• •0 IIIS TRAGIC DREAM Grim Ghost Story That From the ¡yetherlanda. •i. I»» MRS. MORSE IN WALL STREET Working For Husband, Who l> Serving P’ison Sentence. Mrs .Climles V»’. Mor-e, wife of the coin t o d < \ ice king and M-.k presi­ dent. Ii is entered Wall street with tlie purpose of rebuilding tlie shattered fortunes of her husband mid obtaining a pant..ii for him. She recently ojieu- ed mi office at 43 Exchange pla> e. New York dry. to take charge of the convicted financier's involved business affairs. Mrs. Morse hail intended to rent a cottage near the federal prison lu At­ lanta that she might be able to visit her husband as often as possible, but on seeing him lu prison garb she « hanged her mild. Tlie si -.lit of Ids MHS. CHABI.ES W. MOUSE. A Story of Graustark By George Barr McCutcheon Author of "Graustark,” ‘‘Beverly of Graustark,” “Brewster's Millions,” “Jane Cable,**1 “The Man from Brodney's,” Etc. A Devil-May-Care Young American in a Land of Romance. Novel Adventures in a Strange Little Kingdom. A Captivating Story in McCutcheon’s Best Vein and a Great Treat for Our Readers humiliation so possessed her with the desire to work lor his freedom and rhe réhabilitâtiou of liis fortunes that she returned to New York. As if tlie associations of her husband's former financial triumphs would stim­ ulate her, Mrs. Morse has made her business headquarters in the building which the little financier had con­ structed for the h.une office of his many great enterprises. On its ground floor, for example, are the onyx columned, bronzed railed counting rooms of the National Bank of North America, head of the chain of banks will« h Mor-e established and xy liicli all collapsed with his downfall. In addition to as-timing the bur len of her husband's large business interests, Mrs. Morse is circulating petitions ad­ dress o,| to President Taft asking for the pardon < f the ex-ice king. In her work she ii ably assisted by Miss Katherine Wilson, formerly Con­ fidential secretary and stenographer to Mr. Morse. Use of tho New Hairpin, For Illi" fashionable sw irl, mop or turban style of hairdressing, called re spectlvely by one or all of these names, come the new square hairpins. They not only serve to keep the braid in place that winds about Hie head. This Interesting Serial Will Begin In The Next I Number Of The Recorder An Odd Gypsy Custom. The Artistic Japanese. In Hungary, when the quest ion of Artistic Impulses govern even tlie tlw baby's future comes up for dis­ ordinary artisan in Japan. This, from cussion among tlie gypsies, there is no an article in the Craftsman by Mr. L. time wasted in argument A I banket Wakeman Curtis, illustrates the fact: is held by the four corners, nml the “lu so commercial nnd nonartisie a baby is thrown into the air. If it porcelain district as Nagoya I saw a comes down ou its little stomach it is big room full of men working in clay, a sign that It is going to be a mu hastily copying ill quantities pieces siclgii; If it fulls on its back it is to that were go, in a shipload, to till be a thief, and the education of the an order in England. I paused be­ child Is begun ns soon as possible in side a man who was finishing soap olio of these two time honored profes- dishes. On each cover, before it went slons to be baked, he was adding the knob That on by which it could be lilted Painfully Frank. the European model before him was “Mr. t’oldcnsh I have come to ask utterly without sentiment, less gra- for the hand of your daughter.” dons of shape than a freshly digged “My daughter, sir?" onion or potato. With a few slight, “Yes. I can't live without her." quick touches, seemingly as unthink­ “Well, sir. finish your sentence.” ing as a machine, lie was yet doing “Finish my sentence?" more than was required he was caus­ "Yes, you were about to say you ing each knob as it passed under his could not live without her income. hands to take the look of a half open­ Let us be candid.” ed bud. a faint hint of a leaf being also quickly modeled in the •biscuit’ How Sho Got the Job. beneath it.” “The one thing we demand from our etaployi*es.” said the head of the office Paris’ Worst Flood. force, “is correctness in figures.” In the year 12!M> rose the greatest The applicant smoothed her hipless flood of which history makes any rec­ skirt complacently. ord In Paris. "Men went in Isiats over “1 have never had any complaints on the- wall of the king’s garden." All that score,” she replied, with a glance the is-ami was covered, and from the of assu ra nee.—By st a n l er. foot of the hill of the university to the rising ground beyond the Murrain Anticipated, tlie upper stories of the Imuses rose ; “I've often marveled nt your bril- out of a lake a mile wide in that llancy, your aptness at repartee. flood waA swept away the old stone yo«r”— bridge that Charles the Bald had built “If It's more than 5 shillings, old centuries earlier, before even the Nor- man. I can’t do a thing for you. I’m nnns liesieged tlie town, and In that nearly broke myself.”- London Mall. flood the Petit Chatelet was destroyed. The Petit Pont fell Into the river also, Innocent Fun. but that was nothing wonderful, for it “Hey!” exclaimed Ills uncle “What was the nmst unfortunate of bridges are you trying to do—break my nnd never stood firmly for fifty years watch?” nt a stntch, but was forever twing de­ “No," replied the innocent solemnly; stroyed nnd regularly rebuilt. The “t'yin' th’ow ft thoo the Foor “—Buf­ waste of this flood was the signal for falo Express. Philippe le Bel's rebuilding.—Hilaire Belloc’s “Peris." •• He Could Not Recommend It. The editor was seated at Ills desk, busily eiigjgcd in writing a fervid edi­ torial on the necessity of building a new walk to the cemetery, when a battered specimen of the tramp print­ er entered tlie offici*. “Mornin’, boss." said the caller. "Got any work for a print?” "1 have," answered the editor, happened in Just right this time, got only a boy to help me in the office, and I need n man to set type for about a week. 1 have to make a trip out west. You can take off your coat and begin right now. I start tomorrow morning." "All right." said the typographical tourist, removing his coat. “What road are you going to travel on?' !»• "The X., Y. and Z. mostly. I’ve nev­ er been on It. Know anything about It?" “I know all about It. I’ve traveled it from one end to the other.” "What kind of road is it?" "Bum!" said the printer In a tone “The indicative of strong disgust, ties are too far apart!”—Youth's Com- panion. Points About a Good Horse. There are some points which are val­ uable in horses of every description. The head should be proportionately large and well set on. The lower Jaw­ bones should be sufficiently far apart to enable the head to form an angle with the neck, which gives it free mo­ tion and u graceful carriage and pre­ vents it bearing too heavily on the hand. The eye should lie large, a lit­ tle prominent, nnd the eyelids fine anil The ear should be small anil th I n erect and quick in motion, The lop car Indicates dullness and stubborn- ness. When too far back there is u di position to mischief Comas The. following remarkable ghost story is told of two brothers, members of a distingiiisfnsi family in Frleslaud. a province of tlie Netiiei lands: The young men were officers in the same l>*ginient. anil their only fault—a cer­ tain rash valor, so ditTerent from the quiet prudence so characteristic of their milieu made tlieir comrades al- iiicsi idolize them. These young officers were exceed- luglv anxious to see a ghost ami took a great deal of pains to plunge into ail sorts of gloomy places In the tio|>e of finding them tenanted by Isdnga from tlie other world At last they seemed to tind the orthodox old castle wit'll its hail tiled room. Everybody l>< re witness to tlie horrible sights and sounds nightly to be seen mid heard tliereiu, and these young gentlemen determined to pass the night there Il was Christmas eve, and they pro­ vided themselves with a good supper and a h ittie of wine each, a lire, lights and loaded pistols The hours wore on. No ghost was seen; no ghostly sounds were heard. The younger brothei-. wrapped closely in Ids warm cloak, laid bis head on the table and deliberately resigned himself to a com­ fortable sleep. The elder brother, though exceedingly weary, determined to remain awake and await the issue of events. After awhile a noise roused him from a reverie into which lie had fall­ en. lie raised his eyes and beheld the wall opening In front of his seat. Through the opening glided a tall fig­ ure in white, who signed to him to follow. The rose and followed the figure through long. damp, dark passages till they reached a large, brilliantly light­ ed room where a I all was going on. Above the strains of musk- and the din of voices pierced a strange, sharp, (-licking sound, like the notes of casta­ nets. Bewildered and dazzled by this sud- •!i transition from darkness and si­ lence to this gay festive seem', it was some moments before he could col­ lect his senses, but he was shocked by perceiving that these gayly dressed la- dies and their richly iniiformed cava- liers were skeletons, and tlie curious sound th-tt impressed him so strangely was the clicking of fleshless Jaws! The figure at his side ordered him to take a partner from this hideous throng, which he refused to do. Irri­ tated at this refusal, the tigli re raised Ills arm to strike, hut the officer In­ stantly leveled at him the pistol he had continued to grasp and discharged I It full in his face. With the shock and report he started to Ills feet. The white figure, the ball­ room. the fearful, ghastly dancers, all had vanished, mid he was in the room where he had supped, but his brother lay d lug at bis side, lie had shot him in his dream and a w e says he owes ev- erythlng to Ids wife. Rlobbs—Hard- nppe is a double distilled prevaricator. He owes $10 to me—Philadelphia Rec­ ord. Shear the sheep, but don’t flay them. Spanish Proverb. GLASS illO CUI GLASS Pressed Ware at Times De­ ceives Even Experts. A GUIDE FOR THE UNWARY The Seeker After Cut Glees Is Safe In Purchasing “Closed In" Articles, as They Cannot Be Duplicated In Press­ ed Glass—Art of the Cutter. Buyers tot large houst*s nre some­ times de< eived when buy Illg cut glass mid find they have bought wbat is commercially known as pressed glass instead of (lie genuine article Yel llieie are u few simple rules that will safeguard the ordinary buy er at retail The chief one is to pick out only iilmt the inatiuf-icturer calls closed in articles. By this he means vases, jugs, pitchers, bottles and the like These cannot be duplicated in press­ ed glassware, which is first molded in patterns and the edges ground. This process gives it so «-lose n resemblauew to real cut glass that ^'ven experts may be deceived But in the "closed in” articles some way is yet to lie devised by which the pressed lines can be followed through the opposite side when put ou the wheel to be cut, as tlie pressed part interferes with the workman seeing through the glass, which lie hits to d > in order to follow the lines of the d*.- sign on Hu* cutter, The kind of cut glass that Is couti- forfeited is called open work, such ns plates, nappies or any flat article through which the workman can read- ily see when finishing it. Another help in selecting ent glass Is its weight, The genuine is made from pure lead glass, made < llietly hi America, especially for cutting This lead glass Is very heavy The first step toward cutting Is to mark on the "blank"—that is, the dish in the clear glass in red or other paint the design that has been selected for It. The most common designs are dia­ mond shapes, stars ot various points, crosses mid squares mid other geoniel- rical |>a items. The design must be marked on the glass exactly to stand the test of com pass and rule. W hen all lines are in perfect accordance with the pattern mid also fit tin* blank the "roughing" begins. J Ins is ( tilting the heavy work, sucli as the uecks ot vases and bottles mid the heavy lines on tlie stars. This is done on a machine called the “mill," a big wooden framed affair, on top of which is a hopper holding about half a ton of Berkshire lulls sand Tills sand is the only kind in this country that has proved satisfactory for this work. The sand rims down through the hopper, is moistened with water and comes out of a large steel disk, the edge of which is sharp ’This disk is turned by power at a very high speed. The wet sand of the disk gives It a “tooth." wl|icb when the glass is held against the edge of the disk cuts very rapidly. All the course mid heavy culling Is done on this “mill " The cutting in of the finer work be­ gins on a mill with a stone disk re­ sembling an old fashioned grindstone." but milch narrower mid with n beveled edge. These stones come chiefly from Italy or Scotland They are very hard and carry a keen edge a long time, They are used for the tine cutting al toget her. There is a stone fouod in Nova S<‘<>- tia much softer that cuts quicker and Is used for fluting on water bottles and compotes where heavy cuts are desired. Very often as many as fifteen or twenty different stones of varying degrees of hardness are used for the cutting of one article. After the design has been all cut. comes one of the most difficult parts of the Work, the polishing This is done on the outside of the work with a very high speeded brush wheel covered with moistened pumice stone powdered. This stone is lava thrown off by a volcano. Large wooden disks made to fit the cuts and fed with pumice mid water are used for polishing the fine work in and around the delicate tracery ot the. pattern The timid of the glass cutting expert must be steady, strong mid accurate, for the least mistake spoils a whole pattern. In the case of a fourteen inch punch bowl this means I lie loss of $50. Another kind of glass cutting is known as stone engraving. it Is d<>ne with little stone wheels nnd copper tools entirely by hand. The designs are chiefly vims and flowers. They are not cut deep mid are often mis­ taken for pressed glass. lu reality they nre the most expensive kind of cut glass, the prit e for n single piece of large also and ornate decoration reaching four figures. Glass ( lining Is not only a trade, but an art, and any one after seeing tlie method employed w ill readily under­ stand v. by geigiinc cut glass com­ mands high prh cm —Boston Globe. The J«;b Department. Fortner Employer—And so yott are a newspaper man now. Thompson? Thompson—Yes. sir; I’m the editor of the Job department, Former Rmploy- ejr— Editor of the Job depart nient 7 Thompson— Yes. sir; I cnrrlen In coal. nnd scrubs the floor, nnd cleans the windows, and all such editin' iis that. sir.— London Graphic. Violence In tlie volce Is often only ’h" death raffle of rensua la tlw throat —ktoyuF. %