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44 4» 4» 4» 44 4* 4* «4 4» 4» 4» 4* 4* 4* 4* 44 44 4* 4» 4* 4» 4* 4» 4» 4» 4* 4» 44 44 4* A Feudal Courtship 44 44 44 44 u u CopyT»flt, 1ML by Henry 9 Keen«» 44 44 n it it ....B y HENRY F. KEENAN 44 «4 44 44 44 <4 CHAPTER II. HEN Mrs. Van Gueldres ■nude her morning tour In to the bridal chamber next morning she found the room a scene of devastation. The jewel cases were all empty. The •mailer articles in gold and sliver were nowhere to be seen. Stupefied, she »anced all over the room, then hasten g* to her daughter. “flava you been In the blue room?" "No, mamma. Why?” Kitty mad* answer indifferently. “Homa on« bus rubbed the bouse." "Mamma!” "I'm not Joking”— Kitty arose and fled toward the rav- bthod chamber. The mother followed, shill»«* at tlie aaine time the niakj In ttee dining room. Kitty stared about her in bewilderment “Who can It have been? Was the floor broken opeu?” she gasped, sweep Ing th« despoiled cases with amaze-' asaut Sarah, tl.< maid, entering, almost ahrieked in astonishment. “Have you Iwu on thia flour this morning?” Mrs. Van Gueldres asked confusedly. “No, .Mrs. Van Gaeldtw. I have beet •t my regular work,” tl»e maid answer ed piteuiMly. "When* is Benham? Send for him.” When the maid was gone Kitty brokt out: "Why didn’t we take heed of Cotint Malstern’« warning? Hundred« must leive known of the jewels, and burglars liave l>ecoine «o acientlflc that we might have fore aven thia wretched business." “Hut how could it be burglars? Nc doors were broken — at least I'v< beard of none. Ate, Benham,” ah« cried as a grave domestic *topp*el 11 the doorway, "you see what has hap peued. Everything of value has beer carried off. at least out of the room Have you been through the house?” "From cellar to attic, ma'am. Not a sign of break or disorder anywhere except that the chain was not up ou th« front door.” Kitty started. She had forgotten tc put up the chain, but how could s burglar know that? When it was found that no clew could be traced by questioning the serv ants Kitty promptly suggested send Ing for Teddy Acton; as a lawyer he would know what to do. Iler own de •ire was that nothing should be said of the matter and that the presents should all be replaced at her own ex pense, as the talk and wonderment were more than she cared to encounter But a still more critical loss was in store. Teddy Acton had not been al his home. Ills law partner had not seen him since the previous afternoon. At first Mrs. Van Gueldres shrank from telling Kitty this. But when the evening came with no word from het sweetheart the girl felt that something evil had befallen her Teddy, who had never missed the house for twenty four hours during the last aix months To remain away at such a Juncture a* this he must be til. Iler mother listened to her daughter's vehement conjecturing«. Incapable of revealing the brutal facts as laid before Mr. Van Gueldres by bis counsel. These were simply the cynical state ment of the lawyer’s conviction that Theodore Acton had made away wltli his sweetheart's trousseau of Jewels. When this hideous surmise was finally of necessity broken to Kitty her wrath was electrifying. “Papa, you let that dolt of a Fingul say that to you? There must be some lsw to punish such monstrous vilifica tion. Don't invite him to the house again while I'm here.” Kitty fled In tears from the room. The family’s first efforts were direct ed to keeping the “affair” from the newspapers. This was not difficult, as the servants were adoringly loyal tc the whole household and regarded any misfortune to their employers aa a pain to themselves. Brlnton Flint—Acton’s law partner- took It upon him that the clubs and congregations where Teddy was known •liollld tie satisfied with a reasonalilt Invention; then lie set to work to un ravel the mystery. He knew Acton as men know their brotliers. He bail lieen bls crony In Harvard. They had made tlie grand tour in Europe together, ami lie would as soon have credited the of ilciatlng clergyman at the wedding with the pillage of the presents as bls friend Teddy. Ills first proceeding was to procure a morning’s talk with Kitty By infinite patience tie drew from het i the story of her relation with Count Malstern. Rhe had. she admitted, half promised tlie count to consider his woo- Inj, hut «be bad per» r loved hit». Rbe frankly told him when her heart was engaged by Teddy. “Tell me don't hasten, don't think anything trivial—tell me word for word Just what Malstern said when.you dis missed him,” the lawyer persisted carelessly jotting In a notebook. Kitty blushed and looked restive. “It la absolutely, vitally essential for T«»lily's good name, for Ills recovery! la fact, that you ahouM tell me.” "His recovery? You know whore he H? la he 111? Something lias happened to Mm!” Kitty cried beseechingly. “It la useless to torment you with my eonleetiiree. my auspicions. If Teddy tat living. Ilia life will only lie wortji liv ing by getting nt th« facts In tlie case. 1 don't think ther« has been a murder A plunder eo largo as this of your Jew- •1« linplica • master hand. Such men 4i not commit murder. Probably In Vlas couree of a few day» you will re eeOe a p*o|swnl. upon which will de »•*» Acton'« eelsnee." -Ykm y<>« tbli4 th* count has car gtl* o#! The abominable WW44”- "TM other day he would have car rlflU yMi eH Perhaps hsd you been 14 that political reminiscence of feu- W 44 «4 44 «4 44 «4 44 «4 44 44 44 «4 dallsm, the Kaiserrelch. be would have whiffed you off instead of your Jewel« • nd your sweetheart. But—Malatern'a words until the last moment you suw him.” "He said that I would find that I had made a mistake In choosing Mr. Acton; that he was not worthy of me; then I stopped him and rose. He rose, too, and as lie went out said, more lu sorrow than in anger, ‘It is too bad—too bad to throw away such a life.’ ” “And that was all?” “He returned the night of the rob bery and gave me an opal, which he ■aid bad been bls mother’s and an heir loom in the family for ages.” “Was that stolen with the rest?” “No. I left It in the library when we went upstairs with niHinma to show the count the presents.” "Good. Let me have that opal.” Armed with the gem, Brlnton Flint took leave, saying, as the girl followed him wistfully to the door: "Telephone me the instant you receive the anony uious letter. It will reach you soon.” He went straightway to an eminent jeweler’s, known for the perfection of the work turned out In bls establish ment. The first glance trained eyes gave the gem It was pronounced paste. It was a very excellent lmita- tation and in Its old German setting would never be detected save by an expert. “Where did it come from?” The Jeweler called an employee hi the rear. "Israels, where was that put together?” The man examined the gold circlet with a glass and answered promptly: “ Ra ndgall’s— London.” That evening Flint made known to Kitty that he would be absent from New York for some time, lie gave her a cable address In London. In such agitation as may be easily conceived, the Van Gueldre« set them selves to evading curiosity. It was no difficult matter to replace the Jewel« and gold work stolen, as the lioxe« were sufficient to give the dealers the clew. The problem was to account for the postponement of the wedding and the absence of Acton. This was more or less successfully done through Flint, who gave out that Acton had been seized by a recurrence of angina pec toris and under the doctor's orders bud gone into seclusion. Meanwhile every scintilla of clew thut could be evoked from persons and Incidents was in energetic and cau tious hands. Berthold—the young but ler, the count's protege-was kept un der close* surveillance. He hud given a straightforward account of lilniself the night of the robbery. Illa com rade, the footman, bore witness that Berthold hud gone to bed at 10 o’clock; that once or twice during the night he had awakened and saw him asleep be side him. No trace, however, could be found of the carriage in which Ac ton had been driven from tlie Van Gueldres mansion. • *••••• Ten days later Flint was in the Jew eler's In London. The firm dhl not rec ognize tue ring as of its manufacture. had hoped to identify the purchaser anti get autficient evidence to procure extradition papers for the implacable count. Now he was helpless. He saw nothing for It but to return to New York and trust to the dubious ingenuity of the detective system. Nothing could ■hake his conviction that Count Mai stem had robbed the house anti ab ducted Acton. What his motives were for the abduction lie could not wholly determine; possibly to throw the guilt upon the successful rival. At all events, he could make Inquiry' at Berlin before returning to New York. In the German capital be found that the count's family were of the sereneat caste. The count himself was rich, far beyond the wealth of t'.ie ordinary Ger man noble, lie bad estates In Venetla. Sicily mid Bulgaria. The family was really of Italian origin, having taken service with the emperor ill 1512. The count passed bis winters cruising in the southern seas, and it was supposed in Berlin that he was somewhere In the Pacific on his yacht. The Journey to Berlin had not been in vain. A tele gram to the proper authorities brought the resisjitse that the Malstern yacht was last reported at Barbados, en route for New York. [TO be continued .] WILD ANIMALS. DHTsrent Methods by Which Are C aptured. The, The different methods by which varl ous wild animals are captured in tbeli native state are interesting. Lions arc generally caught by being tempted tc thrust their beads through nooses ol strong cords composed of twisted bides. Pieces of meat are used for bait, but frequently the Inniters have many duys of hard chusing before the lion can be persuaded to try the noose When he does, tlie cords are pulled quickly around his throat, stifling him, und other stout cords are bound around his legs. Tigers are more savage than lions and cun rarely be captured when full grown. Recruiting Is accordingly carried on among tlie cubs, the parent tigers being killed and the young, left w ithout protectors,"being easily caught The cubs readily accustom themselves to captivity. Perhaps the most difficult of ail wild animals to capture la th« gi raffe. In addition to being very rar« giraffes are exceedingly timid and swift footed. There Is no special way to capture a giraffe. Many different ways have been tried, and all have been equally unsuccessful. Til« meth od which has occasionally resulted in a capture Is that of using a long cord, at each end of which Is a round weight. Tills cord is thrown by the hunter in such a manner as to wind around the animal's legs, either bringing it to the ground or rendering It incapable of es caping before It is made a prisoner. Most of the giraffes In captivity have bwi caught by chance when young. PRIMITIVE MINING. LINCOLN AND LONDON. Tuner Dedicate« to Uarfrrildrat In The Wn> Hables Are l-'ound. V»a«bed I und Sold la lluru». au Eugllsh Charch. "With charity for all aud malice to ward none" these well known words of the great, bpne. sagacious Lincoln— I appear In large lettering 1» the creed of Christ church, Westminster road. It Is fitting, then, that the Imposing tower of thia superb structure, costing over £62,004 (*310,000), should be dedl •ated to the liberator of a race. Row land Hill, whose name Is linked with the world’s great preachers, founded Surrey chapel eighteen years before the close of the eighteenth century. New- muu Hall was one of his successors, aud under his leadership the church se cured this spleafliil temple and center of Christian service. When the build ing was still lu the hands of the archi tects Dr. Hall conceived the ldeu of dedicating the tower to Abraham Lin coln, the martyred president of the United States, aud today within the tower you may read the following In scription: LINCOLN TOWER. Inaugurated 4th July, A. D. 1876, by Str Thomas FowSii Buxton Bart. The memorial stone was laid Sth July 1874, By the American Minister to this country. The cost (£7.000) was defrayed equally by English und American contributions obtained by the Rev. Newman Hall, LL. B. It was built In commemoration of the abolition of slavery effected In 1865 by . PRESIDENT LINCOLN; And as a token of International brother hood. GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST. —St. Nicholas. THE JAPANESE BABY. . Showered With Gifts Before It Even Makes Its Appearance. A hundred gifts in various shapes are offered to the baby before its ap pearance—toys, big ones, of course; pieces of cotton, silk or crepe, invari ably with a happy omen In their de sign, are a joy to the mother. The housemaids will be busy with the baby's dress under the supervision of the grandmother. It will be no slight affair If the baby is a boy—yes, espe cially if it be the first son. Parties coming with their congratu latlons will begin to stream into the house the very next morning after the announcement. They will bring dried fish or a box of eggs to express their good wishes, which will be returned in some form of present when the baby is two weeks old. On the seventh day after the birth comes the christening, and rice cooked with red lieans—doesn’t red mean hap piness?—will be sent among the friends. Matsu (pine) Is a favorite name, since It signifies bravery, keeping green even under winter's frost. Isn’t Mume (plume) better, since It is the harbin ger of spring, breathing out the most divine odor in the world? Ml amalri (going to temple) will take place on the thirtieth day. The boy will be dressed in a kimono. It must be silk, with the BROKEN MIRRORS. family's coat of arms on it. He will »«,!«« Phases oi th* »«•»«■••<••■ be put under the Immediate protection of the deity. Ills fortune will be se That (Haas te Tk»a. A young man with a ball bedroom cured.- Good Housekeeping. atmosphere about him got off an ele vated train at Rector street. He omit CROWN OF A TOOTH. ted to take a paper bag that a passen ger who got aboard with him at Fifty 1« la Ceotpusea af the Margee« Kaewa Orgaala labaiairt. ninth street saw him carrying. The crown of a human tooth Is cov "Ht!” shouted his fellow passenger. ered by a brilliant white cap of ex “You've forgotten your luncheon.” The young man hurried off without treme density, the enamel, which is appearing to hear. The train hand not only tlie hardest tissue of the hu peeped into the bag. "Broken shaving man body, consisting, as It does, of 96.6 mirror tills trip,” he said to the pas per cent of mineral and of 3.5 per cent senger. “We run across broken mir of animal matter, but also the hardest rors In bags or wrapped In neat news known organic substance. The whole of the friction entailed by paper parcels every few days. For my part, I put the pieces under the seat tlie mastication of food falls upon the for the cleaners to take away. If one cutting edges of our teeth, and these Is superstitious at an It Is Just as un are protected by an extra thickness of lucky to dispose of the pieces of s enamel. So hard Is this that only In broken mirror as It 1 b to break ths extreme cases, In persons who live on glass. I don't want any secondhand very hard food requiring much masti cation, has It been known to wear off. bad luck handed out to me. This enamel cap Is composed of a "Somebody has got to break shaving mirrors or there wouldn’t be any sale vast number of microscopic rods, one for new ones, but young chaps-who live end of each of which rests upon the In boarding houses don’t like to leave dentine, and the other reaches the free the pieces around when they break cutting surface. These rods vary in one for fear of the landlady. There shape and position, some being five Is no more superstitious person on and others six sided, some straight and earth, not barring the sailor, than the others sinuous, but they are all arrang New York boarding house keeper. I ed so that the maximum degree of have heard of cases where a man has compactness and strength 1« secured. been asked to give up Ills room because he happened to break a mirror.”—New l*ia Moaey Fnr th« Rich. Y'ork Press. The devices of the daughters of rich men to make their own money Where Stanley Worked as a ••) are perfectly well known to the mana He sometimes, but not often, spoke gers of women's exchanges, which are to me of hla life as a boy. I remem established solely to help poor women ber In 1800, when we were staying In put their work on the mnrket. One Cincinnati together, Ms asking me oue day I was In an exchange when a wo afternoon to go for a walk with him. man, evidently a lady's maid, came In He took me through obecure back and registered some embroidery In her streets and down dirty alleys until we own name. The superintendent took reached a wharf on the banks of the up the work and. In a casual way .asked Ohio river. He stopped at the bot the supposed artist to show her bow “ft U one of the Makltcxta poiaontrt." tom of a street which ran steeply to do a particular stitch. The woman A Venetian workman. Instructed to ex down to the river and pointed out a pleaded lack of time and went out etn- lad who was rolling a large cask of barrassed and guilty looking. “I thought amine it, exclaimed In surprise: tallow from a cellar down to the so," said the superintendent. "She “It is a Malatesta.” “A Malatesta—whst's that?” asked wharf. He said: "I have brought you brings her mistress’ work. Her mis here because I wanted to show you tress Is ths daughter of a very rich Flint. “Walt,” answered the Jeweler. He this place. I was doing exactly the man, but she has no pocket money, took a slender steel nipper from a tool same work as that lad, and. If I mis and the poor thing has to cheat the ex box and, running the point along the take not, that Is the same cellar In change by selling her work here under Inside of the broad gold rim. presently which 1 worked."-—"iiemiulHeeuceS ot her maids name.”—Everybody’s Hag azine. touched what seemed a spring. Th« Sir Henry Stanley” tn Scribner's. whole disk under the stone sunk in What 1)14 the Hantaan Raoktf This Topsy Tarry World. ward and a thin streak of milky mat At a depth of nine feet underground This Is a topey tuny world. One ter oesed etit, - at the old Roman fort ot Aliso, oear “Ah!” exclaimed the Venetian, care man Is struggling for justice, nnd an Haltera, the surface of which was other Is fleeing from It. One man Is fully avoiding the fluid. "I knew It.’ proved to have remained undisturbed "Knew what?" asked the head of th» saving to build a house, and another Is since the Roman occupation, fifty-four trying to sell bls “for less than It cost” firm. fragments of various clay pipes were “It Is one of the Malntesta poisoners One uian Is spending all the money he found. Their shape was almost uni None have been seen In Italy since the can make In taking a girl to an enter form. and they could be divided Into expulsion of the Germans In the six tainment and sending her flowers In three* groups, one of which was char the liope eventually of making her bls teentb century.” acterized by clumsy nnd very rough "But what does It mean—how poi wife, while his nelghlior Is spending workmanship. The other groups were the gold he has got to get a divorce. son?” of much finer make and decorated with "When any one with a secret venge One man escapee all the diseases man figures and Roman characters. From am-e wanted to get rid of s trouble la heir to and gets killed on the rail marks found on all of them It wns evi some friend or rival lie gave him or tier way. Another goes everywhere with dent that they had lieen used for out being hurt nnd dies with whooping such a ring ns this. You see, it must smoking.—London Standard. lie worn with the pointed edge toward cough. Such Is life!—Exchange. the finger tip, elsewise the sharp points Perversion by Abbreviation. Comparing Notes. would stab the hand where the lingers Mrs. Gadabout—People are saying Mrs. Apollo—Your cook seems to have join. Now, when the ring is slipped you called on Mrs. Verdigris the other on, the inside roll is pushed in and the a very refined appearance. Mrs. Brooks day and got a setback. Mra. Upjohn— — She says she Is a Vassar girl. Mrs. poison oozes out drop by drop. In th« What a willful perversion of truth! course of a month, if the ring were re Cunningham—She worked for me once I called on her and got a set of Dick moved nightly, as such gems are. th* and then said she was a Wellesley girl. eng bsck that I'd lent bar two year- surface cf the skin would be sufficient Mrs. Devine—She told me she had been befo«.—Chicago Tribune, ly abraded to absorb the poison. It Is a cook at both colleges.—Smart Set probably very powerful, and the work •«•■laiae «I*» ot it. A Qaeatloa of Color. would never tie suspected.” Iler Husband- I suppose a woman jlggs What's the difference bet«rflen Flint's heart stood still. Kitty would would hav»to be quite a phllosonher to have been flrad at that very moment a hectic flush and a bobtail flush? be Indifferent to her appearance. She— had she worn the ring. This horrible Jaggs- A hectic flush makes some one She'd have to be a lunatic.—Brooklyn denouement was far from what lie had red and a bobfoil flush makes same one : expected In journeying to London. He | blue.—PhlladelDhia Bulletin. The sy ie:u practiced for obtaining gubies lu tl.e mining districts in Burma is of the most primitive description The rniniug shafts are simply holes about two feet square sunk to a depth varying up to fifty or sixty feet Th* shoring up of the walls of th« shafts Is most crude, the sides being supported by posts at the corners and brunches of small trees secured against the aides by stout sticks. The miner carries a tin pot similar in shape to a blunt ended cone on bls head. He squats down in one cornet and digs between bis knees in the op posite corner. The earth, or byon, as the ruby bearing earth la called. Is con veyed to the top as fast as It is exca vated In small buckets let down from above. The apparatus for raising and lowering the buckets Is simple In th« extreme. A stout bamboo post about twenty feet high, called a tnaungdlne. Is fixed upright In the ground at a con venient distance from the pit or dwln and a loug, thinner bamboo pivoted horizontally Into the upper end of it sc as to project an eighth from the mln« and the long arm toward the mine. From the end of the long arm bungs it long cane fastened to u longer thin bamboo, the latter ending In a double book, and from the short end bangs a basket of stones. The buckets are raised by the. Inner arm with Its hook, while the stones counterbalance the weight. Usually three men work in a dwln one down below, one hauling up the baskets, and the third operator piles tip the byon as It la received. The byon is excavated by means of a straight, strong tool about two feet three Inches long, with a broad blade. The baskets are shallow and circular, with loop cane handles. When enough byon has been piled up It IS taken off nnd put into a stone paved circular Inclosure resembling a bath under a fall of water and shov eled about with a mattock till the mud and clay are washed away and the stones are all collected In a deep hole at the end of n narrow channel. These are thet) strained, sieved and Anally sorted and all rubles and sapphires placed in a little bamboo cup full of clean water till the wash Is over. They are then transferred to a little calico bag. which every mine owner carries, and are finally transferred to the un clean hands of the money lending fra ternity, who flock around In crowds on the bazaar days to buy any stones found during the week. — Scientific American. THE FIRST RAILWAYS, Whea Sixteen Mlle» an Hoar W&4« the Passengers Dfxsy. In 1830, when the railway was open ed between Liverpool and Manchester, the Liverpool terminus was at Wap- plug. Lime street tunnel was not com pleted until about six years later. At first the service consisted of three trains each way on week days and two on Sundays, but this was soon found to l>e insufficient After Lime street station was opened there were six first rlass trains and six second class trulns each way on week days and two of each description on Bundays. The Jour ney of thirty-one miles occupied near ly two hours, which led to complaints that the speed was too great to be pleasant and caused dizziness. On the other hand, sanguine expectations were Indulged lu that In course of time the average rate of traveling would be at least double the ordinary speed of the swiftest flbnveyances drawn by horses. It was anticipated that the general adoption of railways would lead to “a vast decrease lu the consumption of oats and hay by the substitution of steam engines in lieu of horses, and that portion of the soil which has bitb erto been allotted to the growth of such produce may be appropriated to the raising of food suitable to the hu man species”—an Important considers tlon in the time of the corn laws. It could not have been foreseen that the railway system, so far from supersed lug horses, would lead to an Immense increase In the demand for them.—Liv erpool Post. ■»»V m «8 Adjourned tha Court. On one occasion Wayne MacVeagb succeeded In adjourning the supreme court before the usual hour. Mr. Mac- Veagb never remained In Washington overnight if he could help It, and on this occasion he greatly desired to take the 4 o'clock train for Philadelphia. Although talking to the court he kept his eye on the clock and at 3:45, giv ing himself Just enough time to reach the station, lie ceased his argument and said: “May It please your honors, I move that the court do now adjouru. I want to catch the 4 o'clock train for home.” The cool audacity of the re quest seemed to paralyze the justices, but the chief Justice made the custom ary order without a protest, and Mr. MacVeagh got his train. ■ajeaiy of the Law, A great deal is said of the majesty of the law, and a sonorous phrase has been coined to «»rpmrai It, but Its majes ty resides In the sternness, prompt ness, Impartiality and fearlessness with which laws are enforced and the au thority of the courts vindicated. If the law has ever been brought Into eva tempt it has been done by no act of criminals or of Intending offenders, but by the weakness nnd failures of the of ficer* of the law and tlie ministers of Justice to maintain the majesty with which the law should clothe them.— New Orleans Picayune. A Question ot Weight. The enthusiasm of oarsmen for theft sport Is, I think, keener even than that of the golfer. They never can help talking “shop.” The other day a young oarsman told me of his engagement to be married and also of the engagement of another well known OAtsman. I en deavored to find words suitable to the occasion, but I was stopped, as he promptly interjected, “You know, mine's 11 stone 3, and X.'s is only 9 stone 1.” The ruling passion was strong in love. —London Truth. Tte« C««saltatloa. Friend—You'Te never been called In consultation, have you? Young Doctor —No, but I'd like to tie It's nice to charge ten times as much as the other doctor for saying that you don't know any more about t»e case than he does WOMAN AND FASHION Show« Hiure to AdvaiilHKr Closely sheared zibeline I» used for this wooltex autumn frock. The tight fitting coat la double brenMed and trimmed with silk braid. The munnkh cellar and small revers are of velvet. SOUTH AMERICAN ANTS, '1 he >!«»»< IlMnurrou» Mud Troubl«» •uuie Eiieiuli1» ut the lluuler. ’ W lint are (be UiObt datiKViiiiis and troublvMoine beast« you ever encoun- ti-risl?" a famous big game 'hunter uas asked, atlt-r be had llnisl)«*d t- ll lug u string of yarns about bis ad veutures ill South Americu. “Ants,” lie replied. "They are fat worse thau bears, jaguars, alligator« or any other beasts al>out whom hair raising stories are told. They give the hunter In tropical aud subtropical countries more trouble than anything else. "Once I rested ury gun against s tree to take aim at a deer. There was uu ants' nest in that tree. As soon us I tired the ants tumbled out in swarms and fell all over my guide and myself. "We were nearly stung to death und had to tear our clothes off and wallow up to our necks in the mud of a nearby swamp before we could get any relief. "Another time I climbed a tree to wait for mountain lions. I did not notice that there was an ants’ nest in the trunk, for the ants were all In dixus when I climbed up. I shot u mountain lion and started to climb down, but the ants had beeu disturbed by the firing and they swarmed all around that tree trunk by millions. I bad to slide over them, and I didn't forget It tor a week.” ACADEMY OF BRAN. A < el<-l>rate«4 Italian Literary lu.tl- tutlon and It. Alina. also trimmed with braid. Both velvet and braid are used to give a finishing touch to the plain coat sleeve, which Is a feature .of the new fall coats. The .walking skirt is a seven gored model with four plaits Introduced at each seam. Ilrlgo of the Button. Buttons will be conspicuous the com ing fall and winter ns ornamental ac cessories to handsome toilets. Some of tlie new metal buttons are so mude as to closely . resemble delicate enibroid erles on silken grounds. A new yet decidedly old fashioned button like those our mothers used to wear Is cov ered with silk, tufted with velvet of contrasting shades. Indeed, several of the novelties In buttons are reminis cent of the preceding generation. The Dlrectolre lint. The new dlrectolre hat, with its high crowu and picturesque wide brim. Is not for small women nor yet very tall ones. In the one case the wearer looks extinguished by her hat, and In the oth er she Is apt to look nmnzonlan. For women five or six Inches over the usual five feet allotted the American the hat Is usually very dashing and becoming. The Little Touche«. There Is u fad which Is being carried out upon many of the new costumes and In the prcttl(*st possible manner. Bands of silk are embroidered by bund nnd Ufced ns n dress trimming. These bands, which should bo twelve In num ber, are about twelve inches long. They are cut wedge shaped, with the big end of the wedge cut to a point A Novel Neifllffee. No color is more attractive for the negligees of oriental suggestion than bright red. This sninrt and novel kf mono shows the color in stripes on a ground of white wash flannel and is The Academy of Bran was the most celebrated of Italian literary acade mies, und Its title was borrowed from a previous literary society nt Perugia, the Accademla degll Scossl, or the Academy of the Well Shaken. The device of tlie earlier society was a sieve, and Its motto “Il plu bel flor ne coglie” (It collects the finest flour). The principal object of the Bran society, the Accademla della Crusea, was the purification of the Italian language. In order to effect which, In the spirit of pedantry common to the age. It reintroduced many obsolete words which had been replaced by more effective derivative forms or foreign adaptations. Its greatest work was the Vocabu lario della Crusea, the Vocabulary of the Bran, published in 1613. Th« whole tone of this work was archaic. It affected to regard tlie fourteenth century as the Augustan age of Italian literature and endeavored to make the standard of that period a standard for all time. The Accademla della Crusea is now incorporated with two older societies, the Apatlcl, or Im partíais. and the Florentine academy. ANIMAL TAILS. Home Th.) Are Qalte U.efwl a. Well n» Ornniuental. The tall, or, more strictly speaking, the caudal fin, of a fish Is, says Pro fessor Seeley, “the great organ of mo tion,” nnd atnoug the mammalia wo find several useful tails. The most remarkable is, perhaps, that common to most Ainerieun mon keys, which Is as good ns a fifth hand, owing to its prehensile powers. The yellow tailed howler, If It is shot when hanging by the tall, will remain suspended for some hours, so tight Is the grip. Humboldt noted in South America how* spider monkeys form themselves Into clusters by means of their limbs and tails, the whole group being suspended from a bough by tlie tail of the strongest. Tlie long, thick tnll of the kangaroo, which serves as a balance against the heavy hind quarters, especially when the animal leans forward to browse, and also aids in supporting it when In Its characteristic upright position, is also a most valuable appendage. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. The very best a man can do Is not very much. Some way It causes a smile when a married woman announces that she is taking music lessons. To be a fool is always bad enough, but to be a fool and be In love is the most fatal of all the combinations of fool. Remember when you run away from punishment that punishment has a great habit of waiting around till you come back. One of the most pitiful sights In tlio world is an Intelligent, energetic, pro gressive woman married to a worthless man who doesn't know much. When a girl buys her wedding outfit she should leave her father enough money to pay 'for the relief expedition he may be compelled to send to her later on.—Atchison Globe. WASH PT.ASNKL KIMONO. trimmed with bands of Persian silk, In which Is much red, nnd worn with a plain red sash. The style of the gar ment Is peculiarly desirable and be coming, f*nd the empire suggestion suits present styles to a nicety. To make It for a woman of medium size will be required eight yards of material twenty-seven, seven and three; quarter yards (uin-y-iwu or six- yards forty-four Inches wide, with one and a half yards of silk for bands nnd three and a half yards of ribbon for sash. don Metnl Silk. Gun metal silk Is one of the fashion able materials for dowagers this sea son. When shot with white and trimmed with rich white lace it makes an Imposing costume. 4 Frenchnmii ’ r Hn»e. Mme. Bouvet, the wife of a Paris shopkeeper, who left him, received the following letter: "If you will not come and see me alive, you will perhaps come and see my corpse, for by tlie time you receive this letter I shall bav« committed suicide." She hastened to her husband's house, nnd on breaking open the <l<s>r saw a body still swing ing to and fro. "Oh, my poor Edwnrd!” she sobbed "I have killed him, and I am a wretched woman.” At that mo ment her husband rushed out of the kitchen, exclaiming, "No, you hnve not killed me, but you will If you do not come back nt once.” Tlie body wns found to lx* a skillfully made dummy which find been arranged by tlie artful husbnnd. He wns nevertheless nrrest- ed on the charge ot hoaxing a public official, as Mme. Bouvet was accom panied by a police magistrate. Draped Hodler«. The use of drapery across the front The Man. of the bodice distinguishes many very The way a man describes business deals to his wife would make bls male smart costumes. associates wonder and wonder whether they have not entertained n business or One Mind. Lady—I want some nd vice about get prodigy unawares. The nearest way to a man's heart Is ting a dlvofoe from my husband. Lnw- y«r—I'll give you some for nothing. through his stomach, and tlie nearest If you will wait a few days you will ba way to his temper Is through hls pock a free woman. I filed a bill for him etbook. In youth a man often desires a son yesterday. to bear his name. In middle age he of ten desires a (laughter to help him to The Doctor*» Viewpoint. Doctor—Well, sir. I congratulate you. forget the same son. One thing makes a man's tact glar It's all nicely over. Newestpop—And what is It, doctor? Doctor One hun ingly conspicuous, Its absent. Men rate a woman at the value she dred dollars, thank yon.—Town Topics. places on herself.—Clubwoman.
