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CHAPTER XIII. The bright frosty weather holding on, there was a sudden excitement of skating. The late in the park wai prone unced safe, and Stewart sent the tidinjs to the neighboring houses, as it was the largest piece of water in the country side. Stewart bestirred himself, ordering fires on the bank and refreshments there. It was the first stir of life about the place since the death of the eldest son. and although the widow looked patiently resijned, and ostentatiously retired into seclusion, everyone else, household and servants, seemed relieved and pleased. Mathilde would have welcomed anything that brought action and kept thourht at bay. She had not slept much at nsht of late, indeed had often paced the floor until the small hours; but if wakefulness had left dark lines under her eyes, they only seemed to accentuate her fcetiaty. She wore a tlsht-fktin dress of pray Telvet cord iroy, edged with dark fur, and admiring comments followed her movements, for she had from childhood been a show skater of the Montreal rink. Mrs. Herbert's paraphernalia of crape and jet bristled more ostentatiously than nj-ial, and it was with her most widowed smi'e that she turned to MathilJe. "I did' not know that you were leaving off your mourning so soon." Mathilde stared in rather a bewildered way. Her thoughts had flown to her dead father and to the autumn days of orrow, not taking in the idea of either the dead child or of her husband's brethr. "I have not left off my mourning," she aid. rather indignantly. "It was I who persuaded her to get that dress. I hate to see her always in black." Stewart came promptly to the rescue, although he had apparently been deep in local politics with Norman. . "Oh, if you call that mourning !" Flora responded with a pitying smile. Dut these little pin-pricks had no power over Mathilde now. The only bitterness was in the remembrance how Stewart had come in when she was looking Ter the tailor's patterns, and had insisted on the choice of that one. The hike in its sheltered dell was a bright scene thai afternoon. Several parties arrived in carriages, and Mathilde and Stewart had necessarily to play the host together, an outward bond over the Inward discord. Young and prosperous, welcoming others to their future kingdom, many a one that day admired the couple and many a one envied them. "The exiled prince welcomed back to his own, Norman Stewart said in a low roice to his cousin Nellie, as they skated about at the further end of the lake, watching the groups near the landing. Although these two skated well, and knew that they looked well on skates, there was none of the animation of the scene on their faces as they loitered there together, whirling about Idly in long curves. "They have everything their own way. What is the good of oir thinking that there is something queer about her, when they both have Sir James under their thumb? I'm no earthly help to you, and might as well write to know when I can go to the Harpers." "You must not leave before I do," he aid. with calm authority. "When you brought me here, I thought yours md Flora's idea of some mystery very farfetched ; but now I am eure that it is BO." "Bat what could it be that would matter? They must be married," she inttrrupted pettishly. Scarcely heeding her, he went on. "I can guess at nothing, though several times during the past week I have felt as though on the point of putting my finger on the mystery. The one thing that I am certain of is that she never was on that ranch of his." "Why? "I couldn't give any definite reason, only I am certain of it." "But where did she come from, then?" "I think mind you, I only think that sh is some divorcee, an Englishwoman of rank pprhaps, whom he has picked up In New York or Montreal." "Hut the missionary, and the wife and child." "That's all some mistake. The child, I an sure, nt-ver existed." "Dut s?y it were so; how would it benefit us':' "Only by our bringing out some scandal tl at would set Sir James against them, and make him prefer to leave you and me the money. Fancy the wrath of the pious Flora !" Nellie laugned with real enjoyment, and Norman went on. "My only hope lies in her betraying herself in talk. Only leave her to me. "Well, haven't I left her to you?" she answered with fresh pettishness. "You must confess that it's rather hard on me looking at you flirting with her, and at Flora's pious spooning with that gaunt parson of hers. She s going to marry him, you know. "Is she? Whether she gets it or not?" "Oh. yes. She has plenty anyway of her own. Greedy creature! How she loves money !" There was the suppressed spite of weeks in Nellie's tone. "W!l, so d( we, for the matter of that," he answered carelessly. "If only he would tike herself off now to the rec tory, and we could find out what i really queer about these two, you and I might have a good chance with the old man yet." "I'm afraid it's no go," she paid de spondently. "Come, cheer up ! Well, I must p back to duty with la belle sauvage." A"5d they turned towards the more frequen'.vl part of the lake, where Mathilde fr. holding her little court. Flushed &nd animated by the cheerVil itlr and exercise, she swept about in undulating lines, or poised on one foot as her progress was arrested by frien-1. Norman paused by her now. "You sweep along with just the flip of a gray-winged seagull over the waves," he began. "Bah," with a little shudder; "I would aa soon be likened to a vulture, I hate them so." "But why? They are so beautiful," he urged, feeling that his pretty speech had fallen flat. "The very thought of them brings a sense of desolation. I have watched them, whirling and clamoring, when I have been so wretched,' she answered shortly; then with a swift recognition of the rah personality of the remark, she addd with a laugh, l am such a wretched sailor, you know." If Norman were too keen-witted to be baffled by the remark he gave no sign thereof. "I am so sorry," he said penitently, bat what he thought was: Touched again ! A sea voyage is evidently a mine to be worked. The mere mention of it upsets the lady's self-control." Just then Mathilde saw her husband skating up to the bank to welcome a iroup of newcomers. There were one or two girls and men, and surely surely, that fair-haired youth was a familiar figure! Yes, it was

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of Hearts JOHN Leslie Publishing House Charlie Hudson, her adorer of the Ft. Lawrence! Now were the skies about to fall, and her public discomfiture to be sealed ! Swiftly the mad imp ilse crossed her brain to fling off her skates and rush away anywhere out of the reach of the critical eyes which seemed to encircle her on every side. Mathilde's second and truer impulse was tne one on which she acteil. and a few long strokes took her to her hus band's side just as he greeted them. She would fall fighting, and if she left him to-morrow, be would have no cause to despise her memory. The girls she knew slightly bright, jolly country girls, without too keen perceptive faculties, and with brothers of the same type. Her greeting to them was cordial but hurried. So glad to see you ! Brought your skates? That's right." She had not even time to exchange one glance with Stewart, who was overpow ering Hudson with effusion that left no room for words on his part. Apparently." though, he had no words at command, simply staring in mute amazement at Mathilde. frwiftly she bore down upon him with outstretched hand. "What a 'wonderful meeting! Who would have expected us to come across each other like this? Isn't it fun?" With every sense on the alert, she was aware while speaking that Stewart was enticing the others towards a bench to put on their skates, and a forlorn hope braced her to effort. With courage the position might yet be retrieved, and of that she felt plenty at command. You mustn't lose a moment; the days are so short," she heard Stewart noisily insisting. The amazement cleared from the boy's face into pure delight. Miss Thorne!" he gasped. "What luck to find you here ! I didn't ven know that Stewart was the right Pian until I saw him here. And you are stay ing with his Canadian wife, I suppose. They talked a lot about her, coming ov?r, and that was what puzzled me." Mathilde's face paled and flushed, ard she looked wildly round. Norman Stewart was the only one within possible hear ing distance, and he, stooping down to readjust his skate, may not have heard. "Hush," she said in & low voice. "Put on your skates, and come up to the other end of the lake with me. I have a se cret to trust to you." Hudson staring into her set, strained face, saw kometuing there which compelled him to silent obedience. From the group where the newcomers were being refreshed with various hot drinks, James Stewart called to Norman, who slowly skated off, and the two were left alone. "Please, tell me what is the matter?" Hudson urged anxiously. "Don't look so miserable," Mathilde laughed, with a touch of compunction; "and try not to look as though I were tilling you anything startling. Don't you know that I am your hostess, Mrs. James Stewart?" The boy groaned; for the dream that he had dreamed still hovered around him, and such an awakening was bitter ex ceedingly. , "Please not to look as ' though any thin? were happening!" she urged. "Oth erwise you may do me serious harm." He was thoroughbred, and answered to the touch. "Tell me what you want," he said hoarsely, "and I will do it" "I know that I can rely upon you," Mathilde went on, speaking rapidly. All the time they were skating towards the loneliest corner of the lake. "These people here all think must go on thinking that I have been married five years and lived in the Northwest. I think that no oue heard you call me Miss Thome. You must be careful to have only known me as Mrs. Stewart ; in fact. the less you speak or know of me the better." They had paused, facing each other, hidden from everyone by a jutting point of reeds and bushes. His face had grown paler still. I uon I tinuerstanu, tie Logan in a troubled fashion. "That s it." she interrupted. "You can never understand, but you must help me without understanding. "I would do much to help you," he said simply. "But if there is any wrong to you in all this, I will not help it on." "You mean." and there was a deep flush on her face, "that you think I am not really married?" He stared horror-struck. "Good Heavens, no! How could I think such a thing of you? But something wrong there must be somewhere." "There is no wrang to me," she answered firmly. '1 am wronging no one, not even myself. Does that content you?" "I suppose It must," he agreed slowly ; "but will you trust me no more than this? Think how wretched I shall be about you," he urged. "You had better forget that jou have ever seen me," she answered gloomily. "But if it Is any satisfaction to you, you can know that the whole affair Is one of money interests of my husband's, and is only to right an attempted wrong to him." "If you would only tell me that you are happy," he persisted. She laughed. "A small 'only.' Well, at any rate, if I am not, it is my own de liberate doing, and no one can help me. "Are you sure that there is nothing that I can do for you? he asked. "Nothing, Rave to remember that it was Mr. and Mrs. Stewart with whom you maie a voyage, and to take as little interest in them as possible. Go back now t the Klddell girls, and avoid the home people here. How long do you stay in te neighborhood?' 6he asked with Home anxiety. "I can leave to-morrow if you wish " he answered a b'.t proudly. He detected her eagerness, and natur ally did not relish It. She was beyond mincing matters. "The sooner you go, the better for me Then, seeing the pain in his face, she added: "Forgive me, but I am in a tight place." "I will go to-morrow," he said sadly ; "only tell me one thing. Y'ou were not his wife on board ship?" "We were married in London two days after landing. You see that I trust you Now come b.-uk, and remember to stay by the Ilu'.dcli girls." "Won't you Kay good-bye?" "I will say good-bye all you like, but 1 cannot shake hands, ihere u no knowing who may be watching. Now come." Silently they skated back and separat ed. A set of lancers was forming, and Mathilde was immediately carried off by Norman to join it. She would rather have remained free to move about, but still she was doing something in occupying his attention, and gradually the tension of her nerves re laxed as she saw how exactly to the samt degree hi manner was marked with On somewhat languid homage of before. The sun was sinking lower and redd?, and long bluish shadows from the wcI ed slope stole across the white ice. "I trust that to-morrow may t a repe

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Repetitions are never very nice, arw they?" she said with a .shiver. "In this case I think they might be." She did not answer, for she was watch ing Miss Fearon, who had Joined the group where the Misses Riddell and Hudson stood by the fire, quafSn mulled claret. The sight made her nueasy, and yet it was a dubious relief to see her hus band skate up to them and lead his cous in away. A chilled sense of utter desertion crept around her heart, and she had to control the impulse to see one more kind glance from the loyal-hearted boy. Well, she would still bo faithful to her bargain, though her husband's taunt rang ever through her brain. Then well, then, she knew of a remote Breton village, where she would be hidden from all whom she had ever known where she would see no one save artists and peasants. She st-irtod from her thoughts to find Norman's keen, gray eyes fixed on her face, eyes which were his strongest re semblance to hi3 cousin James. "Your young friend seems very devoted to Miss Riddell," ho said. "Yes. they came together, you know." "I saw them, and I saw the rapture with which he greeted you." She could not detect any signuificance in his words. "lie crossed with us a month ago," she answered carelessly. "He is a nice boy, and used to fag for me perpetually." "But apparently you had not even told him where you were poingV" "I suppose not, although I certainly thought that Jem had done so. In the hurry at the end one sometimes does not even say good-bye." She was growing more uneny at this persistence, although knowing that it might be casual, but fortunately just then the set ended and she was free. (To be continued.) THE CROSS-WAYS. Time Comp When the Older Slater Munt Step Aside. Sibyl, her pretty girlish face angry and mutinous, dashed from the room, slamming the door behind her. In the silence that followed, her last words still seemed to echo. "It isn't fair just because you're the oldest and have always had things, that we should never have anything. It's our turn. How would you have liked It when you were eighteen? You've had your good times. It's just downright selfish of you not to let us have ours, and I'm going to say it out for once, so now!" Virginia drew a long breath. It had been "said out" unquestionably. Going to the door, she turned the key. It had been coming for a long time some such crisis as this; now that it had come, she wa3 going to face it without flinching. She seated her self before her dressing-table and locked steadily in the glas3. Yes, it was true she was not so pretty as she had been; the first girlish bloom was gone gone to Sibyl and Evelyn. "Point one," she said, slowly. "Virglnia Crane, you are jealous of your little sisters. "Point two. Sibyl is right. You have had your good times, and it is their turn. "Point three. Something must be done at once. What shall it be?" There was a long silence after the third point. Virginia was thinking. There were several things she might do. She could go abroad with the Clarendons. She thought that over a while, and then put It aside. "I won't shirk!" she declared. She could take up settlement work, for instanceThat, too, she rejected. "It wouldn't," she said, with grim humor, "be fair to the poor. They have enough to bear without having to help out the poor rich." There remained one way, a very dis tasteful one, but she could do it at least, she could give It a trial. She would study the art of being an older sister. It would not be easy for her to step aside gracefully, not half so easy as for some girls, but she could try; she could study It as she had studied over her music. For an hour she sat there, thinking It out. Then she opened her door. "Sibyl!" she called. Sibyl, half-ashamed and half-defiant. came hesitatingly. "I've changed my mind about the concert," Virginia said. "You aral right it is your turn. I'll stay rnd entertain Aunt Gracla. And would you like to wear my string of pearla to your party?" Sibyl stared In bewlldeiment,- the color flooding her face. "O Virginia," she gasped, "do you mean it? , I " Impetuously she threw her arms about her sister's neck "I was such a hor rid pig!" she cried. And suddenly to Virginia there came a strange thought. Suppose in the "good times" she were missing the joy of being a sister! Youth's Com panion. A Long Farewell. She (effusively) How nice It is t have met you again after all thesa year3, my dear Captain Burlington. He Major now! That was ten years ago, you know. She (still more effusively) Hof time flies! Well, ccngratulations and goodby. I hope you'll be a general when next we meet. Punch. Start II nor. "Yes. our table Is always up to date." boasted the landlady. "Wä have those beautiful red candles on It at suDDertlme. "Candles for supper!" gasped tho prospective boarder. Madam, do you think I am an Eskimo?" Discouraged. Cogger Yes, he sold his racing au tomoblle as soon as he took up a tronomy. Sparker Why so? Cogger Why, he read that some stars travel hundreds of miles & sec ond. Next. A broken pitcher was offered as tes timony that Ephraim Jackson, the colored prisoner, had whacked hl3 wife on the head. "The testimony doesn't hold water, said the learned Judge. Bohemian. The Little Drother. Sister Two's company and three's a crowd, Johnnie. Sister's Young Man That's so, John nie. Johnnie Well, I like crowds. D trolt Free Press. Familiar Taste. Farmer Iiyetop Y'ou seem to enjoy those fresh vegetables? Summer Boarder Yes, It 13 an ac quired taste. You get them from the BAxne store up In town that we do. Statistics show that, while England 13 becoming a less violent nation, it is at the same time becoming more dl3 honest. He that voluntarily continues ignorant Is guilty of all the crimes which ignorance produces. Johnson,

mm V,--S appro Th fit Xcrvon Laugh. A musical laugh is a rare gift; a hearty one is infectious; but if you are Incapable of either, suppress a laugh that means nothing. The woman who really la lghs is a joy to those around her. It may not possess a pitch that delights a muslcianly ear; it may have infectious little notes that do not stand for harmony; but if it is real and joyous it will make all those who hear it smile. The laugh that is annoying is the" one without meaninf. It is a nervous ripple that is often used as a period or an exclamation point. It is placed at the ending of every sentence, ami takes from the spoken word any meanng or emphasis It might have. Many women who do it are not conscious of t. They are far frc:n silly women. They have poise and sense, and are not is easily confused as one would judge by the futile laughter they give after their sentences. If this idea impresses you at all, watch your own style of talking when outside the family circle and Intimate friends. You may not be given to laughter, but again you may ind that you unconsciously punctuate our most commonplace sentences with A laugh that is as artificial as your Lack puffs. If you do this, stop It. This noise, which is a gissle in girls, an inane augh in women, is the result of pure 'thoughtlessness. The remarkable sound, given to man alone, called laughter, should be used only to express mirth. When it is not spontaneous it Is not lau&hter, and the men who write dictionaries should give t another name. Giggle is the only substitute so far, but it does not designate that Insipid, mirthless sound that hundreds cf women permit themselves. Comet Does Not Pinch. A corset that can be hooked with out pinching the body and tearing the underwear to bit3 is that Invented by an Illinois woman. The advantage of this is derived from the fact that the hooks are located just to one side of the lacing and are prevented from injuring either flesh or clothing by a flap extending under them. n most corsets the steels and hooks extend down the center, and in pressng the hooks and eye3 together It Is no uncommon thing to pinch a ridge of flesh between them or tear a garment. With the stays shown in the llustratlon this annoyance is eliminat ed. They lace down the center and he hooking arrangement is to one side. Underneath the hooking device s a shield which presents a perfectly flat surface at all times to the body and no matter how hard it Is to get the corset together, there la never any danger of squeezing or Injuring the flesh or clothing In the operation. Health and Beauty Hinte. The woman who exercises can more safely Indulge in rich foods, fat meats, sweets and pastry than she who leads a sedentary life. Forcing food Is one of the surest roads to dyspepsia. Except when not In normal health the average person should skip a meal occasionally when not hungry. Eyes which have become Inflamed from exposure to the sun can have the bloodshot condition quickly reduced by bathing them for five minutes In water as hot as is comfortable. Biliousness should be fought in the first stages. Try regulating diet. Take glass of hot water half-hour before each meal and at bedtime. In either morning or evening glass squoeze Juice of half a lemon. Do not neglect the value of fruit in Improving the complexion. Nothing equals the juice of oranges and lemons to clear up the skin and brighten eyes The latter must be diluted and taken without sugar, a half Ie.mon in a glass of water. Perfect cleanliness of the teeth Js most essential and can be secured by a thorough brushing in the morning and after each meal and using an antiseptic lotion. Dental floss should be drawn between the teeth after each meal and before retiring. You must not stop laughing, or you will be like the woman who at an advanced age had not a line or wrinkle In her face, but whose countenance was entirely expressionless. Dreading these same lines and wrinkles, she had all her life schooled her features to express neither joy nor sorrow. Importance of Teeth. Dr. Osier has stated that the ques tion of preserving the teeth is more Important than the liquor question. No doubt much dyspepsia i3 due to decayed and defective teeth, which preclude complete mastication of the food (even if anybody in America had the time to eat properly). Dentists, like doctors, are now beginning to realize that their true mission is not "a general rebuilding system," but a systematic and well-considered effort to prevent and overcome the decay and loosening or human teeth. A. Quick Lunch, Lunch at a railroad station means, for some people, two pieces of halfraw dough, called bread; a sample of butter hidden beside a small scrap of partially cooked ham that won't stay Inside of the sandwich and won't come out. And the description i3 not complete without the admission that it ia "grabbed" and "bolted" while the clock hand jumps from minute to minute. It doesn't sound nice, and the description ought to be enough to InBure a well developed case of indigestion. uud Work of Women. The mayor and eouncilmen cf Dg3 Moines have asked the Civic Committee of the women's clubs of that city to present to them their plan for a rity beautiful, and it to possible that the first step will be the engaging of a civic expert, who will consult with the city authorities and the ladies, end a plan b3 formed. I.nvU. of Ileverenre for Women. Mr. Edwin Markham's observation that the chief social shortcoming or the United States may be our increas lng lack cf reverence for women will not meet with general acceptance. But

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Rose Beaver Hat with, a Scia! Huff of Gray Chiffon and Ermine, Silk and Fur. it deserves consideration. It is perfectly possible that women may have the largest rights where they have the smallest reverence. And If this reverence of men for women be really lacking, it i3 certain that the respect of women for men will fall also. And when the relation between men- and women shall be thus degraded, nothing can save the whole fabric of life from a process of swift deterioration. Chicago Examiner. j&ds and fimcigs The cuirass has suddenly become a fitted garment of silk elastic, smooth as a glove from neck to wrist and hip line. Th newest sleeveless coat Is cut out generously under the arms and the sides are held together by cords Instead of bands and straps. The fichu of Marie Antoinette folds round the shoulder, forms a sleeve, crosses In front and ties at the back, concealing much of the figure. The outline of the Watteau plait grows almost a familiar sight. It is belted in or allowed to fall loosely, according to the gown and the occasion. Some charming old-world frocks are carried out In soft taffetas, shot with three or four pal colorings, such, for instance, as mauve, pink and perlwinkle blue. Leather hats promise to be particularly popular with the traveler. They are to be had in patent leather as well as suede, and in a wide range of shapes and colors. Tho modified kimono, which is the old wrapper with a Japanese touch in the sleeve and banded edge around the neck and downward, remains a fa vorite for bed-room wear. The center parting "of the hair with the wide Racamier chignon and wide puffs at the sides comports well with the big millinery of the day. Women with small, delicate features find it especially becoming. Sashes worn with the cuirass gown of the moyen age are fastened so that their flat fold3 lie close upon the lower edge of the cuirass, while the bow, tied to the right of the center back. falls among the lower plaits of the skirt. Keeping Table Linen. In keeping the table linen that Is not in daily use many a housekeeper Is annoyed to find that It has yellowed badly and must be washed again before It can go on the table again. This can be overcome if, after being laundered, the cloths and napkins are carefully wrapped In deep blue paper or In a sheet that has been heavily blued. To Laaudrr Tan Shade. To prevent the delicate shades of tan and brown from fading when washed, wash them In water to which has been added about a quart of black pepper tea, made by pouring a quart of boiling water over one-half pound of ground black pepper and allowing this to stand until the pepper settles, then strain. Matting: I Effective. When the floor Is In poor condition and must be covered, if there are no rugs for it entirely plain matting is not to be despised. It wears better than many of the "fillings," that show soil as well as every particle of dust. When it becomes necessary to cleanse the matting It should be done with salt water, Instead of soap. I'mbrelln 1Mb Knitting Needle. Old umbrella ribs make splendid knitting needles, far stronger than you tan buy in the stores. Break the rib the desired length and file the end3 off to a point on a stone. These needles are especially good for the knitting of petticoats, sweaters and wide scarfs, where extra long needles make the knitting so much easier. Mending with Machine. Table linen and tears in clothing can be darned better and In one-tenth the time it takes to do It by hand. It needs a double thread machine, as it cannot be done on a chain-stitch machine. Use fine thread, about 100 or 120 for table linen. Remove the foot

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of the machine, or leave it up if It lifts high enough so that you can see where to stitch. Put the part of the article to be mended In an embroidery hoop, place under needle and stitch back and forth, toward and from you, till it is filled with thread one way. Then turn and sew across the threads till entirely filled. Do not turn the work at end of each row of stitching, but draw It back and forth, running machine as fast as you wish. In case of a Jagged tear, draw edges together with basting thread before inserting in hoop. Women Take Men's Job. Of the 4,833,630 women workers in the United States, according to the latest census returns, 44.2 per cent nearly half are under 25 years of age, while 21 per cent have not reached the age of 21. Of the 303 oc cupations In which bread winners of the country are engaged, women have pre-empted a place in all hut nine, says the Van Norden Magazine. In the list of unusual pursuits adopted five were pilots, ten were baggagewomen on steam railroads, thirty-one brakewomen and twenty-six switch women, yardwomen, and flagwomen. forty three were carriage and hack drivers, and 503 machinists. A man who wanted a new house built might have all the work done by women, for the report shows that besides the 100 architects, who come more properly! under the "professions," there are 150 women builders and contractors In the United States, 167 women masons, 545 women carpenters, 45 women plasterers, 1,759 women painters, glaziers and varnlshers, 126 women plumbers, 241 women paperhangers, and two women slaters and roofers. It is not unusual in the middle west and Pacific coast states to meet with the actual performance of these mechanical lines of work by women. Hat for Traveling. If a woman i3 going away only for a few days, so that her baggage is limited. It is decreed that she may wear a large hat on the train. But the medium sized or small hats are the best for the occasion. The large hAts are hard to pack, and this Is the reason so many of them are worn on the train, the smaller ones being lng packed away. TB AVELINO II AT. A chick little French hat, admirably suited for traveling. It is burnt straw, trimmed with band and bow of black velvet, put on as indicated In sketch. Three deeppurple roses nestle close to edge of narrow brim on left side. Moonlight Sore Eye. Moonlight 13 so intense at times in Cuba that It causes sore eyes, and the natives go about with umbrellas and paralunas. This affection is cured, according to Frank Steinhart, former consul general to Cuba, by washing the eyes with moonlight-fallen dew. These dews have been found to have radioactive and electric properties. Cnttlntr Soap. Soap improves with keeping, so It always should be brought in large quantities. Before storing It. however, it is well to cut the bars Into convenient pieces, for this Is most easily done when it Is soft. The cutting may be done with a piece of string or wire more easily than with a knife. "When to Vli Handkerchief. It is handy and labor-saving to have a small washboard, child's size, and a baby's bath tub for washing small pieces, such a3 shirt waists, kimonos and handercliiefs. The tub can be placed In the sink and work found light. AVnlllnjc Yet. Man was before the woman made. And sat anticipating; And she lias kept him ever since Just waiting, waiting, waiting. Judge. love wttli Circle. The smart glove that many fashionable women are wearing has the back heavily embroidered with circles in colored silk. TM3 is in the color, if not tone, as the kid of the glove.

Great Crops in Western Canada

Canadian Correspondence: During the early days in the growth of the crop in Western Canada, as well as throughout the-ripening and garnering period, there is yearly growing an increasing interest throughout the United States, as to the probable results when harvest is completed. These mean much to the thousands of Americans who have made their home in some one of the three Provinces that form that vast agricultural domain, and is of considerable interest to the friends they have left behind them. The year 1909 is no disappointment: it will bring comfort and happiness, wen Ith and luxury to those who are following agriculture as a pursuit In the country now occupying so much of the attention of tho world of this con tinent in particular. Reports from the grain fields warrant the note of optimism that has been so prominent during the past few months. The crops of wheat, oats and barley have been har1 n' K , . -jf . - " ' i 1 FARM AND HOME OF vested and it is now safo to speak of results. Throughout the entire graingrowing" area of 320.000 souare miles there has been a uniform production and a high average. Careful estimates place the yield of spring wheat at SO bushels per acre, winter wheat at over 40 bushels and oats exceed 50 bushels per acre. Barley also has proved an abundant yield. "What will attract the reading public more than volumes of figures will be the fact that those who have been Induced through the influence of the Government to accept of 160 acres of free grant land, or, by the persuasion of friends to leave their home State of Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Nebraska or the other States from which people have gong, have done well. Financially, they are in a better position than many of them ever expected to be, and In the matter of health, in social conditions, they have lost nothing. The columns of Canadian newspapers are filled with accounts of this year's harvest, writers vying with each other in giving the proper coloring to their reports. These, make exhilarating reading to the man who has interests in that country. Lethbridge people claim it to be the keystone of Southern Alberta, while Calgary people claim the same for their district It was In this district that the growing of winter wheat in western Canada originated. Its success there led the farmers east and west of It to experiment and what can now be said of one part may well be said of the whole. In a few years from now these great plain3 over whosre breadth for years roved hun dreds of thousands of heads of cattle, following the mUlions of buffalo that once grazed their grasses, will be a solid grain field covering a territory of over 30,000 square miles, and very little of it but what will yet be worth r V. ;!rn Zl&ZLLf rdjZJ A DU .NCI I OF WESTERN from $4Q to $C0 per acre. Already the hoiru'stead and pre-emption lands are being well filled. In the district of Calgary and in Central Alberta, since the report of a year ago was made, the Increased acreage in crop has been remarkable. The new-ly--.rrived settler has got to work and with the steam-plow and ordinary methods of farming a large amount of new land is contributing to the wealth of the country. Railroads have pro- j jocted und built branches which reach out laterally from the main line, and it is now possible to reach parts rich in agricultural possibilities that were not accessible a year ago. Towns have come into existence during that time that will soon become cities; schools and churches have been erected throughout the country districts; telephone lines naive been constructed, and an air of prosperity is everywhere apparent. There are to be found those who speak of a "pioneering" life In western Canada, but as one man said, "if this is pioneering I don't for the life of me see what our forefathers had Woman' Curiosity. "Come, fly with me," he whispered low; "Bo mine, be mine, while life endures!" "Rut first," she said, "I want to know What make of aeropla is yours?" Cleveland Plain Dealer. Anil Modern Science Still Triumphs. "Do you believe surgery can ward off old age?" "Oh, yes. Frequently the patient dies under an operation." Philadelphia Public Lvüger. Donlttful Honors. "Why Is it easier for a man who lias a job to get another job?" "Well, an employer will often give a man good references in order to get rid of him." Louisville Courici-Jour-nal. The Urate. She I see there's a man In Fran e who has murdered three of his wives :n succession. I'd like to see -the man who would murder me! He So would I, my dear! Ally Slopers Half-Holiday.

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to complain of." He didn't know, though, for the ' pioneering of hl forefathers was discomfort and hard-; ship. The opening up and development; of western Canada, with its railroad: lines to carry one to almost the uttermost part of it, the telegraph line to flash the news to the other outside; world, the telephone to talk to one's neighbor, the daily and weekly mail service which brings and carries letter to the friends in distant parts; theschools headed by college-bred and highly - certificated teachers; the churches manned by brilliant divines; the clubs; the social and festive life; what is there about any of this to give to the man who goes there to make his home the credit of being a pioneer? Nothing! He might as well be in any of the old middle west states. A few years ago when this country r-as not as well known as to-day there was some Justification in long-winded attempts to educate the reader on conditions there, to tell him of Its geographical relation with the United States, but with about 400.000 Americans now there writing back to their friends, with the mass of literature that has been placed in the homes of farmers In every State of the Union and the thousands of columns descriptive of the country that have appeared in newspapers and magazines. It would

- ... JOHN SCHNAGER. seem a reflection on the intelligence of the reading public to repeat it It la not proposed to do so. Its topographical characteristics are divergent. There is the level prairie with its rich deep loam and underlying subsoil, the higher and rolling lands with their groves of timber, the wooded lands rich In solL The wants of all can be supplied; some want one kind and some another and they can all be suited. The man who wants to put in his steam plow and force the energies of the soil into immediate production can be suited, and so can the man who wishes large tracts for the same purposes, and at the same time enjoy the companionship of the timber. In many parts It is possible to have a hundred mile square of wheat without a break. A writer says: "Ve were driven west and north of Moosj Jaw through 20 miles of dead ripe wheat acres of etooks and well-worked summer-fallows. One of these fields would yield 4C bushels to the acre, and another man had oats that would yield 90 or 100 bushels to the acre. In this district wheat will average 30 to 35 bushels. The conditions were never better and throughout the district the people are assured of a most prosperous year." In the Melfort district three hundred miles in another direction, we hear of a farmer whose yield of oats will run from 85 to 100 bushels per acre; then traveling over another stretch of three hundred miles the Pipestone district in Manitoba is reached and we learn of more 30 and 40 bushels to the acre crops of wheat So it will be seen that the splendid crops are not confined to one district but are general throughout the entire country. Speaking of his" experiences while traveling through the Canadian West, Thomas C. Shotwell, financial Editor of the New York American, said that heretofore he had entertained optimlsi 4 -V' (..: it 1:4? CANADA CATTLE. tic views regarding the Canadian railroads and lands, but his trip has convinced him, not only of the soundness of his vlewf, but it also has established the conviction that the great expansion of the next few years will be In Canada's western areas. "I have never seen such wheat." said he. It takes an army of men to handle the Western Canada crop, and it is estimated that 30.000 people have been brought in this year to assist in the great undertaking; there being excursions from the outside world nearly every day for the past six weeks. In this article no attention has been given to the growth of flax which hi had great attention paid to it In some districts. It is safe to say that in addition to the 120 million bushels of wheat, the 170 million bushels of oats and the 30 million bushels of barley, there will be over two million bushels of flax. The approximate value of all these crops may safely be put at One Hundred and Sixty Million Dollars, as against a total of 118 million dollars in 1908. UNFAMILIAR FACTS. The European capitals are just being connected by telephone. The Ohio State University will conduct a wireless course Knext year. Illuminated signs are a feature of some of the subway cars in New York. The sign tells the name of tho next stop. Three million dollars will be spent in building a subway for electrla cars under the harbor at Sidney, New South Wales. It is estimated that there will be produced in Alberta, this year, 20.000,000 bushels cf wheat, and that the western half of Saskatchewan will do at least rs well. Toison from infected or rotten cheese is not so very rare. The German government proved that some cheeses are dcliciously ripened by ways too nasty to tell. Tho Prince Rtgent has proposed to release all . the slaves In the employ of the rrinces, Dukes and others forever and prohibit the employment of

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