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CHAPTER I. (Continued) Her mourning was accounted for by the recent death of her father. He had been a well-known politician and legal light in Montreal, and, like so many of his kind, after living In careless ease, had died, leaving but a pittance for his beirs. In this case Miss Thome had been the only sufferer, as her mother was long since dead and her brothers well established in professions. The captain had also heard rumors that the man to whom she had been engaged had behaved badly, and backed out when he had found how small her means were to be. "Hound V "Well, yes. It was a mean trick to play a girl." "Where was she going to now?" The captain rather thought that she was going to Paris, where she had studied painting before the marriage of an elder sister had made her presence at home necessary. These were the facts elicited by Stewart and present in his mind now, a he sat in the usual corner, amongst the group around the tea things. The short day was darkening in the early twilight of those all but Arctic regions. The ship rolled in long weary heaves, as though tired by her week's battle with wind and waves. The teapot and milk jug required to be each barricaded into their own separate corner of the fiddles, while biscuit plate and sugar bowl slid harmlessly from side to side. Charlie Hudson had just made a rather late appearance, which was explained by the resplendent pink-and-white frosted cake he carries. "There, Miss Thorne V he said, triumphantly. "You see 1 was not going to be done out of my Christmas cake. Wake op, you fellows ! Don't you know that it's Christmas eve?" 1 hardly perceive a motive for wakefulness in that loudly proclaimed fict. I should rather consider it an incentive to 'a little more sleep, and a little more slumber," ,was Stewart's languid retort, while Captain Kerr put the question : "Where did you secure that booty, youngster? I trust that you have not been plundering the galley? "A small but judicious donation to the cook, my friend. I was not going to be done out of my Christmas cake. Miss Thorne, allow me to present a humble offering at the shrine of friendship," and with a low bow, he placed in front of the girl the cake, on which in pink letters ran the words, "A Happy Christmas. As Miss Ihorne looked up at him with a silent smil the youth was seized with terrible misgivings that his friendly action might bring about the awesome effect of a burst of tears. Captain Kerr also fluttered nervously under the same dread. Stewart alono guessed that that pathetic surface smile had as little to do with any emotion a the wan sun that had flickered through the clouds at noon had to do with any o mother earth's kindly warmth. "I would give a fiver to know how thät girl spent last Christmas Day," was what he thought. 'What he said was : "He,re is a knife to cut it with, O gentle president of our bumble feasf. After all, the boy does occasionally have a happy inspiration. Give me a large slice, please, and I will try to revive some of the lost joys of my youth. It may make me feel young. It most probably will make me feel twice my usual age through the pangs of indigestion. Meanwhile young Hudson had edgeJ himself on to the seat on the sofa next to Miss Thorne'8 corne. "You don't know where I have been." he said, confidentially. Down into the steerage to buy a Christmas tree, or rather to hire it, for some of the men are taking them home to their families, which will b: a li tie too late for the fair. At any rate, I have secured one 'for this occasion only.' "Whatever are you going to do with a Christmas tree?" his listener asked in surprise. "Have a party, to be sure, and try to get the ghost of a smile out of those two goblin ancient mariner children. I warn you, all of you, that if I don't have some species of entertainment to-morrow you will have me committing suicide, and leaving a demned, damp, moist, unpleasant body on your hands." "Bodies are easily disposed of at sea," was Stewart's laconic comment. "Well but to business," Hudson weut on. "I have the tree in an empty cabin next to mine. The head steward say? that after dinner we may put it on tinend of that far table and decorate it tonight, and that he will screen it off with a nag. and it can be all ready for tomorrow's dinner table. "Dinner table l It's to be a public affair, and you contemplate the bestowal of gifts on all the smoking room? So mud, for the courage of youth ! And where arc these same gifts to come from?" "Gently, my friend! One thing at a time!" rejoined Hudson, patting Stewart on the back. "The public element is eas ily managed. Every one at the saloon table will be asked to contribute one gift, so that there will be a present foeach person. These will be marked wit! numbers, duplicates of which will b drawn. Besides these, any personal gift can be marked by name, such as toys for the children. The steward has promised me fruit and sweets for ornamental purposes, but I don't see any way to the toys. Do you think" with an insinuat Ing appeal to Miss Thorne "that you could help me to make two dolls thi evening?" "Dolls !" the two men listeners simultaneously exclaimed. The lady stared a: him for an instant, then, breaking into a laugh with a reckless echo, while there came a flash into her eyes and a bright pink spot on each cheek, she said : "O, yes; why not? All you ask Is to make a happy Christmas to order, lik the cake; and dolls in the mid-Atlantir without materials. One task seems equally feasible with the other, so whj should we not attempt them both? Le: me see. The doctor caa surely furnish r supply of cotton wool sufficient for theinternal economy of each doll. I think that I have some old white kid gloves which will make their heads and arms. You must go and beg for some rope yan for hair, and see if any of the officer.can lend you water-colors with which t do their faces." "I can supply the paints," put in Captain Kerr, beginning to be interested. "Meat's rijht. And now for the attire," Miss Thorne went on. 'I have a red and green silk muffler," said Charlie Hudson, whose gorgeous attire had been a standing joke against him in his "tendorfoot" oays. "Oh, it's a pity to use it. I dare say that I can find some scraps," and MisThome hurried off to her cabin to rummage, while Captain Kerr started preparations for making cardboard furniture, and young Hudson went in seach of tho required materials. "Plucky girl!' commented Stewart to himself. "She is going to brave out in the right fashion this beastly Christmas time, which seems to have been invented M the last straw to suffering humanity.

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of Hearts o o O O o O O o o o o o o o o JOHN Leslie Publishing House o Half an hour ago it was just a toss-up whether she took it in that way or broke down altogether." , That evening the little group toiled with many jests over their self-imposed task. Gay bursts of laughter greeted the ever-increasing ghastliness of the dolls, with faces painted by Mr. Stewart, wild mops of tow hair manufactured by Charlie Hudson, and garments deftly sewn together by Miss Thorne. As the darkness of Christmas Eve gathered over sea and sky, the stars looked down on many an incongruous sight, but on few more original merrymakiugs than on that little group in the saloon of the St. Lawrence as she ploughed her slow way through the long sweep of the Atlantic rollers. CHAPTER II. Christmas morning dawned with a wan and watery sunshine over the troubled waste of waters. The first "motif' of the day was, of course, "tips" tips here, there, and everywhere, and the real and simulated cheerfulness which they entailed on recipient and bestower. It was in anticipation of these that the breakiast table had been matte bright with English holly and mistletoe. Miss Thorne was the last to take her place at thfc captaiVs table, and on her appearance there was almost a demonstration. Friendly were the hands stretched out; and hearty were the oices that sounded in "Merry Christmas!" It would have been a bit of an ordeal to any solitary girl in mid-Atlantic, let alone to one whose black dress signified a new-made grave across the road that lay between her and last Christmas. But Miss Thorne gave no sign of finding it so. With smiling eyes and lips, and with deeply flushed cheeks, she was transformed into a urilliant woman, and even the bagmen gazed in open admiration as she stood, steadying herself with one band on the back of her cuair, against the pitching of the vessel, while with the other she tried to meet the outstretched hands. "Happy Christmas to you all ! A hundred happy Christmases, if you will only let me sit down first and shake hands afterwards! Captain, please tell them to sit down." "To your seats, gentlemen," the captain sonorously proclaimed in his broad Lancashire. "Here. Miss Thorne, come under my protection" turning her chair towards her. "People must have their oatmeal porridge and bacon. Christmas Day or not, mustn't they?'' MA NT JESTS ON THEIR "I'm sure that it's only out of flattery to you that Miss Thorne takes oatmeal porridge at all, captain," Charlie Hudson audaciously announced. "Miss Thorne is far too sensible a girl for that," was the captain's answer, as he bestowed a friendly pat upon her arm. In his honest heart was a warm sympathy with the girl, and his eye had grown dim as he watched the tall, black figure making its way down the saloon, and had thought of his own hearty girls at home. But no friendly greeting or gesture brought a shadow of softness to those grey eyes that morning. Brightly she discussed the topics of the day, which exist in whatever isolation. The various difficulties of the toys of last evening's manufacture; the position of the tree, and the hour of its unveiling; the chances of dry decks and an hour's constitutional; the probable amount of the day's run were discussed with all the zest ever given on shore to the morning's post and newspaper. It was an hour or so after breakfast, and Miss Thorne was in the saloon, busy " . her last stitches in one of the . . Mr. Stewart, looking very bristling in his long bear-skin coat and overbanging cap, appeared, making his way towards her. "It's something that might almost be said to approach to a fine day," be announced. "There is a species of sunshine going on, and the decks are quite dry. 1 have some bearskins in a sunny corner by one of the skylights, and I'm sure that if you were to wrap yourself up well, you might sit on deck for a time. You have not had a breath of fresh air for three days except in the companion way.'" "Do you think that it Is really worth the trouble?" she asked in an impersonal fashion, and then seeing in his insistent attitude that he did, and apparently too indifferent to argue the point, she yielded, 'iii, well, I dare say that it might freshen one up a little bit. I seem to have forgotten that fresh air and sunshine existed. I have grown so used to this," she said, with a glance around th cheerless saloon. When she reappeared she was wrapped in handsome sealskin coat and cap the dark richness of which brought out the lights and shades of the red-brown hair, and the delicate skin tinting, and altogether dispersed the haggard effect wrought by austerity of the dull black dress which she had been wearing. Seated on one bearskin and covered by another, she was well protected in a sunny corner. Blinking from the bewildering effect of light and space, she looked up to the thin clouds drifting over the pale blue sky, to the wuite gulls that swept in clamoring circles around the vessel, and crowded in her wake. The grey space of sea was streaked with blue-green pakhes of color where the sunshine reached it through clouds. Compared to the surroundings of the past week, there was a certain modified cheerfulness in the scene, but there was no friendly greeting to sea or sky in the grey eyes whose glance wandered over them. Their old charm to hearten and soothe was gone, anu they were merely part of that world which her whole nature was strung up. to stand at bay. Mr. Stewart h:d ensconced at her side and tfcey were practically alone, a noisy group being absorbed in shuffle-board at the other end of the deck, (To be continued.)

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STORIES ABOUT SEALS.

How a Voons One Warn Made a Pet and Aflprnnrilx Ilnti A way. Some people think that a seal has no iiiteHigpiioe. but a writer in Our Little Ones tells the story of a seal winch was found by a man who was out fishing, and that later proved to be quite wise In its way. The seal was a youns one, and the man found it fast asleep uion a dock, and gently lifted it into his canoe. The poor thing cried to get back into the water, but its captor wanted it, and so he carried it home, feil and petted it until It became quite tame and would go about the Louse like a little dog. Indeed, after a few weeks It grew so fond of its new home that it would not; stay away from the house more than an hour at a time. When ,'t was let out of doors it would go to the rocks beside the sea for the family lived near the seaside and would slide down into the water and dive about for a while, catching fish. Then it would .w back and climb up on the porch and lie there and cry to be let In. Put one d.y he went out to get his dinner in tli? sa and that was the last ever seen oi" lim. It was Lolieved that he followed the tide far out into the ocean, and there met some of his old playmates, who persuaded hlui to stay with them. Another story is told of a seal that resented an intrusion avd whipped a monkey. This was a seal that belonged to a traveling show. After feeding the monkeys one day the keeper carelessly left the door of their cage open and in a minute they were out and swarming all over the menagerie. After an hour's hard chasing the keepers got the monkeys together again, all except Jocko, who would hang by his tail and gr'n just out of the keepers reach. At last they succeded in cornering him, and in desperation he leaped to the cage over the seals, at the top of which was the opening through which the seals were fed. Finding his pursuers closely upon him. he Jumped Into the cage and down upon the seals' platform. The big performing seal resented the intrusion and proceeded to catch the monkey, now thoroughly frightened, between the huge llipiers, alternately slapping and biting iiiiu. The teeth of the thoroughly sulnlued monkey did not stop chattering for half an hour after he had been rescued from his plight Rrlffht as the Fire. When Crewe Hall was burning, the late Lord Crewe, father of the preeent earl, displayed a humorous equanimity which St. James' Budget deems worthy of preservation in print. When the historic mansion, with Its works of art, rare manuscripts, armor n.id other treasures, was blazing away. Lord Crewe ordered a footman to place a table on the lawn and bring him an Inkstand and some teiegraph forms, lie then sat down rud composedly SELF-IMfOSEI TASK wrote this teiegram to Street, the Royal Academician: "Dear Street. Crewe is burning; come and build it up again." To his sister he sent another message by wire: "You always used to say this was a cold house; you wouldn't say so If you could see it now." Men Who Cheat Themselves. I have known employes actually to work harder iu scheming, shirking, trying to keep from working hard in the Iierformance of their duties, says Orlsou Swett Marden in 'Success Maga zine," than they would have worked If they had tried to do their best, and had given the largest, the most liberal service jossible to their employers. The hardest work in the world Is that which is grudgingly done. The youth who is always haggling over the question of how many dollars and cents, he will sell his services fir little realizes how he is cheating Ilmself by not looking at the larger salary he can pay himself in Increasing his skill, in expanding his experience, and In making himself a better, stronger, more useful marAs Other See U. "You can talk as much as you please about the Inferiority of women," said Mlggles o a group of friends, "but there are lots of them that can discount any of us for brains. Take my wife, for instance. She's got twice as much sense as I have and I'm not osliained to acknowledge It." "Say, Mlggles," queried one of the bunch, "don't you think that is putting a rather low estimate on your wife's intellectual iowers?" Another Dnnko. Tall Bohemian Poor old Tenner was stung again. He saw an ad in a literary magazine that stated for $1 they would tell him how to make his poems absorbing. Short Bohemian And what was the answer? Tall Bohemian Why, they advised him to write them on blotters. Snfetr in Flltfbt. "I understand you have invented an airship that won't tip over." "That is my belief," replied the cautious inventor. "At least it won't tip over while on the ground, and it li.isift Ix'en anywhere else yet." Philadelphia Ledger. . Alvrnyn 1'resent, 'What is the 'great American palm, pa?" asked Tommy, as he glanced over the catalogue of a horticultural show. "The great American palm, my son, responded his father, who was a traveling man, "belongs to the head waiter." You won't allow me to do one single thing I want to! If It goes on thU way I shall go back to papa !" "I will allow you to do that." Fliegende Blatter. Some of the better grades of Mediterranean coral sell at wholesale In tht crude state as high as $200 per pouad.

The Woman "Wko Vnderstand. Somewhere she waits to make you win, your soul in her Arm white hands Somewhere the gods have made for you the Woman Who Understands! As the tide went out she found him Lashed to a spar of Despair, The wreck of his Ship around him The wreck of his Dreams In the air; Found him and loved him and gathered The soul of him close to her heart The soul that had sailed an uncharted sea. The soul that had sought to win and be free The soul of which she was part! And there in the dusk she cried to the man, "Win your battle you can, you can!" Broken by Fate, unrelenting. Scarred by the lashings of Chance; Bitter his heart unrepent'ng Hardened by C'rcumstmce; Shadowed by Failure evor. Cursing, he would have died. But the touch of her hand, her warm, strong hand. And her love of his soul took full command. Just at the turn of the tide! Standing beside him, filled -with trust, Win!" she whispered, "you must, you must!" Helping and loving and guiding, Urging, when that were best, Holding her fears in hiding Deep in her quiet breast; This Is the woman who kept him True to his standards lost,. When, tossed In the storm and stress of strife. He thought himself through with the game of life ' And reads' to pay the cost Watching and guarding, whispering Still. "Win! You can and you will, you will!" This is the story of ages. This Is the woman's way; TYiser than seers or sages. Lifting us, day by day; Facing all things with a courage Nothing can daunt or dim. Treading: Life's path, wherever it leads Lined with flowers or choked with weeds, Bui ever with him with him! Guidon comrade golden spur The men who win are helped by her! Somewhere she waits, strong in belief, your soul in her firm white hands; Thank well the gods when she comes to you the Woman Who Understands! Cincinnati Times-Star. $ids ma ' fimck The princess costume is a feature of the season. Never were linen suits more popu lar than now. The pointed waistline 13 a novelty after the straight cross effects of the empire cut. Stripes are not as wide as they were last year in men's shirtings; nor aie they as fancy. Among the materials used for bathing suits are mohair, fine serge, taffeta and silk serge. Some of the newest and smartest of skirt and coat costumes are being made without sleeves. The princess, both fitting and seraifltt.'ng, the directoire and the empire, are all holding their own. The apron front, the successor cf the panel, is much employed, and is usually elaborately trimmed. In order to look well it Is nec333iry that the arrangement of the hair should harmonize with the style of the gown. A great many collarless gowns and waists are daily appearing and the collar hand Is becoming more and more f-carce. Many of the sleeves are trimmed with bands of different material, the trimming having the appropriate uamo of bracelet bands. Dangles and beads and fringes cf silk and leather were never so popu lar as .at the present moment among tho leather girdles and shopping bags Color embroidery on white, black, cream and ecru will be much used, as well as white on color. Most of the embroidery seen now in the shops is machine made. The newest wash scarf for men has the initial of the wearer embroidered on it in a similar pattern to that on the inl!:al handkerchiefs which are to be carried with the scarf when worn Split End of Hair. It is essential ror me proper growth of the hair that the split ends should be clipped off with the scissors The easiest way to do ihis is to sep arate the hair into strands, going to work at it systematically, beginning at the front on one side and taking one strand after another around to the front of the other side. Twist each strand tightly and the hairs of different length will stand out so that they may be easily clipped. This is better than singeing the hair by means of lighted tapers passed quickly along the strand, so that the hairs which stand out will be burned off. Unless this is done by one who is an expert the other hairs will become burned and the hair will become uneven. When Eating. One should not eat too quickly, should well masticate the food before it is swallowed and not overload the stomach with large quantities of food. Highly seasoned dishe3 and ice-cold drink3 irritate the stomach and may produce a catarrhal condition. Iced water and eating too fast are the two chief causes of the so-callsd "American dyspepsia." Tea and coffee taken in excesa can also give rise to chronic gastric catarrh. Importance of Good Teeth. In an address delivered before the Manchester and Salford Sanitary Association, II. W. Norman stated that during tha war In South Africa It was found necessary to send back 3,000 oldlera who were unable to bear the rigors of th carcpalgn solely on ac-

count of the. condition of their teeth. They were not able to chew "bully" beef and hardtack. Teeth seem to have deteriorated, judging by a comparison of the dental apparatus of the modern young person with that of his ancestors skull in anthropological museum J.

Latest In Traveling- ult. Unglazed French linens gain in popularity for traveling. No other fabric comes from the laundry ..with such a delightful crisp brand-new appearance as does the unglazed linen. It is made in all the new and delicate shades as well as the deep, rich tones so popular Just now. This up-to-date girl wears a semi-fitting traveling suit

MODISH CALLING COSTUME.

A stunning costume in unique fashIon, made from a lovely shade of mode chlh'on satin. For trimming and under bodice are dotted cream satin, the dot exactly matching the mode satin. Round yoke and stock are Irish crocheted lace. Note the clever Joining of deep flounce to upper part of gown the narrow pointed tuck suggesting a tunic frcnt. v Pointed of blue, made necessary to complete the artistic effect. The hat is one of roiigh butter-colored straw, trimmed with black velvet ribbon, a single large rose in the soft colorings of the suit, and a long sweeping aigret in black. II ott to Land a Husband. An Atchison family of three girls, all of them equally attractive, had a curiosity to know the best method of landing a husband, and agreed to make an experiment. One of them learned to cook and was a domestic sort of girl. Another learned shorthand and got a position in a downtown office. The third devoted all her attention to society, v If we were writing a story we would marry off the girl who could cook within three months; but, alas, the facts are different. The society girl has landed a wealthy man; the stenographer has another nibbling, but the real heroine, the one who can make light biscuits, cook a beefsteak and boll a soup bone, has attracted no attention whatever. Atchison Globe. Hugh Cains, the Boston sculptor, declares that women's figures have been ruined In devotion to fashion. Dean LIda King of the Women's College at Brown University declares that men make the best teachers. The Suffragette drum and fife band, said to be the first such band entirely composed of women, has made its appearance in London. Italian wo.aen may not engage in any industrial pursuit which occupies ipir time at night. Males under ar3 of age are also barred from .light work. Mis3 Delpha Robinson of Loogootee, Ind., a graduate of the law school of Indiana, has been appointed deputy prosecuting attorney for western Martin County. A married woman In Louisiana does not own her own clothes. Judge W. W. Ferguson rointed out this among other legal Inequalities in an address given before Lie Era Club of New Orleans. Mrs. Radford of New Orleans, "87

years young," has been superintendent of the Chinese mission in that city for twenty-three years. The mission carries on a Sunday school and Monday evening classes. Mrs. John Hay, widow of the former secretary of state, is said to be one of the stateliest dames in Washington and her entertainments of such exclusive kind that it is considered a great honor to be asked to them. At her afternoon teas Mrs. Taft serves sandwiches Instead of cake, and the table is In the red room. About twenty-five guests are asked each day to take tea with Mrs. Taft, the Invitations being over the telephone. When a young girl entered a pawnbroker's shop in Leipzig with fourteen rings she was suspected and detained. Inquiries proved that she was the rightful v owner and that the rings were souvenirs of fourteen fiances.

Health and Beauty Hints. When a disinfectant is quickly needed put carbolic acid in boiling water and set in the room. When burned with hot grease, apply flour (not water) to the wound and it will not leave a scar. The best grade of borax makes a good dentifrice and also purifies the mouth. It should be mixed with chalk. Any of the mentholated fluids and salves are excellent to use in cases of summer cold or hay fever. They quickly open the nasal passages and also clear the throat. For a tired head after a trying day, nothing is more restful than a cloth saturated in this toilet water and laid wross the temples: Lavender water, one quart; rosewater, five ounces; acetic acid, one-half ounce. Don't rush immediately into the air after a hot bath, both for the sake of your skin and to prevent colds. Dashing with water as cold as you can straps corresponding to those on skirt are used to attach jumper blouse to bodice under arms. Worn with this charming costume 13 a hat of Neapolitan straw, the crown encircled by a wreath of blue forget-me-nots, below which is another wreath of pink roses. TIe3 of velvet ribbon matching the roses cross under the chin and fall over shoulders. stmd it will make an early outdoor trip safe after the pores are opened by the hot water. Children playing barefooted on the lawn are often bothered with the litt chiggers. A girl says that by im mediately applying gasoline to the bite the insect is instantly killed. It bur rows Into the skin. Children are es pecially bothered with them when camping. Woman's Way. To clean the house The woman begins. And dad expects To bark his shins Upon a rocking chair; When up to his room lie starts to grope, . lie's bound to trip Upon the soap She's left upon the stair. For it is woman's Way, I ween. When home she's Started in to clean. The paths man has to tread. To barricade In manner grim, And make it hazardous For him To Journey up to bed. Detroit Free Press. Hint (or the Lanndreit. When starching black sateen under skirts, aprons, etc., put strong coffei in the starch and the starch will nol show white on the black goods. Foi blue things put in blueing. To keej lumps out of starch, strain the drj starch through a strainer and it wil save a great many lumps getting in the starch while cooking. Swet I n norriicr. "When we are married," she cooed "I shall keep you In love with me al ways. I know the way." "And whal Is your recipe, dear?" he asked, draw ing her closer. "I shall spend heapt rind heaps of money on nice dresse !id always look as pretty as I can. Cleveland Leader. The Day of Rent. Carrie's sister May, 6 years of ace on being asked why the Sabbath daj was different from the other days it the week, answered very carelessly: "Oh, that's the day you pin things on 'stead of sewing." The Delineator. Falne Hair from China. Much of the false hair worn bj women in this country comes from China, according to a recent consulai report.

Old Favorites

The Old Granite State. have come from the mountains of the old Granite State, Where the hills are so lofty, magnifi cent and great; I have left kindred spirits In the land of the blest When I bade them adieu for the far distan. West Oh! thy mountains. Oh! thy valleys. In my old native State. Oh, thy hills and thy valleys are sa cred to me. No matter what In lands of others I may see. I may view scenes as sunny, as fair and as smooth. Then 111 think of my cottage that stands in the grove; Oh! my childhood. Oh! that home stead, in my own native State, When I think of the fair one who once was my pride. As she roved among the mountains so close to my Bide, Then I sigh for the days that will never come back. For she sleeps on the shore of the bold Merrimac. Oh! that loved one. Oh! that graveyard in my own native State. A moth-r dear I've lost; she's gone to the grave; She was the dearest blesclng that God ever crave. Now I go to the spot where buried la the loved. And I -eem to hear her singing with the angels above. Oh! my mother; I bless her ashes. In my own native StateBallad Stansas. I knew by the smoke that so gracefully curl'd Above the green elms that a cottage was near. And I said, "If there's peace to be 1 found in the world, A heart that was humble might hope for it here!" It was noon, and on flowers that languish'd around In silence reposed the voluptuous bee; ,' Every leaf was at rest, and I heard not a sound But the woodpecker tapping the hol low beech tree. And "Here in this lone little wood." 1 exclalm'd, "With a maid who was lovely to soul and to eye. Who would blush when I praised her, ar.l weep If I blamed. i How blest could I live, and how calm could I die! "By the shade of yon sumach, whose ' red berry dipr In the gush of the fountain, how sweet to recline. And to know that I slgh'd upon Inno cent Hps, Which had never been slgh'd on by any but mine!" Thomas Moore. FARMING FOR SOLDIERS. Means Adopted In Rnnala to In crease the Empire's Harvest The Russian government Is about to try to Increase the harvests of the empire Dy two novel means, says a St. Petersburg letter to the New York Sun. They are to teach improved methods of farming to the soldiers in the army, which absorbs about 500,000 young men as conscripts each year, and to Induce the village priesta to persuade the peasants to forego about a third of the ninety-three holy days in the year which the church recognizes, thus giving them more time to cultivate their farms. The grafting of agricultural teaching on the soldiers' professional Instruction is a matter of significance. Evidently the government has pondered the saying of Prussia's great Field Marshal von Moltke: "If German farming is let go to ruin then the German empire goes to ruin, and that, too, without a shot being fired!" Russia's army In Its rank and file 13 almost wholly made up of the sons of peasants. The young Russian peasant Is remarkably Intelligent and quickly taughL He has a tiugher physique than any other country can show, even than his late enemies, the Japanese. Beyond that he has the great virtue In a soldier of unquestioning faith in and obedience to authority. This well disciplined, intelligent mass has got to be kept away from the physical and moral deterioration of town life. To this end the department of agriculture and the war department have come together. Occasionally experiments with non-commissioned officers have been made and the reports are all favorable to devel3plng the system. The program adopted by the two departments h3 a general and a special part. General teaching will be given to all the troops, while the special course Is preserved for volunteers. The men will be taught regarding the life of plants, their nourishment and the fruit they bear, the workings of the soil and the use of fertilizers for the districts that are without black earth, the science of sowing and the rotation of crop3, the preparing 0! seed, the cultivation of fodder and of grass lands, the management of cattle, the better vegetable gardening and fruit growing, and even improved bee management. To help the soldiers to remember what they have been taught and tc keep alive their Interests after they have returned to their homes the department of agriculture is preparing for the war department booklets giving simply worded advice on all branches of farming. A recommendation Is made tc Institute a number ol money premlun.s to be awarded annually to sold tor?, who have shown most improvement in cultivating their land and done the most toward raising the standard of farming In their home districts. Sort of Tripartite Mixture. A typical Manchester man has the enterprise of the American, the doggedness of the Briton, and the caution of a Scotsman, so that he embodies the characteristics of representatives of three countries. London Young Man. Shrewd Scheme. Traveler in Farlor Car Porter, thai man In front will give you a guartei for dusting him off, won't he? Porter Yessir!" "Well. I'll give you half a dollar tc leave the dust cn him and not brush it off onto me." Some rvi lie Journal. Women say as mean things of the men as they can think of. In public, but in public men are always complimenting the womej.

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"WeaUly Sentimeatal" Way That Seemed to Work lth Servant. "She's my seventh In three months,roung Mrs. Crosby announced. Her 'ace was worried, but her tone selfsatisfied. "Of course it's hard, but some things I will have, if I get worn to a bone training new help. As for ooking-dishes, I do this. While my maid Is out on Thursday, I ransack ier pantry and pull out every kettla ind pan that has been put away in bad condition, and when she comes in it night she finds them stacked all ver the kitchen table and sink." "Oh!" exclaimed Mrs.' Robinson, tfhose model housekeeping Is acknowlsded by even her dearest friends, rhen she bent to her embroidery. Tho tford had slipped out unawares. "Don't you think it serves her right?" Mra. Robinson hesitated. "They :ome home so tired," she answered, is If apologizing for her own softleartedness. They have to crowd so much into their one free day. To tell the truth, I always contrive a little lurprise for Thursday night. I've lone it with every maid I've had for rears. Perhaps she finds a convenient bit of tinware that she's been needing, or new dish-towels on the rack 3omething Improved, you know. And If I have any flowers at all in the house, I put at least one blossom in the kitchen to welcome her home." ,,40f all sentimental Do you mean to say you'd do that and leave a half-washed frying-pan out of sight In the pantry?" "N-no. I'm afraid I'd wash it and make it as shiny as I possibly could. I believe more in models than critics, myself. And there's always the question whether we may not have given a maid so many things to do that scouring-time has been crowded out. It's hard to see all the way round a thing with one glance, don't you think? We have to take a peep from both sides." rH'm!" said Mrs. Crosby, doubtfully. "It sound; to me as if you'd spoil a servant In no time, but if I thought 'twould work " "Hilda is certainly a treasure." Mrs. Robinson filled in the pause. "I expect her to stay with me till she marries. My last two have. She's my third In seven years. Youth's Companion. AH IJp-to-Date Housekeepers re Red Cross Ball Blue. It makaa the clothes dein and sweet aa when new. AH Grixert. A Matter f Addition. Precision was one of Mr. Williams' chief qualities. He loved to be exact. ven to the point of noting In his aclount book the smallest expenditures ft cent for a newspaper, another for a pencil. Early in January he came out Df his library to where his wife was Bewing. "My dear Jane," he began, "I am going to make a criticism that may Jistress you, because you will probably ihink it Is foolish. I assure you that it Is not. I have been reading through the almanac for this year, and there is one obvious error." "What is it?" said Mrs. Williams, looking up from her work. "Last year they said that the world fras seventy-two million years old. and this year they say the same thing." "But " began his wife. "They should be exact," protested the man. "I can't for the life of me ee why they shouldn't say seventy-two billion and one. If cne'strue then the ther is. Why, oh, why, can't these people be precise?" Clearing the Atnotpbrre, In his capacity of dramatic critic, J Comyns Carr, the author of "Somi Eminent Victorians," wrote a notlc of the play of "Charts I.," in whlck Irving played under the management of Mr. Bateman. His production deep ly Incensed the manager. In order, perhaps, to find the oppor tunity of informing the critic of hii disapproval, the manager invited him to a supper at the Westminster Cluli on the second or third night of thi production. When he thought the fitting moment had arrived, Mr. Bateman led the conversation to the point at issue, and, emphatically banging the table with his fist, declared in the loudest of tonei that he did not produce his plays at the Lyceum Theater to please Mr. Comyns Carr. There was a moment's awkward silence, which Mr. Carr confesses he did not feel quite able to break, but which was released by a wit of the company with the happy retoit: "Well, dear boy, then you can't b surprised If they don't please him." Henry J. Storrs for fifty years haa been continuously clerk of the finance department of New York City. He haa served under fourteen controllers. HOME TESTING. A Sure aad Raif Teat em Coffee. To decide the all important question of coffee, whether or not It Is really the hidden cause of physical alls and approaching fixed disease, one should make a test of 10 days by leaving off coffee entirely and using well-made Postum. If relief follows you may know to a certainty that cofft Eas been your vicious enemy. Of couse you can take It back to your heart again, if you like to keep sick. A lady says: "I had suffered with Btomach trouble, nervousness and ter rlble tick headaches ever since I was a little child, for my people were always great coffee drinkers and let us children have all we wanted. I got so I thought I could not live without coffee but I would not acknowledge that It caused my suffering. Then I read so many articles about Postum that I decided to give It a fair trial. I had not used it two weeks in place of coffee until I began to feel like a different person. The" headaches and nervousness disappeared and whereas I used to be sick two or three days out of a week while drinking coffee I am now well and strong and sturdy seven days a week. thanks to Postum. . "I had been using Postum three months and had never been 6ick a day when I thought I would experiment and see If It rAlly was coffee that caused the trouble, so I began to drink coffee again and inside of a week I had a sick spell. I was so 111 I was soon convinced that coffee was the cause of all my misery and I went back to Postum, with the result that I was soon well and strong agiln and determined to stick to Postum and leave coffee alone in the future." Read the little book. "The Road to Wellvllle," in pkgs. "There's a Reason." Ever read the above " letter? A new one appears from time to time, They are genuine, true, and full ol human interest.