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valk mit demaelluffs. Two.” holding
E waa such a large, atroug man up two gigantic fingers, apparently
that when be first aet foot in only a shade or two smaller than Ills
the little parallelogram I called
my garden It aeemed to shrink destined victims, “blelben dar. Dose
I lift
to half Its size and become preposter
de fence over.”
1 hastened to inform him that any
ous. But I noticed at the same time
violence attempted against the parties
that be was bolding in the open palm
of his huge band the roots of a violet while in possession, although that imis -
with such Infinite tenderness and dell session was illegal, would, by a fatuity
cuey that I would have engaged him as of the law, land him In the county jail.
my gardener on the spot. But this I said I would not bear of It.
“But suppose de re voa no flolence.
could not be, as be was alreudy the
proud proprietor of a market garden &ip|M>se dose men vos villin. eb? How
and nursery on the outskirts of the vos dot for high?”
"I don't understand.”
suburban California town where 1 liv
"So! You shall not understand. I)«t
ed. lie would, however, come for two
Is better. Go avay now and dell your
days In the week, stock and look after
my garden and Impart to my urban In men to coorn dot bouse arount at halluf
past dree. But you eoom mit your-
tellect such horticultural bints as were
selluff alone, sboost as If you vos for
necessary.
His name was Ruetll.
a walk, by dat fence at dree. Ven
which I presumed to be German, but you shall dot front door vide open see.
which my neighbors rendered as Root- go
in, and dere you vos. You vlll dir
lelgli, possibly from some vague con
nection with his occupation. Ills own rest leef to me.”
It was In vain that I begged Ruetll
knowledge of English was oral and
phonetic. I have a delightful recollec to divulge his plan and |>ointed out
tion of a bill of his in which I was again the danger of bis technically
charged for "floletz," with the vague breaking the law, but be was firm, as
addition of “tnaltie calns.” Subsequent suring me that I myself would be a
explanation proved it to be “many witness that no assault would I k * made.
I looked into his clear, good humored
kinds.”
Nevertheless my little garden bour eyes and assented. I bad a burning de
sire to right my wrongs, but I think I
geoned and blossomed under bls large,
protecting hand. I became accustomed also bad considerable curiosity.
I passed a miserable quarter of an
to walk around his feet respectfully
when they blocked the tiny paths and hour after I had warned my partisans
and then walked alone slowly down the
to expect the total eclipse by his enor
mous bulk of that garden bed on which broad, leafy street toward the scene of
contest I have a very vivid recollec
be worked, for the tiniest and most
tion of my conflicting emotions. I did
reluctant rootlet seemed to respond
to his caressing paternal touch. it not believe that I should be killed. I
was a pretty sight to see his huge had no distinct intention of killing any
fingers tying up some slender stalk to of my adversaries. But I had some
Its stick with the smallest thread, and ' considerable concern for uiy loyal
he bad a reverent way of biying a bulb friend Ruetll. w’ho, I foresaw, might
or a seed in the ground au<l then gently be in some peril from the revolver In
shaping und smoothing a small mound my unpracticed band. If I could only
over it, which made the little inscrip avoid shooting him I would be satis
tion ou the stick above more like an af fied. I remember that the bells were
fecting epitaph than ever. Much of ringing for church—a church of which
this gentleness may have beam that my enemy, the chief squatter, was a
apology for his great strength common deacon in good standing—and I felt
with large men, but Ids face was dis guiltily conscious of my revolver In my
tinctly amiable, and his very light blue hip isM-ket as two or three churchgoers
eyes were at times wistful and doglike passed me with their hymn books in
In their kindliness. But I was soon to their hands. I walked leisurely so as
learn that placability was not entirely not to attract attention and to appear
nt the exact time, a not very easy task
bis nature.
The garden was part of a fifty vara In my youthful excitement. At last I
lot of land on which 1 was simultane reached the front gate with a beating
ously erecting a house, but the garden heart There was no one on the high
was finished before the house was, veranda, which occupied three sides of
through certain circumstances very the low one storied house, or In the
characteristic of that epoch and civ garden before it. But the front door
ilization. I had purchased the Spanish was open. I softly passed through the
title—the only "legal” one—to the land, gate and darted up the veranda and
which, however, had been In "posses Into the house. A single glance around
sion" of a "squatter.” But he had the hall and bare deserted rooms, still
been unable to hold that possession smelling of paint, showed me it was
against “a. Jumper.” another kind of empty, and with uiy pistol In one hand
squatter who had entered upon it cov and the other on the lock of the door I
ertly, fenced it in and marked it out stood inside ready to bolt it against
In building sites. Neither having legal any one but Ruetll. But where was be?
The sound of laughter and a noise
rights, neither could Invoke the law.
The last man held possession. There like skylarking came from the rear of
was no doubt that in due course of lit the house and the back yard. Then I
igation and time both these ingenious suddenly heard Ruetli’s heavy tread on
gentlemen would have been dispossess the veranda, but it was slow, deliber
ed in favot of the real owner (myself), ate and so exaggerated in its weight
that the whole house seemed to shake
but that course would be a protracted
one. Following the usual custom of with it. Then from the window I be
held an extraordinary sight. It was
the locality, I paid a certain sum to
the jumper peaceably to yield up his Ruetll, swaying from side to side, but
steadily carrying with outstretched
possession of the land and began to
build upon It. It might be reasonably arms two of the squatter party, bis
supposed that the question was set hands tightly grasping their collars.
Yet I believe his touch was as gentle
tled, but It was not. The house was
ns with the violets. Ills face was pre
nearly finished when one morning I
was called out of my editorial sanc ternaturally grave. Theirs, to my in
tense astonishment, while they hung
tum by a pallid painter, looking even
more white leaded than usual, who In passive from his arms, wore that fatu
formed me that my house was in the ous. Imbecile smile Been on the faces of
possession of five armed men. Tlie en those who lend themselves to tricks of
try had been made peaceably during acrobats and strong men In the arena.
the painters’ absence to dinner under a He slowly traversed the whole length
wayside tree. When they returned of one side of the house, w’alked down
they had found their l»ots and brushes the steps to the gate and then gravely
iu the road and an intimation from the deposited them outside. I heard him
windows that their re-entrance would say, "Dot vlns der pet. ain’t it?" and
Immediately after tlie sharp click of
be forcibly resisted as a trespass.
the gate latch.
I honestly believe that Ruetli was
Without understanding a thing that
more concerned than myself over this
dispossession. While lie loyally be had happened. I rightly conceived this
was the cue for my appearance with
lieved that I would get back my prop
my revolver at the front door. As I
erty, lie was dreadfully grieved over
the Inevitable damage that would lie opened ft I still heard the sound of
laughter, which, however, instantly
done to tlie garden during this Interval
Stopped at a sentence from Ruetll which
of neglect ami carelessness. 1 even
think be would have made a truce I could not lienr. There was an oath,
with my enemies If only they had let the momentary apparition of two furl
him hark after Ills tieloved plants. As ous and Indignant faces over the fence,
It was, he kept a passing but melan but these, however, seemed to be In
choly rurveillance of them and was stantly extinguished and put down by
Indeed a lietter spy of the actions of the enormous palms of Ruetli clapiied
the Intruders than any I could have upon their beads. There was a pause,
and then Ruetll turned around and
employed.
quietly joined me in the doorway. But
One day. to my astonishment, tie the gate was not again opened until
brought me n moss rose bud from a the arrival of my partisans, when the
bush which lind been trained against bouse was clearly In my possession.
u column of the veranda. It appeared
Safe Inside with the door bolted, I
that he had called from over the fence
turned eagerly to Ruetll for nn cxpla
the attention of one of the men to the
nation.
neglected condition of the plant and
It then apreamd »bat during his oc-
had obtained permission to “come In
and tie It up.” The men. being mere caalona! visits to the garden he had
hirelings of tlie chief squatter, hud no often been nn object of amusement Vlfl
pcrscnnl feeling, and I was net. there criticism to the men on account of Ills
fore, surprisisl to hear that they pres *I ac . which seemed to them ridiculous
ratty nJlowM- !?’.«*t'l ccvas'.muHj
j ly laconsiatviit wiili We great gm si hu
come In and look after his precious 1 mor, gentleness and delicacy of touch.
“slip«." If they hnd any suspicion of They had doubted his strength and
his great strength It was probably off challenged his powers. He had re
set by Ids peaceful avocation and his sponded once or twice before, lifting
bland, childish face. Meantime I hnd weights or even carrying one of his
begun the useless legal proceeding, but critics nt arm’s length fot t. few
had also engaged a few rascals of my steps, but he had reserved Ills final feat
own to be ready to take advantage of for tills day and this purpose. It was
any wnnt of vigilance on the part of for a bet. which they bad eagerly ac
my adversaries. I never thought of cepted. secure in their belief in Ids
Ruetll In that connection any mor I Simplicity, the sincerity of his motives
in coming there ami glad of the oppor
than they had.
A few Bundays later I was sitting in tunity of a little Suuduy diversion.
the little tea arbor of Ruetli's nursery, In their security they bad n<A locked
peacefully smoking with him Present the door w hen they came out and hnd
ly he took his long china bowled pi)* not noticed that he had opened It. Thl*
from his mouth and, looking at me was his simple story, bis onlyAh’om
blandly over Ills yellow mustache, said: merit: "1 haf von der pet, but I dinks
"You vonts sometlwes to go In dot I shall nod gollect der money.” The
two men did not return that afternoon,
bouse, eh?"
nor did their comrades. Whether they
I said. "Decidedly."
"Mit a revolver and keep dot house wisely conceived that a man who was
so powerful in play might lie terrible
dose men out?"
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in earnest; whether they knew that his
"Yea.”
•Veil. 1 put yon In dot bouse today." i act. In whicW they bad been willing
performers, bad been witnessed by
"Sunday?" ®
"Sluxist so. It Is a goot day. On ' passing citizens, who supposed It was
der Suntay dree men will out go to skylarking. <»• whether their employer
got urea or uis expensive occupation
I never knew. The public believed tbe
latter. Ruetll. myself and tbe two
men be had evicted alone kept our TEAR BASKETS AND HEART CLOTTlS
secret.
AND THEIR USES.
Fyigu that time Ruetll and I became
flrm friends, and long after I bad no ••Secret" Vlourulua that Every one
further need of bls services in tbe re
Xuuna <r
aad
He>|>eela — Th«
captured bouse I often found myself
qu'iiut Toilet or a Saaamybo Belle
In the little tea arbor of bis prosperous
A Slrauae Headdress For Wornea.
ODD KOREAN HABITS WOMAN AND FASHION
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Tulmj up some »lender »Uilk to it» »tick.
nursery. He was frugal, sober and in
dustrious. Small wonder that iu that
growing town he waxed rich and pres
ently opened a restaurant in the main
street, connected with his market gar
den, which became famous. His rela
tions to me never changed with ills
changed fortunes. He was always the
simple market gardener and florist who
bad aided tsy first housekeeping and
stood by me in an hour of need.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
EXCISEMAN BURNS.
The Wax an Old Woman Outwitted
the Scotch Poet.
A story is told about Burns in his
capacity of exciseman. Old Jean Da
vidson kept a .‘'.mall whisky shop and
was suspected of putting more fresh
water into her liquor than was need
ful or lawful. Burns accordingly came
with his apparatus and at once detect
ed the irregularity. “Now, Jean, ma
woman,” he said, “I canna tak this to
Dumfries this night; ’tin ower late.
But I'll seal it wf the king's seal and
return to lift It in the mornln'." When
lie had gone to his lodging Jean fetched
the village cooper, who removed a hoop
from the barrel and bored a bole,
through which the adulterated liquor
was drawn off and stuff’ of regulation
strength put in. Then the hoop was
refixed, and Jean, with a brave heart,
awaited the gauger. In the morning
up came Burns to claim the keg. "One
minute. Mr. Burns.” said Jean sweetly.
“Ye might jest test that whisky to
convince me. since I canna see how I
could have been milkin’ sic a mistake.”
“It means breaking the king's seal,”
said Burns, "but I’ll just fix on an
other.” So the sample was taken and
tested and of course found to be all
right. Burns was bewildered. "Was
there aught wrung ivi’ me, Jean, Inst
nicht?” he asked. “Weel, Mr. Burns,
’tls nu for me to say. Weel. I Just
thocht ye were fully smert wi’ your
wee tester.”
TORTOISE SHELL.
In Working It Gentle Heat and Pres
sure Are Mainly toed.
A tortoise shell is harder and more
brittle than ordinary horn. Heat and
pressure are practically the only means
which can lie employed in working it.
and it is impossible to work tortoise
shell at a great heat, since the coloring
pigment easily liquefies and obscures
the shell, thereby greatly lessening its
value. Heavy pressure Is also impos
sible owing to its brittle character.
The plates of the carapace, or back
shell, are first separated from the skel
eton by the application of gentle heat
and then flattened by a similar proc
ess. The superficial irregularities are
next rasped off. and the material is
polished, ready for molding into any
desired shape.
Larger or thicker plates are produced
by a process which requires great care
an’d attention. Two surfaces are first
rasped and cleaned and are then gen
tly heated and pressed together. The
heat liquefies them, and the pressure
effects a perfect union, mnking nn In
visible joint.
Tortoise shell combs are cut by the
highly Ingenious twinning machine, so
calk'd because two combs are cut from
the same plnte, so that the teeth of one
dovetail Into the spaces of the other,
avoiding all waste.
Hells and Thunderstorm..
An instance of the absurdity of some
of the notions held by our ancestors
was the notion that the ringing of the
church bells hnd n counteracting effect
iu a thunderstorm. It was supposed
that tbe vibration of the air caused by
the movement of the l>ells resulted in
the dissipation of the electric fluid in
the air. The belief was so common at
one time that the bells were rung ns
soon ns signs of nn approaching thun
derstorm were seen. Science now holds
a contrary opinion. Not only does th«-
sound have no possible effect on the
air, but the vibration caused by the
sound of a bell upon n cloud charge« I
with electricity may cause It to dis
charge Its rontents upon the ringer of
the bell in the church tower.
The >llpp,«n«,tnniiiM.
When first the Sudan was opened up
It was thought desirable to Impose a
tax on any one killing a "hippo.” but
experience has shown that the "hippo"
is unworthy of the care taken of him.
He is most destructive. A bull hippo
potamus will upset a sninjl bout. Tlie
natives have a curious manner of kill
ing a hippopotnmus. They attack him
with spears when he is in a sleepy con
dition In the river, and attached to the
spear Is a rope dr I th a huge Hout at the
end of it. This float hampers the
movements of the unwieldy animal,
and after several spears have been
driven Into hiui he Is easily drawn to
tbe bank and dispatched. — Ixindon
Globe.
Au i'.arlj Suminer Costume.
One er the other,
floM hnnre For Ilina.
"Come on; have a game of poker!"
"I don’t believe In games of chance."
"That need make no difference.
Come on and nlar." Houston Post.
| How
tli«* (hit kHiuw« Wert* TB>gh(
the MemiluH of the kApreavioL.
White lm*i is uswii effectively In U s
Among the enriivsl comers to *tbe
tub frock, which Is fashioned in quaiut
style with much fagoting und huitf Wat< l<«* cdliutry. in wvsteru Teiinv*
Btiteliery. The blouse ha» a V band of •if. was a Mr Barnes. n Ida« ¡¿smith.
fagoting to •liieh tlie body portion Is •wRo lieeame II f< ¡««Sd of 11 .«• < I-A ■> Iw
applied is box plaits, tills blousing ImlinRs and often meiahsl tlieir guns
without charge Barnes »a* a p«s«r
man, but obtaining on croliPu donkev
named Moses, which was valued nt n
« considerable sum. be imported the ani
mal and stabled it at the smithy, snys
the Youth's Companion. It was the
first In that region. Cue morning he
fouail the «lour open and Moses gone
He followed a trail to the batik of the.
river mill lost It. Tlie stream was In
flood. mid he believed his valuable ani
mal u. s drou n«sl
I Bless lie found
some way to raise the money to pay
for it he was a ruined man.
Two months later a trading scow
came down the Ilatchee from Bolivar,
and on the roof, spread out In the sun.
was the hide of Moses, unmistakable
in its soft mid handsome grays. Barnes
related bis story to the trader mid re
ceived tbe skin, which had been
bought at Bolivar from a trader there.
As no white Ilian would have shot a
donkey Barnes concluded Hint the In
dians, who had never seen one, but
who were then hunting on tbe llat-
cbee, were the offenders.
To trap them he tried a little strata
gem. He organized a shooting contest
mid offered as n prize "the handsomest
skin ever taken on the Hatebee, the
pelt of a beautiful animal.”
A Chickasaw brave was the winner
of the contest and claimed the prize.
Barnes brought forward the skin of
Moses and spread It on the ground.
“There is your prize,” he said.
THE ELABORATE TUB FROCK,
“Me shoot uni! Me shoot urn!" cried
prettily into the belt and the fastening the winner, running to the skin and
effected in the back with pearl buttons. pointing to a bullet hole. Then he told
Tbe sleeve Is plaited at the shoulder how be bad been wandering down the
and opens at the elbow to admit a lace river bank and had seen this strange
trimmed puff. The skirt Is cleverly wild animal, like nothing he hail ever
shirred over tlie hips, the front being seen before, breaking through the
plain and strapped with fagoting, and cane. He hail shot it ami sold tli<*
three deep tucks above the hem make hide at Bolivar. He was delighted to
a very smart finish. The hat of nat get it back.
This was what Barnes had hoped
ural tint panama Is simply trimmed
with black velvet ribbon and a mon for. Standing, he addressed tlie Chick
a saws.
ture of summer flowers.
“My brothers,” he said, “you know
me. I am a poor man, but 1 am a
Brown*a Stylish Color.
Brown in every shade will be popular friend to the Chickasaw. I mend his
In the summer and spring clothes, gun for him and deal fairly by him.
says the laidies’ Home Journal. This This animal was my white man's pony.
means that the pongee and shantung I bought it far away and brought it
silks and the washable cotton mate here. It cost me much wampum, tlie
rials, such as India linen, butiste and price of many Indian ponies. To lose
Holland linen, will continue in favor. it will lose me all. It escaped me ami
There are many new names given to went to the woods, and there a Chick
these new colorings in brown, but in asaw killed it.
reality they are simply ecru, cream and
“When I mil in Chickasaw country. I
the dark tones of brown. Brown is a obey Chickasaw law. When Chicka
good color In all Its shades for sum saw is in white man's country, lie
mer, for general wear, as it does not should obey white man's law. White
fade, neither does it show the dust. man’s law is that whoever kills my
For these same reasons the greens and pony must pay me for it. What will
the mixed Scotch tweeds are liked.
Chickasaw do?"
For the more dressy gowns, both for
The Indians had listened attentively.
the street and tlie house, the pale steel When he had finished, they went to
grays will be used and also the dull their ponies, tethered near by. The
pastel shades of green.
whites watched them meanwhile with
Colored slip linings are worn with Intense interest. The Indians unteth
the open meshed materials, and tlie ered their ponies and brought them up.
color of the slip lining Is brought out
“Take um,” they said. "Indian have
in a stronger note In the trimming of only ponies. Give um all.”
the gown. Tlie changeable shot taffe
“How many?" asked Barnes.
tas are used for lining the loose, open
“Y’ou say how many.”
weaved brown and blue voiles and
Barnes appointed an appraiser, who
hopsackings, and for the trimmings of selected a number of ponies equal in
these gowns narrow plaid silks combin value to the donkey. These tin* black
ing the coloring of the lining and the smith sold to bis neighbors.
material are used. In the mnking up
The Indians gave up their hunt ami
of an open weaved blue hop sacking or went back to their villages, poorer, blit
of one of the new striped transparent satisfied. They had maintained, for
woolen materials In blue a dull green their tribe at least, some claim to tlie
lining would be effective.
title, “Honest Injun.”
There is a great «leal of poetry about
all Koreans. This does uot make the
Visitor in tb"ir country love them less.
"Wliy do you shake your husband’s
gowu so ferociously every morning?"
tbe writer raid to a hostess in Seoul.
"Are you afraid a spider may be weav
ing in it?”
"Oh, uo, luuonfaee,” was the reply.
"He must be in Japan now so far It is
—and bis spirit comes every night to
this gown. So tired must he be in the
mornlug to go back so fur into his
body again.”
And she wept copiously, dropping
each tear very carefully ijito a metal
lined little basket hung from her waist.
If her husband had died on bis Jour
ney the basket would have been nearly
full by this time; every one who has
any regard for her would have added
n drop or two,.and her mourning would
have been ns Intricate a performance
as a case in international law. Even
as it was the tear busket was steeped
iu incense and many heartbreaking
songs and proverbs wailed over it.
Weep flowers—that is, any sort of
bloom that withers soon — may tie
preoaed and strung nrounil the basket.
Tlie wing of a wounded bird may dec
orate one side; a motherless child may
imprint a kiss upon it for the good of
the spirit.
"Do men ever wear the tear basket
for women?” I once Inquired.
"Oh, moonface, you are curious so
much." was the reply. "Women never
go away from men in Kowli.”
“But they die.”
“Yes, an«l then verra often the good
men wear the tear basket in secret
mourning.”
There Is much secret mourning in
Korea, and it is like the Irishman's
secret—everybody knows it and re
spects it. A woman who has loved
the wrong man may wear secret
mourning clothes for 1dm and don the
tear basket filled with tears of per
sons who have not deigned to speak to
her in the lifetime of tlie loved one.
At certain hours she may wall round
Ids grave and leave the best of every
thing to eat on his tomb for his hun
gry spirit. The «worldly mate of the
departed looks on, and often it seems
she is flattered by the performance. A
slave may mourn secretly for the
queen, and anybody who wants to
may sympathize without hurt for a
beheaded criminal.
Next to the tear basket the heart
cloth Is the quaintest symbol of Kowli
emotions. One is never permitted to
know of this precious ornament un
less it is worn for his or her sake. In
old Korea it was placed over the heart
of the beloved before being worn in
any other breast. One heart cloth of
ten does for a whole family, being
worn by different members in turn.
Characters representing poetic say
ings are appliqued upon ft. such as:
"Without thee I dwell with the spir
it of the withered tree.”
"My lieart beats only to thine.”
"Ahu peace.”
“The sun will come again.”
In some parts of the country heart
cloths are placed over the body of
th<> dying and then given to the sliang-
goo, head male mourner, and the Joo-
foo, leading female mourner.
Masamplio is a quaintaml picturesque
town, nearly ns much so as Fusan,
from which it is not far removed. One
The Sailor Hat.
of the sights of Masamplio is her shop
There are several new sailor shapes,
ping district, which consists of in
numerable mats spread out on the running from stiff, narrow brimmed
ground, upot» which are exhibited the English models to flat French "eano-
wares of their owners, who squat be tiers.” Imported by a Fifth avenue
imxliste for her Easter opening was a
side them.
Hut the Chief joys of Masamplio are French sailor whose crown and brim
her deliciously strange little women— were both wider than they were long.
the never to be forgotten Masamphon- The brim was of red taffeta edged with
ese, wild eyed, glossy haired dump red velvet, the crown of course red
lings, with cherry lines for mouths, straw. Around the crown was drawn
who waddle around and about, quack a garter band of red velvet ribbon
forming an elongated knot in front.
ing in fascinating tones.
The Masamplio belle’s toilet is worthy Under the brim was fastened a red
of the time she spends upon it. Her cock’s feather plume.
Whether trimming is arranged high
face is washed with honey oil instead
of water. Sometimes she sifts a fine or low is a matter of choice. Some
powder scented with her favorite flow times the entire decoration of a hat
droops from under the brim. In other
er over it.
She may stain her complexion to suit cases considerable height is obtained
her fancy, but generally she prefers by the use of aigrets or wired ribbons.
it to be the natural color, which is a —New Y'ork Fashion Letter.
beautiful ecru. Though she may never
A Modish Hat.
be seen by man, save husband or fa
The top of this modish hat, as well
ther, during curfew time or women’s
hours—8 p. in. and 3 a. m.—she may go as the edge of the brim, is made of
out freely visiting friends and rela white straw in one of the novelty
tives. Her hair is brushed with a
fragrant bunch of switches and glued
into many different forms. Sometimes
it makes a butterfly or a tortoise and
at other times a lot of leaves or a little
sampan.
When it is properly shaped, big jade
or glasB pins are stuck in. Tin* only
cap she ever wears has no crown. Its
back is shaped like a helmet, and there
are two long tassels hanging from the
forehead and neck brim. Her cotton
trousers are as full as a divided skirt
and become narrow at the ankles.
Where they meet little socks made vf
grass and picturesque shoes. Her skirt
Is very full and shirred at the top into
an eight Inch band. This fits tightly
around the chest and under tlie ..rms.
The jacket worn is not over seven
inches In length and runs the gamut
of Korean blues and greens, which are
somewhat tbe tints of the peacock’s
tall.
If of the common people, she may al
TRK NEW FLAB« BBAI*B
low her small feet and ankles to show,
weaves.
The underbrim facing is of
but If of noble blood her skirts must
sweep tbe streets All women carry maline, which shades from white to a
deep violet. The shaded plume repeats
with them a long cape, so that if I
these tones. It passes flatly over tlie
any possibility they should meet
man they n ay throw it quickly ov< • crown and droops low over the under
their bends, leaving only a slit in front brim at the side. The bat is lifted in
the front by a wide bandeau.
for the eyes.—New York Post.
Mrs. Smithers I called on Mrs
Blumpter yesterday, and she returned
the call today. Must think a great deal
of me, don't yon think? Mr. Smithers
—Well, el’her that or she’s one of these
wise ones who relieve the mind by per
forming a disagreeable duty as soon as
possible.—Indianapolis Snn.
GRfELEY |M lht HOCKIES.
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“HONEST INJUN.”
THE SPANISH NOVIO.
A
Gallant Mho Rarely ll«-«l«
Malden He Attends.
the
A Spanish maiden who is in the
least attractive is always attended by
a young man. He is called her novlo,
and it is his privilege to accompany
her on her walks, though of course al
ways with either her mother or a maid
to play propriety. His courtship sel
dom ends in bls becoming engaged to
tbe young lady, but while it lasts she
has to be obedient ami loyal to him.
If he sliouhl transfer his affections
to another fair damsel, the slighted one
lias no redress, for he is quite at liber
ty to do so. tlieir friendship never be
ing regarded in the light of a formal
engagement. Marriages are settled by
the beads of the two families chiefly
concerned, and until such nn arrange
ment is made the young Spaniard may
be novlo to as many girls as he likes,
one after another. Tills custom has
certainly more advantages for the men
than it hns for the maidens, but yet
few Spanish girls would care to be
without a novlo. however fi<-kle lie
might be.
I'Ut*
«> lit* •<>!>«*i’«’d | p H llutaterttu«
Hotel Lrttttd.
l|i tbe “Memoirs of Itenry Villard"
there is a chapter in which tbe uu-
tlu< dtsK-rilH-s a meeting with Gree
ley in the Rockies. Tbe "Tribune
philosopher, having«met with an ae-
cldent ivlili h cripphsl him for several
weeks, was a» unwilling guest at th«*
V«-nier House, tlw- only "hotel" in the
city, a rude shack of a buildlug, with
riinvas partitions, tbe greater part
given up to the bar ami gaming ta-
lileo, nml therefore not a place con
ducive to tbe quiet and repose of In
valids. Mr. Villard noticed a change
gradually taking place in the usually
benign features of the philosopher.
Ills t’hrlstian virtues gradually losing
control over him, until Anally one day
he lost his temper completely and
swore at Jils illsturliers "so violently
that I dared not believe my ears."
Ills wrath, however, dlil not culmi
nate until the third night of his tor
ture«. About io o'chx-k lie got lip and
llmpe«! Into the barroom, where Io-
thus addressisl the astonished tippler«:
"Friends, 1 have been In pain ami
without sle«-p for almost n week, ami
I am well nigh worn out. Now I am
a guest at this hotel. 1 pay a high
price for my board and lodging and
am entitled to rest during tbe night.
But liow can I get it with all this
noise going on In this place?"
“Then,” add« Mr. Villard, "he ad
dressed one of the most pathetic ap
peals 1 ever heard to.those around him
to abandon their vicious ways and be
come sober and industrious. He spoke
for nearly an hour and was listened
to with rapt interest ami the most
perfect respect, lie succeeded, too, in
his object. The gambling st<qiped. and
the bar was closed every night at 11
o'clock as long ns he remained.”
THE CASPIAN SEA.
One
ot the Hemarkahte l’li>-«le«l
Features of th«* Globe.
On«* of tin* most remarkable physical
features of the globe is the deep and
wide depression in the nollow of which
stands the Caspian sea and near to it
the sea of Aral. The Caspian Is nearly
as large as France, and Its surface is
eighty four feet below the level of tbe
Black sea. The sea of Aral is nearly
as large as Ireland and is very little
over the sea level. Within recent geo
logical times the vast expanse In which
these lakes are found was sea. Its
floor lias been gradually raisisl. and the
waters tilling the depressions are all
that is left of an ancient Meiliterra-
nean. A strange feature of both bodies
of water Is that although they receive
large rivers, especially the Caspian,
Into which the Volga, the Ural river
ami scores of streams from the Cau
casus flow, both have for many years
been getting shallower. Evaporation,
for they have no outlet, exceeds the in
flow. But, for some climatic reason
probably, the sea of Aral ami its neigh
bor, Lake Balkhasli, have since 18!>l
been increasing in depth. Whereas the
Caspian, like the Dead sea, is very
salt, owing to the rate of evaporation,
Aral and Balkhash are bruckisli only.
These remnants of what was ouce a
great sea opening into the ocean, as
the Mediterranean does now, still con
tain marine fish and seals. Some of
the latter survive in the Aral nml Bai
kal lakes, having gradually become
fitted for their habitat, though it is no
longer salt, but merely brackish, ami,
in the case of Baikal, actually fresh
water London Telegraph.
A Huck Action Joke.
The traveling men of Malm* are not
ed for the Jok<*s that they are always
springing on the public, but recently
one of them got Into trouble in an un
expected way. His parents celebrated
their golden wedding, nml the drum
mer had long planned to spend tlie
day witli them. But when tlie day ar
rived he found tiiat be was too far
from his oid home to get back to it, so
he sent a telegram to his father. He
thought that it was a good time to get
off a Joke on the old man, so he mere
ly sent the message, “la marriage a
failure?” He was somewhat taken
aback when lie got tlie reply, "Mar
riage Is not, but tlie results sometimes
a re.”
Ilrnwnflnic** Modesty.
The only sop of Robert Browning and
his illustrious wife was a diligent nrt
student when he grew to manhood. He
was believed to hnve a promising ca
reer, but once when the father was
showing a friend some of Ills son's pic
tures he expressed a fear that he might
suffer from the high hopes built upon
him.
"He Is placed nt a disadvantage"
said Browning. Then be explained
further, in a phrase as modest as any
Handwriting on Iron.
ever uttered by n great man:
It was an accident that led to the] "People expect much from him. you
discovery of the method of transfei sen, because be bad such a clever moth
ring handwriting to iron. An iron er.”
founder while experimenting with mol <
ten iron under different conditions ue 1
Clnb l.nnd In Jnpnn.
cldentally dropped a ticket into a mold
Japan is tlie ideal club land. In this
He presently found that the type of country the club world has a good
the ticket was trnnsferreil to the Iroi many class and oilier limitations. But
In distinct characters. Following up in Japan the system hns flourished
' tbe idea which this fact suggested, he from t!m-2 Immemorial an.l v-utera ii>!.>
procured a heatproof Ink, with which the daily life of all sorts ami condi
I be wrote invertedly on ordinary whit« tions of men. It is no uncommon thing
paper. This paper was introduced Into for people of means to belong to from
the mold before the molten Iron was ten to a hundred different clubs, be
poured In. When tbe mold cooled t!.. nevolent or social, nil of whicii «ah«*
paper had been consumed by tlie heat, noilnly to ano the members nn opisir-
but tbe ink, which had remained In tunlty for one festive gntli« ring tbe
tact, had left a clear impression on Un more. In Tokyo there nre 5,000 differ
Iron.
ent aocleth-s. front the Red Cross to
tnffAinly. but Kin« of Sonrinv Hirdn the Mustaches and the Pockmarked,
No one would be likely to Imagine, which explain themselves.
for example, that so heavy anil. In
Little Hilf. I.uck.
fact, apparently ungainly a bird ns a
It is Dot probable that superstition
pelican is a king among soaring birds.
After much flopping when these great will ever receive Its deathblow, but
birds hnve acquired headway the now and then It gets Jogged a bit. Two
broad wings are spread, and in tnajee cockneys met not long ngo, says Good
tic circles they mount akywnrd, wit I. Words, In a Ixindon thoroughfare.
“I've just 'card that your little Bill
only an occasional flap of the wing, of
ten passing beyond the range of one’i got run over,” sai«l one. “ 'Ow dl«l it
spencer and Munte.
•appen?”
vision.- Country Life In America.
Mr. Herbert Spencer cultivated what
”’E wns picking up a ’orseshoe for
An Apt A'apll.
he called the “receptive sense” In re
luck." replle«! little Bill’s father.
Teacber-James.
you
were
Into
yes.
spect to music and was wont to speak
with more than a little bitterness of terday morning. Pupil—Yes; but. as
All
°
tbe general desire to lie a performer you werp saying to the class today,
Mrs. Newlywed - Doctor, that tiottle
One performer who had been chosen •we should let bygones be bygones. of medicine you left for baby Is ll
to play Beethoven for him was than TWachpr Rut have you no excuse to gone. I Kictor—Impossible! I tol<! yon
derstruck on arrival at Mr. Spencer’s offer? Pupil In that same talk you to give him a tenspoonful once nn
resIdaiK-o at being asked to render nn | said flat one who was good at ex hour. Mrs. Newlywed—Yes, but John
extract fjom one of Sullivan's operas. [ ci**a was usually good at nothing else amj I nml moth* and the nurse hav«*
Light music bad a charm for the phi Under tbe circumstances I think It each to take a teaspoonful, too. In or
losopher which light •ternture never better for me not to do anything that der to induce baby to take It. Puck.
hnd.
will lower me in your estimation.
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