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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
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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.
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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
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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.
"Yon don’t apis'nr to like your exer
cise on tlie tow path.”
"No. That's where I draw the Une.”- I
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All the world knows that coffee in
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the coffee lover cannot stand tasti-
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Café Bland tills the void with the
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How to Hntton ■ Coat.
The art of properly buttoning a coat
—any coat—Is. do it the other way.
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.