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Newspaper Page Texti- :- t : ::-5 v :. .j;f. I ihe Siege of Laurel Hall By Elmore Elliott Peake 1- Was' : V PAKTY of four, two I k I iour. i wo moil ill I A I tU w,,,,1':'' stof :i wil j U 'wvpt. hummock hung iIax I J "l the I'm ion oluh. On tl moil and riml azza the riuhi i iil the broad Atlantic, on the h .' !.iy te narrow channel which sop uraic Turtle island from the Georgia uudiiiand. The panv had evidently . Just emerged from the clubhouse, and for a ;i..uiMiii they halt-! in a rather awkward silence, the young women pretendiut; to look at the ocean, the young men pretending to look at noih iag. oat in fact looking very closely at iie ytng women. Then by tacit con sent they all descended the long tlight ef steps, pain I off at the Kutom and mnolUt! down ihe graveled walk to a pier ia the cluTinc! side. Here they embarked in a rowloat and crossed to the tnftiulaml. Just below the club sta bio. They oUud d the short, stoop ascent and were aw i at the stable door by a negro leading two horses, bridled and fitted tilth side saddles. The younger man politely took charge of his lady's horse, but before tl.e companion of the . taller young woi mi eotiUl do the same site herself ostein. .lioiisiy held out her hand for i ho bridle of her mount, a powerful black follow with glossy coat and flashing eye?., for who-o heels the darky hoti r had a most Ihdy respect. iSeiVeets the woniau and horse there . seemed a kind of at'inity. Indeed one would have picked just such a horse for uch a woman. Her well brace! shoulders. siopiug Iwiek and tirmly lift ed bom suggested an intense vitality and a never failing tiow of spirits. Her brown eyes had a way of leveling them selves ujhw an :j.vt which muse sometimes have proved disconcerting to the object, lier wavy brown hairj clmur as closely to her shapely head as if It hat! been molded there. Yet any impression of maunishucss which one udglu have get from these phy-ieal at tributes would have been instantly ef faced by the soft droop of her mouth or Uy a closer look into tlw-e same level eye, in whoso depths there lay a won derful tenderness. The man wptHsite her. a man of thir ty ierhaps. and dark, must have had such a clsT !ok. or else was a man of vahr. tor he wmed not at all dis j) iiuiyed by th lather haughty front which the young woman presented to ' - levjitK.u jto thr : ... .... t 1... ;:. :m-i at t'n- ..) .f the 1 u. j.ut an ::r:n around each of li.--:u. as ;f both were his daughters. kjsihI tlM-sii in -ourtly lashiou. If th.T. vre any misty traes left in M:.y".x eyes Mo old cavalier faihil t discover thomj as he rallied her and Clara on the Ideasures of the tlav at the Cotton dull lan and .let" are looking after their bosses. I suppose," he ran on. still re taining the pn tty pair in his arm.s They didn't come, papa." answered 4 cyarn lot you n!" moaned Fonelnpe. puliiiiL' the yirl down and kissing her. "Snmpin tlreil'ul "11 happen. An' yo paw '11 never let you o never on the face of the yoth." apa uiusin i Know It till alter 1 III rono." answered .May firmly. "He member that. When I've been puie hftei n minutes you can tell him. And tell him to be careful not to shoot anv of us. for we'll have to stav outside to Ktiard the stables." Tearing herself almost by main force from the holiness, sobbing old notrress. May felt her way to a wardrobe for a .ua. stealing jin odil glance at t lapi watenroof. the better to render her and blushing nlnnl,-. .solf invisible in the darkness. To pro "hidn't coma!" exclaimed the .i:ener tect her head sly seized the first thin al in surprisi. rl thought that was the which offered- one of her father's old plan." Ho pafcsed as Clara dropped slouch hats which she drew down one of her dusky lashes at him in ti.uhtly over her hair. The kitchen what was un.roniably a wink, e.vpii- door, openimr into the irrapo. arbor be- slte and ladyliKe thouirh it was. Then his arms nercofitiblv titrhteiitd around two yleldii:: forms, and he drew r as he continued, with 'I wish my little Irls Hi th'-m both elost tender ravitv uuly business over. I don t r yond. which wss now as blade as a dai-iror. but yo-n are too precious to put even to tl:e slightest hazard," wouldn't ride Around alone until this If the smuirirlors blows ally think there is anv to be In added in lihto:, vein and smiled i The yount; vjomon slept together In a larce upper chamber, and it was lato before the murmur of their voices was hushed. May ad sea reel v closed her eyes. ho faneiii. when she was awak t-ne-i iy a I'eculiar rattliui; sound which in her confused state sMiied to come from aI qunriers. Her iirst thought was of earthquakes, the visi tation of which five years before she remo:nl?red vividly, and she was on her feet In .mi instant, with a lluttor In heart. The noise quickly repeated itself, and, now wide awake, she rec ognized it as a hurried rappins on her dor. IVarlessly throwim: the d..r open, she made out in the gloom the half dressed figure of old IVneiope. the co k. 1 "O I.awdy. missy:" exclaiuitil the friirhtetirtl Heiress, staircerlm: into the riHm ainl clasninu the airily clad lis: ure of her young nii.-tress to her bos om, "hoy's men outside and dev's got guns -and I know dev's smugglers and dey gwiiie bu'n the h Uso and kill yo paw. lak dey kill .lodge i'.ud!" At this reference to .Judge Hird's fate at the hands of a lawless mob May felt a catching around her heart, and for a moment she loaned heavily ujvon the old mammy ; then, all In an instant and NJl . r . " t i Ay smM ViiH COCOON CKAJ1LE MODf OF WRAPPING UP THE LITTLE RfeOSKIN PAPOOSE. Hi'itil lU'ilcclitMl Hiii'kNkiu IIhu- In Wliic-li lli Iniliiiii Itiiliy Hunting CrmiH nml Thrives-Origin of Thin qiirer C'riiiniiiI Criulle. " him O i, r-uui." tunnel. otTenl the U-st avenue of es cape provided the outlaws had not placed a sentinel somewhere in the ar bor. May took tl.'it ch;.lce. The thought of suddenly bumping into a man there in the Cimmerian darkness was most unnerving to her--indeed. to her own surprise, she found sickening but she did not tlinch, and. him a Uh'x m.-hI a little apart from ! S,'!1 ' i'"-' the vther couple. His face was sober 'nn'1 al ,irst 'i, 0o,,K1 "? !'' h. rselt pertectiy calm. I reoing her holding her pistol in one hand and her self from Penelope's desperate grasp. s.klrt.s in the other so that they might she walked over to a window and look- not rustle, she made her way noiseless ed out. The giooui outside was ren Jy along. dered doubly deep by the tropical iTi m- . .v-n vi i.-t- i l eiHUigh. but Hitting alout in his shrewd ditri: eyes was sotitcth.tig siis iiciouly like a twiukle. "lit't yn think one of us had bet ter rih hoiae with you ai. l Clam. Mis lilphiitst. '.' he aslrel s'uively. "That dn.su"t necessarily m .n me, you ktKw. he aidol. with perhaps just a br. at!i of humor. "I don't think wo need trouble ei- lhT f you. V.r. Middloiou." she an- svretvd. jtruuotuicing hi?, name distinct ly t hlELIC FROM THE STONE AO c when lier eyes hail adjustel them- he made out a dark, sentinel- ike ligure against the lilac blooms, fty feet or mire away. While she 1-1 -IT- . . t . 1 - t - . sei ve lik. tiny looked this liguco was stealthily join ed by another tine, and then the two faded out of sigljt. Without wakiig Clara. May hastily milled tn her sh-. A INoIj i-'rnm the I'reh I vtiirie Hury ii. I'liieen of Kntflii ml. In Sontersri-Iiire. Kiiulaud, may bo -ifii many barrows." burying places of prehi-torie man. Long ages ago. when the elephant ami rhinoeeros, the lion and be tr. ihe hena and wolf, the 'jos and stockings, slip- J great eik and she reindeer were among ped a hxse rob6 over her nightgown th common animals of Kngland. priin and knottotl the silk cord at the waist iie man and savage leasts livotl in as she movml swiftly down the hall 1 1;. s In this region. towurd her fathor's rtMisn. The general At the entrance to these caves the I ..,-f.1....l.. I.I...H.1.. - I .. I !... .. I.. . I.I..-. t...... "ii WOnMn't I UUCll tttble" ho 1 e-nu. uui-mo ;iiiivi-. ioi iimiimim-, iiiui j.i ivuis, rl-jk mra rwirtie,! inscmtably. stiM stroking Ma- j f' ;l response from burning for 'n.itli ami for protection iHmfs oe. Itut this ws teo much. """' M"1 ""u ,n"1 ,1U 7'WT "" """" ,1L uaa umi ji at tin' door. A tew hurried words from they made Hint hatchets, knives and ( MA "itfr. Mkldletou." she osdaiiuo.! ! lianghtily. -for a ay made the situation dear, and in arrowheads. Not long ago a trench nwiibMiifi t jliini- ' i'" ,Ji:in :1 lhiute the general stopped was being dug within the mouth of one rou can'make the most ungetuleman- j "t..i,,, th(' hll ,K.h,f 'ft sleeves. of t!,-so caves for the purse of drain- r..L ,.,.,. ii-i... "n,-...i 1 1. . , . . . . J . iiv llliui 11' lltlil II T il llll iriiM.il . I iHittsvlvania was not to bo frighten It was found iieeessarv to break up a "f am sorrv you have oich n jkVr ; -1 '-'Mjrow ling gang of outlaws even .talagnnte iloor ot two thick layers - ,i t i.ii. ....... . i n . i.,.. 1.1...., i 1 1 ......... ... ti... i. ....... .. . i ....... .i . uiiihii iiivu .iiiii i iii i'phii, iimi i nn h rt ii in'- liiu-t ,i iie"f;(i n Ofdnlua of inc."' answered Mitbiietoii gravely, -the mre so aa I have the CTeats resi'-N t for your judgment." Had tljero !mi the tiniest siriak of in.ny in this lat Uiore mnt havo been tr-uWc. bat his siueerity was unim 4e:.ehahK. Miss Llphlnstduc made no kswr there niel iioim' to make end he continued. "I suggested ruling h'iue wit:, yi ti .?c;ius? I kn..w that your father dislikes to have you run uiu? ;.ntiind t!i country alone sim e lie s. Meticeil the. smugglers." "My father wiil apiceeiate your kiudjiess. ! am sure."Kikl Miss Eiphiu to;,e. not quilt cavalieviy. The -t!i r eo"ple. who se mod to be petting most amio-iMy yohie twenty f-t distant, were n.t uncouseioiis of tl.e cnwlv Imiw--ii Miss IClphin-tone ii I : 1 her eompani'-u. ainl It seemed lo i.fttrti them iniisidenible amusement. Itut as the two young women cjen tend along the sandy road a few min utes later Mi.-s (laylord's amusement tk on a sympathetic hue as she fur tively watched her moody eompanioii. 'Ciam," burst out Miss lllphinstone at last, "i think han Mlddh-tou has f( discretion for a man of his breed las than :;ny ne in the world, and It's Oing U make the woman who mar tit's hJiu unhappy for life. The way hb huug around that odious Mrs. Ta li ner today, and in my presence. wa jMlsitlvel' disgr-o-eful. KvoivlnHly no ticed It. aud e..rylKly was looking at me as though they pitiol me. Yet srhen I took the gentleman to task fr it he was ierfe'tl3- amaze.1. Hut my eyes are being opem-l. hau Mlddieion likefi a woman simply because sdio. is a woji.an. AJ! wono-n are alike to him. all equally desrIng of his respect. He makes no distinction; h i3 Incapa lk o a distinction, ho you know vliat tluit means, Clara:" she sudden ly asked In a trembling voice, pausing kad turning a troubled face to her friend. "It means that han Mlddloton Je ms fickle as a j'.irt:" "Oh. May, han is not lh-kloj" ox cialuKfl Clara reproachfull.v. rH- awswr MhiS lulihinstone burst iWo tears, but she proudly turned her quivering lips away and for diversion touched Mahomet's Hank with her U'llifl. After n fthort half hour's ride the two equestriennes came In sl'ht of Laurel Hall, the a: i .d h-me f the Iil-hisioi:s. a .. -, o.i manor Iioiim dehi.n fully s..uaiel on a point f fcuul furmeil by an es'uary of the w all am! '"aif buried in a grove of Jama is am! l:e oaks. The girls' lirst vie-..- uC the house was across this estu ary. Ihe ie.d of which, In the absence jf a bridge, had to be rounded by a further ride , f hIf a mile. Mut the SlaMf ksmiii hove in sight, and. throw ing their leius lo a couple of waiting netro lioys. tin two girls diM.iounted 11111 jh oT for ihe house. CTetera! tSlphinstone-Judgo Klnhln- the general lMro himself, in spile of cave earth and stones, in which war- Ms negligee, with his usual dignity, discovered the skeleton of a man of A hasty survey of the grounds from very great antiquity in an excellent different windows convinced him that state of preservation. With It wore the house was surrounded, though by found several tl!nt knives and Hakes, how large a force he could not conjee- Experts who made a careful examina- ture, for the marauders were evidently thn of the skull, whieh has projecting aware thai they had boon discovered brows and recoiling frontal bono, have and kept well back in the shadow s. decided that It belongs to the stone age motionless and silent. "I am more afraid of the cowardly scoundrels burning the stables than anything else," said the general anx and is of a tvpe intermediate between the paleolithic and ne.'llthle ages. Apparently the body had been placed In a small passage leading oft' from the Fane a tiny copper colored papoose buckled up snugly in a queer buckskin bag that resembles nothing In nature fo much as the cozy cocoon cradle of a baby butterfly and then draw upon your Imagination still further, pictur ing this odd receptacle swinging from the leafy canopy of an Indian wickiup or brush arbor, and you have before you an Indian baby and his wonderful cradle. (lorgoous yellow butterflies and brow n Kiowa babies are seldom linked together in song or story, yet In real life their wrappings while in the chrys alis state boar a remarkable resem blance tii each other. l'he cocoon cradle proper and Its various modifications as found among the different tribes of North American Indians are constructed from the skins of animals. Aud right here we may muse and trace the origin of another famous nursery rhyme to the Indian cocoon, cradle, for did not tho father of I'.aby minting go a-hunting to got a little rabbit's skin to wrap that myth ical baby in? All full blood Kiowa babies are born into the pho-li-yo-yu, or rabbit circle, and are taught to dance in the mysterious circle of rab bits as soon as they learn to toddle, belonging to the rabbit order of the Kiowa soldiery. Hence a rabbit skin would be a very appropriate wrapping for a Kiowa iiaby I'.uuting, though neither largo enough nor strong enough for his era tile. Tho red deer of the forest, quarry of the rcdskinned hunter, gives of his beautiful cooring to make the cradle lii.it is t swing from the tree top, lit orally tree tops cut from tiie cotton )oUs and elms lhat fringe the clear little stre.uns rippling through the Kiowa reservation and piled high on a framework of poles to serve as a "sum mer parlor" In front of his father's tepee. The crude deer hide is carefully dressed by a tedious and secret process known only to these Indians, and when tluislied is as soft and pliant as the most expensive chamois skin. Then hiving lingers skillfully embroider with quilis beautiful bendwork designs up on the delicately tinted deerskin. Kio wa cradles are more ornamental than those of other tribes, and Kiowa squaws excel in that marvelous Indian I wad work now the popular fad of their paleface sisters. .Some of this bead work embroidery is not only very beau tiful, but very elaborate. The Sioux squaws, who alone rival their Kiowa sisters, ornament the cradles of their little ones with bands of deerskiu. up on which are wrought in colored beads gorgeous patterns of men. horses, birds, fish and llowers. Instead of a wooden framework they substitute a basket work frame of reeds and sometimes they use seed and grasses Instead of beads. NAPOLEON'S METHODS. WOMAN AND FASHION The Wny the r:rent .Military Ceuinx Plurmeit IIIn Hnttlen. In his work ou "Napoleon" Colonel Dodge has an interesting passage on Konapartc's planning out of his bat tles. It runs: "Spreading out and bending, some times lying, over ins maps, witu a compass in his hand, which correspond ed to about seven or eight hours' march as the crow flies, being nine or ten actual hours' march, marking the posi tion of his corps and divisions with various colored pins, as well as the supposed locations of the enemy, he or dered the movements of his army with an accuracy of which one can scarcely have an Idea. Moving his compass j across tho map. he judged Immediate ly, according to the topograph-, roads and season, how many marches any corps required to reach on a given daj a certain place where he needed it and the rate of speed demanded, and with this knowledge (and his Judgment was absolute of what troops could do) he dictated tlse instructions the execution of which made him so famous. Na poleon avoided such general orders as would Inform the enemy of his whole sale plan should they reach hlra and coutlncd himself when possible to such orders as would apply only to the move ments of certain corps. Even In Ids own army he did not permit the general plan to be known, lest it should leak out. Kaoh corps commander was given orders for his own maneuvers and was told what was essential about the neighboring corps. Just because Na poleon was thus particular were his or ders such models of precision and clear ness." Foe Vlorn fro; Wenr. House jack. u th.it are !. and comfortable at the e time th.it tlltv ure tasteful and bee ming are imieh worn for the morning hours and al-lj ways lind a place. This one it ymi nently simple and is made from llouno- some opposition STARTLED CARLYLE. Iv Cltttrl"H Godfrey T.elnnd Itronjclit t!i ( file t. IIIn ScitNM. Charles Cinlfrey I ekuid said that on he first meeting with C'arlyle the wise man showed himself in a somewhat cynical frame of mind, from which he was aroiisiil only bv a bit of whole- THE MEDITERRANEAN. Althonuh Called n Tldelenn Son, Ita Wuter IllNen mid Pnlla. Why are there no tides In the Medi terranean? asks a reader. As a mat tor of fact, there are tides in tho Medi terranean. The general rise and fall are. however, so lnslgnlllcant. owing to the comparatively small area and the mass of water involved, as to have escaiHil detection until scientific meth ods were brought to bear, and hence the Mediterranean has come popular ly to be looked upon as a tideless sea. A similar want of knowledge and ex perience of tidal phenomena cost Caesar the loss of most of his fleet on his invasion of Itritain in 55 U. C. when his vessels were dashed to pieces upon tho coast. At Algiers u self recording tide gauge was set up by Aline, and from its records ho deduced a rise and fall of eighty-eight millimeters, or three and one-half inches, at springtide and half that amount at neap tide, a fluctuation which would escape ordi nary observation, as It would be mask ed by the effects of atmospheric dis turbance. At Venice and In the upper reaches of the Adriatic the true lunisolar tide seems to bo more accentuated than at other parts, but hero also Its effects are subordinate to those of the wind. London Answers. simplu uor.su j.u icr.T. Ing which U tucked for a portion of its length, then allowed to fall in soft folds. It can. however, be cut from any plain material that may be pre ferred, with trimming applied or Join ed to the lower edges. The coat is made with fronts and back which are Joined to a shallow yoke that is en tirely concealed by the big collar, and Includes wide sleeves. The IliiKe I'or lllue Crown. The rage for blue in miillin-ry waxes rather than wanes with the advancing seai-on. The shaded blue hat is a nov elty which must lo seen to !. really appreciated, l'he foundation is a chip in n blue that i.- neither a navy nor a royal blue, but a cruris letween the two. The broad sailor shaped brim Is untrimmod. and the crown Is built ot" many rows of blue clover blossoms, starting on the edge with tho hnde of blue that matches the straw and grow ing lighter on the crown until at the very center they are a pale bluish gray. "And what kind of an American may you be-1 1'erman or Irish or what?" Carry le asked. "Since It interests you, Mr. Carlyle." replied Lelaud, "to know the origin of my family I may say that I am de wended from Henry Leland, n noted 1'iiritan. who went to America in 1130." "I doubt whether any of your family have since been equal to your old Puri tan great-gra ud father," growled Car lyle. ami this, combined with some slurring remarks which he had pre viously thrown out in regard to Amer ica and her history, roused Leland's-. spirit. "Mr. Carlyle." he said deliberately, 'I think that my brother, Henry Leland, w ho got the wound from which he died standing by my side In the war of -l .. ....!... m.. ....... i. .. . ii. i- i i-in-iiiou. w.- V Ul III Ifll Ul Hi fold l'uritan ancestors. At least he died in a ten times better cause. And allow me to say. Mr. Carlyle, that I think in all matters of historical criti cism you are principally Influenced by the merely melodramatic and theatric al." Carlyle looked utterly amazed and dartlod, though not at all angry. "Whot's thot ye say?" he cried in broad Scotch. Mr. Leland repeated the remark. A grim smile as of admiration came over the stern oh! face. It was with a deeply reflective and not displeased air that he replied, still in Scotch. "Na. na. I'm nae thot." he said. And ho f Implied into a milder strain and made the Interview an occasion to be treasured long In memory. AN ELECTION TRICK. EFFECTS OF TOBACCO. TV lously to May as they mot in the main great passages to the stalactite eaves downstairs hall again. She was pale, and had been prevented from disturb but eoj!iiKsed. and her glistening eyes anee by stones piled around it. 'l'he and tumbles! hair gave her a very war- stalagmite floor iiad formed over if all. rioi-like appearance indeed. "Wake effectually preserv ing it to the present Clara up," continued hsr father, "and day. I larpor's Weekly. send all the servants here as quickly as you can. Allow no lamps to be lit Mid no noise to be made." In a very short time a group of shiv ering. wild eyed blacks of l.th exes and all ages and representing almost every stage of dress and undress was gathered in the groat main hall. May and Clara Clajlord were among them. Coneral Klphinstone, cool and do tormined. fa ceil the motley aggregation as a captain might face his company. ANIMALS IN BATTLE. The Corillii'.s ovterfiiI Arms .Make It ii I 'lirm il n lil e I'm;. Fish fighting is a most popular sport in Slam. The two fish, trained from the age of six mouths to light, are placed in a large glass bottle. It Is most curious to nolo each fish's atfl tude when it becomes aware of its ad versary's presence in the bottle. Swell A southern plantation home of the old lag with rage and pride, they sail type was. with its sport loving Inmates, around and around the narrow space. more likely than not to be a small pretending nol to notice each other un- arsenal, aud Laurel Hull was no ex- 111 umieniy one iisn makes a savage eeptioti. The general had lest no time, dart at its unwelcome companion, lilt and the house's supply of shotguns, rl '"K i,s and body. Tin; light contin Iles and plstoK even swords, now lay '''s t lie referee sees that the issue on a table in tho hall. These weaion ,s 1,0 b'l'gor m doubt, when the contest were quickly distributed among tho 1- stopiu!. dusky retainers, eicli receiving accord Horses use either their. teeth or their lug to Ida known or estimated valor and hoofs .,s :i mode of defense. A curious etlicloncy. The voung fellows got a Instance of t! ffeetiveiiess of these shotgun apiece, a terrible weapon af .lose range wiien lo.oieo with i.ncic--hot. The rllles fell iinislly to the wo rn n. May and Clara each received a heavy pistol. Her father's words about the bunting M the siables gave May more uneasi i.e.s as she siood at her post at a din ing room window than any personal !.iligfl The thought of their beautiful :."N" cruelly perishing by lire, above :.!! her beloved Mahomet, was Intolera ble. Yet there seemed only one way to -.. . e-i viien a eaiasiropiie. ami a very (.. .: :: way at that namely, to jte.il through the cordon of conspirators and summon outside aid. This idea once in the fearless girl's mind, it gave i r no rest, and in less than live mln s ies she decided Jo put tho plan into i .centum. To this end she turned from the window and made her way through the darkness lo the couch where l'end i po lay in a state bordering on pros tration. '.M.tiimiy. I can't stand this any lon er." May began. "I can't slay in this house like a rat lit a cage and see those weapons once oceurml at Shellield park. A bulldog, barking and snarling. chased a horse turned loose around and around a meadow, not with angry in tent, but purely from excess of high spirits. After galloping around tho lield several times the horse stopped dead and. turning sharply around, lashed out at the yelping dog, with a fatal result, for Its skuli was cloven. The gorilla is a most formidable op ponent In battle. Its great strength ly lug In Its powerful arms. Few animals of the forest have the slightest chance of overcoming n gorilla. A python lias been known lo encircle its coils around the gorilla's body. only, however, to have Its own body torn open by its ad versary's hands. What Ther IJIiln't Know A hunt Air. Health Journals have been in exist ence time out of mind, une in particu lar In Its day was widely accepted as an authority on all matters of hygiene. An Item which appeared In this paper In 1S4 says among other things that "it is anfer to sleep In a bad air all night Unit is. with the windows tight- horses burned. I am going to ride to ly closed with n temperature over f0 ihe CottOIl club." than In a mire :iir with n temrmi-nt iirrt under 40." ho C-b--yuiiue; Apache and 'einan- che Indians ail use cocoon cradles pat terned after the Kiowa cradles, but theirs are not ornamented as elabo rately as those of the Klowas. In truth, the grim and warlike Comanche of tho plains wastes very little time in decorating ihe receptacle of his off spring. A stout piece of deerskin, fas tened to an equally stout wooden frame and laced up securely with rawhide thongs, sullicos his simple need. The origin of the cocoon cradle itself, like that of the redskins, seems wrap- pod in mystery, though we might with reason trace this primitive cradle back to the Lapps of northern I'uropo, whose babies sleep in little hollowed out af fairs swung down from the lower limbs of trees. They are lined with moss and laced up. ami in shape are exactly like the primitive Indian co coon cradle from which the modern cocoon cradle, beautified and Improved. has been evoh ed. After the beadwork embroidery Is completed the deerskiu pouch or bag is fastened securely upon a strong board whose two upright handles, pro jecting above the headpiece or hood, are strengthened by a crosspiece at the back. These handles are very con venient when the mother is busy about her many tasks; if it iH. warm weather, baby is swung from tin; top of the brush arbor, his round, brown face peering smilingly from out its trap pings of gayly beaded deerskiu. Ids bright little eves blinking at tin; sun beams shLuing through the leafy roof. or the lianas of the nightly camptlro leaping up to mingle with the moon light. When "trading" at the agency stores, the squaw props the cradle, "baby and all," against the counter and goes calmly about the important business of laying In a supply for her family in their tepee far out on the reservation. Mother love fills tho heart of a poor squaw as completely as It does that of her more fortunate paleface sister. Her clumsy lingers fashion playthings of shells, odd shaped hones, carved wooden heads, bright pieces of Un. china or glass, which she tiangs about the hood of the cocoon cradle in reacii of tho chubby brown fists. Ihiby soon learns to rattle these primitive play things gleefully. Srtango as It may appear, the rod skinned Uaby Huntings seem to thrive In their cramped quarters, but they en joy as a famous treat a change to the blankets upon their mothers' backs, when the toiling squaws are forced to go down to the scant timber stretches along the creek to bring up firewood and water for the camp. - Los Angeles Times. A Clock Vi'ltliont Work. In Some Cuni-h It Ii Stlxn.al&tljiir-&2id. In Oilier X'nreotle. bother or not tobacco Is a stlmu The I'revnlUnjc .Moile-. It can scarcely be said licit the pre vailing modes are graceful, hrooping shoulder capes, walking length gath ered skirts, with fussy trimmings ami quillings, make the fashionable belle look as though she had leoii going through some of her grandmother's trunks to tlnd hhras.. Kven the old fashioned materials have been rejuve nated, although of course much Im proved in finish. Kurly An tn in n Coats. t Autumn coat", like the mantle of charity, are designed to cover a multi tude of sins In the way of passe dresses. The now coat will Ik so handsome that it Is destined to le the must orun TuOhtal piece of apparel in madam's wardrobe. Indeed it has become quite Indispensable to have one of these ef- lant has been a vexed question over foctht. wrapsS anil ,t wfli ,,nil.a,y be since the time of Ovledo, the first writer to describe It fully, who says that the Indians of Hispaniohi used to bacco to produce Insensibility, whereas (t.'iers among the old Spanish discov erers say that the natives smoked to stimulate themselves to fresh exertions. Men whose business lends to expo the first consideration of the autumn wardrobe. Will U In i; CoNliime. Made of a closely woven brown homespun, dark brown velvet, bias strappings and a little IVrsL.ti braid make harmonious trimming. The coat sure to weather or to violent physical is of the new fitted variety, the fronts exercise, such as sailors, soldiers, turned back to show tiio fitted vest. watchmen, navvies and field laborers. all take tobacco as a stimulant and have done so from the first. Those lis ses are mentioned as spe cially large consumers of the weed in hr. Kverans "Panacea." published In lt'i.V.1. Hobbos and Newton both used tobacco to stimulate. Coetho and Heine hated It. Scott smoked profusely; but. according to Mr. Trelawnoy, Hyron "never smoked pipe or cgar.' Modern experience and observation seem to Indicate that tobacco Is a stlm ul.-int in moderation and a narcotic In excess, In this respect resembling all other intoxicants, using the term in Its widest sense, from tea to opium. CAT'S CRADLE. Origin of the .Vimic at the Kninlllnr String nnil I'lnicer Came. Cat's cradle has been familiar to most of us from childhood as a game for two players, in which the first winds a looped cord over the fingers of both hands in a symmetrical figure, and the second inserts his fingers and removes it In such a way as to produce a dif ferent figure. This they do alternately several times, always changing Uio formation. Tho art consists in making tlie right changes. The cord forms a rude representation One Scjjunle of the IJodcen to Which Tlit-y Itesort In Knjilaiid. Canon .1. (Jeorge Tetley tells the fol lowing story of the late Justice Den- i man. wi.o in is,., ran for election at i Tiverton, in England. He was adver tised to address the electors on a cer tain morning. In order to fulfill his engagement it was necessary for him to leave by the express. He had taken the precaution of ordering a cab overnight and was quietly eating an early breakfast when attention was railed to two or three men who seemed to be hanging about in the nelghbor hHnl of his house. He thought little, however, of the matter, but presenUy scut his servant to put his luggage on the i ah. which was due to arrive. The c .b approached the door, but before the portmanteau could be located one of tin mysterious strangers Jumped in and was driven rapidly away. And when this happened a second time it became evident that something very definite was Intended. So Mr. iH'Hman consulted his watch, and, di recting Ids luggage to be sent after him. ho buttoned his coat and. calling to his aid all his old Cambridge train ing. tok a bee line for the staUon. He met not one empty cab Ull too near the terndnns to be of any service to him. He dashed through the "booking of fice" on to the platform, seized the han dle of a carriage door as the train was actually starting and flung himself Into a compartment. On arriving at Tiverton he found his committee in a state of extreme anx iety which gave place to astonishment and relief on his appearance, for the walls of the town were covered with placards warning the Liberal electors that their candidate would not keep hl engagement to address them. J of a manger, aud the name originally ; was "cratch" cradle, cratch being a HOilUSI'lN a.ND VELVET. I being a The shonlder seam is long, but not manger (cm-he. French), such as Unit drooping; the sleeve a little full, with In which our Saviour was laid. "They Q 8npi,t pmuness over the wrist, and a iayde hym in a cratche." was Wycllf's narrow strapped belt around the waist translation of Luke 11, 7. Tho word is accentuates the smart fit. The skirt ST. SWITHIN'S DAY. The Venernhle Snnntltlon That la Associated With July 15. St. Swithiu's day falls on July 15, and in Ilngl.ind there Is a superstlUon that If It rains on that date the suc ceeding forty days will be wet. ami it, on the contrary, St. Swithln's day ho fair then the succeeding twoscora days will likewise be pleasant. The su perstition is venerable, for one old his torian remarks that "St. S within, a holy bishop of Winchester, nbout the voar sa was called the weeping St. Sw lih:n. for that about his feast Prao sepe and Aselll. rainy constellations, arise cosmlcally and commonly cause rain." Another version of the story Is that the good bishop left orders at his death that he should be burled In the open church vard and not In the chancel. The monks, however, disobeyed tho wishes of their dead and laid him to rest on .inly lo within the minster, whereupon rain fell heavily and con tinually till on the fortieth day Uie of fending priests became alarmed and hastened to fulfill their dead bishop's request. Statistics furnished by the officials at Greenwich observatory discredit tho accuracy ot the whole tale. The figures for one period of twenty years go to show that the greater number of rainy days after St. Swithln's day followed t dry July lo. still used In Komaii Catholic countries In that particular sense. The Ablve Provost says In his "Man ud Lexlque." "Cratch Is the name glv on to a manger for cattle and which Is consecrated by tho birth of Jesus Christ." To the present day the racks hem which stand lu the fields for cattle to eat from are called cratches. Is nine gores, each alternate gore con filstlng of shaped box plait, and the AiM'carniice n Protection. "Appearances are deceitful" Is an old saving, which was Illustrated by an Intervening ones are slashed at the ; oW ' m unu or our ,mnUi a Iew knee to admit an Inverted plait, this ! d,,rs ' method affording the requisite snug ness at the hip and fullness at the Cotton Cloven. In the matter of gloves a washaable suede lisle Is satisfactory for the half holiday Jaunt. Kid gloves are an abom- In the courtyard of the palace of Ver sailles Is a dock with one hand, called L'llorloge do la Mort du Hoi. It con tains no works, but consists merely oi a face In the form of a sun, surrounded by rays. On the death of a king the hand Is set to the moment of his de mise and remains unaltered till his sue ocssor has Joined him In the grave This custom originated under Louis XIII. and continued till the revolution. It was revived on the death of Louis XVIII.. and the hand still continues fixed on the precise moment of that monarch's death. "Yankee Doodle. Ah for the origin of tho tune of "Van keo hoodie," over which there Is much inatlon In hot weather, and It Is a fad controversj-, this can be said Unit most this year to keep the hands covered of the views expressed about Its origin whenever one Is out doors. Tho ills are right, but only partly so. It Is tlnctly feminine, delicate hand Is com true the tune Is the same as that of "Lucy Locket Lost Her Pocket," "Yan kee Doodle Came to Town," and that of the hutch reapers' song. "Yonker hudal, Dudal Daun," but it is also identical with the old Blscayan "Dan- Inr Into vogue once more. What. Indeed t Toss - I think Polio acted raUior shabbily In breaking her engagement to Jack Huggard. Jess Well, he broke his arm. Toss Hut. good gracious 9 - IS ltihohil. ac ioiogne in me year mai uoiumuus , . preiis uiscovereu America, at Esparta" (sword dance) and that of JessYeSf KO()(I nxc(oxsl WIml use k a German song which was published u lllincu wlth a brokeM lxrm-t VMlniXf!l Bate. Merchant (to hnwker) Call those safety matches? Why, they won't light at all! Hawker Well, wot could yer 'ave safer? New Yorker. Sympathy. "Boss," began the beggar, "won't yor help n poor" - 'See here." Interrupted Good heart 'I gavo you some money last week." "Well, goo whiz! Ain't yor earned any more since?" Philadelnhirt Ledger. She drew out a sum very near the $l.w mark. The banker kindly asked her if she did not wish an escort to her destination in order to Insure pro tection for the large amount. Looking ealn.ly at the banker, she replied, "Why. nobody would think I had more than j?l.'j;"'-Itumfonl Falls Times. Ilelutive Advantage. "Which do you think Is better," asked the thoughtful girl, "wealth or social position?" "My dear," answered Miss Cayenne, "with money to give entertainments you can got into the society column, but aristocratic origin does not neces sarily insure mention In the financial news." Washington Star. , The Ileeord Lunatic. "I ore's a story 'bout a man what been married ten times!" Profiler Williams seemed lost In thought. Thou he spoke up: "What make 'em print sich tales ez dat? Won a man" once gits In de lunotlc asylum dey orter stop talkin' 'bout him I" Atlanta CoustituUou.