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PF CT CT CT CT CT CT “ « THE SHADOW# OF THE tt »CORDILLERA;» Or, The Maonoria Hower, tt —•— tt BY VIRGINIA LEILA WENTZ, tt » --- tt— OomuoaT, 190), B y E uvi . n W akdma *. « tt tt tt tt tt tt it They chatted a little iu< muil half past 5 came upon them. Thru it wa» time for Liana to leave. Wheu she had dressed for diuner that night, she went Into the library and, sinking into a chair by the open fire, began reading. She was all in soft yellow, und a bunch of yellow car nations mixed with some maidenhalt was buried in some creamy lace Just under each Shoulder. Presently De Witte parted tlie portieres and put In bls head. “Beg pardon for disturbing you. Where’s mother?” Liana took her head out of her book, literally and figuratively, with some unwillinguess. “Your mother? She’s dressing, I be- lleve.” “Oh, all right! I only wanted a pia for my necktie, The little loop at the back has come away, and It gets con stantly crooked.” "I can give you a pin if that la all you want.” “Could you? It would be so good of you.” De Witte came In and stood warming his hands by the fire, Liana fumbled among her flowers and brought out the desired pin. One of the yellow earnations that had been added to make that bunch the same size as Its companion fell to the ground when she removed its prop. De Witte picked it up. "Bravo!” he said. “I had uo flower.” “But you mustn't take mine!” “Yes, I must,” lie said earnestly, It was hard work for Liana to resist even u dog’s dumb prayer these days. That was why she answered: “Take It, then.” Liana loved flowers with au almost personal love, and as the man was clumsy and promised to break the car nation iu getting It through bis but tonhole she offered to fasten It for him. The nails of her white lingers rested on his dark coat and gleamed like milky agates in the bed of a tuoon- light stream, The heat of the open tire caused some of her loose, fluffy hair to fly up In his face. The man whose wishes had always been their own justltleation was rapid ly losing preseuce of mind. He caught her wrists suddenly and begau show ering kisses upon them. “1 love you, and you know It,” ht said In a voice which she scarcely rec ognized for Its thickness. As his lips met the flesh on her pulses she gave a great backward start and remained at bay, panting. “How dare you?” she gasped. But In a moment she had recovered her poise. ”1 am sorry this lias occurred. Do not let it be renewed. .” 1 And with a quiet dignity she left the room. The dinner that followed was something dreadful for her. She wondered If the torture chambers of the Inquisition could have looked much like this sump tuous dining room of the end of the nineteenth century! That nlghir she sobbed herself to sleep, questioning when the whirl In all things would cease and reality re turn. Everything had got grotesquely mixed. Irrationally jumbled. There seemed no solid foothold anywhere. Just ns she was going luto dreams a few words that Margaret had uttered that afterneon came back to her. "There are only two or three great facts in life; there Is Death and there Is Love—and there Is not much else.” CHAPTER VIE Liana had returned from the country with dark half circles under her eyes and all her pretty color gone. "Too many long walks, too much vio lent riding and that sort of thing. I’ve overdone it.” she explained to Mrs. Morris. But she added, seeing the look of distress on that lady’s face. “I’ll soon freshen up—you’ll see!” She did. And when tlie season open ed she became most popular; she was here and there and everywhere. The piquancy of her foreign flavor gave her an additional attractiveness. Her so cial triumphs now for the flrst time fully awakeued the Important De Witte to her charms, and lie wondered at Ids former comparat|M^m| ipatliy. As to Liana, the nwa^Mi: ng distress ed her greatly. lie wuwl es mother’s Idolized son: she, Liana, 3va as her pen- nlless protegee, Wheu her happiness came to be weighed in the balance against bis it was no open question which would tip the scales. And she was beginning to feel something al most like a repulsion for the man. Im maculately groomed and tailored as lie was. IDs continual low whi'spers and gazing eyes, the dulcet tete-a-tetes wheu the family were out. the tanta lizing passages as be waylaid her on the stairs of au evening—all these brought her trouble and unrest. All. were all men self seeking? Margaret Maitland anil Liana had become fast friends, as their flrst meet ing promised. The experiences of the summer bad brought them closely to gether. It was the day after Anna Abbott's wedding, nt which both the girls had been bridesmaids, and Mar garet. who was not feeling well, was lying down In her boudoir, propped up with cushions. Liana had dropped in for a few moments’ clint, but, finding her friend Indisposed, had taken off her wraps and decided to pass the aft ernoon with her. “Anna looked every inch the bride, didn’t she?” said Margaret: "pretty, flushed and tremulous. 1 hope she ll be a good little wife to Charles, he's so desperately fond of her. And she’s such a spoiled, (lotted creature.” Liana acquiesced In all these things, playing idly with her big muff, which lay on a chair beside her. Somehow tier heart was heavy today. It was “Lohengrin's Wedding March" which had fetched tlie heaviness, she said to herself. Yesterday when the strains had reached her ears in her usual senseless fashion she had felt her lips tremble, and a great, foolish sob nearly hnd broken up from her throat. But of this she said no word. She began to talk Instead of the guests wlio had been at the wedding, of tlie stream of men and women, old and young, people with a great deal of manner and not much else. It amused her to see the faultlessly dressed men caressing their lints, grinning vacuous ly and clacking out set phrases nnd to bear the women gossip turbulently about such tilings ns the shop windows could bring to view any day. from Alasknn seal garments nt one end to jeweled barbarities In buckles nt tlie other, with turquoise him* fantasies III millinery coming somewhere in be tween. ’mey nueu or inese people for ■while until Margaret, rising impetu ously and letting an unregarded cush ion fall to the floor beside her, said: “Liana, I’m sick of it all—this thing they call society. It's only the click clacking of a gristless mill, whose noise more than anything else pro claims Its own emptiness.” — "One must Imagine to like It,” put in Liana, smiling archly. "That Is how one learns. This is bow one could wish things to be, and this is how they ■re." She crossed one slim finger over Then unexpectedly, like a broken thing, another as she laid out the case. But the slipped Into his arms. we must Imagine to like them all. Yes, to be sure, or»« always Is con No?” fronted with death—her mother, her Margaret watched her silently. Then father, her grandfather, her little she reached over to a table at the bead brothers, that famous musician the of her couch anil picked up an open other day. Liana reached for her rosa pamphlet. It was a little essay writ ry under her pillow. “As to love”— ten In the prerapliaellte vein and ar The little silver cross at the end of gued against the prosaic outward fur the rosary caught the moonlight and niture of modern life and the spread seemed to smile a blessing. ing of “the hideous town.” She found “As to love”— the place she wanted aud read: IIow beautiful It was, the little cross “Say what you will, we are lost chil In the moonlight. Liana looked at ft dren, and when alone and the dark dreamily through the lashes of her ness begins to gather we long for the sleepy eyelids. They flickered for ■ close relationship of the brothers and few seconds and she was asleep. sisters we knew- In our childhood and • •*•••• cry for tlie gentle arms that ouce rock “ A gentleman waits for mademoi ed us to sleep. We are homesick amid selle In the drawing room,” announced this sad, mad rush for wealth and place and power. The calm of the the little French maid the next morn country Invites, and we fain would do Ing. “Ills card,” said Liana Indifferently, with less things and go back to sim reach'ng back one band toward the plicity and rest"— maid, while with the other she put the “Child of nnture,” cried Margaret, finishing touches to her morning toilet. suddenly turning on Liana, “how can She had ordered her breakfast In her you be satisfied?” “Perhaps I am not," answered the room- “It is that he had not one, mademoi girl. selle. He had the wish to surprise "Well?" said Margaret. "Well,” echoed Liana, and the shad you.” “Me?” Liana turned around. “To ow of the dear old peaks of the Cor- surprise me? Oh, uo. He must have llllera crept over her face. asked for Mrs. Morris.” But Margaret bad uever seen the “For mademoiselle,” corrected the Cordillera and did uot observe its shad maid. ow. She went on: As Liana descended the stairs a few “So It came about, around the year minutes later she could see In a large 2001, that men began to think, and mirror over the mantel the figure of a they said: Ia?t us go home. All Is so man standing by the window. She quiet there.’ They found, having taken a little time, that there was a beauty found herself reaching for the balus In the country they hail quite forgot trade. "How absurd!” she murmured. "My ten, nnd the melody of the water run ning over the pebbles wns a song of dream last night has made me fool pleasure. They saw, too, that animals ish.” The man at the window seemed to be nnd birds that lived In the open nir nev er went into decline; that the chip aware of her noiseless entrance and munk’s health did not fall nor the turned. “O-h!” The word was breathed much quail have nervous prostration.” “Yes.” admitted Liana, who had been as the girl had breathed it when for listening with her cheek on her band, the flrst time she had seen the mighty “It Is better to eat than to be eaten.” sea. She took no step forward to wel She said the words slowly and precise come him. but a great suffusing joy ly. She wns ns proud of an English came Into her face. Inocencio crossed the room and stood quotation ns moot people are of a I-atln before h-'r, close, but calm. one. "You are so glad, little one, to see me? It would tie too good to lx“ true” As if to stop his words Liana un a wares made an Impulsive forward movement, mid lie, seeing it. half held out Ills hands to her. Then unexpect edly. like a broken thing, she slipped Into Ills arms. For tlie first time since they were children making toy adobes out by the acequla he bent down and kissed tier. "Ml bella magnolia,” be said, touch ing the girl’s buried forehead us one would tou/'h the (totals of a flower, “ml bella magnolia.” It was natural that he should re lapse into the dear, soft Spanish of their childhood. • •••••• M. Peyrac’s picture was well hung and made a stir at the Salon that year. The painter now wears the red rlldton of the Legion of Honor gleaming In Ids buttonhole. But he did not secure the fortune of Mlle, de Guerin or any part of it. WORKING IN PUBLIC. HAKhONTHE NERVES Ih<ni RUNNING TRAINS OVER MOUNTAIN ROADS IS RISKY WORK. It Takes toutli mid Strength and Couruw? to Hold an Engineer's Job ou One of These Urain Wbirllutf« Nerve llackiua Kuns. WlndttM Artl.ann Can Coin- ■ uh nd Good Remuneration. A Broadway shoe manufacturer was asked what method of advertising he found most profitable. "Placing my men uear the window.” be said, "so they can work in view of the public. 1 don't know of anything that catches the attention of the passer by more quickly than the sight of a demonstrator sitting close to the win dow running a machine for dear life. "Manufacturers of a’J kinds of goods have adopteil this plan. Waistmakers put their most skilled workers on exhi bition to show how the finest garments are cut and sewed. Cigar manufactur ers take the public into their confidence and let them sec the process of rolling ns performed by the cleverest hands. Men who deal In mechanical contriv ances have found that It pays to have at least one machine set up near a win dow so the crowd outside may observe the intricacy of Its parts and the rapid ity of Its action. Jewelers have station ed their most expert lapidaries within view of the street thnt possible custom ers may see how precious stones are cut and polished and set. “It isn’t everybody who can work In public. It takes a person witli good strong nerves and concentration of thought to do difficult work in a show window. I have men in my employ who are excellent workers, hut they get flustered when subjected to unusu al surveillance and ruin everything they put their hands to. 1 have tried some of them as window operators, but they can’t gi t used to It. “A mail who can run a machine at full tilt or paint a picture or fry pan cakes or iron a shirt In the full gaze of the public eye and not lose his head Is an artist and worth several dollars more a week to Ills employer thnn the more modest Individual. And he gets it too.’’ —New York Sun. “One of the greatest difficulties of the real mountain roads, like the Colo rado Midland, the Rio Grande Western and the Denver und Rio Grande, Is In getting engineers." said the city pas senger agent of the Rio Grande West ern road. This gentleman Is familiar with all the lutermouutain roads, where the trains have to all but fly to leach some of their destinations. "One might suppose that all roads would look alike to the experienced en gineer, but they don't. Along some of the prairie roads an engiueer can take a run on any new track almost as well as on one he has traveled for years and knows with bis eyes shut. But here in FOND OF THE GIRLS. tlie west It is different. Down in Colo The Love Affair« of the Father of HI* rado, where are some of the greatest Country. monuments to the railroad builder that George Washington's love affairs be have ever been erected, an engineer gan at a very early age, and he was to has to travel over the roads sometimes the day of his death “foud of the girls.” for weeks with old, experienced engi The first sweetheart was oue Mary neers who know the track before be Bland, with whom he fell in love when will be trusted with a train, it isn’t a be was only 14 years of age. This Is question of engineering ability; merely ascertained from an entry in one of his one of experience. diaries, where be refers to her as his "It Is enough to take a fellow's nerve “lowland beauty.” Having tired of to sweep around some of those moun Mary, he wrote to a friend that he had tain curves and passes for the first decided to “bury his chaste and trou time. Some good men never take more blesome passion," which, having done, than their flrst ride. 1 have seen engi he soon found himself enamored of neers come from the east, men of gilt Lucy Cary, a sister-in-law of Colonel edge character and ability, who lost Fairfax. Ills affection for this young their nerve with the first trip and took lady lasted for some years, being only the first traiu for a flatter country. Interrupted now and again by Ills nat Dizzy reverse curves, trestles that ural Virginia passion of making love seem to totter In the wind, precipices to every pretty girl whom he met. that seem to yawn for a fellow’s life In 1752 his first serious love affair and grades that are a revelation of was shattered. Having fallen In love horror to the newcomer crowd In be with a certain Miss Betsy Fauntleroy, wildering confusion on the view, and MEN'S VIEW OF WOMEN. he determined to ask her to become his unless a fellow Is as stolid as an ox or wife, but the fates had destined him nervy as the mischief he Is apt to lose Earth lias nothing more tender than to marry another, for she rejected his his head. a (dons woman's heart.—Luther. proposals. He afterward came back "You would be surprised nt the num Remember, woman is most perfect to her, but found that she had not ber of young engineers who are on the wlteii most womanly.—Gladstone. changed her mind on thnt score. mountain roads. For one thing, a man Lovely woman that caused our cares His next heartache was caused by a does not last there as he does on a less can every care beguile.—Beresford. girl in New York after he had become picturesque, more prosaic run. It takes He that would have flue guests let a colonel. She was the heiress Mary youth and strength and courage of a I’hlllipse. His business called him rare order to stand it all. The compa Idin have a fine woman.—Ben Jonson. A woman's strength Is most potent away from her; but, having finished nies are the most appreciative In the this, he returned to New York and pro world, for they realize how hard It is to when robed in gentleness.—Lamartine. Disguise our bondage ns we will, 'tis posed to her, but was here, as before, get a good man, and they treat n good disappointed by her refusal. man right royally. But even this does woman, woman, rules us still.—Moore. In 1758 at Waynes Ferry, while not attract a surplus of the right sort. Oil ami water, woman und a secret, traveling to Williamsburg with dis "The principal dangers are in the are hostile properties.-Bulwer Lytton. patches, he met his future wife, Mrs. heavy grades and in the sharp curves, Women ueed uot look r.t those dear Martha Dandridge Custls, the widow though landslides are far from un to them to know their moods.— How of Daniel Park Custls. We learn from known. One must know his train and ells. history thnt she was young, pretty, In his road like a book to get through Kindness in woman, not their beaute telligent and rich. He had been with with his life on the Marshall pass, for ous looks, shall win my love.—Slinke- her all of an afternoon nnd was to ride instance, where you seem to plunge spea re. away to bis home the next morning. headlong down the mighty hill A rock Raptured man quits each dozing On Ills way he stopped at her home on the track, a broken wheel, a runa sage, O woman, for thy lovelier page! way car or a failure of the brakes to and then and there told of his lore and — Moore. work would end in a smash up that asked her to become bls mnte for life. lie Is a fool who thinks by force or This time, contrary to his previous would startle tlie whole country. The skill to turn the current of ii woman's proposals, he was accepted.—Chicago hill might be a glare of Ice or frost, It will.—Sumuel Tuke. might he wet or snowy, nnd If you set Times-IIernld. The most beautiful object In the the airbrake too hard so ns to start the wheels to sliding down the hill you go world. It will be allowed. Is n beauti lie Was Acccmtuodafed. ful woman.—Macaulay. A conjuror was performing before a like a gigantic toboggan, with death If the heart of a man Is depressed and destruction at the end of the ride. rough and ready audience in one of the with enres. tlie mist Is dispelled when prohibition states of America, accord The management of the airbrake nnd a woman appears.—Gay. ing to an English paper. “I am now knowing where the curves and danger about to undertake a feat.” said be, “in ous places are Is the greatest part of an TakInK Sunday Collection*. which I shall need the use of a pint engineer’s education In the mountains. An old and not yet obsolete mode of "For my own part, knowing the dan flask of whisky.” There was a dead taking a collection In a Scotch church silence. “Will some gentleman In the gers ns I do. 1 feel nervous after riding Is by means of u ladle—a small wooden audience favor me with a pint of whis tOO miles over the wildest (tarts of the box at the end of a straight wooden ky?” There was no response, and the roads even as a passenger. I rode shaft about four and a half feet long, conjuror began to look blank,. “Sure through the Royal gorge on the engine the top of the box being sufficiently ly.” he continued, "in a southeastern a few weeks ago aud was glad when open to receive contributions of money. prohibition town I ought not to have to the ride was over. It makes a fellow For all special collections this was tlie ask a second time for such a thing. I feel trembly like to think wliat might usual mode in tlie chief churches of give my word I will return It intact. be. though the worst rarely hnppens. Edinburgh when I was a boy at school Such Is the care taken In equipment Is there no”— there 50 years ago. but it has gradually "Stranger,” said a tall, gaunt man nnd In getting the best melt that tlie gone out of fashion and Is not often to ns he rose' slowly from a frout seat, mountain t<; ds have as small a propor be seen nowadays. tion of losses as the dead level roads of “wouldn’t a quart flask do as well?" For ordinary Sunday collections the the plains. But it takes a man of nerve “Why. certainly! I merely”— general custom has been to have a to pilot a train through some of the But before he could finish the gen metal plate or basin on a small table erous. o(M*n banded audience bad risen wilder regions. “A freight train Is the worst, in that nt the church entrance superintended like one man und were on their way to It Is much heavier than a passenger by an elder—a mode which was often the platform in a body. nnd Is expected to make almost the called the broil. When ladles are used, same time. All the heavy stock trains they are banded round the congregation Illa Unlucky Day. by elders after the sermon or after the Even the least superstitious are often going east, 25 to 30 cars, make passen last psalm, and the common Scotch struck by the misfortunes which at ger schedule. A freight is so loosely phrase to "lift” the collection may have tend some persons on certain dates. A coupled as to be very unmanageable at come from tills custom.—Notes a ml large flrm in the city has In Its employ critical points. The stock trains are the Queries. n living Instance of the fact. On June terror of the engine drivers and nil the Sonar Qneer Vrrillct*. 12 an employee lost bls left arm by trainmen. “A fellow Isn’t necessarily a coward What Is "a reasonable stale of intoxi coming In contact with machinery. The accident disabled him for his then when he throws up his job ns engineer cation” apparently Just missed precise employment, and lie was given that of over the mountain roads, after seeing definition by a coroner’s Jury in Missis a messenger. On another June 12 he what the dangers are. Not one passen sippi which stated In Its verdict that was run over In the Strand while on ger In 10,000 would assume the same "we. the Jury, find thnt deceased came an errand-result, a broken leg. The danger. The position calls for absolute to his death by a stroke of an east next accident was a fall on the stairs ly steady nerve, nnd one who feels that bound train. No. 2(14. on I (!. Railroad, In the firm’s buildings, again June 12; he Is likely to get rattled Is dangerous at Fentress. Miss., in Choctaw comity, the right nrm broken this time. The to himself, to the company nml to all he being in a reasonable state of intox fourth mishap on another anniversary who ride behind him A man must ication.” A somewhat similar Indetlnlteness of broke three ribs. The firm took the think and net like lightning In the face case Into consideration and Issued an of so ninny dangers that be must 1 m * legal conclusion mars a verdict of a order that in future the employee was sure of his ability to stand the strain. neighboring Georg's jury to the effect to take a holiday on that date, an order No one stays any great number of that "we, the Jury, mid tlie defendant with which he has now compiled for years. It Is beyond one’s power to do almost guilty.” so and be safe. A man may be brave Equally as uncertain and ambiguous several years.—London Chronicle. and willing nnd all that, but these are as these statements by laymen Is the not enough. He must be sure aud proof opinion in an early Maryland case Chopin on Plano Flnirertnir. This Is from a fragment of piano fin against stampede. Such a man is worth which "acknow ledges the corn" by say- gering left by Chopin: “No one notices everything to the companies, and they Ing that an occurrence referred to look Inequality In the power of the notes of trent him like a prince.’’ —Butte Inter place “at a former sitting when the court was full " a scale when it is played very fast nn<l Mountain equally as regards time. In a good When Fvervthlng Stick*. Why She Wnnteil to Know. mechanism the alm Is not to piny ev "Ill tnugg.v weather," snld the retired “Is this Hazel street?" asked a young erythlng with an equal sound, but to burglar, "1 always used to stop work acquire a beautiful quality of touch not because work wns unpleasant then, woman In one of tlie back seats of an anil a perfect shading. but on account of everything sticking East Tenth stris't car who was carry ing a diminutive poodle dog under her “For a long time players have acted so. against nature In seeking to give equal “You couldn’t tell wliat might hap arm. "No. madam." said the conductor. "1 power to each linger. On the contrary, pen. Anything and everything wns lia each finger should have an appropriate ble to stick nnd make more or less will tell you when we come to It." Later on she repented the question, part assigned it. The thumb has the noise when you finally got It open. A greatest power, being the thickest fin window might stick nt first and then nud the conduetoi answered with some Finally when ger nnd tin* freest. Then comes the lit go up with a bang. I’ve had a doer show of Impatience. tle finger, at the other extremity of the open on me that way—fly open all of a Ilnzei street was reached, he rang, nnd hand. The middle finger Is the maJn sudden after I'd been (lushing on It a the ear came to a stop. “Tills is Hazel support of the band nnd is assisted by long time and let me through the door street,” ’ said the conductor. “Oh. I don't want to get off at that the first. Finally comes the third, the way on to the floor. There’s always weakest one. danger, for Instance, in (lulling ent a street. 1 only wanted to know where "Asto tills Siamese twin of the middle drawer that sticks of pulling It clean It was. I go to the end of the line.” Then as the ear started again she finger some players try to force It with out and letting it drop. all their might to become Independent, “There's constant danger of some looked down nt the pug nnd said in extreme affection, ‘”1 here, i a thing Impossible nnd most likely un thing of this sort happening, nnd It tones of necessary. There are, then, many dif doesn't pay to take the chances. And dearie, there’s where your muddy ferent qualities of sound, just ns there It's easy enough to know when to stay llvrs.”- -ludianapolis News. are severnl fingers. The point Is to home. My rule was never to try to do To«* Liberal. utilize the differences, and tills, In other any work In weather that would rust a Wife—Here's an advertisement In the words, Is the art of lingering.”—Ilunc- jimmy.”—New York Sun. paper thnt you’d lietter look Into. It ket-'s “Chopin, the Mau and His Mu snys a man is wanted, and he won’t be sic.” To llr Wl«e. worked to death, and he’ll get paid "Ef you wants to git de reputation o The Dictionary. enough to live on If you want to be really Interested, knowln n lot ' said I’nele Ebon, "keep Husband Says tie won’t he worked read the dictionary. It will tell you still an let <le vutliuh filler talk lie's to death, eh? how very badly other people spell our gwlneter to go sway wit de idea dat yon Wife Yi s and they promise |iay language nnd, incidentally, what a tiny couldn't he p t'eln party wise aliter Ils enough to t!v<- on tenin long to Idin " cupful of words we each dip up out of Husbni.il Some catcb aliout that!— 8tar. Its ocean —Minneapolis Times. Pick Me t'n ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Does not and has not affected our ability to ♦ ship goods anywhere. All orders, large or ♦ small, are promptly filled............................... ♦ ♦ PRICE LIST IN PREPARATION. ♦ Sugar SEPTEMBER I lower,Granulated S5.I5 and $5.*25 per IOO lbs ♦ Hams and Provision« continue firm. ♦ Plentiful Stocks of everything. ♦ ♦ ♦ Smith’s Cash (Dept.) Store ♦ No. 25 Market Street, San Francisco. ♦ The Strike... h BLflKt, MOFFITT & TOWNE A Queer Frontier Itsperlence, In narrating the frontier experiences of "Tlie First White Baby Born In the Northwest" iu The Ladies' Home Jour mil W. S. Harwood tells of a queer ex (lerlenee that befell the family in the flrst year after Bottling on a farm tar removed from the settlements. Tin* winter had been unusually long ami severe, and their stock of provi sions ran low. It was a long distance to tlie nearest base of supplies, and com inimical Ion witli the outside world hnd been cut off. Indians in tlie neighbor hood one night broke Into tlie granary where the wheat was stored and stole a quantity. In doing this a large amount of broken glass became mixed with the wheat which the ludions left, so for many days, amid much merry story telling and many a Joke and laugh. In spite of tin* serious situation, tin* family gathered about a large table In their living room and spent the short winter days picking over the wheat, kernel by kernel, in order to free it from the pieces of glass. l'or this wheat stood between them and starvation, and none of Its (ire- clous kernels must be lost. Their stock of flour had long since wasted away, as had most of their food supplies, so they lioiled and ate tlie wheat without grinding. Relief reached them Just In time to prevent a sad ending to tin* ex perience. Arab and the Teleplione. We had a party of Arabs along with us and took them all over n great news paper office. Everything was wildly astonishing to them. They had Imag Ined that tlie Koran contained all the knowledge and wisdom of the world, yet here were tlie telegraph, the tele phone, the electrotype nnd the printing press. The (dace was a veritable eu chanters’ castle to them. They would never have believed in the telephone If I had not called up their hotel and got one of their own pnrty nt that end of tlie wire. Tlie dervish who lind come along was bold as well as (dolls. When he heard that ills friend live miles away was talking through the Instrument, he made a dash at It. He was greatly ex cited and yelled In a megaphone voice. He thought we were tricking him, but here was his friend talking Arabic. He rolled bls eyes ut me In a despairing manner and then began a search for devils, being quite convinced that the phone was an invention of satan.—In dependent. Limewater. Limewater has so many uses it Is hnrd to classify. It Is good to soften water, to sweeten drains, to keep milk vessels wholesome, to make milk Itself sit well upon delicate stomachs, to test air for excess of carbonic acid—If there Is too much earl ionic acid present, the clear limewater Instantly crusts over— to lake out marks left by grease spots which have been removed by stronger alkalis—in fact, for so many things It should always be kept on band. Mixed with either sweet or linseed oil to a creamy consistence, It is the very best household remedy for burns nnd scalds. It costs practically no more than the trouble of making. Put a lump of quicklime us big as the two fists In a clean earthen pitcher, cover it six Inch es deep with clean cold water, stir with a wooden spoon and let it stand six hours, l’our off the clear liquid without disturbing the lime, but let It run through double cheesecloth. Put In small bottles and cork tight. In using always pour off half an inch from the top of a bottle that has stood. Intortnnatr Dednctioa, Sergeant Kelly of the Irish bar In the early years of the nineteenth century used to indulge In a picturesque elo quence, racy of the soil, but unfortu nately he would sometimes forget the line of argument nnd would always fall back ou the word “therefore.” which generally led his mind back to what he had intended saying. Some times, however, the effort wns almost disastrous. One time lie had been complimenting the Jury, assuring them that they were men of extraordinary Intelligence and (lien branched off Into a statement of Ids case. With a wave of his hand nnd a smile on his fnce he proceeded: "This is so clear a case, gentlemen, that I am convinced you felt It so the very moment I stated It. I should pay men of Intelligence a poor compliment to dwell on It for a minute, therefore I shall proceed to explain It to yon a* minutely ns possible.”—Green Rag. Cleaning Furniture. Where a piece of furniture Is very much soiled nnd requires to be cleaned and polished, first wash It thoroughly with warm soapy water, washing only a small surface at a time and drying It quickly by rubbing It hard with a flan nel. Mix together one pint of linseed oil nnd a half pint of kerosene, wet a flannel with the oil mixture and rub the cleaned furniture. Rest half an hour before taking a fresh piece of flannel nnd then by vigorous rubbing polish the wood until It shines like glass. This will not Injure the nicest wood and Is an easy method of keeping furniture bright. The odor soon disap pears If the windows are left open Where lie Drew the Lia». "You don’t like walking very much, do you?” Inquired the farmer's horse, who was grazing near the canal. ”Oh, I don’t mind It under certain conditions.” replied the canalboat mule. 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That Is to say that nine out of every ten of us button our coats the wrong way. We commence witli the topmost button when we should commence with the bottommost. The frailest portion of a coat, tn re spect to shape retaining qualities—no matter how well made—Is the region of collar and lapels. The swagger mer chant tailor always cautions bls cus tomer to “wear It buttoned n few days so that the collar may set properly.” Then, this admitted. It follows that tugs and strains affecting this part of the garment tend to destroy Its sym metry. Drawing the coat together by the top button mid buttonhole for the purpose of fastening exerts a pull all around the shoulders and neck region, which, by repetition, In time will give the smartest coat a hang dog appear ance.—Chat. Made Good Matches. She—I can’t make out how it Is that Mrs. Wise has fish for nearly every meal. It can’t be for economy’s sake, for she must be fairly well off. lie—She has a largo fandly of un married daughters, you know. She—Now, don't be nasty and say something about girls and their bralus. That's so old. He—Oh, no, I hadn’t the slightest in tention of doing so! She—Well, can't you tell me? lie—I don’t know. I'm sure, unless It’s because fish are rich In phosphorus. She—1 don’t see what that has to do with It He—rerhaps not, but still It’s good for making matches. Kohlense Oblige. "Wliat are you staring at. Nellie?” “Oh. (dense, ma'am, with your hair like that nnd your diamonds you do look so like I ndy Plantagenet Ging ham that 1 was own maid to! Are you any relation, ma'am?" “No—at least no near relation. But you cun have that pink silk shirt waist of mine. Nellie.” —Life. Handy With Illa Ton«,, Too. The following was a speech by a suc cessful competitor for the prize of a foot race: •'Gentlemen, 1 have won this cup by the use of tny legs. 1 trust I may never lose the use of my legs by the use of lb's cup.”—Evening Wte- cousin.
