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The impresario of the hippodrome
then mounted nn empty whisky bnrrel
nnd. discourteously interrupting the
colonel, offered in a loud voice n re
ward of 2?oOO for the recovery in good
condition of his lost attraction. Tid
ings in regard to the same, he said,
could be telegraphed to Meridian,
Miss.
The people then dispersed, for It was
past 1 oVloek in the morning, and, as
they scattered to their homes, looking
carefully to their feet, they marveled
ninth by the way of what had become
of M iry Ellen.
No one claimed the $500 reward.
Daylight brought no solution of the
mystery of Mary Ellen's whereabouts,
nor were the irate II hu! foot's fears for
Colonel lladham fulfilled, for that
n.M'-und gentleman reappeared on
time at the Chronicle olllce next day
With a replenished bottle of "cough
mixture" ml the same desire to keep
ported in regard to the utterances of
the press. Perhaps he was n little
redder of countenance and more
wheezy of breath after last night's
bout, but that was all.
The good people of Oakville, as one
miirht suppose, longed ardently for the
recovery of the lost serpent, ilow could
they feel easy when such a ferocious
reptile was at large In their midst?
Had it been u lion or n tiger that had
escaped they could scarcely have been
morn' anxious. Tigers and lions are
addicted to roaring and might perhaps
give warning of their approach, but a
f-limy reptile that crept on its belly
wiiltout making any noise louder than
a hiss why. it was horrible to contem
plate. If it always remained upon the
ground one might be on guard against
the creature, but anacondas were also
arboreal in their habits and often las
soed, so to speak, their prey from trees.
Oakville was full of umbrageous water
oaks. They fairly lined its streets and
won the city's boast. Henceforth the
prulo of the town would become coigns
of terror. Even the cause of religion
would suffer, for who would dare to at
toml Thursday oveninc prayer meet
Sug not knowing when he niiirht not
l lifted from his feet Into the air to
In crushed and swallowed in the top
of the tree by the horrible monster?
Popular fear was not lessened when
it Wvanae known that I-Tdo, the pet
pu:r of Miss Nancy Mayberry. had nev
er been seen since the eventful night,
of course Mary Ellen had eaten him.
Ilmdfoot had foretold that something
tiro would be swallowed before day.
Who would lc the next? The town
was terror stricken.
(J rent was the relief given by a para
graph in the Chronicle, stating that as
anrw-oudN ate but once in three months
Fido's death would secure immunity
for that period, and before the time
was up the repuie would probably be
found..
At tils the i-ple quieted down, and
nne one remarked- not in Miss May
berry's hearing that since "something
Hv" had to do the Quintus Curtius act
ad save the city by leaping into the
ynwuin? gtftf of M.;ry Ellen's interior,
fate bad chosen u i-ely in offering up
Mi Nancy's pitdtry pet.
M.-atniiue the hnmiele had pros
pered beyond Evans' dearest hopes.
im1 h- aked .lennle Hamlin to set the
day. and. with a blush, she had tunned
the 1 tth of IVbniary.
"Why nt the nth of January?" ask
ed the impatient .Mm.
P.eeause the 1 1th of February is St.
Valentine's day. when the birds mate."
"And the daffodils bloom," added
Jiai. "We'll have a daffodil wedding."
(-aid the happy fellow.
P.iu it was not -to be. Nothing is
:iore cjiptlcious than an Alabama win
ter. Val.-ntine's diiy arrived, and with
It tln eoMest weather of the year. It
sawi la f f morning, and in the aft-e-nu
it odder and colder. The
absence o. the pretty yellow flowers,
Uotrever. was a small disappointment
to jflin. fr no eoid could freeze the
daffodil sold in Ids little bride's hair.
Tm h.ul re.pjested the privilege of
do:ug the wcbling "copy" for the
Chronicle, and Jim consented. The
two worked all day on the paper till -1
o'eWk. Then Jim struck work and
went to buy his license. The wedding
would lie at s, and he told Tom he
might also quit work, but the boy re
mained to ti'l up his galley a few
sticks would do it.
After working a few minutes his fin
gers lKeaine numb. The tire had got
low, and as he warmed his hands at
the stove It occurred to him to go down
in the odlar and bring up coal and kin
dling for the next morning's fire. He
lifted the trapdoor and descended with
the coal bucket. It was almost dark in
the cellar, for night was coming on rap
idly outside, but he managed to lill hi
.burkeL
When he returned to the cellar for
the light wood lie brought a lighted
candle, but as lie descended the steps
a gust of wind extinguished it. With
an impatient exclamation, he went on,
sili holding the unlighted candle in his
hand.
The kindling was in the farthest part
of the cellar next the street. Groping
along in the darkness nnd feeling
around with bent body for the light
wood, he suddenly detected a peculiar
and unpleasant odor. The next mo
ment his right foot came in contact
witli an elastic substance that gave
against hi.s toe like a half inllated bi
cycle tire. He leaned down and touched
tiie object with ids hand and lnstinet
ivdy sprang backward with a thrill
f iiormr that almost caused his heart
lu stop lMating. A dreadful suspicion
il.:..Nl through hi.s brain, and drawing
a match from his pocket he lit the can
die-
it was the anaconda!
At first the boy was almost para
lyzed by fright. He was ho terriiied
he could scarcely stand. Hut as the
reptile did not move be gradually
sullied command of himself. The
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great snake was lorpld evidently and
quite harmless by reason of the cold.
Tom's first impulse was to kill it,
and he drew his finlfe and opened It
with the intention to bury the long,
keen blade in the serpent's head. Then
he recollected the SoOO reward offered
ly Hindfoot and how he might scoop
the Argus If he Secured Mary Ellen
alive, and he returned the knife to his
pocket.
Looking about him in the cellar he
found a good slzfHl wooden box Into
which he cautiously slid the snake.
Then he nailed some stout slats across
the top. and Mary Ellen was again a
prisoner.
How the snnkt had got into the
place, he wondered, when his heart be
began to beat more calmly.
A draft on hh head gave him a
clew, and, following it up. he discover
ed, by the aid of his candle, an open
brickwork ventilator in the side wall
next to the street from which several
bricks were mlss!.ng, leaIng an aper
ture quite large fcnough for the ana
conda's entrance, iFldo included.
His curiosity satisfied on tills point.
It occurred to Tom that, the lire being
now extinct in tl:'e stove and the cold
rapidly Increasing outside. Mary El
len's sleep would be far sounder In
the room above than In the damp cel
lar, which was comparatively warm.
So. with an effort, he removed the
caged serpent to the sanctum and re
turned for the light wood. When all
was done he donned his overcoat and
cap and resolved to keep his great
find a secret.
"("Jolly: The Argus won't be in it
when I work this, scoop on 'em." ex
cl. limed Tom, jvitn uugrammatleal
pride. "And how tickled Jim Ml be!
We'll get the $."O0l reward. (Jreat Scott!
I never expected to make such a raise
as that In ten minutes without aiiy
capital. Jlminy ('rickets, but It knocks
ihe socks off theiu Wall street fellows:"
And. overcome 'by extravagant Joy.
the boy danced the double shuttle in the
middle of the sanctum and then hur
ried awav to drrss for the wedding.
Hamming the dpor behind him and
leaving the lamp still burning in tlte
oblivion of his glpe and the otlice door
unlocked.
It was a rare occurrence for Colonel
2'.:dham to miss u day at the Chronicle
otlice. but on Jim Ivans' wedding morn
the snow and odd kept him at his
home in the suburbs.
The day had ben very dull. Toward
nightfall he could stand It no longer,
and with clearing' weather, despite the
violent wind ami great cold, he set
forth to replenish his bottle and learn
what had transpired In the political
world since the preceding day.
A bottle newly tilled at Higgs', a
bright light beaming from the Chron
lele window and a table full of ex-
The boy was nltnot vmilyiul hu rhjltt.
chang-s in prospect ouihincd to make
the old politician unusually cheerful as
he approached the oilice. scarce live
minutes after Tmn's exit. But his good
humor changed to Irritation on enter
ing the door.
"It's cold," said the colonel.
He went to the stove.
"Fire out, lamp In full blast, nobody
at work: What does it mean?" he add
ed, with Increased disgust, by the cold
stove whose bituminous coals had all
grown gray.
"Ah. I remember; It's Evans' wedding
night." with a grunt. "Evans Is a fool,
and Tom's crazy, ftucky I came, or
the house might have burned up."
The colonel had received an Invita
tion and had Intended to be present,
hut he had quite forgotten the wed
ding. He looked at his watch. Half
past (5. It was too late and too cold to
go home now and don a wedding gar
ment. Moreover, the unread newspa
pers looked very tempting, and as his
glance fell upon Tom's lightwood and
coal he decided to build a lire in the
stove and spend a cozy evening.
Any change in the Interior of a room
attracts the attention of a dally vis
itor. The colonel noted the slat cover
ed box In which Mary Ellen reposed,
but gave it little thought. Evans' sub
scribers In the hills where dwelt the
cracker whites often paid their dues In
the produce of the country. Potatoes,
turnips, fruit, and even game, all con
tributed from time to time to the
Chronicle's exchequer. The first time
the colonel had seen this very box It
had contained a live opossum, and now
he supposed that it held another. Con
seqr'itly when he stumbled against It
while building the fire he pushed the
box with his foot behind him into the
tM ,rr;"'
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middle of the room with an impatient.
"Blame that possum!" and, sitting
down by the stove, was soon lost to
his surroundings in the beloved ex
changes. The old man had laid a noble tire
with Jim's fuel, and In a few moments
bleakness lied the room. The stove
blushed like a rose, causing the old to
mato can of water on Its top to sing
like a spinster's teapot. Oh, but it
was cozy. Could the perfume of flow
ers have been substituted for the In
describable odor of sour paste, print
ers' Ink and coal dust, characteristic
of the rural sanctum, the air would
have been like May.
"This Is something like living,"
thought the colonel, as he laid down
his favorite paper to take a nip from
his beloved bottle.
I low quiet it was! Not a sound was
heard but the scratching of a mouse in
a heap of paper In the corner of the
room. ..Even this rustling ceased as
the tiny creature left Its nest building
and pattered forth to forage for the
crumbs fallen from Tom's lunch bas
ket. lietrcatlng several times at the rattle
of the colonel's newspaper, It finally
reached the center of the room and
the slat covered box. Snlfling a mo
iiKut at the bottom, the mouse crept
up the side to enter. Instinct Is un
erring. The little creature had never
seen a snake, yet when It peered
through the first crack It gave a panic
stricken squeak and dashed away'to a
hole In the floor.
Meanwhile, with the door nnd win
dows closed, the temperature of the
otlice hnd been raised by the redhot
stove to summer heat. The luxurious
warmth had made the colonel draw
back his chair and had gradually per
meated even the chilled and torphl
Mary Ellen's tropical curves till It
needed but the odor of the mouse to
waken her. At the little animal's terri
fied squeak the anaconda blinked her
eves in the growing consciousness of
her three months' fast
TO UK CONTlNl'inn
ORIGIN OF "KICKERS."
FupioMl to Come From nn Occupa
tion In Coritlfih Mine.
"I believe that the origin of the ex
pressive bit of slang 'kickers' may ba
found in the very lowest form of occu
pation any member of the human race
follows." W. M. Itoblnson states.
"Between Wormsley's and St. Helen's,
in Cornwall. Is an underground canal
connecting the lower levels of the coal
mines at Wormsley's with the surface
station at St. Helen's which saves a
great deal of money for the mlno
owners In handling the coal, which la
simply loaded on the barges in the
mines and transported by the canal
under the mountains to the harbor at
St. Helen's. When the canal was de-vi.-ed,
however, how to provide for
locomotion for these barges was a prob
lem. "Mules couldn't be used, and there
were circumstances which made steam
Impossible, but an Inventive genius
finally solved the riddle by suggesting
that cross pieces of timber be placed
along the roof of the canal, which was
very low, and men could He on their
backs on top of the loaded barges and
'kick' the vessel along. After the barge
was once started this was found to be
feasible.
The men could easily keep the load
in motion by the means suggested, and
It lias ever since been in use. There
Is no question about the low grade of
this sort of work, and even the men
who follow it are constantly 'kicking'
around the villages where they live.
They were known at the mines otllclal
ly as 'kickers' because of their work,
and their vocal complaints, continually
indulged in, caused every one at
Wormsley's or St. Helen's, no mattei
what their station or employment, who
indulged in complaints to be called
'kickers.' I presume that the origin
of the word, as we use It, is just what
I have suggested." St. Louis Globe
Democrat. DUTCH SUPERSTITIONS.
If the tire goes out: on New Years eve
trouble Is foreboded.
If you walk backward, the errand
you are bound on at the time will fall.
To prevent cramp wear an eelskln
garter about the left leg below the
knee.
To cure warts rub a black snail over
them, but the snail must afterward be
impaled on a rose thorn.
The first person to enter your house
on Now Year's day will, if lie be light
haired, bring bad luck to you; if dark
haired, good luck.
To tet your sweetheart's humor
make him stir the lire. If he stirs it
to a hearty blaze he is good humored.
If he makes it smoke and fade he Is
hard to live with.
If a lock of your hair burns bright
and long you will have a happy life of
seventy years or more, but If it burus
weakly and soon goes out your life
will be both sad and short.
Mistaken Identity.
The wearied flat hunter pushed long
and persistently at the button labeled
"Janitor." The house bore a sign stat
ing that there were apartments to rent.
The Janitor was evidently absent from
his post of duty, as there was no
response to her repeated ringing.
Disheartened, the seeker for a homo
was about to turn away when the door
was opened from the inside and a
bright faced boy of about seven years
was disclosed. He looked wondcringly
at the visitor, who asked:
"What kind of an apartment Is there
for rent here?"
A look of mingled disgust and scorn
slowly overspread the youngster's face,
lie surveyed the questioner .from head
to foot and finally said with an ag
grieved air:
"Say, I ain't the Jtwltor." New York
Press.
Her Strike.
Mr. Benedict Do you know, my
dear, I think we have a pretty good
cook? How does she strike you? Mrs.
Benedict For more wages about once!
a week. Illustrated Bits.
Her Query.
Gardener This here Is a tobacco
plant In full flower. Lady How very I
Interesting! And how long will it be,
before the cigars nre ripe? New :
Yorker. !
TYING KNOTS IN JAPAN.
It It u Sertoli Art. itn n .Mlxttike May
Menu nn Insult.
Like the arranging of flowers, the
tying of knots has been carried to the
point of a complex art by the Japa
nese. There is one way one right
way. that is to knot the cord that
confines a birthday or New Year's pres
ent. There is one way to tie the bro
cade bag of the tea jar when the lat
ter Is empty and another when It Is
full. Not only general Ignorance of
social customs but deadly Insults may
be communicated by the way a knot Is
tied, foreigners often making dreadful
mistakes either through not knowing
or from ignoring the niceties of knot
etiquette.
Hooks and eyes, buttons nnd buckles
ore unknown so far as Japanese dress
Is concerned. They do not have much
to fasten, but what they do have they
fasten with cord. That Is why they
have carried the tying of cord so far.
The Japanese have hundreds of orna
mental knots, some of them so old that
they antedate written history.
Japanese children are taught to make
knots just as they are taught to write
and draw. All sorts of flower and
animal forms are copied. There Is the
chrysanthemum knot, the Iris knot,
plum blossom, pine tree and cherry
blossom knots. There Is a stork knot,
a turtle knot, a knot named for the
sacred mountain Fujiyama. An easy
knot is called the "old man's knot."
There is also an "old woman's knot."
THE PARISIAN LUNCH.
A SnliMtnntlnl Menl Served In the
Middle of the I)uy.
Noon or 12:30 Is the universal hour
for the strictly Parisian lunch, which
commences with "hors d'oeuvres." ap
petizers eaten with butter the only
time butter Is ever served on a French
table.
The endless variety of "hors d'oeu
vres" would fill a volume sardines,
shrimps, olives, radishes. Tiny salads
of every description are Included among
them.
An egg or fish course follows, and
the various ways in which both are
cooked would also fill n volume. Next
the meat is served beef, mutton, lamb
or veal accompanied by one vegetable
or a salad. If a vegetable, the salad
follows as a separate course with fowl,
game or cold meat of some kind. If a
salad is the accessory for the meat then
some vegetable conies after It as a
single course preceding the cheese
never omitted- ami which with fruit
of some kind forms the dessert. Be
tween the salad and cheese course a
sweet dish, an "entremet," consisting
of a custard, cream, tart or the like. Is
often served, but cheese and fruit are
usually allowed the honors of the ordi
nary average luncheon dessert topped
off with a good cup of coffee and a tiny
glass of some liqueur. What to Eat.
A PLAGUE RELIC.
The London (inifllc Wim One Itetnlt
of the (.'rent Kpldemic.
A curious relic of the great plaguo
survives still in the Loudon (Jazette.
During the epidemic the autumn ses
sion of parliament was held at Oxford
from Oct. J) to III. 1(J(m, and Charles
'I. and hi.s court went there to attend
the session and to escape Infection.
As It was essential that Itndon
should be kept informed of the pro
ceedings, the king started an ollicial
journal, entitled the Oxford Ciazette.
the first number of which appeared
on Wednesday. Nov. lo, KtT. It con
tained an account of what had been
done in the way of appointments and
gave some items of court news. About
two months later the publication was
transferred to the metropolis as the
London (Jazette.
The first Oxford Issue does not ap
pear to have reached London until
Nov. '22, at least Pepys records under
that date, very characteristically:
"This day the first of the Oxford C,a
zettes come out; very pretty, full of
news, and no folly In It. Wrote by
Williamson. It pleased me to have It
demonstrated that a purser without
professed cheating is a professed loser
twice as much as he gels."
His With.
A wicked story i.s told about two part
ners who respected each other's bus!
ness ability, but who hated each other
cordially. To one of them came a fairy
saying that he could have any boon he
desired and whatever ho had his part
ner should have in double portion. Nat
urally his first wish was for a barrel of
money. "All right." said the fairy,
"but your partner will get two barrels
on that wish." "Stop a little." said the
first. "Perhaps you'd better not give
me a barrel of money. I'd rather you
would make me totally blind in ono
eye."
Temper.
A great source of crueltj Is temper.
When It Is considered what a vast sum
of misery temper causes In the world,
how many homes are darkened and
how many hearts are saddened by It;
when we remember that Its persecu
tions have not even the purifying con
sequences of most other calamities, In
asmuch as Its effects upon Its Innocent
victims are rather cankerous than me
dicinal; when we call to mind that a
bright face and a bright disposition
are like sunshine In a house, and a
gloomy, lowering countenance as de
pressing as an Arctic night, we must
acknowledge that temper Itself is only
another form of cruelty, and a very bad
form too.
A Family Problem.
Teacher was explaining the meaning
of the word recuperate.
"Now, Willie." she said, "If your
father worked hard all day he would
be tired nnd nil worn out, wouldn't
he?"
"Ycs'in."
"Then when night comes nnd his
work Is over for the day, what does
he do?"
"That's what ma wants to know."
Cleveland Leader.
Hin I'olnt of View.
"What Is your Idea of a truly good
wife?" asked the youth.
"A truly good wife," answered the
Cumniinsvllle sage, "Is one who loves
her husband and her country, but
doesn't attempt to run either." Phila
delphia Inquirer.
A SPY'S CLOSE CALL.
KcfMied From Impending Denth by a
Clever XcwKpapcr Ilnne.
On the battlefield of Antletam Mr.
McCluie met General William J. Palm
er, then a captain, aud strongly urged
him not to continue his movements as
a spy after Lee had crossed Into Vir
ginia, but the gallant young soldier
gave no promise as to what he would
be likely to do, and the very first night
after Lee crossed the Potomac he was
again in Lee's camp and brought back
important information to General Mc
Clellan. Again he returned nnd entered the
Confederate lines, and when he did not
report, after a week it was assumed
that he had been captured nnd would
probably be executed as a spy. He
had been captured, was tried and con
demned as a spy aud sentenced to bo
executed, but he was saved by a clever
newspaper device determined upon
after a conference in Philadelphia be
tween President J. Edgar Thomson of
the Pennsylvania railroad, Colonel Scott
and Mr. McClure. Thomson took special
Interest In Palmer, as he had been his
secretary, and was much attached to
him.
It was decided that Washington dis
patches should be prepared for all of
the Philadelphia morning papers an
nouncing the arrival at the capital of
Captain William J. Palmer, stating In
what particular lines of the enemy he
had operated, aud adding that he had
brought much important information
that could not be given to the public
at that time. These dispatches ap
peared next morning in all the Phila
delphia papers, prominently displayed,
and of course reached the southern
lines within forty-eight hours.
The result was that Captain Palmer's
Identity was never established in Rich
mond, aud his execution was thus sus
pended. In a little while, when some
prisoners had been exchanged, tkere
was a vacancy made In the list of the
exchanged men by death. Palmer's
friends had him take the place and
name of the dead soldier, and he thus
escaped and returned to the service.
ODD FACTS ABOUT COLOR.
One of Them In Thnt There I No
Food Thnt Ik nine.
Did you ever notice that there Is no
blue food? We eat things green, red,
yellow and violet; llesh, fish or plants
In all the colors of the rainbow except
blue.
Many deadly poisons nre blue In col
or, such as bluestoue or the deadly
nightshade flower. The color stands In
our slang fr everything miserable and
depressing.
But this is only one of a thousand
queer facts about colors.
Heat a bar of Iron nnd the particles
of the metal are set In motion, shak
ing violently one against another.
Presently the surrounding ether Is set
in motion In large, slow waves through
the air. like the waves of the sea, until
they break upon our skin and give us
the sensation of heat. As the iron gets
hotter other waves are set In motion in
immense numbers, traveling at more
than lightning speed, and these break
upon the eye, giving us the sensation
of rod light.
The redhot Iron, getting still more
heated, throws-uul other sets of a-aves,
still smaller and more rapid orange,
yellow, green. blue. Indigo, violet, all
the colors of the rainbow. The eye
cannot tell one from another; the whole
bundle of rays mixed up gives us an
impression of white. That Is the glow
from white hot Iron, and such Is the
light from the still greater brightness
of the sun. Sunlight Is a bundle of
rays of light --red, orange, yellow,
green, blue. Indigo and violet all mixed
together. The mixture of all colors Is
white light. The absence of all color
Is utter darkness. New York Journal.
IIimv Sen IllrdN Get n Drintt.
"When I was a cabin boy," said an
elderlj sailor. "I often used to wonder,
seein birds thousands of miles out to
sea. what they done for fresh water
when they got thirsty.
"One day a squall answered that
question for me. It was a hot and
glltterin' day in the tropics, and In the
clear sky overhead n black rain cloud
appeared all of a sudden. Then out of
the empty space over a hundred sea
birds came dartin' from every direc
tion. They got under the rain cloud nnd
they waited there for about ten min
utes, clrclln round and round, and
when the rain began to fall they drank
their till.
"In the tropics, where the great sea
birds sail thousands of miles away
from shore, they get their drlnkln'
water In that way. They smell out a
storm a long way off; they travel a
hundred miles, maybe, to get under It,
and they swallow enough raindrops
to keep them goin'." Portland Ore
gonlan. Oxford Training.
The average citizen, if asked what
was taught at Oxford, would probably
reply. "Useless learning." And In
many ways it is a true answer, for
its aim Is not to turn out doctors,
lawyers and merchants, ready made,
but men with carefully trained minds,
fitted not for this or that profession,
but for the whole conduct of life. It
Is contended that such a man will In
sensibly take a wider view of his sub
ject than the specialist, for ho ap
proaches It from n different stand
pointLondon Outlook.
Good Living In China.
An English surgeon at Hongkong
writes that "all Chinamen eat fish and
pork at morning and evening meals.
Fowls and ducks are always on the tn
ble of all but the most humble of the
cooly class, and they do not have them
because thej' cannot afford them. I
hope this will be a sufficient answer to
those who maintain that Chinamen
live on rice. It Is not nearly so true as
that the Scotch live on porridge."
A Simple Question.
"May a man marry his widow's Bis
ter?" was a question I heard put to a
prominent lawyer.
"Certainly ho may," was the reply
without a moment's hesitation. Then
Oio lawyer had another think comlng.-
When trotiblo goes hunting him n
man niny dodge it, but when a man
goes hunting trouble It hasn't one
chance In a thousand of escaping him.
-Cincinnati Times-Star.
WOMAN AND FASHION
The Fn-iliiomilile Skirt.
Man gored skirls of all sorts are
greatly in vo'tie .-uid take numberless
forms and varieties. Tl is one is quite
novel and eminently graceful and in
cludes a plaited rtion at each alter-
A .SINE OOKKD SKIHT.
nate gore that gives Hare and fullness.
The model Is made of champagne col
ored taffeta, with banding of silk braid
and trimming of ecru lace medallions,
but the design Is suited to very nearly
the entire list of seasonable fabrics,
linen, cotton and wool as well as silk.
The quantity of material required for
the medium size is nine yards twenty
one Inches wide, five yards forty-four
Inches wide or four and one-half yards
fifty-two Inches wide, with five yards
of braid and twenty-one medallions to
trim, as Illustrated.
Concerning: Ilolero.s.
Some are square.
Others boast dips.
Sheer ones nre lace trimmed.
They show the unrlerblouse.
Some are In tucked mousseline.
Most of them dip toward the front,
coming almost to the waist line.
Some have plaited sleeves, half short
and left flowing.
Or a sleeve may be gathered Into a
smart cuff with frills of lace.
Usually the bolero is trimmed to sim
ulate a collar or a yoke.
Some sort of dingle dangles yet serve
to fasten It at the front.
Good designers find no difficulty In
treating a bolero in harmony with the
skirt.
Sheerest blouses of net, lace, mull
and batiste are worn under the bolero.
Trlmmlnt; For Linen Gown.
Morning gowns of white or colored
linen may be simply made with white
collar and cuffs of embroidery or lace
and perhaps two or more bands of the
lace laid down the front of the waist.
Fine tucks may be run between each
baud. Small sifiare lace yokes are also
attractive, and the rest of the waist
may be quite severe or laid In narrow
box plaits. The skirt may then have
the box plaits running down almost to
the knees, with the wide flare from
there. Embroidered linen gowns are
exceedingly smart.
Wunhahle SHU Wnlnt.
Washable silks appear to add to their
variety each year and are to be counted
among the satisfactory materials for
waists and for simple gowns. This
very charming blouse shows the ma
terial in white dotted with black, trim-
BUIU'MCE WAIST.
med with banding In dull Persian
colors, with a chemisette of Inserted
muslin tucking and frills of snowflake
lace. The surplice effect Is always a
desirable one and In this Instance Is
combined with the fashionable droop
ing shoulders and wide full sleeves.
To make the waist for a woman of
medium size will be required four and
a half yards of material twenty-one,
three and a half yards twenty-seven or
two nnd a quarter yards forty-four
Inches wide, with one-half yard of
tucking, two yards of banding, two
yards of lace and one-half yard of soft
silk for belt.
The Fantantic Stocking.
Birds, butterflies and daintily em
broidered sprays of flowers are the fa
vorite adornment for fine stockings.
Small bunches around the ankles and
trails of foliage on the sides wind
among Insets of lace decorating the
instep. Shot silk hosiery. If It har
monizes with the gown, Is la mode for
morning wear.
About Lhcch.
The new method of combining both
thin and heavy Ince with tine swIss
or hnnd embroidery on sheer linen Is
one of the prettiest conceits now In
vogue.
Lctttnir Him I.lvc.
"I'd willingly die for you."
"Your Income dies with you, does it
not?"
"Certainly."
Then don't."-IIouston Post
It DfanRreed With Her.
"I told you It wouldn't do to Invite
Willie's teacher to dinner as long ns I
have to do my own cooking."
"Why, what happened?"
"She whipped Willie this morning."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
THERMOMETERS.
The liullm, the Ttihe nnd the .Mnrlc
n of the Decree.
There are many different uses for
thermometers and as many different
styles as uses. They range from the
tiny half inch tubes attached to Christ
mas calendars to the enormous twelve
foot instruments used in experimental
Work by meteorologists.
Perhaps the most difficult part of
the manufacture of thermometers Is
that of fitting the tube with a bulb of
exactly the right capacity. The size
of the latter must have an exact rela
tion to that of the former. If it is too
I.-'rgc for the bore the mercury or col
ored alcohol, whichever Is used, will
not rise high enough In the tube; If
too Mi.all, it will rise too high. In the
little clinical thermometer on whoso
story the physician depends SO often
for hi.s decision the bore Is rj fine that
a human hair can hardly be inserted.
As these thermometers must be reg
ulated to record minutely th tempera
ture, the person on whose Judgment
depends the size of the bulb to be at
tached must be a highly skilled work
man. The men who do tills part of the
workhave to be highly paid.
The marking of the degrees on the
hollow tube is the step next In Im
portance In the making of the little
curse and blessing. The process Is so
simple that one can prove the accuracy
of a thermometer for one's self by
the same method. The freezing point
is secured by Immersing the bulb in a
box of melting ice nnd the boiling
point by attaching It to a steam pipe
or Immersing It in boiling water.
Scratches are made on the tube at
the points reached by the mer
cury under these two tests, and the
space between Is then marked off
into 100 spaces for a centigrade ther
mometer and ISO for a Fahrenheit In
strument, the marking beginning In
the first Instance at zero and In the
second at o'J. This makes the boiling
point In one case 100 and In the other
1M2 degrees. Thermometers are apt
to deteriorate In value as they age,
owing to a contraction of the glass of
the bulb. The amount of the error can
be determined by Immersing the bulb
In melting ice and making a mark for
the new freezing point. To Insure the
accuracy of thermometers the manu
facturers usually store them for a year,
testing them from time to time. New
York Tribune.
VEGETARIANISM.
A Theory Thnt Hn Heen Maintained.
From the Kurlle.st DnjN.
From the earliest days vegetarians
have maintained that fruit and vege
tables are the proper food for mankind,
and In ancient times sucli leaders of
thought as Plato, Pythagoras, Empe
docles and Plutarch can be counted
among the advocates of this doctrine.
It is In this connection that we find
Virgil singing the praises of a natural
diet apart from the use of ficsh:
Soft chestnuts we possess
And apples ripe, with store of curdled
cream.
Still more to the point are his words
In the Second Georgic at the close of a
vivid description of the joys of a golden
age:
Before the reign
Of the Dietcenn klnff. before the dnys
When on slain bullocks fed an fmpteus
race.
This further rendering from Latin
poetry proclaims the same primeval
teaching:
Forbear. O mortals, to taint your hodfas
with forbidden food.
Earth h? lavish of her riches and toins
with kindly stores.
Providing without slaughter or bloodshed
all delicacies.
DUCKS AND THUNDER.
The I'iimmIIiIc Oritrln of nn Ancient
Kiik11Ii Kxiireftnton.
The phrase, "like a dying duek in a
tliun.ierstonu," probably originated in
the peculiar susceptibility exhibited by
these birds to electrical disturbances.
They hang their heads at such times
and turn up their eyes In the most
comically pathetic fashion, giving a
faint die away quack now and again,
as though they had quite made "up their
minds that their last hour had come,
but were resigned. They are thus pre
cisely typical of people whose submis
sion, more or less forced. Is made main
ly with an eye to effect.
This susceptibility seems to bo in
herent in ducks, for their eggs in course
of hatching are spoiled by a thunder
storm when hens' eggs escape.
It Is worth noting in this connection
that Shakespeare In "Timon of Athens"
says. "We, poor mates, stand on this
dying deck." It Is just possible that
Uils may be the real origin of tlte
phrase, as It refers to the sinking of a
ship during a thunderstorm, ami deck
may have been carelessly recast as
duck. London Answers.
MARINE TURBINES.
They Date Hnek to the Time of Hero
of Alexnndrln.
In turbine steamers there Is a mark
ed absence of vibration, while the posi
tion low In the hull of the machinery
gives great stability and In- men-of-war
makes better protection possible and
affords facilities in maneuvering.
The practical advantages of turbines
are many. They reduce the oil bill con
siderably and while they occupy less
floor and cubic space are simple ift con
struction und operation.
In a turbine there 13 nothing to wear
out. The only parts subjected, to fric
tion are the bearings at the extremities
of the spindle, but these run In oil and
after years of constant service show no
wear. Parsons turbine plants of 400
horsepower and l.SOO horsepower,
vhlch have been driving electric gener
ators for years, have not yet cost a
penny for repairs.
The steam turbine dates back to 120
B. C. when Hero of Alexandria de
scribed it In his book on pneumatics.
Tearson's Weekly.
Concent rnt Ion.
The weakest living creature, by con
centrating his powers on n single ob
ject, can accomplish something. The
strongest, by disposing of his over
many, may fail to accomplish anything.
The drop, by continually falling, bores
Its passage through the hnrdest rock.
The hasty torrent rushes over it with
hideous uproar aud leaves no trace be
hind. Catiyle.