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Race BYHAWLEY CI1APTEH XV (Continued.) "I can't see that' that the least improves your position. You don't mean to - tell me that you've had the audacity to come down here to upset an existing arrangement? By the way, do you suppose Maude approves of this? Have you any reason to suppose that sue would prefer half of your garret in th Temple to being mistress of Mannersley?" Grenville Hose's face flushed, but he answered teadily : MA11 that must be an after-consideration. Uncle, answer me two questions fairly, honestly, and as shortly as you pleaie and then wait to hear what I may have to say to-morrow morning." "If I am to listen, then, you'll be good enough to talk rather more rationally than you are doing to-night. What are your questions?" "Believe me, uncle, I am speaking in your interests. Do you owe Pearman money? Pshaw! I know you do. I want to know hov much?" "Really I had no idea you were keeping so watchful an eye over my interests. Prying into the affairs of one's relations was hardly deemed good taste In my day. I tMnk I may safely leave that answer to your own natural acuteness. It seems to have stood you in good stead so far." "Why!" cried Grenrille, rssionate1y, "you can't think so meanly of" me? You wont let me help you? That you owe Pearman money requires no espionage to find out. I do know it never mind how." "Probably your philanthropy and increasing practice, then, led you to run down with a view to rescuing your uncle from his difficulties?" said Denison, bitterly. "Yes. and no," said Iiosi starting to his feet. "I have come for two reasons : Firstly, to win Maude for my wife, if I can ; secondly, to release you from all obligation to Pearman, if possible. If I knew what the amount was. it would make It easier for me. Too don't choose to tell me. I can only let you know tomo -row, then, what sum you can raise to meet such claims. Will you answer my other question? Do you honestly wish to see your daughter, a Denison of Glinn, married to Pearman?" It was a home-thrust, this. The blood pished to Harold Denison's temple, and Lis eyes had an angry light In them as fie rejoined : "This, I presume, sir, is a specimen of the easy manner of the young men of the present day. A piece of such impertinence I don't remember ever encountering. May I trouble you to hand me thai bedroom candle? I would suggest that the earlier you can make it convenient to depart to-morrow morning the leas risk t ran of being Insulted, and for the present will wish you good-night." Stop; you must h?ar me," cried Grenville. "If to-morrow morning I can show you a way to clear ill Pearman's claims against you, will you listen to me then, and acquit me of any intention of insulting you? Will you still persevere, uncle, Jn mating your daughter to the son of a bill-discounting solicitor? No, you ron't. I know you better than you think. You are too far in' Piarman's hands, cr you think so, to give yourself fair play in the matter. There breathes no prouder man than you are. Trust lue. Kecollect the mouse once saved the lion. As you iope for peace in future, trust me now." CHAPTER XVI. Harold DenisoD paused. He had never . seen his nephew break through his conventional, cool, efusy manner in this wise before. He felt that he had been terribly in earnest all through their interview. Jlad he really some clue that might save him? Then, perhaps, as far as it was in his selfish nature to care for anyone, he loved that child of his dead sister, who had just poured fcrth this torrent of frantic entreaty. Tb5 cynic mask dropped from his face as l.e extended his hand. "I've had a deal to try me lately. Gren; difficulties have thickened and complicated above my head. You mustn't thick anything of what I say. Show me, boy, how to raise ten thousand to-morrow morning, and we'll talk over other things afterwards. At all events. Maude shan't marry Pearman. "Good-night, uncle, said Grenville. as he clasped Denison's extended band. "You can't think how happy you've made me. Leave me to work now, and if I'm not In a position to forbid the banns by breakfast to-morrow, may I never have another brief !" Long and anxiously did Grenville wad? through those villainous musty old parcJments that night. It was a big box, and contained some two or three hundred such old leases, agreements, mortgage deed. since cancelled, deeds of trust, and marriage settlements of bygone Denisons now sleeping the'- kr.g sleep in the quiet old churchysvd. TL- clocc had struck three ere, with a chill feeling-of defeat, he took out the list musty paper. Could this be it? No it was but some old parchment connected with a right of water power in the last century. Sadly Grenville tumbled the mass of papers back into the box, and gloomily sought his pillo'r. Had he dreamt of the ued he had locked for? "No," he muttered, as he undressed; "I saw it once in that room. What can have become of t? Maude, my dearest, have I told you to hope, and have I hoped only to drink the bitter cup of disappointment?" Bed was not of much use to Grenville Rose that night. He tried it; but, despite hi3 journey and late seirch through those bewildering papers, sleep refused to visit his eyelids. A little more than three hours, anj he was splashing in his bath, and, with knit brows, still meditating on what could have become of that all-essential parchment. "It looks bad, but I won't give in. I must search further. I'll have my head in every box, escritoire, cabinet, or cupboard in all Glinn before to-morrow night." In the meantime he recollected that Maude was an early riser, so, finished his toilet and betook himself quietly to the garden. It was cot Ions before he caught sight of the flutter of a light dress; a few seconds, and he was by Maude's side. Her face flushed as she met him. and her greeting was evidently forced and constrained. "I thought. Maude, dearest," he said, "that I might have the luck to meet you before breakfast. It is the only chance I have of seeing you alone. Cin you tell me still that you don't repent what you wrote in answer to my letter of some fortnight or so back?" "Oh, Gren. what em I to say to you? What must you think of me? I never thought you rred about me in that way. you know. And then to writ? to you as I did! But. Gren, dear, I did upan it. I fought hard to be true to you. What can I do? They say it rests with m to kep Glinn as a home to my father, and that, if I don't mirry Mr. Pearman. we nhall be wanderers about the world. T'iat would kill them. I am very miserable. You don't know what I Lad to go through. I didn't give in till I could bar it no longer. Be kind to me, Gren. pl-ns." And the grey cy.i, swimming with ter.r.-. looked up into Ilose's face with a piteous pleading egression that half niadJeaed him. "Don't know what yon bad to go through, my pet? Hum! I think I can make a pretty fair guess." And even as

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Wife SMART he passed his arm round his cousin's waist and kissed her, Grenville Rose's teeth were T?et hard. "It makes me mud, Majde, to think that that beast Pearman should ever dare to dream of you. . No, child, I know pretty well the bullying you have had to go through. You wouldn't have proved false to your word, except under unfair pressure. ' "Then you don't think so very badly of me?" asked the girl, shyly. "I don't know," smiled her cousin, as he bent his head down to her. "I'll hear what you've got to say. Do you love me?" "Oh, Gren!" And Maude dropped her flushed, tear-stained face on his shoulder, and submitted to the abstraction of unlimited kisses with the greatest meekness. The tears were kissed away, and a smile was on her lips as she said, "You whispered last night, 'There is hope for us yet; what did you mean?" "I didn't say that; when you quote what I say, be good enough to be correct." "But you did say so," said Maude, opening the grey eyes wide as usual when a thing passed her compreesnsion. "No, Miss Denison ; I said, 'Hope for us yet, darling." "Oh, Gren, don't tease me; that's no like your old aggravating ways. Tell me." "Well, dearest, I hoped last night to find a paper that would have, at all events, broken off your engagement with Pearman, and left you free to choose again." A quiet pressure of his arm, and a soft "Well?" "I didn't find it, Maude, and went to bed as miserable as a man can well do. Your father promised that Pearman should receive his dismissal if I could do what I dreamt I could. I made iure of finding that paper in the big oak chest in the study; but though I went steadily through them all, it wasn't there. "When did you see it, Gren?" "Don't you remember when I went mad upon heraldry, and was all for putting your genealogical tree to rights? I went through those papers then." "Stop s moment," said the girl; "let me think. Yes," she continued, after a short pause; "and you used to bring them up to work at to the school room don't you recollect? And I'm almost sure, but didn't you throw a few of them into a drawer up there, saying they were no use, but you might make up a magazine story or two out of them some day?" "By Jove, Maude, you've hit it ! I did, and that would be safe to be one of them. Come along, sweetheart mine, and see. No chance of their being disturbed, is there?" "I should think not; but I haven't. I really believe, been in the room for the last two years. We'll soon see, though;" and the cousins tripped rapidly back to the house. Poor old school room! it was not often now that Its shutters were thrown open to the golden light of spring. Very different were the old times, when Maude flitted about it daily, making sunshine within, whatever it might be witho'in; when the whistle of the blackbird and the song of the throstle, the twitter of the swallow, and the scent of the jasmine, with other creepers, came drifting through the open casement. Here 6he had made much of her doll, fought with her nurse, and risen in more matured rebellion against her governess. Here Grenville had teamed, petted, laughed at her, and embarked in various studies, genealogical or otherwise. X wonder they paused on the threshold : it was classic ground to them, at all events. Grenville Rose, however, though he may pause for a moment, is far too much in earnest and immersed in the present to give much thought to old memories. Maude smiles softly as he throws open the window?, and she recalls those long pleasant afternoons they two have passed tkere. She has been so miserable of late she is so qcetly happy now. It Is true this paper must be found ; but she- believes in Gren, as only a young girl can in a lover. It is the first time he has been with her in that character. It is so sweet to be told you are bved at eighteen, when that confession is made by the right person. No wonder the girl's face looked bright. "Now, Maude, quick which is the drawer? This, eh!" Hurriedly the drawer is dragged out ; but alas ! though all sorts of odds and ends, a book or two on heraldry, or a French dictionary, are discovered, no sign of law papers meets the eye. "Mistaken the drawer, pet, I suppose?" exclaimed Grenville, with a look of disj appointment he struggled hard to con ceal; aid then continued his search. But, no; every drawer and cupboard of the school rxm is ransacked in vain. Many a relic of their merry old days there comes to light, but nothing in the shape of a deed or parchment. Maude stood aloof towards the conclusion of the search, half leaning, half sitting on the table. Her face was serious enough now, and the well-marked eyebrows rather knit. She felt that the promised smooth water of the morning was as yet by no means realized. Since Grenville had kissed her, and personally told his love, she felt endued with infinite powers of opposition to the Pearman alliance. "It's no use, Maude; the paper I want is not here," said Grenville at length. "I must search elsewhere." "So you shall, Gren. Ring the bell. I have an idea." Her cousin did as he was bid, and when a stray housemaid, in considerable bewilderment, eventually made her way to the disused room. Miss Denison said, sharply. "Tell Mrs. Upcroft she's wanted here directly directly, mind and don't let her be as long about getting here as yon have been." "Now, look here, Gren," continued Maude, "those papers were there. Nobody but Mrs. Upcroft would have dared move them. But, you see, she has known me as a child, and I am always hard put to it to hold my own with her. If she don't happen quite to recollect "what she's done with them, she'll give -me any answer, and won't even try to take the trouble to remember. If I can make nothing of her, then you must chime in and frighten her. Of course she don't want to conceal them; but she will know she ought not to have meddled with them, and don't like what she terms being put out." There was a tap at the door a) Maud finished her speech, and her cousin had but just time to give a nod of intelligence as the housekeeper entered. "Sorry to disturb you, Mrs. Upcroft, said Miss Denison, blandly, "but I want to know what you have done with the papers that used to inhabit that drawer?" "I'm sure I don't know rothin? about no papers. You might have been sure of that, I think. Miss Maude, before you sent for me, and the butcher just here for orders an all;" and the housekeeper looked as sulky as she rightly dared. She had for years done as she pleased with Mrs. Denison. t ad was bitterly jealous of any interference of Miss Maud. "ZZxcuse m Mrs. Upcroft, if yen oa't know anything about the removal of s:ich papers, you should d so. Tilings ought not to Le moved from one room to another without the knowledge nnd licens? of yonr::df. Will you be kind ms:igh to recollect what became of those papers? They happen jut now to be of great importance." "That's so like you, Miss Maude. You

were Ju?t the same as a chil l Whatever you wanted must be done right off at once. I forget about thos. old papers now, and must run away to the butcher; but I'll perhaps think what became of them in a little. I'm afraid, though, they went to light fires with;" and with a malicious smile the housekeeper turned to go. (To be continued.)

BRETON SUPERSTITIONSM yaterloii Fountain and Spirit ( DciMitlfnl Prlnreiw Ilellevert .1 n. Mosy fern grown fountains are one of the picturesque features of the coviitry of Breton, says the New Orlen ns Times-Democrat. Morn ins nnd evening the white-capped, grave-faced Br t n women linger with their pitch :-vs beside the flowing water, exchanging gossip and greetings. Some special quality is attributed to each one of them. Iu the life of Urnest Kenan we read that be was a delicate baby and that old Glide, the witch, took his HMle skirt and dipped it in one of these springs. She came Un-k triumphant, confident that the fairies loved the child and that he would live "the two little arms stretched out, nnd yon should have seen the who!"? gnrni"nt swell and float," she said. Mtst fountains are adorned by a crucifix or an image of the Blessen! Virgin, placed there to frighten away the "korrlgans," who are believed by the peasantry to lie responsible for the fountains just as the "poulpieans are responsible for the dolmens. The "korrlgans" have been known to bestow wonderful charms on their special favorites, but as you can never be sure until after an interview whether you are n favorite o.r not the general opinion seems to be that It Is well to keep them at a distance. They are believed to be the spirits of native Celtic princesses who refused to embrace Christianity when it was first in Armorlca. and consequently Incurred the divine displeasure. For this reason no priest has ever seen one, for the mere suggestion of his presence puts them to immediate flight. By day time, the "korriyin." If seen at all, takes the form of a little whitehaired witch, with red eyes nnd wrinkled face, but at night she appears as an exquisitely beautiful creature, clad In a long white flowing veil. Each year, at the first burst of spring, she holds high festival beside her special fountain. A cloth of dazzling whiteness is laid upon the greensward. On it are all sorts of ethical dainties nnd In the cei.ter is a cup filled with a liquor of which a single drop gives jerfect wisdom. But in these degenerate days the mere sound of a human footstep causes everything to vanish Into space and only the bent grass blades tell of the fairy banquet. The "korrlgan' greatly covets newly torn children and many are the stories that tell of the ingenious way In which she manages to substitute an ugly little poulplcan for some rosy darling with great blue eyes and hair of gold. THE ORIGIN OF FEAR. Plaatle rar Cell of Onr Itralas Stamped rlth Ancient Error. The ave'rage man would sooner face a 20O-pound human antagonist than a .oO-pound dog. which he could choke to death In three minutes. I have seen a charging ram scatter half a dozen men. any one of whom could have mastered the brute In a moment, and not one of whom was. in ordinary matters, a coward. There are instances on record of men who. with their bare hands, have held and baffled an ugly bull ; but It was only the pressure of grim necessity that taught them their powers. But a man against an animal, and the man looks around for weapons or support, whether he needs them or not There was a time when he did For man to-day the most lordly of animals was once well nigh the most humble of them all. He has come up out of a stute In which fear was the normal condition of existence fear of violence, of the dark that gave opportunity for violence; fear of falling, of animals, of being alone. And into the plastic gray cells of our brains are stamped these ancient terrors a living record of the upward climb of man. The baby shows this record most clearly. In him the prints of heredity are not yet overlaid by the tracks of use and custom ; and, therefore, In him we may most easily read our nnst history. He Is our ancestor as truly as he is our reincarnation; nnd his every shrinking gesture and frightened cry are chronicles of the younger world tales of the age of fear. They tell n of the days when man was not the master of the earth, nor even a highly considered citizen of the same; but a runaway subject of. the meat-eating monarchs, whose scepter was tooth and claw ; a humble plebeian in the presence of the horned and hoofed artlstocrats of woods and fields. They speak of the nights when our hairy sires crouched in the forks of trees ami whimpered softly at the dark; whlmjwred because the dark held so many enemies ; whimpered softly lest those enemies should hear. L'pplneott's Magazine. Orlitlnalllr dfi. To revive an old style of building, no matter how well It may be done, does nothing to advance the art of building. It would at the best be but a copy of au old work. Painters copy old masters for the purpose of study, but copying pictures will never make a painter's reputation. Something new must be achieved, some original work executed, before any advance in art is possible. So it is with architecture. From the Country House. Claims Hecord Trip. Clara A. CI race, an employe of a London business tlrm, claims to have made a record trip from London to New York and return. She was pledged to be back in the Kngllsh city on a certain day to release her colleagues for vacation. She made the round trip In fifteen days., She transacted some important business in New York, remaining In the city only twenty-live niluutes. Natural YaKi-nnta All of There has never been a time wlien men did not wander from a desire for change, a desire to flee from the monotony of mere existence. There It a fever In the blood wh'eh drives men to wander, affecting r'( Ii and jmor alike, and (his is a factor which no legislation can ever entirely eliminate In dealing with the true vagrant class. lie that neer changed any of his opinions never corrected :uiy of his mistakes; and he who wr.s ncer wise enough to lind out any mistakes In himself, will not be charitable enough to excuse what he regards as mistakes in others. Trine. A medical education iu F.ngland costs at least $3,J4Ü.

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For lllfck-llecled Shoe. High heels on shoes and slippers lost their favor with the women simply because they found they could not wear mo f JflfcrsT-N them without fe, graining or Injuring tue au&ie. ouutmakers know that the high-heeled shoe is much preferred to the low heel in fact, the higher the heel the more it Is uefx attachment ijked. A Virginia woman claims that any high-heeled shoe or slipper, esi-ecially, can be made perfectly safe for the wearer by the Introduction of a small supporting plate placed inside the shoe, close to the heel. This plate Is of metal and curved to conform to the heel of the foot of the wearer. It is placed In the shoe in combination with the sole, the plate lying under the heel and extending upward at each side, ending in a T, which engages the side of the foot Immediately below the ankle. Women True to ThmelTM. Mr. John M. Coulter, head ot the department of botany of the Chicago University, who with his wife and children was on the ill-fated Republic, Bays that the heroic conduct of the women was something that can never be forgotten. When the order came to put on life preservers the women put them on as coolly as If they were shirt waists. There was no falntingl no panic. and they even joked among themselves to conceal any fear they might have as they adjusted the unusual preservers. They conducted themselves, he says, in a manner to make one forever proud of American womanhood. IX gave one an understanding of the nobility of woman's nature, he declared, that -iocs not present itself often In an rdinary lifetime. Handsome Afternoon Cottnme. Chiffon broadcloth. In a delightful hade of brown, was used for a costume suitable for Informal luncheons, matinee, et A. nnd from which our ketch was made. It employs the popular tunic effect in front with long trained skirt. The short-waisted bodice is elaborately trimmed with navy Uusslan lace, and the entire tight long sleeves are made from allover lace, .matching In design that used on the bodice. The finish at hand Is a band of sable. A white-faced brown latin hat and sable muff complete the costume. Reducln Flesh. Whatever else fashion hints there Is not the slightest rumor that flesh is to be stylish In the near future. Tbereforo women who are not thin are keeping up all kinds of methods to make them so. Live on noodles, is the cry. Consequently this diet is strictly kept by women' who are willing to sacrifice anything to be thin. The latest remedy, however, is to drink camomile tea without sugar, an hour after eating. This Is said to cur, the most rebellious case and turn one of barrel shaped proportions into sylphlike lines. A (Andy Pull. A nice party to have is a candy pull. When inviting the guests ask each to bring an apron. Boil the candy for an hour. It had better be put on before the guests come. While waiting for the candy to cook a lively game of cards may bo played, such as "pit" or "old maid." When the candy is all pulled put It on a marble slab ! harden. Refreshments may now be served. After this a game or two of charades may be played. To Clean Shield, Many think It is impossible to wash dress shields In other than co'd water. They should first be dampened with cold water and covered with white soap rublKvl Into the covering, put them Into a basin and pour very warm water over them auu let them stand until the water begins to cool, then scrub with a stiff brush. Binse in cold water and let them gradually dry away from artificial heat. Do not attempt to press them. Purpose ot Kxrrclae. Exercise should be taken to Increase the circulation and tissue change; to stimulate the elimination of waste products; to develop the muscles; to promote healthy action of the digestive organs, and to dear the brain and head, thus littlnqr us to do nmre work ami better work than we would otherwise be able to perform. Put Thought Into Strata. One mother of growing sons learned almost too late the folly of so catering to an individual peculiarity. The husband and father lil.cd neither soups, dessert, tisli nor salad, .md t.'ie family meals consisted of a dreary round of meat, co flee and a vegetable. Then tho mother found that her boys, dissatisfied with such plain fare, were seeking a More varied ucuu in restaurants and

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1 gay hotels, with none too desirable companions. It pays every housekeeper, if only to spare herself family grumbling, to put more thought than she does Into ordering the meals. If systematized it takes little time, even In a busy life, to provide more varied cooking, and the trouble pays from an ethical as well as health standpoint. Shot velvets In wonderful two-toned effects are high in favor. Wide tulle strings finish the hat de signed for the picturesque girl. Corded silks are making up waists for street coat and skirt suits. Jet butterfly buckles nre the latest and daintiest things for slippers. With the black tailored costumes gold embroidery is In great favor. The popularity of suede is waning and richer colors are in evidence. Embroidery in heavy worsted or silk is employed on many new ck th gowns. The butter bowl shape hat is still shown and threatens to stay another year. Women, young and old, are wearing Jet jewelry with gowns black and white. Nowadays nearly all women wear Ja bots and among the prettiest is the grandfather frill. Open-meshed stockings are now little favored, filet net in lisle and silk being the rage. Royal blue, golden brown, mullnrry nnd maize are fashionable colors In high-class costumes. Embroidery dots of various sizes are used In dainty ties. The dots may be white or a color. Nearly all of the hats are mane without bandeau, and must be worn with the flat hair dressing. Thin wools, which make up Into charming house gowns, are found in all the fashionable shades and tones. Bracelets are being worn again in quantities nnd this year they need not match in design, size or material. There is nothing newer in veils than the directolre veil and ruff combined. The veil Is drawn Into a band of rlblon around the throat ot ends in n thick ruff made of the veiling. The breakfast cap is a dainty fad of fashionable women. It is of lace of the finest quality, hand embroidered, and is ornamented with a nosegay of old-fashioned flowers made of ribbons. Cot Lesa to Feed Women. In a small Philadelphia restaurant that caters to persons on economy bent the bill of fare is headed by this notice: "ISegular dinnerMen, 23 cents; women, 13 cents." "How is this?" asked a chance customer belonging to the sex most heavily taxed. "You charge us fellows 10 cents more than you do the women. What have we done that we should be so discriminated against?" "You eat more," was the plain rejoinder. "It doesn't cost nearly so much to feed women as men, but we . are the first concern In this part of town that has been brave enough to say so In plain print. .Many foreign restaurants have recognized that fact, and have regulated their charges accordingly." Protect the Finger. Every woman who sews or embroiders objects to the roughened first finger of the left hand, which eems impossible not to prick. Nt only Is the roughened edge unsightly, but it catches on the work, especially when doing silk embroidery, and is almost Impossible to keep clean. There is a new protector for this finger that seems to protect without getting In the way of the sewer. It Is made in a specially prenared glass that does not blunt the ;:vdle, comes In several sizes and, best of all, is cheap enough for every sewer to own. Orr Sealp Caoie Gray Hair. Nothing will so quickly cause the hair to turn gray as an absence of nourishing oils, and It Is for this reason that tonics containing such ingredients are invaluable. , When there is a decided tfndency to whiteness a formula that has been found useful, If massaged nightly into the head, is one dram each of terebone, borax and sulphur and six ounces of lavender water. Slen Are the Goaalpa. Little Ievereaux Blake says that the gossips ,of the country are the men, and not the women. She thinks men nre on the whole pretty good fellows, but they do not constitute the silent sex by any means, she says, and they accuse women of gossiping to cover up their own transgressions. When Ilurean Drawers Slick. To prevent bureau drawers from st'eking wax the bearings. Use a good floor wax, rubbing It to a gloss. This is much better than the old, untidy way of using soap, which is rarely satlsfac- : iry, and, besides, the wax' will not .fch and hold dust and dirt as the jap would. Keeping the feet warm and dry will aid in making the clucks red. Cold feet will bleach out the skin and bring color to the wrong place, namely the nose. A glass of hot water before breakfast is a cleanser and tonic for the entire system. For an oily, greasy skin, squeeze half a lemon into the water, drink without adding sugar. Spirits of camphor dries up fever blisters when they are just commencing. It Is well, however, to cover tho lipd lightly with grear-e, to keep the camphor from irritating the sunvundIng flesh. Warts and wens are sometimes cured by rubbing them two or thr.'e times

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daily with an Irish potato. Cut off one end of the potato and rub the tumor with the pared surface. After each operation remove a slice of the potato. If the cuticle about your nails seems tough and there is a tendency to "hang nails," rub In a little vaseline or cold cream every night before retiring. Soon you will see n marked improvement in the condition of the nails. The worried housekeeper should go out on the veranda for a few moments, take several full breaths of fresh air, shake the stiffness from fingers, wrists, elbows and all other Joints of the body, stretch, yawn, smile and laugh If possible a good, deep, muscular laugh. Take Pens! mlstlo View. Prof. Hagerty, of the University of Ohio, said at the meeting of the Sociological Society In Washington recently that educated women did not marry as early in life as women used to, that they had fewer children and the offspring are not as strong. Tho State has taken care of the education of the child, the kitchen is practically the only survival of the old industrial aspect of the home, children being thus relieved of household duties. The result, along with the tendency to live in boarding houses and flats, tends to destroy the solidarity of the home without any apparent advantage. Charmlne Combing Jacket. Itather longer in the body than the usual run of such garments is this fascinating combing Jacket, ( made from embroidered crepe de chine. There is no trimming save two silk frogs for closing purposes. China sllk.vchallls or silk muslin with lining, would also serve for this piece of daintiness. Sardou'a Opinio of Women. "I hav'j the highest opinion of the fair sex. I consider women superior to men in almost everything ; they possess the intuitive faculty to an extraordinary degree, and may almost always be trusted to do the right thing In the right place. They are full of noble Instincts, and, though heavily handicapped by fate, come well out of every ordeal. You have but to turn to history to realize the truth of what I say." The Strand Magazine. lie Tattoos a llluah. A Scotchman is now in this country visiting some of the cities, his stock In trade being the apparatus with which ho tattoes a blush upon the face of the society woman, no matter how faded her cheeks may be. Tattooing Is said to be quite a fad this winter, not only in the cheeks of women, but for men as well. In Our Own Kltehena. Mrs. Ellen II. Richards, one of the best-known civic workers in Boston, sayä that she believes that nine-tenths of all human Illnesses are caused by food that is eaten and six-tenths are caused by unclean food. And she says that 73 per cent of the contamination Is caused in our own kitchens. Homemade Clothes Ha user. Excellent shirt waist and coat hangers can be made by cutting small barrel hoops in two. Half-barrel hoops are the best Wrap the hoop with cambric and fasten in the center of same a loop or wire to hang it up with. The advantage of these over the wire ones is that they do not crease the garments. To Pollah a Piano. Wring a cloth out of warm water as dry as you can, then sprinkle a little paraffin on it. Kub lightly on the case of the piano with cloth, only wetting a small piece at a time, then poMsli Immediately with a soft, dry duster. This method produces a brilliant polish and Is quite safe. Men the Goaalpa. Lillian Devereaux Blake says that the gossips of the country are the men. and not the women. She thinks the men, on the whole, nre pretty good fellows, but they do not constitute the silent sex by any means, and says they accuse the women of gossiping to cover up their own transgressions. Grease on Wall. To remove grease spots from wall paper sprinkle baking soda over blotting' paper, place over the spot and press ar moderately warm Irdn against it for a few minutes. The blotting paper will absorb the grease and the paIer on th-i wall will le free from spots. A Snrrplng Hint. A square of house flannel of the stoutest and coarsest description made Into a bag. and put over the broom Is the best means of sweeping boards or linoleum. When slightly dampened It takes up instead of scattering the dust. Sucre In TJunlneaa. "Woman certainly is havln a big success of it In business," said Farmer Cornsllk. "Here's another o' them sopehagenarian millionaires makln his 1S-year-old typewriter gal his partner." Kor Chi Itila I ufi. Wash your feet in water that potatoes with jackets on have been boiled in and your chilblains will disappear at once. ("leniiliitf XVI ii I MTB. Bub window panes well with hot, sharp vinegar to remove paint. This has been tcstctf.

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Both Houses Gain in Activity During Days Just Prior to Adjournment. MANY GOOD MEASURES ENACTED List of Proposed Legislation Killed or Indefinitely Postponed Is Long. Indianapolis correspondence: A careful review of the work of the Legislature will show that not so much of value has been accomplished as had been hoped for. The Legislature did a few good things, did some bad ones, and neglected some so-called business that did not merit attention, and much real business that did. The record is thus largely negative. The situation was, perhaps, complicated by the fact that the two houses differed in polllies, and by the further fact that there was more than the ordinary number of new and untried men. The record, taken as a whole, is not so bad as it niisbt have been. When we think of the way In which business was conducted, of the time wasted, of the rush of the closing hours, we must all wonder how anything worth while could have been done. The base ball bill and the temperance legislation which never came to anything occupied much time. Nevertheless some wise laws were passed. The school book law Is one of t'iem. The greatest reform measure Is thi uniform accounting bill, which was passed in the form originally proposed. Under it the Governor will Save a supervisory power over local officers. We shall have a publicity that we have not known, and a real inspection of accounts. Another law Is that remodeling the Indianapolis Common Council, which is henceforth to consist of nine instead of twenty-one members. Generally speaking it appears that the Legislature had some appreciation of the need for economy, the Governor's urgent appeals apparently having had seme effect At any rate the appropriation bills were brought within limits? which the Governor thought to be safe. But the greatest service of the Legislature, perhaps, is to be looked for in the things that.lt did Lot do. Early In the session the Legislature enacted, over the veto of Governor Hanlj two fee bills. The House of Representatives voted to repeal these laws. The Senate refused to concur, and so the In-and-out fees of the sheriff, nnd the transcript and other fees of the clerk, continue in force. Lobby Preaaare Great It is many years since a session of the Legislature was subjected to such strong pressure as this ore to have legislation enacted for special interests. The members were lobbied Dearly to death. It was fortunate that the lobbies did not accomplish more in the way of bad legislation than they did. For the first several weeks it was the liquor lobby and the various court lobbies that made life a burden for the Representatives. The llquorites were demanding the repeal of the county local option law, and they were so persistent and active that they were able to tie up the House completely and BIQ WIND HITS "POCKET Fonff County and Gallittln County, IU., S offer In Tornadle Gale. A terrific windstorm, approaching the severity of a cyclone, swept over Gallatin County, Illinois, and Posey County, Indiana, early Tuesday morning, leaving destruction in its wake. Barns were blown over and bouses demolished. The damage done iri Posey County is conservatively estimated at $10.000 and in Gallatin County at $10.000. The cyclone struck the Indiana side of the Wabash Kiver at Winkler's ferry, near New Harmony, but no deaths or serious injuries resulted. The southern part of Illinois near the mouth of the Wabash River suffered most from the storm. A number of barns and other outbuildings were dertroyed and eight farmhouses were badly damaged. A strip of valuable timber about six miles long and one-half mile wide was laid low. Cornelius Thomas, a farmer, was the largest loser, every building on his farm being razed to the groun. Farmers in the northern part of Tosey County were heavy lot-ers. The borne of Ed Girr, valued at $1,000, was demolished. The country has been known im the "hurricAie neighborhood." Expensive Victory. "Did you get the better of that argument you had with your wife . last night?" "Oh. yes. But it was a sort of ryrrhlc victory. 'IIov was that?' "It cost me a set of furs. Birmingham Age-Herald. Who Deaervea (he Sympalhr? A fellow doesn't always know where to place his sympathy. A Massachusetts man with fifty children was arrested for nonsupiort of recently arrived twins. Toledo Blade. A Sameneaa Noticeable. Patience I see it is said that the ITnitcd States has the greatest variety of jKstage stamps. Patrice And yet they all seem to taste the same. Yonkers Statesman. An Overaisht. "Something wrong with this rural rlay." "What's the trouble?' 'The heroine doesn't seem to have a 'guardeen.' Birmingham Age-Herald. A Slnlwter Saep;eatloa. Patron Why is it that some of the faces you send out from your studio are so very bad? Photographer It may bo, sir, because my plates are sensitive. Baltimore American. The Vnlne of Hooks. A young girl once asked Mark Twain If ho liked books for Christmas gifts. "Well, that depends," drawled tho preat humorist. "If a book has a leather cover it is really valuable as a razor strop. If it is n brief, concise work, Fuch as the French write. It Is useful to put wider the .short 'eg f a wabbly 'table. An old-fashioned ! ;k with a clasp can't be beat as a missile lo hurl at a d and a large book, ria a geography, is as good as a piece of tin to nail over a broken pane of glass."

prevent the doing; of anything good natu the Tomlinson repeal bill was passed by that body. Finally the Tomlinson bill went to the Senate, and wiih it went the liquor lobby, and from that time on it had the Senate tied up so that It could not have done any good work if it had wished to until it disposed of the Tomlinson bill. The liquor lobby was Just as active as ever, but it had a harder Job in the Senate. And there the bill was killed. This resulted In no liquor legislation of any kind being enacted, even the bill to legalize the sale of near-leer" In dry territory failing to get through. The coart lobby, by Joining hands with the brewery lobby, had little difficulty in forcing the court bill through the House and bills were passed creating five new courts, which would cost the people not less than $7,000 a year each. The bills went to the Governor, and he. knowing that the State's financial condition was deplorable and that strict economy was necessary in order to keep the State treasury from becoming bankrupt, promptly vetoed four of them, all In a bunch, signing only one which he believed to be meritorious. It was about this time that Governor Marshall sent a message to the Legislature showing that the State was on the very verge of an empty treasury, and that unless the Legislature ceased spending money there would be a large deficit. This seemed to awaken the House ad set it to thinking, for from that time forward It exercised the greatest care In selecting bills for passage. But the most persistent lobby of all was that of the county officers who came to prevent the passage of the merchants' p-ibllc accounting bill. Then there was the Schoolbook lobby and also the public utilities lobby. The book lobby was a powerful one, and It was assembled from all over the country by the Schoolbook combine for the purpose of ousting the present uniform system of text-books in this State. The public utility corporations undertook to enact a law creating a public utility commission that would have placed the people at the mercy of the corporations. But tbe schoolbook bill and the public utility bill were killed, neither one ever coming to a vote. All of these powerful lobbies were at work mstantly In the two branches of the Legislature. Make Good 1'inUh. Tbe last few weeks of the session produced good results. Several very meritorious laws were enacted, among them being the public accounting law; the law to prevent tbe pollution of streams In the State; the merchants bill requiring justice courts and city courts to keep a complete record of their cases and collections of fines and forfeitures; the bill directed against the professional Jurymen; the bill to regulate loan sharks' loans on wages, and many others of merit. The most Important law of the entire number Is the public accounting law, and It is believed to be certain to show itself to be such within the next two -years. There were seven reform measures proposed In the platform of the merchants nnd all of them should have been enacted, instead of only two, as was the case. But even this is regarded as a good start toward reform in public business, the longest step toward real reform that has been taken in the State in many years. On tbe other hand, many bad bills were killed. Among them was a. Schoolbook bill, the public utility bill, the many court bills, the employers' liabilty bill, the child labor bi!i, which was made into an undesirable measure in the Senate.

A Queer Tracllce. A queer practice which is general throughout all the tribes of Australia is the ribbing of the skin. When the children are still young long cuts are made across the chest, down the uppor arm and leg and even across tbe back, and ribs. While the wound Is quite fresh the cut is opened and a mhtture of mud Is grafted in. the skin being pulled as far as possible over it. The skin eventually grows completely round the mud filling and forms ridges varying in length and size from an ordinary lead pencil to the thickness of a man's little finger and extending from armpit to armpit. I am Informed that while the healing prrcess is going on the pain is exquisite, but the result seems to satisfy all parties concerned. Loudon Standard. Brnfal Dor. Office Boy Are you goln to work here right along? New Stenog As soon as tbe boss wife looks me over. She's a Jealous cat Office Boy You'll keep your Job, all right. Cleveland Leader. Accounted For. Sunday School Teacher Now, Johnny, what was the miracle of the Ior.ves and fishes? Johnny The fish became as big as the men who caught them said they were. New York Sun. ODDS AND ENDS. England and Wales have threequarters(of a million paupers. In Great Britain 'there are nearly two million trades unionists. A ton of dead sea water will yield 187 pounds of salt when evaporated. There are 200,000,000 copies of the Bible scattered throughout the world. Argentina has 245,(00,000 acres' of unoccupied laud which is suitable for cattle grazing. iu Braddan Churchyard, on the Isle of Man, Bishop Stratou pretched to l.",C00 visitors, the overreaching tree forming a vast natural cathedral. Tho gross earnings of the Tckl street railways are from $,000 to $8,000 a day, and probably reach $15,000 a day when the flower season boglns. The plngulcula is a plant which Is a natural ßy-paier. Its leaves are constantly covered with a sticky substance that traps all insects alighting tberven. According to the records of the Internal Bevenue Department, last month New York City drank fermented liquors enough to give each Inhabitant nearly three quarts. An improved aiming device for heavy guns makes It possible to keep the weapon trained ou a moving target continuously without regard to the rollii:g of the vessel. All the rivers of Italy were frozen over durh'g the v, Inter of It was ' ci'id it. IVrn.iark that the wolres could not stay there In 1103, and tbej crc-iscd to Jutland on the Ice.