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CHAPTER XIX. The refreshment room was full of people, many of whom were standing op round the counter where Miss Worthingtoa was paying for the breakfast. Mrs. Wycherly had not been able to perceive, on account of the crowd, that Ella had not joined that lady ; and it was thus that the young woman contrived to leave the station, and so found herself in a suburb of the town of Eversholt before e was missed. She feareu that she must he discovered unless she could contrive to put physical distance between herself and her mother. The easiest and safest way to effect this was certainly the railway; but, as it was, with her mother at the Eversholt station, it seemed to her as if all the lines in England were blocked for her, ftr surely Mrs. Wycherly would soon set all the telegraph wires in the kingdom vibrating with the story o her flight. Ella knew enough of the world and of the law to be aware that if she applied to the authorities, her mother would have no right to Imprison her for life, but until she was of age, her mother would have the right to place her wherever she pleased, and three years of irksome imprisonment seemed inevitable. Ella said to herself, fervently, that she would rather work as a housemaid, or girl of all work, in some shabby-genteel family, such as she had read of in novels, but had never met in the somber splendor of her life, than be found by her mother, and conveyed to the Italian prison house. She was In a narrow lane, with pretty, old-fashioned houses of various sizes lying back in gardens luxuriant with the fruit, flowers and foliage of golden July. On either side were verdant hedges of hawthorn, close-dipped, thick, impenetrable. Trees waved their branches on the garden sides of these hedges. Where Ella stood in the lane, she could see that the blinds wee down in all the front windows. As yet only a stray housemaid or so was astir. No mistresses or masters seemed to le awake in any of the peaceful looking dwelling. The instincts of youth naturally prompt the lad or the lass, cast for the first time alcne on the world, to suppose that world a kindly patron, a beneficent friend, a bountiful mother. Hitherto, strangers and outsiders had only shown niling faces to Ella Wycherly; she had no idea that sneers or frowns ere what the world emphatically deals to the poor and the friendless. Upon her the white-blinded windows eemed to look like pitying eyes. She wculd have entered one of the pretty gardens and have knocked at on of the nat hall doors if people had been astir, but as tbey were not, she just passed up tiC.e ror.d swiftly, and soon found herself in the high street of the town. It was a pretty old high street, with a market cross, an ancient town hall, which dated from the reign of Elizabeth, and numbers of gable-pointed roofs and protecting fronts, picturesque as cn engraving of some Norman street corner. No shops were yet open, but the milk carts were about, and a few dogs ran hither and thither, and in the center of the road strutted a golden-breasted cock, awd four brown, demure hens. It was strange that a feeling of security had come to Ella since she left the lam- with the gardens and Iie pretty houfos. , She was not afraiJ that her mother would find her now, and yet what could have been easier than fcr the coachmar, and three or four railway porters to set oCf in quest of her, and find her? It so happened, however, that although by this time Mrs. Wycherly and Miss Worthingt on had missed Ella,- they Lad not mentioned the fact t anybody except their confidential servant, th coachman. He arid Miss WortLington had gone different ways in search of Miss Wycherly, but it happened that neither of them tad followed her up the pretty lane, or lato the quaint, old high street of Eversion. EUa paused before a gate, on which was a brass plate, whereon the words were engraved, 'Establishment for Young LadW Beyond the gate was a larg?, trim lawn, flowerJes but verdant. A Lumber of lar;e evergreen shrubs grew m a great, cic.Ti-rtr bed in Jie center of this lawn. A tall, square, red-brick house was at the end a Lous with many windows, green Venetian blinds, white, clean steps l?ajIng up to the door. "A school," said EUa to herself, "wh' re young hd:e, so-called, are educated the daughters of the country attorneys and chief trauspole, I suppose. Ella turned up her pretty Up a llttk. fihe, with her mother's pride and her Tather's hauteur, inherited a something vranner, and sweeter, and nobler, of which hj was as yet ashamed. It was a fine thing to be able to trace the anewtors back on both sides as far the Norman Conquest, and to know that all her fathers had teen lords of the so.l for centuries. It was a very fine thing, though what good it was likely to do her on this fine c:orning. when she stood before the gate of Uck field House, it would be difficult to say. For instance, she could not ask to see the lady principal, and then thus address that individual : I am of good birth. I have Norman blood in my veins. My father is a great landowner; but I have run away from bone, because my mother wishes to shut me up for life or, at least, until I am of go in a sort of prison, and I prefer to work for my bread. Let me teach German and music in your school." If Ella said that, the lady principal would want to know who the great landowner was, or would not believe Ella's f tory ; and if fche knew, others would know, and her mother woul 1 find her again. No; Ella must keep the secret of the Norman ancestors and the blue blood to hersrlf. She must not despise young person whose parents were in trade. If she wanted to teach music and German she must hold her peace about her antecedents; that was certain. Whenever a young lady is required suddenly to supply herself with bread and butter, she naturally thinks of becoming a ge'erness, unless she is gifted as an artisi, who hopes to eil her pictures; an authoress, who hopes to sell her stories ; or an actress, who desires to go on the stage. It seemed to Ella feasible that she should live in a lodging in the town, call herseir Mi.s Clairmont, and give lessons at two g'iin-as a week at LVk field House. She knew Lionel Leigh was paid one hundred a year for being tutor to her cousin. Why should not she gain half as much for teaching numbers of stupid girls every day? Ella nodded at the red-brick house and the green Venetian blind. "I will come back," she said, "when I have some money in exchange for this tcary bracelet and watch. Somehow, I do not feel a bit afraid. It is glorious to be here." Indeed, the swet, fresh air of the summer morning had an exhilarating effect upon Ella. She felt strong enough, daring enough for anything; only she was hungry. She had been too much agitated to eat her biscuit at the refreshment room, and she had not remembered to put it into her pocket. I wish some of the shops would open" thought the young lady. I believe I have half a crown In my purse." So Ella walked on down its h'gh street.

So.-n her patience and perseverance were rewarded. She perceived a little shop, with teacups and loaves of bread and pats of butter in the window, laid on clean, white cloths, and covered with fresh, green leaves. "Hot coffee and rasher, Cd," wa3 printed on a card. Ella, holding her pretty head aioft, and feeling like a princess in disguise, entered tho small shop. The whole thing seemed to her now like a page out of a romance which she was enacting herself. A very cross-looking old woman, wearing a large poke bonnet, came out from the small parlor behind the shop, and looked at Ella as if she suspected her of the wish to steal something. It will be remembered that Miss Wycherly wore the plainest of brown holland traveling suits, and the old vender of hot breakfasts bad not keenness enough to penetrate the disguise, and recognize the girl's air of distinction. "If you please, I want some breakfast," said Ella, with a condescending smile. "You can have what you pay lor," said the old woman, with an ugly sneer. ''Oi ! of course. Do you think I would eat your breakfast and not pay for it?" asked the young heiress. The color deepened on her cheek. It was the first time one of the humbler classes had ever spoken to Miss Wycherly, save with subservience and submission. She could hardly believe her cars when the ancient crone, with a peculiar" grin, which showed sharp, yellow fangs a grin that really seemed to extend from one side of the black bonnet to the other, observed : "When I see the color of your money, I'll know whether you mean to pay. I don't trust no strangers, I don't, whatever the master may do." "Strangers !" Ella drew herself up straight as a dart. "You are insolent, madam." She wis on the point of adding: "Do you know who I am?" but she checked herself. Was not that exactly what she wished to conceal? Nevertheless, Ella was In a towering passion with this horrible old woman. She produced her half crown. "What do you charge for a cup of coffee, some bread and butter, and a fresh boiled egg? and where can I have my breidifast?" "You can have em for ninepence," said the old crone, "if you'll pay first." "Pay first!" said Ella, flinging down the half crown in a rage. "Pay yourself, and give me my breakfast at once." The old creature took up the half crown, and peered at it curiously. "Is it a bad one?" she asked. " 'Cause if it is, I'll have ye in the lockup afore you're half an hour older. I know what it is; sharpers coming in with the early trains, and swindling we tradefolks." She tried to bend the coin ; but finding it geuuine she tossed it into the till, and gave one and ninepence to Ella. "If you'll go and sit at the table in the Lack room, I'll bring you tha breakfast in five minutes," she said. Elk walked through the shop and into tha aforesaid back room. It was a carpetless little den, with two not over-clean deal tables, and four wooden benches, two to each square table. At one table sat a man in a smock, eating cold fat bacon and brown bread. By his side was a bowl of hot tea. He was in old man. with white hair, and a kindly, ruddy face. He made a great noise over his bacon, and drank up his tea with a mighty rushing sound. The dainty heiress watched him as she would have watched some new and curious animal of which she had lead, but a specimen of wh-u she had never seen. lie looked up and nodded to the young girl. "Hope I see ye well, miss?" "Quite well, think you," said Ella, trying to smile affably. "lie come to Eversholt to look for a place, miss, or to visit a friend, if I might be so bold as to ask." "Decidedly, the manners of Eversholt require improving," thought Ella; but she resolved to be true to the peasant character, which it seemed that her holland dress and her loneliness represented to these Eversholters. "I am looking for work," she said, smiling.

"And what sort, now? You don't look like one for a dairy farm; or else I do know a farm not two miles from here where they would give nine pounds, and all found, to a young girl to help in the dairy. Wages is riz about here." "Ah! that's more than I am worth," cried Ella, entering suddenly into the fun of the thing. "I don't understand dairy work well enough." "Maid of all work?" suggested the old man, "because I have a sister what keeps a huckster's close round here, and, having five small children, wants a girl to look after them, and do a bit of scrubbing and sweeping; half a crown a week is what she gives." "I am not worth that, either," said Ella, with a laugh ; "I should get out of patience with five small children. Why, while I was scrubbing the kitchei, some of them would climb on my back, and tumble in the scrubbing pail. I've seen that happen lots of times." And so she had in the cottage kitchens of the poor at Wycherly. "Here comes my breakfast," she exclaimed joyfully, as the cross old woman appeared with a cup of coffee, a round of wheaten cake cut open, a pat of butter, and an eg. "Thank you," said Ella. "Yoa needn't thank me; 'tis paid for, else you wouldn't get it." "That's true," said Ella, beginning ravenously upon the bread and butter; "so I won't thank you any more." The oW dame growled something inarticulately, and Ella went on with hr breakfast. When she had finished, she went out into the street. Signs of life were many in the town of Eversholt. By this time shops were open, carts were rolling, a few people were afoot. The little town was waiting up to the morning sunshine and the business of the day. Ella Wycherly knew that her mother. Miss Worthington and the coachman were searching for her all over the town. If she walked about as a young stranger in a brown holland dress, an! not very smoothly plaited hair traveling all night does not conduce to a fresh and neat appearance sin must inevitably be pounced on by some of those who were searching for her. Wherefore, Ella resolved she would hide for the remainder of the day. But where? "Ah! I will go on; I will get out of this town ; I will find a high rid and soma fields, and I will go and sleep under some trees. I feel horribly sleepy; it must be delicious to sleep out in the open air!" Ella walked on at a swift pace toward where the trees showed green at the other end of the town; and soon she was in a leafy lane, with great hawthorn hedges on either 6ide of her, and meadows behind the hedges meadows where cows were browsing, or lying down under the trees, preparing against the heat of the day. Ella, went and looked over a stile; she saw a large hayrick under a clump cf trees; beyond was a five-barred gate, leading into a narrow lane, which branched off from the lane where Ella stood; on the oiier side of that lane were farai buildings and a substantial house, in which dwelt the farmer, owner of tie

Hck, and the trees, and the one meadow J

into which Ella was gazing. "I will go and lie down under that rick, and listen to the rustic of those trees, and I will fall into the soundest, sweetest sleep !" said Ella to herself. She soon put hr resolve into execution. She had not slept cnoe during all the last night's weary journey. She coiled herself up between the thick hedge and the broad haystack; the dump of trees hid her from anybody who might stand at the stile. There she lay, in a bed of wild thyme, soft grass and clover; and there she slept for hours and hours, undisturbed and unseen. Voices woke her at last voices on the other side of the thick hed?e which separated the meadow from the lane. "Bunsbury Fair we are bound to make a good thing of, Tilda ; we always does at Bunsbury ; it's a nice littie town, is Bunsbury. Come, it ain't so bad ; we've over forty-five to put in the bank from this last round, and all expenses paid." "All expenses !" said a melancholy voice ; "and what expenses do us two lone women go to? Liza, where's our comforts? where's our furniture, and our little garden, and flowers, and chiffonier, and feather beds, and chickens and rabbits, and rose trees, and geranium pots, and all the comforts of a settled home, as is required by two lone women as never had hu.sbai.ds, nor children, nor nothing of our own? Sometime?. Liza, it puts me out of patience to hear "Jou talk as if we ought ti be cheerful we, that has nothing but toil, and lives in a caravan, and has got neither neighbors nor friends '." Ella began to burst with laughter while listening to the drawling lamentations of the speaker. She was full cf curiosity. She arose, and peeped cautiously over the hedge into the lane, herself hidden by the branch of a large elm which grew close to the rick. (To be continued.) PRAIRIE LADS GOOD SAILORS. Are Superior Menially and Physically, Heernitln x Officer Says. "The middle West is all right when It comes to furnishing good recruits for the navy," said Lieut I. F. Landls, in carge of the United States navy recruiting station here, according to the Kansas City Star. "We not only get good men, but we're getting many of them. Last month was a record breaker In point of the number of enlistments here. We got ten more yesterday and three this morning." Lieut. Landis Is a westerner himself. He was appointed to Annapolis from Medicine Lodge, Kan., by the late Jerry Simpson, Representative, fourteen years ago. "There was a time," the lieutenant said, "when the great majority of the, navy enlistments were made In the seaports, but the last few years the Inland recruiting stations have been sending many men to the navy. "Few of those who enlist here are Kansas Cityans. The most of them come from the farms and smaller towns near here." Navy Department data show that a superior class of men is obtained from this section. A snr.aller number of recruits is rejected for physical causes at the final examination at the training stations than those from other parts of the country and the westerners show an unusual degree of Intelligence and aptitude for learning their new duties. While? quite a number o; mechanics are recruited from the western cities, the majority of the enlistments is in tlv rating of apprenticed seamen. Those who enlist in this rating are sent to training stations. At present Kansas City enlisted men go to Norfolk. The pay at the start Is $1G a month, but the men are first given a thorough course of instruction fitting them for the duties of the seaman branch. The recruit's transportation from the recruiting office and his board, lodging and outfit of uniform arc furnished by the government. After mastering the details of any particular branch of the service, as the seaman branch or any of the mechanical branches, the men are eligible for advancement to petty officer, third class, which pays from $30 to $35 a month. After that advancement, d pending upon capability, may be made to second-class petty officer, first class petty officer and chief petty officer. The pay of a chief petty officer is ?T0 a month, to which are added fre rations, lodgings and medical care. Extra pay Is allowed for certain duties, such as service aboard submarines, expertness In signaling or gun pointer. Re-enllstmeuts and good conduct medals also assist to bring a chief petty officer's pay up to $75 and $85 a monthFurther advancement is offered to tle man who studies in the warrant rank. This position pays from $1,200 to $l,S0O a year and allowances and is a lLfe position, with all the benefits of longevity, pay and retirement that commissioned officers receive. It Is possible for an enlisted man to secure a commission In the navy. The first man to take advantage of this law was Lieut II. B. Soule, U. S. N. He was serving as gunner In 1901 at the time of the passage of the act and passed a successful examination that year, receiving an appointment as ensign. He Is now a lieutenant. He entered the service as apprentice, third class, at $9 a month. To Farm for Doxket Willow. To add willows, for the making of baskets, to the list of agricultural products of the country. Is the purpose of a new move by Uncle Sam's forestry service. So writes Renle Bache in the Technical World Magazine. A small plantation at Arlington, across the Potomac from the city of Washington, has been established for the growing of a number of different species of basket willows; and considerable quantities of the osier rods thus produced have been made up Into most exrellent baskets by manufacturers In Baltimore. llaltlmore Is a somewhat Important center for the manufacture of fine baskets, the raw material for which Is almost wholly supplied by willow-growers in the vicinity. One might say the same thing of Richmond, where there Is a great basket-making establishment which raises its own osiers; and another such town Is York, Pa., which Is In the midst of a wll low-growing district. These cities, with plentiful supplies of osiers near at hand, are able to ship hlgligrade baskets all over the country. Failed to Work. "Yes," said the sad-eyed passenger, "I married the widow of a man who was hanged, and I thought, under the circumstances, I would be able to avoid odious comparisons in connection with the late lamented. But I was mis taken." "She praised him just the same, ch?" rejoined the hardware drummer. "Well, not exactly," answered th 8. e. p., "but we hadn't been married a week until she declared that hanging wis too good for me."

"What is Homef Should the family exist for the home or the home for the family? Look around you and see how often the former is the case. The great majority are engrossed In ' keeping up appearances." The home as a place to live in and be happy In is entirely lost sight of. Many women have so much hotise and furniture to care for that they haven't any time left over for their children. Father wears himself out in the everlasting grind ''down town' to pay for a house and moot the running expenses of a home entirely too elaborate for the family's needs and certainly beyond his income. lie speculates gambles, some people call It cheats, even steals outright to keep up this "home.' Mother erases her worried' frown at the parlor door when callers are announced, but puts it on again once they have gone. She, too, is burdening her soul with petty deceits and missing the essence of life In trying to "keep up an establishment." The children catch the spirit of the thing and place a higher valuation on clothes than on character. That's the only way to keep up "appearances." and It's the only th'ng they have learned In the "home." Such people are placidly Ignorant of world Issues; they know nothing of topics of general Interest i:nd lack the essentials of real culture, yet none of these things appears so necessary in their eyes as the latest society wrinkle and knowledge of what constitutes "good form." Poverty has its compensations after all. Not the grinding poverty that means poor food and insufficient clothlug, but that happy-go-lucky lack of peace that allows one to live In an unfashionable neighborhood and send John to the university. The mistress of such a home is the "house-mother" indeed. The welfare of each member of the family circle is more to her than polished mahogany .and oriental rugs could ever be. "Jimmy" can bring his boy friend in to play games, and no one Is barred from the "best room" because the sun will fade the carpet. When you come to think It over, father gets only his board and lodging for his services and unless love is added to r'jese his wage Is poor Indeed ! Home should be a sanctuary from the world without, a place where nothing Is too good for the family, and where perfect understanding aud harInony reign. It may be a little bare nwui or a palace, but lacking love It Is not home. Jessie M- I'artlon. Health and Beauty Hint. For sore throat try a compress of cold water. Tincture or arnica is the best application for sprains or bruises. Don't forget that hot and tepid baths are the best beauty preservers. To prevent bilious attacks take a glass of hot water every morning the tirt thing. Vaseline rulrtwd on the skin In mild cases of erysipelas relieves the burning and itching. Cold tea applied several times a day with a soft linen cloth Is an excellent remedy for inflamed eyes. A good gargle for sore throat is just enough jornianganate of potash to give a glass of water a faint rose tint. If you suffer from too high color give up during the period of one month all other moat than fresh fish and poultry. Do not take oatmeal or strong condiments, tlrecn stuffs and milk may bo indulged In freely. No sick person should be compelled to step out of bed without slipping on soft wool bed shoes, for the chill that would not affect a well person may be dangerous to the weak ones. A loose robe of flannelette or eiderdown is also needed when n patient Is able to sit up for a few minutes, as to have the bed made. When powder 1ms not adhere nicely to the face it is because the skin is too drj Anoint the surface every night with a good skin foM after having washed the face in warm water. This will get the skin in good condition. Before applying the jMiwder to the face it Is well to anoint It first with a little cream, wiping off the thickest before the iwwder Is used. Silk n n Garment. It Is known to everybody that silk Is electrified by friction. Acting upon the suggestion thus fitrnished, a French savant, M. Henry, has made experiments which show that the electrification of the air Inclosed In a tissue of silk produces a circulation of its particles which tends to equalize the temperature. A similar effect Is observable in wool, and hence the superiority of silk and wool for garments Intended to protect the body against vicissitudes of climate. Tue Mature Romp. A physician has recently made the announcement that for many reasons he regards dancing as one of the most healthful amusements, and one which he frequently recommends to his pa-

tieuts. Although this statement may come as a surprise and stimulus to some dancers, it is to be feared that, If the truth were known, there are a great number of men and women who romp about ballrooms for very much the same reason that others take an early morning canter around the park or a Turkish bath.

An English author assures one that a woman is not naturally viln, like a man. In Amsterdam there Is a factory where 400,000 diamonds are cut annually. Most of the work is done by women. On her recent visit to New Orleans Mrs. Maude Ballington Booth passed at least one strenuous day. She preached at a prison In the morning, held an Informal reception in the inidafternoon, then preached at the house of detention, after this held another reception, then addressed the Era club, which wound up with a third Informal reception. "Blonde women have their photographs taken Just about twice as often in the long run as brunettes," remarked a photographer. "The reason Is ensy ; blondes take better pictures than brunettes. The lighting effects are better when the subject is a blonde. A blonde girl may get a photograph that will flatter her, where one of a brunette, taken under the same conditions, will not even do her Justly." Advice to Ilrlden. Don't buy "unusual" patterned dinner or tea services. ,Get something that when breakages occur can be easily matched without much expense. White Is as nice as anything, and always looks

STUNNING STYLES IN SPRING GOWNS.

we'I. But remember that fluted things are more difficult to keep clean than plain ones, as they need to be scrubbed IKTiodically. Let "little and good'' be your motto when shopping. It Is far better to start only with a little really good furniture, even only enough for two rooms, than to have a houseful of badly made and finished things, that If ever you are In a better position you will be ashamed of. A Wonderful Mother. Bringing up nine children on an income of $4, a week is the task of a couple named Copp, vvhose home Is In the Devonshire village of Higher IIoxham. six miles from Exeter, England. The couple have had nineteen In all, six of whom are dead. Of the thirteen surviving, the eldest son, aged 10, Is a sailor In the Iloyal Navy, and three daughters are out at service. Five of the childien attend school at Poltinioie, two miles away. The couple w?re married twenty-four years ago. and the husband, who Is now 44, is employed as a roadman by the Itura! District Council. Asked how she contrived to bring up such a large family on the 10 shillings a week which her husband earned, Mrs. Cxjpp remarked that it would be a very dhlk'ult thing even for her to explain. All she could say was that It had been a very hard struggle. They had to pay a year for their cottage and garden. They helped matters out a bit by growing their own vegetables and keeping pigs and she "economized as much as ixttsslble by making an! mending the children's garments." Supposing the joke of a waist has become soiled or shabby, It may be brought up to date with very little trouble by substituting one of net, the braiding on it to be simple. Just rows one after the other, or as elaborate as one chooses. When a waist is worn under the arms it could be neatly mended and kimono sleeves of the net added. They would cover the mended portions. These capes should te hemmed with a strip of the waist niaterlal. If available, and if not, then a plain piece of ribbon harmonizing in color with the waist may be used. Another economy

is to use narrow ribbon that has done service on a summer frock to form a yoke and deep cuffs. It is put on In alternating rows with fagoting or sewed down to a coarse net. This kind of arrangement freshens a waist. If one has any nice lace on band, even though of different kinds, then It might be a good Idea to buy a couple of yards of filet or Brussels net, combining the two in a smart waist for afternoon or matinee wear. While the gored skirt is well liked, the circular and circular gored sort show every sign of increasing vogue. Either style lends Itself to the band trimmings, as well as to the newer but more attractive panel designs, and there is every indication that much liberty will le allowed in this connection throughout the summer. The tunic, thus far, Is confined to formal costumes, but is frequently suggested more or less vaguely by the method of garniture. This means that a panel, or a series of panels, is sometimes crossed, or at least supplemented, with a band, either of braid or of self material, curved, and otherwise shaped to outline a tunic. And again, it means that a plain skirt may have the bands so arranged that the skirt is, to all effects, In two parts. A Fair Proposition. It is a fair proposition that if John expects Mary to be just as neat, tidy and winsome after marriage as before, he himself should likewise be as attentive, courteous and generous a husband as he was a lover. There are many husbands and wives who fall down In these particulars. Where these directions are followed by both partners there Is quite likely to be a happy home.

Del nK "Good Friend." To be what is called "good friends" with one's wife, one's husband, one's brothers and sisters, with that peculiar assemblage of people who are connected with us by ties of blood, Is to possess one of the greatest, perhaps the very greatest, element of earthly happiness. And to have in the world outside a few choice friends who know j-our thoughts and aspirations, sympathize with your sorrows, and come to you with their cwn, and find you sympathetic in turn, loving you and beloved by you this is the gateway of heaven. "Blest be the tie that binds." Poor, bat Proad. A woman who belonged to an ancient but ienulless family married a rich plebeian, but she never forgot the mesalliance nor allowed any one else to do so. One day, attended by a servant, she went into a store and gave an order. "And where shall I send it, madam?" said the shopkeeper. "Jean." said the woman, turning to her servant, "tell the man your master's name, I never can remember it." To Take on Flesh. Drink plenty of water. Eat plenty of starchy foods. Sleep ten hours out of the twentyfour. (Jive full play to the lungs In breathing. Refuse to worry. Take six raw eggs a day. Drink plenty of cream and milk. Exercise only moderately. Hottentot Women. Among the Hottentots women hold a better position than they do anywhere else in Africa. "The married woman," says one traveler, "reigns supreme mistress. Her husband cannot without her permission take a bit of meat or a drop of milk." Generally "they rank much above the average of the negro races." London Spectator. This la 1-ove. Young people who are suffering from the symptoms of first love have had their trouble explained by Dr. James Criehtou Browne, who ascribes the phenomena to "species of cerebral coaimotion and a stirring of some hitherto dominant association centers by an appropriate affinitive impression." Should I. earn Deep llreathlnjf. A woman who lias learned deep breathing almost always is a good sleeper, for nerves and mind are kept in healthy condition by the good chest expansion. Then, too, there is an absence of facial wrinkles and lines, and she Is apt to keep her freshness long after the time that most women lose It. Umbrella Fasten to Shoulder. A novel German umbrella described in the Popular Mechanics Is roof-shaped and fastens to the shoulders, leaving the hands free for any occupation desired. When not In use the umbrella folds into a compact package. Cotto.t Saltings. Of the washabl? coat and skirt suits, the choice in styles and prices Is all but limitless. For real economy the cotton suitings are more practical than linens, because they wrinkle less easily and require less frequent freshening.

"In the Civil War." said the colonel, "the railway bridge across the Tennessee at Bridgeport was partially de stroyed, April 20, 1SG2. It was not ful ly repaired until November, 1SG3. The Union army in the meantime used pontoon bridges, but could put no locomotives or cars across the river. "No serious attempt was made to repair the Bridgeport bridge until some weeks after the battle of Chickamauga, or when the armies were concentrated at Chattanooga for the march southward on Atlanta. I remember well when the first train steamed across and whirled away with a triumphant whistle toward Chattanooga. That first train was followed by six others, all carrying provisions to the army, and we who were stationed at Bridgeport cheered each train like wild Indians." "Nine days after the railway bridge at Bridgeport was destroyed," said Charles Franz, "a detail of twenty men was made from our regiment, the Tenth Wisconsin,, and placed under conwiand of Sergeant William Nelson, with orders to proceed eastward from Huntsvllle, Ala., to the Paint Kock River bridge on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. I remember that the men detailed from our company, G, were Andrew J. Anjier, Alexander II. Francisco, and myself. We were provided with three days' rations, and forty rounds of ammunition. The river was 150 feet wide, and the bridge was a wooden structure, two spans in length, with a center pier built of stone work on bottom with the upper part of cobble work. North from the bridge was a small shanty of red cedar logs. "Sergeant Nelson and most of the men took up quarters at the little shanty. My post was at the east end of the bridge, and for a week there was no excitement On Sunday, April 27, General O. M. Mitchell went by on a train, when only two men were on lookout duty, and was Indignant because the guard was so light. Ho scolded a good deal and said it would be an easy matter for the rebels to take the bridge. In fact, he thought he could tako it himself. To this Francisco, who was on guard, said, "General, may be you could, but I don't think it would be very healthy for you to try.' That night we captured a hushwhacker', who was prowling about the bridge, and a freight train loaded with supplies for General Mitchell at Bridgeport was held In the belief that the rebels had" prepared to capture the train or throw it from the track. Monday evening every man was at the bridge when a negro, who Irad a blacksmith shop seven miles up the river, gave notice that the rebel cavalry was moviug to attack us. "We sent to Lieutenant Ford at Woodville for re-enforcements, and our party was increased by one sergeant and six men.' We built platforms at each end of the covered bridge, and I with two comrades was stationed underthe bridgo structure on the stone work of the middle pier. About 10 o'clock we were attacked on both sides by rebel cavalry, and an Incessant fire was kept up for half an 'hour. Then the colonel commanding the enemy ordered his men to cease firing and arked us to surrender the bridge. He gave his name as Colonel Steams of the First Tennessee Confederate Cavalry. He said he had over TOO men, and as there were only twenty-six of us. It was useless for us to keep up the fight If we did not surrender Immediately te would charge and take the bridge. "Our men yelled in defiance at him, and the fight was resumed. The rebels made bundles of corn fodder, which they saturated with oil, set on fire, and tried to throw on top of the bridge. Our men let the torch bearers come up close, then fired, dropping all who carried them. The burning torches gave a bright light, and we could see the rebels fall back Into the woods. Soon their fire became weaker and weaker, and finally ceased altogether. We kept a 6harp lookout during the night but found in the mornhig that they had retreated for good. "One ludicrous Incident probably contributed not a little to the discomfiture of the rebels. At the west end of the bridge there was about a rod of space between the shore pier and the river. At the beginning of the fight we could hear some of the Confederates walking below. We expected every moment that they would shoot up through the bridge. We scrambled for the top of the sill, on which we were perched, and In our haste one of the boj's stepped on a small Iron mush kettle which we had left there, and It went rattling down among the Confederates below. They probably thought it was a hand grenade. At all events they ran out from under the bridge In double-quick time. "When daylight came we went down and found under the bridge one rebel dead, a number of guns and revolvers, ionic well-filled haversacks, showing that the point bad been evacuated In a hurry. Later in the day we fouud one of their sergeants severely wounded, who told us that the attacking party consisted of four companies of the First Tennessee and a. company of bushwhackers, something over 400 men In all. We found twenty-eight of their men wounded, and were told that thirteen had been killed. We lost one man. "The next day General Mitchell who had heard of the fight, came down to visit us. He looked over the grjund, examined the bridge and approaches, and complimented us for our gallant defense, saying that we had saved his line of communications. Then he added: 'Well, boys, I suppose. If you had had a commissioned officer with you, you would have surrendered; but as it was, you didn't know enough to surrender. Then, turning to Francisco, the General continued: 'I said to yem that I could take this bridge myself; but now I want to take all that back. I could not have taken one little bit of It "--Chicago Inter Ocean. "Doing" the Confederates. The tendency of the Northern soldier to "do" n Confederate is well illustrated in the practical Jokes that were played on some of the southern farmers. One farmer drove Into a Union camp with a forty gallon barrel of cider, which h old by the quart to the men over th

side of his wagon. lie was astonlsneA to find that his barrel was empty afterj he had sold only about twenty quarts,' and on Investigation he discovered thatj while he was engaged in peddling thej cider over the side-board some soldier had put an augur through the bottom; of his wagon and Into the barrel and had drawn the rest ofi Into their canteens. Another trader lost the content of a barrel of brandy which he had stored In a shanty over night in a similar manner, while several farmers con-I eluded it was in vain to go to the Yankee camp with wagon loads of apples or other fruit, unless they had a detachment to guard every sideof th wagon, for wh'le they dealt fair over one side, their stock would disappear over the other. Oue who had suffered in this way came to the conclusion thai "the Yankees could take the shortening out of gingercake without breaking tha crust" Detroit Free Press.

Cangbt Fast. Gen. Thomas Rose, who has recentlydied, made himself famous by his re markable escape from LIbby prison.' The record of tie work on the tnnnel which led to liberty shows it to be ft marvel of patient, heroic endeavor. In Mr. Moran'a account of the enterprise, published In the Century Magazine, one particular incident stands out fraught with especial horror and possible tragedy. Before the actual tunnel, which waa to burrow its .way under the foundations of the prison, could be begun, a starting point in the cellar had to be reached. The only mode of access to this place was through a kitchen fireplace, the bricks of which must be dux out, one by one, replaced every morning and all traces of work removed, until a hole large enough for a man to slip through was ready for the nightly exit of the tunnel workers. With an old chisel and a 'ackksife Rose and his comrade tolled between the hours of 10 and 4 every night In the dark and without noise. Every bit of the soot from the chimney was swept Inlo a rubber blanket Each morning, with sickening tediousness, every brick was put back ra Its place and mortar carefully rubbed Into the chinks. All went well until one night a circumstance happened which nearly revealed the secret When the opening of the fireplace was thought to be large enough, a Ions rope was attached to one of the kitchen posts, and Rose prepared to descend the chimney ar.d reconnolter. He got through the hole with ease, but be lost hold cf the jope, and his body slipped so as to pinion his arms and render him powerless to drop or return. A bend In the hole cramped him fearfully and prevented his breathing. Each effort only served to fix him more firm'j in the vise. Hamilton, his comrade, could not budge him. Rose gasped for breath, but refrained from an outcry. Hamilton saw that without speedy relief hit friend would expire. He dashed upstairs, and disregarding consequences, made his way over the forms of several hundred sleeping men, trampling on stomachs, arms, legs and faces. Unheeding the furious remarks hurled after him, Hamilton kept on until he found a friend, to whom he hurriedly whispered his trouble. " Doth flew back to the kitchen, aid by their united efforts Rose was drawn up, halfdead and unconscious. When the tunnel was fairly under way, the prisoners had to resort to much trickery to prevent the absence of the relavs of five, diggers being discovercd. When the dally count of the prisoners was being made, some of the sol-' diers would slip back In the line, and thus be counted twice. The Irregularity of the result often puzzled the guards, as for exaiaple, one day it was reckoned that three men were missing, while a recount found fifteen prisoners too many. Perpl exed and angry, the guard shouted : "Xow, gentlemen, look ywe! I can count a hundred as good as any man In this yere town, but I can't count one hundred of ybu Yankees. Now, gentlemen, there's one thing sho', there's eight or te: of you-uhs that ain't yere! The world has read the story of how, after weeks of patient toil, Rose at last broke through the earth crust and saw the blue sky overhead, and heard the sentinel's cry,- "All's well!" The general was soon after recaptured, but later exchanged and saved for further service. Something Worse. One would think that almost anything is preferable to a stiked bed In the rainy open. The chaplain of the Fifty-second Massuchusetts Volunteers did not find it so, as the major of the regiment relates in an article on "Up the Teche with Banks. A bridge had been built and the Union troops were supioscdly taking a rest camping beside Jlie bayou. The chaplain and the sergeant-major were sleeping, or trying to sleep, under the same blankets. The sergeant-major was soon fast asleep. Down came the rain. The soldiers woke, and tried to shift to the shelter of the trees, but there was little room. The water came down In torrents. If oue drew up his rubber blanket the rain fell on his feet; If he pushed it down It soaked his hair. The chaplain finally got up to look for a better place. The major drowsed on. Presently the chaplain returned. "I've found a nice dry spot You'd better come." "Where is It?" was the sleepy response. "In a plg-pcn. Nice dry shelf In a pig-pen. I'm going there. You'd better come." Although the major ached In every bone, he had his doubts as to there being room for two, so he replied. "I guess I'll stay here," and covering his upper ear with a tin plate to keep out the rain, he went oSf to sleep again, In about half an hour he was disturbed by some one getting in under his blanket "Who is it?" he grumbled. "I, said the chaplain. "I've come back." "Why didn't you stay?" The cnaplain uttered but one word, that was sufficient In explanation. "Fleas!" he ejaculated, wrathfully. A novel method of pumping liquid from bore holes Is by means of an endless rope, somewhat after the fashIon of the chain pump, only in this case the liquid to be raised Is absorbed by the rope and squeezed out between rollers at the surface. As the rope is in balance the only power required Is to overcome friction and raise tha liquid. The climate of Nicaragua is so damp that there Is not a match of American manufacture In the district The rainfall was 205 Inches In twelve months. Specially prepared matches are required to resist the humidity.