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‘The Raiding«?
Donna Clotilde
By CUTCLHTE HYNE
l'«W« Hun.
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and the deck lights switched off. After
awhile liouiui t'lotllile came glhling up
out of the darkness and sti'piH-d tip the
ladder to tlie top of tlie deckhouse
Kettle regarded her uneasily.
To his surprise, she knelt down, took
his baud and smothered It with burn
ing kisses. Then she went back to the
head of the ladder. “My dear.” she
said, “I will never see you again. I
made you bate me. nnd yet you saved
my life. 1 wish I thought I could ever
forget you."
“Miss La ¿Touche,” said
will find a man in your
one of these days to make you a prop
er husband, and then you will look
liack ut this cruise nnd think how
lucky It was you so soon sickened and
kicked me away from you.”
She shook her bead and smiled
through her teats. “You nre generous."
she said. “Goodby, goodby, my dar
ling! Goodby!”
Then she went down the ladder, and
Captain Kettle never saw lier again.
A quartermaster came up nnd took
the wheel. The windlass engine had
been clacking, aud the red haired man.
who had constituted himself tempora
ry mate, called out from forward, “All
gone.”
“Quartermaster,” said Kettle.
“Yes, sir," sold the quartermaster,
“Nor’-nor-west and by west.”
“Nor'-no’west. no'west It Is. sir,” said
the quartermaster briskly.
A PUBLIC SCOLDING.
The W«> ia swilrk Mlslsler H<-I>akr<l
Illa Wile Is Church.
"1 cherish a story I ouce heard In
Scotland," said a well known author,
"a story that Is. I think, typical of a
certain portion of the people.
“Thia story concerns a minister who
caught a memla-r of his congi-egation
sleeping and rebuked him from the
pulpit. ’Awake, Maunders,’ be said.
Man, It's a disgrace to sleep tn the
Virk.’
"Saunders was much hurt. He spoke
up and said:
“ 'laxik to yer aln pew, an' mayhap
ye’ll find ithers sleepin' here besides
mysel*.*
“The minister looked, and there was
his wife slumbering soundly. He
awakened her, nnd he told Saunders
that if she fell asleep again he might
call attention to her by holding up bis
hand. Then he proceeded with his
sermon.
“Some weeks went by, and one Sun
day Saunders, sure enough, put his
hand up. The wife was asleep again.
The minister thundered out her name,
hade her rise to her feet nnd said to
her liefore the whole congregation:
“ ’Mrs. MacGregor, anybody kens
thnt when I got ye for a wife I got no
beauty; yer friends ken I got no siller;
now, if I dluna get God's grace I shall
have a pulr bargain indeed.’ ’’—Kansas
City Journal.
Instinctively the red haired man went
Be this how It may, however. there
to his own room to pocket bis valuu Is no doubt as to which side got the
hies, nnd by u chance he was moved to first advantage. The yacht’s low fore
lift up the door of the floor which cov board made but a small obstacle to a
ered the bath beneath It. Ah. there climber from the large boats along
was the mischief! The sea cock which side, and neither the deck hands nor the
filled the bath was turned ou to the stokehold crew were any of them
full, and the Iron tub was gushing wa trained lighting men. In their prentice
ter on every side. The next stateroom harnis the kicking revolvers threw high
was empty, but the bath cock there and were only useful as knuckle dus
win also turned on to the full, nud aft ters, and till they had thrown them
er going round the ship awl finally en down nnd got their cutlasses Into play
tering Kettle's room (and covering him they did hardly any execution to Speak
with a revolver) and turning off his about. The Riff men, on the other
water supply he found that the sea hand, had been bred and born in the
had been pouring inboard from no less atmosphere of skirmish and made
than eight separate apertures.
ground steadily.
“And this la your work, you little
At nn early point of the scuffle Cap-
devil, I suppose!” said the red haired : tain Kettle came on deck with a cigar
man savagely.
In his mouth and hands In bls pockets r
QUAINT BATAVIA.
•’Certainly,” said Captain Kettle. and wutched matters with a critical in
Kin* Snake and Water Moccasin,
“Shoot me If you like, put me asliore if tercst. but did not offer to Interfere
PictareMffoe Town and th.
“Two years ago,” says a writer in
you choose, but don't grumble If you one way or the other. It was quite a Java’« People
One Meet* There.
the Scientific American, “it was my
find me a deuced ugly passenger. I’m new sensation to him to watch an ac
not In the liubit of being made to travel tive fight without being called upon to Imagine a town of giant dolls’ bouses good fortune to witness a combat be-
built in Burmese and Japanese style, tween a king snake and a water moc-
where I don’t wish.”
nsslst or arbitrate.
That afternoon Kettle contrived to
And then came up from below Don trim avenues of beautiful trees, broad, easin. I was attracted to the scene
set the yaebt afire in three separate na Clotilde I-a Touche, dressed and clean streets and thousands of grown by a negro laborer. When I reached
places, and a good deal of damage was weaponed, and without a bit of hesita up dolls masquerading In oriental fan the spot I found the snakes colled to
dune (and night had fallen again) be tion she flung herself Into the turmoil. cy dress, the picture book of one's gether In a pool of water, the king
snake gripping his enemy with the tip
fore the scared crew managed to extin She saw Kettle standing on one side, childhood animated—that is Batavia.
guish the flames, and thia time Donna but neither besought nor commanded The streets are paraded listlessly by of Ills tail Just back of the head. It
Clotilde intervened. Site asked for Ket him. She would have died sooner than gangs of blue garbl’d convicts, who was clearly his Intention to drown the
tle's parole thnt he would attempt no nsk for his help and then be met with pick up cigar ends, bits of paper and moccasin. For tlie purpose of taking
-tilt peel. The cleanliness of the streets a photograph I lifted the two strug
further mischief and when this was a refusnl.
J. astonishing.
gling, writhing serpents to a rock. Just
flatly refused Incontinently put him in
Into the melee she went, knife and
A man in Batavia once threw a piece before I took my photograph the king
irons. The lady was sonicwliat tigerish pistol, and there is no doubt that her
of banana peel on the ground, aud, snake pulled the moccasin’s head In
in her affections.
example and the fury of her rush ani
A second time Captain Kettle man mated the yncht’s crew and made them looking back a moment afterward, lie the exact position he wished and quick
aged to get the yacht In a blaze nt the stronger to drive the wall of their as felt reproached by the sight of that ly stretched bis Jaws over It. Thought
Imminent peril of immolating himself, sailants back. To give Donna Clotilde wretched piece of peel, the only blot lessly enough, I put the snakes back
and then, from lack of further oppor her due, she was as brave as the brav on the immaculate cleanness of the Into tlie water, thinking that the king
tunity to make himself obnoxious, lay est man, and, moreover, she waB a cer streets. For awhile his dignity fought snake would also drown. Very soon,
quiet In his lair till such time ns the tain shot at moderate range. But after witli his sense of decency. Then lie re however, he left the pool, stretched ills
yacht would of necessity go into harbor her revolver was empty and the press turned, picked up the offending peel, victim straight out before him nnd
to coal. The exasperated crew would closed around her it was not long be and feeling very foolish—carried It leisurely began to swallow lilm. In
cheerfully have murdered him If they fore an expert hand twisted the knife until he saw a convenient opportunity my efforts to take another photograph
lie was frightened away. Both snakes
had been given the chance, but Donna from her grasp, and then the end came for disposing of it.
Representatives of many nations con were nearly the same size, being about
Clotilde would not permit him to be quickly. An evil smelling man noted
harmed. She wns a young woman who her glorious beauty and marked her gregate in Batavia, blue gowned Jav three and a half feet in length.”
up to this had always contrived to have out as his especial loot. He clapi>ed a anese, wearing white pith helmets
The Art of Llatcnlu*.
her own way. and she firmly believed couple of sinewy arms round her and shaped like inverted saucers; portly
There is a grace of kind listening as
Chinese' merchants, dressed In a gro-
that she won 1.1 tame Kettle in time.
bore her away toward the bulwarks tesque combination of yellow silk well as a grace of kind speaking. Some
When the yacht passed the straits, and his boat.
clothes and billycock hats of Ilnmp men listen with an abstracted air
she had only four days’ more coal on
Some one hnd switched on the elec-
which shows that their thoughts are
board, and the executive (and Kettle) trie deck lights, and the fight was In a stead Heath, their pigtails interwoven elsewhere, or they seem to listen. but
expected that she would go Into Gi glow of radiance, Everything was to with blue silk; lean, tawny Malays. by wide answers and Irrelevant ques
braltar and lay alongside a bulk to re be clearly seen, Dounn Clotilde was Hindoos, Javanese nnd effeminate look tions show that they have been occu
bunker. But Donna Clotilde hnd other being dragged, resisting, along the Ing Cingalese Jostle each other on tlie pied with their own thoughts ns being
notions. She had the yacht run down docks, and Kettle looked ou placidly, sidewalks.
It is impossible for a casual observ more Interesting, at least in their own
the Morocco coast nml brought tu nn smoking his cigar. She was heaved up
estimation, than what you have been
anchor. So long as she hnd Cnptnln on the bulwarks. In another moment er to distinguish thi* sex of a Cingalee, saying. Some interrupt and will not
Kettle In her company upon the wa she would be gone from bis path for ns the men have delicate, refined fea bear you to the end. Some hear you to
tures, nre elean shaven, fasten tlieir
ters she did not vastly care whether ever.
long hair behind their heads in woman the end, and forthwith begin to talk to
she was moving or at a standstill.
you about a similar experience which
Still
lier
IIps
made
no
sound,
though
“You cannot escape me here.” she her great black eyes were full of wild fashion nnd wear skirts Hint sweep the has befallen themselves, making your
said to him when the cable hnd roared entreaty. But the eyes were more ground.
The dress of the Javanese women case only nn illustration of tlieir own.
from the hose pipe nnd the dandy than Kettle could stand. He stooped
Some, meaning to be kind, listen with
steamer hnd swung to n rest. "The and picked up n weapon from among merits a detailed description, ns the such a determined, lively, violent at
yacht is victualed for a year, nnd 1 the litter on deck and rushed forwurd Batavian Dutch Indies have adopted tention that you are at once made un
the native dress for morning wear.
can stay here ns long ns you choose. and
A long strip of native cloth, called a comfortable, and the charm of con
You had fur better be philosophical ped gave a blow, and the ruffian drop sarong,
is wound round nnd round the versation Is at an end. Many persons
limply, nnd Donna Clotilde stood
and give in. Marry me now, nnd liking
by the yacht's bulwark, breathless and laxly beneath the armpits mid reaches whose manners will stand the test of
will come afterward.”
gasping.
almost to the ankles. An abbreviated speaking break down under the trial
Kettle looked nt the tigerish love nnd
“Now, you get away below." be or- Eton Jacket, called a kopela, covers the of listening.
reeentment which blazed from lier
and out of doors ladles’ slip-
black eyes and answered with cold po «lured curtly. “I’ll soon clear this rnb- shoulders,
Hastings an* Tilden.
pors nre worn on stockingless feet, and
ble
over
the
aide.
”
liteness thnt time would show what
Hugh Hastings, when editor of the
a
paper
parasol
Is
carried.
He
wntclied
to
see
her
obey
him,
and
happened, though, to tell the truth. In
The Batavian Dutch do not make New York Commercial Advertiser, was
domitable though he was ns a general She did It meekly. Then he gave bls their toilets, unless they go out of Incessant In bitter attacks upon Samuel
attention
to
the
fight.
He
broke
a
thing, he wns nt that time feeling that
until the afternoon, so that one J. Tilden, One day he received n let-
escape wns almost Impossible. And so packet of cartridges which Iny on tlie doors,
may see men In pyjamas and women in ter from Henry F. Spaulding, then
for the while lie more or less resigned deck planks, picked up and loaded a the
native dross lolling on the veran president of the Central Trust com
revolver and commenced to make him
himself to captivity.
das or sitting down to meals nt the ho pany, to tlie effect that his attacks
self
useful
to
the
yacht's
crew,
and
Under the baking blue of a Mediter
tels, The custom Is n lazy but sensible upon Mr. Tilden appeared unwarrant-
ranean sky this one sided courtship from thnt moment tlie fortune of the one. considering the climate.—Cham- ed, nnd unless be could give some sat
bnttle
turned.
progressed. Donna Clotilde alternating
isfactory explanation Mr. Spaulding
Captain Owen Kettle war (nnd is> a bers’ Journal.
her ecstasies of Invective and Kettle
would discontinue taking the Commer
enduring both In equal coldness nnd beautiful fighter, nnd tills was Just bls
cial Advertiser.
When Dinner I m Over,
fight.
Agninst
his
cool
headed
ferocity
Immobility. Tlie crew of tlie yacht
Mr. Hastings replied, “When I was
As a rule an hour to an hour and n
looked on stolidly, nonlnterferent. nnd the Rlttlans gave way like sand before half is siM'iit In conversation after a a clerk' In Albany Sara Tilden was
waves.
He
did
not
mlxan
blow;
lie
did
were kept by their officers nt cleaning
dinner when neither host nor ’guests known ns the boy who sold grated tur
and painting, ns necessnry occupiers of not waste a shot. All his efforts went have nny other engagement for the nips for horse rndlsb, and he lias been
the mind. But one or other of them, of home with the deadliest effect. His evening. When n lady nnd gentleman doing it ever since."
hts own free will, always kept nn eye voice, too, wns a splendid ally. The nre dining together the lady makes tlie
Mr. Spaulding did not stop the Com
ou the guest, whether he was on deck yncht’s crow hnd been doing tlieir -it- first motion at departure, the gentle mercial Advertiser.—New York Times.
most
already.
They
Had
been
fighting
or below. He hnd given them a whole
man promptly following her lead. No
some tnste of his quality, raid they had for tlieir bare Ilves. But with Kettle's matter how numerous the company, no
A Lot of Sick Ones.
an abject Iread of whnt h» might lie poisonous tongue to lash them they did guest should depart without bidding
A delegation of clergymen once call
tip t* next If he wns left alone. They far more. They raged like beasts at adieu to the hostess with thanks for ed on President Lincoln to recommend
quite understood thnt he would de the brown men wlio bad Invaded ’heir her hospitality. These need be neither one of their number as consul nt tlie
stroy the yacht nnd all bunds If by do Iacred decking and drove them back stiff nor effusive. Just some little words Hawaiian Islands nnd in nddition to
ing so he could regain Ills personal lib with resistless fury.
qunliflcntlons for fitness nppenled to
"Hump yourselves, you lazy dogs!” of appreciation of the pleasure you the president's sympathy on the ground
erty.
nave enjoyed in her home. Goodbys
Kettle
shouted.
“
Keep
them
on
the
But others. It see: is, besides those
may lie said to other friends present tlint the enndidate was in poor health
already mentioned in this narrative, move! Drive them over the bows! before you bld adieu to the hostess or nnd a residence In that climate would
were taking a Hvely Interest in the Murder those you can reach! Am I to to any standing near the door as you be of great benefit to him. Lincoln
smart yacht and her people. Site was do all this Job myself? Come on, you pass out. lint do not stop for any questioned the mtn closely as to Ills
gt anchor hi the bay of the Riff coast, mongrels!"
symptoms, then remarked:
The red cutlasses stabbed and lengthy conversation after having said
and the gentry wlio Inhabited the
“I am sorry to disappoint you, but
good night to your entertainers.
hacked,
nnd
the
shrieks
and
yells
and
beach villages aid the villages In the
there are eight other wen after this
curses
of
the
fight
grew
to
a
climax,
hills behind the ¡«each hnd nlwnys
place, and every one of them Is sicker
Suicide by Smoking.
looked upon nuylKsiy and nuytliing and then the Itifflnns, with a sudden
than you are.”—“The True Abrnliam
One
of
the
most
extraordinary
sui-
they could grab ns their Just nnd law panic, gave way and ran for tlie side cldes on record w’as enacted in Pestli. Lincoln."
ful prey. The sultnn of Morocco, the nnd tumbled over Into their boots. Baron Rela Olyi, a wealthy citizen, de-
warships of France, Spain nnd else There wns no quarter asked or given. lllierately poisoned himself by smoking
Javenlla Fiasseiera.
where and the euilssarles of other pow Tlie exaspernted yachtsmen cut down cigars and tobacco to excess. The bar
Two Wall street financiers were dis
all
they
could
reach
even
while
they
ers had time after time endeavor«*«! to
on had lost a large fortune In specula cussing the Importance of early Im
school them in the science of civilisa were escaping, aud when the sound tion. Having a wife and six children, pressing upon children tlie value of
had
gone
they
threw
after
them
the
tion without effect, and so they still
kll'ed nnd wounded, to be rescued or he insure«! himself very heavily in money. “A penny saved,” said the
remain today the only regularly prac lost, ns they chose. Afterwnrd, hav their behalf in five companies and then banker, "la the fundamental principle
ticing pirates in the western world.
proceeded to put into oi»eration his In fortune making. I give my young
Tlie yacht wns sighted first from the ing a moment's respite, they picked up unique plun for self destruction. He sters a prize every month for saving
tlieir
revolvers
ngniu.
loaded
them
nnd
hills, was reported to the bench vil kept up n spattering. 111 nimed fire till hired a small mom In a mean port! >n the pin money I enable them to earn
lages and wns reconnoitered under cov the boats were out cf reiich. Thea cf ilw <.t> -and iu ten luonths uied ol by various services ttet cy father
er of night by n tiny fishing ixxit. The when they turned to look to their own what the doctors called “galloping «•on- would have relegated to the servants.
report was pleasing, nnd word went killed nnd hurt they found a now crisis sumption.” He had consumed 3,500 ci I think I am on the right track, for the
around. Bearded brown men collect«*«! awaiting them.
gars and nlxuit a hundred pounds of to other day I found myself short of car
at an appointed s|x>t, each with the
fare, nnd It was with reluctance thnt
Cnptnln Kettle wns on the top of the bacco.
£ a
arms to which he waa best accustomed, deckhouse, which served a» a nnvlgnt
the youngest of the brood would lend
and when darkm-sa fell four large Ing bridge, ostentatiously closing up
me five pennies, while the eldest came
The Helping Word.
boats were run down to the feather the breach of his revolver after reload There whs a «-ertaln old woman wlio to the rescue only when 1 offered se
edge of the surf. There was no Inde ing it. lie wished for a bearing, nnd was a constant nnd devout attendant curity.”
cent hurry. They did their work with after what they had seen of bls deadly nt church. Her busband died, and lier
“It's well to have children early
methixi and carefulness, like men who marksmanship they gave it to him pastor called upon lier to comfort her n trained to keep account of whnt they
are used to It, and they arrived along without demur. His needs were slm her sad bereavement.
spend,” said the lianker's companion.
aide the yacht at 3 a. m. and confi pie. He wanted steam ns soon as the “Well, my good woman." the p-is’or with a twinkle In his shrewd eye. My
dently expcct<*d to take her by sur engineers could give It to him. nnd be remarked, "in your bitter trial I hope I boy is six. On his birthday I bought
him a little desk, a ledger nnd all the
Intended to take the yaebt into Glbral
prise.
/
But the crew or the yacht, thank» to tar right away. Had anybody an ob you have found some ray of comfo-t i paraphernalia of bookkeeping, and
from
the
Scriptures."
Captain Kettle’» vagaries, were not in jection to raise?
“Indeed I have, dominie.” was the showed him how to make entries and
the habit of sleeping oversoundly.
balance accounts. The other night,
Tlie red haired man made himself
They never knew what piers* of dan spokeaaMin. “We should have to go to confident though tearful reply.
“That's grand, sister,” exclaimed the when he had gone to I m *<1, I thought I
gérons mischief tlieir little captive Gib anyway,” an Id he. “Some of us
me would see how he was coming on. The
might turn his willing hand to next, want n doctor badly, and three of us parson sympathetically, "but tell
first page rend: ‘Had 4 cents; spent I
what
passage
of
tlie
word
bellied
.ton
and. as a consequence, when tlie an want a |«arson to read the funeral
cents; haven’t a darn cent left!"—New
most."
chor watch sang out his first alarm service. Whether you can get ashore
York Press.
not many seconds elapsed la-fore every once we do run Into Gib. captain. Is “Grin and bear It."
use or the most important things in
band aboard was on deck. The yacht your own concern.”
A Way *ke Baby Has.
the education of a boy is thnt he should
was well supplied with revolvers nnd
"You can leave that to me safely,"
cutlasses, and half a minute sufficed to said Captain Kettle. “It will be some “Has the baby bad the measles yet learn to keep his lips together.-Roeton
Globe.
get these np from below nnd distrib thing big that stops me from having Mr. Poppa?"
“flli-sh! Don’t speak so loud. Wlietr
uted, so that when the R ffluns at my own way now.”
ever be hears anything mentioned tb it
Llve with the wolves, and you will
tempted to hoard the defenders were
The men dispersed about their du be hasn't got be cries for it”
learn to howl.—Spanish Proverb.
auite ready to do them battle.
ties, nnd the decks were hosed down
WOMAN AND FASHION
Ctrl’s Usrs l’ru«k.
Thia year embroidery ia the prevail
ing trimming for children's as well av
women's gowns. Tin* embroidery de
signs need not tie elaborate, and the
siuipl«*Ht ate considered tlie smartest.
This kind of embroidery worked In the
old fashion cross stitch through em
broidery canvas can be done by any
one. and file few hours’ time requlreil
4« embroider a collar, stock, belt and
GOING IN TO DINNER.
How th,- Method» Hitter In l-’mn**e
KuKlaud and America.
CARO «TOOK
In France they wuik into the dininj
...Straw and Binder** Board...
room abreast, the lady and her lord
»S-a7-,M»-a« First Mroot
like two ebums, equal one to the other
In Eugland John Bull goes first, sin T.l Mais IMI. M SAN FBANCMOOl
following meek uud demure. In Ameri
ca Mrs. Jonathan enters triumphantly
leading the way. while her dear ol«!
sjiouse follows.
In France men and women walk with
equal assurance. When they meet or
the street the men pay their respect t< D a Your Ankle« or Limb« Swell?
Are Your Eye« Puffy? We ore
the women and the latter show theii
tho Sole Agent« for the Only
deference to the men by the way it
Thing Known That Cure« the
which they salute one a not lier. Youi
Kidney Di«ea«es That Cau«e
natural com-iiraloti is that guch me®
and women go through life on th«* »am«
Drup«y9 vis.« Fulton Compound«.
equal footing.
-
On the contrary, John Bull has th«
It tn now well known that dropsy la not tn
air of a lord of creation. He leads th«
n disease, but in nearly always a symp
way a little haughtily perhaps and not itself
tom of kidney diseas« that accompanies U m
overpleasant looking, lie Is duly sen chronic stages heretofore incurable. Hence,
slide of the fact that h«* is a master- op to the disc«?very of tbe Fulton Compounds,
tlie master. He Is of course pollto and dropsy was Incurable. It is bow , however,
deferential to women, but it Is with a curable in nearly nine tenths of all cases. Here
slightly patronizing air, a coralescen la an Interesting recovery, to which we refer by
sion of his lofty lordship, lie feels hit permission.
Mrs. Peter iJovhoDix of tSS Fillmore street,
supposed superiority, nnd he cannot Fan
FrancIbco, became alarmingly dropsical,
lier physician bud finally to tap ner every few
help showing it. Among the middle and days.
She was tapped nearly forty times sud
lower class people the mau Is mastei Srew worse from day to day. Tne physic!aa
nally told h?r husband that she bad Bright’«
nnd enters, his house liefore ills wife Disease
of tbe Kidneys, that it was tn an ad-
mother or daughter.
vauced chronic s ate and beyond medical aid.
Her heurt also gave her the usual trouble and
In tlie United States the woman oho
was in such a serious condition the relatives
walks like n duchess. She Is mlstrcs« were seul for. They put her on Fulton's Com
pound.
stayed on the stomach, the first
of nil she surveys. She stands erect and thing that It had
done so for a week. The second
queenly, and her eyes are frank. Foi week the dropsy declined a little and the im*
was then grad sal till her recovery
her, man exists. He pays her court provement
was complete. This case was examined into
Rhe is ind«*«*d a queen. — American by reprtsentaUves of the Han Francisco St at
and the Overland Monthly, and the genuineness
Queen.
of the case and tbe recovery were fully attested
DROPSY
The Price of Slaves.
FOB TWF.LVE-YEAIl-OLD GIRL.
cuffs or the yoke or front to n little
gown will be amply repaid by tin- siyh*
and smartness thus raided.
The little frock illustrated is for a
ten or twelve year old girl and Is of
mercerized lavender linen. It is made
with a double box plait in tlie front
of tlie skirt and shirred on tlie sides.
The waist also lias a- front box plait
and a wide collar with stole ends in
front. The box plaits, collars and
cuffs nre embroidered in a simple ilia
moral escallop«*«! with lavender. Tlie
yoke is floss. The collar and cuffs are
also trimmed with n fine white muslin
rutile in darker shades of lavender
linen of tucked whit«* muslin, nnd tlie
hat is of white rice straw, trimmed
witli purple pansies.
New Belt.
In order to be in keeping with tlie
fashions that carry all garments below
tin- waist line tin* new belts have tabs
that are becoming to a stout or slender
figure. An inexpensive one is mod«* of
black stitched glace silk nnd finished
with silk tassels. The back is deco
rated witli buttons. One of tlie chief
novelties of tills belt is tlie manner of
sewing the hooks and eyes in the front
SO as to give the sloping, long waist
effect. Tlie hooks are sewed on the
usual way, but the eyes nre placed
along the top edge of the other end of
the belt.
BLAKE,
MOLLITI
4 TOWNE
The prices of slaves varied very
greatly in different parts of the south
in antebellum days. In states like
South Carolina or Louisiana, where
slaves were always in demand, much
more was paid for them than In the
border states like Kentucky and Mis
souri, where they could easily run
nw.-iy. In New Orleans $1,800 to $2,-
500 was often paid for a good car
penter or blacksmith, who lu Kentucky
or Missouri would not have brought
more than half as much. Many slave
trailers mad«- a regular business of buy
ing in the border states und selling In
Mobile, New Orleans or Charleston,
and there was always n handsome
profit In the transaction. Tlie most
risky part of the business was the
guarant«*e demanded thnt the slave
would not run away. The time limit
was commonly thirty days, ami the
matter was usually arranged with the
slave himself by taking Ills promise
and giving liim $5 or $10 to stay until
th«» guarantee laid expired. -Exchange.
Iluttcruillk n Liquor Cure.
A buyer for one of the largest liquor
houses lu Philadelphia wlio is com
polled to sample enough wine and spir
its every day to put nn ordinary man
out of business says that buttermilk
is ids salvation. ”1 not only buy five
or six glasses a day at the dairy res
taurants or street stands,” he says,
“but I drink it all the time nt liorn«*
Instead of tea or coffee. I never touch
beer or anything like that, I keep n
stone crock of buttermilk ill tlie cellar
and Jet it get just a little stale. It is
better then than If taken fresh. A
man who insists on drinking liquor will
find very little trouble if lie takes
plenty of buttermilk. If In* wants to
swear off, buttermilk will help him. It
is a splendid stomachic. Two quarts
of good buttermilk a day will cure any
case of nervous indigestion.”—Philadel
phia Lodger.
The A»» and the Ladder.
“I came into possession of a Hebrew
This shirt waist suit in gray cham library the other day,” said a student,
bray is fastened both in blouse nnd “and in several of my new books is
the sentence, 'May this volume not be
damaged, neither tills day nor for
ever, until the ass ascends the ladder.’
What does that mean—‘till the ass
ascends the ladder?’ Do you know?"
“Yea, I know,” answered tlie stu
dent's preceptor. “The phrase Is like
that of Petrouius, 'asinus in tegulis’
(an ass on the house top). It signifies
impossibility, n thing that will never
take place. Books preserved, there
fore, until the ass ascends the ladder
nre books forever preserved.”—Phila
delphia Record.
Shirt W«l«( Sult.
Dweller« In the Ice.
Th«* Etaliyuns, or “arctic highland
era” of Itoss, live In lee caves within
the vast glacier cap which covers all
nbrthern Greenland. Theirs is ¡x-rhaps
tlie most wretchi-d and isolated exist
ence It is possible to conceive.
Tlieir "dwellings" are always wet,
owing to th«» melting of tlie lee walls
nnd floor. For full six months of tiie
year tlx* darkness of tlie arctic night
envelops them. Th«- ice is around them,
Ix-neath them, above them. In nine
cases out of ten if they venture abroad
they breathe the frozen particles, and
the sensation is akin to that which
comes from inhaling the blast of a fur
nace.
Nevertlieless they refuse to move far
ther south with the approach of win
ter. ns do all the other Eskimo trilxs.
They take a sort of perverted pride in
their loneliness as in their misery.
“What matter," they say, “if we nre
cold and hungry? We nre the last of
OBSERVE COLLAR EFFECT.
all pcopies. Wo dwell literally at the
Skirt with large smoked pearl buttons. end of the world. To tlie nortli of us
One of the new tailor effects In collars there is snow, there Is ice, but there is
fur these shirt waist suits li sho-.va. - no f.nr>'1 ".nd th-n* i» nothing that live*,
breathes or ha* Independent move
ment.’’—Pearson's.
■
A very favorite style of dress at |
Flower. Thnt Hnrm the Mok.
fresent for the Jeune fillo of I’eriztnn ' Ecta.ilJta t.tKl otlues- - a ' ùo iiu»v mtade
society is of white batiste lncrustod 1 a life study of flowers have recently
with English embroidery over some discovered that the perfume of blos
delicate color. The bodice, which Is soms is often increased by growing
made just slightly blousing. Is taken them under colored glass. They state
Into n deep corselet of liberty silk in also tlint some plants are fragrant only
the same shade as that already appear nt night an«l others only in the hot
ing on the dress, and with this style sunshine, flint tbe season affects the
of gown a large bat in Italian straw is odors nnd that some perfumes power
generally worn, trimmed with black fully affect the human organization.
velvet and long white wings.
Bometlmes giving rise to serious nerv
ous tmuliles. Flowers of delicate per
■Slull the ThlrQ Stuuiu."
Mabelle hnd been unusually quiet at fume quiet the nerves of invalids, it is
Church one Sunday. She was generally assorted, but the violet. Illy of the val
a very nutlcsa listener. Her mother, ley and carnations are really harmful
to the sick.
noticing it, asked her:
“What made you so good during serv-
rnanslble.
l-e this morning, daughter?”
“What's the derivation of the word
“I was thinking,” answered the chil l, ■college?’"
«why tbe people •who write hymns al- [ “I give it up.”
Ways put something bad in them that
"But surely the word must mean
the minister can't let the people sftig. something.’’
He always says 'omit the third’ or j “Oh. I guess It was Just faked up by
Some other stanza, and he oars It over 1 some poet wlio w-eded a rhyme for
twice, so they’ll be sure not to sing it. ’knowl«*dge.’ ”—Philadelphia Isslger.
Bo it must be something wicked.”
in their columns.
M m . Thomas Chiistol of 426Twenty-seventh
street, San Francisco, was also swollen with
dropsy, as the result of chronic kidney disease,
to more than seventy-five pounds beyond hei
normal weight, and had to be moved in sheets
nnd was close to death's door although she had
four physicians. She was put on the Fultoo
Comitounds. Throe weeks showed improvement
un«i in six months she waa well, and permit«
this reference.
If you have dropsy don’t temporise. There is
pnl.y one thing known that will cure the chronic
kidney disease that tn behind it and that is
t ultou’s Com|H>und. The Kenai Compound for
Bright's and Kidney Diseases, 11; for Diabetes,
John J. Fulton Co.. 4(<9 Washington
street. San Fraucisco, sole compounders. Scud
for pamthlut. We uro the sole agtrnls for thia
oily.
Save the Baby.
The mortality among babies during the
thiee teething years is something frightful.
T'he census of 1900 shows that about one 1«
every »even succumb«.
The cause
is
apparent.
With baby*«
bones hardening, the fontanel (opening In the
skull) closing up and Its teeth forming, all
these coming at once create a demand for
bone material that nearly half the Uttle
systems are deficient in.
The result ia
peevishness, weakness, sweating, fever, diar
rhoea, brain troubles, convulsions, etc., that
prove terribly fatal. The deaths In 1900 under
three years were 804,988, to say nothing of
the vast number outside the big cities that
were not reported, and this in. the United
States alone.
When baby begins to sweat, worry or cry
out In Bleep don’t wait, and the need it
neither medicine uor narcotics.
What the
tittle system is crying out for is more bone
material. 8weetman*s Teething Food sup
plies it. It hat saved the lives of thousand«
of babies.
They begin to improve within
forty-eight hours.
Here is what physician«
think of it.
2034 Washington St.,
San Francisco, June 1, 1902.
Gentlemen—1 am prescribing your food In
the multitude of baby troubles due to im
peded dentition.
A large percentage of In
fantile Ills and fatalities are the result of
slow teething. Your food supplies what the
deficient system derrrands, and I have had
surprising success with :t. In score« of cases
this diet, given with their regular food, ha«
not failed to che k the infantile distresses.
Several of the more serious cases would, I
feel sure, have been fatal without It. It can
not be too quickly brought to the attention
of the mothers of the country. It is an ab
solute necessity.
L l C. MENDEL, M. D.
Petaluma. Cat, September 1» tttt.
Dear Sirs—I have jwsf tiled the teething
food in two cases and in both It was a suc
cess. One was a very serious case, so criti
cal that it was brought to me from another
city for treatment. Fatal results were feared.
In three days the baby ceased worrying and
commenced pat Ing and is now well. Its actio«
in this case was remarkable. I would ad
vise you to put it in every drug store In this
city. Yours,
I. M. PROCTOR, M. D.
fweetman’s Teething Food will carry baby
•afely and comfortably through the meat dan
gerous period of child life. It renders lanc
ing of the gums unnecessary. It is the safest
plan and a blessing to the baby to not wait
for symptoms but to commence giving It the
fourth or fifth month. Then all the teeth
will come healthfully, without pain, dis
tress or lancing. It is an auxiliary to their
regular diet and easily taken. Price SO cents
(enough for six weeks), sent postpaid on re
ceipt of price. Pacific Coast Agents, Inland
Drug Co., Mills Building, San Francisco.
A FREAK OF NATURE.
Wonderful
TraveHn* Sand HUI»
That Are Fonnd Ia Pera.
After pnsulnq another “town” of
three or four mud hut» we enter the
fanioun <l«*Hcrt of I»lay, on which ere
niiat I conRldor the most remarkable
natural curioaltles to be seen on this
llobe, for we are now among hundred»
—nay, thousands—of pure white oand
rrom-ents on a plateau of 4,500 feet
r.l>ove the level of the sea and fifty-
four miles from tbe coast, where all
else Is of n dark red or chocolate color.
Whence conic» this sand and why al
ways in n crescent shape? Profeaaor
Bailey told me that scientific men do
not agree us to tbe reason why the
sand nlways form» the same creacent
shape, although it Is generally believed
that the whirling eddies hereabout are
responsible. Some, however, argue that
such is not the case since each of the»»
crescents has an opening toward the
northeast. At nny rate, the Inner circle
Is an nlmost perpendicular wall of tbe
finest pure white sand, nnd from tbe
tipper edges the crescent» slope gradu
ally away on the outside. They aver
age nlwuit twenty feet In height, the
Inner circle having a diameter of some
fifty feet, although I have seen one nt
least n mile nnd n half In diameter,
which was, however, not much higher
than the average. These crescent»
move, it is estimated, at the rate of
Ihrcc ItKhc* every twei.tj-four buor»,
and when on the »low Journey one
cornea near the railroad it becomes
ueeessar.v to shovel the sand acroee
the tracks, after which It travel» on,
forming now erascents or mingling
with some of the other».— Ernest O.
Rost lu IIari*r‘» Magazine.
netruetiou.
“Look hero, Mr. Editor." exclaimed
nn Irate caller, “yon referred to me yea
terday ns n reformed drunkard. You
must apologize or I’ll sue your papet
for libel.”
“Very well, air,” replied the editor
•1’11 retract the statement cheerfully.
I’ll say you haven’t reformed.”
Their Chea«».
Jaspar -Youtig Rcadsby has enough.
Why do«*«n't he keep out of bualneae
and give others a chance?
Jumpuppe But It is by going Into
business that rich young men like him
give amart Joung men a chance to
make money. -Life.