded so for stirring !" She looked at him; her eyes gleamed, her red lips parted in a maddening smile; she held out a small, white hand toward him. Lionel seized it, and, intoxicated with his passion, he began to devour it with kisses. "Don't don't don't !" she cried, drawing it away from him, and looking at it as if it had received some injury. "You think" she looked at him scornfully "that because I am a poor, ill-used girl, whose mother is cruel, and whose governess is hateful, that I am a little idiot, do you?" "Oh, no, Miss Wycherly." "But I tell you you do!" she said: "and you will find out your mistake. I am no idiot, whatever eis.- I am !" "Miss Wycherly, if my life could atone for my fault " "Hold yo ir tongue !" she sad. stamping again. "Who wants your life? Your life, indeed! If you were dead, tley would bury you, I suppose, and your mother would cry. "Most likely she loves you ; mine hates ms ! Ah ! it Is a cruel thing to feed a your.g hart on scorn and severity; it withers it, Mr. I.igh nips it in" the bud." How tender her voice sounded ! and the large eyes shone through tears. L'jnel dared not tell her that his heart an: his life were at her service. She seenn-d so terribly capricious, this beautiful Ella, that he feared she might almos: turn upon him, and execrate him in her angry scorn, if he presumed again to manifest any of the burning love which was fast making his soul into an inward Tophet ; bewildering his brain; warping bis judgment; causing him to forget the fcreat alms with which he had started ia life, though only as a teacher of languages, eighteen months before. "I shall be so blamed so cruelly blamed for stirring, for l-avin that room ; but I cannot stay there any longer. I will rot!" "Miss Wycherly, I really believe that the colonel and Mrs. Wycherly and Dr. Dundas have driven away, have forgotten you; at least, I cannot find one of your party not even Miss Worthington." ' Ella's large eyes opened- in amazement. She clasped her hands and the sweet mouth was prettily puckered up as that of a child about to cry. "Gone forgotten we! Impossible, Mr. Leigh !" "If you have not supped. Miss Wycherly, will you permit me to take you to the supper room, and then, while you are eating something you must want something?" "Indeed, I do! I am not a heroine in a story one who lives ou ethereal thought ar.d excited sentiment ; pecks like a bird at a crumb, and does all sorts of absurdities. I have eaten nothing for hours, and your' offer of supper sounds like the noise of a fountain :n a thirsty land, like the scampering of a mouse behind a wainscot in the ears of a hungry cat. Will you give nie your arm, and tell m. what there is in the supper room? I don't care for the gold forks, and the Cowers; tell me what there Is to eat, please. Is there cold tongue, and cold roast (blicken? "I believe there is everything nice in the supper room. Miss Wycherly." "Come along, then." She tok his arm, and the two threaded their way to the supper room. "Hush! They say he is dead!" said a thin lady in spectacles, and wearing gorgeous amethysts, to Lionel and Ella, when they entered. "How awful!" cried Ella tempestuously. "Hre have I been thinkiug of nothing but myself, and my dull evening in thecard room, when I had expected to be so happy, and their nil going off and leaving rae alone, and then I heard poor Arthur Calthorpe was hurt, and almost forgot it in my excitement; and now I'm certain I can tat nothing nothing at all !" Looking to the end of the corridor, Lionel perceived the figure of a woman clothed in scarlet, and the figure waved an arm at Ella. "An apparition!" cried Miss Wycherly. "Save me save me, Mr. Leigh, from yonder fiend in scarlet yonder demon, which waits to pounce on me and carry me away in its claws. What on earth makes Miss Worthington take to scarlet opera cloaks? She wears brown, and slate, and drab at home; and even at dinner, nothing smarter than black silk ; but to-night, over her gray silk evening dress, she must needs wear a great scarlet cloak. Look at her spectacles, her face! Oh! I shall be sacrificed, dished, sent to Coventry I 6hall be " "Miss Wycherly !" Oh! the tone the sepulchral tone of Miss Worthington! She waved a long, lean arm, on which flourished an ugly pebble bracelet, with the portrait of a plain woman in short curls set in the clasp.

"Where have you been. Miss Worthington?" asked Ella. "Your mamma was taken suddenly ill that we had the doctor, and the colonel, and myself to take her to the open air. Dr. Dund.is was fearfully alarmed. We knew that is. the doctor knew that only the air could keep her alive until the danger was over. Such a dead, dead, dreadful faint; I ran at last and ordered the carriage ; it took her home. I have returned for you. She is better now. Your papa is with her. The carriage is at the side entrance by the fir avenue. Put on your waterproof and come. Your maid is come for you. There are lamps in the room where you left your wraps." Then Miss Worthington turned, with a cold stare, toward Lionel Leigh. Ella had already begun to ascend rapidly a flight of stairs leading off to the left. "Mr. Leigh, when I found you In the summer house with Miss Wycherly, I ventured to say that the German lessons must bo discontinued; but that decision was, I think, most unwisely overruled afterward by Dr. Dundas. Will you tell me what you mean by these attentions to a little enthusiastic girl of seventeen, who will inherit a large fortune?" "Madam," said the German tutor, "you must be aware that your severity is unjust and ill-timed. I met Miss Wycherly alone and hungry in the corridor. I took her to the 6upper room. I -nas looking for her friends when I met you." "She was chattering, with hr ill-regulated vivacity. You were listening, as if entranced, Mr. Leigh. I have been a governess some years, but I know something of the world." "Doubtless, madam." "And I know that you are playing a dangerous game." Lionel smiled bitterly. "Which only can end in th most terrible disappointment. The child herself mocks you behind your baek ! Ella Wycherly will never love any one." At that moment Lionel heard the dancing feet of Ella upon the stairs. Another moment and she stood before her governess and her tutor, wrapped from throat to heels in a large gray waterproof. On her head was a little pink hood; her face nestling within it, like a June rosebud, j "Good evening. Mr. Leigh," and she held out her hand. "Ella Ella!" Hut, in spite of the sharp tone of the governess, Lionel took her hand, hold it a moment, and bowed. Another moment and Ella bad departed with her governess. (To be continued.)

CARD PLAY2JTG BY BLIND. Many Cnrds for Sightless Prepared at the Public Library. There Is an institution In this city that circulates playing cards In the same manner that books are given out by a library, says the New York Tribune. These cards arc given out to blind persons, for the sightlos? can and do play cards, even to indulging in the little game known as solitaire. Playing cards which are issued at the library for the blind. In the building of the St Agnes branch of the New York public library system, at 414 Amsterdam avenue, are the usual decks, which have received the New York point symbols by which a sightless person can distinguish the different cards. At the top and bottom alongside the printed designation there are raised letters, and the blind devotee of games of chance can know his hand as well as his more fortunate brother or sister. ' Miss Lucy Armlstead Gohlthwalte, the librarian In charge, said yesterday that the demand for playing: cards was constantly increasing. They are given out under the same conditions as, the books for the blind and are to be returned within two weeks. It Is only those who are Just beginning to play who borrow packs- of cards, for they soon become so Interested that they want decks of their own. The designation of the cards can be written on any ordinary pack by the use of the kleldograph, one of which is In the library. Hy taking a deck there it is possible to have it made over In a short time for use by the blind. There are 2,100 blind persons In this city, according to the latest figures, and It is safe to assume that the usual percentage of them play cards. Tic rule of the Federal government for the free delivery by mail of books to blind person. applies in this instance, and any blind persons may have a pack of cards prepared for his use sent to his nearest post office. If he lives outside this city in the State of New York, New Jersey or Connecticut, by making application at the library. The government does not deliver looks for the blind at their homes, because they are too bulky for the mall carriers to handle, but it does deliver them without charge to the nearest postofflce or substation. At first one might think a game with marked cards would be unfair, for the dealer, if especially skillful, would be able to tell each card as he passed them out. This is erroneous, for the marking Is on the face side of the cards, and it would be impossible to detect it by touch on tho other side. Oold Doctor Ma'GIun. The ould doctor had only wan failin'. It stayed with him, faith, till he died; And that was the habit av wearin' ' His darby a thritle wan side! And twenty times daily 'twas straightened, Rut try as he would for a year, Not thinkiu. he'd gire it a teether A thrifle down over wan ear! It sat him lop-sided and aisy; It thronbled his kith and his kin P.ut ach, 'twas the only thing crooked About our ould Doctor Ma'Ginu! And now that he's gone to his Glory Excuse me, a bit av a tear Here's twenty to wan that his halo Is slantiu' down over his ear! Smart Sot, The Ilrlubt of Majcty. "And so she Is very queenly? I suppose she's the kind of woman who 13 never afraid to enter the grandest drawing room." "Oh, more majestic than that! She's the kind of woman who's never afraid to enter her own kitchen." Brooklyn Life. Information. The visitor to New York was in search of information. "Do you know anything about the copper corner?" he asked his host. "No," was the reply, "but I know the corner copper.' Philadelphia Iublic Ledger. Rarred. P.aron Alderson once released from his duties a Juror who stated that he was deaf in one ear. "You may leave the box," said his lordship, "since it is necessary you should hear both sides." Of all the letters which pass through fhe postoffices of the world, two-thirds are written by and sent to people wjao speak English,

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The rati Mit Wouinn. Patience is the supreme quality of a good wife. When humanity shall have evolved a ierfoct race of men them will be les need of this virtue in women. Now it is thief of the indispensable qualities. For the 20th century wife must inevitably learn that she has marri"d an Imperftvtod creature many degrees below the god of ber girlish fancy. Aul for the facing of this unwelcome fact she requires abundant patience. Woman's most blessed work in the world is the long, long tak of fostering the blossoms and ripening the fruit of character in the youqg. For this there is need of a patience half divine. "You are growing to have the look in your face that mother has. You don't look like us boys any more," said a loy to his sister. That new look which the boy noted but' could not name was patience. There is scarcely a wifely virtue but by overindulgence may leeome a defect. Yet no wife has ever had too large a stock of patience. The patient wife forgives her husband's 111 humors. She discounts his failures and exaggerates his successes. AV'bnt One Woman Did. A prominetit woman of Darron. Wis., has adopted a new phri to break her husbapd from loafing In bar rooms. A few nights ago she- sent to a saloon three times for her better half to come home. Not receiving any response, she went to the saloon, where she found him iu a chair asleep. She aroused him, sayh.g, "Wake up and let us have a good time!" Then stepping to the bar she asked the crowd up to drink with her. By this time the husband was ou his feet and wanted her to go home with him, but she insisted on staying and "having some fun," and for a second time called for the drinks for the crowd, which by this time was scattering In all directions, some going out -r-rrr - the front way, while others ducked out by the back door. The couple finally went home together, and the erring husband has not been seen on the streets siuce. rtrldal Lore. A January bride will be a prudent housekeeper and very good-tempered. ;A February bride will be a humane and affectionate wife and tender mother. . ' A March bride will be a frivolous chatterbox, somewhat given to quarreling. An April bride will be inconsistent, uot very Intelligent, but fairly goodlooking. A May bride will be handsome, and able, and likely to be happy. A June bride will be Impetuous and generous. A July bride will le handsome and smart, but a t rille quick-teinpored. An August bride will be amiable and practical. A September bride will be üsereet, affable, and much liked. An October bride will be pretty, coquettish, loving but jealous. A Novemler bride will be liberal, kind, but of a wild disposition. A December bride will be well proportioned, fond of novelty, entertaining, but extravagant. When lluhby Com "Huntinc" Don't fret and fume because the Man of Wrath can't find things. Man can be brilliant, an orator, a statesman, a great thinker, writer, lecturer or general, but when it comes to finding his tan shoes he is a hopeless disappointment. It is not natural to the sex to wait on itself. Before marriage mother runs and trots and fetches and carries; after marriage little wilie is supposed, to be waiting maid to his excellency. No use to worry, no use to fret; get him into an argument, and he tell you that you never lift a hand for him. When he tears the closet to pieces like a mad dog tearing up the road, just sally in and say, "What Is it, dear?" If he wants his shoes, the chances are that you will find them all laced up on his feet. The only thing that some husbands can always find is fault." Eirrrlur It educe Fleah. Feld the arms across the chest and then Lake a deep breath. Spring from the floor with bent knees, first with the right foot and then with the left. Go through the same motions as you would If running, but do not move from cue spot. Never lit the heels touch-

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the tlxr while you "run." Fifteen springs are enough for the first trial, but the number of springs may be increased from time to time. This exercise will quicken the circulation. The best time to take this exercise is in the moining before putting on the shoes and corsets. It is an excellent exercise for the stout girl, and it develops the lower limbs and rids them of all superfluous flesh, -making them shapely and strong. 3Ioul tioiTii of Liberty Satin. The illustration shows a charming frock of lilac satin, the skirt being made on a (K'cd circular pattern, as explained by the drawing. The lodiee was trimmed with tiny gold lace and sequin bands In shades of lavender and violet, the sequin ornameutatlon being done in gilt beads and small violet spangles. The fichulike scarfs over tho shoulders were of satin in two shades SPRING "WALKING SUITS. of light and dark lavender, the corsage being of lavender silk mousseliue plaited. The shaped ruffles attached to the satin fichu, which were allowed to fall over the tops of the sleeves, were of the silk mousseline, edged with bauds. Th Sewing; ScrefH. The little sewing screens now seen in all the large shops are a boon to the woman who does only fancy work, as well as to the more practical t.eedlewoman. They are so complete, and t.uey occupy such a small space that, as a woman said not long ago, they must be a part of the natural outcome of the question of living in flats. They are pretty, too. The two panels joined by hinges are covered with plain denim, studded with brass nails or with gay colored cretonne. In the small space between them are ingeniously stowed away all the comforts of sewing, while in the center is a shelf that folds up when not in use. There are pockets in the sides of the screen that will hold fancy work and sewing. The screen may be folded and placed out of the way against the wall or in a conwilent corner. ROIIT.TR mSBABY The Fl rat Teeth. Perbistent care and watchfulness of the temporary or deciduous, teeth improve the appearance of the child, exompt it from toothache, and secure to it a healthier and stronger set of permanent teeth. Tlu durability of the teeth depends largely upm their quality, of course; but quality may be Improved, and it is a grave mistake to consider unprofitable the attention and expense that are required to preserve frail and imperfect teeth. Frailty often seems to have been inherited, but it is oftener a result of malnutrition from improper food, portr ventilation, or other unsanitary ini'uences during the early months of infancy, it Is common in anaemic, emaciated and rachitic children vdio ha e suffered much from indigesiion ai .1 intestinal disorders. . Pearly white teeth .ue more fragile, as a rule, than tt cse of n yellowish cast, and rougb-

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ness. irregularity and opaque white specks usually mean early decay. The discovery of these nutritional defects in an infant should be an incentive to a careful investigation of its general health and the institution of corrective treatment. In some cases no more Is required than regulation of the diet; sometimes a special diet is necessary, with, perhaps, the administration of tonics designed to Increase the deposit of lime for the hardening of the teeth. Decay is caused by bacteria. The knowledge of this fact enables us to do a great deal for the preservation of the most Imierfect tooth. When the temporary teeth have been preserved, the growth of the second teeth progresses normally, and the result is more uniform and of better quality. While AVnltin; for the Doctor. , Pneumonia often conies with a cold and the patient has violent pains. When pains first commence get a box of mustard and mix a poultice of it with raiik and white of an egg. Make on cheese 'cloth and apply direct to parts that have the pains; renew poultices till pains disappear, and use other medicines as customary to give persons having severe colds. If taken In time, pneumonia can generally be checked by the mustard plaster. IXnIanl and "Wife Trade Place. Joseph Whiieonib and his wife, respected residents of Winsted, Conn., have swapped positions. Mrs. WLItcomb has taken her husband's place in a factory and Joseph, who had tired of his vocation, is now doing the housework, washing, cooking and minding their young hopeful. The change Is agreeable to both Mr. and Mrs. Whitcomb and the comments of the neighbors do not trouble them in the least. A Glrl'a Dre. Girls of 1C or thereabouts can wear almost any color. A suitable gown for dressy occasions will be neat if fashioned of rose-colored voile. Make the skirt plaited and stitched to a girdle band and finish with shoulder straps. Decorate the shoulder straps with narrow rose-colored silk braid and make a similar decoration above the threeInch hem. This jumper suit can be worn with a rose-colored silk waist or white nainsook, lace trimmed. , In the Sickroom. Uood cheer is better than medicine. The Jest has an Important part to play as u remedy for irritability. Don't tell long stories. Don't rehash other people's trials. In't think up miserable possibilities. Order, observation and obedience are three cardinal virtues In a nurse. Add to these tact, the want of which Is tho base of nearly every sin a nurse ma' commit. Sleeping Hag for IIn!i-. To protect babies from the draughts of winter nights a sleeping bag is on the market. It is made precisely like those in use by the ranchmen of the Far West, except that it is of the daintiest, softest eiderdown flannel. The Hap may be drawit about the shoulders, thus providing a cozy, warm nest in which the coverlid cannot be tossed aside by the rostlosness of the small occupant. Street nnd Hoime Color. In the street one wears dark brown, purple, gray and dark blue. But in the house the colors are much more delicate and there has come a fancy for the pale shades of yellow and for topaz, that color that Is just off yellow yet not quite a pink. Many of the new light shades are quite ha filing, yet they are so pretty that one forgives them for lK'ing so odd. A ClrnniiliiK Ilraab. A small stiff brush is not only useful in scrubbing potatoes, but also for lemons. They should always be washed before using. What appear to be tiny brown scales are the eggs of an insect. Furniture Pollah. Fqual parts of turpentine, linseed oil and vinegar mixed and rubbed on furniture with flannel until It shows a good polish is excellent. Sweet oil may" tak-M- placn of linseed oil. TtuttcrmUk Kneiny of Rait. To one gallon of ' buttermilk add i large handful -of grated horseradish let gooda remain in milk for twelve tt twenty-four hours, rubbing occasionally; then wash out in clean water.

Gen. W. A. Olmstead, who enlisted as a private in Troy, N. Y In April, 1G1, rose to the command of a brigade In the Second corps, and was lat&r a physician in Waukesha, Wis., tells of two Interesting events that took place in Troy. Major Gen. John E. Wool had headquarters In the solid manufacturing city when the war came. On his staff was a Virginian, Major Deas. I wonder If he is the Z. C. Deas who commanded a brigade in the battle of Chlckamauga? The major wanted to do' a little telling business before he went south to tender his services to the Confederacy. Watervliet arsenal is located at West Troy. In that arsenal was, at that time, a machine, the only one of its kind In existence, a comparatively new Invention, that cut bullets out of cold lead at a surprisingly rapid rate. Major Deas wanted to take that machine south with him; he thought It would be a prize. The bulletmaker was guarded closely, for obvious reasons. Deas also thought It might be a help to hisside to bring about the destruction of the arsenal. He hit upon the riot plan to carry his points. A large force of men at work In a nail and horseshoe factory at South Troy was Induced by the major to join him in seizing the bullet machine and arsenal, lie had made them believe that the South would win and that the North would make no serious opposition to secession. The rioters were to march up to Troy, cross the river on the ferry and capture the prize. Some of tha men in the gas works were to aid iu the enterprise. Through one of these the superintendent of the works learneJ of the plot, but did not at first learn whj the chief plotter was. The superintendent laid the matter before Mayor Van Alstyne, and he conferred with Hannibal Greene, a leading citizen. Realizing the gravity of the situation nnd the Importance of checkmating the7 mischief makers, and desiring to do so with as little bloodshed as possible, they decided to present the matter to a Catholic priest who had been outspoken In his devotion . to the government. Father Havennann heard the story, rejected a moment, brought his two hands upon his knees with great force and said: "We will show them that the government Is alive to the situationGentlemen, leave the handling of the men to me. The arsenal shall not be seized nor shall the bullet machine go South. . While Major Deas was busy stirring up rebellion among the people of one section of the city Kev. Father Teter Ilavermann was hurrying to a store to buy a large American flag. It was thrown to the breeze from the steeple cf his church, St Mary's, a few minutes before the seizing party came in sight of iL As they caught sijht of the flag the ringleaders called a halt. After a short conference one of them said: "It is no use; that man has misled us. It won't do at all, boys. See that flag; the old man Is for the Union. We had better go back to our duties, and they did, looking shame-faced and humiliated. Major Deas disappeared within a few hours and has never revisited Troy. The wise course of Father Ilavermann awakened the patriotic sentiment of the city, as well as drove the conspirator out of it, and stimulated enlistments so that the Second infantry was quickly filled. It reached Fortress Monroe the 21th day of May, being the first volunteer regiment to recruit and organize in the State. ' In 1SG3 there was a draft riot at Troy. It was looking wild and dangerous, as all mobs of rioters do. It marched to the Daily Times office, whose editor, John M. Francis, since a foreign minister, had spoken with vigor against the lawless assemblages opposed to the draft. The leaders ordered their infuriated followers to tear down the Times building. Suddenly a man darted through the crowd, and seemingly went on wings with word to Father Ilavermann, who quickly seized his Hag. jumped into a carriage and was driven to the Times office. Bearing the flag aloft, he pushed through the mob. He spoke briefly, but with great earnestness, eloquence and patriotism, and then bounded to the steps of the office ard waved the angry mob away. It heeded him, but soou got itself together and started for the residence of Martin I. Townsend, a long-time Congressman who had been active in favoring the draft and supporting the government. Learning of this, the priest 1 urried to the rescue of Mr. Townsend. his warm personal friend, and again balked the angry lawbreakers. The mob reformed and started for the little red wooden church where the colored Baptists worshiped. They were determined to have one victory to smash something. The priest reached the little red church ahead of them, and with the crucifix in one hand and the American flag In the other he defied the mobtold the leaders to disperse their blind, maddened followers; that if they tore down the church It would be done over his dead body. Like all mobs, that one was a coward when faced by a courageous man. The thousands scattered melted away in a few minutes and thus ended the Troy draft riot. A Story of Lincoln. The following Lincoln story Is told by one who had it from the Hps of Hear Admiral John L. Worden, w1k, as lieutenant, commanded the Monitor in its fight with the Merrimac. When the Monitor was in process of construction there was considerable discussion nt Wahsington as to who should command it. As the vessel was in many ways an experimental craft, it was felt to be not entirely a proper thing to order anyone to take charge of It, and the Idea of calling for volunteers was considered. A friend of Lieutenant Worden, however, suggested his name. lie was asked if he would take the command and he gladly accepted IL When he had made the emergency run from New York, on the receipt of news that the Merrimac was destroying the Union fleet, and after he had defeated the Confederate Ironclad, Lieutenant Worden was taken, wounded and unconscious, from his ship and escorted back to Washington by the same friend who had suggested his name an officer on duty at navy headquarters. At this friend's house he was cared for. On the morning after the battle at Hampton Itoads President Lincoln and tho members of his cabinet held a meeting to consider the various aspects of the battle, and the naval officer was called In, as a w itness of the battle, to describe It

"Where Is Lieutenant Worden row T asked the President 'At my house, sir, replied the officer. The President reached for his hat, and a moment later the meeting adjourned. "I don't know what joi gentlemen are going to do," he said, "but for my part I am going to pay my respect to the young maa who fought that battie." He went directly to the sick room where Worden lay, blindfolded and in great pain. Without speaking. In rer.ch?d out his great hands and folded tiem over one of Worden's. Some one told the lieute.iant that It was President Lincoln who had come. "You do me a great honor, sir, he said. President Lincoln stroked his hand. "You need no man to do you honor, lieutenant, he said, "for you have done great honor to yourself and your country. In all his life thereafter Adnirat Worden declared that nothing ever moved him as did the grasp of the President's hands and the deep, thrilling sympathy in his voice. In the course of that visit President Lincoln told the lieutenant that promotion as awaiting him.

Barbara Frletchle. Barbara Frietchie was born ten years prior to the Declaration of Independence in Lancaster, Ta.. and la early childhood removed to Frederick, Md where the whole of her long life was spent Her paternal name was Ilafcer. The Confederate army In passing through the town, as & matter of convenience, must be supposed to have taken a direct route, which would have led them by Barbara Frietchie's cottage, and as we view the flag from the old-time dome-window, enn in fancy hear the stentorian command of the renowned leader : ' Halt ! The dust from ranks stood fast; Fire! Outblazed the rifle blast It shivered the window pane and sash. It rent the banner with seam and gash. And that the royal relict of revolutionary times, who had been nurtured upon patriotism of the most pronounced type should have Leaned far out on the window sill. And shook it forth with a royal will, are sentiments that the strong character portrayed in the face attest conclusively, and ihow that the words ascribed to her-which struck shame to the heart of the Confederate chieftain, are too much within the gauge of probability to admit of doubt From all accounts of her, Barbara commanded the deepest respect of the community In which she lived. She is recorded as an honored wife and neighbor, and the crowning act of her life was but the reflex of that time when, as a daughter of the rcvplution, the early seeds of patriotism were sown. nep remains lie in the churchyard of the evangelical Reformed denomination, of which she was a consistent member. The spot is marked by an unpretentious stone. Future generations of patriots may in time erect a more Imposing testimonial, but while Whlttier is read and appreciated as his hemrlts deserve, no more fitting monument will lc needed to keep alive this memory of that heroic woman. The cottage In which she lived and died has long since disappeared, and la Its stead n tinshop or some other equally insignificant mart of merchandise stinds, showing the aptness of the mercenary, to triumph over the hallowed. Everything portable of the original structure was carried off as mementoes by the admirers of John Greenleaf Whlttier, and the subject of his charming poem. They both sloe?, the patriot woman nnd the equally patriotic poet "Honor to her, and may no skeptic ever again arise to cast doubt upon the story, so sweetly told, and which redounds to the credit of both patriot and poet and also the little city that is "green-walled by the hills of Maryland. Barbara Frietchle lived, and the crowning act of her life was the natural sequence of a life cradled in those stirring times that tried men's souls and brought the best specimens of loyalty to the front What wonder that the end should be crowned by an act of self-abnegation that courted the rebel bullet. San Francisco Bulletin. The Final Roll Call. The close of the business year in the pension bureau disclosed the tilSt that 1S.420 heroes had been stricken from the roils because of death. This It the greatest mortality in any year since the bureau was established. Thus the men who risked life and limb, home and friends, all that makes life dear, during the GOs are yielding to the eternal roll call at a rate which will soon reach the point wncre there will be none left to answer. How much we owe to the Intrepid defenders of the Union only those who were personally cognizant of the sacrifices they made can galr. an idea. They left comfortable homes and aching hearts behind for the rigors of camp life and the terrors of the battlefield. Besides, so many filled the hospitals from disease and from the mangling made by 6hot and shell. Id the sons of the southland they had foernea worthy of their steel and this frightful conflict brought out the noblest traits of Anvrlcan manhood. The old soldiers, getting scarcer and scarcer, deserve all the kind things that can be done or said for them. We can never repay them for what they .did for us and for humanity. That obligation Is beyond our power to estimate' cr adequately reimburse. But we can show the survivors that the priceless sacrifices they made at least find acknowledgment in grateful hearts and that the republic is not ungrateful to those who fought for Its perpetuation and for which hundreds of thousands gave up life for this principle. Utica Globe. Fire-kil!ed timber Is being used more extensively each year in the West for railroad ties, and where tried in the same track with ties cut green, has been found to be as good as the latter. Despite the fact that dead timber is often regarded as unsound, there are many tracts of it, killed by fire fifteen or twenty years ago, that are still sound. The strength Is not impaired, and the durability Is often increased. The Inaj ralm "Is the tree which U distinguished for having the largest leave!. Tbey often reach a length of SO feet, and are from 10 to 12 feet in width. Married men of Belgium have two votes and the single ones but one. Priests and some other privileged persons have three.