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CHAPTER XIX.
Continued. - r.
"As you please, Gilmer," replied the
gentleman whose powers of observa
tion were thus rudely aspersed; "but
'my dullness has permitted me to no
tice what marked attention Mr. Price
pays to Miss Marsh; and that is a sub
ject on which I have heard nobody
speak. Look at them now! By Jove,
he is putting a ring on her finger!" - .
"Wrong again," said Mr. Gilmer;
"he is taking one off." , .
I looked to the corner where Mr.
Price and Miss Marsh were standing
apart from the numerous small groups
into which the assemblage was broken
up. The last speaker was right. To
my utter mystification I saw Mr. Price
withdraw a ring from one of the fin
gers of Miss Marsh's left hand, a pro
ceeding against which she seemed to
protest. But my rival succeeded in
obtaining the ring, though apparently
not without offending the lady; for
she turned from him in a chilling man
ner, and, walking across the room,
joined her sister. '
What could this mean? It looked
like nay, it must have been a lover's
quarrel. And yet how strange! Surely
eo lady, and least of all Constance
Marsh, would object to return to a
gentleman a ring which he no longer
desired her to wear; and it is equally
certain no gentleman would be so un
gracious as to press a lady to return
a ring which she desired to retain.
I could make nothing of it, and by
the blank looks of my uncle and his
companions I concluded they were
equally at a loss.
"What do you say to that, Tru
man?" asked Mr. Mather, after a
pause.
'Nothing," answered uncle Sam, so
coldly that nobedy cared to pursue
the subject further.
A minute or so afterwards our little
group broke up, Mr. Rosenberg and
Mr. O'Connor going over to Miss Ken
nedy .and Miss Juarrez, while uncle
Sam sought Miss Marsh, leaving m
with Mr. Gilmer and Mr. Mather.
I watched my uncle very closely,
and noticed that he questioned . his
sister-in-law. She related something
to him; and while .she was speaking
her mood seemed compounded of vexr
ation and. amusement, for at one mo
ment she would frown and stamp her
little foot impatiently, and at another
break out into a merry laugh. TJncle
Sam's face, at first serious, gradually
relaxed into a broad smile as he lis
tened, and indicated a man relieved of
tome anxiety.
When he returned he asked me to
take a seat by my aunt." "She would
like to speak with you," he said,' "and
now is a good opportunity; see, she is
ulone. Go over there and sit down
by her" a surprising request, for I
knew that my uncle had not exchanged;
a word with his wife for at least an
hour. However, I was only too
pleased to obey him; and 'for the next
ten or fifteen minutes I 'enjoyed anj
interesting chat with my amiablo
young aunt; which occupation, agree
able as it was, was yet more agree
ably interrupted by Miss-Marsh, -who
came and sat down by her sister.
"Come her, dear," said aunt "Ger
trude, as she made room for her sis
ter on the settee; "where have you
been all this long time?" "
"Oh, hiding away from that horrid
man," replied MissJdarsh in tones of
unmistakable annoyance. Her face "was
Bushed and her lips slightly parted,
and she was fanning herself with a
vigor suggestive of anger.
"Hush! here is a friend of Mr.: Price,"
6aid aunt Gertrude, looking at: me.
"No, not at all," I asserted; "I know
Very little of him, and don't desire to
know more." ' t. .
The sisters ' exchanged glances. "I
am glad of that for" your sake," said
Miss Marsh. "He bothers me dread
fully whenever he comes here, and to
day he has made me downright cross.'?
"How was that?" inquired aunt Ger
trude. '
"He has a ' diamond,' said Miss
Marsh "a large beautiful stone, I be
lieve, but I havent properly looked at
U which he is going to have set in
a ring for me. I told him plainly that
I had aH the jewelry1 1 required, and
would prefer not to accept it; but. he
wouldn't heed my refusal," and asked
we twenty times, to lend him one of
my rings as a guide to the' size of my
finger. Finding I .really , wouldn't do
eo, he caught hold of my hand unex
pectedly, anddrew from my finger
that little drees ring set, with -seven
pearls which poor dear -ma - used to
wear." " v ' c-' '
Oh, how I would? have gloried & go
tog to the Rev. M. EvaztPricf,' and
after demanding and r receiving s back
the ring he - had4 taken f rota ' Mies
Marsh, administering a condign, trash
ing to that relapsed humbug But
" men ' a co-mTCTTvas not to - be thought
&f , for Mr. Price could havev throwc
rue
out ot the 'window with t;et utmost j
i: s:.:.:ur:-z
ease.'
Connievt said my: aunt V,.. :
"No doubt; and the other ring Wall
t -don't want with it. J1 But vl-knoW
ivhai: to do ;with it," added tbeountf '
tit
TtfHaBR
WALTER. BLQQ14FIELD
return it ror me, and he expects to
get a lot of fun out of it."
"What a pity it is that so well-looking
a gentleman as Mr. Price should
bestow his attentions where they are
not appreciated, especially when there
are so many young ladies here quite
unnoticed. Pauline Jackson has been
all the afternoon seeking an oppor
tunity to speak to him," remarked
aunt Gertrude.
' "Oh, help her to accomplish her
wish for my sake, Gertie, there's a
dear!" exclaimed Miss Marsh.
Mrs. Truman rose and crossed the
room to where Miss Jackson was-'
standing alone toying with her fan
and at once entered into conversation
with that lady a tall, handsome
blonde of twenty or thereabouts, who
neutralized her natural advantages
by an air of conscious beauty.
"When I parted from you at the
door of my uncle's house in London.
I did not think it would be so long be
fore I should see you again, Con
stance," I said, seizing my first op
portunity to speak with her alone.
"Nor I," replied Miss Marsh, looking
down. .:' " ' i '
"But ! it has been , absolutely un
avoidable; I could fiot ftelp myself."
"Could ys-u not have written?" slu
asked, suddenly turning her clear blu,.'
eyes full upon me.
"Hardly," I urged; "at least not in
a way that would have presented mai
lers'.,, fairly to - you. - Of course, you
heard of the trouble between my
father and his brother?"
"I heard there was some trouble
between them, and that all intercourse
was broken off almost as soon as il
had bean renewed; but I have no idea
what it was about."
"I will gladly tell you the wholu
miserable story; but not now it is too
long. Meanwhile, you think as well
of me as ever, do you not?" I asked
with great earnestness.
"I can't say, really. I am not quito
sure that I do."
"But you will when I have acquaint
ed you with my experiences. When
Will you give me an opportunity to
do so?"
"These people will be gone by seven
o'clock, and then I ,wili gladly attend,
to anything you "wish to say. My sis
ter tells me you are going to stay In
your uncle's house far some time."
"Oh, thank you ever so much! Yes,
my uncle has kindly invited me to
stay with him for a while. Look,
here he comes." ' "
"You are . very quiet, Ernest," said
uncle Sam, bustling up to me. "Do
you wish your, countrymen to lose then?
reputation for gallantry? Come with
me and 1 will introduce you more
particularly to some of the ladies."
"I think I would prefer to remain
here, thank you, uncle," I answered
quietly.
"Oh, you would, would you? Well,
then, I'll stay with you;" and as he
uttered the words my uncle seated
himself at my side. "That tall dark
young lady you see talking with Mrs.
Holliston is Miss Inez Juarrez, daugh
ter of a rich Paraguayan mine-owner
who was. shot by. the despot Lopez in
1870; she enjoys a pension from the
Paraguayan Government, and owns
a silver mine in her own right. , That
stout young lady talking with Mr.
Rosenberg is Miss Bertha Kallman,
heiress of the. largest brewer in Ameri
ca; her father's brewery near Cincin-i
uati is like a small city. The lady on;
the right of them, with your aunt andi
Mr. Price, is Paulina Jackson; her
father is a banker in Chicago. That
shrill-voieed little miss sitting next
to Mr. . Thomas is Eily Kennedy,
daughter of Michael Kennedy the
Congressman."
"Whatsortof manis Mr. Rosenberg?"
I asked, desiring to exhibit to Miss
Marsh my indifference to all other
ladles.
"A stockbroker," answered uncle
Sam. , "He is a German by birth, but
has lived in New York nearly all his
life. Without exception, Rosenberg
is the sharpest fellow I have ever en
countered. My admiration for his
talents is unbounded. In matters of
business ' I approach him only with
extreme caution. Mather, Voorhees,
and Gilmer are also stockbrokers; they
operate together, but" the combina
tion can't, hold a candle to . Rosy.
O'Connor edits the New York Moon
and Ellis Thomas lives at his ease on
an enormous property his father left
him; be dont engage in any business.
Mr. Stuyvesant Wollaston is Profes
sor ' of Cosmogony at Harvard Uni
versity, a?d Mr. Wollaston lectures on
Women's Rights." ' 4
"You have -not told your nephew
about :'Mls' "Caristison," said Miss
'Marsh, smiling. , - . ' -
"Ah, b?w stupid of me!" exclaimed
uncle Sam; "I quite forget her. Miss.
Christlson is a doctor of medicine, and
has practiced sursory in I don't know
taw many hospitals. By lier skill
she prolonged tat several years the
roti&ifg$ Ug of a wealthy cajxtaa-
rofi&W$ life of a wealthy cantan
Keitfttg 1dCtIcali4. maid, chl&t
pufa'r bp ilia' Women's Enfoifcip'alion
Lieagdd, whobS(ludafea,' her fifty
thousand dollar a year for so long- as
liferek'iiV "1
produces the income goes in bulk to
the League.".
I looked at the lady spoken of. She
was not more than thirty, and her
face wore a quiet, thoughtful expres
sion' "You look sympathetic," observed my
uncle, who was watching me.
"Yes, I am sorry for her. The con
dition imposed by the old lady is ab
surd, and I am surprised Miss Christl
son accepted it, especially as she has
a profession and is clever in it"
"Would you have taken the money
on such terms, Con?" asked - uncle
Sam maliciously.
"Don't ask riddles," said Miss Marsh,
rising. "See, our company are prepar
ing to leave."
"So they are," said uncle Sam,' con
sulting his watch; "I did not think it
was so late.. Con, my dear, oblige
me by assisting your sister tobid
these people farewell, and excuse me
to all Inquirers. Ernest, it wants
but little more than an hour of our
dinner-time, and there is much you
must tell me before then. Come with
me."
I followed my uncle out of the room
and up the staircase, and so on to the
roof of "the house, which to my as
tonishment I found was flat, and pro
vided with two banboo rocking chairs,
a table, a hammock supported on
poles, and a canvas screen for protec
tion from the sun when necessary. It
was a beautifully clear evening, the
sky being one expanse of unbroken
blue, and the temperature not uncom
fortably warm. Though still quite
light, the electric lamps with which
the Brooklyn bridge is festooned were
already aglow, and showed like strings
of pearls stretched at great height
across the East River. I stood ior
some moments contemplating this
sight and the great city generally, un
til recalled to myself by a tap on my
shoulder. It was uncle Sam, and he
motioned me to a seat, at the same
time handing me a cigar. Having
lighted one for himself, he sank wear
ily into a chair, placed his feet upon
the table, and said
"I want you to tell me all younow
about those sequins."
CHAPTER XX.
THE OLD STORY.
"This is worse than I feared. My
judgment has misled me; I was too
precipitate.'.'
Such was '. the comment of uncle
Sam on my story of the sequins. I
had told him without reserve, and as
accurately as I could, all that I had
read, heard, seen, and experienced in
respect of those fatal coins. He lis
tened with deep attention, uttered the
words I have set down, and then fell
into a reverie in which he remained
so long that at last I reminded him
that we should soon be expected down
stairs. ' i - i, ; '
"Ernest," said my uncie, without
noticing my observation, "from what
you tell me I am now assured that
your father was robbed of a quarter
of a million sequins five or ten days
before I left Holdenhurst; and I am
equally positive that the thief is none
other than that lying hypocrite Adams.
That I mentioned the legend of Roger
Trueman's treasurer to your father
the eveniDg I first saw you is true; and
I believe it is true that I again men
tioned it when I went with him
through the crypt a day or so later.
The statements of Adams that he pro
vided me with a lamp, that he after
wards found me in the crypt and
spoke with me there, and yet later
knew me to spend the greater 'part of
a night In that place, are simply lies,
which I could disprove to his con
fusion if only I had an opportunity to
cross-examine him. As I live, I swear
I have been in the crypt of Holden
hurst Hall once, and once only, since
I first set foot on this continent; and
then, as I have said, I was accom
panied by your father. Whether
Adams has confederates or not puz
tles me to decide. It is a great picy.
that so much money should be lost to
four father. If only he had told me
ill that I have just learned from you,
we had still been friends, and his se
quins might easily have been recov
ered; now one Is impossible, and the
other improvable."
. "If Adams is indeed the thief," I
Baid, "It-is clear that he has confeder
ates. How about the sequin which a
housemaid told my father she found
in your bedroom?"
"If Adams is the thief!" exclaimed
uncle Sam bitterly. "But, of course,"
he added, after a pause; "however
well you may think of me, you cannot
at present know positively, and of
your own knowledge, as I do, that the
account of my doings supplied by that
rogue Adams Is lies, lies,, nothing
but lies. Why should that old man,
whom I have never offended, so glar
ingly perjure himself in throwing sus
picion of a crime upon me if not to
shield himself? With regard to the
sequin in the bedroom, it was placed
(there that it might be found and taken
to your 'father. O Ernest, your fath
er's want of acumen has played the
Very nuisance with his affairs; his
patrimony alone has saved him from
starvation. If he were here, no man
would give a dollar for any service
ie could render. I must be growing
like him if by to-morrow morning I
have not .thought out some plan which
Will checkmate a plot conceived ud
Worked by a senile Suffolk thief. Let
us talk . no more of this matter to
night Follow me." ' - - - C
To be continued..,, ...
..w,-.'.rfV.,i
Jlonejr Changes.
The man who starts into active busi
ae$& with a beautiful nature ffnd tforaeS
tfut with great .Wealth se&Iom brings'
ths Same nature with him. Indlanapo-
lis News.
'w - p r ; -r '
rhe calendar tea's no .trouble In keep
'lag log to date; ' ;. r .-
M
union?
Their Habit.
Mary had a little cook -I'm
told that it was so "
And everywhere that Mary, went
The cook was sure to go.
New York Sun.
Old at the Game..
Stella "Have you learned to swim
yet?"
Ethel "Not this season." Puck.
Locality Makes a Difference.
"Is it true, pa, that storks can fly 100
miles an hour?"
"Well, not in Utah; they have too
mdny stops to make." Town Topics.
Not a Bad Reason.
"Why don't you shave yourself ?"
"Because, I can't find that there Is
any more satisfaction in cutting my
self than in having a btrber cut me."
Chicago Post
Professional Amends.
"Dr. Blimber gave Jim Frisbie an
overdose the other day." -
"How did he square himself?"
"Said he'd knock a dollar off the
bill." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
What the Other Gets.
"He's going to tako the stump for
one of the candidates."
"The stump, eh? Then I'll bet the
other candidate gets the balance of
the tree." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Sarcastic Editor.
Poet "You say you found nothing in
my poem. Did you consider it well?"
Editor "On the contrary, I consid
ered it afflicted with an incurable mal
ady." New Orleans Times-Democrat.
But Quite Strong:.
Waiter "Roast beef or cured ham.
sir?" "Bring me some beef. The last oured
ham I ordered here was only convales
cent." Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.
The Younger Generation.
Judge "Can you prove an alibi, Cas
ey?" Casey "No, Your Honor, I can't,
but me boy Patsy can do it for ye.
He's all t'hough his aritmetic and way
up in algebray." Cincinnati Commer-cial-Tribui-e.
Sure of It.
"How do you know it was a safe In
vestment?" "Well, I never could get anything
out of It." New York Journal.
Better Than Hatchets.
"Do you think," queried the old lady,
"the time will ever come when all na
tions will get together and bury the
hatchet?"
"They may bury the hatchet," re
plied the man, who had been reading
the war news, "but they will never
inter the rapid fire guns." Chicago
News.
By Teelh.
Squire (to rural lad) "Now, my boy,
tell me how do you know an old part
ridge from a young one."
Boy "By teeth, sir."
Squire "Nonsense, boy! You ought
to know better. A partridge hasn't
got any teeth."
Boy "No, sir; but I have." London
Tit-Bits. -
Persiflage.
"Well, I see the meat strike is set
tled,!' said the lady presiding over the
wants of the boarders at the breakfast
table.
"Now," remarked the thin, funny
man, looking from one end of the ta
ble to the other, "I suppose you'll be
able to make both ends meet?" Yon
kers Statesman.
High Finance.
nicks "i've got to borrow $200
somewhere." ;
Wicks "Take my advice and borrow
$300 while you are about it."
Kicks "But I only; net : $200."
Wicks "That doesn't make any dif
ference. Borrow $300 and pay back
100 of it in two installments at inter
vals of a month or so. Then the man
that you borrow from will think that
he is going to get the rest of it"
Somerville (Mass.) Journal.
A Soft Answer.
Johnny "Say, pap1 passing, coun
terfeit money is unlawful, isn't it?"
Papa "Yes." i '
Johnny "Well, papa, if a man was
walking along the street and saw a
$100 counterfeit bill upon the sidewalk
and did not. pick it up wouldn't he
Lfe guilty of passing counterfeit mon
ey, and couldn't lie be arr"ejsfdd ait&.
put im jail?
Papa "More likely the lunatic asy
lum. Now you may go to bed, my
soft," Cincinntfcti kmm&raki-Tibune
Tad
WONDERFUL NATURAL &RlD2EJ ,
Solid Arch Over Three Hundred
Wide Spanning; a Utali Canyon;
f
Here, across a canyon measuring
three hundred and thirty-fife feet
seven' inches from wall to wall, na
ture has thrown a splendid arch of
solid sandstone, sixty feet thick In the
central part and forty feet wide, leav
ing underneath it a clear openiug 357
feet in perpendicular height The lat
eral walls of the arch rise perpendicu
larly nearly to the top of the bridge,
when they flare . suddenly outward,
giving the effect of an Immense coping
or cornice overhanging the main strttc
ture fifteen or twenty feet on each side
and extending with the 'greatest regu
larity and symmetry the whole length
of the bridge. A large rounded butte
at the edge of the canyon wall seems
partly to obstruct the approach to the
bridge at one end.
Here again the curving walls of the
canyon and the impossibility of bring
ing the whole of the great structure
into the narrow field of the camera,
except from distant points of view,
render the photographs unsatisfactory.
But the lightness and grace of the arch
is brought out by the partial view
which Long obtained by climbing far
up the canyon wall and at some risk
crawling out on an overhanging shelf.
The majestic proportions of this
bridge, however, may be partly real
ized by a few comparisons. Thus its
height is more than twice and its span
more than three times as great as those
of the famous natural bridge of Vir
ginia. Its buttresses are 118 feet fur
ther apart than those of the celebrated
masonry arch in the District of Colum
bia, known as Cabin John Bridge, .1
few miles from Washington city,
which has the greatest span of any
masonry bridge on this continent. This
bridge would overspan the Capitol at
Washington and clear the top of the
dome by fifty-one feet And if thp
loftiest tree in the Calaveras Grove of
giant sequoia in California stood in the
bottom of the canyon its topmost bough
would lack thirty-two feet of reaching
the under side of the arch.
This bridge is of white or very light
sandstone, and, as in the case of the
Caroline, filaments of green and orange-tinted
lichens run here and there
over the mighty buttresses and along
the sheltered crevices under the lofty
cornice, giving warmth and color to
the wonderful picture. From W. W.
Dyar's "The Colossal Bridges of Utah."
in the Century.
WORDS OF WISDOM.'
Evil Is not eliminated by a synonym.
, New light does not mean a new sun.
Only the truthful can know the truth.
Religion is more than a law; It is a
life.
Divine fear delivers from all other
fear.
The lowly in heart are lifted in
honor.
The world Is a fearfully noisy place
to the man who is waiting for a chance
to blow his own horn.
If we expect to appropriate the
"whatsoever" of his promises, we
must try to comply with the "whatso
ever" of his commands. Samuel B.
Randall.
There are some persons whom to
meet always gives one a greater cour
age and hope, as if there were more no
bleness and high purpose in the world
than one thinks. C. L. Brace.
Seeds of the Yellow Water I.ily as Food,
Some of the Indian tribes of the Uni
ted States still cling to their primitive
forms of food. A notable Instance of
this Is the continued use of wokas by
the Klamath Indians. . This tribe occu
pies the Klamath reservation, which is
a part of the territory originally occu
pied by them before the arrival of the
white men, and lies in the southern
part of Oregon. The land has but a
small annual rainfall, but, on account
of its situation at the foot of the east
ern slope of the Cascade Mountains, it
is well watered with streams and con
tains two considerable bodies of water.
One of these, Klamath Marsh, is par
ticularly rich in plants, and conse
quently . in animal life. Occupying
about 10,000 acres of this marsh there
is a solid growth of the large yellow
water lily, Nymphaea polysepala. In
the old times the seeds of this plant
were collected by the Indians, and, un
der the name of wokas, furnished their
principal grain supply, filling the place
of the corn used by some other tribes.
To-day these seeds are still collected
and regarded by the Klamath Indians
as a delicacy. The lily seeds are har
vested in August; the wokas gatherer
uses a dugout canoe, and poling herself
around among the dense growth of
stems and leaves, picks off the full
grown seed pods.
Matrimonial Reform in Afghanistan.
It is stated by a correspondent from
Peshawur that the Amir has ordered
that the people of his State should have
no more than four wives, and this is
to be strictly carried out by the Afghan
Sardars. It is stated that the Aniir
himself has divorced his additional
wives, and that under this order Sar
dar Abdul Kudus Khan has divorced
eight and Mir Ata Ulla Khan thirty
wives. Lahore Tribune. -;.
Germans in Samoa.
The " German occupation of Samoa-
does not appear to be a success. The
landed proprietors, unable to make
money out of their estates, are emi
grating to America, and the heavy
freight rates and import duties are a
gerious matter to Hi smaller, business
people. .
" life ReV. &viri?ti: Chapman, the
evangelist, has announced thai he will
accompany a party of Presbyterians
and their friends to the Holy Land
Ueatfe season. - ;:.r r'ii
- fff SCIENCE (pJ
The windmill has been put to work
in Germany driving dynamos.
Argon, the recently discovered ele
ment ef air, is, as was expected from
its existence in the chromosphere, very
light and apparently monatimic.
A' Swiss scientist has made a discov
ery of prehistoric remains in the Jura
Mountains which is so important that
extensive excavations are being made.
For several years a record harf been
kept of the wear of locomotive wheels
on the Danish State railways. The sin
gle drivers are found to wear better
than four coupled, the latter better
than six coupled, and in all cases wear
is increased by flimsiness of road. .
A remarkable luminous meteor trail
seen at Madrid has been reported by
J. A. Perez. It continued visible from
about 10 p. m. until midnight, and the
shape gradually changing from an al
most closed curve with a loop in it to
an enlarged loop with a very faint de
tached portion of the primary curve.
A local study of rural depopulation
near Paris has been made by Dr. A.
F. Plrcque. He finds that the causes
include sanitary ignorance leading to
high infant mortality, migration . of
young people to towns, effects of con
scription, and alcokolism. His sug
gested remedy-ne that promises suc
cess in Belgium is improved primary
and technical education, with special
efforts to cultivate a love for farm life.
Old age is an infectious disease,
which we may expect soon to be treat
ed by a preventive serum, prolonging
life. Such was the view expressed in
the late Paris lecture of Dr. Menchni
koff. Senility, he explained, is pro
duced by certain physiological sfeites.
which cause the "macrophages," which
are a beneficent species of microbes,
to increase too rapidly, when they be
come injurious. These parasites flour
ish In the large intestine, which is pos
sessed by mammals, but is almost lack
ing in birds. The result was illus
trated by the doctor's own dog and
parrot, the former being decrepit at
eighteen, while the latter was hale
and lively' at seventy. While the se
rum is being awaited, we are advised
to eat curdled milk.
"SENSATION" N VILLA ART.
Wonderful Effect Gained hy a Caged
Mountain Torrent.
Just across the lake, in the deep
shade of the wooded cliffs beneath the
Pizzo di Torno, lies another villa still
more steeped in the Italian garden
magic. This is the Villa Pliniana,
built in 1570 by the Count Anguissola.
of Piaceuza, and now the property of
the Trotti family, of Milan. The place
takes its name from an intermittent
spring in the court, which is supposed
to be the one described by Pliny in one
of his letters, and it is further cele
brated as being the coolest villa on
Como. It lies on a small bay on the
east side of the lake, and faces due
north, so that, while the villas of Cer
nobbio are bathed in sunL'ght a deep
green shade envelops it. The house
stands on a narrow ledge, its founda
tions projecting into the lake, and its
back built against the almost vertical
wooded cliff which protects it from the
southern sun. Down this cliff pours
a foaming mountain torrent from the
Val di Calore, just beneath the peak of
Torno, and this torrent the architect of
the Villa Pliniana has captured in its
descent to the lake and carried through
the central apartment of the villa. !
The effect preduced Is unlike any
thing else, even in the wonderland of
Italian gardens. The two wings of the
house, a plain and somewhat melan
choly looking structure, are joined by ,
an opea arcaded room, against the
back wall of which the torrent pours ,
tiown, over stone work tremulous with
moss and ferns, gushing out again be
neath tie balustrade of the loggia,
where it makes a great semicircle of
glittering whiteness in the dark green
waters of the lake. The old house is
saturated with - the freshness and
drenched with the flying spray of the
caged torrent The bare vaulted rooms
reverberate with it, the. stone floors
are green with its dampness, the air
quivers with its cool incessant rush.
The contrast of this dusky dripping
loggia, on its perpetually shaded bay,
with the blazing, blue waters of the
lake and their suu-steeped western
shores, is one of the most -wonderful
cCects iu sensation that the Italian
villa' art has ever devised. .
The architect, net satis3ed with di
verting a part of the torrent to cool
his house, has led the rest in a fall
clown the cliff immediately adjoining
the villa, axid has designed Winding
paths througj the woods from which
cne may look down cn the bright rush
of the waters. Cn the other side of the
house lies a lorg balusiraded terrace,
between the lake and the hanging
weeds, and here, on the only bit of
open and level ground near the house,
are the old formal gardens, now much
neglected,- but still full cf a melan
choly charn. From Edith Wharton's
"Lombard Villas." in the Century.
A Korean Palace Burned.
Tta destruction of the Korean Im
perial Palac'2, at Seoul, is said to have
been largely due to the fact that na
tives wiio saw the Ulaza esrl? did not
raise an alarm. TbiS was Ue'Caue oaJ
of tie : ctistoins of ; the country, Ob
served at court, has been to charge
with incendiarism and behead anybody
who gave an alarm of fire.
household
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ryjjatters
Good to Know.
Try turpentine to remove the brown
spots from lamp chimneys.' '. ;t '
To wash silk ribbons, wash and rinse
thoroughly, iron while wet and tub
until stiffness is removed, after which
press again. '. . - : :i T
To give a fine flavor and good color
to a meat roast add to the. water for
basting one tablespoon sugar. -
Iterl Ting. Faded Carpets. 1 1
After sweeping the carpet, rub. It
over with a cloth wrung 'out in vinegar
and water, and if possible do not-let
it be walked upon until it is dry, says
the Chicago News. The quantity of
vinegar is a tea cupful to a pail of
warm -'water 'and this treatment often
has a : wonderfully good effect "In rer
viving the faded color of an old car
pet. A Conceafer.
Trunk covers are useful even to the
stay-at-homes. A simple kind is a
large oblong denim one seen recently
was in red the edges buttonholed all
around In white, long and short stitch,
and a large initial worked to come on
the top of the trunk. This not only
covers the trunk when closed, but is
useful to throw over trays or the open
trunk when interrupted in process of
burrowing or packing. .
The Mop Wringer.
The mop has to be wrung, and there
are a dozen ways of wringing it Al
most any one who has had the un
pleasant duty of wringing a mop has
adopted a method of her own for clear
ing the mop of the unclean water. A
mechanical wringer , seems to possess
a good deal of merit .. iTwo rollers
working in the upper part of the pail
and -between which the wringer Is
placed, are brought together by a sys
tem of levers, pressing the water from
the meshes of the mop. The lever Is
conveniently placed on' the outside of
the pail and is operated by the foot
Importance of Flower Holders. .
The vessel In which-you put your
flowers has much to do wit-i their, ef
fect Long stemmed ones of steady
habit, like the lily, will be spoiled if
low vases are ' used. Flowers with
short stems are always : unsatisfac
tory in anything but low bowls or
shallow vessels, says the Ladies'
World. Color must also be taken Into
consideration. A blue china bowl may
be pleasing when filled with yellow
roses, but put pink roses into It and
you get a discord.. As a general thing,
a crystal vase or a cut-glass bowl will
be found more satisfactory than any
colored vessel, because when these are
used there can be no clash of color
no striving for predominance In hue
or tone between the flowers and their
receptacle. Where colored vessels are
used, great care must be taken to se
cure proper contrast and entire har
mony. ... ,
Quilting.
How many have found quilting on
the machine easy? ; Having,- pieced
your quilt, and put It together, the pro
per size,, get your lining ready, and
with a paper of pins and the wadding
at hand you are ready for work. Lay
the quilt down , right side upon the
floor, and stretch out perfectly straight.
Upon this lay the wadding ; out in
lengths till all Is covered. You next
stretch the lining, right side up, over
the wadding, when you begin the pin
ning at intervals of every six or eight
Inches, rolling up the quilt as It is
pinned, until you get it all well togeth
er, ready to take to the machine. .'Be
gin stitching straight across' one end,
and go on and on, removing the pins
as you come to them, and rolling up
the stitched part as soon as it gets
unhandy. With the assistance of one
person to help hold it in place a large
quilt may be quilted In three , hours
and finished up even to binding in an
afternoon. Mrs. John F. Payne, in The
Epitomist , . : ;
Griddled Potatoes Have cold, boiled
potatoes and cut in long, rather thin
slices. Dip them in melted butter,
sprinkle with salt and paprika. Broil
and when serving garnish .with
chopped chives.
White Meat Mixtures-Cut into 'dice
three ounces of cold" chicken,' - rabbit
or any other white meat with two
ounces of cooked ham or tongue and
two hard-boiled eggs. Heat this with
any kind of white sauce and season
with salt and pepper. Any kind of
cold meat may be used in this way,
varying the sauce. T
Beef Roll Beef roll is more substan
tial than potted meat, and is not trou
blejsssne to pack . Cne pound of beef
steak, one pound of . uncooked ham or
bacon, half a pound of bread crumbs,
two eggs, a small grated nutmeg, a
little .mace, salt and pepper to taste,
glaze. -Chop the meat very. finely, or
put It throush 5. mincing machine, ajso
the tarn and bacon. ' Put all the ingre
dients, except the glaze, in a basin and
mix thoroughly. Shape the mixture
Into a roll; tie In a pudding cloth a3
you would Co a rol!y-polIy. Boil In the
stock pot for three hours. Undo the
cloth and r?.-o:j the meat very tightly
tn it. , Put the beef roll on a dish with
another dish on top, on which place
two welkins. Let It stand till cold,
brush over with melted glaze and
leave till set
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