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CHAPTER XVI.-(Coatinued.)
"But tills young man you dvsire to
confer with, Mr. S?eT.ars?"
"Right here let me say. Do not become
familiar with the name Sellars; it might
fall frcm year l:rs at a time when it
would thwart ir. purposes. I shall soon
assume the rc.'o cf .!hn Thorn."
T shall nt"Irr:.s yon as that gentleman.
But this yc;:rif: man';"
"Is the cashier cf your father's bank,
Lawrence Terry. I think Dr. Strong
informed ire that your elder sister is hla
Intended ifc."
"Very rrc'lmbly. This marriage will
take place the first of September. On the
raiuo day, I suppose, my father will lead
1 is brother's widow to the altar."
"You s repose'. ' It seems that the idea
of the union i cct agreeable to you."
"I hardly know why I referred to it,
but to tell the truth, it is not. Surely,
l'lln- r Kc'lojrc is lut un aunt by mar
mco. She whs very attentive to my
mother iu her fatsl illness.. By night and
f'y lH wns at J .-metre's side. But some
how I pin not pleased at the prospective
u:iio:i."
"Humph! And year sisters?"
I thick they ore not."
4 "We v. ill take the cashier into our con-i'.vk-:e.
Y:'l you accompany him here
s t .-vca th's eveatna? Caution hLm as I
hav you."
"Yvu may exj cet us."
.f:cr Voire fnrtr-er conversation, the
yeun.r uur. l"t the hotel and as he waJk-
; r.:rthwar:l thus communed with bim-t-rli:
"Intuitions? That man has eyes cal
culated to lead one's soul. I fail to un
r.erstasd v,ly he should wish father kept
in iguorrace of his movements; but no
oue could f.t'-hom h:s motives."
. After Ito'.xrt had taken his departure,
Sellaxs lighted bis favorite pipe and thus
mused:
"The countenance of that young man
is us creu as day.' I can trust him.
Through Llni I will be able to inspect the
contents of the three trunks that consti
tuted the bajrjrajre of Elinor Kellogg on
1?t trip fivm Wilmington. Much time
has -laptd, but there may be papers,
Otters, i holographs, phials with labels,
or something that win enable me to take
i;p that back trail. Possibly something
that will help determine as to how tender
ly the wiV;w was a minister !r.g to Ja
r.ettc. "Consv.!t your father? Oh, no, my bov.
lLovers. T-'t-cg cr old. are blind blind as
ats. Sui hen Kcllcgs would upset all of
y plan? and marry the woman who, if
)r. Strong is right, murdered his brother.
erhaps his. wife, and brought one daugh
ter to tha brink of the grave.
"I can devote little time to the robbery
case until I have fathomed this more im
portant matter. I must visit the banker's
Ttsidence. To Robert it must appear that
K is with a view to ascertaining some-
hing that will r.id me in regard to the
ebbery case. What could I be supposed
o learn there? T have it!" And the right
pand cf tfce 'etecMve descended to the
tarfare of the table before him with a
tartling force. 'I wish." he resumed,
i'that Dr. Strnr? could have remained
longer in tL c.?y. tie rauei to nni a
,hicg criminMiuc--r.et
ial even. Well,
have proj let d to leae nc stone unturn-
d; nor '2:i!l I."
. half hour later. John Thorn
of ,
-rg:a riesccn-iei tse stairs, tie was
elCerly Icoi-rc man. with a full, tron-
y beard, dark gray hair, and coasid-
iibly stooped at the shoulders. His
it was dark pray. He wore a frock
iat. f airied a h ary rane, and the luster
f bis piercing yrs was lost behind a pair
f green tinted jpectacies. He had. the
ppearan.ee, of being a substantial old
armer of tbe Southern i:me one, per-
aps, retire 1 from bus-iness: and as he
isurc'y made rus way up the street, one
ould little hare dreamed that he was
.e -noted Southern detective.
So great, indeed, wo? the change in his
'appearance, tnat wueu. at me sratea
time, he opened the door of bis room to
rhe summons or r.ocert, txat young man
cmarkod:
"I beg your pardon, sir; I fear I have
'nade a mistake."
"Not a bit of it," responded the etran-
I . , ...a. . . 4 .J
vrr. i Pave i;ui jum inuiuri jivui u
nspection of your city nni nave not naa
ime to divest myself of the apparel of
John Thorn.
Robert uttered an exclamation or
piazement. but soon recovering himself,
resented the cashier.
pray be seated, said -ur. morn, ajmi
'lrning to a bureau, in a trice, spectacles,
towing btavd and gray hair were depos
ed in one of its drawers, ana oenars
. . . . : : i .. ,i v. :
'l GeteCllVC. euin.ugi. nrjnru uimmi
v the side cf tse young men.
i.'rhf conversation that followed merely
wrought from the lips of Lawrence Terry
"acts already Known io ine reaaer.
The cashier stated again what parties
ere in the bank at the time the money
lickage was made up and their location
that institution. -J
"Not a bill in the package would I be
ble to identify," he said, "for the reason
1 at not of o'rte had I kept a record of the
tmber. Of the banks of issue I can fur
'ish you a complete list. I furnished a
list to Inspector Hunt of our city, but I
think it did not aid him."
"Have any private detective taken up
the case?" asked Sellar.
"On a number, I presume. The last
e I'have a knowledge of was"-and
- TWrv cave an account of the inci-
-in!niT to the crentleman in blue.
ii, rfvrribiuc him, but stating that he
Id not appeared at the bank since leav-
it oa that occasion,
hie detective questioned him and re-t-sttoned
him in regard to the appear
"C of this man, until he was satisfied
it of him he could learn no more.
'Very much of the build and appear
. in hniMiul' "wore elflAses.
' fa,-,, seemed hardly as dark-cora-
m n r rno ii'iiri. o r
. dexioned as Earl, questioned you as to
Whether you had a record of the bill num
bers. Humph! Another man after ? the
tea thousand reward, I suppose. Nell,
I a in extremely obliged to you for calling,
and for to light I will detain you no
longer. However, I wish to arrange a
little matter with my young friend here.
Yon understand, I think, that you two
alone are in my confidence. Much more
depends on your "discretion than I now
divulge. Please, net a word of this in
terview, or of a knowledge that you ever
heard of such an individual as he who is
seated before you."
"You may rely on me," said Terry; "and
I trust you may succeed in your mission."
A moment later and Sellars and Robert
were the sole occupants of the room.
A consultatifo of a half hour's duration
followed, after v hich Robert proceeded
homeward.
"Strange are the cethods employed by
detectives," he mused. "And especially
so, I fancy, are those of Lang Sellars.
I can see nothing to be gained by the step
proposed. He will never ftthom the case
rf he proceeds in that manner. Oh. well,
I am pledged. There will be no harm
done; but it is a 6ure loss of time."
The musings of the detective were of a
somewhat different nature. His features
wore an expression of extreme satisfac
tion as he sat, the sole occupant of his
room.
"The initial step gained," he thought.
"A ready opening to the solution of a
crime, or crimes, that may place the halt
er about a neck now probably encircled by
a coraJ strand, a silken cord, or a glitter
ing necklace!"
CHAPTER XT II.
At 2 p. m. on the twentieth of July two
men entered the gate leading to the bank
er's residence.
"You are quite sure, Robert," said the
elder man, as they passed up the walk,
"that the madam is not at home?"
"Quite certain. Mr. Thorn. Each day
since my sisters' departure she has been
absent from the house for the greater
part of the afternoon. She will hardly
return before four o'clock."
"The intervening time will be ample. In
what direction does the widow take her
drives ?"
"Oh, she does not always take the car
riage. She sometimes prefers to walk,
as she has to-day. She often goes north
ward through the park. She finds it lone
ly in the house at this time, I presume."
Robert unlocked the outer door, and the
two men were soon on the second floor.
"This room." said the young man, as
he paused before an open door, "is occu
pied by Earl. Opposite are the apart
ments of his mother. I see she has left
the door ajar. Here," he continued,
throwing open a door, "are the rooms for
merly occupied by my sisters. On this
side' pointing toward the street, "are the
rooms to which my mother was so long
confined. They hnve not been occupied
since her death. These rooms opposite,
I am the tenant of."
"Then right here. Robert," said Mr.
Thorn as the two men entered the apart
ments, "I will divest myself for the time
being of some of the articles of make-up
of John Thorn. On account of the heat,
I find them quite oppressive, and if I am
interrupted I can seek refuge here."
"While you are conducing your inves
tigations," the young man said, "I will
be on guard against surprises. I think it
impossible that you find anything beneath
this roof that will aid you."
'Time will tell," said John Thorn. And
a moment later it was Sellars that en
tered the apartments of the widow.
"Poor ajar. Bureau drawers unlock
ed, closet door open: everything open to
inepection," mused the detective.
"But where are the trunks? They are
net in the closet. Ah, here! This door
will lead to them. It 5s locked. Right
here evidences of the widow's precautions
begin to be made manifest."
In a moment Sellars produced a bunch
of skeleton keys, and in another the door
swung open.
j "As I expected. The madam's dressing
I room. And here are one, two, three
! trunks. This largest one ah, it opens
ji : i .1 ; HA4UJM l v.. .4.
reauiij, v uy, uuere iiyimu litre uui
winter wearing apparel and ladies' gowns
This one, what? The lid raises as read
ily as did the first. YVhy, it is half emp
ty. Let me see. 1 must use caution now.
These things must be removed with care
But I hardly think I will find anything
that will repay me for the trouble. Iore
wearing apparel, books, odda and ends,
mere book, letters, but the postmark
shows them of ?. too recent date. This
package all addressed to Elinor Kellogg
Here is another y3. and addressed to
Elinor Newberry. I will glance at some
of them. And the detective seated him
self beside the open trunk.
"There is nothing here," he remarked at
the expiration of half an hour; and he
replaced with great care the articles he
had removed and closed the trunk.
"Now this last one. Why, it has seen
more travel and is older than either of the
others, or I am mistaken. Brass-bound
and heavy. It has the appearance of
having been made to withstand hard
usage. Ah, the catches sprung forward
the trunk locked! This is the recepta
cle that I must study." -
Another bunch of keys was produced,
but it was no easy matter to obtain a
glimpse of the interior of number three.
It was some minutes before Sellars was
able to raise the lid, but at last he did so.
A sheet, carefully folded, covered the
contents of the trunk. It was speedily
removed. Beneath it was spread a shawl
of variegated colors. It must once have
been very handsome, but was now some
what faded.
Sellars removed the shawl, and a low
whistle escaped his lips.
A moment more and he was cm his
knees at the side of the trunk.
"I expected something here," he said
in a low tone; "but this this is beyond
my comprehension."
Carefully the detective began the un
packing of the trunk
"The farther I progress the more mys
tified I become," he presently remarked
in an undertone.
"What is this? An old album. I must
examine the contents.
"By the powers!"
That expression was the nearest to an
oath that Sellars ever approached, and
when it fell from his lips it evidenced that
he had encountered something unexpect
ed, or that his active brain had suddenly
grasped some new and important feature
in the case he had in hand.
Page by page he turned over the pages
of the old album, scanning the features
of each human semblance.
Presently he held the album steadfast
and gazed earnestly at one photograph.
"A clew that will reach beyond the
broken trail," he mused, as he removed
and placed it in his pocket. "Ah, anoth
er, but different. What, another yet?"
Four samples of the work of photog
raphy now rested in his pocket.
Suddenly he exclaimed:
"What is this? One with face revers
ed. Ah, taken in Richmond. They say
at home that a reversed photogi?aph in an
album indicates a breach in fiaendship.
I will look at this one," and the detective
withdrew it.
An exclamation of surprise fell from
his lips.
The photograph joined the others in his
pocket and the album was soon closed.
More articles were removed, and pres
ently, in one end of the trunk, appeared
a package wrapped carefully in what was
evidently once a silk dress skirt.
"I will investigate." And soon many
smaller packages were found to make up
this one. The detective carefully exam
ined them one by one.
"This is no surprise," he muttered. '1
knew of her penchant in that direction.
It cost her something. Ah, here is anoth
er package."
Thi3 one the detective opened. In one
instant he was on his feet, and for once
in his life Lang Sellars, the Southern de
tective, trembled with excitement.
Carefully he exaddned the contents of
this package, then as carefully replaced
it in the trunk.
"Ah, the bundle of letters is!: i9 this
they are wrapped in? Oh, I will lay that
aside. The letters why. they are ad
dressed to neither Elisor Kellogg nor Jfili
nor Newberry to yee, many of them are
in the same handwriting. They were
mailed from different localities and ad
dressed to different cities. I will take a
few of these along. What is this so
carefully laid away? A well-bound vol
ume. Ah, ha! A trer.tise on vegetable
and mineral poisons! This grows inter
esting. "Here is another hidden mystery, per
haps. Why, it is heavy."
The detective brought to view and plac
ed on a chair beside him a nearly square
package and removing the flannel cover
ing, an ebony box in dimensions some
twelve by twenty-four inches, was reveal
ed. "At last!" exclaimed Bellars. "At last!
Within this casket lie the hidden agents
of perhaps more crimes than Dr. Strong
even dreams of. Now to open it. The
key is never from the widow's posses
sion. Can I? Let me try. I have forty
of these small ones."
In ten minutes the casket lid was rais
ed.
"Merciful God!" exclaimed a startled
man. "Lined with velvet, studded with
jewels, filied with daath! There are fifty
phials if there is one, and each in its tiny
pocket.
"This one, prosaic add instant death 1
This next one, acoanite, then diga talis,
chloroform, arsenic, strychnine, bitter al
mond, belladonna! Enough! Enough!
They are all there. Yes, and here are
boxes containing ptwders. Lord, Lord!
Elinor Kellogg, you are standing right
now in the shadow of the gallows!"
Sellars closed the lid. locked the box and
carefully restored it to its position.
"Here is an envelope filled with news
paper clippings. That may prove of ser
vice. Ah, here is some more of those arti
cles that were never utilized. I will take
a few of those. Now to replace every
thing as I found it. The madam will
hardly examine the album or these pack
ages soon. The contents of her death
dealing casket I have not. disturbed.
may be taking chances in regard to that
I hardly think so. But I have no time to
lose."
The trunk was repacked with the great
est caution, locked, the brass- catches
sprung forward, and Sellars turned from
the room, securing the door benind nam.
He passed into the hall, leaving the
door of the outer apartment ajar.
"I will take a glance at Earl's 6anc
turn," he said.
He found the young man's trunks easy
to gain access to, but contented himself
with securing therefrom merely one pho
tograph, which he removed from an em
velope containing several others.
The photograph was of the teller of
the Great Western Bank.
(To be continued.)
Trade and Profession Mottoes.
An Actor "I work when I 'play,'
and 'play' when I work."
A Banker-"Principal is the princip
al thing, and a source of great !atr-
est."
A Baker "The staff of life I do sup
ply, by it you live and bo must I."
A Butcher "We kill to dress, not
dress to kill."
A Builder "I send innocent men to
the 'scaffold "
A Clerk "I possess more pens than
pounds."
A Dentist "Look 'down in the
mouth' and be happy."
A Doctor "I take pains to remove
pains."
A Farmer "I plow deep while slug
gards sleep."
A Hatter'i shelter 'the heir ap
parent' and protect 'the crown.'"
A Jockey "I witch the world with
noble horsemanship" (Shakspeare)
A Photographer "Mine is a develop
ing business and mounting rapidly."
A Printer "I act as mouthpiece of
the human race."
A Soldier "For the right I fight with
all my might."
A Solicitor "I study the law and
the profits."
An Umbrella-maker "I 'hall all
storms and bless the longest reign.
An Undertaker "No complaints from
our customers." Boston Traveler.
The Barometer and Weight.
A man weighs less when the barom
eter is high, notwithstanding the fact
that the atmospheric pressure on him
Is more than when the barometer is
low. As the pressure of air on an ordinary-sized
man is about fifteen tons,
the rise of the mercury from twenty
nine Inches to thirty-one inches adds
about one ton to the lead he has to
carry.
Salt Fish. .
In a basin of water salt, of course,
sinks to the bottom; so never soak salt
fish with the skin side down.
Yucatan is a compound Indian name
meaning, "What do you say?" which
was the only- answer the Spaniards
could obtain from the natives to their
inquiries concerning a description of
the country.
Tim IT I HIT! THflTlT Tl
'WWW
CZAR'S WOMAN DOCTORS.
Russia Trusted Them at the Front In the
War "With Turkey.
During the Spanish-American War
women physicians who desired to go
to the front to relieve suffering and to
acquire surgical experience had to en
list as nurses. Perhaps, if the au
thorities had been more familiar with
the work done by women in the Busso
Turkish War, that began in 1876, they
would have taken a different course.
Russia, uearly a quarter of a century
ago, gave to her graduated women
full rank as physicians at the front,
and secured from 'theni services that
were appreciated at the time and are
still remembered.
The lack of physicians in Russia
had led a large number of young wom
en to seek medical instruction at Zu
rich and elsewhere even before the
first Government medical college was
opened for Russian women at St.
Petersburg, in 1873. The trend of
thought toward liberalism in the six
ties had had its effect on women. It
is supposed that the mixing of women
students of good families with revolu
tionists, who also Qade a headquar
ters of Zitrieh, brought home to the
Russian Government the desirability
of a medical sohool for women at the
capital.
The school was an annex to the
regular military medical college, and
the girls had the same teachers as the
male students, had to study the same
time (live years) and had to pass the
same examinations, but after gradua
tion they were to be called only
"learned midwives." Powever, this
injustice did not keep the girls away.
They came from all over Russia to St.
Petersburg, often without the permis
sion of parents, thereby renouncing
all huancial support from the latter.
Many had to live in povertv, earning
but little by dint of lessons, copying
and translations. The attitude of the
male students toward their colleagues
of the other sex was friendly. They
treated women as equals. Books, in
struments and notes were readily fur
nished not only to personal friends,
but to any one that happened to be in
need of them.
One of these first women physicians
relates that once a classmate of hers,
speaking of her need of a book on an
atomy, wa3 overheard by a male stu
dent, utterly unknown to her. He
turned arouna ana saia: "i m very
sorry not to have one myself, but if
you wait a moment I will surely get
one for you." He entered the adjoin
ing lecture room, where students were
gathered in the expectation of a le
ture, went up to the centre of it and
called out: "Comrades, there is a col
league, a woman, that is in want of a
book on anatomy. Who of you can
lend it to her for the next term?"
Cries of "Ii were heard from all
sides, and in another moment the big,
broad-shouldered student appeared
with several volumes, saying: "Take
whichever ono you lilje best; take
even several, if you know of others of
jour classmates that may bo in need
of them."
At the time when the first girl stu
dents were to pass their final examin
ations war between Russia and Tur
key broke out. Russia had hardly
sufficient physicians the fourth and
fifth year students of the Military
Medical School were ordered to the
battlefield. The girls seized this op
portunity, eager to prove their capa
bility to perform the functions of i
physician. During the war the Ens
sian women physicians made them
selves generally known, and turned
public opinion in their favor. Two of
them lo3t their lives at the front.
New York Tribune.
" Cbtua Painting For Women
Any person who can paint in water
colors can decorate china. True, the
china painting is done in mineral col
ors, but there is not much difference
in the treatment of water and mineral
color paints.
China painting is peculiarly adapted
to the delicate and light touch of a
woman's hand aud decorated china
finds a place in every household, from
the dining-room, with its decorated
after-dinner coffee set or entire dinner
service, to the parlor, with its dec
orated tiles, and gas and lamp shades,
and all these articles bring excellent
prices in the stores and in the ex
changes for women's work.
In buying china for decoration
examine it carefully. See that it is
absolutely perfect. It must not be
warped, chipped or spotted, and,
above all, it. must! not be craccked.
Tap it lightly to find if it rings true,
for if it be cracked ever so slightly it
will go to pieces in firing. The color
must be either ivory or milk.white.
The first step after the china is se
cured is to draw freehand or trace with
the aid of the finest tracing paper the
design directly upon it. Do this care
fully, as it is difficult to correct fUo
lines, and upon its acouraoy depends
much of the success of the subsequent
work. All the following steps in china
decoration call for some knowledge in
ceramio art.
A dinner service may be either very
elaborate, with flowers and leaves in
a border of gold, or exceedingly plain,
with a simple monogram . Fish, game,
fruit and dessert sets should be ap
propriately decorated. For a fish ser
vice, shells, seaweed cr the various
fishes may be used; for a game ser
vice, birds; for dessert, little winged
cupids; for a fruit service, the berries
and tho other fruits.
Before sending china to be fired see
that the paint is thoroughly dry.
American Queen.
i
. America's "Qrand Old Woman.
The women of the country have a
splendid representative in Susau S.
Anthony, who may properly be called
the "graud old woman", of the United
States. It is more than a generation
ago since Miss Anthony entered the
public arena in behalf of her sex, and
to-day, uearing the close of a busy
life, she sees women entering every
profession and reflecting much credit
on themselves. This grand woman is
now President of the National Suf
frage Association, organized for the
purpose of securing political equality
for the better half of the race. She re
cently journeyed to England where a
monster congress of the women of the
world was held, and to which she
went with others as a representative
of American women. The congress
was a success, and among all those
women gathered from all parts of the
earth Susan B. Anthony was honored
for what she has done for the advance
ment of her sex. The congress was
the fruition of yer.7s of hard work
upon tne part ox miss Antnony
and her co-laborers, and the praise
bestowed upon her, "Well done, thou
good and faithful servant," by the
delegates was a tribute well earned by
a noble and self-sacrificing life de
voted to a great cause.
- Earrings Again Fashionable.
Those who obeyed the dictates of a
former fashion and renounced ear
rings can how properly show their
allegiance to the fickle goddess by
again wearing these personal adorn
ments. Whethsr this revival is a
passing fancy or not, certain it is that
many ultra-fashionable women are
again seen with flashing gems in their
ears. As the little hooks of almost
invisible wire that pinch the lobe of
the ear loosely are liable, while the
woman dances, to become loosened
and lost, it follows that amazingly
few earrings are made tfp of genuine
gems. There is no loss of brilliancy
because imitation pearls, diamonds
and rubies are used.
Although elderly women have re
sumed tho wearing of their sub
stantial and valuable jewels, the
younger ones have adopted tho circlet,
or Neapolitan hoop. A thread of
gold, strung with small tinted pearls,
is one of the favorites, and seems in
keeping with the pompadour dressing
of the hair and the flufflness of the
muslin gown.
Newest Fancies in Stocks and Collars.
Since the days of high stocks and
collars there is no end to the variety.
Several of the fashionable women at
Newport this year have been seen in
the morning with dark linen collars
and cravats on white shirt-waists, in
stead of the reverse, as has been so
long the fad. These collars aud stocks
aro of dark red, brown or blue linen
of the very finest quality, and are
made with tho little turned-over top,
just as tho white collars are. They
are made with a tie attached of the
same material, which is crossed over
behind and tied in front in a small
bow. These new collars and stocks
are the latest thing here, and set off a
white morning waist to perfection.
Ladies Home Journal.
Fads and Fancies.
Narrow bias folds of Persian foulard
trim some of the batiste gowns.
Buckles and clasps in dull gold and
platinum mixed are very much worn.
German damask is exceedingly
pretty and durable for shirt waists.
It cau be found at the linen stores.
Taffeta silk trimmed with cloth and
cloth combined with taffeta silk are
both made use of by French dress
makers.
High-class modistes are making
considerable use of fringes of every
width in silk or chenille, or both, in
combination.
Galatea yachting and cauotier cloth
are used this season for golf, cycle
and mountain costumes, as well as for
boating suits.
A silk gown of a gold brown, with
a light stripe in which there is the
faintest tint of pink and green, has a
pink yoke and lapels and facings ol
the green.
All the shades of blue are favored
this season. Lobelia, morning-glory,
flax, lavender, iris and forget-me-not
are new choice blues in cloth, silk,
velvet, flowers and tulle.
The new lovely roso color called
American beauty is a prominent shade
among the season s daiuty textiles
and on French millinery in hats en
tire or among the striking accessories.
The tiny knife plaitings which out
line the jacket fronts, tunics and fin
ish the lower edge of wash gowns are
as pretty and effective as they always
have been when they have been used
m times past.
Entire white costumes are in marked
vogue this season, and as white para
soia ana oeautitni wmte ures3 ma
terials are now to be purchased at
such surprisingly low prices, it is
very easy to make a selection for white
toilets.
One of the pretty fabrics of the
seaeon, inexpensive enough to cast
aside when its first freshness is past,
or one has had a season's careful wear
out of it, is American-woven pique
or "cotton reps," as some of the mer
chants call it.
I'arasoi covers are as numerous a
shirt waists in a woman's wardrobe
nowadays. Many covers are required
to suit tho mauy changes of weather
as well as the changes of costumes.
A dark wask ?ilk tor dull days, chiffon
and mull covers for tho resort, aud
gay colors for days when .shopping in
town.
Many dressmakers are u:ius
flounces cut straight from the goods,
instead of the long-popular circular
shapes cut bias. The reason is that on
wash fabrics the former come from the
laundry in better condition than th3
others, and on very light, airy fabrics
they hang ' better, even when tht
flounces are first arranged upon the
skirt,
OUR BUDGET OF HUMOE.
LAUGHTER-PROVOKING STORIES FOR
LOVERS OF FUN.
Inclined t- Be Stubborn Bather Gener
out in This Case A Double Grief
Moraine Best Undisturbed An Inter
eating Report Too Sure, Etc., Etc.
It was an automobile
B-gan to balk and rant,
And when 'twas told to move on said,
m auio, out i snan'ti"
Harper's Bazar.
An Intereetins Keport.
"What sudden popularity among
the girls Howard Hicks in enjoying."
"Yes; he got his sister to start a
report that he is a woman-hater."
Chicago Record.
Morning Rest Undisturbed.
First Gook "How do you like your
new place?"
Second Cook "First rate. There
isn't an alarm clock about the place."
Ohio State Journal.
A Double Grief.
"So your fox terrier has been stolen,
Miss Mary?"
"Yes; isn't it a shame? And I had
just paid this year's dog tax on him,
too." Chicago Record.
One Great Objection.
"Bathe in the ocean!" cried tho
pure water crank.
"Of course; why not?"
"Why, it's never been filtered or
bailed." Philadelphia North Amer
ican. Bather Generous in This Case.
Mr. Stubb "Well, I'll give you
credit for your cooking in the last
Mrs. Stubb "Is that all? Why,
you had to give Bridget cash." Chi
cago News.
Street Car Aoxtety.
"There are two kinds of trolley
faces."
"What are they?"
"The one we wear when we want to
get on and the one wo wear when we
want to get off." Chicago Record.
Explaining a Statement.
"What do you mean by saying ho
is stuck on himself?" asked the irri
tatingly precise boarder.
"I mean," said the Cheerful Idiot,
"that he is one of his own firmest ad
herents." Indianapolis Journal.
The Main Folnt.
"I want to enlist to go to the Phil
ippnes," said tho seedy -looking man.
"lama good fighter."
"That is of minor importance," an
swered the recruiting officer. "Are yoi
a good swimmer?" Chicago Post.
A Elut For the Amateur Farmer.
How to work the plow and mind the
baby at the same timo. Judge.
rity tho Iceman.
Giles "I don't see how that ice
man manages to make a living."
Miles "Why, I thought there was
big money in the ice business ?"
Giles "There is if one sell enough,
but you see he gives nearly all of it a
weigh." Chicago Record.
Too Sure.
Mrs. Waggles "Did Mr. Wiggles
seem to be excited when ho proposed
to you?"
Mrs. Wiggles "No; he was so cool
about it, and seemed to be so dead
certain that I would have him. that the
first time ho asked mo I refused him."
Somerville (Mass.) Journal.
A Touching Tribute.
Widow Farrelly "Do ye moind
the beautiful bookay Mr. Googaa
presinted me this mawnin"? Ah, the
poor mon! his woife died jist tin days
ago."
Widow Murphy "Begorra, they,
kipt well, didn't they?" Harper's
Weekly.
Took Her at Her Word.
"I'll know better next time," said
Mrs. Ferguson, speaking of it after
ward. "I told George's uncle to con
sider himself at home in our houso."
"Well?"
"Well, it wasn't five minutes after
ward that he began to grumble about
the cooking." Chicago Tribune.
Looking Ahead.
"Isn't Willie growing fast?" eaid a
North side lady, referring to her four-year-old
son.
"Yes," replied her husband with a
frown, "aud I hate to see it, too."
"Hate to see it? Why so?"
"We'll have to pay carfare for him
that much sooner." Ohio State Jour
nal. When Woman Comes Into Her Own.
There are burglars in tho honse. Of
that no doubt remains.
The man has risen and is searching
for something in thedarknes3.
"Have you mislaid your revolver?'
falters the wife.
"No, my necktie," falters tho man.
For after all ho is only a aiau. De
troit Journal.
No Sign of Progression.
"Here is a paragraph which will in
terest you, my dear," said Mr. Dsr
ley to his wife. "A progressive
woman in St. Louis uses the telephone
in making social calls."
"That's not progressiveuess," said
Mrs. Darlev.
"No?"
"No; she simply has no new clothes
to wear." New York World,
LADY BROOME'S MINING STORY. "
Dow a Train of Misfortunes Finally
Reached a Fortunate Climax. ZZZi
Lady Broome, in the Cornhill Maga
zine, tells this interesting story:
Ihis man had reached the very last
of his resources without findinz a
speck of gold, and although men in
suoh extremity are always kind and
helpful to each other he could not ex
pect any one to share such fast
dwindling stores with him. There
was nothing for it, therefore, but to
turn back on the morrow, while a
mouthful of food was still left, and to
retrace his steps as best he might to
the nearest port. He dwelt with a
good deal of rough pathos on the de
spair of that last day's fruitless work,
whioh left him too weak and exhausted
to carry his heavy tools back to the
spot they called "camp." So he just
flung them down and, as he said,
"staggered" over the two or three
miles of scrub-covered desert, guided
by the smcke of the camp-fire. Next
morning early, after a great deal of
sleep and a very little food, he braced
himself up to go back and fetch his
tools, although he carefully explained
that he would not have takeu the
trouble to do this if he had not felt
that his pick and barrow were about
hi3 only possessions, and might ieceh
the price of a meal or two when it
came to the last.
I have often wondered since if tho
impression of the Divine mercy and
goodness which was so strong in that
man's mind just then has ever worn
off. He dwelt with a self-accusing
horror on how he had railed at his
luck, at fate, at everything, as he
stumbled back that hot morning over
his tracks of the day before. The way
seemed twice as long, for, as he said,
his "heart was too heavy to carry."
At last he saw his barrow and pick
standing up on the fiat plain, a little
way off, and was wearily dragging on
toward them, when he caught his toe
against a stone deeply imbedded in
the sand, and fell down. His voico
sank to a sort of awe-struck whisper,
as if he were almost at confession, as
he said: "Well, ma'am, if you'd be
lieve me, I cursed awful. I felt as if
it was too hard altogether to bear.
To think that I should go and nearly
break my toe against the only stone
in the district, and with all these miles
to travel back! So I lay there like
Job's friend and cursed God and
wanted to die. After a bit I felt liko
a passionate child who kicks and
breaks the thing which has hurt him,
and I had to beat that stone before I
could feel quiet. But it was too firm
in the sand for my hands to get it up,
so in my rage I set out quite briskly
with the pick to break up that stone,
if it took all my strength. It was
pretty deep set in the ground, I
assure you, ma'am; but at last I got
it up, and here it is solid gold, and
nearly as big as a baby's head. Now.
ma'am, I ask you, did I deserve this?"
He almost banged the rather dirty
looking lump down on the table be
fore me as he spoke, and it certainly
was a wonderful sight, aud a still
more wonderful weight. He told mo
he had searched about the neighbor
hood of that nugget all day, but there
was not the faintest trace of any morn
gold. So, as he had no time to lose"
on account of the shortness of the
food and water supply, he just started
bad1" to the coast, which ho reached
quite safely, and came straight down
to Perth in the first steamer. The
principal bank had advanced him
$4000 on his nugget, but it would
probably prove to be worth twice as
much. I asked him what he was
going to do, and was sorry to hear
that he intended to go back to Eng
land at once and set up a shop or a
farm I forget which among his own
people. Of course, it was not for ma
to dissuade him, but I felt it was a
pity to lose such a good sort of man
cut of the colony, for he was not
spending his monoy in champagno
and card playing, as all the very few
successful finders did in those first
days.
I - i
When Leary Did Not Salute.
It was at the outbreak of this civil
strife that Captain Leary arrived at
Apia, in the American warship Adams.
Dr. Enappe was then the German
Consul at Apia, and. he and Comman
der Fritze, of the German warship
Adler, carried on affairs with au im
perious hand. Feeling ran high be
tween the Germans on one hand, and
the Americans and English on llio
other. The Germans bombarded vil
lages on various pretoxts, fired upon
unarmed natives, and gave open aid
to Tamasese. Captain Leary at that
time was a Commander, and it w.is
not long before he and Captain Fritzo
had some lively interchanges of com
pliments. On ono occosion tho Adler
steamed past the American ship with
a native chief bound to the foremast.
The German 6aluted when he passed,
but no answer came back from the
American. Soon the German came to
a standstill. A boat was dispatched
to ascertain why the American had not
answered the salute. Commander
Leary sent the Teuton this character
istic reply: "The United Strtes does
not salute vessels engaged in the
slave-carrying trade." Ainslee'a.
Mining in a River liottom.
A novel method of gold-hunting has
just been instituted witliin tho city
limits of Redding. Three professional
divers from Port Huron, Mich., have
located a claim oa the bottom of the
Sacramento River. They hive a scow
anchored in tho centre of the stream.
A ladder reaches to the bottom. Tho
gold-hunters go down in full diving
costume. The river is thirty feet
deep at this point and so swift tint
the divers have to wear heavy weights
at the waist and on their feet. A
number of small pieces of gold have
been found. Tho divers havo dis
covered a large crevice, which they
will thoroughly explore. Sau Fran
cisco Call.