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cojbsza J1J SEMI-WEEKLY. UNION Kstab. July, 1897. i ff GA2KTTB Kstab. Dec. 12. vU CORVAIiLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1903. VOL. IV. NO. 9. i uillim li fts. I Hi Iff Iff jg)NLY CHAPTER VII. (Continued.) And Fenner, trembling and cringi like a betaten spaniel, went quickly oJ Errol returned to his writing table, a commenced a letter to Winifred Ky He had served her now; would she more disposed to look leniently oa a offense, and let her lore conquer Her wo anlv Dride. "I will at least make the tr before I go," he said to himself, and thJ he took np his pen and wrote thus "I inclose you a note, Miss Eyre, frf the man Fenner. You will see by u that he engages to discontinue his noyance of you, and to leave you for future free and unmolested. And net before I leave England on my long v aee. I pray of you to hear the appeal my heart to yours. Winifred, I love jj with all my soul, with the truest, del est strength of which passion is capat, and I come to you to decide my futw My happiness, my misery, are m 7 hands. It is for you to seal my pert bliss by "consenting to become my chen ed wife, or to punish a fault born of lo and to condemn nfe to a lifelong sorrol by driving me away from the sunshine ... i your presence. jo not decide nastuy, stiiy. and I dare I at al e, won! vn All shall not leave this for a week, and your answer is what I scarcely dare hope it will be, I shall not leave If you cannot find it in your gentle, anly heart to forgive me, I shall go ou into the world and seek to f OTget the on woman in the world I ever really loved? - When Winifred broke the seal, and rea ErroFs letter, her first emotion was one of intense relief. Then, reading the avow al of Errol's love, for a moment her heart relented to him, and a sad, fond recollec tion of the handsome hero of her past worship made the tears start into her eyes. Then her quick pride came to the rescue she tore the letter to atoms and threw them from her. "I will never for give him never!" she cried, passionately; and then she thought what that letter would have been to her if it had come a few days sooner. It wanted but one day to the comple tion of the week, when Arthur Le Mar chant rushed into Errol's room. "My dear Errol," he exclaimed, "what Is this I hear about your- leaving - the Court? It surely is not true!" "My dear fellow," said Errol gentty, 1 cannot teliNwhether I am going or not; You shall know to-morrow. I am wait ing for my verdict, and if it is adverse to me I shall go away, and try to forget my tronble." Two days after Errol said to Le Mar chant: "It's all over, and I'm going. Don't ask me any questions, old fellow I'm hard hit." Before Mr. Hastings left the Court he made his friend promise to play host there in the shooting season during his absence; and on the last day of August he was standing on the deck of his beau tiful yacht Oenone looking down into the blue waters of the Mediterranean. His thoughts were full of tenderness to the j woman who had scorned him. "She is right," he said, "but I think, if she had known how I loved her, she would have found it in her heart to for give me." r A fortnight later Lady Grace Farquhar, by dint of subtle diplomacy, managed to secure what she had for some time past set her heart upon, and that was to prac tically adopt Winifred Eyre as her pro tege, if not as a daughter. She was very anxious that Winifred should have an opportunity of being introduced to so ciety and the coming shooting season at Sir Claxton's estate. Endon Vale seemed to afford Lady : Grace' the opportunity. Among those who would be present for the shooting, her nephew, Lord Harold Erskine, who was quite taken with Flora Champion and -whom she knew that young lady, in default of becoming Mrs. Hastings, would only too gladly accept. With this trump card in her hand. Lady Grace accepted a dinner invitation at Hurst Manor, the home of the Cham pions, and while there delicately, yet plainly insinuated to Sir Howard and to Mrs. Champion that unless Mrs. Cham pion and Flora would drive with her to Mr. Eyre's farm and second her invita tion to Winifred to come to Endon Vale there would be no invitation for Miss Champion. Moreover, Flora would have to bind herself to treat her cousin with at least ordinary courtesy during their stay in the same house. Sir Howard acceded readily enough to this arrangement ,as long as he was not obliged to speak to his granddaughter, whom he had never spoken to or even seen in his life or in any way to recog nize her father." It was a bitter pill for Mrs. Champion and Flora to swallow, but the thought that if Flora did not go to Endon Vale, Sir Harold Erskine might possibly fall in love and propose to Wini fred, obliged them to give a grudging con sent. The young girl was gathering roses ia the garden as the carriage faom the Manor drove up the road. v She turned away to the house. She could not bear the contemptuous, looks the Champions cast on her as they went by. But then she heard the carriage stop, and she look ed back in surprise. The footman was letting down the steps, and Mrs. Cham pion was descending, followed by Lady Grace Farquhar. What could it mean? The blood rushed to her face, and for a moment she hesitated. Then she went forward. "You did not expect visitors so early, my dear?" said Lady Grace, kissing her. "Mrs. Champion has come to call upon you." , Mrs. Champion came forward and shook hands with her, and uttered a few polite commonplaces, which put Wini fred at her ease. She had a great deal too much tact to allude to the past In deed, she behaved precisely as though she and Winifred saw and heard of eachl other for the first time, Winifred soon recovered her compos- Xt r Ik. In; It; lad led e- e lat d e I re o it 1 i ii in ii hi ii ini.,"imU 1 do not value tnein one-whit. I shall like to be with that dear, kind Lady Grace, but to the rest I seem perfectly indifferent. Are we never to be happy in this world, but to go oa longing keenly after something we think happiness, and when we at last attain to it, ,to find we have lost the desire for it, and that it gives us no pleasure?" CHAPTER VIII. AH Lady Grace Farquhar's guests had arrived, save one. That one was Wini fred Eyre. On the morning of the day on which she and her cousin were to have appeared at Endon Vale, a letter came to Lady Grace, saying that Madame de Montolieu was seriously ill with an at tack of bronchitis, .and that until she was sufficiently recovered Winifred could not leave her, . Miss Champion, of course, arrived -all the same, and, if the truth must be told, she was very well satisfied with what had occurred. The idea of driving over to Endon Vale with her cousin had been most distasteful to her; and now that she was relieved from that unpleasant neces sity she was radiant, and, as her broth er, who accompanied her, remarked, in a most unusually good temper. The greater part of Lady Grace Far quhar's guests were strangers to her. Those she knew were Lord Harold Ers kins, Miss Alton, the Honorable Evelyn Van and his sister. As the reader will pass some time in the company of the visitors at Endon Vale, it may not be .v,, m T.nr, m " kine has already been mentioned; so we will begin with Mr. Francis Clayton, who from his cousinship to the host claims priority of mention. Francis Clayton was a man who would have completely baffled the researches of those estimable people who persistently find good in everyone. , There was not an amiable trait in his character, nor a kind action of his on record; and yet he" passed muster in society, because he possessed a certain degree of manner, and because his income was a very large one. He was not a man to charm women, and yet there was many a one who would have been content to ignore his evil qualities and take him for the sake of his rent roll. Francis Clayton was 37, and it was his boast that he had never made any woman an offer of marriage. Miss Alton had been at Endon Vale, some days, and was a great favorite with everyone in the house. Her aunt, Lady Marion, was in Ireland, and as she was not particularly attached to her prim old grandfather and grandmother, .whom her aunt visited annually, she had been very glad to accept Lady Grace's invitation to spend a month with her. Marion, or Fee Alton, as her fond aunt had chris tened her, was the prettiest, sprightliest little coquet in the world. Her mother and Lady Marion were twin sisters, and the former having formed an attachment for a handsome young captain in the army whom her father would not hear of ran off with him, and subsequently accom panied him to India with his regiment, where she died. Two years after, her handsome young husband caught a fever, which carried him off in less than a week, and then their two children were sent to England. The elder, a boy, died on the passage home, and the' little girl was received with open arms by her aunt as a precious charge from her dearly belov ed sister. Lady Marion was by this time married to a baronet of considerable wealth, but she had no children; and when Sir Mar maduke Alton died, ten years after therr marriage, the title . went to a yoanger brother. He was, however, able to leave her a handsome income for her life, and Lady Marion Alton lived in very good style. - She was devoted to her niece, who she insisted should take her name; and to prevent any inconvenience from their both having the same Christian name Lady Marion rechristened her pretty lit tle niece Fee, and a very appropriate name it was. At the time we write Fee Alton was 18, and just through her first season. She was small, but perfectly symmetrical; it was only envy that prompted people to say sometimes she was nothing but an animated wax doll. Everyone admired and liked her, and she liked everyone in return. She was the life and soul of a party, with her quick wit and keen sense of the ridiculous, and if she was a little malicious sometimes it was impossible to be angry with her, she was always so eager to atone for it. As opposite frequently attract each ed in a desperate flirtation with Cec Ivers d'Aguilar, a tall, dark, melancholy looking man (albeit decidedly handsome), who was very much in love with her. Hs had been all through the Indian war, and on his return to England, looking very thin and worn, he was made quite a hero of by all the women, and looked his part extremely well. I suppose that if two men from the op posite poles . had been brought together under one roof, they could not have dif fered more essentially than" Col. d'Agui lar and Mr. Clayton. One was generous in heart and mmd, chivalrous to women, irresolute, diffident in himself, and with the courage of a lion; the other well, we already know what Francis Clayton was. And yet these two men had something in common a sentiment which in one was a tender, chivalrous affection; in the other a base, selfish passion. This sentiment was love of Fee Alton. For the first. absolutely the first time in his life, Mr. Clayton was, as he confessed to himself. in love confoundedly in love with a pret ty, little, malicious, teasing, impertiasnt fairy, and could not help himself. Lady Grace's guests included Mr, Frale, a connection of her husband's, who had recently come into a very good living, but had strong sporting tendencies; Cap tain Culloden, of the Guards, a very plain, quiet individual, with a good income and considerably less brains; and the Mon- orable John Fielden, a universal and most accommodating genius, who was always happy to repay hospitality by making himself agreeable, and- amusing the com pany. These were the people Whom Miss Champion found assembled at Endon Vale, and I think her first sensation on being introduced to them was a slight chagrin at finding no great people amoBg them. Winifred had arrived at Endon Vale, and was sitting in her room, dressed for dinner, until Lady Grace should come in, as she had promised, and take her dowa stairs into the drawing room. Mrs. Champion had been prevented paying a visit to Ltfdy Grace, as she had intended; but she, nevertheless, fulfilled her promise of sending Winifred in hei carriage. . When the latter arrived she found her kind hostess alone, all her guests being away on an excursion to the neighboring woods. They had spent a pleasant after noon together, and just as the wheels of the returning carriages were heard, Lady Grace sent her young friend- away to dress, promising to call for her on hex way to the drawing room. This she did, and when they entered the drawing room there was no one in it but Lord Harold Erskine, who came up immediately to be introduced. "Harold," said his aunt, "I leave Miss Eyre to your charge until dinner time, so do your best to amuse her." Lord Harold forthwith devoted himsell to being agreeable to his-new acquaint ance, and succeeded perfectly. She felt quite at her ease, and chatted gayly to him." Presently the" door at the further end of the room opened and a magnifi cent young lady, attired in sweeping lace and silk, entered. The crimson color Hushed into Winifred's cheeks as she recognized her haughty cousin. They had never met since it had been agreed the farmer's daughter was to be noticed. "What will she do?" wondered Wini fred. "Will she speak to me, or will she wait until Lady Grace introduces us?" (To be continued.) IS A RAINY-DAY FINANCIER. A Small Boy , Who Hu an Original Plan for Earning Money. "The small boy or at least one small boy has found a new way of making money," said a young woman the other day who had made the discovery. "Recently," she continued, "I went down town to do some shopping. When I left the sun was shining brightly and the skies were blue. Through the vag aries of our delightful New York cli mate, when I got out at the 116th street station on my way home it was raining cats and dogs, or hailing cabs and om nibuses, as you prefer. I was gathering my skirts for a frantic rush when a boy's voice accosted me. - " 'Take you home cheap under an umbrella, lady?' he inquired. " 'How much ?' I said. "'Where to?' he asked, promptly. " 'One Hundred and Nineteenth street.' , "'Three blocks for 5 cents,' he re sponded. We were off in a moment, and I questioned him. " 'Yes'm; soon as school's out, when it rains, I get our umbrella and go over to the elevated station and take 'em home, three blocks for 5 cents for one person. When they's two together, I walk behind in the rain and let 'em carry the umbrella 'emselves. Oh, yes, I generally make about 25 cents at reg ular pay from the ladies, but always more if it don't look like rain early in the afternoon and the rain comes sud den. " 'I could make more if I had rub bers with me, but ladies' feet (is such different sizes I'd have to carry a whole store to fit 'em. No, 25 cents isn't a great deal, but it's money for a 10-year kid. , - " 'And then, you know, a good many of the ladies pays me extra. There was a lady before you, a few minutes, that gave me a quarter. You look so mucft like her I'd almost think you was her. A quarter? Oh, thank you, thank you very much, ma'am.' "Yes, it's a paying scheme," said the young woman, according to the New York Times. "That chap is the sort," she went on, "who'll grow into a penni less young man, persuade some clever heiresi to marry him, and then make people say they wonder how he ever happened to bind himself to such a girl." Style. "And have you, seen your little baby brother yet?" inquired the caller. "Yes," replied little Ethel Blugore, "and I was so disappointed in it." "Why?" "Because it doesn't look a bit more stylish than the one our washwoman's got" Philadelphia Press'., Too much style is apt to produce thai COST OF LIVING MUCH THAN IT IS FROM many persons the complain is heard that the cost of living in American cities Is increasing. Year by year rents have been rising, building material has become dearer, while prices of food-stuffs have steadily advanced. Persons disposed to be economical find it necessary to live on the plainest fare, says the World. As for the important Items of fuel, coal and wood were never before so hard to get. Clothing, too, has gone up; at least, tailor-made clothes of the same quality cost more than in 1900 and 1001. In general. It may be said that the things that go to make life enjoyable are much higher than they were a few years ago. Europeans who come to America flted it more difficult to get along here with the same degree of comfort as they could in the old world, and, on -the other band, Americans who go abroad find many Items much less costly than here. Those emigrating from southern Europe, Spain, Italy, Greece, etc., to Mexico or South America note great differences in values. They can not make ends meet without working harder and figuring closer than they did In the old country. For instance. Spaniards are astonished at the dearness of everything in Mexico. A house renting for 9100 a month In Madrid costs $400 a month in Mexico City, and a fiat renting from $18 to $25 a month in Madrid Is held at $125 or more In Mexico City. So says the Mexican Herald.' According to the British Consul in Buenos Ayres, the cost of living Is considerable in that city, and he is of the opinion that in the other towns of Argentina living Is no cheaper. The farm laborer has a hard struggle to get along The monthly expenses of the workingman of Buenos Ayres amoant to $63.20, or 5 (about $25 m our money), of which rent Is the largest item, nearly one-third, and meat one-seventh, while fire, light, and clothes cost but little in the warm ellmate. As wages are small, he con cludes that "unless the wife Is also a wage-earner, there is a small margin between earnings and spending. The ordinary workman has to live poorly and sparingly." Thehighest rates of wages are paid to harvest hands In the province of Buenos Ayres, who receive from 10 to 12 shillings a day, while carpenters receive from 4 to 5 shillings a day and blacksmiths the same. The wages of other artisans are as low In some instances as 2 shil lings (50 cents in United States currency). Probably the laborers and artisans of other Spanish-American countries are not much better off than those In Argentina. Chicago Tribune. AIINETY-TWO YEARS OLD AND STILL WORKING At 92 years of age William Matthews of Bloomington, 111., runs a cigar and peanut stand in the corridors of the court house. , Kvery morning he comes down to Els place of busi ness long before the Judges, the bail iffs or the lawyers are stirring, and by the time they com mence to drift in the old man behind the peanut stand is ready to sell them wnxiAic MATTHirws chewing gum to ruminate on until the noon intermis sion, and then as they come back from lunch he supplies them with cigars to puff on as they stand about the lobby talking politics.- He Is busy all day long, and at night walks home as nimbly as a boy In his teens. Mr. Matthews was born June 14, 1810, in Vermont. In 1835 he came to Illinois at the solicitation of his brother, who had previously gone to Tazewell county. He- first Tlslted Clarksville. Despairing of the future of Clarksville, Mr. Matthews trudged on foot across the open prairie to Bloomington, and secured employment in a woolen mill. In 18S7 he was elected constable and served six years. I tell you those were great days," said Mr, Matthews, in speaking of his experiences. "As a constable I 'had to make long trips over the billowy prairies of McLean county. No roads. seldom any paths, no fences, and the Inhabitants exceedingly few and far between. When riding across the prai rie I would keep my direction by picking out some object in front of me and riding- straight for it, and then taking some object ahead of that, and so keeping straight on my course. Many a night I would have to camp out on the prairie or in a woods bor dering some little stream." BUOY IS LIGHTED BY THE ACTION OF THE WAVES. An inventor In Germany has pro posed a novel method of supplying electricity to light a harbor buoy at night. He dispenses with a cable from a power-house on land and generates his own current by the rocking of the buoy. The audible signals given by bell buoys in a fog are produced hi the same manner. The motion of the waves tilts the apparatus first in one direction and then in the other and makes the clapper strike at short Intervals. A full description of the mechanism employed in the new buoy is not yet at hand, but one can easily fancy how It is arranged. A small dynamo is operated by the motion of the appar atus, and the current is first fed into a storage battery, so that the supply to the lamp may be kept uniform. If the brilliancy of this light varied with the condition of the sea this system would be unsatisfactory. Hence it -would not do to lead the electricity di rectly to the lamp. It is said that ex periments with the invention are al ready in progress on the German coast.. . ' ' Old-Fashioned Bout Best. It is to be feared that, many excel lent modes of cooking which prevailed in the Dast are now abandoned simply BUOT LIGHTED BY THE WAYE8. HIGHER HERE, IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES cet. The modern cook or the person who calls herself such, although she may be positively instructed to roast meat in the good old-fashioned way, in a screen in front of the fire, com monly Ignores her instructions at every possible opportunity and puts the Joint In the oven. The introduction of the "kitchener," or the closed range, and of the gas cooker, probably accounts for the preference which is given to bak ing, while it does away with the neces sity of basting and other little but im portant culinary attentions which roasting Involves. There can be little doubt that by this exchange of method not a few persons are dietetic suffer ers. Thepreference for meat openly roast ed before the fire Is not a mere sen timent, for the flavor of meat so cook ed is Infinitely superior and the tissue Is generally more tender than when It Is baked. Now, the flavor and tender ness of meat have much to do with its digestibility land'consuentiy with Its real value as a food. Without relish and appetite digestion is sluggish and heavy. Indeed, it has been said that the process of digestion commences before indigestion and certainly the digestive functions are stimulated to healthy activity by the sight of a ten der and well-cooked morsel as well as by an excellent flavor or aroma. mm Frank L. Mayes, editor and manager of the Pensacola Journal, is a news paper man of genius, enterprise and ability. On a Saturday morning recently the Journal contained a serious typograph ical error. A large mercantile house advertised thirty pieces of wash silk at 29 cents per yard, but when the ad. appeared in the Journal it read "thir ty pieces of wash silk at 10 cents per yard." Early In the morning the ladles of Pensacola began a raid on the silk counter, calling for that "ten cent silk." The merchant was wild. His reputation was at stake. He could not afford to refuse to sell goods as ad vertised. He asked Mr. Mayes for an explanation over the telephone. Back came the answer from Mayes. "Sell your goods Just as advertised and charge up the difference to the Jour nal." ' By noon Saturday every yard of the thirty bolts of silk was sold, the pur chasers paying 10 cents per yard and Mr. Mayes paying the other 19 cents per yard. "It was a costly mistake," says the Journal, "but we paid it. The reputa tion of the merchant to sell goods as advertised was maintained, and the reputation of the Journal to make good its mistakes was again and forever es tablished. But the advertisement, the mistake and the swarm of ladies who hurried down that morning to buy silk did more than all this. "They established' the fact that peo ple do read advertisements and that they trade with the merchant who advertises." Daytona (Fla.) Gazette News. ' Followed Directions. A school teacher in Kentucky- had some trouble In teaching a little fel low -to say "double 1," "double " e," "double s," etc. But after a while his efforts were fruitful, and he was gratified by an extraordinary appear ance of interest on the pupil's part. In fact, the boy became a double let ter hunter, and ceased altogether to re quire attention at that point. . About that time they reached the lesson con cerning the early riser, beginning "Up! Up! and see the sun!" . v He read it "Double up! and see the sun!" . . A pretty girl 'is apt to be her own -t . S 15 DOINGS OrWQM The Women on the Farm. Womankind may be divided into two classes; those who live in towns or cities, and those wbo live in the coun try. Each class has its own peculiar advantages, though at first sight it may seem as though the former pos sess the greater number. A closer thought, hoWever, will show that the woman on the farm can lead an equal ly happy life If she will make use of the advantages within her reach. But therein lies the trouble. The average farmer's wife does not accept the chances for increasing her happiness, One by one she lets them slip past. Intent on her many duties. She cer tainly has to work very hard, doing very often tasks which are beyond her strength; and in doing them, too. In such an uncomplaining way that sel dom is her labor appreciated at its real worth. In this " way she makes the mistake of thinking that for her life means simply long periods for work and shorter ones for rest. Day after day brings the same monotonous routine, and gradually life narrows down to a circle of never-ending du ties, with little pleasure or recreation, not a pleasant prospect, and yet a true one in many cases. But all this can be changed by means of common sense and determi nation. Life was never Intended to be Bpent by anyone wholly in toiling. Happiness can be had for the seek Ing; and very necessary is it for the farmer's wife to seek earnestly for it. She must remember that work is not the only duty. There are others equally important requiring her atten tion, and among them comes first the Enjoyment of as many pleasures as she can obtain; and they can be found in the country as well as In the town, There are various ways by which the woman on the farm can make her life more Joyous. One is by taking good care of her health and saving herself as much as possible. This is her first dutyjto her husband and children, . and In accomplishing it she needs all the help she can get. There is no reason why there should not be In many farmhouses, where circumstances al low It, modern inventions and labor- saving devices which would materially lighten the .housework. The practical farmer prides himself on keeping up with the times in the implements he uses. Then why should not his wife do the same, and thus lengthen her life by years? Let her see to it, then, that attention is persistently called to this matter, until the desired results are se cured. Lastly, there is the virtue of hospital ity, which can be practiced on the farm in winter as well as In summer. Why not plan an occasional social gathering, invite a few of the neigh boring women over to tea, and have a pleasant time together? Only extra work, perhaps, you think, and what good would it do? Ah, much; try the experiment yourself and see. Like everyone else, however, the woman on the farm must early de cide for herself what things in life are really worth 'living for. She must choose between the trivial and the im portant, and aim at beautiful sini plicity in everything. Many pressing duties may be near at hand, but, tak ing them in the best way, she will soon realize that they are not the main ends to ' keep in view, but are only steps in making a happy, cheerful home. For, after all, it is not so much the place where we live, be it town or country; not so much how large or how small the income may be, as It is the cultivation of a sunny disposi tion, a hopeful spirit, which seeks and finds Joy everywhere. And in these and in many other blessings the wom an on the farm , may freely and con stantly share, if she will but make an effort to gain and give the best re wards of life joy and happiness. Farmers' Advocate. Why They Don't Marry. Will it be too much for human credulity if I assert that the -woman professor does have love affairs? Al though not a statement which can be proved by statistics, I am prepared to stake much upon the universality of its truth. I would add that some of the peculiar features of her social po sition and of her usual views of life tend to complicate the . matrimonial problem as it is presented to her to solve. . More than one suitor and I have split upon such rocks as whether in furnishing our home his In come (it always seems to be "his") would more properly be expended upon the purchase of a piano or a sewing machine. To descend from metaphor, I have' not found that ready masculine comprehension which I could, have wished of my very deep seated, and as I think legitimate, feel ing that it would be an unspeakable sacrifice to exchange the work to which my best efforts and dearest am bitions have, been given for a life of pure domesticity merely for the con siderably overestimated boon of being supported, no matter, how well. . To those gentlemen who are at pres ent ttsquleting themselves over the momentous question why the higher educated woman will not marry, per- r?T-.v-.r(r : i May it not be because when her rela tions with all men are so agreeable she hesitates to exchange them for the highly, problematical delights of a relation wiiji one? Being the super ficial sex, -we naturally value more highly the bird in hand of congenial interests than the two of a conjugal felicity which is very much in the bush. Confessions of a Woman Pro fessor in Independent. When Mother Died. They told me in the night that she was dead, And then I knew from out my life had fled All beauty; that thenceforth my pathway led In lonely lands; that I should miss the red ' Of woodland roses and the morning's glow. For she was my best friend! The words she s"aid In prayer each' night beside my trundle bed I still recall; the pillow then she spTead With such a touch that I no more can know! She sought the smoothest ways for me to go, And her sweet faith brought all the mountains low! The seeds of kindness that she planted grow Are blooming now unharmed by frost or mow, By crystal dews from heaven nightly fed! And when I dwell upon the long ago Her smile to me is bright as was the bow To those upon the flood; I miss it so Now when the winds unbridled wildly blow And rain descended on my defenseless head! An Accomplished Girl. A girl's education is most incomplete unless she has learned: . . To sew. To cook. . To mend, "T6J'dress'" neatly." To keep a secret. To avoid idleness. To be self reliant. To darn stockings. To respect old age. To make good bread. To keep a house tidy. - To be above gossiping. To make home happy. To control her. temper. To take care of the sick. To take care of the baby. To sweep down cobwebs. To marry a man for his worth. To take plenty of active exercise. To be a helpmate to her husband. To keep clear of trashy , literature. . To be light-hearted and fleet-footed. To be a womanly woman under all circumstances. Woman Candidate Defeated. Mrs. Nettle Catlin, who ran for May or of Hartville, Wyo., stands as a novel figure in politics. Although she was defeated the cam pa I g n doubtless will be a precedent that will be follow ed in other Wyom ing cities. The women of Hart ville, not being pleased with the' city government, held a caucus and named an indepen dent ticket, with MRS. CATLIN. Mrs. Catlin at the head. The race was a close one, but Judge J. J. Hauphauff was re-elected . Mayor for the. third time. No woman ever ran for Mayor in Wyoming before. Mrs. Catlin is the wife of Dr. George S. Catlin, a prominent mining man, well ,- known throughout Wyoming and Colorado. - Baby's Thirst and Baby's Veil. Give the baby water six times a day. I cannot dwell upon this command with too much earnestness. Babies suffer with a thirst that nothing but water can effectually satisfy, and those who have them In their care should see to it that this important fact is never forgotten. And do not smother the helpless in fant in heavy knit face covering. This Is a barbaric custom. Make its veil of silk or chiffon selected especially for this purpose, edged with a delicate lae heading, through which baby rib bon is drawn and finished in rosettes on each side. These are held in place over the cap with baby pins. Marriage la Turkey. The dowry of a Turkish bride is fixed by custom at about $1.70, which amount, for politic reasons, is seldom departed from, even by the rich. The wedding day is invariably Thursday, and the customary wedding festivities begin on Monday and last four days. They are carried on by men and wom en separately, and each day Is distin guished by a different ceremony. No spoons or forks or wines are used at the wedding feast ' .V Inkstained Fingers. Dip your fingers Into a lemon from which much of the juice has been squeezed, and the ink stains will speed ily disappear. It Is always best to re move stains before washing the hands. lnnyt" ay the, London ,Trftn-4.