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issmmm- . r. rl By Order A Story of Russian Power MARCUS EASTLAKE Bj CHAPTER XIII. I look around me and ahlver. The olid masonry of the wall It ootlug with damp, which enTelop m. cnttra my lungs, and literally permeatea my being, drowning my spirits, lowering my rl tallty and extinguishing hope In my breast A warden brings me my allowance of bread and a Jar of water. lie Infortni me that I can hare tea If I choose to pay for It, and shrug hta shoulders when I tell htm that I haTeno money. On lighting my lamp he leave me. After a while I itretch myaelf on the bed, where I lie tarlng at the llfht. At timet I rroan aloud, I wring my hand, whilst the aweat of anguish pour from my body. And thu the night wrart way the ghattly, fevered night, whose hour seem to lengthen out mors and more at they crawl toward the pale dawn. To-day It little more than a wretched repetition of yesterday, only I feel It lest. I hare become apathetic. I hare loit the mental energy to thlnle strongly. For hour I sit on one spot and more not, or I stand at the grated window gating vacantly at the rircr aud the patting craft About midday the sky darkens and It begin to rain. It It a straight, steady land-rain without wind, and the monot onous patter of the drops on the water comes to me, mingled with the creaking of the rafts aud the husky calls of the boatmen. After my midday meal they take me to walk for a quarter of an hour In a court that Is partly corrred In, and again I shake off my apathy to obserre the facet of the two gendarmes who pace at each tide of me. They are stolidity personified. My eyea dart now at an official, now at a passing warden, with a rague hope that the Cossack may throw himself In my way and glre me a IgnlQcaut glance or sign. In rain. And we are treading again the damp corri dor and the gendarmes IcaTe me In my celL The clock in the chapel tower of the prison tolls the hour of midnight. I count the strokes mechanically, sitting on the steel with my head against the humid wall. The final stroke it ttlll quiv ering hi the air when I hear a faint click. Am I dreaming, or It there really a pair of gleaming eyet looking at me through the trap in the door? It that In very truth a hand holding something to ward me? I stagger to my feet, staring with all my might The band beckons Impatiently. In two strides I am at the opening! I grasp cold, rough Iron! It Is a file! A face la advanced so that I can see a long drooping mustache, at black as Jet and a pair of red lipt which pronounce one word, "Work!" And the trap la doted. I clutch It, I hug it the little Instru ment that It to glre me liberty! The reaction from the deepett depths of de spair to tudden, full-fledged hope, for moment overpower me. I tlnk on the edge of the bed and find relief In a suc cession of gasping sobs. Then I get mattery of my emotion, and rise with compressed lips, burning to commence my task. First I deliberately put out the light, after which I mount the stool and work. Even when the dawn began to glimmer I dare to continue It until every bar It tawn through top and bottom, leaving only a thin, unfiled surface to the Inside, so that a tingle thrust will cans the entire grating to give way. I am examining my handiwork with comparative composure, for I have grown confident during my undisturbed labor, when the unexpected click of the opening trap makes my heart stand still with audden dismay, whilst the sweat turnt ley cold on my brow, I have, however, the pretence of mind to let the file slip tip my sleeve. I dlmjy detcrly tho point of the Cossack's black mustache thrust through the aperture. I noiselessly speed toward him. "How much have you done?" be whis per. "Finished." I whisper In reply. "Good. Give me the file." I hand It to him aud he thrusts It Into the breast of hit uniform. Again h bends down to me aud murmur the one word: To-nlgbt!" I go over to the bed, and fling myaelf on It with a tlgh of tupreme satisfaction. "It It done my Utk It finished. With a tingle thrust of my hand I can make for mytelf an outlet from thl foul den to ,Jlberty. A few hours and I ahall be free!" It I the very longest day of my life! 'And when at last the shedet begin to gather and enshroud me, I cast mytelf down on my bed utterly spent with the burden of It", and my woru-out system find relief in sleep. When I awake the lamp I burning once more, and my upper ttandt on the table. I eat up all the food that bat been brought me, at I have done systematically all day, and take a long pull of water. After which I aeat myself opposite the door and wait breathlessly, braced for the moment of action. Suddenly, without the slightest warn ing, I am startled by the grating of the key In the rusty lock, and directly thn Cossack outers; changes the key to the Inside, and locks ut In! For the first time I see my stranger friend. A tingle glance at blm lusplret me with confi dence. Bmall, almost dwarfish; meager, colorless, hit face and form are yet in stinct with energy and nerve. "Heady V" be whispers. "Quite," I respond promptly. "You can twlni?" "Like a fish." "Come then. You first; I follow. Straight across where Yerack awaits us." . I am on the ttool preparing to thrust out the grating. "Toward you! Toward you I Pull the bar Inside," whisper the Cossack. "It will uioke lest noise. Aud by all the saints, the light!" be dart to the lamp and puts It out, and 1 standing below roe ready to receive the grating from my band. Already I am drawing mytelf up to the stone edge. My bead i through the aperture when what was that? A fa miliar click! The Cossack has me by of the Czar the legs and It actually pulling m back! I hear him ay: "Ah, Just In time, Anton Autontlvltch! Not quite smart enough, ray brave. 11a, ha!" as he drag me to the ground. And while I am struggling, dated and bewildered, to my feet he hat rushed to the door, unlocked It and by the dim light that Illuminates the corridor I tee him telte aom one by the arm, Jerk that some one Into the cell and lock the door again. "Just lu time! Jnst In time to help me," I hear him repeat with a strange, wild, exultation In his voice. Then there It a short fierce straggle In the dark. The bed creaka under a falling body. A cry of "help!" that Is Instantly smothered, followed by gasps and groans. What means It? Who I the vanquish ed? I It the Cossack who lie groaning on the bed or that other oue? In vain my eager eyes try to pierce the dark nest. It Is as black as pitch. The Cos sack's voice reassures me at length. "I hare him!" he pant. Another groan and a gurgling sound. "You were going to spoil our little game what?" sa the Cossack with cutting Irony; and there It an unpleasant thud as a head belug knocked against a wait "Where are you, my brother? Come here quick!" I feel my way to ward the voice, and my hand comes In contact with the arm of the Cossack. "In my trousers pocket you will find a match box. Strike a light" he dic tates. "I must see what I am doing here." I comply, and see a ghastly sight On his back on the bed. his body convulsed, his face purple and awollen, his tongue protruding from his mouth. Is the war der. The Cossack'a fingers are tightly twisted In the collar of the prostrate man'a uniform, aud the Costack't knee Is on hit chett lie It to all appear ance! Ilfetetft. "He will tell no tales," observes the Cossack. And the smile with which he regards hit senseless foe Is truly dia bolic. "Yet he might come round. Shall I make sure?" He draws a small stiletto from the bosom of his coat and auspend It In mid-air. I stay hit band. "Slay him not." I say. "If he be really dead. God speed hla souL If the life I still In him, leave him the chance of It Ills death will not benefit us." "Humph; less trouble to have given him his quietus," he murmur, hiding away hla knife again. "We cannot leave hlra thus. We matt tie hit handt and gag him. or he might act the dogt on ut sooner than w expect" While he talks he loses no time. He produces tome strong cord from his pock et and binds the man's wrists together behind hit back. After which be pro ceeds to gag bit gaping mouth with a handkerchief. '''It it cleverly done," he chuckles. "I was quick. Yet. In an In stant I bad him! Once he bad got away to give the alarm, though we might still have escaped by the window, I would not have given the snuff of a candle for our chaucet of landing at the other tide tare Into the anna of the gendarmes. It was even the bett thing that could hare happened that he should have come; for now, I reckon, they will not be likely to find out that the bird baa flown be fore S In the morning, and by then they will find It a difficult task to get near enough to him to atrew aalt on hit tall." While apeaklng hit quick, ncrvoua fin gers are busy tying the knot at the back of his victim' head. "There now, thou art fixed up war ranted not to go off!" be continue apos trophlxlng the Insensible man. "Adieu, my friend, and a good recovery! And now out with the light and let u (tart Yerack will think that all i lost In less than fire minute I am clear ing the cold, black water, striking out blindly for the opposite shore. In my rear comet the Contact, gasplug and spluttering. The river Is not wide, and I already feel the bank. Groping for a bold, my hand comes in contact with a branch, by which 1 pull myself up. The Cos sack It close on my heels. "Catch bold of this branch!" I whis per, bending It down to where I hear blm gasping. Bo hastily is it snatched from me that I almost lost my balance. I recover my telf to find a dark object rising at my feet "Onward!" he pantt, taking the lead. A little more scrambling, and we are on the road. The Cossack hurries me along a few paces. Then a form steps out from the trees and silently confronts ut. It it Yerack! CHAPTER XIV. My companion utters oue word In a language unknown to me, and Yerack retreats into the black gloom of the tree. There Is a stamping of horses and the muflled rolling of well-greased wheels. My sight baring grown accus tomed to the darkness, I con make -out a "troika" and tome sort of vehicle as they emerge ou the road. We quickly climb Into the latter, which prores to be a cart laden with sacks of wool. Yerack springs to the teat In front, and away we speed at only a Itusslan "troika" can. Nothing aays Yerack to either of ut until between ut and Kovno lie many verstt, and the barren land It all about us. Suddenly he observes: "Well, brother!, so far, good. And now for tle transformation scene. Thou, Vladimir Alexandrovltch, as thy hands are white and thou bait something of a clerical air about thee" here be gives vent to a sly chuckle "art to be trans figured Into Russian priest, with purple, silk kaftan aud flowing locks; not for getting a beard that would grace a pat riarch. It rests with thee to play thy new role well. Art thou satisfied with itr "Yerack, my friend, I have no words wherewith to thank tbee!" I exclaim warmly. "Bah, I merit no thanks. If I save thee, It will be life for life. I lit e to be level with people. And for thee,, brother Kalatcb, as the leopard cannot jchaugo his spots, and thou art always a Cos tack confessed, every Inch of Jthee, I I have procured a Cossack's dress. In any other thou wouldst in rely look like a Cossack In disguise. With a bushy beard from ear to ear and a quarter of au "archtn" off thy mustache, mrthluks thuu wilt pass." 1 "I would thou wouldst make haste and let me rid myself of theso toaklug duds!" repliet Kalatch, with Irritation, while hlt teeth knock together like caittutti . "1 am certainty sickening of ague!" ' He gropes among the tackt and bring' up two buudles, which he presents to ut rttpectlvely. It Is one of the most dim cult things Imaginable to make a com plete change of toilet In a cart ou top of a pile of sacks, while three home are tearing full gallop with you through the darkurts. However, necessity hat been known to make a man accomplish wonder. What bliss It It to lie ttlll among tht tackt with a dry skin, after the wet clothes have been stowed away, and listen to Kalatch describing In his terse, powerful diction, his adventure with the warder! And how Yerack enjoya It! "Good good; well done!" he Interpo lates, slapping hit leg. Meanwhile a dull, smoke-gray streak ha been widening on the horlton, and now 1 can make out the detail of Ye rack' drest where he sits before me on the front of the cart, and also the head of Kalatch emerging from the tacks, surmouuted by the tall Cossack'a cap. Ills profile It between me and the horl ton, to that hit hooked note and the bushy beard are marked out against the growing light Though they contluue to converse together, 1 no longer gather the substance of their conversation, for I think of M a nucha, and how soou 1 may get a letter dispatched to her. I cannot help feeling a consuming anxiety about her, though I keep assuring myself that she is safe from Interference until the Inquiries subsequent to my trial In St. Petersburg should be Instituted. "Yerack," I say at length, "where are we at present? It It necestary . that 1 get to a pott town as soon as possible." "Wo are about ten versta from Hor lltch." repliet Yerack, without looklug around. "I must send t letter from Dorlltch," I aay. "Hah nonsense!" exclaims Yertck, Impatiently. 'This It not a time to write letters! It Is bad bad to send writ ing through tht post! 1 believe not In this letter writing, It has lost many a man!" "Yerack, when I tell thee that the aafety of one to whom I owe my life Is endangered through me and that the the Individual kuowt not of It. therefore without being warned cannot escape It. thou wilt recognlte that I cannot argue this point with thee." The Cottack glvet a dittatlsfled grunt, but tayt no more about It. Presently he Informs me that we pats through llor lltch on our way to Vllna. "Where tbou wilt take train direct to Koulgtberg." he adds quietly, st If It were the simplest thing in the world my passing the fron tier. "To Konlgsberg?" I repeat In amate. "Yes: that Is the program. And thou wilt arrive safe and sound In the Prus sian town without a single hindrance. The officials at the frontier will doff their caps at thee and ssy, 'God speed thee. Holy Father! " A long silence ensues. Kalatch'a head disappears from the range of my vision, and ere long loud anores rise at Inter vals near me. Yerack slackens the pace of the horset to a steady trot, and thua we proceed until we com to a long bridge thrown over a stream. He pulls up at the side of the road. "Come, rout thee, Kalatch," he cries. "Get down and stand by the horsts heads." Kalatch, still half asleep, stumbles over the rdf ot the cart and mechan ically doe a he I told. "Now give me tht clothes, Vladimir Alexandrovltch." I dive among the tackt and fish up the two wet bundlet. II taket them from me, and looka anxloutly up tnd down the road. Having satisfied him self that It Is deserted, he hurries up stream and I toon lost to tight In Its tree-fringed windings. In about ten min utes he returns without the bundlet. "Sunk tbem In a pool," It the laconic n-ply. I am on the road, stamping up and down to itretch my legs, about which the long silken skirt of the kaftan It flapping. My appearance mutt be start ling, for at Yerack catches tight of me, he utters a little cry of surprise, which attracts the attention of Kalatch, and he, too, laughs at me. I break Into a laugh at the open-mouthed wonder on their faces. (To be continued.) The Old bad? and tho Lawyer A certain lawyer, famed for high charges, had Incurred the enmity of au old lady on account of the same. Wish ing to get even with him she consult ed him about drafting her will. As she waa a very wealthy old lady with out near relatives, .be had many char itable associations to benefit, and tho accurate draft of the will required much patience, skill and time. Among the provisions sho made a generous, be quest to tills lawyer and nominated blm executor. After the execution of the will hIio called for her bill, where upon the lawyer, wltli the vision of ample fee in the prospective, settle ment of the ctrtate, and tho memory ot tho generous bequcat, told the old lady that under the circumstances he nhould charge nothing, but finally to satisfy her business ucruplee, mndo out a ro celpt ln full to date for one dollar, whereas the smallest sum he could have properly charged would have been one hundred dollar), Tho old lady marched homo with her will, set herself to work, copied it out carefully word for word, leaving out tlio bequest to tho lawyer and nom inating a new executor. In the oourso of time she died, and the disgust of the lawyer at tho con tents of the will waa bo great that lie Inadvertently let out the secret, to the huge delight of his brother lawyer. Leslie' Monthly Magazine Too Sanguine, Edna And after our marriage I am going to kcop a cook. Relle You ore too reckless, my dear. Edna Reckless?" Relle Yes. You should aay you aro going to try to keep a cook. OooU Plan for Icehouse. The cut shows n vertical cross sec tion of a cheap Icehouse rilled with ice. Tho plan la as follower The foundation should be dug about two feet deep In gravelly soil, if the toll la clay the) foundation should be dug a little deep er and then filled In with a few Incite of gravel or crushed brick. Such a foundation will allow a slight clrcula- tloo of air through the Ice. Around the Intlde of the foundation, OxO-luch sills should be laid and to these a double row of atuda should be tiatled. one row on the Inside and one on the outside. Tho boarding Is then nailed to thn studs. This will make a double wull with nn air space between na In dicated by the letter A In the cut This air space will prevent tho brat from getting to the Ice. Tho boards on the gnblo ends should be put on ver tically, leaving crncka between them for the free rlrculntlon of nlr nliovu the Ice. The roof should project about three feet it ml bo covered with shin gles. A portion of the middle of the ridge should be cut out, lenvlng nn opening about six Inchon wide, and over this n cap should be placed, n nhown In thn cut, lenvlng nn opening on each side for ventilation. The nr- cno.i srcTio.t or icr.uoiar. rows In tho Illustration ludlcnto the direction of tho current of nlr lu ven tilation. A door should be placed at oue end of the house, and, ns the Ice ln packed away, short horizontal boards placed across tho opening will support the sawdust. In filling tho Icehouse, layer of saw dust about a foot deep should bo laid ou tho floor, and then the Ice placed upon thla. Care must be taken to leave at least a foot of sawdust be tween the Ice and the wall, as the filling proceeds. When the house Is filled a layer of sawdust should bo piled on top of the Ice three or four feet deep. This plan may be used for an Ice house of any slxe. The coit of build ing one about 12 feet square nnd 0 feet high will be approximately $33. If sawdust cannot be obtained con veniently, cut straw will serve In Its place. If packed closely around the Ice. Heed Corn BuKBeatlone. An exchange says of seed corn: The first month after seed corn has been husked Is the most critical period with it. When racks cannot be used for seed corn, it should be hung up In a place wbrre there will be no danger of Its freezing. Seed corn should not be stored In barrel, or boxes, a. It will gather mois ture. We must remember that oue tlilrd of the bulk of tho corn at the time It Is husked Is water. This water Is locked up with the hard material nnd Inside a hard shell and dries out but slowly. When seed corn Is left on the stalk, It gets a free circulation of air, and It Is at the Mtno time fully protected by the husks from the sun and rnln. It can tliiTb euro under conditions that have been natural to It for thousands of J ears, and can absorb all the nour ishment possible from the stalk. BociLgprn that has become thorough ly dry I? not easily injured by tho cold. Rut if It is allowed to gather moisture, the freeclng may destroy Its vitality, Cnrelrst 'storing of seed com not In frequently results In the destruction of Its value for seed. The best seed com results from storing it In a dry and thoroughly ventilated place. Ilntchtrlnir at Home. The slaughtering of live stock on the farm is going out of fashion altogeth er too fast. Thero Is tio good reason why every farmor should not butcher his own meat na well as market moro or less of his life stock direct to tho consum er. The Illustration shown a very slmplo and suggcNtlvo way of butchering n beof or other nnlmal. Where a sultablo building nnd wind las Is notconvenlont, tho work may bo dono tinder a largo JUw.. IIANOINO A VY.r.V tree. Simply fasten a Htout ptilloy, a, aud ropo up among tho branchen and fasten tho end to a spike, b, driven In tho trunk. Iowa Homestead. Qualities of Soaked Lumber, The effect of souklng timber for a long time is being tested by the Ru reau of Forestry with regard to tho keeping qualities of tho lumber. It has ofteu been noted that certain kinds of lumber which havo been left a long timo In awamp. aro very dur nblo and aro prcforrcd for certain uses. It is suggested that part of tho gummy substances ln tho wood are soaked out, thus allowing tho uatural Vffi ''iWVt, yzsvv moUture of the wood to escape free!) WIIOII me lumucr is laaeu uui mm various Women's, but Hat. posed to the nlr. It I possible nltfl " ,,o ,0 change,1 that chemical changes take place in w hMf a fWt dM ljout ,ht T the wood as the retult of soaking. 'tlou ty,M ,B whcU w0n- drw ,,,, - - hair," Mid the barber, "but we don't Of the fertiliser, that can be ee ,,,."...... ii..! imir cured on the farm uul.acl.cd wood wh,mUnWrh!T!lr. '' ln thla a.he. make on. of the very bett thai " J b"J ' 'l ' ". " t,hh,"7' can be u.ed with pot.toe.. write. N. J, " "' ' n'0''0 ',"! . Shepherd. They can be applied In thl they do not ch.ng. f'lf f'- hlll or In the furrow broadcast, but II .. women do theirs, nor are will be an exceptional case when . ;'" YJ' !. f sufflclent quantity can be .ecured to deed, confined mostly to change In the apply broadcast over the surface. Fot Prt. thl. reason applying In the hill will "Two or hre year, age, a. you will prove mo.t economical. The ground remember, It was the fashion for men can be prepared In a good tilth all to part their hair In the middle, and ready for planting and the furrows this wa. a fashion very commonly fob run out. and then a small quantity of Uwed, and by many elderly as well at ashes dropped where each hill I. to be hy young men. There were many old planted and .tlrred In the soil, and up. r men not averse to following tht on this the seed can be dropped and fashion of the younger men to make covered. Potatoes require potash and tbemtelves more like the younger ma phosphoric acid, and this can be up- In. appearance, and then many an oldet pilot with untouched wood ahes,lman found that by parting hi. balr boncduat or iMiiiemeal, or In a cummer lu the middle he wa. enabled to covet clal fertiliser with lest watte than In up the bare tpot. that tlm. had brought nlmost any other way. If farm or sta ble manure la used, It should alwayi 'bo well rotted and lined and then thor otighly Incorporated with the soil. Mj experience la thnt applying fresh ma uurc to the toll Just before planllni furnishes conditions favorable to tin development of scab and lu man) cnai produces n futigy growth of tu bom. Killing; Aspuruuua Herd. A Western gardener a): One oi the troublesome feature of nspnrugtii .rowing Is the seed that annually rip ens. Part of this aeed will drop to III ground nnd become lucoriomtod wltt the soil Some of this seed will then grow, nnd unless great cure Is exer clsed, n lot of new plant will sprint up. These needling nku take full jo session and the patch become un profitable. Some growers go through the plantation before tho seed I quit ripe, and even by this method miiiii ed will drop to the ground. Chick em will eat some of the teed, but not enough to do much good, lly scatter Ing wheat over the patch n flock will usually make n clean Job of It. Out thing Is sure, to mnko an atparagui patch leld all possible profit It must be cultivated aud managed with great Intelligence. Hand Again.! Hats anil .Mire, According tn an Auttrnllau writer, In tho early days of Taamaulan tht farmers suffered greatly from the rnv age of rnts and mice In their grain stacks. In order to protect himself ono farmer adopted tho expedient of "sanding" the stack. While bill Id I in a stack, he would throw a quantity of dry sharp, clean sand between every two layers of sheaves. It Is said that neither rnts nor mice would Invade such a stack, ami the reason given by the farmer was thai "the vermin, tn attempting to get Into the .tack, would be driven away by the sand falling Into their eyes aud ears." The sand was also useful In cleaning smutty wheat A llarrel Hair Holder. A convenient bog holder can easily be inado of an empty flour barrel Drive a nail through the hoops Into each stave and clinch. Then aaw out a door, at shown. Drive sev era I tld wire nalli near the top of the barrel, sloping up want, ou which tc hang the bag, lly tAij Jiot.nrn. having tho doot bin giil the bag can be put In nnd taken out without lifting over the top farm Notca, All stock should bo kept out of tin young orelmrd. For pigs milk and mill feed make the cheapest feed for winter. Whenever a sheep I seen to refuti water, there Is something wrong with It. With all stock tho value of good feed Is wonderfully Increased by closi attention. Pruning the top of the tree to corro spond with the loss of roots In re moval Is best done In the spring. One of the best systems of economy on the farm Is that which not only maintains fertility, but keeps It con .tantly Increasing In Die soil, A cow with n big udder la not al way. an enormous milker, nor I. t thick, yellow nkln an unfailing sign nl rich milk, although theso are among tho Indications, respectively, of abuud unco uud richness of milk. Poultry Plcklna. liens like a variety of food and It li an Item to glvo them na much In thli lino as Ksslble, ( Rather the liest way to feed corn to young chickens Is to glvo It In a crushed or cracked condition. For ducklings try cornmeal nnd bran, cquul parts, and mako it Into mush, with milk. If tho egg shells aro fed to poultry en ro Hhould nlwuys bo taken to crush thorn woll before feeding. When desired to fatton rapidly, tiiere Is nothing hotter than good corn meal, aive all they will oat up clean. A hen pays In proportion to tht number of eggs alio produces; there fore, It Is an Item to feed bo as to se cure plenty of eggs. When tho chicken aro off tholr feed nnd do not eat with an apparent rob lsh, Increase tho cxerclso und change Uio bill of foro. In arranging the neats, havo them arranged conveniently for tho bout ho that In getting ln and out there will bo llttlo danger of breaking tho eggs. MEN'S HAIR FASHION to his temples, and he took kindly U the fashion on that account "0o parting the hair In the middle wa. really the prevailing fashion, and men, old and young, wearing their hair lu that manner were to be met on v ery hand. Hut now a man with hit hair so part ml Is but rarely seen) pret ty much every man now parts his hair on the side, and a man, old nr young, with his balr parted In the middle would be so conspicuous at to attract attention, "Men hare Individual ways In the wearing of their balr, at for example miiis moil who think long hair Is be coming to them may wear their hair long, and tome men with naturally curly balr may not try very hard to comb It out straight There are men who follow their fancies as to how they ahall wear their hair, Jutt at there are some women who disregard the style sml wear their hair In the man ner they believe to be the most becom ing to them; but as to the part, the prevailing style for men now Is to have that on the tide. "Worn on say that men took better with their hslr parted on the side than lu the middle, but I don't think this has anything to do with making style, for most men conttder themselves at tractive anyway, and 1 look In due time to see the middle part become fashionable again. "At a matter of fact, the side part, which la the natural part for men, doe. prevail In the long run, taking a long series of years; but men Ilka a change, and the middle part pleat their van ity, or tn tome casts servtt a purpose, and It will no doubt com in again, to latt at least for a while. Men change their way of wearing their hair Just a they change the style of the shoe they wear." New York Sun. Latest dwindling (lam. Here Is on of the latest schemes fe making money, which baa flourished 1? town for some weeks patt, says tht Philadelphia Prets. A man ttopt yon , on the strt-ot and In the most confiden tial of tonet atks you to direct him to a good pawnshop where they don't (stk any question. Then, without undue , ceremony, he whispers In your ear that he has been working as valet for a rich old man, who has used him very ' meanly, and because of this he hat stolen a lot of Jewelry and only wants t to ttll It for enough tu pay hi railroad far to Ilaltlmore, He then pull, from hi. pocket a rol-' lection of watches, ring and atlckptn and offers any one of them for what . you have In your pocket, providing yon have at least three or four dollar. Whether you buy any of the "stolen . Jewels" or not, the man prays you In w,vw .ut, ... 1IIIUIIUII (IV IU IUI WIV police, at least not until he has time to I get out of town. Of course, the Jowels are nothing but , cheap Imitations and the watchee not worth a dollar at retail, but, neverthe less, the scheme has been worked sue- cestfully, aud a number of people hare bought these "ttoltn good," aud fouud out later, much to their regret, that they had been swindled with .ate. ' . I Antique furniture. An electrical Journal supplle. a de scription of the treatment of worm, eaten furniture. Kverybody has heard of furniture which Is given an appear nnce of antiquity by worm-eating ari tlflclally produced. The old crude way was to bore holes with a rrlmlet. X more subtle way Is now In ut. The' bacteria which bore holes In wood are cultivated ou potatoes, nnd are th.nce, ruunen into modern Imitation. They eat their way In; but as everybody knows, If wood Is too much wornH eaten it rots and collapses Into dust. Therefore, when the process of doce, lias gone rar onouun tn oivn tn the "mrulnrn nntffitin' ..n...!,). .nAaJ anco, but not far enough to make ltl unsafe to sit down on or to lean against It, becomes doslrable to kill off tho bacteria. This can now be dono, li I... !... S M l. ...1 . ,.,, .. ,L una uuuu luiiiiu, uy suumitting mem t tholr new quarters to the action of thli X-rays. I Oeorgle Wanted Mora Pie, i I for you." "Qran'tna" tho small boy rumlnatti a fow minutes boforo speaking agalnJjj "arnn'mn, your glasses magnify a goodj ' donl, don't they?" Cleveland Isdf Football Prolltlu, "How did your collogo cousin hV his now photograph taken full froatf "No; half back, Ho is ou th foot "Ornn'ma," says Gcorglo, "you gavil me a awful llttlo pleco of plot" I "Why, Georglel" crlos the dern oltjl lady, "I gave you an extra Inrgo piece! I romombor cutting an enormous plKJ ball team." Judge, I f c y n Ci Ci tl P' til an th is at' 6. ot) foi ( Th.