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BE CHEERFUL. Though earth-cares oppress (lie And adversity twine Her durk wreaths about the ( Vet, oh. make no sign. Tread firmly life's musses, HepreNHliig tlie leiir That fniii would oft Rim I) forth- 1'oor wanderer here. . Perhaps on the morrow 1 Prosperity's miiii May hlnc on thy pathway, 1 And sorrow be done. The way, once no desolate, May take a new turn, And bright flowers erst hidden Our eyes may discern. Cheer up! Oli, there's manic I In these little words; You hear thetn In the streamlet, ' In snug of the birds. ; Look up see them written In the depths of blue; Press onward, look upward The light will break through -Utica Globe. THE GHOST OF A GALLOWS. It waa aj extremely awkward sltun tlon. Eveu 1, who am somewhat alow lo think, ns a rule, realized that In stantly. At my feet In the dusty road way lay a revolver, atlll hot ami smok ing from Its discharge, the report of which bail Just startled the quiet of that country Inne, while not far away from nie there lay In the road the body of a man who had fallen from a dog cart to the ground, apparently atone lemd. and the worst of It waa that the man who lay there In the road waa my bitterest enemy. The' horse stopped and swerved with terror at the discharge of the pistol, and this action threw the man, dead or wounded,' from the cart. The groom who waa Hitting back to back with his master, jumped from the vehicle and ran toward the prostrate figure, while the horse, left entirely to hla own de vlcea, went on In a mad gallop. As a drowning man thinks, ho did I, "AS A TimiWNlNO .MAN THINKS, SO DID -." Ju that brief period. When the groopi reached the body of his muster be saw In an Instant that the man wffs dead. Then he looked at nie. I wns still re viewing the situation. Hut there wasn't much time to spare. It was not I who llrcd the fatal shot. The road on this side was lined on one aide will) a high hedge, and 1 knew that the murderer had fired from this ambush and dexterlousl.v thrown the revolver to where It lay Just at my feet. But 1 wns quick enough to real ise that no jury In the world would ever believe tills unless proof of the real murderer could be produced. Instantly I knew that my only hope lay In his capture, and 1 Immediately dashed through the hedge In senrch of 111 in, while the groom, thinking no doubt that 1 was attempting to make my escape, came In hot pursuit after me. Inside of the hedge there was no sign of nny living being. The fair green fields stretcliiMl away to the hillside, be yond which the white walls of a farm lioilse were Just visible, as peacefully as If there could be no such thing as the tragedy which had Just taken place on the other side of the hedge. I looked up and dowu the long hedge row In vain. There was not the slightest clew to the murderer to be seen. However, I determined that the man might possibly make for the railroad station, whence I bad just come, for I knew that there wns a train for the city due In a few minutes. Could the rulllan catch It V And could I overtake Mm before he did so? If not I reflected 1 might easily telegraph to the next Htatlon and have him apprehended. 1 was running all the time as bard ns I could Inside of the hedge and toward the railway station. The groom bad given up pursuit of me, doubtless thinking It bis duty to return to his master's body. It wanted six minutes before the train was due. as I saw by a hasty glance at my watch, but I did not know how far the station was from where the murder occurred. I never ran so hard In my life before, liut I felt that my life dPMndcd on the chance of securing the murderer, and consequently the effort cost me no Ktraln. My wind began to tell on me, liowever. at the end of the first quarter utile, and I was Just wondering vague ly how long I could keep It up when I came upon the empty dog-cart with the runaway horse quietly cropping grass liy the roadside. Here was luck Indeed. I Jumped Into the cart an speedily as my exhausted strength would let me, nud gathering up the reins I struck the horse and we were off as fast as the animal could run toward the station. I estimated that there were still two minutes before the tralu was due, and I felt nure that the station could not le more than a third of a mile distant. Suddenly I heard the whistle or the locomotive, and with It came an In spiration. The murderer might never be found. 'At all events I could not lay bauds on Dion Just then. Why not take the train and make good my own escape while the oportuulty presented Itself. It seemed a terrible thing to thus flee from justice because of a crime which I had not committed, but I could not for my life Bee any other course, open, Ko I urged the animal to still greater speed and pulling up at u bend In the road before I reached the station I jumped down and ran, just lu time to scramble upon the train as It wan mov Ing off. It was a curious freak of chance, If Indeed, It waa chance ulone, which had brought me down to llopevllle that morning and thrust me Into the unen viable position of a suspected murder er. I had received a telegram from Randolph Cutting, the man whom I hud just seen murdered, uniting me to come dowu Immediately to llopevllle, and lu obedience to tills suininous I had taken an early morning train down from New York. llopevllle Is an ex cedlngly unpretentious little New Jer sey village. If Indeed a country store and two small houses besides the sta Hon could be bo described. When I stepped out of the train I looked about In vain for Randolph Cutting's car riage. As It was not to be seen und as anything In the shape of a hired con veynnce was un utter Impossibility at llopevllle, I set out at a brisk wulk In the direction of Randolph Cutting's place, which I knew from a former visit was about a mile and a half from the station. Randolph Cutting and I were second cousins, and the very slight degree of affection which always existed between us was not Increased materially at the death of an uncle of ours who left his money to me, und whose will was ho Involved that there was a lawsuit be tween Cutting and myself. As It hap pened, by the terms of the will, most of my uiK'Io's property was left to me, and Cutting tried to have the will broken upon certain technical grounds which are not essential to this story.' The courts upheld me, however, and declared the will perfectly valid. As a consequence Randolph Cutting and my self had not spoken for five years, and I, of course, had not been nenr his home until that eventful day, when I hurried down there In response to his telegram. True, 1 did think that It was a curious thing for Cutting to do to telegraph for nie to conic dowu to llopevllle, but on second thoughts I concluded that some business of Im portance In connection with certain In terests which were still mutual, re quired that he should see me, and that perhaps he was unable from llluess or some other cause to leave his home. This brief explanation of the cause of my visit to llopevllle was only a small part of the thoughts which crowded my brain when 1 wns safely seated In the train and whirling toward Jersey City. As I have said, Randolph Cut ting and I were bitter enemies, nud the evidence which pointed to my hav ing committed the crime seemed so blackly conclusive tlint I could nl most feel the rope tighten about my neck. When the train stopped ut the next station I trembled In every limb, fully expecting to see some one come Into the car to arrest me. Nothing of the sort hnppeiied. however, and I passed several more stations in safety. However. I did not allow myself much hope, for I felt sure 1 would be appre hended at Jersey City. After some thought I concluded that It would be the best plan to go right In rather than get off at any out-of-town stations, as there would be much less risk of being noticed in t lie crowd which would get off the tralu there. Wheu the train pulled Into the Jersey City depot 1 made my way with all possible baste to the wultlng-room, and greatly to my surprise I wns not mo lested. Suddenly I heard the trnluinan call out a train for Philadelphia, and acting upon Impulse I hastily secured a ticket and was smn comfortably en sconced in u parlor enr on the way to the Quaker City. I can never describe that night of horror which I spent In Philadelphia. Some Idea of my findings may be Imag ined when I saw In nu evening paper a dispatch telling of the murder of Ran dolph Cutting, a well-known New Yorker, near his country place at nope vlllc, N. J. The account In the paper said that detectives from New York were at work upon the case, and that although they refused to give out any of the facts, they were In possession of a clew whlrh they felt sure would ennble them to capture the murderer within a few hours. 1 sought a quiet hotel upon a side street, registering under an assumed name and then endenvored to compose myself to nwnlt results. I hardly think t4P W A m 1 orr AS PASTAS TUB ANIMAL COII.O RUN. I slept a wink that night, but tossed feverishly upon my bed, wondering whether I had uot acted very foolishly In thus running nway when I wns per fectly Innocent. I'ndoubtedly by so do ing I had strengthened the chain of evl dcuce agaiust me, but under the cir cumstances 1 did not see w hat else I could do. There was still a chance for nie, I thought. Cutting's groom was no doubt a new one. as his face was not familiar to me. and he probably did not know who I was. No one else to llope vllle knew me. 1 bad not mentioned mj Intention of golnj; flown there to any one In New York. My only hope luy In keplug perfectly secluded until the thing had blown over, and this I thought I could do as well In my hotel In Philadelphia as anywhere else. Then wheu I would arrive at this point In my reasoning the thought of that clew that the detectives were working on would come to me and I would break Into a cold perspiration from nervousness und anxiety. How I ever got through the night I en u not tell. As soon us I could get Into my clothes In the morning I procured a morning newspuper. There I found a fuller and more thrilling account of the murder, most of which I skimmed through hurriedly until I reached the following words: "Detectives Warden and Seabury, of the Plukerton force, reached llopevllle shortly after noon, having been tele graphed for by Mr. Cutting's family. They at once set to work upon a clew furnished them by Davis, the groom, who was with Mr. Cutting when the fatal shot was fired. Davis was sitting with Is back to Mr. Cutting, but hap pening to look toward the side of the road he saw a man, whom he recog nized as a discharged servant of his employer's, level a pistol at Mr. Cut ting's head and fire. Mr. Cutting fell to the ground and Davis jumped to his master's assistance, only to find him In stantly killed. The horse had taken fright and run away, when Davis hap pening to look up saw a figure In the roadway, Instinctively he ran toward him, but the man darted behind the hedge and Davis lost sight of him. He was able, however, to Ideiitlfy the mur derer fully when he waa arrested by the detectives late last night. The man, whose name Is James Simpson, was found In an empty hay shed, not two miles from the scene of the murder. When conf rout ed with his crime he lie- came panlc-strlcken and made a full confession." And that was the nearest I ever came to being hanged. Philadelphia Time Mrs. Margaret Deland, author of the' famous "John Wurd. Preaeher," has ! finished a group of live short stories, which will apear under the title, "The Wisdom of Fools." Hamlin Garland's new book, "Way side Courtships," Is made up of short stories dealing with the Influence of women, exerted often by chauce, upon men's ca reel's. Dean Furrur's new theological work Is on the evo of appearance lu London. In Its twenty-three chapters Dr. Fnrrnr treats of the "allegorical method" of exegesis as untenable, and deals with the dangerous results of the "supernat ural dictation" theory. Necessarily, the book will n rouse wide atteutlou and keen controversy. In the Jewish Kra Mrs. T. C. Rounds has gathered much Interesting matter relative to the cause represented by the Chicago Hebrew Mission the conver sion of the Jews to Christianity. The lending nrticle Is by Prof. H. M. Scott, and Is to the effect that Judaism can not survive In u world of religious lib erty, because It Is uot a proselyting re ligion. "The Romance of Isabel, Lady Bur ton," Is said to be practically an auto biography. The real facts concerning the burning of her husband's Persluu translation, "The Scented Garden," are told, and her real motives given. One of the Interesting features of the book Is found lu numerous and Important letters from Gen. Gordon which hav8tliem Father Dodge had built a new never before been published. frame house, but It was not large Francis O. Burtou writes and the! enough to accommodate the family and Technical Publishing Company brings1 any strangers, so Cicero and I slejrt out out "Naval Engineers and the Com- j mnnd of the Sea." It is devoted to proving thnt Great Britain must Insti tute mnny reforms in respect of the engineers In Its navy and points out what Is certain to happen otherwise by detailing two Imaginary wars. As En gland whips France, which treats Its engineers properly lu one, and the I'nl ted States, which treats them even bet-1 more certain, we distinctly heard the ter In the other, the moral Is not ob-, ticking of his watch. We became uu vlous. I easy. for the ticking of thnt watch was The American Youth, the weekly or- regular and incessant. At bust Cicero gan of the 'Waifs' Mission, seems to be quietly slipped out of bed, went over to fed on the literary fat of the land. The tiie new house and called his father, editor, Susan Gibbons Duval, has not vclio came and Investigated. Much to only made of it an excellent Juvenile 01lr chagrin the old gentleman soon dis- poper, but has secured stories and artl- cles from the ablest pens. Anthony Hope's new story, "Victory of the Grand Duke of Mlttenhelin," is begun in the latest issue. Among the writers who have promised to contribute dur-j lng 1807 are Capt. King. Hamlin Gar land, Lillian Bell, Octave Tbanet, Jo seph Jefferson, and a score of others almost equally noted The American Youth evidently has a high standard and lives up to It. ! Women as Pack Animal. The new woman will find much need ing emancipation In her Indian sister of Alaska. There women are convert ed into pack animals at times. Not an unusual sight is to see a long pack train of dogs loaded with twenty or thirty pounds each, and here and there a woman laboring under a 100-pound pack. Fhe Recovered. White Did old Green recover from that railroad accident yet? Black No. but his wife did-to the tune of ten thousand. New York Trl bune. When a man ninkes a mistake of any kind, be usually !agr the lilaoie on a "falae friend." MODERN WARFARE, Lone Campaign Will Olvo Way to Sing-In but Decisive Encounter Summing up the whole question an between uny two European pence trained armies of the preseut day. the extreme percentage of loss to be antici pated locally, I. e., on particular brl glides and divisions, will not exceed one In three (of which one Is killed to four wounded), wherens for whole armies of a quarter of a million and over one In ten Is the very outside punishment we may reasonably expect. Compared to the slaughter of the sev en years' war nud the best contested fields of the Napoleotilc period, this Is very little, Indeed. At Zjirndorf the Russians left 21.000 out of W.OOO on the ground, und this Is undoubtedly the bloodiest buttle recorded since the In troduction of portable firearms. Kylau. Frledland, Wngnim and Brodlno all exceed the figures of auy pitched buttle since the breechloader appeared In the Held. Moreover, the horror of the wholo thing Is not to be meusured by figures of percentages only, but by the deuslty In which the killed und wounded lie, und the fate of the latter ufterward. In a modern buttle UO.000 men would full on an urea of about twenty square miles; at Zorndorf the 21,000 Russians and 12,000 Prussians lay on a single square mile, and of the wounded uot one In three survived; whereas, In 1870, nine out of ten recovered, and the Prus sian medical staff anticipated even better results next time. But death on the battlefield is by far the least of the two evils the soldier has to face. There Is death on the line of march, and In hospitals along the road. Wherens formerly, pnttlcularly under Napoleon, ten would die by the way for one who fell in action, in the last Franco-German war ouly one man died of disease for two killed In action. Indeed, the health of men In the full prime of life was actually slightly bet- ter In the field than lu quarters. It may. liowever, be argued that, even granted that battles and marches may be less destructive, there will be more of them, because every able-bod-led man being trained by war, the re sistance will be more prolonged than formerly, but this prolonged endurance la only conceivable under the supposi tion that the leaders on both sides are hopelessly Incompetent, and both fear to stake ull on a single colllslou a sup position that nothing tends to Justify. On the contrary, every leader brought rip In the modern school Is taught to understand the vulnerability or nil modern military organizations, and Is penetrated with the conviction that one downright "knockout" blow effects more than weeks of purposeless spar ring, and where both start determined to bring matters to a climax the decis ion cannot be long delayed. Judging from what we know of the relative ef ficiency of continental armies, we be lieve that the first round of the great encounter will also be the Inst, for the momentum of the blow which decides will simply paralyze every nerve in the opponent's body, and. adding up ull sources of casualties that can occur In a short campaign of this description, we conclude thnt at the very worst the actual cost In human life to the powers engaged will not amount to more than 5 per cent, of their several popula tions. Pall Mall Gazette. Tlie Denthwatch. In 1803 I had two chums of the name of Seth and Cicero Dodge, who lived down In the forks of 'Coon, about four miles below us. The boys were hauling wood to town, and they told me that the woods down In the forks were alive with squirrels, and thnt if I would go back with them that evening they would get their father to let them have the next day off. and we would huve lots of fun. I went home and got my No. 14 muzzle louder, plenty of ammu nition and my dog, nud went home with n the old log house. I shall never for- get the scare we got that night. As boys will, we lay there a long time dis cussing the various propositions that suggest themselves to two boy chums who haven't seen each other for some time. Along toward midnight we thought we discovered the presence of somebody under our bed. To make It covered that the cause of our dread and forebodings was ouly a denthwatch at work lu an old log by the side of the bed. Forest and Stream. Debts Delayed His Burial. The case of a burial long delayed has recently come to light at Revel, a ltusslan town nenr the Gulf of Fin land. The body thus tardily interred was thnt of a Belgian soldier of for tune, the Due Charles de Croy, who had been commander-in-chief of the Russian army at the historic battle of Narva In 1700. Made a prisoner during the fight, De Croy took up his resi dence at Revel, where he died in the course of events: bis creditors demur red to his burial, however, until his debts were paid. So the soldier was mummified and his remains have stay ed ever since In a church, where they have been exhibited to visitors as a cu riosity. Now, at least, amid such pomp as wns to be found among the local au thorities, he has been given a fitting coffin and properly Interred in one end of the vaults of the church. It occurs to a woman very often in her conversation with a nis i, thai oth er women have found it easy to foo' L.m. INFLUENCE OF BEAUTY. A French lady once remarked to another lady within the hear ing of the writer: "You do not cure so much now about ymir looks, my dear, you are married." There was something very Incongruous In this rcimirk coming from the lips of n lady of France, since all French wom en, as u rule, bear up their reputation for skill and tact In preserving their personal seductiveness, rascinutions and charm even unto old age, thus showing their very great good sense ami. one might sny, absolute wisdom. The very time when u woman does need to care about her good looks is after she has won the heiirt of tlie one man in the world she cared about win ing. For her own sake and her hus band's she should care. No man wants his wife to seem lucking In charm. And once lie loses his pride lu her. he very fast loses his respect for her. and where there Is no respect, talk us you will, there can lie no genuine, high smiled love. A woman should make the most of herself in her husband's eyes. She should endeavor to uppeitr the fairest, daintiest and the noblest woman of her sex. lu word and deed, lu her every mannerism, as well us in persouul ap pearance, she should try her uttermost to Inspire her husband with respect for her. and to keep and hold him en chanted and enthralled by means of those heart und mind qunlitles and per sonal seductions that tirst won him. A woman who is wise In this way need have uo fear of cause for Jealousy. Jealousy, by the way. my door sisters, Is nothing lu the world but a personal acknowledgment that you regard your self beneath some other woman or women in some respect. It is a tacit confession of your own Inferiority I did you ever think of thntV The wom an who Is confident of her own worth Is never Iwthered by even the slightest twinge of jealousy. It Is a mistake to regard marriage as detrimental to u womuu's welfare from any point of view, as sometime It seems to be regarded, judging from such remarks us quoted, on the con trary it broadens Instead or narrowing woman's sphere, ns when she marries her real life only begins. Then, and then only, does the supreme glorifica tion of her sex for her begin to dawn. Columbian. Pinart Colored Girl. Miss Belle Blue, who Is private und confidential secretary to Gen. McNul tn, the receiver of the whisky trust, is the only daughter of Richard Blue, one MISS BELLE BLUE. of the lending colored citizens of Cen tral Illinois. Miss Blue Is 23 years old, and was born and reared m Blooming ton. After her graduation from high school she studied stenography, type writing and bookkeeping, and was en gaged us uccouut-keeper aud private secretary In the office of the Bloomlng ton Building and Lonn Association. In that capacity large sums of money passed through her hands. When Gen. McNulta assumed the duties of his office as receiver for the whisky trust he required the services of a confiden tial secretary and engaged Miss Blue for the place, and she has filled her position with competence. To Cure Snllownesa. Bathing, sleep, diet und exercise ploy their usual important parts in the res toration of the complexion. Hot baths at night, cold sponges or showers In the morning help to rid the skin of Im purities and to tone aud harden it. A tive-inlle walk or a ten-mile bicycle ride each day will start the blood to coursing rapidly through the veins. This is the regimen laid out by one womnn. She rises at 7, takes a cold sponge and a brisk rundown, dresses In uuion flannels, tights, bicycle corsets and a bicycle suit, drinks a pint of hot milk and eats a few crackers. Then she mounts her bicycle, returning at about 9. She takes a shower bath, dresses for the day, eats her regular breakfast, which consists of fruit or green vegetables, eggs and coffee, and proceeds to devote herself to her work. Her luncheon is a light one, taken at 1 o'clock. It consists of consomme and toast, with a dandelion salad, sliced to matoes, lettuce or some fresh, uncook ed vegetable, or of a small chop with fruit for dessert. She devotes at least ten minutes In the afternoon to the total relaxation of her muscles and the banishment of all thought- She lies down wltn the tT?s close for that 0m i W- length of time, and frequently she man ages half un hour. , Sometime before dinner she walks a couple of miles. She eats ouly the plain est food at her evening meal. At 9 o'clock she goes to her room, manipu lates a small electric battery which la removing wrinkles from her face for fifteen minutes, takes a warm bath, an uqlnts her face and tliront with cream, which Is carefully massaged Into the skin, and goes to bed at 10 with the proud consciousness that she Is lessen ing her years at the rate of one a week, If a woman's years are indeed meas ured by her looks. Wine the Kar of Royalty. In whatever she essays to do, tn Anierlcun girl Is pretty certain to win. Painting, sculpture, literature, music, aud even dancing, are all open avenues to success; through them she easily at tains competence, and not Infrequent ly distinction. The American girl eject ed to slug not opera, with Its extrane ous and superficial glamour, but songs Just songs, without footlights, chorus or scenery and after a few years she sings before English royaltyl Among the gifted "Amerlcanes" who have won the favor of the highest En- MISS MARGUERITE HALL. gllsh society. Miss Marguerite Hall stands prominent. Every year she goes over for the "London season," to sing in the drawing rooms of the most exclusive set of that aristocratic cos mopolis, besides appenrlng at concerts where ouly artists of the first rank are to be heard. Miss Hall was born in Boston, Mass., to a birthright of music, her father be ing a well known musician, and her mother, Madam Edna Hall, a singer of New England celebrity. She is the eld est of three daughters; and while the youngest was stlM an infant Madam Hall took her little family to Italy, where they remained for a number of years, receiving their education from the best masters and surrounded by the most delightful social and artistic at mosphere. It Is an Interesting fact that Miss Gertrude Hall, whose short stories and verses have brought her Into promi nence within tlie past three or four years. Is the sister of Miss Marguerite Hall, and that the youngest of tlie trio Is a talented painter who has already done some remarkably good work. Jeweled Kmbroldery. Jeweled embroidery is growing in fa vor. Many varieties of jeweled em broidery adorned the gowns which were worn at Queen Victoria's drawing rooms in London. Real brilliants are employed; pearls are dyed to match ex actly any chosen shade In the silk bro cade, and luce Is dotted with tiny dia monds as if they were woven In its meshes. Bust of Harriet Beecher Stowe. A bust of Mrs. Harriet Beechei Stowe, which was made in Paris in 1850 by Miss Susan Durant an English sculptor, and has been for thirty years in the posses sion of Lord Sey m o u r Fitzgerald, the Governor o f Bombay, has been unveiled at the New York Univer sity. The bust was purchased several months ago from ' Lord Fitzgerald by Dr. Wallace Wood, a lecturer on art, who brought It to this country. Miss H. B. Stowe, of Hartford. Conn., a famous authoress, MEMORIAL TO MRS. STOWE. daughter of the says: "I well remember going with my mother for her sittings at the studio In the atelier of the Baron de Triquett The bust, after It was finished, was taken to London, where I saw it, and thought It very beautiful, and an ex cellent likeness of my mother at the age of 46. I am very glad that the bust has been brought to this country." Two styles for Simmer. 1 .T . 0 s 4 V'V W' i