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NLY A FARMER’S
DAUGHTER
MRS. FORRESTER.
e
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—that was the poach
Mr. Hastings did not answer for the
moment; but his eyes were fixed on Fen­
ners face. The miserable coward took
courage from his opponent's silence, and
tried to force a sneer.
I suppose you thought to trump up
some lie against me.” he continued; "but
a fine gentleman's word isn't quite enough
in these days to transport an honest
man."
"No.” acquiesced Errol, quietly; "it
wants proof."
\'8' ' •c*,oe«l Fenner, "it wants proof."
"Shall I give it first to you or the mag-
istrates?” asked Mr. Hastings, coolly,
"I know nothing about it: it's a trump-
ed-up lie. I defy you!" cried the farmer,
savagely.
Mr. Hastings kept his temper admira­
bly: he did not even raise his voice.
"Stop a moment." he said. “1 have
something to tell you: if any of my details
are wrong, you can correct me. The
gamekeeper. White, had a very pretty
sister called Sophy, who was a sesm-
stress, and worked for your mother."
Fenner started uneasily.
"You promised to marry her." proceed­
ed Errol, coldly. "She appealed to you to
keep your word, and you laughed in her
face. She turned in her misery to her
brother, and he met you and thrashed
you in the lanes. Is it not so?"
I enner s teeth chattered, but he ddi not
speak.
"Y’ou told no one of your meeting,”
Errol went on, "but you remained in bed,
and said you had an attack of rheuma­
tism. One day when you knew White
would pass alone through the Holton
woods, you hid yourself, with your gun.
and waited for hint."
The wretch was brought to bay at last,
through the information which Hawkins
had imparted to Errol.
"Have mercy on me, air!” he gasped,
almost inarticulately. "1'11 do anything
you tell me.”
"Sit down on that chair, then," said
Mr. Hastings, sternly, "and copy what
is on that piece of paper."
Fenner walked trembling to tho table,
and sat down. His hand shook so that
he could scarcely hold the pen that was
thrust into it. He leaned back for a mo­
ment, wiped the cold sweat from bis
brow, and began:
"1 apologize to you. Miss Eyre, for the
anxiety and annoyance 1 have caused you.
and I solemnly swear never again from
this time to molest or injure you in any
way, either by word or deed.
"THOMAS FENNER.”
"I have just one word of caution to give
you before you go,” said Errol, in a
quick, rasping tone of contempt.
tho
wisest thing you can do is to be off from
these parts as soon as you can settle your
affairs. I am not the only person who
knows the cowardly assassin of poor
White, and as long as any trace of you
is left you are at his mercy and mine.
Ami now, you spying, murderous hound,
begone, while I still have power to re-
strain myself from kicking you out of the
house!”
(To be continued.!
/
CHAPTER VI.
Champion!’ Mr. Hastings »aid, scarcely
Most ot the guests bad left Hazell believing he heard aright.
Tour:; and only Lord Harold Erskine and
My mother wa« hi» daughter!** and
Mr I.e Marchant remained. It was the with a proud, passionate gesture, Wini-
fourth day after the ball, and Mr. Hast- the gate. He felt as if brain, heart and
,„Sa was alone that evening. At seven limb were puralyaed by what he had just
o'clock he strolled toward the woods. He heard.
told himself he hoped he should not meet
Sir Howard's granddaughter! Then
Miss Eyre: it would be so awkward, so that accounted for the breeding whl< h
unpleasant; and yet he went in the direc­ nail so puzzled him, and there was in
tion that she always took on her return truth no reason why he should not make
frsiui the cottage, and at the very hour he her his wife. If he could only have
knew she should pass. When Errol saw known that before.
-. And Flora Champien
Champion
Winifred coming along slowly and sadly and Reginald? They knew it, t. and con­
con-
through the woods he could no longer cealed it from him
all —
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while. Lady
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conceal from himself the delight he expe­ Grace Farquhar must have known it—
rienced at seeing her again.
all his servants, and everyone who lived
Winifred appeared unconscious of him in the neighborhood; and yet some
until she came close to the gate, and then strange fatality had conspired to keep
,he looked up with an air of cool indif­ him in ignorance of a fact it would have
ference that might have befitted the best- sealed his happiness to know. It was too
bred woman in Europe. Errol did not late now. He knew her pride; he knew
open the gate, but put his hand across to that if he had the crowns and the wealth
"Miss
her. She affected not to see it.
’* “
',i" of India to offer her, she would reject
Eyre,” he said, "will you not eveu take him in scorn now.
And she had loved him dearly, he knew
my hand ?’
"No, I thank you." answered YY’inifred, that, or she would never have suffered
coldly; "I do not choose to be known one his kisses on her lipa, or looked lovingly
into his face with those sweet brown
day and unnoticed the next.”
"What do you mean, Mias Eyre? I do eyes. He felt maddened by his thought«,
by the recollection of what was, aud what
not understand you.”
"I mean this, Mr. Hastings; we have might have been. And he turned his
met several times, and I was foolish steps homeward, not lingeringly, not
enough to imagine that it was on equal hopefully, as he had come, but swiftly,
terms until you reminded me by passing half mad with crushing despair.
me unnoticed with your high-born friends,
that you were the lord of the manor, and
CHAPTER VII.
I only a farmer’s daughter.”
The next evening just as Errol Hast­
"Miss Eyre," be said, quickly, “it is im­ ings and bis friends bad finished dinuer
possible you should attribute motives so a servant brought in a note to the mas­
ter. It was from Winifred Eyre, and
false and mean to me.”
“Why impossible?” Winifred asked. “I read as follows:
know nothing of you. Mr. Hastings.”
"Y’ou will perhaps guess that only very
Her self-command in this speech was urgent need induces me to hold commu­
wonderful, for .her heart was fluttering nication with you after—after what pass­
tumultuously, as a woman’s heart always ed last night. Your words were over­
does when she is saying a bitter thing to heard by Mr. Fenner, an intentional spy.
the man she loves. There was silence whom a short time since I refused to mar­
for a moment, and then she said quietly: ry. He came to me this afternoon, and
“Will you let me pass. Mr. Hastings?” threatens that if I still persist in my re­
“No,” he cried suddenly and passionate­ fusal to become his wife he will publish
ly, "you shall not pass until you have the story to the neighborhood. I ask of
you to find some means of action that will
recalled those words.”
"Then I must retrace my steps," Wini­ insure the silence of this man, and protect
me from a marriage which I dread more
fred said, looking at his defiantly.
than death. Mr. Fenner insists on my
He seized her hand.
“You shall not go until you tell TOP answer being given in three days. If you
why you are so bitter and angry with me have one impulse of generosity left, you
will help me."
to-day.”
As Errol read the note an imprecation
"I am not angry or bitter,” she quickly
EXCITING TIMES.
replied, forcing back the rebellious tears. burst from his lips that made both his
friends look up suddenly.
"Only---- ”
"Why, Errol!” exclaimed Mr. Ix? Mar­ What Would no Engineer Do in Cose
"Only what?”
of r Colliwion«
"Do not torture me, Mr. Hastings” ex­ chant, “what is the matter?”
Mr. Hastings recovered himself ain a
In the St. Nicholas Cleveland Moffett
claimed Winifred. “It is cruel, unmanly
tells many good stories about the loco­
of you. Let me go! I will not tell you.” moment.
"I beg your pardon," he said, smiling: motive engineer and his experiences.
"But you shall tell me!” he said, still
I naked if an engineer plans ahead
keeping hold of her hand, and there wus “I was rather annoyed at the moment.
what he will do in a collision. It seem
a dangerous light in his eyes that made A letter front a refractory tenant.”
"Ah!” said Arthur i.e Marchant, witlp ed reasonable that a man always tin­
her half afraid of him.
"I do not wish to tell you—you force a smiling glance at the envelope which der such menace would have settled
lay on the table; "lady tenants are al­ Ills mind on some protqiective action.
me to it!” she cried.
“I will not stir from here except you ways the most troublesome."
All the evening Mr. Hastings seemed But they laughed at the idea, and de­
tell me.”
clared that an engineer cun no more
Winifred's voice was half choked with absent and unusually silent, and when tell how he will act In an emergency
excitement as she answered: "Then hear the two other men went out for a stroll
than the ordinary citizen can suy what
it. I hate you! You have been cruel, in­ on the terrace he did not join them.
“
Excuse
me
for
half
an
hour,"
he
said.
be would do in a lire, or how he would
considerate, unjust to me.”
“I have some business to transact, and meet a burglar. One engineer would
"I?" said Errol.
Jump, another would stick to Ids throt­
“Yes. you. You tried to make a simple, will follow you.”
When they were go«e ité rang the bell, tle. and the chances of being killed
inexperienced, country girl care for you.
me at once.” and a were as good one way as the other.
with your refinement and fascinations; i “Send Letsom to the
old servant came
anil when you succeeded you despised her minute afterward
The only thing a man wonhlu't do Is
for her folly, ami turned away from her hurrying.
Mr. Hastings, “do you reverse his engine, for that would
"Letsome,
”
said
contemptible simplicity to the woman
uame of Fenner make the driver slip, and set the whole
who. from her birth and station, was know anyone ot the
business to skating ahead.
I hereabouts?”
worthy of your real love.”
Letsom. “There's
The mention of a burglar Irtl one of
"Winifred! Miss Eyre!” exclaimed ' “Yes. sir,” answered
I
a
farmer
of
that
name
lives
two
miles
the
newcomers to tell of William I’ow-
Errol, "how can you have mistaken me
here, up at Chalk Farm."
ell's adventure with some Slug SIng
so? Do you imagine there is anyone in from
“What do you know about him?"
convicts. Powell was the oldest engl-
the world hut yourself for whom I care?”
"Well, sir, I can't say as I know much,
"Yes, for your betrothed. Miss Cham­ but 1 have heard more lately being In neer on the New Y'ork Central.
On one occasion four or five convict«
pion, Mr. Hastings.”
conjunction with Miss Eyre.
It was
"I am neither betrothed to Miss Cham­ Hawkins as told me; he was that angry outwittisl the guards by dropping from
pion nor yet to any other woman," he one night because he heard as Fenner a trestle uihoi the tender of a moving
exclaimed, quickly.
was a-eourtin’ Miss Eyre. ‘I'll spoil his locomotive, and the first thing the en­
“Do not attempt to deceive me any fur­ sport, if I bear any more.' says he; 'but gineer knew he was set upon by a
ther,” Winifred said, with a flush of an­ I'm not afraid that a lady like Miss Eyre band of desperate men. who covered
ger. "Your relations with Miss Cham­ 'nd demean herself to such as him.' "
him and his fireman with revolvers.
pion can scarcely tie doubtful, after your
“What did Hawkin» mean whon he said
"out you go now, q»iyk." said the
opening the ball with her before all your he’d spoil Fenner's sport it fie wanted
convicts; “we'll run this engine our­
grand friend«.”
to marry Miss Eyre?”
"Miss Eyre,” he said, gravely, “will you
“I don’t know. I'm sure, str; but he selves.”
The engine was No. 105, Powell'«
•crept my solemn assurance that 1 have seemed quite mad alsuit it, and talked
not asked Miss Champion to be my wife, like as if he knew something bad about pride and ]>et. and he could not l>ear
and that I have no intention of doing so? Fenner. I thought perhaps it was only to have unregenerate hands laid upon
There Is only one woman in the world talk, though, because he sets such a deal her. so lie »i>oke up very politely: "Let
that I love, and I love her with all the on Miss Eyre.”
me run her for you. gentlemen; I'll go
passion of my soul. Because ahe is so
“Send Hawkins to my room at ten wherever you say.”
dear to me, I am going to leave my coun­ o’clock to-morrow,” said Mr. Hastings;
They agrtssl to this, and some dis­
try. and the home for which I have •‘I want to ask him about the partridges:"
longed, and 1 am going to be a wanderer and Mr. Hastings rose and went to join tance down the line left the engine and
departed into (j>e woods. “And the Joke
again on the face of the earth."
his friends on the terrace.
of It was.” concluded the narrator,
"Yon are going away?” cried Winifred,
The following morning there was a low
in a tremulous voice.
tap at the door, and Hawkins, the game­ "that the revolvers of those convicts
“Yes, I am going away from country, keeper. entered Mr. Hastings' room. A had were made of wood painted black,
home and friends, because, being near long conversation followed, as a result and couldn’t shoot any more than the
her, I cannot control my passionate long­ of which Mr. Hastings sent the follow­ end of a broom! It was a big bluff
ing for her; I cannot tear my thoughts ing note to Fenner:
they had played. but it worked."
from her. or bring myself to look with
"Sir—Be g-xsl enough to call upon me
"Wasn't any bluff when Denny Cns-
love or admiration on any other woman.” this afternoon, at three o'clock. I have sin got held up at Sing Sing,” Wild an­
The gate was open now. and Mr. Hast­ to speak to you on important business.
other engineer, "Convicts had revol­
ings had taken Winifred in his arms.
"ERROL HASTINGS.
vers all right that trip, and Denny
"My darling." he whispered, “do you
“Hazell Court."
know who that woman is?"
At half-past three Mr. Fenner rang at threw up his hands same as any man
Winifred was confused, surprised, the door of Hazell Court. It was opened would. It was right at the Sing Sing
ashamed, and yet withal a tumultuous joy immediately, and he was escorted through station, and three of 'em Jumped Into
overshadowed her whole being. Then the grand hall, along a corridor, an.) up the cab all of n sudden, and told Denny
this fairy tale was true, after all, and some steps into Mr Hastings' private to open her np. and he did- Indeed!
this splendid, gallant knight was at her room. Errol was sitting at his writing Then they told him to Jump, and he
feet in all truth and sincerity.
table when Fenner entered. He merely- did-Indeed! Then they told him to
"Winifred," be said, passionately, “look looked np and continued his letter. Tom
into my eyes, and tell me that you love Fenner felt very savage; he would have jump, and he Jumped; but first he man
aged to fix her tank-valve« so she'd
me.”
liked to throw himself with a swagger
^he raised her beautiful, shy brown into one of the chairs, but he did not pump herself full of water and stop
•yes to his. and he bent down and kissed dare. There was something in Errol s before she'd gone far. That was Den­
b»r so fondly, so tenderly, that she could look, and something in his own servile ny's great »«heme. and he walked
»o longer doubt his truth, And then fear of rank, that made him afraid to along, laughing to think how mad
there w«« « silence, a long silence, for
those convict» would be.
a liberty.
the spell of the day dream seemed too take
Presently Mr. Hastings looked up an I
“It turned out, though, that penny
sweet to be broken by words.
spoiled a nl<e trap they'd laid up at
said:
"Miss Eyre!*' he said finally,
"I have sent for you to tell you that Tarrytown to catch those fellows w hen
cannot marry you.
I dare not
I object to the way in which you have
your forgiveness, but you must listen annoyed Miss Eyre lately, and to request they got there. You see, the telegraph
to me for one moment.
The flrst
operator wired up the line that a runa­
time I saw yon ( loved yon, and every that you will discontinue it.”
way locomotive was coming with three
Tom
Fenner
felt
be
was
getting
very
time that we bare met since I have loved
escaped
convlnx-ts on her. nnd the
y'-n more »nt more, until at last I almost savage.
insoient- train-dispatcher at Tarrytown Just «et
'And suppose." he
"It as if existence without yon Was im-
hen'f
the swlt’ h so the locomotive would sail
at «t>'
ble I resolved to leave England— iy “that I say I »han' Hastings
, qniet« plump over a twelve-foot stone em­
Very well." said M
' ’broad, somewhere where I should
"then J will order nv b'ir!»«*. and r» bankment down into the Hudson Riv­
moved from the temptation of seeing
ind to Air. Lenoox. nn<1 tell h im you er. That's what would have happened
hearing of you. But to-day. when 1
i the scoondrel whe ibot Tom White, to those convicts If Ilenny had left hl»
yon coming toward me, all my
years ago io tbe tank-valve alone, but. of course, sw got
rhe
gamekeeper,
ng*h failed me. Do yon know that
iLdton
woods.
”
’*t>turies back my race have suffer
isirels. be turned so water-logged long before she reach­
Fenner started
-or one rash vow? Time after time
a,ben
white
and
trembled
in every limb. ed Tarrytown; she Jn«t kicked out her
.
have sacrificed their love, their
“
Oh.
sir!"
be
cried,
in
agony
of fear. cylinder-ends a few miles np the track
'
*° It, and I dared not be the first
as
soon
as
be
could
speak,
don
t do nd stopp ssl. Then the convict« cllmb-
resk it by marrying one who. though
d down and sklj>pe<l «way. Two of
*
___ ___,
F erial. nay. my superior in «11 e:«e. that!"
And then all of * «ml-len be recovered 'em got caught afterward, tmt one they
aa .»ne»th me 1« rank. I must go away.
himself,
If and looked at tbe man who bad never caught.
* *
fnr»*t you."
«ir of dogged de­
. ^’»••th y<mr cried Winifred, with confronted him with
The Greek«, after exerciainf. «Iway»
___
.
V* u*' ln‘''rB*Bt eye»—"beneath yon. fiance.
"I didn't know wbat you meant at tne «nnotnted their bodie» wltk perfumed
Hast nr,?
Fi„ra Cham-
,^2* * worthy bride, aad am I not eqnal.y minute." be m M. P»> to tbe lip«: "I oil. aotnetlme» performing thl» «nmni
» Ing threw or four time» • day.
,*J7*»ddaoghter of Sir Howard’" © thought it «»• »omething •!•• •
(raaddanghter of Sir Howard know aaytblag «boat Tom White« »fl».«
MANY ATTRACTIONS FOR POLITICIANS
IN POSITION 01 UNITED STATES SENATOR
J
J. INGALLS, of Kansas, once stated that the office of I'n ted States
S< ugtor was the most attractive post under the government t
preuie prize of American politic» the Presidency uot excepted
Ingalls wus uot the only man who held that opinion. In the cloak
room of the Senate a few days ago the reasons w hy the office of Seuator was
such a desirable position were subject of au animated dlseussiou between
a group of Senators.
"One of the reasons that the office is so much sought after." said a
Western Seuator. "is that Its comparative fixity of tenure gives service in
the upper branch of Congress a powerful charm for men of ambition, its
desirability may la» Inferred from the action of mau.v of the Legislatures in
the last few months which have had Senators to elect. Within the last few­
weeks l’latt. of New York; Fairbanks, of Indiana; Spooner, of Wisconsin;
Teller, of Colorado; Platt, of Connecticut, and Allison, of Iowa, were re­
elected for the term beginning this year.
"The only Instance known of a man resigning bls seat In the Senate to
enter the House was that furnished by Henry Clay. The relative attractive­
ness of the two branches of Congress has radically changed since that time,
however, and there are several reasons why the post of a Senator 1s far more
desirable thau that of a Representative, although the salary Is no greater.
“The post of Seuator carries with It a social prestige which is wanting in
that of a Representative- The term is much longer, the chamlier Is smaller,
and. therefore, each of Its members Is able to commaud a greater share of
the country'« attention than falls to the lot of the average Representative.
In addition to this the «cope of the Senate's activity because of its power
over treaties and Presidential nominations Is broader than that of tho
house; it has Isen able to usurp, through its power of amendment, the pre­
rogative primarily lielouglng to the House of originating revenue bills, and
the freedom of debate which It enjoys gives a chance for all of Its members
to assert themselves. Perhaps this Is one of the reasons why lawyers of
the first rank, like Senator Daniel, of Y’lrglnla. and Spooner. of Wisconsin,
enjoying a lucrative practice in their respective States, have been willing
to give up their large private Income to accept a seat In the Senate, which
I>ays but a small fraction of the money they could undoubtedly earn ou the
outside.
"It may also acconnt for the fact that men of the very highest talent
and reputation have lieen anxious to accept Senatorial honors In cases where
their private Income Is sufficient to place them above the ordinary struggles
of life."—Louisville Courier Journal.
I
Science
vention
be. considering the extreme fragility
of cut glass, is not the last state of
the housekeeper worse than the Brat?
But It Is folly to look far ahead.
Save your dimes now and you may b*
able to afford cut glass chimneys when
they come In fashion.—Philadelphia
Ledger.
The late surveys of the English coast
BETTING ON WATCHES.
show a loss of land of forty thousand
acres since UNIT, although In I some Advice of a Jeweler Who Decides the
places, as at New Romney, the •olid
Wasera.
ground Inis been pushed out two I miles
In the windows of nearly all the
or more lu the sea.
big retail Jewelry stores down town
The city of Toronto counts on get- are chronometers. In fact, the chron­
ting 125,1X10 horse-power from Niagara ometer has become the most valuable
Falls, although its distance from the part of the window display.
great cataract is ninety miles. The
Two prosperous-looking men, after
electric current Is to be carried the en- comparing watches the other day with
tire distance from the generatlug one of these chronometers, were
plaut, which will be constructed on to go Inside the store and a few
the Canadian side, by cables supported utes later to reappear. As they tlld
on a double pole line.
so one of the men passed a roll of
Evidences of the favorable action of bills to the other. Then they laughed
X-rays u|s>n lupus and cancer contin­ •hook hands, and separated.
The Jeweler stood Inside and smiled.
ues to Increase. The action Is not yet
"It's funny." he said, “how many
understood, one theory being that It
kills the bacteria, while a more prob­ people there are In this world who
able suggestion Is that the Intlamma- have the betting fever and how fool­
tlon set up brings an accumulation of ishly they risk their money. These
phagocytes and leucocytes, and these two men are samples. Before the day
"scavenger" cells attack and destroy Is over I've no doubt half a dozeu more
w ill be In to get me to decide similar
the morbid tissues.
Excessive muscular development Is beta. Every day we have some.
"What did they bet on? Why.
pronounced by an experienced physi­
cian to be not only unnecessary, but the nearness of their watches to the
positively dangerous. On ceasing ath­ correct time, Of course, two men who
letic training, which every persou make such a bet have the betting
must do sooner or later, the system hunch to liegln with. Then they're
adapts Itself very slowly to ngw con­ also stuck on the watches they carry.
“There was the difference of two
ditions, and digestive and liver trou­
bles are very liable to follow. The seconds between the watches In tho
great lungs, not needed In sedentary case you just noticed, but on that
work, degenerate, often leading to con- $25 changed hands. I’ve known it to
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be ns high as a hundred.
■umptlon.
"The difference between any
The bacteria mining lamp of Prof. watches
is rarely less than a
Hans Mollsch, of Prague, consists of
It's generally more.
second,
a glass Jar lined with a compound of
when n bet Is made men generally
saltpetre and gelatine, previously Inoc­
want the Jeweler to decide It, and. of
ulated with luminous bacteria. In this
course, we're always willing, 1 guess
culture the bacteria showed enormous
quite a few thousands have changed
Increase. In two days a bluish green
hands on my decisions by tills time.
light tllhMl the Jar. sufficiently brilliant
"A man will get a watch abroad
to show faces two yards away, and to
ami pay big money for It. He'll meet
enable a person to read large type,
a friend who has bought one of the
otto
and thia light remained for «everal
crack American watches, and if
days, gradually fading away In about
they've got the sporting Instinct a bet
a fortnight. The light la cold and
will almost invariably follow a com­
quite safe In mines filled with the
parison of the watches.
moat dangerous gases.
J ¡di’
"Perhaps both men have set their
All readers of Scott's novels must watches that day or the day before,
vividly remember the Peak of Derby­ and ao are willing to wager all the
shire. This elevated region Is to be money they’ve got with them, and
made a source of water supply for that's often a big roll.
"When one of them finds that hla
A mingling of delicate and austere effects shows In the new high turn­ four cltlen—Sheffield. Derby, Notting
over llneu collars which are ornamented with embroidered or woven In dots ham nnd Leicester. The gathering watch. Instead of being almost with
In white or color and a single or double row of hemstitching alsuit the edges. ground of the water Iles from 500 to the chronometer, la. suy, twenty five
Other linen turnover collars come In uncompromising plainness. Some of the 2,070 feet above sea level, and covers seconds out he's the most surprised
models have a peri>endlcular buttonhole near the edge of each flap In front. fifty square miles. Y'lrtually, the en­ man In the world.
"A man who bets on a watch, al­
Through these buttonholes a link clasp Is slipped. Low rolling Byron collars tire sources of the rtver Derwent will
are popular for sporting costumes, as they permit perfect freedom for the be collected, but one-third of the water though he may think he's betting on
throat and at the same time have a neat, trim appearance. A linen collar must be restored to the river to pro­ the surest thing In the world. Is bet­
which has attained popularity In Paris Is a stiff, clerical band, fastening with tect vested Interests along Its course. ting on something more uncertain than
two studs at the l>aek. The scarf Is tied about the base of the collar. The The cost Is estimated nt $50,000,000. a race horse. You can tell generally
tie which Is, as a rule, worn with the stiff linen collar Is the long scarf of soft A temporary town, with houses of gal­ when the horse Isn’t going to run well,
silk crape or the new linen gauze. Ismg scrafs are the prevailing neckties. vanized Iron lined with match-board, but you can't tell that about your
•
There are, Indeed, comparatively few stiff mannish ties to wear with linen nnd w ith a school, a church, a hospital watch.
and a concert hall, has been construct­
“I wouldn't het on the correctnena
collars. Even ascots are softly crossed or the ends merely looped over each
ed for the nrmy of laborers, who will ofmytlmefrom here to the next block,
other. The Windsor tie, with Its loose, free bow or soft kuot. Is a favorite.
be employed for a dozen years. There In Just Hint dis «.nee the innlnsprlug
are to be five reservoirs with an aggre­ might develop tl e weakness that no
gate capacity of MMKM,OOOuOOO gallons. test thus far devls**d can detect when
The project of climbing the loftiest It's made, and your 'catch Is off. Then
mountain on tlie earth, Mount Ever­ you lose your money If you’re foolish
est, In the Himalayas, whose tremen- enough to bet on what you thought was
dous head rlses. according to trlgo- a sure thing.”—Chicago Inter Ocean.
nometrlcal m.asureinents, 29.002 feet
FEAR8 CONDUCTOR’S PUNCH.
above sea level, has uow reached a
stage Immediately antecedent to the Maaaanger Boy Who ‘‘Flips’* Htreet
actual attempt. A party, lol by Mr.
Cars Is Getting Warr.
Eckensteln, an experienced climber,
The street car conductor’s punch Is
has set out for the foot of the great becoming the uemesia of the messen­
peak.
Several celebrated mountain
ger boys who "flip" the care. Th»
climbers have expressed the opinion
conductor snatches a cap from a mes­
that the feat Is feasible, but only by
sage carrier's head, punches a hole
the method of gradual ascent, whereby
In the visor, and the work Is done,
the adventurers may become Inured to
That little hole In the bill of the cap
the effects of a rare atmosphere.
Is a tell-tale mark, and when the em-
Months ami even years may be spent
ploy era see It they know the boy has
In ascending to higher and higher lev­
been hitching ou to the street cars.
els, a long pause being made after ev­
The use of the punch for tagging
ery considerable advance. The highest
the "flippers” has made ths young­
ascent now on record la Hint of Acon­
sters deadly enemies of the street-
cagua, In the Andes, the elevation of
railway men. and has incidentally en­
MIt. AND MRS. OSCAR WEBER AND CHILDREN.
which Is 23. OHO feet, 5,9112 feet, or more
riched the curbstone vernacular by two
Oacar Welter, of Atlantic City, proves his belief In the "Rooseveltan the­ than a mile, less than the height of
picturesque names.
One la "nickel
ory" by striving to pound out a living ai a cabinet maker for a family of Everest.
snatcher,” a name given to the con­
thirteen children, ten of whom are toys. By strict attention to detail and
ductor, and the otilo» la “*(re biter,'*
SAVE THE LAMP CHIMNEYS.
Indomitable ambition Wetter has succeeded In giving all of them educational
$ls ths messengers have dubbed tbo
advantages and none of them has gone to bed hungry. The oldest child Cars Will Prsvsnt Much Breakage and gripman.
has reached the ad-anced age of 26. and the youngest Is half past three.
Conarquant Kspanas.
The other night three "flippers'*
Welter was liora In Saxony and hla wife la a Bohemian, but neither of
We are asaured by a contemporary were “hitching on” to a North Clark
them la worrying on that account. In fact they are lioth well satisfied with that the breaking of lamp chimneys street cable car. While one of the
the Institutions of their adopted country. The accompanying picture of the Is mainly due to unequal expansion
Imys was watching the conductor the
family la a chip shy. as one child was away from boms when the camera and that this can be remedied hy snak­ gripman reached out hla long arm
wa-s trained on the group.
ing perpendicular cuts all around ths and lifted the boy's cap from hla head.
"bulging part” of the chimney with He handed the cap to the conductor,
a diamond ring.
saying: “Put your mark on It.”
They
were
considered
more
ornamental
No Street Car Heats for Her.
Well, really! Why did no one think
“Naw, gimme it,” yelled the boy.
"lA>ts of funny things happen right than useful. In the colder climate of of this simple remedy uutll now. when
“Doncher punch It. You want to get
along on these cars." said a conductor northern Europe they became a neces­ lamps burn blue, and, Indeed are in
me fired? 1 ain’t done nothin'.”
on the Fourteenth street line to a pas­ sity. and the manufacture of them be­ danger of going out forever before the
The conductor set the Jaws of the
senger, one day last week. "See the came a recognized employment In the radiance of the gnrlsh electric light?
punch over the visor, and the mes­
large woman standing liurtde?” he <-on- twelfth century, when they were fash­
The beauty of the suggestion Iles senger set up a wall. He knuckled hla
tlnued, using ids index finger. "'Well, ioned chiefly of cloth. In the reign of
In Its extreme practicability and Its eyes and cried like a baby.
Edward
II.
they
assumed
a
reaem-
she boarded my car at the Treasury,
ready utllzatlon of the means at hand.
The conductor placed the boy's cap
and unless somebody leaves the car blance of those now worn. At the
It la so simple, ao convenient. Ev- I wick on hla head, took him by the
I'm of the opinion she'll be standing courts of Spain and Italy they were
erybody owns diamonds and every­ coat collar, and set him down in the
when we reach Mount Pleasant, and fashioned of silk and were made enor-
body wants to save dimes. Home peo­ street. When he was safely out of the
niously
large.
all for her treatment of a poor, timid
ple will urge that they have to work clutches of the “nickel snatcher," aa
little man who failed to resign hla seat
so han! directing trust companies and he called the conductor, be lifted hla
Lesson» from the Bee.
to her. a space that she could not have
The bee teaches us to be Industrious. checking off the social calendar that cap off bls head and carefully exam-
occupied to save her life, and she knew
they do not have time to alt down lng It to see If the punch had taken
It; but some women. In order to make No bee ever shirks hla work.
He teaches us to I* loyal and olterl- once a week or ao and scratch lamp out a bite. When he saw It was all
men occupying seats feel uncomforta­
chimneys. Their course, however, Is right he clapped it liack on his head
ble, will do anything from smother enL Bees obey and love the queen
perfectly clear, They must provide and "hitched on" to the rear end of the
who
rules
them.
Ing them with their aggressive bundles
They teach ua to t>e fond of otw the butler with a set of diamonds and last rar, yelling “wire biter” and
down to «landing on their feet, all of
let him attend to this economy.
“nickel snatcher” at the gripman and
which this woman bad tortured the llt- homes. No bee leaves bls borne ex-
What a burden Is removed from the conductor.—Chicago Inter Ocean.
tie man with, and she Anally was the cept for a time If he can help It
They teach tia to be clean. Nothing shoulders of the ordinary housekeeper,
cause of sending the whole car into
A New-Fangled Alarm (Took.
roars of laughter. Wltb the woman. can be cleaner than the home of the No more worry over breaking lamp
A Philadelphian has devised a novel
chimneys, A few flourishes with her arrangement of alarm clock and phon­
standing In front of him and swinging bee.
They •how much sympathy or kind diamond and she has Insured herself ograph combined, which not only
on to a strap, the little man tried to get
up. and. as the large woman thought, fellow feeling for each other In dla- against every chance except the llght- wakes him In the morning, but tella
to offer her his seat at last. Quite loud tress, and will never leave a friend In beadednesa of the hired girl.
him why he should arise. The spring
There are people, of course, who will which starts the alarm starts s mo­
enough for every one to hear, she said, trouble without trying to help him.
carry thia thing to excess. They will ment later a phonographic attachment,
They are Tory early risers.
wltbcompletesatlsfactlon and In a tone
not be satisfied with perpendicular which says: "Get up, you lazy loaferl
They deMght In fresh air.
calculated to freeze anything: fth. I
They are very peaceful, and seldom cuts. Oh. no! They will begin to Itch It’s 1 o'clock!"
Insist that you keep your seat. air. I
for triangles and asterisks snd chrys­
have stood for ten squares, and I guess quarrel or light among themselves.
anthemum patterns The daughter of
hoat Worse This Wooden Leg*.
1 can stand the rest of the way.’ and
Potatoes In Manitoba.
the house will quit pyrography to ex­
"There's a poor man at the door,
he was fairly shoved back Into hisseat.
The Manitoba potato cr<»p amounted pend her artistic yearnings on the dec­ air, 'as two wooden legs, sir, and '•
Very soon be tried to get up again. T
to
3.450.325
bushels
and
the
root
crop oration of the lamp chimneys, and as, •ays. sir, would you be good enough,
explained to you. air. that I am per­
fectly able to stand, and would not to 3.23o.'.flt5 bushelq. There are 1.M24 of course, fancy cuts cannot be achiev­ sir, to-------- ”
thrashing outfits in the province.
ed with any old kind of a diamond It
“You go back and tell the poor man
have your seat.'
will be necessary to have certain with the two wooilen legs that ha’«
" ’But.' cried the little man. 'I want
Indiana Mew Are Tallent.
to get off,' and everybody laughed but
The men of Indiana are taller than styles for certsln cuts, so thst a reg­ blamed lucky. Tell him I've got th«
the large woman.”—Washington Post those of any other Ntate or nation In ular outfit for a lamp chimney dec­ gout in both feet.”- Boston Globe.
the world. Thia Is sbowu by army rec­ orator will probably cost several thou­
Alsmissm.
sand dollars. Shades will go out of
Atoc kings.
ords.
Aluminum Is superior to any stono
fashion
in
order
to
show
off
ornats
flaw many readers are familiar with
for sharpening cutlery
"You are too good for me." a woman
the history and origin of the most says. In the flrat days of their engage­ lamp chimneys. Fierce rivalry will
common articles they dally use? We ment; and after a while be begins to develop In tbs fashionable set and
Don't look for praise; the mor*
common people will go mad on the sub­
eat. drink, wear without thinking believe it. and looks further.
praise you get, the barder the reac­
ject
and
the
manufacturers
will
take
whence or wherefore, fltocklnga were
tion will be.
known among the Romans more than
We have noticed that In a shooting the matter np and the first thing we
Rome people are on mean that the»
1^00 years ago. aa la proved by paint affray one doesn't hare to read far to know we shall see cut glass chimneys
can insult with a compliment
on
the
market.
The
question
then
will
Inga found In the ruins of Pompdl come acr'jes the word Tors."
A MINGLING OF DELICATE AND AUSTERE
EFFECTS IN THE HIGH TURN-OVER COLLARS.
NO RACE SUICIDE IN THIS FAMILY