GAZETTE.
SEMI-WEEKLY.
ZESSr!lJ?Sm. jCcnsolifiatfii Feb., 1899.
COEVA1X.IS, BENTON CQUKTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1903.
YOLi. IV. NO. 14.
11. km I lltltl lUltttttll
CHAPTER XIV.
After a tea days' visit to Mrs. Clayton,
"Winifred was summoned home.
"I would gladly let you remain longer,"
wrote Lady Grace, "but you remember,
my dear, that our original plan was to
leave for London on the 28th, and Sir
Clavton never likes his plans interfered
with.''
On the 25th of April Winifred return
ed to Endon Vale, very sorry to leavs
her friend, but with almost a sense of
relief at being freed from the obnoxious
society of Mr. Clayton. Everyone wel
comed her with open arms; the house had
not seemed the same without her it lack
ed the sunshine, as the old French lady
said.
On the day appointed Sir Clayton and
Laqj Grace Farquhar-aad Miss Eyre
arrived at Eaton Square and were duly
announced in the fashionable chronicles.
A new life suddenly opened on the girl
who had spent all her young years in
such quiet, not to say motonony. She
found it very pleasant, although not al
together what it had been in her dreams
two years before.
Her debut was to take place at the
house of Miss Douglas, Lord Harold
Erskine's aunt, a lady occupying a very
decided position in the fashionable world,
and the entree to whose entertainments
was very generally desired.' Lady Grace
was anxious that her protege should look
her best.
When Winifred appeared, dressed, on
the night of the ball. Lady Grace had
bo reason to regret having allowed her
to exercise her own taste. Her dress was
of a marvelous whiteness and softness,
almost like snow clouds, and here and
there over it were the softest white feath
ers, that might have been flakes of fallen
6now.
Very late in the evening Mr. Hastings
appeared. As he entered the ballroom he
caught sight of Winifred talking in a
Very animated manner to Lord Harold
in an interval of waltziug. He stood and
watched her intently; until to-night he
had never thought her beautiful. He had
loved her for her grace, for her pride,
for her innocence; but as she looked and
smiled now, he felt she had a greater
claim to general admiration than he had
ever dreamed of.
, J-'And jshe ... mighty havLbeeaujmy:Wife
- now," he thought. "How I should have
loved her how proud I should have been
, of her! I wonder if she really cares for
'. that fellow Erskine?"
At this moment a voice said close to
his ear, as though the speaker had di
vined his thoughts:
. "Will it be a match, do you think?"
He turned with an angry start, and
met the mocking gaze of Flora Cham
pion. " "You mean Gray and Miss Went
worth? I think it very probable," Mr.
Hastings answered, curtly. ' -
' "Oh, no, that is beyond a doubt- I
' meant Lord Harold Erskine and and his
partner,"
"I cannot form the slightest surmise.
Your cousin" and he spoke the word,
pointedly "your cousin is very beautiful,
and may even do better."
"Perhaps be chosen by the descendant
of all the Hastings?" she asked, with
a scornful laugh.
"Your penetration seems unusually at
-fault to-night. Miss Champion," he re
turned, coldly; "but pardon me, the dance
,is over. I am going to seek a partner
for the next; your card is full, I see:"
and he moved oft before Flora had time
to intimate her willingness to exchange
his name on her program with that of a
less eligible aspirant. She bit her lip
angrily as she saw him cross straight
over to, where her cousin stood, and bend
to- speak with her. She could not but
remark the tender deference of his bear
ing toward the country girl whom she de
spised, and whom she well remembered
ignoring to him as only a former's daugh
ter. She turned to the quiet, middle-aged
man on whose arm she leaned, and began
to talk to him with some of her old
brightness and vivacity. He listened
with admiring attention, tout had very
little to say in reply. Flora felt inex
pressibly bored.
"This man is a dolt!" she said to her
self, angrily; "the idea even of all his
money scarcely reconciles me to the hor
rible tedium of spending so -much time
in his company."
Mr. Maxwell was an excessively tin
interesting, rich bachelor of two-and-f
orty. He gave one an impression of
weakness and . yielding that made it a
matter of surprise he had been allowed
to remain so long in the unblessed estate
of bachelorhood. He had met 1 Flora
Champion several times and had admired
her..-. ,
"He is rich," she said to herself; "he is
as weak as water, and he is greedy
' three admirable qualities for a husband
whom you do not want to care about!
"" Why should I not marry; him?"
I Meanwhile Mr. Hastings has crossed
over to where Winifred was standing,
engaged in laughing conversation with
Lord Harold, a bright smite on her lips
and apparently very happy. She did not
see Errol until he came up to her.and
then she stopped in a sentence and chang
ed color. She felt a quick thrill of pleas
ure when she saw his handsome face
bent on her with genuine admiration.
Some sudden thought of forgetting her
pride and yielding to her love came surg
ing into her brain; and than her second,
new, unnatural self rebelled, and she
greeted him with a cold, indifferent smile.
"You will dance with me. Winifred?"
he whispered, as Lord Harold turned to
speak to someone behind him.
"I am engaged for every dance, thank
you."
"May I coma - and call in Eaton
Square?" ,.
"I dare say Lady Grace will be pleas
ed to see you."
"But you?"
"It is my duty to be pleased to see any
mnd all of Lady FaTquhar's guests."
"You are not natural, Miss Eyre -you
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DAUGHTER.
By
MRS. FORRESTER.
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are strangely altered from the generous,
large-hearted, trae Winifred I knew two
years ago."
'Ts it well for ignorant country girls
to be trustful?" she asked, with a quick
scorn. "If they are generous, do they
always meet with like generosity from
those whose minds are more enlarged,
or -should be, from their birth and sta
tion?" "Is your enmity to be lifelong, then?"
"No doubt it will wear out in time, as
every other feeling does," was the quick
response.
As Mr. Hastings walked away, he ask
ed himself how it was possible that a
man whose inherent fault was intense
pride could voluntarily expose himself to
the slights and indifference of a young
girl. - "
"I wonder how it is that I still care for
her? She seems to have lost all that
made me love her when I first knew her.
What a fool I am! I will not think any
more of her !"
And he left the room and the house,
and went off to an entertainment where
a considerably greater degree of freedom
reigned than at the mansion of stately
Miss Douglas, and where he was sure of
an enthusiastic welcome.
With the charming inconsistency t the
sex, Winifred was terribly chagrined on
discovering that he was really gone.
"He" is disgusted with me he will not
bear my unworthy treatment of him long
er," she thought, bitterly. 'I love him
with ail my heart, and I have lost him!"
CHAPTER XV.
The weeks rolled on and the London
season was at its height. Drawing rooms,
concerts, balls, operas, fetes champetres,
flower shows and garden parties went on
as usual to make up the sum of the gay
world's pleasures and disappointments.
Mrs. Clayton one of many, perhaps had
been leading a life of fitful, feverish hap
piness for the last month. She did not
dare to think a pause of retrospection
would either stud her headlong down the
precipice that, was pawning at her feet
or make her fly froiii it. altogether. And
yet she was so unparJonably weak that
she hesitated and could not bring herself
to break' off all intercourse with Col.
d'Aeuilar. : -.-
4 .As it "to araWthS tast" plank' Valety'
away from his wife, Mr. Clayton treated
her daily worse. He left letters in her
way that could not fail to mortify her.
If they went out together he made a point
of' keeping her waiting. He never open
ed his lips to speak to her unless he was
positively obliged, and then his , words
were Bneers and taunts. He paid other
women the most extravagant compli
ments and attention-. In short, but for
Col. d'Aguilar's presence and sympathy.
Fee's life would have 'been unendurable.
They met constantly.
One of the'entertainmeats that was in-
! tended to rank among the first of the
season, was a garden party given by the
Honorable Mrs. ivian Lynedon at her
beautiful villa on the banks of the river.
Xo expense was to be spared ; amuse-
S inent of every imaginable kind was to be
provided; and the whole was to end in a
! display of such costly fireworks as were
rarely seen, and a dance. Mr. and Mrs.
Clayton were invited. At the last mo
ment he declined to go, and his wife went
without him. He did not attempt to pre
vent her. Col. d'Aguilar was to be there;
"I will not spoil the sport," he said to
himself, with a smile that would have be
come Mephistopheles.
All her friends were there, all but one.
at least, and at first it was with a. sense
of relief that she missed him. But hour
after hour wore on. and there was no sign
of Col. d'Aguilar. First she felt restiess.
then a little impatient, then angry, and
then she could have cried for the bitter
ness of the disappointment. It was four
days since she had seen him, and then he
told her distinctly that he intended to be
there. , - T
. Fee s:ft down wearily on the edge of
one of the seats. Suddenly she heard a
voice pronounce her name, and a quick
thrill of pleasure went to her-heart. He
had come at last! She forgot "her anger,
her impatience, and the weary" hours she
had spent waiting for him, and looked up
with a glad smile.
"At last!" she said. "I had given you
up long ago. I am so tired of all this,"
she added, in a whisper; "let us walk a
little."-
And then she ' perceived that he was
slightly lame.
"Then it is true, what some one told
me, that you have sprained your ankle?"
she uttered hastily. "That kept you away
and it hurts you to walk." x
"Not at all," he answered; "it is noth
ing. That did not keep me away."
"What, then?" Fee asked, quickly.
Col. d'Aguilar was silent. s
, "What kept you away?" she repeated.
"I do not think I can tell you, Mrs.
Clayton."
"Do tell me," she whispered, pressing
his arm ever so slightly.
"I tried very hard to make a sacrifice,"
he answered slowly, "and I failed."
"What sacrifice."
"The sacrifice of my heart's desire to
your peace."
Fee trembled and was silent.
"See!" she said, "the fireworks are be
ginning," and at that moment a blaze of
light shot forth into the skies and seemed
to illumine the whole garden and river.
There was a rustic garden bench standing
in a niche of arbutus and laurel.
"Let us sit down," Mrs. Clayton said.
"I know your foot pains you."
"I was so disappointed when you did
not come," Fee said presently.- "I had
just made up my mind to send for the
carriage and go home. I came alone, you
know."..; ' '"'"' .''' .';.'"'
"Alone? I thought Mr. Clayton was
to be here?" '
"He would not come. I think he would
do anything rather than spend an hour in
my company," she added bitterly. I can
not go on living like this," she-broke out
presently. "My life is a torment to me.
You told me once I should bo miserable
if I married him are you glad your
words have come true?"
"Mrs. Clayton, what do you take me
for?" he cried, moved to passion. "I
glad glad that you, whom I love with
heart, soul and strength, are tied to a
brute who makes your life a pandemo
nium upon earth glad that you are part
ed hopelessly from me, and that I cannot
lawfully stir a finger to help you when I
am ready to lay down my life for you".
"Forgive me!" Fee said, quickly; "I did
not mean it. I feel so bitter so mad
sometimes I scarcely know what I say."
"Mrs. Clayton," he answered hoarsely,
"you must not say these things to me.
My blood is on fire at your wrongs and
your misery. ""You forget how badly, how
hopelessly I love you!"'.
. "I weighed your love in the balance
with Mr. Clayton's money once," she
said slowly, "and my choice has broken
my heart. I am twenty. I have no hope
in the world," and an agonized sigh broke
from her. "I know that after to-night I
dare not see you any more. If I had been
good or wise enough to remember my
duty, and keep from speaking of my mis
ery to you, we might have gone on meet
ing as we have done. To-night we shall
part forever." - .
. "Do not say that, Mrs. Clayton. How
can I leave you to that man's brutality?"
"How can you protect me from it?"
she asked sadly.
He rose to his feet suddenly and stood
before her as pale as death.
"Will you never - be convinced," he
said, passionately, "that my love for you
is beyond self-seeking, beyond doubt?
If- you will it so, I will never seek you
again after to-night."
"I think I am not well to-night I am
over-tired," she said, recovering herself;
if yeu will have my carnage sent for, I
will go home."
He went at once and did not return to
her until it was ready; then he gave her
his arm and led her away without an
other word. She never looked at him
as he put her into her carriage, and wish
ed her a grave good-night; but when the
door was closed, and they had passed
through the gates, she threw herself back
in a corner and sobbed such tears as she
had never "wept from the hour she was
born Until now. There were lights in
the dining room when she returned, and
she would have entered it, but the foot
man stood in the way with a frightened
face. ;
"Not in there, if you please, ma'am;
master dined at home, and has a party of
gentlemen.'
At that moment there was a clinking of
glasses, and a . sound of laughter, in
which a shrill peal of a woman's voice
was distinctly audible. '
Mrs. Clayton stood for a moment as if
turned to stone; then she went upstairs
without a word. It was evident, she had
not been expected home so early.
She was too stupefied to think. It seem
ed as if some heavy blow had fallen on
her. and she scarcely realized it or knew
What t "waHermindWaS exhiusted,
and she slept heavily. The next day when
she rode in the park, as usual, every one
said: ' - - -
"How terribly ill Mrs. Clayton looks!
She should not go out so much, or sh
will be dead before the end of the sea
son." --
"Dear Fee." said Winifred, riding up,
"what ails you you look worn out?"
"I think yesterday- was too much for
me,". Mrs. Clayton answered. "Stop my
horse, ' Winifred!" and Mrs. Clayton
seemed for a moment to reel in her sad
dle. Winifred caught the bridle, and
stopped her own horse.
"Oh, Lord Harold!" she cried suddenly
to the gentleman who rode beside her,
"go to the other side of Fee. and hold
her up: she is fainting." ''-..
la a moment he had his arm round her,
and had lifted her into the saddle, from
which she had partly slipped. Mrs. Clay
ton recovered herself almost immediately.
"Thank you," she said, with. a ghastly
attempt at a smile: "a sudden giddiaess.
Take me home Winifred, will you?" - :
"Yes, darling.".
Mrs.. Clayton remained the whole day
on the sofa, scarcely speaking. Winifred
would not leave her for a moment. She
bathed her forehead, and watched and
soothed her when she turned on her sido
and moaned. "
"It is my 'head, my head." she mur
mured now and again. ,"1 think I am go
ing mad."
And hen Winifred thought it time to
send for a physician.
"It is a nepvous attack," he said, when
he had seen her: "the brain seems to have
been overexcited. In a day or' two Mrs.
Clayton will beqnite herself again." .
(To be continued.)
A DISAPPEARING STREAM.
The Dry Fork of Ashley Creek, la
North we "tern Utah.
Some curious revelations ' are being
made by the United states geological
survey.
A recent report from C. T. Prall, one
of the hydrographers of the survey, has
reported the existence of a - stream
whose water, in the summer season,
entirely vanishes midway in its course.
The river is known as the Dry Fork, a
small stream in northwestern Utah,
tributary to Ashley creek. About four
teen miles from its source in the Uinta
mountains this stream reaches a large
basin or sink whose walls are from
75 to 100 feet high, except on the up
stream side. The pool is apparently bot
tomless, and the water in jkt revolves
with a slow, circular motion, caused
either by the incoming waters or by
suction from below, or both. The only
visible outlet to this pool is a narrow
rock channel, from which a little water
flows, but Is soon lost to sight a few
hundred yards below. A measurement
of the main stream just above the pool
showed - a" volume of 96 cubic feet of
water passing each second, but this en
tire flow disappears in the basin, and
the stream bed for miles below is per
fectly dry- About seven miles - below
this interesting pool were found several
springs, one of. them in a large hole
twenty-five feet in diameter and twenty
feet deep, which' at times are empty
and again filled with water.. It is
thought that the water which disap
pears in the upper pool flows under
ground deep below in the gravels which
form the bed of the stream, and in
times : of rainfall heavier than" usual
appears again , in part in the large
springs below. Atlanta Constitution,
DESCRIBED BY PEN AND CAMERA
BOOK THAT TELLS OF THE
WASHINGTON
Not
a Lot of Dry Rot Rubbish and Figures That Repel But
an Attractive Story About This Land We Love Written by a
Railroad Man Who Gave His Work Originality and Strong
Narrative Interest, With Illustrations That Catch the Eye
and Help to Impress the Truth,
"Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Their Resources," this year
issued jointly by the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company and
the Southern Pacific Company (lined in Oregon) is just oft the
press. The book was compiled by Rinaldo M. Hall, li is the best
work on immigration ever issued in the interest of the Pacific-'
Northwest, and clearly demonstrates that those railroad compan
ies are doing good work in helping to build up the three Northwest
era gems in the union of states. It contains 88 pages, 27 of which
are fine half-tone pictures. Every industry in the Pacific North
west is given attention and the story of each industry is so told
that it is convincing. The first chapter is devoted to "The Pacific
Northwest" In general, the opening paragraph following: ; '
Land of Promise and Opportunity.
"Every year is a memorable one in
the Pacific Northwest Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho. .- Nowhere in the
entire world is there such a land of
promise and opportunity. Prosperity,
plenty, happiness and contentment
are seen on every 1 hand tnroughout
the great section, where millions of
acres of government land are yet un
taken .and where several acres of as
good, Improved land can be bought
for the price of one in Illinois, Wis
consin, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa and other
states. It Is the mecca of the home
seeker and investor, and so great has
been the influx of new comers the past
few years that the industrial condi
tions have been completely changed
and the outlook entirely revolution
ized." "
Plenty of Good Land for New Settlers.
The second chapter is devoted to
"Homes for Millions." In this the
number of acres of government land
untaken at the close of the fiscal year,
June 30. 1902. are , given. Those un
acquainted with the government land
question In Oregon will be surprised
to know that during the year there
were more public lands, entered and
disposed . of in Oregon than in any
state west of the Rocky mountains.
In spite of all this .there yet remained
at the close of . the. ficcal year 31,872.
671 acres homes for millions, : to be
had for the mere noJiing. the new set-,
tiers havjng for f.eigfebtes- active and
thrifty : people, who came . originally
from those parts of the United States
where systematic industry, on pro
ductive lines, has long been establish
ed and actively developed. The un
taken. tracts lie In every part of the
state and include lands of all kind.?
and classes, adapted to all purposes.
This chapter in the book will be of
incalculable value to those who rej
ceive inquiries concerning govern
ment land and how to obtain it, as
especial pains have been taken to
point out to the inquirer how all
these lands are secured.
Children Hay Enjoy Best School Advantages.
The third chapter Is devoted to
Oregon. Washington and Idaho in gen
eral. "School Advantages," is the
fourth, and one of the new chapters
in the book. , A long' felt want was
supplied when . this chapter was in
troduced in the publication, for if
there is one thing that interests a
newcomer above all others it is
whether or not the chances for edu
cating his children are good. In Ore
gon the' state constitution makes gen
erous provision for a complete educa
tional system. . from the kindergar
tens through the university, and those
unacquainted with the educational re
cord in Oregon will be surprised and
interested to know that so . thorough
has the school work been carried on
in' the state that it is a statistical fact
that Of sgon stands third from the .top
in freedom from illiteracy, with a per
centage of 99.58 of a possible 100,
only being surpassed by Nebraska
with . a ' percentage of 99.66, and
Iowa, with, 99.63. Washington and
Idaho also stand near the top.
The citizens of these states, ac
cording to the above, point with
pride to these figures, and justly so.
for no more fitting monument could
stand. as evidence of the fact that the
early pioneers' who came here first,
and settled in the country , were pro
gressive and energetic in building
right foundations : for the continued
intelligent growth and progress of the
future great states.
Not So Much Rain After All. , ;
: Ore'gon's delightful climate is well
Fortunes in .Needed Inventions. ;
Have you an inventive mind? If so,
you have a fortune in your head if
you only knew how to get It out. Here's
your chance. Here are thirteen things
the world needs, for either one of which
it will pay you a fortune: ,
A wall-papering machine. , ;
, A quick-acting monkey-wrench.
A rail joint without nuts and bolts.
A scrubbing machine. . ,
A cuspidor that will not spill when
upset. .
A-4rolley that will not come off the
wire. '. '
An oil can that will not explode.
A quick fire-hose coupling without
screw threads.
Combination ironing-board and step-
ladder. . ' . '
A music leaf turner. .
A window lock and burglar alarm.'
An envelope that cannot be opened
without detection. -A
Simple nut lock. Atlanta Journal.
All some city people ' Inow la
whether their part of town Is reached
by a, green or yeUow car.
Don't make the ' mistaSe of ca-llins
every little pebble in your patl your
Waterloo- .
RESOURCES OF OREGON
AND IDAHO
told in the next chapter, . interesting
tables for the months of June and
July being given; also another table
which shows that . the annual precip
itation for Portland, Or., for the past
31 years was 38.52, while that of Bos
ton was 41.28', New York 43.01, and
other eastern cities surprisingly as
high. 'Soil" and "Grain Growing'
are each given separate chapters, tht
following paragraph from the chapter
on "Grain Growing' being of espec
ial Interest:
Cost of Wheat Production.
"The cost of wheat production in
the Inland Empire is relatively so
much jess and the yield so far ahead
of many much advertising and boast
ed sections of the United States, that
actual Teturns from harvest fields are
often discredited by those who have
not visited the region. Under date
of -November 8, 1902, Mr. John Car
penter, of Forest River. N. D., writes
that the yield Jn the Red River Val
ley for the year 1902 was from 5 to 35
bushels per" acre; that the cost of
raising a 35-bushel bumper crop was
$7.50 per acre,and that wheat at that
day was worth 60 cents per bushel,
which means that the net profit from
an acre of wheat land in the Red Riv
er Valley that yielded 35 bushels in
1902 was $13.50. In the - great Inland
Empire The cost of raising an acre of
wheat ready for market is between $5
and $7. Assuming that it Is $7.50 per
acir:-whichceoECiBg tUEUcbara.Mc.
Gahey, of Walla Walla, authority on
the subject, never exceeds that amount,
in the case of Samuel Drumheller.whe,
in 1902, from the uplands of Eastern
Washington, raised 10,560 bushels
from 160 acres, an average of 66 bush
els per acre, at the market price, 65
cents per bushel, means a net profit of
$5664, or $35.40 per acre, nearly three
times, the profit of that from an acre
in the . Red River Valley. To Bruce
Ferrell, in the same county, ;who
threshed 23,250 bushels from 420
acres, an average of 56 bushels per
acre, - it means a net profit of $11,
962.50. or $28.25 per acre."
Chapter on Irrigation.
There is an interesting chapter or
"Grasses and Forage Plants," "Dairy
ing," "Stockraising," "Fruit Culture,
"Vegetable Products," "Hopraising,
"Lumber Industry," "Mining," "Fish
and Fishing," and "Irrigation." This
chapter on irrigation will be of - es
pecial interest to the people of East
ern Oregon. The figures in this chap
ter bring out some surprising facts.
One chapter is devoted to Portland,
and as is the custom of the Oregon
Railroad & Navigation Company, this
city is given special prominence.
Spokane is also given a special chap
ter in above. Another new chapter is
that on "Markets." the wonderful de
mand and Oriental field being pointed
Cut. Citapter 21 is demoted to "Rail
roads." In the back of the book, un
der "Condensed Information, a short
paragraph is devoted to each town
along the Oregon Railroad & Naviga
tion Company, and the Southern Pa
cific linos in Oregon. A splendid map
of Oregon, Washington and Idaho is
also in the back of the book.
Copie3 of this splendid publication
can be secured by sending four cents
in stamps to A. L. Craig, General Pas
senger Agent, Oregon Railroad & Nav
igation Company, or W. E. Coman, G.
F. & P. A., Southern Pacific, Port
land. Oregon. Get the book and read
it. - Send it to some Eastern or South
ern friend. , Then do so again and
again, in the cases of other Eastern
and Southern friends.
A Man of Business.
The angry father kicks the young
man from the front steps.
"Sir," says the young man, picking
himself up, "I would like to call your
attention to the goods handled by my
house. ; We make the best line of soft
rubber soles and heels that you can
find anywhere." ' "
Father goes back into the house, rub
bing his chin and wondering whether
bing his chin and wondering whether,
after all, -he has not made a mistake in
refusing to welcome so great a" busi
ness genius into his family.- Judge, v
Wisdom in Crimson Gnlch. ;
"Do you think it polite," said the fool
ish stranger jn Crimson Gulch, "for. a
man to sit in his shirt sleeves and play
cards all day?" .
"Yes, sir," answered Three Finger
Sam; "and maybe It will be for your
ojwn good to remind you that the fewer
sleeves a man has on when he plays
cards around here the less liable be is
to fail ; under suspicion."
In thepe days of paternal indulgence
of children, girls are as self-willed in
their choice of a. man as they were' in
picking out a doll their parents couldn't
afford.
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Mother Wisdom.
Perhaps a bit of personal experience
may be interesting to some one. I am
one of the many busy mothers and
housekeepers whose work is ' never,
done, and finding awhile ago that the
monotony of my life was causing me
po grow morbid, I tried to think of
some way in which I could vary my
work, and thus get the change which
was so evidently needed.
Before the children came I had taken
great enjoyment in music and English
literature, but both had been sadly neg
lected of recent years, owing to other
demands upon my, time and strength.
I therefore decided that every morn
ing after the chambers were put air
ing, the dishes washed, and the chil
dren started for .achoofc I would sit
down at the piano and practice for
fifteen minutes on some of the pieces
which I had played years before, as
new pieces would be discouraging.
Then, after dinner, I cleared the ta
ble, and before attacking the army of
dishes which always awaits the house
keeper's unwilling hands at that hour,
I lay down on the couch, and instead
of reading the daily paper, whose rec
ords of murders, suicides and defalca
tions Is so depressing, I selected one of
the poets whose works had given me
much pleasure in my school days, and
spent half an hour in his society. The
result after a few days was noticeable.
While at work on the dishes before
mentioned, strains of music from the
practice of the morning, or a thought
from the poem read at noon, would
float through my mind, affecting me so
pleasantly that I have decided to con
tinue the custom indefinitely.
If we wish to . train our children
aright, .we must have beautiful
thoughts, but as the springs in the
mountains would fail to supply the
brooks were it not, for the rains, so
our springs of thought will become, ex
hausted unless they are occasionally
replenished.
7 Bible reading with the children for
five minutes, .every morning . smooths
things for the day wonderfully, and
they grow so accustomed to it as to
ask for it themselves if it should by
chance be forgotten.
Better by far omit some of the end
less dusting and putting to rights than
to starve our minds by neglecting to
use some of the beautiful things God
has given us to nourish them. All may
not care for poetry and music, but' we
all can appreciate a half -hour's rest,
and most of us like reading of some
kind. A complete change of thoughts
is what is necessary if we are to rest.
I hope some tired mother will try the
plan mentioned, and reap the benefit
which will surely come from it if she
ts persistent. Mrs. Marian L. Ward In
Home Science Magazine.
Heauwork Good Exerciae.
There are plenty of women who
scorn housework but are devoted to
gymnasiums. Now the best of all
round. Indoor exercise is to be found
in the manifold duties of housekeep-v
ing. Bedmaklng, sweeping, dusting,
even cooking, bring more than one set
of muscles into play, and none of them
is more destructive to the beauty of
the hands than gymnasium work and
outdoor games. We are not advocat
ing the performing of all the home du
ties, without assistance of any kind,
but of parts of them. Of course if
you have a liking for the work, and
the strength, do it all if you want to,
but this is not advisable unless lack
of money is the inducement. There
are so many ways in which time can
be profitably spent. ;
. Woman Get Gjod Appointment.
The United States War Department
has announced that Miss Floy Gil more
has been appointed Assistant Attorney-
General for the gov
ernment in the Phil
ippine Islands. Miss
Gilmore is a daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs.
A: M. Gilmore of
Elwood, Ind., and is
24 years of age. She
was graduated from
the law school of
the University of
wV Michigan and ad-
( v mitted to the bar f
ago. She went to
miss gilmobe. the Philippines as
stenographer, and by good work has
won a distinction never before attained
by a woman.
For Those Tiresome Momenta.
While you are arranging the parlor
Just have a thought for the visitors
who might sometimes wait to see you,
and carefully refrain from . putting
every object of interest beyond their
reach. Of course, as a careful host
ess, you never mean to keep callers
waiting; but If -they come when the
baby is on the eve of dropping to
sleep or you are in the midst of plan
ning dinner with the cook, you must
delay a little, while they are reduced
to staring out of the window or to an
involuntary effort to penetrate some
magnificent household secret.
vThe family photograph album is us
ually regarded as a sufficient resource
In . moments like these; but Is there
not something akin to Indelicacy . in
allowing strangers and ordinary ac-
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quaintances to turn over the likenesse
of our nearest and dearest perhaps to
criticize them with the freedom of on
familiarity or the indifference natural
to a lack of personal appreciation?
The late magazines, a book of good
engravings, a household volume of
poatry, photographs of foreign scenes,
and a dozen other things are all good
aids to the occupation of stray min
utes. Moreover,' they often suggest to
the visitor and the host topics of con
versation more profitable and interest
ing than the state of the weather or
the history of the kitchen. Philadel
phia Inquirer.
The Snvinar Women.
If we are to believe the old proverb
which says that "saving's good earn
ing," then the earning capacity of wo
men always has been greater than that
of men. ' '
On, the saving women of this world!
The women who sit up late making
over last season's clothes to save buy- '
Ing new ones; the women who stealth
ily tiptoe across the floor to turn down
the gas when papa dozes over his news
paper; the women who darn huge
holes in basketfuls of stockings; the
women who have a cracked teapot or
old pocket book into which they drop '
stray dimes and quarters, taking the
accumulation to the savings bank with
guilty secrecy; the women who wash
out pieces of carpet to make them ap
pear fresh and new, who turn the
trimmings on their bats and clean
their gloves with gasoline, and cut
down the clothes of Willie, . aged 14,
to fit Jimmie, aged 30. Bless them,
every one!
There is another sort of saying which
might properly be termed hoarding. It
consists in laying down rugs to prevent 1
the nap of the carpet from wearing, in
putting paper covers on prettily bound
books, in locking up the little girl's
French doll. We read the other day . of
a woman who made a plush cover for
the rosewood piano, and a linen cover for
the plush, and a newspaper mat for the
lrnen;-'5' We hope' there are "not many'
women like her. In this sort of saving
there is often an admixture of folly.
There is yet another kind. Saving car
fare at the cost of an exhausted body,
saving lunch money and "skimping"
the table, just as if you could cheat
nature without incurring retribution
saving the price of eyeglasses at the
cost of impaired or perhaps destroyed
eyesight; saving money earned, by the
severe overtsralning of mental and,
physical powers. Woman is not al
ways wise in her economies, we fear,
but the verb "to save" is certainly
feminine. Philadelphia Ledger.
Must Mary a German.
Mary Schmidt, of Peoria, 111., whose ;
father left her a fortune on condition,
that she marry a German, has already '
received a score of .
offers from eligible
young men of, the "
Kais?r's domain, :.
but she i has not
made a choice. One.
of her most ardent
idm'rers is a young
Frenchman, and it
is "whispered that
Mary may yet con- ;
elude that wealth
is not really neces
sary to happiness '
after all. .
MARY SCHMIDT.
When to Accept.
Discussing the all-important subject
of proposals, the author of "How to
Choose a Husband" remarks: ' "The '
first thing in choosing the husband is :
to realize what sort of man you ought :
not to choose. My advice to all girls
is, first, to refuse at all hazards the
man who proposes at a dance, because
there is a glamour about a ballroom,'
and men often say at a dance what ; :
they wish unsaid the following morn-,
ing. At picnics,' what with washing
up, carrying baskets and opening bot
ties, girls cannot only judge of a man's '
character,, but it will be quite safe to
accept a proposal made at one, espe
cially if it is made before luncheon."
Kasiljr Done. V
When an aggravating little hole sud- . 1
denly appears in an agate or porcelain-lined
stew - pan, do not throw it
away as past redemption. ' Take one
of the round-headed paper fasteners,
such as lawyers or teachers are in the
habit of using to keep the sheets of a
manuscript together, push the "two
level flap-clips through the hole from
the inside, bend back on the outside,
then laying the basin on a hard sur- '
face, hammer the round head down flat -on
the inside. It requires but a mo- .
ment's work and your dish is as good
a new."
' A Weddinjf Breakfast.
A wedding repast served any time
before. 1 o'clock would be called a
wedding breakfast. The usual menu '
for a simple wedding breakfast is any. ,
cold sliced tawl, with creamed oysters '
or a salad on the same plate; a variety
of thin sandwiches, and then Ices or "
frozen pudding, with small cakes and ' '
coffee. -.
No Chance to Talk. '
Mrs Gumms Does . your husband
ever talk of his mother's cooking?
Mrs. Gobang Not a word. His fath
er died of dyspepsia. Brooklyn Life.