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CHAPTER XVIII. (Continued.) . Agatha was looking at him strange- . . . , , nntloA her. pLord Nethervllle took up bl hat and prepared to leave. He took very little Interest In Miss Garland's love affairs, and could not In the least understand why his cousin should take mem 10 neun. "I know nothing about It; the girl Is
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ters you. Rupert." he aaaea. the room with the master of the house. "No one could possibly mistake us for each other now! What a pity you got that knock over the head to spoil your beauty! You know I always believe that blow was Intended for me." Rupert had gone with his cousin outBide the room. Xethervllle was going down the staircase. Rupert followed him down. "By the way." he said, when he got down to the. hall. "I heard something about those pearls the other day; those I was bringing down to give to Agatha, you know. I daresay she told Vou about them. Of course you know that I was engaged to your wife at fciiat time. Rupert?" "Oh, yes, of course. I know all about It," answered Rupert, carelessly. I was a good deal cut up at the time she threw me over; but I've no doubt she was right, old man. She f hose the best man of the two. I am glad I have been to see her. I have pretty well got over It now, or you Jcnow I shouldn't have come, x ou aon i owe me any grudge, I am sure! And I hope you will let me be friends with -My dear fellow, of course!" replied Carroll, cordially. He did not eo upstairs again after
t his cousin had left, but turned Into his
; own little den on the grouna noor, anu throwing himself into an arm chair, he remained plunged In the most gloomy and miserable thoughts of Irene and of her probable fate. Cut It did not ocl cur to him to think about Agatha up- ' stairs. Agatha had got up from her sofa.
sue was iianuing in me iuiuuic room. There was a tempest at her heart, a tempest half love, half Jealousy, and It was the jealousy that Caused the love sne had vainly striven to stifle to burn up into a fiercer, steadier flame. There was a long mlr- . ror opposite to her; she saw reflected " In it the Image of a pale, gaunt woman, with shrunken cheeks and haggard eyes. I have grown hideous!" she said aloud, slowly, "perfectly hideous! A happy woman a wife who loves and Is loved again, keeps her looks and her youth and her freshness, but I am not loved, and I have lost it all all! There la nothing to win him now, he will never love me! And this other woman, this Miss Garland, who Is the most beautiful girl In London It is her whom he loves! Why did he start and yV turn round so excitedly when Netherville said she was going to marry some rich man? Why did he cry out that she must not be allowed to marry him? If she had been a stranger, would his face have flushed and would his voice have trembled, as they did? An J had he been only a mere acquaintance of the past, should I not have heard her name before? No; I see it all now, it Is this beautiful Miss Garland, who is la London now I always knew that the woman he once loved would come between us again! Once loved! Ah! but he loves her now now! Oh! what am I to do? What am I to do?" She flung herself face downwards upon the aofa In a paroxysm of anguish.
alCiUUUIJi uiai uuiiivii. ittiiu uiai tail torture the soul with superhuman pain, -was tearing at her heart. All at once Ehe realized that her husband might meet this unknown woman at any mopent, and that his love would doubtless then be fanned into fresh- life by a renewal of intercourse with her. He might even now be planning to see her! How was she to keep him? How guard that frail possession that the law had given her for her own, bu that love had never ratified? Where was he now? Had he gone out with Nethervllle? Gone away at once, peihaps to her! The horror of the fancy took a.ay her breath. She ran swiftly and softly k V downstairs, her light steps making no noise upon the thick carpet as. she
'S went. She breathed again when she saw that his hat and stick were In
their place. Then softly she crept to the door of his study. She knew he must be there, an 1 alone. She opened the door noiselessly. Rupert sat with his back to her. near the table, his head was laid upon his folded arms, his face was hidden. A terrl- . ble shock overwhelmed her, he was ,f ' She closed the door . very softly again, and crept away slowly upstairs. She was very cold, her teeth chattered. her limbs trembled beneath her. "It Is too late," she said to herself In a miserable stifled whisper. "There ts nothing to be done. Oh, if I could only die!"
CHAPTER XIX. Lady Garland was not at all backward In letting the world know of a great success In the matrimonial market which her niece had achieved. Th following1 notice appeared In the Morn lag Post, and was speedily reproduced In all the society papers: "A marriage is arranged and will shortly take place between Joseph Taunton, Esquire, of Grove Hall. Shropshire and 65 Grosvenor Square, . and Irene, only child of the late Fredw rick Garland, Esquire, and niece of Lady Garland, of Eaton Place." Irene was to be married before the end of the season on the 29th of July. . She acquiesced very quietly in this arrangement, that was entirely sottled between her future husband and her aunt. One day Mr. Taunton told Irene what his own wedding present was to be. He proposed to give her a diamond tiara and a diamond necklac-?. A selection of tiaras and necklaces were to Leready for her Inspection at t the shop of that most fashionable of . West End Jewelers Mr. McGillup. On '; a certain morning Irene and her aunt ' were to meet him there to select the Jewels, and Mr. Taunton was to take the ladies on to the Amphitryon Club to lunch afterwards. It so happened that Lady Garland had to be fitted with her own dres3 for the wedding that morning, and lhat the dressmaker kept her waiting; so that, fearing to be late for their appointment with Joseph Taunton, she sent Irene on in the carrlav. intending to Join her as soon as s-.e could- When Irene arrived at McGillup's, the shop
empty; Mr. Taunton also was late.
McGillup bowed, and began laylrg
out the tiaras and necklaces on the counter for her Inspection; and Irene sat down and begged him not to trouble himself until Mr. Taunton arrived, as she could not decide anything without him. So she watted quietly, seated by the counter, with the Jewels shining and gleaming in their cases before her. "These are part of my price!" she thought, as she looked Idly down at them; "a portion of the sum for which I have sold myself! Well, I may as well enjoy them. I suppose I have earned the right to them. They are beautiful, too. I love good diamonds. How they sparkle! how they shine! and yet and yet the spray that came dancing over Chatswell lasher in the moonlight was far more beautiful! and I would give all the glittering stones gladly for one single drop of that enchanted water for one word from that voice that is dead to me for ever!" "Would you like the paper, madam?" said Mr. McGillup to her. Irene had seen the morning news, and did not particularly care to read the newspaper; but she took the folded sheets from Mr. McGillup's hand, and began mechanically to read the first thing that came uppermost In the long printed columns, and It so happened that it was upon the list of houses to be let or sold that her eyes rested Idly. Suddenly she read a familiar name. "Chatswell on the Upper Thames. To be sold, by private sale, or by auction on the 10th Inst A bijou cottage residence, situated on one of the loveliest backwaters of the river." Then followed a minute description of the house, the rooms, the garden, the outhouses. Her heart beat tumultuously and 'wildly; the words danced before her eyes. It was her old horn, the peaceful cottage In which she had lived from childhood to womanhood; where she had loved and where she had lost, all that life had held most dear to her! And it was to be sold! Sold to strangers! It would belong to others never again to her never, never! Then all at once a bold and audacious idea sprang up in her mind. A private hansom stopped outside, the door of the shop opened, and Mr. Taunton's short and Inelegant figure darkened the entrance. She sprang breathlessly to meet him, with the paper in her hand. "Joe!" she cried, calling him, as she very rarely did, by his Christian name in her excitement, "I don't want the diamonds I don't. Indeed! There is something I want you to give me in-, stead something that I want so much, and that it would make me happy so very happy to have. Look here!" and she showed him the advertisement. "You want this? This cottage. Irene?" he asked, rather puzzled by her breathless eagerness "Yes, yes; instead of the diamonds. It won't cost more, will it? And I should like it ch. ever so much, beteef! It is my old home my mother died there! She Is burled In the churchyard close by. Oh. Joe. do give it to me for a wedding present Instead of tho dlarnond'i!" "My dear gill, of course you shall have it. If you fancy it. What's a lit tle trumpery cottage like that to me? But you can't possibly have it instead of the diamonds. You must have a tiara and a necklace. How are you to be presented next season without them. I should like to know? I mean Mrs, Joseph Taunton to have the best Jew elry that money can buy, and to cut all the other women out But I'll tell you what I will do. I'll give you this little place for a birthday present; It's your birthday next week, isn't it? was going to give you a horse; but if you would like this better, my dear. you shall have it Instead." . "Oh. ever so much better!" she cried. gratefully. "Oh, Joe, you are indeed good to me!" And she was nearer to loving him at that moment that she had ever been before. He was as good s his word. un tne morning or ner mrtnaay. a large blue envelope was brought to her by express messenger; it contained the title deeds of a ninety nine years' lease of the bijou cottage residence at Chatswell-on-Thames, and was made out in her name as a free gift from the purchaser. She little knew, as with trembling hands and tear-blinded eyes she eagerly scanned the precious papers, that the first gleam of returning happiness of life lay lurking within their prosaic folds! Had Joseph Taunton known what that birthday present was to lead to, perhaps he would never have given it to her! CHAPTER XX. One morning while Rupert was read ing the newspaper, at breakfast time. Agatha, saw his face suddenly change; he turned pale and the newspaper fell out of his hand to the ground. Pres ently he hastily gulped down his cof fee, and making some trifling excuse, he left the room and went along the narrow passage to his little study. shutting the door behind him. Agatha rose from her place, and went and picked up the newspaper. A sure Instinct the Instinct of unhappy love, told her that there must be some thing more than usually upsetting to Rupert's peace of mind In the columns of the newspaper. She was not long in finding out what it was. "A. marriage is arranged and will shortly take place between Joseph Taunton, Esq., and Irene, only child of the late Frederick Garland," she read. The word3 seemed to be printed in letters of gold before her eyes. It was a respite for her; for if Miss Garland were married, then indeed Rupert would be divided from her forever, "Even If I were to die, it would do him no good, it would bring him no nearer to her!" ehe thought with exultation. For the first few moments shn experienced only a sense of keen and rapturous joy. But soon a reaction set in. and sho began to torment herself anew. What was he doing now in his study? Was he heartbroken at the news? Was. ha filled, as she was, with jealous misery? Had he fled from the room to hide li!s anguish from his wife's eyes? The thought was torture to her. She went outside the diningroom door. Miss Carroll, who managed all the house-keeping, was downstairs in the kitchen ordering dinner. As Agatha stood there, hesitating and wondering, hardly daring to follow her husband In to his room, yet longing to know what the effect of this news was upon him. suddenly the closed door opened, and he came out When he saw his wife standing there, he called, out to her "Have you got any stamps, Aggie? I haveni got oae left." There are some on my dressing-
tr.ble upstairs that you can have, she answered, moving towards the staircase. "Oh, thank you. Don't you go for them, my "dear, I will get them of course." and lie ran lightly upstairs. She waited till he was out of sight, then ran quickly along the passagft and entered his room. A letter lay upon the blotting pad. The ink was still wet. It was addressed to Miss Garland. The envelope was only just fastened. She took it up yet she hesitate 1 To ouen and read a letter addressed to tome one else was repuguant to' her. It went against all the prejudices of her education. She had been taught that such things are dishonorable and
discreditable, and altogether Impossible to right-minded and well-conducted persons. Yet there are certain primary Instincts of human nature which can sweep away all these barriers of civilization at a blow, if they are only allowed to have their sway and jealousy was assuredly implanted in the heart of women as well as of man. long before discretion and good breed ing taught us how to control and conceal It. (To bo continued.) NAPOLEON AND ENGLAND. Oonaparte'n Mistake Perhaps Saved Albion from Invasion. Since Bleriot flew across the Eng lish Channel from France there have been many who remembered Napoleon's long "wait for a favoring wind to carry his ships of war to the shores of Albion, and speculation has been rife as to what would have happened If Bonaparte had possessed a flock of aeroplanes or dirigibles at that time. the Washington Star says. Of course. this calculation leaves out of account the possibility, even the probability, that England would have had a similar equipment for a counter attack. But the fact, nevertheless, remains that Napoleon did have within his reach the possibility of reaching England without dependencies upon the fickle winds. Had Bonaparte recognized the possi bilities of Robert Fulton's invention when it was laid before him in 1797 he might have invaded England at his pleasure. It was in December of that year that the American Inventor ex perimented on the Seine with a boat for steam navigation. Napoleon turned the matter over to a committee of scientists, who learnedly decided that Fulton's scheme was impracticable, and so reported to the government. There had. It 13 true, been French experiments prior to Fulton's efforts to Interest the government at Paris, but they were not of as advanced a character 03 the American's. It is conceivable, indeed it is probable, that if Napoleon had given the matter his personal attention with a favorable inclination the steamboat would have been developed under hl3 patronage Instead of the United States, and history might have been written differently. But Napoleon wa3 not a scientific man. He had no genius for the mechanical arts and no concept of machinery outside of the Implements of taking life. He could devise ways and means of circumventing an enemy, could plan campaigns with masterly prescience, but he was not of a temperament to percilve such an epoch-making proposition as Fulton's. As far as the possession of the "air ship" li concerned, unless the art of flying had been more thoroughly de veloped at the beginning of the nineteenth century than it is to "ay, NapoIon would have been as much handl capped by the lack of favorab!ejwU ditions a3 he was In truth by the ob stinate refusal of the wind3 to beir Villeneuve's fleet toward the EnglUh shores. Spain's Old Order Cbaneetb. The Cafe Fornos is no more. It closed its doors recently and forever. For those who know Madrli this 13 interesting news, as the Cafe Fornos was not only the best establishment of Its kind, but the rendezvous of all wellknown, people, from society leaders to politicians, journalists and tourists. It wa3 opened about 1870 in the calle Alcala, the Parl3 edition of the New York Herald says. Soon afterward calle Sevilla was widened and Fornos' corner became the center of Madrid life. As El Imparcial says, politicians, litterateurs and newspaper correspondents soon made of Forno3 their home. The cafe was a continuation of the congress lobby, ot "he theater foyer, of the ministers' parlor, of every piace where Madrid gossips. King Amadeo used to frequent the place, which Is connected with marry an anecdote concerning Important events in the political history of Spain. Since Madrid changed Its habits and is less out of doors at night, Fornos lo3t much of its clientele. Moreover, the f rent of the place had been Increased 22,500 pesetas per annum. These are the causes of the decision which deprives Madrid bf one of Its most picturesque sight3 at night. Separate Ideal. "Why did you never marry, Tom?" inquired the young Benedict of the old bachelor. "Well, you see." replied the single one, "when I was quite young I resolved that I wouldn't marry until I found an ideal woman. I was difficult to please, but after many years I found her." "Lucky beggar! And then " "She was looking for an ideal man," replied the bachelor, sadly. Tit-Bits. Jait m.n DenfrTlng. "So you were deeply touched by the poem young Mr. Guffsum wrote to you?" "Yes," answered Mayrnie. "But It was not a good poem." "I don't care. It was Just as much trouble for him to write It as If he had been Shakspeare." Washington Star. Egr Inatead of Candles. "It 13 my hu5band's birthday. He la just 35," said the actrow to the manager. "Don't you think you could do something for him?" "Sure thing," replied the manager; "I'll get somebody in the audience to throw thirty-five egg3 at him." Yonkers Statesman. The Contract. The Patient What! You refuse to allow my claim? You told me wheo I insured that I'd get something if I wa3 sick, didn't you? Insurance Agent Well, you must have gotten something or you wouldn't be sick, would you? Puck. Cantlons. Caller I would like to see something in the way of a checi. Tailor Er yes excuse me are you a customer or a bill collector? Boston Transcript. A brave man's spirit Its vigor soon regains. Homer.
Wonie:i Who Are JMsgrnntled. A writer in the Baltimore Star has an excellent article on the discontent of the average woman. She says: "Women aiv discontented because they are bad losers. There is not one woman in a million that's got a drop of sporting blood in her veins. When she doesn't win out I say it in shame for my eex she welches. This is particularly true in matrimony. "Most of the fretful, discontented women are married women, and their complaint is about the monotony of domestic life. They wail out that they are always doing tasks that have to be done right over again. That they are cooking meals that are no sooner cooked than eaten; sweeping floors that have to be swept up again darning socks that have got holes ;a them the next day, and washing baby faces that have got bread and jam on them In ten minutes. "True, domestic life i3 monoton 3us. So is every other kind of work in the world that one follows for a living. The bookkeeper adds up one column of figures after another the year around. The shoemaker makes thousands of pairs of shoes one after another. The merchant wrestles with the same cranky customers day in and day out. The grinding monotony of a woman's work in the house is not a bit more wearying than a man's is at his table or desk, yet men get pleasure out of their work, and women get nothing but discontent out of theirs. "It Is because they are lying down on their jobs. They are not being dead game sports. They dope it out on some fool system that, although matrimony may mean work, for them it is going to be some sort of a glided romance, and when it isn't, when they find out that they've got to do without some of the things they wanted, and do a lot of things they don't want to do, they put up a howl about what poor, persecuted creatures they are. "Women are discontented because they are too self-conscious. They spend their time vivisecting their emotions. They coddle their misfortunes and make pets and playthings of their sorrows, and they are never so happy as when they are miserable. "The minute any of us stop to ask ourselves If we are happy and satisfied, the answer Is bound to be "No." Because there is no human being so blessed as not to have some sore spot In his or her heart, some void in life, some crumpled rose leaf under the forty mattresses of ease. Yet women who know this fact perfectly well aggravate whatever ingrowing trouble they have In their lives by continually harping upon It. "What women need more than anything else in the world is to be taught the gospel of happiness. They need to have It Impressed upon them that discontent Is cowardice, and that if they don't like the conditions by which they are surrounded it is up to them to change things. Otherwise to shut up. To whine about a thing and still bear It is to act the part of a cur dog. "Women also need to have it borne in upon them that the woman who Ees K ln the summer with the chilureu, wuo visus roomer occasionally, who can get off two or three afternoons a week to shop, or go to the matinee, or play bridge, and who still complains of the monotony of her lot to a man who shows tip at his office as regular as a clock for 313 days a year certainly has her nerve with her. 'The remedy for the discontented women Is to put some heart in their work, and to keep house with Intelligence instead of making it a dreary round of drudgery. And, above all, to quit thinking about themselves so much. Work and unselfishness they pace the road to happiness." A A'enoraed Tonnar. In truthful numbers be she sung, The Woman with the Serpent's Tongue; Concerning whom Fame hints at things Told but ln shrugs and whisperings; Ambitious from her natal hoar,' And scheming all her life for power; With little left cf seemly pride; With venomed fangs she can not hide; Who half makes love to you to-day. To-morrow gives her guest away. Burnt up within by that strange soul She can not slake, or yet control; Malignant-lipp'd, unkind, unsweet; Past all example indiscreet; Hectic, and always overstrung The Woman with the Serpent's Tongue William Watson. This I the Iteaaun. Women ,often wonder why lace curtains or those of net in an open pattern give better service tkan such materials as fine scrim, cotton voile or dotted muslin, and th& reason is that closely woven fabrics, being opaque, catch the sun's rays directly and in full force. This heat in time weakens or burns the threads, while the open weave, allowing as they do the entrance of the sun's rays, filterin" through, escape much of the scorching! as they do not receive the full force of the heat. Wife Im Mure Popular. In Columbus, Ohio, a funny thing happened election day. Mrs. Joseph Bachman was a candidate for the Board of Education, and her husband was candidate for City Solicitor. The wife had five opponents, yet she beat them all with a total vote of 7.675 votes. Her husband had only three opponents, but scored only 574 votes, being beaten in his home ward by 34 votes, while his wife won In her own ward with 865 votes. Her vote, with one exception, was the highest on the ticket. She is a lawyer herself. The Internal Feminine. "I am tired and sick of reading about women," said a young woman laßt Sunday as she looked into the depths of her cup of tea. "We read about their troubles, their work, their love affair.?, their divorces; the funny man finds never-failing material in their clothes, and the way they wear their hair. Are there no great things happening in the world that all these trivial things should be given so much space? It almost makes one wish for wars or something to try the courage af men and the loyalty of women." Woman Inspiration. In all ages woman has been the source of all that i3 pure, unselfish and heroic in the life and spirit of man. It wa3 for her love Mark Antony lost the world; It was for her love that Jacob of old toiled sevei years; Helen conquered Troy, ana
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plunged all the nations of antiquity into war, and gave the earliest, as it is still the grandest, epic which has come down to us through all ages. Poetry, music and fiction are based upon woman's love, and all the moveuents of history are mainly due to the sentiments or ambitions she has in spired. From the hearthstone, around which lingers the recollections of our mother, from the fireside, where our wife awaits us, comes all the home. all the purity, all the courage with which we fight the battles of life. Sty-llvh Foulard Gow Dotted wistaria satin foulard was used to make the gown from which this model was sketched. Plain satincovered buttons are elaborately used for decoration, and the Empire waist line i3 defined by a band of velvet (several shades darker than ground of material) attached in front at bust line by two huge amethyst buttons. Chemi3ftte and stock are white Irish crochet lace. WorklnK Girls as Wive. "The working girl makes the best wife- In the world." This is the firm assertion of Miss Mary MacArthur, president of the Women's Trade Union League of Great Britain. Miss MacArthur Is a remarkable woman. Net yet 30, she has been interested in trade ' unionism among women for more than ten years and has practically built up the English organization, of which she i3 president, and now numbers fully 210,00 women. It is a very big and definite force in English labor movements. And ln defiance of all the doleful masculine prognostications that girls and women who work outside the home are thereby unfitted for the natura! feminine functions of wifehood and motherhood. Miss MacArthur reiterates: "It i3 the worklngwomen who make the best wives and the best mothers, too," she adds composedly. "It Is the working woman every time who first of all. starts out with a wise marriage. She marries for love and for friendship and for respect not just for the sake of a man any man who will bestow the light of hi3 countenance upon her." Kansas City Journal. Women as Inventor. A writer in Cassier's Magazine celebrates the inventive skill of women. He notes in the long list of mechanical devices "springing from the fertile brain of American womanhood" a machine for driving barrel hoops, a steam generator, a baling press, a steam and fume box, an automatic floor for elevator shafts, a rail for street railways, an electric apparatus, packing for piston rods, locomotive wheels, a railway tie, a stock car, a boring machine fo'" drilling gun stocks, etc. That Is all very well, but no woman has ever invented a machine that will button her up the back. She has to marry a man to get that done with neatness and dispatch. , Itellevlna; (he Mind. There is nothing so terrible as the concentration of thought and energy in one channel. Sometimes a particular subject fastens on the mind with a terrible Intensity. It lays an iron grasp upon the spirit. Night and day the victim is never free. He dreams of one thing by night, he awakens to it in the morning, all the day it grips him and refuses to let go. If that continues long enough the end is madness. Live toe much in the circle of fellow workers and you never escape the pressure of thought and work. The Day Book of Claudius Clear. Orlffln of niaakrta. Bristol, during the reign of Edward III., had three merchants living in the town whoso name was Blanket. They were woolen weavers, and the first people to make the material which ever since has been called by their name. It was first used for making peasants' clothing. When Window Sonh Stick. If windows move hard melt a tablespoonful of lard and pour a little between window frame and casing, and also a little on the roller and rope. It works like magic. This 13 a good thing to know when the frames are swollen from being closed during rainy weather. y t ' The "Dnwed" Needle. It is unnecessary to throw away machine needles which have become dull or even broken near the point. They may be sharpened on the whetstone and made as good as new. Keep a small whetstone in the machine drawer for this purpose. For Gras Stain. During the summer the children will sit and roll on the grass, and frequently the grass sthins are most obstinate. It is said that if the spotted portion of the garment is soaked in alcohol there Is nothing more effective in removing such stains. Women In Professions. Women in large Industrial enterprises, in real estate, In mines. In agriculture, in banks, ln all 'occupations where men make millions, are to-day
also making millions. New the professional women begins to bid fair to rival the professional man in her returns from the profession. It has not been many years since lawyers as professional men began to make huge fees. It has been fewer years since the first woman lawyer, Belva Lockwood, achieved fame. But already women lawyers are achieving not only fame, but fees. Last June Miss Mary E. Miller, a Chicago lawyer and suffragette, won a $30.000 fee on a $3,000,000 lawsuit over the estate of the late William Bross. She has been admitted to the bar only tLirteen years. In Boston the women have a board of trade of their own. In New York last September the International Federation of Business Women was organized. There is also the Professional Woman's League and scores of other such organizations. Women are banding themselves in unions. They have invaded all but seven of the many occupations enumerated in the census reports. And now they are capturing one of man's choicest strongholds the position of being a self-made American millionaire. Bookkeeper.
N'eedlevrorlc Note. Birdseye stitch is an effective outline stitch. A dainty jabot is of green tulle with a batted lace bow. Raffia embroidery is one of the popular novelties of the season. Spanish embroidery is wonderfully effective on a white linen shirt waist. A color and color-number card is a useful accessory of the sewing basket. Ivory rings are better for fancy work than the brass ones, as they do not tarnish. Iloniton applique, in a dainty bowknot and flower design made a pretty baby's cap. A combination of French and eyelet embroidery is extremely pretty on dainty lingerie. A dainty necktie end of sheerest mull had a hems'tltched hem and a little flower form in shadow embroidery. Crossbar muslin with hand-embroidered scalloped edges makes a dainty and serviceable school apron for a small girl. A fancy letter for marking towels is n.ade of slanting satin stitch. French knots and feather and outline stitches. An unusual and pretty handkerchief is of sheer white linen with a wide border of hemstitching forming checks of an even size. For the marking of household linen fhe regular marking cotton which comes for the purpose should be used. It Is much more satisfactory than linen thread. "The Dollar Irlnra' Hat. "Merry Widow" hats lived a long time In the hearts of those who are i.ddicted to large hats, but they had their day and are now almost forgotten. "The Dollar Princess" turban comes to take the place of the "Merry Widow" hat, and it is most artistic. It 13 created of draped velvet covered with chiffon, and the three large ostrich tips fall forward from the center back over the crgwn. For Chilblains. A cure that Is recommended for chilblains is to rub the wrists and anklt3 well to encourage a good circulation, and the chilblains twice or thrice a day with methylated spirits, or if preferred, with mustard liniment or camphorated oil, the last two being quite as good as and less dangerous than the first, which should never be applied near a light. Straining Her Eyes. The maiden dropped her lovely eyes. Later she cast her eyes down the rocky slope of the mountainside. After she had rested them upon the topmost branche3 of a near-by tree she let them fall upon the waters of a placid lake. Then a visit to an oculist was imperative. Judge. To CI en u Furniture. By pouring a little olive oil over a soft linen cloth and gently rubbing over the surface of mahogany furniture the white covering caused by dampness, also all dust, Is removed and leaves the furniture as clear as a mirror, and saves having it polished. To Open n Cnn. In case a screw top on a can sticks, strike the cover lightly with the handle of an old knife if there Is no tack hammer convenient, while you turn the can. In a few moments the most stubborn cover will open with simply a slight twist. Table Flower Effects. Do not feel that you must buy out a hothouse and fruit stand in ordei to have a handsome dinner table Wonderful effects can be had with ? few flowers and foliage. Also, do no! turn your table into a jeweler's shop. Left Out 'Obey." Tom L. Johnson omitted the word "obey" from the marriage service when called upon to perform it a? mayor of Cleveland, because, as he said, he would not "help to make lian of people." The Inle Rate. The rate of the pulse of a healthy person 13 four times that of the respiration.
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REVIEW OF INDIANA
Carl Kollmeyer, aged 20, son of Attorney C. J. Kollmeyer, fell on the ice at Columbus and broke his left arm at the elbow. The accident happened almost a yesr to a day from the time he fell on the ice and broke the same arm at the same place. The largest red fox seen in the vicinity of Connersville for many years was shot and killed by Elbert Brattain, west of the city. It was 4 feet 4 inches long, and it had been hunted repeatedly, partly for sport and partly because of its ravages in the henneries. The contractors having in charge the completion of the Indianapolis, Newcastle & Toledo traction line give out the information that cars will be running between Newcastle and Maxwell by the middle of January. One passenger and one freight car are at the power house and are being equipped with motors, etc. Walter T. Carpenter, first superintendent of Earlham College, and one of Richmond's most esteemed men, was 99 years old last Saturday. He is in feeble health, though his condition is improved from that of a few weeks ago. Mr. Carpenter's wife died a short time ago, at the age of 86 years. They had been mairied almost seventy-five years. Judge Will Sparks, of the Rush Circuit Court, as special judge in the action brought by James L. Watkins, defeated candidate for mayor, for a recount of the ballots cast at the special election December 13, held that Watkins had no ground for action and dismissed the case, with costs against Watkins. An appeal to the Appellate Court was granted. D. W. Ileaggy, a well-to-do farmer, who lives west of Columbus, was attacked by an infuriated bull when he entered his pasture. The animal had been dehorned, and but for this fact Heaggy would probably have suffered fatal injuries. As it was, he was but ted about the pasture for several minutes before he managed to make his escape. Heaggy is now confined to his bed and unable to move. Dennis Haisley, aged 53, a former trustee of Liberty Township, Grant County, and a prominent farmer, is dead following the amputation of his right leg. Two years ago Haisley suffered the amputation of his left leg on account of gangrene, and had recovered from that operation when a similar affliction of his remaining leg called for a second operation. He Is survived by a widow and four children. After he had been mourned as dead by his friends in Muncie, who read of his being killed in a railroad accident in the southern part of the State, Frank Pierson surprised them by walking in on his acquaintances and frightening several of them half out of their wits. Another ' Frank Pierson was killed, and the report that it was the Muncie man who met death was circulated by some one not fully acquainted with the circumstances. Usually very shy of any sign of habitation, the few coveys of quails that have escaped the hunters in Wayne County, this winter, are seeking barnyards of farmers in search of food. The thick blanket of snow, which has a thin but very tough coating of ice upon it, has proved a serious handicap to the quails, and some birds have actually died from starvation. In some parts of the county farmers are reported to be providing food for the birds. Harry Fryen, George Fryen, Arthur Fryen and Karl Fryen, who have been spending a few days hunting near Lawrenceburg with friends, have returned to their home in Indianapolis with several valued trophies of their trip. They bagged 120 rabbits, 61 quails, a red fox, a small black eagle and a queer freak of nature, which i3 believed to be half cat and half rabbit. The freak was hot on the farm of Mrs. Mary A. Harrison, in North Hogan creek, my Harry Fryen. A display of money in the show window of H. H. Locker, a Newcastle merchant, wa3 stolen m by an unidentified thief who gained entrance to the store and carried away thirty-five $1 bills. Locker had the money in a box in a showcase and small Keys were given purchasers, the one having the right key being entitled to unlock the box and get the money inside. Some one forced a rear window, entered the store and carried away money, box and all, the total value being about $70. Recent mishaps of the Greenfield fire department are attributed to a hoodoo," which the men say has been with them since the street number "13" has been removed from the door of headquarters. Contrary to the usual notion, the firemen have considered the number lucky, and there has never been a serious" accident In the company. Recently, however, little things have been constantly cropping out to annoy the firemen. One of the horses lost an eye. anothor fell while on a run to a fire, while other casualties have occurred. There are thirteen members of the department. The contract for another large drain in Boone County has been let. It is known as the Raccoon ditch, and drains a large portion of Jackson Township. The contract was awarded to Kersey & Honan at $7,400. William Knotts, a farmer, who lives west of Columbus, while eating rabbit, at his home, suffered intensely for a time when a forked bone became lodged In hi3 throat A physician made three efforts before he removed the rabbit bone. The Globe Paint and Color Company, of Evansville, which has just been Incorporated for $20,000, has purchased an abandoned church at Elsas avenue and Indiana .street, and will convert It Into a paint factory. The new concern will employ a large number of men. E. W. Puckett will become connected January 1, with the Trade Mark Title Company of Fort Waj'ne, the only concern of Its kind for the registration and protection of trade marks. Mr. Puckett will take charge of a new department relating to the protection of rade marks of clients of the company. While Mrs. Frank Buckley was shaking ashes down ln a stove at her home in Muncie, a pail of boiling water fell on her, burning her so badly that flesh dropped from her back. Her condition Is serious. Fifteen silver cups and twenty-five medals have been contributed to the annual show of the South Bend Poultry and Pet Stock Association, to be held In January by the merchants of the city. Indidivual friends of the society have contributed cash to the show which will also be used for prizes.
Dr. I. N. Williams, aged TO, a dentist of Sullivan, slipped on an icy pavement and received a broken hip. The 5-year-old son of Joseph Esh el-
man, of Connersville. swallowed a watch chain eight inches long. A physician succeeded in relieving the child. Marshall Lines, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Lines, of Shelbyville, suffered a fractured jaw when a cow ne was feeding struck the boy in the face with Its head. The residents of Fugit Township, in the north part of Decatur County, had a big fox hunt last we k. No dogs or guns were allowed, but all participating were requested to bring horns, bells and other noise-making devices. Mrs. Pauline Summers, a well-known resident of Valparaiso, was removed to the Christian hospital where an operation for appendicitis was performed. Mrs. Summers Is past grand matron of the Order of the Eastern Star in Indiana. The Rev. E. J. Sias, pascr of the First Christian church In Frankfort, has handed his resignation to the official board to take effect on February 15. Mr. Sias will go to Lincoln, Neb., and enter the lecture field. He has been offered $4,000 for thirty-two weeks on the platform. Quail and Hungarian pheasants are perishing In Indiana by the thousand, because they are unable to get food since the snowstorm. The heavy snow has covered the food supply on which, the birds depend. From many places reports come that farmers 'were clearing the snow from the fields ln order that the birds could find something to eat. Hanson J. Gooden, aged GO, was painfully injured while hunting along Tanners creek, near Lawrenceburg. He became separated from his companions and was chased up a tree and held captive for three hours by a big ram near a sheep farm. When Gooden attempted to climb down the tree he was so cold and stiff that he fell and broke his right arm in two places. A box of bread shipped from Fort Wayne to the George H. Smith grocery was carried through Portland by the night train which regularly brings it, and it reached Richmond before Its presence in the express car was discovered. There was no express train coming north again until afternoon, but a freight crew just leaving the station, consented to care for the box. It was roped on the engine, tied to the cowcatcher, and in this position reached Portland in time to serve the grocer's patrons at the noon hour. Joseph H. Githens, whose death occurred suddenly at Indianapolis, was a pioneer hotel man of Richmoad, conducting at various times the Huntington, the Grand and the Arlington hotels. He was one of the best known men of the city of Richmond, and because of the fact that when he left there a lew days ago to spend Christmas with his daughter in Indianapolis he was in the best of health, apparently, the news of his death came as a great surprise to his friends. Mr. Githens was t have been married soon to Mrs. Mary Lincoln. Pearls are getting to be so common at Hope, Bartholomew County, that before long tho people there will be tempted to cast them before swine. All of the recent pearl finds n&ve been In oysters, and tho oyster trade has taken a sudden spurt. George Wendell, marshal of Hope, found a pearl which a Hope jeweler valued at $100. Charles Gilleland, south of Hoje, bought a quart of oysten and found a pearl about the size of a pea. The pearl will be sent to Cincinnati for examination, and if it is as fine as Hope jewelers say, it will be worth several hundred dollars. Dr. T. E. Reed, of Hope, bought a pint of oysters and found a pearl valued at $50. The birth rate for the month of October, according to figures just compiled by the State Board of Health, was 18.7, an increase of ?-10 over the rate for the corresponding month of last year. The nutrber.of births reported for the month was 4,340, an increase of 191 over the corresponding month last yeat. During the month 2,212 male children were born and 2,128 females. Warren County again led the counties of the State in the birth rate, which was 31.5. Floyd County was lowest, with 9.5. St Joseph County had a rate of 27.7 and Marlon a rate of 19.1. One hundred and seventy-five deaths from violence were reported. Of these 10 were murders and 28 suicides. The death rates of cities having populations of 10.000 or over are reported as follows: Indianapolis, 14.7; Evansville, 13.0; Fort Wayne, 10.6; Terre Haute, 1S.6; South Bend, 15.6; Anderson, 15.1; Columbus, 9.7; East Chicago. 24.4: Elkhart. 12.8; EH wood, 6.1; Hammond, 9.7; Jeffersonville, 21.3; Kofconio, 12.3; Lafo rotte, 18.7: Laporte, 1 1,4: Logansport. 21.8; Marlon, 10.0; Michigan City, 9.1; Muncie; 17.4; New Albany, 13.2; Peru. 11.6; Richmond, 14.9; Vincennes, 9.6. The Rev. Henry W. Schwan, pastor of the West Creighton Avenue Church of Christ, in Fort Wayne, has announced his resignation and will deliver his farewell sermon next Canday. Miss Alice Bulger, aged 6, died a few days ago at Washington, of tuberculosis. She had been ill a long time and realizing that she was going to die, made all arrangements for ber funeral and selected her burial robe. She was popular in Washington's younger set. For killing a mule with a pick Dink Thomas, a miner of Hymera, was placed in jail for thirty days. He Is said to have become enraged at the animal and to have struck it such a blow that it fell dead. The skiflC in which they were making their way across White river crushed and capsized by being caught between two heavy cakes of ice, John Young, a Knox County farmer, and Charles Self, a ferryman, narrowly escaped drowning by jumping from one floating cake of ice to another until they reached the shore. An invitation has been sent to Governor Marshall to be present at the farmers' institute to be held at Shelbyville January 24 and 25, and he says he will attend one session provided his health permits. James W. Burns has just been elected general secretary of the Railroad Young Men's Christian Association In Fort Wayne for the twentieth consecutive year. Mr. Burns came from Springfield, Ohio, to Fort Wayne in October, 1890, and is personally known to thousands of Indiana and Ohio railroad men.