i-
:- 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.