North Carolina Newspapers

f)atf)at3 Rrcarb. II. A.. LONDONi EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, KATES or ADVERTISING TERMS OF SUBSCRIPnON, U50 PER TEAR Strictly In Advmn. One iqiuure, one lniertiod On tquoro, two taeeatioM One square, one month VOL. XXIV. PITTSBOIIO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1902. NO. 45. For larger advertisement! liboml reta wiu be made. c . ; , A NOVEL. (ISABELLA (tVipyriR'.il, ItM n4 HM, lijr chaptf.k xvi. CDMIXITP, ! "Oh, Carton! My Carlos!" she cx- claimed, snutchi tlio photograph mid pressing it to her litis. "Ami I liavo no picture of him! I dure not, for tho Imrou would destroy it mill kill mcj but I must hnvo h copy of thin oue! My beaut if ul Carlos! And yot " Sho hold (bo pie! tiro from hor mid thou again closer than betY.-e, and an expression of disappointment slowly Bottled ou hor lovely features, i "It 13 not Carlos," sho said sadly. "No! Looking at it carefully, now'l cnu p'jo that it i!i not Carlos .t theso uiiexiueto.l words, Olivo could not lmvo tol l whether ulie felt jilensed or di-iappointod, nnd yel she imii, uneonsciotiidv, hoped to hear Boniethine; of tbo sort. 111 what does tho difference eon- nistv ulio asked, taking tho photo graph nud gazing intently nt. tho jic tured fentures. "i'lio living fneo Heemed to you 0 very like that of youv liushni 'Yon: (oil T ean son 11, n ,i;irro-,e., Iiioro eleaily in tho pieture. These! nro not tho eves of my Carlo. Ah, if : you had ever Hoen them, you could not forget them! Toor Ileuri used to nay they wero the real nmpjetic eves, ; and he often tried to versuade him to try to inesi.noi iac. l'.ut Carlos bad no faith in it nt nil and always made port o4 wiinic tliinff. Then these "ryobdnvs arc not so heavy as those of Oulos; nud, tbuii",h it is diflionlt to tell in a picture, the fneo Feoms. more blond, inoro fair. Of course, Curios was blond and his mother was an Flie'.ishwomnli : lb.it ia lv.111- La imiiiia by his vollov buir end ti,,i,i,ii,o. i,t ' (hero waa nlwnvs a touch of the Kpauinid iu bis p!c olivo nkin. lint this ia not a good picture, of Mr. Stan- ' Icy.- ; '"It is thoiifht very excellent by his ' family, but it was taken a'goo'd many 1 years a;:o, and ho tins lived in thin country mueo be left Kuglantl. That hni changed biin, and tho aim, no doubt, has tanned his complexion.. That would make him nil tho inoro like your Carlos nud les.) like his pic ture." "Ah, he is so like, so vcrj, very like," sighed Mrs. Helmboltz, "but the pliiiloftrnpU no, it is not like at nil. I never could mistako tho photo graph for Carlos, at least after tho iirs'. glance." Olivo returned tbo picture to its euvelopo mi l the euvelopo to the reti cule. I "I must go home, dear Celeste," fiho said, abruptly. "I havo been so wrapt up in your story aud so full of nympathy, that 1 quite forgot howthti limo was ilying. Well, what a pain ful evening I lmvo given you, when I thought only bow pleased you would liavo been to meet 1'olly Hamilton. Jbit you must kcihI me home iu your carriiiRe. dear, it is iuito too lato for 1110 to venture out nloue." ''Certainly," and Celostiuehastoncd lo order tho carriage; and, ns Olive was troubled about tho latcuess of the Lour, she hurried away with the brief est parting words and embraces, r All tho way home her thoughts were engaged about tho photo graph of the Honorable Clareneo Stanley. It bad arrived at the very moment she was leaving home tc cad for llcrliia a;id Mrs. Helmholtzj uud sho hnd (uily takeu time to tear open tho envelope and to glance at the picture and a long, closely written letter from "dear old Toddlekius." I How slow that coachman drove! How tho horses seemed to crawl! But, at last, tho c.ini.ige slopped nt hei uncle's house, mid she Hew upstairs tc Lcr own room; but before sbo took time to read the letter, sbo took th photograph frotn its covering and hei eyes, looking like two points of light, fixed their gleaming gn.e upon it. 1 "Yes," she bit uhod softly to her- aelf, "1 thought 1 saw writing on it;, it is very tine, and the ink so faded, I can .''oiireclv read it; but ah. ves: 'l'ho magnify ing-glnss." ' She snntehed a reading-glass fr uu lier desk aud held it over the tliienui! faintly traced words: 1 "Clareneo Hiunley, to his deni friend, Milicent Fairfax." "And yet!" exclaimed Mist Oaye, Lcr cheeks Hushed wilh triumph, "1 reniemL?" distinctly Hint tho Honor able Clarence S:auley said to me, on that first occasion of our meeting cacti other, that he had never seen end did not kuow 'dear old Toddlekius.'" CIIAPTKK XVII. ax isTCnrsTiVi Mimt. For what sv ,:.! quite a !oug time, Miss (i ty ciniuucl to gn.o upon the photogi.-.pli l.ebi so lightly b.'tweeu Lcr two uuull witi'o bauds. Thou eho locked it. c.ro'ully away iu a drawer of her v'l iii j;:-.dcsk, and tho said to herself, wit s a siuilo: "I am incline 1 I ;!.inl., with Celes ! tino Hemholt, that Mr. .Stanley's photograph doer, not do him justice. Ho ia very much handsomer; and however reinai!'.ibl a .any havo been tho wonderful, m.ineiio eyes of her dear Carlos, tlioy ton hi not hnvo ex celled iu that respect tho wouderful, dark, maguetic eyes of cur Honorable Clareneo Stanley," She drew her letter from its envelope; but interesting as L.be knev it iould Lo and anxiou ; ns she was to know its CASTELAR) J.' Rorr IwXSUCs Sosi.) contents, she liclil it for some moments unfolded, while her thought strayed away thousands, of miles across tbo Atlantic, mid she murmured with a smile: "Pear dd Toilulckins!" Miss (inye's correspondent Was Miss Milieout 1'nirfirt, "tho old-innid sister" of Lad; Appteiy. Milicent Fairfax was nil old maid who had never been young: sho had not tho past t( look baek Upon. From her earliest recollections, sho had felt old nud looked old, nud even at seven years of ago sho had hoard herself milled "th.ut little old maid." It win tbo source of indescribable ! 1)lUpnlc(;s ,J '"'r; and hn Clareneo '"" ''?'. a yoii'i;,' folle-ian. had called f "') Ms,, i' l!,'ss '." deliver koiuo ",psf 1,0111 'J'otnev, i.oni I Altnl.dir nu.l b,id .(li.., ,.,,,.,,cl j neeidenllr lilislukeu the old-timid ; sifter for bis brother's pretty sweet heart, he bad, in one moment nnd forever, won the heart of Miss Fair fax. Sbo had never before really loved nuy one and never expected to ' - , vO " HOAVl a seeoilil tlllie. W1"'n t'larene.i Sianley bad oaid B'Ml-''y forever to bis native laud, !lU'1 '" sco Milicent and n,'tllll".v kissed her faded check, thci i',v nnd corrow coinbined of that '""l,' " nearly killed her. ii" i-H" iuu:i l I'.H', nue lluu hIio miht reniember, dilrin: every 1 moment of her fiituie life, that this brilliant y.iiti man had really kissed her, thin ard that she iniht, t!io lir whrii rfhe awoke in tho luominj; i .... 1.1-14 1 1 1 il and tho last when her eyes closed nt ni:ht, look nt his face, that held for her tlio glory of tlio world. She bad never seen turn njjaiu; s!ie had almost ct'as;'1 lo li'M'O that she ever miht; rtu,1 whcn hvc (l"v,, l'1U1"3 W,IJ ',0l'lll01'0 House as u Kuest, Miss Fair- K"vt i ner a love 113 i-ecuuar an . ns 0l',) ns """ ,!, foot '"' )livo Oaye uiniiiiK me iim main wiiii 11 I'liiviu , " iii,. - 1 tret'dom nnd lack ol cerciiiciny, sueli ns i 1 only observed toward young people; mid bavin;; thus won Mi!i cont'K heart, sbo followed up tho con quest by listening to the story of hoc admiration for young Clareneo Stan ley nnd dechiring his picture "jut t too handsome for anything." From that moment Miss Fairfax would have died for her; and when she called her "Toddlekius," iu playful allusion 4i htr diiek-liko walk, ileeloiing that Milicent was lo call her "Nollikcns" iu return, as a synonym for "Olive," tho old maid was ready to yield up her soul to follow where her heart bad gnti!) before. "She loves Clarence," thought Olive, biiuging her long reverie to a close. "She loves Clarence, and to tho eye of love there is 110 disguise, l'.ut stop! She loves me, too, and for me she will do anything uuythiug! She would even throw dust in tho eyes of lovo itself. Yes if there should even be tbo disguise I suspect, and her eyes should penetrate it, I can yet manage that tough knot! Aud uow to read her letter:" ' "Wispr.itMT.KK Horse. Olivo fl.iyo's eyes wera glittering "lfiie.Ts. K. it.wo. 51 iv , l!U. I with excitement when sbo finished "Ir.Ai.r.sr Xoi.l:ki:s: I send you tim! ,, u u,n .mdshe could have hugged I'hoto.rap!.; a eopy would not be tbo same, , , . . , , 0 , oesides whieb, I eou d not let it out of my '- correspondent to her heart for tlio possession to anyone I ut your. elf long news s'10 bad sen!. Sbo even for ennnli to have it'eopl d. I .,.,,- the t-.-iuihliiiL' slvlo of fiss Fair- ..in..., ,..,...1.1'., .0 if. . 1. with me. And ( nm Kind, dear, that you -hoald havo it for a wlule, beeau- w 111 sa di trouble liere, nul you may In the mean nf helping us. Lord Appleby Is doomedllio doe, or says hi davs are numbered a d the little heir must go, too. ' Who could havo thought It? Ono Uiort year ago, both of them the picture nf lieallli as they then looked? Tlio tny.-ter. 1 hoi malady that Is killing them they In j lierlt from lord Appleby's mother, the' latn 1 countess. She had It 'from her mother. j and so ou, I don't Know how many genera- dons ba.'k: and no phsieian has ever been aide lo understand the malady, or even tc give it a name, la. y say it 1 no disoa at all, I ut a curie. 1'ho countess 0:111m ol 1 Spanish family named Momlozn, and an i.l.l ancestor centuries Hgo wrouge.l souis Indian princess In America. That Meudozn ; n i L " T ,13 , . u I said Hint the Indian woman loft h curse nil every Mendnze. who didn't law ully iniirry one of her own descendants and though that Is a morn superstition and F don't believe a word of it there 1 something peculiar nhout it, for ns far as I can II ti .1 out any: hiug about It aud siiie.i I got your letter, dearest. I have tnkei .lain to IL'i; I out everything 1 could 11I1011I ihe CoiifilPS.s cr "iujcrnn.ro r.iumy, it 110 It Is certainly muiarkablo how nia'iiv el tbeia have died mysteriously from sonu uuknoR'u malady or so by accident 01 violence. "flio ease of pour Lord Appleby and hi little boy brings it homo very close to us, ami a though I wouldn't lt myself b.divi iu this superstition 1 eau't but think thh malady that is killing Lord Appleby an I tlie child very awful and mysterious.' Thai nrings im to tho old earl. II 1 is still m much in lovo with you, Xollie, as over! Ah, what 11 thousuud pities ho Isn't his own son, and thou you could marry him nn-.l be C. uutoss of Windermere. He is Iu 1lo.-p.111 at the condition of bis son aud graudsoa- ueli despair that even tiio return of oat Clarence (though his father has alwav hatod lilm) would be welcomed. The oar!, who married his wlfo from a bitter tooling of revenge because sno had twleo refused bi n. grew at lust to Unto !i"r bitterly: and this feeling was Increase .1 by tho fact of iter hopeless nttnehmenl to a cousin of lier i.wn, who was also til" heir-at-law of the Wtndermero estates If tlio present earl i honhl din childless. It appears to be a law of lifltute that nieu alwnys hate, the heir-at-law; and iu the easo of tho carl, hi nit e was Increased by knowing tho helr-at law to bo his rival, for whoso nako ho had heon twlee refused, and when his second 'on was born, tha Imago of his mother nnd 'icarlng tho fatal Mendo.a birthmark 011 his lemplo, tho old earl transferred his bate of Iho heir-at-law to hi own son; nud poor ''larence tbu becumo the pet and d.nllnp "I his mother. "From tho tlmn wlum (Tnronad loft tit until now no one has e, or dared td uamo lilm to llw osrli but how, ns I have nlreuily siilil, I ttiink tlio earl would ovon welcome this detested hod asnn kolrto Windermere. Tin) nrl;-;,i uftli'-nt-luw, Ills rival ami tho invcred lover of tho o'iii-wi, ia Iour slneo dead' bo? )in jtitft loli. two children, ouo a sou, Haioiii, nii.l n daughter. Constuiiiu. The son Is, of course, thu present helr-nt-luw, niul It was lit, sister to whom C'laron was engaged; another rniison for the ol.l earl's but'ed t.n'uri! hi younger suu. 'i'tils youeg lady, Constance Moray, 1.1 a lovely girl, I believe, though I liavo uover seen I li. r. Hut I am roaily to lovo auy ono wbo j cured fur Cluroiieo nud fyr whom Iio oared, j (Inly the serious thin la this matter Is ' that froia tlio day when oar Cluroncu left us till tho prosnnt hour not ouo of us lias j over received a lluo or word or mossugo i from our dourly loved buy, Of eonrse, ln would not have written to hi i father, and tliera Vv-ii- little hyaioathyljotwopn lilai ami Lord Appluliy; so Uhto has nver been any itri-at e.nisu o surprise unit npiueror them slinuld liavi! reiHilvoil any letters fr.vu hl:n. " l'liouKli bo knew very wall that I would always be a member of tin) family where-evi-r my dloti-r wa, It was liar lly to be ox pi'etod that bo would have written n me. Not bet what I h Mied ami pr.iyo 1 to jet aa oeeaslonal remo nl'ranee from lilm, but ; nothing linn er eome. I Would so la lly nave Kepi aim nuoraino oi an i;ihws(h thoramllyibatlcau'cfoeliijjlt suri.rlsed that he "liould liuvo proforre.l to forget thorn all at oueo and forever as soon as tho oeean had parted tuum. Wliotl was not r.omred for. however, was t!ie faet I havo ia.-t learned, aud It Is ibis: I'rom the mo- meat of pnrtl:i with Id a till now I.ady '"vr'J,.!'!1;:. of Ills liaiehvrttlni; 011 a newnaner '.er i:.eer bus reaelled her. Tills Is s unlike mir Claratiee, Nollie, dnrilni;, wliafaii itnean'.' lines It foreshadow tho fenrful eula'iiity I ( have never dared to think of. Taut e.ilaai- lty whleh now I cannot keep nt of 1 my thought. Is Clareneo no longer liv- , iinV' Has the Indian woman's ears.' pur- , sued lilm to the ileat;i, also? Hut, no! I a 11 ashamed to let sue.'i siiier.-litlo!u fan- ! ele.s Into my mind! for If there Is 1 truth In It, t'lareueo was tho ono j to i o safe, fur ho loved tin ' descendant of tho MoiebMii: hut, poi-hap. 1 not a deseeudaat of tin! Indian woman? j Oil, what utter nonsense! I would bo in ; Miper.-tlt"U a anyone If I nllowe 1 i,iv ' mind to dwell on these olli-. Xo, no, I will not, I dare nr.t beilovn that any harm has eonm to my (!larenee, rorhaps lie did j not realiy love ,:i ly Constanoe; th 're may not havo b 'en liny tiiratf.-ui.Mit betwe-'ii them, but fomethlni; tliein was, I know, for ' when Lord Harold eame to malio personal Inquiries (tiler Lord Appleby, I even ' iilueked up courage to as!; him boldly t j win tier lie or his tlter had, in all liie.o ars. hear t eoiis'.aut lidliu;. 01 ( l.ireie'o. AiHl 11 was le.en, 10 !n y ins;n:iv lino lerr-.r, , ; ,mt j Umrn , lmv noiv ,M v,, r i t int dear boy a In-xplliM' le and fearful 1 ; sileuee. Oh, my Nollie, I can never bar Hi Allll IIIOUIII jours I. u llll' ; I country, tlio world Itself .sometimes seems I very small, and perhaps ym. whom 1 lovu I . even more, If that could he, than Clareneo, i I may bo tho mean of Ilii'lUiu him for me! , 1 I, earn his faeo by heart, dear one, and , , ,,, t w, r, 1 oanizo him for m-. He may have east .';;, ''' 1, ,. ' , ' . ilarlnnr, and vou will re.-enizo bun for my I .,..,, ,..i,,,,,,vi,. V,,M ,,v. 1,1.,, "We ar luntint! days. now-, for o;ir poor Invalid; a lil!h while in.") It was month, then weeks. Alas! who know how soon it nmv In hours Instead of days. Lord liar old Moray his left us aireadv. Tho oil earl In-ultel lilm openly to his faee, askhu: hha if h" had e.imo for de i l men's sho". In lor-III" feet they belouL'e l to were eobl; and even niyidster, I.a ly Ap pleby, seivned t 1 think it'was lud 'a-ie nn tiiKpart nf Lord Harold to com., to Win dermere House. I : ' 1 1 tliey all inl-.llll.liT-idood him. He does nor wish at all to in herit the enrld un or the estates. It was to Impilm about ciareiien tout bee one. His sister mourns our dear bey as de. id, and it is plain to me that Lord Harold shares her hell-f. Hot he ueelaies that if J.nrd Aiqdel.y dies, he will i;o in person t Auieriea and never return till he ilil I lareue" or proofs of his death. The l'.arl of Windermere sneers at t!ii. but I b"h-vo iu Lord H irold. Ho loves Clarenee and ho love.s his sister Const inee. i;:id by my own heart 1 know him to bo trie1. I am writing -on 11 very long letter, dear Xollikens. .itow.trd me by one as long or longer: I: will iieall too iiliort for me If It should be twice Uie length of mine. If tlio worst shonld eome suddenly, I will let you know at I'liei". for who knows? It miiy be yours to Civo tli" news .to Clareneo that, In face of all impos.slbllitie.i, ho I the future Earl of W.iKl'.'rmere. Lver your d "vote 1 "ToDIII.I.KINS," I'm, which would havo made it ill, fax, cult lor anyone less interested to fol low the thread of her story. A smilo of triumph lit up her sparkling face; then, seating herself nt her desk, sho slowly rea l over her letter again, pausing from time to time to jot down special points, or elso to follow out some lino of thought suggested by phrases hero and there. "The old enrl siiil in iovn wit h me? Ah, yes, Toddle kin! It is easier for on old man to fall in lovo with a young girl than it is to fall out agiiu. His last letter showed 110 such de spair about l.oril Appleoy, no bucu .,Uji0ty lor tho retur turn 01 Clarence. IVthapa be even dre, lreuius of another heir, ono unoontaiuinntod with tho Mendo.a taint, free from tho ctirso of thntgbostlyjiivctigiug Indian princess, lbit for me, I never did ndmiro tlio old Sir Pitt Crawleys, of London so ciety, especially while there was a choice among their youthful heirs. Hut this Clareneo Stanley? Ah. Toddlekius, ho isn't a bit like your Clarence, nnd I prefer him aa ho is, much ns he resembles Madame Coles tine's Carlos!" Olivo paused suddenly in her re flections nnd in tlio broken phrases she had been writing on Cue paper bc- i . 1 l l. .. 1 i: -t. . . . lore uei, nun suu sunuio'i ouguny, a I u itu wmu. ,;,.., ,,li, v ever since cc 11- "If he is not Clarence," she thought. j,iu, orlu-i Laticns have women's "then ('destine was right; and if n.y!hl,,s 011 their stamps. Whv Lot the 1 mrcLco 1 uer anos, who was uu dead mau they brought home to her, and whoso hand drova Carlos Men doza's dagger through his heart V" A livid pallor over?proad Olive's keen bright face. She enjoyed drama tic effect; she bad a taste for high class melodrama, and the dark trge ilic.H of tho world in a strong sensa tional novel hnd a certain charm; but in life incvery-duy life, mingled with her own existence ah! it had sud denly como home to her, ntul she drew back appalled. Then catching up the paper iiho had beeu scribbling 011, she tore it into shreds, lighted it nt the as, and watched it burn to ashes t u .he hearth before her. TO UK CON-riMED. IIS!! WOMEN TOURISTS. mrrlran flhln lint Mont Nrlf-Iicllnnt Ae rnrillnE In nn Kspcrt. ! If nuy man is entitled to 1111 opinion is 10 women travelers, It Mircly Is one vim for years has accompanied Cijok's ourist parlies in nil parts of the world, i loscph I. Voiiti, who has been tons ! in attache of the famous London j leney, declares that lie.vond doubt plic best lady traveler Is the American firl. I reach tins conclusion, says Me. lounir, 'niter mi experience j i ul j n n fitiiiihin' ul" vii'iiw nml ; , ,, , 4 , . , 'mbracilitr lecollections of travel 111 j ?vcry country of the 'obe. Of course, ( ,.1V(, l.eeii nil over the Culled States, i . , .,, .,, ,,,, , ,,. ,"1 wherekcr I went 111 that country , I found the tendeury of education was mjil;,. women sell'-reli.int in a do I ov,. unknown cbewheie. The Au.eri I Mil girl thinks iiolliiug of traveling '10111 the Atlantic lo the I'ai'ille 1111 ittillded. She goes lo Kurope, 1i lap.iii, to Allien, alone and hi per fee security, anil Is always sure of meet ng wilh respect. "As a rule woiinn are net gooi rmelers. Some engage a Inrlh 01 1 lirst-cliiss steamer, lind they are 11 11 lido to start at the appointed lime ind wind no by sailing in a slow reiglilcr. We have a good deal of rouble wilh the woman who rends a ot of guide-books before she marts, sbo Is usually so busy finding the li'nper page Hint she misses sonic of be best sights. Then ihcro is the votii.iii who travels with too much ugg.ige. The oxpencueeil person pro 'Ides herself with the smallest possible iiiioutit of such inipi dimi iiis, wears .1 erviceiible dress with a few invisible lockets, and is nappy. The .greatest uggtigc liend is Hie lOnglisli girl, who s liable to have as many as fifteen mcknges, and wonders why she somc imes loses one or two. Taken as a vhole. women lire not so much of a rial as might be imagined. Nearly ihvays they graciously recognixe good ittendance, tiud a ilcasaul smile from 1110 of llieni goes farther, even with l surly guide, tliiiti a handsome tip loni some men." Chicago Chronicle. .Vomon, Marry If Yon i'nn. "ll is not u question of "How 10 be lappy though unmarried.' " said Miss t'cmiis I'rtiiiUly to the agitated persons vho sought to write an equation in eriii of marriage and happiness at he meeting of 1 he Study of Life So lict.v. "It is a question of how to be Harried under nuy conditions." This Kiis a new and refreshing nolo in the evening's discussion. "I never lave been asked the important ques tion," confessed Miss Yeudis. "I have liul hard luck, for I have been keenly ilive to every possible opporiuuity. I idvise those girls who are dreaming if matrimony in the future not to wait ipon the order of acceptance, but to mstle and say yes, for one-halt' a slide in the matrimonial toboggan is better ban none.'' Most of the unmarried ipeukers had made the spurning of 111 unworthy suitor such an act of rlrtue thai .Miss Ycudis's prosaic us in 111 1 it itui of a yearning to marry any )llo relieved tile tension of I he too-ood-for-t he-ord iua r.v world si iitinii'iii hat. hud been in the ascendency. Sew York Press. The Sway or tho Mdrt Waist. A devotee of the wheel sa.vi: "Yes, i's all very well 10 tall; of the brooks Hid ferns, the spring air, the sunny dty; but what won me forever was he ravishment of liudiiig myself out ioors iu a skirl I could not step on 1 nil a waist which did not pull, press, liiirh or drag at any point. 1 felt ike 11 lit lie girl!" I At first women would make such , Miifessioiis as this: "Do you know, I ! it'pt 011 my wheel rig all day yester . .lay! 1 was ashamed, but it is so easy j :o run up and down stairs in, 1 could I jot bear to change." Soon all saw its adv images and per ' eived that an outing get-up was possible for own those who did not ike outings, end the cosiunie became ' o general that the women :;t the Pan j American sccnicil to be in a uiiii'orm i of while waist nnd gray ska t. A few I -till hold out against it, but even they j will doubtless fall into line tiiis sum I iiii-r and "own the mighty sway" of jihe shin waist Julia Pino Young, in ! Cootl Housekeeping. I XVointrn'tt Fitren 011 l'ostngo lamp. For more than lifty years our Oov j t'i :i!iietit has been making postage j stamps. The lirsl issue, in is 17. repre se:itid but nvj values, and on each ,v;1 printed tp likeucs:; of a proini- Cniied Si. ite'.' Surely we have leprr M .itativ ' women enough. There was iHH'uthca Pix. for i:ist.itiiv. whose nii fi'r tile insane marked an era; M.aia Mitchell, whose pure '.uotitality and magnificent reasoning faculty lade lier pre-i niinciit. Prances Vil iard, whose reform work claims recog nition: not to 1:11111:0:1 our many noted literary women. There is also a !nsky face well woitii considering; tlio face of a woman who holds a ciiiqtie position iu out hismry and win had much to do in keeping nlive that struggling l'nglisli colony on the Lien s KiviT-why not her face? Why let F01 akoi.tasi? Julia Fraser, iu 'he Ladies' Home Journal. Whims In Jewrls. Translucent enaiuels with rays of brilliants nro being fashioned into brooches, and to fix tho loose luiir nt tho nnpc of the neck there nro Mer cury wings In diamond.. Plain rings of mudernie size otiemst' cd wit li diamonds, emeralds, rubies or sapphires promise to replace the big pearl earring now so much worn. Among the most lovely ornaments j are the nrt nouveau pendants and' combs, with their rich coloring nndi lovely workmanship. A round throat I elasped by peacock feathers, with a, wonderful presentment of t ho bird j wilh outspreiri tall in the centre, looks 1 beautiful, aud a comb of ivory with: encrustations of gold nearly covered , with color nnd a few very deftly! placed diamonds suits n blonde head 1 well, l'.uckles aud buttons, rings, nud ' chatelaines are produced in irl ' iionwa'i, wilh classical nnd modem! motifs, seasctipes and garden inspirit-j tions. Xew York Commericial Ad-j vert iser. j ricttirrmiiio l)rf, j Dress is becoming more nud more picturesque, each lady being allowed: 10 choose the style that best suits her,: hem e so many styles are now called j fashionable, whereas the truth is thuC there are several fashions, not one, t.loiie. The last live King Louises ol j Franco give their fashions, with thcii , splendid brocades, hu es and all kind of rich extravagance, which ran bf I worn in the evening. These model! tire made up iu chili-', silk and irieiita:! satin, in white, biscuit, turquoise ! green and pink. j Empire gowns, however, are pre-! ferrcd by ladies in general, especially ! for home year. They are as becominj: i to the ovcrthin as they are to tin j ovei'stout. their huig lines concealing' all Ihe defects of each. Then, again ; ladies wilh pretty figures may display; thct;i by wearing a sash or jewelci; band round the waist. ' For Tritninrent Frot k. A useful article of apparel is .1 S'ltin , slip finished with n shaped flounce al . ready to wear beneath a muslin or lact gown. It is made low-necked nc , sleeveless, or with a yoke uud sleeves , ami comes in ail the soft ovouiuj; j shades. j A special corset bodice is made l( 1 wear under cambric and lace shin , waists. It is of satin with lace trim j lnings and arm holes like those of si silk under vest. Ill front this chnrm 1 ingly dainty little stay is laced rouin. ; small staples, and nt the back there is 110 lacing tit all. What could be coolci ; cr more supple for the summer? ; Wi'ilillng Difsi I rills. Berthas, fichus aud fancy drapevlci ave :i feature of the corsage of wed ding dresses, while some of the newest and certainly most unusual models nrt a series of lace rullles, falling otn above the other, so I Hat the figurf seems to he wound in soft, filmy masses. Sometime these rultles arc quite narrow and extend from th waist to hem. and again there may bf only three of graduated depth, cacti one having a dainty edging of orange blossom applique, with such a gown the train may be of plain white satin or cf fancy brocade. 'Jirit. Sonic of the pretty new cravats are of lino lace adorned with drawn thread work, the collar being formed of bauds of lawn with hemstitching be tween. while every 'description of lacl ami insertion, with stole or scurf ends, touches of black or colored velvet, and a pretty arrangement of tiny orna mental buttons arc pressed into serv ice. Noveltie in Material. Linen batiste in natural color, spotter I wilh black velvet woven in. Is one ol the novelties iu materials: and stil another is a new veiling with a stripe till in one color, which gives the up peurauce of u cord, and yet is not one. MEWEST FASHIONS Kiliboti boas arc Iu veilings vclvt beautiful, dots rival tliost of chenille. Embroidery designs tnriiovcri grow bolder. Colored dots mi linen arc shown ii great profusion. Poult de soie is the choice for clcgau' silk tailor-mades. .Mony coat-tails amount to no moil loan liille loops. lints nf white nialiucs are I'.rs! choice for evening. Some smart hats show taffeta braid cd iu with the straw. Pale mode nud pale gray are two 01 tho very best colors. Moire ribbon i a noticeable feat tin of the new millinery. WiCi summer tho soft wash woavci will be nolo i-i evidence. Nirf'Ik shaper. distinguish blouse3 cents ;;i:d even shirt waists. Cherry bicssoms vary m size, sen being little larger than currants. Black :;nd white eff-'cis are ver; noticeable ationg the finer parastls A 1 harming new grass linen show, bol'.i Id. nk ant white embriiderct dots. Braid "d incu-widc straws in black ar.d wh te make txcccdijgly strikiuj hcadgea r. Most silk petticoats match the dress though some Oiow a preference t have it I ke the shirt waie' cr the lead ins utc in the bau W Qvk Budget of Humor.. A Frlllras XVunl. We have the horseless carriage. The horseless satMnge line. We have the wireless message, Also the gnipcless wine. There's the eoalless tire in the kitchen To make the housewife glad; Hot oh. fin- a brand-new- genius To give us the boneless shad; Judge. A Comr-Down. First Iillimaire-"You're not look ing very well this morning." Second Billionaire--"No. I feel like thirty million dollars." Life. Il.r Rivals. Mrs. lloyle "My husband pays that I am one woman In a thousand." Mrs. Doyle "Aren't yon jealous of the nine hundred i.nI ninety-nine?" New York StlU. Fttitlllolis. Selina - -"They say some of I '.10 old fashions are coming iu agaiu." Liselte "No doubt. And they do seem so absurd until they come In!" Brooklyn Life. Oociapby I.FSnnn. Teacher "Now, Johnny, the King of Siain is coming to visit tills country. What arc the principal precincts of Sin in?" Johnny "Twins." - I'rck. filches. "Yes," fays the pnilosophical per son, "wealth h.'itigs its disappoint ments." "After we lose It." puts ia the ma terialistic mau. -Judge. A Heal (.Irtish Munition. lie "It was a case of love at first sight with the Count Dcltatmnstashe, wasn't II?" Sho "Oh. yes! Ono leek at Brad street's settled his fate!" Puck. 111. Autborltj. Teacher "What is a paragon?" Pupil "A figure with several angles." Teacher "Where did yon get such an Idea?" Pupil- "Weil, my n tint s.iys you're a paragoii."--Now York Journal. Turning the Talilrs. "Will you propose to that American heiress?" said the titled youth. "I don't know yet," answered the oilier. "After talking with her father on tinatici.il matters I shall decide whether I will propose to her. or be a brother to her." Washington Star. lltr Heftson. "Why do yen insist e:.i Mr. Bawlor singing?" "It's a choice between two evils," answered Miss Cayenne. "If he doesn't sing he'll talk. And the words of any song are infnitely preferauble to his original remarks." Washington Star. A Chance Yet. "I am afraid," said the high-browed ' bard, "that my poetry wi!l never at- J tract public intention." "Cheer up," said the layul com- ; pamon. "Maybe you 11 get appointed to office one of these days, and then everybody will talk about your poetry." Washington Star. Kometliiiiis L.ft lo Stand tin. l'.ardon -"I understnud your inter view with the father of your inamo rata was not altogether satisfactory?" T'ixoti "Oh. I don't know. True, I didn't get his consent to my marrying the girl, but I have bad very tempting offers to appear upon the lecture plat form to toll how it feels to he kicked downstairs." Boston Transcript. New York Life. Learning. Once upon a time a boy inn away to sea and was extremely happy until he found he was learning geography, in spite of himself. This made him sick of the whole business, and at the first opportunity he went ashore ami took up agricul ture, in which calling ono loams noth ing, unavoidably, except esoteric polltl cal economy. Moral Boy, don't leave the farm. Tuck. 'An Old Settler. ill! . OCEAN'S REPUTATION COINC. Increa.e In Shli nn the 1-aeill.- FirtlowsJ by IlH'iertie I" IHsasters. Tic paeilic Ocean ir. f:i"t losing thr? repuiMtion implied by (lie mime given to it by Magellan. :'nd wlt'th owt's 10 the pla. id appearance of its flirfiice when he lirsl saw ii. The. change In olio of the inevitable results of the growth of coitim-'rce. Prior to the discovery of gold in California com paratively few vess Is sailed over its waters. There were, therefore, few casualties lo r-port. In hue years, however, cnnmieroe has extended in ill directions. The etean is flijing with ships, and Iho disasters of '.be sea are multiplying proportionately. Ahmg Hi" California Coast the ocean' is pbii-id enough to retain ils reputa tion as 1 ilic. S'.olius are rate. It. i not ofieti that its waters arc hished into fury like those of th' Atlantic in these lalitmles. But along the Ore gon, Washington. British Col;uu'4l and Alaskan Coasts there is little, if any. iliflerctic.. Iietwein lb - condition prevailing in the Paeilic from those existing in Hie Atlantic Ocean. Marl, tiers now dr.ttd Cap- Finitely, ut Ihe entrance of th.. Si rail of Juan do Fitci. almost, if no; qiiilo. as much 11 thcy do Cape llalieias. on I he eastern const. Wreck arc lining the north western coast of the continent as they do ihe northeastern shores of il. As ihe Pacific Ocean is gradually tilling with ihe while-winged and steam propclh d agents d' commerce, the ratio of shipwrecks i correspond ingly rising. Perhaps wo have wit nessed more wrecks on this coast than wo should have experienced if iho same precnutinrs against disaster had been adopted in Hie navigation of Pa eilic waters as are taken in Ihe Atlan tic Ocean. Tho Paeilic has undoubted ly been made the graveyard of many steam and sail vessels which were transferred to it from tho A'htutle Ocean because they wile mil consid ered sale to keep iu cnmniissiiiii in the bitter, under ihe mistaken bell- f that milder weather nnd smoother water were lo he found here. Others have been lost through Hie vb'b iis practice of overloading, the risk lining taken on account of tho. stune error of opinion regarding the plrcidity of these waters. Ship owners are, how ever, fast learning that rotten bulks uud overloaded ertifl arc not any more Immune from disaster here than they are anywhere else. The growth nf commerce nud the increasing perils of navigation resulting from it demand the abandonment of both. Snu Fran cisco Chronicle. WORDS OF WISDOM. Immunity is often ignorance perched 011 stilts. A gad-fly and a domestic tyrant have much in comiimti Valor has won many victories, but diplomacy has doubled thorn. There are two kinds of men--gentlemen and knaves. The rest are luaui kins. The tongue is not large, but it is more durable than all our other or gans. Simply because a man is ind a knave il does not follow that he is a good man. The bilteruess nf ilea 111 is often spoken of. whereas it is life that is ofleiier bitter. The girl who hopes to gain tho ad miration of men by maligning her own sex will fail. We are all vain, and those who say they are not have the disease iu its most dangerous form. Ho who is not liberal with what he lias does not deceive himself when he thinks he would be liberal if he had mure. A "perfect gentleman" is usually a ery disagreeable person. A manly fellow, w ho is also a gentleman, is al ways his superior. The subtle result of culture, which we call tasio, is often subdued by the need for deeper motive; just as the nicer demands of the palate are anni hilated by urgent hunger. What a new fa -e courage puis on everything! A determined man by his very attitude and the lone of his voice puts 11 stop to defeat nud begins tc conquer. "For they can conquer who believe they can." American. Who Move. Study of the recent I'uitod States ecusus shows some remarkably in teresting fads, nnd nitintig them the one that wo arc tho greatest nation of rolling stones on the earth, but, notwithstanding that fact, we succeed Iu gathering tbo moss of material pros pcrity. The ottkial figures .show that out of a native born population of li5.S13.3ti2 then- are LJ.fM'ut.ii.'il living in States different from thus.' in which they were horn. That is, more lliau one person out of live lias left the State of his birth to seek his fortune else where. If we count the lii.PiO.7oi, foreign horn resideuts we find ihat about oue thtrd of the population has moved trom the Siato or tommy of birth. These figures show our mobility to be iu the ratio of teu to out; as compared wilh that of Europe. The State of New York has sent out l.oOti.onO of her children, who are uow residing in other States, nnd has ie ceived from other States in their stead ."litl.oOO residents. Vermont has a most remarkable record, which shows taut she lias children liviug in other States equal iu number to one-halt of her present population. The lowest tide in any large sea is in the Mediterranean. At Toulon there Is about four Inches, which is the average for th whole Mediterranean.