OIIAl'THIt VI
Mont nf lliu Kill-ma had left llnni'll
Court; iiml only l,or. lluruM Hreklni' and
Mr. 1 .11 Man-limit ri'iimlni'il. Il win tliu
fourili lny after llm hull I -Mr, Hunt
ing wna nlouc tlinl t'Vi'iilux. At seven
li clock In' strolled Inward tlu wood. II
tulil himself ho honed lie aliuiilil lint meet
Mini Mjri'i It would In' an awkward, ao
ii:itl-n mi lit i ninl yet he went In tint illri'C
tlnn Unit aim always look mi lu'r return
from tlm cottage, mnl nt tho very hour lm
knew aim alionlil pirn. Wlirn l.irol anw
Winifred coining iilonii lowly ninl andly
through tlm woods Iki couM no longer
concent from himself tli ilclliilit lio cxpi"
rirlu'i'il nt Bering her niinln.
Winifred appeared iiucniiaeloii of lilm
until alio ennui rinse to tin- gate, ninl linn
aim lonki'il up with mi nlr of mill Indlf
fi'rrnrit Hint inliilit hnve lii'tltti'il tliu beat
Ijcil woman In Europe, Krrol illil not
open tlm mill', lull put 111 linml acroae to
her. Him affected not to see It. "Mlse
Kyre," lie anlil, "will you not oven take
my hand?'
"No, I tlinnk you," answered Winifred,
colilljr; "I do not rlioofo to lm known ono
day nml unnoticed llm ln'It."
"What iln ) nil mean, Mlai Kyre? I do
not understand you."
"I moan this, Mr, Hailing) wo hnve
met several lime, ninl I wa foolish
enough to Imaitlnn Hint It wna on riiinl
term until you reminded me liy passing
mo uuiiiitld'il wllli your lilgh'horii friend",
thnt yuu wito tliu lord of tliu manor, nnj
I only n fnruier'a daughter."
"Mia Kyre," lio jarilil. quickly, "It I Im
possible Jon alionlil attribute motive o
false, ami mean tn inc."
"Wliy Impossible?" Winifred aaked. "I
know nothing of you, Mr. Ilmtlnga,"
Her aelf-rnuiiuand In till speech wa
wonderful, for Iut heart win llultrrlug
tuniultuoiialy, na n woman' heart nlwnya
dor whin alio li anylng n Idlli'r thing tn
thi man alio lovi'a, There wna allcnrit
for n moment, nml then she anlil iiulrlly:
"Will you let nm pnaa, Mr. Haatlngs?"
"No," ho cried auiMrnly nml passionate
ly, "y on almll not pna until you linr
recalled thoso wonl."
"Then I muat retrace my steps," Wini
fred anlil, looking nt III defiantly.
He at'lii'il her hand.
'Von almll not go until you trtl mo
why you nn ao tiller nml nngry with me
to-day."
"I am not nngry or Litter," ahe quickly
replied, forcing back the rebiillloil tear.
"(Inly "
"Only what I"
"lio nut torture me, Mr. Haatlnga" ex
rlnlmtnl Winifred. "It la cruel, unninnly
of you. Ia'I me got I will not tell you."
"Hut yuu almll tell mo!" be aahl, atlll
keeping hold of her band, ami there wue
a ilaiigerotia light In hi eye that made
her half of mid of him.
"I do not wlab to tell you you force.
me to It! ,ht cried.
"! will iii .Mr from hrr. oiceut roll
.ii I
Wlnlfrcd'a voice waa half choked with
,i . .1,. allw,.re,l! "Then bear
ii I i..i.. . Win har. Ihii cruel. In-.
coualderati'. unjiiat to me."
"IT anld i:rrol.
"Yea, you. You tried to make a alinple,
lneiiiorlenccd. country girl enru for you,
with our rctliicnieut and fclnatlon; 1
and when you aucceeiled you Heapiaeil ner
'eirlnltned, iiulckly.
"Do not attempt to decelvo mo any fur
ther," Winifred aald, with n llilah of au
ger. "Your relation, with Ml Cham
pion enn acarccly bo iloubtfiil, after jcur
opening thu ball with her before all your
grand friend."
"Ml llyre," he aald, gravely, "will you
accept my aolemn iiaauraucu that I'bavo
not naked Ml. Cbaniplon to lio my wife,
and Hint I hnvu no Intention of doing ao?
Thero I only one woman in tho world
thnt I love, mid I loro her with all tho
paaatou of my aoul. Ilecauao alio la ao
dear to inc. 1 inn going io icavo my coun
try, nml tho homo for which I hnvo
longed, and I um going tn be a wanderer
for her folly, and turned awny from her . ',,!,rI,jr'n' . ..,. ,., ,
.iionlempjlhle alinpllclty to tho woman 1 , "l-Haome. aald Mr. Hnntlng. "do you
r'ho nun her lilrth and ntallon. wa. know anyone of tho name of tenner
W' '"Krol" exclaimed ' Ml J
Krrol. "how ran ,..u have niUtnken me OI n" ,
,,Vl i)o yon imagine there 1. anyone In Tom here, up at Chalk arm.
b w .rid but v.iira. If for whom I care J" "' k,uw ' ,
"Yea. for m.r betrothed. Ml. Cham- ' 1 " know much,
J Mr llnallllira" ''' 1 UT0 btanX X"0n la,l'Ijf Ma,: "'
T., Jl'hVr conjunction with Ml.. Ilyre It wa.
nor yet to any other womnn." b , Hwk n. a. told me be wa. I angry
n K ii I n on tho faco of the enrtn.
"You are going away'" cried Winifred,
In a tremulous voice.
"Yea, I nm going nwny from country,
boino mid frlcnila, became, being near
iter, I cniinot control my pnastounto long
ing for her; I cannot tenr my thought,
from her, or bring myaelf to look with
lovo or admiration on any oilier woman."
Thu gnto wn. open now, ami 'Mr. Unit
ing hnd tnken Winifred In bl arm..
"My darling." he wblipored, "do you
know who Hint woman 17"
Winifred wn. confuaed, urprlcil,
lulinmed, nud yet withal a tuinultuou Joy
overabnilowcd her whole being. Thin
thl. fnlry tnlo wna true, after all, and
thi .plemlld, gallant knight wn at her
feet In ull truth nml sincerity.
"Winifred." bo aald, palonatoly, "look
Into iny eyes, unil toll mo that you lovo
me."
Sho mined her beautiful, ally brown
eye. to 111, and ho bent down and kissed
her ao fondly, no tenderly, that alio could
no louger doubt hi. truth. And then
thero waa n alienee, n long alienee, for
tho apcll of tho day ilrenm aeomed too
'iweet to be broken by word.
' "Mlm Kyrul" ho anld Muiilly, "I
cannot marry you, I dure not aak
your forglvcncas, but you muat listen
to mo for ono moment. Tho llrat
time I w you I loved yon, mid overy
tlmo Hint wo hnvo met alnco I hnvo loved
you more nml more, until nt Inat I iilmoit
felt an If cxIhIciico without you waa Im
possible, I reaolvcd to lenvo Uiigland
to go nbrond, aomewhero where I ahould
ho removed from the temptation of seeing
or hearing of you. Hut to-day, when I
anw you coming toward me, nil my
(itrcngth failed inc. Do you know Hint
for centurle bnck my rnco hnvo unlTer
cd, for ono null vow? Tlmo nfter tlmo
theyinvn sncrincml their lovo, their
'li'opcn to It, mid I diircil not ho tho llrat
to brunlt It liy mnrrylng ono who, though
my equal, liny, my auperlor In nil eUe,
win liencnth mo In rank, I muat go away,
I muat forget you."
"lleiiontli you?" cried Winifred, with
flu all lug, Indlgnnnt eyca "benealh you,
Mr. Hnsllngs? You deemed Horn Cham
pion a worthy bride, and am I not equally
tho .granddaughter of Sir Howard?"
"Th granddaughter of Sir Howard j
NLY A FARMER'S
DAUGHTER.
'
By
ars. FORRiisrnn.
Chnmplnnl" Mr. Hiiallng aahl, senrcely
believing hv liennl nrlght.
"My mother wn hi daughter" nui
with a proud, pssslonnle gesture, Willi
the gate, lie felt a If liniln, hcirt am
llmli wito paralysed hy what hu Imd Ju
liennl.
Hlr Howard' grmuMmigliterl Then
that nccoiinteil "for tin) brevillng which
hud no piirtleil him, nml there wn Jo
I ml It no renon why lio should not uink
her hi wife. If bn could only hnro
known thill hefore. Anil Horn Champion
nml Heglnnhl? They know It, nml con
cenleil It from blui nil the while. Lady
(Irnce Fanniliar muat hnro known It
nil hla aervnnla, nml everyone who llvei!
In the nelglilMirbooil: nml lit soin
atrnngn fntnllty bail conspired to keep
li I rat In Ignorance of n fact It would bar
aealeil hi bapplne to know. It wa too
Into now. Hv knew her pride; he knew
that If bo bail the crown nml the vicnlth
of India to offer tier, b would reject
lil in in acorn now.
Ami ahe bail loved him dearly, be knew
that, or alio would never hnro auffere
bl klaaea on her Up, or looked lovingly
Into hi faco with thoas awect brown
eye. He felt mailileneil by hi thought
hy tho recollection of what wna, ami wbn
might hare been. Anil ho turned hi
tep homeward, not llngerlngly, nut
hopefully, a he hail come, but awlftly.
hair mail with cruililng !cpalr,
CIIAPTKH VII.
Tho neat evening Juit na Krrol llaat
Ing nml hi friend bad llulaheil dinner
n servant hrought In a note to tho inn
ter. It wa from Winifred Kyre, ami
rend n follow:
"Von will perhnpa gue that only very
urgent need Induce mo to hold coiiimu
nlratlon with you after after what pna
eil laat night. Your word wero over
heard by Mr. IVniier, mi Intentional apy
whom a abort time alnee I refund to mar
ry. lie enmv to me thl afternoon, an
threaten that If I atlll peralat In my re
final to become bl wife ho will puhliih
the atnry to the neighborhood. I aak of
)ou to find aome mcana of ncilon that will
liuuro the aliened of Ihla man, and protect
mo from a mnrrlngo which I dro.nl mule
than death. Mr. I'onner IniUl on my
nutwer being given In three dan. If you
have one liupulao of geueroally left, you
will help mil.'
Aa l.rrol read tho note an Imprecation.
burst from lilt llpa that mado both bl
friend look up auddenly.
Why, l.rrol! exclaimed Mr. I Mar
chant, "what I the matter?"
Mr. Halting recovered blmaelf alu
mouMit.
1 beg your pardon," be laid, smlllnz;
"I waa rather muiojcd at the mnuieut.
A letter from a refractory tenant."
Ah! aald Arthur Io Marchaut, with
a Hilling glance at thu envelope which
Iny on tho table; "lady tenant aro nl
way the moat troublcionie.'
All tho evrnlng Mr. Haatlng aeemed
"'"" "" unuiually allent, and wbert
'"' '"u nvni uui lor a .iron
tracc be did not Join them,
'lCicuic uio for half au hour," be aald.
"I have aome bualneaa to tranaact, aud
will fulloA- you,
When they wero gono he rang the bell.
"Heiiil l.ctom to mo at once," and a
minute afterward the old icrvant came
wn n-cnur(iir mii i.yrc. i u pon nia
anort. If I henr nny more,' aya he; 'but
I'm not afraid that a lady Ilka Ml. I lyre
'ud demean bernclf to audi a him.
"What did Hawkln meuu when ho .aid
he'd apoll l'enner'a aport If bo wanted
to marry JII l'.yrer
"I don't know, I'm ure, air; but be
accmcd qullc mad about It, and talked
like a If ho knew aouietliliig bad about
l'cnner. I thought pcrhapa It waa only
talk, though, becauao be act. auch a deal
on Ml. Kyre."
"Send Hawkln. to my room at ten
o'clock to-morrow," .aid Mr, Hailing;
"I want to aak him about tho pnrtrldgca;"
and Mr. Uniting roan and weut to Join
bl. friend, on tho tcrrnco,
Tho following morning thero wa. a low
tap at tho door, ami Hawkln, tho game
keeper, entered Mr. Haatlnga' room. A
long conversation followed, a. a remit
of which Mr. Uniting, .cut tho follow
ing note to Kcnner:
"Hlr lio good enough to cnll upon mo
thl. afternoon, nt three o'clock. I have
to apeak to you on Important business.
"KltltOI, HASTINGS.
"Hnrcll Court."
At hnlf-pnit three Mr. IVniier raug nt
tho door of Hatvll Court. It wa. opened
luiuieillntely, and he wn. escorted through
tho grand bnll, along n corridor, mid up
toino .tep Into Mr. Halting' private
room. Krrol wa sitting nt Ida writing
table when I'Yuncr entered. Ho merely
looked up mid continued hi. letter. Tom
Fcnner felt very savage; bo would hove
liked to throw himself with a swagger
Into ono of tho chair, but bo did not
dure. There was something In Hrrol's
look, and something In his own servile
fear of rank, that made him afraid to
tnko a liberty.
Presently Mr. Hustings looked up nud
snldi '
"I have sent for you tn toll you that
I object to tho way lu which you hnvo
nnnoyed Mia 1'yro lately, and to request
thnt you will discontinue It,"
Tom I'Vuucr felt ho wa. getting very
savage,
"And suppoae," ho remarked, Inaolent
ly, "that I any I shan't, what then?"
"Very well," said Mr, Hastings, quiet,
ly, "then I will order my homo, and go
round to Mr. Lennox, mid tell him you
nro the scoundrel who shot Tom White,
tho gamekeeper, thrco years ago In tho
Ilolton woqds."
Penner stnrtcd convulsively, ho turned
ashen, white and trembled In every limb.
"Ob, slrl" ho cried, In agony of fear,
ns soon as ho could speak, "don't do
thntl"
And then nil of n sudden ho recovered
himself, nml looked nt the man who had
confronted him with an air of dogged da
fiance. "I didn't know what you meant at the
minute," ho anld, pnlo to tho lips; "I
thought It wna something elae. I don't
kuow uuythlug about Tom While's affair
Hint wn ttie ponchera' doing.''
Mr. Haallng. did not niuwer for th
monlenti but hi. rye wero fixed on ten
ner's fare. Tho mlaerablo coward took
co urn go from bl opponent' alleiicr, and
tried lo force a aneer,
"I auppoau you thought to trump up
some llo ngnlnat me," he continued: "hut
n fine gentleman's word lan't qullo enough
III thoau day to transport an bonett
tiinu."
"No," nequlciccd Krrol, quietly; "It
want proof."
"Yea," echoed Primer, "It wnntn proof."
"Hhnll I giro It drat to you or the mag
latrnte?" naked Mr, Hnatlnga, coolly.
"I know nothing nbout It; It a trump
oil -up He. I defy you I" cried the farmer,
snvngcly.
Mr. Uniting kept hi temper ndinlra
hlr: he did not even rnlao hi voice.
"Stop a moment," be. anld. "I have
aoiiirlhlng to tell you; If any of my details
are wrong, you can correct mo. Tho
gniiiekecper. White, had a very pretty
alater railed Sophy, who wna a ncam
aire, and worked for your mother.'
I'onner atartnl tiucaallr.
"You promlaed to mnrry her," proceed
ed Krrol, coldly. "Hho nppenled lo you to
keep your word, nnd you Inughed In her
fnce. Bho turned In her misery to her
brother, nml bo inrt yon nnd thraahed
yuu In the Innca. I It not ai7
l'enner'a teeth chnllered, but ho dill not
apenk.
"You told no one of your meeting,1
Krrol went on, "but you remained In bed,
mid anld you hnd nn attack of rhcumn
Usui. One dnr when roil know lilt
would pa. nlono through tho Hoflon
wood, you bid yotiracir, with your gun,
and waited for him.
Tho wretch wa brought to bay at laat,
through the Information which Hawkln
bad Imparted to Krrol.
"Havo mercy on me, lrl" lie gaped
almost Inarticulately. "I'll do anything
you tell me."
"Sit down on that chair, then," .aid
Mr. Halting, aternly, "and copy what
la on that niece of paper."
r'ciincr walked trembling to tho table,
and iat' down. HI band shook ao that
be could carcely bold the pen that wa
thrust Into It. Ho leaned back for a mo
ment, wiped tho cold .weat from bl.
brow, and began:
"I npologlre to you. Mis Kyre, for tho
anxiety and nnnoyuurc I nnvo cnuaeti you,
and I aolemuly awenr never again from
thl time to moleat or Injure you ill any
way, either by word or deed.
"THOMAS I'KSNKIl.'
"I have Just one word of caution to give
rou before you go. aald I'.rrol, in
quick, raaplng tone of contempt. "Tho
wisest thing you can do la to lie on rrom
these part, aa soon a. you con aettle your
ollalra. I am not ttie only peraon woo
know, the cowardly aasa.aln of poor
White, and na long n nny trnco of you
I left you are at his mercy an I mine.
And now. you spying, murdorou hound,
begone, while I Ull hove power to rc
atraln myaelf from kicking you out of the
bourn!"
(To be rontlnued.l
EXCITING TIMES.
What WonM nn ICimlneer Do In Caa
nf n Cnlllalnn,
III the St. McboliiK Clovcliinil MotTrtt
tellN many Rood Htorlcn about the loc-o-
motlru engineer nml IiIh experience").
I naked If nn engineer pinna ahead
what lie will do III n collision. It Boom
oil reasonable Hint n iiinn nlwnya un-
ilcr audi tnfimco would have aettlcil
IiIh iiilnil on aome prospective uctlon.
Hut tlioy lnuglied nt the Idea, nml de
clared Hint nn engineer can no more
tell bow be will net III nil emergency
tbnn tho ordinary citizen can wiy wlmt
be would do In a lire, or bow be would
meet n burglar. One engineer would
Jump, another would ntlck to bin throt
tle, nnd the chance of beliiR killed
were na good ono way nn Hie other.
The only thing a man wouldn t do la
revcrao bis engine, for Hint would
tnnko the driver allp, and net the wholo
liuntiicKS to akntluc nlienil.
The mention of n burglar led one of
the newcomer lo tell of William Tow
rll'H adventure with aome Sine Sing
convicts. I'owcll wna the oldest encl-
neer on tliu New York Central.
On ono occasion four or live convicts
outwitted the guards by dropping from
n treatle upon tho tender of a moving
locomotive, nnd the llrat thing the en
gineer knew he was set upon by n
linml of desperate men, who covered
III iti and IiIh flreiunn with revolvers.
Out you .go now, quick," mild tho
coiivIcIb; "we'll mu this engine our
aelvea." The engine wna No. 105, Powell's;
pride nml pot, nnd he could not bear
to hare tuiregenerntc liauila laid upon
her. ao bo apoko up very politely: "Let
mo run her for you, gentlemen; I'll go
wherever you any."
They agreed to till, and aome ills-
tnnco down the lino left the engine nml
depnrted Into the woods, "And the Joke
of It wna," concluded tho narrator,
l ii won, luiiciuiicM mu iiiirniiur,
that the revolvers of those convicts
had were made of wood painted black.
and couldn't shoot any more than tho !
end uf n broom! It was a big bluff
they hnd played, but It worked,"
"Wasn't any bluff when Denny Cos
sin got held tip nt Sing Sing," snld an
other engineer. "Convicts bad revol
vers nil right that trip, and Denny
threw- up his hands same ns nny man
would. It wn right nt the Sing Sing
station, nud three of 'em Jumped Into
tho cab nil of it sudden, nnd told Denny
to open her up, nud ho did Indeed!
Then they told him to Jump, nnd ho
dld-lndeed! Then they told him to
Jump, nnd ho Jumped; but first hu uinn-
nged to fix her tank-valves so she'd
inium herself full of water nnd stop '
before sho'd gono far. That wns Den-1
ny's great scheme, nnd ho walked
along, laughing to think how nuul
tboso convicts would be.
"It turned out, though, thnt Denny
spoiled n nice trap they'd laid up nt
Tnrrytown to cateh thoso fellows when
they got there. You Bee, tho telegraph
operator wired up tho lino that n runa
way locomotive wns coming with tbreo
oseaiH'il convlncts on her, nnd tho
trnln-dlspntcher at Tnrrytown Just set
tho switch so tho locomotive would sal)
plump over u twelvo-foot Btono em
bankment down Into tlm Hudson Riv
er. That's what would hnvo happened
to thoso convicts If Denny hnd left his
nnk-vnlvo nlono, but, of course, 81) got
so wnter-logged long before sho reach
ed Tnrrytnwn; sho Just kicked out her
eyllnder-ends a few miles up tho track
nil stopped. Then tho convicts climb
ed down and skipped nwny. Two of
cm got enught afterward, but ono they
nover cn light."
Tho Greeks, after exorcising, always
anuolnted their bodies with perfumed
oil, sometimes performing this anoint
ing thrco or four times n day.
MANY ATTRACTIONS FOR
IN POSITION W
J J. INfAI.I.H, of Kntmna, mice aim
Kuntor wna tho most iiltrnotlvo
picnic prizo of Ainrrli'iin polltlca
, liiK'ill" wn not the only iiinn wl
J. INfAM.H, of Kalian, once
room of tile Senate a few days ago the
such n denlrnbtc position weio subject of an anliuuteil discussion between
u group uf Si'IiiiIoih.
"One of tho reasons that the ofllce Is ro much sought nfter," said n
Western Senator, "is Hint Its comparative fixity of tenure gives servlco In
the tipper branch or Coiigrcus n powerful charm for men of ambition. Its
desirability may be Inferred from the action of many of Hie legislatures In
the Inst few months wlilclr have bad Senators to elect. Within the last few
weeks Halt, of New York; Fairbanks, of Indiana; Spooner, of Wisconsin;
Teller, of Colorado; Plntl, of Connecticut, and Allison, of Iowa, were re
elecleil for (ho term beginning this year.
"Tbo only Instance known of a man resign ng bin sent lu the Senate to
enter the House was that furnished by Henry Cluy. The relative attractive
lies of tho Iwo branches of Congress has radii ally changed since Hint time,
however, and there are several reasons why the post of a Senator Is far more
desirable than t bar of a Hopreseiilntlve, although the salary Is no greater.
"The post of Senator carries with It a social prestige which la wanting In
that of a Itcprcscntatlve. The term Is much longer, the chamber Is smaller,
and, therefore, inch of Its members Is nblo to command a greater shnro of
the country's attention tbnn fulls to the lot of t lio nverago Representative.
Ill addition to this the scope of the Senate's activity because of Us tower
over treaties nud Presidential nomination Is broader tbnn that of the
house; It has been nblo lo usurp, through Its power of amendment, the pre
rogative primarily belonging to Hie House of originating revcuuo bills, and
the freedom of debate which It enjoys gives a chance for all of Its members
to assert themselves. Perhaps this la one of tbo reasons why lawyers of
Hie first rank, like Senator Daniel, of Virginia, and Spooner, of Wisconsin,
enjoying a lucrative praellce In their respective States, havo been willing
to give up their large private Income to accept a scat In the Senate, which
pays but a small fraction of the money they could undoubtedly tarn on the
outside.
"It may also acconnt for the fact that men of the very highest talent
nnd reputation have been anxious to nccept Senatorial honors In cases where
their private Income Is sufllclent to plncc them above the ordinary struggles
of life." Louisville Courier-Journal.
A MINGLING OF DELICATE
EFFECTS IN THE
A mingling of delicate and austere effects shows In the new high turn
over linen collars which are ornamented with embroidered or wovcn-In dots
In white or color and n single or double row of hemstitching about the edges.
Other linen turnover collars come In uncompromising plainness. Some of the
models have a perpendicular buttonhole near the edge of each flap In front.
Through those buttonholes a link cinfp Is slipped. Low rolling Ilyron collars
are popular for sporting costumes, ns they permit perfect freedom for the
throat and nt the same time have n neat, trim appearance. A linen collar
which tins attained popularity In I'nrls Is a stiff, clerical band, fastening with
two studs at the back. Tho scarf Is tied about the base of the collar. The
He which Is, as a rule, worn with the stiff linen collar Is the long scarf of soft
silk crape or the new linen gauze. Long scrafs are the prevailing neckties.
There are. Indeed, comparatively few stiff mannish ties to wear with linen
collars. Even ascots are softly crossed or the ends merely looped over each
other. The Windsor tie, with Its loose, free bow or soft knot, Is a favorite.
NO RACE SUICIDE
ajflsga
Mil. AND MIIS. OSCAIt WEBER AND CHILDREN.
Oscar Weber, of Atlantic City, proves his belief In the "Rooseveltan the
ory" by striving to pouud out a living as a cabinet maker for a family of
thirteen children, ten of whom nre boys. Hy strict attention to detail and
indomltnblo ambition Weber has succeeded In giving all of them educntionnl
advantages and none of them has gone to bed hungry. The oldest child
has reached tho ndanced age of 25. and the youngest Is half past three.
Weber was born In Saxony and his wlfo Is a Dobcmlnn, but neither of
them Is worrying on that account. In fact they are both well satisfied with
tho Institutions of their ndopted country. Tho accompanying picture of the
family Is a chip shy, as one child was awny from home when the camera
was trained on the group.
No Street Cnr Seats for Her.
Lots of funny things happen right
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nIo? tu? . l.lTf f?'
on VoMZlVt lT S the
f0'"5"' ono da' " LV. .
itirgu woaiiiii diiu.. -"'-.
tlnued. using his Index anger. "Well,
sho boarded my ear nt the Treasury,
and unless somebody leaves the car
I'm of tho opAilon she'll bo standing
when we reach Mount Hensant, and
all for her treatment of a poor, timid
little man who failed to resign his seat
to her, a spneo that sho could not havo
occupied to save her life, and she know
It; but some women, In order to make
men occupying seats feel uncomforta
ble, will do anything from smother
ing them with their aggressive bundles
down to standing on their feet, nil of
which this woman bad tortured uio ill
, ...m, a she flnnlly was tho
cnU80 of sendlng tbo wholo car Into
roars of laughter. Wltn tno woman,
standing In front of him nnd swinging
on to n strap, tho Uttlo man tried to get
up, uud. ns the largo woman thought,
to offer her his seat at last. Quito loud
enough for every ono to hear, sho said,
wlthcompletosatlsfactlon and In a tono
calculated to freeze anything: 'Oh, I
Insist that you keep your seat, sir. I
havo Btood for ten squares, and I guess
1 can stand tho rest of tho way,' nnd
ho was fairly shoved back Into bis seat,
Very soon ho tried to get up again. 'I
explained to you, sir, that I nm per
fcetly nblo to stand, nud would 'not
havo your seat.'
" 'Hut,' cried tho Uttlo man, 'I want
to get off,' nnd overybody laughed but
the largo woman." Washington Tost.
Stockings.
How many readers aro familiar with
tho history and origin of tho most
common articles they dally uso? We
eat, drink, wear without thinking
whence or wherefore. Stockings wero
known among tho Romans more than
1,800 years ago, as Is proved by paint
ings found In tho ruins of ,-FbmpeIt.
POLITICIANS
UNITED STATES SENATOR.
(staled Hint tho oiTleo of I'tilled HtaUa
post under the government- Hie mi-
lea the I'ri'aldiiiry not excepted Mr.
'bo held Hint opinion. In the cloak
reason why lhe olllco of Senator wn
AND AUSTERE
HIGH TURN-OVER COLLARS.
IN THIS FAMILY.
They were considered more ornamental
than useful. In the colder climate of
northern Europe they became n neces
sity, and the manufacture of tboui be
came a recognized employment In the
twelfth century, when they were fash
ioned chiefly of cloth. In tho reign of
Edward II, they assumed a resem
bianco of thoso now worn. At the
courts of Spain and Italy they were
fashioned of silk nnd wero mado enor
mously large.
Lessons from the II CO.
Tho bee teaches us to be Industrious.
No beo ever shirks his work.
IIo teaches us to bo loyal and obcrl
ent Hces obey and love the queen
who rules them.
They teach us to bo fond of our
homes. No beo leaves his homo ex
cept for a time If ho can help It
They teach us to bo clean. Nothing
can be cleaner than the homo of tho
beo.
They show much sympathy or kind
fellow feeling for each other In dis
tress, and will never leave a friend In
troublo without trying to help him.
They nro very early risers.
They delight In fresh nlr.
They nro very peaceful, and seldom
quarrel or fight among themselves.
Potatoes In Manitoba.
The Manitoba potato crop amounted
to 3,-I50,825 buBhels nnd the root crop
to 3,280,005 bushels. There aro 1,824
thrashing outfits In the province,
Indiana Men Aro Tallest.
rpi.n .,,A,t if frt.llnt.n n .nlln- .1
those of any other State or nation In
tho world. This Is shown by army rec
ords.
"You aro too good for me," a woman
says, In tho first days of their engage-
lucnt; ana nrter a wuue ,ue begins to
believe It, nud looks further.
Wo havo noticed thnt In a shooting
nffrny ono doesn't hnve to read far to
come across the word "love."
The late surveys of the Kngllsh const
show a loss of bind of forty thousand
acres since IHiiV. although In some
places, as at New ltomney, the solid
giound has been pushed out two miles
or more In the sen.
The city of Toronto counts on get
ting I25,(JOO horse-power from Niagara
rails, although Its distance from the
great cataract Is ninety miles. The
ilectrle current Is to be carried the en
tire distance fiom the generating
plant, which will be constructed on
the Canadian side, by cables supported
on n double-pole line.
Kvlilonoes cf Hie fnvorable action of
X-ray upon lupus and cancer contin
ue to Increase. The action Is not yet
understood, ono theory being Hint It
kills the bacteria, while a more prob
able suggestion I Hint the Inflamma
tion set up brings mi accumulation of
pbngocytes and leucocyteB, nnd these
"scavenger" cells attack and destroy
the morbid tissues.
Excessive muscular development Is
pronounced by nil experienced physi
cian to b? not only unnecessary, but
positively dangerous. On censing ath
letic training, which every persou
must do sooner or later, the system
ndnpts Itself very slowly to new con
ditions, and digestive and liver trou
bles are very liable to follow. The
great lungs, not needed In sedentary
work, degenerate, often leading to con
sumption. The bacteria mining lamp of I'rof.
Hans Jlollscb, of Prague, consists of
a glass Jar lined with a compound of
saltpetre and gelatine, previously Inoc
ulated with luminous bacteria. In this
culture the bacteria showed enormous
Increase. In two days a bluish green
light filled the Jar, sufficiently brilliant
to show faces two yards away, and to
enable a persou to read large type,
and this light remained for several
days, gradually fading away In about
a fortnight. The light Is cold and
quite safe In mines filled with the
most dangerous gases.
All readers of Scott's novels must
vividly remember the Peak of Derby
shire. This elevated region Is to be
made a source of water supply for
four cities Sheffield, Derby, Notting
ham and Leicester. The gathering
ground of the water lies from COO to
2,070 feet above sea level, and covers
fifty square miles. Virtually, the en
tire sources of the river Derwent will
be collected, but one-third of the water
must be restored to the river to pro
tect vested Interests along Its course.
The cost Is estimated ot $50,000,000.
A temporary town, with bouses of gal
vanized Iron lined with match-board,
and with a school, a church, a hospital
and a concert ball, has been construct
ed fcr the army of laborers, who will
bo employed for a dozen years. There
are to be five reservoirs with an aggre
gate capacity of 10.608,000,000 gallons.
The project of climbing ibe loftiest
mountain on the earth, Mount Ever
eat. In the Himalayas, whose tremen
dous bead rises, according to trigo
nometrical measurements, 20,002 feet
above sea level, has now reached a
stage Immediately antecedent to the
actual attempt A party, led by Mr.
Eckensteln, an experienced climber,
has set out for the foot of the great
peak. Several celebrated mountain
climbers have expressed the opinion
that the feat Is feasible, but only by
the method of gradual ascent, whereby
the adventurers may become Inured to
the effects of a rare atmosphere.
Months and even years may be spent
in ascending to higher and higher lev
els, a long pause being made after ev
ery considerable advance. The highest
ascent now on record Is that of Acon
cagua, In the Andes, the elevation of
which Is 23.0S0 feet, 5,092 feet, or more
than a mile, less than the height of
Everest.
SAVE THE LAMP CHIMNEYS
Care Wilt Prevent Much Breakage and
Conaeqnent Kxpenae.
We are assured by a contemporary
that the breaking of lamp chimneys
Is mainly due to unequal expansion
nnd that this can be remedied by mak
ing perpendicular cuts all around th
bulging part" of the chimney with
a diamond ring.
Well, really I Why did no one think
of this simple remedy until now, when
lamps burn blue, aud. Indeed are In
danger of going out forever before the
radiance of the garish electric light?
The beauty of the suggestion lies
In Its extreme practicability and Us
ready utllzatlon of the means at hand.
It Is so simple, so convenient. Ev
erybody owns diamonds and every
body wants to save dimes. Some peo
ple will urge that they have to work
so hard directing trust companies snd
checking off the social calendar that
they do not have time to Bit down
once a week or so and scratch lamp
chimneys. Their course, however. Is
perfectly clear. They 'must provide
the butler with a set of diamonds and
let him attend to this economy.
What a burden Is removed from the
shoulders of the ordinary housekeeper.
No more worry over breaking lamp
chimneys. A few" flourishes with ber
diamond and she has Insured herself
against every chance except tbo light
headedness of the hired girt
There are people, of course, who will
carry this thing to excess. They will
not be satisfied with perpendicular
cuts. Oh, not They will begin to Itch
for triangles and asterisks and chrys
anthemum patterns. The daughter of
tho house will quit pyrography to ex
pend her nrtlsttc yearnings on tho dec
oration of the lamp chimneys, and as,
of course, fancy cuts cannot be achiev
ed with auy old kind of a diamond It
will bo necessary to have certain
styles for certain cuts, so that a reg-
r'.?' IZ.lLTJJZ
orator will probably cost several thou
sand dollars. Shades will go out of
fashion In order to show off ornate
inmn chimneys. Fierce rivalry will
develop In the fashionable set and
common people will go mad on tho sub
Ject and the manufacturers will take
the matter up and tho first thing we
know we shall see cut glass chimneys
on the market. The question then will
' be, considering the cilroms fragility
of cut gins, Is not tho last stalo ot
tho housekeeper worse than tho first?
HUt It Is folly to look far ahead.
Save your dimes now and you may b
nblo to afford cut glass chimneys when
they co mo In fashion. -Philadelphia
Ledger.
BETTING ON WATCHES.
Advice of a Jeweler Who Decide the
Wane re.
In the windows of nearly nil th
big retail Jewelry stores down town
are chronometers. In fact, tho chron
ometer has become tho mot valuable
part of the window display.
J Two prosperous-looking men, after
( comparing watches tbo other day with
i one of these chronometers, wero seen
to go inside the store nnd n few min
utes later to reappear. As they did
so one of the men pnssed a roll of
bills to the other. Then they laughed
shook hands, nnd separated.
Tho Jeweler stood Inside and smiled.
"It's funny," hp said, "how many
people there nre In this world who
have the betting fever and bow fool.
Ishly they risk their money. These
two men are samples. Hefore the day
Is over I've no doubt half n dozen mors
will be In to get mo to decldo similar
bets. Every day wo havo some.
"What did they bet on? Why, on
the nearness of their watches to the
correct time. Of course, two men who
make auch a bet hnvo tho betting
hunch to begin with. Then they're
also stuck on the watches they carry.
"Thero was the dlffercnco of two
seconds between tho watches In the
enso you Just noticed, but on that
25 changed hands. I've known It to
be as high as a hundred.
"The difference between any two
watches Is rarely less than a half
second. It's generally more. Hut
when a bet Is made men generally
want the Jeweler to decldo It, nnd, of
course, we're always willing. I guess
quite a few thousands hnve changed
hands on my decisions by this time.
"A man will get n watch abroad
and pay big money for It He'll meet
a friend who has bought one of the
crack American watches, and If
they'vo got the sporting Instinct a bet
will almost Invariably follow a com
parison of the watches.
"Perhaps both men have set their
watches that day or the day before,
and so are willing to wager all the
money they're got with them, and
that's often a big roll.
"When one of them finds thnt hi
watch. Instead of being almost with
the chronometer. Is, Say, twenty-five
seconds out he's tbo most surprised
man In the world.
"A man who bets on n watch, al
though he may think he's betting on
the surest thing In the world. Is bet-
ting on something more uncertain than
a race horse. You can tell generally
when the horse Isn't going to run well,
but you can't tell that about your
watch.
"I wouldn't bet on' the correctness
otmytlmefrom here to the next block.
In Just that distance the mainspring
might develop the weakness that no
test thus far devised can detect when
It's made, and youf watch Is off. Then
you lose your money If you're foolish
enough to bet on what you thought was
a sure thing." Chicago Inter Ocean.
FEARS CONDUCTOR'S PUNCH.
Hcssencer nor Who "Flips" Street
Care Ie Getting Wary.
The street-car conductor's punch it
becoming the nemesis of the messen
ger boys who "flip" the cars. The
conductor snatches a cap from a mes
sage carrier's head, puncnes a hole
in the visor, and the work Is done.
That little hole In the bill of the cap
Is a tell-tale mark, and when the em
ployers see It they know the boy has
been hitching on to the street cars.
The use of the punch for tagging
the "flippers" has made the young
sters deadly enemies of the street
railway men, and has incidentally en
riched the curbstone vernacular by two
picturesque names. One Is "nickel
snatcher," a name given to the con
ductor, and the other Is "wire biter,"
as the messengers have dubbed tbs
grlpman.
The other night three "fllDDers"
were "hitching on" to d North Clark
street cable car. While one of the
boys was watching tho conductor the
grlpman reached out bis long arm
nnd lifted the boy's cap from his head.
He handed the cap to the conductor.
saying: "Put your mark on It."
"Naw, glnimo It," yelled the boy.
Doncher punch It You want to get
me fired? I ain't done nutblnV
The conductor set the Jaws of tho
punch over the visor, and the mes
senger set up a wall. He knuckled his
eyes and cried like a baby.
The conductor placed the boy's cap
back on his bead, took blm by tbo
coat collar, and set him down in the
street. When he was safely out of tbo
clutches of the "nickel snatcher," as
be called the conductor, bo lifted bis
cap off his head and carefully exam
Ing It to see If the punch had taken
out a bite. When be saw it was all
right be clapped It back on his head
and "hitched on" to the rear end of the
last car, yelling "wire biter" and
"nickel snatcher" at tho grlpman and
conductor. Chicago Inter Ocean.
A New-Fangloil Alarm Clook.
A Phtladelphlan has devised a novel
arrangement of alarm clock and phon
ograph combined, which not only
wakes blm In the morning, but tells
him why he should arise. Tho spring .
which starts the alarm starts a mo
ment later a phonographic attachment,
which says: "Get up, you lazy loafer!
It's 7 o'clockl"
Gout Worse Than Wooden Legs.
"There's a poor man nt the door.
sir, 'as two wooden legs, sir, and
says, sir, would you bo good enough.
sir, to "
"You go back and tell the poor man
with tbo two wooden legs that he'
blamed lucky. Tell him I've got tbs
gout In both feet." Hoston Qlobe.
Aluminum.
Aluminum Is superior to any slone
for shnrpenlng cutlery.
Don't look for nralse: the more
pralso you get, the harder the reac
tion will be.
Some neonle are so mean that ther
can Insult with a compliment